Why Use the My Object?
John Traenkenschuh was puzzled by developers who seemed reluctant to switch from VB 6 to Visual Basic .NET. Then a little experimentation showed him that something even better is coming soon: Visual Basic 2005. Using an old familiar teaching program, he shows how new features make the transition worthy even of those old VB 6 diehards.
A few months ago, I wrote a series of weblogs on Informit regarding transitioning from VB 6 to Visual Basic .NET. I wanted to know why a few developers were hanging back. The blog and the responses seemed well received, and I got some fantastic views on transitioning to .NET or staying put with VB 6.
Before that, I had taken a "Train the Trainer" class with Microsoft, part of my Microsoft Most Valuable Professional privileges. What I saw there convinced me (and many other MVPs) that VB 2005 is the VB to rush to adopt. There are many built-in benefits, but the My object is the best benefit for the VB 6 coder looking for a friendlier, fast approach to .NET coding. And the best news for us Visual Basic diehards is this: It's only available to Visual Basic developers! By the end of this article, I think you'll be impressed with the many helps that the My object provides. Who knows? You might even pick up Visual Studio Beta 2 and decide to try out some of the tricks and objects in this article.
Ask really skilled VB 6 coders why they balk at learning .NET, and many will state that the first .NET versions had too steep a learning curve. Common tasks such as file I/O operations seemed to take too much time to learn. Some people even felt that the object-oriented programming compliance and "feel" made VB seem less friendly.
This is a major concern for diehard VB 6 coders: They missed the ability to install and code right away. The examples seemed a bit obscure, maybe theoretical. Information for common tasks was hard to find. The interface seemed alien and strange. These comments came from folks who were more than willing to accommodate the changes from version 4 to version 6, for example.


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So the story out now is that utd are prepared to walk away if sporting don't lower their price. Why does it feel like every transfer is a saga for utd? It's so boring a bit like Brexit.
Absolute sham. Just pay the asking price or near enough. We are in no place to be haggling over this deal.
Tuor78
It's a saga because the media make it one. Both Sporting and Utd are well within their rights to have views on his value. My guess is that we are scarred by our recent failures in the market wasting millions on dross.
He obviously wants to leave and utd are probably using this to get the price down, maybe they should ask him to put in transfer request? after all we are always screwed when it comes to selling players, I have no isuue with us trying to lower the price.
This is a tactic we've used in previous windows. In the summer we signed Wan Bisaka and James fairly early on. Then we went onto Maguire. Leicester said 80 million and we said no. Dragged out for the whole summer and we eventually stump up the cash for him a few days before the window closed.
If we had of signed Maguire early in the window there would have been pressure to complete another signing or two. We delayed and delayed beacsue as long as we are "negotiating" we look like we're proactive. We sign Maguire late on and everyone is just relieved that we got it over the line.
Fast forward to this window. We've known we need recruitments in January. We've known the player is willing to come and we've know Sportings stance on the matter. Same again, if we sign him January 2nd, there is pressure to sign another few players in this window. But we will drag it out another week, stump up the cash Sporting want and then we will "run out of time" to complete any other signings.
Fans are happy because we have signed what looks like a very good player. Board are praised but in reality this should have been done earlier and maybe another addition or two added to give Ole a fighting chance at top 4.
It's the line united are leaking to their media buddies that annoys me'united aren't willing to overpay' BS we overpay for pretty much everyone not only in fees but wages also. Be prepared for no Bruno but a 5 year deal for jesse on 250k a week.
The most laughable thing is the list of excuses being doled out by the club, too expensive, don't want to affect future transfers, focused on the summer etc etc. Yet we all know come the summer there won't be a plan, negotiations won't have started, we will employ the same tactics and scattergun approach and end up short again. They really must think we are thick and will swallow whatever crap they serve up.
Your slipping again Ni. 😂😂😂.
Apologies Ken. 😂.
I don't believe we will get this deal done. In fairness to the club though it seems that Sporting are being an absolute disaster and keep asking for more. You can guarantee he will be playing Tuesday.
I just dnt understand why people would be happy with us paying 80 mil for a 50 mil footballer? Look at the stick Maguire gets on here, imagine we pay 80 and bruno doesn't hit the ground running? All the usual nonsense about overpaying would be out in full force.
Also the ed says sporting are doing nothing wrong, why are we doing it wrong? We have a valuation, they have a valuation 🤷♂.
Deano1210
But Deano, it's not that we should pay more than we want, it's that we should have known from the get go that we were too far away in valuation.
In the summer we couldn't agree to a fee. He then signs a new contract and we go back in January with the same derisory bid. It's just not good business. And also insulting Sporting by having add ons like "player winning balon d'or", "United winning the champions league".
If the valuation is that far apart, move on and try and sign someone else. But no, we'll drag this out the whole window and then either pay exactly what sporting want (cementing our image as a club that will simply pay up) or we will let it fade out and the team will continue to struggle without reinforcements.
We are desperate for players, every club knows this, until we build a good squad and have depth and we're in a position where we are not in desperate need for players, we will pay over the odds! When we have most players and not in great need of signing but an addition would help we will be in a better position to negotiate better prices. We get stung by everyone.
Deano, why is he a 50 mil footballer? Who makes that determination. surely the selling club?
Couldn't care less what we pay for a player as long as he's good.
If it's that boring then there is a way to just not look at it? It's only boring because you're following it from start to finish and reading twitter and this site, turn your phone off, enjoy your life and have a look on 31st January if we signed anyone. You can't do something you don't have to do then moan that it's boring.
GDS2
Its a saga because the media make it thay way - man utd are still the biggest show in town and sell the most papers.
Jgb1976
17 Oct 2019 15:14:35
Rumour today is we are looking at signing toni kroos in January. I'd be quite happy with that, still a very good player with a lot of experience which the team is short of.
1.) 17 Oct 2019 15:47:20
Kroos is a good player, however I'd take any rumour with a grain of salt. Seems to me that the club are putting out this info to try and appease the fanbase. In reality Ed won't sign anyone of any note. Same old BS when they don't have to backup the talk with action.
I know he has a lot of experience and we definitely lack that but him and rakitic (another linked player) also have a lack of pace. Which is already a major problem in midfield would also want a mass wages to join something i really hope we steer clear of.
W16wes
Terrible signing. Lazy player.
They seem to be getting in the excuses early with the PR they have been spewing the past few days. Mail had utd buying 5 new shiny old players in the summer. Woodward thinks we are all thick.
DanJames
5 seasons ago most definitely. now, no thanks.
Agree mort.
Got one of the worst midfields in the PL and people still turn there nose up at a player who would instantly improve it and would be a good addition for 2 or 3 years while we rebuild.
{Ed047's Note - especially if you got rid of that lazy over rated clown Pogba.
What is it with pace and central midfield. It's nonsense. The best midfielders dictate the pace and control the game. None of which we have. Kroos/ Rakitic are 100% improvement on anything we have.
Nobody mentioned pace. Kroos is lazy though. Also he's the kind of signing that would struggle to make an instant impact.
10.) 18 Oct 2019 12:51:52
I think Kroos would be too slow for the premier league. A little bit like Fabrigas was when he played for Chelsea. I understand the argument that Kroos will improve the midfield but are we not sick and tired of the big name players being drafted in short term to try and fix a mess . They usually end in the player being on extortionate wages and declining rapidly. I cannot see how Kroos would be any different.
Lads I don't think we are in any position to turn down a player of the quality as Toni Kroos. The right midfield partners and he would flourish. I think he is capable of playing like pirlo did in his later career.
Kroos is a very good player, and he is certainly better than what we have.
But that doesn't mean he would be a good signing. Di Maria and Falcao were better than what we had. Sanchez was better than what we had. Schweinsteiger was better than what we had.
Signing older players, who are moving from a top side and looking for a last big pay day haven't worked out well for us in the past.
Kroos is a great player, yet Madrid are struggling in La Liga with him as their key central midfielder. He has Modric and Casemiro alongside him BOTH probably better than what he would be playing with if he move to us.
IF he is struggling with better players in a league not as competitive as the EPL then how do you think he would cope if we signed him?
Rakitic has a bad reputation and a questionable attitude to say the least. Again a player better than what we have but probably not a good fit for our club.
Both I think would struggle in the whirly burly world that is midfield in the EPL. Both are also used to playing in a 3 man midfield rather than a 2 man double pivot. Which again would likely expose their lack of mobility and pace all the more.
Kroos makes Matic look like Kante in the mobility department. Fantastic passer of the ball, but you could probably draw a ten yard circle around him and count on one hand the number of times he leaves the circle in 90 minutes.
Is that not exactly what you'd want though shappy? to play alongside pogba and having a deep midfield player with bags of energy, mctominay for now. Kroos's quality is unquestionable and pogba is better higher up the pitch where he can make those runs he makes. I'm not saying this will sort the midfield for years to come but it would I think at least help the forwards get chances. I agree with the point about players coming from teams such as Madrid and youd hope the desire was still there. If attainable I do think he would be a very good addition.
Watched him for Germany against us a few weeks ago, and he was pretty anonymous. When you have opposition players harrying him, he struggled to make an impact. If he has time, his passing is second to none, but I doubt he'd have that luxury in the EPL.
GD, as Stevie says above he is an excellent player until he is marked and harried out of a game. That doesn't happen as much in La Liga as it would in the EPL.
Veron was arguably one of the best midfielders in the world when he joined us. Yet he never managed to settle into life in midfield in the EPL. He also showed his class again when he left England and went back to Italy.
I would put Kroos in the same boat, great player, but ultimately one I don't think is suit to the league we play in.
Think of all the great midfielders you can think of to have played in the EPL.
Now how many of them lacked mobility?
You can get away with a lack of pace and even a lack of strength. But you will not get away with a lack of mobility in midfield in the EPL.
Yeah the Premier league is completely different I suppose but I'd still love to see him in a utd shirt.
I remember when I was sure he was signing and he ended up at Madrid and I was gutted because he was so good and him and modric for 3 years were so so good in that midfield.
GD, I think that's the point. How much of his performances at Real Madrid have been because he has Modric playing alongside him.
For me Modric is the player we missed out on.
And you can see at Real Madrid now. Kroos's decline is mimicking that of Modric's when he is 3-4 years younger than Modric and should now be the player stepping up as Modric declines.
Di marzio saying the Maguire deal now in the final stages.
1.) 29 Jul 2019 21:29:13
When Di Marzio speaks we should listen very reliable journalist about time get a midfielder in next then were ready to roll.
Di Marzio is normally on the money.
29 Sep 2018 15:23:32
The funny thing is this was all predicted about mourinhos 3rd season from pretty much everyone. He's lost his players his team selection today was baffling the football is poor. It's exactly like Chelsea 3 years ago. Even the most hopeful of us can't expect him to turn it around it's a shame but we need to say enough is enough before the season is a write off.
I doubt the decision makers will do this until it gets worse. All the club is concerned about is how much money it generates off the pitch it's losing touch with supporters, personally I'm not even angry anymore as I have started to expect very little from us.
All we can hope for is a plan going forward but I doubt we have one.
1.) 29 Sep 2018 17:27:39
Whoever decided to give him a new contract last season knowing his previous history, deserves to be shot.
bilko!
Most definitely absolute criminal I see a lot of the fans phone in shows and their all saying the board won't sack him well there's easy way to get rid of him the fans should be protesting with their feet don't turn up to the next game don't go I know it's prob crazy to say it but if it's only way to get rid of mourinho then they must do it. Guarantee once the board sees an empty old Trafford they will soon take action.
This hasbeen thinks he has the board over a barrel because of the payout
they will need to pay him .
He actually said it to the press a couple weeks ago .
I'm absolutely disgusted.
It's about time the players who are selected took some of the heat too. They are paid megabucks to perform. Ultimately they should be playing for the fans for the shirt and for their own personal pride.
hendonred
Hendon, absolutely spot on mate. They are stealing a living and hiding behind the manager's obvious shortcomings. Jose's position now now untenable, and the axe will surely fall. But nobody will convince me that these players are free of any blame. Some people may be gullible enough to believe that some of these imposters of footballers are fighting for what's best for the team.
I say they need to show that they are warriors on the pitch before they try to be warriors off it. The whole lots stinks from top to bottom.
betty swollocks
Agree more than when my mrs suggests a curry betty.
redtash
We have wasted more money over the years for average players, Surely 12 million to get rid of Jose is a snip .
Totally shockling football, looks like the club is ready to implode.
Rock the red
If Jose goes before Pogba we are screwed. It reinforces the message, akin to Chelsea under AVB, that no manager will last long enough to overhaul the squad, and the players can expect plenty of power and a fat wallet if they play/ sign for United.
03 Mar 2016 20:23:46
Hi, does anyone know if the reports linking Andrea Berta as director of football to us are true? And if so is it a step in the right direction?
1.) 27 Feb 2016 16:25:12
All I know is what I've read. SAF tried to sign him as a 17 year old but failed. He plays off the right but is left footed like Robben. So he would be a right sided option.
Berardi is better, younger and has a better goal and assist return by miles in the last 3.5 seasons. If you want a right winger from Italy you buy Berardi.
Rewz
I was always under the impression that Berardi was the better of the two, although they are both different types of players. From what I've seen Berardi is certainly more like a striker who plays wide to find space and exploit it similar to how players like Henry, Neymar, Messi and our own Martial use that space to get the run on the opposition.
Where as Bernardeschi is more like a a traditional winger or No.10, more creative for his team mates rather than looking to get the goals himself. Admittedly I've only seen him in the 1-1 draw with Spurs and a game earlier in the season against Sampdoria which ended 2-0 to Fiorentina. Both times he was lively and energetic and caused his marker plenty of problems.
I think it depends on what you want from a wide player. I feel that with the options we have of Martial or Memphis on the left then we will be better off looking for a creative player for the right rather than someone looking for goal themselves. Someone in the front three should be looking to pass more often than shoot. lol.
But like I said I don't know enough about Bernardeschi to know whether he would be a success in England.
Hi Shappy,
Berardi has assisted far more than Bernardeshi over the last 3.5 years. They have 5 goals each and 3 assists each this season but Berardi has played 10 fewer games. Defensively they have very similar stats Bernardeshi has better passing stats but this could be explained by the fact he plays closer to the midfield. Bernardeshi's performances drop off when he plays further forward.
Goals win games if you play with 4-3-3 or a slight variation of Berardi is your man. Memphis- Martial - Berardi would offer a very fluid and skilful front 3. Plus with the emergence of Rashford you could move them all around (Berardi like Martial can play across the front 3 positions) .
Hopefully Memphis comes good and gets to the level he was performing at at PSV and we buy a wide forward for the right.
If I had the choice Beradi would be my first choice aswell!
The guy has been impressing for months on end now and I think now it's time for him to take a step up and imply himself in a new team ie Manchester United?
6.) 01 Mar 2016 14:51:06
Some sites are now linking us with Beradi?
I hope there is some truth in these rumours!
Awesome signing if we can pull this one off!
But, A solid keeper and defence needs to be primary targets!
Mustafi, Laporte and Butland ALL linked too?
Berardi will end up at a decent Italian team ie one of the Milan Clubs, Italian players don't usually do well in England tbh
Goalkeeper situation if De Gea goes, we will enter the market, if he stays, we won't
I think a CB is needed, Jones a liability and at best our 3rd choice, Mustafi is decent, Laporte is wanted by City, I think United will look at Stones seriously, only issue is we need someone bit more "ready" and commanding, my first choice is Hummels but think he could be off to Spain before England
Looking at the squad at the moment, I have listed 3 positions we need addressing
Centre Back, Centre Midfield and a Right Wing
Centre Back we discussed, the CM could be Renato Sanches I reckon, think he fit, Right Wing is interesting, Jesse Lingard is doing a decent job but reckon we need competition their, pipeline dream is Gareth Bale, logically we could be looking at Mahrez, Guedes etc.
Players to be sold
Bastian Schweinstger - No longer the player he was, basically taking up our wage budget, I would move him on
Marouane Felliani - No against him but isn't the type of player we like
Antonio Valencia - Just a bit part player.
shane88
Shane,
Zola was terrible eh?
Largely agree Shane. I too think Shane will be closely looked at. i'd like another young eh get, Bernardeshi is popular at the moment and I like the fact that he is very creative and cuts inside like Robben. Saúl I think might've the midfield target, rumoured to have rejected a contract too.
I also think that we need another striker despite the emergence of Rashford. Someone young like Morata or Icardi who can be rotated I and out the side. Last point, I'd love to see Memphis tried on the right also, think he could do well.
10.) 02 Mar 2016 10:36:32
I can't see Saul leaving Atletico, he will get his contract he is after
Memphis is best at cutting in, Ronaldo like, he could do a decent job on the right but is far more effective on the left
I'm not sure about the striker situation tbh with Rashford emerging, Martial is seen as the future no 9 for us.
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Seen a headline earlier saying "Wolves held by United" made me reflect on just how far we have fallen wasn't to long ago that the draw for wolves would be the talk of the town, now it has become such a normal occurrence for teams it's us managing to hold them to a draw.
Leicester and wolves probably have better squads than us Leicester more so.
Then there's about 6 teams that's not very far from us.
We've calling very far.
We will not win league in next 10 year if we keep up current ethics.
No disputing that the club is in a mess right now, but I wouldn't pay much attention to the media simply because it's filled with past players from other clubs who now revel in United being lost in the wilderness because United under Fergie prevented them from winning anything meaningful in their careers. As for the papers it's just click bait. A poor United side generates just as much traffic as a great United side. Just have to accept the reality and hope the club changes for the better soon.
St.Lucia Red Devil
Thought the exact same myself when I read that, just goes to show how far we have fallen in only 6 years. Cannot wait for Glazer's to sell, hopefully to someone who actually wants to run a football club not just a business to make money. Maybe then we will get a DOF in and a manager that knows what they are doing. Sorry Olè, I love you as a player, but think you are out of your depth in this role. But until the club is fixed from the top, it doesn't matter how many managers we have or who thst manager even is, they are likely to fail because we are rotten from the core right now.
m2k32000
Midfield 3 for Leicester better than any 3 we can put out.
Midfield 3 for Wolves better than any 3 we can put out.
That's where we're at after spending a small fortune on players in the last five or six years .
At this precise moment we are sat In 15th 1 point above the bottom 3 8 games in to the season 😱.
That's quite likely to get worse before the weekend is out.
All the pundits/ media have seemed to write us off completely for Sunday. Which is hard to disagree with but some have gone as far as to say the best 11 from a mix of both teams is all liverpool. You'd hope that's the kick up the ass the players need and they'd want come out of the match with there heads held high.
It's gone beyond a kick up the ass,
We don't have a leader on the pitch, or the hole dressing room,
We will probably play 2 dm, matic and mctominay, and Liverpool will play around them, and Where's our goals coming from.
Haven't you read, Ole has a plan
Being serious the players should be up for this and it should be like one of those FA cup upsets where the underdogs do better than expected. I am going for a 1 all draw.
We will approach the game tactically in the same way that a Norwich, Newcastle etc would. That's where we are atm 😥.
Sadly 😥 norn-Iron that is where we are.
I think Ole's plan is fairly likely to be sit back, hit them on the break. Liverpool use their full backs forward so Rashford and James will likely be employed to run into those spaces. Get first goal, hold on, hit on break win two nil. Panic if Liverpool score first, stand at side of pitch waving circles looking concerned. Bring Greenwood on after 88 mins to play right wing. Wave further circles, look busy.
Well I think if we get a drumming ole we be gone.
And like previous managers the players would have thrown him under the bus.
As someone put above we have 0 leaders. We have 0 creativity and we don't have anyone who can score goals
We will be lucky to score 1 goal.
The only positive for this team is that we have a decent defence when they are all fit.
Bolger, and we have a manager and coaches with 0 ideas. So it's not all the players fault. Manager has stuck with 4231 for the past 6 matches, and we can clearly see that it is not working. But he does not want to change.
Every time I hear Solskjaer, he's going on about attacking teams, but we never see any of it. He's talking the talk, but the walk is nowhere to be seen.
Players have to give there all AAA I've not seen that all season.
But its not the first time this has been mentioned and what do we keep doing?
Sacking the manager.
But I do agree there is a lot of walking.
Manager and coaches have to give clear instructions and use players to their best abilities. I think our tactics are non existent, players get confused, lose confidence and fight.
Can't see that changing anytime soon.
12 May 2019 19:59:39
One of the most frustrating things about the last 2 games is if we had of won them we would be in the top 4 really bad end to the season.
At least its blatantly obvious to everyone involved with the club that serious changes are required don't think I've ever felt so low as a supporter of the club but being 32 I have been spoilt as fergie was appointed a month before I was born.
We'll be back at the top again but realistically at least a few years off that.
1.) 12 May 2019 21:56:34
Personally its good we missed out on the champions league. It would've papered over the cracks and led to less being done.
GD, we would have missed out on goal difference.
But still, the atmosphere round here might be a little better.
Yeah realised after I sent. Was thinking we had lost at huddersfield to.
I don't know about that Wazza, the last time we missed out on something due to goal difference the site was pretty disappointed.
I liked Herrera always gave his all could of been captain material due to the distinct lack of leaders as I think he'd be a squad player at any of the top 4 clubs this season. But a farewell video? Seriously? Dressing it up like he's the 2nd coming of Cantona good grief what a load of crap.
Gave 5 years of a short career to us. Got overlooked.
Thanks for the memories Ander. And for the video ❤.
Oh come off it! I thought things like that were reserved for players who had achieved legendary status or pretty damn near it. Celebrating mediocrity ain't going to get us anywhere.
Ask yourself why he was overlooked? Like I said I liked him couldn't fault his effort and desire but he didn't even have 10 Brilliant matches in any one season for us. Then there's you with your little love heart like it's the end of some great legacy been left.
I'm with good on this one Wazza. I love Herrera but the video is OTT. He's done OK, I'm sad to see him go but that video? Players come and go, he's been a solid player, probably underrated due to all the dirty work he does but the video made me cringe.
Lolll stop hating. He gave more to the club then anyone in the club for the last 5 years. He never disrespected anyone, never use to cry when not in the playing 11 and qas much better then some of you thunk he is.
The only. other player that deserv3s more respect in the last 5 yeqrs is DeGea and possibly Mata because he has shown enourmous respect for the club. He probably loves the club and if it wasnt for Utd screwing him around for last 2 years he wouldve signed an extention.
Nice guy. Jack of all trades, master of none. The most interesting thing about Herrara's Man Utd story was the strange tale of the blokes who turned up in Bilbao the year before he eventually signed, apparently posing as Man Utd representatives. Either they were trying to run a scam or they actually worked for Woodward and did such a bad job they were eventually disowned. Whatevr the case, he has been a solid, hard-working pro at the club, nothing more. sadly that makes him exceptional in recent years.
richardw37
There's no hating like I said I like him and respect the passion and enthusiasm he's played with. But you'd want a player lifting you off your seat year on year to be getting that level of respect.
If he wants to leave then that's up to him thanks for at least trying and bye. Surprised the video doesn't cut to Sanchez playing the piano as Herrera walks away sadly just so we feel like we've got some use out of our no 7.
Were was John o sheas video?
O'Shea's video was mistakenly put in the wrong box and returned to blockbuster but the club inside show the jungle book every year at the Christmas party.
The man is saying thankyou! Thank you and good luck Mr Herrera!
LDM17
Have to agree with good on this. Solid enough pro gave his all and probably should of been made captain through lack of candidates but not good enough to compete for the top honours in the 1st eleven. We need better and hopefully his replacement will be, if not as a team we'll only achieve the mediocrity of the last 5/ 6years.
nellym
10.) 12 May 2019 13:10:38
Richard the actually full quite is " jack of all trades, master of none but better than a master of one". Tend to agree with that, although Herrera wasnt really jack of all trades, many things always lacked from his game.
Good player regardless, will be missed.
Mick1
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He's had a really good start for them.
Obviously the title race isn't getting enough clicks so put a non story concocted by a pundit about man utd on to get some interest.
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He does say some strange things though. I think it's a really daft thing to say as we're city's biggest rival and pep trys to win everything. It's a comment that doesn't even need making, all it highlights is how far we are behind city's strongest 11 when they play like they did the first half. This is not me bashing ole either I like how he's brought William's and Greenwood in and rashford and martial seem to have improved but his in game management at times is terrible and has cost us points this season. Now I just can't make my mind up whether we have improved or gone backwards.
Its impossible to say Greenwood has more potential but I think with his emergence we could definitely prioritise other areas and Dortmund is a good move for him to prove himself I'd imagine Sancho will be leaving. It would be great to see us bring in a top quality cm if at all possible in January.
A very inexperienced recruitment team I'd say ed.
{Ed047's Note - same ones that picked our new manager probably! 🤷♂😉
I read somewhere that our scouting/ recruitment system was completely tailored to Sir Alex and his genius before he left.
Sir Alex and a few trusted personel would identify a player and he obviously had the power and reputation to phone a senior figure at a players club and it was more or less a foregone conclusion he'd get the player So therefore there wasnt a great need for a powerful recruitment approach.
it was never taken into to much consideration for David Moyes.
Apparently the scouting department weren't even offering suggestions to him maybe one of the reasons he only got to sign fellaini and Mata.
Only recently are we attempting to fix the issue properly and the recruitment department has had to be stripped down and rebuilt again so its taking time.
{Ed047's Note - whose picked the 30 odd players you've signed since he left?
Dsg that is exactly my thoughts I can't believe they haven't been properly tested as a pair together. I think to get the best out of this current squad 3412 or 343 would be the best option going forward.

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Pablo Yoder grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. As a lad he moved with his family to Costa Rica. After marriage, he and Euni were blessed with six children. They moved to plant a church in Nicaragua. Difficulties mounted and between 1995 and 2000, they experience 40 robberies.Today Pablo continues to write about their life in Nicaragua.As a lover of nature, he also writes about the colorful wildlife of Central America. He has written two books filled with colorful photos of Nicaraguan wildlife.Other books he has written are: Angels Over Waslala, Angels in the Night, The Long Road Home, The Work of thy fingers, My Father's World, and The Death of a Saloon.
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To be invited to judge your National Show was indeed a great honour. The Simmental cattle forward would have been as good as ever displayed there. There being no tail-end at all. At the end of the classes there is plenty of quality, which in essence means the breeders are improving the breed. Take for example the conformation, hindquarter development and growth improvement in the last 10 to 15 years.
The Overall Champion, came out of the Male Senior Class from Ian A Hunter, with Tillylair Moss a homebred bull. A bull with great scale, beefing ability and good locomotion. Reserve Male Champion, was Hazelden Ringmaster from John Minshall, bred by Neil McGeoch. Again another bull with scale, scope and excellent locomotion.
Best Junior Bull was Colin Fordyce's Blair Solomon, who has everything going for him, very good muscling, and must end up as a stock bull for some herd this back end.
My Female Champion came from the second class of Heifers from Brian Allan's herd, Glenturk Rita. As soon as she came into the ring she showed herself above any other animal with presence, loads of character and style. I decided to make her Female Champion in my opinion to encourage all these young Heifers that keep coming forward should they have a chance.
Reserve Female Champion, Whiteridden Maple, came from Neil McGeoch, bred by Hamish Gilbert, a real beef cow, who also is a good breeder having bred the Reserve Male Champion.
My sincere thanks to R.H.A.S. for their invitation to judge the British Simmental classes; to Rob Forrest and his stewards who were in control all the time; the hospitality given by the R.H.A.S., and lastly, but not least, the Scottish Simmental Club who made me and my family very welcome at all times. May I just add that I think the Club stand is just about perfect. Well done!!
Calving Ease Simmental Style, courtesy of Steven & Lorraine Sandison.
Orkney farmer Steven Sandison talks us through some of the key improvements he has made to his business as a result of his recent monitor farm experience.


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Obituary for Guy William Washburn | Stone Funeral Home, Inc.
Lifelong area resident, Guy W. Washburn passed away in the early morning hours of February 9th, 2019 at Villa by the Bay in Petoskey.
He was born December 6, 1936 to Daniel A. and Florence (Erforth) Washburn in Boyne City, one of 18 children born to the couple.
On January 18, 1963 Guy married Ruth Louise Miller in Petoskey where the two made their home. Together they raised three children, Dan, Joan and Michael. Guy worked for nearly all of his adult life as a painter, he was a hard worker and well respected in the trades. He was a great neighbor and friend, always willing to help anyone, and generous to a fault. He had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed a good practical joke. He was a great husband and father, loving and giving. He stayed active as possible in retirement and was seldom idle, always looking for the next project. He enjoyed fishing, working on puzzles, baking and watching old westerns.
Guy was sadly preceded in death by his son Michael on September 1, 2000. He was also preceded in death by his wife Ruth on January 5, 2014, by his parents and by 17 of his siblings. Surviving Guy is his son Dan (Caryn) Washburn of Petoskey, Joan (Yorrick Rydzewski) Washburn of Chicago, 2 grandchildren Tim (Christina) Washburn of Petoskey and Jordan Washburn of California and a wonderful friend and neighbor Vickey Skaggs. He is also survived by a number of his in-laws Andy (Sue) Miller of Walloon Lake, Jeff (Mary) Miller of Walloon Lake, Betty Miller of Petoskey, Ken (Donna) Billideau of Petoskey and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Guy's family are planning a memorial service that will take place in the coming months and will be announced by Stone Funeral Home.
Friends wishing to honor Guy's memory through a charitable donation are asked to consider the Friendship Center.


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New Model to Study HIV Latency in Brain Cells
The research group is studying HIV persistence in a very important type of brain cells called astrocytes.
Over 35 million people worldwide are currently infected by HIV. Antiviral therapies can keep the virus from multiplying. However, no drug can cure infection so far, because various cell types continue to carry the virus in a latent, i.e. quiescent, state. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München have now established a model for latent HIV infection of brain cells. The researchers used this model to identify various compounds that affect latency of the virus in the brain.
"Chronic infection is caused by long-lived cells with resting viral genomes that are activated by different factors," explained Prof. Dr. Ruth Brack-Werner (pictured left) of the Institute of Virology. "These so-called latently infected cells occur in the blood and in the brain, among others. HIV latency in the brain is particularly difficult to investigate," she added. Her research group is studying HIV persistence in a very important type of brain cells called astrocytes. The human brain contains billions of them. The many functions of astrocytes include protecting the brain from injury and harmful agents and providing essential support for nerve cells. Mature astrocytes can have a very long lifespan and may exist for years.
Recent studies identified HIV genomes in up to 19% of astrocytes in brain tissues from deceased HIV-1 infected individuals. So far, no experimental model has existed to study HIV latency in these cells. "With our model system, we can simulate latent HIV infection in astrocytes," said Dr. Martha Schneider (pictured right), first author of the study. The researchers showed that various substances, including the cytokine TNF-alpha, can reactivate the inactive virus. Conversely, it was also possible to inhibit the reactivation of the virus by treating the cells with certain compounds. "These results identify drug candidates that may prevent activation of latent viruses in astrocytes," Schneider concluded.
In the future, the scientists plan to use this system to study the effect of these and other compounds that may prevent the activation of HIV-1 in the brain. As study director Brack-Werner explained: "Several viral proteins are toxic to neurons and may cause immune damage in the brain. Since only limited replacement of astrocytes occurs in the brain, loss of these cells may cause serious damage. Thus silencing the virus in brain cells is an important goal." In addition, the researchers plan to test the effect of approved drugs and thus to improve the clinical care of HIV-1 patients in the future.
Illustration: Helmholtz Zentrum München.
Helmholtz Zentrum München News Release (06/18/15)
News-Medical.net (06/18/15)
Abstract (AIDS; 2015, 29 (10): 1147.)


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A Comprehensive Training System. Sprache: Englisch.
Body Percussion: Sounds and Rhythms is an innovative, comprehensive folio of practice material for anyone interested in discovering his or her own body as a universal rhythm instrument. Contents include basic sounds, warm-ups, grooves in varying styles, six solo pieces from easy to advanced, practice tips, and three exciting ensemble arrangements. The accompanying DVD illustrates techniques, makes reproducible the single path of motions, and includes examples of all exercises, sounds, rhythms, and solo pieces. Body Percussion: Sounds and Rhythms is the perfect guide for self-study.


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'Profit with purpose': the dispute over doing well while doing good
Is it possible to lock social goals into the structure of for-profit businesses? The questions has polarised opinion among proponents of the social economy, as Stephen Cook reports
The UnLtd story
At the turn of the century, a Millennium Commission competition for a £100m lottery fund award was won by UnLtd, a consortium that wanted to set up a source of grants for social entrepreneurs.
It consisted of seven organisations, but two resigned by 2009, leaving the School for Social Entrepreneurs, the Community Action Network, Changemakers, Comic Relief and Senscot. Each founder could nominate a "member" trustee and there were nine "independents". The members could not chair the board or committees, but retained the ultimate power.
UnLtd has over time doubled the number of its grants and now also provides cash and coaching to more than 100 organisations, from universities to housing associations.
But a 2012 paper by the founder members said UnLtd had progressively abandoned its core mission, opposed organisations that were its natural partners and "hoovered up" resources.
A paper by Rodney Stares, the founder member from Senscot, also said grants to for-profit organisations were an inappropriate use of public resources and an asset lock of some type should be a condition of any Millennium Awards Trust funding.
A subsequent governance review recommended that all trustees should have the same status. Rather than use their power to block this, the founder members in 2013 voted with the independents for the change. Trustees from all but two founders have now resigned.
Prior says all UnLtd's activities are within its remit, its partnership working has expanded and the money it raises is mainly distributed to other organisations; the previous board structure was not "desirable, healthy or sustainable", and it is now more agile.
Can social benefit be combined with making a profit? The question has been sharpened recently by growing interest in the concept of "profit-with-purpose" businesses, which do not follow the traditional social enterprise model that locks in assets and restricts the distribution of profits.
Instead, they are usually companies limited by shares, which can accept equity investment and allow for distribution of profit; but they also try to lock in their social purpose by other forms of commitment and their reporting systems.
"It is one of most significant debates about the scope of the social economy, not just in the UK but globally," says Cliff Prior, chief executive of UnLtd, a charity that supports social entrepreneurs in the UK. "It doesn't matter where you go in the world, if you stand up at a social investment conference, this will probably be the first question – what's allowed, and what's not allowed."
UnLtd has been at the centre of the debate because it has attracted criticism for giving an increasing number of its grants to people who run social businesses without asset locks. Two of the founder trustees of UnLtd recently resigned from the board over the issue – those from CAN, which provides office space and business support for the sector, and the Scottish social enterprise network Senscot.
The argument apparently came to a head when in July 2012 the UnLtd board considered an internal report that showed that, between May 2008 and December 2011, 25 per cent and 37.5 per cent respectively of the stage two and three grants (the larger ones) from its main fund, the Millennium Awards Trust, went to companies limited by shares. The proportion in Big Venture Challenge – larger UnLtd matched awards made with Big Lottery Fund money – was 44 per cent.
Prior points out that the percentages refer to a total of 19 out of 70 stage two and three MAT awards, and that in the same period 2,671 MAT awards were made (most of them were small stage one awards to entrepreneurs who had not yet decided on a legal form for their business). Profit with purpose is only one of a range of models being pursued, he says.
'Structures can be subverted'
But Rodney Stares (left), the treasurer of Senscot and a trustee of UnLtd until March 2014, thinks the figures show UnLtd has drifted too far from its original purpose of supporting local social entrepreneurs. "My argument is that there is no way of locking in the social purpose," he says. "They've had lawyers working on it for two years, looking at concepts like 'trust engines'. But nothing has been reported back. If there's ill will, almost any structure can be subverted.
"The data in that July 2012 report is now nearly three years out of date. For various reasons, I doubt that less is currently going to non-asset-locked structures than then – probably more."
Prior accepts that the proportion going into profit-with-purpose businesses is going up and attributes this to a surge of popular interest in this kind of business. He quotes Royal Bank of Scotland figures that one in five entrepreneurs want to commit themselves to social benefit, and two-thirds of the rest want to support social causes.
However good charities and social enterprises are, there is a big gap between the available solutions and the scale of problems in society
Cliff Prior, chief executive, UnLtd
"This is big population-level interest," he says. "It's been observed very widely, this idea of doing good and doing well. Some people say no, people shouldn't do this, they should be charities and social enterprises. We've said we need to get alongside these people who are committing to social purpose and social benefit, understand their motivations and their results, and make this wonderful initial commitment into a long-term commitment, ideally fully locked in.
"However good charities and social enterprises are, there is a big gap between the available solutions and the scale of problems in society. If we can find another set of people and methods by which that gap can be closed, that's massively important."
One experienced observer of social enterprise, who asks not to be named, says the argument over profit with purpose has been going on for some in private but is now coming out into the open.
The source says some fear that public money is being channelled into enterprises that might change or be taken over when the original entrepreneur is no longer there: "No one would care if bottled water, say, went into private ownership; but if it was a public service, people would care a lot about where the profits go.
"When people see money for social purposes going to companies limited by shares, even if the intentions are honourable, they are worried. Some agree with Cliff that you need to go into the mainstream rather than staying in a small tent with an alternative culture. Others say that's to abandon the whole point of the social economy."
So how can social purpose be locked in? The main ways, says Prior, are writing it into the company's articles of association, making it part of the fiduciary duties of the directors and preventing any change to either without a "super-majority" of 90 per cent of shareholders.
Another is to measure achievements against objectives, using an accredited standard. One potential model for such a standard is B Lab, a non-profit organisation in the US that certifies whether businesses meet agreed standards of transparency, accountability, sustainability and performance, "creating value for society as well as shareholders".
Prior says: "This is about locking in the social, not locking in the profit. What we're looking at is whether you can see these as separate axes, not one spectrum. Typically, you see charities at one end, businesses at the other and social enterprises somewhere in the middle.
"But how social you are and how much profit you distribute are different things, and if you can make that system work you can get social ventures that need capital investment to grow much more quickly because you can use the investment market.
"There are some areas where that is really important, either because it's an emergency or because there are fully commercial competitors; if they get to the market first, it's lost to social benefit. If the social venture gets to market first, it stays social – that's a good thing."
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It is now 10:37 AM ET Time on Sunday, April 21, 2019.
COURSE: Six (6) lane, 50 meter course with Colorado timing. Designated 50 meter lane /Dive Well available for warm-up throughout competition. * Seven (7) Lane course may be used depending on timeline.
ELIGIBILITY: Meet is open to all currently registered USMS or currently registered FINA Masters recognized governing body, swimmers 18 years or older. Age to be determined as of December 31, 2014.
RULES: 2014 USMS rules will govern this meet. Meet management reserves the right to adjust logistics in order to run an efficient meet.
BREAKS: There will be a 10-minute break prior to each relay event and a 5-minute break following each relay event.
will be swum combined men and women, and will be deck seeded with a positive check in.
DECK ENTRIES: Deck entries will be accepted on the day of the meet up to 1 hour prior to the start of the session for an added charge. Entries are only permitted in to open lanes-no new heats will be added. "Double Entry Fee" if not already entered in meet. "$5 per event" if already entered in meet.
ENTRY FEES: $25 flat fee plus $4 per event. Online Entries are Preferred! Online entry deadline is July 23 at 11:50pm. All "Paper Entries" must be received by the Meet Director by July 22, 2014. All Entry and registration fees are nonrefundable. Online entries are paid by credit card to ClubAssistant.com Events.
Award Labels as a race record for all. Male/Female Age Group High Point Awards, "1st Timer" USMS Swimmer Male/Female High Point Award.
RELAYS: Relay entries will be accepted on the deck up to 60 minutes prior to the start of the relays. There is No CHARGE for each relay entered.
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The Dubai Residential Property Sales Price Index for all residential decreased by 1.2 points, from 226.2 to 225.0, which represents a decrease of 0.55% in February 2019. Prices also decreased 9.53% y-o-y.
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Ajman apartment sales prices registered an increase in February 2019. Prices increased 1.99% m-o-m but decreased 5.18% y-o-y.
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1.	Con: school is expensive Lets just get the most obvious one out of the way first; how much you spend on college will vary wildly and depend entirely on where you go to school and how long you are enrolled there, but it is generally an expensive endeavor that requires a great deal of saving up. Higher education is getting more expensive, and student loans (which can take years to pay off) are becoming more prevalent. Know the limits of your finances before making your decision, and use resources like CollegeSavings.org's College Cost Calculator to give you an idea of how much you will need to spend.
3.	Con: The time commitment The other resource that college eats up is time. Getting a bachelor's degree requires at least four years and in many cases can take even longer than that, as varying course availability and other commitments sometimes keep students in school for four and a half or five years. Think hard on whether your schedule can handle the demands of being a full-time student.
4.	Pro: You will have more options In addition to being more marketable, you are also more useful in a sense. Degrees can lead to many different possibilities and can be molded into different careers. Do with it as you see fit.


This page details all the mosques in Rochdale.
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Al-Furqan Masjid This Masjid is located on Philip Street, Rochdale, OL11 1NY. Telephone – 01706 523370.
Al-Amin Jame Masjid The Al-Amin Jame Mosque was established in 1986 to serve the needs of primarily the Bangladeshi Muslims of Rochdale. It started as "Al-Amin Islamic Religious Teaching Centre" and was the 2nd Mosque in the area. The Mosque was later renamed "Al-Amin Jame Mosque" after being granted permission to use it as a masjid.
This Masjid is located on Corbett Street, Rochdale, OL16 2EX. Telephone – 01706 642911.
Al-Quba Masjid This Masjid is located on Copenhagen Street, Wardleworth, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 2HD.
Bilal Jamia Masjid For many years, the Muslims of Rochdale have wished for a purpose built masjid; where they can pray and give children the chance to learn about their Islamic culture and way of life.
With the help of Allah, on December 12th 1998, the foundation for such a holy place was laid down.
This Masjid is located on Bulwer Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 2EU. Telephone – 01706 861853.
Darul Munawwar Ghamgolia Sharif This Masjid is located on Crawford Street, Rochdale, OL16 5RS. Telephone – 07896 465183.
Darul Munawwar Ghamgolia Sharif This Masjid is located on Derby Street, Rochdale, OL16 5RS. Telephone – 01706 661811.
Golden Masjid Golden Mosque was the first mosque in Rochdale.
The mosque itself has got three floors. On the Ground floor there is a large Main Hall for prayers which can easily accommodate around 500 worshippers at any one time. In addition there is a Balcony to accommodate an additional 200 worshippers. In the lower ground floor there is a multi purpose hall, which can be used for prayers, classes, refreshments and even a youth club. The building has been equiped with all the essential digital gadgets, such as projectors and project screens, TVs, Wifi, a live video feed and a large LCD screen.
The mosque also boasts unique wudu facilities on all three floors, an industrial kitchen, a purpose built computer room, car parking on ground floor and underground car parking.
Golden Mosque was the first mosque established in Rochdale. Since the 1960's, Golden Mosque has remained in the Spotland area and continues to provide the Muslim community of Rochdale with all their Islamic needs, from daily prayers, Islamic lectures and classes to funerals.
This Masjid is located on Lower Sheriff Street, Rochdale, OL12 6TG. Telephone – 01706 123 456.
Jamia Haidria Masjid This Masjid is located on Mitchell Street, Rochdale, OL12 6SF. Telephone – 07831 257860.
Jamia Haroonia Masjid Jamia Haroonia Islamic Centre was established in 1998 and was originally only opened up for Quranic/Islamic teaching purposes. The centre later developed and since 2005 the centre has become a Jamia Masjid having services such as 5 daily prayers, Friday/Jummah prayer, Taraaweeh prayers and Eid prayers.
This Masjid is located on Deeplish Road, Rochdale, OL11 1PQ. Telephone – 01706 759349.
Central Masjid Rochdale Central Mosque Rochdale (CMR) formerly known as Idara Taleem-ul-Islam was set up in 1974 by the local Muslim Community to address the growing religious, social, cultural and recreational needs of the newly settled Muslims in and around the Borough of Rochdale. An old church building on William Street was purchased for £20,000. With the help of donations from the local community the building was adapted to function as a mosque. The new mosque held congregational prayer five times a day as well as Jumma (Friday prayers) and Eid prayers. The mosque also provided after school classes in Holy Qur'an, Arabic and Urdu.
Since its inception, the mosque has continued to meet the religious, cultural, social and educational needs of the local community.
As the Muslim community grew over the years, it became virtually impossible for the old church building to accommodate the ever growing needs. The whole of the building was full from the basement to the attic for the Jummah prayer on Fridays often spilling into the yard causing great inconvenience. The situation was very similar with the boys and girls classes as the numbers grew every year.
It was clear that something needed to be done to ensure meet the needs of the congregation. After careful consideration of all options, the management committee decided to build a new purpose built Mosque as the structure of the current building was far too weak for refurbishment and extension. For this a large one acre site across the road was bought in January 1996 from Rochdale MBC for the sum of £150,000. And so the construction of the magnificent new Central Mosque began in December 1996.
The ultimate plan was to establish an Islamic Centre (a one stop shop) that would provide a beautiful new Mosque, a large Community Centre for various community functions and a learning facility for Muslim Girls and Boys all from one site.
This Masjid is located on Mere Street, Rochdale, OL11 1HJ. Telephone – 01706 645135.
Jalalia Jamé Masjid Jalalia Jamé Mosque was established in 1971, it was then rebuilt in 1979 and opened to the public in early 80's. The mosque is situated in the heart of central Rochdale in the large Muslim community of Wardleworth.
Jalalia Jamé Mosque is divided into three areas consisting of two large prayer rooms used for daily prayers, educational activities for youngsters and other similar activities during the week. A third area consists of a small office which is used for administration purposes. Jalalia Jamé Mosque can accommodate up to 1500 worshippers and on the special days of Eid, there is usually a second prayer service to accommodate the needs of the local community.
This Masjid is located on Trafalgar Street, Rochdale, OL16 2EB. Telephone – 01706 646822.
Neeli Masjid Neeli Masjid first opened its doors in 1967 to cater for the growing Muslim community in Rochdale.
This Masjid is located on Hare Street, Rochdale, OL11 1JL. Telephone – 01706 648094.
Jamia Masjid Chashtiah Jamia Masjid Chashtiah are a forward thinking, innovative and cutting edge institution with their roots firmly embedded in the traditions of the past.
The Light of Islam Academy is the educational arm of Jamia Chashtiah Masjid which is run under the auspices of the Chashtiah Educational Trust a registered charity (1055167) with the Charity Commission of the UK.
Programmes like the Nasheed Factor and The Atfaal Creche have ensured that they are under constant pressure to expand. Hence they are in a constant state of progression. Static stillness is contrary to their philosophy and contrary to positive change.
They have an integrated approach to education and rely on the triangular partnership between teacher, pupil and parent.
This Masjid is located on Milkstone Road, Rochdale, OL11 1EB. Telephone – 01706 650487.
Jamia Ghausia Masjid This Masjid is located on Albion Road, Rochdale, OL11 4HQ.
Madina Masjid The history behind Madina Masjid goes back to the late 1970's when it established a madrassa on Milnrow Road. As the community grew and the need for a local Masjid it was decided to move to bigger location in 1998.
This Masjid is located on Church Road, Rochdale, OL16 5PU. Telephone – 01706 656911.
Misbahul Uloom Urdu Centre This Masjid is located on Morley Street, Rochdale, OL16 2LG.
Darul Ilm This Masjid is located on Merefield Street, Rochdale, OL11 3RZ. Telephone – 01706 645135.
Faizan-e-Madina This Masjid is located on Foxholes Road, Rochdale, OL12 0ED. Telephone – 01706 715760.
Faizan-e-Jamal-e-Mustafa Masjid This Masjid is located on Milkstone Road, Rochdale, OL11 1XN.
Mostapha Islamic Centre This centre is located on Fishwick Street, Rochdale, OL16 5NA. Telephone – 078955103731.


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A new Android 4.4.4 update has started to roll out to Nexus devices just weeks after Google introduced the Android 4.4.3 patch.
A minor update to Google's KitKat foundations, the Android 4.4.4 update focuses on introducing a number of new security patches and has been given a low-key release due to its lack of high-profile new features.
A tiny 2.5MB in size, the Android 4.4.4 patch is available as an over-the-air update.
Currently little is known about the introduction plans for the new Android update, although a number of Nexus 5 owners are reporting they have today received the new patch.
As such, it appears that the Android 4.4.4 update is being focused on Google's latest own-branded smartphone first.
However, according to AndroidCentral, the Android 4.4.4 update is also being readied for Google's full list of Nexus devices, including the Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and both iterations of the Nexus 7 tablet.
With Google yet to publically discuss the new update, further details are sparse.
We will be sure to keep you updated on the rollout of the Android 4.4.4 update though so stay tuned to TrustedReviews for all the latest.
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How The Board Can Tackle Sexual Harassment
Steven Pearlman Contributor
I defend employment litigation around the country.
The #MeToo movement ushered in a new era of accountability, shedding light on sexual harassment in scores of industries involving employees at all levels—from the C-suite to the mailroom. As the movement matured, companies stepped up preventative and remedial measures through human resources, internal and external legal counsel and compliance professionals. Those efforts ranged from modernizing policies and procedures to enhancing training at various levels of the workforce to holding individuals accountable through discipline and discharges. Though helpful in many respects, those are not panaceas. Indeed, EEOC data vividly illustrates an increase in the filing of sexual harassment charges from 2017 to 2018, and EEOC settlements recovered in 2018 were approximately $70 million whereas those in 2017 were approximately $47.5 million. What's more, internal complaints continue to be lodged both by employees and their attorneys. So isn't it time to consider additional methods of minimizing the incidents and risks attendant to sexual harassment?
Over the last few years, many companies have learned the hard way that a sexual harassment scandal can compromise their brand, reputation, customer relationships and sponsorships, as well as their ability to attract and retain talent and maintain productivity. And, of course, it can result in significant civil liability. What we're now learning is that the risks can get magnified when sexual harassment catches the attention of regulators (note the considerable fine the Massachusetts Gaming Commission recently levied against Wynn Resorts) and result in derivative and/or securities actions (the former often alleging that management and the board were asleep at the wheel or refused to take action against known misconduct, and the latter generally alleging that the company misled investors by touting policies championing its commitment to ethics and compliance and/or denying that alleged misconduct had actually occurred).
So let's consider the idea of escalating sexual harassment complaints to the board and treating them with a level of gravity similar to other sorts of significant enterprise risks.
What types of complaints should be escalated to the board? There's a spectrum of complaints that allege sexual harassment with varying degrees of risk: one-off jokes are on one end of the spectrum, and sexual assault is on the other. Complaints that involve allegations of sexual assault, minors, higher-level employees and/or systemic culture issues are prime candidates—they present the biggest reputational and financial risks.
What might the board do? Consider starting with a risk assessment to determine the level of risk the organization faces and whether and to what extent it is prepared to respond appropriately. This may involve at least the following steps:
1. At the outset, create a new committee (or subcommittee) or task a standing committee with responsibility for risk to conduct the assessment. The committee may begin by analyzing past internal complaints over an appreciable period of time to obtain meaningful data (between the past five and ten years)—e.g., complaints to human resources, the hotline and the legal and compliance departments—as well as external complaints (e.g., civil lawsuits and administrative charges). Likewise, the committee could analyze settlements in prior cases. That would give a sense of the levels of risk and the nature of the matters. For example, repeated settlements of substantial sums could raise a flag. At the same time, the committee could analyze pending claims to determine the risks they pose and how they could be resolved.
2. The committee could also get its finger on the pulse of the workforce.
3. The committee may review whether sexual harassment training is conducted at all levels of the workforce and whether it is effective and modern. Of course, the committee also could review all policies bearing on sexual harassment claims—e.g., sexual harassment and anti-retaliation policies and relevant portions of the code of conduct—to ensure they are complete, effective and modern.
4. The committee could review the level of utilization and effectiveness of the company's hotline, whether it provides for anonymous reporting and whether its existence is adequately publicized to the workforce.
5. The committee may take a close look at the company's investigative protocols to determine if they provide for prompt and thorough investigations while ensuring workplace due process for the complainant and the accused alike. And the committee could consider whether a process exists to facilitate appropriate remedial measures based on the results of investigations.
Using this this approach sets the right tone at the top, and sends a message throughout the organization that the board takes sexual harassment seriously and will hold individuals who engage in misconduct accountable. This may have a trickle-down effect with respect to deterrence and enforcement of sexual harassment policies. Again, going to the highest levels of a company is warranted as a result of the reputational, business and financial risks that sexual harassment complaints present.
Steven Pearlman
I have been practicing labor and employment law for over two decades. I have a national practice at Proskauer, and am resident in the firm's Chicago office. I handle the...


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Кузница — самое старое светское здание города Смоленска. Расположена по адресу: ул. Ленина, д.8а.

Дом построен на рубеже XVII — XVIII веков (точная дата неизвестна) и является самым древним гражданским зданием на Смоленщине. Вначале, во времена, когда Смоленск находился в составе Речи Посполитой, домик служил городским архивом («польская архива»).

В 1785 году «польскую архиву» приспособили под кузницу Инженерного дома. Впоследствии инженерный дом был разрушен, а кузница сохранилась.

Сейчас кузница запрятана в одном из городских дворов и немного углублена в землю. С 1982 года в этом доме разместился Музей кузнечного ремесла, в котором представлены подлинные кузнечные инструменты, наковальня, меха и изделия кузнечного ремесла XVII — XIX веков.

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when the bump was waaay smaller!
So last week we got the news that this little bump is definitely facing the wrong way. To say it was a blow is putting it mildly. I was so looking forward to actually going into labour. I'm sure that sounds a strange concept to some, but as Logan went two weeks over, I was induced, he got stuck and ended up being an emergency caesarean. I was actually looking forward to experiencing the whole build up (naturally, not with drugs being pumped in) and truly wanted to give it a go. It wasn't just that it would be a caesarean this time, it means that as this is my second that any subsequent children we may have will have to be caesarean too. I feel like my choice has just been taken away from me. Cried lots of tears over this.
But I have to look on the bright side. Our little baby will be born next week, and we know the exact day (rather strange!) We can make sure Logan is looked after, make sure we have food and supplies in place for exactly the right time, and we'll know this is our last weekend as a little family of three. We can go and make some amazing memories together before we get caught up in the whirlwind of milk and nappies again! Bring on the weekend, I can't chuffing wait!
these two for the whole weekend…perfect!
Ps, to those of you that know the day please keep it quiet!!


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Trump, Coal Miners Celebrate Resurgence in West Virginia
For West Virginians, it's all about energy, and they brought a lot of it to the Make America Great Again rally in Charleston on Aug. 21.
The state is the second-largest coal producer (after Wyoming) in the country, and President Donald Trump is credited for the resurgence that is underway in the industry.
Prime seats were reserved for a group of miners at the rally, and Trump spoke directly to them on several occasions.
Coal miners were among the audience at a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
"We are putting our great coal miners back to work," Trump said to roaring applause. "We love clean, beautiful West Virginia coal. We love it.
"You know, it's indestructible stuff. In times of war, in times of conflict, you can blow up those windmills, they fall down real quick. You can blow up those pipelines … and you're not going to fix them too fast. You can do a lot of things to those solar panels, but you know what you can't hurt? Coal. You can do whatever you want to coal."
T.J. Blevins, 41, said he was almost forced to close the doors on his company during the Obama era.
He owns American Mine Services, which supplies mining companies with equipment such as augers and drill bits. His father founded the company about three decades ago; now, T.J. runs it.
"The eight years of the Obama administration nearly shut the doors," Blevins said. "We are one of the very few successful businesses in our area, and we just about closed the doors."
T.J. Blevins before a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Blevins's company operates in Man, West Virginia, which has a population of 683, according to the Census Bureau in 2016.
In 2008, he had 16 full-time employees. By the end of Obama's presidency, he was down to four.
"As soon as they elected Trump, we started getting calls. … They knew they were going back to work," Blevins said. "And it was almost immediately when he took over in January, we took back off. And we're back up to 13 employees now."
Blevins said the steel mills, coal mines, and deep mines are all seeing a resurgence.
"We're back to booming again, I mean we're knocking down," he said. He attributes the new boom to Trump lifting Environment Protection Agency (EPA) restrictions.
"I live about 35 feet from a railroad track, I've lived here all my life. When Obama took over, I thought there'd never be another train come through there, that's how bad it was," Blevins said. "Now, there's at least 30 trains a month coming up and down. It went from one to two to every bit of 30. It's a good swing."
The audience at a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Blevins is optimistic about the future "as long as we don't get another Democrat against coal" as president.
He said he does some business in a strip mine that is guaranteed work for the next 30-some years. A company near his house has two deep mines and is preparing to open a third early next year.
"It's rollin', it's back like it was," he said.
Clean Energy Plan
Trump brought Patrick Morrisey, Senate hopeful and current West Virginia attorney general, up to share the stage with him. Morrisey will face incumbent Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in the November midterm election.
According to an aggregation of polls, Real Clear Politics puts Manchin up by seven points over Morrisey as of Aug. 16. However, Trump's endorsements have lifted other candidates from behind recently and may give Morrisey the boost he needs.
"Joe has got to go," said Morrisey. "Donald Trump and I are fighting every day for our coal miners and the hard-working men and women of our state. He's trying to get the man off your back and I'm working every day to help him do it."
Republican Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey and President Donald Trump at a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Earlier in the day, the administration rolled out its Affordable Clean Energy plan,which would replace the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. The new plan scraps restrictions aimed at eliminating coal as an energy source and moves regulatory power to the states.
Coal was responsible for 30.1 percent of the electricity generated in the United States in 2017, according to the Energy Information Administration. Natural gas was responsible for 31.7 percent, having surpassed coal in 2016 as the lead source of the nation's electricity generation for the first time.
"[The plan] will help our coal-fired power plants and save consumers—you, me, everybody—billions and billions of dollars," Trump said.
The Obama-era plan could have resulted in double-digit electricity price increases in 40 states, according to a study by the National Economic Research Associates cited by the White House.
"This election is bigger than any one race," said Trump. "It's about whether we want to continue the amazing progress we've made for America—or whether we want to surrender that progress to the forces of extremism and obstruction."
Scott Matheny and Gloria Bailey before a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
'Let the Free Markets Run'
Scott Matheny, 49, lives in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and works as an electrician in the aluminum industry.
"Our sales are strong, especially with the tariffs," he said, adding that the tariffs Trump applied to steel and aluminum imports "are good for us."
"You've got to level the playing field," Matheny said. He said deregulation is also making a big impact on local business. "They are able to hire more; you don't have so many penalties and paperwork. Let the free markets run."
'Washington Don't Run Without Us'
Sharon Gum, 76, has lived in the same house her whole life. She said she supports Trump because he can "take care of business."
"And we need someone with a forward look that can see the future," she said. "Because most people before him—well, they can speak, but they can't do policy, they can't do business."
Sharon Gum before a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Gum's late husband used to work at one of the large plants that pushed gas to Washington and Virginia.
"It comes from here. Washington don't run without us," she said. "I knew that, because when the terrorist attack came, the people came to take care of the gas plants."
She said her community "went way down" during the Obama era when the coal industry tanked, but she has noticed more people have jobs and more jobs are available since Trump took office.
"Obama, he wanted to get rid of all that, he even wanted to get rid of natural gas, he wanted to get rid of everything.
I don't know what he thought we was going to live on," she added.
FERC Problem
Attorney Bridget Furbee is an expert on energy law, especially gas exploration and production, for Steptoe & Johnson. She said West Virginia has been on an economic upswing since Trump took office.
"There is a bit of a resurgence with the coal industry, and certainly we've had a huge uptick in the natural gas exploration development and midstream operations," Furbee said.
Policy changes and deregulation have been a "huge step forward" for the economy, she said.
Bridget Furbee (R) and Heather McNally before a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Trump's appointees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have been "helpful," Furbee said. Three of the four current FERC commissioners joined between August and November 2017.
The commission regulates the transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil between states; the development of liquefied natural-gas terminals and interstate natural-gas pipelines; and the licensing of hydropower projects.
However, the five-member commission currently only has four members.
"Right now, that's a problem, because we're at a point where we don't have a quorum again. So, he needs to get that fixed ASAP," Furbee said.
Dan Cooley (L) with wife and three sons before a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
'A Dramatic Difference'
Dan Cooley, who attended the rally with his wife and three sons, said he has "absolutely" noticed an uptick in the local economy post-Trump.
"Coal mainly. Coal, oil, and gas are all taking a boom. They're all on the way up right now," he said. "[It's] a dramatic difference."
Cooley works in the forestry industry, which he said remains steady no matter what's going on.
He said Trump is standing up for what "real Americans" represent.
"We love America, we love God, and [Trump's] standing up for the real America," he said. "He's trying to fight all the fake news and the unpatriotic Americans that are in Hollywood. [They] need to go to another country if they don't like it here because this is the best country on the face of the Earth."
Kathrine Brown (R) with friends Phil Solis (L) and Kyra Parke-Davis (C) before a Make America Great Again rally in Charleston, W. Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)
Kathrine Brown, 24, said the gas pipelines are helping the economy but she supports Trump because "he believes in everything I believe in."
Brown is a medical assistant at Central Regional Jail and sees a lot of issues with opioids and especially methamphetamines.
"He has no filter. He just says how it is. And he doesn't care," she said of Trump. "That is what he believes, and that's what he believes. He won't switch sides for nobody."
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Remembering the DeLorean on Back to the Future Day
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Marty McFly as well as Doc Emmett Brown made the DMC-12 famous – although what about the blokes who made the item?
Were the item not for a fantasy film about time travel, the stainless steel, gull-wing door DeLorean would likely be almost completely forgotten today.
True, its unusual Centeng, the extraordinary story around its failure as well as the crimes of its creators earned This specific project acres of column inches before, during as well as after its brief 1981-83 production career. although without the Back to the Future film franchise, the DeLorean would likely interest only nostalgic car nuts as well as historians of Northern Ireland as well as the Thatcher government of the 1980s.
Yet right at This specific point the gullwing sports car is usually a star all over again, because today is usually the day that will Back to the Future characters Marty McFly as well as Doc Emmett Brown time-travelled to by 1985. that will day is usually October 21 2015, their 30-year leap into the future taken aboard a plutonium-powered DeLorean equipped with the flux capacitor supposedly needed for time travel.
Though This specific much-loved film franchise has produced three major movies as well as a slightly less successful theme park ride, the story behind the auto is usually at least as entertaining as well as almost as improbable. The tale of the UK's government's 1979 £53m funding of the DeLorean project intended to boost unemployment in a partial attempt to ease the Troubles, the unaccounted disappearance of several of those government millions, the involvement of Lotus, the apparently 'convenient' death of its boss Colin Chapman as well as the FBI's framing of founder John Z DeLorean in a $1.8m cocaine bust has been told many times.
DeLorean himself was one of the most colourful as well as successful car men of the 1960s. He became the youngest-ever manager of a General Motors' division at 40, his speedy ascent launching him towards the top job at GM – except that will his casual style as well as TV studio-frequenting celebrity status was too much for a crusty board. He left in 1973, gifted which has a Florida GM dealership as well as a salary.
What came next was John Z DeLorean's most famous enterprise: the creation of a striking sports car bearing his own name, as well as a UK government factory in Northern Ireland to go with the item. The then-Labour government saw DeLorean as a means of boosting employment in a severely deprived area, as well as for a while the project did just that will. the auto was developed around a backbone chassis as well as its Centeng made by stainless steel-clad composite panels. the item was rear-engined, powered by a Renault V6, as well as its gullwing doors guaranteed arresting arrivals. although the drama of the auto's Giorgetto Giugiaro-sculpted style was nothing compared to the theatrical rise as well as fall of the company that will made the item.
The story gained added piquancy with John DeLorean's subsequent FBI framing in a $1.8 million cocaine deal as well as the politics around prime minister Margaret Thatcher's disdain for funding a programme that will her government had reluctantly inherited. DeLorean was eventually acquitted, his defence successfully arguing that will he had been entrapped by the police. although by then the DeLorean Motor Company was dead as its founder's credibility.
that will was in 1984, although a year later Back to the Future made the auto famous all over again. One of the many tragedies of This specific tale is usually that will had This specific Hollywood exposure come earlier, the item might have saved the company. although This specific story is usually not about the illicit siphoning of funds, drug busts, apparently mysterious deaths as well as political manouevrings by the UK as well as American governments.
Instead, the item's about some of the people behind the DeLorean itself, people who worked mighty hard to make a promising project happen, even harder to save the item as well as put together an ingenious rescue plan that will had the makings of a transformative deal.
Mike Kimberley, CEO of Lotus
Lotus Cars was asked to consider developing the DeLorean prototype for production. "Colin Chapman as well as I drove a car in Arizona – at night – to see if Lotus would likely engineer the item," recalls Mike Kimberley, then CEO of Lotus. "We arrived very tired at the Phoenix proving ground as well as kept going off the track from the item. The heat was stifling. the item didn't look like they'd finished the auto, although the basic shape was there. the item had the right engine, although the item was gutless. the item was genuinely a mule as well as not a prototype. the item was a great disappointment. We decided the test was not fair to the auto because of the conditions, so we drove the item again the following day on the freeway. We were from the fast lane when we broke down which has a fuel problem, as well as were ignominiously shoved off by a police cruiser."
Despite This specific, Chapman as well as Kimberley decided that will Lotus would likely go ahead with the DeLorean's development, which needed to be achieved in an absurd 18 months to meet DeLorean's bold commitment to the UK government. "There were two teams of simultaneous engineers – 382 people working on the item at Lotus on the VARI Centeng (Vacuum-Assisted Resin Injection) as well as the backbone chassis," Kimberley says.
Kimberley as well as Chapman also tried to persuade DeLorean to change some of the auto's fundamentals to ease development as well as improve its handling. Most controversially, they wanted rid of the gullwing doors. "We tried for an alternative although we lost on that will, the rear engine as well as the stainless steel bodywork," says Kimberley.
although the point Kimberley is usually keenest to make is usually that will the development of the DeLorean "went by a clean sheet to production in 26-28 months. the item was the fastest ever from the industry, as well as the item's never been beaten. The whole programme was a hell of an achievement for the teams, as well as the best I've ever seen.""the item was a reasonable car," he adds guardedly, "as well as would likely have been successful. although in 1982 no-one could sell a car anywhere. the item was the second oil crisis. Even Toyota lost $0 million. In America you couldn't get gas." Despite This specific, 'in mid-'81 the US dealers couldn't get enough cars. So the factory put on a third shift for the Centeng as well as a second for assembly from the middle of all This specific. Then came the massive recession,' says Kimberley. We had a credit line which has a limit, which DeLorean was on, as well as in August '82 there was no more money by Thatcher.'
Barrie Wills – director of purchasing, then supplies; chief executive during receivership
Barrie Wills was one of DeLorean's earliest hires as well as among the last to leave the company. He joined in October 1978 as director of purchasing, as well as became chief executive in May 1982 during the receivership period, when he mounted what was considered a very credible rescue plan. He has just published a highly detailed as well as engaging book, titled "John Z, the DeLorean as well as me".
Part of Wills's solution for the business was to add a second style, as well as a low-cost opportunity to do just that will came when BL Cars announced the end of Triumph TR7/8 production in summer 1981. "We were halfway through the negotiations with Austin Rover to buy the TR7/8 convertible, with help by the West Midlands development agency," he says. "We thought we could save DeLorean by putting the two cars together." The idea was to perform a low-cost restyle of the sports car.
"BL would likely not allow the Triumph or TR names to be used, so we planned to rebrand the auto to Healey, with Geoffrey Healey's approval. The Healey 3500 would likely be the V8, Healey 2000 the 2.0 litre. as well as the DeLorean Motor Company would likely be renamed the Dunmurry Motor Company – DMC."
"Merchant banks 3i as well as Hill Samuel would likely gather the money. We needed £20m." Most of This specific was to come by outside investors, as well as just £80,000 was required by the government via the Northern Ireland office. "Minister Jim Prior was supportive although a Tory wet [whose stance Thatcher disliked] as well as had the poisoned chalice of Northern Ireland," says Willis. "Prior decided he needed to clear the item with Thatcher. There was never a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation, which was moving very fast.
"We heard that will Prior had botched his presentation to Thatcher, in that will he confused her by giving the impression that will the 'UK Consortium' had no funds at all. As a result, Thatcher thought we were asking the Government to put more money into DeLorean. In fact, all Prior was seeking was a nod of approval. However, the lady didn't listen properly to Prior's question. 'Tell the receivers to do their job!' she said. 'There will be no more money!'"
Joe Murray, handyman
Handyman Joe Murray "did the decorating, which meant that will I went everywhere". Including John Z DeLorean's company offices with their luxurious plush carpet. "The unique thing was the personal bathroom as well as a telephone from the toilet – that will was one thing that will impressed me," he says.
Murray also remembers mixing up a couple of famous Carsons; John DeLorean's showbiz connections brought US chat show host Johnny Carson to the factory, rather than Irish comedian Frank Carson, who Murray had been expecting to arrive.
DeLorean was a family business for Murray, as the item was for many employees, because his wife made seats for the cars. His dedication to the company remains powerful even today, as well as has led to him collecting a sizeable catalogue of memorabilia, photographs as well as documents. You can feel his belief from the project, as well as his sadness that will the item died – a sadness that will would likely have affected thousands more at the time, since Dunmurry was hugely dependent on the plant for employment.
Although the huge effort that will went into creating the DeLorean has largely been forgotten, the auto certainly hasn't. Not only has the item been immortalised from the Back to the Future films, although This specific famous car by the past is usually also being used to develop the autonomous car of the future. America's Stanford University has developed a driverless, electric DeLorean that will explores the idea of a car deliberately turning itself unstable as well as drifting in order to avoid accidents. The test car is usually known as the Multiple Actuator Research Test bed for Yaw. Or MARTY.
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