Huddle up, Super Bowl fans. The big game in Atlanta is just a week away, and it's time to firm up your food plan for the biggest snacking event of the year.
If you're hosting a Super Bowl party, think finger foods, sandwiches and dips. Recipes that are easy to prepare are what hosts should aim for. We have five tasty options today that are sure to win roars of approval from your crowd.
Keep in mind that these selections don't rank high on the good-for-you scale. They call for cheese and high-fat and salty ingredients like bacon and tortilla chips. You can sideline some of the calories by using reduced-fat varieties of cream cheese, sour cream and shredded cheese. Going easy on the salt shaker is also a good idea.
► Ketogenic diet followers (keto for short) will love our guacamole and chips and Mini Mac Dippers. Instead of enjoying their guacamole with tortilla chips, they can scoop it up with chips made of crisp bacon. The Mini Mac Dippers are inspired by the McDonald's Big Mac, but there's no sesame-seed bun. They're super-easy to make, and you can dress them up any way like.
► Brace yourself for the Spinach, Artichoke and Red Pepper Dip, which is served in a bread bowl. It's as beautiful as it is tasty. You can make the dip portion up to two days in advance and assemble on game day.
► Sliders seem to have become as popular at Super Bowl parties as salsa and chips. Our make-ahead French Dip Sliders are easy to put together. You can make several trays in advance and pop in the oven just before serving.
► Frito-Lay North America released a survey last week revealing what's tops with Americans when it comes to Super Bowl snacks. It found that spicy and cheesy offerings rank high with younger fans, and that's where our Bacon Ranch Jalapeno Poppers come in. They're mildly spicy once you remove the inner ribs and seeds from the jalapenos. For a bit of a heat kick, leave some of the ribs intact.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly coat a sided baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray or line with foil for less mess.
In a large bowl combine ground beef, onions, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Mix until thoroughly combined. Roll the beef into about 1 1/2 ounce balls, just slightly larger than a golf ball. Press each one down slightly to make a mini burger patty, pressing in the center slightly to make an indentation. Place on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, flipping each patty over halfway through cooking.
Meanwhile, mix together all the dipping sauce ingredients. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
When the burgers are done, remove from oven and turn off oven; pat away any excess grease. Cut each cheese slice into four squares and place a square on each mini patty. Place back in the cooling oven and let the cheese melt. Remove patties from oven.
Place a few squares of lettuce and a pickle slice on top of each and run a skewer through it.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a sided baking sheet with parchment paper.
Slice the jalapenos in half, leaving the stem intact. Scoop out the ribs and seeds. (If you like a bit more heat, leave some of the ribs.) Cut a thin flat slice from the bottom of the peppers so they remain upright while baking.
In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, ranch dressing, onion powder and garlic salt until creamy. Add the crumbled bacon, 1/2 of the shredded cheese and green onions. Mix until combined.
Divide the mixture among the halved peppers. (If you have leftover filling, place it in a baking dish and bake along with the peppers.) Sprinkle the top of each pepper with the remaining shredded cheese and crushed tortilla chips. Bake 25-30 minutes until the peppers are tender and tops are golden. Remove from oven and cool slightly before serving. You can serve these with additional ranch dressing, salsa or guacamole. They're tasty hot or cold.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add onion and thyme sprigs and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until caramelized, about 15 minutes. Discard thyme.
Place bottom halves of slider buns in a large baking dish or sided baking sheet. Top each one with 1 folded slice of roast beef. Add the cheese slices to cover the beef. Sprinkle with the caramelized onions. Top with the bun tops.
In a small sauce pan, melt 2 tablespoons butter and brush on top of buns. Sprinkle them with garlic powder, coarse salt and parsley. Bake until the cheese is melted and sliders are heated through, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the jus. In the skillet used for cooking the onions, add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and melt over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Do not allow garlic to brown. Stir in the beef broth, Worcestershire sauce and remaining ¼ teaspoon thyme; season with salt and pepper. Simmer until slightly reduced, about 10 minutes. Serve sliders with jus for dipping.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut a thin slice from the top of the bread to expose the inside. Cut out the center of the bread to make a bread shell about 1-inch thick.
Cut the bread top and center into cubes and set aside.
Combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, chopped jalapeno and garlic in a food processor and process until smooth. Add the spinach and artichokes and pulse until chunky. Add the parsley, all but 1 tablespoon of the red peppers, 1 ¼ cups cheese, 1/2 teaspoon salt and some pepper and pulse just until combined.
Spoon the mixture into the bread bowl and top with the remaining ¼ cup cheese, reserved red peppers and finely chopped jalapeno. Place the bread on a baking sheet. Brush the bread all over with olive oil and bake until hot and bubbly, 25 to 30 minutes.
Serve with the bread cubes, crackers or vegetables.
Guacamole and chips are a Super Bowl favorite. To avoid serving them with the carb heavy traditional tortilla chips, serve it with bacon. This is a keto-lover's dream.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a sided baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Cut each strip of bacon into thirds. Place on the baking sheet and, if desired, sprinkle with black pepper. Bake about 20 minutes or until the bacon is barely crisp. You want it to be somewhat pliable and not break into pieces in the dip. Remove from the oven and transfer to serving plate.
Meanwhile, make the guacamole. Scoop out the avocado flesh into a bowl. Mash the flesh, leaving it somewhat chunky. Stir in the tomato, onion, jalapeno, cilantro and lime juice. Sprinkle in some salt and stir. Taste and add more salt or lime juice to taste.
Serve guacamole with bacon chips.


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Conapesca Announces Sea Cucumber Fishing Ban
Politics Sustainability Environment
20 May 2011, at 1:00am
MEXICO - The head of the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca), Ramon Corral Avila, has announced plans for a closed fishing season on sea cucumber in the regions of Campeche and Yucatn. The closed season comes as an enhancement to the already established fishing season as it aims to improve the sustainable management of the species.
After meeting with over 60 representatives of fishery organisations and licence holders, naval and local authorities, traders and representatives of the media, Mr Avila said that the sea cucumber fishery closed on the 14th May and would not be open again till the 1st February 2012. In addition, he commented that this next fishing season would only be open from the 1st February till the 31st March 2012.
Conapesca authorities highlighted that the aim of the programme is not only to benefit the fishermen and traders, but also the social sector.
Mr Avila said that two working groups had ben established. The groups will evaluate the results in the operation of fishing licences granted to capture cucumber from 1st April to 14th May, 2011, and to define how the permits will be delivered in 2012.
One of these working groups will be composed of representatives of Conapesca, the National Fishery Institute (Inapesca), the Federal Delegation Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) in Yucatán and fishermen.
The other group will consist of representatives of Conapesca, the National Health Service, Agri-food Safety and Quality (Senasica), the Delegation of Sagarpa and sea cucumber traders, who work in that fishery certification process.
"What was made clear is that sea cucumber is not an ideal species to make a fortune, it's just an alternative fishery activity that allows fishermen to support themselves during the fishing bans in the region's traditional fisheries, such as octopus, grouper and lobster. As well as thism it contributes to generate economic activity in those municipalities in the cucumber fishing area," Mr Avila stated.
However, one federal officer highlighted the fact that since January more than 95,000 kilograms of illegally caught sea cucumber had been seized in Yucatan.
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File: utils/api/builtin/sprite-animation/sprite-animation.js

                /**
                 * @module Fire
                 * @class Fire
                 */
                var SpriteAnimationClip = require('sprite-animation-clip');
                var SpriteAnimationState = require('sprite-animation-state');

                /**
                 * The sprite animation Component.
                 * @class SpriteAnimation
                 * @extends Component
                 * @constructor
                 */
                var SpriteAnimation = Fire.Class({
                    //
                    name: "Fire.SpriteAnimation",
                    //
                    extends: Fire.Component,
                    //
                    constructor: function() {
                        this._nameToState = null;
                        this._curAnimation = null;
                        this._spriteRenderer = null;
                        this._defaultSprite = null;
                        this._lastFrameIndex = -1;
                        this._curIndex = -1;
                        this._playStartFrame = 0;// 在调用Play的当帧的LateUpdate不进行step
                    },
                    //
                    properties:{
                        /**
                         * The default animation.
                         * @property defaultAnimation
                         * @type {SpriteAnimationClip}
                         * @default null
                         */
                        defaultAnimation: {
                            default: null,
                            type: Fire.SpriteAnimationClip
                        },
                        /**
                         * The Animated clip list.
                         * @property animations
                         * @type {SpriteAnimationClip[]}
                         * @default []
                         */
                        animations: {
                            default: [],
                            type: Fire.SpriteAnimationClip
                        },
                        //
                        _playAutomatically: true,
                        /**
                         * Should the default animation clip (Animation.clip) automatically start playing on startup.
                         * @property playAutomatically
                         * @type {boolean}
                         * @default true
                         */
                        playAutomatically: {
                            get: function() {
                                return this._playAutomatically;
                            },
                            set: function (value) {
                                this._playAutomatically = value;
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    //
                    _init: function() {
                        var initialized = (this._nameToState !== null);
                        if (initialized === false) {
                            this._spriteRenderer = this.entity.getComponent(Fire.SpriteRenderer);
                            this._defaultSprite = this._spriteRenderer.sprite;

                            this._nameToState = {};
                            var state = null;
                            for (var i = 0; i < this.animations.length; ++i) {
                                var clip = this.animations[i];
                                if (clip !== null) {
                                    state = new SpriteAnimationState(clip);
                                    this._nameToState[state.name] = state;
                                }
                            }

                            if (!this.getAnimState(this.defaultAnimation.name)) {
                                state = new SpriteAnimationState(this.defaultAnimation);
                                this._nameToState[state.name] = state;
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    /**
                     * Get Animation State.
                     * @method getAnimState
                     * @param {string} animName - The name of the animation
                     * @return {SpriteAnimationState}
                     */
                    getAnimState: function (name) {
                        return this._nameToState && this._nameToState[name];
                    },
                    /**
                     * Indicates whether the animation is playing
                     * @method isPlaying
                     * @param {string} [name] - The name of the animation
                     * @return {boolean}
                     */
                    isPlaying: function(name) {
                        var playingAnim = this.enabled && this._curAnimation;
                        return !!playingAnim && ( !name || playingAnim.name === name );
                    },
                    /**
                     * Play Animation
                     * @method play
                     * @param {SpriteAnimationState} [animState] - The animState of the sprite Animation state or animation name
                     * @param {number} [time] - The time of the animation time
                     */
                    play: function (animState, time) {
                        if (typeof animState === 'string') {
                            this._curAnimation = this.getAnimState(animState);
                        }
                        else {
                            this._curAnimation = animState || new SpriteAnimationState(this.defaultAnimation);
                        }

                        if (this._curAnimation !== null) {
                            this._curIndex = -1;
                            this._curAnimation.time = time || 0;
                            this._playStartFrame = Fire.Time.frameCount;
                            this._sample();
                        }
                    },
                    /**
                     * Stop Animation
                     * @method stop
                     * @param {SpriteAnimationState} [animState] - The animState of the sprite animation state or animation name
                     */
                    stop: function (animState) {
                        if (typeof animState === 'string') {
                            this._curAnimation = this.getAnimState(animState);
                        }
                        else {
                            this._curAnimation = animState || new SpriteAnimationState(this.defaultAnimation);
                        }

                        if (this._curAnimation !== null) {

                            this._curAnimation.time = 0;

                            var stopAction = this._curAnimation.stopAction;

                            switch (stopAction) {
                                case SpriteAnimationClip.StopAction.DoNothing:
                                    break;
                                case SpriteAnimationClip.StopAction.DefaultSprite:
                                    this._spriteRenderer.sprite = this._defaultSprite;
                                    break;
                                case SpriteAnimationClip.StopAction.Hide:
                                    this._spriteRenderer.enabled = false;
                                    break;
                                case SpriteAnimationClip.StopAction.Destroy:
                                    this.entity.destroy();
                                    break;
                                default:
                                    break;
                            }

                            this._curAnimation = null;
                        }
                    },
                    onLoad: function() {
                        this._init();
                        if (this.enabled) {
                            if (this._playAutomatically && this.defaultAnimation) {
                                var animState = this.getAnimState(this.defaultAnimation.name);
                                this.play(animState, 0);
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    lateUpdate: function() {
                        if (this._curAnimation !== null && Fire.Time.frameCount > this._playStartFrame) {
                            var delta = Fire.Time.deltaTime * this._curAnimation.speed;
                            this._step(delta);
                        }
                    },
                    _step: function (deltaTime) {
                        if (this._curAnimation !== null) {
                            this._curAnimation.time += deltaTime;
                            this._sample();
                            var stop = false;
                            if (this._curAnimation.wrapMode === SpriteAnimationClip.WrapMode.Once ||
                                this._curAnimation.wrapMode === SpriteAnimationClip.WrapMode.Default ||
                                this._curAnimation.wrapMode === SpriteAnimationClip.WrapMode.ClampForever) {
                                if (this._curAnimation.speed > 0 && this._curAnimation.frame >= this._curAnimation.totalFrames) {
                                    if (this._curAnimation.wrapMode === SpriteAnimationClip.WrapMode.ClampForever) {
                                        stop = false;
                                        this._curAnimation.frame = this._curAnimation.totalFrames;
                                        this._curAnimation.time = this._curAnimation.frame / this._curAnimation.clip.frameRate;
                                    }
                                    else {
                                        stop = true;
                                        this._curAnimation.frame = this._curAnimation.totalFrames;
                                    }
                                }
                                else if (this._curAnimation.speed < 0 && this._curAnimation.frame < 0) {
                                    if (this._curAnimation.wrapMode === SpriteAnimationClip.WrapMode.ClampForever) {
                                        stop = false;
                                        this._curAnimation.time = 0;
                                        this._curAnimation.frame = 0;
                                    }
                                    else {
                                        stop = true;
                                        this._curAnimation.frame = 0;
                                    }
                                }
                            }

                            // do stop
                            if (stop) {
                                this.stop(this._curAnimation);
                            }
                        }
                        else {
                            this._curIndex = -1;
                        }
                    },
                    _sample: function () {
                        if (this._curAnimation !== null) {
                            var newIndex = this._curAnimation.getCurrentIndex();
                            if (newIndex >= 0 && newIndex != this._curIndex) {
                                this._spriteRenderer.sprite = this._curAnimation.clip.frameInfos[newIndex].sprite;
                            }
                            this._curIndex = newIndex;
                        }
                        else {
                            this._curIndex = -1;
                        }
                    }
                });

                Fire.SpriteAnimation = SpriteAnimation;

                Fire.addComponentMenu(SpriteAnimation, 'Sprite Animation');

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Chris Paul – Bio, Height, Age, Wife, Son, Brother, Net Worth, Salary, Weight
One of the highest-paid athletes in the world, Christopher Emmanuel Paul, professionally known as Chris Paul, is an NBA player who is currently playing for the Houston Rockets. Throughout his career, he has received many titles and honors following his brilliant performances in the field of play as a prolific point guard. He has to his credit, the National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.
Chris Paul is also a team member of the United States National Team and has won two gold medals and a bronze medal with the team after finishing top at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2008 Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Olympics in London. Despite having his overall performance in the National Basketball Association being hampered by injuries, the skilled basketball player has managed to record remarkable career achievements which include being a four-time NBA career assist leader, six-time NBA career steals leader, as well as being named in nine NBA All-Star teams and nine NBA All-Defensive team.
Paul has also been serving as the President of the National Basketball Association since 2013 and he is an executive of a minor league baseball team called Winston-Salem Dash. Below are more fascinating details about the bio, family, and earnings of the prolific point guard.
Chris Paul Biography (Age)
The two-time Olympic gold medalist was born to Charles Edward Paul and Robin Jones in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the United States, on the 6th of May 1985. He has an elder brother called Charles "C.J" Paul. His father played an important role in his life as he partly contributed to where he is today. He coached him and his elder brother in basketball and football, as he used to be an athlete. His maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Jones, founded a service station where Paul and his brother worked while growing up, especially in the summer.
Concerning his educational achievements, Chris Paul graduated from West Forsyth High School located in Clemmons, North Carolina. During his time at the school, he was a member of the basketball team and led them to many semi-finals, as well as the Class 4A Eastern Regional finals. As a result of his outstanding performance in his senior year during which he achieved averages of 30.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 6 steals in each game, the deft basketball player was named North Carolina's Mr-Basketball and was selected to First-Team Parade All-American.
After his graduation from high school, Paul began his college career at Wake Forest University where he joined the varsity basketball team, Demon Deacons. He helped his team qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament with his extraordinary play which eventually earned him ACC Rookie of the Year Award at the end of his freshman season.
In 2005, the skilled NBA player joined New Orleans Hornets as he was picked by the National Basketball Association club during the 2005 NBA Draft in the round1 as the 4th overall. During his first season, he led all rookies in points, assists, steals, and rebounds, having registered final averages of 16.1 points, 7.8 assists, 2.2 steals and 5.1 rebounds in every game he played. Following his astounding record, he was named National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year.
At the kick-off of the 2008-09 season, Chris Paul signed a $68 million worth of contract extension with the New Orleans Hornets and later in 2011, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. There, he continued with his historically great performance and earned his first National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.
Despite being sidelined in many games as a result of injuries that contributed to him missing 21 games in the 2016-17 season, Chris Paul attracted the Houston Rockets which he joined in 2017. He is presently playing for the NBA club as a point guard.
Chris Paul's Salary & Net Worth
As one of the highest-paid athletes in the world, Chris Paul earns a salary of $24.27 million per annum and his net worth is penned at $100 million. He has amassed his wealth from his thriving career as an NBA star, along with his endorsement deals with renowned brands like Nike.
Chris Paul's Family – His Brother, Wife, And Son
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Chris Paul's elder brother, Charles Paul, who is popularly known as C.J, is a former basketball player. He played collegiate basketball at the University of South Carolina Upstate and Hampton University before he chose to work as his younger brother's personal manager.
The NBA star is a happily married man. He is married to his college beau, Jada Crawley. The pair solemnized their union in September 2011 but prior to that, they had welcomed a son named Christopher Emmanuel Paul II in May 2009. A year after their wedding, Jada gave birth to their daughter, Camryn Alexis Paul in August 2012.
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His Height, Weight
While Chris Paul may not be the tallest NBA player one can easily find in the league, he stands at a gigantic height of 6 feet (1.83 m). His well-toned body build weighs 79 kg (175 lb).
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This is a lesser known traditional song. I have deliberately sung it in a different key then what it normally would be sung in because if I am singing it a'capella, this is how I enjoy singing it. I have also deliberately altered the lyrics to suite how I wish to tell this story through song.
I was taught this song in approx. 2002 or 2003, I don't really remember. I had gone to the Mission Friendship Centre for the weekly healing circle (I was a regular around there for a few years for several reasons). One evening I arrived and other then the woman who was at the time running the circle (she was doing this temporarily since the elder who normally ran the circle was ill for a while), I was the only one in attendance, except for 3 women elders (all super graceful, strong presences, beautiful women) who had arrived (they did not know each other), each there by intuition with the intention of sharing their teachings (each came from a different place in Canada, all three in Mission only temporarily). They decided to teach me 3 songs, the Cherokee Morning Song, the Women's Warrior Song and one other song. The Cherokee Morning Song is the only which stuck with me and I have memorized. This is the oldest dialect of Cherokee and I am told by the elders that it is the language of the spirits. This is a song you sing with the intention of taking a moment to really think about what the sun gives us; Vit D, without the sun there would be no plants and no food, et cetera. It is meant to make you really present in a place of gratitude of all the gifts the sun gives us; it is also something you sing when you feel you need to call the sun to come out.
This is a cover of a song called "Words" by Ane Brun. I sung the song a bit higher and off key on purpose because this is how I wanted to sing it, I wouldn't do that if I was singing with musicians but since I was doing it a capella, I decided it didn't matter. If you don't know the song, you probably won't notice.
I am going to be posting more singing demo's in the coming weeks. The purpose in these singing demo's is two fold.
2) The other reason is so that I can show local musicians what I can do right now for the purpose of experimentation, collaboration & jams; to find cohorts of musical mischief. Right now my strength is mostly with traditional Celtic songs, but I also enjoy making my voice sound like flutes. I used to be able to imitate Chinese violins but I stopped practicing this so I am re-learning what I was doing before, but I wish to expand further then what I explored before, to see where else my voice can take me, using my voice as an instrument.
I really love rock & roll (The Tea Party, David Bowie, Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble), especially the old stuff from the 60's & 70's (Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin et cetera), but I love music that is progressive & spans accross genres, so I am interested to see how my voice could be used in an experimental context that would go beyond genre limitations.


The Last Legion Movie Synopsis: The movie is based on the Italina novel written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
The Last Legion Movie Review: Aishwarya Rai plays the role of Mira in The Last Legion, directed by Doug Lefler. The movie also stars Ben Kingsley, Colin Firth, Kevin McKidd, Thomas Sangster. The movie was shot in Tunisia and Slovakia. The movie is an epic drama set during the end of the Roman Empire.


We have seen some eye popping nutrient removals recently in a new joint research project between GRDC, Agriculture Victoria, Southern Farming Systems, the MacKillop Farm Management Group and SARDI.
In some cases, the full replacement of these losses would require over half a tonne per hectare of urea and a quarter of a tonne per hectare of muriate of potash.
The project is examining the responses of wheat and canola to various nutrients and includes an 'all nutrients' and a 'nil nutrients' comparison.
As part of our work, we sent samples of grain and stubble from the all and nil treatments to the Nutrient Advantage laboratory for analysis.
This exercise showed us that nutrient quantities in grain are highly variable.
We believe it is worth collecting grain samples at harvest and arranging nutrient balance analysis. Relying on standard values may lead to over or under fertilisation.
The following information is a selection of the data, showing nutrient replacement budgets for the all and nil treatments.
In estimating nutrient replacement, we have used literature values to estimate the proportion of stubble nutrient lost during burning, but all other values are from field measurements.
This site was highly fertile before sowing. A wheat yield of 9.8 t/ha at 13.6% protein was achieved in the all treatment, compared with 9.6 t/ha at 10.9% protein for the nil treatment.
Nutrient replacement was estimated at 254 kg/ha of nitrogen, 26 kg/ha of phosphorus and 114 kg/ha of potassium for the all treatment.
Due to the site's high soil fertility, it would not be necessary to replace all this nutrient through fertiliser in the following year. Nevertheless, soil mineral nitrogen to a depth of 60 cm declined from 390 kg/ha of nitrogen prior to sowing to 163 kg/ha of nitrogen after harvest on the all treatment and to 109 kg/ha of nitrogen on the nil treatment.
Note: All = 133 kg/ha of N, 50 kg/ha of P, 50 kg/ha of K, 20 kg/ha of S, 1.1 kg/ha Zn and 2 kg/ha of Cu. Nil = 30 kg/ha of N. Wheat grain yield is shown at 12% reference moisture, and stubbles at 100°C drying.
The canola trial at Bool Lagoon showed significant (about double) yield responses in the all treatment compared with the nil treatment.
The site was inundated for over four weeks, restricting nutrient uptake. A final nitrogen application was used in the all treatment shortly after the inundation finished.
Replacement nutrients for the all treatment were estimated at 103 kg/ha of nitrogen, 15 kg/ha of phosphorus and 13 kg/ha of sulphur. These nutrients would need to be replaced for the 2017 growing season.
Replacement potassium was not recommended because no potassium responses were observed at the site and the soil showed high levels of available potassium (> 1000 mg/kg).
Note: All = 251 kg/ha of N, 50 kg/ha of P, 50 kg/ha of K, 20 kg/ha of S, 1.1 kg/ha of Zn and 2 kg/ha of Cu. Nil = 30 kg/ha of N. Canola grain yield is shown at 6% reference moisture, and stubbles at 100°C drying.
The all treatment resulted in a high yielding canola crop (5.4 t/ha) on the well-drained site at Tarrington near Hamilton last year. The nil treatment yielded 2.4 t/ha.
We estimated replacement nutrients for the all treatment at 247 kg/ha of nitrogen, 28 kg/ha of phosphorus, 73 kg/ha of potassium and 44 kg/ha of sulphur.
Post-harvest mineral nitrogen samples (0-60 cm) showed soil nitrogen levels had been depleted to 88 kg/ha of nitrogen beneath the all treatment, compared with 380 kg/ha of nitrogen before sowing.
Unless the harvested nutrients are replaced in 2017, crop yields may be similar to the nil treatment of 2016.
Note: All = 215 kg/ha of N, 50 kg/ha of P, 50 kg/ha of K, 20 kg/ha of S, 1.1. kg/ha of Zn and 2 kg/ha of Cu. Nil = 30 kg/ha of N. Canola grain yield is shown at 6% reference moisture, and stubbles at 100°C drying.
Prolonged waterlogging followed by rapid drying of the soil during grain fill led to low canola yields, a low harvest index and small grain sizes in the Rutherglen trial.
Large amounts of nitrogen from the all treatment at this site are thought to have been leached or denitrified. Soil testing to a depth of one metre post-harvest showed there was only 29 kg/ha more mineral nitrogen under the all treatment than the nil treatment. Most of this was in the 60-80 cm layer.
Where there is a risk of nitrogen being leached through the profile, the safest place for nitrogen is in the plant and applied early.
Note: All = 396 kg/ha of N, 50 kg/ha of P, 50 kg/ha of K, 20 kg/ha of S, 1.1 kg/ha of Zn and 2 kg/ha of Cu. Nil = 30 kg/ha of N. Canola grain yield is shown at 6% reference moisture, and stubbles at 100°C drying.
A focus on restoring fertility will be essential for many growers with high yielding crops in 2016.
Even in low yielding crops, like the Rutherglen site affected by waterlogging, there may have been significant leaching losses depleting mobile nutrients such as nitrogen and sulphur, or nitrogen losses through denitrification.
Across our two wheat trials, nutrient replacement was estimated at 22 kg N/tonne grain, 3 kg P/t and 8 kg K/t. This includes an allowance for nutrient losses during stubble burning.
Across our four canola trials, nutrient replacement was estimated as 42 kg N/t grain, 6 kg P/t and 20 kg K/t.
Nutrient removal rates (kg/t) in our study varied almost two-fold, so grain testing is advisable to understand your balance. If that is not possible, arrange soil testing to quantify nutrient depletion.
For any additional information, feel free to send me an email at Malcolm.McCaskill@ecodev.vic.gov.au.
Funding for this project is from GRDC, Agriculture Victoria and IPNI. The research team includes Amanda Pearce (SARDI, Struan), Aaron Vague (Southern Farming Systems, Inverleigh), Brendan Christy (Agriculture Victoria, Rutherglen), Rob Norton (IPNI, Horsham), and Penny Riffkin (Agriculture Victoria, Hamilton).


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"We waste our money so you don't have to."
"We waste our money, so you don't have to."
Is it a crime of passion or an act of treason?
US Release Date: 08-14-1987
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Starring▸▾
Kevin Costner, as
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
Gene Hackman, as
Defense Secretary David Brice
Sean Young, as
Susan Atwell
Will Patton, as
Scott Pritchard
Howard Duff, as
Senator William Duvall
George Dzundza, as
Sam Hesselman
Jason Bernard, as
Major Donovan
Iman, as
Nina Beka
Fred Dalton Thompson, as
CIA Director Marshall
Leon Russom, as
David Paymer as
Technician David
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Reviewed on: June 27th, 2012
Kevin Costner and Sean Young in No Way Out.
No Way Out is a tense thriller from 1987. It's one of two movies released that year that pushed Kevin Costner onto the A-list. The other being The Untouchables. Although that other movie garnered more attention, including an Oscar win for co-star Sean Connery, this movie deserves to be remembered as well.
The plot is based on a 1946 novel entitled "The Big Clock", which had already inspired a big screen version in 1948 starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan. That earlier filmed version adhered closer to the book's plot, while No Way Out brings the plot into the then current day and moves the action to Washington D.C. and the Department of Defense, while still retaining somewhat of a noir feel.
This is one of those movies with many twists and turns. If you haven't seen it, I actually urge you to do so before reading anything else about it. Much of the fun is seeing what will happen next. I won't give away too many details, but it's too difficult to write about this movie without giving away some things.
Costner plays Tom Farrell, a Lt. Commander in the Navy. He meets and begins a passionate affair with Susan (Sean Young), who also happens to be the mistress of the Secretary of Defense, David Brice (Gene Hackman). When the Secretary learns that Susan is two-timing him, he kills her in a fit of anger. Brice's slimy assistant Scott Pritchard urges David to cover-up the murder rather than confess to the crime. They decide to blame Susan's other lover for the murder, whose identity they don't know. For good measure they decide to declare that this mystery lover is Ivan, a Russian spy. Pritchard assigns the task of finding Ivan to Tom Farrell, who therefore finds himself in the position of both investigating himself and trying to gather enough evidence to prove that it was Brice who is actually the murderer.
While that may seem like a lot of plot detail to give away, there is still plenty of mystery left in this movie. And, just when you think everything is resolved, the plot throws one last twist at you in the final few minutes of the story.
The cast is terrific. Sean Young is vulnerable and attractive, in a very 1980s sort of way. She and Costner share some serious heat in the back of a limousine. Hackman could play this part in his sleep, but he brings his usual screen presence to the role. Will Patton is the real villain of the piece and he plays the slick Washington insider well. This is Costner's movie though and he does a great job. His character is in way over his head and struggling to stay one step ahead of everyone else. He demonstrates plenty of charm, movie star good looks and leading man capability.
It's more tense than action packed, but when there is action it is kept at a realistic level. There are a couple of well done chase scenes, much of it on foot and some of it through the Pentagon.
Quaint by today's standards, but modern for the time, technology is used to track down the killer. Using computers the size of a refrigerator, but less powerful than the today's cigarette pack sized smart phones, records are traced and images manipulated. The computer technicians throw around words like "interface" and mispronounce "pixel" as "pixal". It's easily the most dated portion of the film.
I remember seeing and enjoying this movie when it came out 25 years ago and I don't think I've seen it since. It holds up very well. It's easy to see why it helped make Costner a star.
Reviewed on: July 27th, 2012
Gene Hackman, Sean Young and Kevin Costner in a publicity still for No Way Out.
This was a juicy part for Costner. In the first 20 minutes he gets to make love to Sean Young in the backseat of a limo and perform a daring rescue at sea. He handles both scenes with equal aplomb. Young is also quite good, even though – like Bette Davis in Fog Over Frisco – she perishes in the first half of the movie. Gene Hackman has a great scene where he "cries" over Young's death.
That said, I wasn't quite as enamored with No Way Out as Scott was. I agree that for the most part it maintains a level of realism. Also there is real tension and the story unfolds in an intriguing manner. There is a bit of subtle foreshadowing if you pay attention to the drink Costner orders in the scene where he first meets Young. Overall the script is decent but there is one scene that stands out as unbelievable.
It's the scene where Costner is at the Pentagon and they come looking for him. First he spills coffee on a desk and purposely sits on it to have an excuse to leave the room and hide. He sits on the spill but when he stands up there is a large coffee stain dripping down the front of his pants. Second we are supposed to believe that a relatively small group of men can search the entire Pentagon in two hours. This building has more than 17 miles of hallways. Third, when the searchers begin to clumsily unlock the door to the bathroom where Costner is hiding, he climbs into an air shaft that is clearly visible overhead. They merely glance into the room but don't bother to check out this obvious hiding place.
This movie is a great time capsule. It is set at the height of the Cold War and combines a 1940s gritty film noir style with the colorful, big-haired, lots of gratuitous nudity of the 80s. As Scott wrote, what was then cutting edge technology is now laughably primitive. It brings home the point of just how long ago the 1980s was.
The plot's twists and turns are fun to watch. The final reveal caught me completely by surprise. It remains satisfying although it changes everything that came before. The first half of the movie is all about the heat generated between Costner and Young. They really steam up the screen. The second half is a tense political mystery/thriller. No Way Out is a solidly entertaining film but for me it falls just short of being a 4-star classic.
Reviewed on: October 12th, 2012
Kevin Costner in No Way Out
No Way Out is a great thriller that races by one interesting scene after another. Everything steadily builds with clues being handed out readily but not obviously. You just have to question everything. It all leads, one tense step at a time, to a not completely satisfying ending.
After starting an affair with Susan, Tom gets her to confess one night that the other man in her life is David Brice. Tom then tells Susan, "You know I work for Brice?" who responds, "I guess that makes two of us." Brice then decides to visit Susan while Tom is there. She begs Tom to leave through the back door, who comes back with, "When I go, it'll be through the front door." He ends up leaving through the back door but it makes no difference and sets into motion a whole heap of trouble.
The entire plot hinges on one coincidence after another. I enjoyed this film while watching it, but thinking about it later, the story starts to come apart. As Patrick wrote, the final twist changes all that came before. Even after the final reveal, I was left with more questions than answers. The pacing is quick and entertaining, but the final resolution is not as satisfying as the set up.
Photos © Copyright Orion Pictures (1987)
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During the operating season a food and beverage concession is located in the corner of the main pavilion. Standard park food is available (e.g hotdogs and hamburgers). Inside and outside seating areas are available. On the hot days, come grab some ice cream too. The Concession is open 1:00pm - 5:00pm (weather & crowd permitting).


Pack of 10 block bottom Candy Bag with a funky spring chicken design. Each bag is made from 35 micron food safe cellophane and measures 100mm across and 220mm high when flat. The block bottom base is made from gold card and fixed firmly to the bag. Overall measurements when ready for use are 56mm wide x 37mm deep and 220mm high. Ideal for sweets, chocolate, biscuits and especially Easter eggs!


If winter and the cold, dark nights has you down in the dumps, then we have just the cure ... book a holiday!
Our savvy pirates have spotted a 5* bargain over on our holidays finder for Lanzarote this January; you can get 5 nights in a luxury hotel, with return flights and half board from as little as £290* per person, based on 2 sharing.
It's cheapest from Leeds, but there are flights from loads of UK airports for a little bit more so there's no excuses not to at least dream about it!
We chose 5 nights, however this holiday is flexible and you can easily adjust the duration, month, amount of travellers and departure airport. You could also opt for another board basis! To change holiday details, just click the green button below to view calendar.
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Overlooking the sea, the 5* H10 Rubicon Palace Hotel has great vistas from its location on Lanzarote's south coast. It has 5 adult pools (1 of which is heated in winter and 1 saltwater) and 3 kids pools (2 of which are heated in winter). There's also an indoor pool in the Thalasso Spa (charges may apply).
The hotel hosts 6 restaurants and 4 bars, and guests on half board can dine during breakfast and lunch/dinner in the buffet restaurant, Janubio.
Rooms are modern with a flat screen TV, balcony or terrace and some even have ocean views. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout. The beach is 1.5km away; or a leisurely 20 minutes, and the airport is a 30-minute drive away.


UNIVERSITY CENTER — The Dow High swim team won its annual season-opening Pangborn Invitational on Tuesday night at Saginaw Valley State University, amassing 398 points to beat out three-time defending Division 2 state champion Dexter, which took second with 383, and Grand Blanc, which was third with 381.5.
Dexter is ranked No. 1 and Dow No. 5 in Division 2.
Saginaw Heritage (279 points), Fenton (244), Bay City Central (103), Lapeer (102) and Alma (95.5) rounded out the field in Tuesday's meet.
"I like to start (the season with this meet)," Dow coach Gary Strickler said of the invitational, which is named after former Dow swim coach the late Dan Pangborn. "Over the past few years, we've used this as a kickoff meet, which is really good for us."
The Pangborn uses a unique format by running four divisions for each event, which are grouped by skill levels.
"Your fastest guy swims against (the) fastest guy (from every other team)," Strickler explained. "So it's a good perspective on overall team depth and strength and gives us an opportunity to race our top guys against the other teams' top guys.
"This is a way of getting really good races at the beginning of the season and sets the stage for us to do well," Strickler added.
The Chargers won three events in the first division: Luke Lezotte in the 100-yard freestyle (47.95 seconds), Gage Bunker in the 500 free (4:54.86) and Mark Van Heel/Hans Dehn/Lezotte/Collin Che in the 200 free relay (1:29.39).
Taking second for Dow in the first division were Zach Fewkes/Louie Sun/Bunker/Lezotte in the 200 medley relay (1:42.11), Che in the 200 free (1:47.15), Lezotte in the 50 free (21.62), Bunker in the 100 butterfly (55.57) and Che/Fewkes/Bunker/Joseph Krzciok in the 400 free relay (3:18.95).
Sun took third in the first division in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.31), Fewkes took fifth in the first division in the 100 backstroke (58.75) and Sun took sixth in the first division in the 200 individual medley (2:11.63).
Taking first for Dow in the second division were Austin Urlaub/Jacob Telgenhoff/Dehn/Van Heel in the 200 medley relay (1:48.28), Fewkes in the 200 free (1:54.11), Che in the 100 fly (53.37) and Krzciok/Brendan Ladwein/Sun/Nathan Johnson in the 200 free relay (1:35.87).
Taking second in the second division were Urlaub in the 100 back (1:02.49) and Telgenhoff in the 100 breast (1:07.81), and taking third was Dehn in the 100 free (53.90).
Taking fourth in the second division were Telgenhoff in the 200 IM (2:18.07), Dehn in the 50 free (24.36) and Brycen Larkowski/Andrew Binns/Urlaub/Telgenhoff in the 400 free relay (3:51.49). Taking fifth was Davis Purtell in the 500 free (5:40.95).
Taking first in the third division were Alejandro Palencia-Villalba/Gavin Boguszewski/Ladwein/Binns in the 200 medley relay (1:52.29), Ladwein in the 200 free (1:58.62) and Krzciok in the 50 free (23.42) and the 100 free (50.78).
Taking second in the third division were Purtell in the 200 IM (2:21.18), Ladwein in the 100 fly (1:03.48) and Albertas Kluegas/Purtell/Boguszewski/Ethan Ells in the 200 free relay (1:45.42).
Taking third in the third division were Larkowski in the 100 back (1:09.39) and Boguszewski in the 100 breast (1:11.71).
Taking fourth in the third division were Charlee Simanskey/Boguszewski/Wiliam Gaal/Nathan Johnson in the 400 free relay (3:57.11), and taking fifth in the 500 free was Binns (6:07.46).
Taking first in the fourth division were Larkowski/Purtell/Johnson/Kluegas in the 200 medley relay (1:56.93), Palencia-Villalba in the 50 free (23.89), Van Heel in the 50 free (52.41), Charlee Simanskey in the 500 free (5:44.84), Shelbee Simanskey/Nicolas Courier/Larkowski/Nathan Witt in the 200 free relay (1:45.17) and Van Heel in the 100 breast (1:16.01).
Taking second in the fourth division were Shelbee Simanskey in the 100 back (1:04.80) and Kluegas/Joseph Dauenhauer/Logan Finney/Bennett Veith in the 400 free relay (4:09.49).
Taking fourth in the fourth division were Binns in the 200 free (2:08.94) and Urlaub in the 200 IM (2:26.41).


State College and the surrounding region have plenty of different options when it comes to restaurants. Whether it is having a sit-down dinner to celebrate an event or can't miss breakfast locations we have you covered.
Once you click through to our restaurant listings below the number of options might be overhwhelming. We have several walk-up style restaurants such as Barranquero Cafe, Bradley's Cheesesteaks & Hoagies or Brother's Pizza locations. If you're looking for a tasty burger try out The Field Burger & Tap in the Toftrees Golf Resort. If you're into more of a pub style food make sure to swing by Champs Sports Grill, Happy Valley Brewing Company, Home D Pizzeria, Letterman's Sports Grill and a host of others. The opportunities are virtually endless for even the most picky of eaters.
If you'd rather relax with a craft beer or glass of wine we have you covered too with the Central PA Tasting Trail. Also keep your eyes peeled for Happy Valley Culinary Week in our region, which usually occurs during June. If you're being adventurous and want the freshest of ingredients several farmer's markets are just a short drive away. After all Penn State was once called the Farmer's High School, so we should know food from seed to fork.


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June 27, 2016 - Government Center - 4:00 P.M.
Public Hearing on an Ordinance Amendment Proposed by Planning and Development Services Staff to Revise Chapter B of the Unified Development Ordinances (UDO) to Amend the Parking Requirements for the Use Recreation Facility, Public (UDO-270)
Ordinance Amendment Proposed by Planning and Development Services Staff to Revise Chapter B of the Unified Development Ordinances to Amend Parking Requirements for Public Recreation Facilities
Adoption of the 2017 Housing Grant Projects Ordinance (Housing and Community Development Department)
Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Home and Community Care Block Grant County Funding Plan for Older Adults and Authorizing Execution of Necessary Documents to Submit the Plan for State Approval and Funding (Aging Services)
Resolution Approving the Community-Based Juvenile Delinquency, Substance Abuse, and Gang Prevention Plan for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and Authorizing Its Submission for State Approval and Implementation (Juvenile Crime Prevention Council)
Amendment to the FY 2016-2017 Budget Ordinance
Resolution Authorizing Execution of Necessary Documents to Receive Grant Funds From the Winston-Salem Foundation to Support a Reading Garden at the Renovated Central Library (Forsyth County Public Library)
Amendment to the 2011 Library Bond Capital Projects Ordinance
Resolution Naming a Reading Garden at the Forsyth County Central Library in Honor of the Winston-Salem Foundation in Recognition of Its Donation
Adoption of 2016 New Family Museum Capital Projects Ordinance
Resolution Ratifying and Authorizing Execution of an Interlocal Agreement Between Forsyth County and the City of Winston-Salem for Grant Funds from the City to Support the Operation of the District Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit (Safe on Seven) (Court Services Department)
Resolution Approving the Annual Lease Payment and Authorizing Execution of Amendment to Lease of Land on Which the Chestnut Street Parking Deck is Located
Resolution Authorizing Execution of Necessary Documents to Grant Funds to the Arts Council, Inc. for the Purchase of a Downtown Winston-Salem Building Located at 419 Spruce Street
Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Contract for Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) Service Maintenance and Battery Refresh Services for the Sheriff's Office 911 Communications Center, Radio Equipment and Information Technology Server Room (Forsyth County Sheriff's Office)
Resolution Ratifying the Amended Forsyth County Compensation Plan (Human Resources Department)
Resolution Approving Refunds by the Tax Assessor/Collector in the Amount of $390.28
Resolution Designating Forsyth County's Voting Delegate to the National Association of Counties (NACo) 2016 Annual Conference to be Held July 22 - 25, 2016 in Los Angeles County, California
Notice of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners' Cancelled Briefings and Meeting for the Month of July 2016 and Attendance at the 2016 Annual Conference of the National Association of Counties (NACo)
Amendment to the FY 2015-2016 Fire Tax District Special Revenue Fund and Budget Ordinance to Appropriate Additional Sales Tax Proceeds (Finance Department)
Fuel Surcharge Report for Solid Waste: March 2016 - May 2016 Period


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Q: Difference between Dnsmasq and Dnsmasq-base I want to set up a DNS and DHCP server to bypass the loopback restriction of my internet provider. I wanted to install Dnsmasq but can't install It because of conflicts with Dnsmasq-base.
So my questions are :

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*What are the differences between Dnsmasq and Dnsmasq-base?

*Can we set up what I want with Dnsmasq-base?

*If yes, how? If no, what are the alternatives?

A: *

*Difference
dnsmasq package require dnsmasq-base package as dependecy
See packages details for dnsmasq and dnsmasq-base
If your Ubuntu setup has some package conflicts, see how to resolve it:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

*Feature dns and dhcp
Of course yes, dnsmasq is made that for

*How to...
Simply as docs describe it :)
You asked quite same question earlier, some answers where posted.
See those too:
Configuring DHCP-Server using dnsmasq
home server DNS with dnsmasq
How to Add dnsmasq and keep systemd-resolved (18.04)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq

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Q: Implementing sleep() using SIGALRM I have tried to replace sleep() by SIGALRM.
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void sig_alrm( int signo )
{
    return; /* return to wake up pause */
}

unsigned int sleep1( unsigned int nsecs )
{
    if( signal( SIGALRM, sig_alrm ) == SIG_ERR )
        return (nsecs);
    alarm( nsecs ); /* starts timer */
    pause(); /* next caught signal wakes */
    return( alarm( 0 ) ); /* turn off timer, return unslept*/
}

Is this correct implementation?
Is there another implementation?

A: The real implementation has to handle more conditions:

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*Handle EINTR.

*Handle thread cancellation.

See glibc implementatiop of sleep().

A: The SIGALARM implementation is seriously legacy, and won't conform modern standards (not least, because if you call it from a library you'll mess with any alarms the application may be using). So it needs another syscall.
Possible choices:

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*Use nanosleep. It's a syscall on most kernels - it's just a high resolution version of sleep, so does the job for you. Note that sleep has some junky behaviour if SIGCHLD is ignored, so the glibc implementation blocks and unblocks the signals in its nanosleep-wrapping implementation of sleep to try and get the legacy behaviour!

*Use select. It's a perfectly good choice - use empty FD_SETs and pass in your timeout. Very portable and there's nothing wrong with it.

A: Your implementation just mimics the sleep() function. But the actual internal implementation is OS-dependent. One simple implementation can be as follows:
The OS puts the process in the wait queue along with the time stamp after which it must be executed again. Whenever the time comes, it brings back to the ready queue and starts executing the process. You can also refer here for more information.


Reduce the risk of insect bites from mosquito, ticks and other disease carying insects. NosiLife is in built insect repelleant that does not wash out or reduce over time like other insect repellant clothing brands. The fabric is lighter for high humidity, yet is a durable ripstop weave for the active individual.


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Calling all Gilmore Girls fans: There could be even more new episodes on the cards
Niamh Maher
The new episodes of Gilmore Girls arrived on Netflix in November and they didn't disappoint, picking up ten years after we left the characters in Stars Hollow.
There is no denying that the Netflix revival went down an absolute treat with fans, and the good news is that we may not have to wait another decade to find out what happens next (that cliffhanger!).
In fact, Netflix's Ted Sarandos revealed over the weekend that they are in "very preliminary" talks with Gilmore Girls creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino to create more new episodes (eep).
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter Ted said "We hope there are more installments. We obviously loved the success of the show, fans loved how well it was done, it delivered what they hoped,"
They absolutely CAN'T leave us hanging as it is, so this offers a much-needed glimmer of hope that the coffee swigging, fast talking, mother daughter duo will return to our screens.
Netflix,
Gilmore Girls.
Vogue Williams says Spencer's proposal wasn't at all what she wanted
Baby Shark becomes first video ever to hit 10 billion views on YouTube
Dublin dad-of-seven pleads guilty to possessing 300+ images of child sexual abuse
Two persons arrested in relation to fatal shooting of father in Ballyfermot
Lottie Ryan admits she was weirded out by being called a 'geriatric mother'
Prince Andrew fails to get Virginia Giuffre sex assault lawsuit dismissed
Police search home of Harmony Montgomery's father, where 7-year-old was last seen


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Kanye West And Kendall Jenner Land First 'Vogue' Cover Together
Don't mess with this clique.
Chrissy Mahlmeister 06/22/2015
If you still aren't convinced that the Kardashian family is taking over the fashion world, well, we've got some news for you: They're becoming the straight-up kings (and queens!) of couture. For the August issue of Vogue Japan, Kanye West and Kendall Jenner pose and mean-mug as part of a Givenchy "fashion gang" on the cover. Their first (but probably not their last) magazine cover together!
https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/612999919029215233
Kim Kardashian posted the pic this morning with the caption "Hottest Fashion Gang ever!!!!!!" in support of her family, and the Riccardo Tisci-centered shoot featured everyone from Jessica Chastain to Joan Smalls to the creative director himself. Their bejeweled looks are straight from Givenchy's autumn/winter 2015 show, and even though the full spread hasn't dropped yet, Vogue Japan has been posting some intense videos from the shoot.
https://instagram.com/p/4PKluNkB7N/
This black-and-white clip features Kendall decked out with facial piercings and models trapped behind a chainlink fence while someone whispers "Riccardo" over a chilling soundtrack.
https://instagram.com/p/4PLD0oEB8Q/
In another vid, Kanye says, "Riccardo is the youngest master. A true visionary," while images of models and Jessica Chastain cut in and out.
https://instagram.com/p/4PLJ98kB8d/
The fashion films, shot by Luigi and Iango and styled by Katy England, show an eery, cult-like dedication to Riccardo, which definitely plays off the whole "fashion gang" theme. Considering everything we've seen so far, we have a feeling this is going to be one breath-taking spread. Until then, we'll be over here playing "Clique" on repeat.


Bay Area Kick-off Meeting to Shut Down New York City to Stop Police Murder!
One after another -- and so many others, precious Black and Brown lives – victims of police murder. We think of their faces, and furiously ache for justice. Over 1000 people a year killed by police – yet since 2005, less than 60 indictments, less than 25 convictions!
Millions languish in prison, generation after generation, Black and Latino brothers and sisters. The spear point of a whole matrix of oppression.
NO! THESE MURDERS BY POLICE MUST STOP - NOW!!
This demonstration will be resistance-based, uncompromising in spirit and, at the same time, pluralistic and diverse, involving hundreds of thousands of people, reaching into every corner of this society and powerfully impacting the whole world. History has shown that no significant change has been won without mass determined resistance.


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Alan Lau grabs ACOP Main Event title...
Alan Lau grabs ACOP Main Event title and becomes first-ever two-time APOY champion
13/10/2017 - 2017 ACOP, Asia-Pacific
October 29, 2017 by Louis Hartwell
There is no disputing this one! Alan "Kinglune" Lau has won the Asia Player of the Year 2017 and will be the first player in history to have his name engraved on the trophy not once but twice! The Hong Kong pro sealed the title after his spectacular victory at the Main Event of the Asia Championship of Poker. With this latest accomplishment, Lau became the first player to win both the Red Dragon and the ACOP Main Event in the same year.
Alan Lau – Photo Long Guan Courtesy of PokerStars
2017: A huge year for two-time APOY winner Lau
Scan Alan Lau's statistics on Hendon Mob and you'll notice he is one dedicated PokerStars player. Since 2015 – the year that saw Lau win his first APOY, though with some controversy – he has attended nearly all of their events in Macau, Philippines, and Korea. This year his efforts came with huge rewards, earning well over US$1.2M largely due to his two huge victories, the Red Dragon for US$420,802 and the recently concluded ACOP Main Event for HK$5,500,000 (US$704,931).
In comparison to winning the APOY 2015, Lau dominated a majority of the 2017 APOY race. Then in August he had a bit of a scare; he was overtaken by Sparrow Park Yu Cheung at the PokerStars Festival Manila. However, Sparrow's lead didn't last with Lau turning out six deep showings at the Macau Poker Cup 27 plus three more at the PokerStars LIVE Manila Super Series 4. Lau resumed his reign at the top and from there, ensured himself all the glory by cashing in four ACOP events that included his monstrous victory at the Main Event.
In addition to both the Red Dragon and Lau's recent main win, the other highlights of his stellar 2017 APOY year comprise of 34 cashes, four of them in the five-figure range, 20 final table appearances which also meant, that many finishes with 7th place or better, and a total of 8 titles.
For his APOY victory, Lau will be awarded a 1-year sponsorship with PokerStars LIVE!. With his strong loyalty to the PokerStars Asian circuit, that prize couldn't be more perfect.
Apart from the APOY, Lau has now accumulated over US$1.5 million in live earnings. He jumped from 10th to 5th in the All Time Money List for Hong Kong. He surpassed Sparrow in 9th place.
ACOP Main Event recap
Final Table – Photo Long Guan Courtesy of PokerStars
The Main Event ran from October 23 – 28 at City of Dreams Macau with a record-breaking 308 entries, each one ponying up the HK$100,000 buy-in. This created a prize pool of HK$28,674,800 (US$3,674,631 approx) which smashed the HK$25M guarantee.
After five days of action, the final table was formed with six world class players at the elliptic. The most decorated was England's #2 ranked player Stephen Chidwick with his very thick bundle of US$9.5M in live earnings; another heavyweight was chip leader of the main's Day 2 and Day 3, Germany's 11th ranked Dominik Nitsche, backed by nearly US$7M in live scores; USA's Brian Altman with his US$2M in live scores earned mostly from his home country; and Spain's 12th ranked David Laka, another seven figure player to complete the millionaire-men. The two remaining players were Aaron Been from USA, who entered as the final table's chip leader, and of course Alan Lau, one of the most well-known Asian pros.
The first two players to go were Laka (6th) and Altman (5th), both given the boot by Nitsche fairly early. What followed was the longest round of the game, the four-handed bout. This saw the rise of Lau to the leader's berth then the fall of both top dogs, Chidwick (4th) and Nitsche (3rd). Both players were dusted by Been. Chidwick's pocket nines fell to a nut flush, and Nitsche's ace-two did not improve against Been's pocket tens.
With those two eliminations, Been reclaimed the chip lead though not by much. An ICM deal was struck guaranteeing Been HK$5,500,000 and Lau HK$5,400,500. The eventual winner would collect an additional HK$100,000, a seat to next year's ACOP Main Event, and of course, the gold Spadie trophy.
By Lau seizing this monstrous event, he collected a grand total of HK$5,500,500 (US$704,931). This huge payday instantly bumped off his reigning Red Dragon score of HK$3,265,000 (US$420,802) right out of the top spot. With Been earning the same, this too became his highest payout to-date. Both Lau and Been joined the millionaire earners club after this event.
1st: Alan Lau – Hong Kong – HK$5,500,500 (deal made)
2nd: Aaron Been – USA – HK$5,500,500 (deal made)
3rd: Dominik Nitsche – Germany – HK$2,714,000
4th: Stephen Chidwick – UK – HK$2,142,800
5th: Brian Altman – USA – HK$1,571,700
6th: David Laka – UK – HK$1,285,800
In addition to the final tableists, the event paid out a total of 36 players. Among them were Atanas Kavrakov (7th), Tom Alner (8th), Wei Guoliang (9th), past ACOP champion Gabriel Le Jossec (10th), Billy Argyros (14th), Dan Smith (18th), Daniel Dvoress (19th), Yuan Li (21st), Jack Wu (27th), Weiyi Zhang (32nd), Yang Zhang (34th), and Vladimir Geshkenbein (35th).
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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If you have planned for retirement, then hopefully, you'll be ready to enjoy a lifestyle with steady income that gives you enough every month to pay for your recurring bills, along with having the funds to enjoy travel, assist grandkids with education, delve into a hobby or start a new one, or anything else on your "bucket list".
As you're enjoying the prospects of helping grandchildren and family members learn from your financial success, tragedy happens. A loved one passes, leaving you alone and worried, rather than feeling financially secure. All sorts of questions come to mind now, especially since you've heard that your social security benefits will change at the passing of your spouse.
What will happen to your joint income? Going forward, how do you manage your finances with less social security income coming your way? Are you going to have to spend down your assets? Will you run out of money? If you have another financial set back or event that you have not expected, how will you survive financially? Will you be able to maintain the lifestyle you had, or is your retirement life going to change drastically?
What really happens financially when one spouse dies before the other? You may be afraid to ask yourself these important question, but you should.
With Social Security, after a spouse passes away, you are able to maintain the higher of the two payments between you and your spouse's social security insurance amounts. The lower amount will stop being paid, immediately. Remember, Social Security is an insurance program. Getting to retain the higher amount doesn't happen automatically – you must notify the Social Security administration of your position, and set up continuation. Only after you notify the agency will they continue the higher of the two benefits.
While a reduction in benefits is an unfortunate situation, it is a reality. However, you can take steps to plan ahead, and begin looking for ways that can help supplement guaranteed Social Security lifetime income with another guaranteed lifetime income payment.
If you have the funds to purchase an Fixed Index Annuity ("FIA"), then you can supplement lost income flow by using a FIA with an income rider feature at an additional expense.
How this approach works is that a sum of funds, called premiums, is paid to an insurance company in exchange for the purchase of an insurance contract. The insurance company guarantees your principle.* Then, the insurance company offers an additional rider that can help guarantee a future income amount. The growth rate varies from one insurance company to the next.
The fees and amount will vary per insurance company. It is important for you to ask your agent to provide you with illustrations that explain the calculations, so you know exactly what you are getting when you purchase an insurance contract. With the company's illustration, verify that the contract meets your income needs at your current given age, your time horizons, and liquidity needs.
Does this guaranteed rate of income growth sound too good to be true? It's too good to be free! There are costs involved and you should understand that the annuity company takes an annual fee, usually based on a percentage of the funds or the value of the annuity. However, the insurance contract does guarantee the income growth rate.
With this approach, when you turn on this annuity for income, those funds are there to supplement Social Security income. We recently had a client lose part of their pension benefits so we turned on this income rider and were able to make up the amount that was taken away.
Stock markets, over time, are a good place to invest some of your funds, but you also need to guarantee your monthly "critical income" that you need to pay your ongoing bills each month. A fixed index annuity with an additional income rider helps give a guaranteed rate of growth for income when one spouse passes. It can be a game changer.
* Based upon certain insurance and annuity products (not securities, variable, or investment advisory products) including optional benefits, and are subject to product terms, exclusions, limitations, the insurer's claims-paying ability, and the financial strength of the issuing insurance company.
Note: Lakeview Financial and Mattson Financial are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any government agency.
Gary Mattson has been assisting clients in Michigan for over 26 years. He was the No. 1 agent with the Independent Order of Foresters, and is a leading insurance sales agent in the financial services industry. Gary is the managing partner of affiliated companies Mattson Financial Services, LLC and Lakeview Financial Group, LLC.
For more information about income for life, contact Gary Mattson at info@mattsonfinancial.com or 800-536-8907.
Advisory services are offered by Mattson Financial Services LCC, a Registered Investment Advisor in the State of Michigan. Insurance products and services are offered through Lakeview Financial Group, LLC. The aforementioned are affiliated companies.


In an article by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the authors addressed a recent study from the Bridgespan Group that identified an innovation in the nonprofit sector. Although 80% of nonprofit leaders consider innovation an imperative, only 40% of those leaders consider their organization ready for innovation. SSIR went on to discuss the six characteristics that empower nonprofit innovation.
Why is Crowdsourced Innovation Perfect for Nonprofits?
When the United Way told the story of their crowdsourcing program, Edwin Goutier, Innovation Lead at Unitd Way, said that one of the things that he hears a lot is that people don't think of the United Way (or nonprofits in general) as innovative.


LIC lost 950 crore in Sathyam Scandel.Is this the way of the money management of LIC?
Who is the final looser?
Anybody know the profit and loss of LIC and pvt companies?
and Every one lost money….
Is that mean that no one is good at managing investments??
Except 2 or 3 all private life insurance companies in incurring huge losses.


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The key to a digital revamp? People!
Fund administrator Intertrust has introduced transformational processes that are designed to help the firm's clients do the same. Amongst the technology, the human touch is a central feature.
So many fund firms are now attempting to transform themselves digitally. By definition, technology is a crucial factor in this – but the ability to personally engage and empower employees should not be underestimated as firms seek to generate value-add opportunities.
"Our clients are in sectors that are rapidly changing due to regulations and politics, meaning that they need products and technology that are fit for purpose," says Lee Godfrey, Managing Director, Western Europe at Intertrust. "We needed to better understand and structure the organisation in order to meet their needs, so it was necessary to make people across an organisation feel they could voice their ideas in order to enhance the end-user experience."
Transformation could change corporate models and it entails a more agile framework. Although a digital transformation will have software at its centre, a transformation strategy really prioritises innovation for the future and learning from the past.
This requires a more open environment and an outcome-led approach based on flexibility and teamwork.
Intertrust, which has a presence across over 30 jurisdictions, has developed a client engagement model that ensures resources are targeted at the right locations and creating centres of excellence in local offices.
The company is able to leverage in-house talent, which now include skills gained via the acquisition of Viteos, a top-ten US tech-enabled fund administration provider.
A role for ELLA
Continuous education and development are important, so Intertrust launched a company-wide online digital upskilling programme called e-Learning logically arranged (ELLA). ELLA, with content organised into four buckets of competencies – Emotional Agility, Grit, Growth Mindset, Mental Agility – aims to educate individuals at every level of the company about the benefits of agile practice and also equip them with the latest digital tools. Employees are taught how to work more effectively with colleagues and clients in order to keep pace with their requirements.
There are over 3,000 courses on offer within ELLA that are both tailored to people with specific roles, but also available to any individual keen to learn new skills, technologies and methods.
"The programme is not just about training in artificial intelligence, for example, but teaching people about the importance of organisational change, collaboration and culture," says Godfrey. This translates into a strong emphasis on soft skills, such as communications and leadership, he adds.
While future trends will inform the programme, Godfrey also believes that taking the time to look back is critical to the learning process and to identify missed opportunities. Intertrust is introducing an "Agile" mindset and using the "retrospective", often known as "lessons learned", sessions to focus on continuous improvement. In these meetings teams assess, openly and honestly, how successful or unsuccessful a certain initiative has been, in order to identify desired alterations for the next iteration, driving continuous improvement.
Godfrey joined Intertrust two months ago and says there is a real creative buzz in the air. Client advisory boards have been set up and, more internally, there is an emphasis on collaboration, with regular open sessions where new ideas and potentially new products can be discussed rather than over email, ensuring the face-to-face interaction remains central.
"When people talk about business transformation, they normally think about it in terms of technology and reallocating costs to find greater efficiencies – but really it is about capturing the hearts and minds of people," says Godfrey.
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