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Mountains to Sea
June 11, 2020 Robert Payne Leave a comment
Despite the limitations brought on by Covid-19, there is still been room to breath here in the Pacific Northwest. Time to slip and slide up a snowy trail in the Cascades as vegetation begins to emerge from the melt. A chance to paddle out and surf in the powerful and cold currents of the Pacific. As a father, there is little time to setup an epic photo, but my 10-stop filter comes in handy when I can't wait around for the perfect shot.
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INTERVIEW WITH FORMER GOVERNOR GARY LOCKE
The following post is from an interview I conducted for Greater Seattle Partners with Gary Locke – former governor of Washington, U.S. ambassador to China, and Secretary of Commerce – before he takes the helm at Bellevue College.
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with former Governor Gary Locke to learn what he has been up to and his thoughts on the greater Seattle region as we approach economic recovery from Covid-19.
After his historic achievement becoming the first Chinese American to be elected governor in United States history, and the first Asian American governor on the mainland, he went on to rank Washington as one of America's four best managed states over the course of his two terms. He oversaw the gain of 280,000 private sector jobs and more than doubled the state's exports to China.
Mr. Locke continued to demonstrate his innovative leadership capabilities serving first, as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2009-2011, and then as U.S. Ambassador to China from 2011-2014. He has also been a senior advisor and consultant for the Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) law firm where he consults with DWT's domestic and international clients in several areas including trade, regulatory, and investment issues from local to international levels.
Not resting on his laurels, starting June 15th Mr. Locke will become the interim president at Bellevue College. His immediate priorities are paraphrased and quoted below:
Campus Culture: Bring healing and calm to the campus, which has recently been torn apart after the defacement of the art installation that marks the anniversary of the Japanese internment camps in World War II. A recent Seattle Times article reported that "more than a fifth of the college's 29,120 students and 1,508 employees are Asian and Pacific Islander, according to college demographic data."
Educational Experience: How do you provide personalized, enriching and meaningful instruction in a Covid-19 environment with so much being done online? You can't teach welding or brain surgery over the Internet.
Budget: With the looming state budget cuts because of the drop in revenues due to this economic freefall, how do you pay for instruction on campus at a time when more students will be signing up for courses?
"Our higher education system has to be a part of the economic recovery strategy."
Interesting Foresight
Mr. Locke's second priority is especially interesting given his history. In 1998, the New York Times published an article about 850 professors at the University of Washington who had signed an open letter to Gov. Gary Locke because they were worried about the enthusiasm he had shown for instruction via CD-ROMs and the Internet. What is incredible about the timing is that the group Locke tasked to envision the future of education was called the "2020 Commission." Locke never said that the internet should completely replace the importance of in-person education, but the mere idea of it playing a central role in the learning experience hit a nerve. It was a misunderstanding. In a recent interview with Geekwire, Locke confirmed his views – then and now – by saying:
"I've always been a major proponent of that personal interaction between the faculty and the students," he said. "Clearly, using technology can make it easier for both faculty and students. But there's still no substitute for that human interaction."
More from our conversation:
How do we engage the world as we emerge from Covid-19?
I think you are going to see a move to diversify supply chains. Goods will be produced more locally so you are not dependent on the supply chains and politics of other governments. And these goods will range from medical supplies to computer chips and semiconductors, to key components that are used for high tech, military and space applications. Is the state of Washington uniquely positioned in that restructuring of the economy? I think so. We need to build off many of our strengths in high tech, life sciences, aerospace and food processing. We also have low costs for energy.
You have so much to be proud of in regards to your work with Asia and China specifically. What do we still need to do going forward?
We need to showcase the fact that this Washington has always been outward looking and outward leaning. We are a relatively young state filled with an incredible diversity of people and different cultures. It has really become a part of the fabric of the Pacific Northwest. For example, so much of the art and architecture of the Puget Sound area is influenced by Asia.
"We need to let people know that we are a very welcoming state, and that we have an incredible diversity of people and cultures from around the world, and we view that as our strength."
What steps do we need to take to grow our exports and improve our trade relationships given recent challenges? What are some new opportunities for us?
So much of what we make and produce is highly valued and in great demand around the world. We just need to help our local companies more with exporting. 60% of the US companies that do export only do so to one country, typically Canada and Mexico. We should be helping them export to two or three additional companies. We need to focus more on partnerships and collaborations with the U.S. Commerce Department and their Gold Key Service program – to state efforts like the Department of Trade and Economic Development who hosts trade missions – to regional efforts to work with existing companies to help them find new international customers.
Economic development is a very competitive sport with other regions offering low costs for doing business, incentives and strong university systems. And these areas will probably up their game even more to recover quickly from Covid-19. What do we need to be doing?
First, we need to focus on our existing companies and shore up our base. For a lot of these companies, after an economic downturn, they don't typically return to their same job levels. How do we ensure that the workers who are affected by all of this are still able to have a future? We need to put much more effort into training and retraining and upgrading of skills – so that these companies can be competitive and nimble – and that workers have a future either with these companies or others.
Historically, Washington has not utilized incentives like other regions. Does that need to change to address economic recovery?
I think we can be more focused and surgical with tax credits when it comes to job training, retraining, and, perhaps, on retention of existing companies. A McKinsey report said that by the year 2030, 5-10% of the world's workforce will be displaced by AI and robotics. Do we really want to wait until 2030 to address this? We need to start thinking now about tax incentives and public/private partnerships for job training. Perhaps we need to rethink employment insurance as well. Should we use it like a flexible saving account for job training?
What is your Greater Seattle message to the world?
We are a pretty easy going. Pretty humble community. A lot of pride, but we like a bit of obscurity. We like to tell people it rains a lot because we don't want too many people moving into the area. We like our local traditions, festivals and community gatherings. We are kind of quirky. But there is a big spirit of community involvement and people pitching in and caring for each other. We are actually a pretty cosmopolitan city with a small town attitude.
We are always open to new ideas. The incredible diversity from around the world, and that constant infusion of new ideas, cultures and perspectives, is what really makes our region so dynamic and exciting.
What would you advise a future Governor on steps that he or she should take to position this region effectively?
Making sure the needs of citizens are addressed, and that the government is efficient, responsive and taking care of their priorities. Citizens want to know that their tax dollars are being spent wisely. There will never be enough money to pay for everyone's wish list, so it is really important for government to prioritize and do a few things well verses trying to do too many things in a mediocre fashion. But we have to ensure we have a good foundation for future success, which means investing in education. K-12, but also our higher education institutions. They are economic engines.
Mr. Locke, it was a pleasure speaking with you. Thank your for providing your perspective, and we wish you great success in your new role at Bellevue College.
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IN THE SPACE RACE, GREATER SEATTLE IS A GLOBAL LEADER
May 27, 2020 Robert Payne Leave a comment
The following is an article I wrote for Greater Seattle Partners.
Today, NASA and SpaceX are preparing for an historic space launch that demonstrates the power of public and private partnerships. Two Americans will board the Falcon 9, Crew Dragon commercial spacecraft and visit the International Space Station (ISS) – a feat not done with humans aboard in 9 years. What has led us to this place in time is based on a stunning amount of innovation and collaboration.
We have come a long way in 60+ years. NASA's foresight and willingness to embrace the commercialization of space is lowering costs and allowing a much broader range of companies to develop spacecraft and satellites. The supply chains are big and complex. An enormous array of products and solutions must be developed before that rocket and capsule get wheeled out to the launch pad.
As listed in the Puget Sound Regional Council report on the "Washington State Space Economy," those market segments include everything from Spacecraft & Launch Vehicles – Propulsion Systems & Fuels – Navigation & Control – Computer Hardware, Software & Robotics – and much more.
Companies Changing the Landscape
The Greater Seattle region has long been at the forefront of these market segments. Boeing began building the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at its Kent, Wash., facility in 1969. Aerojet Rocketdyne's Redmond-based facility produces 200-500 thrusters a year and has long supplied NASA with rocket engines for their most important missions. Other notable space companies that call our region home are:
BlackSky
Planetary Resources
Spaceflight Industries
Stratolaunch Systems Corporation
RBC Signals
According to our business data, there are more than 90 space-specific companies here. Connect with us if you would like more customized information.
Well, we of course all know this is a great place to live. But we are also #2 in the nation for aerospace engineers. In case you haven't heard, Incredible Works Here. Investments in education and workforce training have been crucial:
The UW Aerospace Research Consortium (UW-ARC) supports close coordination with industry to provide for collaborative research and education opportunities, and support the commercialization of space technology developed at the university.
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington Seattle provides bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees as well as certificate and continuing education courses, and has been at the forefront of research in aerospace for decades.
Centers at Washington State University have coordinated several research projects with NASA in multiple departments, ranging from engineering and chemistry to astrobiology.
The Center of Excellence in Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing is located at Everett Community College in Snohomish County, and has coordinated grants for regional and statewide workforce development in areas related to manufacturing and aerospace.
The Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) was created in 2008 to provide apprenticeship opportunities in aerospace and advanced manufacturing production.
More information can be found in this report.
Flying in to the Future
There is no doubt that space flight, and competing in space markets, is fraught with risk. But the Greater Seattle region has always risen to the occasion. In fact, our area is emerging as a "Global Hub for the Dawning Satellite Age." With regional employment in the aerospace industry estimated at 88,000 jobs, and a huge tech community that also gave birth to the world's two largest cloud computing companies (Amazon + Microsoft), Greater Seattle will continue to be at the forefront of technological advances in the space industry.
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Be The Water
February 27, 2020 Robert Payne Leave a comment
I can be a creature of habit. I like certain routines. Comfort zones are my friend. With that being said, I've lived in 5 different states in the past 15 years. And in that same time I've worked for 4 different companies each with their own challenges, rewards and experiences. Most recently, I left a comfortable job of 7+ years to follow my wife to Seattle. I didn't predict any of it.
I recently took my two boys to the gravesite of Bruce Lee and his son. I am not a cemetery seeker, but it was a sunny day in mid-winter, and the adjacent Volunteer Park designed by the Olmsted Company is a great place to visit. So we headed over. Standing in front of Lee's grave reminded me of childhood and the awe of watching his movies. And not just his physicality, but the discipline and balance of his movements. He once delivered a now famous quote: "Be water, my friend." I'm sure this quote represents different things for different people, but for me it is about being adaptable. It is about constantly improving based on whatever situations you face. And having the courage to break free from a pattern. So I am taking that and giving it to you as well for what it is worth.
Speaking of water, there has been a lot of it here in Washington recently, and I have had fun capturing it in its many forms. Side note: if you don't know about eastern Washington geology then fire up Google and take a look. Imagine a skyscraper high wall of water moving at 80mph. You'd "be the water" whether you like it or not.
No water can be fun to!
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To become an outstanding product manager, you should know the product manager responsibilities and what exactly a product manager is.
Product manager (often abbreviated as PM) is a rising profession which has a good reputation and salary, and many young people are eager to enter this ivory tower. Here's a short introduction of product manager responsibilities. Hope this post will help you have a comprehensive understanding of PM.
When it comes to product manager definition, I think it's an integrated process in which the design and promotion of a product are involved. I am more inclined to describe PM as a function rather than a position. The company's CEO can be a PM with some professional abilities and competence can qualify for the job.
PM is like a financial planner, planning the birth, development, and death of a product. This position pays more attention to the person's coordination and management, such as how to apply for sources with the boss, how to make a product cooler, how to coordinate the relation between team members. That are all things a PM have to do.
It doesn't have a strong demand for you major, but you must have an outstanding ability and be a component for many other aspects. For example, I was in the job of UI design, so I have an advantage of interface and visual aspects. If you have experiences of doing product research and development, then you will have advantages over others in terms of coding.
The role of a product manager is multifaceted. PM is a combination of comprehensive capabilities, including your project management ability, personal charisma, business ability, technical skill and so on. I regard the former three as implicit ability while regarding technical skills and other rigid targets as explicit ability. Many companies recruit you as a PM, often giving you some technical work about design and optimization, and they are helpful too.
As mentioned above, it is clear that the product manager is fundamentally responsible for a product, with two important tasks of personnel management and product management. The responsibilities and abilities of product manager include the cognition and analysis of the industry, then product managers need to directly position the product and develop a good orientation. PMs should realize user's demands based on the position. Specifically speaking, PMs do some technical researches and make the optimization to achieve goals. Furthermore, PMs have to make a correspondent plan according to the change of product life cycle.
Also here are some commonly used tools for PMs, depending on your specific focus.
Prototype: Axure, Mockplus, Fireworks, Mockingbird, Balsaming Mockups, etc. Different from other prototyping tools, Mockplus has highly-visualised interactions and ready-made components, letting you design and test the prototypes with fewer efforts than ever.
Project Management: PriciseProjectManagement(PPM), ProjectScheduler, Todolist, etc.
Online collaboration: SVN, Google Docs, etc.
Test feedback: TestCenter, QC, Jira, Bugzilla, Firebug, TestDirector, etc.
Demand pool management: Mantis, etc.
Team communication: Outlook, MSN, Gtalk, etc.
Code editing: Editplus, Ultra Edit, Subline Text, etc.
So from the above, we have a brief understanding of product manager responsibilities. If you want to know more, please read Beginner's Guide for Being a Product Manager.


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You can search Yoga Ananda Chiangmai on www.yogaalliance.org by school search option of portal.
Presently Yoga Ananda Chiangmai is providing yoga courses on Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa flow and giving the RYT-200 certification.
www.yogaananda.net web portal is world wide open so first book a TTC for you.
Complete your 200 hrs TTC course with respective form of yoga.
After passing the course a certificate will be issued to you. Now log on to www.yogaalliance.org and register your self as a yoga teacher with Yoga Ananda Chiangmai.
Upload a scanned copy of certificate to your profile. Yoga Alliance will tell you to wait for verification.
Your verification will reach to us on our profile.
we will verify your registration as a trainee of our school.
You will be a registered yoga teacher RYT-200.


Cafe, shop and gathering space in the heart of downtown Manhattan Beach, homie is open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner and shopping. Owner Kelley Haley opened the business in May and has worked in the hospitality industry for decades. She graduated from both Mira Costa High School and California State University, Long Beach and went on to work at a variety of restaurants. She also worked for nearly 30 years as a nurse before opening homie.
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Rusalka with Glyndebourne on Tour
06/10/2012 (opening night)
This is the fourth time I've seen Rusalka in the last 18 months, and as I've said before it's one of my favourite operas, so I always look forward to going.
It may be coincidence - but having now seen both of Melly Stills' opera productions in quick succession (this and The Cunning Little Vixen, both at Glyndebourne), certain directorial/design traits, or if I'm less charitable, ticks, are already becoming apparent. One is that the scenery is always drawn in rather broad strokes, and whilst superficially pleasing and arresting in overall appearance, it is ugly in most details, never quite managing to be the naive depiction of the sublime beauty and majesty of nature that it is clearly intended to be. As is always the risk with this sort of aesthetic, the whiff of amateur production (albeit with a huge budget) hangs uncomfortably over everything. There are enough ideas and visuals that it is never boring, but neither narrative focus nor emotional subtext is a strength. The results of this is that there is very little sense of story arc or growth for any of the principal roles, and one happily and attentively follows the plot without becoming emotionally engaged. The lack of psychological subtlety or detail in interactions between characters, means that there's no sense of dramatic necessity driving the plot forward and as an audience we are never required to involve ourselves in the characters' plight either.
This is also linked with the problem of having too much "stage business" going on. The opening underwater scenes contain a lot of choreographed lifting to simulate swimming motions, and the "helpers" garbed all in black that assist in this also add their own dance moves, as if they are a force of spirits under the mer-people's command. Unfortunately this seemed a little under-rehearsed, or if it wasn't, then ill-conceived, because never captured was the grace and ease with which real sea creatures move. But more problematically, it was a constant distraction from the important dramatic events that were occurring - Rusalka's rejection of her father's wishes, and her first tense meeting with Jezibaba. When finally she is freed from the water, we as viewers are still not freed from extraneous stage movement - Jezibaba brings on her own funny troupe of drag versions of herself which make it a comedy scene (fair enough), but also mean that the moment of regret that we should feel at the desperate physical and spiritual self mutilation that Rusalka has just chosen didn't register or resonate with the full horror and shock that it should have done. Leaving aside psychological tensions, even the actual removal of the tail doesn't seem that bad or even notable as an event, and Rusalka seems to recover quickly enough. I could go on, but one gets the idea.
As a bit of an aside, specific visual similarities in the two productions are also revealed on closer comparison: trees constructed from lots of pieces of square cut timbre, and animals with detachable body parts - here a doe with detachable ears and antlers - and in the case of Vixen, foxes with detachable tails. Both annoyed me and the latter began to grate after it became the entire interest in too many scenes.
I may be alone in all this criticism- the most common adjectives I hear from people describing this production is "magical" and "beautiful". (Most notably perhaps: twice the lights go right down and the scruffy reeds become a starry vista of tiny lights - this effect never fails to melt an audience, myself included, in any of the many theatre productions that have used it.) My guess though is that although 80% of the audience will enjoy the show, on reflection few will actually be that moved by it. I must stress that I don't hate it, and as I say Stills never bores at least, but it is engaging in the wrong way - that is it engages on a quite superficial level, rather than as a result of it being compelling drama or emotionally involving. And I believe that Dvorak's opera is more than capable of being both of these things.
Musical values however, are very strong.
The title role is often seen as a spinto part, and though it is true that the climaxes require significant volume and energy, careful study of the score reveals that whenever these climaxes come, the orchestation is so brilliantly clear and careful to avoid the soprano's tessitura, that a full lyric voice, with a very focussed, well produced sound, is quite capable of sounding ample in the part. I say this only because the timbre of Rusalka's instrument is so important - she is all radiant youth, innocence and beauty, and even in the moments of passion and struggle she shouldn't sound like a Brunnhilde calling her Valkyries to battle. Wobble and any hint of roughness is out - silvery legato and surging lyricism is in. In the past it was easier to find this combination in singers perhaps, but these days, the true lirico spinto is a rare phenomenon, and in this role I would always urge the importance of the timbre and expressive flexibility of the voice, over decibels.
The cast was uniformly excellent, truly brilliant for regional opera, and at the price that Glyndebourne is offering these touring tickets, amazing. Natasha Jouhl's voice has a lovely fast vibrato and sweet timbre that puts her squarely in the full lyric category, but there is enough heft to potentially endow the voice with spinto capabilities in the future. Her technique is largely excellent, and she has the potential to be a quite special singer I think. But there were issues here - the first was that in middle register occasionally very audibly crackled when she was singing loudly. This could have been slight phlegminess or signs of mild illness, but I thought it might also be the result of too much air pressure on the chords, or "pushing" too much. I asked a singer friend about a possible cause of this crackling sound and she confirmed that this may indeed have been a cause (amongst a whole host of other possibilities!). The second issue, may well be related: though Jouhl's legato is generally quite exceptional (a manifestly Good thing), again when singing loud, the ends of notes often flattened out vibrato wise and the sound became slightly screamy, which significantly marred the legato line. Again, it sounded like too much breath was escaping just before the next consonant, but it's the sort of thing that I can imagine the singer them self would find it difficult to hear without a recording of their singing. Putting too much pressure on this voice too young would be a real error and a shame, because as I say, I think it has the potential to be a very significant and exceptionally expressive instrument, whose vibrancy is such that this sort of forcing is unnecessary anyway. Interpretation wise, I wish she had lingered a little more occasionally in Rusalka's lyrical passages, but this was largely a beautiful portrayal. During these passages, I was astonished by how often she was asked to sing whilst lying or sitting, which she dealt with very well vocally, but it really limited the range of her movements and expressions, which was surely at least part of why she was difficult to get involved with as a character. Obviously this is not her fault, but another infelicity of the direction.
Almost outshining Jouhl, Tatiana Pavlovskaya made a magnificent Foreign Princess. She's possibly not the most natural actress (or perhaps just doesn't quite have the temperament for baddies), but the voice is absolutely gorgeous: a very dark, Slavic, mezzo-like timbre, with a truly superlative technique, and a seamless, silken, satiny sound at any volume or pitch. Truly outstanding. I have no idea why she isn't a bigger name - I can only imagine that she is consciously avoiding too many engagements. Glyndebourne take note: Please hire her as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin - she's absolutely stellar, vocally ideal for that role, and might do very well in a "nice girl" role. Mischa Schelomianski is a young bass baritone, and his voice is likely to grow richer and fuller with age, but already he impressed greatly as Vodnik with the evenness of his sound, already very beautiful and deep, and a the technique available to sing phrases with a true piano, not altogether common in this voice type. (I saw both in the same roles in the main festival last year, but both impressed more this time.)
The role of the prince requires a heldentenor with a lyric sound and as such is difficult to cast ideally (I was totally spoiled by Bryan Hymel's gorgeous portrayal earlier this season at the ROH), but Peter Berger does admirably, singing heroically with a pleasing bright sound and lack of strain, even if he dodges the very highest notes of the role. He doesn't quite look the part (why always clothe his large frame so unfairly in such tight shirts?), and I wasn't convinced with his portrayal of the character, who didn't have a strong enough personality, but I have already discussed this aspect of the production.
Anne Mason I thought was far too soft and nice as the witch Jezibaba, and her blank expression and lack of intensity betrayed a lack of involvement and characterisation that made her an obvious weak link. By Act III she had stepped up her game a bit, but it was almost bizarre how little effort she appeared to be making in presenting any sort of character in what should be a gift of a role in this respect. All the minor parts were very convincingly taken - the three woodnymphs (Evgenia Sotnikova, Michaela Kapustova and Alessandra Volpe) sounding youthful, joyous and lovely in their scene (so clearly a folked-up rip-off of Wagner's Rhinemaidens and at a further distance of his Valkyries!), and Robert Poulton and Eliana Pretorian were both excellent vocally as the gamekeeper and kitchen girl (usually a kitchen boy). As I say, Glyndebourne on Tour have out done themselves on rounding up such an excellent cast for this production.
Jakub Hrusa lead a clean and largely accurate reading. In the gorgeous final scene, he managed to draw a truly symphonic fullness and sense of structure from his players, but I wish this had come a little earlier as the general feel until then had been rather fragmentary and stop start, however lovely the individual moments of colour were (this is one of the most ravishing of all opera scores). The playing is uniformly good, if occasionally ragged, but one could scarcely expect better from a touring opera company.
Worth going to see for the singing, and then you can make up your own mind about the production!
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Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House
The Magic Flute at the ENO
Götterdämmerung at the Royal Opera House
Siegfried at the ROH
The Emperor of Atlantis with English Touring Opera
Julietta at the ENO
Das Rheingold at the ROH
Ann Murray Masterclass at the Royal Academy

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Race report: the Titus Van Rijn One-Hour Distance Classic
For some background on this race, see my very first post to this blog.
Here's the report I submitted for the official race archives:
June 9: Warren Cornwall, Greg Crowther, and Will Kemper gathered at the Franklin High School track on an evening where local wind gusts reached 35-45 mph. Cornwall nonetheless logged 14,940 meters, a one-lap improvement over his 2007 tally of 14,540m, whereas Kemper (14,240m) failed to match last year's mark (14,840m) despite maintaining an impressively high heart rate above 170 bpm for the entire hour. Crowther ran alongside the others, saving his energy for a more serious attempt later in the month. The black cherry soda was likewise held in reserve.
June 28: Crowther and Kemper returned to the Franklin track on a warm but calm Seattle morning while Cornwall competed in the Lake Padden Triathlon in Bellingham. Kemper was slowed by a respiratory infection and fell 200m short of his June 9th total. Crowther quickly ascertained that his 2006 performance (18,115m) was out of reach and instead focused on beating his 2001 result (17,360m), which he did — barely — by "kicking" at 5:20-per-mile pace for the final 10 minutes. Crowther found the Hansen's Diet Black Cherry Soda purchased by Kemper's wife to his liking, yet he was only able to drain a single 12-ounce can. Kemper, perhaps concentrating on fluid consumption for the sake of his cold, imbibed a full 24 ounces — possibly a new post-race drinking record among the Seattle runners.
Here is a summary of this year's results by race co-directors Andy Roth and Mike Persick:
Congratulations to all 46 participants who made the tenth annual TVR Classic remarkable. This was far and away the largest group in the event's history. (TVR has averaged about two dozen participants, each of the past four years.) Over 10 years, TVR participants have amassed 2,307 kilometers in distance (~1,434 miles), but notably nearly a quarter of that total (539 kilometers) is from this year's run. At least four blogs now feature TVR . . . but participation seems to remain spurred primarily by word-of-mouth.
TVR 2008 featured not only large numbers of participants, but also top quality performances. Two runners exceeded 17-kilometers, with Greg Crowther (WA) just edging first-time TVR competitor Trevor Palmer (OR) for the men's title. One the women's side, the 2002 champion, Sarah Brooks (WA) returned to the victor's podium. Bob Julian (OR) established a new TVR masters record for men (16,495m).
TVR continues to be a truly international event: This year, Haverford alum Walsh McGuire ran in Taiwan, and Phil Smith, who has a British passport, joined the competition.
On 12 June, Dire Tune (Ethiopia) ran 18,517m, but she failed to send in her results, so TVR officials determined not to count her performance. We also suspect that she neglected to drink black cherry soda afterwards, but we commend her on a fine performance anyhow.
Finally, here's what some other blogs had to say about this event:
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hey greg. i've been training in the tetons… and i have been running with this great guy chris lundberg – who mentioned this race to me, i think he beat your time once or something? then you went the next day and beat the time he put up!?tomorrow he and i are running 32"ish" in the big hole mtns!
by Hart July 4, 2008 at 09:33
Hart: That story is mostly correct. I entered my first TVR in 2001 and won with a total of 17,360 meters, then sat out the next four years. In 2006, Lundberg entered for the first time and covered 17,600 meters, a distance that would have been good enough to win in any other year. Unfortunately for him, I returned to action in '06 and logged 18,115 meters, thus thwarting his bid for TVR immortality.
by crowther July 4, 2008 at 13:46
[…] distance was 17,6115 meters. Thus, because of Uli, I was able to surpass my TVR distances from 2008 (17,420m) and 2001 (17,360m), though still falling short of my marks from 2006 (18,115m) and 2009 (17,920m). […]
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img with srcset attribute looks like a great way of doing responsive images. Is there an equivalent syntax that works in css background-image property?
image-set is the equivalent CSS feature. We should add equivalent srcset functionality (defining resources according to their dimensions) to the spec.
Currently it's only implemented in Safari, Chrome and Opera with the -webkit- prefix, and it's only support the x descriptors.
works the same way. The browser will examine the images, see which fits best and will use that one.
For a polyfill, you can use an img with srcset as a mechanism for downloading the correct image size, then use JS to hide it and set the background-image of a parent element.
The use of onload and putting the JS as a blocking script in the <head> is important. If you put the script later (say at the end of <body>), you can get a race condition where img.currentSrc hasn't been set yet by the browser. It's best to wait for it to be loaded.
The example allows you to see the original img being downloaded. You can easily hide it with some CSS.
Another approach, which is quite frankly more robust, would be to adapt the characteristics and options of background images to an image with the srcset attribute.
To do this, set the image to be width: 100%; height: 100%; and object-fit: cover or contain.
I'm doubtful that if I use the same image for a smaller screen size, the primary subject of my image may become too small in size. I want to display a different image (more focused on the primary subject) in a different screen size, but I still want to display separate assets of the same image based on device-pixel ratio, and I want to customize height and width of the image based on viewport.
This script will go through all images that have srcSet class and bind load event that takes currentSrc (or src if not supported) and puts it as a background-image CSS to the closest parent with bgFromSrcSet class.
srcset="http://example.com/something.jpeg 5760w, http://example.com/something-300x200.jpeg 300w, http://example.com/something-768x512.jpeg 768w, http://example.com/something-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http://example.com/something-1000x667.jpeg 1000w"
Note: class bgFromSrcSet must not be set to the img itself! It can only be set to the elements in the img DOM parent tree.
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Sun Apr 24
Tokio Hotel Barcelona 21:00 - Sala Apolo, Barcelona, Spain
Fri Apr 29
Tokio Hotel London 19:00 - Indigo at The O2, London, United Kingdom
Sun May 1
Tokio Hotel Frankfurt am Main 21:00 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Tokio Hotel Stuttgart 21:00 - Im Wizemann (Halle), Stuttgart, Germany
Wed May 4
Tokio Hotel Hamburg 20:30 - Docks Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Thu May 5
Tokio Hotel Köln 21:00 - E-Werk Köln, Cologne, Germany
Tokio Hotel Berlin 21:00 - Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
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Tokio Hotel Leipzig 21:00 - Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany
Tokio Hotel is a popular German rock band that has went on to receive more than 110 music awards since 2005. Tokio Hotel formed in 2001 when frontman Bill Kaulitz was just 12 years old. The band released its debut album in 2005 and went on to record two full-length studio albums in 2007. The band rose into the mainstream overnight, gaining international attention throughout Europe, the U.S., and Mexico. The band took a break from the studio grind in 2009, but continued to rake in music awards from around the world for next four years. The group worked intermittenly to record pieces for their album, Kings of Suburbia, which dropped in late 2014. Be sure to buy your Tokio Hotel tickets soon! This worldwide phenomenon always packs the house and tickets are sure to go fast!
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Robert G. Schwemm
Everett H. Metcalf, Jr. Professor of Law
218 Mandrell Hall
schwemmr@uky.edu
Robert G. Schwemm is an Everett H. Metcalf, Jr Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. He has also held the title of Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor. Prior to becoming a law professor, Professor Schwemm practiced with Sidley & Austin in Washington, D.C., and then served as chief trial counsel for the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities in Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard Law School. Professor Schwemm teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, and civil rights.
His publications include a treatise entitled Housing Discrimination: Law and Litigation and numerous articles in leading law reviews throughout the country. His litigation experience includes three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Prof. Schwemm also served as Acting Dean of the College of Law in 1998-99.
B.A., magna cum laude, Amherst College (1967)
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School (1970)
Housing Discrimination Law
Law 817 Civil Procedure II
Law 828 Statutory Civil Rights
Law 822 Constitutional Law II
Books & Book Chapters
Housing Discrimination: Law and Litigation (Thomson West 1990, revised 2001) (updated annually 2002-2016).
The Limits of Litigation in Fulfilling the Fair Housing Act's Promise of Non- Discriminatory Home Loans, in Chester Hartman & Gregary D. Squires, eds., From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit (New Village Press 2013).
The Fair Housing Act After Twenty Years (Yale Law School 1989) (editor).
Housing Discrimination Law (Bureau of National Affairs 1983 & Supp. 1986).
Scholarship is available for download at Robert G. Schwemm's SelectedWorks page.
Segregative-Effect Claims Under the Fair Housing Act, 20 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 709 (2017).
Proving Disparate Impact in Fair Housing Cases After Inclusive Communities, 19 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 685 (2016) (with Calvin Bradford).
Fair Housing Litigation After Inclusive Communities: What's New and What's Not, 115 Columbia L. Rev. Sidebar 106 (2015), http://columbialawreview.org/content/fair-housing-litigation-after-inclusive-communities-whats-new-and-whats-not/.
Overcoming Structural Barriers to Integrated Housing: A Back-to-the-Future Reflection on the Fair Housing Act's "Affirmatively Further" Mandate, 100 Ky. L.J. 125 (2012).
Neighbor-on-Neighbor Harassment: Does the Fair Housing Act Make a Federal Case Out of It?, 61 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 865 (2011).
Discretionary Pricing, Mortgage Discrimination, and the Fair Housing Act, 45 Harv. C.R.- C.L. L. Rev. 375 (2010) (with Jeffrey L. Taren).
RStrader v. Graham: Kentucky's Contribution to National Slavery Litigation and the Dred Scott Decision, 97 Ky. L.J. 353 (2009).
Cox, Halprin, and Discriminatory Municipal Services Under the Fair Housing Act, 41 Ind. L. Rev. 717 (2008).
Why Do Landlords Still Discriminate (and What Can Be Done About It)?, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (2007).
Barriers to Accessible Housing: Enforcement Issues in "Design and Construction" Cases under the Fair Housing Act, 40 U. Rich. L. Rev 753 (2006).
For the Rest of Their Lives: Seniors and the Fair Housing Act, 90 Iowa Law Review 121 (2004) (with Michael Allen).
A New Look at Sexual Harassment under the Fair Housing Act: The Forgotten Role of §3604(c), 2002 Wis. L. Rev. 771 (2002) (with Rigel C. Oliveri).
Discriminatory Housing Statements and §3604(c): A New Look at the Fair Housing Act's Most Intriguing Provision, 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 187 (2001).
Government Lawyers and Their Private "Clients" Under the Fair Housing Act, 65 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 329 (1997) (with Eugene Gaetke).
Introduction to Mortgage Lending Discrimination Law, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 317 (1995).
The Future of Fair Housing Litigation, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 745 (1993).
Private Enforcement and the Fair Housing Act, 6 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 375 (1988).
Compensatory Damages in Federal Fair Housing Cases, 16 Harv. C. R.-C. L. L. Rev. 83 (1981).
Standing to Sue in Fair Housing Cases, 41 Ohio St. L.J. 1 (1980).
Discriminatory Effect and the Fair Housing Act, 54 Notre Dame L. Rev. 199 (1978).
From Washington to Arlington Heights and Beyond: Discriminatory Purpose in Equal Protection Litigation, 1977 U. Ill. L.F. 961 (1977).
The Community Preference Policy: An Unnecessary Barrier to Minorities' Housing Rights, NYU Furman Center (Nov. 2015), http://furmancenter.org/research/iri/essay/the-community-preference-policy-an-unnecessary-barrier-to-minorities-housin.
UK Professor Schwemm Noted as National Expert on Fair Housing to Speak at Chicago Conference
By Lindsey Piercy
New Fair Housing Rule Cites UK Law Professor's Paper
By: Whitney Harder
In a final rule formalizing new protections under the Fair Housing Act for sexual and other forms of harassment in housing, a paper by University of Kentucky College of Law Professor Robert Schwemm is cited by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Professor Robert Schwemm Interviewed for "UK at the Half"
Professor Robert G. Schwemm, the Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor and William L. Matthews, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, was recently interviewed by Carl Nathe, "The Voice of the Wildcats." Professor Schwemm's interview was featured in the "UK at the Half" segment during the UK vs. Vanderbilt football game on Saturday, November 14. The segment can be accessed below:
UK Law Professor Robert Schwemm Quoted in NY Times
Robert G. Schwemm, the Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law and William L. Matthews, Jr. Professor of Law, was quoted in a NY Times article regarding the Fair Housing Act. An excerpt from the article, titled "Nazi Past of Long Island Hamlet Persists in a Rule for Home Buyers," is below:
Robert G. Schwemm, a lawyer who teaches at the University of Kentucky, said enforcement of these kinds of covenants remained an issue, especially in closed communities where few know how homes change hands and where residents want things to remain the same.
Schwemm Paper Cited by Department of Housing and Urban Development
A paper written by Robert G. Schwemm, Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, has led to the adoption of final regulations by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) endorsing use of the "discriminatory effect" standard under the federal Fair Housing Act.


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FA Cup Semi-final PREVIEW; Arsenal aim to gun down Cityzens.
Published on : July 16, 2020 July 16, 2020 Published by : Dennis Munene
The oldest football competition in the world takes center stage once again this weekend. After giant-killings and dream adventures, the competition enters the penultimate stages with two mouthwatering clashes.
First on the cards is Arsenal taking on Manchester City. A classic fixture that is a case of cup holders against record holders, the master meeting his apprentice and the blue side of Manchester squaring it of with the red side of London .
Arsenal are chasing a record 14th FA Cup success, a feat that will see them earn an automatic Europa League qualification for next season. Meanwhile Manchester City are chasing a second successive cup double after winning the Carabao cup earlier this year.
In the quarter-finals, Pep Guardiola's men beat Newcastle United by two goals to nil while a stoppage-time winner from Dani Ceballos saw Arsenal emerge 2-1 victors against Sheffield United.
Date, Time, Venue and Match officials
The clash takes place at Wembley stadium on Saturday, 18th July 2020 at 9.45 EAT.
Jonathan Moss will be the center referee while Craig Pawson will be in charge of the VAR.
The Gunners have only won one of the last ten meetings between them and City. That win however came in a similar fixture, a 2-1 win after extra time in the 2017 semi-finals where they eventually beat Chelsea to lift the cup.
This will be the 199th time that the two sides meet. Arsenal have won on 96 occasions, City 56 times, with 46 matches ending in a draw
Eddie Nketiah is serving the last of his three-match domestic suspension after being re-carded against Leicester. Mateo Guendouzi is unlikely to feature after being exiled form first team training. Bernard Leno, Pablo Mari, Gabriel Martinelli, and Calum Chambers are all long-term absentees while Mesut Ozil is likely to miss out on team selection.
Marksman Sergio Aguero remains sidelined following a knee operation, while Claudio Bravo and Joao Cancelo both face late fitness tests for slight muscular issues.
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has been the main man for Arsenal throughout the seasons. His tally of 23 goals in all competitions is among the best in the country.
The evergreen Kevin De Bruyne will look to fire City to glory. The Belgian has been in scintillating form this season, scoring 13 times and providing 21 assists in all competitions.
The Historic Wembley Stadium awaits as the semi-finals beckon. Each team will looking to put their best foot forward and step into the finals. Will the Arteta outsmart his mentor or will Guardiola prove that he is still the master at this craft??
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Edmund Goffron
Edmund Goffron in ENSA uniform
Edmund Goffron sings Bless the bride: Table for two
In RA format
Edmund Goffron sings Bless the bride: Ma belle Marguerite
Edmund Goffron sings La fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda
Edmund Goffron at Eton Manor Musical Society, about 1936
Edmund Goffron off stage
Edmund Goffron in Lilac time, 1946
Edmund Goffron in Bless the bride
Edmund Goffron was born in London on February 3rd, 1909, and died in London January 31st, 1993. As a boy he sang in the choir and from about 1933 to 1939 became choirmaster and organist at St Mary Moorfields, London. Edmund Goffron studied with Herbert Caesari in London. A member of Eton Manor Musical Society, he sang leading roles in Ruddigore and Princess Ida, with Charles Groves conducting, 1936–1938. At the outbreak of WWII, he joined ENSA and toured factories and garrisons entertaining and from D Day sang to the troops across Europe to Germany. In 1946, he shared, with Denis Bower, the lead in A night in Venice at the Cambridge Theatre. He played Schubert in a revival tour of Lilac time and was in a touring Red mill (Victor Herbert). He understudied Georges Guitary in Bless the bride at the Adelphi in 1947, stood in for him for a two week break and then took over the lead for some 400 performances at the Adelphi before taking the show on tour for several years, giving a total of 1600 performances as Pierre. In 1953 he topped the bill in the International Flood Relief Show at the Royal Albert Hall. He broadcast for the BBC many times, but the BBC has kept nothing in its archives of these or the TV production of Bless the bride. He never made any commercial recordings. There are a few private recordings made privately or "off air".
I would like to thank Edmund Hodges for the recordings, notes and pictures.


Drew, Margaret A.; Starkey, Nicola J.; Isler, Robert B.
Drew, M.A., Starkey, N.J. & Isler, R.B. (2009). Examining the link between information processing speed and executive functioning in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24(1), 47-58.
Slowed information processing speed (IPS) is frequently reported in those with multiple sclerosis (MS), and at least 20% are compromised on some aspect of executive functioning also. However, any relationship between these two processes has not been examined. The Sternberg Memory Scanning Test, Processing Speed Index (WAIS-III), Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (D.KEFS), and Working Memory Index (WMS-III) were administered to 90 participants with MS. Their performance on the PSI was significantly below the normative scores but no deficits in memory scanning speed were evident. The initial response speed of the Sternberg and the PSI were more closely related to D.KEFS performance, particularly in timed tasks with a high cognitive demand (switching tasks). In contrast, memory scanning speed was related to working memory. This study reinforces the link between IPS and working memory in MS, and supports the suggestion that IPS is not a unitary construct.
This is an author's accepted version of an article published in the journal: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. © 2009 the authors. Published by Oxford University Press on Behalf of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.


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45-year-old Ruth picks up 25-year-old Chris at the mall.
"Here you are doll," said Chris leaning down to give Ruth a smooch before handing her another Martini.
Christopher handed Ruth her drink. She took a sip and put the drink on a coaster beside her on the side table next to the couch. With him standing in front of her while she was sitting on the couch, she wrapped her hands around his ass, pulled him to her, and kissed the bulging impression in his jeans while staring up at him. Then, a sexy game she liked playing, she held out her arms as if Chris was her long lost son and she was his not so innocent, incestuous mother.
With Ruth 45-years-old and with Chris 25-years-old, they could have been mother and son. Only, they weren't mother and son or even aunt and nephew. They weren't even related and Ruth's sexual relationship wasn't incestuous just extramarital. He was just another man in a long line of young lovers who preferred having sex with older women. With her sharing the reverse order of his sexual preference, she was an older woman who preferred having sex with younger men. What worked for him, worked for her too.
With absolutely nothing in common between them other than enjoying one another's company while having a few drinks, sharing some laughs, and having a good, sexual time, he was just another young lover to her with money enough to buy her booze. No doubt, she was just another older woman to him who'd willingly give him sex for a bottle of gin and a bottle of vermouth. They were strangers who met at the mall and who had become passionate lovers. There together for a moment in time until they moved on to someone else, they were strangers who filled their lonely, empty lives with sex, laughter, and drunkenness.
Fishing for men while flashing men, Ruth used her God given femininity and sexuality to catch a nibble, a bite, and hopefully a lick, a suck, and a fuck. Her well tested and successfully proven way of first attracting a man's interest to her was by sitting open legged at the food court with her skirt raised past mid-thigh. As if she was Moses parting the Red Sea with a wave of his holy hand, Ruth parted the food court with the spread of her unholy knees. With the food court usually crowded, especially in the middle section, men moved their seats to the far side for a better between her legs view of her. She created quite the ruckus of chairs sliding across the tile floor while horny men jockeyed for the best position to see all that she was showing. Pretending that she didn't know she was so exposed and was the focused attention of so many horny and sexually interested men, Ruth deliberately and unmercifully flashed dozens of men her panties while eating her sandwich.
Giving them a real panty show, she acted oblivious to the stares of those men who ogled her panties while she sat there with her knees parted. Then when she realized that one man in particular stared harder and stayed longer for the view she was giving him, she finished her lunch and stood up to leave. Wiggling her tight, shapely ass while sashaying by him while reeling him in hook, line, and sinker, he had already passed the first part of her seduction test by staring between her legs at her panties. Now she hoped he'd follow her where she needed to take him for more of her show of voyeurism and exhibitionism. Then, when she caught his reflection behind her in the store window, she was happy that he had taken her bait and was walking a few paces behind her.
Motivating him to stay for more of her sexy show, she flashed him her panties again while she was in the shoe store trying on boots a size too small. She enticed him to further follow her through the mall by taking the escalator up to the second level. Knowing he was a few steps behind her and knowing she'd be flashing him an even better view of her panties, she bent at the waist on the escalator on the pretense of fixing her shoe. Her short skirt climbed higher as she bent further forward and as he moved up the escalator with her while behind her.
Acting as if she didn't know that he could see up her short skirt from his lower vantage point on the escalator, she remained in that bent at the waist position longer than necessary. Wanting to give him a good look of her panty clad pussy, this was her well-practiced flashing move that commanded the sexual interest of all men. She knew that if he made it this far, he'd be following her wherever she wanted him to go. Chances were good that if he made it this far, he'd be coming home with her for some sexy, role playing games and some hot sex.
Her ultimate flashing place and where she wanted him to go with her was to the women's clothing store. The culmination of her flashing him peeks of what he shouldn't see of another man's woman, a married woman, began and ended at the only clothing store in the mall that still had curtains on the dressing rooms. That clothing illegal bahis store was her favorite place to go when exposing herself to a young man she hoped would follow her home. Once she was inside the store, using the mirrors to monitor him throughout the store, she knew he'd be there watching her and peeping on her as soon as she walked behind the dressing room curtain.
As she did with all young men, leaving the curtain partially open, she gave him a show of voyeurism and exhibitionism that he'd never forget. As if she was a stripper performing onstage, unbeknownst to her husband, Ruth was an exhibitionist. While pretending she didn't know they could see as much of her as she wanted them to see, she loved showing men bits and pieces of her underwear clad body. While showing young men all that she wanted them to see of her, she loved sexually teasing and erotically enticing men.
As if he was already her lover, she enjoyed stripping off her clothes for her audience of a select, young man who interested her and who was obviously attracted enough to her to follow her this far. Sexually teasing him by undressing in front of him, she pretended she didn't know her dressing room curtain was open enough for him to see her in all manner of undress. A sexy game she loved playing, she acted as if she was unaware that anyone was peeping on her.
With the dressing room curtain safeguarding her feigned modesty while undressing, she loved showing men she didn't even know and had yet to meet, her bra clad breasts and even her naked breasts. She loved showing men she didn't even know and had yet to meet, her panty clad ass and pussy, and even her naked ass and pussy. No man had ever gone this far in her voyeuristic and exhibitionistic, sexual seduction of him and not approached her before she got in her car and drove away. No man who was attracted to an older woman would ever let her get away without trying to put the moves on her and have sex with her. With men so oblivious to the games that women play, if only they knew that she was the one putting the moves on them, wouldn't they be surprised?
In the way she waited for all of the other men to make their sexual moves, she fumbled through her purse on the pretense of looking for her car keys while waiting for him to approach her. Always they did. When he finally approached her in the parking lot, not shy in her sexual seduction of him, she invited him home. Her extramarital dalliance was a win/win sexual proposition for both. He was going to have sex with a woman old enough to be his mother and she was going to have sex with a man young enough to be her son.
Filled with alcohol and garnished with two olives, her Martinis wouldn't be the only intoxicating thing on her sexual menu. Adorned by a man's hard, hairy cock and two dangling testicles in her hand, in her mouth, and in her pussy, she'd be intoxicated with sex. If only this young men knew what he was in for, he'd hang around the mall every day trying to score with older women, women who were old enough to be his mother. With older women more willing to give it up, if only he knew that many older women were more sexual than many younger women. With that truth in mind, unless he was ready to settle down and get married, he'd never approach another younger woman again.
Ruth was Jay's wife, the woman of another man, and Chris was just a neighborhood young man who enjoyed meeting, picking up, and having casual, sexual affairs with married, older women he met at the mall. At the right place and the right time, he just happened to be at the mall with her that day. With their daughter, Kim, gone for the weekend with friends, Ruth was free to sexually entertain Chris. With Jay not expected home from his business trip to Japan until late tomorrow night, Ruth had the whole house to herself to romantically, sexually, and seductively entertain her special, young man.
Obviously with the alcohol flowing freely and with her dressed in a sexy, short skirt, low cut blouse, bikini panties, and front snapping bra, she was his for the taking. Besides, he had already seen most of her shapely figure with her flashing her nearly naked body behind her partially closed dressing room curtain at the mall. Moreover, not the first time they've sexually been together, seemingly Ruth had grown a sudden and special fondness for Chris. Actually, with Ruth a drunk and a whore, she had a particular fondness for any young man who had a big, hard, hairy prick, especially a man who plied her with gin and vermouth.
She particularly like Christopher because he was good looking and was politely good natured with a fun sense of humor, something she thought her husband lacked. Her husband, a physical chemist, a university professor, and now a top executive of a Fortune 500 company was much too serious for her. Seemingly he had matured and grown older while she remained the same psychologically immature age that she was twenty years ago. With her brain pickled in alcohol that stunted her maturity, even though she was 45-years-old chronologically, illegal bahis siteleri in her mind, she still felt as if she was 25-years-old.
With her so very sexually attracted to young men, if she had a son, she'd want him to be just like Christopher. If she had a son, she probably would have had sex with him in the way she was about to have sex with Chris now. If she had a son, perhaps she'd be having sex with him instead of going to the mall looking for young men. If she had a son, she would have sexually and incestuously molested him in the way her brothers sexually and incestuously molested her.
Too busy with his work, traveling, and making money, according to Ruth, her husband was no fun. According to Ruth, Jay had turned into a fuddy-duddy and an old man. He didn't even drink anymore. No doubt with him thinking that she's a drunk, which she is, and a whore, which she is that too, he seldom even talked to her. They no longer shared the physical, emotional, and sexual excitement they once had and that inflamed their relationship when they were dating and before they were married. Now married too long in a bad marriage, instead of continuing this lunacy, they should have called it quits and divorced years ago.
"Let's play a game," she said looking at Chris with sexual enthusiasm while covering the couch with a sheet.
As if he was too old and too horny for games, not even asking what the game was and giving the game a chance, Chris made a disinterested face. When he was about to have sex with her, the last thing that he wanted do was to play a silly game but Ruth enjoyed playing games. With her having had sex with so very many young men, she needed to play her sexy games of pretend incest to maintain her sexual interest. She needed something a little more than just a young body and a hard cock. Never enlisting her husband in her games of role playing and pretend, she saved all of her games and game playing for her young lovers.
"A game? What kind of game? Sex is the only game that I want to play," he said reaching out his horny hands to grope her ample breast through her blouse and finger her big nipples through her bra.
He continued feeling her breasts through her bra while coaxing her brown, gumdrop sized nipples to make their appearance with their hard impressions. She allowed him to feel her breast through her clothes but, not wanting him to prematurely ruin her game of debauchery and her incestuous fun of pretend, she wasn't ready to have sex with him just yet. With her having sex with so very many different young men over the years, having sex for the sake of getting her fix of alcohol and for the sake of having sex sometimes grew boring. Playing a sexy game maintained her sexual interest. Playing a sexy game with a hot, young man made her feel wanted, needed, and sexually desired. She needed the emotional and sexual excitement along with the erotic detachment of her current marital situation by pretending that she was his mother and he was her son.
Seemingly an easy thing for her to do, she had a knack for finding young men who sexually fantasized of having sex with their mothers. As if she was his mother and he was her son, she slapped his hands away from her breasts. With her not yet ready to be taken but wanting to be slowly, savagely, and seductively seduced, she wanted this night to be special. She wanted this night to be as romantic as it was sexual and as forbidden as it was erotic.
With this was her last weekend alone before her husband returned home late Sunday evening, not wanting to rush anything, she wanted to take this sexual seduction slow. She wanted to give herself something to masturbate over later. She wanted to take the memory of Chris to bed with her later when her husband was home and asleep and snoring beside her. She needed the sexual memory of tonight to sustain her until she hunted the mall for another sexually interest, young man.
"Stop. You're going too fast. You're going to ruin my game," she said with impatient annoyance.
For the sake of her giving him hot sex, he shrugged his indifference before nodding his agreement.
"Okay, I'm game," he said. "I'll behave. What's the game you'd like to play?"
As if she was the cat who just ate the canary, she took another sip of her drink before giving him a look of sexual excitement. Then, giving him a Cheshire catlike grin, she took his hand in hers and kissed it. A game she liked to play was a sexy game that she hoped that he'd enjoy playing too. She's never had sex with a young man who didn't wish he was having sex with his mother. With her old enough to be his mother and him young enough to be her son, he wouldn't be here with her now, if he didn't sexually fantasize about having sex with his mother.
"Being that I didn't have a son but always wanted one," she said pausing to give him a sexy look. "I'd like to pretend that you're my son and I'm your mother. I like playing that sexy game of forbidden incest," she said giving him another canlı bahis siteleri sexy look. "Even if it's just a game of pretend and role playing, the thought of having forbidden, incestuous sex with the son I've never had has always appealed to me."
Seemingly having already grown bored with their sexual affairs, she had already progressed and successfully played this game of incestuous pretend with other young men Christopher's age before. Moreover, with him already confessing his sexual mother and son fantasies to her during their numerous sessions of pillow talk, she knew that he fantasized about having sex with a mother figure. She knew that he looked at her as if she was more than his lover but his mother.
"I wish you were my mother," he said with a sudden burst of amplified sexual excitement while reaching out to feel her breasts and finger her nipples through her clothes again.
She looked up at him before looking down at his hands touching her breasts and feeling her breasts while his fingers felt her nipples. As if he was her naughty, incestuous son, she took his hands in hers and moved them from her breasts to hold them in her lap. Containing him by confining his horny hands, she needed to scold him as if he was her son.
"You'd never disrespect your mother by groping her in such an incestuously, sexual, and inappropriate way, would you?"
She gave him a naughty look and he returned her look with his mischievous smile.
"If my mother looked anything like you, was as sexy as you, and sucked cock as good as you do, fuck yeah, I'd be feeling my mother's tits. I'd be groping my mother and having sex with her every day," he said giving her a sexy look. "I wish you were my mother, Ruth," he said again.
She laughed while returning his sexy look. Seemingly he was enjoying playing this sexy game of imagined incest.
"Well, I'm not your mother but we can pretend that I am. We're not even related but we can pretend that we are," she said with a dirty laugh. "Yet, I'm talking about you groping your real mother. Before being sexually intimate with your mother, even your pretend mother, you wouldn't disrespect your mother by feeling her tits and fingering her nipples through her clothes, now would you?"
He looked at her as if she was nuts until a glimmer of sexual excitement flashed across his face. In the way she hooked him on her fishing line in the mall with her flashing him her underwear and parts of her naked body, she hooked him again now by the prospect of playing an incestuous, sexual game. How many women would allow another woman in their bed and in their head, especially a man's mother, even if that other woman was nothing more than a figment of their imagination and just a role playing, pretend mother?
"My mother? You're right. I'd never grope my mother. Eww, gross," he said with a laugh. "My mother looks nothing like you. She's short, fat, and homely. If my mother looked anything like you, tall, shapely, and pretty I would have tried to have sex with her long ago," he said with a dirty laugh.
She looked at him with as much sexual lust as he looked at her with sexual excitement. She knew by the bulge that grew in his jeans that he was thinking of her not only as his lover but also as his mother. With him not protesting in playing this particular sexy game, she knew that he wanted to play this pretend game of incest as much as she wanted to play this pretend game of incest. Just as she had piqued his sexual interest in her at the mall with her flashing him, now that they were in her house, in her living room, and on her couch, she had piqued his sexual interest in her again with her incestuous game.
"If I had a son who looked like you, I would have had sex with him long ago too," she said. "If I had a son who looked anything like you, I would have flashed him my underwear clad, topless, and/or naked body numerous times," she said with a dirty laugh. "If I had a son who looked like you, I'd make it my personal mission to see his cock, to touch his cock, to stroke his cock, to suck his cock, and to fuck his cock," she said feeling his erection through his jeans.
Indeed, as if she was his mother and he was her son, she leaned into him to part his lips with her tongue. She gave him a long, wet kiss before he pulled away from her to speak. Obviously already sexually excited playing this pretend mother and son game, he stared at her before speaking.
"But you're not my mother and I'm not your son," said Chris with some attitude before showing his obvious disappointment.
Acting hesitant and a bit resistant to getting his head in the game, he seemed somewhat annoyed that she was pushing his sexual, incestuous buttons. Obviously Ruth had stumbled upon secret, uncharted, sexual ground. Maybe he does imagine having sex with his mother. Maybe he masturbates to the imagined images of seeing his mother naked and/or to the imagined images of his mother seeing him naked. Maybe he imagines that she's his mother. It's only normal for a son to be sexually attracted to his mother, no matter what his mother looks like, even if she's short, fat, and/or ugly and even if just playing a game of pretend. Every young man wants to have sex with his mother, even his surrogate mother, one time or another.
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Thousands of protestors risked arrest to attend a rally to protest against what opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has called "the worst electoral fraud" in Malaysia's history.
Local election watchdogs have also questioned the results of the election.
The report said the election was carried out "on a very uneven field" citing: a pro-government media bias in mainstream media, lack of transparency in campaign spending, questions over the lack of trust in the integrity of the electoral roll, the impartiality of the Election Commission, exploitation of racial issues, and unreliable indelible ink.
The United States and European Union also acknowledged concerns over electoral "irregularities," according to AFP.
Dressed in black protestors packed into Kelana Jaya stadium on the outskirts of the capital; cars left abandoned on the motorway.
Waving flags, blowing vuvuzelas and rocking out to upbeat tunes the mood was more festive than fearful. Opposition leaders roused the crowds with statements like: "we will win the war", "today we start the fight back" and "reformasi" (reform).
Aman Shah Ahmad, 47, a construction work was helping his brother sell black t-shirts at the entrance to the stadium.
"We have problems with authoritarian rule. Everything looks democratic but there's lots of hanky-panky going on behind the scenes. I want the election result to be reviewed. We want a re-election. Please tell the world," he said.
Sharon Balon, 22, and her family were outside the stadium holding yellow flowers and anti government placards.
Evoking the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, the police said the rally was illegal because organisers did not apply for a police permit for the event. Organisers must also inform the police 10 days before an event.
However, there was no visible police presence at the rally.
Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, was returned to power Sunday, although with a reduced majority. The Barisan Nasional coalition has been in power since 1957.
A woman supporter of PMLN waves a party flag at a rally held in Rawalpindi.
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The Yörük, nomads of Anatolia and the Balkans, rely on animals as their livelihood. Due to the introduction of modern technology, education and government subsidies, some of the shepherds have become sedentary. For those that still migrate in the traditional way, they live in the lowlands during the winter and the mountains in the summer. For the modern families, they live in the villages or cities in the winter and have summer homes on the seaside. For the younger generations, there is struggle between keeping with tradition and evolving into modern life, which is threatening the culture of these historical nomads.
Since the start of the Syrian clashes, a large number of Syrians have migrated to the city of Al Salmiya, which is located 30 kilometers to the west of the city of Hama. The city of Al Salmiya is considered the capital of the Ismaili sect and therefore is of large importance to Syria and the region.
In the wake of the explosion that targeted the headquarters of the People's Committee at the end of January and the initial wave of refugees coming from both Hama and Homs, the security in Al Salmiya was tightened. This resulted in further unrest, including the abuse of the refugee population and the destruction of their housing.
00 :02 If we want to discuss the process of displacement to Salameyah, we have to dissect it into two different segments. The first is prior to the bombing that occurred two months ago in the city. The other segment discusses what happened post bombing.
00 :17 The city is hosting approximately 50,000 to 60,000 refugees. As a result, from the influx of refugees, the economy has flourished. The shopkeepers have benefited in a noticeable manner, trade volume has increased, and stores that are in key markets witnessed better work.
00 :35 The first major influx of refugees arrived in Al Salamiyah from Hama. Entire families moved to the area, most of them being women and children. The offensive on Homs brought another wave of refugees to Al Salamiyah larger than that, that came from Hama. After which, the bombing of the People's Committee occurred.
00 :51 The People's Committee increased it security measures after the bomb detonation. Al Salamiya locals started going to the houses of the refugees, especially to tenants, and beat up some of the masses. They tortured the men and threatened their women and children. They claimed they want to beat and kill them. Furthermore, they shredded their rent contracts so that they no longer have alibis to stay, resulting in the refugees leaving the city of Al Salameyah due to fear and intimidation.
01 :17 The site of the bombings are these residential buildings and the headquarters of the people's committee that was bombed. Also, this is the house of the head of the area.
01 :42 It was obvious that the refugees were kicked out due to, both, a security and military decision from the government. The tool to execute it was by the use of the thugs i.e the people's committee. How ? By pressuring them, by attacking their homes and harassing them on the streets. They would take someones identification card and ask him, "you are from Homs. Whats brings you here?"
02 :00 My siblings were in Al Salamiya, so I moved to the area.
02 : 12 In regards to the bombing that happened here in Al Salamiya, it instilled fear in people. We started hearing people say that they are going to kick us out and to be careful. As a result of that, we did not dare to go out even if we were short on bread. We were afraid to go out and buy bread.
02 :31 These are my kids, and there are my brother's children and the children of my other brother. We guided them to start working. My son who is in sixth grade is working for 100 Syrian pounds in order to finance himself.
02 :46 The refugees have nothing to do with this. We are sheltering women and children, they believed that we are sheltering the women and children of the men that are fighting outside.
A girl buy paraffin from a shop on the edge of the road as a road expansion project is widening a road in Kibera, one of the largest slum's in Africa, 3 May 2013 .The work forms part of a bypass road that will run around and through the slum of Kibera and will benefit residents by bringing more business to the area.
Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil survived an attack on his convoy by a group of armed men late Sunday evening, in an incident that led to one death.
A vehicle intervened in the prime minister's convoy and when the security guards tried to push it away, one of its passengers opened fire on the security vehicle.
While running away, the vehicle hit a policeman and a citizen but the police managed to bust the vehicle and arrest the five attackers after a pursuit.
Taha Hassan, a street vendor who was passing near the site of the incident, was hit by the vehicle during the incident, and transferred to 6 October Hospital in Dokki where he died.
The interior ministry statement revealed that the armed men were on their way for a fight with some people in another area.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian cabinet said that the armed attack was not politically motivated but this was a criminal incident.
The prosecution decided to detain the defendants for four days pending investigations.
Katagman refers to the ancient settlers of Western Panay. This settler has unique burial ritual in which they placed a gold nose-disc and gold eye-mask to their dead people to protect the eyes and nose of their diseased loved ones from evil spirits. This ancient ritual is influenced by Chinese in which the natives have trade relationship with them before the Spaniards conquered the Philippines.
Oton was once a center of trade route in Panay Islands. Prosperity brought about a flourishing community, and so many examples of the early Chinese wares were obtained from the area that it is necessary to explain shortly that Chinese settlers in the area practiced ancient Chinese customs even in the disposal of the remains of their dead. The town became home to several burial rites where gold artifacts, porcelain and carnelian beads where among the rare items recovered.
When the Spanish conquered the Philippines, Oton was established in 1572 by the Augustinian Friars and became the center of Spanish administration in Iloilo. Once known as Ogtong or reef or tidal flat which is the main feature of the area, Oton was a missionary base for the conversion of the entire region. This led to the Christianization of the native Katagmans.
During the Katagman Festival, a street dancing competition, painting competition and dance theater competition is highlighted showcasing the rich historical past of Oton.
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Q: Clarification on Deadlock between two threads I would like to know if my solution to this problem is correct

ThreadA and ThreadB both need both resources, P and Q, in order to do some work. Each Thread can acquire a resource with lockQ() or lockP(). The resources cannot be shared. If a Task tries to acquire a resource that is already in use, it blocks. When a Task no longer needs a resource it owns it can release it with unlockP() or unlockQ().
Each task runs its own code and uses the functions lockP(), lockQ(), doWork(), unlockP() and unlockQ(). Each thread releases its resources after invokes "doWork()"; the resources are released in the opposite order they were obtained. Show a sequence of operations for each thread so that deadlock is impossible.

Solution:

Task A
lockP();
lockQ();
doWork();
unlockQ();
unlockP();
Task B
lockP();
lockQ();
doWork();
unlockQ();
unlockP();

The reason I locked P and Q first for both, was because if the processor was executing TaskA first, TaskB would become blocked. This would allow for TaskA to finish execution, and then move on to TaskB which would e unblocked.

A: Yes your solution is correct.
An alternative is for Task B to lockQ before lockP, while Task A does lockP and lockQ. But this has the potential for dead lock if B gets Q and A gets P. In such a case both task's are blocked.
As you mention, having both acquire the resources in the same order, ensures one is blocked without causing the other to block on the other resource.
Coffman, Elphick and Shoshani (1971) identified four conditions for occurrence of a dead lock[1],

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*Shared resources which are used under mutual exclusion

*Incremental acquisition

*No preemption (once acquired, a task will not give up a resource until it has completed its work)

*Wait-for cycle

You must nullify one of these conditions for a guarantee of no deadlocks occurring. By ensuring both tasks acquire the resources in the same order, you have make sure condition 4 does not hold, i.e. A, B will never both hold a resource and wait for a second resource at the same time.
[1]: Magee, Kramer, Concurrency State Models & Java Programs, page 107

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