It's March 14th, aka 3.14, aka short for mathematical ratio of a circle, aka pi (3.14159265359 and it goes on). What makes it most important this year is it is Rounded Pi Day, 03.14.16. Get it? This year we can round it up to four digits!
So in honor of Pi Day and all things with a circumference, I baked pie. Because what's round and sounds like pi? 😉 Ok, well, I made pie. I came across a delicious no-bake recipe of No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie from AllRecipes.com and decided to try it!
It's melt-in-your-mouth delicious!!! Especially for those whole love peanut butter AND chocolate.
1. Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together.
2. Mix in peanut butter and milk. Beat until smooth.
4. Spoon into two 9 inch graham cracker pie shells; cover, and freeze until firm. Should be frozen between 2 1/2 – 3 hours.
5. After pies are frozen, squeeze chocolate syrup in zig zag motion.
6. Grate some parts of the chocolate bar and sprinkle on pies.
7. Cut remaining chocolate pieces and add as topping.
The great thing about this recipe is you can also make it "low fat" by substituting ingredients with their light versions- light cream cheese, skim milk, light whipped topping and reduced fat peanut butter.
Unlike the infinite and complex pi number, this pie is so simple to make, so easy as pie!
Growing up in a Filipino family, my mother always made arroz caldo to soothe our sickness.
What exactly is arroz caldo? It is a type of congee (rice porridge) that originated from the Chinese, but officially named by the Spaniards as "Arroz Caldo" since the Filipino natives had a hard time pronouncing Chinese terminology. Anyway, mama's arroz caldo was easy to digest, keeping our tummy warm from the cold was the best medicine. Psychologically that must also be another reason why I hated and denied being sick because it made me miss her even more. Arroz Caldo was the closest thing to her being by my side again. I never learned her recipe, so as an adult, whenever I would get sick I'd seek the best arroz caldo in the island. So far, Thelma's Restaurant in Waipahu is the most comforting.
In a big pot, sauté garlic, onion, and ginger in oil. Add chicken and cook until lightly browned, add fish sauce and continue to cook for a few more minutes. Add rice, until lightly browned, then add water and bouillon cubes, and bring to a boil. Make sure to remove scum from rice that floats to the surface of the pot. Lower heat, continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender and rice is thickened and cooked. Serve immediately, as it tastes better hot. Garnish on top with sliced boiled egg, green onions and a hint of lemon or lemon juice.
Surprisingly, it turned out not-so-bad. Although I hope this comforts you in your not-so-good days as it did for me tonight.
Today, October 14, is National Dessert Day, which means if you haven't done so, CELEBRATE the day by treating yourself to all things SWEET!!!!! Cookies, cake, cupcakes, candies, ice cream- anything to your heart's desire darlings!
A flourless chocolate cake with a hot, molten center, served with raspberry coulis and vanilla ice cream.
ENJOY!!!! Have a sweet night!
Tonight, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend one of the most amazing events I have ever experienced, thanks to my sister, Natalie….
More photos later, but here is an idea of my outfit for the evening. Stripes & red- very Parisienne!


In cooperation with the Syrian Students Union, AIU launched a blood donation campaign. The campaign was attended by the Executive Office member Ms. Dareen Sulieman, students affairs manager, a few teachers, head and members of the Union branch at AIU and many students. The campaign received wide welcome and care by the Blood Center Administration.
The participants expressed their love and belonging to their Home confirming the desire to continue the march of learning.


Last year I joined Violet Darkling at a dinner hosted by one of her stockists My Flash Trash, where in front of me at the table was a display with these impressive Fossa Rings in. Whilst former models of these striking pieces were previously made of gold, which were far higher in price, this matte black rhodium ring with black spiniel eyes is a very impressive, and more affordable, piece. Although, being a lover of silver jewellery, the silver plated piece with the same black spiniel eyes makes a statement. As I have said in a previous post on jewellery that has caught my eye, I am seeing a big trend in animal headed pieces so I am sure you will see a lot more.
WOW! dats just awsme man.. where can i buy this in Middle east?


The options are endless with our new Tribe Tetris Ear Studs! Each 10k gold stud can feature any baguette birthstones of your choice. Prices begin at $590 depending on your choice of stones and includes one pair.
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If I had to offer up one major criticism of dividend growth investing it's that it can often take on too literal an interpretation. Don't get me wrong, paying special attention to stocks that have managed to increase their dividends in each year over the past ten, twenty or thirty plus years will lead you to a treasure trove full of amazing companies. But the downside is you can end up with huge opportunity costs that are totally unnecessary if you apply it too literally.
The most obvious example of this is when folks dump stocks from their portfolios because of dividend freezes. Of course it may be the case that a freeze is a harbinger of something really bad, but as a hard rule it's just far too rigid and short-termist. Take the experience of Hershey (NYSE: HSY) during the financial crisis for instance.
In the decade leading up to 2009 Hershey shareholders saw earnings per share rise from $1.05 to $2.17 (adjusting for one-time charges) and the dividend rise from $0.50 per share to $1.19 per share. The actual shareholder returns over this period would've been quite poor though as the start and end points coincide with periods of historically high and low valuations respectively. The January 1999 share price of $31 corresponded to a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 26.3 compared to a January 2009 price-to-earnings ratio of around 18.
Let's say you decide to part ways with Hershey in December of 2009. That's the month that the company paid out their fourth quarter dividend and was the date in which shareholders knew for certain that there wasn't going to be a raise that year. The state of play at that point was a $36 share price – which is only 16% above what it had been at the equivalent point in 1998 – and a frozen dividend to go with it. Oh, and it just so happened to coincide with the market turbulence from one of the worst financial crises in the modern economic period.
With that in mind you might be tempted to justify a decision to sell off Hershey stock at the point. If you were a dividend growth investor the freeze might well have been the kicker in persuading you to dump it and seek out pastures new. However in doing so you were effectively dumping the stock at around 18x annual earnings and with a 3.3% dividend yield. Doesn't sound particularly special does it? But there's a good reason why the average price-to-earnings ratio over the last couple of decades is around 21x earnings: Hershey stock at a fair price is a great long-term investment. Remember, whenever you see someone in the checkout line throwing down their dollars for a Hershey's bar or a packet of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups then about 10% of that purchase is flowing straight to Hershey's bottom line. It's about as solid a business a you're ever likely to come across.
Consider what shareholders who stayed with it experienced in the years since in terms of business performance and investment returns. They have gone from collecting a $1.19 per share dividend in 2009 to collecting $2.402 per share in 2016. Overall in the intervening period you saw a total of $12.078 per share paid out in cash dividends. In addition you've seen the chocolate profit machine go from pumping out earnings of $2.17 per share in 2009 to around $4.30 for 2016. Finally, you've seen the share price rise from $36 to $105.
There's another good reason why I said that Hershey stock at a fair price is a great investment. Check out the income side of things when you reinvest dividends. In 2009 you start off collecting $1.19 per share in dividends, and so for every 1,000 shares you own that works out as $1,190 in annual income. By the end of 2016 those 1,000 shares have morphed into 1,180 shares courtesy of automatic reinvestment, and the initial dividend of $1.19 per share has also grown by 10.5% a year to $2.402 per share by 2016. When you crunch the numbers that means your initial $119 in annual income would now be $2,830.44. That's equal to a pay rise of 13.15% a year since 2009. Not too shabby.
Let's go a step further and take the birds-eye view on Hershey stock since 1998 from an income perspective. If you start that period off with a block of 1,000 shares you'd have been looking at income of $500 in year one. Assuming you were reinvesting dividends along the way then by the time December 2009 rolls around (and you're getting an itchy finger hovering over the sell button) that share count has grown to 1,263 and the per share dividend to $1.19. The annual income would've therefore grown to $1,503.50 if you decide to stop reinvesting at that point.
Say that provides you with the motivation to stick with the stock and not sell up. Okay, management freeze the dividend and the stock price hasn't performed like you might want for a decade or so, but as far as the Hershey business is concerned the world is still spinning. Folks are still buying their Kisses, Kit Kats and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups at stores up and down the US, with ten cents of every dollar of those purchases heading straight to the company's bottom line.
Let's say 2017 arrives and it's the point you decide to enjoy the fruits of your investment. You're not going to sell up, but you're going to stop more dividend reinvestment. As of now you'd be looking at a share count of 1,490 and a dividend of $2.402 per share (for last year) pumping out annual income of around $3,579. In other words paying the long-game has given you 11.55% a year in deferred income growth since 1998.
This is why short-termism is a fool's game with blue chip stocks. When last year's takeover bid from Modelez International ultimately came to nothing there was a back and forth on Seeking Alpha with a commentator bemoaning the decision not to accept. His rationale was that the news sent the share price down and caused unnecessary losses for shareholders. This is a particularly poor way to view the situation for a couple of reasons, but one in particular stands out. It willfully ignores the years of compounding that lies ahead for Hershey shareholders. Would you rather take the instant gratification of a 15-20% rise, but lose out on a particularly great company for the long haul? Or would you rather hang on to it and check back in after a couple more decades of compounding? I'd take the latter every time.


This is the China Southern Boeing B737-800W for the excellent model by FSX AI Bureau (Base package available separately). Texture formats included are DXT5 for FSX, and DXT3 / 32Bit for FS9 - custom lightmap also included. Please select the FS9 textures if you are using FS2004/FS9!


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Full Release Details for Shout! Factory's Earthquake Collector's Edition Blu-ray
by Derek Anderson
DailyDead
The Big One tears through California in 1974's Earthquake, which is coming to Blu-ray like never before with a new Collector's Edition featuring both the theatrical and TV versions of the Charlton Heston-starring disaster film.
From the Press Release: Charlton Heston leads an all-star cast in an epic film about ordinary citizens who must come together in the face of an unstoppable natural disaster in Earthquake! This Academy Award-winning disaster epic will be released as a two-disc Collector's Edition Blu-ray May 21st, 2019 from Shout! Factory. Featuring both a new 2k scan of the theatrical cut and a new 2k scan reconstruction of the TV version that contains over twenty additional minutes of footage not seen in the theatrical cut, the release also contains a number of new bonus features, including a new interview with Brett Burt discussing Sensurround, a new featurette on the music of the film, and more!
See full article on DailyDead
Earthquake (1974)
Brett Burt
Ava Gardner (I)
George Kennedy (I)
Geneviève Bujold
Albert Whitlock (I)

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In 15 days, the lovers' party, a present or why not a shared moment? One night, a breakfast and a day the heart of a medieval city.
To renew your vows or to declare them, I advice you ;our B & B, the Villa du Roc Fleuri and the visit of the village of Tourrettes-sur-Loup.
Why our guest house, for its charm, its intimacy and its lifestyle "Home made". I advise you Tourrette-sur-Loup; for its city of arts, its city of the violet, its gorges of the wolf and its confectionery Florian.


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In complex analysis, Liouville's theorem, named after Joseph Liouville (although the theorem was first proven by Cauchy in 1844), states that every bounded entire function must be constant. That is, every holomorphic function  for which there exists a positive number  such that  for all  in  is constant. Equivalently, non-constant holomorphic functions on  have unbounded images.

The theorem is considerably improved by Picard's little theorem, which says that every entire function whose image omits two or more complex numbers must be constant.

Proof

This important theorem has several proofs.

A standard analytical proof uses the fact that holomorphic functions are analytic.

Another proof uses the mean value property of harmonic functions.

The proof can be adapted to the case where the harmonic function f is merely bounded above or below. See Harmonic function#Liouville's theorem.

Corollaries

Fundamental theorem of algebra
There is a short proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra based upon Liouville's theorem.

No entire function dominates another entire function
A consequence of the theorem is that "genuinely different" entire functions cannot dominate each other, i.e. if f and g are entire, and |f| ≤ |g| everywhere, then f = α·g for some complex number α. Consider that for g = 0 the theorem is trivial so we assume  Consider the function h = f/g. It is enough to prove that h can be extended to an entire function, in which case the result follows by Liouville's theorem. The holomorphy of h is clear except at points in g−1(0). But since h is bounded and all the zeroes of g are isolated, any singularities must be removable. Thus h can be extended to an entire bounded function which by Liouville's theorem implies it is constant.

If f is less than or equal to a scalar times its input, then it is linear
Suppose that f is entire and |f(z)| is less than or equal to M|z|, for M a positive real number. We can apply Cauchy's integral formula; we have that

where I is the value of the remaining integral. This shows that f′ is bounded and entire, so it must be constant, by Liouville's theorem. Integrating then shows that f is affine and then, by referring back to the original inequality, we have that the constant term is zero.

Non-constant elliptic functions cannot be defined on ℂ
The theorem can also be used to deduce that the domain of a non-constant elliptic function f cannot be  Suppose it was. Then, if a and b are two periods of f such that  is not real, consider the parallelogram P whose vertices are 0, a, b and a + b. Then the image of f is equal to f(P). Since f is continuous and P is compact, f(P) is also compact and, therefore, it is bounded. So, f is constant.

The fact that the domain of a non-constant elliptic function f can not be  is what Liouville actually proved, in 1847, using the theory of elliptic functions. In fact, it was Cauchy who proved Liouville's theorem.

Entire functions have dense images
If f is a non-constant entire function, then its image is dense in  This might seem to be a much stronger result than Liouville's theorem, but it is actually an easy corollary. If the image of f is not dense, then there is a complex number w and a real number r  > 0 such that the open disk centered at w with radius r has no element of the image of f. Define

Then g is a bounded entire function, since for all ,

So, g is constant, and therefore f is constant.

On compact Riemann surfaces
Any holomorphic function on a compact Riemann surface is necessarily constant.

Let  be holomorphic on a compact Riemann surface . By compactness, there is a point  where  attains its maximum. Then we can find a chart from a neighborhood of  to the unit disk  such that  is holomorphic on the unit disk and has a maximum at , so it is constant, by the maximum modulus principle.

Remarks

Let  be the one point compactification of the complex plane  In place of holomorphic functions defined on regions in , one can consider regions in  Viewed this way, the only possible singularity for entire functions, defined on  is the point . If an entire function  is bounded in a neighborhood of , then  is a removable singularity of , i.e.  cannot blow up or behave erratically at . In light of the power series expansion, it is not surprising that Liouville's theorem holds.

Similarly, if an entire function has a pole of order  at —that is, it grows in magnitude comparably to  in some neighborhood of —then  is a polynomial. This extended version of Liouville's theorem can be more precisely stated: if  for  sufficiently large, then  is a polynomial of degree at most . This can be proved as follows. Again take the Taylor series representation of ,

The argument used during the proof using Cauchy estimates shows that for all ,

So, if , then

Therefore, .

Liouville's theorem does not extend to the generalizations of complex numbers known as double numbers and dual numbers.

See also
 Mittag-Leffler's theorem

References

External links

Theorems in complex analysis
Articles containing proofs
holomorphic functions

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Acclaimed vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant was raised in Miami as the American-born daughter of a French school principal mother and a Haitian doctor father.
Her newest release, For One To Love, is her finest yet. It is an album of twelve songs, five written by Cécile, and seven standards that she is interpreting. The entire band's performance makes this album phenomenal. The group is made of Aaron Diehl on piano, Paul Sikivie on bass, and Lawrence Leathers on drums.
Gaïa is guitarist Lionel Loueke's fourth album. Loueke's albums continue to be remarkable—he is well known for combining African music with deep knowledge of harmony in jazz composition.


51 year old Kahlil Malik Tatum is a janitor at the homeless shelter that the family lives. While the police were searching for Relisha they found Tatum's wife, Andrea Denise Tatum, 51, at a Red Roof Inn in Prince George's County. She apparently had been beaten to death. They now have charges against Tatum for the murder of his wife.
Wheeler claims they had no idea this man could be so violent, saying that he was blind-sided by a man he thought he knew and trusted.
"Mr. Tatum had been helping us out (at the shelter). He'd been showing us the ropes, showing us around, telling us when the activity room closed and what programs they have going on. He's a good man, I never got no bad vibes or a salty taste in my mouth about him," said Wheeler. He says that he and Relisha's mother, Shamika trusted the man so much that they allowed the child to go home with him weeks ago and she hasn't been seen since.
USA Today reported that Relisha's aunt, Tiffany Young, (her mother's sister) expressed her thoughts about why her niece got mixed up in this mess to begin with. "You only know (Tatum) because you were in the shelter. You don't know his background, you don't know anything. He don't have no kids, so why is she going over there unsupervised? What is she going over there for," she asked.
Relisha is described as a black female that stands about 4 feet tall and she weighs about 70 to 80 pounds. She has black hair, brown eyes and a medium brown complexion.
Anyone that has any information on the whereabouts of Relisha Tenau Rudd to please contact the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099, Youth Investigations Division at 202-576-6768 or 911.
I hope this little girl is found alive. For the life of me I can not understand why anyone would let their daughter go with a 51 year old man alone like they did. I pray that he hasn't hurt this innocent child.
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I don't think you guys should hotlink from memecreator. 2/3 of the pics are broken.
If the "combobreak" one is not for you, then who is the other person who reciently combobreaks?
Is the second picture me??? Cause if it is, i will faint.
There's also 'SHET', if you include the recent ones.


Another history has been made as one of the great daughters of Igbere Ebiri Okomoko becomes a university registrar.
"Here comes the new Registrar of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. Another milestone history for the lgbere community as our dear sister Mrs. Jacinta Agu Ogwo assumes office as the Registrar of the great citadel of learning.
Join us congratulate her and wish her God's divine protect ,guide and grant her wisdom as she pilot the affairs of this exalted position. God bless Igbere' – Igbere Mirror wrote.
"The Registry is the heart of the University Administration from where administrative and academic service activities radiate into all arms of the University. It offers administrative and support services to Council, Joint Council/Senate, Senate, Administrative and Management Committees of the University as well as to other service departments such as the Bursary, Works Department, Physical Planning Unit, University Health Services, Internal Audit Unit, Academic Planning Unit, Legal Unit, Security Unit, University Library and the Offices of the Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors. The Registry, therefore, serves the operational goals and objectives of the University as enshrined in the Act establishing the University.
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Las Winiarski – wieś w Polsce, położona w województwie świętokrzyskim, w powiecie buskim, w gminie Busko-Zdrój.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa kieleckiego.

Przez wieś przechodzi  niebieski szlak turystyczny z Pińczowa do Wiślicy.

Integralne części wsi

Uzdrowiskowy Zakład Górniczy
W dniu 30 maja 2009 r. przekazano do eksploatacji Uzdrowiskowy Zakład Górniczy – Kopalnię "Las Winiarski". Ujęciu wód leczniczych nadano uroczyście imię "Zuzanna".

Odwiert "Las Winiarski I" znajduje się w miejscowości Las Winiarski – ok. 8 km na północny zachód od dzielnicy uzdrowiskowej Buska-Zdroju (w kierunku Pińczowa). Na przełomie lat 2005–2006 wykonano odwiert o głębokości 165,0 m celem poszukiwania i ewentualnego ujęcia wód leczniczych. Prace geologiczne przyniosły pozytywny efekt.
Woda została uznana za leczniczą rozporządzeniem Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 grudnia 2006 r. (Dz. U. 2006, nr 246, poz. 1790).

Pochodząca z odwiertu woda wykorzystywana jest do zabiegów leczniczych w obiektach sanatoryjnych w Busku-Zdroju, a dostarczana jest za pomocą sieci wodociągowej o długości ponad 11 km.

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I love giving advice. I have been at Cameron-Brooks for almost 18 years now, so I have lots of advice for military officers, our alumni and Cameron-Brooks team members. My oldest daughter is headed off to college next year. Question on how to fill out a college application? No problem. I read applications every day and I have lots of tips on that. Question on an academic major? I have advice for her on that, too. I want to help people succeed, so I naturally want to share my knowledge with them.
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This New York Giants mock draft will only include the first-two rounds, but what a first two-rounds it will be!
For the Giants to extract the most value out of their No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft, they must look to trade back with a quarterback needy team. The Buffalo Bills will fit the bill for this extraordinary scenario.
The Bills hold the 12th and 22nd overall pick, which will ultimately go to the Giants in addition to both their second rounders (53 and 56). This gives the Giants five picks in the first two rounds of the draft… If you don't see the value in that, you may need to check your glasses prescription.
We can debate on additional picks later, but for now, we are focusing on the first-two rounds.
At 12th overall, the Giants will look no further than Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. The Bama product is a monster in coverage and could potentially translate into a Pro Bowl caliber cornerback at the next level.
The guy can cover, blitz, and tackle violently. He's arguably the most talented defensive player in the draft and would immediately solidify the Giants' secondary for years to come. In conclusion, the Giants trade back and get the most NFL ready defender in the draft.
With the 22nd overall pick, the Giants trade back with the Patriots to the No. 31 overall pick. They collect their second round pick (No. 43) and take OSU quarterback Mason Rudolph.
WOW, that just took a turn. The Giants now have FOUR second round picks and a developmental first-round quality quarterback to compete with Davis Webb. Best case scenario, they both pan out and one of them is traded to a quarterback needy team. Remember, 2019 is a very bad year for quarterbacks.
For more on Rudolph, check out this informative article!
In the second round, the Giants address multiple positions of need. Right off the bat they grab Ohio States' Billy Price and address the offensive line. A technical center with guard potential and Pro Bowl upside.
At No. 43, the Giants take Auburn cornerback Carlton Davis. His outstanding size and length makes him an extreme value pick and provides youth at the cornerback position. The Giants' secondary is now stacked full of talent and prepared to take on the future.
With the No. 53 pick, GM Dave Gettleman takes Goergia running back Sony Michel. Michel is a tempered back with superb vision. He is capable of finding the holes and exposing them with speed and power. His frame is ideal for the NFL at 5-foot-11 and 220 pounds. He will immediately provide support for Wayne Gallman and begin developing into a workhorse back for 2019.
With the Giants' final pick in the second round (No. 56), they decide to look towards the defense line with USC edge rusher Rasheem Green.
Green is a talent waiting to be unleashed, as he's only a junior in college and 2017 was his first breakout season. At 6-foot-5, 275 pounds, Green is a menace, and with a bit of development he could be the perfect man to replace the departed Jason Pierre-Paul. He would fit perfectly in a 4-3 or 3-4 scheme, exactly what defensive coordinator James Bettcher is set to implement.
I think the Giants should trade Odell Beckham and the # 2 to Cleveland for their #1 and # 4 picks. Cleveland gets a top 3 quarterback pick and star receiver. The Giants get a quarterback and Barkley.


Successful insurance marketing can often rely as much on graphics as on words. Good graphics enhance any message. But what if you've got an appealing message, accompanied by poor visuals? Poor visuals put a greater burden on content, so if the message isn't well structured and compelling, the entire slide show, website or newsletter suffers. More importantly, good graphics can mean the difference between someone noticing your website, newsletter or ad—and your message getting through—and just bypassing it.
That's why any good insurance marketer needs to be aware of some design basics. Even if you leave the design details to others, you should know what works and what doesn't. Fortunately, there is a great resource available that's clear, straightforward and easy to read, "The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typography Principles for the Visual Novice," by Robin Williams.
Sameness may be okay for the words on the page of a book, but the elements of an ad, slideshow or website should be very different from each other, depending on the content. Contrast makes the page visually attractive. Williams says the key to this rule is making elements look very different from each other and not being wimpy about it. Wimpy creates conflict, not contrast. Contrast means pairing a thin line with a thick line, a graceful old-style font with a bold sans serif font, a cool color (like blue) with a warm color (like orange), a wide-spaced column with a narrow column.
Group related items close together. That means, for instance, on a business card don't put your address, phone numbers and city in all four corners of the card because you think this looks fancy. Think of people trying to read your contact information as their eyes wander all over the card: it would be confusing and annoying. By organizing your contact information into a single unit – for instance, below your name and company (another single unit) in the middle of the card – the card will communicate better visually and intellectually.
Text and graphics should not get splashed about anywhere there happens to be space on the page. Items may be grouped differently (according to the proximity principle) but they should all follow the same rules of alignment. On this page, for example, every element of this article – headline, dateline, social media buttons, text – are aligned along the same invisible left border. This creates one cohesive unit and tells the reader that all these elements belong together.
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These four principles of design from Robin Williams' book are one highlight of her book. I highly recommend the entire book.


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Virgin Trains strike action starts today...here's how it will hit services
The train firm has had to drastically slash services between North Wales and Chester to London
Owen HughesBusiness correspondent
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Strike action starts today on Virgin Trains services from North Wales and Chester to London.
The action comes after around 1800 train managers, on-board catering staff, and station, clerical and retail grades on the West Coast route voted in favour of strike in a dispute over pay.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) walk out today and then on December 22, and on January 5, 8, 26 and 29.
'Real' Crewe station hub key to North Wales benefiting from HS2
It means the usual timetable between North Wales and Chester to London has been wiped out.
Apart from the 04.48 Holyhead to London service and the return at 17.10, Virgin will not serve Chester and North Wales.
This means direct services from Holyhead at 05.51, 06.55, 08.55, 12.52, 13.58 are cancelled.
Direct trains from Chester to London every hour between 0735 and 2135 are also cancelled.
There is a replacement bus service between Chester and Crewe, and Arriva Trains Wales will accept tickets between Chester and North Wales stations.
Arriva Trains Wales said they will be laying on more trains, carriages and staff to try and carry passengers stricken by the Virgin Trains strike.
Phil Whittingham, Managing Director for Virgin Trains on the west coast, said: "We recommend that customers check the details of their train before setting off for the station.
"Services are likely to be busier than usual, so customers are strongly advised to book a seat and avoid peak times if they do not have a reservation."
Virgin Trains increasing seats on North Wales coast line
The contingency plans follow RMT's and TSSA's announcements that their leaderships have rejected a 3.2% pay deal first offered by Virgin Trains in April 2017.
Since then, in a bid to agree a deal, Virgin Trains has explored a 3.6% pay increase for 2017/18 backdated to April 2017, and a deal for the following year of RPI (Jan 2018) +0.2%.
Lack of ANY Sunday train service to North Wales' busiest resort come under attack
The offer has been rejected by the unions' leaderships which are insisting on a 4% increase for this year, followed by an increase the following year of RPI +0.25%.
Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA, said Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson should meet union leaders as a matter of urgency to help resolve the row.
Arriva Trains WON'T be running rail services in North Wales after 2018
RMT leader Mick Cash said: "All our members are demanding is a suitable and equal offer to that given to drivers to buy out their claim for a reduction in the base working week."
Here is the full list of services impacted:
One service each way per hour between London and Liverpool (normal timetable)
Two services each way per hour between London and Manchester via Stoke, not Crewe. Trains will not serve Wilmslow.
Two services each way per hour between London and the West Midlands.
One fast service each way per hour between London and Glasgow (normal timetable).
Apart from the 04.48 Holyhead to London service and the return at 17.10, we will not serve Chester and North Wales. There is a replacement bus service between Chester and Crewe, and Arriva Trains Wales will accept tickets between Chester and North Wales stations.
Trains will not serve Edinburgh which can be reached via other operators' services. Tickets will be valid on those operators.
More information can be found here: https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/strike
Arriva Trains Wales
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Gallery: New Year's celebrations across the UK in 2022
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Gallery: 2021 in pictures by Haydn Iball
Kiosks up for grabs for independent businesses on newly refurbished Colwyn Bay Pier
Colwyn BayConwy Council is looking to attract new vendors to offer food, drink, retail, arts and crafts


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Calderdale Road Climb 47
Posted on Mar 09, 2015 at 14:17 PM by andy.geall79
Dewsbury Road – Elland
This is one of two climbs that leave the east side on Elland, covering 0.9 miles with an average gradient of 6.5% and a maximum gradient of 12.2% The first part of the climb has a small fall before heading under the A629 and ramping up the hillside. The first uphill section is the toughest before road bends left and gradient decreases. Climb status hard (Red) and (Cat 4).
Hard – Red
Hard climbs will feature a constant level of difficulty or feature a technically difficult section. Climbs of this nature are likely to feature terrain with a gradient between 5 and 10%. This type of climb will really challenge new cyclists and require regular cyclists to increase their efforts to successfully complete this type of climb. The majority of the climbs in the Calderdale area are hard – Red.
Foxen Lane (Mill Bank)
This is another short but ultra-steep climb covering 0.5 miles and making up part of the annual Calderdale Mountain Bike Marathon that is held in October each year. This climb provides a good challenge for mountain bikers linking bridleways or road cyclists enjoying the quiet roads of Mill Bank. This climb starts with a steady gradient until you reach half way and you're faced with a wall of tarmac with an average gradient of 8.9% and a maximum of 17.3%. The climb eases off as the road turns right however it is still no means easy until you reach the top. Climb status very hard (Double Black).
Very Hard – Double Black
A Very Hard – Double Black climb will feature super technical difficulty and really challenge amateur and profession cyclists alike. Climbs of this nature are likely to have an average gradient over 10% and sections over 15% gradient make these climbs seriously tough. Calderdale has a number of road and mountain bike climbs that sit in this category.
Butterworth Lane (Triangle)
Butterworth Lane is one of the shortest and toughest climbs in the area branching off the A58 above Sowerby Bridge. The climb only covers 0.3 miles with an average gradient of 10.3% and a maximum gradient of 13.4% making the severity of the hill pretty consistent throughout. Climb status very hard (Black).
Boggart Lane to Norland
Boggart Lane makes up part of National Cycle Network Route 68 that travels from Scammonden to Long Causeway above Blackshaw Head. This climb sits in the steep or super steep category with an average gradient of 10.6% and a maximum of 15.6% the legs are working hard to clear this climb in one. The road narrows in parts and has a number of blind bends however traffic use is relatively low. This climbs is a tough challenge that provides a great link from Sowerby Bridge Town to Norland and the roads beyond. Climb status very hard (Double Black) and (Cat 4).
Posted on Mar 09, 2015 at 11:24 AM by andy.geall79
Halifax Rd to Ridehalgh Lane
This is a short but tough climb that starts in Lancashire and works its way up to the Calderdale boundary. The first thing you tend to notice about this climb is the sheer drop to the left and the narrowness of the road. The surface even on dry days is often wet from running water off the hillside and loose stones washed down by the water are not uncommon. This climb is 0.7 miles long with an average gradient of 8.6% and a maximum of 14.1%. Climb status very hard (Black) and (Cat 4).
Widdop Rd to Ridehalgh Lane
This is a fantastic bit of road for those who love rural cycling; if you have made it to this point by bike you will have probably conquered a few local climbs already. Covering 3.5 miles this climb passes the unique Packhorse Inn and Widdop Reservoir before turning into singletrack road and nothing but open moorland. The average gradient of this climb is only 2.8% although the 10.3% maximum gradient provides a challenge. Climb status hard (Red) and (Cat 4).
Cross Stone Rd to Broad Lane (Todmorden)
This 2nd instalment of the Cross Stone climbs follows the same road as climb (40. Cross Stone Rd (Todmorden) for the first 0.4 miles before turning left onto Hey Head Lane. This climb is tougher than climb 40 covering 1.6 miles with an average gradient of 10.2% and a maximum gradient of 15.2%. The simple fact on this climb is there are no places to rest if you plan to complete it without stopping. Climb status very hard (Double Black) and (Cat 3).
A Very Hard – Double Black climb will feature super technical difficulty and really challenge amateur and profession cyclists alike. Climbs of this nature are likely to have an average gradient over 10% and sections over 15% gradient make these climbs seriously this category.
Cross Stone Rd (Todmorden)
This climb basically consists of a really steep start, just short of a mile of almost flat terrain to recover and a really steep finish. The climb covers 1.7 miles with an average gradient of 6.7% and a maximum of 15.4%. Points of interest at the summit include Great Rock and views across the valley of Stoodley Pike. This climb will test even the strongest road cyclists earning a climb status of very hard (Double Black) and (Cat 3).
Carr Rd to Tower Causeway (Cornholme)
This is another instalment of the climbs from Cornholme in the Upper Calder Valley, covering 0.9 miles with an average gradient of 7.8% and a maximum gradient of 13.4%. The climb follows singletrack road and is almost traffic free as the tarmac weaves up to Tower Causeway. For many cyclists this provides a link to Bacup Road or Hilly alternative route to Todmorden or Walsden. Climb status hard (Red) and (Cat 4).
Pudsey Rd & Shore New Rd (Cornholme)
This climb provides a direct link from the A646 at Cornholme to Long Causeway (Climbs 36 and 37). Not only is this a great link its one of the toughest climbs in Calderdale with an average gradient of 10% and a leg burning maximum gradient of 18.9%. This climb covers 1.2 miles and has very few resting points as it is steep or really steep. Climb status very hard (Double Black) and (Cat 3).
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T his past weekend had me and my family attend two weddings – a dear friend on Friday and my niece's on Saturday.
Back to back weddings require comfortable shoes – if you plan on dancing – which I did mostly at my niece's wedding.
If you have a strong stomach – and I mean muscle wise – it also helps. I laughed so much with my extended family. They are a pretty fun bunch.
Each wedding was lovely! Cameron and Andrea were the sweetest couple.
Attending these weddings brought up memories of my two kids' nuptials.
We all agreed – never tell the bride any negative information.
Flowers are wrong? Not a problem re-distribute them.
Cake is in a precarious way to travel? We had plan B thanks to great friends and a willing daughter (not the bride) who knew how to keep all calm in a semi-crisis.
Toilet is overflowing? Again, thanks to a great friend who was handy with a plunger – disaster was avoided.
None of these stories were told until after the weddings.
Here's a tidbit of advice for brides. None of us know that your vision/plans were thwarted/changed. You are the only one that knows. So don't worry if something goes awry – just enjoy your day.
The way I see it, I was texting Dakotah on Monday telling her how much fun we had and how beautiful everything was. She commented that it went by so fast that she was still trying to register it.
I assured her that bits and pieces will start coming up. She's looking forward to her photos – especially the ones on the dance floor. Me, too, Dakotah – ME TOO!


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Locker Room opening at the Athletic Centre
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Bruce Kidd on right
William Dean and ? Matthews look over the Economic Atlas of Ontario?
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
The King and Queen leaving Hart House.
Soldiers Tower - Armistice Day Service, Nov. 11 1935 during the two minute silence
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Flowers in front of memorial tablets, Nov. 11, 1930
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James Till with Princess Margaret who visited the Princess Margaret Hospital in 1967.
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Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of Toronto June 9 2004
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Dr. Ernest McCulloch being congratulated by Chancellor Vivienne Poy upon received an Honorary Degree from the University of Toronto June 9 2004
Colleague, James Till and President Naylor are seen to the left..
Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch at Convocation where they received an Honorary Degree, June 9 2004
Convocation officials, June 9, 2004. Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch are seated on either side of Chancellor Vivienne Poy.
Till and McCulloch had just been awarded an Honorary Degree.
Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch.
Photograph taken in Princess Margaret Hospital on the occasion of receiving the Albert Lasker Award, 2005.
Jack Cairns and Pauline McGibbon at the sod-turning ceremony for the John P. Robarts Research Library
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O.D. Vaughan, Chairman of the Board of Governors, with John P. Robarts
Reception to celebrate the naming of the new Humanities and Social Science Research Library as the John P. Robarts Research Library, in honour of Mr. Robarts who had resigned as Premier of Ontario three months earlier.
Dedication of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Sod Turning Ceremony for Robarts Library
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Left to right: Kay Wales, Alice Moulton, Maureen Hutchinson
Russian mathematician, Vladimir Arnold with wife Elya at the ceremony to receive a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree from the University of Toronto, June 1997
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Russian mathematician, Vladimir with Miles Reed at the ceremony to receive a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree from the University of Toronto, June 1997
Russian mathematician, Vladimir Arnold in procession at the ceremony to receive a Doctor Honoris Causa Degree from the University of Toronto, June 1997
Soldiers' Tower - Dedication of Carillon, Oct. 9 1927
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Candlelight vigil for the Montreal Ecole Polytechnique massacre, organized by the University of Toronto Women's centre


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Foreign Policy Thoughts Inspired by The Arbitral Tribunal on The South China Sea Case
Paul Tung
Lately there has been a lot of media coverage on the arbitration case initiated by the Philippines against China for disputes in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. In addition, the military maneuvers by the U.S. and China in that area have been intensified. Threats and counter threats were traded between these two great powers. The U.S. dispatched two aircraft carrier groups consisting of ten U.S. naval ships to the area prior to July 12, 2016, the date of the announcement of the final award by the Arbitral Tribunal. China conducted a series of military exercises in the northwestern part of the South China Sea between July 5th and July 11th right before the ruling by the Arbitral Tribunal was made. Incidents could result from any small mistakes in actions or miscalculations by either side of these military maneuvers. Fortunately these things did not happen. As the US is not one of the claimants in the dispute and had declined to ratify UNCLOS (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), one can't help but wonder why the Obama administration is so eager to get involved in the South China Sea, more so than the claiming party, in this case, the Philippines? Do we have other unspoken motives?
These questions led me to look into the bigger issues concerning our foreign policy. Before we delve into that, let's first examine the Arbitral Tribunal matter in some details.
Who Conducted the Arbitration?
The case as reported by the media goes like this:
The Philippines submitted its case to an "international court" about the disputed islands against China in the South China Sea in 2013. This "court" went through the process of selecting judges, etc., and finally disclosed its final award on July 12, 2016. The contents of the award are completely in favor of the Philippines.
In order to understand the case, at least in a cursory manner, one must know what this "international court" is. Is this so-called international court the UN International Court of Justice, or at least part of or directly related to it, as many in the media led us to believe?
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a division of the United Nations that settles the legal disputes submitted by the UN member nations. It is located in the Peace Palace in The Hague. In the same building there is also another organization called Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The relationship among these two organizations and the Arbitral Tribunal which handled the South China Sea Arbitration case is described unambiguously on the official website of ICJ:
(http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/index.php)
"The International Court of Justice (ICJ) wishes to draw the attention of the media and the public to the fact that the Award in the South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines v. The People's Republic of China) was issued by an Arbitral Tribunal acting with the secretarial assistance of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The relevant information can be found on the PCA's website (www.pca-cpa.org). The ICJ, which is a totally distinct institution, has had no involvement in the above mentioned case and, for that reason, there is no information about it on the ICJ's website."
The secretarial assistance from PCA mentioned in the statement above is described on the PCA website:
"In July 2013, the Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration appointed the PCA to serve as Registry for the proceedings. The Tribunal's Rules of Procedure provide that the PCA shall 'maintain an archive of the arbitral proceedings and provide appropriate registry services as directed by the Arbitral Tribunal.' Such services include assisting with the identification and appointment of experts; publishing information about the arbitration and issuing press releases; organizing the hearings at the Peace Palace in The Hague; and the financial management of the case, which involves holding a deposit for expenses in the arbitration, such as to pay arbitrator fees, experts, technical support, court reporters etc. The Registry also serves as the channel of communications amongst the Parties and the Tribunal and observer States."
(https://pca-cpa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2016/07/PH-CN-20160712-Press-Release-No-11-English.pdf)
From these two statements, we can draw the following conclusions:
1) The ruling did not come from the ICJ but from the Arbitral Tribunal with the secretarial assistance from PCA. Neither organization is associated with the ICJ and they are not part of UN institutions.
2) PCA is not a court but an administrative organization for arbitral tribunals.
How Was the Arbitral Tribunal Formed and Who Foot the Bill?
When the Philippines submitted the original dispute for arbitration in 2013, five arbitrators were chosen for the Arbitral Tribunal. Out of the five, one was recommended by the Philippines and the other four was chosen by the then president of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Hamburg, Germany, Judge Shunji Yanai of Japan. The fairness of the panel has been called into question as none of the five judges – one African and four Europeans, have in-depth knowledge of the South China Sea and Judge Yanai was once Japanese Prime Minister Abe's advisor on his plan to amend the Japanese Peace Constitution to allow Japan to embark on military actions overseas.
The expenses of the arbitration including the arbitrators' remuneration as reported by the Wall Street Journal were covered completely by the Philippines, as China refused to participate in the proceeding.
(http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/07/13/beijing-lashes-out-at-south-china-sea-tribunal-and-the-people-on-it/)
The Western Media and the US Role
When the US and some other Western media outlets such as CNN, New York Times, BBC News and The National Interest reported the news relating to this case, they always phrased their reports in such a way to mislead the readers to think that the judgment or award was from the ICJ in The Hague, or PCA in The Hague. The fact is they were from this ad hoc Arbitral Tribunal, not from ICJ or PCA. What are the objectives of these misleading reports? It looks that they all try to make the "ruling" more authoritative than it actual is.
The misleading news reporting on the arbitration and the tremendous efforts on the part of US taking side with the Philippines against China led me to wonder what is the real story behind this case? Is it merely for a few small islands in the South China Sea or are there bigger issues involved?
In my view, all these maneuvers stem from the Obama administration's "pivot to Asia" and the "rebalancing Asia" strategy. Many people argue for that policy emphasizing the importance of the US presence in the South China Sea to maintain "freedom of navigation" and to prevent the dominance of China in that region. But as a concerned U.S. citizen, I want to ask our government this question, at what price are we willing to pay for sending our troops to that part of the world (the cost of operating the two carrier groups in South China Sea is roughly $10 million per day). Why our foreign policy is always geared towards maintaining the US military dominance all over the world? Instead of going into wars with other nations, why can't we cooperate with them to share the limited world resources and build a more peaceful world? I fear the huge presence of the US military in the South China Sea might create disasters in Asia similar to what happened in the Middle East and Central Asia since 9/11. What do we ordinary Americans, asides from the military-industrial complex, have to gain from such adventures? Do we want to create more terrorists coming to this country in the coming years? The money we save from not provoking unnecessary wars can be put to better use back home, such as modernizing our outdated and dilapidating infrastructures.
The time has come for us to redirect our foreign policy towards true multilateralism where we work with other nations without resort to coercion and dominance. This is the only way we can regain the moral high ground in the eyes of the people in the world.
佟秉宇,Paul Tung, 1964台大機械系畢業,1971年 UCLA 材料工程博士,1986赴大陸創業,2013年退休回美,現任中美論壇社務委員。
Yu-Ping Cheng
Very nice and informational. It tells how the opinions of the world can be manipulated by those who put up money to form a kangaroo court until the moment when facts are revealed by your article. Now, all we need is to have more people reading it.
In a nuclear detente world, media power is important. The arbitration court is a tool for generating media ammunition. The verdict of media war on SCS is not out yet but it is not going to be decided by this phone court.


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Learn about developing your faculty to implement the High Value, Cost-conscious Care Curriculum.


Ever wonder why it feels so damn good to have your feet on the earth? The sand between your toes and the grass tickling your soles?
Or why is it you feel such immense peace and happiness to be surrounded completely by nature, outside of the concrete jungle that most of us live in? We all crave that time of year that we get to go on holiday, to completely disconnect and lay by the ocean and walk among the trees.
Yep, most of us are in desperate need of grounding. We become so disconnected to the Earth from which we came that our Root Chakra can't even find the earth beneath us to ground into. When this happens, we get that that stressful, anxious or depressed feeling you may be familiar with.
Before you think its all woo woo, let's do the science part first.
The earth is charged with negative ions and the world we live in today is primarily charged with positive ions (think living on electronics, wifi, and the concrete jungle).
Positive ions are also increased around the full moon period which explains the hyped energy and erratic thoughts during that time, but we are exposing ourselves to this every day!
If we don't balance ourselves and reconnect with nature, we become disconnected from the present moment, the earth, life and ultimately ourselves.
Grounding is the function of the Muladhara, the first chakra located at the very base of the spine. It is our sense of belonging, of being here and now, always supported, safe and provided for.
Our Mother Earth offers us this foundation and nurturing if only we would get outside and soak in nature. Most of us are so caught up in our minds, feeding this anxiety and craziness by planning ahead, seeking this illusion of control and security instead of just being and allowing life to flow from the present moment.
To just 'be' is to have faith and trust that you will always be ok, that you don't need to plan ahead to be safe and supported, you only need to surrender to the guidance of the present moment.
This is the role of our Great Mother Earth, surrender yourself and let her do her thang!
Connecting back to Mother Earth is a sense of coming home, everything created in this life is energy, all vibrating on different frequencies. When we begin to understand this, we have a deep knowing that we are the earth and the earth is within us — all created from the same great source of energy.
We were never meant to be so disconnected from nature. We forget we are a part of it, and can't exist without this connection.
More than ever we are feeling this disconnection with all these cement walls up, busy office lives and horrible shoes. When we lie on the grass and let Her flow through us, we are returning home. Immense peace and clarity flows through us as we hover in the eternal now nurtured by our Great Mother.
I am speaking from experience here, traveling for two and a half years I constantly had to seek grounding, and now that I am home, well it doesn't feel like home anymore. Home is when I am connected to Earth and through this connection I know that home is within me.
So here is the best way to actively ground yourself and going that one step further than being barefoot or that dip in the ocean. This technique is about becoming actively 'plugged in' throughout your body.
Think of connecting tent rods: if they are disconnected, they will not be able to hold up the tent and ground down into the earth. It's the same with your body! Being connected means the earth energy can flow freely through your body, reaching every cell.
Now you are all plugged in, close your eyes, and gently push down through your feet and into the earth. You will notice this positive resistance as you gently push down, earth energy will rise up through you.
Keeping your body aligned and connected is important, we don't just want this energy to travel up our legs but all through our body. Inhale, imagine (or feel) yourself pulling up this earth energy from your feet all the way up to the crown. Exhale imagine this energy, from the crown of your head, traveling back down along your spine, into your feet and growing your roots deeper into the earth.
Let your body drink in this nourishing earth energy, you only need a few long breaths to reconnect. Let the past and the future fall away, absorb those negative ions into your body and come back into balance.
Lastly, give thanks to Mother Earth, for Her support, for providing for your every need in Divine timing and bringing you back to the eternal now, the only real moment we ever have.


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package com.treasure_data.td_import.source;

import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.File;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

public class TestSource {

    static String getFileName(String... names) {
        StringBuilder sbuf = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) {
                sbuf.append(File.separatorChar);
            }
            sbuf.append(names[i]);
        }
        return sbuf.toString();
    }

    @Test
    public void testLocalFileSource() throws Exception {
        String fileName = getFileName("aaa", "kb", "kc.gz"); // "aaa/kb/kc.gz" or "aaa\kb\kc.gz"
        LocalFileSource source = new LocalFileSource(fileName);
        String inName = source.getPath();
        assertEquals(fileName, inName);
        int lastSepIndex = inName.lastIndexOf(source.getSeparatorChar());
        String outputFilePrefix = inName.substring(lastSepIndex + 1, inName.length()).replace('.', '_');
        assertEquals("kc_gz", outputFilePrefix);
    }

    @Test
    public void testS3Source() throws Exception {
        S3Source source = new S3Source(null, "s3://aaa/kb/kc.gz", "aaa", "kb/kc.gz", 10);
        String inName = source.getPath();
        assertEquals("s3://aaa/kb/kc.gz", inName);
        int lastSepIndex = inName.lastIndexOf(source.getSeparatorChar());
        String outputFilePrefix = inName.substring(lastSepIndex + 1, inName.length()).replace('.', '_');
        assertEquals("kc_gz", outputFilePrefix);
    }
}


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Scotland: Solidarity conference agrees to build a socialist party
Philip Stott, Dundee Solidarity and International Socialists (CWI)
Urgent campaigning needed in working class communities
Solidarity conference agrees to build a socialist party
Last Saturday, 250 members of 'Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement', attended the first national conference of the new party.
Solidarity - SSM was launched at the beginning of September, by MSPs (Members of the Scottish Parliament), Tommy Sheridan, Rosemary Byrne, and by hundreds of socialists who broke with the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), in disgust at the actions of the SSP leadership who sided with the (News of the World - NoW) against Tommy Sheridan during his defamation court case, last summer. The International Socialists (the Scottish section of the CWI) were founding members of Solidarity - SSM.
During October, more than 1,000 people attended 10 Solidarity public meetings across Scotland, the largest in Dundee, where 250 came to hear Tommy Sheridan speak. This enthusiastic response to the idea of building a principled socialist movement showed the potential to build Solidarity in the months ahead, in the run-up to the Scottish parliament elections, next May.
Saturday's conference was called to primarily agree a constitution and finalise the name of the new party. However, it was clear in the run-up to conference there was going to be a very important debate on the character and type of organisation that Solidarity should be.
The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) used the conference to strongly argue against Solidarity being a socialist party. Instead, they advocated that Solidarity should be a "movement of the movements", a home for those fighting Islamophobia, for the anti-war movement and for those opposing climate change. During the debate on the name of the party, one SWP member said, "Socialism should not be in the name; if we remove it people will join us". The SWP voted for the name to be 'Solidarity', dropping the reference to 'Scotland's Socialist Movement'.
One SWP speaker, after another, emphasised that if Solidarity was socialist it would put off people joining. They argued that Islamophobia was the "main political issue" in society, today, and that Solidarity has to prioritise winning more Muslims into its ranks. It is correct to oppose racism and division and to appeal to Muslims to join Solidarity - SSM, but this can be done most effectively by explaining the link between the attacks on Muslims by the political establishment, to New Labour's anti-working class and pro-capitalist polices. The SWP falsely argued that a socialist party would inevitably be narrow and isolated, whereas a movement that was "broad" and which concentrated on Islamophobia and the Iraq war would be far more appealing. They essentially called for an electoral coalition rather than a campaigning socialist party.
SWP arguments not supported
The SWP's arguments found no support outside their ranks. Speaker after speaker at Saturday's conference opposed the SWP's ideas and defended the importance of building a socialist party. Members of the International Socialists (CWI) spoke in the debate. Ronnie Stevenson, who is a Unison convenor for 4,000 workers in Glasgow City Council, explained that he knew local government workers who would only join Solidarity if it was a socialist party. It is precisely by explaining ideas in the language of the working class, reflecting their concerns, and linking that to the need for socialism as a solution, that a thriving party can be built.
The contradictions in the SWP's position were highlighted during the conference debate. Many SWP members commented, "I'm a socialist but…." As an International Socialist (CWI) speaker pointed out, if it is good enough for the SWP members to have drawn socialist conclusions, why should the working class not have the same opportunity?
The SWP's prescription for how Solidarity should develop would inevitably leave it as an isolated and largely irrelevant force, as far as the majority of the working class is concerned. But if Solidarity - SSM turns to the working class, as a whole, taking up issues of immediate concern, like the NHS, low pay, housing, unemployment, and workers rights, as well as campaigning against the war and against racism, Solidarity can be built into a significant force.
It is this strategy, of fighting on the day-to-day issues facing the working class, and linking that to the need for socialism, which the International Socialists support. It was clear from last weekend's conference the majority of the Solidarity membership also wants to build a socialist party.
The conference voted for the name Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement and agreed to adopt an interim constitution, with a national policy conference in February 2007.
Tommy Sheridan MSP made a very effective speech to open the conference, which made clear his view that Solidarity was the "Scottish wing of the international socialist movement." International Socialists members, Brian Smith (Glasgow Unison secretary for social work) and Alan Manley (nurse and Unison steward), spoke from the platform in the opening session on the trade unions and the NHS.
The urgent tasks facing Solidarity - SSM is to rapidly establish campaigning socialist branches in every area and to build its forces in preparation for the elections next year. During last weekend's conference, 50 copies of the 'International Socialist', the paper of the CWI in Scotland, were sold and many Solidarity members expressed thanks to International Socialists members for their contributions during the afternoon debate.


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Ancestry.com Preparing Large German Record Collection
And I'm guessing it is German city directories.
A number of years ago Ancestry.com developed technology allowing its computers to "read" (technically called OCR, or optical character recognition) and interpret U.S. city directories. (See "Data Extraction Technology at Ancestry.com.") While the technology sometimes produces silly results, overall, it allowed Ancestry to publish over two billion records in record time and at minimal cost. The tradeoff seems reasonable.
Ancestry has nearly 700 German city directories but has yet to apply the technology to them. "The main challenge with German is the common use of the Gothic or Fraktur font when printing," says Laryn Brown, Ancestry product manager. "This special script-like font is particularly difficult to recognize using the best OCR [optical character recognition] tools available today. Words and especially names can be misread as many of the characters in this special font are extremely similar."
Ancestry's solution is a quality-assurance check that compares the names the computer thinks it's reading against a list of known names. If the computer sees something not in the name list, a reviewer is alerted. If the computer has identified a name not in the name list, the reviewer adds it. Otherwise, the name is mapped to the correct name or deleted. The results of these reviews are fed back to the computer so it can learn from its mistakes. It re-reads the books and the process is repeated.
"When these records are finished, a random list of German words in a very difficult-to-read font will have been turned into a set of records about people that looks a lot like an annual census," said Laryn.
This new collection will become available over several years and will include millions of pages of new content.
Subjects: Ancestry.com, records, technology
JudyBG May 25, 2016 at 12:32 PM
You have a kind and generous heart. I have found hundreds of completely absurd errors--whole pages of them, at times--in the city directories. It is one of the things that makes me see red. It's not a few silly mistakes here and there--it's reams of misinformation! Names, places, occupations--there was clearly no attempt to ensure that the readings were correct by checking them against humans. I don't know why the Germans get better treatment.
And ancestry will command a huge fee for using these databases just like they always do.
Here is an example from last night, from the Canada Voter's list from 1935-1980--and I've seen far worse, as at least the names were spelled correctly:
The actual directory:[Name] Ivan Proud, [Occupation] soldier, [Location] 542 Boundary Road, Renfrew, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
Ancestry transcription: [Name] Ivan Soldier Proud, [Occupation] Boundary Road, [Location] Renfrew, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
His wife was transcribed as [Name] Mrs Christine Boundary Proud, [Occupation] Road [Location] Renfrew, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
However, at least they got transcribed, which is more than one can say for their son, George Proud, [Occupation] student, who simply got left off completely. It can't even be corrected, since he's not on the transcription list. Which happens a LOT.
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America's Identity Crisis and the Mirror of Pop Culture
Whether it is #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite today, or whether it was All in the Family and Ms. Magazine in the past, America's identity crises have always insinuated themselves into every aspect of our daily lives. And as politics grows more fractured and divisive, these difficult conversations have often found a more reasonable and humane airing in popular entertainment. Last year 1.32 billion movie tickets were sold in N. America, and the average American adult spent about half their leisure time in any given week sitting in front of their TV screen. What are the responsibilities and opportunities for the gigantic industries of pop culture when it comes to confronting our national identity crises?
Franklin Leonard
Founder, The Black List
Melvin Mar
Producer; Executive Producer, "Fresh Off the Boat"
Matt Thompson
Executive Editor, TheAtlantic.com, The Atlantic
Paula Kerger
President and CEO, PBS (Festival Underwriter)