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Widening the spectrum of gratitude with IndigeThanx
IndigeThanx, an annual event sponsored by UC Santa Cruz's American Indian Resource Center and Cowell Coffee Shop, offers an alternative to Thanksgiving
By Lisa Renner
IndigeThanx this year will feature a conversation and cooking demonstration led by Vincent Medina, above, and Louis Trevino, below, founders of Café Ohlone, a cultural space and restaurant serving Ohlone cuisine reopening soon in Berkeley. (Photos courtesy Café Ohlone)
Not everyone wants to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that recalls a 17th-century feast shared by Wampanoag people and English pilgrims.
When looking back on the destruction that later came to Indigenous people, some have no desire to honor the colonizers.
IndigeThanx, an annual event sponsored by UC Santa Cruz's American Indian Resource Center and Cowell Coffee Shop, offers an alternative. This year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be held online Nov. 19. There will be a conversation and cooking demonstration led by Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, founders of Café Ohlone, a cultural space and restaurant serving Ohlone cuisine reopening soon in Berkeley. Admission is open to all and is free.
Andrea Lopez, a second-year student at UC Santa Cruz whose family is in the Lakota Tribe, is looking forward to attending. Her family has its own native food traditions, including making fry bread.
"Having this inclusive space for us, it widens the spectrum of the different celebrations that can take place instead of Thanksgiving," said Lopez, who does not celebrate Thanksgiving.
Café Ohlone is a restaurant dedicated to reviving the Indigenous food traditions of the Ohlone people of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. It has been shut down most of the past two years because of the pandemic but had offered a menu featuring such dishes as black oak acorn bread, venison and mushroom stew, dandelion soup, and manzanita cider.
"We have worked hard to understand native plants of our Ohlone homelands along with their traditional uses, and listen attentively to testimony from our elders' recollections of old Indian foods they remember," said the founders on the restaurant's website. "This is combined with documentation recorded by members of our Indian communities in the 1920s and 1930s from Sunol and Carmel, records that have been preserved and provide a crucial link to understanding the value, respect, and love our old timers have for these Indian foods; in the process we have developed a deep and personal love for these same foods and have personally seen how these foods can heal, empower, and better connect us to our Ohlone cultural identity."
Medina is cultural leader of Itmay Cultural Association, a group of Verona Band culture bearers working to keep their identity strong. Trevino is a member of the Rumsen Ohlone community and is helping revive the Rumsen language.
Rebecca Hernandez, director of UCSC's American Indian Resource Center, said IndigeThanx is a long tradition at the center and is one of its most popular events. Every other year, the event rotates between a speaker and a shared meal. This is the second year in a row that the event will be on Zoom.
"It gives us the opportunity to counter the Thanksgiving narrative, to talk about the fact that there are native people who are working really hard to sustain traditional foodways and to celebrate it and to learn how to prepare it," Hernandez said. "We want people to know there are still native folks all across the country and there's a lot of native folks here."
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Why did John the Baptist describe the Holy Spirit as a dove? The description "like a dove" is a simile for female beauty. Therefore, God is not a dove, but the Spirit of God is beautiful like a dove.
The phrase "like a dove" does not mean an actual dove was seen—it is a simile for female beauty and tenderness.
When something or someone is described as "spirit" it does not necessarily mean "invisible;" therefore, it is possible to actually see the Spirit just as John saw her.
In Luke 3:21 above, we have Luke describing what John the Baptist saw on the day of Jesus' water baptism, "heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form." John saw a "bodily form." The Greek words used here are (bodily) "sōmatikŏs" which means "a whole body" and (form) "ĕidŏs" which means "appearance of shape." So John literally saw a "body image" come down from heaven and he described this image as "like a dove." You will notice the phrase "like a dove" does not mean an actual dove was seen—it is a simile.
A simile is a figure of speech comparing two relatively dissimilar things. In other words, a dove and God's Holy Spirit are very different from each other (one is an animal and the other is God)—but similarities can still be drawn.
It is unfortunate so many Christians believe (and teach) that an actual dove was seen coming down from heaven. After all, there is nothing in the Bible that tells us God exists as an animal — Adam and Eve (man and woman) are the "image and likeness" of God. God also does not operate by illusion, manifesting Himself/Herself in a cloak of misrepresentation — God is all about revealing truth. He/She is a revelatory God. So despite the church's longtime use of the dove as a symbol for the Spirit, we must leave behind the picture of a dove flying down from heaven and landing on Jesus' shoulder. We must see the Holy Spirit as John saw her.
Therefore, just because something is "spiritual" does not mean it is invisible. And the same goes for the Holy Spirit. If you want to see the Spirit, read Revelation 12 and you will see her as the apostle John saw her.


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nova-novncproxy
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.. program:: nova-novncproxy

Synopsis
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::

  nova-novncproxy [<options>...]

Description
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:program:`nova-novncproxy` is a server daemon that serves the Nova noVNC
Websocket Proxy service, which provides a websocket proxy that is compatible
with OpenStack Nova noVNC consoles.

Options
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**General options**

Files
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* ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``
* ``/etc/nova/policy.yaml``
* ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.conf``
* ``/etc/nova/rootwrap.d/``

See Also
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* :nova-doc:`OpenStack Nova <>`

Bugs
====

* Nova bugs are managed at `Launchpad <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova>`__

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Covid-19: China releases $56 billion to local banks in virus response
China's central bank said Friday it would cut the reserve requirements for smaller banks to release around 400 billion yuan ($56.3 billion) in liquidity, a move to counter the coronavirus impact on enterprises.
The People's Bank of China said in a statement it will also slash the interest it pays on financial institutions' excess reserves for the first time in 12 years, to encourage them to use the cash rather than store it with the central bank.
The moves are the latest in a series of fund injections to help the world's second-largest economy through the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis.
The reserve requirement ratio for small and medium-sized banks will be cut by 100 basis points over two tranches, on April 15 and May 15 respectively, said the PBOC.
This reduces the amount of cash the banks must hold and is aimed at boosting support for small, medium, and micro-enterprises, the PBOC added.
The cuts target rural financial institutions and city commercial banks that operate only at the provincial level.
While China's larger enterprises have mostly resumed near-regular operations as the country eased restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus spread, smaller firms have been lagging behind.
The aim is to "effectively increase stable funding sources" and help reduce the interest rates that enterprises are subject to, said a PBOC spokesman Friday.
The measure is also expected to benefit around 4,000 smaller banks, which make up the vast majority of institutions in the banking system.
The PBOC said Friday it will also be reducing the interest rate on banks' excess deposits from April 7, from 0.72 percent to 0.35 percent.
It pays interest on banks' excess reserves, and the last time it adjusted the rate was in 2008.
ING chief economist for Greater China Iris Pang said: "The cut suggests that damages from the coronavirus outbreak globally could linger at least until May."
But she added the effectiveness of the RRR cuts remains questionable as the reserve ratio for smaller banks is already low, and that banks have been reluctant to lend to troubled SMEs in the pandemic.
On Tuesday, China had said it would increase the financing quotas of small- and medium-sized banks by one trillion yuan, with authorities intending to guide smaller banks to lend all the funds they receive at preferential rates.
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Церковь Петра и Павла на Волжском берегу — утраченный православный храм в Ярославле, на Волжской набережной. Основан Ярославом Мудрым в одно время с основанием города. В 1691 году был перестроен в камне и являлся одним из лучших произведений ярославской школы зодчества. Разрушен коммунистами в 1937-м.

История
Согласно «Топографическому описанию Ярославского наместничества» (1794), церковь святых апостолов Петра и Павла — самый первый храм Ярославля, основанный князем Ярославом в 1024 году. Основанный при храме Петровский монастырь впервые упоминается под 1186 годом в житии Никиты Столпника, созданном на рубеже XIV—XV веков.

В XIII веке Петропавловский храм занимал особое положение в Ярославле, на что указывает захоронение при нём некоторых членов ярославского княжеского дома — княгини Ксении, супруги князя Василия Всеволодовича; их дочери Анастасии, первой жены князя Фёдора Ростиславича Чёрного, с сыном — князем Михаилом Фёдоровичем. Князь Михаил и княгини Ксения и Анастасия долгое время были почитаемы ярославцами как святые, но официально канонизированы не были. До середины XVIII века в церкви ежегодно отправлялась по погребённым торжественная панихида

В XIV веке Петровский монастырь был упразднён и храм стал приходским для жителей образовавшейся рядом Петровской ловецкой слободы. С древних времён церковь была ружной, грамоты Ивана III, Василия III, Ивана IV, Фёдора Ивановича, Михаила Федоровича и Алексея Михайловича давали ей содержание и привилегии, каких в Ярославле не имел ни один другой храм. В XVIII веке выплата руги была прекращена.

Каменный храм Петра и Павла построили в 1691 году на средства прихожан на месте сгоревшего деревянного. В нём были два придела: по правую сторону от алтаря — во имя преподобного Михаила Малеина, по левую сторону — во имя святого архангела Михаила. Внутри храм полностью покрыли стенным письмом. В составе росписей имелись сцены жития Никиты Столпника, в частности, обретение вериг святого старцем Симеоном. В иконостасе находилась икона Михаила Малеина с предстоящими Ксенией и Анастасией, и другие, происходившие, по преданию, из Петровского монастыря, — Спаса, Троицы, Смоленской и Печерской Богоматери, апостолов Петра и Павла.

В конце XVIII века при храме открылась богадельня, которую содержал купец Викулин.

По сообщению архиепископа Самуила, в 1781 году в приходе храма было 895 человек, проживавших в 94 домовладениях. В 1908 году прихожан было уже 224 человека.

К югу от холодной Петропавловской церкви в 1840 году построили тёплую во имя Николая Чудотворца с приделом иконы Божией Матери «Всех скорбящих Радость» на средства прихожанина купца Сергея Галочкина.

По храму получили название две ярославских улицы — существовавшая с древности Петропавловская, которая вела от храма в город, и Малая Петропавловская, проложенная при перепланировке города в 1778 году.

В июле 1918 года в результате артиллерийского обстрела Ярославля Красной армией храм получил сильные повреждения. В 1922 году он был отремонтирован сотрудниками Ярославской реставрационной мастерской под руководством Петра Барановского, но в 1931 году советские власти закрыли приход, а в 1937-м полностью разрушили оба храма. Барановский писал: «Тамошние варвары взорвали церковь Петра и Павла на волжском берегу. А ведь она была отреставрирована мною и сияла божественной красотой…» После этого, не смирившись с утратой, он больше ни разу не приезжал в Ярославль.

Архитектура
Петропавловская церковь имела планировку типичную для ярославских церквей XVII века. Основной храм — кубического типа, замыкающийся тремя невысокими апсидами главного алтаря и увенчанный пятью луковичными главами на вытянутых световых барабанах. С трёх сторон четверик был окружён крытой галереей с симметричными приделами с двух сторон, увенчанными главками. Перед входом в храм у галереи устроено островерхое четырёхскатное крыльцо. С западной стороны к галерее была пристроена 26-метровая шатровая колокольня. Отличительной особенностью церкви были муравленые и изразцовые украшения фасада.

Современники считали храм одним из лучших в городе по своей архитектуре. В 1920‑х годах ярославские реставраторы писали о нём в своём отчёте:: «В этом храме более чем в других сказались и новые веяния — погоня за освещением и введение западных классических форм. На непривычного нового зрителя храм производит очень сильное, даже "неизгладимое" впечатление».

Галерея

Примечания

Ярославль
Петра и Павла
Утраченные храмы Ярославля
Ярославская школа зодчества
Храмы, построенные в 1691 году в России
1690-е годы в Ярославской области
Ярославль

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declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;

use Doctrine\ORM\Annotation as ORM;
use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;

class DDC809Test extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
{
    public function setUp() : void
    {
        parent::setUp();
        $this->schemaTool->createSchema(
            [
                $this->em->getClassMetadata(DDC809Variant::class),
                $this->em->getClassMetadata(DDC809SpecificationValue::class),
            ]
        );

        $conn = $this->em->getConnection();
        $conn->insert('specification_value_test', ['specification_value_id' => 94589]);
        $conn->insert('specification_value_test', ['specification_value_id' => 94593]);
        $conn->insert('specification_value_test', ['specification_value_id' => 94606]);
        $conn->insert('specification_value_test', ['specification_value_id' => 94607]);
        $conn->insert('specification_value_test', ['specification_value_id' => 94609]);
        $conn->insert('specification_value_test', ['specification_value_id' => 94711]);

        $conn->insert('variant_test', ['variant_id' => 545208]);
        $conn->insert('variant_test', ['variant_id' => 545209]);

        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545208, 'specification_value_id' => 94606]);
        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545208, 'specification_value_id' => 94607]);
        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545208, 'specification_value_id' => 94609]);
        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545208, 'specification_value_id' => 94711]);

        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545209, 'specification_value_id' => 94589]);
        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545209, 'specification_value_id' => 94593]);
        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545209, 'specification_value_id' => 94606]);
        $conn->insert('var_spec_value_test', ['variant_id' => 545209, 'specification_value_id' => 94607]);
    }

    /**
     * @group DDC-809
     */
    public function testIssue() : void
    {
        $result = $this->em->createQueryBuilder()
                        ->select('Variant, SpecificationValue')
                        ->from(DDC809Variant::class, 'Variant')
                        ->leftJoin('Variant.SpecificationValues', 'SpecificationValue')
                        ->getQuery()
                        ->getResult();

        self::assertCount(4, $result[0]->getSpecificationValues(), 'Works in test-setup.');
        self::assertCount(4, $result[1]->getSpecificationValues(), 'Only returns 2 in the case of the hydration bug.');
    }
}

/**
 * @ORM\Table(name="variant_test")
 * @ORM\Entity
 */
class DDC809Variant
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Column(name="variant_id", type="integer")
     * @ORM\Id
     */
    protected $variantId;

    /**
     * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity=DDC809SpecificationValue::class, inversedBy="Variants")
     * @ORM\JoinTable(name="var_spec_value_test",
     *   joinColumns={
     *     @ORM\JoinColumn(name="variant_id", referencedColumnName="variant_id")
     *   },
     *   inverseJoinColumns={
     *     @ORM\JoinColumn(name="specification_value_id", referencedColumnName="specification_value_id")
     *   }
     * )
     */
    protected $SpecificationValues;

    public function getSpecificationValues()
    {
        return $this->SpecificationValues;
    }
}

/**
 * @ORM\Table(name="specification_value_test")
 * @ORM\Entity
 */
class DDC809SpecificationValue
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Column(name="specification_value_id", type="integer")
     * @ORM\Id
     */
    protected $specificationValueId;

    /**
     * @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity=DDC809Variant::class, mappedBy="SpecificationValues")
     *
     * @var DDC809Variant
     */
    protected $Variants;
}


Amazon S3 is the most common storage options for many organizations, being object storage it is used for a wide variety of data types, from the smallest objects to huge datasets. All in all, Amazon S3 is a great service to store a wide scope of data types in a highly available and resilient environment. Your S3 objects are likely being read and accessed by your applications, other AWS services, and end users, but is it optimized for its best performance? This post will discuss some of the mechanisms and techniques that you can apply to ensure you are getting the most optimal performance when using Amazon S3.
When TCP establishes a connection between a source and destination, a 3-way handshake takes place which originates from the source (client). So logically when looking at this from an S3 perspective, your client might need to upload an object to S3. Before this can happen a connection to the S3 servers needs to be created. The client will send a TCP packet with a specified TCP window scale factor in the header, this initial TCP request is known as a SYN request, part 1 of the 3-way handshake. S3 will receive this request and respond with a SYN/ACK message back to the client with it's supported window scale factor, this is part 2. Part 3 then involved an ACK message back to the S3 server acknowledging the response. On completion of this 3 way handshake, a connection is then established and data can be sent between the client and S3.
By increasing the window size with a scale factor (window scaling) it allows you to send larger quantities of data in a single segment and therefore allowing you to send more data at a quicker rate.
Sometimes multiple packets can be lost when using TCP and understanding which packets have been lost can be difficult to ascertain within a TCP window. As a result, sometimes all of the packets can be resent, but some of these packets may have already been received by the receiver and so this is ineffective. By using TCP selective acknowledgment (SACK), it helps performance by notifying the sender of only failed packets within that window allowing the sender to simple resend only failed packets.
Again, the request for using SACK has to be initiated by the sender (the source client) within the connection establishment during the SYN phase of the handshake. This option is known as SACK-permitted. More information on how to use and implement SACK can be found within RFC-2018.
On top of TCP Scaling and TCP SACK communications, S3 itself is already highly optimized for a very high request throughput. In July 2018, AWS made a significant change to these request rates as per the following AWS S3 announcement. Prior to this announcement, AWS recommended that you randomized prefixes within your bucket to help optimize performance, this is no longer required. You can now achieve exponential growth of request rate performance by using multiple prefixes within your bucket.
You are now able to achieve 3,500 PUT/POST/DELETE request per second along with 5,500 GET requests. These limitations are based on a single prefix, however, there are no limitations of the number of prefixes that can be used within an S3 bucket. As a result, if you had 20 prefixes you could reach 70,000 PUT/POST/DELETE and 110,000 GET requests per second within the same bucket.
The 'Presentation' folder acts as a prefix to identify the object and this pathname is known as the object key. Similarly with the 'Project' folder, again this is the prefix to the object. 'Stuart.jpg' does not have a prefix and so can be found within the root of the bucket itself.
Learn how to create your first Amazon S3 bucket in this Hands-on Lab.
Another method used to help optimization, which is by design, is to incorporate Amazon S3 with Amazon CloudFront. This works particularly well if the main request to your S3 data is a GET request. Amazon CloudFront is AWS's content delivery network that speeds up the distribution of your static and dynamic content through its worldwide network of edge locations.
This post has explained a number of different options that are available to help you identify ways to optimize the performance when working with S3 objects.
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The Importance of Upholstered Furniture Cleaning in Village, VA | Kings Cleaning Service, Inc.
When it comes to cleaning, one of the most overlooked things in your home is your furniture—more specifically, upholstered pieces like couches and chairs. Just think about it: you polish your wood furniture and vacuum the floors, so why would you not clean your upholstery, too? The truth is that you're likely sitting on the couch more often than on the floor, and your clothing is liable to transfer all sorts of nasty debris particles to upholstery materials. If you have pets or kids, then furniture is even dirtier—especially if you don't clean it regularly.
Let's take a look at the importance of upholstery furniture cleaning in Village, VA.
After buying new furniture, you are likely to wipe it down often—at least for the first couple weeks. But after two to four weeks, the cleanings stop and the dirt buildup begins. Regardless of its age, though, if you don't want your furniture to appear lackluster and begin showing dirt, make sure not to neglect it. Cleaning upholstered furniture as a part of your chores can preserve its appearance for a longer time.
Along the same lines as the way a good cleaning helps to maintain furniture appearance, it also contributes to extending the life of the furniture. First, even though your couch may look worn, it might just be very dirty. But leave it dirty for a time, and the materials will begin to wear out. Ground-in dirt and grime ages your furniture at a rapid pace, often times leaving you no choice but to spend the money to replace it. Avoid this with regular cleaning.
Have you noticed that you or members of your household have been experiencing breathing difficulties? It could be as subtle as short bouts of coughing or as serious as upper respiratory complications that could be due to poor indoor air quality caused by a buildup of dust, mold, pet dander and other allergens on upholstery. Add in dirty, dust-filled air ducts and you've got a recipe for a respiratory disaster. If you want to prevent breathing problems, remove dust and other airborne particles and improve your indoor air quality, look into upholstered furniture cleaning in Village, VA.
While you may be able to detect strong odors on your fabric-covered furniture, there are some things you can't smell or see. It might sound scary, but a number of potentially dangerous allergens and germs are probably living on your couch right now. Bacteria, mold, dust mites and fleas are not uncommon and can make you and your family sick. If, after a long while, you don't clean upholstered furniture, then there's a chance you could start smelling sickening odors from mold or festering bacteria.
Whether you own furniture made of upholstery, leather or wood that's dirty and looking worn, rest assured the team of professional cleaners at King's Cleaning Service, Inc. can handle it. You won't regret trusting us. For answers to your questions, or to schedule a time for furniture cleaning in Village, VA, give us a call today!


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TeraPlast Group strengthens its management team by appointing a development director
Bistrița, December 3, 2021
TeraPlast Group appoints Laszlo Vajda as Development Director
The appointment comes in the light of the shift in strategy of the Group in 2020 and the 2021-2022 development plans
TeraPlast Group announces the expansion of the management team by appointing Mr Laszlo Vajda as Development Director. The new director starts his work in December and will coordinate the development strategies for all the companies within the Group. The last position occupied by Mr Vajda was of Country Manager for Romania and Hungary at Pipelife Group.
This position dedicated to development complements the executive responsibilities in the light of the growth objectives set for the business and product portfolio to capitalize on the new market opportunities. By co-opting Laszlo Vajda, the Group will benefit from his extensive experience gained on foreign markets and in the polymer processing field. Laszlo Vajda has over 20 years of experience in the field, and the various hierarchical positions he held in his career make him a fine connoisseur of production processes and, at the same time, a capable strategist.
"A business is judged by the figures it reports. Behind the figures, however, are the people, their ideas and strength. They are the ones who generate ideas and turn them into profit for the shareholders. Since we have set the objective of annual double-digit growth, the need for a Development Director has become apparent. Laci is first a professional who comes from a global organization and will be an important asset in the development of the Group. He adds an experience that complements ours. At Group level we encourage the performance of our colleagues either by internal promotion or by the external recruitment of specialists with a good sense of the market, who have the same values as we do. The vision and adaptability of our team turned TeraPlast Group into the strong regional player it is today", stated Alexandru Stânean, CEO of TeraPlast Group.
"As a player on this market for the last 15 years, I have watched TeraPlast's evolution, its sustainable growth and dynamism that have made the Group what it is today. To everyone in this industry and beyond, it represents a model of sustainable development and should be taken as an example!" stated Laszlo Vajda. "I fully share the philosophy that governs the organization and from this perspective the integration within the team is easy. Therefore, we are on the same page, we have harmonized perspectives, and this is the ideal starting point to work together in key areas on strategies that ensure the Group's continuous evolution and improvement of the performance. We have a busy agenda; TeraPlast aims to be a model of sustainable development for Romania and not solely, and our strategy focuses on recycling, on the responsible use of resources and the integration of all the sustainable values within the business model: environment, social and governance" added Mr Vajda.
Laszlo Vajda joins the Group with 20 years of experience in polymer processing companies in many positions. Over time, he was responsible of production processes, overseeing investments, streamlining technical and production flows as well as product development and quality management. At the same time, he gained strategic experience from the position of general manager, coordinating in recent years the activity in Romania and Hungary of the Pipelife Group.
TeraPlast Group reported, during the first nine months of this year, a turnover of RON 451 million and an EBITDA of RON 64,5 million, increasing by 46%, respectively 32% compared to the first nine months of 2020. In the same period, the net profit of the Group increased by 41%, up to RON 30,6 million in the first nine months of 2020.
Out of the EUR 32 million investments the Group implements in 2021, EUR 20 million are channelled towards increasing by 50% the production capacity of the Installation business line to optimally accommodate the existing market opportunities.
Starting this quarter the TeraBio Pack factory is operational, a EUR 12 million investment to produce OK Compost certified biodegradable packaging.
The Group's strategy also includes sustainable development objectives. Starting 2018, TeraPlast holds an international patent to produce multi-layered PVC pipes with recycled core. Since 2021, the processing capacity of the recycling factory increases from 12.000 t/year to 31.000 t/year. At the same time, over 7.000 photovoltaic modules are installed on the halls of the Saratel Industrial Park, and the Group plans to expand them on the new production and storage halls as well, to ensure independently and responsibly a part of the necessary energy.
About TeraPlast Group
The Group is comprised of the companies TeraPlast, TeraGlass, TeraPlast Recycling, TeraBio Pack and Somplast. Starting July 2nd, 2008, TeraPlast SA – the parent-company of the TeraPlast Group – is listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the TRP symbol. The company's shares are included in the BSE reference index, BET, and starting September 2021, in FTSE Russell's Small Cap and Global All Cap indices. Within the Vektor evaluation based on 15 criteria for investor relations communication, conducted by ARIR, TeraPlast received the highest mark: 10, for the second year.


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August 27, 2008 by Steve
Stratford Reviewed 2008 (5):
Astute readers will have noticed the lack of activity here recently due to my three-day trip up to Stratford. I won't put long reviews here for the most part (you can read far more about the productions on the festival's own website), but will give a feeling for what I saw and what's worth your attention. Three more reviews will come in the next article in this series.
What really shone out at Stratford was the sense of company, the sense that this was a group of actors working (with one notable exception) together. Seasoned veterans and stars shared the stage with young actors and they worked as one. Even the solo performances concentrated on the character and the story, not on "look at me" trickery.
This post includes reviews of:
Krapp's Last Tape
Caesar & Cleopatra
Hughie by Eugene O'Neil
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
This double bill is more or less sold out to the end of its run on August 31, but you might get lucky and pick up a ticket on a rush basis.
You will see Brian Dennehy as a pair of characters, one an ever optimistic gambler with tales of his brilliant past, the other a bleak pessimist with only himself and his tape recorder for an audience.
In Hughie, we meet Erie Smith, a gambler who's down on his luck most of the time. He's a regular in a decidely second-string hotel where, until now, Hughie, the desk clerk was an audience for Erie's stories of better days. Hughie died recently, the new the Night Clerk is an unknown. Will he listen? Does he care?
Joe Grifasi has the difficult role of the Night Clerk who must spend his time reacting as little as possible to his odd guest. Just be vaguely polite, but not engaging, and watch as Dennehy acts up a storm around him.
More than once, Erie starts up to his room, but if he doesn't have an audience, what is there? In one last try, he pulls a few dollars in loose change from his pockets, and stakes both of them to play. Erie is alive again.
Krapp also needs an audience, but he's been alone for years. Each year, on his birthday, he records a tape of his thoughts and this, on his 69th, will probably be his last.
For 10 mins, Krapp doesn't speak (who would hear) as he goes about his ritual preparations. He eats a banana, then another. The dropped peel on the floor is almost a challenge. He positions it just so then … a pratfall. He has a weakness for bananas, and the fall is part of his routine.
Finally he starts the tape to record his bitter thoughts, but suddenly stops and throws the tape away. What he really wants to hear is the story 30 years ago, the day he almost became someone. He could have love, or he could become a writer, and on that triumphal day he chose his book. It sold 17 copies.
Krapp at 69 sees the fool he was at 39, but his life clearly has been stuck at that point, at that wrong turn, and it is the focus of what remains.
Two very different men, both living in the past. One wonderful actor. These two performances show what acting is about, and all without a "look at me" star syndrome.
Caesar & Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw
The story of the title characters doesn't need retelling beyond a very brief synopsis. Caesar, a crusty old soldier, encounters a very young Cleopatra who is terrified that, as a Roman, he is going to eat her. This quickly passes, and Caesar schools the young Queen in what being "royal" is all about. She's a quick study.
Shaw's comedy starts off with the ridiculous fantasies of a 16-year old, but quickly turns to the dynamics among the Romans. Here, Stratford's production really shines. Christopher Plummer is Caesar, but he's one of many fine actors on the Festival Stage. Nicki James holds her own as Cleopatra and shares a well-deserved final bow. Peter Donaldson is Rufio, Caesar's right hand man who will eventually be left behind as Caesar's viceroy despite his rough, soldierly ways. Stephen Sutcliffe is a delight as Britannus, Caesar's too moral, pompous secretary who tries to keep order and protocol where things are better left alone.
This production has well-deserved raves elsewhere, and I don't need to write ten more paragraphs urging you to see it. Runs to November 8.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Ham is the operative word here. I must admit to walking out the interval and, in fairness, have to assume that the rave reviews are somehow connected to brilliant business in Acts IV and V of the play. I will take this on faith.
Ben Calson is completely over the top in the title role. I could hardly use the phrase "melancholy Dane" to describe him since every speech is delivered bellowing to the audience. Somewhere, there is a Hamlet torn by introspection, but not in this production. By playing at one shrill level, Carlson leaves no room for any emotional scope from the other actors all of whom seem to be just getting through their roles like the worst of chores.
Carlson's readings are anti-poetical and overplayed. Where there is a dramatic pause (such as at "aye, there's the rub"), it feels staged, not a natural revelation.
Ger Wyn Davies' Polonius should be interesting, a less fussy dunderhead than we usually see and a father with a real care for his daughter. However, his restrained readings simply fade behind Hamlet's bluster. The classic speech to Laertes ("Neither a borrower nor a lender be …") passes by completely without interest. With an essentially empty character, Polonius loses the pathos that would normally attend his death.
Scott Wentworth's Claudius telegraphs his guilt as the murderer of Hamlet's father with his every move rather than giving the audience pause, a real sense that Hamlet (and his father's ghost) may be wrong.
The director, Adrian Noble, must be held to account for this odd production. Direct textual references are ignored. Hamlet meets Ophelia in her bedroom, not a palace corridor, for "Get thee to a nunnery". What were Polonius and Claudius doing there in the first place plotting to overhear the exchange? Hamlet says that he has a rapier, and yet he stabs Polonius with a much larger sword that quite noticeably does not penetrate the "arras" behind which the old man is hiding. It's the sort of problem one expects in a burlesque, not a serious production.
The first half ended with an often-cut scene of Fortinbras and an army from Norway enroute to a battle by way of Denmark. We have music of Elgarian majesty and a sense of event, of happening, that has been absent for three acts. Alas, it is in aid of a minor bit of plot and a device for a big first half close.
I left the theatre and my fellow audience members to Ophelia's coming death, Hamlet's offstage voyage to England, the Gravedigger's scene, and the final duel leaving the Danish court dead at our feet. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern died without my assistance.
The production runs to October 26, but, please, find something else to see.
Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fang by Mordechai Richler
As a one-time fundraiser, Christopher Plummer got up early (for him) for an 11 am reading at the Avon Theatre. This is the sort of storytelling anyone, big child or little, would love to have — a master actor reading a delightful story and taking all of the roles himself. The audience settled into the story with a mixture of delight for the text and admiration for Plummer's delivery.
A huge treat!
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Phoenix Open tees off today
Over 200 golfers from the Visayas and other parts of the country will see action today, June 30, 2017, at the Phoenix Premium 98 Golf Open Tournament at the Cebu Country Club, Banilad, Cebu City.
They will all seek to win the grand hole-in-one prizes: a Harley-Davidson 1200 custom motorcycle, a Tata Manza, one million pesos in cash, and 100,000 pesos worth of Phoenix fuel cards in designated par 3 holes of the golf course.
Lucky players will also get a chance to bring home major raffle prizes such as a 12-inch MacBook 256GB, a 55-inch Samsung Curve TV, an iPhone 7 Plus, and other latest gadgets.
Tournament winners will each receive a Royal Selangor pewter plate and Phoenix fuel cards. Champions will also bring home Phoenix signature golf bags.
Special prizes will also be given away to winners who make the nearest to the pin, the longest drive, and the most accurate drive. Surprises and fun games will follow at the tee houses and at the clubhouse during the awarding ceremony.
Proceeds from the Phoenix Open will go to the Phoenix Philippines Foundation to support its education, environment, health, and outreach programs.
The Phoenix Premium 98 Golf Open Tournament is presented by Phoenix Petroleum Philippines and co-presented by Pioneer Insurance and F. F. Cruz & Co.
Hole-in-one sponsors are Tata Motors and Visayan Surety & Insurance Corporation. Gold Sponsor is Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Inc. Silver sponsors are Mithras Security Agency and Maybank ATR Kim Eng.


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Midweek podcast: Senate tries to deal with 'out of whack' court delays
This week on the midweek podcast senators George Baker and Bob Runciman on how the federal government can help alleviate court delays. Then a look back at Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's career on the bench with the CBC's Alison Crawford and a look ahead with University of Ottawa law professor Carissima Mathen.
Then a look at the challenges the Supreme Court faces after Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin leaves
CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2017 4:54 PM ET | Last Updated: June 14, 2017
In July, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a reasonable delay to trial is no more than 18 months in provincial court and 30 months for cases before the Superior Court.
Listen to the full episode35:56
Since the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision aimed at limiting trial delays last summer the Liberal government has heard from angry families of victims, defence and Crown attorneys and provincial justice ministers— and it can now add a 211-page report to that pile of complaints.
'Action is desperately needed': Senators recommend 50 ways to fix Canada's courts
Defence lawyers urge Supreme Court not to waver on steps to tackle justice system delays
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin retiring from Supreme Court
In July 2016, the Supreme Court released the so-called Jordan decision, which ruled that a reasonable delay for a trial should not exceed\n 18 months in provincial court and 30 months for cases before the Superior Court. Those time limits have resulted in some serious cases being thrown out of court, including a case in Quebec where a man accused of killing his wife had his charges stayed because the case took too long to get to trial.
Senate committee on legal and constitutional affairs Chair Senator Bob Runciman listens as Senator George Baker responds to a question after releasing the committee's final report on court delays in Canada during a news conference in Ottawa today. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
On Wednesday, a Senate committee put forward 50 recommendations aimed at unclogging courts across the country and ensuring accused criminals don't elude justice due to lengthy trial delays.
One recommendation from the Senate committee on legal and constitutional affairs asks the federal government to overhaul Canada's Criminal Code to allow reduced sentences or financial compensation as an alternative to tossing out a case when it takes too long to get to trial.
"It takes a similar trial taking place in Canada and in Australia, it takes ten times longer to have that trial in Canada than it does in Australia," said the committee's deputy chair, Liberal Senator George Baker.
Justice Beverley McLachlin is sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice during a ceremony April 17, 1989, in Ottawa. (Ron Poling/Canadian Press)
"So we're way out of whack as far as the time it takes for a trial to be completed."
It's now up to Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to respond, said Conservative Senator Bob Runciman, chair of the legal and constitutional affairs committee.
"When we talk about the culture of complacency, I think that applies to governments of all political stripes as well — provincially and federally. So you know we have to hope, we have to be optimistic. We think we've laid out a roadmap here in ways that this can be addressed, " he said.
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin signals her goodbye
Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin was one of the dissenting voices on the Jordan decision, just one of the controversial decisions marking her 28 years with the top court, including 17 years as the presiding judge.
She announced she'll retire from the bench on Dec. 15, 2017.
It's now up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appoint a new chief justice.
University of Ottawa law professor Carissima Mathen expects it will come from within the existing Supreme Court ranks.
"There really isn't much precedent in Canada to parachute someone into the court as a new justice and as a chief justice," she said.
Mathen said there's some expectation that McLachlin's replacement would be from Quebec given the practice of rotating between civil and common law jurists.
But she's not sure replacing McLachlin with another woman will top Trudeau's list.
"He might like to make that kind of statement, but I think when you're dealing with such a small group of candidates and looking at all the other considerations. Who wants it? What's their seniority? What are their administrative skills? In that context I personally would see gender as a little bit lower on that list," Mathen said.


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1963 Jaguar E-Type Roadster
E-Type first series
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When the E-Type was unveiled in March of 1961 at the Geneva Motor Show, it created an immediate sensation, and justifiably so. In addition to being achingly pretty and bang up to date aerodynamically, it was incredibly mechanically sophisticated, incorporating all of the lessons Jaguar had learned from their incredibly successful run at Le Mans (and in sports car racing in general) during the 1950s with the C-Type and D-Type. The E-Type featured semi-monocoque construction, a twin-cam engine, and independent suspension and disc brakes all around. In 1961, no other production car offered such a sophisticated specification at any price, let alone around 2,000 pound sterling, the price of the E-Type in the UK. The car sold extremely well and its looks, specification, and performance have secured it a place as one of the greatest sports cars of all time. Throughout their long production run, the cars were continuously developed, although not always for the better, particularly as American safety and emissions laws mandated both aesthetic and performance losses. Consequently, the Series I cars are unequivocally the most desirable, with the 3.8 liter cars embodying a particular purity and direct tie to the cars that rocked the automotive world in Geneva in 1961.
This specific car was delivered in 1963 in USA. Imported in Europe in 1991, it has had 4 owner since then. The actual owner bought it in 2010, using it just a few times in the last 10 years but always making the maintenance works required.
PRICE REQUEST: 147.000,00 €
Manufacturer: Jaguar
Model: E-Type
VIN INFORMATION
VIN: 87XXXX
Interior Color: Red leather
Engine type: 3.8L straight-six
Gearbox type: 4 Speed Manual
Current Country of Registration: Italy


The plot thickens as Edward, Jane, and G are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. With the fate of the kingdom at stake, our heroes will have to engage in some conspiring of their own. But can they pull off their plan before it's off with their heads?.
I finally managed to read another book this month, It was a huge risk I took as it is one of the hyped books and I am not finding much time to read. Luckily I loved it.
I used to think that historical fictions are overloaded with information but this book change that stereotype for me. What the authors did with the story is just brilliant. All of these authors are new to me this is the first book I've read by these.
The Writing style, story, characters, narrators everything was so impressive. Narrators were hilarious 😂 and the characters were so goofy. I loved the plot, It was way different than what I expected from a monarchy focused historical fiction.
Jane and G 😍, I was totally shipping for them and their relationship is one of the most favourite parts of the story.
I loved it when one character is bibliophile and Jane was literally one.
Such a fun book. Glad you enjoyed it. So many quotes to choose from!
Yup. I really enjoyed it too.
I never thought historical fiction will be fun. Loved to get my hands on this book.
I love historical fictions and this is on my tbr for so long but I still haven't read it 😅 By the sound of its synopsis it must really be funny! I'm glad you loved it. Can't wait to read it myself. Great review!
Great review! This one definitely isn't for me. I don't know why but I have never been able to get into historical fiction. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, After reading this book my perspective towards historical books is changed before it I used to think that these will be overloaded with history.
This sounds like a unique and fun read.
This book is going on my TBR list because I keep hearing about it. And I love that there is humor in it, that quote about sleeping in a room without books cracked me up!
Humor is one of the best thing of this book.
I'm really not sure what to make of this book, it sounds super unique. But I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I've had this book sitting on my shelf for so long. I've heard nothing but amazing things, but always hesitated to read it because I'm not really a historical fiction fan and worried it would be too much like that. I think I need to just give it a shot based on your review!
I was also ignoring it despite all those positive reviews, but believe me I didn't even remember that it is a historical fiction while reading.
I'll recommend it to you and hope you'll enjoy it.
I had my eye on this one from your last posting, and now 5 stars!! Added to the TBR.
Wow. Sounds interesting. I am not a big romantic reader but I might try this book.
Me neither, It wasn't over loaded with romance so I enjoyed it.
I love it when characters are really likeable. I've not heard of the book before, sounds great though. Lovely review.
Interesting book! Not much of a fan of historical reads but your review makes this look good.
This book sounds really good. I don't know why though but I've always had a hard time getting into historical fiction.
I had to but this one is a light and quick read.
I have wanted to read this book for a while now! Cute review! I love your graphics! Have you read My Plain Jane yet?
It pretty much correlates with My Lady Jane. It's a Jane Eyre retelling. I am listening to Jane Eyre to prepare to read all these Jane Eyre retelling that are popping up!
I am a fan of historical fiction but hadn't heard of this one; thanks for sharing your thoughts!
This sounds so adorable. I will watch out for htis one.


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Creationism, the belief that the creation stories of Genesis are scientific fact, is widespread among conservative Christians, who seek to introduce this doctrine even in public schools. This sets the creation stories in scripture in opposition to the scientific story of the origins and natureof the universe. Was the universe created in fifteen billion years or in seven days? In pre-scientific times, most believers did take the creation stories in Genesis literally, but times have changed. Scientific discoveries have revealed aspects of the universe unknown in ancient times.
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and to Rebecca Solnit's article "Grounds for Hope" in the Winter 2017 issue of Tikkun Quarterly.
Suddenly anti-Semitism is back. Over one hundred headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia were overturned in a hate act early Sunday February 26, a week after a similar assault on a Jewish cemetery in Missouri. Since the election of Donald Trump there have been hundreds of incidents of bomb threats to Jewish institutions, 20 more on Monday February 27th, along with college campuses reporting a dramatic rise in anti-Semitic graffiti.
President Trump is reported to have followed alt-Right conspiracy theorists in suggesting in an off-the-record briefing that these might be false flag operations coming from Jews who are seeking to build sympathy and reclaim our victim status.
Jewish leaders around the country are calling upon President Trump to order a full-scale investigation of this surge in acts designed to frighten Jews. Unfortunately, they have been facing some indifference from a media and public which have been overdosed with cries of anti-Semitism. When progressive Jews and some major Protestant denominations have dared to criticize Israel's denial of human rights to Palestinians the Jewish establishment and many rabbis in synagogues around the U.S. have said that those people critiquing Israel's denial of human rights to Palestinians are either anti-Semites or "self-hating Jews." Just two weekends ago Congressman Keith Ellison lost his bid to be chair of the Democratic National Committee after Jewish organizations and fundraisers spread the rumor that he was an anti-Semite based on his mild criticisms of Israeli policies. After decades of mainstream Jewish organizations crying wolf by reviling young Jews who want the same rights for Palestinians that Jews correctly have sought for ourselves and many other oppressed groups, the Jewish establishment deserves some responsibility for weakening their own credibility and diminishing the American public's concern when now our community is facing real anti-Semitism.
For six months in 2011 and 2012, I lived just minutes from Beersheba and its Iron Dome. When the siren screamed, people would rush indoors. It stopped missiles, but the threat of rockets remained, simmering as a constant question. It wasn't a question of if, but when we'd hear the siren again. There is no wall high enough and no dome strong enough to give Jews, Muslims, and Christians true security or peace of mind. Only justice can do that.
Still, AIPAC continues to claim that safety can be found in defense spending. In a recent tweet, AIPAC shared a recent successful test of the improved Iron Dome. They would have us believe that security can be bought. But I never saw that in Israel.
That's why, at the end of this month, Jews will march up to AIPAC's doorstep in both Los Angeles and Washington D.C. to make American Jews face a hard truth: AIPAC has failed to show moral Jewish leadership. Instead, for a false sense of safety, this institution — and others in the American Jewish establishment — have undermined the Jewish values of justice and dignity so critical to our own fight for equality.
AIPAC's mission, it claims, is to work toward the security of the State of Israel. Yet now, fifty years into the Occupation, AIPAC shows no signs of understanding what a path to true security might look like, let alone of how to start traveling down it. Instead, its members gave then-candidate Trump a standing ovation when he promised to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a step that could easily —if not surely — inflame violence. AIPAC has also remained silent in the face of David Friedman's support for non-democratic Jewish rule over all Palestinians living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
In its single-minded pursuit of Israeli security, AIPAC has also been silent about the many threats against Jewish communities in America. It remained silent after the vandalism of Jewish graves in several cities, the more than one hundred bomb threats against JCCs, and the recent spike in hate crimes against Jews. For an organization concerned about the Jewish state, its leaders are noticeably silent about this rise in threats against Jews domestically, threats that appear fueled by rhetoric from the Trump administration.
Though this recent silence in the face of the bigotry and anti-Semitism of Trump's administration is particularly chilling, AIPAC has long aligned itself with policies that undermine the possibility of peace between Jews and Muslims. In 2016, its national conference hosted Steven Emerson, a man who lied about government 'no-go zones' in Muslim areas, including the entire UK city of Birmingham. Nina Rosenwald, a member of its national board, supports multiple organizations that fan the flames of American Islamophobia, such as the Middle East Forum. Emerson and Rosenwald aren't on the fringes of the organization — they are its core.
Jewish tradition celebrates 'makhloket l'shem shamayim' or 'disagreement for the sake of heaven' – the principle that open debate and critical dissent on ethical and moral issues is a necessary and holy task. Open debate, especially on controversial moral issues, is critical in any community committed to the sacred Jewish commitment to pursue justice, tzedek,for all.
As a Jewish child growing up in Apartheid South Africa, I saw how many of those who opposed Apartheid were often silenced, shamed, banned, not allowed to organize, arrested, imprisoned and murdered. As a result, we all lived in fear of openly expressing our opinion and too many in my Jewish community and in other faith communities betrayed our faiths by not speaking up for justice and not challenging the denial of freedom of speech.
The cathedral's heavy wooden doors were wide open, inviting the world inside for the Washington Bach Consort's free noontime organ and cantata performance. I crossed the threshold and was surrounded by van Gogh stained glass. Swirls of twilight purples and blues surrounded outlines of dark, quiet church towns and sunlight streaming through yellow glass illuminated figures of Christ. The outline of a labyrinth twisted beneath my feet as I walked down the aisle and sat in the front pew.
At noon, the cathedral's great pipe organ roared to life with music. Bach's Fugue in F major shook the very foundations of the church, and I thought of the organ as an actual heart beating life into the church through contrapuntal veins. A fugue builds up like a storm cloud as a musical theme is examined in different voices that eventually all intertwine with each other towards the end, almost losing control of itself.
The crowd applauded at the end of the fugue and J. Reilly Lewis, the director of the Bach Consort and a master organist, stepped out to conduct the cantata. He was a warm, charismatic man with silver hair and a great sense of humor. Lewis was my own music teacher's mentor and I was told that I absolutely had to see him conduct. Lewis was a brilliant interpreter of Bach and his orchestra used authentic Baroque instruments.
One month later, my music teacher was flying back to Washington, D.C. for Lewis' funeral. I saw the last noontime concert Lewis ever conducted at before he died of a heart attack. He had vanished beyond what Emmanuel Moses calls, "the impassable threshold," in his Preludes and Fugues poetry collection translated by Marilyn Hacker.


Did the same thing with a 2011 Ford Edge being towed behind the motorhome. I keep my unit with us all the time even in the new Explorer which gets it's power from the motorhome; a professional set up this time.
The 660 is a great product, I just hope it last.
Anybody know the life expediency of the 660?


This year has been an equally amazing and terrible time to be a woman. Between Donald Trump, Roger Ailes's sexual harassment suit, and Kelly Oxford's Twitter campaign, it almost seems like Amazon has just pulled off the most impressive sneak campaign in the history of TV shows.
Anna Camp: We didn't know how relevant this show was going to be. We knew it was going to be around the first woman presidential candidate. But we had no clue this time was going to be so sexually charged.
Genevieve Angelson: On the show we've all had an incredible sense of gratitude. I think there's a feeling in the air that we're making something that matters.
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The Gwalior city is now both sprawling and crowded, with a population of perhaps 2,000,000, but until recently it was relatively small, and designed to be small.
The fort occupies a plateau in what is now the center of the city, but was once on its western boundary. The plateau is about 300 feet high built of basalt, rising steeply from the plain below. It is a bit less than two miles in length from north to south, maybe an average of a half mile from west to east.
The site is of mathematical interest because of what is written on a tablet recording the establishment of a small 9th century Hindu temple on the eastern side of the plateau (marked by the on the nineteenth century map at the left). By accident, it records the oldest zero "0" in India for which one can assign a definite date.
The temple is dated to 876 A. D. and is much older than the current fort, whose construction was begun in the late 15th century, although it was built quite a while after the original one constructed on the plateau. It is, like many temples in India, monolithic – that is to say, originally carved out of one single chunk of stone. It was dedicated to Vishnu, but is no longer an active site of worship.
The temple is named Chatur-bhuja, that of the four-armed god. Who was reponsible for the (literal) defacement of the statue is not known to me.
Just inside the inner chamber, on Vishnu's right hand side, is the dedication tablet. The tablet records the date (in the local era, which started in 57 B. C.), the dimension of a land grant to a neighbouring temple, and the size of a daily gift of flowers to be paid for from an endowment made to this temple.
What the Gwalior tablet shows is that by 876 A. D. our current place-value system with a base of 10 had become part of popular culture in at least one region of India.
We know almost nothing of how this decimal place-value notation came about, although there are many suggestive facts. One feature of Hindu culture in the middle centuries of the first millennium was that its texts were largely in verse, and preserved through oral tradition. It is hard to fit a useful numerical notation into such a scheme, and in fact what we see is a large literature, written down only much later than it originated, with numbers – often very, very large numbers – written in a kind of decimal place-value notation, but in words instead of symbols. Furthermore, the demands of the metric of the verses required that the exact words chosen to represent a given digit might vary from one point to another, so as to scan correctly. Whether this usage overlay more convenient calculation with symbols is not known to us, although it is almost inconceivable that it did not.
Another problem is that the climate of India is harsh. Paper was introduced to India late, and until then the materials on which things were written were birch bark in the north and palm leaves in the south. These are both extremely fragile. There are many extant manuscripts written on these, but nearly all of relatively recent date.
One of the more intriguing questions about the origin of decimal place-value notation is what connection it had to a much older tradition from a nearby region. The Babylonians began writing in about 3000 B.C., and had the good fortune to write on clay tablets, which can last for a very long time. We have extensive records from several thousand years of their development. They used an extremely sophisticated place-value system, remarkably much the one we use today, from very roughly 2000 B.C. on, but with a base of 60 instead of 10, and without "0". All the evidence that I am aware of suggests that this was technology acquired only by an elite group through rigourous training. This somewhat ambiguous notation persisted to about 300 B.C. when Babylonian astronomical tables started to incorporate a symbol that to some extent performed as zero, that is to say as a sign to indicate a space between two "digits". This was adopted in modified form by Greek astronomers after the conquests of Alexander, and this science in turn was transmitted (along with astrology!) to India sometime in the first few centuries of the current era. Exactly how these transmissions occurred is lost to us.
Alexander Cunningham, Four reports made during the years 1862-63-64-65, Archaeological Survey of India, 1865.
Section XVI of volume II contains the only substantial history of the city and principality of Gwalior that I have been able to locate. Cunningham mentions the temple and the tablet as well as its date 933, but does not mention the other numbers.
E. Hultsch, The two inscriptions of the Vaillabhattasvamin temple at Gwalior, Epigraphia Indica I, pages 154–161.
There are two inscriptions in the temple at Gwalior, one just above the entrance in a small domed porch, and the other on the left inside wall. The first is, as Hultsch says, written in a more attractive style (and, he also says, a more stylish Sanskrit), but has no mathematical interest, contrary to what is sometimes said.
Hultsch's article contains a transcription of the tablet into modern Sanskrit script, an English translation, and a reproduction of a rubbing of the tablet. Aside from the numerals, the tablet does not seem to be of much historical interest.
George Ifrah, The universal history of numbers, Penguin, 2000.
This book is useful, perhaps even indispensable, for someone interested in the history of numbers. It is a huge compendium of material, some fascinating and much – alas – of very little interest. One problem is that the author fails to warn you when he is relying on secondary material and when on first hand. This problem actually arises in his account of the temple of Gwalior – he has apparently misread Hultsch's transliteration and thought that the numbering of the Sanskrit verses found there was part of the inscription. One very valuable feature of Ifrah's books is the extensive bibliography.
Robert Kaplan, The nothing that is, Oxford University Press, 1999.
This book mentions Gwalior, but it is an uninteresting account, and seems to be passing on only third-hand information (as I have said, a frequent phenomnon in popular accounts of the history of science). I doubt that he has bothered to read Hultsch's article. but instead seems to rely principally on Ifrah. Even taking this into account, the sketches of the numerals at Gwalior have strangely little resemblance to the originals.


Takeaways from the panel about the relationship between "the Minnesota brand" and Minnesota brands included everything from customer targeting to balancing in-state and out of state advertising. Of course, there was also an emphasis on Minnesota pride. Here are six nuggets of "Minnewisdom" that could be useful for you whether you're marketing in the "Bold North" or in your local state.
#1 – Sometimes harder is better.
Leann Kispert, Director of Brand Marketing for Explore Minnesota Tourism, said that 70% of Explore Minnesota paid media has to go outside of the state of Minnesota. With that advertising, they have to deal with outside perceptions of Minnesota and it can be harder to convert visitors. But they spend more money and often become brand advocates.
#2 – Creativity + Unified Message = Win.
Noelle Hawton, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Minnesota State, shared that the vast majority of Minnesota audience or prospective students didn't know what MnSCU was, the 37 state colleges and universities in Minnesota now named Minnesota State. To reach potential students, an illustrated poster map of the state of Minnesota highlighting features has resonated well by sharing information in an info-taining way. Also, by promoting a unified message on behalf of the individual schools, while also encouraging the schools to use that unified message in their own marketing, has helped create a more effective message.
#3 – Building Minnesota pride builds business.
Kelsey Dodson-Smith, Vice President of Marketing for Sun Country Airlines, declared that advertising is focused locally since that is where customers are. They also emphasized inclusive home state pride by commissioning a local artist, Mark Herman, to create custom illustrations for each plane that was named after Minnesota lakes as part of the #hometownlakesproject.
#4 – Build a great brand by doing good.
#5 – Focusing on the why rather than the what.
#6 – Help customers own their brand experience.
Leah Wong, Vice President of External Relations for the Minneapolis Downtown Council, talked about how their 60th anniversary served as an opportunity to evaluate the brand and value proposition. This resulted in a rebranded approach: "Your Downtown" as a place to participate in and also contribute to. The focus was to help people own their experiences downtown, helping the brand stay relevant and to help people feel empowered.
As I hinted to earlier, there was also a lot of Minnesota pride in this discussion, with observations like, "Minnesota is happiest state in the United States," and the often cited claim that there are more theater seats in Minneapolis per capita than any U.S. city outside New York.
"Flyover country" is a challenging perception to get over and the Minnesota marketers recommended that we should be proud of the distinctions. Also, with the greater diversity of people living in Minnesota, brands are making more efforts to help people see themselves in the marketing Minnesota brands do.
The post The State of Minnesota Marketing: Insights from 6 Minnesota Brands appeared first on Online Marketing Blog – TopRank®.


The Washington Post has a good article on fresh summertime herbs that's worth reading. The included recipes aren't vegan, but most of them are vegetarian.
Thanks for the pointer! I'm always on the lookout for fresh herbs. We're currently growing some cilantro on our kitchen window sill and it should be ready for harvesting some leaves any time now.
i personally come down on the LOVE IT side! when i first tried cilantro, i thought it was really noxious, but i tried it again, and eventually became quite enamored! if at first you don't like it, try, try again!


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Jon Lovett - Political Podcasting & A Reminder that Democrats Can Win
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Podcast host Jon Lovett talks about the significance of the Democratic electoral victories in 2017.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones - The Majority of White Americans Want School Segregation
New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones explains why school segregation is almost as bad today as it was prior to Brown v. Board of Education.
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"Ratf**ked" author David Daley addresses the issue of gerrymandering and explains the impact that redistricting has on elections.
Are All Women's Rights Activists Foreign Spies?
Amid reports that Harvey Weinstein hired ex-Israeli spies to discredit his accusers, Laura Grey considers the possibility that feminism is a smokescreen for foreign espionage.
Taste the Freedom
Jordan protects President Trump from a questionable South Korean meal with an all-American emergency ingredient.
Don't Go, Betsy DeVos
Citizen Journalist Kobi Libii defends Betsy DeVos's lack of knowledge about her position as Secretary of Education and pleads with her not to resign.
Cracking Down on Voter Fraud: Tim Baltz Investigates
Motivated by a hefty cash reward, Citizen Journalist Tim Baltz sets out to prove that voter fraud occurred in New Hampshire during the 2016 election.
Donna Brazile: She's with Us
Donna Brazile's suggestion that the 2016 Democratic primary was rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton gives Jordan a change of heart about the former DNC chief.
Republicans Need to Be Trumpier Than Trump
Jordan blames Ed Gillespie's election loss in Virginia on the GOP candidate's inability to embrace President Trump.
The Paris Climate Accord - America's Going Stag
Syria announced its plan to sign the Paris climate accord, leaving the U.S. as the sole U.N. member country bravely going it solo.
Democrats Take an Elitist Victory Lap
The mainstream media can't stop reporting on the 2017 election wins by Democrats, but Jordan knows that they're ignoring America's real winner, Donald Trump.
"Lovett or Leave It" host Jon Lovett discusses the Democrats' 2017 electoral sweep and his mission to deliver quality political discourse -- even to people on their toilets.
Trump Visits China: What Happened to America First?
Jordan questions Donald Trump's commitment to his fellow Americans after the president cozies up to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
How to Separate Sexual Predators from Their Work
In the wake of recent sexual misconduct accusations against Louis C.K. and GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, Jordan turns to a comforting aphorism.
Trump's Brilliant Move in China
Citizen Journalist Laura Grey points out that Donald Trump's seeming acquiescence to Chinese leaders reveals his true character.
Jen Psaki - Understanding the Difference Between Facts and Opinions
Former White House communications director Jen Psaki critiques the Trump administration's approach to communicating with the American people.
Swing States Are in Danger
Jordan sounds the alarm when he discovers the Democrats' insidious plan to resettle Puerto Rico's displaced hurricane victims to key swing states.
Jose Calderon - A Marshall Plan for Puerto Rico
Hispanic Federation president Jose Calderon discusses the crisis in Puerto Rico and calls upon the federal government to invest more in the island's recovery.
An Inescapable Republican Roller Coaster Ride
Establishment Republicans are calling for conservative Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to drop out of the race as sexual assault accusations mount against him.
Puerto Rico's Hurricane Recovery: A 10 out of 10
Jordan meets with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz and other Puerto Ricans to find out the truth about the Trump administration's hurricane recovery efforts.
Locked In with Roy Moore
Jordan realizes that there's no escape from supporting Roy Moore as more sexual assault allegations surface against the Republican Senate nominee.
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Neuroscientists confirm that Thoreau was actually scientifically correct, that music is as baked into the human brain and DNA as are eating, sleeping, and other bodily functions.
From primitive tribes to advanced societies, throughout all stages of human evolution, we have made music, song in particular. Music really does matter, and it always has. Passionate lovers of music and Jewish liturgy, the Hasidim, composed countless melodies expressing ecstatic joy and love of God. For them, words imprisoned the soul, so they created niggunim, songs without words, to connect their souls to the eternal.


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Medical staff Medical staff, Stobhill Military Hospital. World War I.
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Q: Android Services equivalent in iOS Swift I am looking for something that is equivalent to Services in Android. As far as I have searched I haven't found anything useful. I found Background Fetch but according to my understanding it cannot be used long processes.
Here is what I want to use it for.
fetch a list of twitter user ids from our web server then auto-follow those usernames in background. As there are limits in Twitter API, so the process will be long possibly 3-4 hours. Is this possible on iOS?

A: There is no long-running background mode for continuous execution of apps in iOS.
This doesn't really sound like the right task for a mobile device. Running a 3-4 hour background job would be bad for battery life.
You can implement the function on a server somewhere and use push notification to send updates to the device.

A: An Android Service use case that is often cited is a background music service, which I have implemented as an exercise. It is not a given that a long running task actually will consume a lot of battery.  Rather, it appears Apple is guaranteeing that such an event cannot happen through API design.

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Your sales team must assume the customer either understands their own problems fully, partially, or not at all. The question is, are those assumptions correct? Jeff Thull, in his best-selling book Mastering the Complex Sale, talks about the evolution of B2B selling over the years, from a product-oriented approach to today's full diagnosis of the customer's problem.
If we take a minute to follow his historical outline, you'll be able to see whether your sales process is stuck in the past— or ready to address the modern customer's needs.
Obviously, sales has been around longer than the 1950s, but that's when corporate America first started treating it as a process and formally teaching it. In those early days, the salesperson's main tool was a script. He knew where to go and what to say; the whole process was regimented and almost mindless.
Era 1 was product-oriented: present and defend. Companies assumed that the customer would understand the value of the solution. All they had to do was present and clarify it.
In the '70s, the lightbulb went off and companies thought, "Gee, maybe we should listen to the customer." That's when sales became more of a conversation than a presentation. The aim was clear: listen to the customer, build a relationship, understand what they're experiencing as a problem, and find out what they've pictured as a solution.
The assumption during Era 2 was that the customer understood the problem they had and exactly what they needed. The role of the salesperson was to listen, then shape the solution to match the customer. The intent was wonderful: why not tailor a solution straight from the mouth of the person with the problem?
The question today is whether or not your customer really understands the problem they have. If they don't, they will be unable to self-diagnose. Era 3 reflects the strategy of the most successful companies today. In it, the sales professional acts more as a business process analyst who can come in and diagnose the customer's problem.
The overwhelming majority of organizations are probably still using an Era 1 or Era 2 process, but it's time to move on. The customer needs outside expertise.
Mastering the Complex Sale centers around 4 "D's" that can help your business enter Era 3.
Selling is a profession just like any other. Therefore, it should follow similar characteristics. Let's look at the legal profession. As an attorney prepares for a case, he or she does extensive research and takes depositions before ever seeing a trial judge.
Let's grab another professional: the doctor. Doctors look for the presence of disease or health in a patient. In the same way, salespeople should look for specific symptoms or evidence that the solution they have is missing from the customer's business, and explain that that's what is causing these negative symptoms (e.g., poor quality, poor yield, poor throughput).
The idea is to ask questions the customer has not thought to ask themselves. Doctors always take the patient's self-diagnosis further, because they have more expertise.
Once your sales team has a situation to resolve, the next step is to figure out how to do so. In Era 2, the salesperson typically left, put a proposal together, and came back for a reveal. But in Era 3, the top professionals are including the customer in the design of the solution.
You probably have a combination of products and services. The mix you offer will be determined by how soon the customer wants the issue resolved, and to what level. The proposal that follows the design merely rationalizes the decisions that the salesperson and the customer have already made, as opposed to providing something new to think about.
The customer has accepted the proposition, and you are now ready to install the solution and make sure the customer achieves the value. Your sales rep has already presented the solution, explaining what can be achieved. Now they're doing the reverse: tracking and measuring the indicators proving the value has been achieved.
55% of people in sales are not suited for the job. Statistically, that means over half of your sales team members aren't able to handle complex sales. Using Jeff Thull's 4-part system, you can direct their efforts toward more work on the front end so they'll have more closing success—whoever they are.
This post is based on an interview with Jeff Thull, President and CEO of Prime Resource Group. A 4 Part System to Mastering the Complex Sale originally appeared on sweetfishmedia.com and was written by James Carbary. You can find this interview, and many more, by subscribing to the B2B Growth Show on iTunes.