I'm starting to lay groundwork for a quilt that I'm making -- get this! -- for myself. I promised Jacob that I would use at least part of his fabric presents to me to actually create a quilt that I would keep for myself. It's taken on a life of its own, though: it's actually going to be my first two-sided quilt.
So, knowing about the box of summer 2009, here's the rest. A little over a year ago, Jeff and I flew out to Hawaii to visit Brad and Alice, who were living outside of Hilo, Hawaii at the time. While we were there, Alice took me to Dragon Mama, a futon shop in Hilo that also carried a gorgeous array of fabric for sewing and quilting.
I've been good. Despite my friends handing me fabric, I'd managed to decimate my fabric stash this year. Mind you, my stash wasn't that big, especially in comparison to what I've seen mentioned by a few quilt bloggers I read. Me, I'm cranky; if my stash starts building up, it means I'm not using what I'm purchasing, and that doesn't seem like a good use of money.
However, i can give you a taste of what's to come in 2010. You can blame Jacob and Alice. Well, and me.


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13 Things You Didn't Know About Wildfires
Elizabeth Yuko
We're about to answer your most burning questions about why, when, and how wildfires happen.
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As soon as one wildfire ends in California, it seems like another one starts. The most recent fires in areas like Getty, Kincaide and Saddle Ridge have caused billions of dollars worth of property damage and burned hundreds of thousands of acres. With no signs of global warming slowing down, this is likely the new normal for the Golden State as well as other parts of the country. Now that this is our reality, here are 13 things you didn't know about wildfires. This is what the Amazon jungle looked like before forest fires and other changes.
Wildfires are getting worse
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It's not your imagination: over the past decade, the wildfires in California have gotten larger and more destructive, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In fact, ten of the state's worst wildfires have occurred in the past ten years. The state has tracked wildfire data since the early 1900s. The state's dry summers typically lead to wet winters, but the time between the seasons is when conditions are ideal for wildfires to start, according to CNBC. Ever wonder what it's like to be in a forest fire? Here's what it feels like to have a wildfire burn over you, straight from a firefighter.
38 states are at risk for wildfires
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Though many wildfires do happen in California, they also occur in 37 other states, according to the Insurance Information Institute. And in fact, there have been some years that Texas has had twice the number of wildfires as California. Regardless of the state, wildfires tend to happen during times of drought in mountain, foothill or grassland areas across the country. Here's what it feels like to be caught inside a California wildfire.
Most animals are able to get out alive
As devastating as wildfires can be, local animal populations tend to be able to escape before the fire hits. For example, when a large wildfire hit Yellowstone National Park in 1988, only one percent of the native elk population perished in the fire, AccuWeather reports. Furthermore, a 2000 study by the United States Department of Agriculture and Forest Service notes that "despite the perception by the general public that wildland fire is devastating to animals, fires generally kill and injure a relatively small proportion of animal populations." Pets, on the other hand, are often separated from their owners, though fortunately, many are reunited.
Fire tornadoes are a thing
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What's worse than a wildfire? How about a wildfire with a built-in tornado? This was a reality in California in 2018 when an 18,000-foot tall tornado made of fire and smoke blew through the area, Smithsonian Magazine reports. So how do these terrifying things even happen? As it turns out, these aren't technically tornadoes at all. According to LiveScience, fire tornadoes are formed by hot, dry air rising quickly from the ground. "In that sense, firenadoes have more in common with whirlwinds or 'dust devils,' which typically form on hot, sunny days when the ground heats up the air nearby." These are the most extraordinary weather events ever caught on camera.
One type of beetle flourishes in forest fires
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Believe it or not, beetles of the genus Melanophila are actually attracted to fires. Though this may sound odd, it's actually for a very logical reason: these beetles—known as "fire chasers"—are drawn to fires because they prefer to lay their eggs in freshly burnt (or still-smoldering) wood, according to the American Museum of Natural History. Not only do these beetles prefer a post-wildfire landscape to lay their eggs, but it also means that the eggs are safer from predators than in other environments. Find out the strangest bug or animal in your state.
A gender reveal party was responsible for a massive wildfire
In 2017, an Arizona man started a wildfire that consumed 47,000 acres. It wasn't a camping bonfire that got out of control: it was a gender reveal party, CNN reports. As part of the event, the man planned to shoot a rifle containing Tannerite, a highly explosive substance that would have sent a cloud of either blue powder for a boy or pink powder for a girl into the air. Unfortunately, he shot at the target, it exploded and caught on fire, spreading to the nearby Coronado National Forest. And though pink and blue have morphed into the colors for girls and boys, respectively, historically, this wasn't the case.
World War II sparked America's interest in wildfire protection
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Forest fire prevention became a topic of huge importance in the United States during World War II, as people became increasingly vigilant about potential attacks on the mainland. Not only that but with many of the trained firefighters away at war, communities were left with fewer people to combat any fires, big or small, according to the U.S. Forest Service. "To rally Americans to this cause, and convince them that it would help win the war, the Forest Service organized the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) program with the help of the War Advertising Council and the Association of State Foresters," the Forest Service says. "Together, they created posters and slogans, including 'Forest Fires Aid the Enemy,' and 'Our Carelessness, Their Secret Weapon.'" Here are 10 tricky U.S. war questions most people don't get right.
Most wildfires are caused by humans
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Smokey the Bear was right: only you can prevent forest fires. Specifically, approximately 90 percent of wildfires in the United States are caused by people, the Department of Interior reports. Some of the most common ways humans start wildfires include campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, downed power lines, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson, according to the Insurance Information Institute. As it turns out, the remaining 10 percent of non-human-started fires are ignited by lightning or lava. These are 13 active volcanoes you can actually visit.
Wildfires happen on the east coast, too
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Though the higher-profile forest fires tend be to located in places like California and Arizona, the east coast has its fair share as well. In fact, in the past three years, there have been several large wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina. So why do the ones on the west coast get the most attention? Wildfires happen everywhere, but the West Coast's get more attention because they tend to be bigger, hotter, and lasts a long time, Stephen Mason, a researcher in Drexel University's Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science told the Philly Voice.
Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and writer specializing in health and the intersection of bioethics and popular culture. She is an adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University and has written for print and online publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Salon and Playboy, and has given a TEDX talk on The Golden Girls and bioethics.

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Take a look at this image:
See the blue line? That represents the number of people who visit cnn.com. The red line? It represents the most popular blog (The Huffington Post). The cyan line? Feministing, the most popular (so far as I can tell) feminist website.
Think about this for a minute. An order of magnitude more people visit the boring, business-as-usual site (represented by CNN) than the mainstream liberal (in the most general sense) site (represented by Huffington). And an order of magnitude more visit Huffington than the real social change site (represented by Feministing). And Feministing is constantly under fire from other feminists for being too status quo and privileged!
I'm not complaining. I'm not trying to claim that feminism is somehow irrelevant. I'm not even unhappy about the small numbers - in fact, the deviant part of me would probably want to do something else if everybody was doing it! But I am curious, even frightened: What on earth are all those people, the CNN readers so to speak, even doing?
Lest you think I'm assuming that these (admittedly inaccurate) Internet statistics are representative of the whole world, let me assure you that I did attempt to research other statistics as well. They didn't make much sense - supposedly, some 20% of women consider themselves feminists. It depends on who you ask, too: One study showed that 60% of women and men were favorable to the 'women's movement', whatever that may mean. But I'm not sure I buy it. There are 1.5 BILLION internet users. Somebody is visiting CNN (and Facebook, etc.). Are 20% of those people really working in any way for social change?
Have you ever noticed when an article about feminism (or anti-racism, or gay rights, or any other social movement) gets published in some major news outlet? Most people respond with indifference. A few identify, but more respond with outright hostility. You'd think that would provide the motivation for that 20-60% to act, but it doesn't.
People are simply... apathetic.
I attend a university with some 20,000 other students. There's no feminist organization - it died from lack of interest. There's a GLBT organization - which managed to score a grand total of 10 protesters at a recent marriage equality event. A student wanted to start a women's center recently - got published in the student newspaper and everything. On further investigation though, it turned out she really wanted the university administration to start a women's center - the students were only needed for lobbying, and she didn't have a plan to actually do anything.
Do nothing, and hope someone else does it for you. That's the way of the world, it seems. It seems that every time I turn around, someone's insisting that people are busier than ever. That we rush around, and don't take the time to appreciate life, etc. But for all that supposed rushing, there's very little being done. People, eat, sleep, watch TV (assuming they live in a privileged country), have sex, and die. They're miserable, but they don't care.
Back to the Internet for a second - how is it that millions upon millions can read the news, visit some random entertainment site, and never even consider that they might be able to do something worthwhile, to change the world in some little way? And the Internet users represent the most privileged fifth, the people most responsible for oppression. It's not that they actively mean to oppress, of course - they're merely apathetic in a patriarchal society.
Feminists like to make a lot of noise about some small specific issue. "If only that violence could be stopped, that inequality rectified, we'll have accomplished something", we say. And that is true, without a doubt. We'll have accomplished something, done some good. But is it enough?
Sometimes I wonder: Can we effect real change at all, without somehow convincing the apathetic people? Won't the stories simply repeat themselves? Even if people only noticed that there was something wrong, I believe it could make all the difference.
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Seems to me that KNOWING information is actually different than applying to REAL life. The ability to access quick off the shelf news is often, as the blue line shows, more desirable to people than perhaps a deviling deeper in to social issues or problems. That's not to mention the problem that responsibility for changing social problems isn't really a skill that is instilled in us. I think your post is potentially pointing to the systemic problem of teaching how to value and engage in civil duty and participate in social change.
Aviva DV said...
Also, there's something to be said vis-a-vis your numbers, Brianna, for the lack of an actual "women's movement" these days. I would bet feminism made the mainstream news a lot more often in the late 1960s and 1970s when women (and men) were organized and making a stink. Not that there weren't huge problems with the second wave, but there's something to be said for that sort of cohesive social movement as regards getting people to notice.
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Feminist by any other name...
California Upholds Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban
New Supreme Court Nominee
Some feminist lol silliness to brighten up my rain...
Feminist Flashback #38


Hexagonal, with one face inscribed; the dowel-hole on the top probably served to retain a statue of the deceased; a head, perhaps of this statue, was found with it.
(overall) W 0.33 × H 1.194 m.
(die) W 0.33 × H 0.787 m.
Near the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill.
To the spirits of the departed (and) to Claudia Martina, aged 19; Anencletus, slave of the province, (set this up) to his most devoted wife; she lies here.
The formula in l. 9 suggests a late-first-century date.


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Our 2018 Cybersecurity Predictions
Inside Out Security Blog » Data Security » Our 2018 Cybersecurity Predictions
Looking back, 2017 had all the twists and turns of a good disaster movie. Hackers steal and leak the NSA's powerful exploit kit that's then unleashed on the world through a Dr. Evilish ransomware-worm hybrid. Later, a top U.S. credit reporting agency discloses a breach involving the social security numbers of 143 million Americans. Meanwhile, a $1.8 billion legal battle is being waged between two tech giants over stolen software for self-driving cars. In the trial, a letter comes to light that claims the defendant was "responsible for acts of corporate espionage, the theft of trade secrets, the bribery of foreign officials and various means of unlawful surveillance."
Sounds like Lex Luthor had a busy year. While you can make a good case that data security predictions should be made by Hollywood scriptwriters, we decided to put on our wizard's cap yet again to come up with the following predictions for 2018.
Blended Attacks Will Force More Critical Systems Offline
As bad as WannaCry was – and because many who were hit may have kept quiet – we may never truly know the full extent of the damage. The characteristics involving the payment of the ransom were haphazard, suggesting that these attacks were meant to test the NSA's exploits' power and reach when "blended" with other attack vectors, like phishing and ransomware. In 2018, we should expect more blended, crippling attacks in more countries, and they may well be longer and more severe. As we saw in 2017, expect them to throw a wrench into the daily lives of millions — affecting anything from transportation to shopping to using an ATM.
The IoT Will Bring More Bad News
Brands have been quick to jump on the IoT bandwagon, but they will have their hands full. In 2017, we saw KRACK and BlueBorne exploit WiFi and bluetooth, opening fresh holes in our already battered perimeters. Hackers will continue to leverage unprotected devices to spy on their users and break into home and corporate networks. Multiple botnets exploiting vulnerable IoT devices will be new minions in DDOS attacks, and threaten to take down news and government websites. Millions of consumers will remain unaware that their IoT devices and home networks are being exploited until they finally get to the bottom of why Stranger Things is so slow to download, and unplug their internet-connected toothbrush. Manufacturers will start to address these security faults or risk losing to the companies that bake-in security from the start. GDPR may save the day in the long run–forcing businesses to reconsider personal data collection via IoT, but we won't see this effect until at least 2019.
Fear the Wiper
A recent survey revealed that 45% of organizations think they will be breached in the next year. In 2018, more organizations will be hit by ransomware, or worse. While ransomware is a scary thought for the C-Suite to consider, the unlucky organizations — those that haven't prepared and without adequate backups in place — will be hit by wipers that will destroy information and systems with no hope for retrieval. Other unlucky organizations will realize they've been hit with APT's, or Advanced Persistent Threats, that have been siphoning out valuable information for months or longer, like Intellectual Property, public filings, M&A plans, and other trade secrets. The unluckiest probably won't realize they've been hit in 2018 at all, as attackers access their information as if it were their own. In 2018, a widespread wiper at tack, likely driven by political motivations, will hit at least one government agency and many other organizations. Companies will rethink how they're protecting their critical information as they continue to realize how porous their perimeters have become.
You've Got Mail: Buckle up for a Wild Political Season
All 435 seats in the House and a third of the seats in the Senate will be up for grabs in November 2018. With so much at stake, expect a series of revealing leaks affecting candidates in key congressional districts. At least one candidate will drop out of the race based on the contents of old emails. Multiple incumbents will also be forced out of office.
The Rise of Cryptocurrencies
We've seen bubbles before: From dutch tulips in the 1600s to dot-com high fliers at the turn of the 21st century, unbridled enthusiasm drives up prices to unrealistic and unsustainable levels. Bitcoin is enjoying such a bubble. Could this be the year for a correction? China is cracking down and other nations appear to be seeking to regulate Bitcoin and their exchanges. If cryptocurrency continues to be associated with monetizing cybercrime and other illegal activity, it will become stigmatized, and its use for legitimate purposes may decline.
"A Treasure Trove for Hackers" : The U.S. Gets GDPR Envy
"Consumers don't have a choice over what information Equifax… or Transunion or Experian have collected, stored and sold," said Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, during the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on the Equifax data breach, one of the biggest consumer breaches in history. "What if I want to opt out of Equifax?" Ms. Schakowsky asked. "I want to be in control of my information. I never opted in, I never said it was OK to have all my information, and now I want out. I want to lock out Equifax. Can I do that?"
In May 2018, a sweeping set of data-focused privacy rules for EU citizens will go into effect — they will get a choice. As GDPR takes effect, we'll see GDPR envy in the U.S. and consumers will demand the same kinds of privacy rights that EU residents receive under GDPR. With the deadline looming, organizations are going to go through an adjustment period — especially ones that collect and leverage user data in innovative, and sometimes controversial, ways, like credit bureaus.
David Gibson has more than 20 years of technology and marketing experience. He frequently speaks about cybersecurity and technology best practices at industry conferences, and has been quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post and numerous security news sources.


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Net-zero pipe dreams: Why fossil fuels cannot be carbon neutral
Executive summary With fossil fuels being branded "carbon neutral" left and right, this Carbon Market Watch investigative report analyses 18 recent carbon neutrality claims in detail, uncovering that they amount to brazen greenwashing. These "carbon neutral" fossil fuel claims primarily concern liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes, with two relating to oil and condensate shipments. The…
Survival guide to EU carbon market lobby: debunking claims from heavy industry
Executive summary The Emissions Trading System (ETS) is a centrepiece of the EU's climate policy and its main tool to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Europe's industrial and power sectors. Until today, most of the emission reductions achieved under the EU ETS were driven by the power sector due to fuel switches in the…
A New Hope – Recommendations for the EU Emissions Trading System review
Update 12/04/2021: Adjustments to the infographics "EU carbon emissions" and "The effect of a one-off EU ETS cap reduction" Executive summary With total greenhouse gas emissions of around 700 million tonnes per year, resource and energy-intensive industry is the third-largest climate polluter in Europe. The cement, chemical and steel sectors alone are responsible for almost…
Carbon Market Watch's response to the public consultation on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive
Carbon Market Watch fully supports the comprehensive feedback provided by the European Environmental Bureau to the revision and welcomes the opportunity to give specific views on how the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) should be revised to support industrial decarbonisation in a complementary manner to the EU Emission Trading System. While we support the general direction…
Carbon markets and agriculture – why offsetting is putting us on the wrong track
A joint briefing by Carbon Market Watch, Secours Catholique, CCFD – Terre Solidaire and Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP) Executive summary Climate mitigation projects in the agriculture sector, particularly those focused on storing carbon in soils, are increasingly being tied to carbon markets. But the impact of these initiatives is highly questionable. First,…
10 Key Principles for a Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM)
With more information on the design options that the European Commission is considering for a Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM) and slightly more clarity on the different options available, Carbon Market Watch has updated its position and refined the key principles originally presented in the briefing "Carbon Border Adjustments: Climate Protection or Climate Protectionism?" published…
Carbon markets 101 – the ultimate guide to global offsetting mechanisms
Introduction This briefing gives an overview of the current discussions under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement which establishes the foundation for market-based climate measures after 2020. It lays out key lessons from the Kyoto Protocol markets, highlights essential issues within the Article 6 negotiations, and provides recommendations on how to solve them. It concludes…
Carbon Market Watch's briefing note for the June 2019 Bonn UNFCCC session
Dear respected colleague, Ahead of the Bonn Climate Change Conference 17-27 June 2019, Carbon Market Watch is pleased to share our recommendations for Article 6 negotiations. Strong rules to avoid double-counting of emission reductions There is a significant risk that emission reductions under the Paris Agreement could be counted towards two or more climate commitments…
Open letter to ICAO council representatives & national delegates on ending the Clean Development Mechanism
Dear ICAO Council representatives and national delegates, The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 marked a groundbreaking evolution in the global ambition to fight climate change. It also makes clear that a radical shift is required to move beyond the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). We, representing 61 organizations from around the world, are therefore calling upon…
The Clean Development Mechanism: Local Impacts of a Global System
Executive Summary The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was set up under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to allow developed countries to buy emissions reductions from developing countries in the form of credits, called Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs). The objectives of the CDM are to help developed countries achieve their climate commitment and to assist developing countries in achieving sustainable…


i just have a question as to how do i create groups on the timeline cause i want a list of actions on the timeline to be on a purticular groups.
just mark the items you want to group on the stage or mark them by clicking them in the layers palette (hold down shift key). Then - right mouse click and you´ll find the "group" entry in the flyout menu. Or use the button at the very top of the editor´s window.
I am understanding your question differently than that indicated by @ktewes answer.
Create a separate timeline that will change properties of the desired Group~elements.
Depending on your goals You could end up using both options.
I think this is the best option.
It is pretty much what the timelines are for.
The one thing you cannot do using this method is target different element properties once they are set in the timeline keyframes.
The JS method would allow you to affect different elements on the fly with some property changes via the Hype API.


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· The Regional Office of Education #12 did not comply with certain statutory requirements.
The Regional Office of Education #12 did not comply with certain statutory requirements.
The Regional Office of Education #12 did not examine at least once each year all books, accounts, and vouchers of every school treasurer in the educational service region. Regional Office officials noted they believe the mandate is outdated and that they are satisfying the intent of the statute by other reviews they undertake. This mandate has existed in its current form since at least 1953.
The Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 5/3-5) also requires the Regional Superintendent to present under oath or affirmation to the county board at its meeting in September and as nearly quarterly thereafter as it may have regular or special meetings, a report of all her acts as county superintendent, including a list of all the schools visited with the dates of visitation. This mandate has existed in its current form since at least 1953.
The Regional Office of Education #12 accepted the recommendation to comply with the statutory requirements. The Regional Office responded that with regards to compliance with 105 ILCS 5/3-14.11, the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools and the Illinois State Board of Education have agreed to seek legislation to remove duplicative and/or obsolete sections of the Illinois School Code. Both parties believe that 105 ILCS 5/3-7 of the Illinois School Code contains a more current, thorough, and comprehensive requirement concerning a public school district's financial transactions by the Regional Superintendent. As a result, the two parties working together will seek legislation to repeal this section of the Illinois School Code.
With regards to 105 ILCS 5/3-5, the Regional Superintendent plans to present, under oath or affirmation to the county board at its meeting in September and as nearly quarterly thereafter, reports of all her acts as Regional Superintendent, including a list of all the schools visited with the dates of visitation.
Our auditors state the Regional Office of Education #12's financial statements as of June 30, 2006 are fairly presented in all material respects.


EXCLUSIVE: After garnering interest from several networks, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci's Sleepy Hollow drama pitch has landed at Fox with a put pilot commitment. Underworld helmer Len Wiseman is on board to direct the the project, from 20th Century Fox TV and Kurtzman and Orci's studio-based K/O Paper Products. Described as a modern–day supernatural thriller based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, it follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow's local female sheriff to solve the mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil.
Kurtzman and Orci will write the script with up-and-coming writer Phillip Iscove, on whose idea the project is based. Kurtzman, Orci and Wiseman executive produce Sleepy Hollow with K/O's Heather Kadin. The project was taken to Fox on Thursday, where it received a great reception, before it was also pitched to CBS, ABC and NBC today. Fox ultimately stepped up with a put pilot commitment.
This is the first TV project Kurtzman and Orci will co-write since the 2010 launch of their K/O production company as a pod based at 20th TV. (K/O's first major projects, Locke & Key and Exit Strategy, also went to Fox and got to pilot stage.) Kurtzman and Orci previously co-penned Fox's Fringe with JJ Abrams and CBS' Hawaii Five-0 reboot, both of which became series that have aired for multiple seasons.


Sarah Schecker is a photographer living in Manhattan, with roots in our Nation's Capital. Schecker moved to New York to study Photography and Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her photographic process is anchored in the idea of exploring, challenging and creating. Recurring themes in Schecker's work include Jewish culture and global social discourse. When she is not exploring New York photographing, you can find her playing pool, cooking or spending time with loved ones.


There is so much beauty in the world. I try to remind myself to be open, compassionate, and kind every day. We don't know anyone else's story. People are complex and have lived through things we will never understand. It's important to remember that.
A public piano was installed, and then a homeless man sat down to play.
Such an amazing experience last year, and so looking forward to this year. We have our tickets… do you?
15th Annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival from Ebertfest on Vimeo.
26. I am thankful for beautiful architecture. I'm fascinated by building. Not the building I have done, which is none, or might do, which is also probably none, but by the amazing structures all around me. Capturing form, light, and harnessing the marriage between use and beauty, I am constantly in awe of form, everywhere. From amazing mid-century modern homes to the Natural History Museum in London, Tower Bridge to La Sagrada Familia in Spain, I've been lucky to see some wonderfully gorgeous buildings and structures. The minds of humans are fantastic and astounding.
Halfway through. I can't believe this little exercise is going so fast, let alone how the month of November seems to be speeding by.
15. I'm thankful for photography. It is a vehicle for the passionate drive I have to create and allows me to see the world in ways I didn't, before I picked up a camera, know were possible. It brings me joy and helps to fuel my awe for the wonder and magic all around us. Whether it's snapping a picture with my iPhone or capturing an image with one of my Canons, I'm lucky to have found it and so very thankful I did.


Located northwest of the Snowfield Stable of the Hebra Region. It is found within the Pikida Stonegrove.
Once you begin the shrine, if you look up ahead, you will see a treasure chest on the higher platform. Use Magnesis to pull this treasure chest over and open it to get a Drillshaft. Turn around and look right next to the starting point to find a torch. Just next to it there are some vines on the wall. Hit the torch so it falls over onto the vines, causing the whole area to light on fire. It will burn some creates, revealing a nearby passage.
Defeat the guardian in this room before he causes any trouble. Use Magnesis to pull away the metal block, causing the platform to fall down. It will usually crush the wooden block, but if it doesn't, you can blow it up with a bomb. Climb the ramp and then defeat a second guardian scout on the other side.
At the end of the hallway, you will see a gate to the right. Look closely and you'll see two barrels on top of a switch. You need to remove these barrels and you can do so by using the Drillshaft spear that we just got. Alternative, if you place a bomb right up tot he gate and then explode it, it will move the barrels. Knocking the barrels off the switch will open the adjacent door. Open the treasure chest that is in this room to get a small key.
Climb the ladder here and then jump off the ledge to the left. Use the small key on the locked door and then run ahead to speak with the monk, Rok Uwog. He will reward you with a Spirit Orb.


Students need to know the materials of which things are made of. Find here some resources to help you teach the vocabulary of what things are made of.
1. Worksheets of all the major materials.
3. Use the ppt attached to review all major material names. Also see Construction Materials and Materials.
4. Students can study the vocabulary using this Quizlet set.


The philosophy of this book is that the best defense against a big lie is curiosity.
soon as a diamond leaves a jeweler, it loses over 50% of its value. We exchange diamond rings as part of the engagement process because the diamond company De Beers decided in 1938 that it would like us to.
It circulated marketing materials suggesting, apropos of nothing, that a man should spend one month's salary on a diamond ring. It worked so well that De Beers arbitrarily decided to increase the suggestion to two months' salary. That's why people think that they need to spend two months' salary on a ring — because the suppliers of the product said so.
brands are king in fine art; names like Rothko and Pollock distinguish them from unknown artists as Coke and Pepsi do from other sugar water.
this demonstrates how artwork maintains its diversity despite its commodification; there is a near infinite supply of art out there, but a limited supply of Van Goghs. In another sense, this gets at how the overwhelming factor underlying the price of an artwork is the artists' brand. The art world refers to buying "a Pollock" or "a Warhol" because those artists are brands, and the contemporary art market is more like the music scene of 50 years ago, which celebrated the full albums of a select few bands, than the music scene today, which more often celebrates a few singles by a wider array of bands.
No one considers a painting selling for lower than expected a fortuitous discount; they perceive it as a sign that the artist was overhyped and overpriced.
Heinrich's intention was to create the ultimate Veblen good in app form: something desirable merely due to it's price and exclusivity.
In the stock market, most assets have an underlying value based on objective facts. In wine, taste and quality is a factor of perception. Investors deal, then, in perceptions of perceptions.
The odds of taxi drivers dying because of work related fatality is even higher than for police officers.
Personally and professionally, the halo effect of attractiveness shapes people's lives in ways that go far beyond people holding the door for a pretty girl. And unlike the case of an actress's stunning looks propelling her to stardom, it often operates subconsciously. Good-looking people earn more money, are judged more positively, and even receive more lenient treatment in court than their plainer looking counterparts.
The authors find that being Asian instead of white is the equivalent of a 140 point score penalty on your SAT when applying to top private universities.
The data Unz has compiled shows that while the number of college aged Asians has increased dramatically, Asians' presence at top schools has shrunk or remained flat. By contrast, CalTech, which has a strictly race-neutral admissions policy, has kept pace with the growth in the Asian population (this is also true of the school we previously examined).
According to nutritional guidelines published by the USDA and the Harvard School of Public Health, fruits and vegetables should make up about 50% of a healthy diet. But the financial value of the fruit and vegetable market is nowhere near 50% of the food industry. In 2012, the USDA calculated that American farms earned $47 billion in revenue from fruits, vegetables, and nuts. In contrast, just three American processed food manufacturers had (global) revenues of $116.2 billion in 2013.
So whenever a federal agency or Congress makes a push to support healthy foods, it essentially picks a fight with a collection of the world's largest companies.
Before 1990, food labels that listed ingredients and nutritional content were optional and opposed by food manufacturers. The act, based on recommendations from the Food and Drug Administration, sought to make it mandatory for the first time.
America's large commercial farms are monocultures, meaning they specialize in a single crop, which is usually a grain. Together, corn and soy account for almost 50% of all American crop revenues.
America's corn crop is used to produce half of the sweeteners Americans consume every year in beer and soda. The majority of the crop goes toward feeding cattle (46%) and ethanol production (25%). Corn also provides the starchy base for processed foods and the oil for McDonald's deep fryers. The portion of crops from large commercial farms that does directly feed people essentially makes our least healthy foods.
the real problem is that within industry, manufacturers of unhealthy food are so much more powerful than the makers of health food that the food lobby has become synonymous with the foods driving our obesity epidemic.
Today just three publishers, Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, account for roughly 42% of all articles published in the over $19 billion academic publishing market for science, technology, engineering, and medical research. University libraries account for 80% of their customers.
From 1984 to 2002, for example, the price of science journals increased nearly 600%. One estimate puts Elsevier's prices at 642% higher than industry-wide averages.
There is no set cost for a bundle; instead providers like Elsevier structure plans in response to each institution's past history of subscriptions.
Another method is to examine Elsevier's profit margins, which at 36% are well above the average of 4%-5% for the periodical publishing business.
Over a 30-year career, the graduates of a majority of schools will make at least $6,700 more per year than the average high-school graduate.
Half of all student loans at the for-profit Corinthian Colleges fail, although the colleges still get their federally backed loan payments. The Corinthian Colleges enroll over 100,000 students.
2005, the credit monitoring company Experian paid $925,000 to settle charges that the company deceived consumers. Experian had advertised a "free credit report" on its website, Consumerinfo.com, but it actually charged consumers $79.95 for the service — a fact that was buried in the fine print. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the federal agency in charge of regulating truth in advertising, announced the settlement in a press release and declared victory on behalf of consumers. But Experian kept at it. The company disregarded the FTC's warning and continued to charge customers $79.95 for a credit report it implied was "free" on Consumerinfo.com.
In 2001, private car donation services in California raised $45.8 million in gross proceeds from car auctions. (Gross in the sense of the "profit" left after the company paid operational expenses.) Of that, charities received $16 million — about 35 percent.
One study found 20% of fish in America to be mislabeled. The rate was 50% in California.
City officials estimate that there are over 40,000 illegal in-law units attached to San Francisco properties, and they account for about ten percent of the city's housing stock.
the past year alone, Ellis Act evictions have risen 170%; since 1997, there have been 3,811, and that number is constantly rising.


According to the Easton Express Times Lehigh County must reimburse a total of $357,600 to about 200 employees who were improperly denied 2011 wage increases.
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of the union representing nurses and human services employees at Cedarbrook Nursing Home stating the county violated state law in denying the raises.
In the 15-page ruling the board stated four Lehigh County Commissioners said the reason behind eliminating the raises was to send a message to the unions who would be negotiating in 2011 for their collective bargaining agreements.
The denial of raises came when the county had to increase taxes by 16 percent to balance the budget. The labor board noted that despite the financial problems, the county used new tax revenue for pay increases for non-union employees while denying increases for union employees.
The county countered that the move was an attempt to bring equality between the union and non-union employees, but that argument did not sway the hearing examiner.
The county could appeal the decision but the commissioners voted against appealing.
According to the Express Times about $70,000 will be reimbursed by the state and the rest will come from the county's general fund.


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Annual report.
Michigan.
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Revenue > Revenue / Michigan.
Taxation > Taxation / Michigan.
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Full view1941/1942 University of Michigan
Limited (search only)1942-1947 The Ohio State University
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Michigan. Department of Revenue.
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Stocks of domestic and foreign corporations; information relative to par and contributed values issued under the Michigan Intangibles tax act (Act 301, P. A. 1939, as amended ...)
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Major taxes of the 48 states : sales, income, gasoline and cigarette ; Rates as of February 1, 1958.
Sales tax act, act 167, P.A. 1933, as amended; use tax act, act 94, 1937, P. 129, as amended.
General sales and use tax : rules and regulations.
Stocks of domestic and foreign corporations : information relative to par and contributed values issued under the Michigan Intangibles Tax Act (Act 301, P.A. 1939)
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Des Moines — Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam announced that beginning Jan. 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will offer an early termination opportunity for certain Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts, making it easier to transfer property to the next generation of farmers and ranchers, including family members. The land that is eligible for the early termination is among the least environmentally sensitive land enrolled in CRP.
This change to the CRP program is just one of many that USDA has implemented based on recommendations from the Land Tenure Advisory Subcommittee formed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in 2015. The subcommittee was asked to identify ways the department could use or modify its programs, regulations, and practices to address the challenges of beginning farmers and ranchers in their access to land, capital and technical assistance.
"The average age of principal farm operators is 58," said Baccam. "So, land tenure, succession and estate planning, and access to land is an increasingly important issue for the future of agriculture and a priority for USDA. Access to land remains the biggest barrier for beginning farmers and ranchers. This announcement is part of our efforts to address some of the challenges with transitioning land to beginning farmers."
Baccam made the announcement while touring the Joe Dunn farm in Warren County, located in central Iowa near Carlisle. Dunn is the father-in-law to Iowa native and former Marine Aaron White, who with his wife, are prospective candidates for the early termination program. Baccam was joined by Farm Service Agency Iowa State Executive Director John Whitaker when meeting with Dunn and White.
"The chance to give young farmers a better opportunity to succeed when starting a farming career makes perfect sense," said Baccam. "There are Conservation Reserve Program acres that are rested and ready to be productive, an original goal of CRP. The technical teams at USDA will tell us which ones can terminate from the program with little impact on the overall conservation efforts. When they do, we'll be ready to help beginning farmers like military veteran Aaron White."
Normally if a landowner terminates a CRP contract early, they are required to repay all previous payments plus interest. The new policy waives this repayment if the land is transferred to a beginning farmer or rancher through a sale or lease with an option to buy. With CRP enrollment close to the Congressionally-mandated cap of 24 million acres, the early termination will also allow USDA to enroll other land with higher conservation value elsewhere.
"Starting the next generation of farmers and ranchers out with conservation and stewardship in mind is another important part of this announcement," Baccam said. "The land coming out of CRP will have priority enrollment opportunities with USDA's working lands conservation programs through cooperation between the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service."
Acres terminated early from CRP under these land tenure provisions will be eligible for priority enrollment consideration into the CRP Grasslands, if eligible; or the Conservation Stewardship Program or Environmental Quality Incentives Program, as determined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
According to the Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land survey, conducted by USDA in 2014, U.S. farmland owners expect to transfer 93 million acres to new ownership during 2015-2019. This represents 10 percent of all farmland across the nation. Details on the early termination opportunity will be available starting on Jan. 9, 2017, at local USDA service centers. For more information about CRP and to find out if your acreage is eligible for early contract termination, contact your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office or go online at www.fsa.usda.gov/crp. To locate your local FSA office, visit http://offices.usda.gov/.
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I ate 50 calories over but I can easily burn that off, I ate low fat yogurt with 3 peices of bacon for breakfast and for lunch a spicy chicken ceasar salad with 100 calorie ranch.
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title: "FTP"
description: "Rclone docs for FTP backend"
---

{{< icon "fa fa-file" >}} FTP
------------------------------

FTP is the File Transfer Protocol. Rclone FTP support is provided using the
[github.com/jlaffaye/ftp](https://godoc.org/github.com/jlaffaye/ftp)
package.

[Limitations of Rclone's FTP backend](#Limitations)

Paths are specified as `remote:path`. If the path does not begin with
a `/` it is relative to the home directory of the user.  An empty path
`remote:` refers to the user's home directory.

To create an FTP configuration named `remote`, run

    rclone config

Rclone config guides you through an interactive setup process. A minimal
rclone FTP remote definition only requires host, username and password.
For an anonymous FTP server, use `anonymous` as username and your email
address as password.

```
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
r) Rename remote
c) Copy remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/r/c/s/q> n
name> remote
Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / FTP Connection
   \ "ftp"
[snip]
Storage> ftp
** See help for ftp backend at: https://rclone.org/ftp/ **

FTP host to connect to
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Connect to ftp.example.com
   \ "ftp.example.com"
host> ftp.example.com
FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
user>
FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
port>
FTP password
y) Yes type in my own password
g) Generate random password
y/g> y
Enter the password:
password:
Confirm the password:
password:
Use FTP over TLS (Implicit)
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
tls>
Use FTP over TLS (Explicit)
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
explicit_tls>
Remote config
--------------------
[remote]
type = ftp
host = ftp.example.com
pass = *** ENCRYPTED ***
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
```

To see all directories in the home directory of `remote`

    rclone lsd remote:

Make a new directory

    rclone mkdir remote:path/to/directory

List the contents of a directory

    rclone ls remote:path/to/directory

Sync `/home/local/directory` to the remote directory, deleting any
excess files in the directory.

    rclone sync -i /home/local/directory remote:directory

### Example without a config file ###

    rclone lsf :ftp: --ftp-host=speedtest.tele2.net --ftp-user=anonymous --ftp-pass=`rclone obscure dummy`

### Implicit TLS ###

Rlone FTP supports implicit FTP over TLS servers (FTPS). This has to
be enabled in the FTP backend config for the remote, or with
`[--ftp-tls]{#ftp-tls}`. The default FTPS port is `990`, not `21` and
can be set with `[--ftp-port]{#ftp-port}`.

{{< rem autogenerated options start" - DO NOT EDIT - instead edit fs.RegInfo in backend/ftp/ftp.go then run make backenddocs" >}}
### Standard Options

Here are the standard options specific to ftp (FTP Connection).

#### --ftp-host

FTP host to connect to

- Config:      host
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_HOST
- Type:        string
- Default:     ""
- Examples:
    - "ftp.example.com"
        - Connect to ftp.example.com

#### --ftp-user

FTP username, leave blank for current username, $USER

- Config:      user
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_USER
- Type:        string
- Default:     ""

#### --ftp-port

FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)

- Config:      port
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_PORT
- Type:        string
- Default:     ""

#### --ftp-pass

FTP password

**NB** Input to this must be obscured - see [rclone obscure](/commands/rclone_obscure/).

- Config:      pass
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_PASS
- Type:        string
- Default:     ""

#### --ftp-tls

Use FTPS over TLS (Implicit)
When using implicit FTP over TLS the client will connect using TLS
right from the start, which in turn breaks the compatibility with
non-TLS-aware servers. This is usually served over port 990 rather
than port 21. Cannot be used in combination with explicit FTP.

- Config:      tls
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_TLS
- Type:        bool
- Default:     false

#### --ftp-explicit-tls

Use FTP over TLS (Explicit)
When using explicit FTP over TLS the client explicitly request
security from the server in order to upgrade a plain text connection
to an encrypted one. Cannot be used in combination with implicit FTP.

- Config:      explicit_tls
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_EXPLICIT_TLS
- Type:        bool
- Default:     false

### Advanced Options

Here are the advanced options specific to ftp (FTP Connection).

#### --ftp-concurrency

Maximum number of FTP simultaneous connections, 0 for unlimited

- Config:      concurrency
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_CONCURRENCY
- Type:        int
- Default:     0

#### --ftp-no-check-certificate

Do not verify the TLS certificate of the server

- Config:      no_check_certificate
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_NO_CHECK_CERTIFICATE
- Type:        bool
- Default:     false

#### --ftp-disable-epsv

Disable using EPSV even if server advertises support

- Config:      disable_epsv
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_DISABLE_EPSV
- Type:        bool
- Default:     false

#### --ftp-encoding

This sets the encoding for the backend.

See: the [encoding section in the overview](/overview/#encoding) for more info.

- Config:      encoding
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FTP_ENCODING
- Type:        MultiEncoder
- Default:     Slash,Del,Ctl,RightSpace,Dot

{{< rem autogenerated options stop >}}

### Limitations ###

Modified times are not supported. Times you see on the FTP server
through rclone are time of upload.

Rclone's FTP backend does not support any checksums but can compare
file sizes.

`rclone about` is not supported by the FTP backend. Backends without
this capability cannot determine free space for an rclone mount or
use policy `mfs` (most free space) as a member of an rclone union
remote.

See [List of backends that do not support rclone about](https://rclone.org/overview/#optional-features)
See [rclone about](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_about/)

The implementation of : `--dump headers`,
`--dump bodies`, `--dump auth` for debugging isn't the same as
for rclone HTTP based backends - it has less fine grained control.

`--timeout` isn't supported (but `--contimeout` is).

`--bind` isn't supported.

Rclone's FTP backend could support server-side move but does not
at present.

The `ftp_proxy` environment variable is not currently supported.

#### Restricted filename characters

In addition to the [default restricted characters set](/overview/#restricted-characters)
the following characters are also replaced:

File names cannot end with the following characters. Repacement is
limited to the last character in a file name:

| Character | Value | Replacement |
| --------- |:-----:|:-----------:|
| SP        | 0x20  | ␠           |

Not all FTP servers can have all characters in file names, for example:

| FTP Server| Forbidden characters |
| --------- |:--------------------:|
| proftpd   | `*`                  |
| pureftpd  | `\ [ ]`              |


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Britannia railway station served Britannia near Bacup, Lancashire, England, from 1881 until closure in 1917. The station was just to the west of the summit of the line, which was also the highest point on the entire Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) system.

History
The LYR branch line from  to  had opened for goods on 5 October 1870, and to passengers on 1 November 1870. On 18 July 1872 the LYR was authorised to extend the line to . There were to be two intermediate stations: one was at ; the other,  from Rochdale, was named Britannia after a nearby public house, the Britannia Inn, which was built in 1821 at the junction of the old and new roads from Bacup. The station was built by Samuel Warburton, who was contracted for the work on 28 July 1880; it had an island platform. The line opened on 1 December 1881, and with it, Britannia station. The station was situated  above sea level, and just to the east of the station was the summit of the line, which at  above sea level was also the highest point on the entire LYR system.

To the west of the station was a skew arch bridge built to carry the Lee Moor Colliery tramway over the railway line.

On 29 August 1891 a goods train of 24 wagons carrying stone from Britannia ran away on the falling gradient of 1 in 34 (3%) and collided with a passenger train at Facit station. Three passengers died and six were injured.

In 1940 a passenger train became stuck in snow for five days at Britannia.

The station closed on 2 April 1917 as an economy measure, although passenger services on the line continued until 16 June 1947. Goods traffic between Facit and Bacup ceased around the same time, but the line was not lifted until at least August 1963.

Notes

References

Further reading

External links
Site of Britannia Station on navigable 1947 O.S. map

Disused railway stations in the Borough of Rossendale
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917
1881 establishments in England

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Filters a particle emission by a cluster of polys, edges, and points. you also can invert the filtering inside the compound.
Fills an object with particles spaced at the specified XYZ offsets.
Author: Crytek Version 3.2 has been released fixing the export issues on Windows Vista. Full animation support is coming soon.
Author: Marc-André Belzile PythonAMD64.zip contains the required files and instructions to install Python/pywin32 for XSI on Vista 64 and XP 64 platforms.
Here is the missing Generate Box Grid for everyone.
Author: Nicolas Langlois-Demers XSI KINEMATICS (NOT SUPPORTED) Watched the video from Phil ( http://community.softimage.com/showthread.php?t=1964 ) and recreated it to try some stuff.
Author: Ted_Haggard Given a location on the curve, calculate the distance along the curve.
Author: Ted_Haggard Given the distance along a curve, calc the location.
Author: Ted_Haggard Given a normalized U value, calc the location.
Author: Alan Fregtman Sometimes it's really handy to override a specific ICEattribute for a handful of specific particles.
This is taken from here: http://softimage.jp/xsi/7/video/ice.html It makes a spring motion effect based on the particle's original emit location. Good to learn from and potentially useful.
Author: Alan Fregtman Perhaps you can use this to grow some stems or tubes by animating one or more nulls, or do handwriting by path-constraining your nulls to premade curves like in the above example.
Custom ICE node to perfom non-linear squash&stretch deformation.
Author: Zac-Donald Dirt, great for a jungle, forest, or similar uses. Tileable, bump map.
Author: Paul Fawcett This is a little script that emulates (albeit with not all the functionality) maya's "wedge faces" and max's "hinge from edge" tools.
Author: Szabolcs Matefy Our former max users asked for a feature, where the selected vertices could connected. So here it is.
If only AD cleaned up the mess that is called the AREA……….
Softimage had a nice system embedded in the Netview for this, never understood why it had to go.
Oh and btw Area –> nogo.
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Athletics, The 52
#3) Laura Muir
June 30, 2018 June 30, 2018 by moults
Most brains function in such a way that the ability to concentrate on more than one thing at a time is incredibly challenging.
And that's not just multi-tasking either – very few are capable of being able to hold down more than one job or focus on more than one project at once. Our brains just don't work like that.
Not Laura Muir's though. Not only is the Scot arguably the best middle-distance runner this country has seen since Dame Kelly Holmes – with many expecting her to medal at Tokyo 2020 – just last week she also qualified as a vet!
The act of combining studies and training isn't so rare in the sporting world – I work with athletes studying for psychology and business masters as well as accountancy and personal training qualifications – but veterinary studies is a whole new level entirely.
Not only do you have to learn the anatomies of a huge variety of animals, you also have to discover how to diagnose and treat a vast array of ailments, made harder by the fact these different species can't communicate what is wrong in the same manner humans can.
It wasn't like Muir was sat on her bum studying out of textbooks either. Veterinary studies is a degree that involves a huge number of practical elements that can be very physically demanding. For example it has been reported that she used to get up at 5:30am to milk the cows.
Imagine doing that and then having to head off to training four or five times a week… And then having to cope with the pressure and expectation that is so heavily placed around her by the media. It certainly is a good job that Muir has high stamina levels!
Yet despite all that the Glasgow University student has continued to impress time and time again on the world stage. To put things into perspective, here are just some of the athletic achievements Muir has achieved since beginning her degree back in 2012:
Competed at Commonwealth, European, European Indoor, World and World Indoor Championships as well as an Olympic Games
Broke Yvonne Murray's 27-year-old Scottish 1500m record in 2014 aged just 21
Broken both Dame Holmes' 1000m and 1500m British records, as well as the British Indoor 5000m record
Became only the third British woman to win a Diamond League event in 2016
Took golds in the 1500m and 3000m at the 2017 European Indoors, breaking the championship records on the way
Won bronze in the 3000m at the 2018 World Indoor Championships having nearly missed the race after being caught in a snow drift as she raced from sitting an exam in Scotland to the event in Birmingham. She then followed it up with a silver in the 1500m a few days later.
It's not been a completely smooth ride for Muir either. There was heartbreak on home turf at Glasgow 2014 as she could only finish 11th in the 1500m final while, despite a huge effort to chase down serial winner Genzebe Dibaba in the same event at Rio 2016, the Glasgow University student eventually crossed the line seventh.
Then there was last year's World Championships in London. Having raced to get fit for the event after suffering a foot fracture, Muir once again pushed monumentally hard but ultimately fell short of the medals, finishing 4th and 6th in the 1500m and 5000m respectively.
But it is these which actually make Muir's future so exciting. At the age of 25 there is still an abundance of running left in her legs and now that she has the option to focus solely on her running there is seemingly no limit as to how good she could become. There will be a hunger to right those wrongs too, something which will only spur her on further.
The fact that she has broken seven records and picked up four major international medals while undertaking one of the hardest degrees going is, quite frankly, astounding and is exactly why Laura Muir deserves to make The 52.
2014 Commonwealth Games 2017 European Indoor Athletics Championships 2017 World Athletics Championships 2018 World Indoor Athletics Championships British Athletics British Record Cow Dame Kelly Holmes Diamond League European Athletics Championships European Indoor Athletics Championships European Record Glasgow 2014 Glasgow University Great Britain Laura Muir Olympics Rio 2016 Scotland Scottish Athletics Tokyo 2020 Vet World Athletics Championships World Indoor Athletics Championships Yvonne Murray
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Looking for Dubai's most 'shelltastic' foodie experiences? From New Orleans-inspired seafood boils to Valencian Paella nights, it's time to try something new with these unique seafood experiences in Dubai!
If there's one hidden gem in Dubai that everyone needs to know about, it's Crab Shed. Located inside the popular breakfast spot Happy Egg, you'll find Crab Shed cooking up a Cajun-flavoured storm every day from 1.30pm to 11pm. It's a south Louisiana/New Orleans inspired seafood boil concept that's all about getting hands on!
Every Saturday from 7pm to 11pm, head down to The Fish House in Dubai Festival City for a unique Paella-filled experience. Tuck into traditional Valencian seafood Paella, paired with Sangria and homemade apple pie.
Aprons on and hammers at the ready… it's time to smash your way to seafood heaven! Aprons & Hammers is an award-winning seafood restaurant in Dubai, serving up everything from seafood Paella and grilled oysters to shrimp buckets and so much more.
If you're looking for top-quality seafood, lively vibes and Insta-worthy cocktails, Claw BBQ Crabshack & Grill is the place to go. You'll find everything from steamed black pepper clams to cold seafood platters packed with shrimps, oysters, clams, mussels and more.
A no-frills dining spot that has some of the best seafood in town, Bu Qtair is guaranteed to hit the spot. Super casual and laid-back in all the right ways, you'll find this place jam-packed with seafood lovers waiting for their fresh catch of the day.
Love seafood? You'll want to check out our favourite Dubai spots for sushi doughnuts and ceviche!


32 is the knob as stated. There is no Horizontal adjustment.
Can't speak for the MK2 but on the MK1 there IS horizontal adjustement. Adjustment for each light is done by a cross head screw located at the bottom of the bulb access hole.
Well that's probably the difference between the Owners Manual and the Workshop Manual then!
I'm afraid Mine's just going downwards. It was bad enough changing a headlight bulb last year (without taking the side faring off). I've no intention of trying to get to the aforementioned screw!
I have just used your forum to adjust my biffers light - thanks to all. I did however manage to get access to everything by turning handle bars and there is enough (just) room to get your hand in there. Didn't try to replace bulbs or anything but I imagine I would be able to. Sounds like they all came out of the factory with searchlights.
From the Xenon HID installation article.
32 is meant to mark the headlamp adjustment screws, but from that picture it looks like there is another screw looks the same to me diagonally opposed to them on each lamp. Maybe that's the horizontal adjustment.
I ride for pleasure, commute mostly by PTW, do most of my own spannering.
Started to do my IAM, having done the RoSPA version years ago, seems I'm not fast enough, unlike the Chief Observer I'm not prepared to do 50+ in a 40 limit, so I've given it up as a bad job, 'too slow to pass, too old to care'!
I've just seen your 'strap line' reference your IAM Observer doing 50mph and expecting you to do the same in a 40mph zone. I don't know how long ago that was but he would be disciplined to-day as an observer and anybody speeding on test automatically fails. While I personally disagree with an 'automatic' fail for speeding, say when overtaking when the last thing I do is look at my speedo and so long as it is a 'sensible' speed it reduces time on the wrong side of the road and riding alongside vehicles that could pull out. No doubt some of my riding is not strictly in accordance with current IAM RoadSmart teaching, but never-the-less I value everything they taught me and still go out rides with them to get an objective view as to whether I am still safe as I am well past my sell by date.


In the heart of this beautiful building (a former Royal Mail sorting office) lies a rather special room. A private room we've called The Mess.
Please note this room is located on the first floor with no lift access.


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Heartbreaking: Grandmother Says Police Shot At Her Grandson Eight Times
A teenager underwent an 8-hour surgery after being shot in Laurinburg, North Carolina by a cop, the teen's grandmother said.
Written By Clarissa Hamlin
The grandmother of a North Carolina teen who was shot eight times by a police officer early Saturday recently broke her silence amid her wait for answers and a state investigation.
"He's fighting for his life. He's fighting for his life," Wanda Bethea, grandmother of 18-year-old Dezmond Bethea, said about the teen being shot in Laurinburg to local news outlet WPDE. "And as far as the investigation, we can't say anything, like. The SBI (State Bureau of Investigation). It could take a week. It could take a month. It could take whatever. You know, we're still waiting to hear from there. I understand it's going to take some time for this to take place."
Police responded to a call around 2 a.m. Saturday about shots being fired at an intersection in Laurinburg, Police Chief Darwin Williams confirmed. One officer was involved in the shooting, Williams said, declining to speak on the specific incident details. The officer and teen's names were also not released as well as information on whether the teen was unarmed.
An Emergency Medical Services director, however, shed some light on what happened during the shooting.
"There were two different calls. Whether they were related or not I can't say for certain, but they were both transported from the same area at about the same time," Roylin Hammond, EMS director at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg, said to Laurinburg Exchange, another local news outlet. "The calls came in at a little after 2 a.m. and another around 2:30 [a.m.]."
The first individual was taken from a food mart parking lot, and a second person with multiple gunshot wounds was transported to the hospital, according to Hammond.
The teen, who is a Scotland High School senior, suffered 17 wounds and underwent an eight-hour surgery, Bethea said. Her road to making a full recovery will involve more surgeries.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating the officer-involved shooting. The Scotland County NAACP in also involved in the matter, the Laurinburg Exchange said.
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Parliament Hill has blues for a good cause
Sat., Nov. 17, 2007timer3 min. read
Visions of a blue Christmas were dancing through the heads of people on Parliament Hill this week. Each evening, at dusk, an eerie blue light cast its glow on the Hill, making the Peace Tower look like it had accidentally been thrown in the wash with the blue jeans.
Given that Canada Day had a distinctly Conservative blue tint this year – as opposed to the traditional, if a bit Liberal, red and white – it seemed reasonable to assume that blue was also going to be the Christmas colour, too. And why not? The red-and-green combination has taken on its own political overtones this year, with the co-operation pact between the Liberals and Greens.
But actually, the blue glow on Parliament Hill this week had a less political meaning. In honour of World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, a number of countries, including Canada, agreed to light up their landmarks in blue. The Empire State building in New York and the Eiffel Tower in France, among many others, were similarly lit this week.
ON THE MEND
All the news this week has been about another former prime minister, but in case you're wondering, Jean Chrétien is increasingly up and about since his emergency heart surgery last month.
Chrétien, who had to postpone all October appearances around the launch of his new book of memoirs, will make his first major public appearance tomorrow at the big Salon du Livre book festival in Montreal.
He has also been spotted lunching in recent days with the likes of John Manley, his former deputy prime minister, and Bob Rae, the former Ontario premier and Liberal leadership hopeful, now foreign affairs critic for the Liberals. Manley recently made the news himself when he agreed to head up a panel to advise the Conservative government on the future of the mission in Afghanistan – a move that didn't earn him many friends in Liberal circles. But at least his old boss still wants to have lunch with him.
KNOWING WHEN TO SHUT UP
Government House Leader Peter Van Loan has gone from political firefighter to wallflower.
Earlier this month, the York-Simcoe MP served as the government's answer-man for all manner of questions in the Commons.
On topics such as election financing, the economy and even Canada's Afghanistan mission, it seemed you could hardly keep Van Loan off his feet as he turned question period into a virtual one-man show for the Conservative side, day after day.
In a recent Canadian Press profile, prompted by his aggressive domination of question period, Van Loan was described as a "Barney Rubble lookalike." Alas, it looks like Rubble's back in the bubble. Van Loan has spent most of this week sitting in silence in question period. Maybe he was just a tad too aggressive?
BUCKING TRADITION
Sandra Buckler, the director of communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, got a little ahead of herself and her position at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa last weekend.
Buckler, along with her husband, Navy Capt. Richard Gravel, rather boldly jumped the queue of dignitaries at the National War Memorial in Ottawa and laid a wreath even before Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion and others took their turn to pay their respects to fallen Canadian soldiers.
Observers were stunned to see a PMO staffer so blatantly detour around long-held traditions and protocol.


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Increase in number of patients with Covid at Royal Cornwall Hospital over new year weekend
More vaccine clinics to open later this week
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The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro has seen an increase in the number of inpatients with Covid-19 over the four days from New Year's Eve.
As of December 31 there were around 36 patients being treated for the virus at hospitals across the county – "around 25" at the Royal Cornwall Hospital and West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance with a further 11 in the Duchy's community hospitals.
However, this has risen over the weekend.
Although they did not give an exact figure as it changes day by day, a spokesperson for the main hospital at Treliske, Truro, said: "We have seen an increase in the number of inpatients with a Covid positive diagnosis over the last four days."
There were a further 1,332 cases of coronavirus recorded across Cornwall in the week to December 29, according to official figures released yesterday.
As the first people in the country were given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine today, it has been revealed that more vaccination clinics will be available in Cornwall later this week.
The Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust said it welcomed a second Covid vaccination, following the first roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine last month.
The trust said more vaccination clinics are coming online in the Truro and Penzance areas later this week.
A spokesperson said: "Both vaccines give very high protection and have good safety records. Covid-19 vaccines continue to be offered from a variety of locations across Cornwall.
"People should wait to be invited for their vaccination and then attend their booked appointment."
Vaccination hubs are currently operating at Bodmin Treatment Centre, Carlyon Health Hub in St Austell, Falmouth Health Centre, Narrowcliff Surgery in Newquay, Redruth Health Clinic and Truro Health Park.
Royal Cornwall Hospital


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Q: Proving $\text{PMI}\implies\text{WOP}$ without PCI I used the following proof to show that  $\text{PMI}\implies\text{WOP}$. What I  intend to show, is that from $P(1)$ we can show that $P(n)$ holds for all natural numbers. However, my professor said it is wrong insofar as I'm assuming $n$ satisfies my property, and that I can't generalize that way without pinpointing what $n$ is and why $P(n)$ holds. He proceeded by giving me his proof, but I just realized it makes the same mistake as mine.
Is my proof truly wrong? What about his? Thank you in advance.

Beginning with mine, here are both proofs:

We want to use the Principle of Induction, i.e $$P(1)\land \forall n [P(n)\implies P(n+1)]\implies S=\mathbb N,$$ to show that if a set $A$ is a non-empty subset of the natural numbers, then it has a least element. We will proceed to prove this by contraposition, i.e,$$A\subset\mathbb N \land A\text{ does not have a least element}\implies A=\emptyset$$

Suppose $A$ is a subset of the natural numbers such that it does not contain a least element, and let S be the set complement of A such that $S=\mathbb N-A$. Now let us define a property $P(n)$
  $$P(n):=\{1,2,...,n\}\subset S.$$ Clearly $P(1)$ is true (since $(1\in A\implies 1=min\ A)$ is a contradiction of our premise). Now suppose $P(n)$ is true. Then it similarly follows that $P(n+1)$ is true, because if $n+1$ were in $A$ then it would be minimal. Then, by induction on $S$, it follows $S=\mathbb N$ and thus $A$ is empty.

Let $A$ be a subset of $\mathbb  N$ without a minimum ($\forall x\in A\exists y\in A: y\lt x$), and let $S$ be the set containing all the lower bounds of $A$ ($\forall x\in A\forall y\in S:y\le x$).
$1\not\in A$ otherwise it would be minimal, so $1\in S$. Now suppose $n\in  S$ and consider $n+1$.
If $n+1$ were not in $S$, then there would be an $x\in A$, say $x_{0}$, such that $$x_{0}\lt n+1\implies x_{0}=n \lor x_{0}\lt n.$$ However, $x_{0}$cannot be smaller than a lower bound of $A$, and thus it must follow that $x_{0}=n$, so $A\cap S = \{x_{0}\}$. But this would also be a contradiction since, by means of membership of S, $x_{0}$ would be the least element of $A$.
Then it must follow that $n+1$ is in S, and, by induction on S, $S=\mathbb N$ and $A=\emptyset$. It is proved, then, by contrapositive, that $$A\subset \mathbb N \land A\not=\emptyset \implies A\text{ has a min.}$$

A: Your proof is perfectly correct.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with assuming $P(n)$ is true, since you are proving that for all $n$, $P(n)$ implies $P(n+1)$.  That means you get to assume $P(n)$ is true, and then need to prove $P(n+1)$.
His proof is essentially correct, but the phrasing of the first sentence is weird.  It is redundant to say

Let $A$ be a subset of $\mathbb  N$ without a minimum  such that $\forall x\in A\exists y\in A: y\lt x$

since the statement at the end is just a restatement of what it means for $A$ to not have a minimum.  The statement

let $S$ be the set containing all the lower bounds of $A$ such that $\forall x\in A\exists y\in S:y\le x$

appears to have a similar redundancy (the formula at the end is attempting to repeat the first part of the statement), but is actually stated incorrectly.  If you want to say every element of $S$ is a lower bound of $A$, you should say $\forall x\in A{\color{red}\forall} y\in S:y\le x$ instead.  (Note though that this formula still does not mean that $S$ is the set of all lower bounds of $A$, though it is unnecessary to make such a statement at all since you have already defined $S$ to be that set.)

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Been one year since I've joined MCME! I haven't been active lately, but I plan on making a return to the server after Lent.
Good to be back again, finally have a better computer so everything will look so much better!
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Totally stoked for this movie! I'm completely geeking out over this trailer. As I've always said, I'm a huge fan of the MCU movies and this one definitely takes the cake (right after Infinity War). I love how the trailers (this one and previous one) doesn't really show much big spoilers for the movie (as part of the marketing campaign for the feature) and leaves a lot of mystery and foreboding for this grand blockbuster feature. This new trailer showcases plenty of new footage, including a shot of Brie Larson's Captain Marvel appearing with the Avengers, which is pretty epic. I definitely can't wait to see this movie. It's gonna be such a epic and cinematic culmination of the MCU (so far).
I really liked this trailer as well! The best part about it was how it balanced drama with action. Personally, I think this trailer should have been the first one for Avengers: Endgame.
Haha…oh yes. I agree with you with that. It will be interesting how it all comes together. Can't wait to see it!!!!
Haha….I think it will a great movie. It will give the original Avengers team a proper send-off and great / grand way.
I hear you, I'm like I don't want to get my hopes up, but……it looks so good……and my tween and I have been doing an Xmen movie marathon…and we're like, well maybe, do you think we could see a smidgen of them in it? maybe a cameo from Wolverine? Or Xavier??????
It's hitting our cinemas on April 24th. I can't wait!


Searching for: researcher is "office for national statistics"
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), net investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in short term assets during the first quarter of 2018 was £1bn. In 2017, the provisional annual estimate of net investment by self-administered pension funds was £39bn, the largest since the MQ5 series began in 1964.
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According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a net investment of £12bn was reported by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in the first quarter of 2017. This follows two consecutive quarters of net disinvestment, the 5-year quarterly average for this series is net investment of £6bn.
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According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), net investment of £20bn was reported by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in the second quarter of 2015. The second quarter estimate of net investment by self-administered pension funds in UK government sterling securities (£13bn) was the largest level of net investment since records began in 1963.
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The latest release in the Office for National Statistics' Pensions Short Stories series provides an overview of workplace pension contribution rates in the context of automatic enrolment. The report finds that the introduction of automatic enrolment has led to an increase in total contributions due to a significant rise in the number of people that are contributing, although median contribution rates are lower.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published preliminary estimates from the Wealth and Assets Survey covering the period July 2012 to June 2014. The findings reveal that knowledge surrounding workplace pension reforms increased substantially over the period, with the proportion of those questioned who said they had not heard of it dropping from 40% in the first quarter (July to September 2012) to just 8% in the final quarter (April to June 2014). The survey also found that more people thought they would retire at an older age than previously, with 58% thinking they would retire at 65 to 69, up from 54% two years earlier. The main results from wave 4 of the Wealth and Assets Survey will be published in December 2015.
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According to the latest Labour Market Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 1.37 million economically inactive people who had retired before reaching the age of 65, down 8,000 from February to April 2013 and down 55,000 from a year earlier. The research also revealed that the age at which women reach state pension age has been gradually increasing from 60 since April 2010, resulting in fewer women retiring between the ages of 60 and 65.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) claims that in middle wealth households in 2008/10, private pension wealth accounted for 30.3% of the total wealth held. The ONS considers middle wealth households to be those that are 10% either side of the median household wealth, which was £232,000 in 2008/10.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published experimental estimates from its first subjective well-being annual population survey which examined people's views about their own well-being between April 2011 to March 2012. The ratings given to questions about "life satisfaction" and feeling "worthwhile" were highest amongst those aged 16-19 and 65-79. The ratings for the same questions were lower, however, for those aged 80 and over and for those just over the state pension age.
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has published MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts - 4th quarter 2006. Total net investment by these institutions is estimated to have been £25bn in the fourth quarter of 2006, £0.7bn higher than the figure for the third quarter. A decrease of £2.8bn in net disinvestment in UK company securities was the main factor in the rise, whilst net investment in British government sterling securities and other assets increased by £0.3bn and £0.1bn respectively. These increases were partly offset by falls in net investment in short-term assets and overseas securities of £0.6bn and £1.9bn respectively.
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