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Das Omori-Gesetz ist ein 1894 von Fusakichi Ōmori entdecktes geophysikalisches Gesetz, nach dem Vor- und Nachbeben in ihrer Häufigkeit zeitlich gemäß einer Potenzverteilung um ein Hauptbeben verteilt sind.

Für Vorbeben lautet das Gesetz , wobei  die Anzahl der Vorbeben und  den Zeitpunkt des Hauptbebens angibt.  ist ein Exponent.

Für Nachbeben lautet das Gesetz , wobei  die Anzahl der Nachbeben und  den Zeitpunkt des Hauptbebens angibt.  ist ein Exponent.

Während der Finanzkrise 2008/2009 wurde von einzelnen Mathematikern versucht, den Verlauf von Börsenkursen gemäß dem Omori-Gesetz vorherzusagen.

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"Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favorite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life.
Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.
–C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Harper Collins, 1952/2001), 226-227.
"The repentance that accompanies salvation is a continued act, a repentance never to be repented of (2 Cor. 7:10). Repentance is a continual spring, where the waters of godly sorrow are always flowing.
A sound penitent is still a-turning nearer and nearer to God. He is still a-turning further and further from sin. This makes the penitent soul to sigh and mourn that he can get no nearer to God, that he can get no further from sin (Rom. 7).
The work of repentance is not the work of an hour, a day, a year, but the work of this life. A sincere penitent makes as much conscience of repenting daily as he doth of believing daily.
And he can as easily content himself with one act of faith, or love, or joy, as he can content himself with one act of repentance: 'My sins are ever before me,' says David (Ps. 51:3). Next to my being kept from sin, I count it the greatest mercy in the world to be still a-mourning over sin, says the penitent soul.
The penitent soul never ceases repenting till he ceases living. He goes to heaven with the joyful tears of repentance in his eyes. He knows that his whole life is but a day of sowing tears that he may at last reap everlasting joys. That repentance that accompanies salvation is a final forsaking of sin.
It is a bidding sin an everlasting adieu. It is a taking an eternal farewell of sin, a never turning to folly more: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' says Ephraim (Hosea 14:8). I have tasted of the bitterness that is in sin; I have tasted of the sweetness of divine mercy in pardoning of sin.
–Thomas Brooks, The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 2, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Edinburgh; London; Dublin: James Nichol; James Nisbet and Co.; G. Herbert, 1866), 467-68.


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WINDS OF THE WASTELAND
(director: Mack V. Wright; screenwriter: story by Joseph F. Poland/Mr. Poland; cinematographer: William Nobles; editor: Robert Jahns; music: Louis De Francesco; cast: John Wayne (John Blair), Phyllis Fraser (Barbara Forsythe), Lew Kelly (Mayor Rocky O'Brien), Douglas Cosgrove (Cal Drake), Lane Chandler (Larry Adams), Sam Flint (Dr. William 'Doc' Forsythe), Ed Cassidy(Mr. Dodge, Pony Express manager), Yakima Canutt (Smokey); Runtime: 58; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Nat Levine; Republic; 1936)
"Decent (if you're a friend of the genre "pardner") but nothing special."
A genial B Western from the early John Wayne period at Republic that's decent (if you're a friend of the genre "pardner") but nothing special. It reunites Wayne with Mack V. Wright, who directed him in his earlier days at Warner Brothers. It's scripted by Joseph F. Poland from his own story. "Winds" was filmed on location in the Sierra Mountains and in the Sacramento Valley.
The film opens with the end of the Pony Express era due to the telegraph. Best friends John Blair (John Wayne) and Larry Adams (Lane Chandler) decide to take the offer of two gift Pony Express horses offered by boss Mr. Dodge to former employees and open up a stagecoach line. The naive businessmen head to nearby Buchanan City and crooked stagecoach owner "Honest" Cal Drake (Douglas Cosgrove) dupes them into buying a rundown stage in the nearby ghost city of Crescent City for $3,000.
In Crescent City, they are befriended by the amiable mayor Rocky O'Brien (Lew Kelly) and the disheartened Dr. Forsythe (Sam Flint), who got cheated by Drake and is too ashamed to return east as a loser. Rocky informs John that there's a government mail contract of $25,000 for the stage that wins the race from Buchanan City to Sacramento. If John wins, he not only saves his stagecoach line but rebuilds the town. The race has the villainous Drake, described as being as crooked as a snake, and his number one thug Smokey (Yakima Canutt), pulling out all the punches to stop John from winning the race. But, as you would expect, despite Drake framing John to get him arrested on the day of the race, using a dynamite explosion, having gunmen try to kill him and attempting to lasso his stagecoach horses in a his last futile effort to win the race, the movie fix was in and if you bet on the Wayne team you were a winner. Wayne also gets to marry the daughter of Doc Forsythe, Barbara (Phyllis Fraser), who paid dad a surprise visit and after first disliking the town and Wayne fell in love with both.
REVIEWED ON 7/3/2005 GRADE: C+

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Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1964, Clark Prosperi began his painting career in the United States after working as an Art Director in advertising for over 20 years. After working with top interior design firms across the country, Clark developed a wide and varied range of techniques and a very unique painting style. He has designed numerous art environments for both public and private establishments including The Four Seasons, Hyatt Regency Pier 66, Bank of America, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Crystal Cruise Lines and The World Ship "ResindenSea". Although he can produce exquisite works in virtually any painting style, Clark's primary passion and focus is photo-realism, in which he creates realistic oil paintings by using photo reference to transform ordinary objects into extraordinary masterpieces. Clark continues to study enhanced art techniques from other master painters through workshops across the United States. He values the continuance of education in art and believes one can never cease to learn new techniques within the arts. Clark's passion for painting is reflected in his desire to pass on his knowledge to others.


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PET est un sigle de trois lettres pouvant signifier :
 les initiales de Pierre Elliott Trudeau, ancien premier ministre du Canada ;
 le polytéréphtalate d'éthylène, un plastique courant, en chimie ;
 la  ou PET scan (en français tomographie par émission de positons), une technique d'imagerie médicale ;
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 le , ancien nom du B1 Preliminary, un examen international d'anglais de l'université de Cambridge ;
 le code IATA pour l'aéroport international de Pelotas, à Pelotas, au Brésil ;
 le Perche Élite Tour, un circuit de saut à la perche français ;
 le , utilisé en aviation pour parler du point d'un vol à partir duquel les temps nécessaires pour retourner au point de départ ou arriver à destination sont identiques ;
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A Most Violent Year Is A Stressful Portrait of The Struggle [Review]
Posted on 26 January, 2015 2 May, 2018 AuthorDominic Griffin
Based on nothing but early trailers and the visual motifs of the marketing material, A Most Violent Year looks like the most overlookable film of the last year. Oscar Isaac with his young Al Pacino impression and that stark pink and purple lettering over dark, moody New York imagery (A24 is nothing if not brilliant at crafting striking ad campaigns) just scream that this is a modern throwaway throwback to the kind of gritty movies Sidney Lumet and Harold Becker used to make. Luckily, writer/director JC Chandor has something a little more substantive up his sleeve.
A Most Violent Year is the latest in a recent wave of films explicitly about the American Dream, succeeding on the strengths of its performances, the steady hand of its direction, and the sumptuous chiaroscuro of its cinematography. Oscar Isaac plays Abel Morales, a cripplingly honest man whose oil business is beset on all sides by a series of threats, from his competitors, from the thugs who keep hijacking his trucks, and from the Assistant District Attorney (David Oyelowo) working to bring him up on charges of fraud. Abel has thirty days to close a deal on a piece of land that will finally take his business to the next level, but these outside forces conspire to unravel his entire life's work.
At his side, there's his lawyer, Andrew (Albert Brooks), a warm and welcome comedic presence, adding a pragmatic sort of levity to the proceedings, and his wife, Anna (Jessica Chastain), a gangster's daughter with hot temper. While she's his partner and supports his moves, there's a growing frustration within her as Abel continues on a straight and narrow path that runs perpendicular to the increasingly crooked world that surrounds his slim bubble of honor and integrity.
Abel considers himself a self-made man who doesn't cheat to get ahead. Others may find his industry to be unscrupulous by definition (the film seems to posit that all of capitalism is, in some way or another, just as crooked as any criminal empire), but Abel doesn't see it that way. When he has to console Julian (Elyes Gabel), his driver who's been beaten in a recent hijacking, there's a palpable derision in his voice for the men who committed this crime, and it's not just because they took something that belongs to him. The prospect of resorting to thievery just doesn't compute for him. He's a man who scraped from the bottom to climb to the top of a mountain, with his nice home, his white wife, and his immaculately slick hair, a status the shell-shocked Julian clings onto as inspiration. Two scenes flip this relationship in heartbreaking ways: the first, when Julian tries to confide in Abel while speaking Spanish and Abel demands he speak English, and another, when Abel manipulates Julian's wife (Catalina Sandino Moreno) by code switching back to his native tongue. The lengths he's gone to assimilate are as impressive as they are disappointing.
Isaac plays Abel as such a straight arrow, a man for whom criminality and graft are foreign, incalculable concepts. His performance is a little impenetrable when the film begins, but the slow burn of watching this man's back get pushed tighter and tighter against a wall brings out some of the best work of his short but impressive career. The very Glengarry-like scene of him teaching a new sales associate how to talk to clients is chilling, and there's this cool thing he does with a forehead vein in a later scene with Moreno that should have been nominated for an Oscar.
There's something purposefully misleading about Isaac's Michael Corleone cosplay, tricking you into thinking we're watching the birth of some swagged out crime lord, but there's a messiness to the film's arc that is considerably more resonant than that well-worn trope would have been. Abel has a vision for the way his life is supposed to go, and life happens to have some "creative differences" regarding that vision. Instead of watching a man give into the easy way of doing things, we're instead forced to watch him brought lower and lower, from having to beg for loans hat in hand from his rivals to being (justifiably) emasculated by his wife. The latter is beautifully framed in a scene in which Abel and Anna hit a deer and Abel doesn't want to get his hands dirty to put it out of its misery, so Anna shoots the shit out of it from the car.
In his own mind, Abel is a mythical hero who's followed the narrative of the American Dream to a T, but Alex Ebert's score, a mixture of traditionally manipulative orchestral instrumentation with eighties-appropriate synthesizing, gifts him a theme that is at once noble and triumphant, but bent with a self-defeating wilt that reminds you how unreasonable his refusal to compromise really is.
The thing that makes this film so vital is how it's a stressful, heavy slice of life masquerading as a stylized crime thriller. The trailers haven't lied to you. All the elements you want from a movie called A Most Violent Year are present, but not in the genre-fulfilling forms you may hope to be sated by. There are guns, but when they go off, there's no voyeuristic thrill to be had. The shots are loud, shrill and discomfiting. The film's finest moment comes near the third act, when Abel finally finds himself in pursuit of one of his hijacked trucks. The sequence is riveting, but not in the high octane sense most car chases aim for. There's a mixture of anxiety and inevitability about it that churns your stomach. It gives way to the best cinematic foot chase since the opening of Joe Carnahan's Narc, as Abel chases one of the thieves (played by Charlie from Girls in the most pistol-whippable role in the film). The running is perfectly set up by the opening images of the film, when Bradford Young lenses Abel's morning run. We know he's prepared for this kind of marathon, because his entire life has been a marathon, unlike this crook who's just in it for the sprint.
Speaking of Bradford Young, an incredible cinematographer who shot both this and Selma in the same year and still didn't get any Oscar love, does some amazing things visually here. Chandor's made one of the least subtle films you'll see this year, but Young helps to craft images that at least mete out the director's blatant symbolism in a shrewd and striking manner, especially the way he lights and frames snow. For much of the film's run time, flakes have accumulated on the ground as a white blanket of purity, but in key moments, when blood and oil seep into the snow, or we see characters standing in streets where the snow has been driven over, plowed through, and otherwise inexorably tinged with dirt, we have a stronger understanding of what Abel and his family have been through, and what's been sacrificed for their success.
Everything has a price, and there's a thinner line between breaking the law and being an honest businessman than Abel can bring himself to understand.
A Most Violent Year is out now in theaters.
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This Weekend: Bus shuttles replace Blue Line between Del Amo-Artesia due to upgrade work
by Lexi Hinton , September 10, 2015
More rehabilitation work is scheduled for the Metro Blue Line this weekend as crews perform final upgrades to the track crossover between Del Amo and Artesia Station.
Beginning this Friday, Sept. 11 after 9 p.m. through Sunday, Sept 13 close of service, there will be a full closure to both tracks between the two stations. This means all northbound Blue Line trains will stop at Del Amo and return south to Long Beach, and all southbound trains will travel as far as Artesia Station and return north to 7th Street/Metro Center.
Customers requiring service between Artesia and Del Amo will need to board the free Metro bus shuttles labeled "Blue Line Shuttle" in order to do so.
In addition to bus shuttles and vital track work at between Artesia and Del Amo Stations, this weekend's Blue Line service levels are as follows:
On Friday, Sept. 11, Blue Line trains will run every 15 minutes between Downtown Long Beach and Del Amo, and every 20 minutes between 7th/Metro and Artesia.
On Saturday and Sunday, Blue Line trains are scheduled to operate every 15 minutes between Downtown Long Beach and Del Amo, and every 18 minutes between 7th/Metro and Artesia from open to close of service. (Scheduled service changes can also be found on our Service Advisories page.)
*Also, on Saturday, Metro will run enhanced Expo Line service for customers going to the USC vs. Idaho game. Please be sure to use the entire platform when boarding.
Finally, we realize many of our customers will be impacted by the work and would like to say thank you for your patience as the end result will be a safer and more reliable Metro Blue Line. For more transit news and real-time service updates, don't forget to check back here or follow us on Twitter at @metrolosangeles or @metrolaalerts.
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SCHENDEN: Revolutions of the Heart
Artistic works rendering the process of conversion and transformation are often externally dramatic – be it Caravaggio's Conversion of St. Paul or Flannery O'Connor's Revelation. While such depictions capture the power of human transformation, they also might sway one to believe that a conversion – in belief, attitude, way of[Read More…]
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CARNES: When Things Come Up
Many of us have received that phone call, or that text or email: the one that comes unexpectedly and bears news that we did not want to hear. The illness, or even the death, of a loved one. The loss of a job by a parent or sibling, or concerns[Read More…]
Meaningful Exams For A Meaningful End
One of the most challenging things for a professor to do is to design a truly meaningful and transformative final exam or final paper. Yet, after 21 years of experience in higher education as both a student and professor, I have come to appreciate how powerfully a well-designed exam or[Read More…]
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GRAY: Easter's Crucial Reflections
During this challenging winter, I often returned to the final lines of Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind:" "The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" The Romantics in general, and perhaps Shelley in particular, have minimal resonance in the hearts of most[Read More…]
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O'BRIEN: On The Blessing of Our Belovedness
I met Nancy on my first night at Georgetown in August 1984. I had moved into my room on New South 1 (which looks very much the same today) and wandered anxiously over to a party on the Harbin patio. I was overwhelmed and felt way out of my league.[Read More…]
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O'BRIEN: The Beauty of Our Individual Chaos
A proverb tells us, "God writes straight with crooked lines." When I look back on my 48-year-old life, I celebrate satisfying successes and reckon with painful regrets and losses. I try to draw connections between all the stops and starts, all the ups and downs, all the straight and curved[Read More…]
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GRAY: Patience is Key to Self-Discovery
I've been on the road a great deal this academic term, a temporary inhabitant of the terminals in various cities on the East Coast, the West Coast and sites in between. In those journeys it has become clearer and clearer to me that waiting remains a major part of contemporary[Read More…]
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CARNES: The High Calling of Bothered Excellence
What makes a Jesuit education different? Over the years, I have heard many efforts to describe the unique chemistry of a place like Georgetown. Last week, though, I heard one that was genuinely new for me. A Jesuit who has served as president of two universities summed up our educational[Read More…]
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CARNES: The 6 Habits of Highly Effective Hoyas
Now that the add/drop period has come to a close, we enter a different phase of the semester. The slow, "Georgetown 3-4-5" start is reaching its finale (we had three days of class the first week, four days this week and will have five full days next week). Ready[Read More…]
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O'BRIEN: Aspiring to Be Free, Good and Loving
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Weekly Advocacy Alert -04-2019
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Department of Environmental Affairs
National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations
Summary of Intent
CAIA is aware of the challenges that have been experienced by members in some cases regarding a lack of receipt of registration numbers as well as acknowledgement that data submitted during 2018 had been received. Your membership level does not allow you access to this content. If you feel you should have access on the below document, please log-in or Contact Us
South African Petroleum Industry Association
Island View Precinct – Request for Information
In Weekly Advocacy Alert 39/2018 CAIA alerted members to the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) invitation to an engagement session regarding the Island View Precinct (IVP) Strategy Update, which took place on 18 October 2018. CAIA has since engaged on a regular basis with TNPA regarding this matter and has also joined forces with the South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA), other stakeholders and affected CAIA members. Your membership level does not allow you access to this content. If you feel you should have access on the below document, please log-in or Contact Us
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Socio-economic Impact Assessment Study
CAIA alerted members to the Department of Health's intention to revise the Hazardous Substances Act Group Listings during 2016, and provided access to the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Study Report for the amendments in 2018. Your membership level does not allow you access to this content. If you feel you should have access on the below document, please log-in or Contact Us
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Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution
CAIA has received an invitation from The Companies Tribunal to attend a seminar promoting a culture of resolving commercial disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Your membership level does not allow you access to this content. If you feel you should have access on the below document, please log-in or Contact Us
Competition Act
Amendment of Regulation 15 of the Rules for the Conduct of Proceedings in the Competition Commission
In Weekly Advocacy Alert 45/2018 CAIA alerted members to the Economic Development Department's (EDD) draft Amendment of Regulation 15 of the Competition Commission Rules for public comment. The EDD has now published amended Regulation 15 with effect from 25 January 2019. Your membership level does not allow you access to this content. If you feel you should have access on the below document, please log-in or Contact Us
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Review of South African National Standard (SANS) 1929: Ambient Air Quality – Limits for common pollutants
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Fertilizer, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act
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The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has published an amendment to the Regulation Relating to the Tariffs for the Registration of Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies, Stock Remedies, Sterilizing Plants and Pest Control Operators, Appeals and Imports, for public comment. The amendment pertains to the substitution of Table 1 which relates to Tariffs, Rates and Scales for Services, Goods and Supplies Provided by DAFF. Your membership level does not allow you access to this content. If you feel you should have access on the below document, please log-in or Contact Us


She çhengey çhengaghyn Tibetagh-Burmagh ee Duraish, as ish ayns gaue trome. T'ee goll er loayrt ayns Gandaki ayns Nepaal, agh ta'n chooid smoo jeh'n sleih Dura er ngoaill toshiaght loayrt Nepaalish. Rere coontaghyn-phobble, ta eddyr 3 396 as 5 676 jeu; ta kuse jeu goaill padjeryn ayns Duraish foast. Ta'n Shalee Çhengaghyn Himalayagh jannoo recortyssyn er Duraish, as ta mysh 1 500 focklyn as 250 raaghyn oc. Loayreyder s'jerree ny çhengey, she Soma Devi Dura ee, as ish ruggit ayns 1926 vlein dy eash.
Cha nel oardaghey baghtal ec Duraish. V'ad cliaghtey cur ee ayns y phossan Bodagh Sheear, agh rere obbyr jeianagh, ta banglane e hene eck: Magaragh.
↑ Ethnologue report for language code:drg (Baarle) (20 Averil, 2009). Feddynit er 2009-05-11.
↑ Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) (Baarle). Dura. Feddynit er 2009-05-15.
↑ Programme Description Himalayan Languages Project.


Interview with Sha Yang : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Sha Yang : My inspiration come from children, I am looking for how to design some toys let children play happy and stimulate their immaginations. I hope I can create some toys which they can move freely rather than static like a sculpture in one place. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Sha Yang : Fun, playful and moveable, humorous .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Sha Yang : Around half year. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Sha Yang : My oringinal intention is insimulating children's immagination, my work just abstract animal shapes are good gor children to immgine anything, and also the diversity movements in animals are full of fun, children play them to look for their own happiness. I hope my work can be mass production, I am looking for a producer who will be interested in my project. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Sha Yang : I am looking for a producer that might be intherested in produce them. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Sha Yang : Children' play and behaviors, and children's immaginations, all from children's deminds .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Sha Yang : Toy artist- Robert Race, Ian Mackay. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Sha Yang : the moveable aspect, the original wooden materials and humorous animals' face. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Sha Yang : the wooden drill machine and wooden lathe .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Sha Yang : Playful,humorous , high aesthetic value and craftsmanship .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Sha Yang : yes, in UAL 3D resorce center. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Sha Yang : in the very key position .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Sha Yang : the book references .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Sha Yang : I just what to try and test where my work will be, and want to know my design level. I am very glad to share with international .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Sha Yang : I have improved how to overcome my limits. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Sha Yang : It is a pity I couldn't participate with the exhibition in Italiy as it is long traveling. Hope one day I can come to have a look at it. Thank you for your helpful organizations .


Resolution declaring official intent to reimburse expenditures related to development of the Mission Rock Project from the proceeds of bonds and other debt; and making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to add provisions to administer the Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax; and to make conforming non-substantive changes.
Motion conditionally reversing the determination by the Planning Department, that the proposed project at 1052-1060 Folsom Street and 190-194 Russ Street is exempt from further environmental review under a Community Plan Evaluation, subject to the adoption of written findings of the Board in support of this determination.


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IIHF may cancel Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk
The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi may cause reviewing the concept of the ice hockey world championship, which is to be held in Belarus in 2014. It is possible that the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will have to cancel the tournament, Izvestia writes.
"Of course, the interest to the 2014 world championship in May, only three months after the Olympic Games in Sochi, may be very low. The IIHF Congress has discussed this problem. A new format of the world championship is considered as one of the variants to solve the problem," Russian Hockey Federation executive director Valery Fesyuk said. "It's an open question. No changes have been made so far. A lot of countries propose either to replace the world championship by a European tournament, because, for example, the US and Canada are unlikely to send their teams, or to cancel it."
The only fear of the Belarusian authorities is that some countries may boycott the tournament. However, the press service of the Ice Hockey Federation started to speak about adjusting plans on the world championship.
"A format of the world championship in Belarus will be approved in 2013 at a meeting in Sweden, which is traditionally held after each world tournament. The format is most likely to be changed," the press service of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation says.
It should be reminded that human rights activists and international organisations stand against holding the 2014 IIHF World Championship in Minsk. The idea of moving the event to another country was supported by a number of European and American politicians. Some countries threatened to boycott the championship due to repression carried out by the Belarusian authorities.
IIHF congress in May to consider moving Ice Hockey World Championship to different country
Belarus not considered for Ice Hockey World Championship 2020
Decision to move from Minsk the Ice Hockey World Championship will be taken in autumn


Mini Bubbles (above) has a small circular motif in drop stitch mesh, perfect for colorful variegated and self-striping yarns and is easily customisable in width and length. It can also be knit in plainer yarn for a more restrained look!
The sample was knit on 3.5mm/US4 needles with 40g/160m/180yds of Lang Jawoll Magic Dégradé Superwash 75% new wool, 25% nylon, shade 59. Allow 2 balls of yarn for a full sized project.
Dimensions of sample shown: approximately 20in/50cm square.
Mini Bubbles is both charted and fully written out.
Micro Bubbles (below) features a smaller version of the Mini Bubbles motif. The pattern is written only - no chart.
Thanks to Emma Dunne for knitting the swatch!


Historically a cockentrice is a dish consisting of the upper body of a suckling pig sewn onto a capon and never ones to slavishly follow tradition we've adapted it for our new liqueur labelling for an exclusive range of flavours.
Our cockentrice is a drawing of our much loved and missed Jack Russell Minstrel placed on the body of prancing Kentish horse! Minstrel immortalised and our new great Kentish liqueur flavours wrapped in cool new clothes!
Coxy's Kentish Liqueurs are driven by our desire to deliver something reassuringly familiar with an unusual and satisfying twist to pack a flavour punch. The unique combos compliment and give layers of flavour drawing out the best from the Kentish fruit and honey.
Great in cocktails, on their own over ice, better with friends. And better friends make it even better!


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The Quarry (***) That's a weird f-n verse
You won't be moved to smile by The Quarry. You will be moved, though.
The Quarry – 2020
Director Scott Teems
Screenplay Teems, Andrew Brotzman based on the book by Damon Galgut
Starring Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto, Bruno Bichir, Alvaro Martinez
There is something very genuine about watching Michael Shannon in a small town setting. There is something equally genuine about seeing Shea Whigham filled with regret. Catalina Sandino Moreno is in a genuine league all by herself. Even if the story and pacing of The Quarry fails to match up to the acting talent, it's still something to enjoy, if for nothing but the skill of their acting.
Whigham is a man found by the side of the road by an alcoholic preacher (Bichir) on his way from Ohio to his new congregation. The preacher takes him to get something to eat, then down to a quarry just outside of the town he is heading towards. After some conversation, we discover that the man has a guilty conscience and that the pastor wants him to confess. Instead of a confession, the man hits the preacher on the head with a wine bottle, killing him. The man buries the preacher in the quarry, then goes through his things and heading to town, assumes his identity.
As luck or a very convenient script would have it, his ban is broken into by two cousins of Celia (Moreno) from whom he is renting a room. The two find evidence of his crime and its location, but keep it hidden as they are implicated in the breakin. The Sheriff (Shannon), who is sleeping with Celia, has it in mind to catch and convict the cousins.
Meanwhile, the man has become a popular preacher, for his unusual honesty and choices of readings. The timing of his rise in popularity and the surrounding events seems awfully rushed, if only to match the pace of other reveals. Of course all of these elements have to collide within the space of an hour and a half, which diminishes from the excellent acting, cinematography and scene building. Extra credit for the Ryan Bingham song, The Man, through the credits.
Thing is, it's tough to not think this is a good movie. For the acting of the three leads alone this is worth a watch for me. It's stark, holds little hope and drudges through joy with a miserable heart. There is hope though.
See this if you enjoy the work of the principal talents here. There is no sub par acting for even a single frame. You won't be moved to smile by The Quarry. You will be moved, though.
(***1/2 out of *****)
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17 November 2020 | 4:40 pm
November 17, 2020 — Access Now joined a coalition of 32 civil society organizations in calling on agency review teams for the incoming Biden-Harris administration to prioritize civil rights and technology equities in filling agency positions.
The letter states that there is an urgent need for new protections in the United States (Access Now's priorities are here) to ensure that technology is designed and used in ways that respects civil rights, preserves privacy, ensures transparency, and holds companies and the government to account. Therefore, it is critical that agencies create a regulatory environment that encourages companies to design tools with equity impacts in mind.
"It's high time that every government agency incorporate and internalize technology and civil rights expertise," said Eric Null, U.S. Policy Manager at Access Now. "No industry has gone unaffected by technology innovation, and the agencies overseeing our economy must understand both the technology itself and the civil rights implications of that technology. Otherwise, agencies will continue regulating in the dark, exacerbating inequities and injustice."
The letter outlines two concrete requests for the agency review teams:
Recruit a diverse range of voices and expertise on technology policy, to include, but not limited to, civil rights advocates, privacy advocates, consumer protection experts, academics, and community leaders and organizers who can speak to on-the-ground impacts.
Ensure technology and civil rights staff work closely with primary decision-makers to evaluate equity impacts of new rules, agency actions, and the behavior of the regulated industries.
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Addressing behavioral health in Harrison County
Harrison County Behavioral Health Coalition to soon be absorbed by Healthy Harrison Coalition
In November 2016, a group of stakeholders gathered together to address behavioral health issues in Harrison County. Those people formed a group they eventually named the Harrison County Behavioral Health Coalition.
"We started in a partnership between the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Network and CHI Hospital Missouri Valley," said Molly Brown, Southwest Iowa Region for Mental Health and Disability Services. "We identified goals and set priorities, then began working. At the end of year one, or the beginning of year two, things changed with the network, and we shifted to a partnership with Southwest Iowa Mental Health and Disabilities Region."
After identifying the group as Harrison County Behavioral Health Coalition, they have since been working on three primary goals.
• To increase the overall awareness of existing and potential resources among community stakeholders through an established behavioral health community coalition.
• To break the generational cycle of addiction and dysfunction through preventative education of parents and youth through a partnership with the schools.
• To improve the community's knowledge of behavioral health and the crisis response to individuals with behavioral health needs by supporting the work of the Southwest Iowa Mental Health and Disabilities Region.
The coalition launched a web-based, searchable, and printable resource directory that is mobile friendly in April 2018. This step addressed the coalition's first goal.
To address the second goal, the coalition implemented Me360, a substance use prevention program, in five school districts in Harrison County. At least 375 students in grades seven through nine and 36 parents/guardians have been introduced to the program since its debut.
Additionally, the suicide prevention education, Coping Through the Teen Years, has been implemented in three districts for grades six through 12, reaching 418 students and 21 faculty members.
The coalition also offers Common Sense Parenting in two districts with two additional parenting cafes and two six-week classes, as well as grief support.
"We also have a combination, a unique program," added Brown. "A couple of proactive individuals in the community were certified in either the Nurtured Heart Approach or Connections Matter. These three entities put together a four-week program where the Nurtured Heart Approach would be delivered in two separate evening, three hours each. Connections Matter was one two-hour session, and then the last day was a screening of the film 'Resilience.' The purpose of this was child abuse prevention education."
The coalition sponsors two Mental Health First Aid trainers who have held nine classes and trained more than 200 individuals to detect mental health crisis. This addresses the coalition's third goal, as do the Crisis Stabilization services available in Harrison County. Those services are Hope4Iowa Crisis Call Line, Mobile Crisis Response, and Turning Pointe CSRS.
Hope4Iowa Crisis Call Line (844-673-4469) is available to all residents of Harrison County. This connects individuals in a crisis to a helping hand and the resources to address and improve mental wellness.
Mobile Crisis Response is available to those in Woodbine, Logan, and Dunlap. According to the coalition's data, 100 percent of the calls received resulted in diversion from hospitalization or emergency room visits.
"The Mobile Crisis Response is in a state of revolution here in Harrison County, and it requires a partnership with law enforcement," Brown said. "When it is engaged, when it is used, and when those partnerships exist, it is very effective in steering people away from unnecessary ER and hospital visits."
It also helps the hospital determine which individuals would benefit most from that level of care.
• Turning Pointe Crisis Stabilization Residential Service. This program, based in Clarinda, is available to Harrison County residents who are 18 years of age and older. The program's purpose is to support individuals in a mental health crisis and allow them to remain within the community instead of being admitted into inpatient acute care hospitalization. Anyone, including friends, family, emergency departments, and providers have the ability to make a referral to Turning Pointe, 24 hours a day, by calling 712-303-7066.
"That is where we have been the past three years – on quite the journey at quite a fast pace, it feels like," said Brown.
Though they have been busy, Brown said there is still work to be done.
At a meeting on May 14, the Behavioral Health Coalition announced that the Healthy Harrison Coalition will absorb the Behavioral Health Coalition soon due to grant funding that was not renewed.
According to Sherri Webb, Harrison County Home and Public Health Parent Educator, this change is "exciting, but challenging."
Darcy Behrendt, Vice President Patient Care Services at CHI Hospital Missouri Valley, and Madelyn Brunow, HCHPH Public Health Nurse, are co-chairs of the Healthy Harrison Coalition.
"We try to be a network of networks to bring people together," Brunow said. "We are hoping this relationship can continue, and we invite everyone to join us."
Brunow added that they have been working on a sustainable plan to address and advance the behavioral health goals within Healthy Harrison Coalition.
While they are positioned to start off well, Brunow said they will continue to look for additional funding.
The 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment will be available at the end of June on the CHI website.
For help with a crisis, call the Hope4Iowa Crisis Call Line at 844-673-4469. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911.
Have a question? Email the Hope 4 Iowa Crisis Line at hope4iowa@boystown.orb.


Keep camera metadata ISO but switch to RedLogFilm when grading R3D?
What is the easiest way to do this? I want to grade from R3D, but when I change my clips to reference project raw settings and change to RedLogFilm, I can only use one ISO setting for every shot in the film. I'd like to use camera metadata (especially for ISO), but use RedLogFilm as the gamma curve. Thousands of shots, so tweaking these metadata setting per shot is not ideal.
Re: Keep camera metadata ISO but switch to RedLogFilm when grading R3D?
Did you try changing the attributes in Red Cine ?
Hmm, that's an interesting idea. Is there a way to batch change meta data for huge #s of files? Thanks Sasha.
No way to do that, but a good feature request over at Red if you feel like making it.
1) For your project settings set the Red Camera settings to "Decode Using - Camera Metadata"
2) The select all red clips in the media pool and right click on one to select "Edit Red Codec Settings"
3) In the red settings dialogue box change "Decode Using" to "Clip" and then change "Gamma Curve" to Redlogfilm"
4) After doing that click the left most button on the lower right of the dialogue box to "apply changes to all selected clips"
5) This will only change the gamma curve to redlogfilm in all selected clips and keep the camera metadata for color temp, sat, tint, etc.
Exactly right Chris, we've being doing this on red projects for a long time.


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February 18, 2018: Pallywood propagandist
Our readers weigh in.
By Letters to the Editor
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Pallywood propagandist
With regard to "UN calls on Israel to free Ahed Tamimi" (February 15), Tamimi is a teenager, a delinquent and a coward. She would not dare slap and punch a Palestinian cop. She would not assault an Israeli soldier without the cameras rolling.
She was coached by her parents and has become a Pallywood propagandist. In a situation where their leaders encourage vehicular and knife attacks on Jews, she would only pout and act out in front of the media.
Let's remember, too, that Israel captured Judea and Samaria after Jordan attacked it. Jordan had illegally occupied the territory since 1949, forcing out all the Jews. It did not consider the Palestinian Arabs a distinct group, so it never created a state for them.
LEN BENNETT
Just a partisan hack?
While I usually take little heed of liberals who suffer from what is widely recognized as Trump Derangement Syndrome, Douglas Bloomfield's blaming of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for the debacle that is Syria ("Rex wrecks," Washington Watch, February 15) is beyond the pale.
The die was cast in Syria in the summer of 2013, when Bloomfield's lord and savior, then-president Barack Obama, completely abdicated US leadership in the Middle East and failed to either militarily confront Syrian leader Bashar Assad after acts of genocide or even fund the opposition, which at that time had a reasonable chance of deposing him. Instead, Obama let the chaos persist and grow until Russian President Vladimir Putin, sensing complete US weakness and disinterest, leapt into the void. The rest was foreseeable and inevitable, including the Assad- Iranian alliance.
By the time the Trump administration took the reigns, the cancer of Russian-Iranian involvement and control had metastasized, and as with many matters, President Donald Trump inherited a horrendous mess of half a million people slaughtered and an Iran funded by sanctions relief and oil money for use in funding Tehran's number one goal: destroying Israel.
In short, Trump-Tillerson inherited the Obama-caused catastrophe, and short of a direct military confrontation between the US and Russia, there is little to be done because Russia holds all the high cards.
Could Tillerson and Trump be more supportive of Israel vis a vis Syria at this moment? Yes. But to charge Tillerson with the Obama-caused catastrophe and horrible state of Syrian affairs is beyond unreasonable.
I urge Mr. Bloomfield to move past his Trump hatred and analyze events more objectively, rationally and fairly. Otherwise, he is just a partisan hack.
DONALD CHIERT
Roslyn, New York
We should shift to vegan
As president emeritus of Jewish Veg (formerly Jewish Vegetarians of North America) and author of three editions of the book Judaism and Vegetarianism, I was pleased to see your February 14 article "Vegan diet reduces diabetes risk in heavy adults."
This is just the latest example of the widespread research that has shown that well-balanced, nutritious vegan diets, with minor supplementation in some cases, can sharply reduce the risks of, and in some cases reverse, many life-threatening diseases.
Since there are now more Torah scholars and Jewish learning in Israel than ever before, I wonder, respectfully, why the strong inconsistencies between animal-based diets and fundamental Jewish mandates to preserve human health, treat animals with compassion, protect the environment, conserve natural resources and help hungry people are being ignored.
Shifting toward animal-free diets is especially important today: While climate experts fear that we may soon reach an irreversible, disastrous tipping point, animal-based agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, more so than all the means of transportation combined, according to the 2006 UN Food and Agriculture report "Livestock's Long Shadow."
So to improve the health of Israelis and our imperiled planet, it is essential that we play our historically mandated role to be a "light unto the nations" and shift toward vegan diets.
RICHARD H. SCHWARTZ
Shoresh
What 'atrocities'?
I noticed several letters arguing against "Nobody should buy this occupation" (The Fifth Column, February 9). Each gave reasons against the argument that Israel "occupies" Judea and Samaria, but I was most disturbed (and still am) by Yonatan Gher's claim that Israel is committing "atrocities" as part of its oversight of the disputed areas.
Security measures might or might not be too strict (many think them far too lax); nevertheless, I would like to state strongly that the editors should exercise greater oversight.
Recently, we learned that Syria killed more than 200 people in one of its latest attacks on rebellious towns – the total numbers add up to half a million. We recently concluded a war with Islamic State where thousands were murdered in brutal ways or were enslaved and raped. There are wars going on in Yemen, and the Turks just attacked the Kurds in Syria, killing both combatants and civilians.
In contrast, Israel takes extreme measures to limit the impact of its security measures that are required to protect its citizens from terrorism. These measure are neither cruel nor extremely wicked, and they are not done en masse.
Discussions and arguments are fine. False accusations are not. Considering the power of the printed word, I hope very much that greater editorial oversight will be taken.
BARRY LYNN
Democrats and Israel
With regard to "Pence and Pew, present and future" (Column One January 26), the roots of growing apathy toward Israel in the US Democratic Party lie in three events from the 1990s: the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Oslo Agreement in 1993, and the 1994 Republican "Contract with America."
The first of these deprived the Left of its ideal, and when Soviet archives were opened, this demonstrated that it had completely misunderstood the nature of "socialism" while the Right had understood it correctly. The second endorsed the Left's ideas on how to bring peace with the Palestinians, but experience there demonstrated that the Left was wrong about this, too. The significance of the Republican "contract" is that it encompassed a set of ideas that, when adopted, actually worked.
These three, taken together, undermined the Left's self-perception of being entitled to rule because it was more moral, more intelligent and better educated than the Right, and raised the specter of its becoming politically irrelevant.
Without any new ideas that would appeal to voters, the Democrats responded by adopting a strategy of catering to identity groups that could claim grievances – blacks, Latinos, feminists, LGBTQ and, under former president Barack Obama, Muslims.
This strategy works only as long as these grievances are maintained, which is why Democratic policies generally don't solve the underlying problems: Doing so would lose them their voters.
These groups, and the party that embraced them, cannot tolerate evidence that they might have brought their grievances upon themselves, but any peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians would do exactly that: demonstrate that Palestinian suffering has been due to the bad decisions of Palestinian leaders.
The reason is simple: The best the Palestinians can achieve in any deal is exactly what they would have achieved had they settled in 1949. Support for BDS follows since only the delegitimization of Israel can prevent the emergence of evidence that the Left has been wrong about the Israel-Palestinian conflict as well.
YALE ZUSSMAN
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Lorrie Morgan will perform at the Boykin Center Feb. 22. Call 252-291-4329 for ticket information.
Lorrie Morgan, called one of the most eloquently emotive country vocalists of modern times, will take the stage at the Boykin Center on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Morgan was the first woman in her genre to begin her career with three consecutive platinum albums. Her most recent solo album, "Letting Go … Slow" is a collection that showcases a rainbow of emotions, from darkest heartache to bright, shiny humor.
In her songs, you can hear Morgan's lustrous vocal phrasing and the down-to-earth believability in her torchy performances. On records such as "A Picture of Me Without You" and "I Guess You Had to Be There," she ached with pain. She was feisty and sassy in "Watch Me," "What Part of No" "Five Minutes" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." She has kicked up her stiletto heels in fun on her hits "Except for Monday" and "Go Away." On her epic "Something in Red," she was an anguished, struggling everywoman.
Morgan is a Nashville native and the daughter of Country Music Hall of Famer George Morgan. She made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry stage at age 13, singing "Paper Roses," and her musical career was firmly established by the time she was 16. She was honored with induction into the Opry cast when she was 24 and was signed to RCA Records in 1987.
Her first three albums, "Leave the Light On" (1989), "Something in Red" (1991) and "Watch Me" (1992), all earned Platinum Record awards, as did her greatest hits collection (1999). "War Paint" (1994), "Greater Need" (1996) and "Shakin' Things Up" (1997) are all gold record winners.
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It's a week after Blogger Bash and I'm still catching my breath. This is the 3rd year and I have to congratulate the staff. It was an excellent two days and I really enjoyed myself.
We started off with the Care Bears Brunch.
Dan Morris and Rachel Martin of Blogging Concentrated were amazing. They got up and spoke for several hours and I was mesmerized. I love that I was able to learn so much about how take this blog to the next level.
Sweet Suite was fantastic — you'll have to check out my video of the highlights to find out my favorite finds!
The next day we were back at Blogger Bash by 10:30 AM (I had to miss the breakfast due to kid camp drop off).
I have to call attention to Adam and Eve's table with reps Martrisha and Katy. Whether this is your thing or not, Martrisha and Katy were supportive, encouraging and they really made me feel empowered. I did end up getting a few samples, but gave one to my friend, because I didn't want to be known as the blogger who took 3 samples from Adam and Eve! Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see a partnered post with Adam and Eve on this blog.
I enjoyed getting a look at the new animated Peanuts series coming to Boomerang this fall.
Ginger Zee of GMA was fantastic and I enjoyed her story of her pregnancy and new motherhood and how it changed her life. And yes, it had me a little teary eyed.
Whether you were a Jwoww or Snooki fan or not, everyone was listening to them.
I actually thought they did a great job, even though the boat wasn't making them feel that well (thank you Sea Bands, for helping me to feel better).
Then we celebrated on the top deck of the Majesty!
No clue. Usually in the summer.
Hi, How to join this event next time?
Contact the organizers — google Blogger Bash.
Wow, what an incredible event!


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New reach truck models from Toyota optimise safety and performance levels
Toyota Material Handling Europe has launched the first three models in the new BT Reflex family of reach trucks. The latest models – the high-performance R-series, the E-series (which features Toyota's iconic and unique tilting cab) and the flexible O-series for inside and outside use – set new standards in safety, efficiency and ergonomics.
The trucks, which are offered with load capacities of between 1.4 and 2.5 tonnes and lift heights of up to 13 metres, feature a host of innovations – including an updated ergonomic operator compartment that optimises safety, performance levels and operator comfort.
Within the operator's cabin the steering unit with palm support has been refined for enhanced touch sensitivity and feel. Also, a new main control console positioned to the right-hand side of the driver, helps to make the new BT Reflex models highly intuitive to control – which results in improved throughput speeds and safer working.
Another notable addition within the operator's area is a new large colour touchscreen display which provides a clear view of critical information and direct access to the truck's programmable features and functions. Like the main controls, the touchscreen has been designed with ease of operation in mind and its instinctive and interactive functionality guarantees a high level of efficiency
Of course, driver comfort has not been forgotten and all the new models have the option of a high-quality air suspension seat.
With environmental issues a key design consideration, every model is lithium-ion ready and comes with a choice of three intelligent energy solutions to suit every customer's application requirements. These solutions are based on Toyota's own modular lithium-ion battery system and deliver a high degree of operational flexibility. With good charging discipline, even the smallest option will provide the consistent power levels required to allow the trucks to work around the clock – even within the most demanding environments.
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The afternoon was marked with fast-paced, strategic FPS action, full of grenades, flank plays, turnarounds, and shotgun blasts. Of course this event would not have been possible without New World Interactive and their exciting game Insurgency Sandstorm. I want to give a very special thanks to New World Interactive and their entire team. This is the first of many more tournaments to come!
if a team loses a game, they're out of the tournament. However, single elimination tournaments aren't ideal for.
Scroll Down To View. The first week that teams will have to be sanctioned for season and be aged up for season will be September 12th, For teams that want to go ahead and sanction on August 1, you can do so at usfastpitch. All ages offered. Balls furnished. You can take care of that at usfastpitch. If your team is protested and there is no up to date roster online, your team will be considered illegal. Teams Entered. Awards to top two teams in each age division.
Any player may apply for scholarship awards by writing a two age essay on what softball means to them and their family. Turn essay in at Tournament Directors Tent anytime during the tournament. For more information or to enter, call or text Stan Adams at
Select the number of players and type of schedule above. Next, you can customize your Darts schedule's boards , dates, and times. You can also customize groups or divisions.
A printable bracket designed to track twenty-six teams in a single elimination tournament. Free to download and print.
This simple online tool will generate a double round robin tournament schedule for you. Optionally, you can also use it to keep score. So far 1, schedules have been generated, for a total of 5,, matches! Not required, but highly recommended! Why ask for my e-mail address? We will email you a link to your tournament schedule if you fill in this field. If you lose the URL to your schedule, you will not be able to view it again or modify it.
Having the URL in your inbox is therefore quite convenient! We will only use your e-mail address for this one-time service and will not store it. Generating a tournament schedule using this online schedule maker is very simple. Just follow the steps below the numbers refer to the form fields in the scheduler form above :. After generation of your schedule, you will receive two URLs: one that allows read-only access to your schedule, and one that allows you to edit player and location names, and enter score online.
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Comments and Help with 26 team double elimination bracket. Video instructions and help with filling out and completing 22 team bracket. Instructions and Help.
Leave a Comment. With winter slowly giving way to the approaching spring, arguably the greatest period in sports has finally come upon us. The tournament is a series of 64 single-elimination games played between the best college teams in the nation. There is no official record of anybody ever having a perfect bracket, but this does not stop people from trying anyway.
In , a math professor from DePaul University concluded that the odds of a perfect bracket were about 1 in 9,,,,,, 1 in 9. Just for comparison, you have a 1 in , chance of getting killed by a meteorite, 1 in million chance of winning the Powerball lottery, and 1 in , chance of being hit by lightning. Assuming that you are a normal, rational person, you may see these odds and decide to not even try to fill out a bracket.
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. The term round-robin is derived from the French term ruban , meaning " ribbon ". Over a long period of time, the term was corrupted and idiomized to robin. In a single round-robin schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a double round-robin.
November 26, One notable addition is the new Tournament mode for Gunfight battles which is now live on the game's beta servers. participating in a single-elimination bracket until one team is crowned champions.
All teams are expected to be prepared to play as early as AM on Friday, June 26th. In our continued efforts to enhance your customer experience, Perfect Game will be going cashless at all entry gates and merchandise kiosks beginning May 3rd, Our goal is to streamline the check-in process so that fans can enjoy more time at the ball field. For more information regards to this event, please contact:.
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Elimination Brackets with consolation options supporting up to participants, Round Robins with different display options up to 16 competitors, Pool Play divisions up to competitors in 10 different groups, and Heats with up to competitors. Single elimination brackets are draw formats where the winner of each match advances to the next round, and the loser is eliminated from winning the championship or first place in the division.
The round in a single elimination bracket refers to how far the competitor has advanced in the draw. People refer to each round by its power of two. The round in which 16 remain is the round of 16, or sweet
Bracket – Four-team single elimination. .. Bracket – Six team modified elimination, seeding from two pools. scored 26 points. A takes.
Better late than never, as the Champions League schedule resumes in early August with a tweaked format for the tournament table and bracket. Because Champions League play was paused in the middle of the Round of 16, that's where the tournament picks up with all matches being played behind closed doors. The Champions League Final on Aug. The Champions League hiatus from March through August also saw a change in how those in the United States can watch the games.
That left four Round of 16 games left on the schedule. The Champions League recently determined all four remaining Round of 16 matches could play out at their originally scheduled locations before the tournament heads to Lisbon. All Champions League matches are scheduled to start at 3 p.
We have decided to condense our tournament from 9 citites across the country down to one location, with players and staff living in quarantine, complete with ample testing. TBT will be a fanless event, made for TV only. If you have specific questions, please email us at info thetournament.
In a single elimination tournament, you need ceil(log2(players)) rounds. second bracket, and the winner of that emerges as a tournament finalist. How many rounds are rounds (20 + surplus 5) players: 26 rounds (21 + surplus 5).
JUNE JULY There are only 3 events in the State of Indiana that will award the Belts in This is the largest event in Indiana outside of the State Tournament. Don't miss it. Indiana Teams must have played in one 1 of the following: 1.
March Madness is one of the biggest, most exciting and most fun events in all of sports. The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when you guessed it only four teams are left. Here is the full schedule for 's NCAA tournament.
Jun 26, PM ET. NEW YORK — The National The play-in tournament will be double elimination for Team 8 and single elimination for Team 9.
The latest NBC Sports bracketology projection can be found here. The latest bubble watch can be found here. Game 1: No. Game 2: No. Game 3: No. Game 4: No.
B3: 8-Team Consolidation Elimination 1st round losers wrestleback to 5th place 2nd round losers wrestleback to 3rd place. B4: 8-Team Consolidation Elimination 1st round losers advance back to 5th place 2nd round losers advance back to 3rd place. B5: 8-Team Single Elimination Semi final losers advance back to 3rd place. B7: Team Single Elimination Semi final losers advance back to 3rd place Feed pigtails into whichever lines you need.
It is important that we have the coach for the team as our single point of contact for each registered The credit can be used within 12 months for another tournament that the team is not currently registered for. 18+ / Open – June 28,
What does a tournament bracket look like with just six teams? Our brackets are printer-friendly and come in a couple of formats and layouts. That would be confusing and a source of problems. So the typical 6-team brackets has three rounds of games that end with a single champion. Nothing nuts there, but to make the tournament move smoothly, the top six seeds will have first round byes.
While the four lowest seeds would have to play into the second round round.
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