Two agreements were reached between the United States Corps of Engineering and the city of Scottsdale in early July, for alleged violations of the Federal Clean Water Act.
A settlement agreement and tolling agreement are believed to be in the best interest of the city, given the potential for fines and other actions if Scottsdale is found in violation, the city attorney's office says.
On July 3, the Scottsdale City Council approved on consent a tolling agreement and a settlement agreement between the city and the U.S. Corps of Engineers, including the Phoenix Thunderbirds as an additional party for both agreements, for alleged federal violations at the site known as Crossroads East at Loop 101 and Hayden Road.
The agreements arise from the placement of asphalt millings used for dust control on temporary event parking lots in unnamed ephemeral washes on the Crossroads East property, a city staff report states.
The land is owned by the state of Arizona and manged by the Arizona State Land Department. The general Crossroads East area has also recently been discussed as a new corporate center for Nationwide Realty Investors, should the company be successful in bidding for the land this summer.
According to city officials, prior to 2009, the Thunderbirds and other event producers held State Land Use Permits for their events and event parking needs. In 2009, the city — at the request of the state land department — established a new state land use permit, allowing Scottsdale to enter into individual agreements with event producers for production of special events including parking of vehicles on the Crossroads East property.
The city entered into an agreement with the Thunderbirds for continued use of a portion of the Crossroads property for Waste Management Phoenix Open parking. Prior to 2009, under the Thunderbirds' individual permit with the state land department, efforts to reduce the potential for dust control violations led the Thunderbirds to lay asphalt millings on the surface of the Crossroads property, according to the city of Scottsdale.
"Over the course of several years, the millings were spread into the washes and water ways, which are potentially jurisdictional waters of the United States, within the meaning of the Clean Water Act," the city staff report states.
In an effort to settle the potential Clean Water Act violation, the Thunderbirds will pay an amount for compensatory mitigation and the city of Scottsdale agrees to develop and implement a Clean Water Act compliance awareness training program.
The classroom training program will be mandatory for all employees whose duties involve certain water and compliance duties, and will need to be reviewed after five years.
The tolling agreement serves to allow the United States government time to monitor the creation and implantation of the training program and payment of the mitigation fee.
"Given the risk of litigating against the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the alleged discharge of asphalt millings into the ephemeral washes in the Crossroads East property and the potential for fines and other potential regulatory actions if the city is found in violation, the City Attorney's Office believes that the settlement requiring the city to develop and implement a Clean Water Act compliance training program is in the best interest of the city and the settlement agreement and tolling agreement will resolve any uncertainty associated with a prosecution by the Federal Government," the staff report states.


Offers children all over the world to send their writing - poems, stories, articles and reports, opinions.
Offering exciting and innovative childrens activities, including holiday activity camps, birthday parties and football camps.
Providing incentives to play cricket in schools and clubs, supplying minibuses to special needs' organisations.


Morison, Charles Frederic, 1844-1933. Skeena District, Fort Simpson; Collins Overland Telegraph, H.B.C.
Brotchie, William, 1799-1859. Cowichan; Ship Captain.
Bill of lading for the steamer Beaver to ship goods from Fort Nisqually to Camosun, 20 June 1843; receipt from the Vancouver Island Colonial Surveyor for 98 acres of land in Cowichan district.
Nesbitt, James Knight, 1908-1981. Victoria; Collector.
William McTavish: the last governor of Assiniboia. 457 pages. Thesis (M.A.), University of Manitoba, 1964. Bibliography: pages 418-424.
The influence of the Hudson's Bay Company upon Canada, 1870-1889. ix, 188 leaves: map. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of California, Los Angeles, 1963. Vita. Bibliography, pages 188-195. University Microfilms, 63-3881.
The historical and legal background of Canada's Arctic claims. vi, 496 leaves: map. Thesis (Ph.D.), Columbia University, 1952. Bibliography: leaves 464-496. University Microfilms, 4597.
The attitude of the Canadian government to the acquisition of the North West, 1856-1859. 1972. vi, 106 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Calgary, 1972. Bibliography: leaves 97-106. Canadian theses on microfilm, 13907.
The Stikine incident: a Russo-British confrontation on the Pacific northwest coast in 1834. 1975. xxi, 346 leaves: maps. Thesis (M.A.), Queen's University, 1975. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 336-341. Canadian theses on microfiche, 26309.
Goossen, Norma Jaye. The relationship of the Church Missionary Society and the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land, 1821 to 1860, with a case study of Stanley Mission under the direction of Reverend Robert Hunt.
Co-operation and resistance: Indian-European relations on the mining frontier in British Columbia, 1835-1858. v, 75 pp. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1978. Vita. Bibliography: pages 65-75.
Colonial land, Indian labour and company capital: the economy of Vancouver Island, 1849-1858. xi, 315 p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Victoria, 1984. Bibliography: p 302-315.Presented by the author, Victoria, 1985.
The relationship of the early fur companies with the Indians of the Pacific Northwest. ii, 80 leaves. Thesis, University of Oregon, 1929. Bibliography: leaves 77-80.
Miller, David Hunter, 1875-1961. U.S.A.; Editor.
Prince George celebration and visit.
Fort St. James. Factors Home.
Fort St. John. Hudsons Bay Co.
"A sturgeon-nosed scow is poled up the Athabascan River, while men on shore haul the tracking line. Note the large stern-sweep operated by the man standing under the shelter"
HBC painted on side of boat.
Banner reads: To the Hudson's Bay Company / Congratulations from the lumber industry.


Sequeira Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the management of Camex. The Brandt press release is below and the original is here.
REGINA, Nov. 1, 2018 /CNW/ – The Brandt Group of Companies has announced that effective November 1, 2018, they have acquired Camex Equipment Sales & Rentals Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta. This deal represents an important expansion for Brandt into the specialty transportation equipment industry.
This acquisition includes three buildings – a 71,000 sq/ft sales and service facility and two others – totaling 150,000sq/ft, situated on a 26-acre property located at Hwy 16 and Hwy 625, near the Edmonton International Airport.
The Brandt Group of Companies – headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada – is comprised of Brandt Agricultural Products, Brandt Engineered Products, Brandt Equipment Solutions, Brandt Road Rail, Brandt Developments Ltd., and Brandt Tractor Ltd. – the world's largest privately-owned John Deere Construction & Forestry equipment dealer. Brandt has over 50 locations in Canada and the US, over 2300 employees and a growing international audience; serving the construction, forestry, agriculture, rail, mining, steel, and energy industries with unique custom products. Brandt is one of Canada's largest privately-owned companies and is among an elite group of Platinum Members of Canada's 50 Best-Managed Companies.


Woven peshtemals are 100% cotton woven on a loom using techniques that have been passed on for over 600 years. Made in Turkey in fair trade workshops. They are as absorbent as a terry cloth towel, but are much lighter in weight, and dry more quickly.
It is recommended that you wash your peshtemal towels with cold water before first use. Tumble dry low or air dry.
Use them as a bath or beach towel, as a picnic blanket, a baby blanket, a scarf or shawl. Their minimal weight and high absorbency makes them perfect for camping, hiking, the gym, or your yoga bag.


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Thoughtfulness and Fingerpicking: Cary Morin's Cradle to the Grave.
Posted on March 5, 2017 by Trevor Christian
"Please indulge me, I'm gonna cross that line," Cary Morin sings on "Ghost Dog," a track from his rich solo effort Cradle to the Grave. By that point in the album, seven tracks in, the line between storytelling and an exploration of the mind and reality had long since been crossed.
The combination of Morin's heady, challenging lyrics and rich finger-picked guitar results in an album that somehow sounds like thinking feels. As the only performer on the album, Morin delivers an intensely personal experience that provokes thoughts almost as often as it deconstructs them.
On "Dawn's Early Light," in which Morin, who is a member of the Crow tribe, heavily references the protest at Standing Rock. He repeats the 'if a tree falls in a forest' thought experiment with the word 'treaty' in place of 'tree' and repurposes words from the Star Spangled Banner, both to devastating effect. In urging "no compromise," Morin slams the United States for suppressing the ideals the nation was built on and repeatedly violating treaties with few repercussions. Yet, he feels an optimism, citing "the support that Native people are receiving for their efforts to protect clean water, not just for Native people but for everybody."
"Another wonderful thing is the unification of all of the different Nations that have come together in support of that effort," Morin said.
Morin does much more to explore the mind on tracks like the daydreaming "Laid Back" and his motivation on "Back on the Train." "Mishawaka" delves into a vision or dream of the singer's death. All are recorded live in a folk/blues fingerpicking style he calls Native Americana.
"The end result doesn't really get edited that much," Morin said. "I record without headphones. I basically sit in a room and play the songs. The recordings hopefully, and I believe they do, sound like my live shows."
Just about any YouTube recording of his performances suggest this multiple Colorado Blues Challenge Solo Championship is right about that.
Morin also included a cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" mostly courtesy of YouTube. He based his interpretation on a video of Prince performing his composition in Las Vegas and originally intended it to be released only on the video streaming service before placing it on his album. The Sinead O'Connor version of the track is the most well known, but its synth-heavy production has not aged well.
Much like the Prince video, Morin's take on the song seems likely to sound as relevant years later. But while Prince delivers anguish and style, Morin goes with a more defeated sadness and simplicity. It's an impressive achievement for Morin, and even more so a testament to Prince's songwriting abilities that the power ballad sounds so good stripped down. For insight into Morin's decision making here, listen below.
The album starts and ends with songs featuring the lyrics "watch over me/ for I'm only a child." Though the first track, Cradle to the Grave, finds the speaker in significantly more distressed than the closing "Watch Over Me," the idea of needing a higher power is the theme for both.
"I took that lyric from Cradle to the Grave and I tried a couple of different melodies and guitar lines," Morin said. "I thought, 'it's an interesting take on the same set of lyrics, so why not use them as bookends?'"
It's a wise choice for an album that spends so much time in Morin's thoughts. Though he's reaffirmed his desire to trust others and actively shape his life, it feels authentic that Morin still needs someone watching over him. It's a believable and relatable place to be after deep thought: a bit more positive and resolute, but still needing the same things as before.
Cary Morin appears on the March 6, 2017, edition of Country Pocket on WUSB. In this clip from the show, he discusses his cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U."

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I think maybe, I was born to be the coat of the animal I think they call a lamb.
We had so many advantages, staying close to mum, then sometimes after feeding, jumping around with friends, and having so much fun.
Time passed, and I grew. I was know longer small.
One day, the nice man that fed the lambs came. This time, he made all the lambs line up. I could hear a nasty noise I had never heard before, then he held me in strange position. I felt tugging, and pulling.
That night, I was picked up. The next day I was cleaned, washed, sorted, and put into a machine, where it made me into different coloured wool.
Later I got packed, up and sent to this place they call a shop.
Once home, Hope sat down, so excited, full of love, and enthusiasm. She picked up her knitting needles and fastened on the first stitch. It was dark by the time she looked up at the clock. Hope was knitting some tiny shoes for her grand daughter. Later they would be followed by a cardigan, and a dress suit.
Her granddaughter was unique, precious, and beautiful, and needed to be dressed with love, in stunning clothes.
She already had 6 different coloured knitted blankets, nicely folded, on the table behind her. Once finished, her smile was beaming as she presented her homemade gift to her son, and later she watched her granddaughter being dressed in them. They fitted just right, and their colour made the babies eyes shine so bright. And there was still a little room for growth.
Now back home, Hope sat down on her special knitting chair, she was so overwhelmed with pleasure, some would say fit to burst, in more ways than one: she had enjoyed spending time with family and adoring her grandchild, in her special clothes that everyone liked. In the back of her mind, she had initially been worried, for these gifts couldn't be exchanged or taken back.
Suddenly, Hope's phone alarm went off, "Gosh is that the time?!" she said. She slowly got up and put the food she had prepared in the oven. Whilst she was waiting, she sat back down on her knitting chair, and took out her bag. One by one, she pulled out, with surprise, odd ends of different coloured balls….
Laid out in front of her in a big line, "Gosh you are breeding! Where have these all come from? What, am I going to do with them all! They are no use to me now", she said.
As she was putting the balls back in the bag, she suddenly remembered some special places that would take used wool.
Next day, she dropped it off to a grateful Susie, who made her very welcome, and over a drink of tea, they had a chat. Susie told her all about Craft Aid International, and the craft sessions they ran. Hope left very contented, and decided she might try and go to a craft session, where she could meet new friends. With all the craft equipment provided, she would never have to worry, as her money was a bit tight.
Whilst there, Hope was taught how to make attractive gifts and how to support the disabled participants, happily knowing that it was a brilliant cause that would see her work put to full use. With hand on heart, she knew 100% of the money made from selling the gifts went straight back to the charity to help in different ways.
Just in that month alone, lots of different size Pom poms, all of amazing different colours were made. Mostly out of odd ends of wool like me. I was then paired with a few friends, and sewed onto something, I think it was what you call a 'stocking'. My friends were sewed onto cushions, and others were just put up, so they could be admired, and some as decorations, sewn onto special hats and scarves. Or even made into things like animals and a snowman!
So many stories could be told, but let's just say, from a little piece of unwanted wool, I became many things. I became alive again, was given a purpose and lots of love, able to make an impression on the future, and even keeping up with the fashion trend! Anyone who was anyone had a Pom Pom of some kind somewhere on them. Some even tied onto handbags.
Please if you don't remember anything else from my story, please do not throw your unwanted wool in the bin. Please hand it over to me or other charity shops.
So it can be alive again, given a sense of purpose, and make an impact on the future. From tiny pieces of wool, unimaginable gifts can be made. For one person's rubbish is another man's treasure.


The Swift SDK wraps the Client API and (amongst other things) exposes the responses of the webservice calls as Swift objects. Understanding the Client API will help you understanding these SDK objects as well.
The Swift SDK has a working example application which can help you understand how the SDK is best used.
This current document will help you understand the global flow when creating payment pages using the Swift SDK.
Initialize the Swift SDK for this payment. This is done using information such as session and customer identifiers, geographical information and payment information like currency and total amount.
After initialization, the Swift SDK offers easy access to all the payment items that can be used for this payment method. Payment items are either instances of BasicPaymentProduct or BasicPaymentProductGroup. Your app can use these items to create a screen that lists them all. For your convenience, the SDK comes with an example app that you can use as a basis for your own implementation. If you are fine with the look-and-feel of the example app, you do not need to make any changes at all. If you only have one payment item, you can of course skip this screen, but remember that you might also want to display the account(s) on file selection.
Finally, the SDK can encrypt the information provided by the customer in a format that can be processed by the Server API. In most cases, your app will send this encrypted information to your e-commerce server, which in turn sends it to our servers using the Server API. All the heavy lifting, such as requesting a public key from the Client API, performing the encryption and BASE-64 encoding the result into one string, is done for you by the SDK. You only need to provide the SDK with the values the customer provided in your screens. The encrypted package needs to be sent to your e-commerce server where it can be forwarded to the Server API. The Swift SDK does not do this for you as it does not know how your app communicates with your own server.
The class Session is the main component of the SDK. Once configured, instances of this class can communicate with the Client API and convert the responses of the API into plain Swift objects. Additionally, they can encrypt Swift objects describing payment requests to a form that can be processed by the Server API. The following code fragment shows how Session is initialized. As explained above, a client session identifier, customer identifier, client-api-url, asset-base-url and application identifier are required to communicate with the Client API. The documentation of the Server SDKs and the Server API describes how to obtain a client session identifier, customer identifier and the two api connectors.
let appIdentifier = "Example Application/v1"
Instances of the class PaymentContext contain the information needed to request a list of available payment products: a total amount, a country code, a currency code, and an indication of whether the payment is a single payment or a recurring payment. The code fragment below shows how an instance of this class is initialized and used to retrieve such a list.
let basicPaymentGroup = paymentItems.paymentItem(withIdentifier: basicPaymentProductGroupId) as?
In the code fragment below, the label and logo for a payment product are retrieved. The Swift SDK offers internationalization and localization, which is illustrated in this example. The localized label for the payment product is retrieved using a key based on the identifier of the payment item. Its value depends on the locale of the customer's device.
let bundle = Bundle(path: SDKConstants.kSDKBundlePath!)!
The class ValidationError has a number of descendants, each representing a different type of validation error. These errors can be used to give customers feedback when there are issues with the information they provide.
ValidationErrorLength indicates that the supplied value has an invalid length. The minimal length is defined by the property minLength and the maximal length is defined by the property maxLength.
ValidationErrorRange indicates that the supplied value does not fall within the required range of values. The smallest value is defined by the property minValue and the largest value is defined by the property maxValue.
ValidationErrorExpirationDate indicates that the supplied value is not a valid expiration date.
ValidationErrorFixedList indicates that the supplied value is not one of the available options in a given fixed list of options.
ValidationErrorLuhn indicates that the supplied value does not pass the Luhn check for payment card numbers.
ValidationErrorRegularExpression indicates that the supplied value does not satisfy a given regular expression.
ValidationErrorIsRequired indicates that no value has been supplied for a required field.
ValidationErrorInteger indicates that the supplied value is not an integer.
ValidationErrorNumericString indicates that the supplied value is not a numeric string.
ValidationErrorEmailAddress indicates that the supplied value is not a valid e-mail address.
ValidationErrorAllowed indicates that the supplied value is not allowed in the current payment contect.
The code fragment below shows how a localized error message can be constructed for an instance of ValidationErrorLength after casting an instance of ValidationError.
// Notify the user that some fields contain invalid data.
Once a payment request has been validated, it can be encrypted and sent to the Ingenico ePayments platform. The code fragment below shows how an instance of Session can be used to encrypt a request. The result is an instance of the class PreparedPaymentRequest. It has two properties, encryptedFields and encodedClientMetaInfo, which are the strings that should be sent to the Ingenico ePayments platform.
The value .supported indicates that the IIN is associated with a payment product that is supported by the Ingenico ePayments platform.
The value .unknown indicates that the IIN is not recognized.
The value .notEnoughDigits indicates that fewer than six digits have been provided.
The value .pending indicates that another request is already pending.
The value .existingButNotAllowed indicates that the IIN is recognised, but that it cannot be payed with in the current situation.
If the value of status is not Supported the other fields of IINDetailsResponse will all be nil (or false in case of the allowedInContext field).
To help converting amounts from one currency to another, the SDK offers the convertAmount method of the Session class. This method takes an amount in cents, and a source and target currency, which are both three-letter ISO currency codes, and returns the converted amount in cents. The code fragment below shows how an amount can be converted.
Certain payment products have directories that the consumer needs to pick from. An example is the list of banks for the Dutch iDeal payment product from which the consumer needs to select a bank. If you want to retrieve the directory information, you can use the directoryForPaymentProductId method of the Session class.
This method takes a payment product identifier, a three-letter ISO currency code, and an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code and returns an instance of DirectoryEntries, as shown in the code fragment below.
The classes PaymentProducts, BasicPaymentProduct, PaymentProduct, AccountsOnFile, AccountOnFile, PaymentProductField, and DirectoryEntries are wrappers for responses from the Client API. Additional information about the data represented by these classes is available in the documentation of the Client API.
The first screen asks for the information necessary to communicate with the Client API and retrieves a list of payment items. This screen should not be part of an actual app in the app store. It is provided to illustrate which information is needed to initialize an instance of Session.
In some cases, you may want to turn on logging of the requests and responses that make up the communication with Ingenico ePayments. You can enable logging in the example app by installing the 'AFNetworkActivityLogger' library through Cocoapods. To do this add the line below to the Podfile.
Now run 'pod install' from your project directory and then Add the following lines to the 'didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:' method in IngenicoConnectExample\AppDelegate.swift of the example app.
The payment product selection screen provides an example for one of the two screens that will appear in most apps that use the Swift SDK. It shows a list of available payment items and accounts on file. For each payment item, a localized name is shown, and for each account on file, a short description of the stored information is shown. If a logo is available for a payment item, this logo is also shown. The screenshot to the left shows the payment product selection screen. It contains a part of a list of available payment items, generated from the information contained in an instance of PaymentItems.
The screen that shows the input activity for a selected payment item or account on file is another example of a screen that will appear in most apps that use the Swift SDK. It is shown after selecting a payment item or an account on file. If the customer has selected an account on file, some of the required values will already be filled in and cannot be changed. The screenshot to the left shows the payment item input screen. The input form is generated from an instance of PaymentProduct or PaymentProductGroup.
Some payment product fields might require some additional explanation. The information button next to the text field for the CVV code shown below indicates that additional information is available. The image shown when the customer presses the button is part of the display hints of the payment product field. The textual explanation is a localized string that is part of the SDK. The screenshot below shows the payment product input form screen after pressing the information button.
The example application also demonstrates the use of the IIN check described above. For each of the card-based payment products, an IIN check is performed once the customer has entered six or more digits in the text field for the card number. If the IIN is associated to the selected payment product, the logo of this payment product appears on the right-hand side of the text field. If the IIN is associated to another payment product, the input fields are replaced with the input fields for the new payment product automatically. The IIN check can also be used to switch from an PaymentProductGroup to a specific PaymentProduct.


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Apple iStudy Now Available Across Cunard Line Fleet
Cunard's highly popular Apple iStudy courses are now available on all three Cunard ocean liners, following the recent opening of the Apple Learning Centre onboard Queen Victoria. The centres offer the latest iMac machines for confidence-boosting seminars and workshops that aim to familiarise guests with the latest technology, from Facebook to iPads, in a fun and interactive way. The iStudy programme has been a feature of flagship Queen Mary 2 since October 2011, while Queen Elizabeth has had an Apple centre on board since her introduction in 2010.
The workshops have proved a particularly strong draw on Queen Mary 2's Transatlantic Crossings between New York and Southampton, with many guests bringing along their own iPads to use during the sessions.
"We are delighted to offer this additional attraction on board our ships. We find that guests today are increasingly computer savvy and iStudy is an innovative new programme designed to introduce and showcase the latest Apple technology," said Peter Shanks, president of Cunard Line. "The concept is great for those who are already confident with Apple products as well as for those who want to try out an iPad or learn how to get the best out of devices they already own."
Course creator and iStudy Presenter trainer Richie Litchfield said, "All the seminars and workshops are fronted by specially trained presenters to make learning fun, in a positive and relaxing environment. There is something for everyone – from the beginner to the more advanced – and our aim is for guests to walk out of the iStudy feeling enriched and more confident."
Aboard Queen Elizabeth, Cunard also features an iRange store as an Authorised Apple Reseller at sea. Guests can experiment with the latest Apple devices at their leisure, and Apple trained staff are available to give specialist advice on all the products offered for sale on board, including iPods (Shuffle, Nano and Touch), iPad 2, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, as well as accessories such as cases, bags, sleeves and speakers. It is hoped that these iRange Stores will also be opened on Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria in the future.
The iStudy programme on all three ships aims to take advantage of today's technology and present computer-based learning in an accessible and non-intimidating way. All Guest Computer Services Managers have been trained on the latest Apple technology to offer Apple courses to interested guests.
In addition, the sessions offer a great way for Windows users to test-drive Apple programmes and to compare Windows and Apple software side-by-side.
"Apple computers were selected because of their versatility in toggling over to a PC/Windows environment, allowing instructors to teach classes on both computer platforms," said Shanks.


[SSW Rules] Do you manage requests for event refunds effectively?
Do you manage requests for event refunds effectively?
A different date that the same course is being run.
A different course that interests them.
An equivalent dollar value of developer time to come onsite.
If they decline and ask for a refund instead, then this should be processed immediately. This is absolutely vital as delaying giving a client their money back rapidly decreases their opinion of the integrity of your company.
« 33. Do you make sure your developers get to see each other regularly to avoid becoming disconnected?
» 35. Do you provide a high level "Project Progress" report for clients?


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Q: In order to complete the highway on time, the workers worked _____ quickly _____ there was not even a time to talk.? In order to complete the highway on time, the workers worked _____ quickly _____ there was not even a time to talk.
options given:
(a)such, that (b)as,as (c)such, as (d)so,that
My Approach
Ans d because i found it the most appropriate.
Any better approach to analyze the Ans? or Correct me if i am wrong.

A: Let's try this backwards:

*

*such needs a noun - but in your sentence you need something to describe an adverb, quickly, thus (a) and (c) can't be correct.

*as - as is used in comparisons to express equality between two semantically similar things - this is not the case here (counter-example: "*they worked as quickly as they could"), ruling (b) out.

*so - that - the so is for adverbs  what such is for nouns (see above), that gives a causal connection between the two sentences.
-> Answer (d) is correct

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Samsung Gear Fit brings a fitness tracker with a curved screen to your workout
Simon Sage
The Samsung Gear Fit will track your exercise routines and look snazzy while doing it
In addition to taking the wraps off the Galaxy S5 at Mobile World Congress, Samsung also announced their next wearable device dubbed the Gear Fit. As you can see, the big sell here is a curved 1.8-inch 432 x 128 Super AMOLED display. It's dust and water resistent to keep up with whatever brutal fitness regimen you're undertaking. As usual, you'll be able to get smartphone notifications from just about everything on the Gear Fit thanks to Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. Keep in mind that the Gear Fit will only work with Samsung devices, but given all of the tracking software built in, that limitation may be worthwhile. The 210 mAh battery should last you 3 - 4 days of typical usage.
Samsung's been agressively expanding its lineup of wearables, and it's a smart move to provide something sporty to compete in the burgeoning market for fitness trackers. It will be interesting to see how well Samsung manages to expand into the space when competing with smaller, more focused companies like Pebble.
The Samsung Gear Fit will be launching somtime in April, though we're still not sure about the pricetag. Get up close and personal with the Gear Fit in our hands-on video, and if you're looking for more wearable news, swing by the newest addition to the Mobile Nations family, Smartwatch Fans. Press release ahoy!
Samsung Expands Industry-Leading Wearable Line with Samsung Gear Fit
New device blends style, fitness and convenience to provide ultimate connectivity for the active mobile consumer
Barcelona, Spain - February 24, 2014 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today introduced the Samsung Gear Fit, the industry's first curved, Super AMOLED wearable device for the active consumer. The Gear Fit offers the unmatched convenience of Samsung Gear technology with the most comprehensive fitness tools available, empowering consumers stay physically active without sacrificing personal style or mobile connectivity.
"Samsung understands that the next generation of wearable mobile solutions must directly reflect of the diverse interests and needs of consumers," said JK Shin, CEO and President of IT & Mobile Division, Samsung Electronics. "In response, our Gear product portfolio continues to expand with unique devices for a wide range of lifestyles, including the new Gear Fit designed to help those consumers striving to live more fit and active lives without sacrificing their own personal style or their ability to stay connected on the go."
Whether used as a standalone or companion device, the Samsung Gear Fit puts people in charge of their personal and active lives while staying connected so they never miss a moment.
The ultimate modern fitness solution
The Samsung Gear Fit was designed to comfortably contour to consumers' wrists while offering a vivid Super AMOLED display. It provides much more than an everyday fitness band, keeping consumers up to date instant notifications from Galaxy smartphones such as incoming calls, emails, SMS, alarm, S-planner, 3rd party apps while consumers are on the move so they can stay connected. Changeable straps in Black, Orange and Mocha Grey will let users express their individual style, changing the look of the Gear Fit to match their outfit or mood for any type of activity.
The sleek new Samsung Gear Fit provides the superior connectivity benefits of Samsung wearable technology with a custom, real time fitness coaching to provide unique, personalized advice and workout recommendations.
The Gear Fit will be available globally starting from April. Full details and product images are available at www.samsungmobilepress.com or m. samsungmobilepress.com.


Table top for bars or restaurants, suitable also for outdoor use.
Granite Africa black, with flat or round edge.
Available round, square or rectangular, in different dimensions starting 50 cm.
For some sizes there is a wooden board under the top.
CUSTUMER HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THE FIXING OF TOPS TO THE BASES BY SILICONE.


Last year, Gnar turned heads when he filmed himself willingly being shot while wearing a bulletproof vest, but his music has more firepower than an internet clip for clout. Splitting his childhood between the Bay Area and Atlanta, Gnar struck success quickly in music: His second song ever, "Ride Wit Da Fye," took off, garnering the skateboarder-turnt-spitter more than 3 million SoundCloud streams to date.
His debut mixtape, Gnar Lif3, dropped in September 2018, housing the Lil Skies collaboration "Drop Top Benz," which has been played more than 16 million times via Spotify. Gnar's talents extend beyond his aggressive, high-energy music, too. Gnar also launched his own Gnarcotic skating apparel line when he was just 18 years old.


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Navy SEAL rejected by FDNY for being too old may be firefighter after all
By Susan Edelman and Chris Perez
June 13, 2019 | 9:00pm | Updated June 13, 2019 | 10:59pm
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The decorated Navy SEAL rejected as too old to join the FDNY may become a city smoke-eater after all.
City Council members passed a local resolution Thursday asking that the state legislature consider passing two separate bills — in the Senate and Assembly — that would increase the number of years a military member can add to their applications from 6 to 7.
The legislation is expected to go before the Assembly Committee on Governmental Employees sometime Friday.
Shaun Donovan — who served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan after enlisting in 2005 — was over 35 years old when he got his application rejected by the FDNY earlier this year.
As of right now, military members are allowed to be up to six years older than the current department age limit, which is 29. The special operations chief missed the cutoff by a mere six months and 25 days.
"It was a letdown," he told The Post in April. "I was allowed to apply and take the test. At no point was I made aware I was outside any age limit. It just seemed everything was lined up and ready to go."
Donovan — an Arizona native born on Sept. 11, 1981 — said he was inspired to join the armed forces after the 9/11 attacks. He told The Post that he wants to now do his part in keeping the city safe as a firefighter.
"I always had this draw to the city, this connection, even though I never lived there," he explained. "I believe in the city, I believe in its values and its people."
Lawmakers will have less than a week to try and push through the proposed bills before the legislative session ends on June 19. The voting will likely come down to the wire, seeing how there's already lots of big-ticket items being looked at. However, legislators remained hopeful Thursday.
"It looks like this problem has been rectified, and Special Operations Chief Donovan will be able to join the FDNY per state legislation and today's city council home rule message!" tweeted Staten Island Councilman Joe Borelli.
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MMM founder, Sergei Mavrodi, dies at 62
Russian businessman Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media.
Reports said the 62-year-old was rushed to the hospital late on March 25 with pain in his chest and died several hours later.
Mavrodi's MMM financial pyramid was a typical Ponzi scheme in which earlier investors receive their profits from subsequent investors. Mavrodi promised returns of 20 percent to 75 percent a month, as well as lotteries and bonuses for investors.
As soon as the number of new clients stopped growing, the pyramid collapsed, causing huge financial losses for at least 10 million people, in some cases leaving them destitute.
In 1994, Mavrodi was elected as a lawmaker, a decision he later said was to ensure he received immunity from prosecution. In 1996, he lost his parliamentary mandate.
In 2007, a Moscow court found him guilty of financial fraud and sentenced him to 4 1/2 years in a penal colony.
In 2011, Mavrodi launched another pyramid scheme called MMM-2011, calling on investors to purchase so-called Mavro currency units in a bid to get rid of the "unfair" financial system. Some 15 months later, Mavrodi halted the project.
From 2011-16, Mavrodi launched Ponzi schemes under the MMM brand in India, China, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria.
In many of those countries, Mavrodi's operations were subsequently shut down or suspended.
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"Free radicals are atoms, molecules or ions with unpaired electrons that are highly unstable and active towards chemical reactions with other molecules. They derive from three elements: oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, thus creating reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS) and reactive sulfur species (RSS). Free radical production occurs as a normal byproduct of metabolism within the mitochondria of cells. In addition, external factors such as smoking, environmental chemicals, medications, pesticides and industrial solvents, can promote free radical production. An excessive production of free radicals can lead to oxidative stress and cellular damage. Estimates suggest that an average human cell is targeted by free radicals 10,000 times each day, with the main targets being cellular proteins, DNA, RNA, sugar and lipids (1). Damage to these molecules has been linked to an increased risk of developing chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurological and metabolic disorders (2).
Thus, maintaining a balance between the production and neutralization of free radicals is critical. To deal with this, the body has developed an efficient endogenous system, which includes two major groups: enzyme-based antioxidants and non- enzyme-based antioxidants. The enzyme-based systems include glutathione peroxidase, catalase, and superoxide dismutase, while endogenous non-enzyme-driven antioxidants consist of vitamin A, coenzyme Q10, uric acid and glutathione (3). While these systems are remarkably adept at managing free radical production in the body, they do not suffice. This is where dietary antioxidants contribute to maintaining the concentration of free radicals at manageable levels. The major natural dietary antioxidants include vitamins C and E, carotenoids such as lycopene, beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, minerals, including zinc and selenium, flavonoids and phenolic antioxidants. These all participate to support the body's own antioxidant systems. The antioxidants act in various ways: as inhibitors of free radical oxidation reactions (preventive antioxidants) by inhibiting formation of free lipid radicals; by interrupting the propagation of the autoxidation chain reaction (chain breaking antioxidants); as singlet oxygen quenchers; through synergism with other antioxidants; as reducing agents which convert hydroperoxides into stable compounds; as metal chelators that convert metal prooxidants (iron and copper derivatives) into stable products; and finally as inhibitors of pro- oxidative enzymes (lipooxigenases).
Prooxidants are defined as chemicals that induce oxidative stress, usually through the formation of reactive species or by inhibiting antioxidant systems. Free radicals are considered prooxidants, but surprisingly, antioxidants can also have prooxidant behavior; it all depends on their concentration and the nature of neighbouring molecules (4). The controversy around dietary antioxidants arises because the capacity to display antioxidant and prooxidant behaviour depends on various factors. Numerous studies have shown the beneficial effects of antioxidants, in a few thousand papers, but, many others have demonstrated otherwise. It seems that the originally propagated concept of free radicals being toxic molecules and antioxidants being those compounds that could neutralize the negative effects of free radicals is an oversimplification. Free radicals and their prooxidants effects have been suggested as being necessary for vital metabolic activities, including cellular signaling, cellular growth and differentiation, the destruction of infected and malignant cells, and the killing of pathogenic organisms (5, 6). Therefore, it is likely that striking the right balance of free radical production to antioxidant defenses is critical to optimal health, and that an excess of free radicals, as well as an excess of antioxidants, may have deleterious effects on metabolic function (7). In addition, common misconceptions regarding antioxidants – such as "antioxidants cure all disease", "the more antioxidants the better" and "any antioxidant will do" – can be identified (8). Managing expectations by focusing on sound research, and not hyping these critical nutritional compounds as cure-alls or panaceas, will allow clinicians and individuals to use antioxidants wisely as a part of a comprehensive health regimen.
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I have an Websocket connection to server and client is trying to display the progress of the process running.
It displays me the percentage but the progress bar isn't dynamic (i.e. i want the progessbar to move according to the percentage value)
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Current results are the width of progress bar is 100% and label value is only changing.

A: react-progress-bar component's completed props should be a number value. You are passing a string (eg. 15%).
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Donald Trump Says He'll Give Christian Refugees Priority
Comes on the same day he signed an executive order on "extreme vetting."
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President Trump Signs Executive Orders at Pentagon
President Trump today made his first trip to the Pentagon as commander in chief and signed two executive orders related to national security.
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— -- Donald Trump campaigned on the promise to cut down or stop the number of refugees entering the country, but he has now said that persecuted Christians will be treated as priorities.
During an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, the president said today that Christians in Syria have been treated unfairly in the refugee process.
"They've been horribly treated. Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough to get into the United States? If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them," Trump said in a clip of the interview that was released this afternoon.
Trump Speaks to Mexican President by Phone 1 Day After Canceling Meeting
In the remarks released by CBN in advance of the full interview airing on Sunday, Trump did not give any examples or cite evidence to support his claim that it is more difficult for Syrian Christians to gain refugee status than Syrian Muslims.
According to the CIA World Factbook, as of June 2014, 87 percent of Syrians were Muslim while 10 percent were Christian.
And likewise, there were more Muslim refugees from Syria who came to the United States last year than Christian refugees.
The Refugee Processing Center reports that in 2016, there were 15,302 Muslims who arrived in the U.S. from Syria and there were 93 people, also from Syria, who identified as either Catholic, Christian, Protestant or Jehovah's Witness.
"The Middle East is a region of extraordinary ethnic and religious diversity," said Chris Boian, the senior communications officer of the U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR.
"UNHCR believes that any human being that has been forced to flee his or her homeland to escape life-threatening conflict and persecution should receive equal treatment for protection and assistance regardless of their religion, nationality or race," he told ABC News.


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Will Google's Android Gingerbread update be unveiled today? All signs point to yes.
December 6, 2010 - 9:16 am
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If you are an Android fan, chances are you are aware that Google has been working hard on the latest update for its increasingly popular Android operating system, keeping all of its information close to its chest in the process.
Due before the end of the year, the Gingerbread update is said to quash a number of bugs, introduce a new open source video codec that can possibly replace Flash, support Near Field Communication (NFC) add more features to the built-in navigation software, support HTML5 and introduce new elements to the default User Interface.
There was no word on a release date, until recently.
Slowly but surely the pieces of the Gingerbread puzzle have come together and it has become apparent that December 6 will be a big day for Android, it is very likely that Google's next Android update will be unveiled today.
Later today, Google VP Andy Rubin, the man many see as the driving force behind development of the Android operating system, will take to the stage at the D: Dive into Mobile conference, an event founded by All Things D writers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Here, Rubin is expected to leverage the opportunity to confirm the release of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), discuss its features and supply us with a release date.
This would confirm comments made by Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who noted that Gingerbread would be available within "the next few weeks" when he attended the Web2.0 Summit in San Francisco last month.
Also providing us with evidence is Rohan Shravan, CEO of Notion Ink, a company that is set to release a new tablet device that will run Google's latest Android update. Writing on a blog post, Shravan includes a very interesting final bullet point to his list of updates, one that reads:
6th December is another big day for Android and you will find out how fast Notion Ink can work. (Eden is extremely compatible with 2.3)
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Project R2R building new reel-to-reel tape machine
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According to Volker Lange from Horch House, the aim of Project R2R is "to achieve the best sound quality, bar none"
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There's no doubt that digital music formats offer a convenient way to listen to lots of music on the move. Factor in on-demand streaming services and you don't even have to worry about running out of storage space on your portable device. But even though digitized music reigns supreme, demand for analog formats like vinyl is on the rise, with US sales in 2015 up 30 percent on the previous year. Austria's Horch House says that when it comes to analog, you can't beat reel-to-reel tape and has announced its intention to develop a new consumer reel-to-reel player.
Horch House was founded with one goal in mind, to bring analog master tape audio quality to music lovers around the world. Master tapes, the blueprint from which subsequent pressings are made, offer listeners access to the original studio or concert recording as edited, mixed and arranged by the engineers. The company has a number of recordings from labels like Warner, Sony and Universal available on audiophile-grade vinyl or in high resolution digital formats, but it also sells reel-to-reel tapes.
"Audio tape is the only format that can record and play back pure, natural sound in its whole and original state," says Horch House. "Every other format requires some form of interference with the original audio signal. Audio tape is therefore the only format which allows the listener to hear a recording exactly the way the original artist and producer intended it to sound, before it was altered to fit on a vinyl record, sampled for a CD or squashed down to MP3 size."
Many homes in the 1950s may well have had a reel-to-reel player as the living room hi-fi centerpiece, but advances in portable music devices and digital recording and playback a few decades later relegated the reel-to-reel to the realms of yesterday's technology. If you want to dip into the reel-to-reel pond today, you'd be pretty hard pushed to find a new player to satisfy your appetite for pure analog goodness. In fact, the company reckons that new machines just aren't manufactured anymore.
Horch House aims to rectify this and announced last week that it intends to develop a brand new consumer reel-to-reel machine, and "will be working closely with some of the industry's foremost experts in order to deliver the most accomplished outcome possible." Details are scant at the moment, but the Project R2R team is reported to already be hard at work on a prototype to demonstrate at Munich's High-End Show in May.
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bergamot69 January 19, 2016 04:34 PM
Much though I love reel-to-reel (like vinyl, it's a wonderfully 'tactile' medium, more 'involving' way to engage with your music compared to digital- much like keen drivers will always prefer a manual gearbox to automatics), but storing them creates a hell of a lot of bulk, not to mention that storage conditions ought to be appropriate to prevent deterioration. Plus the head better be kept clean!
An issue with magnetic tape is 'print through', whereby preceding or successive layers of tape wound round the reel transfer magnetic data via onto other layers. This could possibly be limited or eliminated by better quality tape, perhaps.
As for getting 'master tape' quality though, any pre-recorded tape that the consumer is likely to get is going to be, at the very purest, be a 'copy of a copy', but more likely many generations of copy away from the original studio master. And unlike digital, analogue recordings invariably suffer the further they are from the master tapes. Digital remastering can clean up the signal, of course, but my personal opinion is that such recordings can sound compressed and a bit clinical- compare an analogue-mastered analogue recorded Led Zep album to the remastered versions- some of the life and dynamics seem to have been lost.
I can see this product finding a home amongst audiophiles with a pre-existing reel-to-reel collection, as well as possibly home recording studios (as long as they are happy with just two channels, or want to do a lot of editing). I can't see it making waves amongst a younger generation used to digital- except maybe as a retro toy.
BartyLobethal January 19, 2016 05:54 PM
Tape is an awful medium for storing anything on - it stretches, oxidises and degrades.
Still, it's given me an idea for fleecing cashed-up retro-dorks: I'm going to launch a crowd-funded reintroduction of the medieval hand-cart and promote it as a 'purists alternative' to cars.
IvanWashington January 19, 2016 06:48 PM
some issues- tape wear*noise and distortion accumulation*"head bumps"*bulk [the tapes take up nearly as much room as LP records, and the machines themselves are very heavy and take up lots of room]
Daishi January 19, 2016 09:03 PM
@BartyLobethal vacuum tube amplifiers are making a comeback too
MikeJanowski January 20, 2016 12:24 AM
This is such crap. "Audio tape is the only format that can record and play back pure, natural sound in its whole and original state"...with tape hiss, motor wobble and variable head-to-tape contact. Not saying those problems can't be minimized by good engineering...but not at a cost any "consumer" will be willing to bear.
Sure, you can probably fool the bearded hipster crowd who bought into LPs last year and are looking for the next really cool thing to impress the Object of their Desires...but for me, a 38 year veteran of radio and television production...Revox, Studer and Ampex have all made better decks already...these guys don't stand a chance.
Scott House January 20, 2016 01:34 AM
I'll take one please! I really miss my old reel-to-reel deck.
Brian M January 20, 2016 08:16 AM
As they say there really is one born every minute! Tape is a terrible medium, stretching, jamming, noise, deteriorating with time etc. and I for one couldn't wait to get rid of it (both for audio and digital backups), even if the alternatives did cost more initially, now they don't)
Daniel Gregory January 20, 2016 01:40 PM
Tape is way to delicate. I loved cassettes. There were some albums I had on cassette AND on CD, and yet the tape always seemed to better evoke an emotional response/connection. However, leave a tape in a hot car one day and kiss that analog quality goodbye.
Why aren't we focusing on the future of sound? i.e. Given the advent of 3d-printing technologies, new nano materials, lasers, and the discovery that DNA can hold information; I'm surprised we're not using quartz memory crystals yet, or a similar cartridge form that can hold Terabytes of data. Can you imagine listening to an ultra-HD digital master, with all of the tracks available to switch between/remix at will, with a read process that does no harm to the medium...and the medium is impervious to the elements and time?
Holographic sound!
owlbeyou January 20, 2016 02:45 PM
When the coil in the tapehead reads a magnetic signal, passes through an audio amplifier and is sent through to a magnetic coil in a speaker to produce sound, there is a certain indescribable "rightness" that results that is quite pleasant to the ears. This is true for both records and tapes, but the record is more susceptible to deterioration by the nature of simple handling.
With a good quality deck, tape and storage, one can have a very decent audio, and the look of the big reels turning can be pleasant as well. I'm glad I've kept my 1/2 track Revox.
Today's digital audio is all about bytes and convenience and have a kind of antiseptic quality that can be perceived as clean and pure, but the intangible pleasantness of records and tape will always be there to the ones who recognize the difference. It's no wonder the formats are making a comeback.
RTM January 21, 2016 03:14 PM
Some of the comments sort of clump around the necessity for a "don't be an idiot" with your media disclaimer. I've owned RTR gear since the early '90's and while there were (not so much now) binder coating issues (especially then) I've had exactly zero problems with its ability to retain signal and remain stable. Digital has advantages, and it's better than it's ever been, but the thing it's continuously made to chase is analog, and there are good reasons for it. Overdubbing/Multitrack is where digital shines. For minimalist two mic, good preamp recordings, Analog's still (and likely to remain) "where it's at".


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