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Bea Arthur's LGBT Youth Homeless Center; Penis News: Anthony Weiner, Again; Owen Smith's Alleged 29 Inch Penis and Twitter Exaggerations
Bea Arthur's LGBT Youth Homeless Center
This news about Bea Arthur has been trending all week, and rightly so.
When actress Bea Arthur died, she bequeathed $300,000 to New York City's Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth. The Golden Girls and Maude star, a long-time supporter of the LGBT community, will continue to be a friend when a new 18 bed shelter opens in February of 2017.
You can read more about it here. I remember reading an article while I was in Provincetown back in the 90s about how she supported the LGBT community.
Penis News: Anthony Weiner, Again
Anthony Weiner is making news again for sexting another woman… this time while babysitting his son.
Anthony Weiner, the ex-Congressman husband of Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, sexted penis photos from his bed while babysitting their 4-year-old son. Huma responded by announcing her separation from Weiner after six years of marriage.
You can check that out here. It's really too sad to comment on. According to the article, he did delete his Twitter account after this new sext scandal broke. There are photos.
Owen Smith's Alleged 29 Inch Penis and Twitter Exaggerations
From what I can gather, Owen Smith is a politician in the UK. It gets a little confusing and I don't want to say anything that's not true. There are far to many things going around these days that are untrue as it is…thanks to social media.
Owen Smith's campaign has denied an eyebrow-raising claim that he joked about having a 29-inch penis.
The remark was made last night at the Labour leadership challenger's rally in Hull – but he insists it was misinterpreted.
You can check this out here, where there are tweets about it. Smith says he was only joking about having a 29 inch inseam, not a 29 inch penis. He's five feet six inches tall. That would make sense for a guy who is five feet six inches tall, because why on earth would anyone joke about having a 29 inch penis?
In my opinion, what bothers me most about this article (and others like it) is the possibility that someone tweeted and allegedly lied about it without knowing the facts, and then getting the truth completely wrong. And I see this daily on Twitter, and I block people for it daily, too.
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Elections to Staffordshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 62 councillors were elected from the various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. The council continues to be administered on the Leader and Cabinet model.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Summary
The election was won by the Conservatives with 49 seats (a net gain of 22 seats), defeating Labour who were reduced to just 3 seats (a net loss of 29 seats) who were the ruling party for 28 years running. The Liberal Democrats came joint second with UKIP with 4 seats each, and there were 2 independent candidates elected.

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This has been a record year for new slot releases, with more games being delivered into your favourite online casino sites in January than in any previous year. Now that January is waving bye-bye, and February is upon us, you might be expected a little dull in the industry. After all, many casinos are far too busy setting up their Valentine's Day promotions to deal with new slot releases. This doesn't appear to be slowing down the developers, though, as both Playtech and IGT have announced that new slots are on the way for February.
Playtech have already announced that their Fields of Fortune slot machine is set to be launched in early February. This game will offer up 5 reels and 25 paylines of action, with players able to spin the reels of the game for as little as 0.25 per spin. Moreover, players can use wild rose symbols to potentially turn the second, third, and fourth reels into expanding wild symbols. Throw in a free spins bonus which features two potentially very different bonuses (one has extra wilds, whilst the other offers increasing multipliers worth up to 5x the normal rate of pay), and this is a very exciting time to be playing Playtech slots.
Also scheduled for launch next month is Playtech's Roaring Wilds slot. This game will feature a nature theme, and is played over a larger 5-reel, 40-line structure. Players can spin the reels for as little as 0.40 per spin, and they will have the chance to land stacked symbols on the reels to boost their chances of success. There is also a free spins feature which is going to make an appearance in this slot, with players able to up to 15 free games in all.
IGT's February release is being called Gong Xi Fa Cai, and it is shaping up to be a top New Year themed video slot. Naturally, this is Chinese New Year we're talking about, and the game will contain a whopping 50 paylines spread over its 5 reels. Expect to be able to play it for stakes which range from 0.50 per spin up to 75.00 per spin. Wild wins on this nature themed slot come with multipliers worth up to 5x, whilst a free spins bonus can see players able to bag 8 free games. There are four non-progressive jackpots to win, and animal symbols can turn golden and become wilds to give you more chances to succeed.
All three of these new games are due for launch in early February, but which one has the most promise. To be perfectly frank, there are many Chinese themed slots out at the moment, so Gong Xi Fa Cai may have too much competition to prove successful. Roaring Wilds is too basic to be a massive success, so we'll put our stock in the gardening themed Fields of Fortune, as its features and theme are truly unique, and a welcome addition to the casino world in 2017.


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Sunday Afternoon Visits: Percy Jackson, A Carnival, and Developing a Sense of Story
The Silk Princess: Charles Santore
Princess Baby: Karen Katz
Book: Princess Baby
Author: Karen Katz
Princess Baby by Karen Katz arrived in a surprisingly large box, because it came to me from Random House with a glittery gold, star-shaped wand. It commanded my attention. (Thought I don't believe that the wand is available with regular purchases.)
Princess Baby is a simple story, suitable for very young children, about a little girl who is tired of all of the inaccurate pet names that people call her (gumdrop and sweetie pie and the like). No, this little girl, who delights in wearing a crown, a cape, and sparkly shoes, and showing off her queenly manners, wants to be called by her real name, "Princess Baby".
With only a few words on each page, and very short sentences, Princess Baby's voice sounds like that of a slightly advanced toddler. The page spread with the most words out of the book reads:
"But I am not a buttercup
or a giggly goose.
I am not a cupcake.
Please don't call me Little Lamb,
and never ever
Sweet Gumdrop."
I especially like the short, declarative "I am not a cupcake". I could see that phrase catching on in a family.
Although her sentence structure is simple, the baby's grand manner and use of the word "please" give her a regal air. She also bears the classic toddler's certainly about what she wants, even if she's having trouble conveying that to her parents.
But what really makes this book are Katz's mixed media illustrations. The pictures accompanying the above quote show an unhappy little girl as buttercup, goose, cupcake, lamb, and gumdrop. They are priceless. Most of the pages include a mix of patterns and bright colors, sure to please the eye of preschoolers. The baby's crown and shoes are rendered in textured glitter on the cover, and the pictures inside the book look as though one could feel the rough surface of the glitter (though those are, in fact, smooth, and seem to be photos of glitter). The baby's stuffed animals all wear tiny crowns, less dramatic than her own, and they drink out of spotted teacups on flowered saucers, on a yellow and white polka-dot tablecloth. Visual treats are everywhere.
I recommend Princess Baby for pre-schoolers, especially girls, and anyone who has ever wanted to be a princess.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (Random House imprint)
Other Blog Reviews: In the Pages, The Well-Read Child, Comics in the Classroom.

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On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, Teri Jean Michaelsen (Barnfather), wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, passed away suddenly and went to be with the Lord. Teri was a caring mother and loved her daughter, grandchildren, and all her extended family and friends. Teri enjoyed shopping and collecting antiques, spending time with family and was a hard worker. Teri is survived by her husband, Steven; daughter, Sonya; sisters, Ellen, Sherri, and Tammy; and brothers, Rick and John; her four grandchildren; and her great grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Jackie Barnfather; and nephew, Johnny Joseph II Barnfather. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, October 7 2018 at 1:00 p.m. – Solie Funeral Home, 3301 Colby Ave, Everett, WA with a reception following. Teri will be missed by all and loved forever.
I'm really sorry for your loss. Death is the great human enemy. The sadness and pain it causes is universal. Please read the magazine included via a link to find comfort and hope.
My condolences to the family . I know this is a very difficult time for you right now and no words can express how sorry I am for your loss. Please remember that God can comfort us. So draw close to God in prayer so He can draw close to you to comfort you and to give you that peace of God that surpasses all understanding Philippians 4:6;7).May Jehovah God grant you guidance, strength at this difficult time.


Did you know that Ambrosia beetles can infest and kill over 100 different kinds of plants? If your trees could sing Beatles tunes, we would rather they sang "I feel fine" than "Help! I need somebody . . ."
The purpose of this article is to inform the public of an invasive pest currently attacking ash trees in North Carolina – Emerald Ash Borer. EAB is a serious threat that is currently devastating the ash populations within this state.


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Q: How to set a different number of threads to a different thread group? Here is my YAML config
execution:
- scenario:

    script: test.jmx
  concurrency: 3
  iterations: 1
  ramp-up: 1

reporting:
- module: junit-xml
  filename: taurus-output/TEST-Taurus.xml

I have 2 thread groups (A, B as an example) in my JMeter test, and I want to run tests with 10 threads for A and 5 for B.

A: Either remove this concurrency line or set it to 15.
According to Run Existing JMX File you need to only provide the pass to JMeter .jmx script and not going to perform any modifications it will be sufficient.
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Its a great worksheet for young learners. If you could correct the spelling of the word Halloween, it would make it even better. Overall great work!!!!
thank you for sharing.. I love your work.. posted by Sue.
Thank you for sharing! I`m sure my kids will love it!!!
Great activity. I´m not sure if the labelling for this activity is correct. Shouldn´t it be ´It´s time for Halloween´ or ´It´s Hallowen time instead?


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We at Shipley Center always appreciate suggestions to improve the Center and/or save money on its operations. We want everything to be efficient and above reproach.
These are some recent suggestions received in response to our appeal for monetary help sent with the election ballots for the board of directors. I wish to thank those of you who have already donated over $500 – as I write this – towards the elections costs!
Have you considered emailing the ballot?
Yes, we have. Unfortunately, hundreds of our members do not have email addresses and/or "don't do" computers. In addition, some couples share an email address, and the bylaws require us to send a ballot to each member individually. If we provide the ballot in electronic form, attached to an email, unlimited copies could be printed and someone could "stuff the ballot box". We are aware of online voting software that enables voting online without using paper, but we are not yet ready to go in that direction, especially with every individual not having email.
Does this make sense? Why could not all ballots have been in our newsletter?
Only members are eligible to vote, but our newsletter is distributed far and wide to many non-members. In addition, households with more than one person just get one newsletter, so would be short a ballot. Finally, the return envelope cannot be mechanically easily inserted into our newsletter. Also, inserting two more sheets (candidate statements and ballot) into the newsletter does not save us the cost of printing them. It would add additional processing fees and possibly postage. So, this method would not save as much money as one might think.
Why not save money by mailing two ballots in one envelope to couples at the same address?
We thought of this, too, but to protect the integrity of an election, each individual needs his/her own ballot, sent to them individually. This is the only mailing we do each year where we can't economize by coming things into one envelope for couples. If, however, you are getting more than one newsletter or fundraising letter at your address, please let us know and we can save money by stopping one of them.
We save money every way we can, but unfortunately the annual board election is not something we want to mess with that might cast any doubt on the integrity of the process. For an organization with 1800 members, the board election is just one of those "costs of doing business".
Another idea, especially in years like this one where we had an uncontested election, is to forego the mailing of ballots and have all the balloting happen at the Center. The front desk would be everyone's "polling place" where your membership status would be verified and you would be handed a ballot to fill out and cast it anonymously in the ballot collection box.
To solve this issue, perhaps uncontested elections could be held in person, and only contested elections would result in ballots being mailed out. But, making these sorts of changes in election methods would require a change in the language of our bylaws, which the board could consider before next year's election process.
Many thanks for your ideas, suggestions and support!
My sincere wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!


Christmas will be here before you know it. So you better start thinking about ordering those Holiday Cards. They are available for sale at www.InvitationParlour.com use the code HOLIDAY2011 and get 10% off your order.
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On July 3rd, I got the chance to be a part of Jackson's Baptism. I can't believe that he's gotten so big already. Remember the pictures from the newborn shoot? Click here to see that photoshoot. Now see how much bigger he's gotten….
Awww, a sweet little smile.
Big sis Addy, playing with Jackson.
Check out the rest of the fun pics from that day, in the slideshow, click here.


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Q: Proof that there are infinitely many pairs of consecutive powerful numbers is _? I am looking for the proof that answers the question posed in the title. Wikipedia, and several other sites, list that "Since Pell's equation $x^2 − 8y^2 = 1$ has infinitely many integral solutions, there are infinitely many pairs of consecutive powerful numbers (Golomb, 1970)" (Wikipedia).
However, I cannot find what is being referenced by Golomb's 1970 (supposed) paper/proof. Additionally, I do not understand why $8$ in the place of $n$ for Pell's equation gives a solution.

A: Keep in mind that a powerful number is a number $x$ such that, for every prime $p$ dividing $x$, $p^2$ also divides $x$.
Exercise: $x$ is powerful iff $x$ is a product of a square and a cube.
Now suppose $x^2-8y^2=1$. Since $8=2^3$, we have by the exercise that $x^2$ and $8y^2$ are each powerful - and clearly they are consecutive.

The last bit of the equation is: "Why are there infinitely many such solutions?" This is because Pell's Equation $x^2-my^2=1$ has infinitely many solutions as long as the parameter $m$ is not a perfect square; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%27s_equation.


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Q: Photos streamed to Samsung TV are too small I would like to stream my photos from Win10 PC to Samsung TV using Right-click on photo, Play to -> Samsung TV.
Generally it works fine, but the photos are like thumbnails on the TV.
I was looking to Media streaming options, but there are no options regarding size of the photos.
Any tips where should I look?


Liberec (Reichenberg in german) is a city in the north of the Czech Republic.
From main train station cross the road and down there you can see the highway. Find the way down to the small parking with restaurant. You can hitchhike right after the tunnel where there is the sign restaurant/hotel for cars. It's little bit in turn and drivers don't have lot of time to see you but it's good place with lights in the evening.
500 m behind first spot is OMV petrol station. You can hitchhike either there or go little bit behind on the bridge.
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Hammond, IN (population: 75,871) has six	allied health schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Wheaton College, the highest ranked school in this group with an allied health program, has a total student population of 2,920. It is the 74th	highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd	highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).
Allied Health students from Hammond schools who go on to become allied health professionals, physicians, nurses, forensic nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists make on average $72,310	per year and there are about 98,330	of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Lake County-Kenosha County-WI Metropolitan area alone, there are 370 employed clinical, counseling, and school psychologists earning an average salary of $70,180. Medical and health services managers in this area earn $93,020/yr and there are ** employed.
Hammond lies in Lake county, which is one of the 39 counties in Indiana. Overall, the Lake County-Kenosha County-WI Metropolitan area has 383,650 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $23/hr average worker wage, and a $47,670 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in Hammond are held by medical and health services managers, and 1/1000 are held by clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.
Of the 6 allied health schools with a 100-mile radius of Hammond, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Wheaton College comes out as the most expensive ($23,398/yr) for allied health students,	with Lake Michigan College as the lowest, reported at only $10,150/yr.


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Q: Observation about vector in c++ I'm moving from C to C++ and was playing with vectors.
Here's some code I tried:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std ;

#define VSIZE   10

class vClass ;
vector <vClass> myVect(VSIZE) ;

class vClass
{
    int pos1 ;

    public:
        void getInfo()
        {
            pos1 = this - myVect.data() ;

            cout << pos1 << endl ;
        }
};
//===============================

vClass vArray[VSIZE] ;

int main()
{

cout << endl << "Size of vClass: " << sizeof(vClass) << endl << endl ;

cout << "Size of myVect: " << sizeof(myVect) << endl << endl ;

cout << "Size of myVect[0]: " << sizeof myVect[0] << endl << endl ;

cout << endl  << "Locations:" << endl ;

for(int i= 0; i < VSIZE; i++) myVect[i].getInfo();

return 0 ;
}

I'm getting the following output:
Size of vClass: 8

Size of myVect: 12

Size of myVect[0]: 8

Locations:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

I'm curious about the following:

*

*Size of vClass is 8 bytes. But a 10 element vector of type vClass shows size of 12 bytes. Why is this ? I was expecting 8x10= 80 bytes.

*The expression: this - myVect.data() results in outputting the index of the elements.
I expected I would need (this - myVect,data())/sizeof(vClass).
Is this always the case with vectors ?
I tried the same with an array : vClass myArray[10] and (this - myArray)
but here i got a list of sequential hexadecimal numbers (addresses?).
So the 'this' pointer is somehow linked to the vector, but not the array ?
I'd appreciate if someone could explain or confirm this behaviour.
I am compiling this on a raspberry pi using g++ 4.9.2, using c++14 standard.
Thank you

A: *

*The vector object itself is always of a fixed size. It contains info like the number of elements and a pointer to some heap storage. The elements of the vector are stored on the heap, so that the number of elements can grow (or shrink).

*Subtracting two pointers gives you the number of elements between the pointers. That is not specific for the vector. You seem to confuse this with a method to compute the size of an array (sizeof(vArray)/sizeof(vClass)). This is not needed with a vector, because it has a size() member.
The this pointer is only present inside member functions of classes. It tells you for which instance of the possibly many class objects the function has been called. When you do myVect[i].getInfo(), this will hold the address of myVect[i] while inside the getInfo function.

A: sizeof(myVect) tells you the size in bytes of the vector object itself (which is most likely 3 pointers internally). It says nothing about the number of elements stored in the vector; these are managed by the vector, but stored in dynamically allocated memory, so they don't imact sizeof(myVect).
The information you were after is probably myVect.size(), which gives you the number of elements in the vector, or myVect.size() * sizeof(vClass), which will give the number of bytes occupied by those vector elements. Note that the latter really says nothing about the memory used by the vector, which can over-allocate to keep space for adding elements, etc.
this - myVect.data() is most likely Undefined Behaviour, because you're not guaranteed to be working with pointers to the same array. But if it was well-defined, it would work like any other pointer arithmetic (same as in C): a - b where a and b are of type T* gives the number of T objects between a and b, not their distance in bytes.

As a side note: std:vector requires its template argument to be a complete type—it is an error to instantiate it with a class which is declared but not yet defined, as you're doing it. It may happen to (seem to) work, but that's pure chance.

A: Surprisingly this compiled in Visual Studio 2015.

*

*Size of vClass is 8 bytes. But a 10 element vector of type vClass shows size of 12 bytes. Why is this ? I was expecting 8x10= 80 bytes.

Well, a vector is just a handle. Its elements are stored in the heap. All the vector needs is a pointer to these elements in the heap (data), the current number of elements (size) and the maximum number of elements (capacity).
So if you grow/shrink the vector, the handle's size always remains the same and only the array in the heap will change.
vector< vClass > myVect;

// Stack - vector
[ vector: data, size, capacity ]
            |
            |
            V
// Heap - array managed by vector
[ vClass0 ][ vClass1 ]...

// Each has completely unrelated addresses

*The expression: this - myVect.data() results in outputting the index of the elements. I expected I would need (this -
  myVect,data())/sizeof(vClass). Is this always the case with vectors ?
  I tried the same with an array : vClass myArray[10] and (this -
  myArray) but here i got a list of sequential hexadecimal numbers
  (addresses?). So the 'this' pointer is somehow linked to the vector,
  but not the array ?

This works because this and myVect.data() are both pointers to vClass in the managed array. You don't need to divide by sizeof(vClass) because pointer arithmetics take into account the size of the type they point to.
sizeof(vClass) == sizeof(int), when you increment, decrement or subtract pointers they move in blocks the same size of the pointed type so you don't have to explicitly increment a pointer with the right size. You do get the indices 0,1,2,... but in other words that would also mean 2 vClass'es would fit between this address and this address.
When you try this with an array of vectors, each vector is contiguous in memory (each handle). But also, each vector points to its own array in the heap so each array is completely unrelated. But I don't know exactly what code you tested with so I won't comment on that.
The this pointer, given that your vClass instances belong in the vector, is actually linked to the internal array of the vector and not to the vector handle itself.

This works because your class is a POD-class. If you were to make a vector of pointers (each instance would be in unrelated addresses), or use a pointer to a base class (each instance in an unrelated address AND derived types would have different sizes), then this wouldn't work.
Although this example works, I won't encourage you to do this (besides this only works because your vector is a global variable). You're moving from C to C++, and I understand old habits die hard, but avoid pointer arithmetics unless you really must use it.
You can get the vector's size by (you got it right) calling the size() method, and if you need to know an element's index you will know when you iterate the vector. (There are other ways sure, but that's up to you)
EDIT: About indices and iteration
When you iterate arrays or vectors, you can iterate by index (among other forms of iteration). So obviously, each iteration you know one index,
for ( int i = 0; i < myVect.size(); ++i ) {
    myVector[ i ]; // <-- here's an object with index i, easy
}

Which is basically what you did when you printed your vector.
If you need to know a specific index without iterating (whether you need it to erase an element, or direct access, etc), you can, for example, have a separate container with relevant indices, or store it in the object as an ID, like,
class vClass {
    // ...
    int ID; // Or index, but I think ID sounds better
    // ...
};

Then when you push elements into the vector you can set their IDs and they will know their index. Of course, you have to update the indices yourself if you sort the vector. They won't "auto-update" like when you used the pointers, but your instances had to know exactly which container they were in and had to use implementation details to find their index (specifically for vectors), and contained objects shouldn't need to do that.
As I said there are many solutions to this. It depends on what you want to do.

A: I don't get this output, I get a compiler error as per juanchopanza's comment.

*

*A vector object consists of (implementation-defined) metadata, including a pointer to the data it contains (the one you get from data(). You will find the size of the vector to be constant, not changing with its size().

*Your this pointer is of type vClass *. Pointer arithmetic on a pointer p always works with multiples of sizeof( p ).
That being said, you really shouldn't poke a class' internals like that. ;-)


We were finally taken to our new home in Afriline,which is the old UN housing left from the Rwanda civil war in the 1990's. Most people who live here work for the District Office, which is like county government. Some ministry officials were staying in our assigned house, here to investigate 6 killings of Rwanda shepherds who apparently wandered into Tanzania looking for better grazing land. There is a river that separates the two countries, so that could not have been accidental.
Our temporary house has a porch along the whole back side that overlooks the valley. I was loathe to leave it but most of the lights did not work so we had to use candle and flashlights. Also no hot water, mosquito nets, or place to cook. The next day we were supposed to move into our regular housing, but an inspection showed the bathroom, living room and bedrooms were flooded with water. The MP brought some plumbers in from town but no leak could be found. They made a list of supplies they would need to upgrade the unit with hot water and good water pressure. We also insisted on mosquito nets and cooking facilites, per our contract. Refrigeration and washing machines will have to wait till we get back in the USA.
The MP took us to the market and bought us a kerosene stove, which looks like a camp stove and takes an hour to boil water. We purchased basic cooking supplies, like pots, dishes, eating utensils, etc which set us back over $100. We tried to cook dinner but it took 1 1/2 hours to boil some potatoes so we kind of gave up on that and made tomato and potato salad. We are living on peanut butter sandwiches and bananas. We buy plastic bottles of drinking water and cart them the half mile up the dirt road to our compound. This makes me cringe because there is no plastic recycling here. We have to BURN the bottles. Great for the air quality, I am sure.
Another shock was that the only bank in town will only accept Tanzanian ATM cards. The MP introduced us to the bank manager, who cashed some American dollars for us, but to access an ATM we will have to go to Mwanza on Lake Victoria, an 8 hour bus ride away.
We are told that the plumber, mosquito nets, and better cooking equipment will have to wait until the budget is passed, "maybe next week." Meanwhile I feel like I am sleeping in a shroud as I pull the sheets over my head and listen to the whine of mosquitos at night and have no time to make morning coffee the next day to cheer me up as school starts at 7:45 a.m.
The internet cafe has been either closed or not working when I have been there. Modems don't seem to work here, so sorry for the delay.


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What Do Experts Think of the UK Stock Markets?
Kerrie | July 6, 2017 | Business | No Comments
As at 4 July 2017, the FTSE 100 index – the UK's premier all share index – was trading at 7,357.23, down 0.27% or 19.86 points. Over the past 1 year, the FTSE 100 index has rallied by 12.80%. If we look at the 52-week trading range of the UK all share index, it has performed remarkably well from its low of 6,432.47. On the upper end of the spectrum, the FTSE 100 index topped out at 7,598.99 recently. When experts evaluate the performance of the FTSE 100 index, they look at the constituents of the index, and the weighting of each of these components. If we look at the percentage change in value of index constituents over 1 year, the following companies are up the most:
3i Group PLC (up 59.84% at 893.50 P)
Antofagasta PLC (up 71.35% at 823.50 P)
Barclays PLC (up 51.56% at 206.95 P)
Carnival PLC (up 50.03% at 5065.00 P)
G4S PLC (up 82.90% at 326.30 P)
Glencore PLC (up 86.54% at 303.60 P)
HSBC holdings PLC (up 55.62% at 721.70 P)
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (up 63.20% at 612.00 P)
Persimmon PLC (up 59.65% at 2291.00 P)
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (up 52.72% at 255.80 P)
James Place PLC (up 50.79% at 1195.00 P)
WorldPay Group PLC (up 53.04% at 408.00 P)
The reason we are seeing bullish sentiment driving the FTSE 100 index, in the face of overwhelming geopolitical uncertainty for the UK, is GBP weakness. Consider for a moment the exchange rate of the GBP/USD pair on the date that Britons voted for a Brexit, and the current exchange rate. On June 23, 2016, the GBP/USD pair was averaging 1.4879. Today, the GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.2921. That means that for every £1 that you had on June 23, you would get $1.4879, but today that same £1 is only worth $1.2921.
The reason this has such a dramatic effect on the FTSE 100 index is simple: Approximately 70% of the companies trading on the FTSE 100 index derive their revenues in Europe and abroad. This means that foreign currency earnings are worth more per unit in GBP terms than they were a year ago. This increases the repatriated earnings in GBP, and also serves to boost the share prices of these companies. In short: trading experts like Stanley N Phillips advise traders to follow the movements of the GBP vis-à-vis the FTSE 100 index. A strong inverse relationship currently exists between the performance of the sterling and the performance of the FTSE 100 index.
How Should Traders Compare the FTSE 250 Index to the FTSE 100 Index?
When we evaluate the performance of the FTSE 250 index, it's a different story. The FTSE 250 index lists companies that are primarily based in the United Kingdom and derive their profits at home. The FTSE 250 index is currently trading at 19,301.47. On June 23, 2016, the FTSE 250 index was trading at 17,333.51. That means it has gained 1,967.96 points in 1 year, for an overall percentage appreciation of 11.35%. This is slightly less than the FTSE 100 index.
This perplexing performance of the domestic stock market is attributed to the resilience of listed companies and the GBP. After the GBP plunged to a 31-year low against the greenback post-Brexit, it's slowly clawed its way back to respectability. This helped domestic companies with their import purchases, and maintained a modicum of respectability on the bourses. In 2017 alone, the FTSE 250 index has outperformed the FTSE 100 index by approximately by 8.21% versus 1.28%. Domestic factors such as a stable UK government, a calm Bank of England, and a carefully mapped out Brexit negotiations strategy will certainly benefit the GBP and the FTSE 250.
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From intuitionism to noncognitivism
Challenges to noncognitivism
Leading issues
Analytic ethics
Railton, Peter
10.4324/9780415249126-L003-1
DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-L003-1
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Moral philosophy has traditionally been divided into normative ethics and meta-ethics. Normative ethics concerns judgments about what is good and how we should act. Meta-ethics, with which 'analytic ethics' is typically identified, seeks to understand such judgments. Are they factual statements capable of being literally true or false (cognitivism)? Or are they commands or expressions of attitude, capable only of greater or lesser appropriateness or efficacy (noncognitivism)? Cognitivists focus on whether the facts to which they claim moral judgments correspond are discovered from experience, or whether they occupy a different realm, as do mathematical facts. Noncognitivists, in contrast, arguing that moral judgments are not fact-stating, ask if they signal our feelings or commitments, or are imperatives of conduct.
Other questions concerning moral judgments include whether they are subjective or objective, and how they are connected to motivation. Analytic ethics therefore not only concerns the meaning of moral terms, but ranges over such areas as epistemology, metaphysics and the theory of action. As a field it remains full of controversy. It has developed approaches that afford specific insights into morality, and contributed to our understanding of the functions of thought and language.
Railton, Peter. Analytic ethics, 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-L003-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/analytic-ethics/v-1.
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Beyond Compliance: The Impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System on Justice
Prada Uribe, Maria Angelica (PI)
The objective of the "Beyond Compliance" project is to conduct an analysis of the subtleties and varying levels of compliance and impact of the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, specifically the decisions ordering states to investigate and punish those responsible for serious human rights violations. Within the framework of the project, innovative methodological tools are being developed to evaluate, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the compliance and impact of the Inter-American Court's decisions at the domestic level. This complements the efforts of inter-American human rights institutions that monitor compliance with their own orders, and the academic literature that explores the impact of international judicial decisions. The objective of the "Beyond Compliance" project is to conduct an analysis of the subtleties and varying levels of compliance and impact of the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, specifically of decisions ordering states to investigate and punish those responsible for serious human rights violations. Within the framework of the project, innovative methodological tools are being developed to evaluate, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the compliance and impact of the Inter-American Court's decisions at the domestic level. This complements the efforts of inter-American human rights institutions that monitor compliance with their own orders, and the academic literature that explores the impact of international judicial decisions.


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Revellers have been warned that snow, rain and "significant wind chill" are all forecast for St Patrick's Day.
Just two weeks since Storm Emma battered Ireland, wintry weather conditions are forecast once again.
Many of us are waking up to some flooding after heavy rainfall overnight the weather will remain unsettled as we reach the Bank Holiday weekend.
Met Eireann has said that this morning will be mostly dry but it will be cloudy and misty, we can expect top temperatures of 12C.
There will be more showers tonight but it will be mainly dry in the southwest.
A Met Eireann spokesperson said in a statement on their website: "Friday will see further showery outbreaks of rain with a few sunny spells as well.
"Breezy on Friday night with showers affecting east and south coasts, but drier elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5C in moderate to fresh easterly winds.
"Cold and breezy on St Patrick's Day, with a significant wind chill due to fresh and gusty easterly winds. Afternoon temperatures will be just 1 to 3C in eastern half of the country and between 4 to 6 degrees further west. Most places dry, but a few wintry showers are likely in the east and south.
"Very cold Saturday night, with mainly clear skies and some snow showers in the east and southeast. Amounts are looking small at this stage. Lowest temperatures -1 to -4C."
It is expected to be cold and breezy on Sunday again, with temperatures expected to peak at around 4C, but easterly winds will make it feel even colder.
Met Eireann said: "Some sleet or snow showers will occur again, mainly in eastern areas. A few flurries are possible elsewhere.
"Another very cold night on Sunday. Lowest temperatures 0 to -5 degrees with a widespread severe frost. Less cold perhaps on Leinster coasts. "
Monday will be dry and sunny overall but there will be some showers in the east.
Temperatures will plummet to around -4C on Monday night, while Tuesday will be dry and bright during the day before turning frosty overnight.
Meanwhile, a mother and her child were pulled from their car by emergency services after flood waters threatened to engulf them during heavy rain on Wednesday evening.
The incident happened on the Johnstown Road in Freshford, Co Kilkenny around 6.30pm when the River Nuenna that runs through the town burst its banks in several locations, according to local councillor Michael McCarthy.
The woman's car had stalled in heavy flooding as the waters were rising around them, he said.
The local fire brigade was able to get them out of the car without further incident, he said.
Local council crews were also able to get to 14 houses in the area that were threatened by flooding and sandbag them in time, he said.
However, two houses had water seeping into them from the road, but they were not badly flooded, he added.
Meanwhile, the Dublin Fire Brigade and local council crews were dispatched to mop up after the Dodder River burst its banks this evening due to persistent heavy rain all day.
Officials from the Dublin Fire Brigade said there did not appear to be any homes at risk of flooding.
Crews from South Dublin County Council were in the process of closing off the Dodder Road Lower in Rathfarnham this evening because roads were impassable. The Orwell Road was also impassable from the same flooding.
A Status Yellow rainfall warning was issued for Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Laois, Kildare and Wicklow until midnight on Wednesday.
RTÉ reports that a number of homes in the Rathdrum and Kilmaconogue area have been hit with flooding during the heavy rain.
In Kilkenny the local authority issued a flood warning for Thomastown and Inistioge.
There are now indications that Thomastown and Inistioge may flood. Locals are advised to make the necessary preparations.
Cork County Council also issued a flood warning in Mallow and Fermoy.
AA Roadwatch has also warned of a number of roads which are affected by flooding in Tipperary, Kilkenny and Cork.
In Kilkenny people are advised to avoid Freshford and take the N77 via Ballyragget instead.
In Thomastown near Moanroe Cross the road is impassable, as is the Thomastown/Instigoge Road.
In Cork part of the Mallow Road is closed due to flooding.
In Wicklow the road is impassable at the Roundwood/Sally Gap Road according to the AA.
Flooding is affecting several routes, esp in the Clonmel & Tipperary Town areas of Tipperary, around Freshford & Thomastown in Kilkenny & the Roundwood area of Wicklow.
Persistent and heavy rain is due to continue for much of the night with an ongoing risk of flooding.


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Mishawaka Charter Bus to Expand into Northwest Indiana
Friday, December 13, 2019 09:38 AM EDT Updated: Friday, December 13, 2019 02:09 PM EDT
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Mishawaka-based charter bus company Royal Excursion has announced plans to expand service into northwest Indiana, filling an anticipated void with the announced departure of Coach USA.
New Jersey-based Coach USA North America this week said it was shutting down its Airport Indiana Supersaver bus line that carries passengers from northern Indiana to Chicago's airports. The bus line runs its local operations in the city of Highland but announced plans to stop local operations and eliminate 300 jobs.
The company will stop running its northwest Indiana operations on December 31.
Royal Excursion, which operates charter bus and luxury transportation service in northern Indiana, says it is expanding its operations to include service to O'Hare International and Midway Airports.
"This line, which is a vital transportation route that connects travelers from Northwestern Indiana and Chicagoland, has been part of our community for many years," said Shannon Kaser, owner and president of Royal Excursion.
Royal Excursion says it plans to have the line operational starting in the next 60 days, or maybe sooner. fewer. It also intends to offer service from the University of Notre Dame to the Chicago airports, which is an important route, especially during major school breaks.
The bus line says it has maintenance locations in Valparaiso and Hammond.
"We are very excited to deliver our cost-effective, eco-friendly, and customer-centric transportation services to more of our neighbors in Michigan and the northwestern part of Indiana," said Kaser.
In 2018, Royal Excursion acquired Fort Wayne-based Excursions Trailways.


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The past few months have been exciting, overwhelming, sad, and blessed. I've been excited about this record, overwhelmed at my extra responsibilities at work since my husband has had to take sick leave for a few months in order to heal from a neurological disorder (worried about my husband), sad that we lost our dog Bandit a couple of weeks ago to cancer and so blessed to be surrounded by many people who love and support us each day. I am doing my best to be prayerful, positive and hopeful. I fail at this sometimes, but I'm doing my best to have that hope and assurance that God is always with us and helping us through it. I have this verse taped to the top of my computer and I read it every day.
Bandit (our pup that we rescued last December at 9 yrs old) died from cancer on October 4th, the Feast day of St. Francis (Patron Saint of Animals). We miss him so much and it feels really empty around the house again. It was a hard loss because we became so attached to him in a very short time. He was such a precious goofball that brought us so much joy and we are so blessed to have been able give him a spectacular finish (spoiling him like crazy since he had a hard life before he came to us). We miss him but we believe that in some way Bandit's spirit or energy will lead us to our next Boxer.
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I am blessed that Vince Gill sang a duet on The First Noel medley. God has richly blessed this project and I can't wait for you to hear the whole thing. I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting Vince and Amy at their concert in Sun Valley in August. Here's a pic of me and my mom with them both that night. What an incredible show. Go see them if you get the chance! They are awesome!
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Review: Out of Heart by Irfan Master
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Out of Heart by Irfan Master (eProof) - Donating your heart is the most precious gift of all.
Adam is a teenage boy who lives with his mum and younger sister. His dad has left them although lives close by. His sister no longer speaks. His mum works two jobs. Adam feels the weight of the world upon his shoulders.
Then his grandfather dies and in doing so he donates a very precious gift - his heart.
William is the recipient of Adam's grandfather's heart. He has no family and feels rootless and alone. In fact, he feels no particular reason to live. And then he meets Adam's family.
William has received much, but it appears that he has much to offer Adam and his family too.
A powerful tale of love and strength in adversity. From Goodreads.
I was really intrigued by Out of Heart by Irfan Master when I first heard about it. There have been a few YA books that deal with heart transplants, but for the most part, they are romances focusing on the grief of a girl losing her boyfriend, and slowly finding love again in the guy who now has his heart. With Out of Heart, however, it's the story of how a boy, Adam's grandfather dies and donates his heart, which goes to a man William, and how William affects Adam's family, and vice versa. It wasn't your usual YA heart transplant story, and so I was really interested, expecting an emotional read. But I finished it with mixed feelings, I'm sad to say.
Out of Heart is beautifully written. It's one of those quiet books I usually love, slowly unfolding it's story, leaving me immersed and relaxed. It deals with some tough subjects; Adam's father is no longer on the scene, due to beating his family; his sister, Farah, is unable to speak; his grandfather, Dadda, has apparently left behind some debt to loan sharks, and they're also dealing with their grief.
The problem I had with the book is not a huge deal happens. William, the man (who I originally thought was another teenager from the blurb, but is actually a grown man) who receives Dadda's heart kind of accidentally becomes a part of Adam's family when he visits one day. He just wanted to meet them.n This mad had died, and in doing so, saved William's life. The only problem is William doesn't have much of a life. No family, no friends, no job, no home. But when he meets the Shah family, he doesn't really leave. He does leave, he goes back to the hostel he stays at, but he comes back every day, and slowly becomes part of the family. Both Adam and his mum are a little wary of him at first, but Farah loves him, and slowly Adam and his Mum come round to him, too. He genuinely becomes part of their family. And that's so special to him, to be loved. There's never anything between him and Adam's mum, it's not a romance, he's just a family member. And there's something about William that heals the Shah family, too - though I couldn't say what it is. I think it's just that he's a good guy? The Shah family have been through so much, and it's like William's presence helps to heal those wounds.
But that's it, really. William now spends time at the Shah's family, and they spend time with him. That is the story. Of course, there are other, smaller elements; Adam's graffiti, his relationship with a girl he likes, how his dad tries to worm his way back in. But mainly, it's just about William and the Shah's, and it doesn't really seem to go anywhere, or have much point to it. And with the ending, I was left thinking why? What was the point? I mean, for the characters, I kind of get it, though I can't explain due to spoilers, but for me, as a reader, what was the point? There was no real plot that was kept moving. William joins the family, and that's it until the end. It was beautifully written, and I enjoyed that part of it, but I also feel like I wasted my time. I feel there isn't a huge amount to this book.
There was also a problematic part to the book where Adam's best friend Cans tells Adam he shouldn't be so quiet and randomly pull out his notebook - in which he is always drawing or jotting down wordplay to help him understand his thoughts - because people will think he's weird, that he's autistic. He's not. Cans also links being autistic with having mental health problems, when they're not the same. And Cans says they'll think he's "psycho", and he will be "admitted", implying those with mental illness get locked up. This is obviously not the case, and sure, Cans is 15, and those who are ignorant and have no experience of autism or mental health may say these things... but it was just unnecessary. Sure, Adam pulling out his notebook randomly to sketch or write down his thoughts is a little quirky, but nobody else questions it or brings it up, nobody else thinks about it like Cans does.. It's just what Adam does. It was ableist and really unnecessary.
So sadly Out of Heart isn't for me. But I enjoyed the writing enough to want to read Master's other book, A Beautiful Lie, at some point.
Out of Heart by Irfan Master has been reviewed as part of the Ramadan Readathon.
Thank you to Hot Key Books via NetGalley for the eProof.
Published: 20th April 2017
Publisher: Hot Key Books
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Turning A Hollywood Set Into A Laboratory
Posted By Lauren Wolf on Oct 28, 2013
Much has been made of the meticulously chosen props that decorate the set of AMC's "Mad Men." To bring the 1960s world of Don Draper to life—and to make it believable—set designers have gone above and beyond. The phones and typewriters in the office are vintage, genuine magazines from the era sit on tables, and real expense reports for characters cover the desks. Many of these details are never caught on camera, but the show's creator, Matthew Weiner, insists on them being there to lend "Mad Men" authenticity. I don't think the same amount of ink has been put to paper describing the set design of CBS's "The Big Bang Theory." (Although the show has made a certain chemistry shower curtain quite popular.) But I would contend that bringing to life the apartments, offices, and laboratories of a group of geeky scientists who work at Caltech isn't an easy job either. Sure, it's not on the same scale as decorating a 1960s advertising agency, but it still requires some skill to illustrate for the public what academic life looks like. I recently stumbled upon a scientist in California who has, on occasion, lent a helping hand to make the labs of "Big Bang" realistic. Tommaso Baldacchini works for Newport Corp., a well-known international lasers and optics company that has a facility near Burbank. His "Big Break" with "Big Bang" came when the show introduced the character Amy Farrah Fowler, a neurobiologist played by Mayim Bialik. The show wanted to shoot Amy in her lab dissecting brains, and the props manager needed some plausible-looking microscopes to sit in the background. Baldacchini, whose specialty at Newport is two-photon nonlinear optical microscopy, got the call. "When the show started, the producers needed a way to fill the labs with scientific instruments," Baldacchini says. "So they asked their science adviser [David Saltzberg of UCLA] to suggest a local company that could provide parts—and he mentioned Newport." Naturally, Baldacchini's favorite "Big Bang" episode so far has been one called "The Alien Parasite Hypothesis," in which Amy and her loveable but narcissistic boyfriend, Sheldon Cooper, sit in front of a microscope set up by Baldacchini (see photo here). "She even refers to it as a two-photon microscope," Baldacchini says, although he admits it doesn't look exactly the way one would look in a real lab. I stumbled into contact with Baldacchini while tracking down the origin of a journal cover I spotted in the background of a "Big Bang" episode (that story's here). The poster hangs on the wall in Sheldon's office, and it's a reasonable facsimile of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, one...
Ask Your Doctor How To Make A Pharma Commercial
Posted By Carmen Drahl on Sep 3, 2010
Things are winding down here at The Haystack in anticipation of the long Labor Day weekend. But I thought I'd share a video of a Pfizer commercial from Canada that caught my eye- it's part of an in-depth post at PhD biochemist Jovana J. Grbic's ScriptPhD blog, which is all about the intersections of research, pop culture, and the media. I'll leave the in-depth analysis to ScriptPhD, but I thought this commercial played out like a mini-movie. I wonder what kind of feedback Pfizer will get on this "More Than Medication"...
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Born in Wisconsin to a farming family, I was educated by private tutors, which included interacting with family friends such as Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Russell Lowell.
After obtaining a degree with honors from Wellesley, I taught at Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's Boarding and Day School in New York City.
With a strong interest in astronomy, I petitioned the Columbia University Board of Trustees to allow me to use their telescope, as women were not allowed to attend the school.
Not only did I win my petition, but I also took courses and wrote a thesis...becoming the first American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.
Combining both mathematics and astronomy, my complex thesis focused on multiple integrals in different geometries: Cartesian, Trilinear, Triplanar, Tangentials, Quaternions, and Modern...then I never published any mathematics again!
I taught mathematics at multiple schools, but due to my pending marriage, declined an offer to be a mathematics professor at Wellesley.
My husband, a geologist, inherited a lot of money, and we entertained as part of high society in New York State (e.g. Booker T. Washington was a favorite guest)...but due to poor financial decisions, we went bankrupt...and my husband lost his job then divorced me.
In 1906, with no money, I founded the Oaksmere School for Girls, and later opened a branch of the school in Paris....but both had to close due to more bad financial decisions on my part.
In 1928, I moved to New York, and began both writing multiple journal articles on education and speaking at meetings about the importance of education with high standards (as well as anit-prohibition).
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John Hunter Nemechek Earns a NASCAR Truck Series Win at Kansas
Posted on September 12, 2022 by Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – SEPTEMBER 09: John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway on September 09, 2022, in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
On Friday night, John Hunter Nemechek earns a NASCAR Truck Series win at Kansas Speedway in the Kansas Lottery 200.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – With less than a lap left in Friday night's Kansas Lottery 200 at Kansas Speedway, John Hunter Nemechek passed Carson Hocevar. He spoiled one of the unlikeliest long-shot gambles in the long history of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Spoils Carson Hocevar's Long-Shot Bid
At the end of a dominant evening, Nemechek had the race victory and two stage wins to go with the pole he had won earlier in the afternoon.
All Hocevar had was a fourth-career runner-up finish and a pink slip where the 2022 Truck Series Playoffs are concerned.
Over the final 28 laps, Nemechek, who pitted under green on lap 103, overcame a 20-second deficit to Hocevar, who had made his last pit stop on lap 80 to top off the fuel cell in the No. 42 Chevrolet and tried to make it the rest of the way without another pit stop.
Hocevar gained the lead on lap 106 when the last contender in front of him came to pit road during the final 53-lap green-flag run. Throughout the final run, Hocevar's advantage shrank by more than a second per lap, as Nemechek pursued him.
After Hocevar's truck sputtered coming to the white flag, Nemechek charged to the front and powered his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota across the finish line 1.815 seconds ahead of Hocevar's Silverado. The victory was Nemechek's second of the season, his second at Kansas (with one coming in the NASCAR Xfinity Series), and the 13th of his career.
The NASCAR Truck Series Point Standings
Hocevar was eliminated from the Playoffs by three points, as Christian Eckes rallied to run tenth and claim the final berth in the Round of 8. Fifteenth-place finisher Matt Crafton, a three-time series champion, also was ousted from the Playoffs.
Nemechek advanced to the Round of 8, along with Grant Enfinger, Chandler Smith, Zane Smith, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, defending series champion Ben Rhodes and Eckes.
"It's huge," said Nemechek, who added seven Playoff points to his total entering the Round of 8. "I just want to say thank you to everyone at Kyle Busch Motorsports. I can't thank them enough for the truck they gave me tonight. It was absolutely unreal.
"We started on the pole, won both stages, led a ton of laps and won the race. We came in really good in points, but we were able to get some more Playoff points, and it puts us in a good spot. We have some momentum on our side heading into Bristol (for the first race of the next round)."
Carson Hocevar Disappointed at Missing the Next Round of 8
Hocevar was crestfallen after crew chief Phil Gould's strategic gamble fell just short.
"Into (turn) three coming to the white flag, I started to sputter, and I knew it was game over," Hocevar said. "The 19 (Derek Kraus) had an issue, and I lost three seconds there. Looking back, I wish I could have gotten those back.
"Phil Gould made a hell of a call. I didn't see it. Fifty-six laps to go, there's going to be a yellow, right? Cutoff race, and it's the Truck Series of all things… How was I to know the 19 was going to have a flat (tire) right in front of me?
"We deserved to win that race, just on strategy. We were nowhere near the best car. Seems like I always run second to him (Nemechek), but they were the class of the field all night. We got beat. We had the winning strategy. It just didn't work out…
"I think I'll be the bridesmaid at my own wedding."
The Best of the Rest
Non-Playoff driver Ryan Preece finished third on Friday night, followed by Zane Smith, Enfinger, Chandler Smith, Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, Colby Howard, and Eckes.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – Inaugural Kansas Lottery 200
Kansas Speedway
1. (1) John Hunter Nemechek (P), Toyota, 134.
2. (15) Carson Hocevar (P), Chevrolet, 134.
3. (7) Ryan Preece (P), Ford, 134.
4. (9) Zane Smith (P), Ford, 134.
5. (12) Grant Enfinger (P), Chevrolet, 134.
6. (5) Chandler Smith (P), Toyota, 134.
7. (3) Corey Heim # (P), Toyota, 134.
8. (2) Ty Majeski (P), Toyota, 134.
9. (18) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 134.
10. (4) Christian Eckes (P), Toyota, 134.
11. (24) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 134.
12. (14) Matt Dibenedetto, Chevrolet, 134.
13. (6) Ben Rhodes (P), Toyota, 134.
14. (19) Tyler Ankrum, Toyota, 134.
15. (8) Matt Crafton (P), Toyota, 133.
16. (10) Tanner Gray, Ford, 133.
17. (26) Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, 133.
18. (30) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, 133.
19. (25) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 133.
20. (11) Stewart Friesen (P), Toyota, 133.
21. (13) Derek Kraus, Chevrolet, 133.
22. (17) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 133.
23. (23) Dean Thompson #, Chevrolet, 133.
24. (21) Kaden Honeycutt, Toyota, 133.
25. (22) Chase Purdy, Toyota, 132.
26. (27) Jack Wood #, Chevrolet, 132.
27. (16) Bayley Currey(i), Chevrolet, 132.
28. (33) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 132.
29. (32) Tyler Hill, Toyota, 130.
30. (29) Blaine Perkins #, Chevrolet, 130.
31. (28) Lawless Alan #, Chevrolet, 130.
32. (36) Mason Maggio, Toyota, 126.
33. (34) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 124.
34. (31) Brennan Poole, Toyota, 123.
35. (35) Armani Williams, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 86.
36. (20) Brett Moffitt(i), Chevrolet, Engine, 73.
The Kansas Lottery 200 Stats
Average Speed of Race Winner: 118.023 mph.
Time of Race: One Hr, 42 Mins, 11 Secs. The Margin of Victory: 1.815 Seconds.
Caution Flags: Four for 25 laps.
Lead Changes: 11 among six drivers.
Lap Leaders: J. Nemechek (P) 1-7;T. Majeski (P) 8-20;J. Nemechek (P) 21-33;T. Majeski (P) 34;J. Nemechek (P) 35-60;Z. Smith (P) 61;J. Nemechek (P) 62-102;Z. Smith (P) 103;G. Enfinger (P) 104;C. Eckes (P) 105;C. Hocevar (P) 106-133;J. Nemechek (P) 134.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): John Hunter Nemechek (P) five times for 88 laps; Carson Hocevar (P) one time for 28 laps; Ty Majeski (P) two times for 14 laps; Zane Smith (P) two times for two laps; Grant Enfinger (P) one time for one lap; Christian Eckes (P) one time for one lap.
Stage 1 Top Ten: 4,66,98,51,38,17,19,18,88,15
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Who really won the legal battle between Philip Morris and Uruguay?
22 August 2016 by Cecilia Olivet , Alberto Villarreal
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The tobacco giant has to pay $7m to the small South American nation in a dispute over cigarette adverts. But the case could still set a worrying precedent.
This month, campaigners celebrated the legal defeat of tobacco giant Philip Morris by Uruguay at the World Bank World Bank
WB The World Bank was founded as part of the new international monetary system set up at Bretton Woods in 1944. Its capital is provided by member states' contributions and loans on the international money markets. It financed public and private projects in Third World and East European countries.
It consists of several closely associated institutions, among which :
1. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, 189 members in 2017), which provides loans in productive sectors such as farming or energy ;
2. The International Development Association (IDA, 159 members in 1997), which provides less advanced countries with long-term loans (35-40 years) at very low interest (1%) ;
3. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which provides both loan and equity finance for business ventures in developing countries.
As Third World Debt gets worse, the World Bank (along with the IMF) tends to adopt a macro-economic perspective. For instance, it enforces adjustment policies that are intended to balance heavily indebted countries' payments. The World Bank advises those countries that have to undergo the IMF's therapy on such matters as how to reduce budget deficits, round up savings, enduce foreign investors to settle within their borders, or free prices and exchange rates.
-hosted international centre for the settlement of investment disputes.
Philip Morris filed its controversial $25m (£19m) claim for damages at the World Bank arbitration court six years ago, saying it had "no choice but to litigate" due to Uruguay's introduction of graphic warnings on cigarette packets. On 8 July, two of the three arbitrators ruled that Uruguay had the right to continue its anti-cigarette campaign, and that Philip Morris should reimburse $7m (£5.3m) in legal costs.
The David-Goliath battle between Uruguay and Philip Morris is an iconic case because it so clearly illustrates the way corporations can use international investment treaties to attack regulations made in the public interest Interest An amount paid in remuneration of an investment or received by a lender. Interest is calculated on the amount of the capital invested or borrowed, the duration of the operation and the rate that has been set. .
So does Big Tobacco's defeat by Uruguay mean that the growing public opposition to these investment treaties is mistaken? The corporate arbitration lawyers that take up many of the cases – and their supportive political allies – are keen to say that it proves the system can work fairly.
The question however is for whom is the system working? In investment arbitration cases, states never win. States can never file lawsuits against investors, so the best-case scenario for them is if the tribunal dismisses the investor's accusations.
In this case, although Philip Morris was required to contribute $7m for legal costs, Uruguay will still have to pay a further $2.6m in financial costs and much more in terms of the non-material resources it has taken to fight this.
And this is a case that should never have been heard as it contradicted both the terms of the bilateral investment treaty between Switzerland and Uruguay (used as the basis for the claim) as well as the framework convention on tobacco control – the only binding multilateral convention on public health.
The arbitration panel's decision to hear the case put a brake on the adoption of similar tobacco control measures in Costa Rica, Paraguay and New Zealand, among others.
Moreover, the lawsuit may have encouraged legal threats and actions by other corporations, hopeful that they could secure either revision of government policies or financial compensation.
In the past few years, Katoen Natie (logistics), Botnia (pulp/paper) and Farmashop (pharmacy) have threatened Uruguay with lawsuits. In March, a US-based telecommunications corporation, Italba, filed a lawsuit against the country.
The real winners in this proliferation of investor-state cases – which have surged globally from six in 1996 to 696 now – have been the corporate law firms that work on these long and complex cases. Typical arbitration lawyers, employed by either the state or a corporation, earn up to $1,000 an hour.
Philip Morris hired three international law firms (Sidley Austin, Lalive, and Shook, Hardy & Bacon), whereas Uruguay was represented by Foley Hoag. The three arbitrators that decided the case also received wages: nearly $1m between the three of them.
But more disturbing than the profits lawyers make is the power that they are given. Juan Fernández-Armesto, a Spanish lawyer and expert on investment arbitrators, said (paywall):
It never ceases to amaze me that sovereign states have agreed to investment arbitration at all […] Three private individuals are entrusted with the power to review, without any restriction or appeal procedure, all actions of the government, all decisions of the courts, and all laws and regulations emanating from parliament.
The German association of judges said in February (pdf) that these arbitration systems not only fail to meet international requirements for technical and financial independence, but are also unnecessary as disputes can be resolved through national courts.
So while Uruguay can celebrate this particular win over a corporate Goliath, perhaps the victory's most useful contribution would be to raise awareness among states of the dangers of signing up to a privatised court system that leaves decisions on public policies in the hands of corporate lawyers. Failure to do so will mean the arrival of many more transnational Goliaths, armed not with spears but legal papers.
Source: TNI
Cecilia Olivet
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Posted by George Crozier in Environment, Local assembly, Streets.
£600,000 of funding has been provided by Transport for London for the improvement of the 'public realm environment' on Dartmouth Road between Forest Hill station and the pools.
The money is being provided under TfL's Local Implementation Plan (LIP) process. This funding – £300,000 for each of 2015-16 and 2016-17 – will be used to design, consult on and begin carrying out a programme of work. However it is expected that more money will be needed to carry out the lion's share of the improvements in future years.
The origins of the TfL bid lie in a report commissioned by the Forest Hill Ward Assembly under the chairmanship of Lib Dem councillor John Russell back in 2010. The report on the state of the high street and street clutter was presented to the Lewisham Mayor and Cabinet by John, along with a request from the Assembly for action to address the poor state of Dartmouth Road and London Road, including an Area Action Plan for Forest Hill Town Centre and a Local Implementation Plan bid to TfL.
John explained: "Five years ago we took our report to the Mayor and Cabinet to ask the council to back this application for funding so this is the result of our and the community's work.
"Forest Hill will really benefit from these funds that will support all the other initiatives already in place to continue to regenerate the town centre and improve the look and feel of the place. Real change has happened in the town centre since 2010. SEE3 'Portas Pilot' funds, the Forest Hill Society and the local community have all helped to transform the high street.
We'll be keeping an eye on developments.


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City-wide food planning, Norwich style
March 20, 2009 March 23, 2009 ~ youngliam
In the food bit of PEDAL's visioning day last Sunday, we spent a while feeling amazed that if we consider Portobello to have 10,000 people in it, and we all want to eat 2 pieces of fruit every day, then we'd need to produce 7,300,000 portions of fruit a year! If you scale that up to the whole of Edinburgh, it'll be more like 365,000,000!! Here's a link to some work that's been done on a food plan for Norwich http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg3nztb6_14gqbhnvhc – rather academic in tone, but very interesting in terms of looking at this kind of practicality. If you don't want to wade through the whole thing, scroll down to some much more practical thoughts, like this one on how to provide bread:
7.1 Bread
What are the weak points in the current bread supply chain? (Transport of flour from distant mills, transport of bread from distant bakeries, single point of supply for yeast ) If we were to build a local infrastructure that would be more resilient, on what scale would it be needed in order to feed Norwich? How much wheat would be needed? How big a grain store? How big a mill, or how many mills of what size? How many bakers? What weak points would remain (eg reliance on electricity or gas for milling, baking)?
*Production*: Let's assume our "arable ecological diet" calls for a quarter of a large loaf (ie 4 slices) of wholemeal bread per person per day. That's 200g of bread per day so about 135g of flour. So the 233,000 people in Norwich and its hinterland need 31.5 tonnes per day of wholemeal flour, or 11,500 tonnes per year. If organic wheat yields 6 tonnes per hectare we would need about 2,000 ha of wheat per year to feed Norwich. If that wheat was grown one year in 7 as part of an arable rotation, a total arable area of 14,000 ha would be needed to feed Norwich. Note that the "hinterland" of Norwich has been estimated above as 38,000 ha.
*Storage*: If we wanted to store a single year's supply of wheat in Norwich we'd need a grain store capable of holding 11,500 tonnes. Norwich is likely to have an excess of suitable barn-like space in the form of the "retail warehouses" that have been built in recent years. For example, Woolworth's store on Riverside has a floorspace of 8,616m2. So if we filled that space to an average height of 1.33m it would hold a year's supply of wheat. Riverside is an excellent location in terms of its access to both rail and river for transporting the wheat; but flooding could be a problem, so higher locations should also be considered.
*Milling*: Equipment will be needed to dress (clean) the wheat (ie remove stones, weevils etc) and then to mill the wheat. A typical windmill or watermill mills around a tonne a day. The electric mill that we propose to buy for Norwich (see projects below) would have a similar throughput, would cost around £4,000 (probably double that once the associated equipment has been added), and stands about 1m square. However, 30 such mills would be needed to mill the 30 tonnes per day that Norwich needs.
*Bakers*: according to the Bakers' Federation, Britain consumes the equivalent of 12m loaves of bread per day (actually a little less than a quarter of a loaf per person). Three-quarters of this bread comes from the big plant bakers, around 20% from supermarket in-store bakeries, and only 5% from craft bakers. In the case of Norwich and its hinterland we might calculate that the population of 233,000 is consuming around 47,000 loaves a day, of which 35,000 will come from the big plant bakers, 10,000 from supermarket in-store bakeries, and only around 2400 from the area's 20 or so craft bakers. (In France, where artisan-baked bread is more important, it's interesting to note that for example Aix-en-Provence, with the same population as Norwich, has over 60 artisan bakers.)
The plant bakery sector is dominated by two companies – Allied Bakeries (ABF) and Hovis (Premier Foods) – with Warburtons in third place. Allied Bakeries' nearest production site is in Stevenage (91 miles), Hovis' in Forest Gate, East London (107 miles) and Warburtons' is in Enfield (107 miles).
Supermarket in-store bakeries offer the potential of a more useful contribution to a resilient bread supply in that most of them have the necessary equipment to bake bread from local flour (mixer, bread oven etc).
However, even if supermarket bakeries can be repurposed to form part of a resilient local bread supply chain, Norwich would still need many more bakeries – perhaps 100-200 more – if it were to stop importing bread from distant plant bakeries.
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Authorities Investigate Phony Gun Control Mailer
By Tom Knighton | Oct 23, 2020 4:00 PM ET
It seems that since candidates can't canvas neighborhoods to try and secure your vote, they're going to send out five million mailers instead. Honestly, I've gotten so many I'm amazed the Amazon rain forest is still there, for crying out loud.
However, in Upstate New York, a mailer came in that was more than a little fishy.
Now, it's being investigated.
This past June, in the Special Election for the 27th Congressional District and in the Primary Election for Niagara County Court Judge, one of the most egregious campaign violations we have seen took place.
An organization that called itself the Coalition for Safe Schools sent a letter to residents across Niagara County advocating for very stringent gun control, while endorsing Nate McMurray and Caroline Wojtaszek.
McMurray was the endorsed Democrat candidate for Congress and Wojtaszek was the endorsed Republican for judge.
The mailer arrived in mailboxes of voters who are likely to support the Second Amendment the day before the election. That's right – a gun control group mailing endorsements of candidates to gun rights' voters.
As the Reporter discovered, the organization, Coalition of Safe Schools doesn't exist. The Executive Director of the group is fictional. The return address is nonexistent. The organization's website was created two days before the mailer was sent, and no longer exists. The mailer did not identify who paid for it, a violation of law.
Most problematic, the mailer was sent to voters who would be opposed to gun control.
In other words, it was an effort to sabotage specific candidates with a specific group of people.
However, it was a gun rights advocate who spotted the questionable nature of the mailer.
The Reporter was able to obtain the original complaint filed with the DA's office.
It is signed by Edward D. Pettitt, a pro second amendment advocate, who suspected the mailer was a phony.
Petit's complaint reads, "On Monday June 22, 2020 I received a letter in the mail purportedly from Carl Enrique-Smith, Executive Director of 'Parents For Safe Schools.' The purpose of the letter was to state that this pro-gun control group endorsed Caroline Wojtaszek for Niagara County Judge because she 'has prosecuted multiple dangerous criminals under the New York SAFE Act commonsense gun law.
The problem was, Mr. Pettitt or Petit (the spelling discrepancy is in the original piece) is a gun rights activist and had never heard of the organization. He opted to do some digging. What he found was the group simply didn't exist.
Now, I'm not sure what charges could be filed on a case like this. Then again, I'm not an attorney.
What I do know, though, is that this is a major case of wrong. A mailer by a fake organization sent specifically to those who would oppose the supposed organization's mission isn't routine campaigning. It's an attempt to sink a candidate by underhanded means.
Frankly, it sounds like someone who was anti-gun was trying to sabotaging the campaigns of those they figured would work against their efforts. Then again, it's also possible that it was someone who opposed these candidates on completely different issues.
Either way, it's shady as hell.
This is something you need to look out for. There are those who would try to present people as "anti-gun" for a number of reasons. There are some who claim to be gun rights advocates that completely mischaracterize anything to frame people as being anti-gun for simply having insufficient zeal for pro-gun legislation.
Look, no matter what anyone tells you about a candidate, look for yourself.
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Nina Music is an award-winning children's musician who writes songs that are geared to the children in all of us. Her most recent CD,
"M-U-S-I-C", is a 2013 Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award. (Click here for the CD review.) Nina is also an engaging and polished stage performer who loves to get the kids up and moving. She incoporporates sign language into live performances to add a visual element to the performance and further encourage participation with her young audiences.
"M-U-S-I-C", released in October 2013, is Nina's second children's CD. The title track is a musical descendant of the Village People's "YMCA," complete with body spelling. In this tune, kids are asked how to make music with different parts of their bodies, i.e. whistling, clapping, and snapping, with the intention that they clap or whistle along. In fact, almost all of the songs have a participatory or educational element to them.
Nina really showcases her ear for layering instruments and harmonies in this self-produced CD. The resulting songs are more sophisticated, yet are still completely accessible to young listeners. The tunes are infused with hints of inspiration from her musical past (Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Village People), while including the hitherto unexpressed influences from hip-hop and funk (Kanye West).
In 2008, she released her critically acclaimed debut children's CD "Shake, Shake, Shake". In addition to Nina-penned tunes, this CD also includes songs co-written with many of her family members. It also has the hit "Pickle," which not only continues to receive lots of radio play, but also gets the "Play It AGAIN!" chant from kids while driving in the car with their parents.
Nina pulled from her experience as an educator and created a musical curriculum called "Sing, Sign, Dance" for pre-school age children. "Sing, Sign, Dance" is a very unique program, and she performs it in preschools, libraries, theatres and elementary schools. The title refers to the different elements featured in the program, with a special emphasis on the sign language aspect. In addition to getting the kids involved, sign language is great for demonstrating diversity, inclusion and helping kids develop their fine and gross motor skills.
Nina's musical journey started in Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania. She taught herself how to play guitar at just 13 years of age after being heavily influenced by her big brother Eric's guitar playing—and fighting for her little bit of the spotlight as the youngest of eight children in an often loud, funny and musically talented family. Today, she resides in northern New Jersey and travels all around, even internationally, to bring musical joy to young kids.


View of the Christchurch Air Force Memorial at Spitfire Square on Memorial Avenue near Christchurch Airport. Countdown Supermarket, McDonalds and the Memorial Avenue Gateway bridge are in the background.
Replica Spitfire, the Christchurch Air Force Memorial outside Spitfire Square on Memorial Avenue near Christchurch Airport. Lone Star restaurant is in the background.
Tim Wallis stands next to his MK XVI Spitfire and talks to spectators at the Wigram air show.
Ray Woodfield (left) and Owen Foster of the Brevet Club, standing beneath a burnt Spitfire that was vandalised on Memorial Avenue near Christchurch Airport.
A crane removing the burnt Spitfire which was vandalised outside the Brevet Club on Memorial Avenue near Christchurch Airport.