Most of us are in the process of change. Change can elicit a variety of feelings, which can either prompt us to move forward or keep us feeling anxious and stuck. Whether our desired changes are "large" or "small," we may hesitate to implement them.
What have you always wanted to do, but are afraid of doing?
What would be the benefit of making your desired change?
What beliefs, ideas or feelings are holding you back from making the desired change?
What is the payoff for maintaining the status quo?
How would your life be different if you were make the desired change?
On a scale from 1 – 10, (10 is the highest), how committed are you to making this change?
What means of support, or other factors, do you need to have in place in order to make the desired change?
What is one step you could take this week to move forward?
If you would like support moving forward on your path, it would be my pleasure to speak with you.
Are you stuck in a grind? Tired of struggling, but not sure what to do? Then it's time to step outside of the box and try something new.
I am firm believer in listening to my intuition. In my personal life, and in my work as a healer and coach, I know that we all have access to the information we need when we are willing to step out of the box and listen.
Let's face it – change can be scary. It requires that we muster our courage and take a leap of faith. Wanting to know the results of our actions, before we take them, or requiring a guarantee can, (and does), limit our options and keeps us stuck. It's been true for me, at least temporarily, and is something we have all experienced. Despite our best intentions, it sometimes takes enormous pain before we're ready to move forward and take the steps that lead to change and sets us free. How long we're willing to wait is up to each of us. But there's one thing that's certain: doing the same thing, over and over again, will yield the same results.
Close your eyes and think of a stressful situation or something that's been troubling you. It may be a relationship, pressures at work, a financial dilemma or other situation. Then imagine that someone you look up to – a mentor, a teacher, a friend, or even a fictional character that you admire, is standing in front of you. Take a moment to connect, then ask them what advice they have for you. The information may come in the form of a short answer, an impression, a feeling or image. If it's your intuition speaking, it will feel certain and right and be non-judgmental. Make note of your answers. Then choose an action to implement that resonates with you and set a specific time frame in which you will do it. When complete, record your experience.
As always, I would love to hear about your experience.
Would you like to implement a change in your life? Email Theresa@reconnecting2you.com to schedule a Complimentary 30-minute Consultation. I would love to support you!
Wishing us all the courage to change the behaviors and patterns that do not nurture us, that we may have greater health, happiness and fulfillment.
On that note, if you live in New York, or plan to be in the area next Tuesday, please take a look in the Announcements section to learn about a free workshop I will be facilitating on Life Balance at the Leonard Branch Library in Brooklyn, NY. I would love to have you join me!
Just like everything on the earth needs water and sunshine to grow, so too do we need food that nourishes our souls that we may awaken to greater health, happiness and fulfillment.
Life can seem tedious and unsatisfying when filled with "to do's" and void of activities and ways of being that nurture us.
I have been focused on addressing health issues for the last several months and have decided I need more fun in order to restore a sense of harmony and balance to my own life. I love dancing and have committed to dancing to two Zydeco songs in my dining room every day for the next seven days.
If you feel a need for greater balance in your life, I invite you to choose an an activity that nurtures you – perhaps one that you've laid aside because you believed you haven't had time or energy to enjoy it. Then, make a commitment to spend whatever period of time feels right to you for at least three times during the next week. Notice any changes in how you feel emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally. Then, if it feels right to you, make it a habit or experiment with something new that pleases you.
Regain your sense of balance.
As always, would love to know how it goes!
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Have a dream you would like to pursue, but for some reason, have been holding back? Do you tell yourself you don't have the time, energy, resources or skills to attain your vision? Or aren't sure what your vision is?
Pursuing our dreams and goals enlivens us and creates joy and balance in our lives. When in alignment with our dreams, we feel energized, happy and fulfilled. On the contrary, when we neglect our dreams and heart's desires, we may feel tired, angry, lonely and frustrated, and cut ourselves off from the opportunities that are ours to enjoy and experience.
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Hmm….vulnerability. A topic we don't normally discuss or hear much about, except in the derogatory. Yet, it is a quality that makes us real, allows us to heal as we face our true feelings and fears, and moves us in to a deeper connection with ourselves, our loved ones, and with life. To read more and to listen to an inspiring talk on vulnerability by Brene Brown, see below.
For a little week-day inspiration, connect with me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Reconnecting2You , where I share weekly tips and tools, inspirational messages, and more. Be sure to click "Like" on the upper right hand corner of the page to receive the posts.
I just finished listening to a 20-minute TED talk by Brene Brown entitled "The Power of Vulnerability." (Click on the link below to listen).
When in fear, the last thing we want to feel is vulnerable. Yet, when our hearts are open, and we let go of judging ourselves and our concerns for how others may see us, vulnerability is the key that helps us muster the courage to swing wide the door, and beckons us to become more of who we are.
The experience must just surprise you.
I invite you to sit back, get comfortable, and listen to Brene's talk. I wold love to hear your thoughts.


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Louis-Bernard Bonjean est un jurisconsulte français né le  à Valence (Drôme) et exécuté le  à Paris.

Biographie

Issu d'une famille pauvre, il commença par donner des leçons de mathématiques, puis des répétitions de droit. Il est docteur en droit en 1830. Il prend part aux journées de juillet 1830 et perd un œil en combattant.  Il achète, en 1838, une charge d'avocat aux conseils du roi et à la Cour de cassation. Il est élu le 23 avril 1848 député de la Drôme à la Constituante et vote avec la droite. Il n'est toutefois pas réélu lors des élections législatives de 1849.

Il suit, à partir de 1849, la politique du prince-président, devient ministre de l'agriculture et du commerce du  au .

Il est nommé avocat général à la Cour de cassation (1852), sénateur (1855), président à la cour de Riom, puis président de la chambre des requêtes à la Cour de cassation (1865).

Il avait également été nommé, le 11 février 1852, président de la section de l'Intérieur du Conseil d'Etat.

Lors de l'insurrection de la Commune de Paris du , il remplit à titre provisoire les fonctions du premier président de la Cour de cassation ; en cette qualité il est arrêté, retenu comme otage, enfermé à la prison Mazas, et, après 64 jours passés au secret, fusillé, le , par ordre de la Commune de Paris.

Avec lui périssent en même temps, l'archevêque de Paris Georges Darboy, l'abbé Deguerry, curé de la Madeleine, et l'abbé Surat archidiacre de Notre-Dame et l'abbé Allard.

Le costume que portait Bonjean lorsqu'il a été mis à mort est conservé en l'état au palais Galliera, musée de la mode et du costume de Paris ;  encore porteur de nombreux orifices causés par les tirs d'armes à feu, il a été étudié sur le plan médico-légal (balistique et anthropologique) par Philippe Charlier.

Parmi ses nombreux écrits :
 une traduction des Institutes de Justinien ;
 un livre sur le Pouvoir temporel des Papes.

Il a collaboré au Corps diplomatique et à l'Encyclopédie des lois.

Il est le père du magistrat et philanthrope Georges Bonjean.

Son buste, réalisé par Eugène Sollier, se trouve dans une niche face au palier d'honneur de la Cour de cassation.

Bibliographie

 De la correspondance de Louis-Bernard Bonjean est conservée aux Archives nationales sous la cote 303AP. Elle est consultable sous forme de microfilms.
 Gaëtan Bernoville, La vie ardente du président Bonjean, éditions Alsatia .

Notes et références

Liens externes

Ministre de la Deuxième République
Ministre français de l'Agriculture
Ministre français du Commerce
Sénateur du Second Empire
Magistrat français du XIXe siècle
Personnalité du Second Empire
Député de la Drôme
Membre de l'Assemblée constituante de 1848
Naissance en décembre 1804
Naissance à Valence (Drôme)
Décès en mai 1871
Décès dans le 6e arrondissement de Paris
Décès à 66 ans
Personnalité politique française assassinée
Personne fusillée pendant les événements de la Commune

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Posted on November 16, 2016 by Urbana Daily Citizen
WL-S school board approves new treasurer
By Casey S. Elliott - [email protected]
WEST LIBERTY – West Liberty-Salem Local Schools approved a new treasurer Tuesday.
The school board approved hiring Chelsea Baldwin, effective July 1, 2017, to July 31, 2020. Her salary will be $75,941.60 per year and prorated for the first month of employment.
Baldwin is now the assistant treasurer, current Treasurer Steve Godwin said. She has been at the district for more than two years, he said.
Godwin is retiring, and his last day will be June 30, 2017. Godwin said in his retirement announcement that changes to the state's School Employees Retirement System encouraged him to retire sooner than he wanted. He said he wanted to stay until the completion of the current school building project.
•Approved mentors of the Resident Educator program and set payment for a year 1 or 2 Resident Educator at $500 per candidate mentored; $250 per candidate mentored for a year 3 or 4 Resident Educator.
•Approved Sophomore Class Advisors Cheryl Shank (50 percent) at Step 3 and Jodi Unger (50 percent) at Step 1 for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved Junior Class Advisors Molly Perdue (50 percent) at Step 1 and Andy Perdue (50 percent) at Step 0 for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved the renewal of Perry Pro Tech's 60-month lease for copier equipment, with each payment at $7,105 per month.
•Approved the Indoor Track and Field Team as an interscholastic, self-supported program at West Liberty-Salem for the 2016-17 winter season.
•Approved substitute food service workers for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved Bonnie Herron as a regular part-time (three hour) per day food service employee at Step 1 for the 2016-17 school year, beginning Nov. 14, 2016.
•Approved hiring MS Cheerleading Coach Erin Durand at Step 1, 1/2 Head Varsity Cheer Coach Taylor Levan at Step 0, and 1/2 Head Varsity Cheer Coach Emily Hess at Step 3, for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved Head MS Cross Country Coach Aaron Lauck at Step 3 for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved Seventh Grade MS Girls Basketball Coach Bruce Schlabach at Step 3 for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved Alycia Smith as a Saturday School monitor and to receive the Schoology/Office 365 Training Stipend in the amount of $50 for the 2016-17 school year.
•Approved setting the annual Tax Budget Hearing and Organizational Meeting for 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in the middle school/high school media center.
•Approved joining the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund and authorizing the treasurer to pay $250 to the fund.
•Approved and appropriated the OECN Public Schools Connectivity Grant for $3,600.
•Approved filling the vacant Assistant to the Treasurer position and authorized starting the process of posting, interviewing and hiring an individual.
•Approved the new depository agreement with Civista Bank for the term of Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2022.
By Casey S. Elliott
Casey S. Elliott may be reached at 937-652-1331 ext.1772 or on Twitter @UDCElliott.
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Community Collaboration is Key to Building Trust in Local Government
Embargoed until: 00:01 Friday 28 July, 2017
New guide showcases success of new approaches to local democratic engagement
A new report out today has found that councils and communities working together can meet the challenges of the future and sustain public trust in local government – but only if they commit to a more engaged and open way of working.
Community Collaboration: A councillor's guide is the result of a project between the LGiU and Local Trust to define and promote community collaboration and uncover the best examples of it in practice.
The report features 8 case studies from across England, and identifies how councillors can actively support resident-led projects by facilitating conversations, using their network and influence, and advocating within their local authority.
One example is Luton Arches, in Chatham, Kent, where local councillors see their role as helping to build local confidence, provide access to resources and win wider support. Luton Arches is one of 150 Big Local areas with £1m of long-term funding and a programme of training and support helping residents identify what matters most to them, and take action to change things for the better.
Councillors are currently working in difficult circumstances, contending with the impact of several years of budget cuts and the potential upheaval of the local government funding system. Similarly, communities are feeling the strain as the council services they rely upon are hollowed out. Now, more than ever, councillors need to take the bold step of moving decision-making out of town halls and into communities.
To do this, the report suggests, councillors should be prepared to take a backseat in projects, and offer advice and support rather than strong leadership. The Guide outlines the ways in which community collaboration can be a reviving force for local democracy and civic engagement and suggests that residents are the experts in their communities and that they hold the key to solving local problems – and councillors are uniquely placed to unlock that potential. A full copy of the Guide can be found here.
Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive, LGiU, said: "An essential component of local democracy is building strong connections between citizens and the institutions that represent them. By including residents in the conversations that affect their lives, local government builds trust and mutual respect. This has never been more important. At a time when trust in public institutions is at a low ebb, councils have a vital role to play in restating and rebuilding the social contract between citizens and their governments.
LGiU and Local Trust have been working together to find the best examples of this way of working. We have explored how councillors can actively support communities to lead their own projects by facilitating conversations, using their network and influence, and advocating within their local authority. We hope this guide will serve as an inspiration to others looking to involve and empower their citizens in new and exciting ways."
Matt Leach, Chief Executive, Local Trust, said: "At Local Trust, we've been delighted to partner with LGiU in inviting local government leaders to explore how to put more power in the hands of communities. Our experience of running Big Local, the largest current place-based investment programme in England, means that it's a conversation we're passionate about. We see this report as being a key tool for Big Local areas and local authorities looking to collaborate positively to deliver great outcomes for their communities."
The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) is a think tank and membership body with over 200 councils and other organisations subscribing to our networks. We work to strengthen local democracy and put citizens in control of their own lives, communities and local services. For more information, visit lgiu.org.
Local Trust runs the Big Local programme, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Big Local is a unique initiative that enables residents in 150 areas around England to make their area an even better place to live. With £1m of long-term funding committed to each area and a programme of training and support, residents of Big Local


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Dějiny - Teorie - Kritika (History - Theory - Criticism) is a specialised peer-reviewed journal dedicated to a critical assessment of historiography and its methods. It provides space for original studies, reviews, and discussions. It appears twice a year and is published by the Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University in Prague.
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In connection with Horský's contribution, Hroch investigates changes in Czech historiography's relation to the concept of general history since the 1960s, while highlighting the complicated relation between Czech national history and non-national or extranational history. The author presents six ways in which the genre of extranational history could be defined and stresses their demands, contributions, and possible weaknesses. He speaks of syntheses, monographic analyses, histories of international relations, historical treatment of so-called 'relational' subjects linked to national cultural, political, or economic histories, source-based studies which investigate partial subjects from the history of 'non-national' countries and regions based on new courses, as well as analyses and explanations of processes of social, economic, or cultural changes which took place in several countries, either synchronically or asynchronically. It is the last-named genre which Hroch believes to best correspond to the term 'general history' as Jan Horský understands it. He himself, however, prefers the term transnational or comparative history, history of transfer, or l'histoire croisée, and is critical of the term 'global history'. He emphasises the different nature of processes and changes which are investigated, and different forms of methodological questions raised by historians of general history. According to Hroch, work in general history is better suited to macroanalysis (although he does not reject microanalysis), its results rest to a large extent on knowledge gained not from source materials, and its investigations either do or should apply indirect methods. This kind of investigation heavily relies on results described in secondary literature and its quality depends on the quality of these materials. It searches for and combines relations, connections, and does not see the finding of hitherto unknown facts as its primary task. It is not limited by assumption of uniqueness of historical phenomena. It prefers analysis to narration.
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'Waking up White' conference comes to Maine
Robert Shimshock | Commentary Editor, Media Research Center
Monday, January 7, 2019 10:27 AM
A Maine school is slated to host "racial justice educator" Debby Irving, who will discuss her book Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host the author on Jan. 16, according to a university news release.
"When I finally came to understand the way racism worked," Irving said in the news release, "I spent a lot of time thinking about what might have enlightened me earlier. I decided it wouldn't have been an academic book, an essay, or a book from the perspective of a person of color - it would have been another white person describing their own awakening, with some humor, poignancy, and drama in the mix. What I needed was a memoir so irresistible that I would have read it even if racism weren't on my mind."
Irving's website features a ten-session discussion guide on the book, including sections with titles such as "Childhood in White" and "Twenty-Five Years of Tossing and Turning."
[RELATED: University of Denver hosts 'White Privilege Symposium']
Participants share their gender pronouns in the first session and address Irving's TEDx Talk. The guide states that "it's a lifelong process for white folks to unlearn racism" and describes "structural racism" as resembling "a smog that we can't help but breathe."
The author's discussion guide also cites an article from a site called BlackGirlDangerous, titled, "Donald Trump's Card: White Women," which contrasts the 53 percent of votes Trump received from white women with the four and 26 percent he obtained from black and Latina women, respectively.
"This support for Trump [from white women] represents a continuation of the ways in which white women internalize being placed on a pedestal, the okayness with certain kinds of gendered and sexual violences, and, of course, their deep investment in the white supremacy and racial entitlements implied and promised by his politics," author Zoe Samudzi states.
[RELATED: Calif. students learn 'construction of whiteness']
Irving's discussion guide also excerpts a list of statements from Waking Up White, indicating that statements in the left column represent "dominant white culture," whereas those on the right "can coincide with doing racial healing work."
Valuing facts constitutes "dominant white culture," whereas valuing emotion lines up with "racial healing work," according to the list. Irving also associates blaming others for disputes with "dominant white culture" and contrasts it with the introspection that "racial healing work" entails.
"Recent history has shown us that racial tensions still exist in this country and UMFK is committed to supporting constructive and inclusive conversations around any topic with our students, campus, and St. John Valley community," UMFK President John Short said in the news release. "Ms. Irving's community presentation is part of a larger set of campus workshops that will take place with faculty, staff and students throughout the day. We proudly host a global community on our campus and we look for any opportunity to broaden our scope of knowledge."
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Mrs Eastwood has been working hard with one of our students over the last few months planting bulbs in the raised beds in the garden. It is such a pleasure to walk through the garden and see the beautiful display of hyacinths, daffodils, primroses and pansies. The smell is just amazing! Next to sprout are a whole host of vegtables and herbs planted by one of our students. Mr Penrose and the Food Tech students will look forward to harvesting the crops and cooking up a feast!


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The Growth of a Game hosted its second camp of the 2019 camp season from March 23rd-24th with the Cologne Skills Camp, held in the North Rhine-Westphalia state in Germany. The event was the third skills camp that The Growth of a Game has hosted in Germany and it represented the 16th camp that the organization has hosted in Europe since it was founded.
The Growth of a Game is committed to facilitating the development of American football in Europe. In alignment to its primary mission, we organize camps all across Europe to provide quality training to players and coaches looking to improve their skill level.
Over 140 participants attended the first annual Cologne Skills Camp, including players and coaches from Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States. The camp focused on skill development for players 15 and over. In addition to player development, the coaching staff provided instruction to beginner and intermediate coaches in the form of on-field work.
The Cologne Skills Camp was led by several of the top coaches in Europe, including Timothy Speckman, offensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes in Germany; Wojciech Andrzejczak, head coach for the Remscheid Amboss in Germany; Tim Johnson, former NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens and Oakland Raiders; Justin Cox, head coach for the SHAPE Spartans in Belgium; Emmanuel Lewis, offensive coordinator for the Ingolstadt Dukes in Germany; Andreas Brökers, offensive line coach for the Belgian National Team; Keith Hill, quarterback for the Luzern Lions in Switzerland; and Tim Haver Droeze, wide receiver for the Düsseldorf Panther in Germany.
This camp was made possible by the contributions of various partners, including the Solingen Paladins, Battle Sports, Ceres Sports, Gear Pro-Tec, and Champro Sports.
For photos from the event, check out the Day 1 and Day 2 albums.
To view a list of upcoming skills camps, click here.


Condition Precedent – what, why, when and how ?
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Simply put a condition precedent is a contractual clause which provides that the contract or certain parts of the contract will only come in to force upon the happening of certain conditions.
Whilst most common in construction and insurance contracts, condition precedents are also present in other contracts, for example, in a loan agreement, a borrow may have to satisfy certain conditions such as obtaining property valuations or offering the lender a first charge before the lender is obliged to provide the funds and the borrower is able to drawdown.
In some cases a contract only comes into existence upon the happening of a condition precedent that is uncertain and they remain free to withdraw from the agreement until the condition is satisfied. It is however more usual for the parties to remain bound by the agreement even whilst the condition has not been satisfied and in these circumstances the parties are usually under an obligation not to do anything that could prevent the occurrence of the condition. There may even be an obligation to use reasonable efforts to ensure that the event occurs and failure to do so my result in a breach of the contract.
Condition precedent clauses are sometimes referred to as "contingent conditions". They impose no obligation to ensure absolutely that the events in question occur and should therefore be distinguished from promissory conditions which require either a party or both parties to guarantee a certain event.
Usually a condition precedent prevents a liability or further liability from arising until the condition is satisfied. It is important for both parties to understand the nature and consequences of the condition precedent. Failure to comply with the condition may prevent a party from exercising its rights and expose it to risk, for example, a clause that requires payment by a specific date.
Condition precedents have a far greater significance in insurance contracts. If the wording of the insurance contract provides for the avoidance of liability where a condition has not been satisfied it will automatically be deemed as a condition precedent.
Consider the following two clauses in an insurance contract: (i) the insured is required to give immediate notice to the insurer of any event which is likely to give rise to indemnity under the policy; and (later in the contract): (ii) the liability of the insurer is conditional upon the insured paying the insurance premium and observing the terms of the contract. This is a clear condition precedent clause and late notification to the insurance company could result in the claim being rejected. It should however be noted that the second clause, whilst purporting to apply to the whole contract, simply cannot apply to the whole contract (for the reasons outlined below), however it can apply to the first clause as the ability to investigate the claim is a genuine commercial consideration for the insurance company.
There are some important considerations when reviewing condition precedent clauses. The clause should be drafted with reference to the contract as a whole and must be clear and unequivocal; any ambiguity could render the clause unenforceable. Equally a contract cannot be drafted with a clause to say that the whole contract is conditional (in an attempt to limit liability) as this would clearly not be true of every clause. A contractual clause may not always spell out that it is a condition precedent and even where it does it may not be held to be a condition precedent.
Ideally a condition precedent should be stated in the contract to be a condition precedent, it should clearly explain how it is discharged and the consequences of any failure to comply.
Furthermore the parties to a contract should bear in mind that condition precedent clauses are ultimately "conditions". A condition on its own is an important term in a contract and one that is said to go "to the root of the contract". When a condition is broken the innocent party is entitled to terminate the contract and claim damages. Conditions are different from warranties, which when breached only allow the innocent party to make a claim for damages, and innominate terms which lie in between the two i.e. they may or may not entitle the innocent party to terminate in addition to claiming damages (depending on the seriousness of the breach).
Where a condition precedent is breached it can have severe consequences, particularly in insurance contracts as it could discharge the insurer from liability for the claim (and even allow for the termination of the policy).
Further information on condition precedent clauses is available from: http://www.boyesturner.com/news-article.html?id=1511 whilst their application in insurance contracts is available from The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters: http://www.cila.co.uk/files/Technical%20Bulletins/Technical%20Bulletin%2016%20-%20Policy%20Conditions.pdf.


The biennial conference Hydrogen + Fuel Cells, organised by the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA), was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre in June 2013 and comprised a trade fair and exhibition running concurrently with a number of thematic parallel speaker sessions. This year's conference theme of 'power, transportation & energy storage: an industry on the move' alludes to the impending commercial rollout of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), the increasing prominence of the concept of using hydrogen as an energy storage mechanism to support electricity grids, and the ongoing commercialisation of the fuel cell and hydrogen industry as a whole.
British Columbia's Minister of Environment, Mary Polak, opened the conference and welcomed delegates to the event. Minister Polak used her opening speech to say she believes we no longer have to choose between economic and environmental options – we can now have both, with fuel cells and hydrogen technologies beginning to compete on cost with incumbents. The Government of British Columbia believes the future is bright in this sector, but it will take stamina, belief and pride for it to stay on course to reach its goals.
The opening plenary shared the same overarching conference theme and began with Daryl Wilson, CEO of Hydrogenics and Chair of the CHFCA, presenting an overview of his company's latest power-to-gas developments. Power-to-gas (P2G), the energy storage principle of converting excess electricity into usable and storable hydrogen or methane gas via water electrolysis, can add flexibility to electricity grids, avoid energy wastage and provide true financial benefits to operators.
With electricity generally created on-demand, the electricity grid has no inherent storage capacity and this causes problems with an increasing penetration of renewables. Renewables are variable in nature – their outputs are controlled by natural forces and can only be constrained by grid operators. Above a 10% penetration of renewables begins to cause serious stability issues for electricity networks and it is at this level that Wilson believes electricity grid operators will become seriously interested in viable, large-scale storage solutions. Energy storage helps eliminate waste, both of energy and of investment in assets. Asset utilisation for renewables is far below that of conventional systems and full potential cannot be realised until suitable storage mechanisms are in place.
Wilson likens power-to-gas to a shock absorber for the electricity grid, providing dynamic response and the necessary capacity to cope with the variability in output of renewable electricity sources. Four main functions were identified: firstly, P2G has fast load following capability; secondly, P2G is flexible in terms of scale and location; thirdly, the capacity exists in the gas grid for energy storage on a seasonal scale; finally, P2G can turn renewables into dispatchable power plants, helping to maintain a balanced electricity grid. In terms of cost, Wilson proposes that capital expenditure for a 32 MW P2G plant would be in the region of $35 million.
Hydrogenics and partner E.ON are currently commissioning a 2 MW power-to-gas demonstration plant close to a windfarm in Falkenhagen; the plant recently successfully injected hydrogen into the gas grid for the first time. Of a total of nineteen P2G projects in Germany, Hydrogenics is involved in seven. At a technology level, Hydrogenics is in the process of engineering much larger plants, at the scale of 40 MW and beyond.
Air Liquide's Canadian Manager of Onsites & Hydrogen Energy, Bruno Forget, used his plenary slot to move the discussion onto transportation, both automotive and materials handling vehicles (MHV). Forget explained Air Liquide's new approach of creating global business hubs in key regions to tailor available technologies for localised needs; current hubs are in Paris, Frankfurt, Houston and Shanghai. Fuel cell bus deployment is one area in particular that Air Liquide would like to support with this more localised approach. The company also continues to actively target the European MHV market with its HyPulsion joint venture with Plug Power. This is the first in what Air Liquide hopes will be several partnerships with specific technology companies to leverage fuel cell and hydrogen opportunities.
Moving on to FCEV, Hyundai's Byung-Ki Ahn closed the first plenary with a history of his company's activities in fuel cell technology. Hyundai began development of fuel cell stacks in 2004 and now boasts durability of more than 200,000 km in vehicular tests. Its various development FCEV have undergone rigorous fire and impact testing, as a conventional vehicle would.
From 2006 and up until 2011, Hyundai had focussed on domestic deployment, putting 30 SUVs and four buses on the road in Korea. Between 2010 and 2013 it then demonstrated 100 FCEV in the Seoul and Ulsan areas. International demonstrations of its ix35 FCEV began in early 2011 and early commercial production of the vehicle began in early 2013 – up to 1,000 vehicles will be manufactured for lease between now and 2015. Scandinavia is a key early market and Hyundai has recently shipped fifteen vehicles to Denmark and two to Sweden. Ahn believes a 20–30% price premium above conventional vehicles is the most consumers will be happy to pay for an early FCEV.
Tristan Clark of Anglo American Platinum (AAP) introduced his company's plans to support the development of a methanol-powered fuel cell for use in rural African residences to form local mini-grids. AAP is working with Ballard to develop the systems and is hoping to have four on the ground in field trials from 2014. If these trials prove successful then hundreds of units could be deployed in 2015 as part of larger market trials. Full commercialisation could then deploy more than 7,000 units from 2016 with the possibility of developing the technology for export to other markets after 2018. The tipping point for economic viability of these systems is supplying power to residences more than 14 km from the electricity grid.
Mandy Mtyelwa, deputy Director for Hydrogen and Energy at the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) introduced the work of HySA, which comprises three centres of competence (CoC) developing home-growth hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The South African Government has identified hydrogen and fuel cell technology as having the potential to move the country from being a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based economy. HySA has been created to try and fulfil a DST target to produce 25% of the world's fuel cell catalysts by 2020. The three CoCs are focused on catalysis, systems, and infrastructure, and each involves strategic partners both locally and internationally. This R&D capability has been setup between 2008 and 2013 and the HySA project is now entering a technology demonstration and validation phase which will run until 2018. The government hopes that commercialisation of South African innovation in the field will commence from 2018 onwards. The government has spent a total of ZAR 450 million ($49.5 million) since the start of the project and has a budget of ZAR 74.8 million ($8.2 million) for FY 2013/2014.
Jón Björn Skúlason, from Icelandic New Energy, provided an overview of activities to date in his country. Iceland's first hydrogen refuelling station opened in 2003 and between 2008 and 2011 up to 30 fuel cell vehicles were in operation on the island. The Icelandic government had a goal to establish the country as the 'green valley of Europe', but the impact of the global financial crisis has meant that this plan has not been realised. However, the unique nature of Iceland's location and its 100% sales tax relief for zero-emission vehicles means it is likely to be a good early market for FCEV. Hydrogen carries no fuel tax (just VAT of 25.5%) and can be cost-competitive with conventional fuels at $13/kg. The vehicles can also compete on cost, even at up to twice the cost of a conventional vehicle, thanks to stringent excise duty and road taxation, both of which steadily increase in line with vehicular g CO2/km. Skúlason added that analysis has shown that nine hydrogen refuelling stations would initially be sufficient to cover the majority of the country's population.
Continuing the Scandinavian theme, Bjørn Simonsen, Secretary General for the Norwegian Hydrogen Forum, discussed the latest Norwegian developments. The country has already embraced electric vehicle technology and has a range of tax incentives in place to encourage adoption. Zero-emission vehicles pay only 10% of the road tax conventional vehicles do and are exempt from purchase tax, which typically doubles the price of vehicles in the country. For this reason, and similarly to Iceland, cost reduction for new zero-emission vehicle technologies is less of a barrier to market penetration than in other European countries. There are around 2.5 million vehicles registered in Norway and approximately 3.8% of all new car sales are now battery electric vehicles (BEV). Norway needs to reach 35% ZEV sales penetration by 2020 in order to meet its vehicle emissions target of 85g CO2/km. Further benefits for ZEV include free public parking, free ferry trips on public routes, the use of public transport lanes and a 50% value reduction before tax when used as company cars.
Six hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) are operating in the country, with local governments supporting and assisting with funding. HYOP is an independent company formed in 2012 by stakeholders in the Lillestrøm region to save the HRS constructed by state oil and gas company Statoil when it ended its involvement in hydrogen vehicle fuelling. HYOP's aim is to drive the nationwide development and operation of hydrogen infrastructure in Norway from the demonstration phase through to commercialisation. Ulf Hafseld, CEO of HYOP, believes that a market of 10,000 vehicles would require fifteen to twenty HRS and that generating fuel for these stations using electrolysis driven by the country's vast hydropower potential is a logical decision. Producing fuel for the same proposed fleet of 10,000 vehicles would use just 0.05% of the country's 145 TWh of hydropower production; for a fleet of one million vehicles it would be 5%.
The city of Cologne is Germany's fourth largest and is home to more than one million people, 500,000 cars and 10,000 buses. The HyCologne project is a platform for the initiation of hydrogen and fuel cell projects within the wider Cologne area, which is well-suited to such applications thanks to an abundance of hydrogen available as by-product from the industrial processes that are popular in the region. Public transport is popular in the city and fuel cell buses, although more expensive, are easier to obtain than demonstration FCEV, claims Boris Jermer, HyCologne's Project Manager; Cologne is home to a number of distinctive bendy fuel cell buses deployed under Phase 0 of the European CHIC project and a further two are expected to be delivered in 1Q 2014. Jermer says that buses present a better value proposition to station builders and gas suppliers, as one of the buses in operation in Cologne will use 25 kg H2/day – equivalent to roughly 75 FCEV refuellings.
The conference's dedicated automotive plenary opened with Daimler's Andreas Truckenbrodt discussing his company's history in the development of FCEV. It has taken the company nineteen years since launching its first prototype, the NECAR 1, to the launch of its current B-Class F-CELL pre-commercial demonstration vehicle – in the context of the global automotive industry this is swift progress and testament to the faith automakers have in the technology. Daimler is pursuing four routes on its cost reduction pathway: economies of scale; high volume manufacturing; industrialisation and supplier development; and technological advancement. The company expects advancements in all of these areas will allow for an affordable mass-market FCEV by 2017. Defining the term 'mass-market', Truckenbrodt said this equated to volumes of 100,000 vehicles over the product lifecycle.
Dr Andrea Sudik, Manager of Fuel Cell Stack Component Research at Ford Motor Company, reinforced the need for zero emission vehicles by reminding the audience that 20% of US CO2 emissions originate from the light duty vehicle sector. The mentality of consumers is changing: a survey conducted in 2011 found that 64% of consumers believe fuel economy is an important consideration when purchasing a vehicle, compared to previous results of only 44% in 2002. There is also an increasing trend for consumers to downsize purchases from the historically popular full-size pickups to smaller vehicles. Ford is collaborating with Daimler and Nissan at the Automotive Fuel Cell Collaboration (AFCC) but has no immediate-term plans to launch a commercial vehicle, unlike its partners. The company's sustainability roadmap sees first the further advancement of efficient internal combustion engines and hybrids, followed by further electrification and lightweighting, and then fuel cell drivetrains. Ford's development of fuel cell technology dates back to 1999, with its most substantive output to date being the field demonstration of 30 Ford Focus FCEV. Funded by the US DOE, the vehicles were deployed from 2005 onwards across the USA and Canada, Iceland and Germany. Long outliving the original programme, many of the vehicles remain in use today with some in continuous service for eight years; combined, the fleet has accrued more than 1.3 million miles on the road.
Toyota's Matt McLory reiterated his company's plans to launch an FCEV from 2015, but underscored the challenges that remain in terms of cost, weight reduction and durability. Challenges aside, progress has been impressive: the company has reduced the total cost for its FCEV to 1/10th of that of its 2008 FCHV-adv demonstration vehicle and is aiming to further reduce the cost, to 1/20th of the FCHV-adv, by launch. On top of the cost reductions, Toyota has also doubled stack power density and the fuel cell is now small enough to go under the seats of the car; furthermore, the number of hydrogen tanks has been reduced from four to two, reclaiming boot space. Range for the company's latest pre-commercial demonstrator, the 2012 FCV-R, is 434 miles under the JC08 drive cycle.
Like Daimler, Toyota will implement a multi-faceted approach to reduce costs including component reduction, the use of mass-produced parts, a reduction in material cost and improved production methods including automation and high-speed production. Toyota will launch FCEV in its domestic market of Japan first and is monitoring other regions to evaluate their levels of hydrogen infrastructure development.
Steve Ellis from Honda wrapped up the plenary by stating there is no silver bullet to achieving the emissions reduction targets set by his industry, but that a portfolio approach was necessary. In his opinion there is no question that vehicular electrification is needed in order to reach 2050 emissions targets. Despite this, consumers still want a gasoline-like retail experience and this is an area where hydrogen is advantageous, offering short refuelling times and long driving ranges.
Honda is developing a home hydrogen refuelling station which incorporates solar PV, allowing for totally zero-emission and independent driving. The company is also developing a vehicle-to-home power inverter system for emergency use. Using the system, which is small enough to be stored in the boot of an FCX Clarity, 9 kW of electricity could be provided for a period of six days if required. The system is currently being field trialled at a home in Kitakyushu, Japan.
The FCX Clarity is famous for its high-profile consumer lease programme in California and the state has been at the forefront of FCEV adoption for decades. The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) is an OEM-backed outreach project established in 1999 to promote the commercialisation of FCEV in California and coordinate the development of supporting infrastructure. Catherine Dunwoody, CaFCP's Executive Director, announced that funding has recently been secured for seven new HRS in the state to add to the nine existing ones; if everything goes to plan there should be more than 25 operational by the end of 2014. Government legislation to support the construction of HRS in California is currently under review. SB 11 would see $20 million a year allocated to HRS in FY 13/14, FY 14/15 and FY 15/16, and up to $20 million a year available until 2024, although Dunwoody states that funding would end after 100 stations. This level of governmental support for HRS is groundbreaking and the Senate Bill will be passed or declined in September.
The CaFCP is currently preparing a 'hydrogen network investment plan', which will be out later in the year and is a follow-on from the organisation's 2012 document 'A California Road Map', which contains strategy for infrastructure build-up and recommends an initial spread of 68 HRS in strategic locations to cater for the early introduction of FCEV from 2015. This recommendation was adopted in the Office of California Governor Edmund G. Brown's ZEV action plan, which mandates major metropolitan areas be 'ZEV ready' by 2015 and lays a roadmap towards putting 1.5 million ZEV on Californian roads by 2025.
ITM Power has recently secured a contract to build a 100 kg/day electrolyser station in California, which will provide totally renewable hydrogen at Hyundai's Chino proving facility. The station will be funded through the California Energy Commission and will be delivered in the first half of 2014.
Ports by nature are emissions hotspots and so are receiving increasing attention as a potential market for fuel cells. Within its mandate to ensure clean and safe transportation systems, Transport Canada (TC) is investigating the use of methanol-fuelled PEM fuel cells for auxiliary power on-board ships. It wants to replace diesel generators in this application, but has faced a number of obstacles along the way. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has restrictions on the use of low flashpoint fuels on vessels, which has ruled out the use of liquid hydrogen. TC is running a project that aims to demonstrate that methanol represents no greater risk than conventional fuels in this application.
The Port of Long Beach in California is the second busiest container port in the USA, moving around six million containers per year. It is situated adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles, so the two have joined forces to address air quality issues. This collaboration began in 2006 and the two ports have recently published their latest clean air action plan. The ports themselves identify, assess, and fund projects they believe can contribute to lower emissions and this has led to the introduction of some innovative projects. Fuel cells for materials handling operations are one obvious use within the port environment, but they are not the only cargo moving equipment that can benefit from fuel cells.
Total Transport Services Inc. (TTSI) is working with Vision Industries to bring hydrogen fuel cell powered drayage trucks to the ports – drayage is defined in the shipping industry as the transport of goods over short distances, and is a common activity at seaports. TTSI is purchasing 100 Tyrano Class 8 trucks from Vision and has funding from the US DOE to supply 24 trucks to the ports. Each truck uses two 16.5 kW Hydrogenics PEM fuel cells to power an electric motor that can provide 3,300 lb of torque. Hydrogen for the trucks is to be generated onsite using an existing Air Products natural gas reforming plant.
Hydrogenics is also developing a system to power rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes using fuel cells. RTG are a distinctive presence in ports and are used to move shipping containers between ship and shore. Using battery–fuel-cell hybrid systems to lift the crane and regenerative braking to control descent could be another zero-emissions solution for ports.
Power-to-gas has become an unavoidably important application for hydrogen technologies over the last few years; the demand for such a solution will grow quickly once the penetration of renewables on national electricity grids approaches and surpasses 10%, as Daryl Wilson explained in the conference's opening plenary. As well as working with E.ON on P2G in Europe, Hydrogenics is also working with Enbridge, Canada's largest gas distributor. Enbridge's David Teichroeb states that Canada has a gas storage capacity of 234 TWh, which equates to more than 40% of the country's electricity use – a vast potential store. Teichroeb describes power-to-gas as "exchanging the currency of energy." Enbridge and Hydrogenics are building a 1 MW P2G plant in Ontario, which Teichroeb states is not a demonstrator but a proper asset that Enbridge intends to use to its full. The project will be followed by a plant in the 5–10 MW scale and Enbridge is working to try and improve Canadian legislation on gas injection.
ITM Power recently won a competitive tender from the Thüga Group to install a 360 kW 150 kg H2/day electrolyser for a P2G project in Frankfurt; the unit should be operational later this year.
An emerging approach to P2G is the plasma gasification or cracking of natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon. Mike Oliver of Atlantic Hydrogen introduced his company's CarbonSaver technology, which uses microwaves to convert the hydrogen. Oliver claims hydrogen could be made for as little as $0.38/kg using current US natural gas prices and production scales of three tonnes per day. A similar approach is being promoted by Norway's GasPlas, although neither system has been commercially proven.
Power-to-gas is one of the key concepts discussed in Fuel Cell Today's recent full-length report, 'Water Electrolysis & Renewable Energy Systems'.
The market for large stationary fuel cells continues to be one of the most successful areas for commercial fuel cell deployments, and it was no surprise to see representatives of companies such as FuelCell Energy and ClearEdge Power presenting at the conference. FuelCell Energy's Vice President, Tony Leo, introduced the company's Direct FuelCell technology, which has an electrical efficiency of around 47% and a total efficiency of up to 80% when running in combined heat and power mode. The company is developing a 60 MW fuel cell 'power park' in Hwaseong, South Korea with its partner, local utility POSCO Energy. Electricity from the systems currently costs $0.14–0.15/kWh before subsidies. The average US electricity price ranges between $0.07–0.30/kWh, so the use of fuel cells is an appealing proposition in many areas regardless of potential operating subsidies. Capital costs are still high, however; FuelCell Energy systems currently cost around $3,000/kW, although volume manufacturing could decrease this to $2,000/kW.
ClearEdge Power is also now active in the large stationary fuel cell market following its acquisition of UTC Power earlier this year. ClearEdge sells 400 kW phosphoric acid fuel cell systems and has a number of projects running both in Korea and at home in the USA, one recent example of which is a supply contract with US telecommunications giant Verizon for fuel cells to co-power a variety of its US sites, including corporate offices, call centres and data centres. ClearEdge is targeting the US states with the highest electricity prices, as the higher the electricity price, the better the value proposition a fuel cell presents.
Ballard Power Systems is also active in the stationary fuel cell market, although its focus lies predominantly in fuel cells for telecoms backup power, marketing the ElectraGen product lines it acquired from IdaTech in summer 2012. Sales in the telecoms backup sector in Q1 2013 were up 400% year-on-year for Ballard. In November 2012 the company signed an agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the world's largest telecoms equipment manufacturers, making ElectraGen fuel cells a standard option in the ordering of new base stations. Several integrated systems are being tested for NTT DoCoMo in Japan, where the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has given the system statutory approval.
ElectraGen-ME systems are fuelled using a mixture of methanol and water and can provide power for long periods of time during grid outages, such as those experienced during natural disasters and extreme weather events. Hydrogen-fuelled versions are also available, though are proving to be less popular thanks to the ease of handling methanol.
The fuel cell industry as it stands is fragmented, remarked E4Tech's David Hart in the conference's closing plenary. There is limited commonality between technology types and some sub-industries and applications are far more developed than others. This fragmentation is unavoidable when addressing a technology with so many diverse uses, though the sharing of business expertise will help the industry as a whole and Hart recommends companies be open, nurture cross-industry relationships and exploit external expertise where they can. The fuel cell and hydrogen industry is undoubtedly now in a state of flux as it evolves from an R&D-driven industry to a commercially-driven one. We look forward to seeing what further changes the next year will bring.
Fuel Cell Today's own Dan Carter shared his thoughts on three developments the next five years will bring in the fuel cell sector. Continued technology improvement is to be expected, with advancements in materials and system design increasing performance and durability. Changes to manufacturing will also be necessary, moving away from hand-built prototypes and introducing standardised, mass-produced components, made in large volumes and on automated production lines. This will not only lower costs, but it will improve the quality and performance of fuel cells. Finally, we should begin to see for the first time a number of fuel cell companies emerging as profitable enterprises, as products prove their viability and commercial sales continue to grow.


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United States working to make US Business Visa process faster
US Business Visa ideas included Skype, eliminating paperwork
United States business leaders have expressed concern over how long US Business Visas are delayed as well as the number of restrictions they face when issuing them. At the President's Export Council this past weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the US Government's testing other methods for fast-tracking US Business Visa applications, such as conducting interviews over Skype or eliminating paper applications altogether.
"We are streamlining operations by eliminating paper applications, working to expedite visa appointments for business travelers," said Clinton.
Skype may not be a viable option for US Business Visas due to security
Clinton said, "We have tried some experiments to look for ways to do interviews over Skype. It doesn't meet our security needs."
"We train our consular officers to look at a visa applicant from a lot of different perspectives, and it's unfortunate that that's the world we find ourselves in. So, we're trying to do everything possible to keep our consular offices open longer, to try to provide more support," she said.
I think however that encryption will continue to improve and that Skype and other virtual mediums will become standard in the near future.
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Update: 21:00 Wednesday-----Camera icing has cleared and the snow is moving out-----nice to see the harbor again.
Most of the cameras are now ice covered and unable to see. There are small heaters in each one, however, as long as the snow falls and off-lake winds stay high, it will be difficult for the small camera heaters to melt the ice.
This is a classic winter storm for this time of year and once the skies clear, there should be some fantastic photo opportunities, either with the web cameras or out in the cold and snow.
By the weekend, there should be some cool views of ice covered boats arriving off Lake Superior.
I will turn the cameras back into place once the ice has melted off.
p.s. My wife won't let me use her hair blower to speed up the melting.
Seeing what I can see from other webcams, I don't think I would be out there trying to clear the cameras either. :) Stay safe and dry!
I was looking forward to seeing the waves crashing against the piers!!! That would be great to see!
Windshield wipers for the cameras?????
Oh man, wanted to see some good snow! Will check back tomorrow. Meantime, stay safe and enjoy the 'cup of coffee' I sent ya the other day.
Love the new stream from the museum. I was hoping to see the waves as well and could see them a little on Tuesday. But it's comforting to watch ships and actually hear them and the bridge communicate.
It sure is nice to be able to "see" again!


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@interface EndGameView () {
    __weak id <EndGameViewDelegate> _delegate;
}

@property (nonatomic, strong) UITextView *messageBox;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *bubbles;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIButton *button;

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *winners;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *players;
@property (nonatomic, weak) Player *myPlayer;

@end

@implementation EndGameView

- (instancetype)initWithMyPlayer:(Player *)myPlayer
                         players:(NSArray *)players
                        delegate:(id<EndGameViewDelegate>)delegate{
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        _delegate = delegate;

        _players = players.mutableCopy;
        _myPlayer = myPlayer;
        NSMutableArray *allPlayers = _players;
        _bubbles = [NSMutableArray array];
        [allPlayers insertObject:myPlayer atIndex:0];
        self.frame = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds;
        CGFloat width = self.frame.size.width;
        CGFloat height = self.frame.size.height;

        NSSortDescriptor *rankSorter = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"rank" ascending:YES];
        allPlayers = [allPlayers sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[rankSorter]].mutableCopy;

        for (NSInteger rank = 1; rank <= allPlayers.count; rank++) {
            NSPredicate *predicate =
                [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:^BOOL(id evaluatedObject, NSDictionary *bindings) {
                    Player *player = evaluatedObject;
                    return player.rank == rank;
                }];
            NSArray *currentRankPlayers = [allPlayers filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
            if (rank == 1) _winners = currentRankPlayers.copy;

            int i = 0;
            for (Player *player in currentRankPlayers) {
                //bubbles
                PlayerBubbleView *bubble = [[PlayerBubbleView alloc] initWithPlayer:player
                                                                         isMyPlayer:NO];
                player.bubbleView = bubble;

                //the more players, the smaller the bubbles
                if (rank == 1)
                    bubble.radius = _winners.count == 1 ? [EndGameView radiusForRank:1] : [EndGameView radiusForRank:2];
                else
                    bubble.radius = [EndGameView radiusForRank:rank];

                PlayerBubbleView *lastBubble = self.bubbles.lastObject;
                if(lastBubble) {
                    CGPoint center = lastBubble.center;
                    center.y += lastBubble.radius;
                    center.y += bubble.radius;
                    center.y += 20;
                    bubble.center = center;
                } else
                    bubble.center = CGPointMake(width/2, bubble.bounds.size.height/2 + 15);
                [self.bubbles addObject:bubble];
                [self addSubview:bubble];

                i++;
            }
        }

        //button
        _button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
        [_button setTitle:@"<< More Wars" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [_button.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:BIG_FONT size:18]];
        _button.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,200,20);
        CGPoint center = CGPointMake(width/2,height-_button.frame.size.height/2-50);
        _button.center = center;
        [self addSubview:_button];

        [self.button addTarget:self
                        action:@selector(returnToLobbyClicked)
              forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

        if (self.myPlayer.rank == 1)
            self.layer.contents = (id)[UIImage imageNamed:@"gamebg"].CGImage;
        else
            self.layer.contents = (id)[UIImage imageNamed:@"losescreen"].CGImage;

        //message box
        _messageBox = [[UITextView alloc] init];
        _messageBox.text = [self messageBoxTextWithWinners:_winners];
        _messageBox.backgroundColor = myPlayer.color;
        _messageBox.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
        _messageBox.textContainer.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
        _messageBox.font = [UIFont fontWithName:BIG_FONT size:15];
        _messageBox.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
        [_messageBox sizeToFit];
        _messageBox.center = CGPointMake(width/2,_button.frame.origin.y-10-_messageBox.frame.size.height);
        _messageBox.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
        [self addSubview:_messageBox];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)returnToLobbyClicked {
    NSLog(@"Leave to lobby: View");
    [_delegate leaveToLobby];
}

- (NSString *)messageBoxTextWithWinners:(NSArray *)winners {
    if (winners.count == self.players.count) {
        return @"Everyone is a winner! #yay";
    }

    NSString *str = @"";

    int i = 0;
    for (Player *player in winners) {
        NSString *name = [player.realName componentsSeparatedByString:@" "].firstObject;
        if (i == 0) {
            if (player == self.myPlayer)
                str = [str stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, you ",name]];
            else
                str = [str stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ ",name]];
        }
        else {
            str = [str stringByAppendingString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"and %@ ",name]];
        }
        i++;
    }

    str = [str stringByAppendingString:@"won!\n"];

    if ([winners indexOfObject:self.myPlayer] != NSNotFound)
        str = [str stringByAppendingString:@"Congratulations! 8)"];
    else
        str = [str stringByAppendingString:@"#getrekt"];

    return str;
}

+ (CGFloat)radiusForRank:(NSInteger)rank {
    switch(rank) {
        case 1:
            return 70;
        case 2:
            return 42;
        case 3:
            return 36;
        default:
            return 28;
    }
}

@end


Here's a clarification for those who watched Bill O'Reilly's excellent segment on left-wing smear-bloggers this evening. At one point, O'Reilly stated that a number of potential guests wouldn't do the segment with him due to fear of being harassed by leftist bloggers and their minions. And earlier today I said that I wasn't going to appear on the show as originally planned, due to a "change of direction" in the segment.
I wasn't one of those who turned down the appearance. I was rejected after an amicable interview with the producer. During the interview, I stated that many left-wing blogs I've read are deplorable and that I would be happy to describe on the air some of the harassment (e.g., obscene phone calls) we've been subjected to as a result of their smear campaigns. I also stated that I don't regard the smear blogs as particularly dangerous because they aren't taken seriously. Based on the interview, the show decided to use someone else (David Kline who turned out to be very informative) — a perfectly legitimate decision on its part.
Ian Schwartz has the video of the O'Reilly segment.


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Nancy Pelosi In New Documentary: "Am I A Bit*h?"
By Clayton Keirns December 13, 2022 Updated: December 13, 2022
According to a report from Politico, a new HBO documentary that will be released tonight on HBO shows Nancy Pelosi asking the camerawoman, "Am I a bit*h?" during a 2020 phone call with Mike Pence. This phone call centered around the Trump administration's 2020 policy during the c***d pandemic.
Here's the recap of the conversation from Politico's Playbook:
During an early 2020 congressional recess, in the heat of DONALD TRUMP's pandemic response, NANCY PELOSI listened from home as Vice President MIKE PENCE spoke on a teleconference. The speaker did the laundry and tidied the bed as Pence spoke. Her husband, PAUL PELOSI, made food in the kitchen.
"What is the point of this call?" her daughter, filmmaker ALEXANDRA PELOSI, asked, following her mom around with a video camera. "They're checking a box," Pelosi responded as she continued her chores.
Pelosi then unmuted herself, sarcastically declared "this has been a useful exchange" and went on to grill Pence on how the administration was tracking how the virus was spreading before signing off with a cheery "Happy Easter!"
She put herself back on mute and turned to her daughter: "Am I a bit*h?" she asked.
The documentary, by Pelosi's daughter Alexandra, is titled "Pelosi In The House." The HBO website describes it as "a candid, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the life of her mother and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, through her career milestones leading up to the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in January 2021. Filmed in a cinéma vérité style over the course of three decades, Pelosi in the House provides a unique, longitudinal window into the life of a longstanding Democratic politician and history in the making."
While 99.9% of all Republicans will find this documentary insufferable, we can all get behind Pelosi asking if she is a "bit*h." It proves just how little self-awareness she actually has.


Or of feathers blown away.
Nor Gorilla Glue, or staples–holding me in sway.
It's sturdy dreams I'm after—that will hold and not unhinge!
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Does God believe in collective punishment? That certainly seems to be the impression this week when God tells Moses, "Separate yourselves from this group and I will instantly annihilate them!" (Numbers 16:21). Perhaps God intends to kill only the guilty, but Moses understands otherwise, protesting, "O God, Source of all the breath of all flesh! When one man sins,will you be wrathful with the whole community?" (v. 22—JPS trans). The verb for being wrathful is תקצף; in the next chapter God will indeed unleash the "wrath" or קצף against the entire people, requiring an emergency intervention by Aaron to avoid the annihilation of Israel. As a beautiful Midrash in Tanhuma (Tzav) notes, Moses is to "take" קח Aaron, commanding him to "take" the incense—Aaron is exalted in order to rescue the people. In contrast, the "taking" of Korah ויקח was to exalt himself and to "take down" others. The challenges of religious leadership are on display here. God wants leaders who will exalt the people, not themselves. But in order to get to this lesson, God threatens repeatedly to destroy the people, challenging the leaders to act effectively as their defenders.
Looking back a week, we see a pattern. In Chapter 14, vs. 11-19, God responds to the people's panicked reaction to the report of the spies by threatening to wipe them all out and start with Moses as the father of a new nation. In that instance, Moses employs two arguments to talk God down from this threat. His first argument appeals to divine vanity—if you kill your people whom you so extravagantly rescued from Egypt, then "the nations who have heard Your fame will say, 'It must be because the Lord was powerless to bring that people into the land that He had promised them on oath that He slaughtered them in the wilderness.'" This argument also reminds God of the oath made to the ancestors. Yet Moses knows that God is justifiably enraged with the people, and so Moses introduces a second argument—let Your power become greater through the exercise of mercy.
It's a nifty move. The normal way for a king to demonstrate power is to punish those who have defied him. Moses points out that in this case, at least, such a reaction would make God look feeble, not powerful. The way to demonstrate divine power is not through violent retribution but through the extension of mercy. This argument works up to a point. God abandons the threat to kill them all, but devises a clever punishment that will affect the guilty—the desert generation—while sparing their innocent descendants.
Moses has learned that God is sensitive to appeals to justice and to protests against collective punishment. Indeed, Moses sounds this week much like Abraham defending the innocent people whom he assumes must live in Sodom and Gomorah. Abraham argues, "will the Judge of all the earth not act justly?" Initially it seems that Abraham's argument is spectacularly successful. God concedes that if fifty righteous people are found in Sodom, God will spare the entire city—including the guilty. Of course, we know how that story ends. And so perhaps this experience guides Moses to argue not for the sparing of everyone, but only of the innocent, and this becomes his winning argument.
Reflecting upon these stories, we must ask why it is that God repeatedly announces plans to exercise collective punishment, killing the righteous along with the wicked. Is this merely a test of the chosen leaders—Abraham and then Moses—to see if their theology is sound and their mettle is strong? Or perhaps, do the biblical authors want us to know something fundamental about God—that God's predilection is to act on a large scale, showering God's creatures with blessing and curse, depending on their collective virtue or vice, and that averting this collective wrath is the role of humanity?
This last observation brings us to a form of theodicy that is implicit in the Bible. God acts on the macro-level, giving blessings and curses based on the grand scale of history. Sometimes the result is that guilty people escape punishment through the merit of their generation. And sometimes innocent people will be swept up in the divine wrath, which is provoked by the evil prevalent in their times. When the innocent suffer or the guilty thrive it is because God acts on a large scale. However, God is not indifferent to the injustice that results from this "macro-theology." God trains religious leaders to scan the environment, to notice individual injustices, and to rise up in protest so that justice will prevail on the micro-scale as well.
In the biblical stories, the dialogue is between prophets like Abraham or Moses and God, but the lesson for us is clear enough. When we notice that something is out of whack in our time—that the wicked are escaping justice while the righteous suffer—then it is God's expectation that we too will rise in protest and act to restore justice. We can do this through religious gestures like prayer and study, but ultimately we also have to act on our convictions so that the tide can shift toward justice. We are living in times when the need for action is great. Looking at Moses, we must make his words our own—If one person sins, should wrath be upon all the people? And following his lead, we must act decisively to restore justice to an unjust world.
כבוד חכמים ינחלו אלו בני אהרן שנא' קח את אהרן ואת בניו אתו, למה נאמר כאן קח, א"ל הקב"ה למשה חייב אני לקיחה אלא קום אתה וגדלו בלקיחה שנאמר קח את אהרן, ואימתי לקח אהרן בשעה שיצא הקצף מלפני ה' לחבל שונאיהם של ישראל, כיון שראה משה אמר ליה מה אתה עומד קח את המחתה ותן עליה אש (במדבר יז) אמר ליה אהרן מרי משה להרגני אתה מבקש, בני מפני שהקריבו לפניו אש הדיוטות נשרפו שנאמ' (ויקרא י) ויקריבו לפני ה' אש זרה ותצא אש מלפני ה' ותאכל אותם, ולי אתה אומר קח את המחתה, בני הכניסו אש זרה ונשרפו ואני מוציא אש קדוש לחוץ ואיני מת ואיני נשרף, א"ל משה לך ועשה מהרה מה ששמעת עד שאתה עומד ומשיח הם מתים אלא עשה מהרה שנא' (במדבר יז) והולך מהרה אל העדה וכפר עליהם כי יצא הקצף, כיון ששמע אהרן כן אמר ואלו אני מת על ישראל איני כדאי, מיד ויקח אהרן כאשר דבר משה, לכך אמר הקב"ה למשה קח את אהרן גדלהו בלקיחה מה אהרן הציל את בני בלקיחה שנאמר (שם /במדבר י"ז/) קח את המחתה אף אתה גדלהו בלקיחה, לכך כתיב קח את אהרן.
This entry was posted in Divrei Torah on June 19, 2015 by Rabbi Danny Nevins.


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Q: Xampp-installation problems; ports not free and Apache not starting I tried installing xampp from the following site: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
I had problems installing. When the control panel runs, it shows green signal for MySql and Mercury only, and especially when I start Apache, it gives an Exception.
And at some point it says to disable UAC, but I guess that is not recommended in Windows, so what should I do?
And I also received an error which said "class not registered".
The following are the errors I receive when I start Apache:
11:27:40  [Apache]  Problem detected!
11:27:40  [Apache]  Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 1476!
11:27:40  [Apache]  Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
11:27:40  [Apache]  You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
11:27:40  [Apache]  or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a                 different port
11:27:40  [Apache]  Attempting to start Apache service...
12:04:47  [Apache]  Problem detected!
12:04:47  [Apache]  Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 1476!
12:04:47  [Apache]  Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:04:47  [Apache]  You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:04:47  [Apache]  or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a             different port
12:04:47  [Apache]  Problem detected!
12:04:47  [Apache]  Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 1476!
12:04:47  [Apache]  Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
12:04:47  [Apache]  You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
12:04:47  [Apache]  or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
12:04:47  [Apache]  Attempting to start Apache service...
12:04:52  [Apache]  Status change detected: running
12:04:53  [Apache]  Status change detected: stopped
12:04:53  [Apache]  Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
12:04:53  [Apache]  This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:04:53  [Apache]  improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
12:04:53  [Apache]  Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
12:04:53  [Apache]  the Windows Event Viewer for more clues

Where are these logs buttons? And from where to free the ports?. I don't use Skype so my port 80 is probably free. Please help.

A: I was able to fix this by disabling UAC control and restarted it. But then contrary to my expectation after enabling UAC again it is still working fine.

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Beatport DJ lets you DJ in your web browser: Tiesto hails "breakthrough" as Pete Tong calls it a "game changer"
( Computer Music, Future Music, emusician )
It's available to all Beatport LINK subscribers
(Image credit: Beatport)
We've long wondered about the potential for a streaming service that has DJing functionality built into it, and now it's arrived in the form of Beatport DJ.
Released today to all LINK subscribers, and soon to be offered on a standalone, entry-level subscription tier, this is a browser-based, MIDI-compatible platform that's designed for beginners who want to learn the basics of DJing and pros who want to be able to work on set creation wherever they go.
Beatport DJ enables you to browse millions of tracks, assemble playlists and audition music, and all from within your browser. There's no need to install or open any other software, so it can be used on any computer with an internet connection.
You get a two-deck setup with familiar DJing controls - filters, EQs, cue points, effects, tempo adjustment and looping - so that beginners can start mixing right away. There are tutorials, too, while the automix feature enables you to let the software do the hard work for you if you wish.
"Beatport DJ will build tremendous value across the entire LINK ecosystem and open up new discovery possibilities to DJs of any skill level," said Beatport Senior Vice President, Romain Pouillon.
"It will be beneficial to music creators and record labels as it fuels increased streaming royalties as well as accelerate the mass-adoption of our LINK subscription service which will also benefit our trusted DJ software and hardware partners. It is a one of a kind tool for inspiring a generation of new DJs who can start mixing right from their laptop's web browser on day one."
Beatport DJ also has the support of pro DJs; Pete Tong calls it a "game-changing product," and Tiesto has hailed it as a "breakthrough".
Find out more on the Beatport DJ website. You can currently trial the LINK service free for 30 days, after which charges will apply.
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How to Easily Recover Deleted Files from Memory Card?
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Many of friends have asked me is there any tool for recovering files from Memory card. Yes, there are lot of tools available in market recover files from sd/sdhc/sdxc memory cards. In this article I am going to discuss about a data recovery software which does the job at ease.
We use memory cards in Mobiles and Digital cameras to mainly store friends, family photos and videos. Taking regular backup of Memory card is advisable. But you forget transferring those photos to the computer, some other members of your family carelessly deleted the photos or formatted your memory card and there is no backup. If so, there is no time for you to regret. So how to handle a tough situation like this? For situations like this free data recovery software will be highly helpful.
What to do in that Situation?
Please follow this rule, "Never add data on the memory card you are about to recover from because this will overwrite the existing deleted files stored somewhere in the memory card".
A flash memory card (sometimes called a storage card) is a small storage device that uses nonvolatile semiconductor memory to store data on portable or remote computing devices. Such data includes text, pictures, audio and video.
Memory cards are used in digital cameras, handheld and mobile computers, cell phones, music players, video game consoles, and other electronics. It has high re-record-ability, power-free storage, small form factor, and rugged environmental specifications. And these are the cheapest digital storage available in the market. Files like photos stored in memory card might have been lost due to disoperation or unintentional actions.
In this article we will show you how to use memory card recovery software to easily get lost data back in memory cards. This tutorial can be also used to recover deleted files from external hard drive, USB flash drive, and some other storage devices.
Recover lost files, be they images, videos, songs, documents, emails or archive files, while getting support for filters, preview options and deep scan mode.
Free memory card data recovery software from EaseUS helps you to recover deleted or lost photos and videos.
One can do memory card format recovery with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition for you. All types of memory cards from Samsung, Integral, Sandisk, Kingston, PNY, Panasonic, Lexar, Verbatim, Sony, Fujifilm, etc can be recovered under Windows environment with this powerful free and easy recovery software.
Step 1. Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and select the file types you want to recover. Then click "Next" button to move to the next step.
Step 2. Select the memory card where you lost your data and click "Scan" button. Now the software will quickly scan the selected disk to find all your target files.
Step 3. After scan, you can preview all the listed recoverable files one by one and select out those you want. Then, click "Recover" button to get them back once. Here you should save all the recovered files on another disk to avoid data overwriting.
Watch the below video tutorial to recover data from formatted memory card with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.
To summarize one can easily recover lost or deleted files from not only memory card but from any storage device. Indeed, EaseUS is a must installed tool in everyone's PC.
wow awesome tricks..good job.keep it up..