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Looking at the murderous appearance of the surrounding soldiers, Jiang Yuan's face was a little ugly.
I had just boasted about Haikou, but in a blink of an eye, I ran into trouble.
Isn't that slapping yourself in the face?
When he saw the strong man in golden armor at the head, his pupils could not help shrinking slightly.
"Distracted?"
The aura that this strong man exudes is very powerful, even if he is a complete Nascent Soul, he cannot see through it.
At least it's a powerhouse in the distraction realm!
The two just came to the desert, how could they provoke this group of people?
Jiang Yuan asked, "Who are you and why are you blocking my way?"
Kurban hugged his shoulders and said proudly: "I am the general of the Wild Wolf Army of Mochen Country, and I am ordered to arrest the murderer of our second prince!"
"Desert Country?
Su Shi frowned.
Finally figured out what was going on.
Jiang Yuan frowned, "What does this have to do with us?"
Kurban grinned, "General Ben sees that you are sneaky, very similar to a wanted murderer. Luo
Jiang Yuan said coldly: "Do you know who you are talking to? This is You…"
Kurban interrupted impatiently: "No matter who you are, General Ben will now give you two paths."5
"Either, obediently follow me back to be investigated, or else, you will have to leave your life here!
Cang clang.
The soldiers pulled their swords out of their sheaths, forming a siege situation, blocking almost all their paths.
Finally 487 easy to find two that meet the requirements, absolutely can't let them go!
Jiang Yuan's face changed.
This attitude of the other party is obviously unreasonable.
He glanced around and said, "Holy Son, the situation is not right! I will try to contain them in a while, and after you break through the encirclement, fly directly to the direction of Youzhou!"
In the face of the power of distraction, Jiang Yuan was completely at a loss.
But no matter what, the Son can't have an accident!
"Do not impulse.
Su Shi stopped him.
Looking up at Kurban, "Isn't that just being investigated? Let's lead the way.
"Son?
Jiang Yuan was stunned.
The other party is obviously not good, and it is definitely not as simple as an investigation!
Su Shi's expression was calm and his eyes were deep.
The way to go has been blocked, and facing the great power of distraction, even if he has the Divine Pearl in his hand, there is no guarantee that the two can escape safely.
Rather than fighting to the death, it's better to count.
See what the other party is up to.
Kurban said with a smile: "Smart man, let's go."
The soldiers wanted to shackle them, but Jiang Yuan stood in front of Su Shi and scolded him with deep eyebrows, "Go away!
The soldier hesitated for a moment.
Kurban waved his hand and said, "It's okay.
The two of them couldn't escape anyway.
To say that they are under investigation is actually a top culprit. No matter whether they are innocent or not, there is only a dead end waiting for them.
"Hmph, let's see how long you can be arrogant. 99
Kurban looked proud.
The soldiers surrounded the two of them and flew all the way towards the oasis.
Desert country.
in the palace.
Damuel looked at the petite blond girl in front of him, smiling kindly and kindly, "Princess Alia, came all the way to me Mochen, what's the matter?
The girl in front of her is the princess of the Sand Heart Kingdom.
Desert Dust Country is on the fringes, while Sand Heart Country is a powerful country in the center of the oasis!
The two cannot be compared in terms of strength or status.
Alia blinked her emerald green eyes, and her voice was clear, "I heard that Prince Mukar was killed, I wonder if the murderer has been caught?
Damour frowned slightly.
The two countries have never had any intersection, so why does the other side suddenly care about this?
Moreover, it is the princess with a distinguished status who came in person.
Damour cleared his throat and nodded: "The murderer has been locked and will be arrested soon."
Alia's eyes flickered, and she asked: "Ben Gong is curious, I don't know who the murderer is, but he dares to attack the prince?
Damour looked a little embarrassed.
The culprit hasn't been caught yet, how does he know who the murderer is?
Can't say it's Su Shi?
"Cough, this is the responsibility of the national teacher, and it should have a result in the next two days.
Damour slurred his words and glared at the national teacher fiercely.
No (bcec) is just looking for a scapegoat, and it can drag on for so long, causing him to lose face in front of Princess Shaxinguo.
The national teacher also secretly hated.
Kurban's efficiency is too low!
At this time, the guards outside the hall came in, "Report to Your Majesty, General Kurban asks to see you!"
"Oh? General Kurban is back?"
Damour's expression brightened, "Let him in. 35
The burly man in golden armor walked into the hall, knelt down on one knee and said, "Weichen Kurban, join your majesty."
Damour asked urgently: "Has the murderer been caught?"
Kurban nodded, "Fortunately, the two desert robbers were captured alive, and it was the real murderer who killed the prince and the general! 35
Damour breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with satisfaction, "Good job.
He glanced at Alia, and said, "Bring the prisoner directly! You dare to murder the prince, I will personally interrogate him!
Just taking advantage of the presence of the princess of Shaxinguo, I can shake the prestige of Mochenguo!
Kurban turned around and said, "Bring people up."
After a while.
Surrounded by a group of guards, two figures slowly walked in and stood in the center of the hall.
Seeing the man in white, the national teacher and Alia were stunned.
"How did you get him?!"
Kurban said proudly: "Your Majesty, this is the real murderer of the second prince!"5
Damour slammed the armrest and said sternly: "Bold villain, you know the crime…"
"Cough cough."
Just halfway through the words, the national teacher interrupted: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient, people seem to have caught it wrong.
Damour frowned, "What did you say?"
It's just a scapegoat, what's right and wrong?
Kurban frowned and said: "National teacher, you have to take a closer look, do you know how much I thought about catching this murderer?
The national teacher smiled bitterly: "But the problem is really wrong."
Damour said coldly: "Is the national teacher confused?"
In front of Princess Sha Xinguo, the opponent's two and three demolitions had already made him really angry.
The national teacher knelt on the ground with a plop, "It doesn't matter who the murderer is, but it must not be this person. 35
Damour realized something was wrong, "What do you mean by that?"
The national teacher hesitated for a long time and sighed: "Because he is Su Shi."
Damour was stunned, "You said he was…"
The national teacher lowered his head and said helplessly: "The prisoner that General Kurban captured is the Grand Duke of Zhenguo, Su Shi, the son of the devil!
The hall was silent for a moment.
Damour's throat moved, and he looked at Kurban in disbelief.
I asked you to take a scapegoat, but you brought back the real murderer?!.

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Can public services 'protect the vulnerable' in the age of austerity? Considering the evidence on street cleaning services in the age of growth
Hastings, A. (2011) Can public services 'protect the vulnerable' in the age of austerity? Considering the evidence on street cleaning services in the age of growth. Discussion Paper. Oxfam GB, Oxford.
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This paper focuses on whether public service provision serves the needs of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the UK. It summarises evidence from a study of street-cleaning services in the UK, which shows that resource allocation does not always follow needs – even at a time when there was public spending growth and the needs of deprived neighbourhoods were to the fore – and that it can be skewed to better-off areas, making service-provision actually part of the problem for residents in these neighbourhoods. The author argues that, although today's austerity presents significant challenges for those who wish to protect the most vulnerable, it may still be possible to find ways to deliver services which do not simply reinforce inequality. This paper is part of a series of papers which have resulted from the Whose Economy? seminar series, held in Scotland in 2010 – 2011, whose purpose was to provide a space for researchers, representative organisations, policy-makers and people with experience of poverty to come together and explore the causes of poverty and inequality in today's Scotland.
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Jim is a nationally recognized attorney and thought leader in government contract law, Jim Nagle is sought after for his valuable counsel as consultant, expert witness or arbitrator/mediator by the government and its federal contractors. He has unrivaled experience working on supply, services, international, major systems and construction contracts. Throughout his distinguished career, Jim has represented owners, contractors, subcontractors, sureties, architects, engineers and all parties in the contracting process. Prior to joining the firm, he served as chief of the Logistics and Contract Law Branch of the Department of the Army staff and as a trial team chief in the Army's Contract Appeals Division.
A respected thought leader in the government contracts industry, Adam is the author of several articles and chapters in books on bid protests, including "A Practitioner's Road Map to GAO Bid Protests" (The Construction Lawyer) and the bid protests chapter of "Federal Government Construction Contracts" (ABA 2d ed.). He is also the editor of Oles Morrison's government contracts blog, The Procurement Playbook.
Ryan counsels contractors and subcontractors in government contracts disputes and on a wide variety of legal issues in the construction industry. His articles frequently appear in Oles Morrison's government contracts blog, The Procurement Playbook.


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DRUG-FREE PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR BACK PAIN
TONI'S STORY
THE NEED FOR RELIEF
Toni, a married 46-year old, was an athletic trainer in college. She has worked in retail her entire career and has experienced years of overuse/abuse of her body from being on her feet extended periods of time, working in the stores (lifting, squatting, pulling, pushing) and from extensive driving. She enrolled in one of SPR's clinical trials in October 2015. Toni used SPRINT® for four weeks, six hours a day.
"I have a lot of wear and tear on my body. My lower back and knees are shot. In my early 30's I started to experience discomfort, especially in my lower back. I work in retail and my back often flares up when I have to drive, lift or squat at work. I am not somebody who likes to take medicine or pills, so I've mainly relied on chiropractors, massage or TENS devices."
HOPE WITH SPRINT
The SPRINT therapy was just easy to use, it moved with my body and it was no bother."
"My level of pain was a deep, dull ache. Every so often I would get a sharp stabbing pain in my back that would shoot down to my hip. Sometimes it would get in the way of work. I got used to living with the pain."
"I used the SPRINT therapy in the evening and while I was asleep for a period of four weeks. I could change the intensity of the device and get it to be where the stimulation was noticeable, but didn't hurt. It was easy to get it placed. My doctor numbed an area of skin on my lower back and inserted a small needle with a very fine wire. It was just easy to use, it moved with my body and it was no bother."
SPRINT allowed me to be more active. I was a lot more active once the pain went away."
"I walked a lot more. If you feel bad, you don't want to go out and do things. Before I had SPRINT, I would do things such as dinner with friends and just live with the pain."
SPRINT is freeing, it's very freeing, it made me feel young and carefree again."


We love oobleck. After our first time making it, even after doing many other experiments, Preston suddenly declared that science is his favourite part of homeschooling. Win!
Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid or liquid. Under pressure it behaves like a solid. But remove the pressure and it turns to liquid.
The stuff is bizarre, and crazy, and completely mesmerizing.
It combines science and sensory play into a perfect experience for all ages.
Although we have made it a few times, this last time we wanted to pump up the experimental value a bit and create our own oobleck science experiment. We decided to try two different recipes for making oobleck and compare the results.
The first batch we made with dish soap, it is sometimes called Bubble Oobleck. It started out looking like a promising oobleck but it very quickly became a paste and lost it's non-Newtonian qualities. My little dragons quickly lost interest as the textures they love with oobleck simply didn't hold up with this recipe.
See? This is after about ten minutes of play, it no longer became solid under pressure. We made a second batch with the same results. The good news is that clean up was a lot easier since it was half dish soap. There were bubbles everywhere!
If you want to give it a try, this is the recipe we used for the dishsoap oobleck. Maybe you will have different results? If you do, please report back so we know what to try differently. Thanks!
Mix together using your hands. Have a helper on hand to add more cornstarch if it is too runny, or more dish soap if it is too dry. You will feel when it is ready. It will become solid when you squeeze it, then run like goopy liquid when you release the pressure.
We also made a batch of our regular recipe oobleck, and as usual it was a huge hit. Each time we make it Jackson and Preston make new discoveries and observations. This time Jackson noted that when he balled up the oobleck then threw it into the bowl it hit the other oobleck like a solid on solid, before slowly melting into liquid again and mixing back in. Both boys enjoyed placing it under pressure, tearing it, then letting it ooze again.
Jackson also discovered he could make sculptures with the oobleck if he worked it quickly by throwing and flicking. It was pretty cool to watch. It stacked up almost like magic. Check out the middle image to see what I mean.
Oobleck Recipe – The one that works!
Mix the cornstarch and water together with your hands so you can feel when it is all mixed and ready to play. Again it will become solid under pressure, then liquefy when pressure is removed. It helps if you can have a helper ready to add a little water or cornstarch if you feel it needs it.
Coloring your oobleck is simple, simply add food coloring during the mixing process.
My little guys played with this for over an hour and the oobleck was still going strong. They really love this stuff. It is fascinating. Try slapping it, and it stays solid!
NOTE: Never put these recipes down the drain or you will get a BIG bill from the plumber.
Do it outside if possible, or make sure the area is well draped. Cleaning up this stuff is crazy tricky. When I tried to brush it up it turned powdery and into solid balls, but the second you stop trying to clean it up, it turns to liquid and oozes everywhere… including into the cracks of my hardwood!
I warned you, this stuff is crazy weird.
~ We use this experiment to discuss states of matter. Preston loves the immediate relationship between solid and liquid. He requires a lot of repetition to retain concepts and oobleck provides a wonderful opportunity to practice liquid versus solid.
~ Jackson is learning how not only temperature can affect states of matter, but how pressure and force can also affect a matter's state.
~ Jackson is also reading a biography on Issac Newton. So we discussed Newton's theories around fluid dynamics, and why this is a non-Newtonian liquid. Plus, we had some great discussions about the life of this amazing scientist.
~ Oobleck is also a wonderful sensory experience. It seems to really fill a need for my kids when it comes to their sensory diet.
So next time the kids are bored, whip up a batch of oobleck and let them learn by gooing! It is an amazing science activity that should be in your toolbox for keeping the kids busy this summer.
We couldn't stop at just this one oobleck recipe. We decided to dig deep and test a bunch of different ingredients to see how it affected our non-Newtonian Fluid and the results SHOCKED us! There is an even better oobleck recipe. Check out our investigation to see how all the ingredients did and which one was the clear winner.
More Oobleck Projects That Will WOW!
Color Changing Oobleck – Check out this video!
The Ultimate Stretchy Slime That Actually Works!


This entry was posted on January 20, 2012 by lisathorpeartist. It was filed under Art, Inspiration and was tagged with 000 hours, 10, encaustic, encaustic collage, Malcolm Gladwell, ten thousand hours.
Well, I've lived long enough to accumulate 10,000 hours in something, but I'm not sure which of my many interests that is. Most likely dance, followed by an assortment of art adventures. Sometimes you don't realize you've become a 'master' at something. I always seem to have a beginner's mind.
I know you have been a dancer and a teacher for along time and surely have more than 10,000 hours going on that, but as a creative explorer sometimes exploration is the thing and mastery doesn't always matter… maybe the beginner's mind make you open.
Oh gosh, this is such a FANTASTIC reminder for everything in life! Thank you thank you for your insights.
10,000 that's a lot of time as the Haitian proverb says, "Piti Piti Na Rive" meaning "little by little we will arrive". I like that, no hurry one foot in front of the other or minute after hour after day… we will arrive at those 10,000 Malcolm Gladwell was talking about.
It's all floating on the wind Marie, winding through the pumping of your heart and after today's workout Marie, I can say with authority in the sore muscles and centered minds of your lucky students.
I too have read 'Outliers' and while I agree that there is a lot to be said for practice I feel that there is also much to be said for talent. Beautiful things happen when the two are combined, but either one alone is far less fruitful. I had a friend who once after years of struggling to teach young children finally realized that, while everyone else told her she was good at it, it was not in fact her comfort zone. She was a very hard and determined worker, so she coped and made it work for years, but not until she realized her passion lay with young adults did her talent truly shine and she change lives in miraculous ways. I think Malcolm Gladwell words are convincing in as far as they go, but his scientific rationale ignores that irrational emotional side of our humanness. Practice and talent can produce good things, and together even produce great things, but the greatest things come when they are combined with passion; a power that drives us beyond rational, linear progression into the possibilities of the mystical and supernatural.
Jane, Thank you for your comment. I agree there is nothing without passion. I too was teaching at a level in which I was very practiced and very competent and I think even effective…. but I wasn't passionate and you can't sustain yourself on that it weighs too heavy on your soul… you must have the flame of passion to make all the practice of your talents worth the effort. Thank you for the wonderful and eloquent reminder.


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In the year 2020, I undertook another profoundly impactful reading journey as I take great joy in this pastime and find it a very rewarding activity. As we near the end of the year, I look back on all of the captivating books I have felt fortunate to get my hands on and I have made a selection of my best reads of the year.
I have compiled a list of 10 amazing books on subjects that range from analyses of cultural phenomena and historical figures to best business practices and personal development. They have given me tremendous insight into several societal issues, made me take heed of my personal habits, and gave me hope for the future. And, of course, they gave me a nice dose of reading enjoyment along the way.
I now present to you my list of 10 Amazing Must-Reads: 2020 edition.
10. The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (2019)
by Robert Iger
In 2005, Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was more intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company's history.
Twelve years later, Disney became the largest, most-respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over and Iger continues to be recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our time.
In this book, he shares the lessons he's learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees.
9. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (1997)
by Clayton M. Christensen
This book is one of the most — if not the most — important books chronicling how innovation takes place. Jeff Bezos lets all his execs read this book and moreover it's been said that the only business book Steve Jobs ever liked was The Innovator's Dilemma.
The author states that outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership — or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he says, he tells others how to avoid a similar fate.
Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, The Innovator's Dilemma presents a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.
8. The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives (2020)
by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
You think we have squeezed every advancement possible out of technology? Think again. In the next decade, rapid technological advancements are going to reach a fever pitch, addressing the most pressing issues of our time. This includes several key technological inventions that are being used to combat deforestation, foster reef restoration, and allow us to harvest more from far less land as part of specialized campaigns to reverse the factors that are leading to mass biodiversity loss.
Not to mention tech inventions that are facilitating safe drinking water to millions of people and projects that will be extending high-speed broadband internet — and all the benefits that come with it — to every single member of the global population.
This book provides an encouraging look at the steps that are being taken to leverage technology not to deplete our planet's resources, but rather to find solutions to the problems we thought for so long were being ignored. We still have a long way to go, but this book shows there are many people who are taking these issues seriously and are doing something about them.
7. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (1992)
by John Gray
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.
In Layman's terms: this book gets to the core of why men have trouble understanding women and women have trouble understanding men and bridges that gap. It helps men and women realize how different they really are and how to communicate their needs in such a way that prevents conflict and gives intimacy every chance to grow.
6. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don't (2001)
by James C. Collins
In the 1990s, there was a management study that showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that don't necessarily have this recipe for success baked into their DNA from the outset. How do they achieve greatness?
This book answers that very question and so much more about what it takes to become the type of leader that takes a company from mediocrity to reasonable profitability to the type of greatness that inspires. This book has been praised by several members of The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council as the best management book they've ever read, inspiring many.
5. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (2017)
by Matthew Walker
The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert—Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab—reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep. In it, he explains how the industrialized world is currently experiencing a sleep loss epidemic and why we must harness the transformative power of sleep to change our lives for the better.
Walker answers important questions about sleep: how do caffeine and alcohol affect sleep? What really happens during REM sleep? Why do our sleep patterns change across a lifetime? How do common sleep aids affect us and can they do long-term damage? A must-read for anyone who underestimates the power of a good night's sleep.
4. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal (2003)
by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
We live in digital times. Our pace is rushed and relentless. And facing crushing workloads, we try to cram as much as possible into every day. We're wired up, but we're melting down. You would think better time management is the solution, right? Wrong. It's about balancing your energy.
This book is a highly practical, scientifically-based approach to managing your energy more skillfully both on and off the job by laying out a powerful, step-by-step program that will help you do things like mobilize your key sources of energy, balance how you spend your energy, and expand your capacity the way top athletes do.
But above all, this book gives you life-changing tools to become more physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned. I just couldn't put it down.
3. Mastery (2012)
In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself.
By analyzing the lives of such past masters as Amadeus Mozart, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as by interviewing nine contemporary masters, including tech guru Paul Graham and animal rights advocate Temple Grandin, Greene debunks our culture's many myths about genius and distills the wisdom of the ages to reveal the secret to greatness.
With this book as a guide, you learn how to unlock the passion within and become a master.
2. Talking to Strangers (2019)
by Malcolm Gladwell
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true?
Through a masterful look at societal phenomena across cultures and history, Gladwell calls into question many notions we often take for granted about how we form our opinions about people we hardly know (but we think we do). A captivating read from beginning to end, this book really makes you realize that you should take an extra second to consider more contextual factors when assessing the actions of strangers.
1. Everything is F*cked (2019)
At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education, and communication our ancestors couldn't even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness. What's going on? If anyone can pinpoint that, it's Mark Manson.
This is another gem from the author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck (which, incidentally, was number 1 on my list of amazing must-reads in 2017). In Everything Is F*cked, he looks at our relationships with money, entertainment, and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom—and even of hope itself.
This book reached the top of my list because it truly made me rethink my connection to every facet of society and technology that I interact with on a daily basis. It was the fresh perspective I didn't know I needed and I could not be more grateful I got it.
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Power cuts could affect emergency calls in France this winter - Orange CEO
"It is illusory to imagine that we'll be able to maintain service to all French people in the event of power cuts," she said. Telecoms industry officials told Reuters in September they feared power rationing - a possibility following a plunge in energy supplies from Russia - could knock out parts of the mobile network across Europe, forcing companies and governments to try to mitigate the impact.
Reuters | Updated: 30-11-2022 20:01 IST | Created: 30-11-2022 20:01 IST
Emergency phone calls may not be possible in parts of France if there are prolonged power cuts this winter, CEO of the country's No. 1 telecoms operator Orange said on Wednesday, as the prospect of energy rationing looms amid the war in Ukraine. The stark warning from Christel Heydemann contrasts with the French government's reassuring tone on the matter and highlights the challenges the telecoms industry faces in keeping mobile services running in the event of prolonged power cuts.
"If, in a geographical area, (mobile network services) are turned off for two hours, there will be no access to the emergency number services for a while," Heydemann told French lawmakers at a hearing in the Senate. "It is illusory to imagine that we'll be able to maintain service to all French people in the event of power cuts," she said.
Telecoms industry officials told Reuters in September they feared power rationing - a possibility following a plunge in energy supplies from Russia - could knock out parts of the mobile network across Europe, forcing companies and governments to try to mitigate the impact. Executives said at the time there were not enough back-up systems in many European countries to handle widespread power cuts.
On Wednesday, Heydemann said there wasn't enough time to install back-up batteries on the thousands of mobile sites for this winter. It would take five years, she said. Heydemann, who took over the reins at Orange in April, said the company had been running tests on its mobile network in France to evaluate and anticipate the risks of power outages.
Under current scenarios being discussed with the government, Orange would be alerted at 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) the day before a power cut and would be given the exact location. She said Orange was trying to get that information 24 hours ahead of outages to get technicians on the ground to work as soon as possible.
"I fear that our fellow citizens and the French will discover that telecom networks depend on electricity," she said. A government source played down Heydemann's comments.
"The operators put pressure so that we don't cut their antennas, there's a kind of arm wrestling," the source told Reuters. "It's been a year and a half that the government is working on the subject, we are in contact with the (telecoms) operators," the source said.
Orange's Heydemann also said the company and the industry were in close contact with the country's electricity distributor Enedis, a subsidiary of utility EDF. A spokesperson for the French ministry of digital affairs, in charge of telecoms services, declined to comment.
"The priority for Enedis and public authorities is to help telecom operators preserve access to emergency numbers... in the event of exceptional power shedding," Enedis said. "Talks are ongoing... to find the best possible solutions to limit the impact of potential temporary power cuts," it added.
Heydemann's warnings contradict the more upbeat tone held so far by the French government. "If there were power supply issues at a given time, there are what we call 'resource antennas' (that would allow) for all emergency numbers to operate," government spokesperson Olivier Veran said on Tuesday.
Only a few thousands mobile antennas would be completely shielded from potential power cuts at this stage, a telecoms industry source said, thus covering a fraction of the population and of the territory.
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Starting Sunday, Winnipeg Transit's Route 86 will now include all-day service to Bridgwater Centre and Bridgwater Lakes*, plus better transfer connections for those in southwest Winnipeg. It's a move praised by area Coun. Janice Lukes (South Winnipeg-St. Norbert).
Route 33 in the Maples will also be tailored, extending all-day bus service through Amber Trails on the Jefferson and Mapleglen legs. Buses will be more frequent with wait times reduced by a proposed seven minutes, according to the city. Riders can also expect better route connections at Portage Ave. and Fort St. and Portage Ave. and Garry St.
"With continued growth in our area, more bus service was needed. This is an exciting development for Amber Trails and is part of the City's continuous commitment to provide top-quality transit service to all of our citizens," said Coun. Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan).
Starting Sunday, Winnipeg Transit's fall schedule goes into effect. Service and frequency improvements are happening on the following routes: 33, 72, 84, 85, 86, 94.
Timing on the routes below will also be affected. For full bus schedules, visit winnipegtransit.com.
*CORRECTION: Previous information provided by the city misstated which neighbourhoods would receive improved service on Route 86.


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I've been back in Singapore a week, and the headlines suggest we're caught in a time warp. Groundhog Day II: The MH370 Story Revisited sort of thing. In recent days we got a geography refresher course on the French West Indian Ocean possession Réunion, east of much larger Madagascar.
Source: http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/07/30/mh370-is-wreckage-found-on-Réunion-island-that-of-missing-plane/
Trash recovery workers walking a beach on the north end of the island found an almost-two meter (6 1/2') by one-plus meter (3'+) stabilizer flap from the trailing edge of a B-777's right wing.
The authorities flew the flaperon to Toulouse, France for analysis by Malaysia, US and local experts. As of 8 August . . . well, either the flaperon was or wasn't off MH370. The MAS Boeing 777 9M-MRO was dubbed MH370 for the 8 March 2014 flight. The French said that the plate containing the serial number from 9M-MRO was missing, but there were other painted numbers . . . some of which weren't entirely consistent with Boeing's maintenance records. Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak said that the piece was from MH370 and, furthermore, additional wreckage (e.g. window panes, luggage and seat cushions) had also been found on Réunion. The French refuted that second statement, tartly stating that no other plane wreckage was in their possession. Search vessels and volunteers headed for Réunion to look further. Academics went back and tweaked their models.
The CNN and BBC websites have been leading with the story, with subsidiary articles revisiting predictable sub-themes. Relatives of passengers aren't accepting a single stabilizer as proof of anything relating to the fate of their loved ones. Scientists who painstakingly mapped debris drift patterns for the Indian Ocean were left scratching their heads: if MH370 crashed where it was supposed to, then there was little likelihood of anything reaching Réunion. With the main east-to-west currents north of the main seabed search area, the southern arc protractor crowd was left to contemplate a possibly slower, more erratic flight path that could have led to a more northerly crash site.
Meanwhile, the hardcore conspirators found plenty of shortcomings all around.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33846493
This week's blog uses the hoo-hah as an opportunity to examine the current state of play regarding all aspects of the MH370 investigations. To my eye, the evidence against Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah now approaches the legal standard of 'beyond reasonable doubt' required for a conviction even though all of it is circumstantial. Let me know what you think at author@bradleywest.net.
Bradley West, Singapore, 9 August 2015
One fragment off a B-777 wing? So that's all you got? Really?
A barnacled, aluminum-clad airplane part hasn't changed many minds. If you were a hard core conspiracist before the flaperon, then faking ocean wreckage is something you expected. After all, such a program would be an order of magnitude easier than hijacking the plane to begin with, especially if that hijacking required spoofing BFO signals (see The Vanishing of MH370 II: A Little Information is a Dangerous Thing, 9 June 2015). There isn't much imagination required to posit that those behind the hijackers tore a flaperon (and probably other floating parts) off the plane, and salted the wreckage far, far away from where MH370 actually landed. Or if your mind works in a particularly untrustworthy mode, the putative searchers (directed by the US) could have dumped these parts into the South India Ocean ("SIO") up to a year ago to create a false trail.
Once again we see the fundamental problem with debating a conspiracy: there's no way to prove or disprove the assertions. Nevertheless, let's run this latest wrinkle through the Conspiracy Filter introduced in The Vanishing of MH370: One Conspiracy to Rule Them All (14 June 2015):
The fewer the conspirators required, the more likely: Other than the original hijackers, you'd need a half dozen people to pull pieces off (and from within) the plane, another half dozen to arrange the transportation and transfer to a vessel, and then a few more to crew the ship (or plane: push the faked flotsam out the cargo hold at low altitude) that made the final delivery. That's a minimum of 12-15 more people, on top of the planners and hijack team of two or more. To my eye, that extra number of people vastly increases the likelihood a leak.
The less complicated the required skills or actions, the better: Here's where the conspiracists take heart. If a group had the technical wherewithal to hijack a 777 in a way which flummoxed the entire world, sourcing and scattering debris across the ocean would have been child's play.
The stronger the motive for a Government (or sponsoring intelligence agency) cover-up, the more likely is a conspiracy: This is a another point for the conspiracy crowd. Any government-backed hijacking that led to the murder of 239 (or a couple fewer) people has every incentive to create a phony evidence trail to mislead pursuers.
If you were a conspiracist before the flaperon, you're still a conspiracist. If like me you were a non-conspiracist who was unhappy with the withholding of evidence by the authorities, and concerned by the evident contradictions in the official versions of events fed to journalists, then finding the flaperon is another point in favor of a flight ending in the SIO. After all, there have only been five B777 crashes (or disappearances) ever, and only one of them was anywhere near the Indian Ocean, that being MH370. And while there's nothing overwhelmingly difficult about secreting a flaperon on a remote island, it's not a trivial undertaking either. So if MH370 fell victim to a hijacking and cover-up, then this latest episode increases the chances that someday the story is going to come to light.
In a tizzy about the flaperon
MH370 Michael Exner published Implications from the Réunion Debris found July 29, 2015 on Independent Group leader Duncan Steel's website. (Download the PDF using Dropbox via http://www.duncansteel.com/archives/category/mh370.) Then on 5 August (updated each of 6 and 7 August), Dr. Steel followed it up with Further MH370 Debris Analysis (access via www.duncansteel.com).
Steel and Exner (and researchers whose work they reference) have scrutinized every flaperon photograph that's made it onto the Internet. The flaperon is almost certainly from MH370. The damage pattern to the flaperon tells an interesting story. Had the flaperon been attached to the wing when the plane hit the sea, it's very doubtful it would have survived almost intact. Anyone thinking that MAS Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah emulated Captain Sullenberger's 2009 Miracle on the Hudson soft landing should know that the SIO in March has two-to-three meter swells at a minimum, and that a giant Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine was hanging below the right wing just in front of the flaperon. Recall that when Silk Air 185 crashed into the Musi River in Sumatra in 1997, the biggest pieces of wreckage recovered were about the size of magazine covers: the plane hit the water so hard it disintegrated on impact.
The more likely explanation is that the flaperon tore off the wing while the plane was in flight. There are two plausible causes, the more likely one being that the plane had already run out of fuel and was in a high angle, high speed, spinning dive that ripped the stabilizer away from the wing (destroying forty percent of the surface area in the process). The appearance of the metal is consistent with the torn-off-in-flight interpretation. The second explanation would require a piece of the right engine to fall off and hit the flaperon while it was deployed, also knocking it out of its slot. Either one of these explanations accounts for why the leading edge of the flaperon has very little damage while the trailing edge is ragged. Exner concludes that the plane making tight spiral into the ocean is consistent with a final resting point very near to the 7th arc, the focal point of the search efforts to date. With US$100 million spent and 60,000 square kilometers searched, how come nothing's been found at the crash site?
'X' Marks the Spot at 34ºS, 94ºE
Duncan Steel's survey article references Henrik Rydberg's MH370: Finding the Debris Origin (http://www.duncansteel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/debris-origin.pdf) which uses reasonable assumptions to narrow the likely crash site down to a two-by-two degree box centered at 34ºS, 94ºE. Independent Group member Richard Godfrey conducted his own analysis and the resulting paper Combined Inmarsat, Drift and Fuel Model (http://www.duncansteel.com/archives/category/mh370) cane to the same conclusion as H. Rydberg: 34ºS, 94 ºE.
There would be more excitement around this announcement if there hadn't been so many other false leads over the 500+ days since MH370 disappeared and if the proposed crash site hadn't already been searched thoroughly already as it lies in the middle of the present, heavily-scrutinized target zone.
Meanwhile, Back to our Regularly Scheduled SATCOM Re-boot Debate
The MH370 sleuths were busy since the last MH370 True Lies blog entry and the discovery of the flaperon on Réunion. Readers of the prior installments in The Vanishing of MH370 series know that the power to the satellite communications ("SATCOM") equipment was turned off and then back on at almost the exact time that the plane was being flown in an intricate manner (i.e., climbing sharply and turning: not something that could be done readily on autopilot). Perhaps coincidentally, the plane also left radar range 02:22 Malaysia time, within a minute of the power being restored to the SATCOM. (We know these things because of the information received from Inmarsat satellite 3F-1 that was communicating with MH370.)
Airplane crash investigator and author Jeff Wise published a series of three articles on his blog between 9 and 20 July entitled The Mysterious Reboot (http://jeffwise.net/2015/07/09/the-mysterious-reboot/). MH370 buffs will find all three of Wise's articles worth reading. In conclusion, after over a year (!) of study and debate, cockpit avionics experts have (more or less) agreed that there are four or five ways to turn off SATCOM power. Each approach is complex, so much so that none of them is taught to trainee pilots. A couple can be done from the cockpit, while the others either require someone to go below deck (via a trapdoor in the front galley) to access the E/E bay or to tamper with the specific satellite communications equipment via luggage bins or roof tiles in the ceiling near the middle of the plane.
What grabbed my attention was the list of the other onboard systems fed by the most likely power system array that would have been switched on and off, the "left AC transfer bus". The cockpit door lock was listed, along with inflight entertainment, one high frequency radio, and the main passenger cabin lights. Copilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, locked out of the cockpit by the captain, could have switched off-and-on every circuit breaker he could find in an attempt to disable the cockpit door lock.
This theory fits Occam's Razor: it's simple and explains a plausible version of events. Hamid may have decided to power down a system for three minutes or so, have cabin attendants keep trying to open the cockpit door, and if that circuit breaker didn't work then return it to the "On" position (to make certain that he wasn't inadvertently de-powering a vital aircraft system that might cause a crash), and go on to the next one. There's a TV movie plotline that the crew managed at some point to get into the cockpit, the pilot responded by depressurizing the plane, and maybe no one involved in the struggle was able to use an oxygen mask before they passed out. The result was everyone on board perished from hypoxia, and the ghost flight flew on for another five to seven hours before running out of fuel and crashing. That's one plausible hypothesis.
In his first blog entries dealing with the SATCOM re-boot, Wise didn't see why anyone on the plane would turn the power on and off unless they were tampering with the SATCOM. In particular, Wise had been a proponent of the Norther Arc conspiracy in which ethnic Russian's hijacked the plane and landed it in Kazakhstan. To do so would have required them to flip the SATCOM signals to the satellite so that a plane flying along the northern 7th degree arc would instead appear to be flying a mirrored path along the southern arc. (See http://jeffwise.net/2015/03/07/new-york-how-crazy-am-i-to-think-i-actually-know-where-that-malaysia-airlines-plane-is/ for the original article that laid out this hypotheses. Subsequent articles on http://jeffwise.net elaborated on his theory, aided by Jakarta-based aviation expert Gerry Soejatman and Independent Group member Victor Iannello.)
Wise's last Re-Boot entry on 20 July quite interestingly added one other instrument that ran off the same circuitry controlling the SATCOM: the cockpit voice recorder ("CVR"). So now we have two plausible explanations—both consistent with pilot mass murder—for why the SATCOM could have been switched off and then back on. A pilot bent on covering his tracks could erase the CVR records by turning the on and off the power supply (via that same left AC transfer bus switch) from the comfort of the cabin. There's also a regional precedent Zaharie Ahmad Shah would have been familiar with, as Silk Air 185's pilot also disconnected the CVR before flying the plane straight down into the Musi River. Discovering that the depowering sequence was possible took aeronautical engineers over a year. It's fair to ask how an ordinary pilot—even one as experienced and methodical as Shah—could have worked this out on his own.
Wise concludes this blog entry by almost endorsing the pilot suicide interpretation. I'm all the way across the line at this point, with a second hijacker now no longer necessary to explain the sequence of events.
So does a conclusion that MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean mean that I have to re-write Sea of Lies? Nope. It's a novel, not investigative reporting. And until the authorities raise a piece of fuselage containing identifiable human remains, I'm afraid the question of what really happened to MH370 will remain an open one in many relatives' and skeptics' minds. These are the times that try conspiracists' souls, but a single flaperon does not put to rest the great MH370 debate. Far from it.
August 11th 2015, 1:39 am
Henrik Rydberg and Richard Godfrey did not consider wind effects. Instead, http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2015/mh370-drift-analysis.aspx model considered wind effects but did not include maximum likelihood and probability calculationsincluded into the first two publications.
It would be extremely interesting to redo Henrik and Richard's work based on the adjusted model (that includes wind)
Bruce Robertson
And how does the SATCOM power come back on over the Malacca Strait? The autopilot goes into Flight Envelope Protection mode in order to salvage the situation after an aircraft upset. When the autopilot advanced the throttles, the dead left engine attempted a restart, requiring the Left Transfer Bus to be re-energized. This provided power to the SATCOM terminal.
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The battle royale video game genre is consistently being flooded with new titles hoping to make it big just like Fortnite. However, there are very few games that really stand out among others as they captivate a large enough audience to keep the title supported. One of those games that didn't need much to make the title stand out is Call of Duty Warzone. Call of Duty is a massive video game franchise and having a free-to-play game experience for players to drop into a large map and compete was appealing to a large audience.
When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare released there was quite a bit of anticipation that we would see a battle royale game mode get added in. After a few rumors and leaks, the game mode not only released for those that owned Call of Duty: Modern Warfare but also launched as a free-to-play title for everyone without having access to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in their game collection.
This battle royale plays out just like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with the same mechanics, a large map, two hundred players, load-outs, perks, and even a second chance to return within the game match if you lose early on into the game.
One of the rumors that have come out since Call of Duty Warzone launched is that we would see other Call of Duty games influence the title in different areas. This rumor was now confirmed after Gamesradar spoke with Geoff Smith, the design director for Infinity Ward. According to Geoff, the plan is to see this game supported well beyond 2020 despite the new Call of Duty games releasing into the market.
"Although Warzone is very closely tied to Modern Warfare, it was designed from the beginning as its own game. As the game continues to be updated over time, it will evolve and become tied to other games in the Call of Duty universe."
In fact, when new Call of Duty games released into the market, we will see some evolution's take place in Call of Duty Warzone. While Geoff only says it will tie to other games in the Call of Duty universe, we could see some map changes to weapons being featured. For now, nothing official has come out showcasing what 2020 Call of Duty will feature, although there are rumors claiming that we are going to see a Cold War-era being featured.
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'The Wall' of India men's hockey team – PR Sreejesh – achieved a personal milestone during the second leg Pro League tie against Spain – the seasoned Indian goalkeeper appeared in his 250th international – a phenomenal feat for a man, who made his international debut at the 2006 SAF Games in Colombo.
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Delahunt-led group wins medical marijuana license for Mashpee
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has selected two non-profit organizations to operate medical marijuana dispensaries in Barnstable County.
Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts, whose president is former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, won a license to operate on Echo Road in Mashpee. The site will be a dispensary only. It will sell product grown elsewhere.
The William Noyes Webster Foundation won a license to operate in South Dennis. It will cultivate marijuana at one location and distribute it at another.
The agency invited eight applicants to seek alternate locations in counties that were not selected for dispensaries. The law authorizing medical marijuana in Massachusetts, which was approved by voters at the ballot in 2012, called for up to 35 licenses to be issued, with at least one in every county.
Critics of the licensing process, including the Massachusetts Republican Party, questioned the level of transparency, describing it "politicized and secretive" and alleging that state Public Health Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett is too closely associated with Delahunt, who is among the license applicants with political ties.
Delahunt's group was awarded provisional licenses for dispensaries in Mashpee, Taunton and Plymouth.
The DPH in January appointed Karen van Unen, the former chief operating officer of a Dorchester public health program, as executive director of its medical marijuana program and empowered her with the final decisions on all licenses.
The Massachusetts Medical Society cautioned Friday that marijuana's effectiveness as medicine has not been scientifically proven, and said its increased availability presents implications for occupational safety, and "poses health risks of toxins and cognitive impairment."
Middlesex County - the state's most populous county - received the highest number of dispensary licenses, with four in Lowell, Ayer, Newton and Cambridge.


Whether you're recovering from a strenuous workout or are just feeling a little bit stressed out, there's nothing like soaking in a tub full of hot water and epsom salts!
I know, baths are a huge waste of water, and I'm not saying you should take a bath every day. From time to time, though, a salty soak is just the thing to melt away muscle soreness and anxiety. Treat yourself, right? But what are epsom salts, and how do you use them?
Epsom salts are naturally occurring salts, also called magnesium sulfate. Like table salt, epsom salt is mined. In fact, there's a somewhat famous epsom salt mine in Death Valley that you can ride a monorail right through!
In a compress. Soak a washcloth or small towel in warm water mixed with epsom salts, and apply the compress to your aching muscles.
In the tub. Pour about 1/2 to 1 cup of epsom salts into the tub, fill 'er up with hot water, and soak away! You can also add a few drops of your favorite relaxing essential oil, if you're trying to ease anxiety.
Do you guys use epsom salts for fighting stress or soothing sore muscles? What's your favorite way to use them?
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I haven't used epsom salts in years. They are terrific though, and I always keep them on hand for sprains and muscle aches.
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Q: How do I get the input of an activity into the recyclerview of another activity? Updated Problem: My text of the SecondAcitivity is displayed in the recycling view of my MainActivity. However, the text in the Recyclerview will be overwritten.
How do I get it that the text in my recycling view is not overwritten, but is displayed in a further field one below the other?
I would like to have a button in my main activity that opens Activity 2. A text should then be entered there, which should then be displayed by clicking a button in the Recyclerview of the main activity.
I have already inserted a recylerview adapter, but the text is not output. Where is the problem?
On my XML i got 2 Buttons (one in the MainActivity (floatingActionButton) and one in the Second (sendNewTask))
My MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

RecyclerView recyclerView;
FloatingActionButton floatingActionButton;
TaskManager taskManager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    taskManager = new TaskManager(this);
    initViews();
    initClickListener();
    receiveIntent();
    setRecyclerView();

}

protected void initViews(){
    floatingActionButton = findViewById(R.id.floating_button);
    recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);

}

protected void initClickListener(){
    floatingActionButton.setOnClickListener(view -> onOpenButtonClicked());
}

protected void setRecyclerView(){
    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
    recyclerView.setAdapter(new TaskListAdapter(taskManager));
    recyclerView.getAdapter().notifyItemInserted(taskManager.getTaskListCount() - 1);
}

protected void onOpenButtonClicked(){
    Intent i = new Intent(this, TaskActivity.class);
    startActivity(i);
}
protected void receiveIntent(){
    String inputTask = getIntent().getStringExtra("EXTRA_SESSION_TASK");
    Task task = new Task();
    task.setName(inputTask);
    taskManager.addTask(task);
}

}
My SecondActivity:
public class TaskActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    EditText etAddTask;
    ImageView sendNewTask;

    TaskManager taskManager;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_new_task);
        taskManager = new TaskManager(this);
        initViews();
        initClickListener();
    }

    protected void initViews(){
        etAddTask = findViewById(R.id.et_new_task);
        sendNewTask = findViewById(R.id.send_new_task);
    }

    protected void initClickListener(){
        sendNewTask.setOnClickListener(view -> onSendButtonClicked());
    }

    protected void onSendButtonClicked(){
        String newTaskName = etAddTask.getText().toString();
        Task task = new Task();
        task.setName(newTaskName);
        taskManager.addTask(task);
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

And my RecyclerAdapter & TaskViewHolder:
public class TaskListAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<TaskViewHolder> {

    TaskManager taskManager;

    public TaskListAdapter(TaskManager taskManager){
        this.taskManager = taskManager;
    }

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public TaskViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        return new TaskViewHolder(LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.task_row, parent, false));
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull TaskViewHolder holder, int position) {
        Task task = taskManager.getTaskList().get(position);
        holder.newTask.setText(task.getName());
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return taskManager.getTaskListCount();
    }
}

public class TaskViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

    TextView newTask;

    public TaskViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
        super(itemView);
        newTask = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_new_task);
    }
}

TaskManager:
public class TaskManager {

    ArrayList<Task> taskList = new ArrayList<>();

    public TaskManager(Context context){
        Hawk.init(context).build();
        loadTaskList();
    }

    public void addTask(Task task){
        taskList.add(task);
        saveTaskList();
    }

    public void removeTask(Task task){
        taskList.remove(task);
        saveTaskList();
    }

    public ArrayList<Task> getTaskList(){
        return taskList;
    }

    public int getTaskListCount(){
        return taskList.size();
    }

    protected void saveTaskList(){
        Hawk.put("taskList", taskList);
    }

    protected void loadTaskList(){
        Hawk.get("taskList", new ArrayList<>());
    }
}

A: Adding a task using a AlertDialog
If you don't need a whole new activity to just add a new task, you can use an AlertDialog.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    // ...

    protected void onOpenButtonClicked(){
        final AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);

        // Here you can set the View you want, even a LinearLayout. In this
        // case, I'm adding a text field so user can type the task name
        final EditText edittext = new EditText(this);
        builder.setTitle("Enter the task name");
        builder.setView(edittext);

        alert.setPositiveButton("ADD", (dialog, which) -> {
            // When the user clicks the add button of the dialog, here will
            // be the task name the user has typed, so just add it to the
            // task manager of this activity
            final String newTaskName = edittext.getText().toString();
        });
        alert.setNegativeButton("CANCEL", (dialog, which) -> {
            // When the user clicks the cancel button of the dialog, just
            // dismiss it without doing any action
            dialog.dismiss();
        });

        alert.create().show();
    }

    // ...
}

Keeping the previous tasks passing a StringArrayList
If you do need a new activity, you can keep the previous tasks by using a ArrayList and passing this around.

*

*Requesting a new task:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    // ...

    protected void onOpenButtonClicked(){
        final Intent i = new Intent(this, TaskActivity.class);

        // Transform the task list to a string list
        final List<String> taskNames = taskManager.getTaskList().stream()
            .map(task -> task.name).collect(Collesctions.toList());

        // Put it into the intent and start a new activity
        i.putStringArrayListExtra("TASK_NAME_LIST", new ArrayList<>(taskNames));

        startActivity(i);
    }

    // ...
}

*

*Fetching a new task name:

public class TaskActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    // ...

    ArrayList<String> taskNames;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // ...

        final Intent i = getIntent();
        // Receive the current task names
        taskNames = getIntent().getStringArrayListExtra("TASK_NAME_LIST");
    }

    protected void onOpenButtonClicked() {
        final String newTaskName = etAddTask.getText().toString();

        // Add the new task name to the task names
        taskNames.add(newTaskName);

        // Send it back to the MainActivity
        final Intent i = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
        i.putStringArrayListExtra("TASK_NAME_LIST", taskNames);

        startActivity(i);
        finish();
    }

    // ...
}

*

*Creating a new task:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    // ...

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // ...

        taskManager = new TaskManager(this);

        final Intent i = getIntent();

        if (i != null) {
            // Receive the new task names
            final List<String> taskNames = getIntent().getStringArrayListExtra("TASK_NAME_LIST");

            for (String taskName : taskNames) {
                final Task task = new Task();
                task.setName(taskName);
                taskManager.addTask(task);
            }
        }
    }

    // ...
}

NOTE: Even though in the previous example there are two separate MainActivity methods, you should include both.

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DUNMORE, Pa., Jan. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First National Community Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX:FNCB), the parent company of Dunmore-based First National Community Bank (the "Bank"), today reported record net income of $35.8 million, or $2.17 per basic and diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2015, an increase of $22.4 million, or 167.1%, compared to $13.4 million, or $0.81 per basic and diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2014.
The Company's earnings performance was significantly impacted by the non-recurring reversal of a deferred tax asset ("DTA") valuation allowance, which resulted in the Company recording a tax benefit of $27.8 million in the consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2015. The reversal of the DTA valuation allowance indicates that upon consideration of all objectively verifiable evidence, management determined that it is more likely than not that future taxable income will be available to utilize the benefit of the Company's net deferred tax assets, excluding DTAs for charitable contribution carryforwards, going forward. Also impacting the Company's earnings performance in 2015 were decreases in non-interest income and the credit for loan and lease losses of $7.1 million and $4.5 million, respectively, which were partially offset by a $5.1 million reduction in non-interest expense and a $0.9 million increase in net interest income. For the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company recorded net income of $29.2 million, or $1.77, per basic and diluted common share, compared to a net loss of $31 thousand or $0.00 per basic and diluted share, for the same quarter of 2014. The improvement in fourth quarter results primarily reflected the reversal of DTA valuation allowance, increases in net interest income and the credit for loan and lease losses, partially offset by a reduction in non-interest income.
With the reversal of the DTA valuation allowance, at December 31, 2015, shareholders' equity increased $34.8 million, or 67.7%, to $86.2 million, or $5.22 per share, from $51.4 million, or $3.12 per share, at December 31, 2014. Return on average assets and return on average shareholders' equity equaled 3.57% and 63.24%, respectively in 2015, compared to 1.38% and 29.50%, respectively, in 2014. For the three months ended December 31, 2015, return on average assets and return on average shareholders' equity were 10.99% and 192.68%, respectively, compared to (0.01)% and (0.24)%, respectively, for the same three months of 2014.
Earnings per share increased $1.36 to $2.17 in 2015 from $0.81 in 2014.
Net interest income before the credit for loan and lease losses grew by 3.3% over 2014.
Non-interest expense decreased $5.1 million, or 15.2% from 2014.
Strong growth in net loans for 2015 of $66.2 million, or 10.0%.
Asset quality improvement as evidenced by a 10.7% decline in nonperforming assets compared to December 31, 2014.
Tangible book value improved 68.1% to $5.21 per share at December 31, 2015 compared to $3.10 per share at December 31, 2014.
"2015 has proved to be pivotal for our Company as we achieved several significant milestones this year," stated Dominick L. DeNaples, Chairman of the Board. "Our accomplishments in 2015, including the termination of all regulatory enforcement actions, reflected our continued resolve and commitment to strengthen the Company's risk profile and profitability through the execution of sound balance sheet management strategies," commented Steven R. Tokach, President and Chief Executive Officer. "The reversal of the DTA valuation allowance further reinforces our confidence in the Company's ability to generate sustained profitability and enhance shareholder value going forward, and underscores our belief that the Company has regained its position as a premier community banking franchise in Northeastern Pennsylvania," concluded Mr. Tokach.
Net interest income before the credit for loan and lease losses increased $874 thousand, or 3.3%, to $27.4 million in 2015 from $26.5 million in 2014. The improvement in net interest income reflected a $1.3 million, or 21.9%, decrease in interest expense, which was due primarily to a 19 basis point reduction in the Company's cost of funds to 0.61% in 2015 from 0.80% in 2014. Having the greatest impact on funding costs was an $11.0 million principal payment and rate modification of the Company's subordinated debentures decreasing the interest rate 450 basis points completed on June 30, 2015. As a result, interest expense on the subordinated debentures decreased $0.8 million. Overall, the cost of borrowed funds decreased 116 basis points to 2.01% in 2015 from 3.17% in 2014. Partially offsetting the decrease in interest expense was a $0.5 million, or 1.4%, decrease in interest income to $32.2 million in 2015 from $32.7 million in 2014. The reduction in interest income was primarily caused by a 25 basis point reduction in the tax-equivalent yield on earning assets to 3.50% in 2015 from 3.75% in 2014. The Company's tax-equivalent margin decreased 9 basis points to 2.99% in 2015 from 3.08% in 2014. The margin contraction reflected repositioning of the Company's investment securities portfolio from tax-free to taxable securities as part of tax planning strategies aimed at facilitating the reversal of the DTA valuation allowance, and a 17 basis point decrease in the tax-equivalent yield on the loan portfolio, partially offset by the positive effects of $26.8 million in growth in average earning assets.
Non-interest income decreased $7.1 million to $7.8 million in 2015 from $14.9 million in 2014. The 47.7% decrease was due largely to a decrease in net gains on the sale of investment securities of $4.3 million, coupled with non-recurring income earned in 2014. Net gains on the sale of investment securities were $2.3 million in 2015, a $4.3 million, or 65.4%, decrease compared to $6.6 million in 2014. In addition, non-interest income in 2014 included $2.1 million of non-recurring income received from the settlement of judgements filed pursuant to a large, previously charged-off, commercial credit relationship, and a $0.6 million net gain recorded on the divestiture of the Company's retail banking operations in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Non-interest expense levels were positively impacted by continued improvement in the Company's asset quality and risk profile, termination of regulatory enforcement actions and on-going cost containment initiatives. Non-interest expense decreased $5.1 million, or 15.2%, to $28.5 million in 2015 from $33.6 million in 2014. Specifically, the above factors contributed directly to reductions of $2.2 million, or 84.4%, in expense of other real estate owned, $1.4 million, or 75.7%, in legal expense, $0.9 million, or 47.3%, in regulatory assessments, $0.6 million, or 35.3% in professional fees and $0.3 million, or 30.7%, in insurance costs.
The Company's asset quality continued to improve in 2015, which reflects the ongoing focus on sound problem credit resolutions and commitment to disciplined credit risk management. Total non-performing assets decreased $0.9 million, or 10.7%, to $6.9 million at December 31, 2015 from $7.8 million at December 31, 2014. A $1.7 million decrease in non-performing loans, including non-accruing troubled debt restructurings, was partially offset by a $0.9 million increase in other real estate owned ("OREO"). In the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company foreclosed upon a commercial property collateralizing a $3.5 million non-accrual commercial real estate loan. The property was transferred to OREO at its fair value less cost to sell of $1.5 million. The loan was supported by a governmental agency guarantee. Accordingly, the Company does not expect to incur any loss on the difference between the recorded investment of this loan and the fair value of the collateral less cost to sell.
The ratio of non-performing loans to total loans improved 30 basis points to 0.52% at December 31, 2015, compared to 0.82% at December 31, 2014. The allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total loans was 1.21% at December 31, 2015 compared to 1.72% at the end of 2014. Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans outstanding for the year ended December 31, 2015 was 0.20%. In comparison, the Company posted net recoveries as a percentage of average loans outstanding of 0.51% in 2014, which was largely due to the aforementioned favorable legal settlement.
Total assets increased $120.6 million, or 12.4%, to $1.1 billion at December 31, 2015 from $970.0 million at December 31, 2014. Net loans grew $66.2 million, or 10.0%, which reflected strong demand for both commercial and consumer loan products. In addition, available-for-sale securities increased $34.8 million, or 15.9%. The balance sheet was also impacted by the reversal of the DTA valuation allowance, which was the primary factor causing a $28.7 million increase in other assets. Total deposits increased $26.2 million, or 3.3%, to $821.5 million at December 31, 2015 from $795.3 million at the end of 2014. Specifically, non-interest-bearing demand deposits increased $30.5 million, or 24.6%, while interest-bearing deposits decreased $4.3 million, or 0.6%. The increase in non-interest bearing demand deposits primarily reflected the positive balance fluctuations of several large commercial customer relationships. The decrease in interest-bearing deposits was largely related to lower deposit balances of the Company's municipal customers due to a state budget impasse, and the planned runoff of higher-costing certificates of deposit generated through QwickRate®, a national deposits listing service. These decreases were partially offset by the attainment of a large commercial deposit relationship. Due to their lower cost, the Company increased its utilization of FHLB borrowings as an alternative funding source of liquidity by $74.6 million or 121.9%. This was the primary factor leading to a $63.6 million, or 65.9%, increase in total borrowed funds. Partially offsetting the increase in FHLB advances was the $11.0 million principal repayment of the Company's subordinated debentures.
Impacted by the DTA valuation allowance reversal, total shareholders' equity improved $34.8 million, or 67.7%, to $86.2 million at December 31, 2015 from $51.4 million at the end of 2014. Net income for 2015 of $35.8 million, which included an income tax benefit of $27.8 million related to the reversal of the DTA valuation allowance, was the primary factor leading to the Company's improved capital position.
At December 31, 2015, the Company's total risk-based capital ratio and the Tier 1 leverage ratio were 11.75% and 7.27%, respectively, at December 31, 2015. The respective ratios for the Bank at December 31, 2015 were 13.79% and 9.79%. The ratios for both the Company and the Bank exceeded the 10.00% and 5.00% required to be well capitalized under the prompt corrective action provisions of the Basel III capital framework for U.S. Banking organizations, which became effective for the Company and the Bank on January 1, 2015.
First National Community Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company of First National Community Bank, which provides personal, small business and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses throughout Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Wayne Counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The institution was established as a National Banking Association in 1910 as The First National Bank of Dunmore, and has been operating under its current name since 1988. For more information about FNCB, visit www.fncb.com.
The Company may from time to time make written or oral "forward-looking statements," including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in its reports to shareholders, and in other communications by the Company, which are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company's beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various factors (some of which are beyond the Company's control). The words "may," "could," "should," "would," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause the Company's financial performance to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements: the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in the Company's markets; the effects of, and changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations; the timely development of and acceptance of new products and services; the ability of the Company to compete with other institutions for business; the composition and concentrations of the Company's lending risk and the adequacy of the Company's reserves to manage those risks; the valuation of the Company's investment securities; the ability of the Company to pay dividends or repurchase common shares; the ability of the Company to retain key personnel; the impact of any pending or threatened litigation against the Company; the marketability of shares of the Company and fluctuations in the value of the Company's share price; the impact of the Company's ability to comply with its regulatory agreements and orders; the effectiveness of the Company's system of internal controls; the ability of the Company to attract additional capital investment; the impact of changes in financial services' laws and regulations (including laws concerning capital adequacy, taxes, banking, securities and insurance); the impact of technological changes and security risks upon the Company's information technology systems; changes in consumer spending and saving habits; the nature, extent, and timing of governmental actions and reforms, and the success of the Company at managing the risks involved in the foregoing and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the SEC.
The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not all inclusive. Readers are also cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date of this report, even if subsequently made available by the Company on its website or otherwise. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.
Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in the Annual Report and other documents that the Company periodically files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.
First National Community Bancorp, Inc.


First of all, for those that have never read one of my posts before and may not know anything about me, I am a Christian and I believe that I am a pretty moderate guy. I tend to get along with most people in most situations and truly love kids. I was raised with a foundation of respect toward my parents. In fact, I would say that most kids of my generation were raised with a general respect for all authority. We recognized that parents were definitely the authority.
I watched them as they also interacted with their authority and by observing, I took my social queues. When my father was pulled over for any infraction, the response to the officer was respectful and even jovial most times. What was even more interesting and impactful for me was watching parents who were the authority for us deal with their parents and the respect they showed.
I came to understand this respect as the demonstration of love toward parents, our neighbor and authority.
Now, I could not imagine my father rolling out a few colorful metaphors to the officer that pulled him over. But much more, I could not imagine him cursing at us.
What? Can this be for real? Psychology Today in an article titled: Will Swearing Harm Your Child said, "Swearing might indicate a lack of discipline, or it might just be related to a more open and free-speaking home environment.." Open and free-speaking kinda sounds like a good environment, doesn't it?
This is where I feel there is a disconnect. Common sense has become common non-sense. Wisdom seems to have been corrupted and disrespect is open and free-speaking.
The Bible verses above helps to shed some light on why Christians shouldn't swear in front of their children (or anyone else for that matter). But what of non religious or non-Christian folk. Does it have the potential to build better relationships between children and parents because nothing is held back. Could the duplicitous life of living one way at home and another way when out with friends could be solved by a more open and free-speaking home?
Well, that is for each person to decide for themselves. But I will make a few suggestions that may make sense if not "common" sense.
Swearing is not inherently part of a language. Sure people will say that cursing is as old as time, but truly the words we use to curse are usually words not necessary in a sentence. They are sounds we use for emphasis when we cannot grasp the right language. Children can learn to use their words leading to a better grasp of their language.
Words that tend to aggravate authority would not be words I want my child using. Whether they find themselves in a stressed situation with another adult, another child, an employer, the police, a border guard or in in-law, when using a word will make situations worse because it is understood as profanity, this would not be the word I would want to be responsible for encouraging in my children.
Because a parent has lost respect for those around them, and maybe even themselves, should not give that parent licence to download that lack of respect to their children and encourage their children to treat others the way they learned to treat people.
Some say that humans are striving to become better in our technology, our societies and our education. This however does not square with the behavior to encourage our children to be worse in behavior toward and with others than they could be. If they could be better, why not encourage and teach them to embrace better and reject worse.
It is 2PM and you are sitting at the doctors office waiting for your name to be called. The place is busy and there are several people ahead of you. A child about 7 years old sits across from you with his parents and while they are speaking, the child is using the most common swear words as part of his conversation and the parents are cursing right back. They are not angry and their conversation is playful. I paint this scenario to avoid the cliche scenario of the loud kid screaming obscenities. If overhearing this conversation makes you feel that the child is growing in a positive environment and his/her future is bright, then you have your answer.
However, I imagine that there is something in all of us that would find that just a bit odd.
5. It is disrespectful for a parent to swear at their child. It is equally disrespectful for the child to swear in a conversation with their parent. Because they do not have the skills to recognize it as an abuse of respect does not mean that we should celebrate their ignorance.
I would love to hear your thoughts on whether you feel it is ok to cuss to your kids and thoughts on this article. Thanks for reading.
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