CORTLAND, N.Y. - This week's State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Q&A is with the Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week, Rachael Windhausen (Liverpool, N.Y.).
Windhausen led the Oswego Lakers last week in two hard-fought overtime losses, setting and resetting a career-high amount of points, 24 in the former and 34 in the latter.
In Friday's 70-69 (OT) loss to Potsdam, the senior easily recorded a double-double, adding 16 rebounds to her 24 points, appearing in all 45 minutes for the Lakers. Her points were nearly double that of the next closest Oswego player (15). In the double-overtime loss to Plattsburgh on Saturday, 83-76, the Liverpool, N.Y. native soared past her previous career-high point total, posting 34 while grabbing 21 boards, her second double-double in as many games. She was 12-for-15 shooting from the field, a perfect 10-for-10 from the charity stripe, while recording two blocked shots. With Saturday's performance, Windhausen added herself to the Laker record books, with the sixth highest point total in a single game since Kelly Mraz had a 37-point outburst in a 2005 four overtime contest. Windhausen and the Lakers are set to return to action at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday as they host Oneonta for their last home contest of the 2018-19 season.
Windhausner was also honored as the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division III National Player of the Week for the week ending February 10.
1. Which professional athlete do you have the most respect for?
Serena Williams. She is not only an amazing tennis player, but an outstanding athlete as well. She is a great role model and has done so much to pave the way for female athletes.
2. What's your competition day meal?
I don't have a specific meal that I eat before games, but I try to get a balanced meal with some protein and fruit.
3. What age did you start competing in your sport?
I was in 7th grade, so 13 years old.
4. Do you have a hidden or special talent?
Most people don't know that I can play guitar. I'm not great but it relaxes me.
5. What is your career goal post college?
I am getting my master's right now in accounting and I actually already have a job lined up to start in June at the Turning Stone Casino and Resort in their auditing department.
6. What's on your music playlist?
Everything from country to rap to rock to pop. I'm not picky when it comes to music.
7. Do you have any pre-competition rituals?
Not really. I listen to the same playlist on Spotify for away games, but that's it.
8. What's the best advice anyone has given you?
My parents always told me to just try my hardest at everything. Even if you don't do as well as you wanted, at least you can look back and say, "I tried the hardest I could and did everything I could to affect the outcome."
9. What are your hobbies outside of your sport?
I like to read, play the guitar, and just hanging out with friends.
10. What's your favorite memory since competing for your institution?
Besides this past weekend? Haha! We were playing Nazareth at home and I scored a buzzer beater to put it into overtime and we ended up winning. I actually missed the first shot I took, but got my own rebound and managed to put it back up just as the clock buzzed. It seemed to take forever to go in.


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The Sorcerer is out to get you! Find your way among the illusions but beware of the traitor in your ranks! The Grimoire guides his team towards the exit using images, on which he points at certain details. In cooperation, the other players have to find th
The Sorcerer is out to get you! Find your way among the illusions but beware of the traitor in your ranks! The Grimoire guides his team towards the exit using images, on which he points at certain details. In cooperation, the other players have to find the Grimoire's clues as quick as possible while avoiding the wrong cards. However a member of the team is a Traitor looking to lead the other players astray. A wide variety of Traps are on your way to the exit of the Library, making player communication harder! Obscurio is a family game, an original mix between an image-based communication game and a secret role game, in which the players have to be careful when sharing ideas with their team. Supported by rich contents, Obscurio proposes a fresh new experience in its genre by putting the emphasis on the details of the images and the constant doubt created by the presence of the Traitor. Communicate efficiently and avoid the illusions on your way to escape the Sorcerer's Library!

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Bexel ESS Provides High-Profile Upgrade for Major Regional Bank
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BURBANK, Calif. — May 16, 2017 —
Bexel ESS today announced an engagement for a large Fortune 500-listed financial institution. Projects include design and installation of a new multicamera green-screen studio and studio control system and a new conference room, expected to be completed later this year.
The bank operates more than 1,500 branch offices and almost 2,000 automated teller machines across 15 southern U.S. states. The new system designed by Bexel ESS — operational since January — enables the bank to produce and deliver broadcast-quality content, including coverage of corporate board meetings and CEO messages, to employees and branches.
"Many companies today are hiring younger staff with an average age of 27, and these employees prefer video content over email communication," said John Mills, director of business development, Bexel ESS. "Also, video messaging adds a visual impact to the message that isn't possible with email, meaning that employees are more engaged and more likely to retain the content."
The studio project, a substantial upgrade to the production facility Bexel ESS created for the bank two years ago, involved moving the entire operation to another floor in the building and adding several pieces of new equipment, including Litepanels Astra Bi-Color lights, a 40×40 router, Panasonic PTZ cameras, an FIS duplex fiber patch, AJA converters, and Manfrotto tripods and accessories. By adding switching, fiber patching, more cameras, new lighting, enhanced audio, better graphics, and a green screen for a virtual set, Bexel ESS greatly improved the bank's workflow and production capabilities. The result is drastically superior production quality compared with the bank's previous system.
"We have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with this customer, and it now considers Bexel ESS to be a trusted partner. Only two years ago, we completed another control room upgrade for the company, so naturally it turned to us for this new project," Mills added. "The new system enables the bank to produce, edit, and distribute in-house content that would otherwise require it to hire an outside production facility. It's a great example of our versatility in addressing a wide range of vertical markets, including corporate and enterprise video."
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Category: Blog & Stories
Here are the posts, stories, videos and other contributions that John King and Martha King have created or are about them.
When TLAR Beats Perfection
Why Pilots Shouldn't Always Try To Be Perfect Article appeared in Flying Magazine September, 2016 by John King "We're going to be in the Hudson." It was…
Pilot Fatigue and the Unspoken Goal
The most important part of being pilot in command Article appeared in Flying Magazine July, 2016 by Martha King – The view out the windscreen from 38,000…
ACS —Warding Off Tragedy
Improving Knowledge Tests to Save Lives Article appeared in Flying Magazine May, 2016 by John King – "John, Dr. Williams is dead. I thought you'd want to…
When You Ask for Too Much Article appeared in Flying Magazine April, 2016 by Martha King – It was the slightest of rumbles. Both John and I…
When You Declare an Emergency
June 1, 2016 1 Comment
Staying in Command Article appeared in Flying Magazine March, 2016 by John King – The light on the panel said "OIL1." It was telling us we…
A Sporting Chance
Up Close and Personal with the Military Article appeared in Flying Magazine February, 2016 by Martha King – "You just flew through a Military Training…
Off-Airport Adventures
How to Mitigate Risks on Your Own Article appeared in Flying Magazine January, 2016 by John King – "It's that lake right…there," he said. When…
Why Some Pilots Are Bad Risk Managers
February 1, 2016 1 Comment
When Goals Get in the Way of Smart Decision-Making Article appeared in Flying Magazine December, 2015 by Martha King – "You can't teach judgment." "…I'm…
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Flying with Passengers Article appeared in Flying Magazine November, 2015 by John King – Iliamna is a great fly-in…
Who's in Charge Here, Anyway?
Article appeared in Flying Magazine October, 2015 by Martha King – My thumb was already in motion towards the mic button to declare an emergency…


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My Ancestry, from the diary of Adam Thompson Terrell (1818-1842)
by Elizabeth Paullin Terrell (email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), 13 Dec. 2011
Click here for an image of the diary page (JPEG, 870 KB)
On the last page of his 1837-1838 diary Adam Thompson6 Terrell (Jeremiah5, Adam4, Adam3, Samuel2, Roger1), then of Belleville, IL, left notes concerning his ancestry, starting with the records for the family of his grandfather, Adam4._ Adam Thompson Terrell was born 27 June 1818 in Bourbon County, KY, son of Jeremiah Terrell (1773-1855) and Mary Christy/Christie (spelled both ways, ~1778-1820)._ He died 30 Aug. 1842 in St. Clair County, IL, at age 24._ Adam mentioned at one point in the diary that he had recently been laid off by a Mississippi River steamship company._ The diary is held in Special Collections at Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA._ It was donated in 1923 by Arthur D. Terrell, of Chicago, through the Chicago branch of the Harvard University Club (the Harvard Clubs had been mobilized to collect historical material) and contains lively descriptions of the author's personal life, including love interests, as well as the economy, an account of the shooting of an abolitionist, the local weather, and family information._ The diary is currently on exhibit as part of "Wendell Phillips Bicentennial: Social Justice Then & Now," because of its account of the murder of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy,_ This assassination significantly influenced Phillips (a Harvard graduate), as he was on his way to becoming an important social reformer and abolitionist._ Adam's diary sits next to a copy of Frederick Douglass's autobiography, Narrative of the Life ..., which includes a preface by Phillips. A,B,C
My special thanks to Peter X. Accardo, Curator & Coordinator of Programs at Houghton Library, for allowing me to examine the diary there last summer and for providing the digital image of the diary page.
At the lower left of the page, below "Belleville May 10 1838," Adam wrote: "* wife of her half Brother."_ This refers to "Aunt Long*."_ I believe Adam was mistaken in giving his grandfather's (Adam4's) place of birth as Rhode Island—I think he confused Rhode Island with Long Island._ I think he was also confused about Adam4's father having been born in England._It is more likely that the family knew that their paternal line had come to America from England._ The Adam4 Terrill family appears to have moved from Brookhaven to southern New Jersey between 1749 and 1753, along with neighboring Long Island families including Dayton, Rose and others. D
It is interesting to note that Adam4 Terrell died in 1790, a year after his wife, leaving a number of children orphaned, in Bridgetown, NJ._ Some of the minor children could have been placed under the guardianship of 23-year-old Rebecca's husband, and some under 22-year-old Daniel, or they could have been assigned to relatives._ There could be Orphans Court records pertaining to this, but I haven't yet found any.
Transcription of the diary page
. . . . . . . . . ~~ My Ancestry ~~
. . . . . . . . . Adam Terrell was Born Sept 19 1742 Married to
. . . . . . . . . Mary Thompson Dec. 29 1765 who was Born Sept. 14.th 1740
. . . . . . . . . Grandfather Died April 27th 1790 Grandmother Oct. 28 1789
. . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca was Born Nov. 17 1766 – Married to Uriah Paulin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 13th 1786 and is at present alive. ~
. . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel was Born May 5 1768 Married in Sept 1794. living
. . . . . . . . . . . . James [was Born] Nov. 21 1770 Died Mar 27 1790
. . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremiah [was Born] June 26 1773
. . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth [was Born] Nov 19 1775 Died Aug 10 1805
. . . . . . . . . . . . Newcomb [was Born] Nov 7 1778
. . . . . . . . . . . . Mary [was Born] Dec 28 1781 Married to Ephraim Magee
. . . . . . . . . . . . Pheby [was Born] Dec 19 1788 Died young
. . . . . . . . . Grandfather lived near Bridgetown Cumberland County
. . . . . . . . . New Jersey, where all the children were Born. He was
. . . . . . . . . Born in Rhode Island, his Father in England. ~
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Mothers family name was Christy. She was
. . . . . . . . . born in Snow Hill, Worcester County Maryland, Either
. . . . . . . . . in 1788 or .89 we have no record of the exact Time
. . . . . . . . . nor does any of the Family recollect; Either her Father
. . . . . . . . . or Grandfather Emigrated from Ireland.~ She was
. . . . . . . . . married at Snow Hill to Edward Davis, by whom
. . . . . . . . . she had three children William Christy Chandler, Mary
. . . . . . . . . Elizabeth, and James Long, who at present all live in
. . . . . . . . . Belleville and are all married.~ Her husband died
. . . . . . . . . and she moved to Kentucky and was married to my
. . . . . . . . . Father in 1814 — She had Four Sisters, three of whom
. . . . . . . . . live in this state, Aunt Ennis, Aunt Steel and Aunt Crump
. . . . . . . . . and one in Missouri Aunt Long*, and one Brother
. . . . . . . . . William Christy who lives in Delaware. ~
. . . . . . . . . Belleville May 16 1838 . . . . . . . . . Adam Thompson Terrell
. . . . . . . . . * wife of her half Brother
A. Arthur Davis8 Terrell, born 18 Jun. 1877, appears to have been descended (James Jeremiah7, Edward D.6, Jeremiah5, Adam4, Adam3, Samuel2, Roger1), based on a trace through U.S. Census records.
B. The facts concerning the donation of the diary are from a cover letter, tucked in at the back of the diary, dated 19 Nov. 1923, from Walter R. Spofford (Librarian of the Harvard Club in Chicago), to a Mr. Potter (Alfred C. Potter (1867-1940), Assistant Librarian of Harvard's Widener Library). Arthur D. Terrell, who attended the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now called Missouri University of Science and Technology), did not attend Harvard, and was in 1923 the general manager of the Mineral Point & Northern Railway Company in Chicago. We can only guess at how he happened to meet Walter Spofford and donate the diary to Harvard.
C. Mr. Accardo, the present curator of Houghton Library, very much wanted me to see the diary in the context of the exhibit mentioned above. It was terrific to spend a day with the diary—it is charming to read. I was touched by the pangs of love and indecision that were part of the writer's daily life, along with his concerns about daily news, politics and economic dilemmas._ I too am uncommonly interested in every-day weather, and found myself wondering if this might be an inherited trait.
D. See "Samuel Terrill of Easthampton and Brookhaven: Colonial Blacksmith," by Audrey Terrill MacLellan (DOR-Teriill, PDF, 2.1 MB). Although we have no direct evidence that Adam3 Terrill was a son of Samuel2, we do know that the yDNA of a descendant of Adam3 matches the yDNA of Roger1 Terrill as determined by DOR-Terrill's YDNA Roger project, which all but certifies this lineage.


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I haven't done my research but this feels like one of Heyer's more mature contributions to her body of work. There are no wild romps through the English countryside or dramatic revelations of Love All Along. Jenny, the heroine of this story, is distinctly unattractive, especially in comparison to the hero's beautiful first love. She is remarkably clearheaded, though, and one of Heyer's sweetest and most generous characters. Adam, the hero, responds admirably to his various trials and duties, but does not fall head over heels for Jenny. They get on all right.
There's probably a lot more to say about the relationship between Adam and Jenny. Yet, once again, Heyer's side characters constantly threaten to steal the spotlight. Mr. Chawleigh, the heroine's father, looms larger than any other character in the book and booms right off the page. Lydia, the protagonist's sister, is an absolute delight. I would have loved to read a book where these two teamed up and set London by the ears, while Brough just looks on in amused resignation.
I really liked A Civil Contract. It's more realistic than any of Heyer's other books, but it ends on a quietly hopeful note.


A few days ago, Cerek Tunca mentioned that a great seven-letter bingo word would be ZEPHYRS, because of the amount of points gained. He's definitely right, with it being more than 20 points by its lonesome. Add the 50 bonus points and you've probably got a pretty good lead in Scrabble.
But why is "a gentle breeze" called a zephyr?
Well, in Greek mythology there were wind gods called the Anemoi. Each of them were assigned their own cardinal direction from which their respective winds came. Also, all four gods were associated with various seasons and weather conditions. Their physical representations varied, either depicted as gusts of winds, winged men, or horses.
The names of the four gods?
Boreas, Notus, Eurus and… Zephyrus.
Zephyrus (sometimes just called Zephyr) was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes. He was the gentlest of winds and fructifying messenger of springtime. This is why the noun zephyr refers to "a gentle breeze." Favonius was the Roman equivalent to Zephyrus, who held dominion over plants and flowers. This is why the adjective FAVONIAN pertains to the west wind.
Words are also derived from the other three chief wind gods.
Boreas was the north wind god and bringer of cold winter air (BORA, BOREAL, BOREAS). Aquilo was his Roman equivalent, also called Septentrio, the source of the word SEPTENTRIONAL. Notus was the south wind god and bringer of late summer and autumn storms, and his Roman equivalent was Auster, the embodiment of the SIROCCO wind (shown below from Libya), which is known in North Africa as GHIBLI. Eurus was the east wind god thought to bring warmth and rain. He was not associated with a season like the other three wind gods, but is related to the Easter festival (EASTER, EASTERLY).
There were also minor wind deities, which are considered the evil demon counterparts of the four gods above. And there are even more wind deities in both Greek and Roman mythology, some of which have fathered other WINDY words.
See the "Related Words" section below to see all of the wind-like words you can play in Scrabble. There are quite a lot of them, something worth studying aside from just zephyrs. I excluded words like ANEMOLOGY, WINDBURN, WINDBELL and WINDSOCK because they are either the affects of it, or are objects and ideas that interact with the wind. Some words like septentrion did make the list because of their direct influence from the wind gods. I'm sure I missed some, so let me know!


Notes from Michael Benzinger's "MySQL at Sabre" talk at the 2004 MySQL Users Conference.
Sabre had been the reservation system for American Airlines. They're also the backend for Travelocity as well.
Cost was the primary motivation for moving to MySQL.
Session, shop, price, sell, fulfill is the model they follow. Finding best fares is apparent a very hard problem. Lots of interesting algorithms to find the best paths and lowest costs. They price roughly 250 tickets per second.
Shopping finds the low fares. Shopping scales horizontally quite well. Pricing is used to print the ticket. Pricing used to be done on mainframes. Many companies still use them, but Sabre doesn't anymore. They run Linux on HP/Intel boxes now. They started with HP's PA-RISC running HP/UX but HP/UX didn't run on Intanium yet. Now they have 45 4 CPU Linux boxes. 1.5GHz, 6MB, 32GB RAM for shopping servers.
They also use GodenGate's Extractor/Replicator. InnoDB, 50-60GB of data, real-time updates, MySQL 4.0.15.
Interesting architecture diagram that I can't easily replicate here.
Development costs are way down (50%). Run-time and operational costs are significantly lower now too. They wrote their own API wrapper in C++ and have a pre-compiler used to convert the SQL for the MySQL API.
In addition to shopping, they use MySQL elsewhere too. Site59.com uses it. They're working on data mining and setting up a cheap data mart.
It'll be interesting to see if they pickup on Dell's 7250's coming out in the fall. Fantastic boxes, the speed and stability we saw out of these 4-ways was phenomenal.
I laugh at those people ben.
With 360 tables spread across 8 databases, we have about 80GB worth of "database", one table about to hit 15GB and plenty of tables with 1M+ rows. 1.5M transactions per day is common. No performance problems, no data issues. It just works. I love MySQL.
I am Software Engineer and Travel Agent. I am working to build application which communicate to mySabre API but I am not finding better support contact which can put me directly to programmers team. Any Idea or resource?
I tried their Test tools which is listed on their website plus some documentation but main problem is making connection. it's not well documented.
hmmmm ... don't understand that last comment.


Before engaging the services of a consultant, most business owners and CEOs will want to learn as much as they can about the particulars of the client-consultant working relationship. This is especially important when engaging an outsourced CFO services provider, given how closely the CFO will be working with the CEO and the financial executives and staff.
Your expectation in terms of this working relationship should be nothing less than the delivery of high-level, transformational financial consulting capabilities from a savvy, experienced financial professional. Your outsourced CFO should understand your business and industry and offer practical, proactive solutions to your financial problems and challenges.
1. Will the CFO be fully integrated into your company?
The goal should be to integrate the outsourced CFO into the operations of your business as quickly and as seamlessly as possible. He or she needs to get up to speed fast in order to bring the most value to the engagement. Doing so requires open, honest and ongoing communication and dialog by all parties throughout the term of the engagement.
2. Can the CFO work well in a collaborative environment?
Ideally, the relationship between the CFO and the client company should be a collaborative one, with plenty of give and take on both sides. An outsourced CFO who wants to come in as a "hired gun" and work alone or independently is doing a great disservice to the business that hired him or her.
3. Is there a good fit between the CFO and your team?
Different individuals and teams have different work styles and personalities. Therefore, every effort should be made to match your CFO's personality and work style with that of your team members and your company's overall culture. Your CFO should meet the highest standards for professional conduct and character, and be motivated and passionate about delivering the same level of commitment you would expect from a full-time employee.
4. What are the preferred methods of communication?
Communication styles and preferences also differ between individuals and teams, so this should be discussed upfront with a potential CFO services provider. Face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, email, Skype and text—talk about what types of communication will (and will not) be appropriate in which types of circumstances.
5. How will knowledge be transferred between the CFO and your team, and vice versa?
At the outset of an engagement, a vast amount of knowledge will need to be shared between your team members and the CFO, so also discuss this upfront. For example, how will sensitive documents and information be transferred back and forth—hard copies or digitally—and what security protocols are in place to protect the information?
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The best time to define success parameters for an engagement is before the engagement begins. This way, everyone has the same end goal in mind and can monitor all engagement activities through the same lens: Is this activity moving us in the direction of our shared understanding of what a successful engagement will be?
Every Southern California business is unique, and each has its own unique financial problems and challenges. Therefore, outsourced CFO services are not cookie-cutter—they should be tailored to meet each client's particular situation. Similarly, the working relationship between an outsourced CFO services provider and the hiring client will be a little bit different for every business.
In the eighth article in this series, What Outcomes Should You Expect From a CFO Services Engagement?, we'll pinpoint specific results and benefits that companies can expect to reap from a CFO services engagement.


THE former Mayor of Macclesfield Mrs Muriel Clampett officially opened Royal London's new staff social club as one of her final duties of her reign.
THE former Mayor of Macclesfield Mrs Muriel Clampett officially opened Royal London's new staff social club as one of her final duties of her reign.
As part of the opening ceremony, the mayor, accompanied by the mayoress and Chris Ide, chief executive of Royal London Retail, unveiled a brass plaque engraved with the new social club name ROLO's.
Coun Clampett said: "It's very important that all workers have the opportunity to relax time and take time out in a hectic world such as this."


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Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli ("little barrel") (March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter. He went to the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento).
Less than a hundred years later, Giorgio Vasari saw this movement as a "golden age". The patron of the movement was Lorenzo de' Medici. Giogio Vasari expressed this thought at the head of his Vita of Botticelli.
1 Young Botticelli
2 Being discovered by the Medici
3 Influences of religion on Botticelli
4 Other influences
Young Botticelli
The Birth of Venus: a revived Venus Pudica for a new view of pagan Antiquity (Uffizi, Florence)
Botticelli was born in Florence in the working-class rione of Ognissanti. At first he did an apprenticeship to become a goldsmith. Following the boy's wishes, his doting father sent him to Fra Filippo Lippi. Lippi was working on frescoing the Convent of the Carmine. Lippi's synthesis of the new control of three-dimensional forms, tender expressiveness in face and gesture, and decorative details inherited from the late Gothic style were the strongest influences on Botticelli. Another influence were the Pollaiuolo brothers.They were doing a series of Virtues for the Tribunale or meeting hall of the Mercanzia. This hall was a cloth-merchants' confraternity.Botticelli contributed to this the Fortitude, dated 1470 in the Uffizi Gallery.
He was an apprentice too of Andrea del Verrocchio, where Leonardo da Vinci worked beside him, but he made his name in his local Church of Ognissanti, with a St. Augustine that successfully competed as a pendant with Domenico Ghirlandaio's Jerome on the other side "the head of the saint being expressive of profound thought and quick subtlety" (Vasari). In 1470 he opened his own independent studio.At what age did he start art?
Being discovered by the Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was quick to employ his talent. The Birth of Venus was at the Medici villa of Castello.
Influences of religion on Botticelli
Sandro was intensely religious. In later life, he was one of Savonarola's followers. Botticelli burned his own paintings on pagan themes in the notorious "Bonfire of the Vanities". Earlier, Botticelli had painted an Assumption of the Virgin for Matteo Palmieri in a chapel at San Pietro Maggiore. In this painting, it was rumored, both the patron who dictated the iconic scheme and the painter who painted it, were guilty of heresy. People did not say what kind of heresy it was. The ideas that could be seen as heresy seem to be gnostic in character:
"By the side door of San Piero Maggiore he did a panel for Matteo Palmieri. In it, a large number of figures represent the Assumption of Our Lady with zones of patriarchs, prophets, apostles, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, doctors, virgins, and the orders of angels, the whole from a design he received from Matteo. Matteo was a worthy and learned man. Botticelli executed this work with the greatest mastery and diligence. He introducing the portraits of Matteo and his wife on their knees. But although the great beauty of this work could find no other fault with it, people said that Matteo and Sandro were guilty of grave heresy. If this is true or not, I cannot say." (Vasari, about Botticelli)
This is a common misunderstanding. It is based on a mistake by Vasari. The painting referred to here, now in the National Gallery in London, is by the artist Botticini. Vasari confused their similar sounding names.
Primavera (1478): icon of the springtime renewal of the Florentine Renaissance. The painting is also at the Medici villa at Castello, as a kind of pendant to the Birth of Venus. Left to right: Mercury, the Three Graces, Venus, Flora, Chloris, Zephyrus. Notice the Venus figure at center resembles a madonna, hence the neoplatonic fusion of pagan and Christian, but faces are real portrait: for instance, the Grace on the right side is Caterina Sforza. Though comparatively few of Botticelli's mythological paintings survive, Primavera epitmizes his use of classical mythology as vehicles to illustrate the sentiments that are actually derived from medieval courtly love. (Jean Seznec's book on the survival and new uses of pagan Antiquity in the Renaissance explores these themes.) Primavera can also be read as political allegory: Love (Amor) would be Rome ("Roma" in Italian); the three Graces Pisa, Naples and Genoa; Mercury Milan; Flora Florence; May Mantua; Cloris and Boreas Venice and Bozen-Bolzano (or Arezzo and Forlì).
The Adoration of the Magi for Santa Maria Novella, ca1476, contains portraits of Cosimo de' Medici ("the finest of all that are now extant for its life and vigour"), his grandson Giuliano de' Medici, and Cosimo's son Giovanni, were effusively described by Vasari:
"The beauty of the heads in this scene is indescribable, their attitudes all different, some full-face, some in profile, some three-quarters, some bent down, and in various other ways, while the expressions of the attendants, both young and old, are greatly varied, displaying the artist's perfect mastery of his profession. Sandro further clearly shows the distinction between the suites of each of the kings. It is a marvellous work in colour, design and composition."
In 1481, Pope Sixtus IV summoned him and prominent Florentine and Umbrian artists who had been summoned to fresco the walls of the Sistine Chapel. The iconological program was the supremacy of the Papacy. Sandro's contribution was moderately successful. He returned to Florence, and "being of a sophistical turn of mind, he there wrote a commentary on a portion of Dante and illustrated the Inferno which he printed, spending much time over it, and this abstension from work led to serious disorders in his living." Thus Vasari characterized the first printed Dante (1481) with Botticelli's decorations; he could not imagine that the new art of printing might occupy an artist. As for the subject, when Fra Girolamo Savonarola began to preach hellfire and damnation, the susceptible Sandro Botticelli became one of his adherents, a piagnone left painting as a worldly vanity, burned much of his own early work, fell into poverty as a result, and would have starved but for the tender support of his former patrons.
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With winter fast approaching it's time to layer up those beds, lounges and occasional chairs with some beautiful throws, don't you think? I personally love the cooler months and more so that I get to create warm, cosy rooms within our home. One of the best ways to create warmth in your interior is to introduce a blanket or throw, but with so many to choose from, it can be overwhelming. This is where I come in! Today I want to share my favourite 10 throws available at your closest Vicinty Centre. You can find your nearest store here.
Personally I don't ever style a bed or lounge without some sort of throw, especially in autumn/ winter. It can be a chunky knit, thin linen throw or even a sheepskin hide- anything to add another layer and texture to the space… I have even styled a hide on our dining room bench. It doesn't stay there when we eat but I love the way it softens the hard lines of the wood and creates a warm, cosy setting. Imagine the below picture without one! The entire space just wouldn't look as nice.
Anyway, I made it my mission to find you 10 beautiful throws from Vicinity Centres, just in time for winter. I'm going to apologise in advance though because I'm really struggling to narrow them down. 10 may become 15, or 20 very easily! So, what I will do is showcase my faves from various retailers in various price points… some budget friendly and some more expensive. Oh and I'll quickly just mention that so many stores are having awesome sales at the moment, which was even more dangerous!… Like I need an excuse to buy more linen!
Okay, so I couldn't narrow it down to just 10 because they're all different and beautiful in their own way! Whether you want to layer with a chunky knit, sheepskin, velvet, waffle or cotton weave, that list seriously has you covered! There are so many gorgeous textures and warm colours to have a look at and I hope you like my selections. Have fun shopping and creating some warm, cosy layers in your home this winter.
PS- I have my eye on #11 and at $25.00 I should just buy it now, shouldn't I?


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Microsoft Completes $26 Billion LinkedIn Social Network Acquisition
By: Pedro Hernandez | December 08, 2016
Shortly after receiving regulatory approval from the European Union, Microsoft and LinkedIn announce that they have completed the multi-billion-dollar deal.
Two days after the transaction was cleared by the European Commission, Microsoft declared it had signed and sealed it's $26 billion deal to acquire the LinkedIn social network. Microsoft first announced its intent to acquire the professional and career-focused social network nearly six months ago, on June 13.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said that today "marks the close of the agreement for Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn and the beginning of our journey to bring together the world's leading professional cloud and the world's leading professional network," in a LinkedIn Pulse blog post. He also offered more details about what the combined company has in store for both ecosystems.
The combined company will support several new integration scenarios, Nadella said, including enterprise LinkedIn Lookup functionality powered by Microsoft Office 365 and Active Directory, the software giant's user identity and access management platform. In addition, the company has plans for incorporate LinkedIn's identity and social network into Outlook and across the Office software suite.
For a taste of what an integrated Office-LinkedIn experience looks like, Nadella said that members using Word to draft their resumes or update their profiles will soon be able to directly update their LinkedIn profiles and explore new job opportunities on the social network.
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Microsoft also plans to enable LinkedIn notifications in the Windows Action Center and make LinkedIn's online learning and training resources available across Windows and Office 365. For sales organizations, Microsoft will connect the LinkedIn Sales Navigator tool with Dynamics 365.
"LinkedIn is a very attractive platform for Microsoft to sell additional business services/apps, like its Microsoft Dynamics products and other business marketing and sales focused tools," said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates, in a research note sent to eWEEK. "It's also a natural fit to sell Office 365 services."
LinkedIn also broadens Microsoft's addressable market. Gold expects the software maker to begin offering LinkedIn users its products using "a 'freemium' strategy that provides a base level for free access and 'upsells' for greater functionality."
Despite these changes, Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn—a title he is retaining post-acquisition—said that the network's "commitment to privacy and security will not change. And our partners are still core to our business," in a letter to staffers. "We'll continue to remain focused on growing LinkedIn and creating value for our members and customers."
Acquiring LinkedIn is also a defensive play by Microsoft, observed Gold. "It keeps LinkedIn out of the hands of Google, Amazon, Salesforce and other potential business-focused rivals," he said, noted that that the market for enterprise-grade applications and platforms produces greater revenue than the consumer space.
Microsoft has a checkered past when it comes to acquisitions, with Skype and Great Plains Software (now Dynamics) as notable successes and aQuantive and Nokia hugely expensive failures. Time will tell if the LinkedIn buyout is a success, but so far it shows a lot of potential as Microsoft shifts its focus from software and hardware to enterprise online services, said Gold.
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Legendary MC Talib Kweli celebrates hometown love on Valentine's Day. The Brooklyn-based MC has earned his stripes as one of the most lyrically-gifted, socially-aware and politically-insightful rappers to emerge in the last 20 years. A BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival alum, Talib Kweli has worked with Mos Def as one-half of Black Star; partnered with producer Hi-Tek for Reflection Eternal; released landmark solo material; and collaborated with Pharrell Williams, the Soul Rebels, and J Dilla. Kweli delivers top-tier lyricism, crafting captivating stories and showing the ability to rhyme over virtually any type of instrumental. Special guest k'valentine.


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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Apr 14 21:25:43 2019, in response to Re: Doubling the subway fare in 1948, posted by Andrew Saucci on Sun Apr 14 19:59:18 2019.
No, if you look at the income levels of workers in this country, the half century since I came of age has been a disaster. When I was growing up 86% of two adult families got by on a single salary; today that number is 6%. While I am fully supportive of womendoing something other than nanny/maid, in effect we have cut adult salaries by half forcing two FTE adults to support a family. In that context, the $7-$9 dollars per ride that are claimed by the transit agencies as the true cost is simply unsustainable for the working poor--who are statiscally the bulk of ridership.
As to the idea that riders should pay "a good portion", I see public transit as analagous to fire, police, having sidewalks, as mark of civilisation. We do not expect to pay by the call to the police or fire services; we do not have toll booths on sidewalks or local streets (congestion charges not yet instituted IINM). Nor do we pay the direct electrical cost of the streetlights--they are part of the localcity or county services paid out of the general tax revenues.
Given the economic disrup[tion which would occur if the full per ride cost were levied--drtastic ridership decline/decrease in the general economy as discretionary income disappears, I look at fares as purely a question of incentivizing or disincentivizing usage. I assume I don't need to explain that large cities muist have transit to remain functional.
That said, what is the point of raising the fare rather than raising taxes on the overly rich who regularly fail to adequately contribute to the economy they skim the cream from?


The Geauga Constitutional CouncilDONALD TRUMP AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS - HE MAKES ALOT OF SENSE!
DONALD TRUMP AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS - HE MAKES ALOT OF SENSE!
The following link is an article written by J.R. Nyquist , a commentator on national security issues and the author of Origins of the Fourth World War. The following guest essay discusses the current furor on the Left generated by Donald Trump, and its relationship with the larger culture wars. This a great, great article well worth reading, giving you alot of insight on "Political Correctness".
I love Trumps genuine boldness, outspokeness and tell it like it is attude no matter who likes it!! Aren't you all very tired of the pansies in suits who lie to you, misrepresent who they really are and talk alot of B.S. without really saying anything? Oooops!.... I think I was just "Politically Incorrect". TOO BAD!!
Trump is said to exemplify racism and sexism. When he says, in genuine consternation, that he is merely talking common sense, his elite listeners shake their heads. When Trump says that his own Muslim friends agree that he is right about temporarily suspending Muslim immigration, the elite refuse to believe him.
To our politically correct politicians and pundits, our Founding Fathers were class oppressors whose policies included genocide and slavery. And it is, indeed, a funny thing to have benefited from these same forebears, decrying their prudence as racism and their foresight as sexism. It is no wonder our mainstream media do not appreciate Donald Trump.
It does not occur to our modern geniuses that restrictions on immigration might be prudent under the circumstances — and might save the country from future heartbreak.
Many Americans have forgotten that you cannot have a constitution unless you have a country; and you cannot have a country unless you defend it against enemies, foreign and domestic.
Most of our sleazy politicians, on all levels (county, state, federal), who are practicing "Political Correctness" and trying to impose it on us should move to a communist country. The origin of political correctness is from communist roots. Wether or not they are communist or doing it out of ignorance makes no difference, the end result is the same.
So we have most of these elected excrement imposing communist cultural practises upon us in supposedly free America and most of you are going along with it like a bunch of stupid sheep, electing the same excrement over and over!! HOW PATHETIC YOU AMERICANS HAVE BECOME!
You should be openly resisting political correctness and denouncing those who practice it!
And don't even let me get started on you parents who support this by wasting tens of thousands of dollars sending your kids to the liberal colleges that support and teach this kind of communist crap to them, who will be our future. GOD HELP US!! No wonder America and freedom is degenerating rapidly!


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An international research team at the University of Copenhagen announced today that it has successfully developed an innovative 3D method to grow miniature pancreas using progenitor cells. The future goal is to use this model to help in the fight against diabetes.
Professor Anne Grapin-Botton and her team at the Danish Stem Cell Centre have developed a three-dimensional culture method which enables the efficient expansion of pancreatic cells. The new method allows the cell material from mice to grow vividly in picturesque tree-like structures. The method offers huge long term potential in producing miniature human pancreas from human stem cells. These human miniature organs would be valuable as models to test new drugs fast and effective -- and without the use of animal models.
"The new method allows the cell material to take a three-dimensional shape enabling them to multiply more freely. It's like a plant where you use effective fertilizer, think of the laboratory like a garden and the scientist being the gardener," says Anne Grapin-Botton.
The cells do not thrive and develop if they are alone, and a minimum of four pancreatic cells close together is required for subsequent organoid development.
"We found that the cells of the pancreas develop better in a gel in three-dimensions than when they are attached and flattened at the bottom of a culture plate. Under optimal conditions, the initial clusters of a few cells have proliferated into 40,000 cells within a week. After growing a lot, they transform into cells that make either digestive enzymes or hormones like insulin and they self-organize into branched pancreatic organoids that are amazingly similar to the pancreas," adds Anne Grapin-Botton.
The scientists used this system to discover that the cells of the pancreas are sensitive to their physical environment such as the stiffness of the gel and to contact with other cells.
An effective cellular therapy for diabetes is dependent on the production of sufficient quantities of functional beta-cells. Recent studies have enabled the production of pancreatic precursors but efforts to expand these cells and differentiate them into insulin-producing beta-cells have proved a challenge.
"We think this is an important step towards the production of cells for diabetes therapy, both to produce mini-organs for drug testing and insulin-producing cells as spare parts. We show that the pancreatic cells care not only about how you feed them but need to be grown in the right physical environment. We are now trying to adapt this method to human stem cells," adds Anne Grapin-Botton.


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Welcome To My World: Many legends talk about origins of the pretzel coming to America
Most writers believe the Palatine Germans, later known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, were the immigrants who brought the pretzel to America around 1710.
By Carole Christman Koch |
Pennsylvania is the center of pretzel production in the U.S., making 80 percent of the nation's supply. Both Reading and Philadelphia vie for the title, "Pretzel Capital of the World." According to Wikipedia, "The average American consumer eats 1.5 pounds of pretzels per year."
The exact origins of the pretzel are unknown from the European countries, but here are a few legends and facts from different regions.
There is a legend that in 610 A.D., unleavened bread was made for the Lent season, the empty holes represented the Christian Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Italian monks formed from the scraps of dough into a soft twisted shape of crossed arms of praying children. Young children were given these treats as a reward for learning their prayers. The monks called them pretiola, Latin for "little reward."
Experts agree that the pretzel does have Christian origins. Because of their ingredients of flour, water, salt, they could be eaten during Lent as meats and dairy products were forbidden.
In 1510 pretzel baking monks detected tunnel building by the Ottoman Turks beneath the city of Vienna. The monks not only alerted the townspeople, but helped defend the city as well. For their effort, the Austrian Emperor honored the pretzel bakers their very own coat of arms.
In 1614 there is a legend in Switzerland that couples used a pretzel in the form of a nuptial knot in the wedding ceremony to seal their bond. Some writers feel this to be the custom of "tying the knot."
Of course, even in America, there were legends about the pretzel. Some believe the Pilgrims brought the pretzel to this country on the Mayflower, trading them with the Native Americans.
It was the soft pretzel that came to America, but the hard pretzel began to be made in Pennsylvania.
The legend goes that a baker's apprentice dozed off while baking the soft pretzel. Upon awakening, thinking the pretzel hadn't baked long enough, he rekindled the fire. When the master baker arrived, he was furious that his soft pretzels were ruined. In the process of throwing them away, he tasted one. To his surprise, they were crispy, tasty, and the freshness was still in them. He then realized he could make money on this new hard pretzel.
From this legend we'll travel to Lititz, Pennsylvania, where, in 1850, Julius Sturgis ran a bread bakery. According to their legend from "Our History—the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery," relates that a hobo came by the bakery for a job and something to eat. He was invited to the family dinner that day. Before leaving, the hobo gave Julius a pretzel recipe.
Whether the legend is fact or not, in 1861, Julius stopped making bread and established the first commercial pretzel bakery in America.
Until the 1930s, pretzels were made by hand. In 1935, the Reading Pretzel Machinery Company introduced the first automated pretzel maker.
While growing up, a grandson of Julius, Marriott Sturgis, later called Tom, learned the pretzel baking business. Tom's family eventually moved to Reading, Pennsylvania. By 1936, Tom and his brother, Correll, opened a pretzel bakery calling it "Sturgis Brothers." Alas, due to war conscription, the bakery closed in 1942.
After the war, Tom established another bakery, calling it "Tom Sturgis Pretzels," which is still in operation today, as well as the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery in Lititz.
Now that I've finished the pretzel history, I'm going to work on that dance, "The Pretzel Twist" made popular by Chubby Checker. Wanna' join me?
Carole Christman Koch
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Textile exporters plead against ban on polybags
Coimbatore : Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) today appealed to Tamil Nadu Government not to ban polybags manufactured and supplied to garment manufacturing units.
In a letter to Chief Minister K Palanisamy, TEA president Raja M Shanmugham thanked him for banning 'use and throwaway' plastics from January 1, 2019.
"We wish to note that in the banned plastics items, across the board all the items, including the polybag used for packing of the garments for exports as well as in the domestic markets has also been included which would cause a big impact on the garment manufacturing units and the point of contention is that the garment industry would totally come to a standstill as it does not have any other alternative for packing garments. Moreover, there will also be a cascading effect on downstream activities of garment sector," he said.
Polybag was used for packing of each and every garment and was recycled, he said, adding that more importantly, as there were no environmental issues in the usage of polybag, the environment conscious countries were also insisting on polybags.
The copies of the letter were also sent to State Textiles Minister O S Manian and Handloom and Textiles Principal Secretary P K Phanindra Reddy.


It is easy to be among the climate change skeptics.
We all dislike change, especially when we perceive it to be bad. Denial is an emotional strategy that works to avoid the feelings we have about change and maybe even convince ourselves that things can stay the same.
We also like to think that we form our beliefs based on evidence.
And, for the most part, climate change evidence is not convincing enough.
Plus most of the climate change effects have not hurt us yet, so why be concerned.
So we can comfortably be skeptical.
Believers in climate change, that now includes most of the mainstream science community, dismiss climate change sceptics as cranks, goons, ultra-conservatives or just plain nuts.
But it is unwise to dismiss alternative views out of hand. Just as taking on the next new idea as truth without some critical thought is risky.
Yet the standout feature of the climate change debate has been that it lacks balance.
Climate change deniers are adamant that it is all a myth.
Believers tend to stretch the evidence towards the fear and panic of climate catastrophe to help back themselves.
As with most polarized arguments, the truth is often between the extremes.
This naysaying is not the true meaning of skepticism.
Skeptics just need to be convinced. They hold off on making a judgement for or against until they are convinced, ideally through logic and evidence. And this is good.
Judges are skeptics, so are medics and scientists. If these people jumped to conclusions many costly mistakes would be made. Instead they acquire and weigh up the facts before making a decision one way or the other.
This is the same for climate change and applies to those who remain undecided on climate change itself or the more common case of skepticism over anthropogenic climate change.
All this means that the message of the climate change skeptics is important.
We should question not just the reality of climate change but what it means for the decisions that we take.
This does not mean we must all become deniers, just that we must be smart about what climate change means and what we should do about it.
But these are hard issues, wicked even.
So hard that they are taboo.
Instead we invest heavily in arguments about the cause of climate change, deny that we have triggered it or claim it is a catastrophe so that we can avoid paying attention to the solutions.


April 16 ------ Senators on Monday encouraged Filipinos abroad to exercise their right and participate in overseas absentee voting. Senator Joel Villanueva stressed the importance of taking part in the elections. "In a democracy such as ours, elections are the highest form of political exercise," said Villanueva, who recalled working with Congress before the passage of the law, allowing Filipinos residing or working in other countries to participate in the Philippine elections.
"Kaya po hinihikayat natin ang ating mga kababayan sa ibang bansa na makilahok sa halalan (That's why we urge our countrymen to participate in the elections)," the chair of the Senate Committee on Labor said in his statement. "Our government reflects our values and principles as a nation. Let's exercise our right to vote so that our elected officials shall truly reflect our sentiments as a peopl," he added.
Reelectionist Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, meanwhile, urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to increase the number of voting precincts for overseas absentee voting to ensure that more migrant Filipinos can vote. He said the usual complaint from Filipinos abroad was that they were not able to vote because poll precincts were "too far". "Going forward, mas maganda 'pag mas maraming (it would be better if there more) polling places or precincts for overseas voting," Angara said. "So maybe in the larger countries with larger Filipino communities we could study the possibility of having more polling places," he proposed.
For his part, Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said the Comelec should improve its information campaign about the ongoing overseas voting. "Comelec should put out public pronouncements for the overseas Filipinos to vote. Announce that voting period has started," Pimentel said in a text message. The overseas absentee voting in 83 countries abroad started last Saturday, April 13. It is scheduled to end on May 13. The Comelec said a total of 1,822,173 registered overseas voters are expected to participate in the overseas voting.


Santa Clara Family Health Plan (SCFHP), the safety net health plan for Santa Clara County, announced that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded an Accreditation status of Accredited to SCFHP's Cal MediConnect (Medicare-Medicaid Plan) line of business. NCQA is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality by evaluating health plans on how well they manage all parts of their health care delivery system.
The SCFHP Cal MediConnect plan streamlines care for individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal by bringing together in one plan medical, prescription drug, behavioral health, and vision benefits, as well as long-term care, care coordination, and other supportive services. SCFHP's Cal MediConnect plan, serving more than 7,800 members, is the first dual Medicare-Medicaid plan in Northern California to earn Accredited status.
NCQA Accreditation is awarded at five different performance levels; Excellent, Commendable, Accredited, Provisional, and Interim. The standards are purposely set high and are intended to help organizations achieve the highest level of performance possible by creating an environment of continuous improvement. SCFHP's award status of Accredited is given to organizations for service and clinical quality that meet the basic requirements of NCQA's rigorous standards for consumer protection and quality improvement. SCFHP has earned the Accredited status for three years.
NCQA Accreditation provides purchasers and consumers with an unprecedented ability to evaluate the quality of different health plans along a variety of important dimensions, and to make their health plan decisions based on demonstrated value. SCFHP chose to pursue NCQA Accreditation because it is the choice of regulators and respected by many stakeholders, including consumers, health care providers, and researchers.
SCFHP is a local, public, not-for-profit health plan that provides high-quality health coverage to residents of Santa Clara County. Through a dedicated partnership with an expansive network of doctors and other professionals, SCFHP acts as a bridge between the health care system and those who do not have access to or cannot afford health care. SCFHP is the local plan for Medi-Cal, Cal MediConnect and Healthy Kids in Santa Clara County. SCFHP began offering coverage in 1997 and is now proud to provide services to over 251,000 residents of Santa Clara County. Through devotion to outstanding service and care for the community, SCFHP is committed to providing quality, affordable health insurance to the underserved in Santa Clara County's diverse population. For more information, visit http://www.scfhp.com.
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If the Russians want to take on ISIS in support of Syria as they claim, is there a good reason why the US led coalition should not get out of the Middle East?
The Russians have an agreement with Syria, Iraq and Iran to engage in conflict with ISIS. It seems those countries have already chosen the Russians over the US led coalition.
I say let the Russians have at it and the US led coalition can just pull out and save us all a lot of money. President Obama says we are losing the war in Syria and Iraq and there are few who disagree except Stephen Harper. He believes that ISIS will invade Canada if he pulls out all those six CF-18 fighter jets.
Stephen Harper has made the argument repeatedly during this federal election that he is providing safety for Canadians by having a half dozen fighter jets fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq. I don't buy that argument and especially since the US led coalition has lost the confidence of Syria, Iraq and Iran to the Russians.
Stephen Harper is misleading Canadians by claiming our involvement there is making any difference. We are only there as a token to satisfy the US and if they pull out you can be sure Harper will do the same. Then what argument will he be left with?


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Q: How to set LAN proxy settings (of browser), username and password, to network settings so that all programs can use this I use Win7 Home Premium. I can connect to an open wifi network, but there is no internet access. To use internet, under connections, LAN settings, I have to enable a proxy server. I have to set an IP address and port in it. Then, when I enter a page address, I will be asked for a username and password, that I have. When I provide that, I can access web pages. But each time I open browser, I have to give this un & pw. Is there any way to set this in network connection settings, so that all browsers and softwares that connect to internet, can use this credential automatically, so that I need not give this again and again? Also I use Internet Download manager and utorrent. How can I assign these settings to these programs?
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The SBA 504 Loan has lower down payment requirements and also provides 20/10 year fixed rates. Having fully fixed rates reduces the risk of rate volatility over the life of the loan which provides certainty and makes the 504 loan a competitive alternative.
By putting less money down, the business is able to save liquidity and reinvest that within their firm. Putting 20% down can be cost prohibiting for many small businesses.
The following table depicts a comparison between the SBA 504 Loan and the SBA 7(a) Loan.