Our phrase of the weekend is "bowl motivation". Who's already in, who's jostling to make a New Year Day Bowl, and who simply needs one more win to qualify. With the number of bowls and landscape of college football, it is very likely that a 5-win team will make a bowl game.
So who has something to play for? Let's get into this week's picks and find out.
With a win Friday night, SMU becomes bowl eligible. As we saw last week against UCONN, the Mustangs can put up points and score from anywhere on the field. They also are susceptible to explosive plays. Memphis might have the most explosive running back in the nation in Darrell Henderson. There will be plenty of scoring in what I expect to be a back and forth game.
This game opened at Minnesota +3, then sharp bettors caused a 5-point swing to where it currently stands. Why are sharps all over the Golden Gophers? Because they have something to play for, while Northwestern doesn't. The Wildcats have already locked up a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game. For them, this week is about showing very little on film and getting out healthy. The Golden Gophers meanwhile, showed a fire they've been lacking in their dominant win against Purdue last week. Look for that intensity to continue on Saturday.
While it might be odd seeing Notre Dame listed as the "home" team for a game played at Yankee Stadium, make no mistake about it, the stadium will be packed with the Golden Domers. In Yankee fashion, Notre Dame will be wearing what might be the most hideous pinstripe jerseys my eyes have ever seen.
Syracuse has struggled away from the Carrier Dome this season, losing two of four games and allowing over 30 points per game. They offense has shown an ability to score, but has done so against some poor defenses. The Irish defense will be the toughest they've faced since Clemson, in which they struggled to move the ball.
Ian Book returns to the Irish offense that did not skip a beat with his absence against Florida State. Look for the dynamic Book to get the Irish offense going early and often.
West Virginia @ Oklahoma St.
West Virginia needs to win out to stay alive in the College Football Playoff conversation. ALL of the pressure is on them in this one. As we saw in last week's shootout with Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. plays well as an underdog. I expect this to be a similar game, a high-scoring and close affair. This feels like a three or four point game.
The first is Iowa State's record ATS as an underdog under Matt Campbell.
The second is Texas' ATS record as a favorite.
There are plenty of distractions headed into this game. Iowa St.'s star running-back David Montgomery is suspended for the First Half after being ejected last week against Baylor. Texas Head Coach Tom Herman was accused of cheating on his wife by former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith. True or not, it is a distraction for his team, who typically does not play well as a favorite to begin with.
Iowa State has arguably the best defense in the Big 12. Expect them to handle business come Saturday Night and win a close one.
We took a bit of a hit last week, so I hope your Sunday started off right with a nice Irish Coffee. (Hats off to Bray for the great fill-in work on the drinks section last week as well.) No surprise, we're keeping up the trend of dominating this section with brown liquors, and this week we're back to taking a look at Scotch. You can't really go wrong with either of this choices, but one is slightly cheaper (and blended), so therefore a little less worthy in my mind.
For the Winners: I was on a business trip this week and I found myself in the hotel bar (as you do) getting some food and watching Monday night football (surprisingly good game by the way). Since dinner only took me through the first half, I began to scan the shelves behind the bar for an appropriate digestif (it's a word…I promise). I came across a bottle of Talisker 10 Year Old and asked for a "wee dram" served neat. I gave it a good nose, let it open up for a bit and took a sip, and instantly found my new favorite single-malt. This is a delicious malt that contains all the smoky goodness of Lagavulin, but with a smoother flavor (think brown sugar or molasses) to tone down some of the peaty flavors for which Ron Swanson's drink of choice is so famous. The 10 year version doesn't brake the bank and is so good that I'm not even all that excited to shell out for the 18 year version if Bray ever hits the parlay. Enjoy my friends!
For the Losers: This is not the first time a Johnnie Walker has found themselves in the losers' section of these articles, and that's not meant as a slight to them at all. (As mentioned before, Johnnie Walker is readily available and their standard Black Label offering is my go-to for weddings and similar functions.) In this case, the only reason they find themselves in the "penalty box" this week is because of price. They're simply the more affordable option for a desired taste…and there are other single-malts I could put in their place.
At any rate…if your looking for some great scotch but can't quite shell out the cash for the Talisker 10, might I interest you in Johnnie Walker Double Black? (Don't think…just say yes.) It's been a little while since I've had this blend, but I did purchase a bottle for myself at the time, and it has long since been consumed. If you're looking for something with a little more smoke, a little more flavor, and a little more maturity than standard Black Label, then go for the Double Black. At around $40-$50 a bottle, it won't break the bank, but it still delivers on a fantastic tasting experience. Cheers!


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For our first round of testing, we made waffles using Stella's buttermilk waffle batter. This batter relies on steam to puff the waffles, so it has a high level of hydration for a light and crisp result. With this batter, we found significant differences in the quality of the waffles made by each iron. Irons that didn't get hot enough weren't able to produce enough steam, resulting in heavy, dense, and soggy waffles, while those that heated up well produced very light and crisp waffles.
There are more than 170 user reviews on Amazon, and most are highly positive. "This is what I have been looking for," wrote one verified purchaser in October 2016. "I make waffles weekly and even take my waffle maker on family vacations to the beach. I need a new one every few years and hesitated spending so much for this one. I am glad I did. The waffles are thick and fluffy inside."
We've covered plenty of brunch-worthy appliances and tchotchkes in the past, including a waffle iron for Instagram-worthy waffles, eggcups à la Call Me by Your Name, the best French presses and pour-overs, and even skillets to make the perfect Chez Panisse–style eggs. Here, we're doing a deep dive into the best waffle-makers available on Amazon. (Note that reviews have been edited for length and clarity.)
First off, the build: this thing is a tank. Made of the same 18/10 stainless as All-Clad's prized cookware, the 4-square model we tested weighs in at about 14 pounds, so lifting it will give you a nice little bicep workout to offset all that maple syrup. (A smaller, slightly less expensive 2-square model is also available; it weighs closer to 10 pounds.) That said, the exterior dimensions are not considerably larger than other 4-square models on our list (in fact, it was smaller than some)—so, though heavy, the All-Clad doesn't seem like it would take up appreciably more storage space. Ultimately, because its heft seems like a result of quality and sturdiness, we decided that the extra weight was an issue we would be happy to live with.
Wells was known for jazz, waffles, and celebrities throughout the 30s, 40s and 50s. One story about Well's seems to be widely told and re-told. During late 1950s, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Kim Novak were dating. One morning after breakfast at Wells' Kim's fur coat was found to be "missing" from the coat-room. Frank Sinatra made a stern announcement to the crowd about the missing coat and it appeared back the next day.
The two sections of the waffle iron are held together with clamps that keep the sections from separating. Because the clamps form part of the trunion mount, there is never any danger that the section that is on the bottom will come open because its clamp part is bearing the weight in the mounting. The upper section may always be easily opened due to the "U" shaped trunion opening.
Here are four ads for the Twin-O-Matic. Manning-Bowman always portrayed its products as being used in very fashionable surroundings. If you can't read the third ad, in the Quin cartoon, one Dowager says to the other: "Looks like our cook has been handling these. Thank Goodness I've got an unbreakable percolator." Manning-Bowman products were targeted at the ladies who had time to go to art museums, leaving the dirty work to servants.
With that in mind, if you intend to serve Brussels waffles, then you should pick a unit with a rectangular shape. However, if you're planning on making Liege waffles, then a unit with an irregular shape will be better suited. As for Belgian waffles, they are usually round, requiring a round-shaped waffle maker. American waffles can be either round or square, allowing you to choose one of the two.
Flemish waffles, or Gaufres à la Flamande, are a specialty of northern France and portions of western Belgium.[69] The original recipe, published in 1740 by Louis-Auguste de Bourbon in Le Cuisinier Gascon, is as follows: Take "deux litrons" (1.7 liters or 7 cups) of flour and mix it in a bowl with salt and one ounce of brewer's yeast barm. Moisten it completely with warm milk. Then whisk fifteen egg whites and add that to the mixture, stirring continuously. Incorporate "un livre" (490 grams or 1.1 pounds) of fresh butter, and let the batter rise. Once the batter has risen, take your heated iron, made expressly for these waffles, and wrap some butter in a cloth and rub both sides of the iron with it. When the iron is completely heated, make your waffles, but do so gently for fear of burning them. Cooked, take them out, put them on a platter, and serve them with both sugar and orange blossom water on top.[70]
With all three batters, as well as our bonus rounds of stuffing and grilled cheese, there was a clear difference in the quality of results between higher-end, more expensive models and lower-end, budget models. The high-end models heated up significantly faster and hotter, and had a much shorter recovery time between waffles. They all have heavier plates than the lower-end models, resulting in even heat and consistent browning. The waffles made in our more expensive models all became deeply browned in under four minutes, while the less expensive models took anywhere from eight to 15 minutes. This resulted in huge variations in the density of the inside and the texture of the exterior of the waffles.
The Cuisinart Vertical Waffle Maker (WAF-V100) seems clever at first: It stands upright, and you pour batter into a spout at the top. But Amazon customers complain that the spout clogs easily, and that it's too small to allow add-ins such as blueberries or chocolate chips. Plus, this model won't work at all if you want to waffle anything else, like grilled cheese or hash browns.
This did the job, but it sure wasn't streamlined. Here is a photo from a World War II era training pamphlet. The subject was "How to use electrical appliances." Many rural households were just getting electricity due to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) and the pamphlet was intended to get folks up to speed with the rest of the country. This photo shows the Government-approved method of "seasoning" a waffle iron (you put oil on it and let is burn in, creating the organic equivalent of Teflon). Any vegetable oil will do.
After putting in a total of 63 hours on research, talking with four experts, and testing 21 models, we highly recommend the Krups GQ502D Belgian waffle maker for most people. It consistently delivers perfect-looking, crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside waffles, no matter what kind of batter you use. The nonstick grid releases waffles easily, and the dishwasher-safe plates pop out of the machine for effortless cleaning. A numbered dial allows you to control browning, and a loud beep with a green light tells you when your waffles are ready.
Brian, I am so glad I'm not alone in regards to the chaos in the kitchen! You most definitely need to get on the waffle iron flow. I totally understand why you don't have one, though! There's so much food one can consume and often there's no time to make the same recipes over and over again each week. The waffle iron is definitely a piece of equipment that won't get a ton of love compared to a stand mixer or a food processor, though I highly recommend getting a good one that's inexpensive (got mine for $20 when it was on sale on Amazon); you'll have some good waffle moments with it. Even non-waffle recipes would be fun to try in one!
We pride ourselves on making everything in-house and from scratch using the freshest natural and local ingredients, complemented with specialty ingredients from Belgium. We serve Brussels and Liege waffles with a full menu of toppings including sweet and savoury options, as well as a selection of hot and cold drinks. Our nini liege waffles, a popular item for take-out, are available in a variety of staple flavours as well as special seasonal flavours.
Our hunt to find the best breakfast burrito led us to the The Waffle where we were left with a great experience. It really met all our main criteria for a solid breakfast burrito. It's big, has plenty of sausage, a lot of eggs, enough cheese where you can taste it, thick cut potatoes and served with ketchup as well as sour cream and pico de gallo. Why every breakfast burrito isn't served with a side of sour cream and salsa we have no idea. It really adds that little extra flavor and texture to complete the whole burrito. And with ketchup and hot sauce you can really manipulate the flavors so every bite is different. We love variety so this was a big plus and helped create that great eating experience. We would have loved to see the tortilla grilled to add a little crunchy exterior so that was a bummer. For $10.50 it's a little on the pricey side for a breakfast burrito but given the size and everything you get with it, we think it's worth it
When it comes to making American-style waffles there's no question: the Cuisinart Round Classic Waffle Maker (Est. $30) is the winner by a landslide, drawing hundreds of enthusiastic user reviews and kudos from experts like Your Best Digs, Wirecutter and Good Housekeeping. The Cuisinart waffle iron turns out one waffle at a time, with five doneness settings to choose from and indicator lights that tell you when it's ready for batter and when the waffle is done.
What's more reassuring is when you sit down to tuck-in and the waffles are still crisp and warm. In my experience, a moderately warm oven can be helpful in maintaining ultimate crispness, but only in small batches. Large batches can end up unappetizingly rock-hard because they can overcook from the heat of the oven. A better approach to all of this is to toss the freshly made waffles— one at a time— back and forth between your hands. This essentially helps release any steam and allows for divine crispness. However, for another approach to this, I've some more tips.

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Fewer Debates, More Ads In Colorado's Senate Race
By Bente Birkeland • Nov 2, 2016
Candidates in the Senate race have held one televised debate. Is that too few for Colorado voters?
Darryl Glenn campaign; Office of Sen. Michael Bennet
Originally published on October 31, 2016 9:26 am
As Election Day nears, television ads for Colorado's senate candidates are blanketing the airwaves. Despite that, the campaigns of incumbent Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Darryl Glenn, an El Paso County Commissioner, have been relatively quiet. Both have been criticized for not holding more debates.
Bennet has refused to participate in several debates including one hosted by the Pueblo Chieftain, while Glenn turned down a debate hosted by The Denver Post.
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"The media is free publicity, you get to put your voice out there," said Dominic Dezzutti with Colorado Public Television. He helps organize debates and said it's especially critical for a challenger to get media coverage.
"A candidate adopting this strategy is mind boggling to me and I don't think it's going to be surprising on Nov. 9 when we see Michael Bennet walk straight into a second term."
Bennet has a safe lead in polls, and campaigns often want to keep their candidate quiet to avoid unscripted moments. Dezzutti said he understands the strategy but still faults Bennet for putting politics first.
"I think there is a duty above strategy. The idea that candidates for a statewide position, to represent the state of Colorado for six years, would consider turning down an opportunity to answer questions with big, large scale media partnerships is astonishing to me," said Dezzutti.
That said, Bennet and Glenn debated each other in front of a small crowd in Grand Junction and have done one televised debate for 9News, the state's largest television station.
"The main thing about debates, and their main value for voters, is that it's is a large block of unscripted time on multiple topics in which their opponent is right there, ready to offer a contrasting view," said 9News political reporter Brandon Rittiman, who was one of the moderators. "The pressure to not to avoid a question is greater."
Democratic voter Cathy Traugott and Republican Mark Clark were in the audience for the only televised debate
"I don't feel like there is a lot of information out there," said Traugott. "I'm always interested on hearing their positions they have on different issues anything substantive that could be meaningful on what they would or would not support."
Clark said he doesn't think debates and public forums make much difference in the race.
"I don't think voters really want to take the time to find out what's really going on and I think that's sad, because if you look at Afghanistan and you see little kids hanging on to Marine's pants legs so they can walk to class, and these people are voting and may die because of a suicide bomber. I think we take it for granted, our freedoms."
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Amid Protest, Colorado's U.S. Senate Candidates Spar Over Issues
By Bente Birkeland & Bente Birkeland • Oct 12, 2016
Colorado's major party U.S. Senate candidates held their only televised debate of the election on Tuesday night – but it was disrupted by minor party supporters. About two dozen Green Party supporters stood outside the History Colorado Museum in Denver where the debate was held, pounding on the glass doors for 60 minutes. The noise was clearly a distraction for the audience and for incumbent Michael Bennet, a Democrat, and El Paso County Commissioner Daryl Glenn, his Republican challenger.
Three Things You Need To Know About The Colorado Legislature's Balance Of Power
By Bente Birkeland • Oct 28, 2016
While the presidential race has taken up a lot of attention, local elections in Colorado deserve some time in the spotlight. In the state legislature, Democrats hold a three-seat majority in the House, and Republicans have a one-seat majority in the Senate.
Morality and Personal Stories Define The Fight for Proposition 106
Matt Larson is in his mid-thirties and already concerned about what will happen at the end of his life. A year ago, he was diagnosed with brain cancer. It was treated, but there's a 50 percent chance it could return. If it does, he wonders at what point he would want to die. In November, Colorado voters will decide whether terminally-ill patients can legally end their lives.


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Films by young Londoners screened alongside Rapman's newly-released feature film Blue Story and shown in cinemas across #London
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London 11/24/19
Six powerful films created by young Londoners based on their experiences of serious youth violence will be premiered at a special screening at Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel on Sunday.
City Hall and Digital Cinema Media (DCM) created the 'LDN Filmmakers Project' to enable 40 young Londoners aged 15-22 – some of whom have been directly affected by violence – to make their own short films focusing on what growing up in the capital means today.
During the week-long course, young Londoners were able to learn from industry experts about all aspects of film production, from script writing and acting, to using camera equipment and film editing, equipping them with the skills needed to pursue creative careers. The films capture young people's views of life in the capital, tell their stories about violence and challenge negative stereotypes.
Six of the films will be shown for the first time at a screening of the movie 'Blue Story', created by Rapman – a rapper, producer, writer and film director from Deptford. Rapman has gained a huge following through his three-part YouTube drama, 'Shiro's Story', which achieved 7.2 million views. His new movie 'Blue Story' tells the story of best friends from neighbouring London Boroughs who wind up on rival sides of a never-ending cycle of postcode gang war in which there are no winners … only victims.
Rapman's work has inspired the young people taking part in the LDN Filmmakers project to create their own stories of growing up in London. Working with industry experts, they have written, directed and produced their own short films, based on the theme 'London Needs You Alive' and 'Our LDN Story'.
Sunday's premiere will be attended by 500 young people and their families, as well as figures from the film industry, and will include a Q&A session with Rapman, where youngsters will have the chance to hear from to the 'Blue Story' creator.
Londoners will be able to see trailers of the films when they appear as ads in cinemas across the capital from December to February, as a result of the partnership with DCM. As part of the project, GRM Daily, the most visited urban music website in the UK, has been sharing behind the scenes updates from the project, showcasing the skills the young people were learning and the inspiration behind their film stories on issues such as knife crime, relationships, careers and growing up in London.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "This fantastic initiative highlights the remarkable creativity and talent of our young people and has given these Londoners the chance to tell their stories about life in the capital. It's vital to provide opportunities for young people to choose the right path, develop skills and reach their potential. I congratulate everyone who took part for the powerful and thought-provoking work they have created and I'm delighted Londoners will be able to see the films in cinemas across the capital."
Rapman said: There are a wealth of young filmmakers out there with stories that need to be told. Now more than ever we have a platform to get those stories out there and make people sit up and listen. These young people are the voices and filmmakers of the future."
Myka, 15, said: "I applied for this project because I have always wanted to be an actor from the age of four and the idea of having something I created on a silver screen like the one I used to watch instantly made me apply. The idea for the film I created during the project was inspired by Rapman's Blue Story, and was sadly made during the time when someone from Newham was unfortunately stabbed and died. This made us want to spread hope and love through our piece, and we wanted to tell everyone not to continue the circle of hate and violence but to be free from it by forgiving and loving each other as a community. We have tried to capture all these ideas so we can restore hope in the younger people of London."
Tugce, 17, said: "I applied to take part in LDN Filmmakers as I love acting and wanted to learn more about filmmaking and this looked like a fantastic opportunity for me to grab and be able to expand my experience. The idea for the short film I created as part of the project came from all of our collective memories and experiences of how knife crime destroys hope for the youth, how our dreams are broken due to the choice to carry a knife, and how carrying a knife puts lives at risk. This was a personal and emotional story which we hope will show the reality of knife crime and help raise awareness."
Jeremy Kolesar, Creative Director – DCM Studios, Digital Cinema Media, added: "The cinema environment offers a captivating space to engage audiences. Telling these stories on the big screen will have a powerful impact, communicating key messages and raising awareness of this serious issue to cinemagoers across the capital. We are extremely proud to be a part of this initiative."
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"Blog" is slang for "web log," or an online journal or diary. People read blogs for entertainment, information and 'social' interaction, following blogs and bloggers who write about their interests. Blogging sounds daunting for the uninitiated. But it really isn't a monster. It's just a way to share your thoughts and products with like-minded people. Why would anyone be interested enough to read your blog? You might be surprised. If you find your topic interesting, someone else will too. There's a market out there for everyone, whatever you're into.
- Create a welcome message. This will be your first blog post. Thank your reader for visiting, let them know what your blog will be about, and encourage them to follow and/or return often. When you start, you will post both your welcome message and your first real content-blog post together (but as two separate posts).
- Make a list of 5-10 topics related to your product (to start). Brainstorm a list. Don't fill in details or answer questions (that comes later). If it's interesting to you, it's interesting to someone else. How did you get started? Who or what is your inspiration and why? What's your favorite material/color/technique and why? What are the challenges and how do you overcome them? What questions have customers asked you? What's the process? Are there any trade 'secrets' you're willing to share?
Welcome to my store! I think making jewelry is fascinating and enjoyable. Sometimes there are problems that send me to the books, but I usually find a remedy that works! Soldering silver feels almost like doing a chemistry experiment. When it is successful, it is the highlight of the moment. I prefer making rings, but I have put together many pendants and some earrings and bracelets. Photographing them well is almost as much of a challenge as creating them in the first place.


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Covid-19: Freely accessible information on developments in European freight transport
Transporeon provides decision-makers from logistics, business and administration with supplementary market information so that they can make the best possible decisions in this difficult economic situation. All developments in transport prices and freight capacity for European road transports are now available free of charge at https://transportmarketmonitor.com.
In order to support logistics managers in keeping global supply chains running, Transporeon has set up an information portal on its website under Corona Update on the effects of Covid-19 on the economy, freight transport and the logistics industry, which is updated regularly. Together with its real-time visibility partner Sixfold, Transporeon also provides information on the website https://covid-19.sixfold.com about current border waiting times for trucks in Europe. In cooperation with Tim Consult, a subsidiary of Transporeon, the evaluations of the Transport Market Monitor (TMM), which were previously subject to a fee, will be made freely accessible to all users. In addition, the charts displayed in the TMM will be updated every 14 days instead of every month.
The TMM is a powerful analysis tool for the development of prices and available capacity in European road freight transport. It provides numerous analyses which are displayed online in charts – selectable for individual countries in and throughout Europe, for 80 country-country combinations and for more than ten different industries.
"Previously, only some charts of the TMM were available free of charge. Now we decided to make also the premium analyses of the development of transport market prices and capacities in individual sectors and our analyses in freight transport between individual EU countries available free of charge at least until the end of May. New users are very welcome. Our offer is aimed not only at logistics managers, but also at decision-makers from business, administration and politics", says Oliver Kahrs, Managing Director of Tim Consult.
For full access to the TMM evaluations, new users can simply register for the free basic version TMM Freemium at https://transportmarketmonitor.com. "Like existing subscribers, they will immediately have access to all evaluations of the Premium options", Kahrs adds.
Development of prices and capacities for truck transports from Germany to Italy
Caption: Monthly development of transport market prices and capacities for road transports from Germany to Italy in the period April 2018 to mid-March 2020 (source: Transporeon / Tim Consult).


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Raiders vs Broncos Spread and Prediction
By Kevin M in — Dec 20th, 2009 12:24pm PST December 28, 2018
The last time these two met, the Denver Broncos were a surprising division leader and now they are a team just trying to hang on to a potential wild-card berth. The Broncos (8-5) would move a step closer to ending a four-year playoff drought with a win over the Raiders this Sunday. They had a strong performance against the Raiders on September 27th of this year with a 23-3 win under newly hired head coach Josh McDaniels. Denver is struggling with the injury bug and has five losses in their last seven games. However, Denver still leads the AFC's wild-card race by one game over Miami, New York, Baltimore and Jacksonville. They are two games back of San Diego in the AFC West title race. The Chargers will win the division with a win of their own this week and a Broncos loss. The Raiders (4-9) are turning the quarterback position over to Charlie Fyre. Last weeks starter Bruce Gradkowski tore his MCL in both of his knees last week against the Washington, a true shame as he was playing extremely well going 2-2 as a starter and leading two comeback wins over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Frye is playing for his third team in three seasons and hasn't thrown a regular season pass since October 12, 2008 while playing for Seattle. The Broncos are looking for their 23rd win in 30 matchups against the Raiders since their return to Oakland in 1995. They have won 11 of 14 home meetings in that span. Your betting lines, trends and predictions are listed below for this Raiders vs Broncos Week 15 game.
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Oakland Raiders vs. Denver Broncos Betting Line and Odds:
Oakland Raiders +14 (-110)
vs Denver Broncos -14 (-110)
Raiders vs Broncos Predictions:
Final Score Prediction – Denver 20 Oakland 14
Spread Prediction – Take Oakland to beat this spread. Oakland has been very inconsistent this year but has surprising wins over Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, all teams with potential playoff berths. Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall had a record-setting performance last week by catching an NFL record 21 receptions for a career-best 200 yards and two touchdowns in the loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Look for his stellar play to continue at home this week. Winning at mile high is not easy and I don't think Charlie Fyre has quite what it takes. It'll be closer than the odds-makers think, Oakland to beat this spread.
Over/Under- Take the under 37 total points in this Raiders/Broncos game. The Broncos have a serious dilemma at the running back position as Correll Buckhalter hasn't practiced all week due to an ankle injury and LaMont Jordan is recovering from an ailing back. Also, standout rookie Knowshon Moreno, who leads all NFL rookies with 837 rushing yards, also has a banged up ankle. Without a running attack the Broncos are too one dimensional to put up serious points. Fyre will take some time getting into rhythm as the starter and as a result the offense will struggle. Bet the under.
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Bror Anders Rexed
Vol XII
b.19 June 1914 d.21 August 2002
PhD(1945) FRCP(1974)
Bror Ander Rexed was a Swedish neuroscientist and professor at Uppsala University. Internationally, he is famous for his development of the system now known as Rexed laminae, but in Sweden, he is also known for his involvement in the 'du-reformen' of the Swedish language.
Born in Raxad, Varmland, he was the son of Daniel Magnusson, a merchant, and his wife Agda née Andersson. He gained a doctorate in medicine in 1945 and his thesis was on the subject of the post natal development of the peripheral nervous system. He was appointed associate professor of histology the same year. From 1953 to 1967, he was professor of anatomy at Uppsala University and then he moved to the Karolinska Institute.
In 1967 he was appointed director general of the National Board of Health and Welfare and, in his opening speech, announced that he would call everyone on the staff by the second person singular – 'du' in Swedish. Previously a very convoluted system had been used with many different caveats as to what would be considered a polite form of address. Change in this usage had already been initiated in the early 1960s, but Rexed is credited with making this egalitarian reform more acceptable to people in general.
He became head of the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control (UNFDAC) in 1978 and stayed in post until 1982 although he retired from his other roles in 1979. A board member of the medical board for foreign doctors from 1959, he was a member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for five years. In 1955 he was elected to the Royal Institute of Arts and Sciences in Uppsala and in 1963 he became a member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences.
In the early 1950s he published the research that was to result in his name being quoted in anatomical textbooks. In 'The cytoarchitectonic organization of the spinal cord in the cat' (J Comp Neurol, 1952, 96, 414-95) and 'A cytoarchitectonic atlas of the spinal cord in the cat' (J Comp Neurol, 1954, 100, 297-379) he defined the system of ten layers of grey matter in the spinal cord now known as 'Rexed laminae'.
In 1941 he married Ursula Schalling, the daughter of Erik Schalling, an economist and Gerd Lavén, who was a lawyer. Ursula was also medically qualified.
He died in Helsinki in 2002.
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CBI sets out its plans for 1997
At the beginning of February the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) set
out its long term priorities for beyond the forthcoming general election. Its
director general, Adair Turner said that "whatever happens between now and
May, there are fundamental issues for business which need attention. The
changing nature of the world in which we do business brings both
opportunities and challenges, and the CBI should be at the heart of change."
Two-fold increase in the minimum wage
The statutory minimum wage in Luxembourg has been increased by 3.2% from 1
January 1997, as a result of legislation, and additionally by 2.5% from 1
February 1997, under the terms of an index-linked mechanism.
Civil servants' pay negotiations break down.
Following the freezing of civil servants' salaries imposed by the Government
for 1996, the Government announced the convening of pay negotiations which
have been continually put off since the spring of 1996, but which will now
not take place at all.
Employers and unions adopt positions on labour market reform
Employers and unions want to reduce the amount of temporary recruitment and
the number of types of employment contract. They also want to increase their
freedom to negotiate labour market issues through collective bargaining.
These are the key issues in the current debate over a new round of labour
market reforms in Spain.
Labour market policies, Collective bargaining, Социален диалог, Non-standard employment, Restructuring, Employment relationship, Working conditions, Заетост и пазари на труда, Индустриални отношения, Условия на труд и устойчива работа, Колективни трудови правоотношения и социален диалог
Commission report links employee financial participation and productivity
In January 1997, the European Commission adopted a report on the Promotion of
Participation by Employed Persons in Profits and Enterprise Results,
including equity participation (PEPPER II). The report suggests that
profit-sharing schemes lead to higher productivity, whatever method, model
specification and data are used. The macroeconomic situation was found to
have little effect on government or social partner support for such schemes,
but recent debates relating to enhancing productivity and wage flexibility
are stimulating discussions on proposals. However, in most member states,
trade unions can be expected to oppose the use of financial participation
schemes to promote wage flexibility.
"Social chapter" takes centre stage in the election run-up
As the 1 May election date draws nearer, both the Conservative Government and
the main opposition party, Labour, have begun to fight their campaigns by
taking opposite stances on the social policy Agreement annexed to the
Maastricht Treaty on European Union - the so-called "social chapter", from
which the UK has "opted out". In February, the Government launched an attack,
stating that if the Labour Party were to win the general election, its
commitment to "signing up" to the social chapter would cost the UK 500,000
Legislation increases national minimum wage
A recent decree-law issued by the Government has increased the national
minimum wage from 1 January 1997. The monthly rates have risen by up to 5%.
We review Portugal's minimum wage system and the reactions to, and
implications of, the 1997 increase.
Минимална работна заплата, Заплащане и доходи
Bank service fees dispute averted
Recently-announced plans by banks to levy service charges on the accounts
into which employees' salaries and wages are paid, have resulted in trade
union protests and the dropping of the proposals.
Government ends pay guidelines to nationalised companies
At the end of January 1997, the Prime Minister ended the practice of issuing
pay guidelines to France's nationalised companies.
Only one firm in five has a works council
In the Works Constitution [1] Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) of 1972, works
councils [2] in Germany are given extensive rights of information,
consultation and co-determination [3]. The employer has to provide the works
council with both timely and comprehensive information on all matters related
to the discharge of its functions. In establishments with over 20 employees,
information must be given "in full and in good time" on reductions in
operations and the introduction of new working methods. Consultation rights
cover planned structural alterations to the plant and prospective changes in
equipment and working methods that affect job requirements, all decisions
relating to manpower planning, and individual dismissals.
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/efemiredictionary/works-constitution-0
[2] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/efemiredictionary/works-council-2
[3] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/efemiredictionary/co-determination-2


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Bumpus v. Saul
PHILIP BUMPUS
ANDREW M. SAUL Commissioner of Social Security
BARBARA D. HOLMES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
This action is before the undersigned for all further proceedings pursuant to the consent of the parties and referral from the District Judge in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). See Docket Entry ("DE") 22. Currently pending is counsel for Plaintiff's petition0F[1] for an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), in which counsel requests an award of $14, 296.50. DE 29 at 1. Defendant has indicated that it neither supports nor opposes this request. DE 35 at 1. For the reasons that follow, Plaintiff's petition (DE 29) is DENIED.1F[2]
On March 27, 2017, the Court entered an order and accompanying memorandum opinion granting Plaintiff Phillip Bumpus' motion for judgment on the administrative record, which reversed the decision of the Social Security Administration denying Plaintiff Disability Insurance Benefits ("DIB") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") and remanded the case to the Commissioner for further proceedings. See DE 23, 24. Following entry of that order, counsel for Plaintiff, David C. Downard, filed a motion for attorney's fees in the amount of $2, 574.50 under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), which was granted. See DE 26, 28.
Unfortunately, Mr. Downard passed away in the interim between the EAJA award and the current motion. On May 2, 2019, Joseph Dalton, Jr., who purports to be the "managing attorney for Downard & Associates" (DE 29 at 1), filed the instant motion for attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). Counsel attaches to his motion exhibits indicating that on March 2, 2018, following remand to the Commissioner, Plaintiff received a fully favorable decision and was awarded $87, 492.00 in past-due benefits. See DE 29-8. The Commissioner has withheld $16, 871.00 from that award, which is described as "the balance of 25 percent of the past due benefits payable to Phillip Bumpus" for purposes of paying attorney's fees resulting from this favorable decision (DE 29-4), as contemplated by 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A).
II. LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND DISCUSSION
A brief discussion of the methods by which attorney's fees are awarded is warranted in this case. There are three statutory provisions that address payment of fees to attorneys who represent claimants in social security appeals. The first is the EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), which authorizes district courts to require the United States to pay an award of attorney's fees to a "prevailing party" in a civil action against the United States or one of its agencies, such as the Social Security Administration. See 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). A claimant who wins a remand at the federal level is deemed a "prevailing party" regardless of whether the claimant ultimately receives benefits from the Commissioner, and an EAJA award does not impact the amount in past-due benefits received by the claimant since the cost of the award is borne by the Social Security Administration.
The second provision is found in 42 U.S.C. § 406(a), which covers work performed by the claimant's representative at the administrative level. Unlike EAJA fees, an award under § 406(a) allows an attorney to recover a portion of any past-due benefits awarded to a claimant following a favorable decision by an administrative law judge ("ALJ"). See 42 U.S.C. § 406(a)(2)(A). This provision authorizes the Commissioner, and not the district court, to award fees that generally total no more than $6, 000.00. See Tibbetts v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., No. 1:12-cv-894, 2015 WL 1637414, at *2-3 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 13, 2015).2F[3]
The last provision involving attorney's fees and the one relevant to the instant motion is contained in 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), which allows a claimant's representative to recover attorney's fees of up to 25 percent of past-due benefits for work performed in federal court as part of a social security appeal. Such an award is only available to counsel when a claimant receives a favorable decision from an ALJ following remand from federal court. Id. § 406(b)(1)(A). Because the award reduces the amount of past-due benefits recovered by the claimant, it generally must be memorialized by a fee agreement, usually one of a contingency nature, entered into by both the claimant and the attorney. Tibbetts, 2015 WL 1637414, at *2. Moreover, counsel may apply for fees under both the EAJA and 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) but must refund to the claimant whichever of the two amounts is smaller. Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 796 (2002).
This Court is required to examine the "reasonableness" of the fee requested under § 406(b) even if not opposed by the Commissioner. Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 807. This is especially important since the Commissioner does not have a "direct financial stake" in the disbursement of any funds under § 406(b), and instead plays a trustee-like role in the process. Id. at 798, n.6. Any contingency fee agreement existing between the requesting attorney and the claimant that calls for the attorney to receive 25 percent of a claimant's past-due benefits award is "given the weight ordinarily accorded a rebuttable presumption." Hayes v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 923 F.2d 418, 421 (6th Cir. 1990). However, it remains this Court's role to review any such fee arrangement "as an independent check[] to assure that [it] yields reasonable results, " Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 807, which can result in reduction of the award based on "improper conduct or ineffectiveness of counsel" or in situations where the attorney would "enjoy a windfall because of either an inordinately large benefit award or from minimal effort expended." Rodriquez v. Bowen, 865 F.2d 739, 746 (6th Cir. 1989). Other factors in considering the reasonableness of a fee agreement include the effective hourly rate, the timeliness of the motion requesting attorney's fees, the Commissioner's opposition or lack thereof, and the "brevity" and/or "relative simplicity" of the representation provided by counsel. Lasley v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 771 F.3d 308, 310 (6th Cir. 2014).
Bearing these principles in mind, the Court notes several problems with Mr. Dalton's petition. First, the request is clearly untimely. The Local Rule pertaining to attorney's fees in social security cases, which is more lenient than Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d)(2)'s general mandate that motions for attorney's fees be filed within 14 days after entry of judgment, requires that any request for fees under § 406(b) be filed within 30 days after counsel "has received all of the Notices of Award that are necessary to calculate the total amount of retroactive benefits payable." LR 54.01(b)(3)(B). The Notice of Award following remand in this matter, which contained the amount in past-due benefits owed to Plaintiff, was issued on May 23, 2018, almost one year prior to counsel's filing of the current motion on May 2, 2019. See DE 29-3. The Commissioner later advised counsel's office that 25 percent of Plaintiff's past due benefits, $16, 871.00, was being withheld specifically for § 406(b) purposes on February 25, 2019, which is still 66 days before the current motion was filed. DE 29-4 at 2. Such a delay is not necessarily fatal to Mr. Dalton's petition, particularly in light of Mr. Downard's passing, 3F[4] based on the Local Rule's provision that untimely motions may be considered "only upon a showing of good cause for the delay." LR 54.01(b)(3)(B). Mr. Dalton's brief, however, contains no such showing.4F[5]
Second, Mr. Dalton attaches as an exhibit to his brief a fee agreement in place when Mr. Downard was retained to represent Plaintiff in this case, which is labeled "Agreement for Representation Before the Social Security Administration." See DE 29-5. Conspicuously absent from this agreement is any reference to fees derived from representation for legal work performed in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b).
The arrangement instead contemplates fees related to 42 U.S.C. § 406(a) only, stating that "fees being paid by the Client to Downard & Associates will be subject to approval by the Social Security Administration" and shall represent the lesser of 25 percent of the total past-due benefits award or "the dollar amount as provided by 42 U.S.C. § 406(a)(2)(A)." DE 29-5 at 2 (emphasis added). As discussed above, this Court is without any authority to award attorney's fees for proceedings before the Social Security Administration pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(a). Cf. Booth v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 645 Fed.Appx. 455, 458 (6th Cir. 2016) (noting that § 406(b) permits recovery of fees for court representation). See also Horenstein v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 35 F.3d 261, 262 (6th Cir. 1994) ("[E]ach tribunal may award fees only for the work done before it."). At best, this presents an obstacle to any consideration by the Court of the "reasonableness" of any fee agreement involving counsel's work before this Court. Bluer v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., No. 1:13-cv-22, 2015 WL 7106935, at *2 (W.D. Mich. Nov. 13, 2015) ("In determining the reasonableness of fees under § 406(b), the starting point is the contingency fee agreement between the claimant and counsel.") (citing Gisbrecht, 535 U.S. at 807). At worst, the lack of an appropriate fee agreement precludes recovery of fees under § 406(b). Rodriquez, 865 F.2d at 746 (noting that when evaluating a petition for fees under § 406(b), the court "should [] look to whether a fee agreement has been executed by the claimant and the claimant's attorney").
         Finally, Mr. Dalton holds himself out as the "managing attorney for Downard & Associates, " yet requests fees "on behalf of the estate of David Downard based on the fees due to David Downard[.]" DE 29 at 1. As noted in Defendant's response, there is no indication in Mr. Dalton's filing that he in fact represents the executor of Mr. Downard's estate.5F[6] This is not insignificant given the Commissioner's policy that in the event of a claimant's representative's death prior to receipt of payment for services to which the claimant is entitled, the Commissioner will "certify direct payment ... only to the executor or other person the State recognizes as the representative of the deceased representative's estate." Program Operations Manual GN 03940.009(B), available at https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0203940009 (last visited August 21, 2019). Mr. Dalton makes no such proffer and instead, confusingly, relies on a document entitled "Affidavit of David C. Downard" that merely recites Mr. Downard's experience representing social security applicants but is electronically signed by ...


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Chapter 1941 – Claimed
Hearing Zhao Hai, Li Mu couldn't help but be anxious, "What happened? Is the beast tide very huge? Wulong City can't block it?" Hearing Zhao Hai say that Wulong City was too small, Li Mu thought that Wulong City wouldn't be able to withstand the attacks of the beast tide.
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "It's not that. Wulong City should still be able to stop the attacks of the beast tide. By saying that Wulong City is too small, I meant that there aren't enough sects in Wulong City. Shangshan City has more sects in comparison."
Speaking up to here, he looked at everyone and then gestured towards a nearby tavern and said, "Let's go and drink while we wait." Then he walked towards the tavern. By this point, nobody cared about the money they would spend for the drinks.
After everyone settled in and ordered wine, Zhao Hai said, "Helping cities fight against beasts doesn't give impression points, so people always thought that it doesn't matter where they fought the beast tide. However, I think there's a huge difference between fighting in Wulong City and Shangshan City. Wulong City is a medium-grade city filled with medium-grade sects. Meanwhile, Shangshan is built by the powerful True Dao Sect. There are also other big sects present in Shangshan City. Although these sects couldn't compare to the True Dao Sect, they're still better compared to the sects in Wulong City."
When he reached this point, Zhao Hai drank a cup of liquor before he continued, "Don't think that impression points are everything. Do you think that these top sects would only look at impression points to recruit people? Impossible. What they want to see is what the cultivator is like. And the beast tide is the best time to see how a cultivator performs. If we stay in Shangshan City, we can let those sects see our performance. As long as we do well, we won't need to worry about joining a good sect in the future."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, everyone stared. Then they looked at each other in disappointment. To be honest, they didn't think the same way as Zhao Hai before this. Whenever a beast tide arrives, they would always stay in Wulong City to fight against the beasts. They never thought that they would be observed during those times.
But failing to think about it doesn't mean that they don't understand. Zhao Hai's words enlightened them.
Li Mu's face lit up as he said, "The Army Commander is right. If we stay here, we would have a lot of opportunities. From now on, we'll stay here."
Looking at Li Mu and the others, Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Actually, the people of the True Spirit Realm can also think of the same things as I can. The reason you can smoothly enter Shangshan City is because we are here. During beast tides, transfers between cities are controlled. It's easy to go from a big city to a small city, but it's harder to go to a big city from a smaller city. There are certain conditions. First, you need someone from your realm to be in that city when the notice appears. If we aren't in Shangshan City, you can't come over from Wulong City. You will be blocked in the transmission formation."
Li Mu and the others had an enlightened expression on their faces. Yuan Ba couldn't help but ask, "Team Leader, how did you know this?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Martial Uncle told me. They wanted to go to a bigger city in the past during a beast tide, but they were blocked. Only then did I understand what was going on. If Yuan Ba wasn't in Shangshan City and we weren't in Hengdao City, I'm afraid we would still be fighting the beast tide in Wulong City."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, everyone relaxed. The Martial Uncle that Zhao Hai mentioned was naturally Tie Zhantian, the previous Team Leader of the Great Realm of Cultivation who has now joined the Copper Body Sect.
Tie Zhantian was also a legendary character in the hearts of the Great Realm of Cultivation's experts. He brought a couple dozen people to the Soaring Dragon Realm. Although they fumbled in the beginning, they were able to establish a firm footing in the Soaring Dragon Realm. Moreover, he was able to make the Great Realm of Cultivation more powerful. For such a character, no matter which sect they came from, people gave him great respect. Therefore, upon hearing that Zhao Hai got the information from Tie Zhantian, nobody suspected him.
Naturally, this information wasn't told to Zhao Hai by Tie Zhantian. It came from the surveillance that Zhao Hai did on every city. But this was a matter that sects in the True Spirit Realm wouldn't speak of irresponsibly.
Seeing everyone's look of understanding, Zhao Hai could only bitterly smile. This was something that they couldn't find out. Then Zhao Hai continued, "It's good that we know about these matters, but we can only keep this to ourselves. Don't tell anyone else. Understood?"
Everyone nodded. They were also aware of the importance of this matter. It won't bring them any advantage if they spread it around. In any case, they have no allies in the Soaring Dragon Realm, they have nobody else to tell it to.
As Zhao Hai and the others were talking, two people went inside the tavern. Upon seeing these two people, Zhao Hai's complexion couldn't help but change. These two people were the True Dao Sect disciples that provoked them.
The tavern Zhao Hai and the others were in wasn't very big. The people inside were also people with status. The other cultivators of the Great Realm of Cultivation went elsewhere to drink. Each one of them were given a jade essence, they could drink all they wanted.
Because of this, there weren't a lot of people in the tavern. Therefore, Zhao Hai was able to notice the arrival of Feng Lingyun and Luo Xiu'er. Of course, Zhao Hai doesn't know the names of these two people.
Zhao Hai's expression suddenly changed as they were talking, this caused the others to stare. Then they followed Zhao Hai's gaze. Zhang Feng's expression changed as well. The others were confused.
Yuan Ba couldn't help but ask, "Team Leader, what's the problem? Do you know those two?"
Zhao Hai nodded, but he didn't say anything. Then Zhang Feng told Yuan Ba about Feng Lingyun and Luo Xiu'er with a low voice. Hearing who these two were, Yuan Ba's expression also changed.
They were aware of what happened in Shangshan City last time, but they didn't know what the two looked like. Now that the two suddenly appeared, their expressions became ugly.
While Zhao Hai's group was tense, Feng Lingyun led Luo Xiu'er towards them. Seeing this, Zhao Hai immediately stood up, the others stood up as well. The other people in the tavern couldn't help but be interested when they saw the reaction of Zhao Hai's group.
Seeing Zhao Hai's tense appearance, Feng Lingyun couldn't help but smile. He continued to walk towards Zhao Hai's table without saying anything. When the two were near, Zhao Hai gave them a salute, "Great Realm of Cultivation's Zhao Hai has seen the seniors from the True Dao Sect."
Hearing Zhao Hai, Feng Lingyun couldn't help but stare, then he smiled and said, "So you really recognized us. No wonder you left after we provoked you. Hahaha. You don't have to worry, we're not targeting the Great Realm of Cultivation. Someone asked me to provoke you at that time. You're called Zhao Hai, right? Why aren't you at the walls like the others?"
Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and said, "Replying to senior, the beast tide will not come immediately. There's little point to going to the city wall in advance. Although we aren't as strong as senior, we can still reach the walls quickly if something happens. Therefore, before anything happens, we might as well share some drinks here."
When he heard Zhao Hai, Feng Lingyun couldn't help but laugh. Then he said, "Well said. What's the use of going to the walls at this time? It's good to prepare for a major event in a calm manner. Zhao Hai, let me make things clear. Someone is already paying attention to you. Of course, this person is not from our True Dao Sect. But I can tell you that the sect they belong to isn't any weaker than the True Dao Sect. If there are other sects that approach you, you better push them away."
Hearing this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare. Then an excited expression appeared on his face as he replied, "Thank you, senior. This Zhao Hai will remember."
Feng Lingyun nodded, then he glanced at the others before saying, "Alright, I'm done saying what I have to say. I won't disturb your drinking anymore." After he said that, he led Luo Xiu'er to leave the tavern.
Zhao Hai and the others hastily bowed to see them off. When the two left the tavern, Zhang Feng and the others immediately blew up with excitement. Feng Lingyun's words shocked them. It wasn't long since Zhao Hai arrived in the Soaring Dragon Realm, only four or five days. But in such a short period of time, some people were already paying attention to him. Moreover, it was a sect that wasn't weaker than the True Dao Sect.
Zhang Feng looked at Zhao Hai with an excited expression as he said, "Little Hai, this is fantastic! From what I know, ever since we've been granted entry into the Soaring Dragon Realm, the Great Realm of Cultivation hasn't had someone who entered a top sect. If you get recruited, you will be the first."
Hearing Zhang Feng, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile, "It's not certain yet. I don't even know what that top sect wants. Let's not think too much about it."
Li Mu laughed and said, "Don't worry, these kinds of things can't be wrong. Things like these happen in the Soaring Dragon Realm. When a top sect settles on someone, they will make a claim on that person. As long as that person acts well and reaches their standards, they will take that person directly. Besides those who died unexpectedly, I never heard of someone who didn't join a sect after being claimed. Army Commander, there's no need for you to worry about it."
The others also congratulated Zhao Hai. Their goal in entering the Soaring Dragon Realm was to join a sect of the True Spirit Realm, marking another step in the cultivation journey. And now, Zhao Hai was halfway through this step. Everyone couldn't help but be happy for him.
Nestor Del Rio says:
gracias por los capitulos
Yuu says:
He's too terrifying to be left alive
THANK YOU FOR THE CHAPTERS AND THE BAITTT!!! Story time i managed to start a club! Kinda


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Can I initialize members of obj2 using obj1 without having access to obj1 members (public access or through get functions)?
(I'm sorry if my question is...incomprehensible)

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Can I initialize members of obj2 using obj1

In your example, obj2 has no members because it's a pointer. I suppose that you want the dynamic object to be a copy instead.
If the type is copy-constructible and you have access to it, then you can simply use copy initialisation. Here is an example:
auto ptr = std::make_unique<A>(obj1);

P.S.

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*Don't use bare owning pointers.

*Avoid unnecessary dynamic allocation.

A: Sure. The copy constructor will need access, but it can access private member variables.
class A {
  private:
    int x;
};

void foo(A stack_allocated) {
  A *heap_allocated = new A(stack_allocated);
}

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4th December 2012. EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Just before Soc-info 2012). JITSO 2012 gathers the most significant international researchers that try to understand social phenomena as they unfold, mining their digital traces. JITSO 2012 has been organized through an experimental open and public reviewing process, using WordPress as a central platform for publishing and reviewer articles and for designing the structure of the workshop itself.
Timothée Giraud, Nicolas Douay and me are presenting a paper concerning the protests of Wukan (China). we are meant to present the research questions and the preliminary results of a research project, called GEOMEDIA, which intends to build a sensor of international media events, based on the just-in-time analysis of RSS feeds of newspapers.


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SBA Expands Tour To Promote Certification
By Nick Wakeman, Staff Writer
The Small Business Administration is expanding its efforts to get more small disadvantaged businesses certified so they can participate in government contracting programs.
Without the certification, larger contractors will not gain the small business participation points used in evaluating contract proposals when they have such businesses on their teams. Also, small businesses that act as primes will not get a 10 percent price evaluation adjustment on contracts which they bid.
In September 1998, SBA put out new regulations that required small companies not in the 8(a) program to go through an independent certification process to prove they were minority owned and disadvantaged, rather than self certifying that they meet the criteria.
But not enough companies have gone through the certification process, so SBA pushed back the effective date from Jan. 1 until July 1 for regulations that affect small businesses working as subcontractors, said Terri Dickerson, acting associate administrator for office of small disadvantaged business certification and eligibility for SBA. The regulations for small businesses acting as prime contractors went into effect Oct. 1, 1998.
After July 1, small disadvantaged companies that work as subcontractors to large companies will no longer be able to self-certify they are disadvantaged. Without certification, large contractors will not gain evaluation points for having small businesses on their teams, Dickerson said.
"I think all [large contractors] are concerned about it," said George Otchere, senior vice president of minority business development for Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego. SAIC uses about 200 companies that would qualify for the program and is working with them to get certified, he said.
The regulations were written in response to the 1995 Supreme Court decision, Adarand Constructors Inc. v. Pena, which ruled that affirmative action programs had to be narrowly targeted to remedy only lingering effects of discrimination.
The agency expects 30,000 companies to go through the certification process. That process requires meeting six criteria, including proof that the company's ownership meets the legal definitions of socially and economically disadvantaged.
So far, less than 6,000 have gone through the certification process, Dickerson said. About 1,800 of those are information technology companies, according to SBA records.
"I think there is general lack of awareness of the program," said Robert Dornan, senior vice president of the market research company Federal Sources Inc. of McLean, Va. "It is a challenge getting the word out to these companies."
As a result, SBA will visit 26 cities rather than the tour of 13 first planned to promote the program, Dickerson said. So far, the agency has held conferences in eight cities.
Among the cities added to the tour are Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Milwaukee; Indianapolis; and Memphis, Tenn. No dates for the new destinations have been determined yet.
Left on the original tour are visits to Seattle, March 30 and 31; San Francisco, April 15 and 16; Cleveland, April 29 and 30; Chicago, May 13 and 14; and New York, May 27 and 28. Cities already visited include Washington, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Boston.
Agency officials also are speaking about the certification process at other conferences, Dickerson said.
"We still have April, May and June to go through, so I really think we'll see the number of applications pick up significantly," Dickerson said.
Integrators also are picking up their efforts to get their small business subcontractors certified. "If they don't get certified, it will impact us," Otchere said.
The company is adding information about the certification process to regular meetings it holds with its small business subcontractors, he said. "We take this program very seriously, because it brings our company value," Otchere said.


I applied for shadowing positions within the FSUshadow program, and was able to secure three opportunities to shadow. On arriving at my opportunity with the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, I was extended an invitation to intern with pre-trial services over the summer.
I learned about the FSUshadow program about a week before the deadline. I spent that week brushing up my resume and SeminoleLink profile and then applied for 10 different opportunities (the maximum). About a week later, I was matched with an opportunity to shadow the marketing director for the City of Palm Bay with Karyn Barber, an FSU alumna.
When I went to the FSUshadow orientation, I stayed after everyone had left to ask a few questions. As it turned out, there were a few other positions that had not been filled due to last minute cancellations. Among these opportunities, I was able to secure two more opportunities at the 12th Judicial Circuit Court in Sarasota, FL: one with court administration, and one with a public defender. Having recently become interested in the idea of law school, these opportunities were perfect for me. I was given the opportunity to intern for pre-trial services through court administration.
With court administration, I was able to shadow various department heads and sit in on hearings and trials. I got to see mediation, meet the stenotype and court reporting department, and get a full tour of the jail where I was able to watch first appearances before a judge. First appearances are where a recently arrested person goes for their "first appearance" before the judge who determines the severity of their crime and the path that they will proceed. Whether that be spend 5 days in jail until release, or await trial, etc.
The experience I was given was not a "typical day" as my host had planned an extensive itinerary for me, separate from her own duties. Her goal was to let me see as much of the inter-workings of the court system as possible, and she did just that. I spent a majority of the time at the jail, familiarizing myself with their system.
I left with a newfound interest in criminal justice, and a passion for helping those individuals who find themselves being held in jail. I want to help those people get the fairest sentence possible and also the help they need upon release. This is what I will be doing with the internship in pre-trial services.
Very much so, it helped reinforce my career interests and strengthen my direction. Having left the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, I have become inspired to do the best that I can in my academics. One major thing that I got out of the experience was learning that anything is possible if you put yourself out there, the first step is to just apply (in my case, to the FSU shadow program). With little previous experience, I considered not applying at all to the FSUshadow program because I wasn't confident that I would be matched with any of the opportunities. Had I not taken the chance and applied anyway, I never would have been given the opportunity to shadow with the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, nor would I have been given the internship. I am so thankful that I applied to take part in the FSUshadow program.


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Marking Discussions as Completed Automatically?
We're looking to have a discussion be marked complete automatically. We are asking students to share information about themselves, but want to make it required, without having to devote instructional resources to having it "graded", since any participation is acceptable for our purposes. Is there a way to do this?
Currently we've made an additional assignment group that has 0% weight and are putting the discussion there so, while it remains incomplete unless it is graded, it does not negatively impact the students' grades. Is there any other solution? This is terribly clunky and ugly, as solutions go.
1. I'm sure you have already tried this, but to cover all my bases, have you tried grading from gradebook view? It's pretty easy to see if a student participated in the discussion and then quickly click through and enter full credit for those that participated.
2. Something else to consider (since you aren't grading on quality of post) is making it a survey where students answer the questions and get full credit for taking the survey regardless of their responses. How do I create a survey in my course?
3. What if were able to generate a list of every student (alphabetical order) and whether they participated or not in the discussion? Could you then take this list and upload the grades into the gradebook? How to Count Student Discussion Posts & How do I upload changes to the Gradebook?
4. Not sure how tech savvy you are, but I'm guessing it's probably possible on the back-end of Canvas to collect this information and upload scores to your gradebook via the Canvas API. How do I obtain an API access token for an account? & How do I make API calls in an account with an access token?
Depending on what you're trying to accomplish it seems like option #2, graded survey, would probably work the best and be the most hands-off once you get it set up.
Building on Kona Jones's suggestions, you could us a graded discussion and set the grade display to complete/incomplete, use the gradebook view to verify that everyone has submitted, and then set the default grade to "complete." This is relatively quick to implement, so hopefully would not needlessly redirect instructional resources. The gradebook view would also allow you to message students who have not yet submitted.
Note: You can use the default grade option with any grade display -- for instance, set the default grade to 0 points. But a check mark might look more acceptable.
Joshua, did either of the suggestions above work for you?
Hi Kona and Linda, those are all really excellent suggestions, but they don't work for us, I'm afraid. Thank you both for you efforts though! I think we're going to have to find a way to change how we're viewing this particular assignment and try to leverage the other tools available to us through Canvas.
Here is another suggestion. Make the discussion ungraded and add it to the end of a module. Add the requirement of must contribute. This would require the students to contribute the discussion before they get access to the next module and you wouldn't have to grade the discussion.
That's a cool idea Susan! Very out of the box, but it would definitely work!! Joshua, would this possibly work for you? Also, if you wouldn't mind sharing what you are going to do it would be appreciated. Someone else might in the future might have a similar question and it might help them to see what you ended up going with!
Joshua, Susan Nugent has provided a workable solution, so for now, I'm going to mark this discussion with the "Assumed Answered" designation. If possible, please take a moment to share how you've decided to address this.
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Botanical Art and Ecosystem Preservation
Nirupa Rao
Although I grew up in the southern Indian metropolis of Bangalore, nature played a big role in my childhood. Geographically, we are close to a region known as the Western Ghats—a mountain range that snakes up the west coast of India, much of it cloaked in tropical rainforest. The Western Ghats are also dotted with plantations growing all manner of tropical exports: tea, coffee, vanilla. Being only a few hours' drive from Bangalore, the Ghats were where my family and I would escape the first chance we could, and so they have always held special significance. My maternal uncle was so in love with the area that he spent his scientific career documenting its flora for the Smithsonian Foundation. And so ever since I was a child, I have associated botany with adventure, discovery, and excitement.
Later on, as I embarked upon a career in the arts, I knew that botanical illustration was what intrigued me the most. My knowledge of the genre was limited to examples from the days of the British East India Company, which laid the foundations for the British Empire in India. Those botanical paintings belonged to the Company School of art, a title derived from the fact that they were usually commissioned by Company officials and executed by local artists. The main purpose of these works was to document and record scientifically the subcontinent's natural history. What relevance could this old-fashioned, colonial art form have to twenty-first century India, where a single camera can seemingly do the work of a hundred artists?
My first big project taught me a lot about the power of illustration. I worked in collaboration with two conservationists, Divya Mudappa and T. R. Shankar Raman, who run a rainforest restoration program in the Western Ghats. Their aim is to encourage and assist plantation owners in growing native trees on their spare land, or as a canopy for shade-grown coffee—an ecologically sustainable alternative to fast-growing exotic tree species. This is crucial to reduce fragmentation of the jungle, creating passages of native forests between plantations that provide crucial corridors for animals. Without such wildlife corridors, animals may become isolated in small pockets, leading to a number of problems including forced inter-breeding and limited genetic differentiation. Plant-animal relationships can be highly specialized, even exclusive. Animals, insects, amphibians and birds depend on specific native plants for their nutrition and habitat, and may be threatened with extinction in their absence.
Fig. 21. Nirupa Rao, Strangler Fig (2017).
Members of the Ficus or "fig" genus, for instance, are often called "keystone species" for the important role they play in forest ecosystems. Many species of wild fig trees produce fruit at any time of year, sustaining birds, bats and mammals when other food is scarce. Such keystone species help hold a system together, and their absence could have a dramatic effect on the structure of an ecological community, even threatening its continued existence.
Besides their ecological significance, fig species are truly fascinating in their own right. They often exhibit an adaptation to overcome the difficulties of growing in dense, dark rainforests, where competition for sunlight, water and nutrients is stiff. They begin their lives as epiphytes, germinating on the branches or crooks of existing trees; as they grown, they attract a plethora of seed-dispersing animals, serving as hubs around which biodiversity blooms (fig. 21).
Divya and Shankar were keen to document visually these magnificent trees but photography posed many problems. The trees were too tall to capture in one camera frame, and the surrounding foliage was often too dense to permit the isolation of a single specimen in the tangled forest vegetation. Even while standing right in front of some of these 140 feet tall species, I could not see the entire tree. However, with my botanical illustration in mind, I could study the buttress up close, and then climb further up the hill to see its crown rising above the canopy. In my drawing, I could stitch these pieces of the puzzle together, filling in with Divya and Shankar's botanical expertise what I could not see with my own eyes.
For some species we were unable to find a fully-grown specimen that was clearly visible. So I studied a sapling instead, and proportionately scaled it up to a fully grown tree. One of the hallmarks of botanical illustration is that it allows you to create an idealized version of a species drawn from careful study of several specimens. That is one of the qualities that make botanical illustration such a crucial tool for identifying plant species.
In addition to these scientific aims, we had another urgent goal: to help people notice and fall in love with these local, everyday trees that may lack the showy flowers or fruit of exotics brought from across the world. I have found that the act of drawing—the long "encounter," the observation, the collaboration with scientists, the re-creation—not only affords me a personal communion with the individual plant; it also allows the viewer to see these plants afresh through my eyes, providing a welcome defamiliarization and renewed perception of organisms that may seem inert and uncharismatic.
It is with these motivations that I approach projects like my second book on 'fantastical' plants of the Western Ghats. With my illustrations, I aim to open young (and adult!) minds to the wonders of the plant world. Through carnivores and parasites and flowers that stink of rotting flesh, I hope to influence peoples' perception of plants, showing their complexity, agency and resilience. At home in India, my scientific collaborators and I have turned my illustrations into board games that teach school children who live in areas abutting national parks about the plenitude of the natural environment that surrounds them and the urgent need to recognize and protect its significance. No longer confined to the Company School genre, botanical illustration can serve the urgent twenty-first-century purpose of conservation.
The medium of watercolor is slow, painstaking, and does not allow for many mistakes. For instance, watercolorists often avoid white paint, relying instead on the natural hue of the paper to avoid inconsistencies in texture that arise from thick white paint. This proved especially difficult in my painting of Sundews, in which a number of dewy white droplets had to be carefully achieved (fig. 22). Despite its difficulties, to me the unhurried pace of watercolor painting has an affinity with the protracted time scale of the plant kingdom. It captures the wonderful lightness of plants—their springy adaptability, their ephemerality, their quiet tenacity—one brush stroke at a time.
Fig. 22. Nirupa Rao, Sundews (2018). From bottom to top: Drosera burmannii (Tropical Sundew), Drosera indica (Flycatcher), and Drosera peltata [new name Drosera lunata] (Shield sundew).
Nirupa Rao is a botanical illustrator based in Bangalore, India. Her work is inspired by regular field visits into the wild and informed by close collaboration with natural scientists to achieve accuracy. A National Geographic Young Explorer, Rao received a grant to create her book Hidden Kingdom: Fantastical Plants of the Western Ghats (2019). She has also published Pillars of Life: Magnificent Trees of the Western Ghats (2018), a debut project in collaboration with naturalists Divya Mudappa and T. R. Shankar Raman of the Nature Conservation Foundation. She illustrated the cover of Amitav Ghosh's latest novel, Gun Island, and rejacketed four of his older novels for Penguin Random House. In collaboration with conservationist Krithi Karanth, Rao also created illustrations for educational games that are used in wildlife conflict–prone schools in rural India. This year, the initiative will reach 400 schools, helping children live in harmony with the natural world. In 2019, she participated in a Plant Humanities summer program at Dumbarton Oaks. She has also been named an INK Fellow, one to "watch out for" in Forbes India's annual 30 Under 30 issue, and one of Harper's Bazaar India's '"Indian Women to be Proud Of."
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In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 photo provided by the Ocean Springs School District, Ocean Springs High School's 2018 Homecoming Queen Kaylee Foster holds her football helmet while wearing a tiara on the field in Ocean Springs, Miss. The high school senior was crowned homecoming queen before the football game where she kicked the winning field goal to lead her team to victory. (Justin Sutton/Ocean Springs School District via AP)
Originally Published: September 11, 2018 1:55 p.m.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen — and put on a football helmet.
Kaylee Foster was crowned homecoming queen of Ocean Springs High School before Friday night's football game.
She then put on her football uniform and later kicked the winning extra point to lead her team to a 13-12 victory over George County High School, local news outlets reported.
Foster kicked two field goals earlier, giving her a majority of the team's points.
Primarily a soccer player, Foster has been kicking with the football varsity since she was a sophomore. She's been a member of the homecoming court for four years.
She put her crown back on after the game, posing for photos in her football uniform and tiara.
Asked whether she was more nervous before the homecoming queen announcement or before her kick, she told The Mississippi Press, "I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be homecoming queen, but I was pretty sure I was going to make that kick."
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