text:
Home Economic Policy How Amazon Controls Its Marketplace
How Amazon Controls Its Marketplace
Amazon's dominance doesn't merely rely on competing with sellers on its platform. It extracts a deep cut from every transaction, at the expense of sellers and customers.
by Shaoul Sussman
Patrick Semansky/AP Image
Packages pass through a scanner at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore.
"Platforms! There is a great future in platforms … think about it," said NYU economics professor Lawrence J. White, reinventing a key line from The Graduate in introducing Hal Varian, Google's chief economist, at an antitrust conference earlier this summer. White offered good advice. Platforms play a major role in every section of our economy today: Google and its search engine, Facebook with its apps and ad business, Apple and its App store, and Amazon with its e-commerce marketplace. In other spheres of the economy we have ridesharing platforms Uber and Lyft, streaming platform Netflix, house-sharing platform Airbnb, and many more.
"Platform" denotes an inherently passive concept, merely facilitating interaction between two or more active entities. This certainly appeals to Big Tech, allowing them to dissociate themselves from any agency. Instead, they portray themselves as big, dumb pipes of information without nefarious intent. It was not Facebook that promoted fake news, but rather its users.
People and governments are now slowly realizing that tech giants like Amazon are in fact extremely vigorous and assertive entities, managing their walled gardens with tenacity and ruthless precision. Politicians have gone on the attack, albeit in very narrow forms. Earlier this year, Elizabeth Warren called for breaking up platforms that engage in unfair competition. For example, she noted that Amazon collects information from its third-party sellers to identify successful products, and launches "Amazon Basics" versions that compete with them. Warren argued that Amazon had to choose if they wished to "have a team" or be the "umpire."
This allegation is not theoretically incorrect. In fact, the U.S. has a long tradition of mandating antitrust remedies such as platform separation. But Warren's analysis did not fully acknowledge and comprehend the full scope of Amazon's behavior on its platform. Even without Amazon Basics, Amazon has never been a dumb pipe or a neutral umpire.
Amazon doesn't employ a single strategy to leverage power over its marketplace. Sometimes it intervenes with its own products, but more often it uses its control to squeeze sellers and brands. It relentlessly seeks out either the most profitable or beneficial strategy for every economic transaction, all of which can cause harm to its partners and even the consumers it claims to be "obsessed" with. It is worth stepping back to understand Amazon's conduct in a broader context.
IN A PAPER published earlier this year, I argued that Amazon might have achieved its dominant position in e-commerce by engaging in predatory pricing—selling items below cost to acquire market share. I speculated that Amazon could recoup losses from predatory pricing by expanding the role of third-party sellers on the platform and downsizing its own direct sales. By doing so, Amazon could effectively shift warehousing and shipping costs to third parties, and also charge these third parties for every transaction on its platform.
Crucially, this theory of recoupment relied on the fact that Amazon is able to leverage its dominance as a platform. In the current e-commerce environment, sellers see little alternative to paying Amazon access fees, in exchange for the unparalleled access to millions of consumers shopping on the platform. In more abstract terms, it appears that Amazon uses its "horizontal" or platform power to squeeze entities situated on the "vertical" axis of the supply chain.
It is necessary to recognize at this stage that Amazon is a monopsonistic entity. It possesses sufficient "buyer power" to dictate terms of business to merchants who wish to use its services. We can think of Amazon as the Brooklyn Bridge, the first bridge ever built into Manhattan. While Brooklynites could still use a ferry to access the island or even sail by boat, it is clear that as the only bridge with the easiest and most convenient path to Manhattan, a significant toll could be levied. Even if Amazon engaged in predatory pricing in the past in order to build its "bridge," it no longer needs to engage in this conduct, because its position as a monopsonist is now fully established.
Even a brief study of the history of American monopsonists reveals the next logical step for Amazon: total control of the "vertical" supply chain, from the factory floor to the customer's door. Inspiration can be drawn from how J.P. Morgan leveraged his monopoly over the railways to achieve total control over the steel industry, after purchasing Andrew Carnegie's business and creating U.S. Steel in 1901. If history is any guide, we can assume that Amazon's primary objective right now is not to maximize profit. In fact, profit maximization should only be viewed as a secondary objective, and the anecdotal evidence collected thus far fits neatly into this theory.
Instead, the primary goal for Amazon is to gain control over the brands sold on the platform. That dominance will pay far more dividends than short-term profits. This means that the analysis should not focus on the sellers and vendors but rather on the brands themselves. While the sellers played a crucial role in the recoupment theory, at this stage the sellers should be viewed only as instrumentalities that serve that primary goal of gaining vertical control over the supply chain.
Amazon does not treat all brands sold on the platform in the same manner. Broadly speaking, it appears that treatment is determined by two main factors: first, the strength of the brand in question in the product market and total volume of sales, and second, the amount of directbrandcompetition that Amazon itself has on the "horizontal" axis with other supply channels such as Walmart or Target.
If a small- or medium-sized brand's main channel of distribution is Amazon, then Amazon will probably analyze seller data to determine the brand's profit margins and where to place it in the platform. If profit margins are high due to consumer demand or absence of competition (a good example would be licensed goods for children), then Amazon can source from the brand directly. At times, even if the brand started its life on the platform as a third-party seller, Amazon will exercise a little-known clause in its agreement and force the brand to sell to Amazon directly. When this happens, vendors report that sometimes Amazon will raise the brand's consumer prices due to the absence of competition on other channels, and will simultaneously decrease the amount the brand itself receives per item sold.
In a more recent phenomenon, Amazon will offer small brands better marketing support, product reviews, and prominent placement—but only if brands sign a deal permitting Amazon to buy them out for $10,000. The program, called Amazon Accelerator, reveals how Amazon contours its strategies to a particular brand—either sourcing from it, competing with it, buying it outright, or just milking it with third-party seller access and fulfillment fees.
On the other hand, if the brand power is weaker and profit margins are low due to abundant competition, it would be placed by Amazon in the marketplace. The reasoning is that the allure and therefore the profit margin of these types of brands is too weak to justify the costs of purchasing directly and managing sales on the platform. These types of brands were infamously purged earlier this year, after Amazon had been selling them directly to consumers for years. Amazon even had a name for them: "Can't Realize a Profit," or CRaP.
Although competition from different third-party sellers hawking these brands reduces prices, Amazon's fees do not go down proportionally as a result. It just enjoys a greater percentage of the overall sale. Brands have little control over the Amazon purchase price; they are effectively disciplined by third-party sellers who acquire their goods.
Things become even more complex when the brand is sold at other outlets, such as Walmart. From conversations with senior former Amazon employees and merchants, it appears that Amazon has a number of ways to slowly but surely gain control over these types of brands, once it realizes that they are popular and have robust demand.
One tactic involves Amazon sourcing directly from the brand and then starting to sell the brand's products below acquisition cost, if Amazon detects that a product is sold at lower price elsewhere, even for a limited time. This conduct is of course extremely damaging for the brand's independence, since it effectively dries up transactions that take place at other retailers. When brands complain to Amazon, they are told that Amazon will stop selling below acquisition cost only after the brand can demonstrate that the product is no longer offered at a lower price anywhere else. In some cases, Amazon will later send the vendor an invoice and request that the vendor pay for what it terms "lost margins"; in other words, the vendor or brand must reimburse Amazon for its below-acquisition-cost pricing.
In antitrust law, predatory pricing is traditionally associated with efforts to expand control over consumer choices. For instance, an airline will heavily discount its fares on a given route in order to knock out competition and gain exclusive control over the route. But the primary goal of Amazon's pricing tactics in this case is not to harm other outlets—that is only a welcomed side effect. Rather, it is to increase Amazon's power over the brand by becoming the brand's dominant buyer.
If Amazon offers the brand's products at the lowest price, it will inherently capture the majority of that brand's sales volume and make the brand increasingly reliant on Amazon. This also pushes brands to operate with razor-thin profits, since there is no longer robust competition from multiple buyers. Subsequently, these "captured" brands become much more susceptible to sale volume fluctuations and therefore more cooperative with Amazon. So in this case the predation is used to expand Amazon's control up the supply chain.
Amazon would probably say it engages in these pricing tactics to benefit the consumer. But if Amazon's true goal was to offer a given product at the lowest price possible, it could do so by implementing a price-matching policy, or other means. Instead, it decided to penalize its vendors and sellers. Thegoal is not to offer a given product at the lowest price possible, but only to be the cheapest available option, even if in reality other outlets could offer—and have been offering—a particular product at a lower price.
That explains how Amazon can harm consumers while offering the cheapest option. In addition, predatory pricing also affects innovation in this case: A supplier or merchant will not improve its products if Amazon is squeezing their profits so much that substantially fewer resources can be put into investment.
Since Amazon cannot deploy the same pricing tactic in its marketplace, where third-party sellers determine the sale price, it has developed other tools that help ensure brands offer their products at the lowest available price on the platform, at the expense of general consumer welfare. According to sellers I've spoken with, Amazon will manipulate the "buy box," suppressing a seller's opportunity to get prime placement in front of customers unless they match prices at other outlets. Some have speculated that Amazon also manipulates ad placement, though there's no hard evidence of that.
Crucially, on other outlets, shipping is calculated separately. Because Amazon Prime's shipping is free to the customer, the matching price sellers must conform to on Amazon will ultimately be much lower for their bottom line. Although Amazon customers pay an annual fee for their Prime subscription, this fee does not cover the costs associated with shipping. Sellers still have to pay Amazon fulfillment fees, while struggling to match a price that doesn't take shipping into account. Sellers who sell to multiple outlets admit that the prices of the products they are selling could have been lower in those outlets, but due to Amazon's price-matching scheme they are higher. And with the ever-increasing fulfillment fees levied by Amazon on third-party sellers, this situation is only further exacerbated.
Walmart and other outlets can theoretically offer products at lower prices because shoppers can buy a product at the store, meaning that those outlets do not incur any additional shipping costs. But Amazon's disciplinary efforts effectively remove this option, making non-Amazon consumers pay more.
Recently, Amazon amended its agreements with sellers to reflect this policy. The "fair pricing policy" corroborates seller claims, explicitly stating that Amazon "regularly monitors the prices of items on our marketplaces, including shipping costs, and compares them with other prices available to our customers." Amazon even threatens to discipline sellers that "harm customer trust" by removing the buy box, removing listings, suspending shipping options (including independently fulfilled offers), and even terminating the ability to sell through the marketplace. Conduct that harms customer trust includes selling products on Amazon at higher prices than those available in other outlets.
Antitrust scholars and other critics who have rushed to Amazon's defense routinely point out that regulation and enforcement should protect competition and not competitors. In addition, they argue that while Amazon's conduct might harm competitors, this conduct is legitimate since it benefits consumers. Even if we are to accept their basic proposition regarding the role of antitrust regulation and enforcement, it is very hard to argue that raising the prices that customers have to pay for same products in outlets like Target is beneficial to anyone but Amazon.
If the goal of Amazon is not to maximize profit by exploiting sellers' data, but rather to use sellers to exert control over brands, investigators and regulators should focus on the tools and conduct that Amazon is engaging in to achieve this dominance. Only by recognizing Amazon's end goal, its multiple monopsonisticstrategies to get there, and the effect on consumers will policymakers be able to design effective policies that will truly rein in this extreme use of market power.
Economic Policy Big Tech Amazon corporate power
Shaoul Sussman
Shaoul Sussman is a legal fellow at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Read more by Shaoul Sussman


text:
Ruling Party Lawmaker Voices Rare Criticism of China in the National Diet
Politics & Security Special Reports
Coronavirus Politics & Security
Yoshihisa Komori
What happens in China is becoming more relevant than ever to Japan. First, it was the coronavirus epidemic. Then it was armed Chinese vessels intruding into Japan's territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands. Yet, strangely enough, the Japanese National Diet never discusses China. It is this very abnormal state of affairs that previously prompted me to write about this subject.
I recently learned that, although a rare occurrence, China was once discussed in Japan's National Diet. In fact, some very astute questions were posed at that time. The discussion was very short, with a sense of encouragement and, to be fair, I decided to report on it while calling for Diet members to do more.
The discussion about China took place in a meeting of the House of Councillors' Committee on Financial Affairs on the morning of June 2. It started with remarks, followed by questions, on the subject of China posed by a member of the committee, Haruko Arimura (Liberal Democratic Party or LDP). The question-and-answer session in its entirety lasted only 24 minutes, making it a far cry from any authentic debate on the issue of China in the Diet. Still, any discussion on China is positive news.
Councillor Arimura was elected to the House of Councillors four times by proportional representation and is a veteran politician. She has Cabinet experience and has consistently voiced her views and recommendations on international issues and foreign policy.
At the outset of the committee discussion, Arimura brought up the subject of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has beset Japan, making it clear that it is a virus that originated in China:
The novel coronavirus calamity that has shaken the world has brought to light a variety of problems in our society, forcing us to accelerate structural changes. One major outcome is the task of monitoring how the country of origin of the pandemic, China, will react and behave. There is also the task of how Japan and the world will face China. These are structural challenges.
It is common knowledge around the world that the coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China. Yet no one has been willing to speak this simple truth in a straightforward fashion in the halls of the Japanese government. The same can be said for some parts of the media. Maybe they are trying to be considerate of China. But Councillor Arimura matter-of-factly stated this globally-recognized knowledge.
She also raised the Australian government's official proposal to conduct an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, which provoked a fierce attack from the Chinese government. Then she pointed out that Director-General Tedros of the World Health Organization has been strongly criticized for behavior that excessively favors China.
Her comments also included a warning on the Chinese government's campaign in recent years to put people from their own country or countries under their influence in the top positions of international organizations related to the United Nations.
Ms. Arimura also astutely explained the Chinese government's influence-peddling operations aimed at international organizations, and posed a question on how the Japanese government viewed the situation. Deputy Foreign Minister Keisuke Suzuki replied on behalf of the administration, saying, "We are paying attention to the situation, but are not implementing any concrete measures as the government of Japan."
One aspect of its influence derives from the "Thousand Talents Program," which is a Chinese government strategy aimed at improving its military and other technologies by enticing outstanding scholars and experts in science and technology from around the world. The program offers them extremely high salaries to bring breakthroughs to China's research institutes. Multiple committees in the U.S. Senate have issued warnings about the program by saying it could lead to harmful leaks of American military technologies. In the United States, American researchers that have contact with the Thousand Talents Program are obligated by law to report their relationship to the U.S. government.
Councillor Arimura raised a question about the Japanese government's approach on this point. In reply, a representative of the government explained that Japan has no similar requirement, and moreover that it has no information about the connection of Japanese researchers to the Chinese program.
Moving on, Ms. Arimura pointed to Japan's long-standing ban on military research in the context of concerns over the military threat from China:
Despite the war of nerves between the U.S. and China, the Japanese Academy of Sciences has put a self-imposed ban on [the] study of advanced technologies applicable to Japan's national security if it has possible military application.
In the meantime, Japanese experts, who were educated under Japan's national education system that allowed them to absorb and come to grips with top technologies, are unimpeded in the transfer of their technological knowhow to other countries, even if it has military application. Then they are used by those other countries for advancing the heart of their national strategy. As a consequence, their work has come to threaten Japan's national security, or hamper Japan's corporate competitiveness and ability to develop advanced technologies.
The result is a threat to Japan's security and the competitive power of Japanese industry, including development of advanced technologies, while the country's defense capabilities are improperly weakened.
"If that's the case," Arimura added, "Japan's power to protect the lives, health, and assets of its own citizens will drastically diminish."
In this roundabout way, she voiced criticism of the double standards of the Academy of Sciences, and those in the Japanese government who condone it.
Lastly, Councillor Arimura expressed her opposition to the idea of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping as a state guest, a plan that the Abe administration seems to still be pushing:
In all honesty, I have trouble comprehending why Japan is moving ahead while China repeatedly trespasses in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands of Okinawa and its threatening actions in chasing Japanese fishermen. All of this is going on during the coronavirus pandemic. Is this international cooperation? Is this Sino-Japanese friendship?
As Yasuhide Nakayama, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the LDP, appealed to the Prime Minister's office just the other day (May 29), that unless there are improvements in the current state of affairs between the two countries, the voice of the Japanese people is that there are no grounds for welcoming President Xi Jinping with the highest honor of an official state visit, or an audience with the Emperor.
Finally, she added:
I would like it clearly noted in the proceedings that I, Haruko Arimura, have expressed the view that any official state visit should be carefully reconsidered until China responds in good faith befitting a superpower. I have no further questions.
More Japanese people should know that opinions such as hers are being voiced in our National Diet. As far as I know, this lawmaker's statements have not been reported in the mainstream media.
(This article was first published in the online magazine Japan-In-depth on June 10, 2020. Click here to read the original article in Japanese.)
Author: Yoshihisa Komori
Related Topics:AustraliachinaChinese influence peddlingChinese territorial expansioncoronavirusForeign Affairs CommitteeHaruko Arimurainvestigation into origin of coronavirusJapan Academy of SciencesJapan In-depthJapanese dietJapanese governmentJapanese mediaLDPmilitary technologyNational SecuritySenkakuTedrosthousand talents programU.S. SenateWHOWuhanYasuhide NakayamaYoshihisa Komori
Yoshihisa Komori is the associate correspondent for the Sankei Shimbun in Washington, D.C.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
The story goes …
Many moons ago an intergenerational group of activist researchers came together to produce two participatory research documentaries : Easy Targets & Red Flags. The projects focused on issues of education, immigration and racism. Through the process of doing research we met so many other young people who cared passionately about these issues and wanted to get more involved. The Mestizo Arts & Activism Collective (MAA) was born out of this interest and commitment.
The Mestizo Arts & Activism Collective was envisioned as a creative space of social justice for activist scholars of all ages to come together, make art, do participatory research, and engage in change in our community.
MAA was co –founded in 2007 by Matt Bradley (RIP 1970-2012), Caitlin Cahill & David Quijada in partnership with the Mestizo Institute for Culture & Arts. Artist Ruby Chacón was our founding artist in residence. Since then MAA has grown in leaps & bounds under the leadership of young people who are committed to each other and to sustaining this creative space of justice.
Co-Founders:
Matt Bradley (RIP 1970-2012)
Caitlin Cahill
David Quijada
The Mestizo Arts & Activism Collective has been generously supported by many funders over the years who have made a major difference in our capacity to exercise our "right to research," to address urgent issues in our community, and to create a vital space for learning, justice, community engagement, and public scholarship. Your support goes a long way towards making our work possible. Thank you.
Our key partners include University Neighborhood Partners, University of Utah and the Honors College, University of Utah. We are especially grateful to Martha Bradley and Rosemarie Hunter for their love, vision, ongoing support, and commitment to our work. Mil gracias!
Co-founders Dr. David Quijada, Dr. Caitlin Cahill, and the late Dr. Matt Bradley


At DumpsterBook, we strive to bring you the best service at the best price available. We have a wide selection of dumpster sizes in stock in Vancleve, KY, with flexible & timley pickup and delivery. Give us a call today for all your dumpster rental and roll off needs.
You may be doing extensive develop your bathroom and plan on pulling out the porcelain tile in your restroom or having someone else get it done. The person performing it will be able to quickly throw the outdated tiles and old busted tiles available safely in to the dumpster.
Another time period when you might choose to go this route could well be when you're transferring. Sometimes, you've got large junk that you are not able to fit into the black junk bag, just like old bookcases, companies, or pressed paper boxes. Guaranteed, you might not fill the jar to the top, but it'll sure build your life better to toss the junk in and also have someone else haul it apart when you're performed.
Some corporations offer 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY and garbage can rental services of which collect rubbish from you and recycle that. Hence they aid you in getting rid of the garbage along with executing it in an eco-friendly approach. The company you actually assign for the task will provide you with the bin or maybe dumpster of a big or maybe small sizing depending on the amount of trash. A typical example of this sort of dumpsters and receptacles can be seen for the construction internet sites. They may be provided by the company promoting services in a variety of shapes and sizes. You can put the order of a big bin or maybe dumpster for more junk and smaller ones at a discount garbage.
Every single project is created simpler and much easier with speedy trash removal. Cleaning out your garden storage and eliminating unwanted busted equipment such as old rakes and shovels may be accomplished quickly and never having to pile the garbage out by the highway and desire that the regional trash pickup takes the complete pile. It is possible to take the anxiety out of cleaning up your garage, basement, or maybe shed through the elimination of the need to use local junk pickup. Development projects are also made easier jointly dumpster can handle outdated appliances, drywall, bathroom features, twisted material and busted glass. Easily simplify your home initiatives by getting in touch with or ordering online the Maryland 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY.
For those who have a major cleanout occupation to do, you'll need help obtaining all of that junk and junk out of the developing and over property. Bring in a professional junk removal crew to speed inside the process.
Your current den could be the place you head to, to get away from earth's every day strains. Maybe you sit in your bedroom to read a book or the paper. You may even bring clients into your den when you work from home. If this sounds like the case, you require a den that may be comfortable yet professional looking.
Understand that you are ordering a junk dumpster for the city with no landfill so be sure of the size of the actual dumpster required discover sure of the size, get assistance from the 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY service company. Be sure of the actual 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY period prior to going to order just one. A company that may be transparent to use pricing will help you at the finest in giving you the first sort notice about the fee that you're going to be charged. These companies can best aid you in getting the right sized dumpster with best price tag.
Dumpster One on one is on the internet roll off of container rental supplier based in USA renowned for doing this customer centric service throughout the nation. The user welcoming designed website makes you expertise that the direction-finding right from the start from the deal to finishing the deal was not ever this effortless earlier. The particular fleets of products regarding Dumpster direct cover anything from 10 yards to 40 yard dumpster serving any kind of need according to custom made needs from the customer.
When building your house, you will need to explore what size regarding dumpster you actually need. May the home be a smaller project thus merely needing any medium sized dumpster? The particular medium sized dumpster hold three numerous debris or even five pickup loads. You may need a large dumpster that will hold 4 tons of particles or 12 pickup truck a lot. Most likely you need a medium or even large dumpster, not just a small measurement dumpster that keeps two numerous debris.
Regardless if you are an individual homeowner or the scalp of a structure company, the vital thing to take care of within the "to do" list really should be a 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve. If you're an individual, subsequently renting this dumpster yourself will save a lot of money in your home renovation project. First comes the demonstration, then the reconstruction. In the meantime, microsoft xbox 360 to be a good way to keep the many old content which has been removed from a creating.
Planning a home remodeling project like a bathroom, cooking area, or living room area renovation or simply a cleaning-up or clearing-out renovation can seem as being a huge concern without the suitable cleanup tools. Renting any dumpster will let you contain the trash in the renovation process and cart it absent conveniently in one easy treatment process. Here are some dumpster facts to help you out in selecting the top dumpster for your project.
A specialty service that requires 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve is actually community cleanup programs and also other charity sort projects. The dumpster company will continue to work with the coordinator of such of your event and frequently times use discounts for this sake from the community. Their service in this way that makes this professional waste solution businesses stand out from others and make these individuals the one quit company that you can go to because of their dumpster needs.
You must ensure that you really know what you can and should not dump with your dumpster. Different 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve businesses have unique regulations, nevertheless they will a minimum of abide by the rules of your area. Of course, you're not allowed to remove all risky materials like liquid paint or gas or any other factor that have quite strict guidelines regarding their removal. In case, you city have got recycling legislation, you need to observe them as well.
There exists a need for every single sector from the society to take precautionary action up against the pollution which is generated in the country, specially in developed nations similar to US. It is predictable for the state to continue industrialization regardless of generating smog. It is not possible to stop the age group of the throw away completely. Sizzling hot to mitigate the effect of the smog on the natural environment is to delete the developed waste in Eco-friendly manner. The whole responsibility regarding reducing the smog does not lie solely while using industries; activity should be consumed right from your house owners. The particular waste is actually generated in a variety of projects like house renovation, construction project, green yard waste along with industrial throw away. Proper activity should be consumed at every industry to recycle this generated throw away to mitigate the consequences of smog. Dumpster rental from a specialist 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve provider is the ideal solution to delete the throw away in an Eco-friendly approach. These specialist 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve companies in the marketplace provide 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve to get a period laid out in you and get those waste dumped into the dumpster to delete it in environmental welcoming manner.
Are you redecorating your bathroom? Are you remodeling your kitchen area? Are you flattening walls or maybe putting all of them up? Access the size of assembling your shed so you know if you will need a next day dumpster that is 10 cubic lawns, 15 cubic lawns or Something like 20 cubic yards with the extra huge jobs.
Whenever you handle big projects similar to construction, house renovation or maybe green backyard cleanup, it is necessary for you get help from specialist to complete the project effectively. People go on a due care to complete the project promptly, but they neglect post problems with the project such as rubbish hauling. You are about to generate big tons of rubbish on completing the project. Tons of rubbish piled up for lengthy period of time would likely lead to lot many problems such as producing environmental pollution, scattering infectious ailments, occupying totally free space within your arena, effecting the growth of the further initiatives and so on. Clearing such a big trash on self gets rid of much of your time and also wants huge purchase of terms of carry and toil. Piling rubbish for longer length of time may place you with unnecessary challenges.It invites penalty on your part for being a resource for generating environmental pollution.
To help make things so much easier, make sure you rent a tiny dumpster that holds up to two a great deal of debris. It could be wise to rent the dumpster that is on wheels if you happen to need to move it from a single area of ones driveway to yet another area of ones driveway. You'll be able to request from the company that will rents out of the dumpsters to send skids along to protect ones driveway. This can give you a a sense of relief if you know your paved driveway do not possess any injury done to the item.
A dumpster employ from specialist rental service provider will be the cost effective means to deal with the trash that is produced be it development waste or maybe green backyard waste or maybe household or maybe industrial spend. A 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY to erase your rubbish would help save three things hard work, time and money. It also keeps you resistant to getting wounded due to inappropriate handling on the trash. Having a 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY, you and your next door neighbor will be blessed a good health insurance clean setting. It keeps your community clean. The recipients of 15 Yard Roll Off Dumpster in Vancleve, KY companies are spread around different market sectors such as development sites, colleges, hotels, business projects, home renovations and many others.
Once the marketing starts, it is necessary for you to discover things that you want to sell. We all have something stalking in the sides of our households that we will no longer want! Older clothes, ignored children's toys and games, and mismatched dishware are always good places to start off. If you have enough time, start looking by your basement, loft, and storage for additional forgotten items that are just gathering dust. You may be astonished at how a lot of things you'd kept around by accident.
Environmental security has become a main task for the us govenment of the US as well as its residents. The first step for mitigating the impact of air pollution on the setting is decreasing the garbage production. Garbage production may be mitigated by using many alternatives for instance electronic goods instead of cardstock, walking a reduced distance instead of using car and so on.


1 event found on Areti I's timeline.
Areti I is a 38.62 m / 126′9″ luxury motor yacht. She was built by Burger in 2007. With a beam of 8.08 m and a draft of 1.83 m, she has an aluminium hull and aluminium superstructure. This adds up to a gross tonnage of 334 tons. She is powered by Caterpillar engines of 1300 hp each giving her a maximum speed of 15 knots and a cruising speed of 14 knots. Areti I's maximum range is estimated at 4000 nautical miles. The motor yacht can accommodate 10 guests in cabins. The yacht was designed by Burger.


text:
Kosher Meets Hipster
American Millennials follow Jewish dietary laws at nearly twice the rate of Baby Boomers, perhaps finding the ancient laws fit well with contemporary concerns about sustainability.
By Anna Goren
Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr
On July 11, 1883, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise held a historic gathering in Cincinnati: the ordination of the very first class of rabbis of Reform Judaism, a modernized version of the faith.
But Wise's lesser known contribution to Jewish American culture lies in the four-course spread served at the banquet afterwards: little-neck clams on the half shell, salade of shrimp, soft-shell crab, and frog legs in cream sauce. Thrilling as it was offensive, the dinner that went down in history as "The Highland House Affair" ushered Judaism into modern American culture—aside from a symbolic omission of pork, everything from the air of gourmet French cuisine to the sweetbreads screamed rejection of Jewish dietary law and Old World culture.
130 years later, some parts of the Jewish community are going through another modernizing shift—but this time, in trendy pop-up restaurants and artisanal craft-food production. With their embrace of sustainable—and slightly hipster—food culture, Millennial Jews are shaping a blossoming culinary movement, and bringing non-Jews along with them.
Jewish dietary restrictions dating back to the Old Testament, known as the laws of kashrut, govern which foods are kosher, or fit to eat. Younger Jews keep kosher at almost double the rate of baby boomers—28 percent for 18- to 49-year-olds to 16 percent for people 50 and up. It probably helps that keeping kosher is considered trendy in certain circles, and some of the growth is perhaps in part due to the growing number of young people in the Hasidic, or ultra-Orthodox, movement.
Rabbi and educator Gilah Kletenik says that the appeal of a kosher diet for young Jews may be ethical. "These things [like kashrut and ethics] are not in isolation, they are a part of a larger system of holiness," she says, tracing the dietary laws back to the book of Leviticus, which centers on ritual, purity, and morals. "This is someone saying, 'The earth is not yours to plunder.'"
Anna Hanau, co-founder of Grow and Behold, one of two sustainable, certified kosher-meat producers in the country, agrees that much of the renewed interest in kashrut lies in a desire to find a moral grounding.
Through food, non-Jews are becoming more acquainted about who American Jews are, where they come from, and what's important to them.
Hanau's husband had originally trained to become a shochet, or ritual slaughterer under kosher law, for their family homestead. They were both influenced by environmentalism and found that the kosher meat available to them didn't meet sustainability standards. And it seems others thought the same: The couple initially began slaughtering chickens on their property for personal use, but demand in their community was so high for eco-friendly, free-range kosher meat that they expanded their farm into a business.
"People think, 'If I can make my own pickles, I ought to be able to kill my own chicken,'" says Hanau.
It's a niche market, but business is still growing.
"I've had [Jewish] mothers call me practically in tears, telling me their kid will finally eat a turkey on Thanksgiving," said Hanau. She and others feel that the billion-dollar kosher food industry has gone the way of the food system at large: highly processed, low-quality, and tainted with scandal.
Similar trends are happening in cities, too. Mason and Mug, a popular restaurant in Brooklyn that caters to a mostly Orthodox Jewish crowd, serves banh mi and craft beer in mason jars. It crowdsources ideas for specials on its Facebook page with posts like, "What sort of #kugel are you making for Shabbos [the holy Sabbath] today?"
Sasha Chack, the former Food and Beverage Director for the 92nd Street Y, and Itta Werdiger Roth, who ran a supper club out of her living room, partnered to open the restaurant in the winter of 2013 after finding the kosher options in Brooklyn plentiful but homogenous. Before opening Mason and Mug, Werdiger Roth made a name for herself running The Hester, an "off-the-grid" supper club where New York Jews would gather to eat food, celebrate rituals, and listen to music and art. The name says it all—"Hester" is a triple nod to a Hebrew word from the Old Testament, a street name on the Lower East Side, and Kate Hester, who coined the term "speakeasy" in the 1880s with her Pittsburgh-area saloon.
To keep in line with kosher law, restaurants must choose to serve either fleishik (meat) or milkhik (milk). Unlike Grow and Behold, which was formed in response to a lack of ethical kosher meat, Chack and Werdiger-Roth were mostly concerned about modern kosher food's high cost. The pair opted for a relatively affordable vegetarian menu, popular among younger eaters concerned with the environmental impact of meat-eating in an already thriving, diverse restaurant culture in New York. "We didn't have these preconceived notions of what kosher food can be," said Chack, challenging the assumption [in the Orthodox community] that a moderately priced, kosher dairy restaurant must revolve around pizza, sushi, or both.
Although two-thirds of products in North American supermarkets are certified as kosher, they are not necessarily good for perceptions of Jewish cuisine. Most Jews will recognize these products—cardboard boxes of sandy matzah meal, rubbery green candies shaped as unconvincing orange slices, whitefish trapped in a gel casing, and bottles of syrupy kosher wine—as mostly unchanged since the 1980s. "You look at the kosher section of the supermarket, and it's these jars of gelatinous stuff," says Jeffrey Yoskowitz, referring to the mysterious grey loaves of gefilte fish that are largely uninspiring to Jews and incomprehensible to non-Jews.
"This is what's representing our culture? It's embarrassing."
Kosher food used to mean sandy matzah, rubbery candies, whitefish trapped in a gel casing, and bottles of syrupy wine. But that's changed.
Yoskowitz and his business partner Liz Alpern have created their own alternative. The Gefilteria produces high-quality versions of a Yiddish grandmother's beloved dishes, now seeing a resurgence for their comfort food aura, affordability, and usage of home-y techniques already popular among foodies (pickling and canning). Though the products are certified kosher, The Gefilteria is less concerned with dietary laws and more with preserving the Ashkenazi food culture of Jews from Eastern Europe.
"For young people, so much of our meaning of who we are comes out with what we shop for [is found] in the supermarket," says Yoskowitz, who grew up confused about why "Jewish food" was marketed as falafel and hummus, when his family came from Eastern Europe. "It's about identity"—an identity that's inseparable from religion itself.
All the current excitement around Jewish food might mean Jews know how to observe holidays more authentically through familiarized food rituals, or that the culture of oft-ignored non-European Jews from Morocco, Tunisia, or Ethiopia become more widely visible beside their bagel-and-lox eating counterparts. And non-Jews are embracing Jewish cooking, too: There are James Beard-sponsored seders, widely distributed community baskets of produce sourced from Jewish-run farms, and pop-up Shabbat dinners. Through food, non-Jews are becoming more acquainted about who American Jews are, where they come from, and what's important to them.
"We could have chosen to call it fish paté," said Yoskowitz. "But we were intent on calling it what it is—at the end of the day, gefilte fish is one of the few really, really Jewish foods."


Sorbonne University is the main inheritor of the old Sorbonne, which dates back to the 13th century. It was one of the first universities in the world.
The University is characterized by rich culture and tradition with top-quality researchers. Its excellent scientific reputation is demonstrated by regular publications and international exchanges. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities seeks to constantly adapt to present-day social and technological changes and to encourage as many students as possible to study at the Faculty while preparing for their future careers. The Sorbonne incites its students to think freely, to construct their own judgment so that they can become responsible and inventive citizens who can promote dignity and a culture of peace.


Be inspired to skip dive, salvage & upcycle after watching Charis in Channel 4's prime time show 'Fill your House for Free' and UKTV's 'The New Reclaimers'. Read Charis' monthly column in Reloved magazine where you'll learn all the salvage & thrifty tricks you'll ever need, and commission her alter ego's – Salvage Sister & Brighton Wall Art for your next project or event.
Salvage Sister designs & fabricates bespoke pieces from reclaimed & salvaged materials. Commission her to build you something unique, or order her upcycled pieces in the online shop. Click the logo to be taken straight there, or the 'Designer' tab for a preview.
At Brighton Wall Art you can commission bespoke artwork for your home or business, from hand painted murals on walls and ceilings to pet & family portraits. Click the BWA logo to go straight to the website, or the 'Artist' tab for a preview.
Charis was the face of B&Q's Facebook Alphabet campaign, she designed & fabricated 34 hand made wooden letters for their giveaway and taught 12 bloggers how to recreate the letters during B&Q's masterclass at a top London venue.
Upcycling live at The Handmade Fair.
Charis turned a pallet into a beautiful trough on stage in just 45 minutes.
Charis was asked to design & fabricate a wine bottle lamp from scrap for The National Trust's 'Beautiful & Useful' Instagram campaign. She filmed two stop motion video's with Taylor Made Media, one video features her wine bottle lamp constructing itself, and in the other three forks come to life.


text:
/*
 * Game.h
 *
 *  Created on: Oct 10, 2010
 *      Author: rgreen
 */

#ifndef GAME_H_
#define GAME_H_

#include <batterytech/primitives.h>
#include <bt-box2d/Dynamics/b2WorldCallbacks.h>
#include <batterytech/util/ManagedArray.h>
#include <batterytech/network/NetworkMessageListener.h>
#include <batterytech/batterytech_entrypoints.h>

class LevelEditor;
class GameObject;
class World;
class TouchInputProcessor;
class LevelIO;
class GameContext;
namespace BatteryTech { class NetworkMessageFactory; }

using namespace BatteryTech;

class Game : public BTApplicationUpdater, b2ContactListener, b2DestructionListener, NetworkMessageListener {
public:
	Game(GameContext *context);
	virtual ~Game();
	// Implementing BTApplicationUpdater::update()
	virtual void update();
	// Implementing BTApplicationUpdater::onSuspend()
	virtual void onSuspend();
	/* ----------------------- b2ContactListener Implementation ------------------------------ */
	/// Called when two fixtures begin to touch.
	virtual void BeginContact(b2Contact* contact);
	/// Called when two fixtures cease to touch.
	virtual void EndContact(b2Contact* contact);
	/// This is called after a contact is updated. This allows you to inspect a
	/// contact before it goes to the solver. If you are careful, you can modify the
	/// contact manifold (e.g. disable contact).
	/// A copy of the old manifold is provided so that you can detect changes.
	/// Note: this is called only for awake bodies.
	/// Note: this is called even when the number of contact points is zero.
	/// Note: this is not called for sensors.
	/// Note: if you set the number of contact points to zero, you will not
	/// get an EndContact callback. However, you may get a BeginContact callback
	/// the next step.
	virtual void PreSolve(b2Contact* contact, const b2Manifold* oldManifold);
	/// This lets you inspect a contact after the solver is finished. This is useful
	/// for inspecting impulses.
	/// Note: the contact manifold does not include time of impact impulses, which can be
	/// arbitrarily large if the sub-step is small. Hence the impulse is provided explicitly
	/// in a separate data structure.
	/// Note: this is only called for contacts that are touching, solid, and awake.
	virtual void PostSolve(b2Contact* contact, const b2ContactImpulse* impulse);
	/* ----------------------- end b2ContactListener Implementation ------------------------------ */
	/// Called when any joint is about to be destroyed due
	/// to the destruction of one of its attached bodies.
	virtual void SayGoodbye(b2Joint* joint);
	/// Called when any fixture is about to be destroyed due
	/// to the destruction of its parent body.
	virtual void SayGoodbye(b2Fixture* fixture);
	// called when a new network message has arrived.
	virtual void onNetworkMessage(NetworkMessage* message);
	// called when the network connection has disconnected.
	virtual void onNetworkDisconnected();
private:
	void loadPreferences();
	GameContext *context;
	BOOL32 isFocused;
	BOOL32 initialized;
	TouchInputProcessor *touchInputProcessor;
	void loadLevel();
	void initializeNewGame();
	void updateState();
	void updatePhysics();
	void updateGameObjects();
	void updateLevel();
	void updateGameObjectArray(ManagedArray<GameObject> *objects);
	void updateInput();
	void updateNetwork();
	F32 screenToWorldX(S32 screenX);
	F32 screenToWorldY(S32 screenY);
	World* getWorld();
};

#endif /* GAME_H_ */

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Do you see signs of danger all around?
Or, do you perch on the precipice, enjoying the spectacular view?
How much control do you have over your life? Do you make your own reality, as some believe, or are you an innocent victim of circumstance, history, or genes?
What caption will you write?
But how often do we stop and think about why we are afraid?
Do you wonder what may lie ahead? What's on the other side? Is whether to go or stay an easy decision for you?
Do you see warning signs in the unknown ahead of you?
Or do you see signs of Welcome?
Or is there a middle path?
Wonderful and thought-provoking photo essay, Janet. Life is pretty much what we make it. I love Helen Keller's quote.
Hi Kathy. I'm sorting through old blog posts and see you left a Comment and I never Replied! How could that have happened? I haven't a clue. So, here I am, letting you know how thoroughly I've enjoyed having you in my life over these past five+ years. Here's to the next five.


text:
import sys
import torch
import visdom
import argparse
import numpy as np
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torchvision.models as models

from torch.autograd import Variable
from torch.utils import data
from tqdm import tqdm

from ptsemseg.loader import get_loader, get_data_path
from ptsemseg.metrics import scores

def validate(args):

    # Setup Dataloader
    data_loader = get_loader(args.dataset)
    data_path = get_data_path(args.dataset)
    loader = data_loader(data_path, split=args.split, is_transform=True, img_size=(args.img_rows, args.img_cols))
    n_classes = loader.n_classes
    valloader = data.DataLoader(loader, batch_size=args.batch_size, num_workers=4)

    # Setup Model
    model = torch.load(args.model_path)
    model.eval()

    if torch.cuda.is_available():
        model.cuda(0)

    gts, preds = [], []
    for i, (images, labels) in tqdm(enumerate(valloader)):
        if torch.cuda.is_available():
            images = Variable(images.cuda(0))
            labels = Variable(labels.cuda(0))
        else:
            images = Variable(images)
            labels = Variable(labels)

        outputs = model(images)
        pred = np.squeeze(outputs.data.max(1)[1].cpu().numpy(), axis=1)
        gt = labels.data.cpu().numpy()

        for gt_, pred_ in zip(gt, pred):
            gts.append(gt_)
            preds.append(pred_)

    score, class_iou = scores(gts, preds, n_class=n_classes)

    for k, v in score.items():
        print k, v

    for i in range(n_classes):
        print i, class_iou[i]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Hyperparams')
    parser.add_argument('--model_path', nargs='?', type=str, default='fcn8s_pascal_1_26.pkl',
                        help='Path to the saved model')
    parser.add_argument('--dataset', nargs='?', type=str, default='pascal',
                        help='Dataset to use [\'pascal, camvid, ade20k etc\']')
    parser.add_argument('--img_rows', nargs='?', type=int, default=256,
                        help='Height of the input image')
    parser.add_argument('--img_cols', nargs='?', type=int, default=256,
                        help='Height of the input image')
    parser.add_argument('--batch_size', nargs='?', type=int, default=1,
                        help='Batch Size')
    parser.add_argument('--split', nargs='?', type=str, default='val',
                        help='Split of dataset to test on')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    validate(args)


On Friday 9th March, we were lucky enough to attend the world's finest wedding show, Bridelux Atelier, at the magnificent Rosewood London. The room was electric and full of excited couples, suppliers and amazing entertainment.
Once entering the venue and walking down the grand staircase to the ballroom, we were greeted by a pair of beautiful burlesque dancers. The ladies were stood in front of a stunning floral backdrop created by Larry Walshe which made for a fabulous backdrop. Take a look at some of our favourite suppliers from the event.
Flavoured tonic water – simple but an excellent idea for a wedding and suitable for everyone! Whether you're looking to mix it with a spirit of your choice or simply have it with a slice of lemon and ice – this is the drink for you! The quirky cart would also make for a brilliant garden feature at a drinks reception.
RWS are a London event design company who can transform a blank canvas into a total wedding day dream. We adore the stunning table decoration and it was giving us some serious wedding decoration inspiration.
We got the opportunity to see a ring being created and put together by hand by one of Bucherer's very talented craftsman. Before then, we didn't quite appreciate how long the process was and how patient you have to be.
Now, this was COOL! Lick Me I'm Delicious provided a flavoured bubble machine. The idea behind this is that your guests can catch and lick as many bubbles as they can. You can choose whatever flavour bubbles you want, from milk chocolate to pina colada. This would no doubt be a major talking point for your wedding guests.
And if flavoured bubbles weren't enough, Lick Me I'm Delicious also had a liquid nitrogen ice cream machine. We got to try their yummy Eton mess flavour – the ideal wedding feature for children AND adults!
Hand-crafted and hand-painted stunning chocolates made by the very talented Yugna in her house. These beautiful chocolates would make perfect wedding favours or even a little after dinner treat.


Over 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have taken shelter in Bangladeshi camps following Myanmar's crackdown.
The U.S. said that the charges against Kem Sokha, an elected legislator, appear politically motivated.
British P.M. added that Beijing, an ally of N. Korea, has a key role in pressing Pyongyang to give up its nuke plan.
Rohingya Muslims blame the arson attacks on Myanmar army as death toll in clamp down crosses hundred.
Yingluck Shinawatra, who faces a possible 10-year jail term in a negligence trial, missed the verdict.
A bench of five judges, from India's major faiths, rejected the claim that the practice is an integral part of Islam.
Alex Chow, Nathan Law, and Joshua Wong, all in their 20s, were at the forefront of mass protests in late 2014.
Tensions high over the presence of Indian troops in a disputed region where Indo-China-Bhutan borders meet.


This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event Late November 2002: British Intelligence Told CIA Is Going to Rendition Two British Citizens It Knows Are Innocent, but Fails to Help Them. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.


text:
Nuclear Accidents - Civilian
Espionage and Intelligence Gathering
Medical and Biological Effects of Radiation
Nuclear Reactors
Plutonium
Nuclear Weapons Design
Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Program
Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems
Kurchatov, Igor
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Khan, Abdul Qadeer
Meitner, Lise
Szilard, Leo
The Alsos Mission in World War II
View Annotations
Keyword Title Creator
My Bibliography: 0
AUTHOR Keeney, L. Douglas
TITLE 15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation
PUBLISHER St. Martin's Press
CITY New York, NY
This book uses three telling events during the Cold War to reveal the lesser-known side of the U.S. policy of mutually assured destruction (MAD), focusing on the activities of the U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) under the leadership of General Curtis LeMay. Organized as a year-by-year account, the author mainly discusses three particular events to represent the alarming nature of MAD in action: the development of the SAC into a massive fleet of bombers poised to strike enemy targets within 15 minutes notice; the testing of nuclear weapons in the Pacific's Marshall Islands; and the little-known fate of an Air Defense Command radar installation in the North Atlantic Ocean. The engaging narrative is enriched by information from recently declassified documents that shed light on subjects such as the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), which directed thousands of nuclear weapons to hundreds of targets in the Soviet Union and China. The narrative also recounts numerous accidents involving bombers and missiles carrying nuclear weapons at locations across the globe. An appendix contains a list of terms and abbreviations common to the language of the Cold War.
Find in a Library with
Nuclear Accidents - Military
Nuclear Weapons Testing
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Programs
Eniwetok Atoll
LeMay, Curtis
This work is licensed under a
Home | Contact | Help


Need pharmaceutical testing services from a cGMP laboratory? Partner with EMSL and receive fast turnaround and accurate results from our FDA registered, DEA licensed cGMP lab. Located in Cinnaminson, NJ, our analytical testing lab provides services for pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and biotechnology companies across the U.S.
Our internal QA/QC program is cGMP, ISO 17025 compliant, ensuring that you will receive scientifically sound and legally defensible data. EMSL offers routine analyses using ASTM, USP, BP, EP, JP, ICH, AOAC, FDA, PCPC (CTFA), USP, EPA and APHA methods as well as other validated testing methodologies.
Since 1981, our industry-leading labs have been helping pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology clients meet the complex standards and requirements of their industries. Contact EMSL today to learn more about our analytical laboratories and pharmaceutical testing services.
For your convenience, EMSL provides all the required bottles and vials needed to collect samples. Our pharmaceutical testing professionals conduct research in customized method development and validation. EMSL's testing capabilities include raw materials, finished products, active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients.
Contact Our Pharmaceutical Testing Lab Today!
At EMSL, we're more than another pharmaceutical testing provider — we're a project partner who can help your company get products to market safer, faster and in complete compliance with industry regulations. Contact EMSL today for more information regarding our cGMP lab and analytical testing services for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries.


I won't have everything finished by August 1st (tomorrow), sorry! On the bright side, we're making progress towards creating the budget, which is better than nothing.
I would recommend you write down your last transactions/spending today, on July 31st. It'll make it easier to find the break point between July and August on your debit/credit card statements.
Once I finish with the budget videos, I'll be talking about Apple's latest earnings!


I have always been definitely very fascinated to find this Microsoft 70-735 certification exam via Certsmate.com due to the fact they've come to be very well-known in the Microsoft certifications today and this is the cause why so a lot of of the IT professionals like we have been on the lookout for the best kind of Microsoft OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10 exam questions that may help to pass MCP 70-735 certification exam really very readily. But, I individually have knowledgeable assistance from CertsMate who are generally there to help their customers with the very best planning tutorial of Microsoft OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10 exam no matter what.
With the CertsMate Windows 10 70-735 Dumps immediate download software for your planning of Windows 10 70-735 exam, it's become less difficult for the IT learners after getting Windows 10 70-735 test questions from CertsMate just like me to prepare for MCP 70-735 exam below only one website and its name is CertsMate. Their software is fundamentally designed with the assistance of the best IT professionals who've been sensation more than delighted to aid their customers all about the entire world by offering Windows 10 OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10 Training Material. This is the main reason Certs Mate certified experts likes all all-around the entire world are more serious in making use of the MCP 70-735 Braindumps applications from this website.
CertsMate have been supplying all the brand new Windows 10 70-735 practice exam questions in their self setting up applications for MCP 70-735 questions, so that a growing number of experts connected to the field of IT get to find out what is in here to them to prepare Microsoft 70-735 exam. They can go to CertsMate first before they make any choice of using our 70-735 Dumps to accessing through Microsoft OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10 certification exam. This is the way it in fact goes for Microsoft 70-735 certification exam. However, I have knowledgeable ideal form of effects in my MCP OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10 pdf questions with the help of these services.
As talked about Already, CertsMate is offering guaranteed Microsoft 70-735 Exam Dumps success in the Windows 10 70-735 certification test with the support of the preparation Software for IT students, so that they don't have to surf all over the Net for finding aid for MCP 70-735 certification exam. even so, CertsMate also just like to give 100 per cent money back assure as well if of Microsoft 70-735 exam does not work out to fulfill the needs of these Microsoft certified experts preparing for their MCP OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10 test.


text:
Hindus believe that the world is created, destroyed, and re-created in an eternally repetitive series of cycles.
In Hindu cosmology a universe endures for about 4,320,000,000 years (one day of Brahma or kalpa) and is then destroyed by fire or water. At his point, Brahma rests for one night, just as long as the day. This process, named pralaya, repeats for such 100 years, period that represents Brahma's lifespan.
After Brahma's "death", it is necessary that another 100 of his years pass until he is reborn and the whole creation begins anew. This process is repeated again and again, forever.
Brahma's life is divided in one thousand cycles (Maha Yuga, or the Great Year). Maha Yuga, during which the human race appears and then disappears, has 71 divisions, each made of 14 Manvantara (1000) years. Each Maha Yuga lasts for 4,320,000 years. Manvantara is Manu's cycle, the one who gives birth and govern human race.
Each Maha Yuga consists of a series of four shorter yugas, or ages. The yugas get progressively worse from a moral point of view as one proceeds from one yuga to another. As a result each yuga is of shorter duration than the age that preceded it.
Yuga Duration
(years) God Virtue
Kriti Yuga 1,728,000 Brahma Meditation
Treta Yuga 1,296,000 Vishnu Knowledge
Dvapara Yuga 864,000 Vishnu Sacrifice
Kali Yuga 432,000 Vishnu
Shiva-Rudra Charity
Kriti Yuga
Kriti Yuga is the first yuga of a Maha Yuga. This is the age of virtue and moral perfection. It is a bright, golden age on earth. The great god Vishnu, in his form of Brahma, the creator of the world, is the presiding god, and dharma (ideal, righteous behavior or moral duty) walks steadily and securely upon all four feet.
The Krita Yuga lasts for 1,728,000 years.
During Kritia Yuga, human beings need no shelters. There are no shortage of food. Gift-giving trees provide them with an abundant supply of food, clothing, and decorative objects. Everyone is born good and lives a happy, contented, unselfish, and beautiful life.
People are devoted to meditation, the highest virtue, and spend their lives being loyal to dharma. They work for the pleasure of it, rather than from necessity. Sorrow does not exist.
Treta Yuga
Treta Yuga is the second age in each Maha Yuga.
Treta means three. During this yuga, dharma walks less steadily, on three of its four feet. Virtue and moral perfection still exist, but they have declined by one-fourth. The duration of the age has similarly declined by one-fourth to 1,296,000 years.
Vishnu, the preserver of life on earth, is the presiding god during Treta Yuga.
People are devoted to the pursuit of knowledge, which they consider the highest virtue.
As in Kriti Yuga, the gift-giving trees supply food and clothing to everyone in abundance during the Treta Yuga. But greedy people try to make the trees their private property. When that happens, the special trees disappear, and life on earth becomes difficult for the first time. Heavy rainfall creates rivers. The soil is fertile for the growth of many new kinds of trees. The new trees bear fruit; but as opposed to the gift giving trees, these are ordinary trees. People must work hard to acquire food and clothing. Because of the rain and severe changes in the weather, they also need to construct houses for shelter.
In the Treta Yuga people are more passionate and greedy. They are no longer happy with what they have. Dissatisfaction, resentment, and anger replace satisfaction, peace, and contentment in their hearts. They covet their neighbors' possessions. The strong take land from the weak in order to possess more food and greater wealth. Many men take the wives of others.
Dvapara Yuga
Dvapara Yuga is the third age in each Maha Yuga.
As the name Dva suggests (Dva means two), eternal dharma now has to balance on two of its four feet, creating a precarious and shifting balance between good and evil. Virtue and moral perfection still exist, but they have declined to one-half of what they were in the Krita Yuga. As a result, the duration of this age is half that of the Krita Yuga (864,000 years).
Vishnu, the preserver of life on earth, is still the presiding god during Dvapara yuga. People devote themselves to sacrifice, which they consider the highest virtue.
In the Dvapara Yuga, disease, misfortune, suffering, and death are part of everyone's existence. People have become more passionate and greedy, and war is commonplace. Religious doctrines are developed in an attempt to guide human behavior toward dharma, but the gradual process of moral deterioration continues.
Kali Yuga is the fourth age in each Maha Yuga. Kali means quarrel and war. This is the dark age. Dharrna has to stand on only one of its four feet, and virtue barely exists. This age is only one-fourth the length of the Krita Yuga (432,000 years).
Vishnu is still the presiding god, in his form of Shiva-Rudra, the destroyer of life on earth.
In the Kali Yuga people achieve noble rank in society based on the amount of money and property they own rather than their moral virtue. The quality of virtue is measured only in terms of material wealth. Sexual passion alone binds husband and wife together in marriage. People become successful in life through a succession of lies, and their only source of enjoyment is sex. They live with continuous fear of hunger, disease, and death.
In the Kali Yuga only the poor are honest, and the only remaining virtue is charity.
Harsh weather and primitive living conditions make them prey to devastating illnesses. One who attains the age of twenty-three is considered very old.
[Hinduism Infocenter Home]


An ongoing series of artwork by Australian artist, Christine Porter of the machinery and tools on the sheep and cattle stations across Australia she visits as an artist-in-residence.
In the days before machines were made of plastic and computer chips, they were made from cast iron, melted tin and chopped down trees. There's a permanence about them that suggests a different way of dealing with the world. Nothing was instant, then. It was built to last, and it has. No matter where I travel, I see the remnants of this time; the machines, now redundant, but often-times still usable. Some have been restored. Some are restored moments after I record them. Some are kept in "museum" sheds. Some are left rotting in the paddocks – technically difficult thing to do, but rust valiantly they do. Usually I make one or two paintings in each series of the machinery there. On more than one occasion the machinery and other left-over-bits have become a key motif in the series. This page is about those works. They are a salutation to the iron-craftsmen who created them, the tradesmen who used them, and the historians who value them.
Each project there are a few paintings of old machinery. At the time of updating this page, Christine is about to present a new body of work. … watch this space. These few works are at Christine's studio/gallery in Lismore. Please contact us to purchase or to book a studio visit.
'Halfway' 2014 watercolour approx 18x10cm.
S10 A different technology. set of 6 rural cards with envelopes in clear cellophane packet.
'machinery under the tree' 2013 watercolour on paper 14 x 15 cm Sold.


Major intersection Fiddle Park Lane / Greenwood Cres.
Spacious Detached 3 Bedroom Home In Desirable Neighbourhood Walking Distance To Schools, Shopping And Rec Centre. Over 1900 Square Feet Plus Unfinished Basement With Loads Of Potential. Main Level With Ceramic Tiles, Pot Lights And Cherry Finished Hardwood. Family Room With High Vaulted Ceiling And Large Picture Window. Iron Bannister Leads To 2nd Level With 3 beds. Master Bed Features W/I Closet And 4 Piece Ensuite With Lg Soaker Tub & Sep. Shower. Lg 2nd Floor Laundry Rm. Covered Front Porch & Fenced Yard. Roof Fall 2018. Won't Last Long At This Price!


text:
Sabir Shah
As Pakistan Railways struggles, global rail systems earn billions of dollars
LAHORE: Having earned revenues of just Rs40.08 billion, roughly equivalent to US $380 million during 2016-17, the Pakistan Railways is miles behind many railway systems in the world, including the Indian Railways across the border, an in depth-statistical research conducted by the "Jang Group and Geo Television Network" reveals.
Battling the malaise of encroachment on its real estate, Pakistan Railways had managed to retrieve around 133 acres of its land grabbed across the country by the last week of December 2018.
Recently, on April 10, the Senate Standing Committee on Railway Affairs was informed by the Inspector General Railways that the department owned a land of 1,70,976 acres, of which 3,179 acres worth billions of dollars was currently encroached in different parts of the country.
The Senate body was also informed that more than 200,000 people were caught travelling in train without a ticket during last five years.
However, a 2011 survey conducted by the Pakistan Railways had revealed that an area of 5662.67 acres of its land was encroached. This included 3416.102 acres encroached by private persons and another 447.304 acres by various government departments.
Although the 158-year old Pakistan Railways, having over 73,276 employees and owning a track of 4,800 miles (7,791km) across the country, had reduced its losses to around Rs26.5 billion in 2018 as compared to Rs32 billion in 2013 when the previous PML-N government had assumed charge of the country, the Rs40.08 billion revenue figure was dubbed an improvement by the Federal Railways Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, during the course of his December 30, 2018 press conference.
Sheikh Rasheed had revealed during his Press conference that the Pakistan Railways had spent Rs1.3 billion on up-gradation of more than 585 passenger coaches during the first half of the current fiscal year 2018-19, and is now enjoying services of over 200 locomotives, up from just 55 in 2013.
The Railways Minister had further asserted that the Pakistan Railways had enhanced the availability of operational coaches to almost 1,270 in 2018 from around 950 in 2013 due to increased spending on up-gradation of coaches, which had reached Rs85 billion in 2018 from expenditure of Rs48 billion in 2012-13.
He had mentioned that the financing for the rail network uplift had been enhanced to US$ 8 billion from the earlier allocation of $3.5 billion under the original US $46 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) programme, hence lifting the total volume to the figure of $51.5 billion.
But now that the work on the much-trumpeted China Pakistan Economic Corridor is bound to gain pace, Pakistan Railways perhaps needs to address chronic issues like lack of funding, bad governance, negligence and corruption, though it has increased 1,250 passenger coaches till 2018 from 970 in 2013. Up till now, 790 coaches and 1900 wagons have been rolled out after special repair.
The Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed-led Pakistan Railways top brass has set a revenue target of Rs50 billion for fiscal year 2017-18, which is 30 per cent higher as compared to the preceding fiscal year.
About a month back, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad had said at the Karachi Cantt Railway Station that Pakistan Railways had recorded an increase of Rs3 billion in revenue during the last six months, adding two days later in Lahore that 20 more trains would be added to the fleet of Pakistan Railways within the next six months.
Just for the sake of inspiration and learning, here follows a list of world's biggest railway operators based on revenues:
Germany's "Deutsche Bahn" had earned revenues to the tune of US $51.14billion in 2017, making it the world's biggest railway operator by revenue. It had reported a 5.2 per cent year-on-year revenue growth in 2017 on the back of improved performance of its business units.
While the ridership for Deutsche Bahn" long distance trains grew by 2.3 per cent year-on-year to 142 million, its rail freight transport decreased by 2.3 per cent to 271 million tonnes during 2017.
Based in Berlin, Germany, the "Deutsche Bahn" has a presence in more than 130 countries and a workforce of 310,000. It operates a 33,488km-long rail network with 5,700 train stations and transports seven million passengers a day.
Its business units had transported roughly 80,000 standard containers on the world's longest railway route between Germany and China for the first time in 2017.
France's state-owned railway company, the SNCF, had earned revenues to the tune of US $40.12 billion in 2017. Its revenues increased by 4.2 per cent year-on-year in 2017 due to a strong growth in its passenger and freight transport volumes.
The company invested approximately $10.5 billion in the modernisation of its rail network and rolling stock, mainly in France, during the year. It also completed 1,600 improvement projects in 2017.
The French railway company employs 270,000 people in 120 countries and operates more than 30,000km of the railway network, including 2,600km of high-speed lines with a fleet of 15,000 trains. The company serves approximately 14 million customers and 170,000 shippers globally.
The Russian Railways, or the JSC, had earned revenues to the tune of US $39.04 billion in 2017, hence witnessing a 5.6 per cent growth year-on-year in revenue in 2017 as a result of a 9.5 per cent increase in revenues from its freight and infrastructure operations.
The JSC passenger traffic rose by 7.8 per cent to 1.11 billion during the year, while cargo volumes grew by 3.2 per cent to 1.261 billion tonnes.
Russian Railways operates in more than 40 countries across approximately 85,000km of railway lines and transports nearly one billion passengers and two billion tonnes of cargo a year. The workforce of the company is roughly 750,000.
The Indian Railways had earned revenues of $28.8 billion in 2017, or 13.38 per cent up compared to $25.4 billion in 2016 due to growth in revenues in the passenger segment.
It carried 8.26 billion passengers and 1.16 billion tonnes of freight during the year. Headquartered in New Delhi, the state-owned Indian Railways operates a 67,368km-long rail network with a workforce of 1.308 million.
As of March 2017, the Indian Railways' consisted of 277,987 freight wagons, 70,937 passenger coaches and 11,452 locomotives. it is the world's eighth-largest employer. Indian Railways had commissioned a record electric traction of 2,367km of train service within 2017 and is currently building a $14.52 billion Ahmadabad to Mumbai high-speed passenger corridor project.
The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) had bagged revenues of $27.76 billion in 2017, posting a growth of 2.4 per cent year-on-year.
The company's traffic volume amounted to 136,486 million passenger kilometres in 2017. Based in Tokyo, the JR East runs 6,263.1km of conventional lines and 1,194.2km of high-speed rail lines.
The Texas-based BNSF Railways – had posted revenues of $21.38 billion in 2017. Its revenues increased by 8 per cent year-on-year in 2017 with a 5 per cent rise in its business volumes, which totalled 10.277 million.
BNSF is one of the biggest freight transportation companies in North America. It operates a 52,303.6km route covering 28 states in the US and three Canadian provinces and runs a total of 25 intermodal facilities.
The intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
It has an employee base of 41,000 people.
Its $3.3 billion capital investment in 2017 focused on the addition of 32km of double tracks, 250 bridge projects, and development of 418km of under-centralised traffic control.
The Nebraska-based Union Pacific Corporation of United States had eared revenues of $21.24 billion in 2017, reporting a 7 per cent year-on-year revenue growth.
Industrial products had accounted for 21 per cent of the company's freight revenue, while intermodal and agricultural products accounted for 19 per cent each, followed by chemicals with 18 per cent.
Coal and automotive units contributed 13 per cent and 10 per cent respectively to the company's revenues.
The Union Pacific Railways operates 8,573 locomotives on a 51,695km network covering 23 American states. The company serves 10,000 customers with a workforce of 41,992.
The company's capital expenditure during 2017 had totalled $3.1 billion.
The Central Japan Railway Company had reported revenues of US $17.14 billion in 2017, showing a year-on-year revenue growth of 3.7 per cent.
The company had carried 452,000 passengers a day in 2017.
It employed 28,867 people as of March 2018.
The company's business segments include transport, merchandise and real estate etc.
The West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) had earned revenues of US $14.12 billion in 2017, thereby posting a 4.1 per cent year-on-year revenue growth.
Headquartered in the city of Osaka, this railway system operates 5,008.7km of rail network covering 16 counties and two provinces. The company runs 6,562 vehicles covering 1,200 stations.
The Florida-based Messrs CSX Corporation had recorded revenues of US $11.4 billion or a year-on-year increase of 3 per cent.
Merchandise segment generated 62 per cent of the company's total revenue, while coal and intermodal businesses accounted for 18 per cent and 16 per cent respectively.
It provides transportation services through its 33,796km rail network in 23 American states.
This company employs a workforce of approximately 24,000.


text:
New Testament Commentary Vol. II
« Prev Tarry Till I Come. Next »
Tarry Till I Come.
20, 21. Peter, turning about, saw the disciple, etc. Three years before on the banks of the same sea, Jesus had called Peter and Andrew, and the sons of Zebedee to become fishers of men by the very same words that he had now just addressed to Peter. The latter, not unnaturally, thinks of his companions, and turning to look at John, asks: "Lord, what shall this man do?" It is probable that during the conference, Peter had been drawn apart, and that John, so intimate with Peter, and who had "leaned his head on the Savior's breast at supper," had drawn near to them. By 313omitting the words in Italics the reader can catch the laconic form of the Greek: "Lord, this man, what?" Peter understands the prophecy with regard to himself, but what shall become of his friend? (Joh 21:22)
22. If I will that he tarry till I come. Observe (1) that each one must work in the place where the Lord wills; "If I will." (2) that as Peter's duty was restless activity in following Christ, it is indicated that John's work in part at least, is calm, trustful and patient waiting; tarry till I come. These words of the Savior here give rise to much discussion. It has been held 1. That they have no special signification but to rebuke Peter and to assure him that John's future was the Lord's business, not his. Such a view is disproved by the deep significance that always inheres in the Savior's words. 2. That these words refer to a second coming at the destruction of Jerusalem. But all the weight of authority is to the end that John wrote his Gospel after the fall of Jerusalem; yet his language in the next verse shows that, while he pondered the Savior's words, he did not understand their meaning. The prophecy was, therefore, yet unfulfilled, as far as he was concerned. 3. That the coming referred to was death. That would deprive the Savior's words of any significance whatever, as they would be as true of every man as of John. 4. That they refer to the promised second coming of Christ, and that John did not die a natural death. Even Godet suggests that the primitive epoch of humanity had its Enoch; the theocratic epoch its Elijah and that the Christian epoch may have had its John who was translated without seeing death. In the face of the fact that the grave of John was pointed out at Ephesus until the chaos of Mahometan invasion swept over the East, such a view is absurd. Discarding all these hypotheses as inadequate, I may be allowed to express my surprise that the commentators have not perceived that John did literally tarry until the Savior came, until he saw him, heard him speak, and recorded the last revelation of the Lord to the world. About sixty years from the time that Christ spoke these words, according to the testimony of the early Church, the aged John was an exile in, Patmos. There, upon the Lord's day, he "heard a great voice," and turning, he says, "I saw one like the Son of Man" blazing with such glory that he fell, "fell at his feet as dead, and then he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Fear not." Then follow the Seven Letters to the Church dictated to John by our Lord, and the sublime prophecies of Revelation. It is, therefore, a historical fact that John did "tarry" on the earth long after the other apostles were wearing crowns of martyrdom, and until the Lord came to him visibly to make the last inspired revelation of his will to man. This view, which is the only one in which the Savior's words and the historical facts are in exact harmony, incidently shows that Revelation was not written when John penned this chapter. Had that been the case he would not have been at loss to understand just what the Savior's words could mean, but would have referred at once to the wonderful "coming" he witnessed on Patmos. All the testimony of the ancient 314Church agrees that Revelation was the last book of the Bible written, but a class of modern expositors, solely in the interest of a preconceived interpretation, have dated its composition before the fall of Jerusalem. (Joh 21:23)
23. This saying went abroad among the brethren. John corrects the mistake that had gone abroad. Christ had not said that he should not die, but simply, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee." His language shows that he was uncertain what the Savior might mean. The scenes of Patmos finally made all clear. (Joh 21:24)
24. This is the disciple which testifieth these things. The one named just before, concerning whom Peter asked the question. Most of the critics hold that this verse and probably the next were added by another hand. The plural, "we know," seems to be a kind of attestation and the hypothesis is offered that they were added by the Elders of Ephesus to whom John committed his gospel. They are found in all the manuscripts and, if not written by John, were appended to the original copy before it was published. (Joh 21:25)
25. Also many other things which Jesus did. "Many other things" are recorded by the three preceding gospels which John does not record. The ministry of Christ was so busy, his teaching so voluminous and his deeds of mercy so numerous, that the verse states that it would be impossible to make a minute record, and in order to convey this idea forcibly an oriental hyperbole is employed.
I will close this comment by an extract from Godet which treats of the authorship of this chapter, as well as the whole gospel. "1. The narrative in chapter 21:1–23, is from the hand of John. 2. Verse 24 is from the friends of John, who had called forth the composition of this gospel, and to whom he committed it after composition. 3. Verse 25 was written by one of them, with whom the work was deposited, and who thought himself bound to close it thus in honor, not of the author, but of the subject of the history. By these last words the entire work becomes a whole. Accordingly we are shut up to hold either that John is the author of our gospel, or that the author is a forger, who, 1, palmed himself off on the world with all the characteristics of the Apostle; who, 2, carried his shamelessness so far that 315he got made out for him, by an accomplice in the fraud, a certificate of identity with the person of John; or who, more simply still, to save falsehood, made out this certificate for himself, in the name of another, or of several others. And he who had recourse to such ways was the author of a writing in which lying is treated as the work of the devil (8:44) and truth glorified as one of the two essential features of the divine character. If any one will believe such a story . . . let him believe it." (1 Cor. 14:38).316


text:
Republican Lawmaker Says League of Women Voters Has Become Biased and a "Disappointment"
September 27, 2018 Rob Port
TOM STROMME/Tribune Sen. Judy Lee (R-West Fargo) speaks of the benefits of good dental access and in support of HB 1256, a bill dealing with the issue at a press conference in Memorial Hall of the state capitol in Bismarck on Wednesday afternoon. Bill supporters in back from left are Jenna Herman, Christy Jo Fogarty, of the Minnesota Childrens Dental Services, Renee Stromme, Rep. Christopher Olson (R-West Fargo), Dianne Billey, Connie Kalanek and Michael Hamilton.
UPDATE: Comments from the League included below.
Senator Judy Lee, a Republican lawmaker from Fargo, is disputing what she says are claims from the League of Women Voters that she urged a boycott of their upcoming candidate forums.
She wrote about it in a Facebook post last night, describing the League's forums as "poorly run" and claiming they scheduled the event for her district at a time when she had legislative work to attend to in Bismarck:
I checked the website for the Red River Valley chapter of the League and saw they have a number of forums scheduled for late September through mid-October. The event for Lee's District 13 is scheduled for October 3.
I checked the schedule for the interim committees Lee serves on and didn't see any meetings scheduled for the 3rd, but when I contacted her about it directly she said not every meeting she has to attend is on the Legislative website.
"I have Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review from 9-11:45 and a nursing home reimbursement task force meeting from 11-5 on October 3," she told me this morning via email. "I will not get home until about 8 p.m."
"The League also apparently looked at the legislative calendar and saw that the LAFRC meeting is scheduled to end at 11:45," Lee told me. "Because they are unaware of all of the other work that we do and that only state committee meetings are on the calendar, they think that I am sandbagging on the forum."
Lee says she's not avoiding the event, despite her criticism of them. "I like forums! I want more people to attend them. I want our constituents to see and hear from all of the candidates in each district and make their decisions accordingly," she said. She went on to say that the League has become one-sided in its political perspective, and that any claims she was avoiding the event are inappropriate:
I belonged to the League of Women Voters for 35 years and helped establish the chapter in Wahpeton, when our family lived there. It used to be a great organization which researched issues and, when consensus might be reached, would take positions on them. They have never taken positions on candidates. However, as more women moved into the workforce, there was less time for all of us to do the research, so in recent years, the Fargo-Moorhead chapter has relied on speakers. It is no longer looking at all viewpoints or following the earlier policies about people in leadership in the LWV not being in leadership in their political parties. For a member to contact at least 3 media people, accusing me of orchestrating a boycott of the Fargo forum, is absolutely inappropriate.
I sent an email to the email account listed for the League on their website but so far haven't received a response.
UPDATE: A representative of the League of Women Voters, co-President Rachel Hoffman, contacted me this morning and disputed Senator Lee's claims.
"There was no request to reschedule" the District 13 forum, Hoffman told me, though she conceded that the League didn't follow up with Lee about an alternate date. "That was the date we had," she told me.
Hoffman also said she had "no idea" who, if anyone, from the League may have been speaking to the media asserting that Lee was urging a boycott of the forums. "The League of Women Voters is not accusing anyone of anything," she said.
Tags: election 2018, fargo, Judy Lee, league of women voters
Previous Sean Foss: Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Creates Conundrum for Employers
Next Poll: Majority of North Dakota Voters Want Kavanaugh Confirmed Including Plurality of Females


text:
EsportsEvents
Predator announces the Predator League 2022 Philippine Finals
The Predator League 2022 PH finals is happening this September.
Following the end of Predator League 2020/21 back in April of last year, Acer has announced the Predator League 2022 Philippine Finals event.
This year's Predator League features Dota 2 and Valorant teams in the Philippines. Though only the best will make it to the top during the finals event this September.
The Predator League 2022 Philippine Finals is happening at the SM Mall of Asia Central Atrium from September 17-18, 2022.
Though before that, the qualifiers will begin on August 4 for Valorant, with other qualifier days scheduled on August 11 and 18. As for Dota 2, the qualifiers will happen on August 7, 13, and 20. Following these, the playoffs stage will take place on August 31 and September 1 for Valorant and August 29 and 30 for Dota 2.
The upcoming event features a total prize pool of PHP 1 millions, and it will be distributed as:
1st place – PHP 200,000
2nd place – PHP 100,000
3rd place – PHP 75,000
4th place PHP 50,000
Qualifier winners will each receive PHP 25,000
Aside from getting big cash prizes, the winning team of the Dota 2 leg will represent the Philippines at the Asia Pacific Predator League 2022 Grand Finals which is happening from November 11-13 in Japan. There, teams from across 15 countries will participate.
"We have seen so much growth and potential in the country's esports landscape and that is what the Asia Pacific Predator League is all about. But more than that, we are very happy to see the stakeholders in esports hopeful about the future after two years of restrictions," said Acer Philippines General Manager Sue Ong-Lim.
For more info on the tournament, visit the Predator Facebook page.
The Sandman gets a new trailer and key art ahead of Netflix release
Rollerdrome Preview | Extreme Sports Just Wasn't Extreme Enough


It looks like the custom search engine has been launched -- you can easily create your own vertical search engine and volunteer to collaborate on others. The product is tightly integrated with Google Co-op, but unlike that service, it's easy to use and understand.
In fact, I created a search engine that digs through Google related content. It's called "Googling Google Search" and gives you a good idea what you can do with this service -- in less than 10 minutes.
For a nice overview of features, read Philipp's post at Google Blogoscoped.