The better you can Clear the ball, the more chances you get to go to the Goal!
Every coach has watched their team struggle with turnovers after playing good defense or making a big save. A bad pass or a bad catch when you finally get the ball can sink your whole team.
Beginning Defenders have trouble handling a long-pole sometimes. Their strength, hand-eye and body coordination just aren't there yet.
Remember- Clearing is a 7-on-6 game! When Clearing the ball from your defensive end, there are plenty of times when the open player is all the way on the other side of the field. This drill lets your players practice this crucial type of long, cross-field pass, "Over!" the Goalie to the other side.
Related: Make sure you know the Basics of Clearing. Check out The Clear- A Youth Coach's Guide.
Use this simple drill with all your players to practice how to catch and throw long passes while they move the ball down the field to the Offense. Don't give the other team extra chances to score on you!
Shoot the ball at your Goalie! Give your Goalies extra reps making saves in practice.
Short is better than long! Your beginning players are more likely to catch a bad bounce pass when they first start out than one that goes high over their heads.
Keep the reps moving quickly so all your players get plenty of practice just running, catching and throwing.
Remember to keep time for all your drills and games to keep your players and practice on schedule.
"Over!" Redirect Clearing Pass Drill for Defense: Try this 3-man drill for another way to practice these critical Clearing passes to get the ball down field away from your goal.
1-on-1 Revenge Clearing and Dodging Drill: All your players get to play both sides of the ball each rep.
The Old "43" Clear: The Punt Return. Make sure all your players are comfortable running the ball down field the old-fashioned way. All your Midfielders should be comfortable carrying the ball against 1-on-1 pressure.
Let us know what kind of results you see in your Clearing Passes when you use this drill with your team!


text:
Arkansas PBS > Engage > Blog > The Hovercraft Goes to War
The Hovercraft Goes to War
AETN Vietnam War Bruce Wesson Hovercraft
AETN Engage
Bruce Wesson
on Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:06:43 -0500 28 Sep 2017
Pictured above is the first SR.N5 deployed to Vietnam. Painted with face design of a Vietnamese mythological beast, it was meant to present a fearsome presence on the battlefield.
Bruce Wesson is a Little Rock native, Vietnam veteran, proud grandfather and retired owner and creative director of Wesson & Associates Inc. Wesson was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and from 1967-68 he led a five-man, Department of Defense, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) combat photography film team known as the "MACV Army A Team." One of only two such teams in Vietnam, its mission was to produce material for release to worldwide television networks and media outlets. Their primary objective was to focus on the positive aspects of the mission the United States was conducting in Vietnam. The team, as requested by Wesson, was also authorized to film combat operations.
MISSION: WEAPONS TESTING – SR.N5 HOVERCRAFT
PHOTOG: 1 LT BRUCE WESSON, 221ST SIGNAL COMPANY PICTORIAL
LOCATION: DONG TAM, MEKONG DELTA REGION, SOUTH VIETNAM
UNIT: UNITED STATES NAVY AND 3RD BRIGADE, 9TH INFANTRY
DATE: NOVEMBER, 1967
I should have known we weren't headed for the usual project when my classified mission orders from MACV Headquarters instructed us to simply report to the United States Navy at Naval Affairs in Dong Tam where we would receive further instructions. There was no unit designation.
The Mekong Delta Mobile Riverine Force
Once there, we were put on a chopper and flown south to a remote location in the Mekong Delta to join a combined U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Infantry unit known as The Mekong Delta Mobile Riverine Force. It was a joint force that comprised a substantial part of the Brown Water Navy in the Delta. (The term Brown Water Navy refers back to the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War when Union forces patrolled the muddy Mississippi River). This revived concept was modeled after lessons learned by the French experience in the First Indochina War and had the task of both transport (of soldiers and equipment) and combat operations. The Riverine infantry units were stationed both on ships off the coast and in land-based locations. The Mekong Delta Mobile Riverine Force concept paired newly created Navy assault boat units with a brigade of Army infantry. The Delta presented a classic venue appropriate to riverine operations such as had not been seen since the Union Navy in the American Civil War. All that was needed was the vehicle concept that would carry the fight to the enemy over land and water with speed and agility.
The Mekong Delta presented a classic venue appropriate to riverine operations such as had not been seen since the Union Navy in the American Civil War.
Two rifle squads of the 9th Infantry Division are placed on the decks of the hovercraft. A close look at the photograph shows the safety harness rigged for the troops: a thin rope hastily tied to a handrail.
Introducing the Hovercraft
The first two SR.N5 Hovercraft were deployed on trial by the Navy to the Vietnam War where they were intended to serve as the patrol and rapid strike craft in the Mekong Delta. The concept of hovercraft being used in this terrain seemed sound, but the idea was controversial. To evaluate its effectiveness, our film team was sent to Dong Tam to document one of the first tactical deployments. Although their mobility was unique and they were capable of speeds up to 75 knots, during this filming assignment it would become clear that their combat effectiveness would be called into question.
The concept of hovercraft in this terrain seemed sound, but the idea was controversial … during this filming assignment, it would be become clear that their combat effectiveness would be called into question.
At dawn on the morning of the first deployment, two rifle squads from the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, were positioned on the decks of the hovercraft in preparation for a patrol to a tributary of the Song Tien Giang River. In anticipation of casualties, stretchers had been secured to the decks. A close look at the photograph above shows the safety harness rigged for the troops on deck: thin rope hastily tied to a handrail. To protect the squad members from venturing into the firing arc of the onboard .30 cal. machine guns, a blue line was painted on the deck to define the stern limit of the arc. The troops were strongly encouraged to keep their feet and legs behind it.
The primary weapon of the hovercraft was the WWII-vintage turret-mounted twin M2HB .50 caliber machine guns (left) with a combined rate of fire of up to 1,000 rounds per minute and two .30 cal. side port machine guns, also WWII-vintage. Nevertheless, these were effective and reliable weapons. The .50 cal. machine gun is still in service today.
A Good Idea Goes From Bad to Worse
Excessive engine and prop noise, combined with spray from skirt vents, impaired vision and hearing of the troops confined to the decks. Another problem with the hovercraft being used in this tactical configuration was that the noise level of the engines was as loud as an airplane or helicopter. Later, as we interviewed villagers with our interpreter, they told us that they heard us coming long before we arrived on their rice fields. That would have been ample time for the Viet Cong (VC) on the riverbanks ahead to prepare an ambush or for VC sympathizers living in the village to radio ahead to alert them to our presence.
Villagers told our interpreter that they heard us coming long before we arrived on their rice fields. That would have been ample time for the VC to prepare an ambush or for VC sympathizers to radio ahead to alert them to our presence.
Hovercraft test maneuverability over levees and rice paddies and assess the troops' tolerance for the rough ride.
Over the Levees and Through the Rice: The Civilian Costs of War
Filmed from above, mobility over varied terrain is observed during the river patrol. Upon careful observation, residents of the distant village can be seen in the upper right of the photograph walking down the road. Drawn by the sound and sight of this strange machine, they sadly witnessed the destruction of a portion of their rice crop. The two troop laden hovercraft maneuvered across levees and through the paddies belonging to the village, flattening the rice and destroying irrigation channels. The extensive damage is seen in the photograph above. Civil affairs personnel at MACV cited this type of disregard for the property and crops of the Vietnamese people as a motivating factor in their resistance to pacification programs of the South Vietnamese and United States governments.
Drawn by the sound and sight of this strange machine, villagers sadly witnessed the destruction of their rice crop. MACV civil affairs personnel cited this type of disregard for the property and crops of Vietnamese people as a motivating factor in their resistance to pacification programs.
Incoming VC automatic weapons fire can be seen in the distance as a Navy gunner returns fire with onboard .30 cal. machine gun at suspected enemy position.
They Heard Us Coming
A few kilometers further on down the river, we were ambushed. The firepower of the eight heavy machine guns aboard the two hovercraft versus only one or two on the riverbank silenced the VC guns quickly but if it had been a well-equipped and well-planned operation the outcome could have been devastating. The important lesson learned was that the hovercraft appeared unsuited for deployment as intended. Troops transported on the decks were vulnerable to small arms and automatic weapons fire, the skirt and propellers were easily damaged and the excessive noise of the engine eliminated any aspect of stealth. The classified film and photos of the deployment that day were sent to the Department of Defense for evaluation. Analysis of the material taken by the MACV Army A Team confirmed that combat application of the SR.N5 Hovercraft was to would be limited.
The important lesson learned was that the hovercraft appeared unsuited for deployment as intended: troops on decks were vulnerable to fire, the skirt and propellers were easily damaged and the excessive engine noise eliminated any aspect of stealth.
Of the three SR.N5 Hovercraft outfitted, two had been sent to Vietnam. One of those was destroyed in early 1970 by rocket propelled grenades (RPG) and another in August of that same year after which the unit was disbanded. The third and only remaining U.S. Army SR.N5 Hovercraft is currently on display in the Army Transport Museum in Virginia.
AETN Salutes Vietnam Veterans
TUNE IN:
"The Vietnam War," directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, airing Sept. 17-21 and Sept. 24-28 at 7 each night. Episodes will rebroadcast on Tuesday evenings beginning at 8 each night starting Oct. 3.
ArkansasIDEAS: Winter Professional Development Challenge Winner Announced
Changing the Narrative - "Good Roots"
Elevating Black Stories
Philander Forward Film Series
Arkansas PBS KIDS Writers Contest 2023

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


She also appeared in the Christmas special that year but did not appear in series 3. That's where the eskimos live. You bet she can. Vernon, who normally has no lines, was given catherine tate john gay speaking part for the first time, when he simply told Irene to "Shut up.
The title of the sketch is a pun on the stereotype of the pretentious middle classes having an Aga oven at home. However, things usually take a turn for the worse after catherine tate john gay starts to make unfavourable comments about her neighbours, family, and home help visitors. She once concluded that the world is a figment of someone's imagination and, another time, asked for Whittaker to shoot her so that she can confirm that a bullet to the heart is enough to kill. The episode also featured promiscuous auxiliary nurse Bernie, who attempted to seduce guest star George Michael.
When her colleague Anthony played by Bruce Mackinnon is involved in a car accident as a result of the game, she is more interested in whether she has the last hit or not. She is addressed as Kathleen in one sketch, and also as Mrs Catherine tate john gay in the Christmas special where she is still obsessing over her son's homosexuality, even informing a couple of his friends by putting "Have you heard about our John? They fear catherine tate john gay they will be mocked at the Parisian picnic at school because they lack the correct cheese. This can be seen in another catchphrase; when asked about his sexuality he replies "Who, dear? They frequently argue, but immediately switch to happy singing if their child starts to cry.
I could be a good wife to a husband that could share me like that.


text:
Adams, Robert
Alan Dean Foster
Alcott, Louisa May
Altsheler, Joseph A.
Appleton, Victor
Asprin, Robert
Ben Bova
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Block, Lawrence
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
C M Kornbluth
Catherine Coulter
Chalker, Jack L
Cherryh, C.J
Clark Darlton
Cook, Rick
Dalmas, John
Davies, Robertson
Davis, Jerry
Dick, Phillip K.
Dunsany, Lord
Edward Lerner
Eric, Flint
Farmer, Philip Jose
Hamilton, Peter F
Hammett, Dashiel
Harrison, Harry
Heinlein, Robert
Hiaason, Carl
Higgins, Jack
Hill, Sandra
Hogan, James
Horatio Alger, Jr.
James Axler
John D MacDonald
Kay, Guy Gavriel
Keith Douglass
Kellerman, Jonathon
Krinard, Susan
LaCarre, John
Saberhagen, Fred
Schmitz, James
Tepper, Sheri S
Tim LaHaye
Van Vogt, A. E.
Vonnegut, Kurt
W E B Griffin
W. Harrison Ainsworth
Weis, Margaret
Wells, H.G
White, James
Wodehouse, P G
Medical literature
Encyclopedia of Literature
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The American Economy
Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes
Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
Encyclopedia of World Literature
Encyclopedia of American Folklore
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Encyclopedia of World Writers, Beginnings To 20th Century
Encyclopedia of World Sport
Encyclopedia of American Journalism
Encyclopedia of Blues
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
Encyclopedia of U.S. History
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
"What do you have to do to get me ready for Valentini?"
"Not much. But quite unpleasant."
"I wish you didn't have to do it."
"I don't. I don't want any one else to touch you. I'm silly. I get furious if they couch you."
"Even Ferguson?"
"Especially Ferguson and Gage and the other, what's her name?"
"Walker?"
"That's it. They've too many nurses here now. There must be some more patients or they'll send us away. They have four nurses now."
"Perhaps there'll be some. They need that many nurses. It's quite a big hospital."
"I hope some will come. What would I do if they sent me away? They will unless there are more patients."
"I'd go too."
"Don't be silly. You can't go yet. But get well quickly, darling, and we will go somewhere."
"Maybe the war will be over. It can't always go on."
"I'll get well," I said. "Valentini will fix me."
"He should with those mustaches. And, darling, when you're going under the ether just think about something else–not us. Because people get very blabby under an anaesthetic."
"What should I think about?"
"Anything. Anything but us. Think about your people. Or even any other girl."
"Say your prayers then. That ought to create a splendid impression."
"Maybe I won't talk."
"That's true. Often people don't talk."
"I won't talk."
"Don't brag, darling. Please don't brag. You're so sweet and you don't have to brag."
"I won't talk a word."
"Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. Just start your prayers or poetry or something when they tell you to breathe deeply. You'll be lovely that way and I'll be so proud of you. I'm very proud of you anyway. You have such a lovely temperature and you sleep like a little boy with your arm around the pillow and think it's me. Or is it some other girl? Some fine Italian girl?"
"It's you."
"Of course it's me. Oh I do love you and Valentini will make you a fine leg. I'm glad I don't have to watch it."
"And you'll be on night duty to-night."
"Yes. But you won't care."
"You wait and see."
"There, darling. Now you're all clean inside and out. Tell me. How many people have you ever loved?"
"Not me even?"
"Yes, you."
"How many others really?"
"How many have you–how do you say it?–stayed with?"
"You're lying to me."
"It's all right. Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do. Were they pretty?"
"I never stayed with any one."
"That's right. Were they very attractive?"
"I don't know anything about it."
"You're just mine. That's true and you've never belonged to any one else. But I don't care if you have. I'm not afraid of them. But don't tell me about them. When a man stays with a girl when does she say how much it costs?"
"Of course not. Does she say she loves him? Tell me that. I want to know that."
"Yes. If he wants her to."
"Does he say he loves her? Tell me please. It's important."
"He does if he wants to."
"But you never did? Really?"
"Not really. Tell me the truth."
"No," I lied.
"You wouldn't," she said. "I knew you wouldn't. Oh, I love you, darling."
Outside the sun was up over the roofs and I could see the points of the cathedral with the sunlight on them. I was clean inside and outside and waiting for the doctor.
"And that's it?" Catherine said. "She says just what he wants her to?"
"Not always."
"But I will. I'll say just what you wish and I'll do what you wish and then you will never want any other girls, will you?" She looked at me very happily. "I'll do what you want and say what you want and then I'll be a great success, won't I?"
"What would you like me to do now that you're all ready?"
"Come to the bed again."
"All right. I'll come."
"Oh, darling, darling, darling," I said.
"You see," she said. "I do anything you want."
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert »
« To Charlie Shribner And To Max Perkins
Categories: Hemingway, Ernest
Library. Read online. Free books read online. Read books without registering


As part of a Lean Process Improvement Initiative Accounts Payable (AP) and Billing have studied areas of potential waste and errors. Based on this data a major area for improvement was identified: vendor / supplier invoice handling. The current process is slowing down both the AP and Billing process.
Beginning in January of this year, Kayla Johnson, Jr. Accountant and former AP Specialist, worked with the Lean Team to design an alternative process for handling incoming vendor / supplier invoices. It became clear that a technology component could automate part of the process. John Willett, APi Information Systems Specialist and Miguel Martinez, APi Application Specialist, offered the solution "Kofax, a document capture interface" that was being used by 16 other APi Companies.
Scans and saves (to SharePoint) incoming invoices the same day they are received.
Allows for SharePoint metadata entry during the saving process reduces look-up and retrieval time of invoices for all stakeholders (Billers, DM /PMs, etc.).
Aids both in office and in the field invoice look up and retrieval via smart phone/Ipad technology.
"The new process meets the needs of AP and Billers, but I was hesitant as it's a big process change, actually it's a paradigm shift from how we have been using SharePoint . The addition of metadata to scans stored in SharePoint makes it much more than just a storage location for documents." said Susan Quam, Jamar Controller. "The use of a document capture interface for payables will accelerate our learning curve when Insight is deployed," Quam adds.
The team – Kayla Johnson, Jamar Jr Accountant; Mindy Schoenborn, Quality Control Asst. & Jamar SharePoint Administrator; Cindy Martins, Process Analyst; Elliot Schaff, Information Systems Specialist – gathered data and documented the "current state" and talked with process stakeholders in the Duluth and Green Bay offices prior to the start of the three-month Pilot (test phase). The Pilot included the Service Department, all Asdco locations, and the Green Bay office is just starting the Pilot phase. Each group involved was provided training on the new process and SharePoint training before the start of the Pilot.
"The new process had to provide an improvement from the current state to the future state by reducing handling time and saving hard dollars…without adding more time to the front end of the process," according to Cindy Martins, Process Analyst. "The metrics from the three month pilot show that we are on target with this goal. Both the front desk open and scan time, and the time of the service biller, was not increased and lost invoices were eliminated – which saves hard dollars," states Martins.
Beginning on December 1st of this year all departments at Jamar will be trained on this new process and on basic SharePoint features and how to use metadata. The total transition to the SharePoint AP process will take two to three months.


It is not a surprise that when it comes to your wedding day the costs can add up really quick. Cake, Dress, Venue, Flowers, the list goes on. Photography also shows up on that list of things an it can have a good sized price tag on it.
I am here to talk about what goes into your wedding photos and why it is worth the price tag that comes with it. I can hear it now "your kind of bias in this situation" your right i very much am, but still grab some popcorn an hear me out. When it comes to your wedding a lot of people believe we show up for one day and then our work is done. This could not be further from the truth, The day you book your wedding date with me i go into planning mode. I talk to you and set a handful of meetings in the months leading up to your wedding day. During this time I am working closely with you to find out what style of photos you like as well as every last detail about your day. Then we come to your wedding day.
Fast forward to your wedding day I show up with my team when the bride starts to get ready and we are there all day until the party starts coming to an end. After a full day of taking photos of you, your family, dress, rings, flowers, pretty much everything in our sight many people thing we can go home and sleep. Nope. we head home and then i start backing up all of your photos. From here the real work starts.
There is so much more that goes into your photos than just taking the photo. Really my job breaks down to 10% taking photos, 40% running the business side of things and 50% editing your photos so they are perfect. For the next 2 weeks after your wedding day i am doing nothing but editing your photos. For hours on end i am in front of my computer going through hundreds of photos making sure every last detail is right.
The job is much more than pushing a button and just like everyone reading this photographers also have a bills to pay, family to feed, a car to maintain, etc… Those things just cant be done if we all charged $300 a wedding, our prices reflect all of the time spent working with you, editing your photos and what it takes for us to make a living much like you have to do. I have spent years learning photography and the best ways to document your special day. This is not just a hobby for me it is my full time job.
Think about it, the cake will eventually get eaten. Most times you will wear your dress once then into storage it goes. The music fades, flowers wilt. The photos i give you however will last you generations. They will be the thing that you pull out 5, 10, 50 years from now and relive every detail from your wedding day. When it comes to documenting your wedding day hire professional and you will be happy you did.


text:
Home Health Invention of the Toothbrush
Invention of the Toothbrush
The toothbrush has its origins in the chewing sticks of Babylonia as early as 3500 BC. Ancient Greek and Roman literature discusses the use of toothpicks, which were used to keep the mouth clean.
Over the years the toothpick evolved into a chewstick, which was the size of a pencil. Records from China around 1600 BC show that one end was chewed until it became brush-like and the other end was pointed and used as a toothpick. The twigs used for this purpose were from aromatic trees and freshened the mouth, as well as cleaned it.
The first bristled toothbrush also originates from China at around the same time and was brought back to Europe by traders. It was made from hairs from the neck of the Siberian wild boar, which were fixed to a bamboo or bone handle. In Europe, where very few people brushed their teeth, it was found that wild boar hairs were too stiff and made the gums bleed, so horse hair, which was softer, was used instead. It was still more customary in Europe to use a toothpick after meals, made of a goose feather, silver or copper.
Around 1780, William Addis of Clerkenald, England, made his first toothbrush and in the 19th Century his descendants developed and mass-manufactured fine toothbrushes. The handles were carved out of cattle bones and the bristles were made from wild boar or horse hair. These toothbrushes were in general use in Europe by the early 1800s. In 1857 America entered the toothbrush market when H. N. Wadsworth was awarded the first patent in America for their production.
In 1937 nylon was invented by Wallace H Carothers in the Du Pont Laboratories in the USA and is was first applied to the toothbrush in 1938: Dr West's miracle toothbrush with nylon bristles.
In 1939 the first electric toothbrush was produced in Switzerland, but didn't appear on the open market until the 1960s. It appeared on the American market, produced by Squibb and was called Broxodent. The first cordless rechargeable electric toothbrush was introduced by General Electric at the same time. However, it wasn't until 1987 that the rotary action electrical toothbrush appeared in the shops.
Toothbrush History
Previous articleThe Word "Set" Has 464 Possible Definitions
Next articleCurious Geoge was Originally Named FiFi.
Inventions: Bubble Gum
Inventions: Duct (Duck) Tape
FACT FIXX - August 30, 2011
Developed in 1942 during World War II by Permacel, formerly a division of Johnson & Johnson, duct tape, (aka duck tape), is a pressure sensitive...
Word Origins: Sniper
FACT FIXX - July 7, 2011
The term sniper was first used in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter". The verb "to snipe" originated in the 1770s among...
Seeing Yellow
FACT FIXX - April 7, 2011
The colour yellow, when seen from a distance or when used with a dark background, is easiest to see, but when used alone, it is...


A new booster pack for Magic: The Gathering is releasing in New Zealand with new digital content for Magic: The Gathering Arena.
It was revealed today that the upcoming Dominaria booster pack for the trading card strategy game Magic: The Gathering will feature a new digital code system for consumers. Players who purchase the pack will be given codes to access the closed beta of Wizards of the Coast's latest digital card game, Magic: The Gathering Arena. The codes will also give new players a random assortment of in-game items. This new method is being put to trial in New Zealand when the pack releases on April 27 but has potential to become a worldwide release.
Wizards of the Coast also announced that Magic: The Gathering Arena will be releasing in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Brunei. The Asia release of Magic: The Gathering Arena is thanks to the newly formed partnership between Wizards of the Coast and China's leading internet provider, Tencent. Magic: The Gathering Arena will be the first-ever game to be published by Tencent. In addition, the two companies plan to one day bring future game titles to China.
"Magic: The Gathering is a legendary game and has had a huge influence on culture and industry. We are thrilled to bring this amazing experience to players in Asia and look forward to helping expand its global community," said Steven Ma, Senior Vice President of Tencent's Interactive Entertainment Group.
Magic: The Gathering Arena is a new digital take on the traditional Magic: The Gathering game. Developed inhouse by Wizards of the Coast, Magic: the Gathering Arena is designed to suit digital gamers without sacrificing any of the core gameplay elements in the physical version. Currently, the closed beta is accessible via invite-only for anyone living outside of New Zealand. Magic: The Gathering Arena is currently planned for a PC release with the potential to release on other platforms in the future.
We've reached out to Wizards of the Coast for comment on the upcoming Dominaria pack and will update after getting a response.


text:
https://www.thehour.com/sports/article/Miller-Purvis-lead-UConn-to-85-67-win-over-East-8008491.php
Miller, Purvis lead UConn to 85-67 win over East Carolina
By PAT EATON-ROBB
Published 12:45 pm EST, Sunday, February 7, 2016
Connecticut's Jalen Adams (2) drives past East Carolina's Prince Williams (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)
STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Shonn Miller and Rodney Purvis led five UConn players in double figures with 16 points each and the Huskies beat East Carolina 85-67 on Sunday to pick up their third consecutive win and sixth in their last seven games.
Daniel Hamilton filled up the scoresheet again, scoring 12 points and grabbing 16 rebounds and dishing out five assists. Jalen Adams added 14 points for UConn (17-6, 7-3 American Athletic).
Prince Williams scored 21 points to lead East Carolina (10-13, 2-8), which has lost two in row.
UConn used a 9-0 run early in the second half to take its lead from 48-44 to 57-44 in just over two minutes. A 3-pointer by Sterling Gibbs a short time later made it 65-47 and another made it 70-49 midway through the second half, putting the Huskies in control.
The Huskies outscored ECU 50-22 in the paint.
Hamilton scored 10 points in the second half. It was his sixth double-double of the season and the 11th of his career.
He failed to reach double figures in five of UConn's previous nine games, but had 16 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists against Memphis on Thursday
The freshman Adams, who has emerged to become UConn's starting point guard, had 10 of the Huskies' first 24 points. He and Miller each had 12 points in the first half, when the Huskies shot 65.4 percent from the field.
Adams hit seven of his eight shots. UConn hit 11 of their first 12 shots from inside the arc and seven different Huskies scored before intermission.
B.J. Tyson opened the game with a 3-pointer for East Carolina, but it was Williams' shooting that kept the Pirates in the game in the first half. He hit four of his eight shots and was 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
Tyson finished with 11 points.
UConn went on a late 7-0 run before Kentan Facey was called for a personal foul and Philip Nolan was hit with a technical just before the halftime buzzer. Kentrell Barkley and Williams each made 1 of 2 foul shots and the Huskies went into halftime leading 42-33.
Williams scored eight straight East Carolina points to cut the UConn lead to four early in the second half, before the Huskies went on its 22-5 run.
East Carolina had won two of its last three games after losing its first six league games. The Pirates won at Memphis and beat Temple at home before losing to Houston in two overtimes on Jan. 30.
UConn's 7-foot center Amida Brimah returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Dec. 12. He suffered a groin issue that game then broke a finger in practice and missed 11 games before playing against Memphis last week.
East Carolina: Prince Williams has scored in double figures in five straight games, and 18 or more in the Pirates' last four games. He has had hit 14 of his 25 3-pointers in those contests.
UConn: The Huskies have held their last 10 opponents under 40 percent shooting. East Carolina shot 37.1 percent from the floor.
East Carolina: The Pirates return home to host Tulane on Wednesday night.
UConn: The Huskies travel to Philadelphia to face Temple on Thursday night.


text:
>Hollywood Celebrities, Actors and Directors
>Over Here! Play Cast - HFSID 295953
OVER HERE! PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: PATTY ANDREWS, MAXENE ANDREWS, ANN REINKING, JANIE SELL - HFSID 295953
OVER HERE! BROADWAY CAST: CO-SIGNED BY PATTY ANDREWS, MAXENE ANDREWS, ANN REINKING and JANIE SELL Three actresses from the Tony Award nominated Musical sign a June 1974 Playbill for the show.
Condition: lightly soiled, otherwise fine condition
OVER HERE! BROADWAY CAST: CO-SIGNED BY PATTY ANDREWS, MAXENE ANDREWS, ANN REINKING and JANIE SELL Three actresses from the Tony Award nominated Musical sign a June 1974 Playbill for the show. Show Bill signed: "Maxene Andrews", "Patty Andrews", "Ann Reinking", "Janie Sell". The Tony Award-nominated musical Over Here! a retrospective on home life and USO tours during World War II, ran for nearly a year in 1974-1975 at the Shubert Theatre. From 1937 through the 1940s the Andrews Sisters were queens of the radio and juke box. Mostly remembered for their music, rich in sweetness and optimism, the Andrews Sisters were loved by the many troops they tirelessly entertained during WWII. Their upbeat songs, including their signature "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", were perfect morale-builders. During their career, the amazing trio of Patty (1918-2013), Maxene (1916-1995) and LaVerne (1911-1967) recorded more than 1,800 songs and sold over 90 million records. Ann Reinking (1949-2020) is a Tony Award-winning American dancer, choreographer and actress. Reinking got her start in theatre; she debuted on Broadway as in the ensemble of Coco (1969-1970). She broke into TV with an appearance on Ellery Queen in 1976 and into movies in Movie Movie (1978). Her memorable movie roles include Kate Jagger in All That Jazz (1979), as Grace Farrell in Annie (1982) and as Micki Salinger in Micki + Maude (1984), her last movie role as of this biography. Reinking is better known for her stage work. She's performed in, choreographed and directed a total of 14 other Broadway productions, earning a Tony Award for Best Choreography for the 1996 revival of Chicago. She was also choreographer for the revue Fosse (1999-2001) - an interesting crew choice, as she and Bob Fosse had lived together for many years. American actress Janie Sell was born on October 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. She appeared on stage from 1968 to 1996 and won the 1974 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Over Here!. For the role she also won a 1974 Theatre World Award. Sell also appeared in such Broadway productions as Irene (1973-1974), I Love My Wife (1977-1979), Moon Over Buffalo (1995-1996) and was nominated for a 1980 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.
OVER HERE! PLAY CAST
PATTY ANDREWS
MAXENE ANDREWS
ANN REINKING
JANIE SELL
OVER HERE! PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 309028
MAXENE ANDREWS - AUTOGRAPH RESUME SIGNED - HFSID 312535
PATTY ANDREWS - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 78835
MAXENE ANDREWS - SHOW BILL SIGNED - HFSID 78833
MAXENE ANDREWS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1993 - HFSID 205202
MAXENE ANDREWS - INSCRIBED SIGNATURE - HFSID 216325
MAXENE ANDREWS - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 298987
ANN REINKING - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 320873
ANN REINKING - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 305274
ANN REINKING - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 77201
TRAVELLER'S JOY PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 142996
PLENTY PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 310363
THE CORN IS GREEN PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 313594
THE AU PAIR MAN PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 320696
LAUGHTER FROM A CLOUD PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 320058
OTHERWISE ENGAGED PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 309318
SERIOUS MONEY PLAY CAST - SHOW BILL SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 301727
SIDNEY POITIER - SHOW BILL SIGNED CIRCA 1972 - HFSID 142979
All (53855)
Photographs (25518)
Letters (3969)
Contracts / Documents (3470)
Checks (716)
Applications / Resumes (2878)
Signatures (4172)
Notes (2887)
Baseballs (88)
Baseball Bats (9)
Sports Cards (227)
Cards (1330)
Sentiments (1574)
Unsigned Posters (59)
Questionaires (43)
Basketballs (6)
Scorecards (5)
Lithographs (4)
Show Bills (633)
Scripts (304)
Lobby Cards (318)
Unsigned Lobby Cards (1967)
Media Covers (140)
Sheet Music / Lyrics (93)
Record Albums (44)
Pick Guards (1)
Currency (11)
Album Leafs (11)


The lounge provides a welcome break to collect your thoughts, or reminisce with others. We would like to feel comfortable when receiving friends and family at the time of loss. Our home is yours. Our family will ensure that your family and friends are treated with the hospitality that you would extend in a less difficult and emotional time in your own home.
A place to just get away for a few minutes, our lounge is on our second level and is accessible to everyone by elevator or stairs. The calming and peaceful atmosphere is totally away from the surroundings of downstairs.


text:
Jurisdiction - Indonesia
Indonesia – New Regulations Affecting Airport Locations.
Legal News & Analysis – Asia Pacific – Indonesia – Energy & Project Finance
With Indonesia's aviation market booming, government measures to support development of new airports will be welcomed by airport developers and users. Indonesia recently passed a new regulation, which, while essentially technical and hardly striking on its face, forms a part of what promises to be a broader effort to promote new airport construction in the country.
Projected to grow at nearly 20% per annum for years to come, Indonesia is the fastest growing emerging aviation market in Asia-Pacific, and possibly the world. Congested airports operating beyond capacity threaten to constrain that growth and Indonesian economic growth more generally.
The new regulation, issued in June, addresses the location of new build airports . It is chiefly of interest because it lays out comprehensive procedures for the government to determine airport locations, although it does not simplify this process1. Importantly, it does not diminish the power of local government over airport siting, exercised through its permitting authority. The new regulation also smooths out a legal wrinkle that, while of marginal interest to any save lawyers, perhaps posed modest risk to airport development.
Why Was The New Regulation Needed?
In Indonesia, a public airport requires the Minister of Transportation's consent to its location before an airport developer can apply for an airport construction license2. The Ministerial Consent to an airport's location itself requires that several conditions be met and actions be taken. The previous Minister of Transportation Regulation on Management of National Airports (No. KM 11/2010, revoked by the new regulation) was insufficient in regulating that Ministerial Consent of location because it did not set out a detailed application procedure for obtaining the Ministerial Consent. Absent guidance in the 2010 regulation, the practical solution had been for the Ministry of Transportation to continue to apply airport location approval procedures set out under an older regulation, Regulation 48/20023.
It is debatable whether the 2010 regulation's lack of guidance on the application process had any material adverse impact on the development of airports. This seems unlikely, as the 2002 regulation addressed these matters reasonably well. Other issues, such as budget constraints, land acquisition issues, lack of planning capacity and the rapid growth in budget air travel, are more likely to blame for the mismatch between demand for aviation services and supply of airport capacity.
However, the 2002 regulation was conceived as an implementing regulation for primary aviation legislation passed more than 20 years ago. That older law was not aligned with Indonesia's current plans to develop new airports using a public private partnership (PPP) model. It was an anomaly for PPP airport development to rely on a revoked law's implementing regulation, and the new regulation fixes this.
The 1992 Aviation Law4 allowed private sector participation in airports, but only by way of joint ventures with the Government or state-owned entities through a cooperation agreement. Airports that would be wholly privately owned and operated using a long-term lease or concession model were not contemplated in the 1992 Aviation Law.
In 2009 the Government enacted a new Aviation Law5, which allowed for greater private sector participation in airports. Under that law, foreigners may own and operate an airport as a joint venture with a local partner through a local company with maximum 49% foreign ownership6. "Cooperation" with the State or state-owned enterprises is no longer required.
With enactment of the new Aviation Law, the 1992 Aviation Law was revoked. However, its implementing regulations, including Regulation 48/2002, remained applicable so long as they did not contradict the new Aviation Law and its implementing regulations.
By replacing the older implementing regulations related to the 1992 Aviation Law, the issuance of the new June 2014 regulation helps to "steam out" some of the legislative wrinkles of the previous framework and provides clearer guidance for airport developers in applying for the Ministerial Consent, in line with the spirit of the new Aviation Law.
Ministerial Consent Application Procedure
To obtain a Ministerial Consent under the new June 2014 regulation, an airport developer must submit a written application and provide supporting documents to the Director General of Civil Aviation. As an "airport developer" for these purposes includes the national government and regional governments, the driving forces behind PPP airport projects, the regulation essentially establishes internal government procedures for siting of major airport projects. The new regulation also affects airport projects initiated by state-owned enterprises.
Supporting documents submitted to obtain the Ministerial Consent include (i) the airport master plan and "coordinate points" (ie., location), substantiated by a feasibility study (discussed below), (ii) the approval of the Director General on the feasibility of the airport location and (iii) materials addressing certain administrative requirements.
Helpfully, the new regulation sets time limits. Upon receiving an application, the Director General must evaluate and approve or reject it within 45 business days. If the application is approved, the Director General must forward it to the Minister of Transportation, who is then required to issue the Ministerial Consent within 15 business days. Airport developers should expect to see a decision within two months of making a submission, although it should also be noted that the regulation does not provide that the Ministerial Consent is automatically granted if the deadlines are missed.
Feasibility Study Requirement
As mentioned, airport developers are required to prepare a feasibility study for the purpose of determining location. This is quite a comprehensive document, and must at minimum address:
Regional development, which entails conformity with a range of spatial and transport plans, notably including the requirement of conformity with the regional development plan (this requirement raises important issues addressed below)
Economic and financial aspects of the project
Operational matters
Air transportation business potential
Airport Master Plan Requirement
An airport master plan spanning 20 years, which forms part of the application, must include information on:
Estimated air transportation demand in relation to passengers and cargo
Estimated facilities requirements
Facility site plan
Construction stages
Land requirements and utilization
Operations area
The aviation operations safety area
Noise limits
Local Government Permitting Power – The Potential Roadblock
At the heart of any effort to develop an airport in Indonesia is the need to convince local government of the value of the project. Even national government remains at the mercy of local government when contemplating an airport project of national importance. The June 2014 regulation does nothing to change this.
As noted, an airport developer – including the national government itself – needs to first obtain siting permission by way of the Ministerial Consent to location. The Ministerial Consent can only be obtained after a feasibility study and other supporting materials are submitted.
The feasibility study in turn must demonstrate that the airport project conforms with the relevant regional development plan. The regional development plan, and the party that controls it, therefore becomes the linchpin on which airport projects, both PPP and state-owned, will depend.
Regional development plans are controlled by regional governments at the provincial level. The regional development plan of each province includes its Regional Spatial Layout Plan (locally known as the RTRW). Every proposed airport must be set out in the relevant provincial RTRW.
Achieving this may not always be easy. Local government may have airport development plans that are different from, and complete against, national government's plans. For example, this appears to be the case with the competing projects of Karawang International Airport (KIA), championed by the national government as a second major Jakarta airport, and Kertajati Airport, championed by the West Java government and planned for a site near Karawang that shares a catchment area with KIA. KIA can only proceed if the West Java government agrees to put KIA in its RTRW spatial plan, and West Java has hesitated to do so.
Indonesia is caught up in a political debate over whether local government officials will continue to be elected by popular vote, or will instead be appointed by regional legislatures dominated by national political parties. Parliament supports appointment, but outgoing President Yudhoyono has stated that he will intervene in favour of direct election.
Parliament's decision on September 26 to return appointment power to regional legislatures, the system in place before 2005, may impact airport siting decisions. To the extent that mayors, provincial governors and district heads support the policies of government parties represented in these parliaments, this controversial electoral system change may ease national government's ability to obtain provincial government approval to a new airport's location, and may promote PPP projects generally. However, as nearly all regional parliaments are currently dominated by opposition parties, this change may frustrate the ability of the newly-elected government to pursue projects of national interest.
Commitment Of The Indonesian Government In Developing Airports
The lack of airport infrastructure is widely considered a major obstacle to aviation industry development in Indonesia. Airports across the country face problems in accommodating the demands of passengers, with many international airports, including Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta) and Juanda International Airport (Surabaya) operating at 200-300% above capacity.
The Indonesian Central Statistics Agency recorded 68.7 million air passengers in Indonesia last year. This figure is forecasted to increase to more than 300 million air passengers by 2025, not including additional demand generated by the ASEAN Open Sky policy to be implemented in 2015.
The National Development Planning Agency announced that Indonesia needs to invest approximately USD 15bn between 2015 and 2019 to develop and improve the airport sector. By comparison, between 2009 and 2014 the national government only allocated USD 2.6 billion for airport projects7. To address the large expected funding shortfall and meet its airport development target, the government has committed to involve private investors in airport projects by loosening the foreign investment regime and promoting PPP projects.
In 2014 the government announced plans to offer new airport development projects under the PPP scheme. These include the KIA project to serve Jakarta, Kulonprogo Airport (Yogyakarta), Kertajati Airport (West Java) and Buleleng Airport (North Bali), all of which are currently still in the preparation stage. The government also plans to offer regional airport management contracts for 10 existing airports to the private sector under the PPP scheme
End Notes:
1 Minister of Transportation Regulation No. PM 20 of 2014 on the Arrangement and Procedure in Determining Airport Location
2 Minister of Transportation Regulation No. PM 69 of 2013 on the Management of National Airports
3 Minister of Transportation Regulation No. KM 48 of 2002 on the Operation of Public Airports
4 Law No. 15 of 1992 on Aviation
5 Law No. 1 of 2009 on Aviation
6 Negative Investment List as provided under Presidential Regulation No. 39 of 2014 on List of Business Activities that are Closed to Investment and Business Fields that are Open with Conditions for Investment
7 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/calls-ppp-airports/
Michael Horn, Partner, Clyde & Co
Energy & Project Finance Law Firms in Indonesia


Fans aren't the only ones eager to get a hold of Stevie Stone's Strange Music debut, Tech N9ne Presents Stevie Stone – Rollin' Stone. In a recent interview with Necessary Exposure, Tech N9ne shared his excitement and expectations as he gave a huge endorsement for the new release.
Speaking from the Minneapolis stop on the Hostile Takeover 2012 Tour, Tech N9ne sat down for a brand new video interview. The Kansas City King discussed the success and growth of the massive tour. Tech also went on to talk about Strange Music releases in 2012, including Stevie Stone's Rollin' Stone and the next Tech N9ne solo album.
With Rollin' Stone on deck, even Tech can't hide his anticipation for the album that has already created a buzz with the smasher, "808 Bendin".
Are you as excited as Tech is for Rollin' Stone?
Have you pre-ordered the album yet?


text:
The New Turkey > Column , Economy , World | September 13, 2018
The Waning Reputation of the US Dollar
By Mevlüt Tatlıyer
Using the U.S. dollar as a weapon against other countries in an effort to promote the political interests of the U.S. itself has become the final blow to the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar was meant to be the stabilizer of the world trade and economy, not the destabilizer.
The U.S. one hundred dollar bill and Russian 5 rouble coins are seen in Moscow, Russia on September 07, 2018. Anadolu Agency
The steep devaluation of the Turkish Lira against the U.S. dollar in August 2018 has mostly been attributed not to economic, but political reasons by many around the world - although most Western media outlets have tended to argue otherwise in a rather biased way as I discussed in my last column.
It should be noted that the abuse of the global reserve currency, the U.S. dollar, as a "financial weapon" against the countries that the U.S. is not happy with in political terms will have significant adverse consequences for the U.S. itself.
In today's world, the U.S. dollar has certainly been in a rather dominant position as the reserve currency of the world. However, the U.S. economy is not that dominant at all in the world economy. First, although the share of the U.S. in the global trade is around 16 percent (14 percent of global exports and 18 percent of global imports), half of the total global trade is conducted via the U.S. dollar. Second, oil, gold and other commodities are overwhelmingly, if not totally, denominated in the U.S. dollar in global trade. Third, the U.S. dollar reserves comprise of around two-thirds (62.48 percent) of foreign-exchange reserves in central bank coffers around the world. Fourth, more than 80 percent of global foreign currency exchanges have been carried out with the U.S. dollar in either buy-side or sell-side.
The U.S. dollar had not been that strong in the past and certainly will not be in that position forever. The U.S. dollar has reached its current dominant position with the construction of the global economic/financial system by the U.S. itself during and in the wake of World War II. In this system, which is also called Bretton Woods, the U.S. dollar had been indexed to gold and other currencies had been tied to the U.S. dollar. However, in 1971 amid growing strains on the U.S. dollar, U.S. President Nixon severed the tie between the U.S. dollar and gold. This was the beginning of the end for the Bretton Woods system, which has gradually been replaced by neoliberalism in the 1970s and 1980s around the world. The U.S. dollar has managed to keep its title as the world's reserve currency in this transition, due to the fact that the U.S. was the world's biggest economy and hegemonic power and the U.S. dollar was firmly established in the global financial/economic order.
No one can deny that the U.S. dollar, as the world's reserve currency, contributes greatly to the U.S. economy. On the other hand, however, other countries also benefit from a steady economic/financial system "to an extent," in which the U.S. dollar has a central place. But, the reputation of this structure has been tarnished by the myriad financial crises occurred since the introduction of neoliberalism and, of course, the global financial crisis of 2008-09. Lastly, using the U.S. dollar as a weapon against other countries in an effort to promote the political interests of the U.S. itself has become the final blow to the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar was meant to be the stabilizer of the world trade and economy, not the destabilizer.
Using the U.S. dollar with political motivations against Turkey will certainly damage the Turkish economy to an extent in the short run. However, the U.S. itself, will be the biggest loser of this financial warfare in the medium/long run. Because the U.S. dollar benefits other countries by providing a stable financial environment, in which financial transactions could be conducted without serious fluctuations in value. Moreover, the U.S. dollar serves the world as the global unit of account, or the yardstick, with which all sorts of assets can be compared in value easily globally. However, make no mistake: the U.S. is by far the biggest winner of this system. Yet, it is the U.S. itself marring it.
Although the U.S. is still the hegemonic power of the world, it is an apparent fact that its power has been waning in relative terms. The share of the U.S. economy in the world was 25 percent in 1950. It is just around 17 percent now. Moreover, in terms of purchasing power parity, China has surpassed the U.S. as the world's biggest economy in 2011. The same thing will happen in terms of market exchange rates in the medium term. This means that the power of the U.S. dollar is destined to abate significantly. And it will possibly cease to be the reserve currency of the world in the medium/long term with dire consequences for the U.S., resulting in several reserve currencies. Using the U.S. dollar as a political weapon would only precipitate this fate.
Turkish Economy
Turkey-US Relations
Dr. Tatlıyer has received his B.S. degree in Management Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (2007), M.A. degree in Financial Economics from Istanbul Bilgi University (2010) and PhD degree in Economics from Istanbul University (2014). Tatlıyer currently works at Istanbul Medipol University, Economics & Finance department as associate professor of economics. In addition, he is a researcher at SETA Economy unit. His research fields involve macroeconomics and international political economics. Tatlıyer has publications in various international journals. Moreover, Tatlıyer has authored a Turkish book titled The Evolution of Economic Thought and Economic Policy (2015).
US-Turkey Relations in the Trump Era: A Turkish Perspective
The S-400 Deadlock Between Turkey and the US
Turkey's S-400 Deal: The Last Straw that Breaks the Camel's Back in US-Turkey Relations?


text:
Q: SQL query - add and update values at the beginning of a time series I am dealing with a SQL table called lecture with the following data:
datetime    value
2019-01-01   20
2019-02-01   22
2019-03-01   25
2019-04-01   26
2019-05-01   28
2019-06-01   28

I used to calculate difference between values implementing the following code:
select T1.datetime
     , case when T1.lag_value <0 then 0 else T1.lag_value end as lag_value
  from (select datetime, value - lag(value, 1, 0) OVER (ORDER BY datetime) lag_value
from lecture) as T1;

And the result is the following:
datetime    value
2019-01-01   20
2019-02-01   2
2019-03-01   3
2019-04-01   1
2019-05-01   2
2019-06-01   0

The thing I want to is the first value to be zero automatically.

A: You can default it using:
value - lag(value, 1, value) OVER (ORDER BY datetime)

or use coalesce():
coalesce(values - lag(value) OVER (ORDER BY datetime), 0)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Based on the increased awareness of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) We are asking our patients to practice good hygiene methods to prevent the spreading of any potential germs. For our patient's safety as well as ours, we ask if you are sick or possibly ill to refrain from coming into the office. Please call us to reschedule for a later date to avoid any issues. We thank you for understanding.
FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19, VISIT CDC.GOV.
We're Open: Important COVID-19 Announcement
Who Was Dr. Gonstead?
5 Components of the Gonstead System
New Patient Special Click here
Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness has invested a significant amount of resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence.
Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness makes available the UserWay Website Accessibility Widget that is powered by a dedicated accessibility server. The software allows Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness to improve its compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).
The accessibility menu can be enabled by clicking the accessibility menu icon that appears on the corner of the page. After triggering the accessibility menu, please wait a moment for the accessibility menu to load in its entirety.
Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness continues its efforts to constantly improve the accessibility of its site and services in the belief that it is our collective moral obligation to allow seamless, accessible and unhindered use also for those of us with disabilities.
Despite our efforts to make all pages and content on www.totallifechiropractic.com fully accessible, some content may not have yet been fully adapted to the strictest accessibility standards. This may be a result of not having found or identified the most appropriate technological solution.
If you are experiencing difficulty with any content on www.totallifechiropractic.com or require assistance with any part of our site, please contact us during normal business hours as detailed below and we will be happy to assist.
If you wish to report an accessibility issue, have any questions or need assistance, please contact Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness Customer Support.
Are you new to our office? Take advantage of our Special Offer!
"It is unbelievable what a week of adjustments can do for your body and overall health. I would highly recommend Dr. Ryan to anybody whether they are injured or not."
Total Life Chiropractic & Wellness
961 New Jersey-10 #1B
COPYRIGHT © 2021 GONSTEAD


text:
SAP Empowers Intelligent Enterprises With New Data-driven Cloud Services
EngagementBuyer InsightsSales & Marketing
By STS News Desk On Oct 8, 2019
SAP SE announced enhancements to its business technology platform to enable intelligent enterprises to thrive in an Experience Economy. These updates help customers quickly turn data into business value. The announcements were made at the SAP TechEd conference being held October 8–10, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain.
"Our business technology platform brings SAP HANA and analytics closer together with SAP Cloud Platform so users can make smarter, faster and more-confident business decisions," said Juergen Mueller, SAP chief technology officer and member of the Executive Board. "SAP ensures high levels of openness and flexibility including out-of-the-box integration, modularity and ease of extension in cloud, on-premise and hybrid deployment models. With this open and flexible approach, SAP is committed to helping our customers achieve superior business outcomes."
Read More: Bidstack Launches In The US And Appoints Fisher As Head Of Sales
By bringing together SAP technology into one "stack" with a single reference architecture, the business technology platform from SAP delivers required services for modern enterprises. It encompasses database and data management, application development and integration, analytics, intelligent technologies and services to help organizations extend their SAP applications, integrate their landscape and build new applications to improve business processes. With the business technology platform customers can benefit from easy access to SAP data and out-of-the-box business content that helps turn data into business value. Additionally, partnerships with hyperscale vendors and seamless interoperability with their technologies deliver a high level of scalability and flexibility.
SAP HANA® Cloud Services to Infuse Intelligence into Data
Comprising SAP Data Warehouse Cloud solution, SAP HANA® Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP HANA Cloud Services combines all data and analytics capabilities in these solutions as one set of interconnected services to store, process, govern and consume large volumes of data.
SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, a business-ready data warehouse in the cloud, offers users a self-service solution to easily and quickly tie all their business data together and translate it into value for their specific line of business. With a simple and flexible pricing model, customers can avoid the high up-front investment costs of a traditional data warehouse and easily and cost-effectively scale their data warehouse as data demands continue to grow. SAP Data Warehouse Cloud can be deployed either stand-alone or as an extension to customers' existing on-premise SAP BW/4HANA® solution or SAP HANA software. More than 2,000 customers are registered for the beta program for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, and general availability is planned for Q4/2019.
"Now, our people are even more efficient thanks to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud," said Stefan Fruehauf, PwC Partner and Global Leadership team member. "Connecting all this data from around the world has had an enormous impact on our business users."
"SAP Data Warehouse Cloud gave us all the tools to create a single data landscape," said Andreas Foerger, manager of the Analytics and Reporting team at Randstad Germany. "We were able to combine cloud and on-premise data with internal and external sources. Thanks to the data virtualization capabilities, we can connect all our data without creating redundancies. The semantic layer that SAP Data Warehouse Cloud comes with helps us sync all our data from different sources in a way that makes perfect sense to the business."
"With SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, we now have a tool at hand that goes far beyond the modeling capabilities of a BI tool," said Andreas Madsen, senior data and analytics partner at VELUX. "We can give our business users flexibility, but also make sure that we govern and protect the data. Our business users are empowered. They can easily get the important information they need when they need it. This solution bridges the gap not only between the on-premise and the cloud world but also between IT and business. Everyone is operating more efficiently."
Read More: Neustar And The ANA Announce Winners Of The 2019 Genius Awards In Advanced Marketing Analytics
SAP HANA Cloudis natively built for the cloud to bring customers the simplicity and speed of SAP HANA for all their data. It offers one virtual interactive access layer across all data sources with a scalable query engine, decoupling data consumption from data management. Users are equipped with a simplified, unified data access layer to streamline data processing while consolidating and harmonizing data integration in their intelligent applications. SAP HANA Cloud can be deployed either as a stand-alone solution or as an extension to customers' existing on-premise environments, allowing them to benefit from the cloud and the ability of SAP HANA to analyze live, transactional data. General availability for SAP HANA Cloud is planned for Q4/2019.
The latest release of SAP Analytics Cloud was announced at SAP TechEd Las Vegas and includes enhancements for enterprise planning. These updates enable business users to automate typical planning processes using new tools such as a wizard that simplifies the creation of planning workflows by automatically creating calendar tasks for planning process contributors. The new "builder tool" creates different versions of rolling forecasts. Improved "data actions" include prompts and variables to cover the same calculations across plans to help save time by maintaining a single, complex calculation rather than managing multiple versions. Additionally, SAP Analytics Cloud is planned to be embedded in SAP SuccessFactors solutions as well as SAP S/4HANA and made available in Q4/2019, giving companies better insight into their HR and business data to improve people and organizational decisions. Get more information here.
"SAP Analytics Cloud is increasing the efficiency of our planning cycles by 40 percent to 60 percent by spending less time gathering and preparing data," said Richard Masci, head, Financial Systems, Airbus Americas Inc. "This is a huge savings for us."
To further help developers, the embedded edition of SAP Analytics Cloud is planned to be offered as a service under the SAP Cloud Platform Enterprise Agreement. Developers can easily activate this analytics service to quickly build and integrate analytics into their applications through live connectivity with SAP HANA.
Latest Major Release of Leading On-Premise Business Intelligence Suite
SAP recognizes that every customer's journey to the cloud is unique and many organizations are operating in a mixed landscape with on-premise, cloud and hybrid deployments. The 4.3 release of the SAP BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence suite aims to support customers with on-premise enhancements while providing tighter integration with SAP Analytics Cloud. Benefits of the new version include an improved user experience, enhanced ease of deployment and support for the latest industry standards.
Read More: Alteryx Acquires Feature Labs To Advance Machine Learning For The Enterprise
Data-driven CloudData-driven Cloud ServicesNewsSAPSAP Empowers
Wirecard and SES-imagotag to Accelerate In-store Mobile Payments Adoption
Gartner Survey Reveals the Three Top Brand Challenges for Marketing Leaders


The Nuclear Materials Events Database contains records of all non-commercial power reactor incidents and events, including medical events, involving the use of radioactive byproduct material. Regulated licensees and Agreement States report the information to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.Included in this data is the basic record of each event, records of abnormal occurrences (event that could be a risk to the public), information about the radioactive material involved, type of the event, etc.There are nine categories of events, as well as one "other" category that serves as a catch-all. The category/event types are: Equipment problems involving licensed material; overexposures to licensed material; fuel cycle facility events; loss of control events; leaking sealed sources involving licensed material; medical events involving licensed material; non-power reactor events; release or contamination events involving licensed material; and transportation events.
The database has 12 relational tables with entries from 1990 through March 18, 2011. Some events occurring before 1990 appear in this data, but the most consistent reporting is for records from 1990 and later.
A thorough description of how to cover nuclear utilities with depth, including how to deal with and assess whistle-blowers and how to get information from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; includes several pages of sources from lawyers who represent whistle-blowers to officials from various regions of the NRC.
This tipsheet is an excellent first-step advisory for environmental reporters who are looking for stories on the nuclear industry cleanup.
Threats from weapons of mass destruction are more pronounced than ever. Eisler describes some of the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He also includes a hefty list of government, NGO, and academia sources on the subjects.
National Journal examines the nuclear industry's vulnerability to terrorism. The report quotes nuclear power's critics who say that "a terrorist attack on the one of the nation's 103 commercial reactors might trigger a meltdown within minutes." However, industry officials call such fears exaggerated. The story predicts that the increasing demand for electricity and the good safety record of the nuclear industry will bring need for new nuclear plants after the immediate threat of terrorist strikes has eased.
A Primetime investigative team examined security at nuclear research reactors at universities across the country and discovered shockingly lax security at numerous locations. Their findings contradicted assurances of a "heightened state of security awareness" from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. After the report aired several members of Congress called for investigations of the state of security at nuclear reactors.
Plain Dealer (Cleveland) reports on undisclosed cases of overexposure to radiation at hospitals and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's failure to regulate hospitals' radiation use.


Golden Hour gives you, from the chosen location and date, the 2 best moments of the day during which you will have the most gorgeous light for you pictures.
The sun positions is also provided.
The Watch App gives you the today's golden hours at your current location.
If you like the application, take a moment to write a review on the App Store!
I was slightly irritated at first due to the lack of direction/guidance, but with a little fidgeting around I figured it out. **Click date/location at the top of the screen to change date. The simplicity is nice.
... This is very minor, but bothersome: Developer, can you change the bottom golden hour to read "Evening" for Pm (instead of "Morning" two times in wrong location)? Thanks!
Hello LulaLola, Thank you very much for the review!
A new version will be available soon with a fix for the "Evening Golden Hour" label and for the date label it will more obvious that you have to tap it in order to change the date.
I've had this for about 6 months now and it is always right on. One addition that I would love to see added is the BLUE HOUR timeframes as well as Golden Hour.
Does just what it says and does it simply. I did have to read one of the earlier reviews to figure out how to change the date.


Oh...I could almost smell the beef gravy and the parotha and the mackarel.When I was in Chennai. there was this tiny Kerala mess which served beef with bits of coconut in it. Your posts scream of the passion that you have for food.Just like my idol Anthony Bourdain. I am not a food writer, but love food in all forms. Sad to hear about the Maine company. I have eaten mackerel fresh off Lake Michigan in Chicago...and it was fish heaven !! Enjoyed every word of the post. Excuse me while I stop drooling. Lol !!
Thanks for your lovely comment. Must say you know your way around, and taste buds evolved to the India Regional idiom. Nice to know you and thanks for the encoursagement.
whats the address and directions to place ?
Its on a road going beside Kalka Public school to Govindpuri, Its near the bus stop behind chawla fruit juice shop.


text:
@implementation Businessman

#pragma mark- Initialization

- (instancetype)init
{
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                                 selector:@selector(taxLevelChangedNotification:)
                                                     name:GovernmentTaxLevelDidChangeNotification
                                                   object:nil];
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                                 selector:@selector(averagePriceChangedNotification:)
                                                     name:GovernmentAveragePriceDidChangeNotification
                                                   object:nil];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

#pragma mark- Notifications

- (void)taxLevelChangedNotification: (NSNotification *) notification {

    NSNumber *value = [notification.userInfo objectForKey:GovernmentPensionUserInfoKey];

    float taxLevel = [value floatValue];

    if (taxLevel < self.taxLevel) {
        NSLog(@"Businessman %@ isn't happy!", self.name);
    } else {
        NSLog(@"Businessman %@ is happy!", self.name);

    }

    self.taxLevel = taxLevel;

}

- (void)averagePriceChangedNotification: (NSNotification *) notification {

    NSLog(@"Businessman %@ sees the average price change", self.name);

}

@end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub