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Jessie James Decker: "Overtrained"? Mother of three justifies herself for her kids' muscles
Actually, she didn't want to address the topic at all, but after the US singer Jessie James Decker posted a holiday photo of her three children Vivianne, 8, Eric Jr.
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Actually, she didn't want to address the topic at all, but after the US singer Jessie James Decker posted a holiday photo of her three children Vivianne, 8, Eric Jr., 7, and Forrest, 4, on the beach in Mexico on Instagram, the comments overturned . The reason: the children's well-developed abdominal muscles. "Wait...do they really all have a six pack? How?" asked one. Another wrote: "Let's hope kids don't start to feel like they have to look like this". One user even pointed out the kids' "saggy skin": "It's not fitness. Even bodybuilders aren't that lean unless they're water weight." Others again expressed the suspicion that the muscles are not real and even suspect image processing. Apparently too much for Decker.
Two days after the photo, the artist apparently felt compelled to respond to the flood of comments. For this, she posted a video of her three children, in which all three smile at the camera and in which the youngest child performs a small dance routine. "When I posted the pictures from our vacation and had the kids fooling around on the beach on Thanksgiving, I had no idea there would be such a reaction as there was," she wrote. "But when I'm accused of photoshopping abs on my kids (laughs) or... the exact opposite of 'overtraining' our kids, it makes me realize how bizarre our world has become, about the body and what's normal and what's not," she continued. "We preach body kindness and acceptance, but that my kids have a large amount of genetic muscle and athletic muscle is 'strange'?"
She wants to raise her children to be proud of their bodies and their hard work. In fact, all three children seem to be very active in sports, as she writes. Daughter Vivi does competitive gymnastics, son Eric Jr. wants to be an NFL receiver like his father Eric Decker and little Forrest would dance for hours to his heart's content. "We should not choose what we normalize in terms of bodies, but accept all people and children," she continues. She is proud of her children and encourages them to "live their dreams," she writes, ending the entry with, "So see you at the 2032 Olympics wearing Bubby's jersey in the stands and dancing at Forrest's rock concert."
However, the comments could also be related to an entry that the mother of three only published on Instagram in June. In it she wrote about her mental problems and revealed that she struggles with her own body image. "I'm going from one extreme of being obsessed with working out and being big to being skinny and just giving up and gaining weight because eating makes me feel better."
Watch the video: Push-ups are easy as pie. If you don't believe that, you should take a look at this home video of a fitness influencer.
Sources: Instagram, Page Six
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Joint Tax Returns
Do I Need to Include My Original Tax Forms With My Amended Return?
by Jane Meggitt
The IRS doesn't require the original tax forms when you file an amended return.
If you're filing an amended federal tax return, you must reference the information in your original return, but you don't need to include the original forms in your mailing to the Internal Revenue Service. Generally, amended returns concern changes in filing status, deductions, income or number of dependents. The IRS corrects any math mistakes and will notify you, so you don't have to file an amended return for that reason.
Filing an Amended Return
To submit an amended return, you must fill out IRS form 1040X. This form includes a section where you can explain the reasons for filing the amended return. While you don't have to include the original tax forms, you must include new documentation relating to your amended return. If the amended return results in additional tax, enclose a check to the IRS.
Turbo Tax: How to File an Amended Return With the IRS
Internal Revenue Service: Amended Returns & Form 1040X
Internal Revenue Service: Form 1040X
Jane Meggitt has been a writer for more than 20 years. In addition to reporting for a major newspaper chain, she has been published in "Horse News," "Suburban Classic," "Hoof Beats," "Equine Journal" and other publications. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from New York University and an Associate of Arts from the American Academy of Dramatics Arts, New York City.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told : "Let's use this moment to start to think about health care as a human right everywhere in the world – what a person deserves simply by virtue of being alive, not when you can afford it"
thesourceng Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:02:00 PM EAT
ngrguardiannews Tuesday, December 7, 2021 3:27:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "I wish you joy, fulfillment, and excitement in whatever else you do going forward and I'm waiting for you to come visit in Lagos. You said you'd come"
guardian-ng Friday, November 19, 2021 2:10:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote : "Speer demonstrates a slick honesty whose goal is to disarm. If it disarmed me as a child, it repels me as an adult. His rueful acknowledgment of his dedication to Hitler, and his philosophical puzzlement at his own complicity, seeks to cast a glaze of innocence over him,"
timesofisrael Friday, October 29, 2021 7:23:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "We become, even if only briefly, a family,"
watoday Monday, June 21, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote : "What matters is not goodness but the appearance of goodness," "We are no longer human beings. We are now angels jostling to out-angel one another. God help us. It is obscene"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote : "I was very supportive of this writer. I didn't have to be. I wasn't asked to be. I supported this writer because I believe we need a diverse range of African stories,"
theage Friday, June 18, 2021 2:28:00 AM EAT
nytimes Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:25:00 PM EAT
nytimes Wednesday, June 16, 2021 11:18:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote : "We have a generation of young people on social media so terrified of having the wrong opinions that they have robbed themselves of the opportunity to think and to learn and to grow," "I have spoken to young people who tell me they are terrified to tweet anything, that they read and reread their tweets because they fear they will be attacked by their own. The assumption of good faith is dead. What matters is not goodness but the appearance of goodness. We are no longer human beings. We are now angels jostling to out-angel one another. God help us. It is obscene"
guardian Wednesday, June 16, 2021 6:12:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes : "It is a simple story – you got close to a famous person, you publicly insulted the famous person to aggrandize yourself, the famous person cut you off, you sent emails and texts that were ignored, and you then decided to go on social media to peddle falsehoods,"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote : "Two hours after she arrived at the Teaching Hospital, she died,"
thenationonlineng Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:05:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "I think of myself as a writer and a story teller. That's the thing I really do. I think that's the reason I am living. I really need to believe that. And it's a thing that gives my life meaning, it is something I want to be doing until I no longer can. If I can't write I don't want to live. But one thing my writing has done is that it has given me a platform,"
thenewsnigeria Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie maintained : "I have writer friends with elaborate and exciting stories about how they came to writing, but I just don't have that. I wrote from when I was six. Even then I knew that this was something that truly mattered to me. When I was ten, though I had a lot of friends, I remember looking forward to when I could go up to my father's study and be alone and write. It was considered something odd for me to want to do when it was sunny outside. Now, as an adult, I realize it's what I care about. It gives me a sense that this is what I am meant to be doing"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "I'm a storyteller—that's all I want to be; that's really the only thing that I do relatively well, tell stories. But I also realize it would be dishonest for me to say that I'm just a writer and it doesn't matter, and my stories don't mean anything. Maybe in a fantasy world, yes. But one has to be realistic. I'm writing about a place of scarce resources. I'm telling stories that are set in recognizable places, and a lot of things there are contested. I realize that my fiction becomes political, whether or not one intends it to be. There is a sense in which I accept that, but I don't let that define me and define my work,"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told : "There is a deeply politicized feeling among many Nigerians that Biafra should be forgotten, that we should all behave as if it never happened and that those who do bring it up are troublemakers, or secessionists or whatever. Biafra is a very important part of our history, and many of the issues surrounding the war are still unresolved, but what worries me most is that we seem to think these issues will go away if we simply pretend they are not there,"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "I very much appreciate the honour of the Africa Freedom Prize. It is always gratifying to be recognised, and particularly so in this case, to join the good company of others who share my commitment to our beloved continent,"
dailymaverick Sunday, December 20, 2020 2:22:00 PM EAT
ngrguardiannews Friday, December 11, 2020 2:16:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observes : "acknowledges his shortcomings as a husband, he mourns his mistakes and broods still on his choice of words during the first Democratic primaries,"
newsday-USA Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes : "So much is still at a polished remove," "It is as if, because he is leery of exaggerated emotion, emotion itself is tamped down"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observes : "acknowledges his shortcomings as a husband, he mourns his mistakes and broods still on his choice of words during the first Democratic primaries,"
gulf-times Thursday, November 26, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes : "So much is still at a polished remove," "It is as if, because he is leery of exaggerated emotion, emotion itself is tamped down"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie finds : "resolving the lingering questions of [his] racial identity,"
news-yahoo-in Saturday, November 14, 2020 1:41:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says : "It is impossible to talk about her, about what's happened today, without thinking about what might happen in four or eight years – that she might in fact become president," "Even if just for the symbolism of it, because the symbolic nature of leadership is important"
guardian Saturday, November 14, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie added : "I'm not entirely sure of its inability to understand or an unwillingness to understand because I do think there is a wide divide between this generation of Nigerians and the generation of people in power. I also think there is still very much a sense of what our military history is,"
guardian-ng Saturday, November 14, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "I'm especially moved to be voted Winner of Winners because this is the prize that first brought a wide readership to my work, and has also introduced me to the work of many talented writers"
AfricaNews-English Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:40:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "I'm especially moved to be voted Winner of Winners because this is the prize that first brought a wide readership to my work - and has also introduced me to the work of many talented writers"
bbc Thursday, November 12, 2020 1:43:00 PM EAT
yahoo-au Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:56:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie suggested : "maybe it's time to just scrap the word 'racist.' Find something new. Like Racial Disorder Syndrome. And we could have different categories for sufferers of this syndrome: mild, medium and acute"
nytimes Saturday, August 1, 2020 2:11:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture"
dailymaverick Monday, June 22, 2020 3:44:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie asked : "Don't we all write about love?"
forbes Thursday, March 19, 2020 7:28:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "We came to see you to know exactly what happened. This has been very upsetting to all of us…all we are fighting for is truth and justice,"
dailytimes-NG Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:32:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote : "Today Abba people live in fear. Rumours swirl every day. Somebody says there is a list of Abba people to be arrested. Another says the police are coming from Abuja to arrest the town union members. Another says the community school, partly located on the disputed land, will be completely demolished. Some fearful parents keep their children home from school. When a big car with tinted windows drives through Abba, the people worry. Some men skulk away. Who will be arrested today? Who will be harassed? Who will sleep in a cell tonight?"
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said : "Lagos has been a wonderful and hospitable home for my writing workshop these past ten years," "But I now want from time to time to move the venue to different places and it's not surprising that I want to start with my own beloved home state of Anambra"
vanguardngr Monday, December 9, 2019 10:35:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie diz : "Para mim, escrever ficção é um processo de contar a minha própria verdade e, ao mesmo tempo, espero levar outras pessoas comigo"
correio24horas Tuesday, August 29, 2017 2:19:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie skriver : »For mig er feminisme altid kontekstuel«
politiken-en Thursday, March 9, 2017 11:15:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : "Je suis devenue noire aux États-Unis"
france24 Wednesday, June 29, 2016 1:21:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie EN 54.14%
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie FR 22.56%
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie PT 21.80%
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie DA 0.75%
Chimamanda NGozi Adichie FR 0.75%
Joanne K Rowling 1.41%
Facebook 1.11%
George Orwell 0.91%
Vladimir Nabokov 0.91%
Harper Lee 0.91%
Guardian 0.91%
Ted 0.80%
Philip Roth 0.80%
Harry Potter 0.80%
Barack Obama 0.70%
Lupita Nyong o 0.70%
Eça De Queiroz 0.70%
Joan Didion 0.70%
Luis Sepulveda 0.70%
Jonathan Franzen 0.70%
Valter Hugo Mãe 0.70%
Patricia Highsmith 0.70%
Isabel Lucas 0.70%
Milan Kundera 0.70%
Valter Hugo 0.70%
The Guardian 0.70%
Gabriel Garcia 0.70%
Jose Saramago 0.70%
Maria Cardoso 0.70%
Dulce Maria Cardoso 0.70%
Dulce Maria 0.70%
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 0.70%
Julia Urquidi 0.0189
Mark Leyes 0.0175
Joanne K Rowling 0.0131
Terenci Moix 0.0103
George Orwell 0.0092
Harper Lee 0.009
Aoife McArdle 0.009
Vladimir Nabokov 0.0089
Felix de Azua 0.0084
Philip Roth 0.0079
Joan Didion 0.0072
Jonathan Franzen 0.0072
Dulce Maria 0.0072
Eça De Queiroz 0.0071
Luis Sepulveda 0.0071
Isabel Lucas 0.0071
Valter Hugo Mãe 0.007
Patricia Highsmith 0.007
Valter Hugo 0.007
Gabriel Garcia 0.007
Jose Saramago 0.007
Dulce Maria Cardoso 0.0068
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 0.0068
Maria Cardoso 0.0065
Milan Kundera 0.0063
Lupita Nyong o 0.0062
Michelle Obama 0.0062
Roy Jacobsen 0.0061
Chinua Achebe 0.006
Chimamanda Adichie 0.006
Prof Dr explains ( about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ) : "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the long-lost, undogmatic voice of liberal feminism in the 21st century. She represents the success and self-image of a new generation of African women writers who are increasingly making their voices heard on the world literary stage. In her fight for freedom and self-determination for women, Adichie contributes to the consolidation of liberal values and goals – not only in Africa but all over the world "
thesourceng Saturday, April 3, 2021 8:41:00 AM EAT
Nick Pearson said ( about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ) : "Notes on Grief is a moving tribute to the father Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie loved fiercely and whose sudden death devastated her. It will be treasured by readers for the light it sheds on the pain of navigating the loss of someone we love"
guardian Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:47:00 PM EAT
thesourceng Monday, December 14, 2020 9:22:00 AM EAT
Prof Dr explains ( about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ) : "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the long-lost, undogmatic voice of liberal feminism in the 21st century,"
Kate Moss said ( about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ) : "One of the things that's so fantastic about Chimamanda being the winner of winners is that a lot of younger readers are now coming to that novel, who probably didn't read it when it came out. It's felt like a really celebratory thing to be doing over this very strange year,"
premiumtimesng Friday, November 13, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT
msn-uk Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:52:00 AM EAT


A few weeks ago, I sat down with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige at the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 press junket, and we discussed a variety of things. We talked about how the Marvel tradition of post-credits scenes started, and how they are developed before, during and sometimes after filming. I also asked him about the lesson he learned working on You've Got Mail so many years ago (seriously!) and why he chose Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to direct Captain Marvel. I also try to make some sense of the current chronology of the current Marvel films. All this and more below!


In recent weeks, many have drawn parallels between the Israel's ongoing war against the Hamas and the Indian response to Pakistan over the Mumbai terror attacks. For some, India has more valid grounds for an aggressive response than Israel; and for others Israel is a far too controversial and unsavory model. But there are those who wish and demand that the Indian government emulates Israel in dealing with Pakistan.
Not many countries and societies endorsed the Israeli action, especially the death of hundreds of Palestinians. India is not an exception in deploring Israel.
However, the political disapproval of the Israel's policy towards the Palestinians should not prevent the professionals from examining Israel's experiences. Not learning from the successes and failures of others is often costlier.
At the same time, if India were to adopt an Israel-type strategy vis-'-vis Pakistan, a number of crucial issues have to be recognized and sorted out.
1. Israel is able to pursue an aggressive strategy against the Islamic militants primarily because of the unqualified support of the Bush administration. Whether it gave an official approval or merely signaled its understanding, the US support is crucial. Without it the massive operation would not have happened. Can India secure such a support from the US or any other power or a constellation of powers for an aggressive counter-terrorism strategy against Pakistan?
2. Likewise, thanks to the American support, Israel has managed to ward off any punitive measures by the UN Security Council. Does India enjoy such a guarantee if the friends of Pakistan were to lobby for international sanctions against it?
3. Mounting international criticism has not prevented the Israeli leaders from pursuing a course of action that they consider vital for the security of their citizens. They are prepared to stand to the widespread international disapprovals, large-scale protest rallies and adverse coverage by the international media. Do the Indian leaders have the stomach to withstand massive public demonstrations in different parts of the world?
4. Israel was able to launch an aggressive campaign because of its vast and at times unparalleled intelligence base. For example, it struck nearly 50 targets in the Gaza Strip within the first few minutes of the air campaign. As of now, real-time intelligence and successful surgical strikes are possible only in Bollywood movies. Actionable intelligence still remains a pipe dream and would be so for a long time.
5. Israel could launch its war because Hamas is a non-state actor that controls only a part of the Palestinian territories. The internal schism between the mainstream Fatah and the militant Islamic group came out clearly during the current crisis. While over a thousand Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, the Fatah-dominated West Bank remains relatively tranquil. This crucial divide has partly enabled Israel to pursue its military option. This is not the case in Pakistan. Despite all the internal tensions and acrimony, 'neutrality' over an Indian action is not an option for any Pakistani group. As highlighted by the recent statements, even jihadi groups opposed to the military crackdown would rally behind the Pakistani flag.
6. The military arsenal of Hamas is rather limited and largely consists of short range rockets. Its widely-published threats of turning the Gaza Strip in to a volcano if Israel were to launch a ground offensive has not materialized. There are signs of fatigue and internal divisions within its ranks. Pakistan is entirely different story. It is not a paper tiger but a nuclear power. Even the BJP-led NDA government refused to cross the LoC during the Kargil war, notwithstanding its past hard-line statements. Thus a militant counter-terrorism strategy against Pakistan is no longer the last option, unless one is prepared for thousands of civilian deaths on both sides.
7. Since mid-2005, the Hamas has launched over 5,000 rockets against Israel and despite the ongoing crisis, rockets continue to fall into Israel. Some had landed almost 40 km deep inside Israel. Yet, the major population and economic centers are beyond the range of Hamas rockets. This is not so for India. A number of critical economic targets are within the range of a Pakistani counter-offensive. This would mean large-scale destruction of economic assets accompanied by unacceptable human casualties.
8. Despite the accuracy of its military machine, Israel could not escape causing civilian deaths. Various human rights organizations agree that a bulk of the Palestinians who were killed in the Gaza Strip were civilians. Likewise, India would not be able to escape from a large scale 'collateral damage' which would have unbearable political consequences.
9. So far the campaign against Hamas enjoys widespread domestic support within Israel. Months of insecurity against rockets has made the wider public to rally around the government. Democratic societies cannot launch a war without such a strong backing of its citizens. Would there be a strong internal support within India for a war against Pakistan over Mumbai attacks?
10. Ultimately military campaign alone will not stop the Hamas violence. Israel has been seeking to end the rocket attacks by forcing Hamas to accept a ceasefire from a position of weakness. In the process Israel has squandered considerable international understanding and sympathy. Likewise, a military campaign will not end Pakistan's support for terrorism against India. At best it could make such a policy a costly enterprise, not just for Pakistan but also for India.
Above all, military successes rarely ensure political victory. The Middle East had many such examples. In 1956, for example, Israel won the Suez war but handed over the leadership of the Arab world to President Gamal Abdul Nasser. President George Bush (Sr.) won the Kuwait war but lost his re-election bid in 1992. His son quickly overthrow of the Saddam Hussein in 2003 only to find himself in the Iraqi quagmire. Thus even if it achieves the impossible 'victory' over Hamas, Israel's search for peace would be settled only in the negotiating table. Likewise, any realistic end to terrorism in South Asia rests on Pakistan's cooperation and not its defeat, even if that were possible.
Thus war is still an option. But look before you fire.


The Lives of Others won the Oscar®-for Best Foreign Language Film (2006).
My concept for the menu centers on the lead character, Captain Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi investigator in East Berlin circa 1984, as he becomes drawn into the lives of a successful playwright and his girlfriend. We see Wiesler in the attic and the interrogation room: the environments of his work. Footage of his subjects is projected onto the walls surrounding him serving as a metaphor for his immersion in "The Lives of Others". The navigation design is an abstraction of a file folder tab that is clean and modern while still alluding to the files being compiled by the Stasi on the citizens of the German Democratic Republic.


Schneider all set to dispose of Pelco | #TpromoCom #VideoSurveillance #Business #Marketing | Schneider Electric has entered exclusive negotiations with Transom Capital Group, a U.S.-based private equity firm, regarding the sale of its Pelco business unit.
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This page compiles all known information and steps from the mysterious set of clues and puzzles that accompanied the reveal of Sledgehammer's Call of Duty: World War II.
The page linked had an Enigma machine.
The code ORM - YMF - 212514 - 12123 - 131 can be clearly seen of the left side of the image.
Additionally, the bottom of the enigma machine shows the following coordinates: 51.0344 N 2.3768 E. These lead to Dunkirk, France.


CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (NYSE:ACRE) today posted updated information related to excess inclusion income to investors in its common stock (CUSIP # 04013V-10-8). Please see www.arescre.com and click on the Tax Reporting Section under the Investor Resources section of the website.
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is a specialty finance company primarily engaged in principal lending and mortgage banking of commercial real estate investments. Through Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation's national direct origination platform, it provides a broad offering of flexible financing solutions for commercial real estate owners and operators. Through ACRE Capital LLC, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation's mortgage banking subsidiary, it originates and services multifamily residential mortgage loans, senior housing and healthcare facility loans by utilizing programs overseen by governmental agencies and government-sponsored entities. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation elected and qualified to be taxed as a real estate investment trust and is externally managed by a subsidiary of Ares Management, L.P. (NYSE:ARES), a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $86 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2014 and pro forma for the acquisition of Energy Investors Funds which closed on January 1, 2015. For more information, please visit www.arescre.com. The contents of such website are not, and should not be deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein.
Statements included herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which relate to future events or the Company's future performance or financial condition. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, condition or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including the risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made herein.


Whitecurrant bushes are an interesting variation and it's well worth including Whitecurrant bushes in your collection. Whitecurrant bushes are easy to grow, identical really to a Redcurrant. You can also grow Whitecurrant cordons or a standard Whitecurrant. Whitecurrant bushes from our nursery are well grown with an average 3/4 branches per whitecurrant bush.
White Versailles is the best Whitecurrant bush to grow. It can equally be cultivated as a Whitecurrant cordon.
Whitecurrant bushes produce lots of white-apricot tinted fruits. These are sweeter than a redcurrant, ideal for jellies, pies, etc or for sprinkling on top of a fresh fruit salad!
Whitecurrant bushes should be spaced 5' apart. Whitecurrant cordons 18" apart.


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Kingdom of change
CommsMEA examines how Saudi Arabia's telecoms market is likely to develop in the coming years.
By Administrator Published January 2, 2008
Saudi Arabia represented 15% of all telecommunications connections in the Middle East midway through 2007, according to a joint study by the GSM Association and research firm Ovum. Analysts further predict the number of mobile and internet subscribers will double within the next five years.
The high purchasing power of the Saudi population, combined with the comparatively low levels of telephony penetration and high ARPU levels of around US$35, have all attracted interest from regional players to enter the market.
The Saudi Arabian telco space is the least-saturated market within the GCC and it has the most potential. - Dr Marwan Al-Ahmadi, CEO of Zain Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia's telecom regulator, the CITC, has dedicated much time to channeling this commercial interest to the benefit of the kingdom's ICT sector with a particular interest in safeguarding the public interest and shoring up investment in Saudi Arabia's national infrastructure.
This programme was set in motion after the CITC introduced market liberalisation in the mobile segment in 2004, when UAE-based Etisalat paid a $2.4 billion entry-fee for a 20-year 2G/3G concession.
The acquisition of a 3G licence by incumbent operator Saudi Telecom Company (STC) 12 months later was further evidence that the regulatory body's strategy was starting to reap rewards for the kingdom's telco market.
The compound effect of these developments has been the addition of 1.5 million mobile subscribers per quarter in the 18 months to August 2007, according to figures published by KPMG.
A further report released by HSBC predicts that mobile penetration rates in Saudi Arabia are expected to rise 48%, to reach 130% before 2012.
The Arab Advisors Group estimates that almost 40% of mobile users had more than one SIM card in 2006 but HSBC estimates the number to be closer to 30%.
The kingdom's third mobile licence was auctioned-off for $6.11 billion to Kuwait's Zain Group earlier last year, giving the operator the right to offer 2G and 3G services for a period of 25 years.
The amount paid by Zain is easily the highest ever offered across the entire Middle East for a greenfield opportunity and surpasses the $5 billion figure analysts expected the eventual winner to bid.
This signifies the responsibility being faced by the CITC in ensuring market conditions are such that the investments being made in the sector prove viable.
Dr Marwan Al-Ahmadi, CEO of Zain's Saudi operations claims that the company has presently invested $1.2 billion in its network rollout.
He is also at pains to point out that despite the massive market entry fee, the $6.1 billion payout amounts to one of the shrewdest investments in the Middle East telco space last year.
"The Saudi Arabian telco space is the least-saturated market within the GCC and has the most potential," says Al-Ahmadi.
When comparing the acquisition to other high profile licences, Al-Ahmadi highlights the 25-year duration of his company's operating licence, which is substantially longer than standard 15-year concessions.
"If you take that into consideration, what we paid for the third licence in Saudi Arabia is less than what it cost Etisalat to pay for the third licence in Egypt. Just a simple comparison, I'll leave the maths to those who want to do it, but we have done it already, and the conclusion is that our Saudi investment is a much more lucrative opportunity than the one in Egypt.
He also claims that given the scale of the Saudi market, Zain's investment in the kingdom poses far greater value than that of STC's recent acquisition in Kuwait.


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Well everyone, here is a picture of the Christmas Cakes we never got before Christmas. Corrections informed us the day before Christmas that they were "out of stock". This is despite them being pre-ordered by the men well in advance and knowingly available at many stores, even after Christmas.
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$2 a week goes out for the hireage of the TV's so that was a lot of weeks the men sacrificed other items to be able to have the cake.
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1 Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side.
4 And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling of judgment: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
11 And behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

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But since 1572 the world has been caught up in a vast Scientific Revolution that has transformed the nature of knowledge and the capacities of humankind. Without it there would have been no Industrial Revolution and none of the modern technologies on which we depends; human life would be drastically poorer and shorter and most of us would live lives of unremitting toil. How long it will last, and what its consequences will be, it is far too soon to say; it may end with nuclear war or ecological catastrophe, or (though this seems much less likely) with happiness, peace and prosperity.
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Q: Ubuntu 16.04 - Internal microphone not working - Ideapad 310 My built-in microphone is not working properly on the programs I've tested it with like Google Chrome (Hangouts), Skype. But when I execute pactl load-module module-loopback I get the feedback perfectly.
Google Chrome (Hangouts) does not receive any audio. Skype receives but outputs a very low and buzzing sound.
I changed /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to add options snd-hda-intel model=auto and options snd-hda-intel model=ideapad but that did not work (Internal microphone not working).
I am using Xubuntu 16.04.
My ALSA Info
Any suggestion?

A: On my Lenovo Ideapad 310 and Skype I had to:

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*Open pavucontrol (install it if missing with sudo apt-get install pavucontrol)

*Call someone or to Echo / Sound Test service (important step :) )

*Go to the Recording tab; you will see something like "Chrome input"

*In the Recording tab, unlock channels so that they are not linked together - by pressing a padlock icon or chainlink icon. Slide the slider of Front Right all the way down to zero.
Thanks to this - even after restart mic was working properly.

A: Yup! I had the same problem in Ubuntu 16.10, where it was working perfectly on Skype but didn't work for chrome.
So I solved the problem just by reducing the Front Right slider under Input Devices on PulseAudio Volume Control.

A: My Lenovo G70-80 built-in microphone was not working. I followed this ubuntu wiki help page.
Under Increasing very low microphone input, point 5, Switch one of the input channels off solved my problem. This notebook has only one mono microphone so one channel should be switched off. It's not important which - left or right.

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*Go to Input Devices tab and ensure you have the Internal Audio Analog Stereo or just Internal Audio Analog displayed by selecting All
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*Find the appropriate input device (microphone) and ensure its not muted - by unticking mute audio icon.

*Unlock channels so that they are not linked together - by pressing a padlock icon or chainlink icon. Slide the slider of Front Right all
  the way down to zero.

*Talk to the microphone observing input level on the bar just below the two sliders or at the Input tab of Gnome-volume-control.

*This should work when either channel is muted, though it is suggested to start with Front Right one.

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#include "soa/service/carbon_connector.h"
#include "v8.h"
#include "node.h"
#include "soa/js/js_value.h"
#include "soa/js/js_utils.h"
#include "soa/js/js_wrapped.h"
#include "soa/js/js_call.h"
#include "soa/js/js_registry.h"
#include "jml/arch/timers.h"
#include "jml/utils/guard.h"
#include "soa/sigslot/slot.h"
#include "jml/utils/guard.h"
#include "soa/sigslot/slot_js.h"
#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include "soa/js/js_call.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace v8;
using namespace node;

namespace Datacratic {
namespace JS {

extern Registry registry;

extern const char * const opstatsModule;

const char * const opstatsModule = "opstats";

// Node.js initialization function; called to set up the OPSTATS object
extern "C" void
init(Handle<v8::Object> target)
{
    Datacratic::JS::registry.init(target, opstatsModule);
}

/*****************************************************************************/
/* CARBON CONNECTOR JS                                                       */
/*****************************************************************************/

const char * CarbonConnectorName = "CarbonConnector";

struct CarbonConnectorJS
    : public JSWrapped2<CarbonConnector, CarbonConnectorJS,
                        CarbonConnectorName,
                        opstatsModule, true> {

    CarbonConnectorJS()
    {
    }

    CarbonConnectorJS(const v8::Handle<v8::Object> & This,
             const std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector> & logger
                 = std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>())
    {
        wrap(This, logger);
    }

    static Handle<v8::Value>
    New(const Arguments & args)
    {
        try {
            if (args.Length() > 0) {
                new CarbonConnectorJS(args.This(),
                                      std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>
                                      (new CarbonConnector()));
                return open(args);
            }
            else {
                new CarbonConnectorJS(args.This(),
                                      std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>());
            }

            return args.This();
        } HANDLE_JS_EXCEPTIONS;
    }

    static void Initialize()
    {
        Persistent<FunctionTemplate> t = Register(New);

        // Instance methods
        NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(t, "open", open);

        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::stop, "close");
        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::stop, "stop");
        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::dump, "dump");

        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::recordHit, "recordHit");
        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::recordCount, "recordCount");
        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::recordStableLevel, "recordStableLevel");
        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::recordLevel, "recordLevel");
        registerMemberFn(&CarbonConnector::recordOutcome, "recordOutcome");
    }

    static Handle<v8::Value>
    open(const Arguments & args)
    {
        try {
            // Make sure Node doesn't exit and we don't get GCd when the
            // event loop is running.

            ev_ref(ev_default_loop());
            v8::Persistent<v8::Object> phandle
                = v8::Persistent<v8::Object>::New(args.This());

            auto cleanup = [=] ()
                {
                    v8::Persistent<v8::Object> handle = phandle;
                    ev_unref(ev_default_loop());
                    handle.Clear();
                    handle.Dispose();
                };

            ML::Call_Guard doCleanup(cleanup);  // cleanup on exception

            if (!args[0].IsEmpty()
                && args[0]->IsArray()) {
                getShared(args)->open(getArg<vector<string> >
                                      (args, 0, "carbonAddr"),
                                      getArg(args, 1, "statsPath"),
                                      getArg(args, 2, "dumpInterval"),
                                      cleanup);
            }
            else {
                getShared(args)->open(getArg<string>(args, 0, "carbonAddr"),
                                      getArg(args, 1, "statsPath"),
                                      getArg(args, 2, "dumpInterval"),
                                      cleanup);
            }

            doCleanup.clear();

            return args.This();
        } HANDLE_JS_EXCEPTIONS;
    }
};

std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>
from_js(const JSValue & value, std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector> *)
{
    return CarbonConnectorJS::fromJS(value);
}

CarbonConnector *
from_js(const JSValue & value, CarbonConnector **)
{
    return CarbonConnectorJS::fromJS(value).get();
}

std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>
from_js_ref(const JSValue& value, std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>*)
{
    return CarbonConnectorJS::fromJS(value);
}

void
to_js(JS::JSValue& value, const std::shared_ptr<CarbonConnector>& proxy)
{
    value = CarbonConnectorJS::toJS(proxy);
}

} // namespace JS
} // namespace Datacratic


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Q: El Capitan upgrade and Apache VHost problems So this caught me out. I've figured to diff between /etc/httpd.conf and /etc/httpd.conf.pre-update and correct default LoadModules and Includes which the upgrade applied, but I have a number of vhosts which are not playing nicely. All were fine prior to upgrade and are failing along the lines of:
http://localhost (DocumentRoot /www works fine)
http://test (DocumentRoot /www/test serves "It works!" from the standard DocumentRoot and nothing shows in /var/log/apache2/access_log)
http://test/index.php (works)
http://localhost/test (works)

httpd.conf extract
DocumentRoot "/www"
<Directory "/www">
    Options FollowSymLinks Multiviews
    MultiviewsMatch Any
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

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<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/www/test"
    ServerName test
</VirtualHost>

The ServerName is set in /etc/hosts and pings correctly, and it works when explicitly specifying the file so this looks good. Also tried with test.local (and test as ServerAlias) which made no difference.
DirectoryIndex has been set as "index.php index.html" which made no difference, and as http://localhost/test" correctly serves index.php, that looks as it should be.
And when http://test is accessed, it returns the standard "It works!" file from /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en. This directory is only referenced from /etc/apache2/original/httpd.conf and /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf.
httpd -V shows correct conf is in use
Server version: Apache/2.4.16 (Unix)
Server built:   Aug 22 2015 16:51:57
Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:47
Server loaded:  APR 1.4.8, APR-UTIL 1.5.2
Compiled using: APR 1.4.8, APR-UTIL 1.5.2
Architecture:   64-bit
Server MPM:     prefork
  threaded:     no
    forked:     yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
 -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
 -D APR_HAS_MMAP
 -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
 -D APR_USE_FLOCK_SERIALIZE
 -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
 -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
 -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
 -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
 -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256
 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr"
 -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/bin/suexec"
 -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/private/var/run/httpd.pid"
 -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
 -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
 -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/mime.types"
 -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"

httpd -S shows sites are loading correctly
VirtualHost configuration:
*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
     default server localhost (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:24)
     port 80 namevhost localhost (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:24)
     port 80 namevhost phpmyadmin (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:29)
     port 80 namevhost site1.local (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:34)
     port 80 namevhost ideas.local (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:39)
     port 80 namevhost site2.local (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:44)
     port 80 namevhost site3.local (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:49)
     port 80 namevhost site4 (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:54)
     port 80 namevhost site5 (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:59)
     port 80 namevhost site6 (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:64)
     port 80 namevhost site7 (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:69)
     port 80 namevhost site8 (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:74)
     port 80 namevhost test (/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:79)
ServerRoot: "/usr"
Main DocumentRoot: "/www"
Main ErrorLog: "/private/var/log/apache2/error_log"
Mutex default: dir="/private/var/run/" mechanism=default
Mutex mpm-accept: using_defaults
Mutex proxy-balancer-shm: using_defaults
Mutex rewrite-map: using_defaults
Mutex proxy: using_defaults
PidFile: "/private/var/run/httpd.pid"
Define: DUMP_VHOSTS
Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG
User: name="_www" id=70 not_used
Group: name="_www" id=70 not_used

The *.local sites load correctly, though their DocumentRoots are like:
/www/site1/public

I've been looking at it so long, I'm missing something really obvious aren't I. Put me out of my misery please.
Thanks.

A: So, end result appears to be that either I'm very, very stupid, or Safari's caching system is very, very stupid.
I'll get my coat...
(I remain shocked by how badly El Capitan has messed up my system - I clearly still have much to learn about OSX)


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Rutgers University Deep Treble
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
International Spotlight
Amidst the a cappella scene within our own borders it's easy to lose sight of what's going on around the world. In International Spotlight we introduce readers to groups that are making noise (not to mention incredible music) in foreign lands.
Though many American music fans have heard Ladysmith Black Mambazo, it's altogether possible that they don't know them by name. The all-male South African group had its moment in the American spotlight in 1986 when they sang with Paul Simon on his iconic album Graceland, a Grammy winner for Best Album of the Year. In the aftermath, Simon produced the group's first US release, Shaka Zulu, which won the 1988 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album.
While the group may have attained its greatest international acclaim in the 80s their history goes back to the 1960s. The group name breaks down to founder Joseph Shabalala's hometown, Ladysmith, a reference to oxen, Black, and axe, Mambazo. The group remains active today, touring, and in the process of recording a three CD set, the first part of which came out in 2011, titled Songs from a Zulu Farm.
Check out a sampling of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo sound below.
You can cleanr more about Ladysmith Black Mambazo at their official site and follow them on Twitter here.
By Mike Chin on December 19, 2012 in International Spotlight • Permalink


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Q: What would be the best way to color each letter of a webpage randomly with JavaScript? I want to make a page that has each letter individually and randomly colored. The way I'm thinking of doing this is to put a span and /span tag around each letter and give the span a style attribute equivalent to the css color property with a random rgb value.
Is this a "good" way? Is there a better way? I put good in quotes because t r here doesn't seem to be any elegant way to do this to me.
Thanks!

A: use lettering.js  http://letteringjs.com/
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="_scripts/jquery.lettering.js"></script>
 <script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $(".classname").lettering();
  });
</script>

you can download the lettering.js
This will break the text in the class into span with unique classes which you can then target later

A: with jquery: https://jsfiddle.net/geLrvur3/3/
$(function(){
$('p').each(function(index, element) {
    var $el = $(element);
    var words = $el.text().split(' ').join('').split(' ').join('');
    $el.html('');
    for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
      var newSpan = $('<span>').text(words[i] + ' ');
      $el.append(newSpan);
    }
  });

  setInterval(function() {
    $('span').each(function(){
      var red   = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
      var green = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
      var blue  = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
      $(this).css('color', 'rgb(' + red + ',' + green + ',' + blue + ')');
    });
  }, 500);
});

A: Using jQuery you can do something like this:
var text = "hello hello hello world";
var letters = text.split('');
letters.forEach(function(letter){
  $('body').append($('<span>').text(letter)
    .css('color', '#' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 16777216).toString(16)));
});


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Gleanings Among the Sheaves
Title: Gleanings Among the Sheaves
Publisher: Olive Tree
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Gleaning Among the Sheaves represents the best from the heart of Charles Spurgeon. Over one hundred short devotional messages reveal Spurgeon's eloquence combined with his warm and colorful personal style. Typically, these selections touch the center of a Christian's faith, emotions, and hope.
Spurgeon was acclaimed by his contemporaries to be "the most impressive and permanently successful evangelistic preacher of his age. And the strong and growing popular demand for his writings in our times confirms the permanence of Spurgeon for every age.
The topics covered include the following:
The Privileges of Trial
The Joy of Victory
All Things Working for Good
The Triumph of Grace
The Happiness of Religion
The Lord's Jewels
Foretastes of Heaven
Faith and Feeling
The Joy of Pardon
The Hope of Heaven
Rejoice Always
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) converted to Christianity at the age of fifteen. By the age of twenty-two, he was the most popular preacher in England, and remained so for the latter half of the 1800s. He frequently spoke to crowds over 10,000 in the days before electronic amplification. Known as the "Prince of Preachers," he delivered nearly thirty-six hundred sermons throughout his life. A prolific writer as well, many of Spurgeon's works remain in print to this day.
Teachings of Nature in the Kingdom of Grace
Christ's Incarnation
The Bible and The Newspaper
Words of Warning for Daily Life
Seven Wonders of Grace
Greatest Fight in the World: C. H. Spurgeon's Final Manifesto
The Pastor in Prayer


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La XXV Lliga Professional de Raspall començà el 30 de gener de 2018, una setmana després de la XXVII Lliga Professional d'Escala i Corda, amb el campió vigent, Moltó de Barxeta, en un estat d'ànim baix i la possibilitat que deixara la pilota si no es recuperava.
A més, respecte a l'edició anterior, es reduí el nombre d'equips participants de set a sis —tot trios— i es canvià la disputa de la final a partida única.
El trio de Senyera, amb el campió individual vigent (Ian) al rest, es destacà com a favorit des del començament del torneig.

Fase regular
La primera partida es disputà a Oliva (Safor) entre els equips de Moltó, Tonet IV i Lorja i Sergio, Coeter II i Néstor, guanyat per aquells 25 a 10.
La segona, divendres 2 de febrer a Piles, enfrontà al trio de Castelló, de roig, contra el d'Almiserà: els blaus, amb Montaner al rest, guanyaren els dos primers jocs; la reacció dels rojos aplegà al tercer gràcies al traure de Marrahí i, en acabant, igualant a 10 del rest, però els blaus feren un altre joc net i, ja igualats a 20 en l'últim joc, Marrahí tingué dos errades i el mitger blau, Sanchis, sentencià la partida 20 per 25 enviant la pilota a la llotgeta.
La tercera es disputà l'endemà, dissabte 3, a la Llosa de Ranes, amb un campió en cada equip: els rojos, amb Ian (campió individual) acompanyat per Canari i Ricardet; els blaus, amb Brisca (mitger campió de l'edició anterior), Miravalles i Guadi; els blaus només pogueren fer un joc i la partida acabà 25 per 5 a favor del trio de Senyera, per la qual cosa se situà primer en la classificació.

La segona setmana de competició començà dilluns 5 a Xeraco: la partida, dauera, enfrontà al trio de Barxeta (de roig) contra el de Castelló (blau), el qual anotà el primer joc i aguantà l'envit del trio roig, que amb 15 per 15 tingué tres vals a favor però no pogué desmarcar-se; al remat, el resultat de 25 per 20 a favor de Marrahí, Seve i Raül supongué un repartiment de punts.
Divendres 7 al trinquet de Genovés, el trio senyerí tornà a guanyar, però amb més dificultat que en llur primera partida: la reballada afavorí els blaus, l'equip d'Almiserà, que aprofitaren el traure de Montaner per a encetar el marcador; als rojos els costà entrar en el joc però aconseguiren igualar-los a 5 i a 10; llavors els blaus tingueren set vals a favor, però al remat el punter roig, Ricardet, materialitzà el 15 per 10 que capgirà la partida, fins al resultat de 25 per 15 per a Ian, Ricardet i Canari, que seguien com a caps de taula.
Dissabte 10, el trinquet de Bellreguard acollí l'enfrontament entre dos equips que no havien puntuat: el trio genovesí, de roig, encapçalat per Sergio; i el trio de la Llosa, amb Guadi al rest. Els blaus guanyaren el primer joc després d'una apagada de les llums del trinquet no exempta de polèmica, i guanyà el següent, molt disputat en quinzes; malgrat l'avantatge blau de 10 per res, els rojos feren llur primer joc del dau estant i, en passar al traure, remuntaren un val i 15 en contra abans d'igualar la partida a 10. Gràcies a l'encert del punter roig, Néstor, el seu trio se situà 20 per 10 i, encara que Guadi aprofità el seu traure per a reduir la distància, la partida acabà 25 per 15 a favor de Sergio, Coeter i Néstor.

Dimecres 14, el trio de Senyera tornà a guanyar a Guadassuar contra el de Castelló i obtingué el passe matemàtic a semifinals: encara que els rojos eixiren favorits, els blaus feren els dos primers jocs seguits del traure i del dau (10 per res), però Ian, Canari i Ricardet reaccionaren amb tres jocs seguits (15 per 10); Marra, Seve i Raül encara aconseguiren igualar a 15 abans que els seus oponents guanyaren la partida.
Dos dies més tard, el trinquet de Piles fon l'escenari de la partida entre Barxeta i la Llosa, resolta per la mínima (25 per 20) a favor dels rojos, amb la qual cosa hi hagué repartiment de punts.
L'endemà, el trio d'Almiserà guanyà el genovesí 25 a 10, amb la qual cosa ambdós equips empataven a punts i complicaven la classificació a la resta d'equips quan faltaven dos setmanes de lligueta.

La quarta setmana començà dimarts 20 a Oliva amb un gir inesperat: el trio de blau, que encara no havia guanyat cap de partida, fon molt superior als rojos, que varen perdre 5 per 25, amb la qual cosa el passe a semifinals dependria dels resultats de l'última setmana.
La partida següent, divendres 23 al Genovés, també tingué un resultat impensat: el trio local, de blau, començà al traure i feu el primer joc net —Sergio envià una pilotada directa al tamborí—; Pablo de Barxeta (subcampió vigent) jugà en substitució d'Ian, de baixa per una molèstia, i empatà a 5 del dau, però malgrat l'oposició dels seus companys, Canari i Ricardet, no pogueren evitar que Sergio, Coeter i Néstor trencaren el dau i sentenciaren la partida 25 a 5, amb la qual cosa el trio genovesí s'afegia a la pugna per la classificació.
L'endemà, Barxeta (rojos) i Almiserà (blaus) s'enfrontaren a Bellreguard en una partida dauera que transcorregué igualada fins a 20 per 15, quan Moltó, Tonet i Lorja trencaren el dau i feren l'últim joc net: el 25 per 15 final els valgué el passe matemàtica semifinals a falta de jugar contra l'equip líder, Senyera, per a conéixer el lloc definitiu.

Dilluns 26 de matí, la Fundació anuncià que les semifinals tindrien lloc diumenge 11 de març a Xeraco (entre el segon i tercer classificat) i dissabte 17 a la Llosa (primers contra quarts), i la final diumenge 25 a Bellreguard.
El mateix dia de vesprà, l'equip de la Llosa eliminà al d'Almiserà: els primers, de roig, feren el primer joc i els blaus contestaren amb tres jocs seguits, 5 per 15; però, en una demostració de poders, Guadi, Brisca i Miravalles remuntaren i guanyaren la partida i la classificació amb quatre seguits.
Dimecres 28 a Guadassuar, els dos millors equips, Senyera i Barxeta, s'enfrontaren per fi en una partida que, al remat, seria una final anticipada: amb Ian recuperat, els rojos feien joc del dau i del rest, 10 per res, però al tercer perderen dos vals i Moltó i Lorja anotaren el 10 a 5 per als blaus; després de dos jocs d'alternància, 15 a 10, el joc més llarg de la partida tingué dos primers quinzes rojos molt disputats, igualats a dos pels blaus però finalment transformats en 20 a 10 gràcies a Ricardet; l'últim joc tingué val roig, blau i finalment joc i partida per a Senyera, 25-10, la qual cosa confirmà el primer lloc de la classificació.
L'última partida d'esta fase es jugà diumenge 4 de març de matí a Dénia: Castelló, de roig, feu el primer joc, però es va vore superat per l'equip del Genovés, que només necessitava un punt per a classificar-se, però guanyà 5 per 25 i quedà tercer en la classificació definitiva.

Semifinals
La primera semifinal es disputà diumenge 11 a Xeraco: encara que els rojos —Moltó, Tonet i Lorja— eixien com a favorits, els blaus —Segio, Coeter II i Néstor— els trencaren el dau gràcies a la veterania de Coeter i el bon rendiment de Sergio en eixe trinquet, la qual cosa els situà en 10 per res; l'equip de Barxeta reaccionà a temps i evità que el del Genovés aprofitara un val i feu dos jocs seguits (iguals a 10) i un tercer, net, que pegà la volta al marcador (15 per 10); Sergio intentà recuperar l'avantatge amb bones pilotades, però al remat els blaus només aconseguiren igualar a 15 abans que Néstor i Lorja guanyaren els dos últims jocs i el passe a la final.
La segona, resolta dissabte 17 a la Llosa, confirmà el domini d'Ian, Canari i Ricardet en esta lliga, amb una victòria 25 per 15 contra el trio local de Guadi, Brisca i Miravalles: no obstant això, els blaus feren una bona partida i s'avançaren 5 per 10 gràcies al traure de Gaudi, que buscava l'esquerra d'Ian; però els rojos igualaren, i feren un altre joc net; Miravalles aconseguí tornar a igualar a 15, i aplegaren a tindre un val durant un joc molt aplaudit que, finalment guanyaren els rojos; a 20 per 15, l'equip de Senyera feu l'últim joc sense dificultats i demostrà que era el favorit per a la final.

Final
La final es presentà dimecres 21 en conferència de premsa a la Diputació de València, amb la presència de tots els pilotaris: Moltó assegurà que es trobava millor d'una molèstia inguinal que el feu abandonar una partida del dia el cap de setmana anterior; Lorja confessà que estava nerviós davant la seua primera final com a professional; Ian, en canvi, admeté que es trobava millor que quan perdé la final de la XXIII Lliga Professional de Raspall dos anys en arrere.
L'endemà, dijous 22, Moltó s'entrenà al trinquet de la final, Bellreguard, amb resultat satisfactori, amb la qual cosa es confirmà la disputa de la final el dia previst, diumenge 25.

Els blaus guanyaren la reballada i se situaren al traure, un avantatge que aprofitaren per a llevar el val als rojos i guanyar-los el primer joc;
al segon joc, els rojos tombaren un val advers i empataren a 5, moment a partir del qual la partida es decantà al seu favor, gràcies en part a les errades dels blaus: l'últim joc, 25 a 5, el feren net.
À Punt retransmeté la partida en directe pel seu portal web.
L'arribada a la final supongué la confirmació d'Ian i Moltó com a rivals a batre i la consolidació de Canari, Ricardet, Tonet i Lorja com a figures de segona partida.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Fundació Pilota Valenciana XXV Lliga Bankia de Raspall — Trofeu Diputació de València

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TikTok shifts towards online education market
TikTok has shot to dizzying heights amid a spike in social media usage during lockdown
Now, it's eyeing the online education market as it seeks to leverage a trend of 'micro-learning'
If Zoom is the new poster child of remote working, social media app TikTok has risen to stardom in the world of lockdown entertainment.
Downloaded more than 2 billion times with 315 million installs in Q1 this year, the Chinese video-sharing app, founded in 2012, has become one of the most popular apps in the world – it's even shed its association with Gen Zs alone, seeing a nearly 20% uptick in regular usage by millennials since the outbreak.
If you haven't tried your hand at it, users create 15-second clips set to music or soundbites, which they can overlay with special effects. But you don't have to be a user to see its success; from the ubiquitous TikTok dance clips, to viral sketches, and even ICU nurses, the reach of TikTok's user-generated content goes far beyond its own platform.
Now, the company owned by Chinese multinational internet giant ByteDance has announced a significant shift into the online education market, commissioning hundreds of experts and institutions to produce education content for its #LearnOnTikTok platform.
How to more cases than anybody in the world pic.twitter.com/VA9bPJiQ6i
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) May 15, 2020
Organizations – including universities and charities – as well as a handful of celebrities, will be among those paid to produce educational content for the platform, in what could spur a trend towards 'micro-learning', or small units of learning found online.
Pumping US$14.6 million into the project, the announcement indicates TikTok thinks it can break ground in the online education market, which offers alternative means and channels for education as schools and universities around the world look to be some of the last organizations to reopen.
"[…] Tiktok has quickly become a place people turn to when they want snack-sized entertainment," said Rich Waterworth, Tiktok's EU general manager. "Now we want to build on this strong foundation, bringing together entertainment and learning, offering our community a truly rich and diverse ecosystem of content."
Social media usage has spiked during the pandemic, and apps are now increasingly used as news sources. According to the 2020 Reuters Digital News Report released this week found that 43% of 16-24 year olds accessed social media as a source of COVID-19 related information in the past few months – 6% turned to TikTok specifically.
Waterworth said the platform had identified a growing interest in educational videos, with more than 7 billion views of the hashtag #LearnOnTikTok; "We're using this investment to seed the educational category broadly," he said.
"Going forward, LearnOnTikTok is about us investing in partners and content creators with a breadth of professional content […] We think this is about applying the power of TikTok to learning: the effects, the audio, the transitions, the tools that make it so engaging and fun, to make people enjoy learning," he said.
Even before COVID-19, there was already high growth and adoption in education technology, with global edtech investments reaching US$18.66 billion in 2019 and the overall market for online education projected to reach $350 Billion by 2025.
Worldwide there are currently more than 1.2 billion children in 186 countries affected by school closures due to the pandemic. Whether it is language apps, virtual tutoring, video conferencing tools, or online learning software, there has been a significant surge in usage since COVID-19.
This show of intent from TikTok to has been linked to the appointment of former Disney's direct-to-consumer head Kevin Meyer, who oversaw the launch of new streaming service Disney Plus, which now has more than 50 million subscribers.
Enders Analysis's Jamie MacEwan, told the BBC Meyer could lead the social media app in a new direction: "TikTok really wants to broaden its appeal and we are going to see more structured, more premium content going forward.
"We know [Meyer] as a deal-maker for content and we're sure to see more partnerships going forward."
Educational content could also be attractive to advertisers who are looking for a new way to cut through the noise of online video and display, or an expensive and risky influencer marketing industry. Brands and organizations can look to short 'micro-learning' segments to engage audiences and provide value, or even to run recruitment campaigns for a younger generation.
Newer Schools reopening: 'State worked hard to ensure children won't be walking into Covid-19 raging fire'
Older Osteoporosis drug shows promise against coronavirus – POLITICO


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Voltaire's Ryan Miller talks drinking for charity during Negroni Week, June 2-8
Natalie Gallagher,
The handsome bar at Voltaire is all but empty as happy hour begins at 4 p.m. on a recent Friday. This is fortunate because it means that Ryan Miller, Voltaire's lead bartender and permanent fixture, is eagerly awaiting cocktail orders. And I have a long list.
Well, sort of. In advance of Campari and Imbibe Magazine's Negroni Week (June 2-8), when bars and restaurants all over the nation pay homage to a classic drink and donate a portion of their sales to a charity of choice, Miller, the social media director for the Kansas City Chapter of the United States Bartenders' Guild and the captain of the local Negroni Week task force, seemed like the perfect guy to speak to.
Over the past few months, Miller has worked to coordinate with various bars throughout town to raise awareness for Negroni Week and the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired – the nonprofit that Kansas City's USBG is supporting. At least a dollar per Negroni purchased at participating bars will go to the CCVI (or another local nonprofit of the bar's choice). Miller gave me a lesson on the drink and the week devoted to it.
"A lot of people – I think – kind of consider the Negroni to be the perfect cocktail," Miller says as he prepares the beverage. "It's easy, it's bitter, it's sweet, it's refreshing. Every time you drink, you want to drink it again. Campari is an amaro – a bitter liqueur with a neutral spirit base and added herbs. It's got a lot of sweetness and in the middle palate – orange and strawberry. And it lingers with a long finish, but it still makes you thirsty."
A traditional Negroni is equal parts gin, Campari and sweet vermouth over ice in a lowball glass, garnished with a healthy lemon peel. As Miller continues his work, he goes into the drink's history: "The Negroni itself is kind of a riff on another classic cocktail called the Americano, which is just sweet vermouth, Campari and soda water. In 1919, Count Negroni asked his bartender for an Americano, but to substitute gin for club soda."
Once finished, Miller presents his product. It's a deep ruby red, bright and tempting – a forbidden fruit color. And after one sip, I am, of course, addicted – as Miller predicted. The Negroni is crisp and light, the juniper flavor of the gin – Miller used London Dry Gin – striking a balance between the sweetness and the bitterness of the Campari. It is the quintessential cocktail, and I know that I must have another.
But Miller says Negroni Week isn't just about the traditional recipe, and elaborates on twists on the cocktail that have been popularized: the Boulevardier, the Old Pal and Miller's favorite, the Emperor (created by Manifesto's Valdez Campos).
"For Negroni Week, basically, if it's got Campari in it, it's fine," Miller says. "Being creative bartenders, we've got all kinds of things. At Voltaire, I'll be doing mostly classic stuff. We've already done the Boulevardier and the Old Pal on previous menus, so I'll be making three or four drinks, and also trying to explain the nuances between bourbons, vermouths, gins, ryes, etcetera. But if someone wants me to, you know, 'do something fun,' sure."
"Something fun" is exactly what I have in mind, and I ask Miller for a Negroni with tequila. He creates what he decides to call "The Count of Arandas," featuring Campari, Tequila Cabeza and Cocchi Americano. This is tequila as the grown-ups would have it, and the citrus flavors of the Campari bring out a hint of the tropics in the Cabeza. After that, Miller moves on to a rum-inspired take on the Negroni, with Angostura 7 Year Rum and Aperol. He terms this the "Island in the Sun." It tastes like the sort of daiquiri you want to keep secret from your weak-constitutioned girlfriends.
What you shouldn't keep secret: all the bars in Kansas City partaking in Negroni Week. If you needed an excuse to hit up a happy hour every night this week, this is your ticket – and the train is full of good times.
For more information on Negroni Week, go here.
Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Tags: bars, campari, children's center for the visually impaired, cocktails, drinks, gin, negroni, negroni week, ryan miller, Voltaire
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