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Weidmann, the last major independent voice among Eurozone's central bankers
As Draghi is pulled over to the "dark side", effectively becoming a tool of the area's political leadership and making the ECB increasingly less independent, Bundesbank's Weidmann is fighting an uphill battle to stay independent. That is generating a rift between Weidmann and the ECB. Bundesbank is even in conflict with its own government, which is going along with the ECB's plan of more bond purchases (as discussed here).
NASDAQ/Dow Jones Newswires: - Germany's central bank Monday reaffirmed its opposition to the European Central Bank purchasing government bonds on the secondary market, dashing hopes that it might hold back criticism on the program. The comments also appear to put the bank in conflict with the German government.
"Our stance [on bond purchases] hasn't changed," a bank spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires.
The comment comes days after ECB President Mario Draghi said it was prepared to re-start its program of buying euro- zone government bonds on the secondary market if troubled states applied for assistance from the euro zone's bailout funds.
Bundesbank's stance is making the central bank increasingly isolated in the Eurozone, as the area's leadership pressures the ECB to contain the crisis.
Reuters: - "How much longer?" German business daily Handelsblatt asked in its front page headline on Friday, questioning how long Weidmann could stand being isolated on the [ECB's] Governing Council.
Weidmann has been in the minority for much of the time since succeeding Weber in May last year, though Draghi has sought to play down any hint of a split within the Council until now.
Speaking after the ECB's March policy meeting, the Italian Draghi said: "Nobody is isolated in the Governing Council. And the Bundesbank especially is not isolated."
In spite of his statement, apparently Draghi (supported by his political allies) has in fact attempted to isolate Weidmann.
Reuters: - "It's clear and it's known that Mr Weidmann and the Bundesbank - although we are here in a personal capacity and we should never forget that - have their reservations about programmes that envisage buying bonds," Draghi said.
"The voting was, as I said, unanimous with one reservation," he later added.
But two central bank sources said there was no formal vote at Thursday's meeting and one of them said Draghi is trying to isolate Weidmann.
The math that makes Weidmann uneasy and resentful of this program is simple. The ECB holds €220bn of periphery bonds directly, €1,117bn of loans to the banking system (mostly in the periphery), and €205bn of emergency loans via the national central banks. And now the ECB may embark on further bond buying, potentially in the hundreds of billions worth of the same credits.
Borrowing from the ECB (€ bn) by the banking system (source: BNP Paribas)
Of course some argue that the loans to the banking system are collateralized, posing lower risks to the ECB. But the collateral for these loans represents credits of the same countries. Just to put things in perspective, back in 1998 firms such as First Boston, who had tremendous exposure to Russia, hedged themselves with ruble FX forwards. This strategy would have worked, except the forwards were executed with Russian banks. And when the government defaulted, the banks reneged on the contracts (in part at the request of the government). The point is that in a sovereign default, the "joint probability of default" between the government and the nation's financial institutions is close to one. This is particularly true in much of the Eurozone, where the lines between the government and the banking system are blurry. We saw that with Greece for example.
Weidmann must be asking how much more will be needed. How much periphery exposure is to be transferred from private hands to the ECB? And more importantly, should it even be a central bank's responsibility to rescue its government? Weidmann continues to argue that it should not. As an independent central banker he clearly wants no part of this. But as Handelsblatt asked, "how much longer" before Weidmann, as a member of the ECB's Governing Council, succumbs to the pressure?


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Ondo 2020: I Will Be In Ondo, If Akeredolu Is Not Careful – Wike Warns
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Wike issued the warning while reacting to comments by his Ondo State counterpart, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who accused him of being the godfather of Rivers politics.
Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, PDP National Campaign Council in the just concluded governorship election in Edo State, and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has warned that he may be forced to get involved directly in the Ondo State governorship election should the ruling All Progressives Congress drag him into their politics.
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Governor Akeredolu, had in a statement by Donald Ojogo, Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo State, said the people of the state will resist Wike's "attempt to play the role of a godfather" in Ondo.
"Wike's imperialistic approach was most unfortunate and unbecoming," he said.
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"First of all, I don't want to believe that Akeredolu can make such a statement. He does not have what it takes to make such a statement. Godfather of what and for who? We are the ones fighting against godfatherism.
"The question is that, have you (Akeredolu) done well for your people and my party is saying no, you have not done well and I believe so. Therefore, I am saying that Ondo people should protect their votes. They should repeat what happened in Edo.
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"I still want to doubt that Akeredolu said that against me. And I am going to go and look for that Newspaper and read to be sure he did not say that.
"I want to see that he Akeredolu declared Wike persona non grata. He knows he can't try that. If he tries it, then he is going to get into trouble. I will be in Ondo, If they are not careful" Wike warns.
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However, with the advent of online dating, there are a few online dating tips you should keep in mind.
The first and most important online dating tip in this article is to create an accurate profile. How would you like it if you saw a profile of a man who looked similar to Brad Pitt in all his glory, only to meet him and find out he looked like that 20 years ago? Now, he looks more like a washed up and bloated Keith Richard's.
If you're going to take online dating seriously, you need to post an up to date profile picture, as well as include accurate information about yourself, such as your interests etc.
Once you've found a man online, you should remember online dating tip #2-be cautious. Just because you're an upfront and honest person, doesn't mean that everyone else is. Never go to a secluded spot on your first date, and let someone know where you're going to be and when he or she can expect you back. This way, if the worst were to happen, you know someone will be looking for you. You could also call someone periodically, just to let him or her know you're all right. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
You're a modern woman, and men are no longer expected to pay for the bill. Instead, remember online dating tip #3 and pay half. Sometimes, if a man pays for the entire date, they expect something in return. On top of this, you're sure to garner more respect if your date knows you can look after yourself.
Online dating also means you're not going to meet them face-to-face until your first date. Never let him pick you up at your home, and never tell them your home address over the Internet. If you do, you're asking for trouble. Get to know them first, before trusting them with your personal details.
Online dating can be a fun and exciting way to meet people. There are thousands of people who have successfully met their partners through online dating. However, if you plan on joining the online dating wave, be sure to keep these online dating tips in mind.


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Die Schiffe der Broadsword-Klasse (Type 22) sind ehemalige Lenkwaffenfregatten der britischen Royal Navy. Sie wurden zwischen 1979 und 1990 für U-Jagd-Aufgaben in Dienst gestellt, später jedoch zu Mehrzweck-Fregatten weiterentwickelt. Das letzte von insgesamt vierzehn gebauten Schiffen dieser Klasse wurde von der Royal Navy 2011 außer Dienst gestellt. Zwei Schiffe der zweiten Baureihe des Typs 22 verrichten heute Dienst unter rumänischer, ein weiteres unter chilenischer Flagge und drei Schiffe der ersten Baureihe bilden in der brasilianischen Marine die Greenhalgh-Klasse.

Geschichte

In den frühen 1970er-Jahren beauftragte die Royal Navy die Werft Yarrow Shipbuilders (heute BAE SYSTEMS) mit der Konstruktion einer Fregatte zur U-Boot-Jagd. Insgesamt wurden 24 Schiffe bestellt. Während die ersten vier Schiffe (Batch I) nur eine Länge von 131 m und eine Verdrängung von 4.400 Tonnen hatten, wurden die folgenden sechs Schiffe (Batch II) mit einem verlängerten Rumpf und einer dementsprechend größeren Verdrängung gebaut. Durch die Verlängerung konnten zusätzliche Systeme zur Ortung von U-Booten eingebaut werden. 1981 wurde das Projekt aus Kostengründen gestoppt, nachdem erst zehn von 24 bestellten Fregatten geliefert worden waren. Nachdem jedoch im Falklandkrieg insgesamt vier Zerstörer und Fregatten anderer Klassen versenkt worden waren, wurden 1984 noch einmal vier Fregatten der Broadsword-Klasse als Ersatz in Auftrag gegeben. Als Basis für diese dritte Bauserie (Batch III) wurden die verlängerten Schiffe der Batch II genommen. Eine wesentliche Änderung war, dass die Fregatten anstelle der Exocet-Raketenwerfer nun eine 114-mm-Kanone am Bug erhielten. Zusätzlich wurden auch neue Systeme zur Luftabwehr und Anti-Schiff-Raketen vom Typ Harpoon installiert. Das letzte der vier zusätzlichen Schiffe wurde 1990 in Dienst gestellt.

Mit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges veränderten sich die Aufgaben der Schiffe. Die U-Boot-Jagd spielt zwar weiterhin eine wichtige Rolle, jedoch wurden diese Aufgabe zunehmend auf die Fregatten der Duke-Klasse übertragen. Die Broadsword-Klasse wurde nun vorwiegend für Patrouillen- und Eskorteinsätze genutzt. Die Fregatten wurden zum Hauptwerkzeug der Royal Navy bei weltweiten Krisen- und Kriegseinsätzen. Für diese neuen Aufgaben war jedoch eine wesentliche Modernisierung der ersten zehn Schiffe notwendig. 1994 entschied sich die Royal Navy gegen eine kostspielige Umrüstung und gab stattdessen den neuen Fregatten der Duke-Klasse den Vorzug. 1995 wurde die HMS Broadsword als erstes Schiff ausgemustert. Nach der Fertigstellung aller Schiffe der Duke-Klasse im Jahr 2002 wurde dann mit der HMS Coventry das letzte Schiff der ersten beiden Bauserien ausgemustert.

Somit verblieben nur noch die vier von Anfang an mit moderneren Systemen ausgestatteten Schiffe des Batch III im Dienst der Royal Navy. Sie wurden nochmals umgerüstet, wobei die Lenkwaffensysteme auf den neuesten Stand der Technik gebracht wurden. Zusätzlich erhielten sie einen neuen, effizienteren Antrieb. Überlegungen, die vier Fregatten zusätzlich auch noch mit Marschflugkörpern auszustatten, wurden dann aber zugunsten der Daring-Klasse aufgegeben. Das ursprünglich als Nachfolger vorgesehene Projekt Future Surface Combatant wurde bereits im Jahr 2005 abgebrochen und die Royal Navy gab stattdessen bekannt, dass die vier Fregatten, die, bei gleichzeitig geringem Wartungsaufwand, als sehr zuverlässig und strapazierbar galten, erst zwischen 2015 und 2018 ausgemustert werden sollten. Der mittlerweile als künftige Fregattenklasse der Royal Navy vorgesehene Type 26 sollte gemäß Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 (SDSR 2010) nur noch die Duke-Klasse ersetzen und die Broadsword-Klasse bis 2018 ersatzlos ausgemustert werden. Ende 2010 wurde jedoch entschieden, alle vier verbleibenden Schiffe bereits Anfang 2011 außer Dienst zu stellen.

Nach vielen Enttäuschungen mit vorherigen Fregattentypen hat sich die Broadsword-Klasse als Erfolg für die Royal Navy erwiesen. Sieben der in Großbritannien ausgemusterten Fregatten waren oder sind nun in Brasilien, Rumänien und Chile erfolgreich im Einsatz.

Einheiten

Batch I
Nachdem die zuvor gebauten Fregatten der Amazon-Klasse Namen beginnend mit dem Anfangsbuchstaben "A" trugen, erhielten die Schiffe des Batch I der Broadsword-Klasse Namen, die auf "B" begannen.

Batch II
Die ersten drei Schiffe des nächsten Bauloses erhielten ebenfalls Namen, die auf "B" begannen. Die letzten drei Batch-II-Einheiten trugen demgegenüber Namen englischer Städte, wobei die letzten beiden Namen zuvor von Zerstören der Sheffield-Klasse getragen wurden, die im Falklandkrieg versenkt worden waren.

Batch III
Die Schiffe des Batch III erhielten wieder Namen, die mit dem gleichen Anfangsbuchstaben, diesmal "C", begannen. Hierbei handelte es sich um geographische Bezeichnungen. Der Heimathafen ist Devonport. Die Außerdienststellung begann Anfang 2011.

Verbleib

Brasilien kaufte 1995 ein erstes und im folgenden Jahr die drei übrigen Einheiten des ersten Bauloses. Nachdem das ehemalige Typschiff HMS Broadsword dort in Greenhalgh umbenannt wurde, werden die Schiffe von der brasilianischen Marine als Greenhalgh-Klasse geführt. Sie tragen jeweils den Namen eines früheren brasilianischen Marineoffiziers und führen als Anti-Schiff-Flugkörper die französische Exocet, zunächst der Baureihe MM38 und ab 2010–2012 bei den verbliebenen drei Einheiten zur MM40 modernisiert.

Chile kaufte die ehemalige Sheffield und die chilenische Marine stellte sie am 5. September 2003 als Almirante Williams, benannt nach dem Marineoffizier Juan Williams Rebolledo, in Dienst. Sie trägt die Schiffskennung FFG-19 und ist in Valparaíso beheimatet.

Rumänien schloss am 14. Januar 2003 einen Vertrag über die Beschaffung zweier Schiffe des zweiten Bauloses, die im Dienst der rumänischen Marine die Namen des rumänischen Herrscherpaares aus der Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg führen. Sie gehören zur Seeflotte und sind in Constanța beheimatet.

Literatur
 Ministry of Defence (Hrsg.): The Royal Navy Handbook. Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-85177-952-2.

Weblinks

 Broadsword-Klasse. Offizielle Website der Royal Navy im Webarchiv
 Greenhalgh-Klasse. Marinha do Brasil (portugiesisch) im Webarchiv
 Almirante Williams. Armada de Chile (spanisch) im Webarchiv

Einzelnachweise

Militärschiffsklasse (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Militärschiffsklasse (Brasilien)
Militärschiffsklasse (Chile)
Militärschiffsklasse (Rumänien)
Fregattenklasse
Yarrows

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'Get Out' Is Now Officially The Most Profitable Film of 2017
Jordan Peele's "Get Out" has officially become the most profitable film of 2017. The film, released on February 24, 2017 is making record-breaking numbers. Continue Reading To date, Get Out has made $252 million globally and $175 million domestically. With a budget of only $4.5 million, this officially makes it the most profitable film of 2017. This figure also puts…
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Our celebration of May Day is particularly timely, since as of this writing, nearly 40,000 members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union are on strike, protesting Verizon's failure to offer a fair contract to the workers who lay land lines and fiber optic cable.
When the unions announced the strike, I was proud to join the workers marching in the picket line and wholeheartedly support their efforts.
According to the CWA, Verizon made $39 billion in profit over the last three years, but the company wants to gut job security protections, contract out more work, and freeze their pensions at 30 years of service — essentially, a unilateral attempt to renegotiate a 2014 labor agreement.
If the communication workers don't accept all of those changes, Verizon will require technicians to work away from home for up to two months at a time anywhere in the Verizon footprint, splitting up workers' families. The company has also refused to negotiate any improvements in wages, benefits or working conditions for its Wireless retail workers who formed a union in 2014.
Verizon's top five executives made $233 million over the last five years and last year, the company paid out $13.5 billion in dividends and stock buybacks to shareholders. Certainly, Verizon should be able to find the money to pay for a fair contract with its own workers.
I am a member of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce and operate a small business myself, so I understand how important it is to have a quality workforce. There are many fantastic employees at Verizon, and I am confident it understands working families also have a right to do well in America. In the spirit of May Day, I hope they will negotiate a contract that is fair to Verizon's labor force and the customers it serves, of which I am one.


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Spartans duo aim for Aberdream comeback bid
Spartans make it a hat-trick of trips to Aberdeen this season so far as the SWPL returns with Round 13 this Sunday.
After a rest week to allow for the Scotland v Wales friendly international, which saw Tartan Spartans Kerry Montgomery earn a place on the bench and Rachel Harrison once again called up to the squad camp, it's back to league action as the second half of the SWPL campaign continues to gather pace.
It's one-all in terms of victories already this season and Spartans Manager Debbi McCulloch is looking forward to taking one of the strongest squads she's been able to choose from this year back up the A90 to secure three valuable league points.
Sunday's early start to the 250-mile round-trip North may feel arduous for some, but for Claire Crosbie and Kirsty McLaughlin it's another journey on the road to recovery for the influential duo.
The pair have been out of action since September 2013 following significant ACL injuries however they are ready once again to play an integral part of Manager McCulloch's plans for the remainder of the Top 6 fixture card.
Crosbie, who will be looking to add to her 121 appearances for the Club said, "Sunday could be the first opportunity for both Kirsty and I to get back on the pitch and we are both excited by the prospect. The 11 month recovery programme has been a long and at times frustrating process however we wouldn't have been able to do it without the Club and the support of the girls. "
McLaughlin, who has netted 24 times in her 48 outings, commented, "The girls played fantastically well during the first half of the season and it's a credit to them, especially when you take into account the number of injuries they've had to contend with. They've pulled together as a team and I'm just thankful to be part of it and look forward to be involved in the next stage.
"For me, I think the team have progressed significantly over the last 6 months and have gelled very well as a unit, taking what is being learned at training into game time on the pitch and hopefully we'll be able to build on this momentum throughout the second half of the season."
Meanwhile, Manager Debbi McCulloch is looking forward to another tough challenge. "We were extremely disappointed to lose the league cup game against Aberdeen at the start of the season however we won what was another tight game a few weeks later in the league so we know what kind of game to expect on Sunday.
"Even since that performance, we've improved a lot and I feel that if we play in the same manner as we did a fortnight ago against Glasgow City, then we will cause problems."
Having a near empty treatment table is a good problem for McCulloch as she looks to gain ground on second-placed Rangers, a side yet to beat Spartans this season.
"With the exception of long-term injured pair Lana Clelland and Natasha McMahon, it's the first time this season we'll be as close to full strength as possible which is a tremendous boost for us and makes team selection a headache, further compounded by the fact everyone is training so well too.
"That's what the second half of the season is about though. The chance to utilise your squad and with Kirsty and Claire back in contention, we now have exceptional strength and depth not only in the starting line-up, but on the bench too."
Kick-off at Sunnyside Juniors is at the earlier time of 12.00.
The other SWPL Round 13 games are:
Glasgow City v Rangers
Hamilton Accies v Hutchison Vale
Buchan v Inverness
Queens Park v Forfar
Hibernian v Celtic
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Q: How to identify last character of string - A character or number? I want to identify last character of string, I am accessing the last character using:
echo "${VAR: -1}"

If it's a character, I want to add a .(dot) before the character and do nothing if it's a number.

A: expr match ${VAR: -1} '.*[0-9]' >/dev/null || VAR="${VAR:0:`expr ${#VAR} - 1`}.${VAR: -1}"

explanation:
expr match ${VAR: -1} '.*[0-9]' >/dev/null

The first expression returns 1 if last character is a number
VAR="${VAR:0:`expr ${#VAR} - 1`}.${VAR: -1}"

If the expression returns 1 then the rest of the line assigns var to all chars in var up to but not including the last char, appends a "." character, and appends the last character.

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Forty Years On
A letter in yesterday's Financial Times urged the Government to reduce the top rate of taxation in order to stimulate the economy. Most of the signatories were predictable: the usual "veteran monetarists" which the rest of us know as unreconstructed Thatcherites.
But there was, at least to me, one surprising name: that of Bob Rowthorn, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge.
Obviously no relation to the young Marxist Bob Rowthorn, lecturer in economics at the University of Cambridge, who sat with me and others in countless, endless Communist Party and Socialist Society meetings at the back end of the '60s, discussing the need for a socialist revolution.
Of course, it is the very same.
Just forty years on.
Which is a shame.
I take it personally. The Bob Rowthorn I remember was one of the cleverest and most eloquent elucidators of Marxist economics I have ever known. And, forty years on, I can still recall many of his casually delivered insights and the influence they had on a young undergraduate finding his way through the morass of ideologies which I encountered at the time.
Sure, I know all the cliches about a revolutionary youth and a conservative middle age. It's just that the Bob Rowthorn I knew would never even have considered putting his name to a call for the abolition of a 50p tax rate.
And, thanks in no small measure to Bob Rowthorn, I still wouldn't.
Today's listening: David Honeyboy Edwards, singing the blues.
(Prof) George Irvin
Like you, I knew Bob many years ago. When I became an academic economist myself, I followed his academic contributions avidly---after all, he was part of the 'new generation' of economists who were carrying the mantle of Keynes, Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor. The 'old' Bob will be missed greatly.
Best/George


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Everpower's 'infrasound' wreaks havoc on residents ONE MILE AWAY
With Everpower holding leases in Ohio (Hardin, Logan, Champaign county and beyond), you should share this with your family and friends. An environmental health epidemiologist told these people that wind turbines should not have been permitted to be as CLOSE as 1 mile to their home! Encourage your fam/friends to get involved with a local educational group. The groups are listed along the right-hand side of our blog. This Thanksgiving, give thanks to the Ohio House of Rep's who passed HB 483 this year- it extended our setback to 1300 ft from the property line. Although it still appears to be woefully inadequate, it is a step in the right direction….
Low-frequency sounds can be detected in houses as far as a mile from wind turbines, an expert said.
Rick James, an acoustic engineer, said infrasounds are in homes located near the Twin Ridges Wind Farm.
Twin Ridges, located on the Big Savage Ridge area near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, went into operation in late 2012.
James tested the infrasounds in a house that belongs to Tammy McKenzie and her husband Joe – who say they live in the "dark, deep depths of hell" beneath the shadow flicker, high- and low-frequency sounds that emit from the wind farm's turbines.
"The tests at the McKenzies showed the characteristics I have found in homes of people who not only had adverse (health) reactions, but whose reactions were strong enough to make them decide to move if they find a home buyer or in some cases just vacate the home and move elsewhere," said James.
In other areas, such as the Shirley Wind utility in Brown County, Wis., where more extensive testing has been conducted, folks reported adverse health effects including the sensation of moving while being still and pressure in the head, James said.
"Other people in the house may not sense anything," James said. "There is a broad range of sensitivity to this acoustic energy. That is really not unexpected."
Joe McKenzie said the sound of the wind turbines causes ringing in his ears and pressure in his head, his wife said….
Before the project's construction in 2011, EverPower — a Pittsburgh-based company that owns Twin Ridges — worked with municipalities to develop agreements and ensure compliance with industry standards, said Michael Speerschneider, chief permitting and public policy officer.
The frequency range of the infrasounds differ from waves such as sound emitted from other types of rotating machines, James said.
"Instead, they have large spikes of (peaks or crests) that are as much as 100 to 1,000 times higher in pressure than the pressure in the valleys between the spikes," said James. "While the average sound pressure level of the tones may not appear to be very significant, it is the peaks of the pressure waves that are significant."
Despite the sounds, the McKenzies say they refuse to vacate their "dream" home.
Tammy McKenzie also said she talked to Farhad Ahmed, an environmental health epidemiologist from Harrisburg.
"He states that they should not have let the wind industry place a turbine close to our house in the first place due to health concerns of the noise that is emitted from the turbines," Tammy McKenzie said….
Infrasound found in homes near wind farm – News – The Cumberland Times-News.


English title: Studies on physical root connections between the trees in Scots pine stands in Finland.
Observations of connections between the roots of living trees and root systems of stumps have been reported already in 1900s. In Finland root connections have been found in Birch (Betula sp.), Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), but there are no studies on abundance of the connections. This investigation studied root connections in a series of naturally regenerated Scots pine stands from seedling stands to mature trees in Southern Finland, and some sown seedling stands.
Root connections were found to be common in naturally regenerated, older stands that had passed the thicket stage. Approximately 21-28% of the trees had at least one root connection to another living tree, dead tree or living stump. Connections were few or absent in seedling stands. Sown seedling groups had many root connections in contrary to naturally regenerated seedling stands. Trees belonging to the dominating canopy class had most root connections. The trees could form a network of up to twenty trees and living stumps. Root connections were more common the larger the tree was or the nearer the trees grew each other. The coalescent roots were often situated near the stem. Experiments showed that water and nutrients transferred in the roots could move from one tree to another. Living stumps from previous fellings were relatively common. In the sites studied, there was in average 178 stumps connected to a living tree per hectare.


East Of The Wall is (L-R): Matt Lupo: guitar/synths/trumpet/vocals, Matt Keys: guitar/synths, Chris Alfano: bass/guitar/synths/vocals, Greg Kuter: guitar/vocals, Seth Rheam: drums.
Every East of the Wall full-length, now five and counting, has had a major lineup change roughly at the midpoint of the writing sessions. I'm not sure why – maybe the guys defiled a tomb. Regardless, constant change seems coded into the band's very DNA. The fourth LP, Redaction Artifacts, saw perhaps the most seismic shift in East of the Wall's structure when longtime guitarist/melodic vocalist Kevin Conway and founding bassist Brett Bamberger took their leave. As a result, guitarist/main "aggressive" vocalist Chris Alfano moved to bass, and new members Greg Kuter (guitar, main melodic vocals) and Ray Suhy (guitar) joined.
The result was a less chaotic approach, not as hell-bent on cramming in every possible note each measure. The music could breathe, which allowed the group to more carefully refine the material. Conscious choices were made about which motifs would be focal points and which would be textures. Vocal sections would be more confidently "about" the vocals, but conversely, instrumental passages would be more proudly voice-free.
Oddly enough, after all this transition, East of the Wall's sound has looped back around to be more reminiscent of its first album, Farmer's Almanac, or to harken back even further to its members' spiritual predecessor bands like The Postman Syndrome, Day Without Dawn, and F44:876. NP-Complete distances East of the Wall from modern metalcore without abandoning the group's progressive slant, instead leveraging adventurous new angles. It's a cavernous, intricate labyrinth for you to stumble into and lose yourself in.


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The best lead-out man ever? A tribute to the career of Mark Renshaw
Renshaw announces retirement, Porte tips Thomas for Tour: Daily News Digest
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A former Harrisburg Police Department chief punched his ticket Tuesday night to be the Republican nominee for Saline County sheriff in November.
J. "Whipper" Johnson defeated two competitors to take the nomination - Saline County deputy Craig Williams and Saline County resident Casey Perkins.
Unofficial vote totals Tuesday show Johnson with 1,289 votes, Williams with 1,075 and Perkins with 89.
While most people with an interest in the Saline County primary races were gathered at the county courthouse Tuesday night, Johnson instead visited with friends in his personal gym about a block away.
He said he was appreciative of the voters who gave him the nod over his opponents.
"I'm certainly pleased with voter turnout in this election," Johnson said. "I think there were about 1,000 more votes, give or take a couple hundred, than the last time they had this race."
Johnson said he felt that the win was an affirmation by voters of his campaign promises and his law enforcement experience.
"I'm glad to see the voters made their decisions based on experience and qualifications rather than politics," he said. "Now I'm ready to move forward toward the general election."
Johnson will face Saline County Chief Deputy Ken Clore, a Democrat, in the Nov. 6 election.


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Oil and Gas Alert: Supreme Court of Ohio Clarifies Ohio Marketable Title Act
On December 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio clarified the preservation of interests under the Ohio Marketable Title Act (OMTA). See Blackstone v. Moore, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-4959. In its decision, the Court held that under the OMTA, a deed reference to a previously reserved royalty interest is sufficiently-specific to preserve that royalty interest where the reference identifies the type of interest created and the person to whom the interest was granted.
You can read the decision here.
The Kuhns conveyed real property to the Browns in 1915, reserving a one-half interest in oil and gas royalties. In 1969, the Browns' successor-in-interest conveyed the same property to David Blackstone by a deed that referenced the Kuhns' royalty interest as follows:
Excepting the one-half interest in oil and gas royalty previously excepted by Nick Kuhn, their [sic] heirs and assigns in the above described sixty acres.
The Blackstones sued the Kuhns' heirs in 2012, claiming that the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (ODMA) and the OMTA terminated the royalty interest. The trial court ruled in the Blackstones' favor, but the Seventh District Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the reference to the Kuhns' royalty interest in the 1969 deed was specific and thus preserved the royalty interest under the OMTA.[1]
On appeal to the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Blackstones urged that the reference to the Kuhns' royalty interest in the 1969 deed was not sufficiently-specific because the reference did not include the volume and page number of the instrument originally creating the royalty interest. Alternatively, the Blackstones suggested that at a minimum, the deed reference should have included both the name of the grantor and grantee and the instrument's recording date.
Disagreeing with the Blackstones, the Court held that the reference to the Kuhns' royalty interest in the 1969 deed was specific and thus preserved the royalty interest. The Court first turned to the statutory language. Under the OMTA, marketable record title is taken subject to interests inherent in the record chain of title, "provided that a general reference * * * to * * * interests created prior to the root of title shall not be sufficient to preserve them, unless specific identification be made therein of a recorded title transaction which creates such * * * interest."[2]
The Court held that determining whether a reference to an earlier interest was general or specific under the statute involves a three-step analysis. First, is there a reference to an interest described within the chain of title? Two, is the reference a "general reference"? Three, if the answers to the first two questions are yes, does the general reference contain a specific identification of a recorded title transaction?
Here, the reference to the Kuhns' royalty interest was specific, rather than general, because it included "details and particulars about the interest in question," the interest was "accurately referenced," and was free from ambiguity. Namely, the reference included the type of interest (i.e., a "one-half interest in oil and gas royalty") and identified the name of the original reserving party (i.e., "Nick Kuhn, their [sic] heirs and assigns"). And because the interest was specific, it was unnecessary for the Court to proceed to the third question—whether the general reference contained a specific identification of a recorded title transaction.
While the Court acknowledged the Blackstones' policy arguments for requiring a volume/page or date reference as part of the specificity analysis, the Court noted that those arguments are best directed to the legislature. These items were not required based on the statute's plain language.
In a concurring opinion, Justice DeGenaro wrote that the scope of the Court's opinion was "narrow" and "should not be read to implicitly hold that the more general [OMTA] continues to apply to mineral interests following the enactment of the [ODMA]—a more specific statute for providing for the termination of those interests." While not an issue raised on appeal, Justice DeGenaro—who departs the Court at the end of this year–questioned whether the OMTA still applies to mineral interests after the passage of the ODMA.
Questions relating to this decision may be addressed to Greg Russell (gdrussell@vorys.com), Webb Vorys (wivorys@vorys.com), Jay Carr (jacarr@vorys.com), or Ilya Batikov (ibatikov@vorys.com).
[1] The court of appeals determined the Kuhn heirs effectively preserved their interests under the ODMA. The Blackstones did not challenge that determination.
[2] R.C. 5301.49(A).
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Rosendin Electric Names Julie Moss Human Resources Director
New HR Director Hired to Continue to Attract and Support the Best Talent Available in the Construction Industry.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 23, 2013) -- Rosendin Electric, the nation's largest private electrical contractor and an employee-owned company, today announced that Julie L. Moss, SPHR, has been named the company's new Human Resources Director.
Julie has Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification and brings more than 20 years of senior management leadership to the company. In her new role, Julie's responsibilities will include recruiting the best talent available, overseeing Rosendin Electric's professional development and internship programs, managing the company's benefits programs, and more. Julie will report directly to company CEO, Tom Sorley.
"As an employee-owned company, our people are our greatest asset," said Sorley. "With our growth, both in size and geographic footprint, we look to Julie to help us continue to build an environment that attracts top talent by ensuring that our professional development, benefits and overall work environment are among the best in class."
In addition to SPHR certification, Julie is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the International Public Management Association - HR (IPMA-HR), and a member of the board of the Santa Clara Chapter Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA). She has extensive experience in all aspects of human resources, including talent acquisition, staff training and development, labor relations, payroll administration, health and other benefits, OSHA safety regulations, and HR records management. Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Phoenix.
About Rosendin Electric
Rosendin Electric, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is an employee-owned electrical engineering, power and communications provider and is the largest privately held electrical contractor in the United States. With over 3,000 employees and experience worldwide, Rosendin Electric has built upon a 90-year reputation for quality design and installations. For additional information, visit http://www.rosendin.com.
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New SEC Regulations after Knight Capital at High-frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 in New York
Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World's Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, "Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges," New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).
New York City, NY, USA (July 23, 2013) -- According to SearchCompliance, the speed and complexity of software designed for high-frequency stock trading propelled Knight Capital Group's success in recent years, but those same properties drove the firm to the brink of bankruptcy. When New York Stock Exchange trading opened the morning of Aug. 1, 2012, a technology breakdown in Knight Capital's newly installed trading software caused a deluge of erroneous stock orders that severely disrupted the market. The new software had been deployed the day before, the company said, and it took about half an hour to halt the erroneous orders once the problem was discovered.
After Knight Capital Group lost $440 million in about 45 minutes of trading that day, regulators redoubled efforts to limit stock exchange damages inflicted by faulty technology. Specifically, they launched a review of the testing and control requirements needed to prevent highly complicated and interconnected IT systems from causing market upheaval when errors occur.
Lessons to be after the Knight Capital incident are at the heart of the keynote speech Edgar Perez, author of The Speed Traders and the forthcoming Knightmare on Wall Street, will give to attendees at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), July 30th, part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).
Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert in the specialized area of high-frequency trading. He is author of The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, published in English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), published in Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012), and Investasi Super Kilat: Pandangan Orang dalam tentang Fenomena Baru Frekuensi Tinggi yang Mentransformasi Dunia Investasi, published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012).
Perez is course director of The Speed Traders Workshop 2012, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX (Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai) and was Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance. He contributes to The New York Times and China's International Finance News and Sina Finance.
Perez has been engaged to present at the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult International Business School (London and Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Emerging Markets Investments Summit 2013 (Warsaw), CME Group's Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012 (Naples Beach), Harvard Business School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston), High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago, London), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).
Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.
Golden Networking's High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:
- Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
- Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
- Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
- Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
- The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?
Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world's most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets.
High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.
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How High Is High-Frequency Trading at World's Most Influential HFT Conference in New York City
New York City, NY, USA (July 23, 2013) -- According PBS Newshour's Simone Pathe, high-frequency trading represents more than half of all transactions of American stocks these days. How fast is high-frequency? So fast, it turns out, that data companies now provide financial data to their most premium subscribers early -- as little as two milliseconds early in the case of a $20,000-per-month service the Nasdaq and Chicago Mercantile Exchange debuted in May using microwave networks. That time difference is enough to gain quite the financial advantage.
One key data provider, Thomson Reuters, announced it was suspending its 9:54:58 a.m. release of the University of Michigan's consumer confidence data to about a dozen premium subscribers (not to be confused with those regular money management customers who pay to receive the data at 9:55 a.m., a measly five minutes before the University of Michigan posts the consumer confidence index online) while New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigates the practice.
Thomson Reuters maintains that their 9:54:58 a.m. release, for which some clients pay more than $6,000 a month, does not violate federal insider trading laws since they disclose the tiered pricing to all customers.
So how and why do traders capitalize on those all-important two seconds? The answers will be debated at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), July 30th, part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).
World's First Sugar Daddy Cruise - News Cameras Welcome
Sugar Babies and their wealthy mentors are invited to socialize as they sail around the New York Harbor, August 14, 2013.
SAN RAFAEL, CA, USA (July 23, 2013) -- Contact: Tom Andrews, 415-507-9962
Beautiful Women, 21-39, are invited to meet Wealthy Men, 30+, on the World's First Sugar Daddy Cruise, Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 6:30pm-12:30am. The Cabana Boat will depart from New York Skyports, E 23rd St & FDR Dr, New York NY. TV camera crews and print media photographers are welcome to memorialize the cruise.
The cost is $80/door for gentlemen and $40/door for ladies, which includes:
- Gourmet food, including hot and cold food stations
- Live DJ
- Outstanding views of Manhattan
- Cigar Lounge
- Complimentary after party for men at Sapphire
- Models displaying make up, body painting, and latest fashions
- Invited casts of Jerseylicious, Sopranos, Car Fellas, Real Housewives of NY, Mob Wives
- Entertainment lawyer Stephanie Ovadia and her guests
- Free Matchmaking services by Alan Action & Associates
- Official launch of the new Playboy Energy Drink, with business opportunities for attendees
- Raffles and giveaways from all vendors to benefit the Alan Action Network of Charities
The Cruise is sponsored by SugarDaddyforMe.com and AlanAction.com. Alan Action, Host of the Cruise, is available to the news media for interviews by calling 415-507-9962.
Anyone wishing more information may visit http://www.sugardaddyforme.com.
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Zevrix Announces Adobe Creative Cloud Compatibility of Its Products
Zevrix Solutions announces that all its products are now compatible with the Adobe Creative Cloud software. Zevrix products include popular solutions for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, such as Output Factory, LinkOptimizer and InPreflight. The Zevrix products allow to automate printing, exporting and file delivery from InDesign; save disk space and production time through image optimization and automated file packaging; and eliminate errors with thorough preflighting.
Toronto (ON), Canada (July 23, 2013) -- Zevrix Solutions announced today the compatibility of all its products with the Adobe Creative Cloud software. Zevrix products include several popular plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, which help professionals automate their everyday tasks, produce error-free documents, save disk space and cut production costs.
The following products are now compatible with Adobe Creative Cloud:
LinkOptimizer is a workflow automation solution for InDesign. It reduces the size of InDesign links by eliminating excess image data, performs essential adjustments such as color conversion and sharpening, and convert image formats. LinkOptimizer lets users dramatically reduce the size of InDesign links, cut down on processing time and reduce production costs. A similar application, ArtOptimizer, is available for Adobe Illustrator.
Output Factory automates printing and exporting from InDesign. It offers batch printing, layer versioning, single page export, preflighting, variable file names, output history and more. Output Factory supports printing as well as exporting to PDF, PostScript, EPS, Flash and other formats.
BatchOutput Server automates InDesign output tasks by processing files from watched hot folders. The software offloads output to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the printing process. A similar product, Package Central, automates document packaging from InDesign via hot folders.
InPreflight is a powerful all-in-one solution to check InDesign documents and prepare them for final output and shipping. In addition to advanced preflight capabilities, the software can automatically packaging multiple documents helping users save disk space and production time by collecting all linked files into one folder. InPreflight also lets users print graphic preflight reports and save them as PDF.
All Zevrix products run on Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 and work with Adobe CS3-CC. The products can be purchased from the Zevrix website as well as from authorized resellers. Trial versions are also available for download. The update to CC-compatible versions is free to licensed users.
About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics, and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions makes it easier for professionals to achieve more while doing less by automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting down on production costs.
Leo Revzin
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
media@zevrix.com
http://www.zevrix.com
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"Many think that Colombo and the Sinhala Establishment are clever in deceiving the international community and the UN Human Rights mechanisms in Geneva. But, we refuse to buy this argument anymore. We know that there is no difference between the rulers of this island, be it Rajapaksas, Wickramasinghes or Sirisenas. Likewise, we also realise now that there is no difference in the approaches that have come from Louise Arbour, Navi Pillay and Prince Zeid on our problem," one of the 8 Tamil-speaking prisoners who talked to TamilNet from Anuradhapura Prison commented on Wednesday.
"They have sold our rights in their appeasement policy oriented to defend the state sovereignty and so-called national security of a member state, completely disregarding the genocidal policy of that member state," the Tamil prisoner said.
Three successive High Commissioners of Human Rights visited the island and witnessed the plight of the Eezham Tamil political prisoners, prisoners of war and their families. Louise Arbour (2004 - 2008), Navaneetham Pillay (2008 - 2014) and Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein (2014 to date) have been well aware of the issue of political prisoners in the island, the prisoner further observed.
The occupying state of genocidal Sri Lanka established a so-called Special High Court in Anuradhapura in 2013 during the regime of Rajapaksa, with the claim that it was a measure to speed up the processing of the so-called 'Prevention of Terrorism Act' related cases.
The deceptive move came as a measure to suppress the protests of the Tamil prisoners of war and political prisoners and to counter the mounting pressure from the then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Navanetham Pillay, who visited the island in August 2013.
When the 'Special High Court' in Anuradhapura was established, the SL State was claiming that the court was set up for the fast-track processing of 'Prevention of Terrorism Act' (PTA) related cases.
The first five PTA cases to be transferred to the Anuradhapura 'Special High Court' included a case involving Purushothaman Aravinthan and Rasapallavan Thavarooban, and the remaining four instances involved Abdul Hameed Umar Hattaaph, Sooriyakanthi Jeyachandran, Sivapiragasam Sivaseelan, Rasathurai Jehan, Nallaan Sivalingam and Sasikala Rajan.
Despite the claim that the 'special court' was set up to address the PTA-cases, it systematically omitted the PTA cases and continued. However, the special court has completed more than 450 criminal cases in the South, most of them on child abuses.
While the 'special court' has processed around 450 cases related to child abuse in the South, it has been sitting on the five cases for five years without completing them at all.
Now, all the five cases have been transferred back to Anuradhapura High Court.
At least 125 Tamil-speaking political prisoners are languishing for several years, some of them for more than 20 years in the SL prisons under the notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
At the same time, the families of hundreds of Eezham Tamils, who have been subjected to enforced disappearances during the three-decade war, are still struggling to find out the whereabouts of their kith and kin by staging continues protests for more than 500 days.


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BLUR live at Budokan Tokyo, January 14th 2014
Last updated: 2022-09-06 | Published: 2013-09-06
Written by: JapanConcertTickets
First of all: if you want to start your 2014 seeing Blur in Japan, you better act quick! Entry for the third ticket pre-sale lottery at Ticket Pia runs until Sep 11th, 11am Japan time. I'd be very surprised if this show doesn't sell out, as it is the first and only Blur gig in Japan since Summer Sonic 2003.
Update (2013/11/17): The show is sold-out now, but there are tickets available through auctions and resale platforms.
Update (2013/12/03): A second show has been announced on January 13th! See our new blog entry for more info.
Creativeman, the official organizer and promoter of the gig, has announced normal ticket sale to start on October 5th, 10am. Blur will be playing the venue called Budokan, in the center of Tokyo, where they also recorded their first live album in 1996. This indoor arena holds approx. 14'000 people and has been chosen for live recordings by many artists of world fame since the 1970, including Bob Dylan, Mr. Big (twice), Ozzy Osbourne, and Dream Theater, among others. Seeing these pictures, you will probably agree that it's quite a special place to see a concert.
Ticket categories
A seats, JPY 9'000
S seats, JPY 10'500
The seating layout of the Budokan hall can differ from concert to concert, and no map has been published for the Blur concert. My suspicion is that the layout is made according to the number of sold tickets. However, the cheaper A seats are usually the 10-20 percent of the seats from which the stage is rather hard so see, such as the sides near the stage or sometimes even behind the stage. If unlucky, you will not be able to see much of the stage or the screens (here you can see an example of a layout from a past concert at the Budokan). Moreover, the ticketing process doesn't let you choose the specific seat number. To be sure you have an acceptable view, I'd thus go for the S seats.
Doors open at 18:00, the concert starts at 19:00. Better don't be late, as concerts in Japan usually start very punctually!
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Over the last few months I really began to fall in love with Instagram. Noticed a few strategies separating the successful and the unsuccessful on this platform. I decided to test my theories when I began the BusinessOwnerToEntrepreneur Instagram handle. Didn't link it to my Facebook account and started from scratch. By my 20th post I had received almost 1,000 followers and also received 2 emails from social media marketers on taking things further and offering to help me grow at a faster pace.
I was using the same strategies to help my wife grow her Instagram influence. With 50 new posts she grew, Mercado Destination Jewels 2.2 times of what it was. She received over 25 inquires about her silver jewellery products, both in the form of comments and through direct messages.
These are the strategies that I began to use to achieve the success for both Instagram handles.
The key is in understanding how the platform functions. Instagram is not only visual but also attracts the more creative side of your company. The demographics of Instagram are younger with about 50% of people on it below the age of 30, with most of them living in urban areas with some college degree. The audience on it are well exposed to the world, and want share creative ways of seeing the world around them.
People on Instagram are not interested in advertisements. This is one of the biggest mistakes companies make; they show their ads on Instagram and wonder why it doesn't resonate with the audiences. Uploading images fit for a brochure will not attract an audience on Instagram.
Just look at the most popular post on Instagram of 2015; it was Kendall Jenner's post of her lying on the floor with her hair forming heart logos. 3.5 million people loved it and over 160,000 people commented on it. Perfect for Instagram, creative content in line with what her audience wants to see. Eventually it goes viral.
For success on Instagram, showcase the artistic side of your company.
Instagram is a visual platform; it goes without saying that photos and video are everything. Photos that are advertisements and not creative will never get the traction, period. Instagram uses a square format of 612×612 pixels, so if the images you use that are not of this format with have the edges cut off and look just sloppy. Photos taken either from a DSLR or our smart phones, blurry photos are a definite no. Another tip is going easy on the selfies; even Talyor Swift who has a following of 80 million doesn't flood her followers with only self absorbed shots.
Use native content and share only amazing photos and videos for Instagram success.
There are 2 types of Instagram accounts, personal and professional. Understanding the difference between the two is very important. Personal accounts are when the face or personality is driving force of the account. This pertains to celebrities, coaches, and various other personas. People are following them because they want to get a sneak peek into their life. Behind the scenes, selfies, dinners and parties all appropriate when the account is personal.
The professional on the other is where people are coming to get the content. Photographers, marketers, visual artists and whenever a product is sold are perfect for these accounts. People follow these accounts for something they like or aspire to have, product or a service. I'm not saying that you should not show behind the scenes if you are a professional account, but if the account has 10 continuous selfies posts with no information for the audience, followers will leave.
Deliver content most suited for the audience who have taken time to follow you in Instagram.
If you thought Twitter was crazy about hashtags, Instagram has taken them to another level. In fact, the more hashtags are used the more your post will be seen on Instagram. Instagram not only doesn't penalise you but actually rewards you for using more hashtags. Instagram is also a platform where an entire caption or conversation can be entirely in hashtags. Using particular hashtags regularly will start to give you an authority over a particular topic or niche. I found using hashtags in the comments just as discoverable as the caption. This way if you want to link Instagram to other social media account, the caption looks more native to that platform.
Using hashtags in the comments has the same effect as adding them to your post caption on Instagram.
Ultimately, Instagram like all the other social media platforms is all about being social. Take time to thank the people who have left you comments. When people like your post, see their profiles to see if their content resonates with you and follow them as well. Build relationship over pictures. If you like someone post leave comment for them, or better yet share that image with your audience and give them credit for the image. It is a sure shot way to impress not only the person but also your audience.
Each social media platform has certain strengths; it is only after understanding them that you can use them to your advantage. One of the best ways to do that is by being consistent on any platform, get the insights from your content and rework the strategy if needed.
Instagram is simply a way for your audience to consume your content. On Instagram move people with your content, convince them to make an action towards your product. The action doesn't always have to be buying your product; it can be simpler like commenting or liking a post, sometimes it about just taking time just to notice your photo.
Question: Which Instagram account is your favourite?
Eventually, Instagram like the various online networking stages is about being social. Set aside opportunity to thank the general population who have abandoned you remarks. At the point when individuals like your post, see their profiles to check whether their substance impacts you and tail them too. Fabricate relationship over pictures. On the off chance that you like somebody post leave remark for them, or even better impart that picture to your crowd and give them kudos for the picture. It is a certain shot approach to awe the individual as well as your gathering of people.
Every online networking stage has certain qualities; it is simply subsequent to comprehension them that you can utilize them further bolstering your good fortune. One of the most ideal approaches to do that is by being steady on any stage, get the experiences from your substance and adjust the system if necessary.
Instagram is just a route for your group of onlookers to devour your substance. On Instagram move individuals with your substance, persuade them to make an activity towards your item. The activity doesn't generally need to purchase your item; it can be less complex like remarking or preferring a post, in some cases it about simply requiring investment just to see your photograph.
Agree with you, Instagram like all social platforms is to be social and build relationships for your brand. Even if it is simply consuming the images you put out. Once the person is aware of your brand, we can serve them which ultimately can lead to a sale. But, if we only focus on the sale, we will come across as aggressive and 'salesy' and not be able to build trust, which is the foundation of any relationship.


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Interview with Terry Fallis
By Corina Milic on September 1, 2016 in Egregious Interviews • Illustrated by Sam Gorrie
Acclaimed as one of Canada's top humorists, Terry Fallis is not your average comic. He trained as an engineer, then worked on Parliament Hill as a political strategist for Liberal heavyweights like Jean Chrétien and Michael Ignatieff before co-founding a digital media agency. He is also the author of The Best Laid Plans, a satire on Canadian politics that won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. He nabbed the prestigious award again this spring for his novel No Relation, about a group of New Yorkers who share their names with famous counterparts. Feathertale caught up with the unfailingly humble author in a Toronto coffee shop.
JUST THE FACTS:
Born and lives in: Toronto
First story you ever wrote: I'm sure it was in public school. I think it was about Thanksgiving.
What did you want to be when you grew up?: I wanted to be a doctor, because my dad was a doctor. It changed when I became more interested in things that flew and taking things apart and putting them back together again. So I studied mechanical and biomedical engineering. [But then] I didn't go into that at all. I haven't practised a day of engineering in my life.
Funniest politician you ever worked with: Bob Nixon [former Ontario Liberal leader]. A very naturally funny guy as opposed to a contrived, strategically funny guy.
Favourite author: Robertson Davies
Favourite day of the week: Friday. I suppose that's overused but it is true.
Next project: Poles Apart is my feminist comic novel, coming out in October 2015. It is narrated by the author of what becomes overnight the world's most famous feminist blog, called Eve of Equality. It's an anonymous blog, so the assumption is that it is written by a feminist named Eve. In fact, it's written by a feminist named Everett. A first edition of John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women also plays a minor role in the story. I bought the first edition . . . in 1987 and it remains a treasured volume in our family library.
Number-one interview question you are asked: Where do you get your ideas? And I say, I go to a corner store called Ideas and I just walk in and whatever's on special, I get.
Describe your workspace in one sentence: My workspace is quiet, book-lined, high above the ground and is a room with a view . . . and a balcony.
JUST THE ANSWERS:
Feathertale: I'm sorry, but I'm going to start where every other interview seems to start with you: your incredible entry into the world of published writing. Can you give me the broad strokes?
Terry Fallis: I still pinch myself every twenty minutes or so. I wrote this novel [The Best Laid Plans] and when I finished it, I didn't know if I'd even written a novel. When you labour over a manuscript for months and months, your sense of perspective of what you've written abandons you. I didn't know if what I'd written held together or the character was real or if it was funny. I just had this faint sense that it was finished.
I sent it around, as one does, to dozens and dozens and dozens of publishers and agents and waited for the feeding frenzy to ensue over my debut blockbuster novel. I diligently followed up. And after twelve months of doing that, I had not even received a single rejection letter. So I decided to take matters into my own hands. I was so naive and I thought, I'll self-publish it. Wouldn't it be easier to find a real publisher if I could just hand them a book to read instead of four hundred manuscript pages?
I realized I would have to build an audience for the book on my own. Eight or nine months before it came out, I started podcasting the whole novel, chapter by chapter, on iTunes. Giving it away for free. And I started getting some amazing comments on my blog and via email from people all over the world. It was extraordinarily gratifying because I considered the podcast reaction to be the first impartial feedback I ever got on the manuscript. I didn't believe my brother or my cousin or my sister-in-law.
FT: They have to support you, right?
TF: They do!
FT: Did you promote the podcast in any way?
TF: There was no paid promotion. I recorded customized promos for it. I sent them to certain podcasts that I listen to, and the podcasting community is very generous, and they would play the promos on their shows. That kind of kick-started the listenership.
I think it was the podcast reaction that gave me the resolve to go ahead and hit the big red button and self-publish. I got the author's package of ten copies of my novel at my office in September of 2007 and I started living the glamorous high life of the self-published novelist. I then ordered a box of forty-eight books from the publisher and I pitched them to all sorts of independent bookstores, most of which were kind enough to take the novel on consignment. I ran out of those books and I just had the original ten, in this box. And on a — I don't know what it was, it's not a lark — I went to the Stephen Leacock website and they actually accepted self-published works, which is rare for a literary award, clearly an oversight on their part. And they said you must send the jury ten copies of your novel.
I've told this story often and it's utterly sincere: If they had said, "Send us eleven copies of the novel," you would be interviewing someone else today. That's really what changed my life as a writer in an instant.
FT: It takes a lot of confidence to take something you wrote —
TF: See, this is where I don't want to mislead you, because I get this a lot. Interviewers say, you must have felt so sure of your writing. It is utterly the opposite. It is because I didn't believe my own family that I sought to give it a broader audience, literally to determine whether I had written something worthy of people's time. That may sound disingenuous but I swear to you that is true.
FT: In a review for your third book, Up and Down, The Globe and Mail wrote that the novel is "a fine specimen of what is too often dismissed as 'easy reading,' which is seldom easy writing." I thought that was quite apt. Do you work at your style?
TF: I probably don't think about it. The voice you are reading is my voice. I made a conscious decision when I wrote the first book — as if I knew what I was doing then — that it would be easiest for me to write in my own voice rather than trying to think out a different voice and sustain that. So the protagonist, in all five of my novels now, including the one that isn't published yet, they all sound an awful lot like me. Which I'm sure somebody is going to point out at some point.
FT: Many of the reviews I read mention your straightforward style. In No Relation your protagonist Earnest Hemmingway hates the pared-down, straightforward prose associated with his more famous counterpart, Ernest Hemingway. What would he think of your writing?
TF: My writing is [straightforward], but it could be briefer. If I were to add the Hemingway scalpel, I'm sure Hemingway wouldn't like it. I understand he was trying to remove every obstacle that exists between the reader and the story, and why the literati greeted it so warmly, but I like the language too much for that. There's a pleasure I derive from reading nice sentences that is, in a way, separate from the story and the plot. Like, a grade five can read Hemingway and not miss a trick. I'm not sure that I want to write that way.
FT: Another quote from another review, from Quill & Quire this time —
TF: (Groans.)
FT: Didn't like their review?
TF: Well, it's tough to get a good review from Q&Q.
FT: They give you a bit of a backhanded compliment, comparing your style to a sitcom, which is meant "to be enjoyed, then forgotten. Parsing them in any greater detail risks ruining the fun." I think when we talk about the substance of your books, that's not the case.
TF: I was not happy with the review. I'm happy to be reviewed in Quill and Quire, but I think you can definitely read all my novels on that level — enjoy it as a sitcom bordering on farce occasionally — but if I'm really honest I want there to be an underpinning of serious illumination of some issues. I use humour to get underneath it because I think it's easier than using rage and anger, which are the staples when trying to shine a light on something that is not right.
So my first two novels, The Best Laid Plans and The High Road, those are my love letters to democracy. They were born out of a grave sense of frustration and concern with the state of our politics and the state of our participation in the democratic process. You could read those novels and say, that was kind of fun. But I'd be more fulfilled if people gave passing thought to some of the issues I was trying to illuminate.
In Up and Down, the substrate was concern about ageism and sexism and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. There's a thread of feminism, gender inequality in all of the novels, and in the new one it is taking centre stage.
FT: Can feminism be funny?
TF: When you laugh at the status quo, or power, or authority, you weaken it. When you laugh at patriarchy, you weaken it. There's an old cliché that there aren't any funny feminists. Well, the aging feminist icon in this new novel defies this stereotype. I truly believe that humour should be another arrow in the feminist quiver, and that it can be shot with great effect in advancing equality.
FT: You studied engineering but never worked as an engineer. In what ways does the engineering side of your brain influence you as a writer?
TF: It probably has a greater influence than anything else. I'm always looking for the methodological approach to problem solving in which I strip away that which is there but unimportant. What do I have control over? What do I not have control over? It's a very scientific-method approach. Engineers don't build bridges without blueprints; I do not write novels without a blueprint.
This notion of sitting down and just waiting for the muse to strike, I could not do that.
FT: How do you structure your writing?
TF: The whole process is about eighteen months for a book. An idea just starts flipping around in my head and there's nothing on paper for the first six months. I want to wait and learn if there's something to the idea. If there is, it will stay there and evolve and after six months I will start to map it out in a notebook with a timeline.
Eventually when I can see the whole story I will start what I call a chapter map. It is a table with squares on it, one square for each chapter. I like to write a common-length chapter, about forty-five hundred to six thousand words. It works well for the podcast because it takes about half an hour to read that. Which means I have anywhere from seventeen to twenty chapters in a hundred-thousand-word novel. Because I think that's a reasonable length. So I'll put the plot points on this chapter map, and having the bird's eye view of the whole story allows me to assess balance and pacing.
Then I will take that chapter map and blow out each chapter to two or three pages of bullet points. Sometimes there are snippets of dialogue, sometimes there's a funny line that I already thought of.
Some of the humour is preordained in the outline. Like the running of the chihuahuas in No Relation. I fell in love with the juxtaposition of the running of the bulls right next to the running of the chihuahuas and thought there was great comic potential in that. In fact, I had to cook up this idea of, well, why would [the protagonist] be scared of small dogs? That whole deeply rooted psychological fear of small dogs was driven solely to write that scene.
FT: To do that joke?
TF: Yes! It plays no other role in the novel except, you know, it allows his father to tell him what really happened, which is the moment of rapprochement with the father, but it's not what I was thinking.
FT: How many drafts?
TF: (Holds up one finger.)
FT: One draft?
TF: Depends what you mean by draft. When I write my manuscript, it's probably for other writers who don't outline to the extent that I do, equivalent of my third draft already.
FT: Because you've outlined so extensively.
TF: Oh yeah, it's there. It's one draft. But then I go back. When I've done a chapter, before I start the next chapter, I read that whole chapter again and I edit. And then I go back to the very beginning once I've written all the chapters and I edit it all the way through a third time. So the chapters have been gone over a lot.
But I don't recall ever cutting out a whole paragraph. I don't recall moving something that happened in chapter 6 to chapter 4 because it works better there. All that thinking has been done. It's very efficient.
I'm an engineer and I'm busy. I don't want to write five drafts. When people say, "Oh, I just threw out my draft seven," I say, "You threw it out?" I cannot even contemplate that.
FT: Each of your four published novels has been nominated for a Stephen Leacock Medal. Two have won. What does the medal mean to you?
TF: Without getting too gushy about it, the Leacock Medal is the recognition that means, and probably will always mean, most to me. Winning the Leacock [in 2008] changed my life as a writer. In short order I landed an agent and a publishing deal with McClelland & Stewart. In the years that followed, The Best Laid Plans won Canada Reads and was adapted as a CBC TV miniseries. Soon it will debut as a stage musical in Vancouver. I doubt any other winner has been more grateful than I. Okay, that may have been a little gushy.
FT: The award is unique for its focus on funny. What do you think of the literary landscape in Canada when it comes to humour?
TF: The fact that I've managed to win the Leacock twice may well be the clearest evidence that we need more humour writing in this country. I think it's true that there is an ill-founded perception that if you write humour, you can't be literary, or that your work is not serious. I think [humour] can make people think, sometimes differently from how they thought before. Humour can inflect perspective as powerfully as anything else in the writer's arsenal. We need more of it.
About Corina Milic
Corina Milic is Feathertale's associate editor in charge of poetry and interviews.
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Everything Mississippi State fans thought they could count on in the Mike Leach era after upsetting LSU to start the 2020 season crumbled on Saturday against Kentucky.
What had been a dominant Air Raid offense against the Tigers became abysmal against the Wildcats in a 24-2 loss.
Mississippi State managed to lose despite doing a pretty good job keeping Kentucky from moving the ball. The effort didn't matter because of the historically bad play of quarterbacks K.J. Costello and Will Rogers, and a game plan that did not adapt at all.
MORE: Jimbo Fisher finally reels in huge win at Texas A&M
Leach has never had a team score so few points in his offense-centric coaching career.
"We're going to have to check our group and see who really wants to play here," Leach told reporters after the game.
Mike Leach hints that he may have to "purge" some players from the team. Ones he thinks aren't fitting in with what he's trying to do.
"We're going to have to check our group and see who really wants to play here."
— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) October 11, 2020
Here are some stats to help put the performance into perspective:
Mississippi State had the ball for the majority of the contest, making its inability to cross the goal line that much more frustrating. In addition to holding possession for almost 10 more minutes than Kentucky, the Bulldogs ran 84 plays to Kentucky's 53.
All of that possession led to very little forward progress, however. Mississippi State gained 295 yards for an average of just 3.5 yards per play.
Mississippi State threw 70 passes. Costello accounted for 55 of those throws while Rogers chipped in the other 15.
Mississippi State threw six interceptions, including a pick-six. Costello, the starter, made four of those mistakes. Rogers gifted the other two to the Wildcats.
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Mississippi State did not throw a touchdown pass. It came close, at least: Costello threw two of his four interceptions in the red zone. Rogers threw another pick in the red zone in the fourth quarter.
Perhaps the frustration of not finding the end zone got to Leach, because he called for his offense to force the ball forward down by 22 points with less than a minute left. The final throw of the game, of course, was an interception.
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Q: app.get blocks sequential query handling On my server side (Nodejs + Express) I have a route with long handling:
var apiRouter = express.Router();
apiRouter.use(compression());

apiRouter.get("/all", function(req, res, next){
    storage.getAllData().then(function(json){ res.json(json) }, next);
});

app.use("/api/data", apiRouter);

where getAllData reads a number of xml files from the hard drive in "parallel" (I'm using the Q library) and then transform the xml into js (xml2js library):
var fs = require("fs");
var path = require("path");
var extend = require("util")._extend;
var xmlDir = path.resolve(__dirname, "data");
var q = require("q");
var Parser = require("xml2js").Parser;
var readFile = q.denodeify(fs.readFile);

/**
 * Parses input xml-file and return promise with json
 * @param {String} fileName
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function parse(fileName){
    var xmlFile = path.resolve(xmlDir, fileName);
    var parser = new Parser({
        mergeAttrs: true,
        explicitRoot: false,
        explicitArray: false
    });
    var parseXml = q.nbind(parser.parseString, parser);

    var deferred = q.defer();
    fs.readFile(xmlFile, function(err, data){
        if (err)
            deferred.reject(err);
        else
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    });

    var time = process.hrtime();
    return deferred.promise.then(parseXml).then(function(json){
        var diff = process.hrtime(time);
        console.log(fileName + ": %d", (diff[0] * 1e9 + diff[1])/1e9)
        return json;
    });
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        .then(function(rawJson){
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function parseItemizedArray(fileNames){
    return q.all(fileNames.map(parseRawItemizedJson));
}

function getAllData(){
    return q.spread(
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            "contracts",
            "districts",
            "facilities",
            "facilities_latlon",
            "info",
            "scope_of_works",
            "sequences",
            "subordinations",
            "subordinations_ovu",
            "type_of_works",
            "type_of_works_full"
        ]),
        function(){
            var result = {};
            for(var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++){
                result = extend(result, arguments[i]);
            }
            return result;
        });
}

module.exports = {
    getAllData: getAllData
};

From my client I make a call to "/api/data/all" and after short timeout (for debugging purposes) make GET-queries for 2 static files:

As you can see queries for static files hang auntil api-call completed. It seems that it's because of nodejs singlethread nature. Xml2js-processing of relatively big xml (~3mb) blocks processing of other queries. At least I think so at the moment. May be I'm doing it wrong way. So my question is how to process big files without freezing other client queries?


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2. M. Bowling, B. Browning, M. Veloso. "Plays as effective multiagent plans enabling opponent-adaptive play selection". ICAPS, pp 376-383, January 2004.
3. M. Bowling, B. Browning, A. Chang, M. Veloso. "Plays as Team Plans for Coordination and Adaptation". Issues in Designing Physical Agents for Dynamic Real-time Environments, August 2003.
4. J. Bruce, M. Bowling, B. Browning, M. Veloso. "Multi-robot team response to a multi-robot opponent team". IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp 2281-2286, January 2003.
5. B. Browning, M. Bowling, M. Veloso. "Improbability Filtering for Rejecting False Positives". IEEE, pp 3038--3043, May 2002.


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Chris Stapleton Has Announced His Wife Morgane Is Pregnant — Just 7 Months After Welcoming Twins!
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Country music star Chris Stapleton revealed on Friday, Nov. 2 that his wife, Morgane, is pregnant with their fifth child in the most epic announcement at Madison Square Garden in NYC. The exciting news comes just seven months after the "Parachute" singer's wife welcomed twins, making them a family-of-six.
"Some of you may know that we have four children," the musician said while onstage in front of thousands of fans. "We just had twins, about seven months ago. Now there's four for us, but we're gonna make it five!"
Thank you for all the love! We're so grateful to finally be home with our sweet family. We would like to say a special thank you to all the incredible nurses & doctors at Centennial Women's & Children's Hospital in Nashville. At more than a month early, we had a week long stay in the nicu & the incredible people there kept our boys healthy & happy. Words cannot express our gratitude for you all & what you did for our family. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! ♥♥
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Chris, 40, and Morgane are already the loving parents to three sons and one daughter — those whose names have not been revealed to the public for privacy reasons. The country duo met in 2003 and married in 2007, and we guess you can say the rest is history.
This is not the first time Chris announced that his wife was pregnant during a concert. Last year, the "Broken Halos" singer broadcasted to a crowd of fans at Starplex Pavillion in Dallas that he and his wife were expecting twins. "She's the mother of my two kids, and she's about to be the mother of two more," Chris said while onstage.
While speaking with reporters ahead of his CMA Fest performance in June, Chris revealed that he and Morgane were continually trying to adjust to the extra workload that the twins brought along, according to Taste of Country. "Well, you know, it's like a baby times two, so we sleep less than having one baby," Chris said at the time. "But we're doing great, they're doing great and you know, it's an amazing and wonderful thing."
Date night with this handsome cowboy 💘 #americanamusicawards
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Chris also admitted that having more hands on deck from their other two children was a blessing. "They're super helpful and kind and sweet to them, and I'm so proud of them," Chris added. "They're doing far better than I would have expected for the loss of attention that they have received in the last few months. So they're remarkable individuals."
It seems like the country power couple is certainly ready for their fifth baby after all the practice they've had with their four previous children. In the meantime, Chris is nominated for five categories at the upcoming CMA Awards on Nov. 14, and we certainly hope that the "Tennessee Whiskey" singer gives us more details on his expected little bundle of joy at the event.
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