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El tesoro del capitán es una película filmada en Eastmancolor coproducción de Argentina y España dirigida por José Gutiérrez Maesso según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con el guion de Juan Cerabea y Guillermo Zúñiga que se estrenó el 12 de octubre de 1970 en España y que tuvo como actores principales a Carlos Estrada, Erika Wallner, José Calvo y Teresa Gimpera.

El filme tuvo los títulos alternativos de El gran crucero y Los tesoros del gran capitán y fue filmado en Asturias, Bariloche y Mar del Plata..

Sinopsis
Sobre los científicos marinos y la migración del salmón hacia su lugar de origen.

Reparto
 Carlos Estrada
 Erika Wallner
 José Calvo
 Teresa Gimpera …Lucía
 Pedro Quartucci
 Mario Hernández
 María del Carmen García
 Ilde Pirovano
 Oscar Villa
 Maribel Hidalgo
 Goyo Lebrero
 Tito García
 Francisco Arenzana
 Óscar France
 Marcelo Jaime

Premio
Por su actuación en este filme José Calvo fue galardonado por el Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo de España con su Premio de 1969 al mejor actor protagónico masculino.

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Enlaces externos
 Información sobre  El gran crucero  en el sitio del cine nacional
 Información sobre  El gran crucero  en Internet Movie Data Base

Películas de España
Películas rodadas en Mar del Plata
Películas rodadas en Bariloche

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Picture of Brian Sims with a10lb Bull Huss caught on Pegasus with Phil Hodder skippering.
Welcome on board to new member Richard Bagg who regularly fishes with Lewis Hodder on Alice Rose.
Picture of Steve Gubby with his 8lb 7ozs Bass (calculated) caught on Alice Rose on 14th January. The fish was returned safely to the water.


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The US Is Not Protecting Its Data
Recent administrations have talked the talk, but they are yet to walk the walk
BlockchainCyber securityMachine Learning
James Ovenden
With the Russia investigation looming large, it would be easy to forget that the US government engages in a significant amount of hacking of its own. According to Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence under President George W. Bush, President Obama's daily intelligence briefing were primarily based on information of which at least 75% has come from government cyberspies - and this was a percentage that was apparently only going up. Michael Hayden, who headed the NSA, and later the CIA, under Bush, went even further, claiming that, 'You're not waiting for someone to decide to turn information into electrons and photons and send it. You're commuting to where the information is stored and extracting the information from the adversaries' network. We are the best at doing it. Period.'
However, while the US may be good at infiltrating the computer systems of other countries, it is still nowhere near as good as it needs to be in terms of protecting its own. This is something the US government itself readily admits, with Rudolph Giuliani, President Donald Trump's informal cybersecurity adviser, telling a cyber risk conference in New York City last week that 'there's a lot of work the government has to do, this administration has to do, in getting the government up to a level of security where [we] can be comfortable.'
The US government is arguably the largest repository of data in the world. It possesses information about every citizen, from cradle to grave - where you live, where you work, who you associate with, and so forth. And few organizations are better resourced to anticipate and repel any cyberattacks that could pose a threat to this data, with the federal government's IT budget set to reach $95.7 billion in 2018. However, despite such significant investment, the Government Accountability Office still reports that 'persistent weaknesses' in cybersecurity programs exist at the 24 agencies it studied, with almost all agencies struggling with security management, access control, and configuration management. Another survey from 451 Research found that three of five federal IT professionals believe their agency has suffered a breach.
This should trouble all Americans as it represents a clear and present danger to their way of life. It is also not a problem that is easily solved. The main issue appears to be the continued use of legacy software and hardware systems. Analysis of 552 local, state, and federal organizations by risk management firm SecurityScorecard identified that the government is particularly far behind when it comes to replacing outdated software. This problem was exposed in the 2015 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack, which congressional hearings blamed in no small part on the agency's failure to shut down or secure 11 legacy computer systems that had already been identified as insecure. The hack cost taxpayers in excess of $350 million when recovery, victim notification, and identity theft services were taken into account.
There have been a number of eye-catching cybersecurity initiatives announced by this administration and the last. President Obama launched a cyberspace policy review soon after taking office in 2009 and a number of plans and strategies were announced during his tenure, the most recent being the 2016 Cybersecurity National Action Plan, which pledged to invest more than $19 billion and eye catching proposals such as a new Federal Chief Information Security Officer to help retire, replace, and modernize legacy IT across the government and closer relationships with tech giants including Facebook and Google. President Trump, meanwhile, continued the rhetoric, issuing an executive order earlier this year on 'Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure'. According to White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert, the new administration is planning to write a new cybersecurity strategy, suggesting that the slew of Obama-era cyber plans and strategies are fast outliving their usefulness. Those documents served their purpose, Bossert said, but it's nature of cyberspace for plans to grow out of date. The early documents, for example, don't contemplate the threat that quantum computing may one day pose to encryption or the values of blockchain technology, he said.
Bossert continued that the cybersecurity strategy is likely to be broken into three main components. These are a commitment to improve the security of federal government computer networks, to leverage government resources to better secure critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, banks and financial firms, and to establish good practices in cyberspace and introduce punishments for continuing bad ones.
Despite these efforts, it is clear that there remain real vulnerabilities, and the sluggish nature of government means that it is not responsive enough to what is a rapidly evolving threat. The way to avoid this is, ultimately, by investing heavily in ensuring that old systems are upgraded and to stop treating information security as an afterthought. This is no easy feat. The Federal government is a behemoth with millions of workers, many of whom need to be better trained in good practice. There needs to be more invested in blockchain and machine learning as a means of cyber security - many agencies even still lack cloud systems. Such technology is constantly monitored and updated so that is far more responsive as the threat changes. A Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report recently revealed that more than 50% of data breaches remain undiscovered for months, but in truth any system that is merely reacting to a hack is not going to be effective, it needs to act in advance. By using machine learning tools to analyze network data, patterns of normal behavior can be identified so that any deviation suggesting a potential attack can be identified ahead of time, and the appropriate defenses implemented so that nobody gets in for even a second. These tools work by monitoring activity across multiple network assets and real-time data streams, and immediately detect anomalies in network traffic and data flows while also recognizing new 'normal' activity, thus minimizing false-positive alerts.
Ultimately, it's not enough to deal with the problems as they arise, you need to keep ahead of the game. So far, the federal government has not been up to the task. If Trump's words rhetoric translates into action, for once, it might change things. But so far it remains to be seen.
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In three radio interview segments, Ron Kaliebe, CFA, CIC shared insights into Mairs & Power's investment style, his thoughts on bond investing and opinions on the economy. He was interviewed by Wise Money's Garwin Lenander a few months before Ron retired from Mairs & Power. He was a Senior Vice President with Mairs & Power, where he served as the Director of Fixed Income, co-manager of the Balanced Fund.
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ABOUT M&P
Mairs and Power been around since the 1930s. We are about $9 billion under management. We have a very interesting investment style especially on the equity side. We are what's called multi-cap regional tilt.
Multi-cap means we'll invest in large companies, medium sized companies, and small companies. A lot of our small and mid-sized companies grow into the large category.
As an example, in Mairs and Power growth fund about 60 percent of the stocks are from the upper Midwest. The second feature is our turnover. Our turnover is anywhere from 5 to 10 to 15 type percent that level. So, what does that mean? That means you're holding stocks in the portfolio for years maybe even decades.
We are really in a rent a stock culture now where if you look at some of the turnover in some of the mutual funds you might find 100 percent turnover.
We invest in companies and we watch them and watch for the theory of why we invest in them play out over time. Our shareholders have been rewarded for that, so low turnover.
Lastly, we're mindful of taxes. So, the low turnover realizes that we will have less cap gains.
I also get a lot of questions when I say that regional approaches. In the upper Midwest we had a lot more Minnesota companies but as our companies got acquired, and we have less IPOs in Minnesota, we branched out to Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois. We've looked at companies in Nebraska, Ohio, Michigan.
When you look at all of that you're going to find that there's probably about 500 companies that you could invest in. So, there's a big pool yet remaining in the Midwest that we can invest in. But we have to go to the West Coast for technology in some cases, we have to go to the East Coast for pharmaceuticals. But we believe that in the upper Midwest we have a lot of great companies, why not invest in them.
In the last week or two Mairs and Power has been out at Donaldson. So, Donaldson is one of our investments.
Tell people who Donaldson is.
Donaldson is a company that's on Highway 35W and 94th Street. A great company in your backyard in Minneapolis and they make filters and they're doing more initiatives into liquid filters. So, we had a team out there and we visited them and tried to understand how is the diesel filter product working and how deep is that market? We recently had Lindsey, which is a Nebraska irrigation company come in. The management came in, now they're facing some headwinds.
The ones with the big booms that irrigate?
Yes. And they came in and we got a chance to talk to them about AG prices and corn in particular, steel tariffs.
And then, another example is 3M. So, 3M recently, a few months ago had an analysis day. So, one of our managers and myself spent a whole day at 3M listening to their vice presidents and their CEO talk about what's going on in the world. What are they doing in safety? How is their dental business?
And then, the night before they had about 13 stations and they had a lot of their scientists there. So, we spent basically, several hours talking to their different scientists. So that is the Mairs and Power home field advantage.
You can jump in the car and be in a lot of your clients right away if you need to.
Well, investing is a mosaic. Here's the other thing is when you invest locally you find that maybe your neighbor is an engineer. You go to your church and they have someone there. You get a sense of how the company is doing.
I think last year's number, 2018 we visited 161 companies. Our team. So that's exposure to management or taking a tour or having a one on one meeting with them.
So, if you like old-fashioned investments, which means a fundamental analysis I think you should take a peek at Mairs and Power because we invest the way investment professionals have done for many, many, many years. Which is understand your companies, visit your companies, read their financial statements.
Sure, we have other things we look at but it's a lot of pick and shovel work and that's what we do.
ON THE BOND MARKET
Now, we've been talking about investing one of your specialties is the bond market.
Why would anybody buy fixed income monies?
Well, that's a good question. So why people invest in bonds it's generally stability.
Another thing, stocks, they have dividends but dividends are a declaration of the board whereas a bond is a contractual agreement
And we just met with a customer just yesterday and she wanted to dedicate, basically, she has a liability two years out. She didn't want to take market risk in the stock market so we bought a bond that matched her liability. So, bonds have the ability to immunize, to dedicate against a liability.
So, it's stability, income, and sleep at night factor.
At Mairs and Power we don't have, I can't think of any defaults we've ever had. The reason we like individual bonds is because they mature. So, what that means is they're rolling down the curve. So, as they roll down the curve, the visibility becomes stronger and more certainty if you will. And then, at maturity, the portfolio manager and the client– have an opportunity to think about what they want to do with that principal.
Now a bond fund never matures. It could be a short bond fund, a long bond fund, or a medium bond fund.
Like a mutual fund.
Yeah. So, there's many, many type bonds out there. There's government bonds, there's agency bonds. We usually mainly use corporate bonds at Mairs and Power. we're a high tax state so we have a lot of tax-exempt issuers and the yield curve on the tax exempt is generally positive, which means as you go out in time, you get more interest rates, the credit quality is very strong. I think we've only had one general obligation default since the 1930s.
We have many good revenue bonds such as colleges, such as public power organizations. So, there's many opportunities to build a nice portfolio that's exempt from federal and state taxes.
All right, let's go back to tax exempt bonds, explain those to people because that's always something that people are confused about.
Sure. Well, we're broadcasting from Egan, so Egan has the ability to sell general obligations. So, if you look at the indenture or the contract of the bond, a general obligation means that it is the obligation of the City of Egan. So, buried in there it says we have the ability through property taxes to raise taxes to the level of covering debt service.
So those obligations are issued.
So, on a risk adjusted, tax adjusted basis, tax exempts make sense for a lot of people.
You got to look at your own situation, talk to your financial planner or whoever does your taxes, or your CPA and say wait, what's my tax bracket? How does this fit in what I'm trying to do?
Minnesota has, do they have double exemption here in Minnesota?
We do. I mean if you're buying a Minnesota bond you don't pay Minnesota taxes. If you buy out of state then you're subject to paying a state tax on that. So, I, again, check with your tax planner or your tax preparer but I'm sure if you're in a high tax bracket you should look at tax exempts.
Bonds.
Bonds, yes.
And they're not a trading vehicle, in my opinion, and the reason is the difference between the bid and the ask is the price they offer to you and the price they would pay.
So, I would say when it comes to a bond portfolio and a tax-exempt portfolio assume that you're going to hold that to maturity.
You're going to hang onto it. This is not put and take stuff.
Yeah. And then, when you're doing it, you know, look at some of the basics. You want to look at what's the rating, what's the city, is it understandable? Is there call risk? Most tax-exempt bonds have some callability so you want to make sure that you're not buying a price much higher than they could call away from you because then you would have a capital loss.
Let's talk about the economy. What's happening in the United States economy?
Sure. Well, the United States economy has been on a good run. It's been declining interest rates help create economic activity. But we've seen the Federal Reserve actually now starting to increase rates. So, if you look at auto loans that's a higher rate. Look at mortgage loans they are higher.
So, we're starting to see pockets of softness in the United States. But if you look at our overall economic activity, we're settling in at about a two and a half percent run rate, if you will. That's less than three but it's not, if we can keep two and a half going, that's great.
Is acceptable.
We've, created a lot of jobs since '08. We've created probably 16 million jobs. We now have 153 million people working. That's great. Participation in the labor force is finally coming up a little bit. Our unemployment rate is at four percent it was a little lower than that and the reason it's going up is 'cause more job hunters are in the marketplace and that's how they measure that.
So, the economy is not robust but I would say solid.
Okay. Now one of the big things we hear constantly about how China is going to overtake us and run us off the market.
What's your thoughts about China in the market, in the investment market?
Sure. Well, first of all, we are the largest economy in the world a $20 trillion type economy. China is $12-$13 type trillion. They're growing at six percent, we're growing at two percent, if you run the math, eventually they will catch us.
But we are a service economy about 70 percent of our economy is tied to the consumer. China is an industrial production type economy and industrial production is very sensitive to economic growth. So, China is slowing. They tell us that they're growing at about six and a half percent so it's not a recession. But if you look at China, they have created a lot of debt. So, they have a debt issue.
So, what is going on right now is essentially a battle of tariffs. So, there's discussions and tariffs that are going to go in place on March 1, and China has done some retaliation.
I have no crystal ball but the tariffs have caused uncertainty with investors. They've caused uncertainty with companies that we invest in. When we talk to managements, they say we're a little less reluctant, let's kind of see how some of this resolves out.
We need some issues to be resolved and I don't, I don't know how this is all going to go but that's kind of been an impediment right now.
So, the China, I'd never heard it explained that way before so China is really a different type of economy than the United States.
Well, China has a plan 2025 where they want to be more of a consumer type economy. But right now, they're very dependent on exports and the United States has been a beneficiary of China's entry into the world and they've helped keep our inflation rate low because of their constant cost of production is down.
So, we've been a beneficiary of worldwide trade. So right now, if you look at gross domestic product probably about 55 percent of it is related to trade. And when you start talking tariffs, tariff essentially is a tax and it causes uncertainty, it causes hard feelings, it causes retaliation. So, we need to work through these headwinds and I think that would be then we would get a lift in growth.
The Fed has raised the interest rates a couple times in the last year or three times or four times. Talk about that a little bit in terms of what you do and how it affects the economy.
The Federal Reserve actually started inching up rates at around the end of 2015. And the Federal Reserve really controls the short interest rates. They don't control the long interest rates. So, as we sit here today, the fed funds rate is about two and a half, is two and a half percent. Fed funds rate is basically, the rate that banks kind of lend to each other.
It's a very short rate. So that rate then affects other rates. So, what is happened is the fed has raised rates to two and a half percent but interest rates have not gone up. The longer part of the market as measured the 10-year and the 30-year have been pretty flat, if you will.
So right now, a 10-year treasury is at 266, a 30-year treasury you can go out another 20 years and get only three percent. A two-year treasury is at 250 today. So, a lot of numbers but the long and the short of it is that's a very flat yield curve. Why does anybody care about a flat yield curve? A yield curve is a predictor in many cases, not all cases, of future economic activity. Because interest rates are low very long out that part of the curve is saying slowing economic growth.
In this current environment they yield curve as far as treasury is 250 for a two-year, three percent for a 30 year that is pretty flat. So, it's an uncertain time. The bond market is saying uncertain. The stock market in 2019 has been kind of happy days are here again.
What about inflation? Inflation has been really under control.
Mm-hmm. And that's the fed is looking at that. They have two mandates, full employment, we're at four percent unemployment rate that's by most economists a full employment measure.
And our inflation rate is about two and a half percent, which is pretty close to the two percent they try to target for. And you ask well, why hasn't inflation been low? Well, some of it is. Things like the internet, price discovery is such, is easier. If you're out shopping for a car, a book, or things like that you can do price discovery.
The other thing is the economic reality of the world. There're more and more players, more and more countries that want to be in the economic game. They have labor to offer and so, a lot of labor around the world is a lot less than the labor in the United States.
Dramatically less.
So, there's a lot of macro factors that have forced to kept our interest rate and our inflation rate low.
My words of wisdom as far as investing is always think long term. There's a lot of noise that impacts the price of securities and if you can weather the storm and there'll be storms whenever you're invested.
Always will be storms.
I believe you'll be rewarded for it.
Stock market has been kind of volatile. Why, what's going on with the market?
Well, let's see, I think the most recent volatility has been because earnings are slowing. If you looked at 2018 the first two quarters, we had the tax cut and a couple of profits, the quarterly profits as measured by the S&P were up 20-ish type percent. So, we're slowing so that's been one thing.
October 3 the president tweeted that he would think about replacing the Federal Reserve Chairman Powell. That's never happened. Volatilities increased.
Economic activity around the world is slowing so that's another reason. but volatility is also another code word for opportunity.
And how would that, how would that be opportunity waiting for an investor?
Well, you might identify good companies that you want to buy and when people are panicking and running for the exit that might be a good time to pick them up.
Opinions expressed are those of the interviewee and are subject to change, are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, nor investment advice.
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Yield curve - A yield curve is a line that plots the interest rates, at a set point in time, of bonds having equal credit quality but differing maturity dates.
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Will the Sheep of the Future Be SINGLE-Purpose Sheep?
By Michael Piel, Abbot Village, Maine
Maine's Michael Piel conducts a successful 2,000-head commercial lamb producing and feeding operation, one of the largest in his area. For several years he has been working on a breeding principle that he feels holds the key to a real future for sheep In America. By his own admission, Mr. Piel's views are unorthodox, and highly controversial. Some, he says, may even think his ideas "far out " But he documents a case for strict/y single purpose sheep (wool-less, if you please) that is backed by his own experiments, livestock history, and the incontrovertible logic of animal genetics. Thus, his thinking deserves the consideration of thoughtful sheepmen, whether they agree with him or not. Breeders of established dual-purpose breeds will do well to remind themselves of Voltaire's famous message to Helvetius: "I disapprove wholly of what you say, and will defend to the death your right to say It. "
One of the interesting facets in the history of animal breeding has been the tendency toward the development of "type," sometimes for specialized and sometimes for diversified purposes.
During the Middle Ages, for example, cattle were often bred for their value as draft animals as well as for their ability to produce milk and meat. Breeding animals tended to be selected for their average ability in all three categories. An outstandingly good milk producer might not be kept for breeding if she proved to be too delicate for hard work. In later years horses came to replace cattle as work animals. Since cattle were now relieved of the need to work, it became possible to base selection strictly upon the capacity to provide milk and meat. This led eventually to the development of the "dual-purpose" cow.
One of the rules of animal breeding is that the fewer the traits to be selected for, the faster will be the progress in the improvement of each trait. Following this rule, the new "dual-purpose" breeds soon excelled the old "multi-purpose" cattle in the role of milk and meat producers.
Still later, huge ranges in the Americas, Australia and elsewhere became available to the raising of cattle. At the same time large cities were springing up all over the world. Beef could be shipped or driven to the cities over great distances, but milk had to be supplied from nearby areas. Farmers in the vicinity of these population centers found that their greatest profit was to be found in the maximum production of milk. Ranchers in Texas and Australia knew that milk would spoil long before they could get it to market. In any case, most of their range was too arid for efficient milk production.
Taking advantage of the rule that specialization in production means faster progress in improvement, the dairy industry selected its breeding stock exclusively on the basis of performance in milk production, without regard to meat qualities. Beef growers paid no attention to milking capacity, beyond the requirements of rearing calves. Selection was based upon conformation and rate-of-gains for the maximum efficiency in the production of beef. Most everyone is familiar with the great difference in "type" between such specialized breeds as the Angus and Hereford on the one hand and the Holstein and Guernsey on the other. In many parts of the world the "dual-purpose" cow has indeed become a relic of the past. Even the famous "Shorthorn" breed has diverged into two separate lines-one of the beef type and the other of the dairy type. Only in the more backward parts of the world, where transportation and marketing facilities are relatively undeveloped, does the "dual purpose" cow still play an important role.
Sheep, too, have had a history of diversification and specialization. They have been raised for meat, milk, wool and even for fur and fat.
In most parts of the world this diversification has been restricted to the point that most types of sheep are bred for the production of meat and wool only. They are now a truly "dual-purpose" animal.
Nevertheless, even in the case of sheep, the trend of modern times has been towards increased specialization.
On the remote ranges of America and Australia, wool is more easily grown and marketed than is lamb meat, so breeds of sheep are raised in which the production of wool is emphasized. In areas where rainfall is more abundant and closer to the great population centers the greatest-profit is to be found in the marketing of lambs. Breeds of sheep are, therefore, generally selected which excel in lamb production.
Fortunately there are many breeds of sheep. Some of them excel at wool production, some excel at raising lambs and some are fairly good at both, according to diverse conditions. The Merino sheep, for example, is a champion producer of fine wool and will thrive on the most barren and arid range. As a producer of lambs, however, the Merino leaves much to be desired. The Suffolk, on the other hand, has a comparatively light fleece, but is a prolific producer of quality lambs whose growth rate is unexcelled wherever feed is abundant. In between these two extremes are all manner of types in which are emphasized to a greater or less degree, one or the other traits of meat and wool production.
In spite of this tendency toward specialization, it is interesting to note that every one of these breeds, from Merino to Suffolk, remains a true "dual purpose" sheep. In each case selection is based upon considerations of wool growing as well as upon considerations of traits important to the production of meat. A Suffolk ewe that happens to have black spots or hair in her wool is ordinarily culled from the flock, regardless of her conformation and lamb-rearing ability.
In the case of the Suffolk sheep (as in the case of all the other standard breeds) inherited improvement depends largely upon selection for the following traits:
1. MILKING CAPACITY-weaning weights are largely a reflection of the milking capacity of the ewe;
2. RATE OF GAIN-the inherited ability of the lamb to make rapid gains;
3. HARDINESS-the ability to survive and thrive;
4. CONFORMATION
5. PROLIFICACY-in spite of the fact that the percentage of heritability for prolificacy in sheep is low, no trait is of greater economic importance than inherited ability to raise twin lambs and to lamb frequently.
6. Feed conversion efficiency;
7. FLEECE QUANTITY
8. FLEECE QUALITY
Since progress in animal selection is a function of the number of traits to be selected for, how much faster would progress be made if numbers 7 and 8, above, were to be eliminated as a basis for selections?
A flock of 100 average Suffolk ewes can be expected to produce about $500.00 worth of wool, at current prices. The flock can also be expected to provide for market 130 lambs, each of which has gained an average of 0.58 pounds per day for 140 days, with an average birth weight of ten pounds. The average market weight (at the end of 140 days) would then be 91.2 pounds. At 25¢ per pound this would be $2,964.00 total income for lamb as against $500.00 for wool.
Now, if we can speed up the inherited progress in the improvement of lamb production by increasing the rate of gain from 0.58 to 0.65 pounds per day, we would have an increase of total income of $742.50. "Rate-of-gain" has a percentage of heritability of about 70 percent, which is, in itself, very encouraging for the possibility of making improvement in this respect by selection.
If we can also increase the inherited potential capability of the ewes from producing 130 lambs to 150 lambs we would have a further increase in total income of $456.00. Improvement in both rate-of-gain and prolificacy would result in a total of $1,198.50 extra income from the 100 ewes. Even if no wool were being produced, we would still be $698.50 to the good.
However, improvement in inherited prolificacy from 130 percent to 150 percent by selection alone would be a very slow process, because the percentage of heritability for multiple birth is a low 15 percent.
Fortunately, there already exist breeds such as the Finnish Landrace and the African Hair sheep which have an hereditary capacity for multiple birth far in excess of 150 percent.
An out-cross of one of these prolific breeds onto our standard mutton breeds could supply the genes necessary to the possibility of a 150 percent (or better) lamb crop much more rapidly than it could be accomplished by selection alone.
In the case of the African sheep, genes would also be introduced for hair coat, out-of-season lambing and extreme hardiness.
In making the necessary improvements in both prolificacy and rate-of-gain, a wool-less breed would have a distinct advantage over standard breeds because of the elimination of WOOL as one of the major factors for selection. A wool-less breed would have the additional advantage that the nitrogen-rich feed ordinarily required for the growth of wool would, In this case, become available for the nutrition of meat and bone. FEED REQUIREMENTS FOR WOOL GROWTH HAVE BEEN VARIOUSLY ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS 20% OF THE TOTAL
The African sheep is a primitive, domestic animal with a smooth coat of stiff guard-hairs overlying an under coating of fine wool which sheds out at the onset of warm weather. Unfortunately, the conformation of the African is so poor that genes for good conformation would have to be supplied through out crossing. Favorable traits of the African are its extreme prolificacy, its willingness to breed at any season, its hardiness, tameness and excellent milking capacity.
An out-cross of the African sheep with a mutton breed such as the Suffolk would bring genes for POOR CONFORMATION, HAIR COAT, and HIGH PROLIFICACY together with genes for EXCELLENT CONFORMATION, MODERATE FLEECE and FAIR PROLIFICACY. Selection from this out-cross over an extended period of time, for hair coat, good conformation and high prolificacy should finally combine the genes for African Hair Coat, African Prolificacy and Suffolk Conformation into a new breed of sheep ideally suited to make rapid progress in lamb production. From the moment that the African coat has been permanently established in this new breed, improvement in mutton production will be free to progress at a faster pace than ever before, because the fleece need no longer be considered as a legitimate basis for selection.
Competition from synthetic fiber has been increasing steadily over the past twenty years and can be expected to continue to do so in the future. Heavy government subsidies may serve as a crutch to keep the wolf from the door for a long time to come, no doubt, but in the long run it is evident that the downward trend in the demand for real wool cannot be reversed. This is a reality which the woolgrower cannot cause to disappear by hiding his head In the sand like the ostrich. Neither can he shout it out of existence by loud condemnations of the synthetic fiber industry. If the woolgrower is discouraged with this dismal prospect for the future of his product he might decide to switch from sheep to cattle. Unfortunately, there are vast areas in the world which are not suited to the rearing of cattle These areas may be profitably utilized only by sheep. Instead of switching to cattle, the woolgrower may be forced to consider the possibility of making the switch from wool to lamb. Besides, the raising of lambs COULD be a lot more profitable!
Here, on this farm in Central Maine (which is probably the largest sheep farm in Maine, if not in all of New England), we keep around 1,000 commercial ewes for the production of wool and lambs. We usually buy an additional 2 or 3 thousand feeder lambs each year to be fed out for market. It has long been our "well-advised" suspicion that the wool produced by these sheep and lambs has been grown at an actual financial loss to us. On the other hand, our market for lamb meat is close at hand and eager for our product. Prices remain excellent AS LONG AS THE BUYER CAN BE ASSURED OF A FAIRLY STEADY AND UNIFORM SUPPLY.
About ten years ago we, therefore, decided to try to develop a wool-less breed of sheep for the single purpose of lamb production.
Since the African Hair sheep appeared to be the most likely candidate as an out-cross on our standard mutton breeds, we arranged to import three of these animals from a United States Agricultural Experiment Station in-the U.S. Virgin Islands. They eventually arrived by air-cargo at Idlewild airport, in New York: two ewe lambs and one ram lamb-as delicate and fine-boned as fawns. Their conformation was a world away from what I had in mind for the mutton breed of the future! Nevertheless, within the year we obtained a fairly respectable number of hybrid lambs by crossing these sheep with purebred individuals of several dfflerent mutton breeds.
The hybrid offspring of this cross were largely intermediate in type, having a fairly heavy fleece of mixed hair and wool,and intermediate conformation. Rate-of-gain was only moderately good.
Over the next few years we bred the hybrids to each other in all conceivable combinations. Most of the offspring proved to be intermediate in type, like the F1, generation. Occasionally, however, we would get an individual with a strong tendency toward the African coat, combined with improved conformation. The high prolificacy of the African sheep seemed to be inherited by all the subsequent generations and almost all of the ewes producing twins (or more), even at less than one year of age. None of these sheep would have won the blue ribbon at the state fair, nor could they be praised for their ability to grow and finish for the market. Nevertheless, all the surplus progeny was sent to market (at a grade of U.S. Choice) along with the regular lambs without causing comment on the part of the buyer.
At the present time we have about two hundred and fifty ewes which contain more or less African blood. Of these there are perhaps four individuals which begin to approach the goal of woollessness and good conformation. Eventually, we hope, these four animals (along with a few more like them) will form the nucleus of a new family of sheep.
One thing we soon discovered, was that if a pure African is bred to an individual of one of the standard breeds, there is a much better chance of getting an African-like coat if the non-African parent happens to have an unusually scanty fleece. It would therefore be extremely valuable to be able to locate individuals of standard mutton breeds who happen to have excellent conformation combined with a perhaps "freakish" lack of fleece.
The task of trying to develop such a revolutionary type of sheep is NOT to be undertaken lightly. Hundreds ot animals must be bred in order to obtain even a little improvement in just one individual.
Fortunately, there is now, in this country, at least one agricultural college experimenting with the same idea, and I understand that work is also being done on it in some foreign countries.
It should be noted that, if woolless sheep EVER prove to be practical, there will be a place for not one, but several different types of woolless sheep. Differences in environment and market demand will dictate the need for these various types.
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Erdoğan says America discovered by Muslims, wants mosque on Cuba hill
I think wandering around alone in a 1000 room empty palace has officially driven poor old Recep insane.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Muslims, not Christopher Columbus, were the first foreigners to set foot in America, suggesting the construction of a mosque on a Cuba hill where he said there used to be a mosque built by those Muslims.
"Latin America's contact with Islam dates back to 12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus. Muslim sailors arrived in America 1178. Christopher Columbus mentions the existence of a mosque on hill along the Cuba coast. I would talk to my brothers in Cuba and a mosque would suit well on the top of that hill today as well. It is enough they [Cuban rulers] say okay. Islam had expanded in the American continent even before Columbus arrived," Erdoğan said on Saturday while speaking in İstanbul at the 1st Latin American Countries Muslim Religious Leaders Summit hosted by Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs.
Cuba, one of the few remaining communist countries in the world and one of the most populated in the Caribbean with a population of 11 million, has a tiny Muslim minority. Muslims in the country have long complained that they have not a place to practice their religion collectively.
Turkey is known to be willing to build a mosque in the Cuban capital of Havana. A Turkish delegation travelled to Havana earlier this year to seek permission for a mosque in the capital. Turkish media reported last month that Cuban authorities rejected the request submitted by Turkey's Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV).
Bigfella
Looks like he is working from this stuff. Most of the claims are based on work by American scholars, but my bet is that the evidentiary base is WAY suspect. Some of it could be true, but most of it seems to be wild speculation. Gavin Menzies on speed.
Muslims Explore America?
I would also submit that the idea that Columbus was the first 'foreigner' to set foot in the Americas went out with the discovery that Vikings actually had settlements there. Between them & a few stray fishermen I think it is fair to say 'foreigners' got there well ahead of Islam.
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Another parade army for ISIS to stomp?
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Originally posted by Bigfella View Post
Well Muslims believe that Mohammad flew to heaven on a flying horse-like creature with wings so i am not surprised that some Muslims might also believe that Muslims landed in America before Columbus did.
But such wild claims coming from a head of state is eyebrow raising at the very least.
Originally posted by 1980s View Post
Are there major religions that don't believe clearly made up stuff? Isn't that sort of the point.
As I said, the claims aren't all simply a 'Muslims did everything' fantasy but are based on the assertions of at least one American scholar. That doesn't make them true, but they are slightly above the level of just being made up.
Heads of state should stay away from questionable historical assertions, but they don't. I'm betting China has endorsed the Menzies stuff & the 'capitalism invented democracy' crap is pretty standard for US Presidents. I suspect there are countless other examples. Spinning shit to the masses is pretty much par for the course. The laughter & derision from other nations is not only ignored, it can be welcomed by the person making the claims.
In other news, Greece managed to include a famous part of Australia's coastline in a tourist promo. The excuse is that Greeks named the stars above.
Greece claims ownership of Twelve Apostles in tourism promotion
DonBelt
But still... you hate to see the leader of a large, fairly modern nation that is a member of NATO making crazy claims. We like to think we are all part of a group of reasonable sensible nations and the crazy talk is done by the despot rulers of smaller, more backwards nations usually gripped in some violent or economic crisis.
It's not known for sure who the first non-American person was who "found" America, but at least with the Vikings and Columbus there is plenty of archeological evidence to back up the claims. Personally, I think the Paleo-Indians were the first to find America. They sailed here on an ice floe. I saw it on Ice Age: Continental drift.
There are very few politicians who aren't deluded. It comes with the job, the only question is who's the best at taking their meds.
Next thing someone's gonna suggest that the Taino named Cuba after Quba. As in the village Mohammad made his first stop on his journey from Mecca to Medina, helping to build a mosque.
based on the assertions of at least one American scholar.
Could be worse, he could fall back on that Barry Fell guy who's been claiming a marking reading "Mohammad is the Prophet" dated 68 years after Mohammed's death was found in Nevada.
For a general view on the subject see:
The Muslim Discovery of America - Frederick William Dame - Google Books
Originally posted by kato View Post
So you're saying they didn't?????
Did you not read about the flying horses? (I think Fell gets a mention in the link I posted).
These the folks he is referring to?
9,000-year-old man yields secrets of America's earliest inhabitants | Fox News
The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets | History | Smithsonian
This guy predates Islam by about 7500 years.
SteveDaPirate
I think it is plausible that a number of groups "discovered" America without much ever coming of it. There is strong evidence that both the Chinese and Vikings were in the Americas prior to the Spanish, and I'm sure any number of poor bastards relying on the wind were shipwrecked there as well. In that sense, it is certainly possible that a group of muslims might have found their way to the Americas. (although clear evidence would be nice)
Yet a shipwreck or one way trip doesn't have much influence on history. The important difference between the Spanish and those that came before them, is that the Spanish were the first to establish more than a small settlement. The Spanish, and then the Europeans that followed them conquered and colonized the Americas, thus changing the course of history.
If Christopher Columbus's reception back in Europe had been a pat on the back and a lack of funding, the world today would look very different.
What would the outcome of WW-2 have been if North America had been a collection of small undeveloped tribal quasi-nations, feuding with themselves and encroaching Europeans instead of a couple of large developed modern states with large industrial bases? A different world indeed.
Mihais
What WW2 without America,Africa or Asia?
Gentlemen,there is no way an inferior tribe can exist or resist a competition driven outsider.Look at Amazon tribes these days.The only reason they still exist is because the rest of the world tries to stop loggers and miners.
America was in no way going to exist as the land of the stone age tribes until 2014.Even if absurdly,no other European settled it by sea,the Russians would have settled it by land.
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Originally posted by SteveDaPirate View Post
Eh, all Columbus brought home - every single time, even when he was shipped back in chains - was an idea of how to spin this whole thing in yet another lobby campaign, using industry contacts and mass media to create support for himself. Because realistically, each voyage was an even bigger disaster than the one before it.
Portugal would probably have fully taken Spain's position in the New World within five years if Columbus had failed to drum up the second voyage. Bartolome de Diaz was all set for it, with support of the crown. That's why Columbus got his support in the first place...
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With the usual routine that entwined in our lives everyday, spending 2 to 4 hours to get those me-time around is more on taking care of ourselves making us later a better person.
This is my shout out in my Social Media account after half-day work with client last Holy Wednesday – #MeTime, its really about time as I feel those stress is now bound to creep me in.
For almost months of monitoring and doing implem work, my only time was a quick vacation in a weekend or having a time to face other projects. Noticed that my pedicure already chip-off as I didn't mind because I always wear my closed shoes anyway. But because we had an activity in Subic that kept my feet dirty doing some run, aside from the needed pedicure, a foot spa or massage is badly needed.
Since I was already in the metro, I maximize my time to do some pampering senna. Together with hubby which was hard for me to invite for both of us to have a treatment, finally I convinced him to join not only to take pictures but also bonding moments for both of us at Luxe Nail and Face Studio. This is really seldom and taking those opportunities for both of us are a must for a married couple. One-on-one I may say.
I thought we will be the only persons for a Holy Wednesday afternoon to avail foot spa treatment. Surprisingly, there were customers they accommodated.
What we did was to have a facial care treatment called Classic European Facial, price is P 600.00.
Starts with deeply cleaning that exfoliates the dead surface skin.
It follows with steaming to open the pores and disinfects the skin.
After that, a massage of the face, neck and shoulders to stimulate the aura.
As I went around, their foot massage area got those elegant experience with tranquil vibe of black couches that will not dismay to male customers like hubby to come in.
Some of the salon got those pink, lavender, red or other pastel color combination – girly whimsical themed mecca that maybe some of the reasons why sometimes hubby just leave me even I invited him.
Tucked with a hue of white and black around, their relaxing interiors are such an indulgence one cannot resist for the me-time acquaintance especially there are stacks of local / foreign magazines and soothing music one can calm down.
They use also quality nail lacquers like Essie, OPI, Orly and Zoya with a wide selections of colors to choose from.
Aside from the regular mani / pedi, they also offer Gel Polish services that stay on nails up to 3 weeks with no chipping or peeling even one does household chores like laundry. It cures in LED lamp in 30 seconds.
And now its time for the foot spa. Did you know that the most pampered parts of my body would always be my feet. I always took really the time to take care of my feet eversince. Not only the nails but also the feet itself. You will never see me washed my feet when I felt it was fully used up like walking, running or hiking. It has to be rested before I do the cleaning but after I massage it.
Maybe this was the main reason with my visit to Luxe Salon – a sanctuary of relaxation that would give my feet a needed attention that would soothe an afternoon of rubdown and massage.
For P 650.00, the relaxing aromatherapy Foot Spa based treatment consist of foot soak, exfoliation and moisturizing of the lower legs and feet, exhilarating masque infused with lavender and peppermint oils together with the 8-plate ingredients that they offer that includes already a pedi and polish.
Meticulous yet very precise that aside from those applications, they have also 8 steps in doing foot spa that made the treatment extraordinary. It is not the usual foot clean like scrubbing, soaking, massage and put oil at the end.
It is more on mask / wrap up, hydrating and moisturizing that made those feet pampered all throughout the session.
There were times after my facial, result of reddish effect all over my face and swollen area especially those that has pimples, blackheads or whiteheads because of thorough pricking just to removed them.
Those decadent facial mask that put my face left my skin smooth, silky and soft. It gave the natural moisture that led not only romantic smelling but also remove those dead skin cells and surface dirt.
While my hands and especially my foot are now ready again for the next adventure, the painstakingly process of doing those foot spa finally got the needed coddle and therapeutic caress. These left a soft yet loosen up feeling not only to my feet but totality of what I feel.
Overall, Luxe Aura Nail and Face Salon laze intimate interior with cozy couches are some of the best me-time experiences aside from the therapists that are accommodating and professionally trained.
The free strong WiFi connection all around the area which made me also worked and read a selection of good magazines get those extra credits to make this afternoon a delightful yet amusing own enjoyment.
Still at the end, with the usual routine that entwined in our lives everyday, spending 2 to 4 hours finding time to get those me-time around is more on taking care of ourselves making us later a better person.
One secret that I asked hubby when we were still dating were good impressions she look in a girl. Well according to him, aside from the face, he really took time to check the whole feet and stared with the sole for a long time. If he finds it soo clean, this girl really takes care of herself.
Finally, have encourage hubby @rlgumali to do it with me, that #MeTime – facial, hand and foot spa at Luxe Aura Salon. Usually, he just wait for me. This is a chance also for us for one-on-one convo which is a must in married life.


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SEPA results reveal bathing water quality improvements
19 September 2011, source edie newsroom
Nearly 100% of Scottish bathing waters have passed European bathing water quality standards this summer, as a result of daily prediction and technology improvements.
According to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), 95% of Scottish bathing waters achieved a rating of "mandatory" water quality or better, with just 1.7% of samples collected found to be below European standards.
It also found nearly half of Scotland's 83 bathing waters met stricter European environmental standards for water quality under the Water Environment and Water Services Act 2003. This is despite heavy rainfall in some areas during July and August, which often reduces the quality of bathing water as agricultural run-off and overflows from drains enter the supply.
SEPA said it has been working with its partner organisations such as Natural Scotland and Floodline, to improve water quality standards by expanding its daily prediction and beach signage system.
It has also launched a trial smart phone app in a bid to give the public more accurate information about water quality. SEPA said its app provided the public with accurate water quality predictions on more than 99% of days, while 85% of its predictions of poor samples at locations with bathing water signs were correct.
As a result of these improvements, the report found just four bathing waters failed during the summer season, with Lossiemouth East, Sandyhills, Irvine and Eyemouth falling below target.
SEPA environmental quality manager, Calum McPhail, called the failure of the bathing waters "disappointing", adding that it is working to "iron out any technical glitches" in its mobile phone coverage, while also trialling a solar and wind powered sign in Ayrshire.
Mr McPhail said: We are confident that these problems will be resolved in time for the 2012 season which will begin, as usual, on June 1 next year. SEPA now operates a network of electronic beach information signs and media, which, after roads and rail, is one of the largest integrated message systems in the country.
Meanwhile, environment minister, Stewart Stevenson, emphasised that good water quality is essential for Scottish tourism and said the government is working with SEPA to make further improvements.
He said: "Scottish government will continue to work closely with SEPA and other partners to protect and improve our bathing waters. Particularly on the issue of diffuse pollution which can impact on the quality of our waters."
From next season, SEPA is set to publish all water quality information, as required by the revised Bathing Water Directive, on signage at all beach locations.
Results for individual beaches can be found on SEPA's website at www.sepa.org.uk/water/bathing_waters/scottish_bathing_water_monitor.aspx.
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Weiner, a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP, serves in the American Bar Association House of Delegates, the association's policy-making body. At the national group's next meeting, one of the able and interesting people joining him will be his daughter, Courtney Weiner '01, who specializes in business litigation with an international focus at Lewis Baach PLLC. She was elected as a D.C. delegate in late May. The Weiners are believed to be the first father-daughter pair to represent the D.C. Bar.


It's no secret that I really wish I was blonde. As someone with basically jet black hair, the ability to change up your color is nearly impossible. Blondes just have more fun in the hairstyle world it seems and I am completley envious. Insert the rose gold hair trend. I never thought I wanted it until of course, Kristin Ess came out with her rose gold temporary hair tint. Blondes are easily able to transform their hair into a stunning rose gold with a simple spray and then wash it out the next day. Total envy!
I despise coloring my hair so maybe it's a good thing my hair is so dark and doesn't ever need to be colored. Until the greys start then I'm going 100% in! But until then, This hair is staying *fairly* virgin as I do have some balayage that I did once and never have to touch again which is great. But since I'm obsessed with this stunning and oh so fun hair trend, I thought I'd share some incredible inspiraiton.
From watermelon pink to dusty pinks and everything in between, there's a shade of pink for every skin tone. And for those of you who just don't want to commit, then you HAVE to try the Kristin Ess Rose Gold Temporary Tint for only $12. It's the ultimate way to try out this trend without going all in. If you're not familiar with the Kristin Ess line at Target, it's a must try. I'll be doing a roundup of my favorite products from her line that I use. Until then, blondes, turn your hair pink and thank me later!
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100% doing this! thanks for the introduction. the color is absolutely beautiful! I'll let you know how it turns out!
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I think it's stunning. My mom is naturally white/gray and has a pink/rose tint on her hair right now and it's so pretty. I love it too but don't know if I could do it. I recently put some red in my hair recently and went back to the salon a few days later to put neutral brown back over it!
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Same here! It's always such a permanent situation and it rarely looks good.
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The Vietnamese National Assembly passed a resolution ratifying the CPTPP and related documents on the afternoon of November 12. Mexico, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and Australia had already ratified the agreement.
Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stated that the CPTPP will offer Vietnam a chance to expand its trade ties with new potential markets in America, and expand and deepen relationships with current markets, including many strategic partners.
Last year, Vietnam's total trade turnover with CPTPP member states surpassed 67 billion USD, accounting for 15.84 percent of its total import-export value. Vietnam enjoys trade surpluses with almost all signatories.
Currently, all member nations except Peru have invested in Vietnam. Altogether, they have so far poured around 123 billion USD into the country, accounting for nearly 37 percent of the total FDI registered for Vietnam over the past 30 years.


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- (NLColor *)colorByMultiplyingBy:(CGFloat)f;
- (NLColor *)colorByAdding:(CGFloat)f;
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- (NLColor *)colorByMultiplyingByColor:(NLColor *)color;
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20-year-old IM Tigran Harutyunian from Armenia beat the world's youngest GM, 13-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov, on the way to winning the 1st Al Ain Junior Open. The unusual open for players 20 and under took place in the Al Ain Chess and Culture Club in the United Arab Emirates and had a prize fund of $25,000. Harutyunian also tied for first in the separate one-day blitz tournament ($3,900 up for grabs), but was edged out by 16-year-old Aryan Gholami from Iran.
It's quite common to have closed tournaments for young talents, but an open event exclusively for juniors is a rarity outside of official championships. This 9-round open ran from 30th December 2017 to 5th January 2018 in the oasis city of Al Ain and featured 143 players from 11 countries, with Armenia, India and Iran particularly well represented. The biggest star, however, was 13-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan, who recently met all the requirements to become the 2nd youngest grandmaster in history at 13 years, 1 month and 11 days. That was over 3 months quicker than Parimarjan Negi or Magnus Carlsen and slower only than Sergey Karjakin. His title is still pending approval, which is why he appears as an IM in our system.
After 36…gxf6, though, it seems that Nodirbek rushed with 37.Bxd3, when after 37…Qxd3 38.Qxc6 Re6! Black was no worse and the game soon ended in a draw. Leaving the pawn and upping the pressure with 37.Rf1 or 37.Rad1 looks more challenging.
The key game of the tournament was an extremely complicated tactical skirmish in which Tigran Harutyunian inflicted the only defeat on Abdusattorov.
Here Abdusattorov had nothing better than giving himself some "luft" with 25.g3, when Black was able to consolidate and make the extra material count. The critical move is 25.Qxc3?, when Black picks up a piece and is covering the a1 and d1-squares to stop back-rank mate. The problem, though, is the only move 25…Nxe4!, when the bishop can't capture as it has to cover d1, while the g5-bishop is also doomed, since the white queen has to stay on the a1-h8 diagonal.
The blitz held on 4th January was open to everyone, including 23-year-old WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii from Mongolia, who took the photographs in this account but also finished the blitz in a bronze medal position with 7 wins and 2 losses.
Harutyunian's last comparable success was taking clear 1st place in the Armenian 1st League in August. That qualified him for the main section of the Armenian Men's Championship, which starts this weekend and will determine one of the players in the Armenian team for the upcoming Olympiad.


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Q: 176. Second Highest Salary select salary
from employee
order by salary desc limit 2
having salary <> max(salary)

select salary
from employee
order by salary desc limit 1
having salary not in (select max(salary) from employee);

The above-stated query is not working and giving a response as

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use
near 'having salary <> max(salary)' at line 2

As having is used for aggregator functions this should work IMO.
Please help me out by explaining why it is not working also I am trying to learn SQL query please provide me with a resource if possible.

A: We want the second highest salary.

>     create table employee (salary int);
>     insert into employee values (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8);
>
>

> ✓
>
> ✓
>

>       select salary
>       from employee
>       order by salary desc
>       limit 1, 1 ;
>
>

> | salary |
> | -----: |
> |      7 |
>

*db<>fiddle [here](https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=mysql_8.0&fiddle=ddf303748ee5620b2334b95621024840)*

A: Another option is using window function :
WITH cte AS
(
SELECT *,
   DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY salary Desc) AS Rnk
FROM employee
)
SELECT cte.salary
FROM cte
WHERE Rnk=2;

Note if you have salaries  5000, 5000, 3000 , as @Thorsten Kettner mentioned in the comment, the second highest salary would be 3000.
https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=mysql_8.0&fiddle=90c67881bcf6fd8f0c50a5a351f6b9ca

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(December 1, 2011) This year has seen many records in the sheep industry; record lamb and wool prices have been cause for celebration for most producers, but unfortunately for some in the South and Southwest, record drought was devastating and a cause for flock dispersal.
This is especially seen in many parts of Texas, which is in the midst of a drought of historic proportions.
Many in the sheep industry stepped up to help those producers who no longer had feed for their sheep, or who could no longer afford to keep the flock, and either worked out pasture leases, flock leases and even outright purchasing those sheep to keep them in production.
Traditionally, Texas sheep are known to have a finer-micron wool than sheep from other regions, so those producers who have bought or are managing these flocks may need to handle this wool differently than their traditional clip to realize the higher price that finer wools can bring.
"The Texas clip has built a good reputation over the last century, at least. A lot of pride was taken in producing fine wool in Texas," says Will Griggs, manager of Utah Wool Marketing Association.
"At the same time, there are varying levels of quality in Texas sheep, and those quality differences create pricing differences when the wool comes to market each year. To have sheep from Texas doesn't automatically mean that the wool will be superior to what that producer is already growing on his own pastures," says Rick Powers, wool trading manager for Lempriere USA Inc., who also ranches in Texas with his family.
Fine wool is in demand, so knowing and keeping the fine part of the Texas clip separate in the wool market is important for the American industry.
"19.0 micron to 20.5 micron is the biggest area of general production in the world. It's very versatile and it's a widely consumed micron range. From our standpoint, Texas wools – talking about 12 months shorn, good quality and from good genetics - are part of domestic consumption in the traditional and the emerging military consumption. There is also traditional consumption from companies like Burlington's worsted fabrics division. For export business, we have ready markets for greasy trading with the Indian and Chinese clients, as well as a ready buyer in Lempriere Australia Pty Ltd for their top-making business," says Powers.
Griggs agrees that the finer-micron wools are going to continue to be in demand at least in the short term.
"It's a year-by-year basis, but historically, fine wools have brought more than all others. With superwash and other programs, it looks like more wool may be going into military consumption in the years to come, and we will need that 22 micron and finer wool to meet that possible demand," Griggs relates.
As producers who bought or are managing these Texas sheep look toward shearing season, an important point to take note of is the affect moving these sheep from the semi-arid climate will have on the fiber micron.
"The sheep-producing area of Texas ranges from land of a semi-arid nature to land with true desert conditions and in general, the semi-arid area forage has a lower nutritional value. Wool is a protein, less protein in-take can result in a finer wool fiber on the animal, but move the same sheep to a protein- and forage-rich environment, and the wool produced from that same sheep will be 1 to 1.5 microns coarser," says Powers.
So, when these sheep are moved into a wetter, more forage-dense area, their wool fiber will increase in diameter. As always, wool should be objectively measured to properly market and know the wool micron.
"Someone who has Texas sheep may believe they may get a finer micron, but should not be surprised when they send it into the warehouse that it may be 21.5-22 micron. Because the sheep have more nutrition, they will produce a coarser fiber," Powers adds.
At the same time, due to superior genetics within some Texas flocks, the micron of some of these sheep may not change much, Powers suggests that producers first try to gather information about the original owner of the sheep, and then contact their local warehousemen. The warehousemen have close contact with the U.S. wool trade, who can provide information on a particular clip – the breeding, micron range and what the seller can expect depending on the part of the country the sheep went to.
"My best advice is to find out who you bought the sheep from, take it to your warehouse and let the warehousemen do research and digging to find all the information they can," says Powers.
The goal at this stage is to shear to maximize the value and quality of the fine wool, and as with any shearing, proper handling and preparation is key.
"We would like to see everyone do everything from the code of practice," says Griggs, such as pulling bellies, skirting the wool and being vigilant not to let polypropylene near the sheep at shearing.
If possible, the sheep should be kept separate from those with courser micron count, as well as from those sheep with black fiber or hair.
"When you visit with the warehousemen, talk about the possibilities of keeping these sheep separate or keeping them together. You don't want to mix Texas wool with those sheep of less-quality wool, but if they are already producing a similar micron, you may be able to mix them," Powers suggests.
However, even if they were run with lesser-quality wool sheep, it is stressed that the finer-wooled sheep should be separated and sheared first, before all others, to avoid contamination from subsequent rounds of shearing. There is a significant price difference between 19.5 wool and 20.5 or 21.5 wools.
In addition, Griggs suggests that producers make sure the wool is graded properly to maximize the profit they may get from the fine wools, and if these Texas wools have been running with other sheep, a grader will be able to pull those fleeces out.
"If you have Texas wool, tell the grader that you have it and there may be a super-fine line. They need to know that we have something possibly extra special in there that needs to be taken care of. They need to really overexploit to the grader that possibility," Griggs says.
Overall, with proper preparation and a few extra precautions, producers should be able to see the potential of the Texas wools if they came from quality sheep with strong wool genetics. The strong wool market should give all producers incentive to produce the highest-quality wool clip possible.


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Wee Ee Cheong, UOB Group deputy chairman and chief executive officer at the inauguration of United Overseas Bank (Vietnam) Limited. — VNS Photo
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has become the first Singaporean bank to open a foreign-owned subisdiary in Viet Nam.
On Monday in HMC City, UOB announced that it has incorporated United Overseas Bank (Vietnam) Limited.
Since 1995the bank had been operating with a branch licence.
Wee Ee Cheong, deputy chairman and chief executive officer, UOB, said: "The opening of our local subsidiary marks a new milestone for UOB in Viet Nam. Over the last 20 years, we have been steadfast in our commitment to Viet Nam's economic growth as we connect our clients to investment opportunities in the country.
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Q: How can I do a recursive find and replace from the command line? Using a shell like bash or zshell, how can I do a recursive 'find and replace'? In other words, I want to replace every occurrence of 'foo' with 'bar' in all files in this directory and its subdirectories.

A: Try:
sed -i 's/foo/bar/g' $(find . -type f)

Tested on Ubuntu 12.04.
EDIT:
This command will NOT work if subdirectory names and/or filenames contain spaces, but if you do have them don't use this command as it won't work.
It is generally a bad practice to use spaces in directory names and filenames.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_lts0020.php
Look at "Important facts about file names"

A: find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec sed -i'' -e 's/foo/bar/g' {} +

This removes the xargs dependency.

A: Here's my zsh/perl function I use for this:
change () {
        from=$1
        shift
        to=$1
        shift
        for file in $*
        do
                perl -i.bak -p -e "s{$from}{$to}g;" $file
                echo "Changing $from to $to in $file"
        done
}

And I'd execute it using
$ change foo bar **/*.java

(for example)

A: Use This Shell Script
I now use this shell script, which combines things I learned from the other answers and from searching the web. I placed it in a file called change in a folder on my $PATH and did chmod +x change.
#!/bin/bash
function err_echo {
  >&2 echo "$1"
}

function usage {
  err_echo "usage:"
  err_echo '  change old new foo.txt'
  err_echo '  change old new foo.txt *.html'
  err_echo '  change old new **\*.txt'
  exit 1
}

[ $# -eq 0 ] && err_echo "No args given" && usage

old_val=$1
shift
new_val=$1
shift
files=$* # the rest of the arguments

[ -z "$old_val" ]  && err_echo "No old value given" && usage
[ -z "$new_val" ]  && err_echo "No new value given" && usage
[ -z "$files" ]    && err_echo "No filenames given" && usage

for file in $files; do
  sed -i '' -e "s/$old_val/$new_val/g" $file
done

A: If you're using Git then you can do this:
git grep -lz foo | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/g'

-l lists only filenames. -z prints a null byte after each result.
I ended up doing this because some files in a project did not have a newline at the end of the file, and sed added a newline even when it made no other changes. (No comment on whether or not files should have a newline at the end. )

A: This command will do it (tested on both Mac OS X Lion and Kubuntu Linux).
# Recursively find and replace in files
find . -type f -name "*.txt" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/g'

Here's how it works:

*

*find . -type f -name '*.txt' finds, in the current directory (.) and below, all regular files (-type f) whose names end in .txt

*| passes the output of that command (a list of filenames) to the next command

*xargs gathers up those filenames and hands them one by one to sed

*sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/g' means "edit the file in place, without a backup, and make the following substitution (s/foo/bar) multiple times per line (/g)" (see man sed)

Note that the 'without a backup' part in line 4 is OK for me, because the files I'm changing are under version control anyway, so I can easily undo if there was a mistake.
To avoid having to remember this, I use an interactive bash script, as follows:
#!/bin/bash
# find_and_replace.sh

echo "Find and replace in current directory!"
echo "File pattern to look for? (eg '*.txt')"
read filepattern
echo "Existing string?"
read existing
echo "Replacement string?"
read replacement
echo "Replacing all occurences of $existing with $replacement in files matching $filepattern"

find . -type f -name $filepattern -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e "s/$existing/$replacement/g"

A: My use case was I wanted to replace
foo:/Drive_Letter with foo:/bar/baz/xyz
In my case I was able to do it with the following code.
I was in the same directory location where there were bulk of files.
find . -name "*.library" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/foo:\/Drive_Letter:/foo:\/bar\/baz\/xyz/g'

hope that helped.

A: The following command worked fine on Ubuntu and CentOS; however, under OS X I kept getting errors:
find . -name Root -exec sed -i 's/1.2.3.4\/home/foo.com\/mnt/' {} \;

sed: 1: "./Root": invalid command code .

When I tried passing the params via xargs it worked fine with no errors:
find . -name Root -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/1.2.3.4\/home/foo.com\/mnt/'

A: # Recursively find and replace in files
find . -type f -name "*.txt" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/g'

The above worked like a charm, but with linked directories, I've to add -L flag to it. The final version looks like:
# Recursively find and replace in files
find -L . -type f -name "*.txt" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/g'

A: Using zsh globbing and sed
(Tested with sed on MacOS - may vary a bit on Linux)
sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/g' somefolder/**/*.txt