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2nd February 2017 / Anonymous
The targets on our backs
First Persongal-demPolitics
Catching up on the news this weekend has been a laborious, saddening and frightening task. Whilst I was away seeing friends abroad, President Trump executed his promised "Muslim ban", forbidding those from majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. Countries such as Iraq, Iran, Libya and Yemen have been affected. Not only this, the ill thought-out Executive Order has meant that green card holders, who are technically residents of the US, but with a Yemeni, Iraqi etc. background have been reported to have been denied entry to a place they call home.
Trump's presidency is one that shocked the world as it signalled the legitimacy of the "alt-right", as well as feeding into the anti-Muslim rhetoric that has existed since 9/11. For nearly 16 years Muslims around the world have had to contend with the long-term consequences of that fateful day, with its repercussions being felt all the more in the last year. Executive orders such as the ban on Muslims only further reinforce the divide between Muslims and the rest of the world. The sense of "otherness" is as profoundly deep as it has ever been. However, in spite of this, there has been a huge outpouring of support from the international community, as seen on 30 January, where marches took place up and down the country, standing in solidarity with Muslims, the scapegoats of Trumps' policies.
As a British Muslim, whose parents hail from Pakistan, I am all too aware of the threat that people like me face. There is a target on our back, shot at whenever a tragic event occurs, just so the blame can be placed somewhere before the grief can begin. My family's car back window being smashed just after the 7/7 attacks, and the glares my mother has received on account of her wearing a headscarf are just two, of very many, examples of this.
Thus, I stand in solidarity with those who are unable to travel home or to the Land of the Free, all because of their nationality and their religion. I stand with those who will be attacked for their religion, and those whose lives will change as a result of the new President. What is desperately needed during times of crises is a sense of togetherness, an unwavering, unrelenting collective of Muslims, putting sectarian beliefs asides and coming together to support one another through such trying times, as Trump is just but one part of the problem. The rise in hate-crime, the legitimisation of the alt-right and Theresa May's apparent refusal to confront Trump's policies has meant that already-marginalised groups are now, perhaps more so than ever, pushed to the outskirts of society, the target on our backs more used and abused as each day passes.
However, I would be lying if I said that I was not still in a state of shock over the ban. I know that it was something that was coming, we were even informed about it in the last year, as it was an integral part of Trump's campaign, but to have genuinely signed and swiftly executed such an Order without any apparent pre-planning and a deep level of thought is just terrifying. The people of the United States successfully voted in a man whose whole campaign was based around fear-mongering, something that will no doubt be a keystone of his presidency over the next three years.
Through my shock and sadness, one of the many questions I have running through my mind is: "what happens next?" There have already been rumours circulating of expanding the list of countries banned from the United States, with Pakistan being at the forefront. Will we get to a point where all Muslim-majority countries and its citizens will be barred from entering the United States? Will there be clarity regarding those with dual-nationality, or those working in the States, but originally from Muslim-majority countries? The fact that there are so many questions to be asked regarding the Executive Order is a sad sign of its ill thought-out nature, which will come and continue to come at the expense of Muslims, both in the United States and around the world.
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MVP of November: Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Dec 03, 2018 by Euroleague.net Print
He had come off the bench in more than 80% of his 67 previous Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games. But when Vasilije Micic was called on to start throughout November for Anadolu Efes Istanbul, he rose to the occasion, leading his fourth EuroLeague club on a five-game winning streak. For his pivotal role in catapulting Efes, last season's worst team, into a share of third place after 10 rounds of this one, Micic is Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP of November. The 24-year-old guard led his team in scoring, assists or both in all six November games, of which Efes won five and lost the other by a single point on the road. Micic would finish the month with 35 assists, more than all but two other EuroLeague players, and a performance index rating of 107, which ranked him fifth in the competition over those six games. Most importantly, Micic was on the court more than anyone as Efes completed its remarkable turnaround, making him the player to remember from the month of November.
The MVP of the Month honor is now in its 15th season. Although statistics and performance index ratings are taken into consideration for the award, they alone do not determine who is honored. The winner is named by Euroleague Basketball based on his and his team's performance. The award for November covered the six regular season games that all teams played between November 1 and 30.
To his credit, Micic did not hide after November started badly for him. Despite his 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals on the road against AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan, he missed 2 late free throws and couldn't stop Milan's buzzer-beating three-pointer as Efes lost 80-81. Still on the road in Round 6, Micic rebounded with 17 points, 4 assists and 2 steals as Efes beat host Herbalife Gran Canaria 94-90. Next, he had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists as Efes swamped visiting Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 78-62 in its best defensive effort this season. In Round 8, Micic scored 12 points, dished 8 assists and missed just 2 shots in a sure-handed 90-77 win over Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv. And 48 hours later, he had 9 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in a 88-93 decision against cross-town host Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul. Finally, Micic put together 16 points and 6 assists as Efes downed visiting KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 96-85 for its third double-digit win of the month. All told in November, Efes had a +48 point differential over its opponents – second-best among EuroLeague teams – and, coincidence or not, Micic's on-court plus-minus total was +48, too – sixth-best among players.
Efes had waited five years for a victory streak as long as the five games it won to finish November. And when the fifth one was complete, Efes had an 8-2 record, surpassing its victory total for all of last season. Micic finished the month having averaged team highs of 18.0 PIR and 6.0 assists, as well as the second-most points (13.3) and third-most rebounds (3.7) for Efes. It all added up to a stellar contribution for which Efes fans are sure to thank Micic for when he receives the MVP of November trophy at an upcoming EuroLeague game.
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With a project as significant as building a new church, we know that many questions can come up relating to the building project and its status. Here are answers to the questions that we hear most.
Have more questions? Reach out to us at building@stphilipcc.org.
Q. When are we expecting to be able to move into the new church?
A. Based on the current plans, we are estimating that the grand opening of our new church will be towards the end of 2021, or early 2022. Construction projects like this are complicated and have a lot of moving parts. That's why we established the Road Home display and will be keeping you up to date as we meet each one of the milestone steps.
Q. After this initial phase to build the church, what other phases are coming next? What's the long-term timeline?
A. The overall project includes additional phases that include the creation of dedicated classrooms and meeting spaces that will help our community to come together. These additional phases will move as quickly as the financial support allows. As the first phase of construction is being completed, we will evaluate the move and priorities for the next phase of fundraising. We hope that the move and the construction will generate additional support from current and new parishioners. At the same time, we understand that this is a multi-year capital campaign, and that it needs to run its course.
Q. What is going to happen to the current St. Philip Catholic Church?
A. Our current campus is an asset to the parish as we move forward in concert with the Diocese. We'll obviously keep it until we have appropriate facilities on the new property to move and continue to grow. At that point the Diocese will have to decide what to do with the current property. There are two possibilities:
1) It could be sold and the proceeds used against our debt.
2) The Diocese could keep it and use it in some fashion, but they have indicated that in that event we would get appropriate credit toward our project.
Q. What happens to the columbarium?
A. Our current plan is to move the columbarium (it was specifically designed to be mobile) to the new location, incorporate it into the new campus design and ensure it has an appropriate and reverent location, with room to grow.
Q. Could we add a Spanish Mass or do other things to attract the Hispanic population?
A. The addition of a Spanish Mass is a decision that rests with the Bishop; in the meantime, we will continue to serve all people who come to St. Philip's to the extent of our resources.


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Can i mairnade then use a dry rub on a pork tenderloin?
I would be roasting it!
We usually do a dry rub when we don't have time to marinate it. I agree with amysarah, it might be overkill. Especially on a tenderloin.
You could, but I think it would be overkill. A pork tenderloin is a pretty thin strip of meat, with a fairly mild flavor - doing both would probably drown out the flavor of the pork. I'd stick to one or the other.
Need recipe for pork tenderloin rub for moist and juicy, not dried out.


Between busy December and the weather keeping me out of the garden, it's a challenge to find enough photos to post for Wildlife Wednesday in January so I usually come up with something a little different than documenting my wildlife visitors. This month I'm joining Tina at "My Gardener Says..." with a look back at a year of favorites from my 2016 posts.
As mentioned above, January is a challenge so for January 2016 I went to the archives and shared photos like this acrobatic spider bridging a gap in the old fence from before I began my blog. The fence was replaced with a garage so the view is quite different now.
Many of my wildlife visitors sport various forms of camouflage. The Common Buckeye butterfly has to be one of the best especially when dabbing in the damp gravel.
I'm so glad I added Damianita to my garden. This small evergreen native shrub looks great all year and attracts wildlife like this not-so-camouflaged Common Buckeye featured in my April post. Those eyes on its back would still confuse a predator.
A warbler turned up in the May garden. Warblers are not uncommon in San Antonio though sightings in my neighborhood are infrequent. After some email discussion with a reader we think it might be an Audubon Warbler though it's not positive.
I've mentioned before that I didn't start out to create a butterfly garden, it just happened to work out that way. The more tough native flowering plants I added the more butterflies turned up. In the case of this Greenthread wildflower, I didn't even add it to my garden. They just seeded themselves over from a nearby field and joined the party.
We tend to think of Cardinals as winter birds with their bright red plumage standing out when the garden is at its dullest. This Cardinal was quite outstanding with a backdrop of green live oak leaves in July.
Too hot to chase butterflies and bees so I posted a deer story featuring our neighborhood Whitetail Deer. I try to feature a new deer photo on each Wildlife Wednesday post. It's pretty easy since the deer are always around. They migrate away for a few weeks but always come back.
September featured a skink. Skinks are fast and wiggly. I'd chased them around the garden with a camera for several years until finally one slowed down enough to make it to Wildlife Wednesday. It's an accomplishment that other bloggers would understand (maybe). They eat cockroaches if that helps.
I changed things up a bit and featured five recommended plants for Monarch butterflies in my garden. I also observed that these plants may or may not be in bloom when the Monarchs show up so see November for my butterfly favorite.
Monarch butterfly numbers may be down overall but I saw many more during this year's fall migration than in the past few years. Crucita or Chromoleana odorata could be the reason, it's delicate blue blooms are apparently addictive.
A tattered butterfly reminds me of the end of another blogging year. Out with the old and in with the new.
Looking forward to blogging more from my garden in 2017! Be sure to join Tina at "My Gardener says..." to see more garden wildlife.


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Access Institute's team of qualified and accredited trainers and assessors are industry experts who provide a wealth of knowledge and experience across the access industry.
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Ms. Joe Manton
Access Institute Director
Qualified Trainer and Assessor, Accredited Member and Industry Expert Fellow of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia
Joe has undertaken access studies overseas and is an Accredited Access Consultant and Fellow of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA). She was inaugural Convenor of the Victorian Access Consultants Network (VACN), past Vice President of ACAA, a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) and an affiliate member of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors. Joe is a highly regarded industry expert and has been recognised for her work. She is also a Fellow of Leadership Victoria and a selected participant in the prestigious inaugural program.
Joe has undertaken many hundreds of access audits as well as the development of many Disability Access and Inclusion Action Plans and other access research and improvement projects. She leads a multi-disciplinary team of experienced and qualified access professionals and trainers who have extensive skills gained from both professional and personal experience in addressing a wide range of access issues.
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Michael is a teacher with more than 25 years' experience working in marginalised communities. He is a qualified trainer and assessor and has consulted on a variety of teaching mediums for use in training programs relating to access. He also has extensive experience in both development and assessment of a wide range of training programs in the access industry.
Michael is a member of the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), an Accredited Member of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA) and Secretary of the ACAA Victorian Network.
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Lucas is part of the access auditing and training team. He has been involved in a range of access initiatives and presents as part of the training and professional development team. His high level technical communication skills and creativity support development of a range of training mediums. Lucas manages a variety of access projects and works closely with clients to meet their access needs.
He is the lead trainer for the LHA Design Guideline Assessor courses. He has completed a Bachelor of Business and is an Accredited Member of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA).
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Kellie has extensive experience both in Australia and the United Kingdom that provides the basis for a comprehensive and detailed audit of access barriers and recommendations to remove these. Kellie's understanding of technical access issues including relevant Standards and regulations provides the basis for high quality training as well as access audits and advice.
Her knowledge of technical access issues is second to none. She is an Accredited Member and past Treasurer of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA). Kellie is the Convenor of the (ACAA) Victorian Network.
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Mike Lindell Countersues Dominion; Alan Dershowitz Joins as Advisor
By The Wiz on March 17, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announced he will countersue Dominion Voting Systems with the help of a team of lawyers, including famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz.
During a conversation with Stephen K. Bannon on "War Room Pandemic," Lindell said that he and his business would be "going after" Dominion in two separate lawsuits of his own. According to the MyPillow CEO, the voting software company violated RICO law by bullying news outlets that booked him as a guest.
Dominion in its lawsuit argued that despite continued evidence disproving Lindell's election fraud claims, the business executive has continued to advance conspiracy theories, "whined that he was being 'censored' and 'attacked' and produced a 'docu-movie' featuring shady characters and fake documents sourced from dark corners of the internet."
During a call with CBNC on Tuesday, Dershowitz said his role is "extremely limited" in the case.
Dershowitz said he is "not representing either Lindell or MyPillow," but is offering advice on the First Amendment issues surrounding the case. "I think it is a very important First Amendment case," Dershowitz told The Hill.
Dershowitz explained that he is more concerned with Dominion limiting the "free marketplace of ideas" with its defamation suit and is not necessarily supportive of the content of Lindell's arguments.
"Alan Dershowitz told me that this will be one of the biggest cases, if not the biggest case in history, for free speech, for the First Amendment," Lindell told Bannon.
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I KNOW DJT WON THE ELECTION AND MOST PPL LETS SAY 75% OF THEM ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING,WE NEED ALL NEW GOVERNMENT AND ITS OUR DUTY TO REPLACE THEM.
Dale Phelps says:
Praying for me Mike Lindell for his courage standing up against these criminals, We all know dominion and others are crooked and are a large part of election cheating and we didn't need anyone to tell us that they help fix this crooked election, Sad day that we have so much corruption in Washington DC!..biggest crooks Obama, Pelosi, Clintons, Biden, Harris, FBI, CIA there's so many it's hard to list them all,
But haven't given up Hope, Praying and trusting Our Heavenly Father that all evil and corruption will be exposed, standing on his word and keeping My Faith 🙏God always Wins 🙏We will Never Give Up and we Thank God every day


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DfE launches fundamental review of post-16 qualifications system 22 March 2019
The long-awaited consultation on the review of post-16 qualifications at Level 3 and below has finally been published.
Aim of the review
Aiming to streamline qualifications for post-16 students, this first stage of the consultation sets out the principles for the future availability of qualifications, funding only those that are high quality, have a distinct purpose, are truly necessary and support progression to successful outcomes.
The DfE's key principles proposed for post-16 qualifications within the review are:
Purpose: qualifications must deliver on their intended outcomes and have a necessity, meeting a defined educational or skills need in the system.
Progression: qualifications must offer a clear line of sight to higher levels of study, technical excellence or high quality employment and have successful outcomes. The knowledge and skills assessed should be in demand.
Quality: to be good quality, the content, design, structure, form of assessment and size of the qualification must align with and support the qualification's purpose, be relevant and current.
The government expects, as a result of the review, that there will be far fewer qualifications at Levels 3 and below approved for funding post-16 than is the case at present. This is particularly the case where a qualification at Level 3 overlaps with a T Level or A Level; making T Levels and A Levels the options of choice for students undertaking Level 3 classroom-based education is the clearly stated aim.
Qualifications in the scope of the review
The review covers qualifications at Entry Level, Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 that are approved for funding for providers in England for their students aged 16 and over. Changes are not proposed to GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels, T Levels, English and maths Functional Skills qualifications (Level 2 and below) or the new basic digital skills qualifications. The DfE does not believe there is a strong case for change at this stage for pre-16 Technical Awards.
Applied General Qualifications
Currently at Level 3, older versions of Applied General qualifications are taught alongside newer versions that have been designed to meet performance table criteria. The DfE has decided to withdraw approval for funding for the older versions of these qualifications from 1 August 2020. Students already enrolled on these courses will be funded through to completion. Awarding Organisations will have the opportunity to notify the DfE if they believe a pre-existing qualification should remain approved for public funding. The review will also consider the potential continuing need for a small number of technical qualifications outside of the T Level framework to meet specialist or "niche" skills needs.
The consultation in two stages will also consider:
The withdrawal of approval for funding for post-16 qualifications with either no or low enrolments from August 2021
How any changes to Level 3 provision for 16-19 year olds should apply to adults, reflecting their differing circumstances
What the implications might be for a 'transition framework' for students not ready to start Level 3 qualifications at age 16
How any proposals may affect disadvantaged or specific groups
The broader regulatory and accountability structures within which these qualifications sit. The DfE wants to establish new funding approval criteria, and a system to support and sustain future qualifications.


ANNNNNDDDD ITS TASTING TIME! I kinda lied when I said Pokemon month was over, wow this Pokemon month has gone on for far too long! Like almost 3 months now! Well I am not too bothered, in fact I don't want Pokemon month to ever stop, I am having so much fun drawing these! My excuse is that I have been travelling and doing commission work so just let me enjoy my Pokemon drawings ok? Thank you :'D I love you. OK, so I decided to draw a typical food scene from Pokemon, with Cilan being the chef, no offense to Brock.. but Cilan is the real deal when it comes to food am I right?
I don't care what anyone else says, OG Green-Haired Senpai can never be replaced in my heart. I'm sorry, Clemont, I just can't love you the same way I loved Cilan.
Im not a Pokemon fan but this is cute!!!
When I saw this, I HNNNNNG'd and tears come out of my eyes in less than 10 seconds.
Because of that, I now confirm that this is the cutest artwork I have ever seen ever.
Aww Your way to draw is so cute! *-*<3 I love!
ill never know where Cilan pulls a table out from.
This is what I call great talent, it's such a warm picture with orange aura and the little things like Ash licking his lips and Yanappu looking over at Dento's cooking give it a "homey" feeling, it's unbelievably cute!
Also the Lego, block spaciness is similar to the games so that's a cool reference to them as well.
And yes, Dento is the real deal! - It's tasting time!
They look like the SSBB Earthbound Characters.
They have a small bag ?????
Your style is indeed very cool! I love your Lego-esque chibis! Don't stop, with them or the Poke'mon either one!
Hehe I really like this!
It's awesome. I am curious what type of brush do you use to creature the textured look?
Makes me think of Earthbound for some reason!
This is adorable! I might not have much patience for the tv show, but your pokemon are freaking cuties! I only wonder how Dekus would look in your art style.
what an happy lunch! Thank you for this art, you made me so happy!
This is adorable, it's amazing! Out of all the pokemon works, this one has got to be one of the best ones. The chibi-ness of pokemon is so well-done in all your pokemon art. Great job!
make me want to watch pokemon right now!


A service where the body of the deceased is present is called a funeral; a memorial service is appropriate when the body of the deceased is not present. Most of the services at Peace United Methodist Church are called A Celebration of Life. Funerals or memorial services are available for Peace UMC members and non-members.
It is the commitment of the clergy of Peace UMC to claim and present a properly balanced and theologically sound experience for all who seek God through worship at the time of death. To this end, please contact our Office to assist those who mourn, and those who look to tomorrow.


Abstract: We show that the Hartle-Hawking vacuum for theories of interacting massive scalars in de Sitter space is both perturbatively well-defined and stable in the IR. Correlation functions in this state may be computed on the Euclidean section and Wick-rotated to Lorentz-signature. The results are manifestly de Sitter-invariant and contain only the familiar UV singularities. More importantly, the connected parts of all Lorentz-signature correlators decay at large separations of their arguments. Our results apply to all cases in which the free Euclidean vacuum is well defined, including scalars with masses belonging to both the complementary and principal series of $SO(D,1)$. This suggests that interacting QFTs in de Sitter -- including higher spin fields -- are perturbatively IR-stable at least when i) the Euclidean vacuum of the zero-coupling theory exists and ii) corresponding Lorentz-signature zero-coupling correlators decay at large separations. This work has significant overlap with a paper by Stefan Hollands, which is being released simultaneously.


At CCJ Symposium, Steve Sashihara Leads Discussion about Disruptive Tech | Princeton Consultants Inc.
"We've got to get our analytics and automation game up. Otherwise if we keep trying to save a penny here or there we are going to get swept up," Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara told attendees of the CCJ Symposium, May 24, in Asheville, NC, a prestigious annual event for the trucking industry. Steve presented results of a survey of shippers and carriers that asked where transportation and logistics could be disrupted by 2024.
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Q: How to integrate RN to an existing iOS project which in separate svn repository I have integrated RN into an existing iOS project successfully, using web tutorials.
But the special case is now our iOS , android , RN projects, which are in a separate svn repository。So we can connect the native iOS and Android projects to the same RN project (the RN project is not inside the root directory of iOS project or the iOS project is not inside the 'ios' directory of the RN project). So in this special case , how can I integrate RN with our iOS project。
Thank you for your help!

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1.	The graphic includes the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, which is a federal-statewide cooperative effort in which all states report monthly estimates of total employment and unemployment in the United States. The LAUS county data are estimated using a BLS prescribed multi-step estimation process, which gathers a variety of different information from local areas around the state. The estimates of the state's employment/unemployment are adjusted so that all areas add to the state-wide total. The data in the graphic reflects on the county where the person lives.
2.	The reason why I chose this article is because according to the San Diego County's data, the unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in October 2018, which is an increase from the 3.2 percent in September 2018. The California's Employment Development Department (EDD), shows that some companies may simply be unable to fill jobs because qualified workers don't want to move to San Diego with its tight housing market and lower wages than might be available elsewhere. The unemployment rate for California was 4.0 percent statewide in 2018, and 3.5 percent for the entire United States. The total jobs in construction, financial services (particularly insurance carriers), administrative support and health care employment decreased by roughly 2500 jobs. While on the other hand, there was increases in transportation, manufacturing, tourism and government employment, according to EDD data.
3.	This article relates to chapter 7 on Unemployment ("The natural rate of unemployment", pg. 224) When unemployment rates are less than their natural rate, this can be an indication of an economy expanding beyond their capabilities. The unemployment rate is the second most important indicator of an economy, while GDP is the first. Economists monitor the unemployment rate as an important macroeconomic indicator for an economy. They use the unemployment rate to address the position of the economy corresponding to the business cycle.


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'All-round' tillers and 'clever' ploughs: Does Kverneland have the answer?
Darren Bailey
At a recent event hosted by Kverneland in Holland, the company launched a plethora of new and updated tillage equipment.
One of the most eye-catching updates has to be the launch of a new mounted Turbo cultivator (below). After the successful launch of the trailed version, which is available in 6.5m and 8m versions, Kverneland decided to complete the offering with five mounted versions – 3m and 3.5m rigid units, as well as 4m, 5m and 6m folding models.
Kverneland claims that the Turbo can be used in all seasons, with a working depth from 3cm down to 20cm. In the spring, the Turbo can be used to open up the soil after the winter – to let the air dry the soil.
During the summer months, it can be put to work cultivating stubble (first pass or second pass) and, in autumn/winter, for seedbed preparation before seeding. This, says the manufacturer, makes it a true "all-rounder".
The Turbo has been designed as a "versatile implement that can replace multiple machines", thanks to its "narrow tine pitch, strong tine capacity and high under-beam clearance of 725mm".
The Turbo was also designed to be compact and easy-to-handle. The 3m mounted version, for example, when equipped with levelling tines and a cage roller only requires a 2.4t lift capacity.
This, says Kverneland, is achieved by staggering the tines in four rows as opposed to five – the latter being the case on a trailed machine.
Frame-mounted wheel on 2500 i-Plough
On the plough side of the business, Kverneland has developed a frame-mounted wheel for its high-tech 2500 B/S i-Plough. This new option is intended to enable operators to plough as close as possible to field boundaries, fences or obstacles.
Like any of the 'combi' wheels already available for the i-Plough, the new frame-mounted version can be adjusted from the tractor cab – via any ISOBUS terminal. This also enables control of ploughing depth.
The new design of the Variomat bars ensures that ploughing width adjustments stay the same, despite the position of the wheel.
When operating the i-Plough, to activate the transport position simply select it on the ISOBUS screen and the wheel will automatically morph from ploughing to transport mode – without any physical input from the operator.
The i-Plough 'trailer' transport solution can also be combined with the frame-mounted wheel. The plough, as a result, remains quite stable – even at speed. It follows the tractor like a trailer would.
The frame-mounted wheel has a so-called "soft swivel" movement, which allows the wheel to re-position itself at the headland in preparation for the next run. This system is intended to reduce the shocks associated with a traditional wheel – thus helping to reduce fatigue and stress on the operator.
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Kverneland: 'Robotised ploughs to run 24/7 in the future'
Video: Kverneland to showcase the plough of the future


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'Southern Charm' Star Madison LeCroy Takes Credit For 'Bennifer' Romance
'Southern Charm' star Madison LeCroy was accused of having an affair with Alex Rodriguez, which led to A-Rod and Jennifer Lopez breaking up.
JLo is now dating her former flame, Ben Affleck, and Madison is taking all the credit.
"I say 'you're welcome,'" Madison told Us Weekly.
"I mean, I will be honest with you. I had nothing to do with why they split, and I think everybody knows that. And if you don't know that, then that's just ridiculous, like, let's be honest."
JLO DENIES HAVING BOTOX
Madison admitted that she'd been texting A-Rod but she never flew out to meet with him, but her castmate Craig Conover says she lied about not meeting the athlete.
"He's never physically cheated on his fiancée with me," she said at the time, adding that she's "talked to him randomly, but not consistent."
A-Rod denied Madison's account of the story. But fans are happy to see Jen and Ben back together.
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Knecht, Beers launch new effort to repeal commerce tax through statewide vote
Jackie Valley
Michelle Rindels
Opponents of a recently established tax on large businesses are once again trying to repeal it in a statewide vote after a similar attempt to put it on the ballot failed last election cycle.
Controller Ron Knecht and former Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers, both Republicans, filed paperwork with the Nevada Secretary of State's Office on Wednesday. The proposed referendum calls for voters to approve or disapprove of portions of the state's "Commerce Tax," which applies to gross revenue of businesses making more than $4 million a year and has different rates based on industry type.
Legislators approved the tax in 2015 as part of a $1.1 billion package of new and extended taxes proposed by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval to boost K-12 education funding. A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to support the measure, and several lost primaries in large part due to their tax votes.
If the referendum qualifies for the ballot and is approved, the tax and its rates would be set and unable to be amended or changed by anything other than another voter-led petition. Disapproval would lead to a full repeal of the tax, and an approximately $102 million hole in the 2018-2019 state budget. Backers have until June 19, 2018, to submit 112,543 valid signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot.
Knecht's "RIP Commerce Tax" effort in the 2016 election cycle was financially outgunned by a PAC largely funded by casinos and faced stiff opposition in court. The Nevada Supreme Court ultimately invalidated the petition language and tossed out about 20,000 signatures supporters had gathered prompting the controller to abandon the project because it would be too difficult to recover from the loss of the signatures.
Beers called it an "upside-down tax" that's bad policy and hurts businesses. The referendum to repeal it would give voters — whose voices Beers said he believes were muted during the session it passed — a chance to weigh in on the tax.
"It's just a bad system of taxation among all the system of taxations that have been devised out there," he said.
Beers said lawmakers should find a new way to raise the revenue if the state cannot live without it.
"If the Legislature really has to keep things ramped up like this, let's find another way," he said. "This way is simply unfair."
Knecht did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Repealing the tax this cycle will be much harder than last time around, as more signatures are required to qualify the referendum for the ballot. Supporters must collect 112,543 valid signatures from the state's pool of about 1.3 million registered voters to put the measure up for a vote, while they only needed 55,237 last year.
Backers are also required to collect 28,136 signatures from each of the state's four congressional districts. Signature thresholds are predicated on turnout from the last election cycle, meaning it's harder to qualify measures for the ballot after a high-turnout election like the one in 2016.
The Commerce Tax is bringing in more revenue than originally projected. Economists who estimate state revenue as part of the Economic Forum projected in May that it would bring in $381 million over a two-year period — a figure that's partially offset by credits on a business' payroll tax. Commerce Tax revenue makes up a little more than 4 percent of the state's general fund revenue.
Republican Assembly Leader Paul Anderson cast doubt on whether the commerce tax opponents would be able to gather enough signatures, describing it as a "near impossible" feat. He also rejected the notion that it has hurt the economy.
"There's a lot of evidence that it's had no impact and no ill effects on the economy," he said. "I think the numbers speak for themselves."
A spokeswoman for Sandoval didn't immediately comment on the petition. Sandoval strongly opposed Knecht's previous effort to repeal the tax, which the governor sold as a way to fund a necessary slate of education reform initiatives, and has demanded that Knecht say what programs he'd cut if the Commerce Tax money goes away.
There was no serious push to undo the tax during the 2017 legislative session, when Democrats controlled both the Senate and the Assembly. A measure proposed by Republican Assemblyman Ira Hansen repealing the tax didn't receive a hearing during the session, and other measures seeking to modify the tax failed to make much headway.


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Journal of Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences
Journal Ethics
The formal component of the scholarly communication system, that is to say the publication of an article in a peer reviewed learned journal, serves many purposes outside of simple communication. It is a building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is prima facie evidence for the quality and impact of the research work of its authors and by extension the institutions that support them. It supports, and is itself and example, of the scientific method. For all these reasons and more, it is important to lay down standards of expected ethical behaviour by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, editorial board, the peer reviewers, the publisher and the society for society-owned or sponsored journals.
Following all the guidelines for ethical publishing keeps the scientific community growing forever. Journal of Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences (ATRS Journal) adhere to the notion of ethical practice. Therefore, we always try to stop the abuse of scientific research works.
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Data manipulation, /fabrication/falsification
Data manipulation, fabrication, and falsification are some of the terms that are common to make it clear how the content of the research works is manipulated. It can be done in the text, images or other relevant documents and shreds of evidence. It is an unethical practice to fabricate the facts, theories, and results in journal publication.
To achieve the illusion in the graphics, some parts of the images are cropped and altered so that the copyright can be infringed. Thereafter, an attempt is made to reproduce the visual information of scientific knowledge with different or personal identity. ATRS journal doesn't approve of any such practice. Therefore, any change in the pictures or text made by the author should be informed by the covered letter at the time of submission.
Publication Decision
The editor in chief and editorial board of a ATRS journal are solely and independently responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working in conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals). The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always underwrite such decisions. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding issues such as libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism/similarity. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers (or society officers) in making these decisions.
Peer review (blind)
The editor shall ensure that the peer review process is fair, unbiased, and timely. All the manuscripts received to ATRS journal are allocated to a relevant member of the Editorial board, who decides whether the paper should go forward to peer review. Those that do not will be returned at this stage; we make every effort to do this as quickly as possible (usually within 10 days). Papers sent out for review will, typically, be assessed by at least two or three independent reviewers. and where necessary the editor in chief should seek additional opinions. It should be double blind review that the authors information must not be declared to the reviewer Authors may also nominate potential reviewers, but we do not guarantee that these individuals will be invited to review. Maximum 6 weeks are given to revivers to review the manuscript.
The editor shall select reviewers who have suitable expertise in the relevant field, taking account of the need for appropriate, inclusive and diverse representation. The editor shall follow best practice in avoiding the selection of fraudulent peer reviewers. The editor in chief shall review all disclosures of potential conflicts of interest and suggestions for self-citation made by reviewers in order to determine whether there is any potential for bias.
Authorship conflict
There can be a conflict of authorship for the article. It occurs owing to various reasons. Some of the common reasons are the dual-authorship, multi-authorship, corresponding author and group authorship. Any conflict of authorship can arise at any time either before or during the process of submission of the article. It is the sole and collective responsibility of the authors to take it as their obligation to resolve it. The journal editor cannot be held responsible for any type of mediation or participation to resolve the conflict. It is not the role of an editor to determine who qualifies or not for the authorship. Therefore, a signed statement from all the authors is requested for the listed authors.
Transparency is an important part of the journal publication which generally remains behind the door. The rapport among the authors, peer reviewers and editor makes the task of publishing a smooth sailing. Explicit disclosure of the findings from the peer reviews and actions taken on those reports by the editor makes it easy to remove conflicts. This process of thoroughly analysing the reports helps the author and the publisher to publish an effective report on a scientific subject. It often includes disclosing the identity of the peers, their history of peer-reviews and the team involved in the process of writing a journal.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the paper (e.g. language editing or medical writing), they should be recognised in the acknowledgements section.
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider (at their discretion) the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been submitted and the author must clearly flag any such request to the Editor. All authors must agree with any such addition, removal or rearrangement.
Originality of the article
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted and permission has been obtained where necessary. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced the reported work and that give the work appropriate context within the larger scholarly record. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source.
Plagiarism and Similarity
Plagiarism can be defined as presenting someone other's works with different or personal authorship. It is the commonest of all the other malpractices in the journal publication. The authors intentionally or unintentionally try to copy the researches from the other authors and thereafter republish them again with their name and credentials.
Plagiarism takes many forms, from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical behaviour and is unacceptable.
ATRS journal is checked the similarity of the all manuscripts will be received to the journal. Journal is accepted the manuscript's similarity less than 20% (except names, scientific names and references). The ATRS journal adhere to the guidelines of the Publication Ethics and therefore, never promotes the plagiarism in the journal.
Duplication text/figure
ATRS journal object the exercise of duplication of the text as well as figures in any form. It is well recommended before the time of submission of the research papers. The authors are required to inform them before the submission of manuscripts with sufficient documents. The right to reject or accept the manuscripts completely lies with the Editor of the journal.
Conflict of interest can be defined as "a divergence between an individual's private interests (competing interests) and his or her responsibilities to scientific and publishing activities, such that a reasonable observer might wonder if the individual's behaviour or judgment was motivated by considerations of his or her competing interests". These conflicts can be personal, financial or professional. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial and personal relationships with other people or organisations that could be viewed as inappropriately influencing (bias) their work.
All sources of financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article should be disclosed, as should the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, then this should be stated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. The author must be declared any type of potential conflicts of interest at the earliest possible stage.
Duplicate submission policy
Duplicate Submission is misconduct in the domain of scientific journals. To increase the frequency of the research paper by the authors the same text, images and manuscripts are submitted with a different article-title. This is considered as a duplication of the papers. Often many of the researches are rejected by the editors or reviewers. Therefore, ATRS journal expects the authors to submit unique and original researched articles.
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Note: These herbs also flatter the versatile beet. Serve with yogurt cheese or Havarti with dill and dark bread for a salad-meal.
Step 1Leaving 1 inch of stem and all of the roots, steam beets until they're tender-firm when pierced with a knife, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool, then slip off skins. Cut beets in quarters or sixths.
Step 2Whisk lemon zest, juice, onion, salt and pepper to taste, coriander, parsley, mint, cilantro and oil in small bowl. Taste on a beet and correct seasonings, if necessary. Toss beets with enough dressing to cover lightly. Toss spinach with remaining dressing and arrange on salad plates. Add beets and olives and serve.
194 calories; 337 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 14 grams fat; 16 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams protein; 1.31 grams fiber.


Does Clipchamp support 4K videos?
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Also please note that Create projects cannot be exported in 4K – the highest export resolution currently possible is 1080p.
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If you have a 4k video and want to compress it to 4k at a smaller file size, choose "keep resolution" as part of your output settings. This will convert your 4K file to a 4K MP4 video which is going to be smaller in file size than the original at no visible quality loss in most circumstances. You can also choose to compress the video to smaller resolutions such as 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p and 1080p.
The converted 4k video can be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook or Google Drive straight from within Clipchamp.
4k video conversion works in Clipchamp Utilities in Google Chrome and Opera.


Launch Hard Rock Hotels' in-room yoga programme Rock Om, while aligning with the brand's aspirational, immersive lifestyle positioning.
Aligned Hard Rock with wellness and style-conscious audiences by leveraging key influencers with the desired target demographic and high online engagement.
Appointed ambassadors for Rock Om including: Millie Mackintosh, Julie Montagu, Cat Meffan, Chessie King, Steph Eastwood and Maeve Madden.
Invited influencers on a Rock Om trip to Hard Rock Tenerife, accompanied by a professional film crew.
Arranged highly personalised and sharable experiences at the hotel and off-site, including personalised vinyls, yoga under the stars, beach and sunset yoga, and whale watching, with the influencers sharing their experiences throughout.
Created a 120s film and 50 retouched images for Hard Rock Hotels to use via their in-room TVs, website and social channels.


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The pension Sasanka is situated only 3 km from the ski resort SNOW PARADISE Vélká Rača (part Dedovka).
The ski resort SNOW PARADISE is a top ski resort in Slovakia. It is attractive mainly for its setting – close to Polish and Czech borders. There is also regular and safe acces to the resort in winter time. The main advantage is the extensiveness of the ground and setting in three locations, which are linked by the slopes: Dedovka, Marguška and Lalíky.


I took advantage of their last promotional ETF relief program to switch the rest of my family over to Ting from another carrier and it worked great – from the credit I was given I didn't have to pay anything for our cell phone service for months.
Starting today Ting is offering to pay 25% of your ETFs (up to $75 per line) for breaking your contract and switching to their no-contract service.
How does the new ETF program work?
Sign up for an account and activate a device with Ting. It can be a new phone bought directly from Ting, or a Sprint device you bring over to Ting.
Port your current number to Ting (this will happen during the phone activation process).
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After submitting your final bill, you will get a credit in your Ting account for 25% of whatever you paid in ETFs to your previous carrier.
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Many retailers across the UK are bracing themselves for a huge surge in footfall on Boxing Day.
Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show that up to ten million Brits will forget about the wind and the rain to brave the high street and splash out an estimated £2.4 billion.
Many shoppers have been waiting until the last minute to pick up bargains and last weekend (December 22nd and 23rd) saw an estimated £5 billion handed over, as sales were inflated by those looking to stock up on food and drink for the festive period.
Richard Dodd, head of media and campaigns at the BRC, said: "People have left it very late this year because of their reluctance to spend.
"It's been a very busy weekend which will be crucial to delivering a Christmas that is acceptable, rather than exceptional."
Early indications from Visa Europe show that more than 31 million transactions took place on Saturday alone.


Olin College of Engineering, and parents of students, both steward curious and creative minds towards a life of learning and a focus of engineering to make the world better. Parents and relatives can celebrate student success or future milestones with a gif to ensure the next generation of students have those same opportuntities.
Parents and relatives are warmly invited to visit the Make Your Gift Online or Make Your Pledge Online pages.
From graduation, reunion, marriage and parenthood to any other of life's turning points, we invite parents of Olin College of Engineering alumni or currently enrolled students to commemorate their milestones by giving toward need-based financial aid or by naming a scholarship ($5,000 per year for four years). A donation of this kind underscores these memorable occasions in a meaningful and generous way.
Parents and relatives interested in supporting Olin through Commemorative Scholarship giving are invited to visit the Make Your Gift Online page and indicate their choice by selecting need-based financial aid from the Designation scroll bar in the Gift Information section.


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"At the U.S. Embassy in Manila, we use all sorts of modern technology to stay in touch, and we want more people to have virtual access to us and our activities. We have a new U.S. Embassy Manila Facebook page, along with our Embassy website, to share stories, news and photos with you."
In addition to the ambassador's blog and the mission website (that has so far evaded the fate of a canned website template), the US Embassy Manila is on Facebook and Twitter. It is also on Flickr although its extensive photo gallery has not been uploaded to it. Ambassador Kenney is on Twitter with over 700 followers (including basketball star, Chris Tiu). That's how you know she had "dinner with embassy pals and manny pacquiao" or that she watched the Smart Gilas versus Ginebra game. As an aside, the game, that's the basketball game -- is important. In 1898-1900s, the United States introduced basketball in the Philippines. Today, it is the most popular sport in the country.
Similar to Indonesia, I think there is an opportunity for innovative PD engagement in the Philippines that no one has grabbed unto yet. Filipino mobile phone users currently number more than 70 million out of the total population of 97 million. Its penetration rate hit 75 percent in 2008; double that of Indonesia's. More than radios, more than the Internet, mobile phones have more reach than anything else in this country of over 7,100 islands. The Philippines is also widely called the text-messaging center of the world for a reason; they send one billion text messages a day. According to WaPo, when President Joseph Estrada was forced from office in 2001, he bitterly complained that the popular uprising against him was a "coup de text." (It was widely reported that the protest was coordinated with SMS chain letters). "This is a development for democracy," was how text messaging was described by one protest leader, five years later, organizing against Estrada's successor. If a "coup de text" was possible, how can making this work for public diplomacy be impossible? "Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future.*" There is a way to put this to great use – find it!
I think this is great PD, but I have a sardonic smile as I say that. Ambassadors may blog, and we give MEPI grants like candy to bloggers, but God forbid we let something like Madam le Consul stay standing.


Ultimate Impostrip® 2019 Reveal is RED HOT at PRINT18 | Industry Analysts, Inc.
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Secret Society's sophomore release, Brooklyn Babylon, is a 2014 Grammy nominee in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category.
This album was a long time in the making and my co-conspirators and I gave it our all. We are beyond thrilled that it's gotten this kind of recognition! Needless to say, it's an incredible honor — all the more so to be considered alongside such eminent nominees! It's been a very good year for bigband albums and the strength of the nominated recordings is a testament to that.
I'm also very happy to see the nominations for my New Amsterdam labelmates Caroline Shaw and Roomful of Teeth.
The awards take place on Sunday, January 26, 2014. Best wishes to the many worthy nominees! Perusing the full list, it's actually a pretty solid year for the Grammys, with many pleasant surprises! It's always refreshing to see good work get some love.


To understand the difference between Standard Language and Dialect in sociolinguistics, we will have to understand the concept of language variation and change first.
Language is not a static phenomenon. Language as a whole and even its subparts (vocabulary, morphology, syntax, etc.) keep changing with time. There are many reasons behind language change. Language change can be synchronic (in the same time) or diachronic (historically).
Language change is governed by the users of language or the language speakers. Depending upon the age, gender, education level, region, etc. of a language speaker, language shows variation. For example, the gendered language variation arises as women speak a language differently than men. Similarly, one same language, for instance, English, is spoken differently by speakers living in Washington (American English) and in London (UK English). Interestingly, even within a country or state, language shows change.
One of the major causes of language variation is "multilingualism" or competency in more than one language. A speaker of a language like Hindi who has been well read in a foreign language like English, inevitably, will use Hindi differently than one who has never been exposed to another such foreign language as, with many other things, there will be cases of code mixing, code switching, etc.
Note that institutions and formal bodies like universities, publishing houses, and some other governmental bodies try to prevent language from changing, but, of course, with limited success. All languages find a way to change and mix with other language (unless we talk about a completely isolated tribal population using their own language in strict terms). We can comfortably say that there can never be a pure, uncorrupted, unmixed language.
These many variations in the language, with time and distance, result into different dialects of that language. Dialects of the same language would have differences, but these differences won't be striking enough to generate incomprehension. Speakers of different dialects of a language will be able to comprehend each other, may be, even with minor difficulties in some cases.
What is the difference between standard language and dialect?
One language can have many dialects. Linguistically speaking, the difference between standard language and dialect is merely the formal process of "standardisation" (selection, codification, elaboration and acceptance) that the standard language undergoes and the dialect doesn't. Dialect in linguistics is, thus, the non standard variety of language. When we talk in terms of sociology and politics of language, however, we have to address the issue of prestige and power. Standard language is most often considered as the language of power, prestige and high status, whereas the many other dialects of language are considered inferior and low in status.
It is important to know that the dialect of language is no way linguistically incomplete or deficient form of language. But for official and formal purposes, only one language can be chosen to become the standard variety. If we get into the intricacies of it, we will appreciate the fact that this selection of one random non-standard variety of language for standardisation is not that random. In fact, this selection is governed by politics or power, i.e. by those seated at high positions in the society. The variety of language used by a low status community would rarely be chosen for the standardisation process.
The issue gets even more complication when the speakers of the standard variety consider themselves as superior to the speakers of the non-standard variety or dialect of language. To raise oneself higher in the society stratum, often, then, the speakers abandon their language variety and try to learn the standard variety. Language becomes the marker of a community. Language becomes identity. Language reflects power. There have been incidents where language speakers fight and protest against official bodies and force them to give their dialect the status of a standard language. Many a time, this even leads to violence. The case of language and dialect in India has often resulted into this scenario.
The New York variety of English and the Massachusetts variety of English are usually considered highly prestigious or the standard language varieties. An example of dialect of English language that is considered inferior is cockney English. It is interesting to know that the famous English dramatist Bernard Shaw made use of this in his classic play Pygmalion. Similarly, eastern Hindi and western Hindi are two of the many dialects of Hindi language.
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John Higgins
PROFILE BEST MAJOR RESULTS
Country : Scotland World Championships Winner 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011
Age : 44 Masters Winner 1999, 2006
Date Of Birth : 18/05/1975 UK Championship Winner 1998, 2000, 2010
World Ranking : 5 Grand Prix Winner 1994, 1999, 2005, 2008
SDB Ranking : 5 International Championship Winner 2015
Career Earnings : £5,179,749 Welsh Open Winner 2000, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018
Products : China Open Winner 1999
Shanghai Masters Winner 2012
World Open Semi Final 2013
Players Tour Championship Finals Quarter Final 2014
German Masters Last 16 2011, 2012
Wuxi Classic Final 2013
Australian Open Winner 2015
Indian Open Winner 2017
OTHER WINS
Bulgarian Open Winner 2013
Champion of Champions Winner 2016
China Championship Winner 2016
England Players Tour Championship 4 Winner 2012
Euro Players Tour Championship 5 Winner 2010
Irish Masters Winner 2000, 2002
Premier League Winner 1999
Scottish Masters Winner 2001
Scottish Professional Championship Winner 2011
Year (31/5) 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
World Rank 122 51 11 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 4 1 5 4 1 2 5
Year (31/5) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
World Rank 11 11 13 6 2 4 5
Stat PrizesResultsPts Category World ChampionshipsAll RankingAll PIOSAll Tournaments
Date Tournament Category Round Prize
06/05/2019 World Championships WC Final £200,000
07/04/2019 China Open R Last 64 £5,000
10/03/2019 Players Championship R Quarter Final £15,000
03/03/2019 Indian Open R Semi Final £15,000
17/02/2019 Welsh Open R Quarter Final £10,000
10/02/2019 World Grand Prix R Last 32 £5,000
03/02/2019 German Masters R Last 32 £4,000
20/01/2019 Masters U Last 16 £12,500
16/12/2018 Scottish Open R Last 16 £6,000
09/12/2018 UK Championship UK Last 64 £5,000
18/11/2018 Northern Ireland Open R Last 128 Unknown
11/11/2018 Champion of Champions U Quarter Final £17,500
04/11/2018 International Championship R Last 128 Unknown
21/10/2018 English Open R Last 16 £6,000
30/09/2018 China Championship R Final £75,000
16/09/2018 Shanghai Masters U Last 16 £15,000
25/03/2018 Players Championship R Last 16 £10,000
18/03/2018 Romanian Masters U Quarter Final Unknown
04/03/2018 Welsh Open R Winner £70,000
21/01/2018 Masters U Semi Final £50,000
17/12/2017 Scottish Open R Semi Final £20,000
10/12/2017 UK Championship UK Last 16 £15,000
26/11/2017 Northern Ireland Open R Last 32 £3,500
18/11/2017 Shanghai Masters R Semi Final £32,000
05/11/2017 International Championship R Quarter Final £18,000
08/10/2017 European Masters R Last 32 £4,000
24/09/2017 World Open R Last 16 £12,000
16/09/2017 Indian Open R Winner £50,000
22/08/2017 China Championship R Last 32 £7,000
23/07/2017 Hong Kong Masters U Quarter Final £22,500
12/03/2017 Players Championship PTF Last 16 £10,000
05/03/2017 Gibraltar Open R Last 64 €700
19/02/2017 Welsh Open R Last 128 £0
05/02/2017 German Masters R Last 64 €2,000
18/12/2016 Scottish Open R Final £30,000
04/12/2016 UK Championship UK Quarter Final £22,500
12/11/2016 Champion of Champions U Winner £100,000
05/11/2016 China Championship U Winner £200,000
30/10/2016 International Championship UK Quarter Final £17,500
16/10/2016 English Open R Quarter Final £10,000
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2 sisters, Tracy (LCDR Luke US Navy) Mueller of Washington, D.C.
Several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, & cousins.
Ben was preceded in death by his mother, Theresa Newton; 2 sisters, Jennifer Hollo & Lindsey Hollo; 1 niece, Avary Hansen.
Funeral services will be held Sun., Sept. 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Rev. Gary Schwab will officiate. Burial will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield. Visitation will be held Sunday from 12 p.m. until time of service. The family suggests memorials to the family of Ben Hollo c/o David Hollo.


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Departamento de Simoca är en kommun i Argentina.   Den ligger i provinsen Tucumán, i den norra delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden Buenos Aires. Antalet invånare är . Arean är  kvadratkilometer.

Terrängen i Departamento de Simoca är platt åt sydost, men åt nordväst är den kuperad.

Omgivningarna runt Departamento de Simoca är en mosaik av jordbruksmark och naturlig växtlighet. Runt Departamento de Simoca är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Klimatet i området är fuktigt och subtropiskt. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är januari, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är juni, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Josie has been enjoying some videos on artforkidshub.com and this one was of a pug. This picture also shows why we have the cut the corn off of Josie's cob this summer with her lovely laugh!
Josie gave this picture to the lady next door who owns a pug/Chihuahua mix dog who was most appreciative.
For Josie's 7th year around the sun, we continued to homeschool while she continued to develop her own interests throughout the year. Her favorite activities this year have been choir and gymnastics. She made it through the entire year of ballet, but was decidedly less enthusiastic about it once they started preparing for the recital and it became more repetitive. Choir has been a joy-bringing hour every week with singing and dancing and making new friends. We also did swimming and gymnastics, and as she's gotten better at gymnastics she's more excited about doing it. Swimming is merely a required event in our family.
This year it feels like Josie has really transitioned from being a younger child to being a full fledged kid. While she still plays with her younger siblings a lot of the time, she's getting more frustrated with their lack of patience and communication skills. She also wants to try a lot of new things that she see's as being for older kids such as having a bank account, gum, an allowance, and a longer leash in general with doing things. Mostly I think it's working out well as she is a responsible kid, generally thinks things through and listens to our requests. She's also more aware of comparing herself and those around her as to how everyone is doing. She can be pretty hard on herself at times so we're trying to help her see that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses.
At home you can often find Josie reading. She reads voraciously, often in the morning just upon waking up, and again later in the day sometimes after lunch when we all need a bit of a break from one another. Some of her favorites generally focus on fairies, animals or magic of some sort. We've been reading a fun series of fractured fairy tales called "Whatever After". I have to keep a steady supply of books for her each week from the library she's easily going through 5 to 10 chapter books a week depending on their thickness. I think she can read more challenging material than she's currently choosing, but the challenge is in finding more rich reading that doesn't focus on dating or scary topics or isn't just all about school.
Josie otherwise plays a lot of pretend with dress up, the dolls and anything else she sees around for props. She's also still very much into art projects, lately it's been a lot of rainbows but she also loves to follow some online drawing lessons that we've found for drawing things like Anna, Elsa, rainbows, kittens and aliens. She's also developed some great skills following building instructions for lego's and other such toys. Giving her the space and time away from her siblings is the challenge. We're really all going to enjoy having some more space soon. Josie reminds us every chance she gets that she wants her own room. We remind her that it won't be happening any time soon.
Josie also enjoys cooking in the kitchen. She's learned how to use a small pairing knife this year and will cut up broccoli and carrots for me and other softer vegetables and fruits sometimes. She can make her own cookies except for putting them in and out of the oven, and made some for her cousin Abby just last week.
She's frustrated that a few of her friends have moved away lately and while they're not totally out of our lives, they're not nearly as convenient and frequent a fixture in them as they once were. She's also been loosing teeth! Her first one went down the drain as she was eating and didn't realize that it wasn't a piece of food that was in her mouth.
Josie continues to be a big talker and will narrate and share everything going on in her head, in the car and around the dinner table. We're working on reminding her to give other people a chance to speak as well.
She's looking forward to starting soccer this fall, returning to choir and continuing with gymnastics. In general Josie will help out around the house when asked and will even pitch in when she sees something that needs to be done. But the cries of 'that's not fair' have been rather frequent lately as she spies the world for more injustice. We'll try to keep that spirit alive to fight for others in the world suffering true injustice. And I'll try to cut the servings up equally and continue to give up my share to make things even out.
Last weekend the girls were inspired to set up a lemonade and cookie stand. The one from last year stands out positively in their memory (at least Josie's). This year Celia needed to earn some money to buy herself a princess dress (because Mommy doesn't buy those). I'm sure you'll be seeing some more photos of that coming. She had most of the money but needed another $10. Josie is always interested in making more money, although isn't one to spend it. She bought herself a dress too, but she had enough money already, this was just icing on the cake.
This year unlike last year, we bought the lemonade (Costco organic, well reviewed for those curious) instead of making it ourselves, but Celia and I got cracking early in the morning to make the cookies from scratch. We calculated we'd need to sell more than one batch of cookies if we sold them two for 50 cents, or we could try to charge more and might not sell enough. Celia opted for selling larger quantities at a lower price point. The weather was good, so after spending several hours baking, we headed down to our primo sales spot right on the bike path, near the dog park, and the soccer players. The girls agreed in advance they'd split the profits (once they paid me back for the supplies).
Lemonade was also 50 cents a (10oz) cup. Apparently the market supports a price point of $1 per cup because probably 75% of people buying paid us that much. The lemonade sold well, although not quite as fast as last year because it wasn't quite so hot outside. We spent about two hours and in the end they made $34. The cookies were a tougher sell as a lot of people on the bike path are rather health conscious (they are out exercising after all!). Celia did well though making sure people knew we had homemade cookies and we sold about two thirds of them.
Then in the afternoon we moved our sale to my parents driveway in Lexington for an hour. We were all set up and had more goods to sell, so they invited us there. They promised thirsty bikers stop in front of their house regularly as it is at the top of the hill. Sales were drastically slower here but we discovered a different demographic that was very susceptible to ours sales tactics: guys out biking with girls they were looking to impress. What better way to show you're a kind and family guy by stopping at some kids lemonade stand to support them! We also had one car even pull a u-turn to support the girls. Celia lost interest really quickly into the efforts in Lexington and went to play in the pool and Josie joined her before too long but overall they made out really well, even if they did squeeze their grandparents for money for their goods. I insisted that as the prime worker I deserved some free refreshments.
In the end they spent $27 on ingredients and made a profit of $34.25. Celia learned a lot about sales tactics and both practiced their customer service (like not putting your finger on the inside of the cup or spilling the drink on your customer). I remember why I only agree to do this once a year. Maybe next year we should sell pretzels instead, salty not sweet.
This year, Josie has been taking ballet classes all year long and this past weekend had her first ballet recital. She was a sailor in as part of the story "The Happy Prince." Yeah, we had to look that story up too. She had a good time and was very brave performing, even though it was past her bedtime! Celia and Ewan came to watch her and support her as well and they were great, Ewan loved to clap and even watched the first half quite attentively. Josie had worked hard and knew her steps, these pics are from the rehearsal as that's when we were told to take photos. I hope she was smiling for the real thing, but we were a bit far back to be able to tell. It was so much fun to see her up on stage, she went for it with gusto!
Hey I got older this past year too! Here's a few photos from my birthday at the end of last year. I got a new flash for my camera so I can take better photos inside in the evening and the dark. I still don't get too much practice but it's getting better!
This update is very special edition because Josie is writing it with me. She's read the whole book of the first two years of her life (the blog made into a book) and enjoyed hearing the stories so I wanted to give her a chance to contribute too. We've also been very behind in our Josie reports, but she's been more consistent all year so it will be easier to catch up.
This year Josie has been homeschooling. We've been making a weekly list of things that I try to finish each week. I study math, multiplication, addition, and subtraction, mad libs (part of speech), journaling, handwriting (with the handwriting without tears curriculum), spanish reading, spelling, reading out loud and reading independently. This week I did a worksheet on the words 'there, they're and their'. I think homeschooling is going really well and it's fun. I want to homeschool next year.
Other than school, I have been doing gymnastics, ballet, swimming and choir. At home I have been working on my cartwheels and handstands, gymnastics is the funnest thing in the world. For my ballet recital this year we will be doing the happy prince, and I get to be in it! We started learning the dance and we're trying to get to know the places we will be on stage. I just finished a session of swimming and now I started a new one with the same teacher, Miss Sarah. This last session I got rid of my bubble and now swim with no flotation help all class.
And now Josie has mostly lost interest in writing about herself so I'll add some more. We've had a great year with her at home, I can tailor her lessons to her interests and to her strengths and weaknesses. We slow down and speed up as needed. Plus I can include Ewan and Celia in a lot of the lessons at different levels. Josie also teaches Celia a lot of her lessons (not by my request! this is them playing) to review math and reading. Plus we all get to cuddle and read. Josie is also a voracious reader herself. Most mornings she hangs out in bed for an hour reading. It improves her mood and gives us all some time to wake up and get moving.
As a six year old she can really communicate complicated thoughts and ideas to us and it's a blast to hear what she's thinking about and understanding about the world around her. It's also interested to see what she's picking up from books because she has more free time to read than I do and so I can't pre-read the stuff she's reading. We generally read a book together at night, we've been reading the dolphin diaries series and also Charlotte's web lately. I made sure to finish up Charlotte's web during the day though, not right before bed since it is a rough ending.
Well this week was tough finding them in good spirits playing together, more often carping on one another. So I got to dinner today and went 'ack I don't have a photo for my project!' so they mostly decided they were going to pose for me. I threw Rody out in the rug and said 'everybody sit on him!' and got my picture. I'll work on getting better next week, but we're mostly getting rained on these days and I haven't taken my camera anywhere fun. Also Jordi is now sick, hopefully he'll feel better soon.
More from my bad mother photo series.
We are currently in the midst of another blizzard (yikes 2014-15 winter has been crazy!) and here's some photos from earlier stuff. I'm not letting the kids play outside in the winds and cold today.
This is last week's snow with Josie on the snow pile and Ewan on the porch. Now the snow is level with the top edge of the porch near the porch, and halfway up the front windows for the top part of the pile. Time to hibernate.


The role of forgiveness, anger, and emotional support, among the adolescent population, continues to receive significant interest among the research community. To date, there are no measures of forgiveness, anger, and emotional support that have exclusively examined these constructs among the African-American, adolescent population within a short-term, specified amount of time. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a measure of perceived level of anger, support, and forgiveness among African-American adolescents. In addition, these measures were specifically created to be utilized in future research to capture the relational dimension between level of perceived anger, forgiveness, and support within the African-American, adolescent population. In order to examine the psychometric properties of each measure, the study was divided into 2 independent studies. Study #1 involved preliminary item analyses for each measure; participants included 90 African-American high school students who completed measures of forgiveness, anger, and support. Study #2 involved tests of reliability and validity; participants included 220 African-American high school students who completed measures of forgiveness, anger, support, and depression symptomology. The results imply that with some initial adjustment each measure produced overall strong reliability. Overall, validity was indicated by significant correlations with corresponding constructs. The results of this investigation indicate a relational dimension between anger, forgiveness, and support. This study provides significant implications for the field of psychology and future research.
Russell, Jaquaye, "Instrument Development: Youth Anger, Youth Forgiveness, and Youth Emotional Support" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 264.


This speaker module is based on the 8002 speaker amplifier IC. It can be used as a buzzer and also to play high quality audio. Volume output is controlled via the potentiometer. The module has a compact footprint, simple interface, wide voltage input range, long service life and various other advantages. It can be used with an Arduino I/O expansion shield for interactive, sound related creations.
If you want to melody to play repeatedly, move the setup part of the code to the main loop of the program.
Get Gravity: Digital Speaker Module from DFRobot Store or DFRobot Distributor.


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