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Driver slams 'stupid' skateboarder riding down busy main road
The video shows the skateboarder speeding down the road late at night
Peter ChapmanCommunity Reporter
Shocking dash cam footage shows a reckless skateboarder riding at pace alongside traffic on Alma Road.
The video of the 'stupid' skateboarder was recorded by Ian Anderson, who was prompted to share the video after seeing other recent dangerous dash cam footage.
He said: "I was driving home from dinner with a friend and I thought I saw something leap off the pavement but wasn't sure. Then I couldn't believe what I saw.
"It was a skateboarder, going the opposite way into traffic.
"He swerved down towards the cars. If he tripped he could've gone right into them.
The idiotic drivers caught by the police's new dash cam weapon
Mr Anderson's had not updated the clock on his camera, which is why it was an hour behind.
The time of night, 10.20pm on June 20, and the fact it was dark both contributed to his concern.
He said: "It's scary enough in a car-on-car accident, but to be going down a dual carriageway of sorts at half 10 at night is just stupid, absolutely stupid.
"By the time I got to him I don't know if he had got off.
Driving ban for teen, 18, who sent van flying over roundabout
"I feel somebody like that should be prosecuted. If the car had hit him, that person could be traumatised for life.
"What if you hit someone and kill them because they're on a skateboard, at half 10 at night, with no lights? They shouldn't be allowed."
Sadly, this isn't the only example of recent bad behaviour on our roads.
One of several recorded incidents can be seen below.
The video shows the horrifying moment a driver carried out a dangerous overtake onto the wrong side of a busy road.
Plymouth man Paul, who recorded the footage, said the video shows "very dangerous driving" and could have caused "complete carnage"
He said: "The blue VW was tailgating me for some distance and appeared to be racing with a white Audi behind them."
Hair-raising moment car drives WRONG WAY down Plymouth road
"They overtook me crossing double unbroken white lines where there was also hatch markings and a traffic island as I was driving left.
"This is a 60mph stretch of road. Luckily there was nothing coming the other way or there would have been complete carnage."
Paul added: "There are some very stupid drivers on the road unfortunately."
Channel 5's Warship: Life At Sea: Tense moment HMS Northumberland crew consider retaliation after Russian sub hits sonar
Royal NavyEventually, as the Russian submarine begins to head south-east, away from HMS Northumberland, the crew conclude that the sonar hit was likely 'a miscalculation'


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LHC imposes Rs0.2m fine on markets flouting 10pm closure order
From Deepika to Katrina: Bollywood stars shine at Anant Ambani's engagement
Leave her out of it: Priyanka Chopra draws the line for trolls coming after her daughter
Many questioned her decision to opt for surrogacy instead of having the baby herself
Entertainment Desk January 20, 2023
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is rather thick-skinned when it comes to online trolling, but her daughter is where she draws the line. Chopra welcomed her firstborn Malti Marie Chopra Jonas, last year in January through surrogacy, with her husband, American popstar, Nick Jonas.
But like clockwork, every time the former Miss World makes headlines, she's chased by bullies. This time was no different. Many questioned her decision to opt for surrogacy instead of having the baby herself. While Chopra has often laughed off the criticism, in an interview with British Vogue, she's baring it all.
"Vulnerabilities are difficult for me. You see me all over socials and all over the world, talking about all the things, but if you actually look, I've really just scratched the surface," she told the publication.
Talking about motherhood, Chopra said her daughter was born a full trimester too early. "I was in the OR [operating room] when she came out. She was so small, smaller than my hand. I saw what the intensive-care nurses do. They do God's work. Nick and I were both standing there as they intubated her. I don't know how they even found what they needed [in her tiny body] to intubate her." She added, "I didn't know if she would make it or not."
Addressing why she didn't carry her daughter herself, the Bajirao Mastani actor revealed she had medical complications which meant she could not carry a child herself. "I had medical complications," Chopra said. "This was a necessary step, and I'm so grateful I was in a position where I could do this. Our surrogate was so generous, kind, lovely and funny, and she took care of this precious gift for us for six months."
But for the internet trolls who made a sport of theorising why the couple enlisted a surrogate, Chopra's tone takes on an edge. "You don't know me," the actor remarked. "You don't know what I've been through. And just because I don't want to make my medical history, or my daughter's, public doesn't give you the right to make up whatever the reasons were."
Adding how she's developed a tough hide when people talk about her, the star commented the trolls talking about Malti naturally a little rattled still. "But it's so painful when they talk about my daughter. I'm like, 'Keep her out of it.' I know what it felt like to hold her little hands when they were trying to find her veins. So no, she's not going to be gossip." Chopra paused. "I've been really protective of this chapter of my life with my daughter. Because it's not about my life only. It's hers too."
On the work front
After a fruitful career comprising several hit Bollywood and Hollywood projects, she thought it was high time for her to move ahead. "After 20 years, I've reached a place where I'm like, 'There's got to be more than this…' I have my own production house where I can tell other people's stories, where I'm working with new filmmakers who want to jump off the diving board – and my shoulders are the diving board. I'm getting to create stories with women behind the camera, which I almost never saw when I was growing up," she commented about her upcoming productions.
"Hopefully I'll open doors for the next generation of girls. Hopefully, we'll see more Indian or South Asian actors in Hollywood. I want to commemorate the success and achievements of South Asians outside of India, in the international sphere, because we deserve that position," she asserted. "Why shouldn't we be on the main stage?"
She concluded her chat as she spoke of her daughter. "I want her to be able to look back and be proud of my choices," Chopra said, her eyes lighting up as she lifted Malti into her arms. "I want to do right by her."
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Above Paris
A new collection of aerial photographs of Paris, France
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'Pierre Salinger: Above Paris ' összes példány
Cameron and Company
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Színes fotókkal.
FOREWORD-ABOVE PARIS I first came to Paris in December of 1925. My mother decided it was a good occasion to have me baptized as a Catholic. She chose, not just any church, but Notre-Dame Cathedral.... Tovább
FOREWORD-ABOVE PARIS I first came to Paris in December of 1925. My mother decided it was a good occasion to have me baptized as a Catholic. She chose, not just any church, but Notre-Dame Cathedral. I was six months old at the time, but my feelings about Paris today lead me to believe that there must be some kind of osmosis at work in the being of a young child. Otherwise, why would Paris continue to haunt me long after as a place I wanted to see, and where eventually I wanted to live? I returned to Paris almost 36 years later, to help advance President Kennedy's visit to France soon after his election. I will never forget the impact the city made on me the day I landed in April of 1961.1 had the feeling I had arrived, not just in a city, but in a living museum, reflecting 23 centuries of history. Finally, in 1968, after Robert Kennedy was killed, this second tragedy of the Kennedys in my lif e in 5 years, I felt the need to get away from America for a while. The logical choice was Paris. I have been here ever since. In November of 1983 I made a brief trip to San Francisco to give some lectures at my alma mater, the University of San Francisco, and it was at that time that I met Bob Cameron. He had just finished Above Yosemite, a stunning work on one of the most beautiful regions of the United States. It was the culmination of a series of "Above" books-San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Washington, D.C., and London. He told me he wanted to do Above Paris, and asked if I would work with him. I immediately said yes. Yet there were unexpected problems. Over the pasttwo decades security has been considerably tightened in Paris. Authorization to fly above the city in a helicopter is one of the things it is almost impossible to obtain. But I tried. In January of 19841 had my first appointment with the Préfet de Police, Guy Fougier, to apply for the necessary permissions. I took with me a copy of Above London, as my best argument. M. Fougier was enthusiastic about the idea, but even with the power he had to grant authorization, he admitted it would be very difficult. By April, however, the Prefecture was so encouraging that I advised Bob to come to Paris. Throughout the month, Paris had some of the most beautiful weather it has ever seen in April. Finally, at the end of the month, our authorization came-but for just a single hour of flight at from 1,200 to 2,000 feet, depending on the location. If that were not discouraging enough, now another factor intervened: the weather turned sour. Bob took what photographs he could, and returned home. It seemed that Above Paris was doomed. I soon discovered, however, that Bob had not wasted his time. During his stay he had taken a helicopter to the chateau-rich section outside of Paris. And in the brief half-hour over Paris he had gotten some stunning shots of the capital. We decided to make a mock-up of the book with what he had. There was still a way to get authorization for the critical photographs we needed. The mock-up arrived in Paris on June 4, and the following day I had an invitation to lunch with some high government officials. We were only eight around the table, so that after lunch I had a few moments to show them the proposed book and to explain our problem. They were taken with the project and agreed to instruct the proper authorities with the permissions. The authorizations were received within 48 hours. This time Bob would be allowed to fly at a lower altitude to give his eye and his camera a clearer view of Paris. The result is glowing, for Paris in its entirety has never been seen quite like this. The Ile de la Cité with its imposing Cathedral, the familiar but ever new Eiffel Tower, the modern Pompidou Center in its bright blue and red standing in the middle of an historic and traditional neighborhood, the Arc de Triomphe and the ChampsElysées-all are seen here in an entirely new dimension, and they add a new perspective to France's capital. This unique photographic collection reflects the long history of France, going back three centuries before Christ, through years of war and revolution, to the time when it became the cultural center of the world, an intellectual beacon to artists, musicians, architects, scientists from around the globe. One can understand why virtually every modern American composer came to Paris to do their early work, why writers like Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald and Henry Miller made Paris thenhome. That ancient Paris has little changed, although it has acquired a bit of modem look with the skyscraper complex at La Défense, the high rise office buildings, apartments and hotels on the banks of the Seine, and the towering Tour Montparnasse, the tallest bulding in Paris, opened in 1973. From the window of my apartment on the Rue de Rivoli the view is like a living history book. Looking from left to right, I can see Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, the Jeu de Paume, the church of Sainte Clothilde, the National Assembly, the Dome of the Invalides, the Tuileries Gardens, the Grand Palais, and the Eiffel Tower. In seeing this panorama of Gothic, Renaissance, and modern structures, one relives the times of kings and empire, the Revolution of 1789, the uprising of the Paris Commune of 1871, the two world wars and the spectacular liberation of Paris of August 25, 1944, the student uprisings of May of 1968. But one also sees the neighborhoods that became the paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec, of Monet and Manet, and the inspiration of artists like Picasso and Chagall. Paris is the city of wonder. This book consecrates that wonder. PIERRE SALINGER Paris, July 8, 1984 Vissza
Idegennyelv > Idegennyelvű könyvek > Angol > Művészetek > Fotóművészet
Idegennyelv > Idegennyelvű könyvek > Angol > Helytörténet
Helytörténet > Külföldi > Városok
Művészetek > Fotóművészet > Albumok > Külföldi
Művészetek > Fotóművészet > Albumok > Tematikus
Művészetek > Fotóművészet > Idegen nyelv > Angol
Művészetek > Fotóművészet > Témái > Városok > Külföldi
Pierre Salinger műveinek az Antikvarium.hu-n kapható vagy előjegyezhető listáját itt tekintheti meg: Pierre Salinger könyvek, művek
A védőborító javított, enyhén foltos, a borító foltos. A címlapon ajándékozási bejegyzés látható.
PIERRE SALINGER TOVÁBBI MŰVEI
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The arrival of 2019 heralds some very important anniversaries – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater was launched and the National Environmental Policy Act passed in 1969, and Pete Seeger was born in 1919. To commemorate these milestones, the Hudson River Maritime Museum will honor the work the many organizations throughout the Valley whose mission is to clean and protect the Hudson River.
"Rescuing the River: 50 Years of Environmental Activism on the Hudson" seeks to situate the important work of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper, and Scenic Hudson in their proper historical and national context with other regional efforts.
The museum will host an exhibit preview on Friday, April 19th. Tickets are free for museum members, and, for the first time ever general admission tickets will be available $15.00, plus Riverkeeper members will get a special $5.00 discount!
Tickets include wine and light refreshments and Riverkeeper staff will be on hand to join in the celebration. Before the preview, free deck tours of the Clearwater will be available to the public from 4:15pm to 5:45 pm.
Members – to receive the discount code, please contact membership@riverkeeper.org.


Meridian Capital Group, on behalf of Azure Partners, negotiated $32 million in financing for the acquisition of the Sorrel Fairview, a 267-unit community in Fairview, Texas. Meridian's Abe Hirsch and Moshe Majeski secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan provided by a national balance sheet lender. The financing features three years of interest-only payments and two one-year extension options.
Located at 351 Sugarloaf Trail, Sorrel Fairview was completed last year. Completed in 2016, the two- and three-story asset offers one-, two- and three-story apartments, ranging in size from 661 to 1,584 square feet. According to Yardi Matrix data current as of May—when the community was 91 percent occupied—rents start at $1,052 and go up to $2,224. Amenities include a fitness center, business center, clubhouse and swimming pool. The property also features more than 300 parking spaces.
"The property's location and its amenities made it an attractive asset for the borrower," Hirsch said in prepared remarks.
Less than a month ago, Meridian also arranged financing for the acquisition of a 207-unit Chicago condominium building.


PJ Carmichael is a poet, writer, artist, adventurer, and spiritualist from Wakefield, Massachusetts. His work focuses on his interaction with and the contrast between the natural world and the urban environment. He currently runs Mass Love Distro, a multimedia production and distribution endeavor.
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On Friday night we will be battling it out with Melbourne Victory for our chance to make the Hyundai A-League's main event - the Grand Final.
Please contact David Pryles on 0413 775 426 or 9457 1765 to make a booking.


Jaydeep Steels is known to be one of the primary producer and exporter of Stainless Steel Bars and Rods, worldwide. We make sure that we use the finest grade of stainless steel in the manufacturing of these products. They offer advantages like resistant to staining, low maintenance, and familiar luster. SS Round Bar & Rods produced by us, are used in numerous industries like the automotive industry, building and construction industry, and household products manufacturing.
Jaydeep Steels is also involved in the manufacturing of SS Bars & Rods, that are available in Grades like 317L, 321H, 347H, 316Ti, 310, and are especially fit for structural applications that require strength, toughness, as well as excellent corrosion resistance. To cater to the varying needs of customers, we make our bars and rods available in shapes like round, square, rectangular, and hexagonal and many more. Furthermore, they are also available in forms like Hot Rolled, Cold Rolled, and Annealed etc.
We make use of open die forging method for producing high-quality Stainless Steel Forged Bars & Rods. Our steel bars have the advantage of exhibiting greater strength even at elevated temperature. Our Stainless Steel Bright Bars & Rods are widely used for various purposes like seal rings, bellows, honeycombs, and more.
We always make sure that we adhere to the various important quality standards while manufacturing our products. Our Stainless Steel Threaded Bars are produced by thread rolling method, under the guidance of our expert technicians. Stainless Steel Black Bars are manufactured from the finest quality of stainless steel metal, and usually, exhibits features like non-magnetism but become somewhat magnetic by the cold working process. Contact us today or email us your specific requirement, we are here to give the excellent product at very reasonable prices! Hurry up!
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How Do I Delete Facebook Messages - Facebook is one of the most popular and greatest system for connecting with different individuals around words. It is a terrific means to share your expertise, sights, images, videos, your products and more. Yet one of the most common point a Facebook individuals do is to chat with his/her friends.
You can chat quickly with any type of variety of people you want to if she or he is on Facebook. Yet all the messages you send out as well as obtain through Facebook are kept in your Facebook account which you can see later if required. However if you have actually obtained some really exclusive messages which you don't wish to show anybody then it's is a large NO to maintain them on you inbox of the Facebook account. As if somehow anybody got involved in your Facebook account or hack it then the messages can be misused. So, it is constantly excellent to maintain your Facebook account on the secure side.
Well, if you don't currently the best ways to erase Facebook messages or the entire conversation after that don't worry this article includes a full overview of remove Facebook messages and also the conversation with simple actions. We will certainly initially inspect the steps to remove messages from Facebook's internet site and then from Facebook carrier.
Deleting Facebook messages is a direct method. It is quick, understandable as well as follow. You can conveniently remove Facebook messages with the help of the simple steps note down below. It will let you know how you can delete Facebook messages, picked message or the entire conversation with someone. So, allow's start.
The initial action is to log in to your Facebook account. Simply go to Facebook.com, enter your username as well as password and then click the Login button to sign in to your Facebook account.
Now that you have successfully checked in to your Facebook account, find the message box to see all the messages of your account. Click on the message box as displayed in the below picture then click See All link which will certainly display all the messages in your Facebook account.
Scroll with the conversations and discover the conversation which you want to delete. If you don't wish to experience the listing of messages then simply kind the Facebook individual's name of which you want to delete the Facebook messages at the search box present at the top. Kind the name and search results page will certainly appear and afterwards simply click on it to open the entire conversation.
Now it's time to choose whether you want to erase the entire conversation or simply some selected message. If you intend to delete the selected messages then merely hover over the message you want to delete as well as click on the 3 straight dots. It will expose a Delete button to erase the message, click on it. Do the same with all the messages that you intend to delete. Previously there was an alternative to pick all the wanted messages you wish to erase as well as erase them at the same time. And now you will certainly have to do it individually.
However it will not delete the messages on the various other participant's account, the messages will still be there on his/her account. The technique will only delete the copy of messages from your Facebook account just.
If you don't intend to erase the picked messages rather want to remove the whole conversation then adhere to the below steps:.
- Locate and also open the conversation which you intend to remove.
- Click the setting icon and also pick Delete conversation option and after that validate it. That's all you want to do to erase the whole conversation on Facebook.
Above were the steps to remove Facebook message on the Facebook web site. However if you intend to remove Facebook messages on Facebook messenger then comply with the listed below steps.
If you utilize Facebook Messenger then right here are the actions to erase messages from Facebook messenger. Open Up the Facebook Messenger and also login to your account.
When you open the app, all the messages will certainly be displayed there. You simply experience the conversation list and also find the one you wish to erase.
After you have discovered the conversation from which you wish to erase messages then open it, press and hold the message you wish to remove. Yet however, you could only erase one message each time. So, after choosing the message, click the delete button. The message will be deleted.
Now, if you intend to erase the whole conversation instead of only one message after that first find the conversation you intend to erase then press as well as hold to choose it and after that touch the erase switch to delete the entire conversation. And also if you are using an iOS tool then swipe from right to left to erase the conversation.
This was the total guide to remove the Facebook messages and conversation conveniently. Hope you discovered the post helpful. Book marking the page for future reference.


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El municipio de Chippewa (en inglés: Chippewa Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Isabella en el estado estadounidense de Míchigan. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 4654 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 49,69 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Chippewa se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 93.67 km², de la cual 92.86 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.86%) 0.81 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 4654 personas residiendo en el municipio de Chippewa. La densidad de población era de 49,69 hab./km². De los 4654 habitantes, el municipio de Chippewa estaba compuesto por el 74.82% blancos, el 0.6% eran afroamericanos, el 18.01% eran amerindios, el 0.43% eran asiáticos, el 0.09% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.8% eran de otras razas y el 5.26% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 5.59% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Municipios de Míchigan
Localidades del condado de Isabella

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Capitalising 90 years of working experience ELCO has developed a wide commercial and technical network of skilled and experienced experts available in more than 70 countries.
Taking advantage of this international network of loyal partnerships today ELCO is able to provide professional support to the customer in order to define together the best solution and to develop and manage the project through its entire life-cycle.
ELCO is constantly developing a worldwide network of valuable Service Partners, consisting of well-trained local engineers, to carry out its service operations.


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Tanks a lot for Ashok Varma (http://ashokvarma.me/)
and his library:https://github.com/Ashok-Varma/BottomNavigation

# BottomNavigation

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ashok-Varma/BottomNavigation/master/all.gif" width="300" height="550" />

## Features

* This library offers ton of customisations that you can do to Bottom Navigation Bar.
* Follows google [bottom navigation bar guidelines][googlePage]
* Choose your background style and tab mode.
* each tab has it's own colors
* supports badges with complete customization

## Usage

To get a Git project into your build:

Step 1. Add the JitPack repository to your build file
````
allprojects {
		repositories {
			...
			maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
		}
	}
````

Step 2. Add the dependency

````
dependencies {
	        compile 'com.github.zsfenggy:BottomNavigation:0.0.1'
	}
````

## For More Usage [Visit Wiki][wikiLink]

## License
```
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
```
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Salt can be made by either evaporation or can be mined. To get sea salt, man-made holes are built then filled with sea water. The water evaporates and leaves salt behind.
This page was last changed on 7 October 2018, at 15:43.


Chill and serve favorite beverages straight from this Igloo 28-Bottle Wine Cooler. It is an ideal, refrigerated storage unit. This cooler has a sleek design that fits in with practically any decor. The 28-bottle capacity also ensures that there is always a chilled beverage on hand.
This glass door wine cooler comes with auto defrost and a flush back design, allowing it to fit neatly against the wall. It has a high-efficiency heat pipe system and does not vibrate.
Soft interior lighting is controlled via an on-off switch. This unit also comes with adjustable leveling feet, as well as mechanical temperature control. It is environmentally friendly and features low noise due to having no compressor. Igloo wine cooler has soft interior lighting with on/off switch.
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Orchestina flava est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Oonopidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique des îles Amami dans l'archipel Nansei au Japon. Elle se rencontre sur Okino-erabu-jima.

Description
Le mâle holotype mesure  et la femelle paratype .

Publication originale
 Ono, 2005 : Two new six-eyed spiders of the genera Orchestina and Comaroma (Araneae, Oonopidae and Anapidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology), , ,  (texte intégral).

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Notes et références

Oonopidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de l'archipel Nansei


JOHN MARSHALL: A LIFE IN LAW. By Leonard Baker. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. 1974. Pp. xv, 846. $17.95.
Joseph H. Smith, JOHN MARSHALL: A LIFE IN LAW. By Leonard Baker. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. 1974. Pp. xv, 846. $17.95., 24 Cath. U. L. Rev. 394 (1975).


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Q: MySQL syntax error: unexpected 'unique' I have the following query:
select u.UserName, count(*) as total
from Voting v join User u using (UserID)
where unique (select s.AlbumID, s.Number from Song s where s.AlbumID=v.AlbumID and s.Number=v.Number)
group by u.UserName
order by total desc;

This is supposed to do the following: for each user, display the username and number of songs the user has voted on. Without the where unique (...) line this works fine, but I want votes on the same song not to be counted as multiple votes, and I'm not really sure how to do this, because that line produces a syntax error (and my textbook says you can do it like that :-)).
The schema looks like this:
table Album(AlbumID(PK), AlbumName)

table Song((Number,AlbumID)(PK), SongName)

table User(UserID(PK), UserName)

table Voting((UserID,AlbumID,Number)(PK),Vote,Date)

A: You need to count the distinct numbers in the album the user has voted on. To do this, join the songs table as well.
The only thing unclear is, how would you know if a user has voted on a song? Is vote a yes/no column? If so, you might have to change the aggregation.
select u.UserName, count(distinct v.Number) as total
--count(distinct case when v.vote = 'yes' then 1 end) as total
--use this if vote is a yes/no column.
from Voting v
join `User` u on u.userid=v.userid
join Song s on s.AlbumID=v.AlbumID and s.Number=v.Number
group by u.UserName
order by total desc

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This 10-in. stainless steel lid is designed for the Calphalon ONE line and will fit the 10-in. Omelette and Everyday pan as well as the 5-qt. Saucier, 3-qt. Saut? and 4-qt Chefs pans. However many of the Calphalon pans share the same diameter so these lids can be used with other Calphalon lines: Professional Hard Anodized, Commercial Hard Anodized, Professional Nonstick, Commercial Nonstick and Professional Nonstick II.
It fits perfectly on my 10 inch Calphalon Tri-ply Stainless Steel Omlette pan (as I expected). It also fits decently on my 10 inch Calphalon iron skillet. Its not quite like on the stainless steel pan, but it will work just fine. At least it doesnt wobble on the rim or worse, overhang the rim.


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Ruben Fleischer Developing Mike White's 'Babe in the Woods'
Sony really loves Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. He's already in pre-production on 30 Minutes or Less, another comedy for Sony Pictures / Columbia Pictures, and now he's attached to develop another one of their upcoming projects. Sony has officially announced (via press release) that Fleischer will direct Babe in the Woods, the project (which Sony picked up last year) written by actor/writer Mike White of School of Rock, Nacho Libre and Year of the Dog. Babe in the Woods is an "action-comedy centering on a female freshman from the Midwest who arrives at Yale and becomes a target of the New Jersey mob." Sounds fun!
"Our experience working with Ruben on Zombieland was nothing short of amazing," said Matt Tolmach, one of Sony's Presidents. "We love what Mike did with this script and could not be more thrilled to develop Babe in the Woods with these two guys. They bring the perfect blend of comedy and attitude to their projects." Give or take Nacho Libre, I usually enjoy Mike White's writing and comedy, and I'm looking forward to this already, especially with Fleischer at the helm. It just sounds like a very fun project and I can't wait to see it come together. Hopefully it's Ruben's next movie after 30 Minutes or Less, but you never know. Stay tuned!
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White's a good guy so I'll always support what he does. If you watch him in The Amazing Race you'll see he's just all around a moral person who deserves the good karma he's gotten.
peloquin on Jun 22, 2010
Zombieland 2 please!
Lincoln on Jun 22, 2010
i live right outside of new haven (where yale is) and havent heard of this film yet, when do they start shooting?
AC on Jun 23, 2010


What part of "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States" do you not understand?
Or do you think you and your fellow travelers in the anti-Bush, anti-war camp are above the Constitution, Article II, Section 2, which vests control of the military in the President, acting as Commander in Chief.
Presidents have made mistakes for years in allowing Congress to act when it is neither called for nor wise, as in allowing the Senate to approve which general or admiral gets what top position. That is the President's decision; the Congress has no roll in it. Yet, presidents, apparently trying to be nice and cooperative, have made the mistake of putting these assignments up for approval. Such behavior only increases the self-importance imagined by certain members of Congress.
In this case, they have come to believe they can manipulate the Commander in Chief by playing with funding. Such behavior is inappropriate, dangerous, and reflects the arrogance and petulant nature of Mr. Bush's enemies, led by John Murtha.


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Here's the official seventh-gen Corvette Logo courtesy of General Motors
General Motors announced that the seventh-generation Corvette will be unveiled on January 13, 2013 in Detroit, from where according to Chrysler, cars are imported . GM also took the opportunity to release the new Corvette logo, which like the car, looks a heck of a lot like the one it replaced. Releasing the logo now ensures that the General will profit immediately from licensing rights as the logo is stiched and silk-screened on a bunch of Chinese-made swag destined for dealer parts and accessory counters and third-party catalog sales entities.
So what will we see in January? Something evolutionary, rather revolutionary. Did anyone really think that the mid-engined Corvette promised to us since 1971 would actually appear in 2013? Certainly nobody with a basic understanding of the automotive industry.
The public can also count on a lighter, more advanced car with higher test loop MPG ratings, as well as fit and finish and an interior that GM and all magazines will claim are of significant higher quality to meet the Corvette's standing as a "world-class sports car"…but of course, those claims will evaporate a year later when all the same journalists who touted the better interior materials and fit in their first reviews on the 2013 Corvette come back and bash the cheap interior parts and flimsy seats in their head-to-head comparos against the Porsche 911 and BMW M3. Like Mitt Romney and John Kerry, journalists have a distinguished history of "being for it before they were against it" when it comes to Corvette build quality and interior materials.
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The 1905 FIAT 60 HP was the first high performance car specifically built for the ultra-rich to drive fast on public roads. This extremely important and coveted sole surviving example of the original twenty built will be seen and driven in public for the first time in over a half-century at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
It's not often that I get totally psyched-up to see a single specific car at a top flight collector vehicle show like the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. At the upcoming smorgasbord of automotive excellence on the 18th fairway there will be one four-wheeled masterpiece upon which I just can't wait to lay my eyes.
Fiat is a featured marque for the 2012 event, so Olympia, Washington's Bob "Sully" Sullivan will be bringing his 1905 FIAT 60-hp tourer. Before the sighs of disappointment emit from the collective readership like the teacher just announced a pop quiz during the last hour of the final day of school, this car is not your average Fix-It-Again-Tony. It's the very best surviving road car from a time when FIAT was spelled with all capitals (it went to lower case in 1906) and the manufacturer advertised its products as "The Aristocrat of Auto Cars". If that isn't enough for you, there's this: upon hearing Sully had unearthed the car, and even though the field had already been selected for this year's event, Pebble Beach Concours President Sandra Button personally called to ask that this Holy Grail of early motoring be exhibited.
Button has a great reason for extending her invitation. She knows that many of the most respected collectors have laid accolades on this car, including a member of the LeMay family, who called it "the single best collector car on the planet"… including the McCaw's recently acquired $35-million drool-worthy Ferrari GTO. Sullivan's 60-hp tourer is the lone survivor of the model considered to be the first Italian road-going hypercar for the ultra-rich, making it the granddaddy to the likes of the pre-war road-spec Alfa 8C, Lamborghini Miura, and Ferrari F40/F50/Enzo. This nearly entirely original example has just been woken from more than a half-century of sleep and has already cruised at modern legal highway speeds, which should also be a tip to its credentials.
Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino was founded in 1899 in Turin, four years before ITALA, and more than a decade before ALFA. By 1904 the company's race cars were competing and frequently winning all over world against rival Mercedes. This translated into strong sales of its $9000 28-hp bread-and-butter customer road cars. Still, FIAT wanted to capitalize on its performance reputation, especially in America, where insanely wealthy robber barons were notorious for throwing money at expensive homes and toys.
FIAT commenced a program to match its newly-designed chassis with a 60-hp version of its race engine for customer road use. The company elected to keep high-strung 90 and 100-hp engines available only for pure racing cars. The steel chassis, which replaced the 1904's wood chassis, used a 5/8-inch thick aluminum scuttle and an aluminum bellypan to support a 10.6-liter T-head four-cylinder engine featuring a make-and-break ignition with revolutionary automatic advance. Transmission, gears and nickel-steel axles were of the same specifications as used on factory racing cars until 1912. Every single part on the car was numbered, and all cast parts were hand-filed to remove every trace of imperfection. Even the crankcase came perfectly scraped. By 1905 only twenty chassis and engine combinations were completed.
According to the oral history of the vehicle, Manhattan-based Hollander and Tangeman, the sole FIAT agents in the United States, ordered this $13,500 special short chassis 60-hp package with upgraded 100-hp Grand Prix racing sprockets on behalf of brewing tycoon August Anheuser Busch, Sr.. It shipped from Italy to luxury coachbuilder Quinby in Newark, New Jersey. Quinby had patented a new type of body construction, which it applied to this FIAT chassis. The all-aluminum skin was affixed to a wood frame, then the craftsmen used brass moldings to eliminate evidence of seams. No fasteners were visible, as all were affixed from inside the cabin, then covered by hand with silver solder. It was an amazingly labor-intensive process, which justified the $4,000 price of the five passenger touring body.
In the days when $600 bought the top-selling "Curved Dash" Oldsmobile Model R with 5-hp and a 20-mph top speed, $17,500 for a 60-hp FIAT was simply uncharted territory in terms of price and performance. Among the other nineteen 60-hp clients were Kaiser Wilhelm II and one of the famed car-crazy Vanderbilts. Needless to say, there were many ruffled feathers when those in Germany learned all three had replaced their Mercedes with Italian FIATs.
The FIAT spent thirty years with its first owner. In 1935, Connecticut collector James Melton bought the FIAT from the estate of Busch, who had committed suicide a year earlier to end agonizing pain from ongoing medical ailments. Just six years later, Melton sold the car to a local friend, Don Miller. Mr. Miller was known to exhibit the vehicle and occasionally start the engine for amazed spectators, but he rarely drove it, if at all. The same went for the car's third owner, a very private Connecticut collector whose tenure with the FIAT started in 1973 and ended in 2012 when Sully and co-hort Dave Geisler acquired it and moved it out of the same seven mile radius in which it had stayed for the last 77 years.
Sully and Geisler found the car in a state not unlike an Egyptian tomb discovery. Although it hadn't run in decades, the car was original down to its assigned New York license plate. Initial assessment identified only three non-factory parts: a small repainted panel section, an incorrect carburetor and non-factory magneto. Sullivan smartly spotted the factory carburetor and magneto on the shelf near the car, making it entirely numbers-matching.
The car was sent to the rural Wisconsin shop of collector car wizard George Ktsanes. Ktsanes set out to accomplish many tasks all with the goals of keeping the FIAT and its 107-year-old patina purely original and make it run like it did in 1905. He carefully inspected all aspects trying to establish history, and then attended to every part of the car, carefully cleaning and addressing issues stemming from its long hibernation. He refurbished the original carburetor and magneto to perfect operation and refit them to the car. Ktsanes established that the fitted replacement magneto probably was the source of poor running causing the car to be removed from road use prior to WWII. Being a traditional low-tension two-flux variety magneto running at crank speed, rather than the original's special required four-flux cam speed, the 60-hp engine had long misfired on every other stroke. With the proper parts rebuilt and installed, it now starts easier with the hand crank and idles nicely at a comically lazy 70 rpms.
Ktsanes told me he has already driven the car on his property, reaching speeds in the mid 50s. If it weren't for the value of the car and the lack of available road for the braking from higher speeds, the car would have tested its legs quite a bit more. Speaking of brakes, Ktsanes says the pedal, which operates the two driveshaft brakes, actually works pretty well for the era. The handbrake controls mechanical units on the rear wheels. Luckily, even if the brakes aren't to modern standards, at least people will hear the FIAT coming — the downward-pointing cutouts before the factory-fit mufflers blast a roaring mechanical cacophony strong enough to clear four square feet of pea-gravel with a single blip of the throttle.
There has been a lot of hubbub about other rare Fiats hitting the 18th Fairway at Pebble Beach this year, most notably Larz Anderson's 1907 Tipo 50/60. Not to take anything away from Mr. Anderson's fabulous vehicle, but not only is his car a more widely produced (one of 116) non-competition-based 11-liter six-cylinder, it also doesn't run. So when the cars pull into Carmel on August 16th for lunch during the Tour d'Elegance, the Anderson car definitely won't be there. From what I hear from Bob Sullivan, the 1905 FIAT will be on the Tour.
Now if I can just get him to save a 107-year old leather seat for me! It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride in the car fit for a king …and a brewer, which fathered the market segment that spurred the creation of the most spectacular works of automotive art.
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After over 50-plus years since doctors first started predicting his imminent death, it was announced today that auto builder, dealer, marketer, racer, team manager, deal-maker, chicken farmer, and icon Carroll Shelby took life's checkered flag Thursday as he passed away at the age of 89. Shelby's bad heart forced him to retire from racing in 1959, but thanks to his second career building sports and pony cars, though, over a half-century later, Shelby was still synonymous with speed.
Tough and more stubborn than a Texas bull in his negotiations and business ventures, Shelby was the quite the opposite with his adoring fans, who often were surprised by his willingness to pose for photos and sign autographs (frequently happily doing so on the dashboards and within engine bays of the cars bearing his name or influence.) The cars in which he was involved reads like a list of bucket-list drives, such as the AC Cobras (in original 260, then 289, 427 and Daytona Coupe forms), GT 350 and GT 500,Toyota 2000GT SCCA racer, Sunbeam Tiger, Dodge Viper, and Shelby Series One. His hi-po Shelbyized versions of front wheel drive Chrysler products like the Omni GLH/GLH-S, Lancer and Daytona are acknowledged by experts as helping to get the import tuner craze rolling.
There were racers turned car builders before Carroll Shelby, and there certainly will be many after him…but nobody will likely have the success and recognition of this American legend. While his Cobra has been the most widely replicated car in automotive history, Carroll will forever remain one-of-a-kind.
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Craigslist offers automotive journalists a never-ending supply of absolutely frightening ads. CL is the web site that single-handedly illustrates the need for better public education in the United States.
It should be a simple thing to list a car for sale, really. All one needs to do is get the registration out of the glove box and list the information along with the current mileage on the odometer. Type it into Word or an email to check for little red underlines indicating a misspelling.
This clown really prewed the scooch on the following Craigslist ad. It seems to have all of the great goofs, including misspelling Porsche and not listing the model (pictures show it as a 924, which means at $5950, it's at least $2500 too high to be "priced to sell"). It does have the important "trans" option… although, to be fair, 924s are worth so little as the least desirable Porsches ever made that many of them are sitting in garages, driveways and yards without transmissions (or engines, windows or interiors, for that matter.)
If there's one giveaway why this advertisement is so classically bad, all one needs to do is look at the last line to see where the owner lives and keeps the car. I'm sure the folks shopping for Sudafed in bulk are amazed by the purple exotic.
1977 Porch – restored – Great condition! OBO – $5950 (Lynnwood)
1977 Porch – Purple – Priced to sell!
has nice stereo
108k original miles
new tires for speed
hatch back
Call xxx-xxx-xxx For More Info and to come check it out! Located in Lynnwood by Walmart.
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I have written plenty of articles on the subject of electric cars, hybrids and related technologies. Today's press release from Chevrolet provides even more to support my long-held feelings that the Chevy Volt is the first big game changer — far beyond any Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf, Tesla, or others.
Unlike the 55ish-mpg of the Prius (similar to compacts in the 1950s) or the limited range (just like those made in the late 1800s) pure electric Leaf, Tesla or limited production tin cans made by small-volume electric car companies, the Volt is actually delivering anywhere from 60 to around 1500 mpg, while granting the flexibility required by the real-world driving masses.
The Volt isn't the world's best or prettiest car…but it certainly is proof of GM's concept, which will allow the technology to expand to all of its front wheel drive/automatic transmission-equipped vehicles within five years.
And it's more proof why the Volt is a game changer.
Chevy Volt Owners Write Their Own Fuel Economy Stories
Gas or no gas makes huge difference in determining miles per gallon equivalency
WARREN, Mich. – Since he took delivery of his 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car with extended-range capability in December, Mike DiPisa is averaging 231 miles per gallon of gasoline. It's because his 26-mile daily commute allows him to run almost gas free.
"I haven't filled up my Volt since I took delivery," the Lyndhhurst, N.J. resident said. Of the 1,485 miles DiPisa put on his Volt, 1,391 have used using grid electricity.
DiPisa's fuel economy is on the high end of real-life experiences of early Volt owners, but it isn't that unusual.
Matt Stehouwer of Lansing, Mich., says he's getting 62 MPG after putting more than 1,500 miles on his Volt, including a drive from New York, where he took delivery of his car. He commutes about 32 miles daily from his home to his job as Technical Manager at Michigan State University's College of Natural Science.
Mike McCarver, a retiree from Los Altos, Calif., has traveled nearly 800 miles since he bought his Volt on Jan. 28, and he's averaging 93 mpg. McCarver uses his Volt to travel around town, to the local country club, and occasionally to his vacation home in Carmel about 80 miles away.
Three Volts. Three distinct fuel economy stories. Unlike most cars, where mileage differences vary slightly from driver to driver, the Volt defies conventional MPG measures because it runs approximately 35 miles on a single charge of electricity to its 16 kWh battery, and then can travel another 344 miles on an onboard gasoline-powered electric generator that seamlessly kicks in when the battery is drained.
By recharging their Volt regularly, owners are easily surpassing the 93 miles per gallon equivalence, or MPGe, on full electric operation and an overall 60 MPGe composite fuel economy during extended-range operation. The EPA ratings make the Volt the most energy efficient compact car on the market today.
"I really believe that over the long-term we have to have technology that is going to get us off fossil fuels and the Volt does that – I have the option of never buying gas again," McCarver said.
Said Volt marketing director Cristi Landy: "The Volt is great for any lifestyle and can handle the driving demands of daily life. The majority of Volt customers are finding that by recharging their cars daily they are seeing exceptional real-world fuel economy. "
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Vehicle Buying and Selling Lesson #223: What Is A One-Owner Car?
People have a tendency to oversell their vehicles in online listings. Seeing words like "beautiful" or "rare" for something ugly and mass-produced is roughly as common as a Charlie Sheen rehab stint.
What gets me, though, is when sellers exhibit a total disregard for accepted terminology. Even worse, most tend to advertise the improper use of said terms by immediately following with conflicting explanations or caveats, leading prospective buyers to wonder why it's worth dealing with the seller at all.
For instance, here's an eBay listing I recently read:
You are bidding on what is essentially a one owner Triumph TR 2 short door. Original engine with O/D transmission upgraded back in the 50's. I purchased it from the owner who had the car from 56 to 2003, he bought it next to new, so there was brief ownership by either dealer or private owner for less then a year. I have all the mechanical maintenance notes from the owner from 56 to the late 90's, at which time due to age, he slowed down on maintaining the vehicle himself.
This description is laughable. The seller claims this is "essentially a one owner Triumph", then immediately details that it's had three owners. The seller doesn't count himself as an owner, despite having the car for nearly eight years, which eclipses the national averages for both new and used car retention.
Defining "One Owner Vehicle": A car, truck, motorcycle, or similar vehicle that has been in the same family user group since it was purchased brand new. A car does not need its original title, because moving from state-to-state requires a new title.
When a car is purchased — by a private party, broker or dealer, the car is no longer a one-owner vehicle. Even if it is a curbstoner (an unlicensed dealer or broker) who buys the car then chooses not to change the title before finding a person to whom they can resell, they still count as an owner. Additionally, most states consider this tax evasion.
Where the definition gets into a gray area is when it comes to cars passed between family members. While some might claim that a car has to be in the same name as originally titled, others allow a one-owner car to extend to inclusion of one that has been passed from original buyer to children or grandchildren, especially if they were among the original users of the car when new. For instance, my father bought a new '86 Dodge 600ES Turbo Convertible as 50th birthday present to himself. I drove it from new on weekends, as did my brother, who got the car when he graduated college in 1991. When he replaced the Dodge with a new car in 1999, I took the car. It has been titled in two states under three names, but all by people who drove it when it still had the new car smell. Furthermore, the car has never sold — rather transferred under state family-gift allowances for the purposes of identifying primary insurance responsibilities. Is it a one-owner car? Probably not by the strictest definition, but it certainly falls under one-family-owned car.
The description of one-owner is intended to increase value. At the end of the day, though, it shouldn't… and usually doesn't. After all, why pay a premium for something that is immediately lost once it is paid for? (Creepy sex addicts need not write in with their arguments on this question.)
It is far more important that previous owners, no matter how many there were, took care of the vehicle.
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The Defendants Left The Sack-O-Suds In A Surf Green, Not Metallic Mint Green '64 Buick Skylark Convertible!
Paint color names were still top-of-mind as I was watching "My Cousin Vinny" over the weekend. Even though it was the umpteenth time I had watched it, something new struck me: with so much emphasis placed on automotive details in the film's climax, why didn't the screenwriter go the extra distance with the actual paint color names? Neither the 1964 Buick Skylark Convertible driven by the defendants or the stolen 1963 Pontiac Tempest driven by the actual perpetrators were ever offered in a paint color called Metallic Mint Green.
The 1964 Buick in the movie was painted Surf Green Poly. In 1963, one could order a Pontiac Tempest in a shade called Silverleaf Green Poly.
I admit that the movie wouldn't have changed at all utilizing the correct color names. Actually, I might even say that it would be more far-fetched than Marisa Tomei asking me out on a date (and my wife saying it's okay to accept) for any general mechanic to know offhand the names of low-production paint options from cars sold a quarter-century earlier.
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Ebury Went from Chaotic Email Reporting to Automated Reports
Ebury is one of the fastest growing businesses in their industry. They have offices in Madrid, Amsterdam, Malaga, London and Warsaw. There are about 300 people working for the company of which 50 use Weekdone to add some structure and clarity to their numerous projects and reduced the amount of email reports.
I am proud to present one of the Superheroes in the Weekdone community. Meet Toby Young – CTO of Ebury.
Ebury provides services to small and medium enterprises to help them trade internationally. They believe that in order for businesses to prosper and grow, there needs to be as few boundaries as possible.
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From email reporting to automated status reports.
According to Toby, they were already doing Plans, Problems, Progress – PPP reporting, but mainly used email for it. "With email reporting it was hard to group people together and it didn't provide a good overview of the people in the company" said Toby.
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For Ebury, Weekdone provided a perfect solution for grouping everybody together and using PPP reports. For Toby, the key thing is that the reports are going to be exactly in the same format every time. "Weekdone creates a circular effect of reporting and rather than responding to an email you can comment directly on Weekdone" said Toby.
Adapting Weekdone
For Toby the process of adapting Weekdone was fairly easy. He used online help and really hasn't had the need to call customer support.
Nevertheless, he jokingly added: "You sometimes have to explain the PPP principles to others: that your plans are not the plans for the world but for the upcoming week. Other than that it's pretty clear" said Toby.
Benefits of real-time status updates
Most of the company only uses Weekdone for reporting, but he personally likes the real-time status updates very much. "Quite a few people like me are updating it during their week and especially in the beginning of the week" said Toby.
Real-time status reporting in Weekdone
Firstly, they put in the plans they expect to happen during the current week. Secondly, they add problems and comments during the week. Toby does that because often people tend to forget them. Also, "Real-time reporting is very important for retrospective reasons and to see what is going on, if other teams have problems, I can help" said Toby. He concluded that real-time is better for the communication between teams.
Weekdone as a weekly meeting input
Ebury holds weekly meetings with all the product owners and stakeholders. They mainly focus on priorities and use slides that go through all of the KPI's. Furthermore, they discuss what happened last week, make sure everyone is happy and know what they are going to do next.
Weekdone weekly report
Toby's personal favorite feature is the URL that points to that particular weekly report. He likes it, because he can embed that URL to his weekly slides. "Linking to Weekdone weekly reports in my weekly slides is very convenient and useful" said Toby. He concluded: "Weekdone is more about personal reports, but it is good to use that information as an input for the big picture of the company".
Toby, if there is a team leader out there who is not sure to use Weekdone or not, what would you tell them?
He said that if you want to build a habit of reporting and you use emails to do it, people tend to forget and they don't get reminded. "Weekdone reminds you to report every end of the week, which creates a good rhythm and eventually it becomes a habit" said Toby.
With Weekdone, you will no longer need email reporting at all.
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1. Open configuration menu in top right corner of desktop. Click on "Wired Settings"
4.Select "Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)"
Choose password store type - press on the blue icon with question mark in the right of Password field. Choose "Store password only for this user".
NOTE: by default, you can't enter you password in this window until you choose "Store password"
Click "Advanced" (point 5). Choose "Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)" and "Send PPP echo packets". Press "OK"
7. Open configuration menu in top right corner of desktop, select "VPN" and click "Connect"


FULHAM 2, WOLVES 1. WOLVES bared their teeth and Bobby Zamora was left reeling.
England striker Zamora was hoping to celebrate signing a new four-year deal on his return from a thigh injury.
But an ugly clash with Wolves enforcer Karl Henry left him writhing in agony and overshadowed the home side's first league win of the season.
Moussa Dembele turned the tables to bag his first two Premier League goals as Fulham devoured ten-man Wolves with a late fightback.
Henry caused controversy with a hatchet job on Newcastle's Joey Barton last time out.
And though there was nothing malicious about his 28th-minute tackle on Zamora, the Fulham frontman looks set for a long spell on the sidelines. Cottagers boss Mark Hughes was incensed, confronting referee Phil Dowd at half-time over his failure to book the player.
Jelle Van Damme gave Wolves the lead with his first goal for the club but Dembele equalised early in the second half, then hit the winner after Christophe Berra had been sent off.
Because of an injury to David Stockdale, Mark Schwarzer was back in goal for the home side for the first time since demanding a transfer to Arsenal. His first job was to pick the ball out of his own net as Wolves grabbed a shock lead inside 10 minutes through Van Damme.
The Belgian ghosted in unmarked for a tap-in as John Pantsil failed to stop Kevin Doyle's cross. And disaster struck for Fulham when Zamora was stretchered off.
The Wolves midfielder did get the ball but Zamora twisted his ankle badly on the follow-through and doubled up in pain. The game turned ugly as the home side went looking for revenge.
Pantsil escaped with a booking for a stupid hack at Doyle when the striker was clean through.
Dembele equalised four minutes into the second half, turning home a Stephen Kelly cross.
Dowd then waved away appeals for a Fulham penalty when Marcus Hahnemann brought down Simon Davies in the box. And Schwarzer made a fine save at the other end from a diving Doyle header before Dembele won it with a free-kick which rocketed through the Wolves wall.


Q. Is there a copier in the library?
There are three places to find copiers in the library: Room 202, the library computer lab (1st floor near the parking lot) and next to the library offices. You can use your VWU ID to swipe and make copies.
The Print Shop in the Mail & Copy Center can also makes copies, including color copies and colored paper.


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Limerick already a short price favourite for 2021 All-Ireland hurling title
Tom Morrissey, Graeme Mulcahy and Adrian Breen celebrate in Croke Park after a title win over Waterford
BOOKMAKERS have already shortened the Limerick odds on winning the 2021 All-Ireland SHC title.
This Monday lunch-time BoyleSports confirmed Limerick were now cut into 13/8 favourites from 2/1 for next year's Liam MacCarthy Cup title.
"It was such a consistent run from Limerick this year, they were well supported throughout and we're already seeing a few bets come in from the area for next year's championship. Some of the locals are clearly confident that a period of domination could be on the cards and we've had no choice but to trim their chances of a successful defence already into 13/8 from 2/1," said Lawrence Lyons, spokesperson for BoyleSports.
And, Gearoid Hegarty has been backed off the boards to be named Hurler of the Year after he starred in Sunday's final victory over Waterford at Croke Park.
The Limerick half-forward was already the 2/1 favourite before throw-in, but a man of the match performance which saw him notch 0-7 from play has seen his odds of scooping the hurler of the year gong crumble.
His chances are now rated at 1/50 with BoyleSports after being singled out by RTE's Sunday Game panel as the standout performer on Limerick's march to a second All-Ireland championship title in three years.
"Gearoid Hegarty was already the favourite but his final performance has just cemented his claims as hurler of the year and there's not many that could argue with it. We have received some significant stakes even at huge odds-on prices and after such a great year for him, we're on the verge of suspending betting before his coronation," said Lyons.
2021 All-Ireland SHC: 13/8 Limerick, 7/2 Tipperary, 9/2 Galway, 7/1 Kilkenny, 10/1 Cork, 10/1 Waterford, 14/1 Clare, 20/1 Wexford, 50/1 Dublin, 1000/1 Laois.
2020 Hurler of the Year: 1/50 Gearoid Hegarty, 20/1 Tom Morrissey, 50/1 Kyle Hayes, 66/1 Cian Lynch, 100/1 Aaron Gillane, 100/1 Tony Kelly.


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Zack Snyder Reveals New Wonder Woman Photo Teasing an Alternate DCEU Path!!
January 6, 2021 · by Mirza Baig	· in Features, Superhero.	·
Filmmaker Zack Snyder has offered a glimpse into a very different kind of DC Universe by way of a photo featuring Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman holding ::checks notes:: severed heads during the Crimean War. Indeed, while filmmaker Patty Jenkins was rightly lauded for her stellar work helming the first Wonder Woman movie, that film had a long road to production filled with lots of tension and creative differences.
In fact, this Crimean War setting was very seriously considered for the first Wonder Woman movie and was a point of contention amongst the creative team. Jenkins recently spoke at length about her long journey to helming Wonder Woman, noting that when she was initially attached to the project in the early 2010s, the studio wanted to take Wonder Woman in a very, uh, masculine direction:
"They wanted to hire me like a beard; they wanted me to walk around on set as a woman, but it was their story and their vision. And my ideas? They didn't even want to read my script," and went on to explain, "There was such mistrust of a different way of doing things and a different point of view. So that was definitely happening, even when I first joined Wonder Woman it was like, 'Uhh, yeah, ok, but let's do it this other way.' But I was like, 'Women don't want to see that. Her being harsh and tough and cutting people's heads off, that's not what— I'm a Wonder Woman fan, that's not what we're looking for.' Still, I could feel that shaky nervousness [on their part] of my point of view."
There's a clear point of connection between Jenkins' use of "cutting people's heads off" and this photo we see here. When Michelle MacLaren was hired to direct Wonder Woman after Jenkins, she also clashed with the creative vision for the character, with reports swirling that there was a battle over the setting: should the movie take place during the Crimean War or during World War I? MacLaren never came to a compromise with the studio and ended up leaving the project in 2015, at which point Warner Bros. re-approached Jenkins and finally agreed to let her make Wonder Woman her way:
"Finally, the moment came [when Warners wanted me to make the film] and there was a moment they wanted to make a story that I wasn't the right person for, so I [left and] said, 'It can't be me,' and they hired someone else [MacLaren] for a little bit. I told them what kind of film I wanted to make. I said, 'I don't think this is the story you should tell with Wonder Woman,' and I didn't want to be the one to get in a fight about it for years."
So all of this to say, while this photo may be seen as just a fun Easter Egg, it's actually a window into a very different path that Wonder Woman and the DCEU might have taken had Jenkins not been hired, and had the studio gone forward with this murderous, brutal version of Wonder Woman they were considering. And it's great that Jenkins' vision won out, because Wonder Woman's compassion and sense of morality is part of what makes her so great.
Take a look at the photo below, which was originally going to appear in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice before Jenkins was hired and the setting of Wonder Woman was changed to World War I.
Wonder Woman 1854 – This amazing image shot by Stephen Berkman of an else-world, war weary Diana, who had chased Aries across the battlefields of the world and had yet to meet Steve, who would help her restore her faith in mankind and love itself. pic.twitter.com/eofkAMg9as
— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) January 5, 2021
via Collider
Tags: #BatmanvSupermanDawnOfJustice, #Dc, #GalGadot, #Wonderwoman
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The U.S. markets are down for the year and have struggled to gain any traction in 2015. As seen on the Economy page, the U.S. economy is good, the markets are being held down from the world economies. There is little hope for improvements through 2015, but U.S. companies are earning profits and paying dividends. We will not see the stock price appreciation at this time, but we are seeing stock price valuations climb. This is a healthy move and supports a climb in stock prices when the rest of the world's economies get moving.
The DOW Jones Industrial Average is my favorite to track, as a barometer of the leading stocks in the many sectors. The S&P may be more accurate of many companies, I like the perception of the leader stocks reflecting how the biggest companies are managing the investment markets. I think this demonstrates the trends of the markets and gives me insight to the power players. Acquisitions and mergers at the top are much more influential.
Current stock market numbers. The trend of the over-all markets do affect how investors buy and sell, but at the end of the day you should focus on the individual company, how it is affected by the market conditions and what calendar events are coming due.
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About Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at MECA Past Exhibitions The Sportsman Redux
Back From Nature: The Sportsman Redux
March 9—April 24, 2005
Robert Beck • Kimberley Hart • Arturo Herrera • Jocelyn Lee • Brian DeRosia • Tony Mattelli •Andrew Mowbray • Scott Peterman • Alexis Rockman • Marc Swanson
Back From Nature: The Sportsman Redux explores art that either directly deals with the activity of hunting and fishing or the aesthetics, cult, history or politics of the sportsman. The topic is approached through a range of perspectives from passively observing the sportsman culture to eagerly participating in the hunt as an imaginative feat and test of patience and skill.
The parallels between making art and hunting and fishing are many and close. The experiences are singular and personal. Each requires attention to minutia; a respect for chance and a highly developed skill set which often leads to an intense absorption in the given activity. The culmination of task gives rise to new decisions including function and display. Both endeavors are highly idiosyncratic, principled, and romanticized. It is no surprise that many artists are sportsmen and those who are not are intensely attracted to the cults of hunting, fishing, and camp life in the wilderness.
The American sportsman is a cultural icon and enduring metaphor for manliness, bravado and courage. In Maine, the home of L.L. Bean, the notion of sportsman is sentimentally and culturally entrenched in the state's psyche. Sportsmen in Maine, who also happened to be artists, like Winslow Homer, treasured their fishing outings and hunting expeditions as pleasurable retreats but also as a unique source of aesthetic subject matter. While this group exhibition examines how this exchange is still relevant it also indicates and is representative of the pop influences and stereotypes that inform today's perception of the sportsman through the eyes of artists.
In addition to historical references and acknowledgment of the similarity of these respective tasks, this exhibition will also deal with other issues including: gender and masculinity, documentation verses aesthetics, trophies vs. art, "camp" on camp, environment and ethics, innocence and romance.
Back from Nature, The Sportsman Redux explores the visual manifestations of the sportsman through the eyes of artist rather than providing a theoretical cultural critique of sportsman. The aim of this exhibition is to afford people interested in the topic an opportunity to re-evaluate their assumptions and expectations of the idea and aims of sportsman.


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VIAVI Releases Observer 18
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Viavi Solutions announced the availability of Observer 18, delivering end-user experience scoring, streamlined workflows and high-fidelity forensics, powered by a fast stream-to-disk platform.
This release of Observer combines streamlined workflows and ease of use with technical efficiencies and cost savings, for faster resolution of issues across teams - wherever they virtually are across cities or countries.
Observer 18 includes a range of features to support performance and security use cases, such as identifying users by name, determining where they connect, or automatically identifying when a host or service is communicating abnormally.
Key updates to the Observer Platform include:
- Custom-designed GigaStor Generation 4 hardware platform with up to 60 Gbps capture rate and accelerated analytics, providing fast access to stored packet data and analysis.
- Unique End-User Experience scoring, with automated domain isolation capabilities, turning mountains of raw data into clear, concise answers and next steps.
- Seamless unification of flow and packet data, enabling users to efficiently move from holistic site, application, or threat views to in-depth forensic analysis.
- Improvements in hardware design driving operational efficiency, from easier installation due to size reduction of 67 percent compared to the previous generation, to lower power consumption thereby reducing energy costs.
"As enterprise workforces and users become more distributed, and rely on applications located in multiple clouds, the resulting any-to-any networking model is susceptible to performance and security challenges," said Charles Thompson, Senior Director, Enterprise and Cloud, VIAVI. "Observer 18 empowers stakeholders from business leaders to level 3 support with customizable, streamlined workflows and intuitive visualizations, based on the most complete data set available. When they take control, they can guarantee that both work and learning can happen, wherever it needs to happen."
"Whether ensuring optimal end user experience or addressing security threats, maintaining IT service health begins with complete visibility into network traffic," said Kevin Tolly, Founder of The Tolly Group. "The Tolly Group completed testing of the Observer GigaStor Gen4 product family. Models tested were rated at 20, 40, and 60 Gbps. Results met or exceeded the performance claims of VIAVI, including their fastest model which showed sustained packet capture of 60.5 Gbps with real-world enterprise packet size of approximately 400 bytes."


The market in Goose Creek just couldn't make it, few were coming and few were selling and now the market has decided to take an early end to the season.
Head on over to The Post and Courier for the sad tale.
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The customer clicks Full Screen to open the technician desktop to cover the entire customer desktop area.
The customer clicks Options to change color settings and viewing options.
When the technician is using more than one monitor, the customer clicks the Monitors button to switch between available monitors.
The customer clicks the zoom option to get a more or less detailed view of the technician desktop.
The customer clicks the Magnifying Glass to activate a box that he can drag around the technician's desktop to show a small area of the screen in high resolution.
The customer clicks End to stop screen sharing. The End button is only available for the customer in Full Screen mode.


As part of the research for my upcoming book, Billion Dollar Apps℠, I've spoken with many CIOs, technology leaders and executives about what they're seeing in the enterprise.
One common thread from nearly every technology leader I talk with is a desire for a partner who thinks and works on a broader scale than just 'apps'. They want a team who can think at a systems level and really understand the end to end architecture and existing enterprise technology ecosystem that mobile apps need to be a part of. Building an isolated 'brochure-ware' app that lives only on the mobile device was the first step for many organizations, but we're past that now. Apps are now connected, living entities that need to be addressed with a full systems approach.
In addition to systems capabilities, here are a number of other criteria to consider when selecting a partner.
What should you look for in a mobile apps partner?
What I look for in a mobile partner is someone who understands the space, someone who is capable of telling good interface design from bad interface design, and someone who can get me to the market as quickly as possible. These days especially, how long it takes me from concept to be able to deliver to the marketplace is increasingly important.
Not every IT organization is staffed with the right level of expertise to pursue mobile, so I look for a partner with sufficient resources to step on the gas when you're ready to step on the gas. I also take a look at their other applications and their design sense. Even though they might've been the byproduct of collaboration with other clients, that's still intellectual property that resides inside your partner's organization. Take a look at the other applications carefully, and if they look like you want your application to look, you've found the right partner.
The most important thing in selecting a partner to help you develop mobile is really to know that you have a partnership with that vendor. A partnership defined by somebody that can actually be able to accommodate your needs, your challenges and can advise you best on the right approach.
That is not necessarily because they can generate more money or less money themselves, but more about what is best for your organization. I've been lucky to have worked with some vendors that basically have come up and say, "You don't wanna spend any money there. We don't feel this idea is gonna help you," and I think that's a true example of partnerships that we're looking for with a vendor.
When we're looking for technology partners for – specifically around mobile or in general, we have a number of criteria. First, we actually want local people. We want local folks that we can work with that we can return to. We prefer a smaller firm and think we get more attention. They also tend to listen better.
Then, we want people who are experts in their field. We really want to go after people for whom this is their passion – this is what they wanna do – and in the mobile space Lextech fit that perfectly.
And then, the last one, as with any vendor selection, is you've got to have a fair price for the work.
When I've selected partners in the past to help me with any technology service, I've looked at organizations with experience that match our culture of the organization. So, I think when organizations today are looking at mobile apps, they need to look for organizations that have experience doing very similar things with very similar processes that match your culture.
The right mobile technology partner is a passionate team that can handle both systems level thinking and focus on the end user with compelling usability and design. They should build a deep relationship with your organization so they can guide you on your path to Billion Dollar Apps and help you avoid putting money and resources where they won't be as effective.


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Home Ellen Emmys Viola Davis Viola Davis on Her Historic Emmy Win: "We Were All Winners That Night"
Viola Davis on Her Historic Emmy Win: "We Were All Winners That Night"
Ellen September 28, 2015
Viola Davis, who became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama for her role on "How to Get Away With Murder," recently appeared on "Ellen" to discuss her historic Emmy win.
Davis' historic win was marked with an unforgettable speech. She started her speech by saying this quote from Harriet Tubman: "In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me, over that line. But I can't seem to get there no how. I can't seem to get over that line." She admitted that her husband was a little nervous when she started her speech off this way, but he was relieved when he found out she was quoting Harriet Tubman.
"I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African American to win in the Lead Actress category. I love that Harriet Tubman quote; I thought it was so progressive," Davis said when Ellen asked if she had prepared an acceptance speech.
Davis made sure to note the other Black women in Hollywood who are in leading roles. "We were all winners that night," she told Ellen,
Watch the appearance below.
Ellen Emmys Viola Davis


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Aaron Seavers is a pathetic mess, and he knows it. He lives in terror of incurring his father's wrath and disappointing his mother, and he can't stop dithering about where to go to college—with fall term only weeks away.
Ditched by a friend at a miserable summer farewell party, all he can do is get drunk in the laundry room and regret he was ever born. Until a geeky-cute classmate lifts his spirits, leaving him confident of two things: his sexual orientation, and where he's headed to school.
Giles Mulder can't wait to get the hell out of Oak Grove, Minnesota, and off to college, where he plans to play his violin and figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. But when Aaron appears on campus, memories of hometown hazing threaten what he'd hoped would be his haven.
As the semester wears on, their attraction crescendos from double-cautious to a rich, swelling chord. But if more than one set of controlling parents have their way, the music of their love could come to a shattering end.


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Six Chinese players have been banned for breaking lockdown rules. The players are said to be Chinese U19 internationals and have been banned for six months for breaking lockdown rules. The players also have to write self-criticism essays after they broke rules and went drinking late at night.
The Chinese Football Association handed down six month bans to the players. The players were hit with additional penalties after they were discovered leaving the team base in Shanghai on the 30th of May without permission. The Xinhua news agency said, "It was a severe violation of the team's epidemic control regulations and negatively affected the whole team,".
The players will not be allowed to return to action until November 30th. This is including club and international games. Shanghai SIPG have suspended three of the players wages. These players are Ren Lihao, Peng Hao and Liu Zhurun. The U19 Chinese international team coach, Cheng Yaodong said, "We used the harshest language at the time, gave them a dressing-down and said a lot of harsh words."
He continued, "While the rest of the squad trained, the six players were made to write self-criticism essays". "Some had to do it twice."After writing, we helped them sort out and recognise the mistakes they made".
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"It will take all of us working together – government officials, and diplomats, academic experts, and scientists, activists, and organizers – to come up with new and innovative approaches to strengthen transparency and predictability, reduce risk, and forge the next generation of arms control agreements."
– Wendy Sherman
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
March 2018 Books of Note
Russian Delay of Scheduled Meeting on New START Irresponsible
Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation
Helen Caldicott, ed., The New Press, October 2017, 256 pages
Helen Caldicott, a physician and veteran nuclear disarmament campaigner, has assembled a fresh and wide-ranging set of essays from scientists, scholars, journalists, and activists on the threats posed by nuclear weapons. Caldicott, who helped mobilize a generation of doctors on the public health catastrophe of nuclear war, writes that the volume's purpose is to provide a wake-up call and a prescription for action for a new generation just beginning to recognize that nuclear dangers persist. The short compositions address nuclear weapons and the consequences of their use, the politics of nuclear weapons, and remedies to alleviate the threat. There are vivid essays from authors Seth Baum, Alan Robock, and Lynn Eden on the effects of nuclear weapons use; works from Michael Klare and Julian Borger on global nuclear flashpoints; three contributions from key leaders of the movement to prohibit nuclear weapons; and a thought-provoking essay by Kennette Benedict on the undemocratic nature of nuclear weapons decision-making. Caldicott's collection would have been stronger if she had included works that focused on nuclear programs beyond those of the United States and Russia or an essay or two on policy options to further reduce their arsenals and those of the world's other nuclear actors. Still, Caldicott's book is an important read for anyone who does not believe that people are, indeed, sleepwalking to Armageddon.—DARYL G. KIMBALL
Getting Nuclear Weapons Right: Managing Danger & Avoiding Disaster
Stephen J. Cimbala, Lynne Rienner Publishers, December 2017, 269 pages
Stephen J. Cimbala, a distinguished professor of political science at Penn State Brandywine, provides a comprehensive assessment of nuclear weapons issues. The first chapters ask what kind of international system would be most conducive to stability and find that the preferred system would be a world without nuclear weapons. There are, however, myriad obstacles to getting there. Because nuclear abolition may be unrealistic, many have proposed a minimum-deterrence posture, which Cimbala examines in depth. He then poses a question that engenders a paradoxical answer: How can a nuclear war be controlled or limited? The second half of the book ventures more into practical specifics. Cimbala examines nuclear proliferation and U.S. policy options, determines that it is the responsibility of the United States and Russia to forge the way on nuclear issues, and considers the challenges of bringing China into the nuclear arms reduction process. The final chapters explore further challenges of the 21st century, including those facing NATO and those tied to managing a nuclear crisis in the information age.—KELLY SMITS