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Components | February 24, 2012
LSI adds ARM technology
LSI Corporation has announced a significant enhancement of its Axxia platform for next-generation wireless infrastructure.
LSI will bring ARM processors to mobile networks. The new wireless platform will be the first to combine the latest cores from ARM with hardware accelerators. "Consumers worldwide have an insatiable appetite for mobile broadband services. Operators need intelligent solutions to deliver exponentially growing traffic without exponentially growing their costs and power consumption," said Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Networking Components Division, LSI. "With solutions ranging from dual core to 16 or more cores, the Axxia wireless platform delivers the intelligence and performance to accelerate mobile networks from small cells to macro base stations." The Axxia platform combines the programmable flexibility of general-purpose processors with the deterministic performance of special-purpose accelerators from LSI.

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U.S. retail giant Walmart's latest blockchain-related patent application describes a "secure" delivery management system, according to a filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) July 5.
The newly published application, entitled "Delivery Reservation Apparatus and Method," outlines a blockchain-based management system for delivery lockers that can keep delivered items safe until their purchasers are able to sign for and collect them.
A "blockchain reservation" system is proposed for "some embodiments" of a system to track which lockers are free, and which are occupied:
"Each space on the docking station has a corresponding capacity unit for each location on the docking station. The transactions for the capacity units are tracked in a ledger, with available capacity units indicating an open location on the docking station or contracted out capacity units indicating that either the location has a locker secured thereto or that the location is reserved for a future delivery."
According to the patent, "each docking station can be a node within a blockchain network," further making frequent references to a "public ledger" which would act as an open record of available and reserved units within the system.
Earlier this spring, Cointelegraph reported on a patent application from Walmart for a "smart package" blockchain-powered tool that would track a range of data –– including package contents, environmental conditions, location, and other details.
The retail giant has been proactively developing a gamut of blockchain solutions for its business, recently partnering with IBM to create a blockchain system for tracking food globally through its supply chain.
In April, Walmart announced that it was ready to use blockchain for its live food business, and the company has further filed blockchain patents for medical records –– awarded this June –– a blockchain-based customer resale marketplace, and a crypto-powered energy consumptionmanagement system.


Here is a tutorial with measurements on how to make the A Christmas Carol Christmas house with a mini album inside. All the measurements depends on how thick your chipboard is. You can also use foam to build this house.
Glue together with hinges ( I used black Bazzill cardstock ) inside and outside cut at 1 inch and score at 1/2 inch.The side parts in between the front and back. It helps to take some tape strips to hold it together when you glue on the hinges.
Cut the sides in an angle.
Glue the roof on with hinges inside and outside.
Take the angle of the roof to make the chimney on the roof.
Finish with the chimney, bottom and little front roof.
Measurements for the front roof.
Here you maybe have to adjust a bit depends on how thick your chipboard is and how you glue it all together.
side supports for the front roof.
Glue together with hinges and leave a bit on the top and bottom outside. Cut into the top and bottom in the middle and glue together in an angle and glue a chipboard inside to fit. Cut of the rest.
Fence on the sides is made out of 1/4 strips chipboard. It helps to have a strip of chipboard in the middle when gluing down the little pieces to get it straight.
Back cover for the mini album fasten with magnets on the bottom plate to hold it in place.
Template for the mini album pages. I used 4 of this and cut out 4 more 4 3/4 X 6 to make 24 pages.
The album can be folded out.
Or flip up and down.
Album fastened with magnets on the bottom part.
Now it is ready to be decorated as you like.
Will post all the dies I used in the finish house and mini album post.Link bellow.
I used 6 Christmas tree cut outs for each tree. Score in the middle 3 on the right side and 3 from the backside to make them fit together when the shape is not the same on both sides. Fold in half and glue together back to back.
Finished without the lightning turned on.
I tore strips of paper to make the roof.
Hope this post is helpful and inspiring to make your own Christmas house.
Anne, another stunning creation, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work of art.
Anne, Another beautiful, fantastic creation! You never cease to amaze me. When you say you use "vinyl" instead of tape on the hinge portion of the pages, what do you mean by "vinyl"? Is it a type of vinyl tape?
what size patter pad did you use for the mini album ?
That house is so beautiful I love how you put things together.
I love this paper collection and the beautiful house and album you made. Thank you for sharing it, and showing how to do it. I have already started making and decorating my house.
You are my absolute idol of paper crafting! Your creations are an inspiration like no other! You do more for Graphic 45 paper collections than anyone I have seen! Your talent is extraordinary!
Wishing you a wonderful holiday week! And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your creations!
Thank you for sharing your Art with all fellow crafters. You are the Best.


The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 2 (Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology (Accompaniment)) (Hardcover) | The Drama Book Shop, Inc.
(Vocal Collection). Two accompaniment CDs in each package which match the books containing a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. Contents: THE APPLE TREE: Forbidden Fruit * BEGGAR'S HOLIDA: Maybe I Should Change My Ways * BELLS ARE RINGING: I Met a Girl * CABARET: Wilkommen * CALL ME MADAM: Once Upon a Time Today * CAROUSEL: Geraniums in the Winder * CHESS: Anthem, Where I Want to Be * THE DESERT SONG: Margo * DO RE MI: I Know About Love, Asking for You * EVITA: High Flying, Adored, On This Night of a Thousand Stars * FANNY: I Like You * FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: Miracles of Miracles * FINIAN'S RAINBOW: Old Devil Moon * FLOWER DRUM SONG: Like a God * FOLLIES: Beautiful Girls * GODSPELL: All Good Gifts * GOOD NEWS: Lucky in Love * GRAND HOTEL: Love Can't Happen, At the Grand Hotel * GREASE: Alone at the Drive-In Movie * GUYS AND DOLLS: Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat * HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: I Believe in You * JEKYLL AND HYDE: This Is the Moment * JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: I Only Want to Say (Gethsemane) * JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT: Close Every Door * MILK AND HONEY: I Will Follow You * LES MISERABLES: Bring Him Home * MISS SAIGON: Why God Why? * THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD: Jasper's Confession * OLIVER : Boy for Sale * ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER: She Wasn't You * THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: Music of the Night * PLAIN AND FANCY: Young and Foolish * THE SECRET GARDEN: A Bit of Earth, Winter's on the Wing * SHE LOVES ME: Tonight at Eight, Tango Tragique, She Loves Me * THE STUDENT PRINCE: Serenade.


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Leadership change at struggling Man United
Manchester United have appointed a new chief executive in the latest step by the fallen Premier League giants to regain their elite playing status and restore stability.
Richard Arnold has been promoted from group managing director to CEO, the top leadership role below members of the owning US-based Glazer family.
Arnold assumes the responsibilities of Ed Woodward, who leaves on February 1 having initially announced his departure last April amid the furore over United's attempt to join the short-lived, ill-fated European Super League with five other English clubs.
"We are now looking forward to Richard and his leadership team opening a new phase in the club's evolution," said co-chairman Joel Glazer in a statement on Thursday.
He added that there were "ambitious plans for investment in Old Trafford, the strengthening of our engagement with fans, and continued drive towards our most important objective – winning on the pitch."
Woodward had served as executive vice chairman since 2013 — the year United's decline began with the retirement of Alex Ferguson as manager after 26 years and the Premier League trophy being won for a 13th and final time by the Scot.
The record 20-time English champions haven't won the league since then.
The club, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, haven't won any trophy since Jose Mourinho delivered the Europa League title in 2017.
His successor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, was fired in December and Ralf Rangnick has been installed as interim manager until the end of the season.
Halfway through the season, United are seventh – 22 points behind neighbours Manchester City, who have usurped their position as serial winners with five Premier League triumphs in a decade.
United may have been in decline on the pitch but they've continued to be the Premier League's biggest moneymakers, last season generating 494 million pounds ($A933 million).
The 50-year-old Arnold has been at United since 2007 having previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he met Woodward.
Arnold engineered with Woodward the growth of United's commercial operations that helped to cover the cost of the debt the club was burdened with after the 2005 takeover by the Glazers.
They also oversaw a challenging period of squad rebuilding required after Ferguson and then-CEO David Gill stepped down in 2013.
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Jeff Smith KPI Training
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The World's #1 Leading Expert on KPI and Business Strategy For
Industry Manufacturers, Government, Large Corporations and Dealer Groups
Jeff Smith runs training programmes all over the world with multi-cultural delegates for
government. large corporations, industry manufacturers, franchises and dealer groups
Jeff Smith is an international Trainer and the author of the best-selling books in the world on the subject of key performance indicators and with book sales in excess 100,000 copies, he's regarded as the world's #1 leading expert on the subject of KPI and business strategy. His training courses are bespoke, his training style is unique and he's ranked by his clients and his delegates as the best in the world.
Jeff's ability as a Trainer is unique, he totally captivates his audiences and fosters an attitude of gratitude so that everyone has a burning desire to participate and move outside of their comfort zone so they learn much more than they would on any other "normal" training course.
He works brilliantly with multi-cultural audiences where English is not the first language (as seen in this photograph) and he's also a real master at bringing a group of people together where there are mixed abilities and mixed levels of experience. This is an essential skill when working with people from the same organisation such as a major group of companies, an industry manufacturer or government.
Jeff has the ability to assess the audience very quickly and then put everyone at ease so they can all work together on the learning journey. His level of clarity is simply outstanding and unrivalled in his subject matter, there's simply no one else in the same league. He takes very complex subjects and makes them easy to understand within minutes so you get to work on the concepts, understand them and make practical changes into your business.
Because Jeff is the inventor of many new concepts with key performance indicators, he introduces you to powerful, ground-breaking and brand-new KPI to demonstrate how you can achieve the goals you've set for your business. There's no one else in the world who operates at this level.
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"Jeff has made a strong impression on our dealer network staff in the delivery of training programmes and conferences - so much so that certain individuals look specifically to attend programmes that only he delivers - We've never known this before, it's totally unprecedented!!!
Jeff's inimitable style and delivery has meant that our dealership staff now have a real appetite for our training courses and conferences, what more can be said?
As a meeting planner, I need to have total confidence in the speakers and trainers I hire for our events, whether they're large conferences with thousands of people, or smaller, more intimate training programmes and Jeff Smith is always my #1 first choice. I know when I hire him he'll be there, he'll be ready and fully prepared before everyone else and he always leaves our delegates wanting more. He's able to shape his training and keynote addresses to perfectly suit the outcomes and objectives we've set for each of our events and as a meeting planner, I really cannot ask for anything more. He's a real pleasure to work with and the consummate professional.
Veronica Caspari - Nissan Motor GB
You can have Jeff's training certified to your organisation with graded certificates and his very special "Seal of Authenticity".
The certificates are stunning A3 Parchment paper which delegates take enormous pride in framing and hanging on their wall.
"When you book Jeff Smith for your event,
you're not just booking the world's #1 Trainer, you're booking certainty"
As you can see, from this range of photographs below, Jeff changes his clothing to suit every event.
He ranges from a very smart suit and tie to smart casual, casual, sporty, jeans and tee-shirt,
or fully corporate attire as seen here with Harley-Davidson in Canada.
This very proud group is the Harley-Davidson Team at their head office in Canada
proudly clutching onto their well-earned A3 parchment certificates
This team of graduates is part of the Porsche Dealer Academy where the training took place in Dubai.
They've travelled from all over the Middle East to be here and will be returning for another session.
A wonderful tradition here seen in Asia Pacific where we all wear the same Tee-shirt on the last day of training.
This proud group are Porsche Aftersales Managers who gathered for the training in Singapore
And here's another group of graduates all continuing the custom of wearing the same Tee-shirt on the last day of training
none of them are willing to let go of their prized possession... personalised signed copies of The KPI Book.
Jeff is seen here in his suit and tie after working with an international group of delegates from various different industries
The amazing venue is the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, the only 7 star hotel in the world.
As well as providing the latest innovations in KPI and business development, Jeff also provides you with the ultimate and most powerful template for success and the one thing that's unique about him… well, because he's the inventor of many new concepts, he's able to show you how to get the results you want in the fastest possible time.
Jeff Smith has spoken in more than 71 different countries, hundreds of different cities and he's touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. His client list reads like a who's who of global success. He's worked with royalty, a string of fortune 100 companies and he's made a whole series of television programmes on business strategy, KPI and education for Sky TV. He is without question, the world's #1 on KPI and business strategy.
If you wish to book Jeff Smith to run your training, or to establish his availability,
please use the form below, or call us on one of the telephone numbers at the bottom of the page.
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ISIS Fighter Affirms What JW Exposed Years Ago—Terrorists Enter U.S. Via Mexico
Five years after a Judicial Watch investigation uncovered evidence of Islamic terrorists infiltrating the United States through Mexico, a captured ISIS fighter is providing details of a plot in which jihadists enter the country through the southern border to carry out an attack. The terrorists begin their journey in Central America and exploit vulnerabilities in the Mexican border to reach the U.S., according to Abu Henricki, an ISIS soldier captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces in Rojava, Syria. Henricki and 160 of his fellow terrorists were interviewed at length by a research group called the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism. The nonpartisan organization published its findings recently in an alarming report that includes a video of the interview with the captured terrorist, who is Canadian and has dual Trinidadian citizenship
"They were going to move me to the Mexican side [of the U.S. southern border] via Puerto Rico," Henricki says about the ISIS plot. "This was mastermind[ed] by a guy in America. Where he is, I do not know. That information, the plan came from someone from the New Jersey state from America. I was going to take a boat [from Puerto Rico] into Mexico. He was going to smuggle me in," Henricki explains. "I don't know where I'd end up." In the report, the researchers reveal that the ISIS fighters were to travel from Syria to penetrate the U.S. southern order by infiltrating migration routes. "Whatever one thinks of President Donald Trump's heightened rhetoric about the U.S.- Mexico border and his many claims that it is vulnerable to terrorists, ISIS apparently also thought so, as knowledge of this ISIS plot came from the mouth of a now-repentant ISIS cadre," the report states.
Judicial Watch has reported this for years as part of an ongoing investigation into the national security crisis created by the dangerously porous southern border. Judicial Watch has interviewed local, state and federal law enforcement officials as well as U.S. and Mexican military sources and has traveled to remote Mexican border towns to interview American ranchers. When the Central American caravan got started last fall, Judicial Watch deployed an investigative team to the Guatemala-Honduras border after Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales confirmed that nearly 100 Isis terrorists had been apprehended in the impoverished Central American nation. Judicial Watch's reporting has confirmed that ISIS has a training cell just a few miles from El Paso, Texas in an area known as "Anapra" situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. We also verified that Mexican drug cartels are smuggling foreigners from countries with terrorist links to stash areas in a rural Texas town (Acala) near El Paso. Back in 2014 Judicial Watch reported that four ISIS soldiers, who entered the U.S. through the Mexican border, were arrested in McAllen and Pharr Texas.
Two years ago, Judicial Watch exposed a plot involving Mexican drug traffickers that help Islamic terrorists stationed in Mexico cross into the U.S. to explore targets for future attacks. Among the jihadists that travel back and forth through the porous southern border is a Kuwaiti named Shaykh Mahmood Omar Khabir, an ISIS operative who lives in the Mexican state of Chihuahua not far from El Paso. Khabir trained hundreds of Al Qaeda fighters in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen and at the time lived in Mexico for more than a year, according to information provided to Judicial Watch by high-ranking Homeland Security officials. Khabir trains thousands of men—mostly Syrians and Yemenis—to fight in an ISIS base situated in the Mexico-U.S. border region near Ciudad Juárez, the intelligence gathered by Judicial Watch's sources reveals.
The U.S. government—under both Republican and Democratic administrations—has long possessed intelligence indicating that Islamic terrorists exploit the southern border. In fact, Judicial Watch uncovered State Department records confirming that, for more than a decade, the government has known that "Arab extremists" are entering the country through Mexico with the assistance of smuggling network "cells." Among them was a top Al Qaeda operative wanted by the FBI. Some Mexican smuggling networks actually specialize in providing logistical support for Arab individuals attempting to enter the United States, the government documents obtained by Judicial Watch say. The top Al Qaeda leader in Mexico was identified in the September 2004 cable from the American consulate in Ciudad Juárez as Adnan G. El Shurkrjumah. The cable was released to Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act.
Just last year a Jordanian man was arrested by federal authorities for smuggling six citizens of Yemen—an Al Qaeda hotbed—into the U.S. through Mexico. The smuggler, 31-year-old Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, conspired with others to sneak the six Yemeni nationals across the Texas border for a fee, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement. Weeks later a group of migrants from a terrorist nation managed to infiltrate the U.S. through Mexico, though the Border Patrol subsequently apprehended the men. All were from Bangladesh, a south Asian Islamic country that's well known as a recruiting ground for terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Earlier in the year, Judicial Watch had reported on the epidemic of Bangladeshi nationals getting smuggled into the country via the porous southern border, especially through Texas.


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Hamas: Gaza attack mirrors Israel's failure to thwart Return March
syriatr April 28, 2018
Hamas movement on Saturday held Israel responsible for the consequences of the latest escalation which targeted several sites in the Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Movement Fawzi Barhoum said in a press statement that the latest attack on Gaza mirrors Israel's failure to thwart the ongoing Great March of Return.
Barhoum affirmed that the Palestinian people will never be intimidated by Israel's terrorism and will continue their protests until they achieve their goals.
The Israeli occupation army said that its warplanes late Friday bombed six Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip.
The National Commission for Breaking the Siege and Reconstructing Gaza said in a press statement on Friday that Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed two boats that were set to take part in an ant-siege campaign.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been marching since 30th March along Gaza's eastern border fence in demand of the Palestinian refugees' right of return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948.
So far 46 Palestinians have been killed and over 6,000 injured as a result of Israel's use of lethal force against peaceful protesters.
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Venezuela Pres. Maduro announces closure of embassy, consulates in US
Iran's trade balance positive for 2nd year
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	exit 1
fi
echo "Build OpenBuildNet Applications on Docker from source directory: " $1

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Q: can't capture ppp packets using winpcap sometimes I am using winpcap on my Windows XP, wishing to capture ppp packets with my WCDMA card.
I have installed winpcap 4.1.3 and Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4.
I compile the example code basic_dump from the winpcap developer's pack. It can always list the ppp card:
1. \Device\NPF_GenericDialupAdapter (Adapter for generic dialup and VPN capture)
2. \Device\NPF_{04F9E6B9-214E-4FE5-892B-0419694392E1} (WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface)

Sometimes it captures packets and prints timestamp and length as expected, sometimes it just prints nothing even when I am surfing the Internet.
Below is the code.
#ifdef _MSC_VER
/*
 * we do not want the warnings about the old deprecated and unsecure CRT functions
 * since these examples can be compiled under *nix as well
 */
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#endif

#include "pcap.h"

/* prototype of the packet handler */
void packet_handler(u_char *param, const struct pcap_pkthdr *header, const u_char *pkt_data);

int main()
{
    pcap_if_t *alldevs;
    pcap_if_t *d;
    int inum;
    int i=0;
    pcap_t *adhandle;
    char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];

    /* Retrieve the device list */
    if(pcap_findalldevs(&alldevs, errbuf) == -1)
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error in pcap_findalldevs: %s\n", errbuf);
        exit(1);
    }

    /* Print the list */
    for(d=alldevs; d; d=d->next)
    {
        printf("%d. %s", ++i, d->name);
        if (d->description)
            printf(" (%s)\n", d->description);
        else
            printf(" (No description available)\n");
    }

    if(i==0)
    {
        printf("\nNo interfaces found! Make sure WinPcap is installed.\n");
        return -1;
    }

    printf("Enter the interface number (1-%d):",i);
    scanf("%d", &inum);

    if(inum < 1 || inum > i)
    {
        printf("\nInterface number out of range.\n");
        /* Free the device list */
        pcap_freealldevs(alldevs);
        return -1;
    }

    /* Jump to the selected adapter */
    for(d=alldevs, i=0; i< inum-1 ;d=d->next, i++);

    /* Open the device */
    /* Open the adapter */
    if ((adhandle= pcap_open_live(d->name,  // name of the device
                             65536,         // portion of the packet to capture.
                                            // 65536 grants that the whole packet will be captured on all the MACs.
                             0,             // promiscuous mode (nonzero means promiscuous)
                             1000,          // read timeout
                             errbuf         // error buffer
                             )) == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"\nUnable to open the adapter. %s is not supported by WinPcap\n", d->name);
        /* Free the device list */
        pcap_freealldevs(alldevs);
        return -1;
    }

    printf("\nlistening on %s...\n", d->description);

    /* At this point, we don't need any more the device list. Free it */
    pcap_freealldevs(alldevs);

    /* start the capture */
    pcap_loop(adhandle, 0, packet_handler, NULL);

    pcap_close(adhandle);
    return 0;
}

/* Callback function invoked by libpcap for every incoming packet */
void packet_handler(u_char *param, const struct pcap_pkthdr *header, const u_char *pkt_data)
{
    struct tm *ltime;
    char timestr[16];
    time_t local_tv_sec;

    /*
     * unused parameters
     */
    (VOID)(param);
    (VOID)(pkt_data);

    /* convert the timestamp to readable format */
    local_tv_sec = header->ts.tv_sec;
    ltime=localtime(&local_tv_sec);
    strftime( timestr, sizeof timestr, "%H:%M:%S", ltime);

    printf("%s,%.6d len:%d\n", timestr, header->ts.tv_usec, header->len);

}

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5 Awesome Antique Tractors
by Kristen Hall-Geisler
Waterloo Boy Model R
David Bunning looks over his 1936 John Deere tractor during the 15th Arkansas Antique Tractor and Engine Show, in Scott, Ark.
AP Photo/Mike Wintroath
The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was founded in Waterloo, Iowa, after its founder invented the first usable gasoline-powered tractor in 1892. Despite this technological advance, the tractors were not at all popular, and the company was sold in 1895. It puttered along making engines until 1911, when it took another stab at building tractors. The company finally hit pay dirt when it introduced the Waterloo Boy Model R in 1914. Unlike the first model, of which just four were built and only two were sold, more than 8,000 of the Waterloo Boy Model R tractors were sold between its introduction and 1918, when it was discontinued.
The company was purchased by John Deere in 1918, and the Waterloo Boy models became the basis for the green giant's two-cylinder tractors. Examples of the Waterloo Boy tractors can be found today in the John Deere Pavilion, the museum dedicated to the history of the famous green machines.
History of Jeep
Jeepers Jamboree
1993-2002 Jeep


Abundance and plenty are mentioned throughout the Scriptures, so what are you crying about? Are you crying because you can't go for two weeks of vacation but only one? Or are you crying because you have to eat out only once a week instead of four? Or maybe it's even more serious, as you are in foreclosure and can't sell your home or because you have just lost your job and all your bills are due still ask you...what are you crying about?
Sounds strange to the natural nature to even ask those questions because the natural nature screams out the answer—because I am scared to death of what is going to happen! Don't be scared. Stay close to Him before your catastrophe, in your tragedy and after the storm because we have abundance in God. Go ahead and check it out: Psalm 36:8, John 10:10, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Ephesians 3:20, Philippians 4:19, 2 Peter 1:11. God is with you.
In the personal time this morning, Pastor Linda spoke of the cardboard testimonies in the GodTube video. For your convenience, here is Oh, How He Loves Us!


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Parapodisma setouchiensis is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Japan and South Korea.

References

External links

Melanoplinae
Insects described in 1979

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Introduction, Exercises, Sound at Sight training in time signatures 2/4, 4/4 (Tempo - 60), Pieces in these scales, Theory, Aural and Improvisation Training.
Introduction, Exercises, Sound at Sight training in time signatures 3/4, 6/8 (Tempo - 70), Pieces in these scales, Theory, Aural and Improvisation Training.
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Sound at Sight training in time signatures 9/8, 6/4. Theory, Additional Exercises, Pieces in this scales, Theory, Aural and Improvisation Training.
Students who are New to music, New to western classical music, New to keyboard, People who have learnt other instruments but new to Keyboard.


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Bardo – dawna gromada, czyli najmniejsza jednostka podziału terytorialnego Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w latach 1954–1972.

Gromady, z gromadzkimi radami narodowymi (GRN) jako organami władzy najniższego stopnia na wsi, funkcjonowały od reformy reorganizującej administrację wiejską przeprowadzonej jesienią 1954 do momentu ich zniesienia z dniem 1 stycznia 1973, tym samym wypierając organizację gminną w latach 1954–1972.

Gromadę Bardo z siedzibą GRN w Bardzie utworzono – jako jedną z 8759 gromad na obszarze Polski – w powiecie opatowskim w woj. kieleckim, na mocy uchwały nr 13f/54 WRN w Kielcach z dnia 29 września 1954. W skład jednostki weszły obszary dotychczasowych gromad Wojteczki, Bardo, Czyżów i Wola Wąkopna ze zniesionej gminy Rembów w tymże powiecie. Dla gromady ustalono 15 członków gromadzkiej rady narodowej.

Gromadę zniesiono 1 stycznia 1969, a jej obszar włączono do gromad Łagów (wieś Czyżów) i Raków (wsie Bardo i Wola Wąkopna).

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Fraud in a card-present environment.
Fraud in a card-absent setting.
Today I will review the causes for each chargeback in this group and the actions you can take to remedy them and prevent future recurrences. You will also learn when to give up fighting a chargeback, because there is no available remedy, and move on, so you can save time and money — not all battles are worth fighting. Let's get started.
This code designates chargebacks resulting when a cardholder has filed a claim with her issuer, acknowledging that she has participated in at least one transaction at a given merchant, but disputing participation in the remaining transactions, for which her card was charged. Additionally, for this code to be used, the cardholder must also have stated that she was in possession of her card at the time the disputed transactions took place. Otherwise, the chargeback would fall into some other category.
Reason Code 57 does not apply to card-absent transactions (i.e. mail order, telephone order or e-commerce).
Attempted to process transactions fraudulently.
You did process the appropriate credit to your customer's card account. Inform your acquirer and provide evidence of the credit (a credit receipt would do just fine).
The transaction was cancelled, but you have not yet issued credit for it. Accept the chargeback, but do not process a credit at this time, as the chargeback has already done that for you.
The customer did participate in more than one valid transaction. Provide your acquirer with appropriate documentation to prove it, such as transaction receipts, invoices, etc.
Credit has not yet been processed on the disputed transaction. Accept the chargeback, but do not process the credit now, as the chargeback has already done this.
3. Preventing chargeback Reason Codes 57. You should be doing this as a matter of routine anyway, but it is even more important to carefully investigate all potentially fraudulent transactions when they have resulted in a Reason Code 57 chargeback. As a potential indicator of fraud occurring at your store, this type of chargeback could have serious implications for your organization. If your internal investigation confirms that fraud has indeed taken place, you should immediately notify your acquirer and the appropriate authorities. Bear in mind that this could very likely be a criminal offense.
If, on the other hand, it turns out that the chargeback in question was the result of an error by a staff member, provide the necessary training and ensure that everyone at the cash register is well prepared to void transactions when necessary. You should be organizing refresher courses on?ácredit card processing procedures at least once a year.
This code is used to designate chargebacks initiated when an issuer receives a claim from a cardholder that she did not authorize or participate in the disputed transaction.
Did not compare the first four digits of the embossed account number on the front of the card to the printed digits below the embossed number.
Received an authorization approval without transmitting all required data.
Accepted an EMV (chip) card, but processed the payment as a fallback transaction*, i.e. via swipe, key-entry, or paper voucher, and did not follow applicable acceptance procedures.
*Fallback takes place when a merchant allows chip cards to be processed via magnetic stripe or key entry at chip-enabled terminals if the terminal fails to read the chip. Because the fallback transaction is either swiped or keyed, the normal rules of transaction processing will apply, meaning that a signature will be required, rather than a PIN. Additionally, manual imprints will be required for key-entered transactions. You should not force a fallback transaction, as it is more likely to see declines for fallback transactions than for a valid chip card transaction.
Shipping confirmation or delivery receipts.
Description of the item or service purchased.
The chargeback is invalid if the issuer did not participate in the Card Verification Value program at the time of the transaction.
The issuer is required to close the compromised cardholder account.
The chargeback is invalid if the authorization message contains a POS Entry Mode code.
The account number must be listed on the Exception File with a "pick up" response for at least 30 calendar days.
The transaction must be reported to Visa as fraudulent.
The time limit for responding to Reason Code 62 is 120 calendar days from the transaction date.
A credit or reversal was processed.
The authorization record contains a POS Entry Mode code.
Reason Code 62 re-presentments must be processed within 45 calendar days from the chargeback settlement day.
The card was swiped and the transaction was authorized. Provide your acquirer with a copy of the printed sales receipt.
The transaction was counterfeit. Accept the chargeback, but do not process a credit as the chargeback has already done this for you.
Verify that the first four digits of the embossed account number on the face of the card match the printed four-digit number underneath it. A mismatch is a strong indication of a counterfeit card, in which case you should make a?áCode 10 call.
Verify that the 16-digit account number on the face of the card is identical with the number that appears on the POS terminal after the card is swiped.
Look out for any other signs that may indicate that the card has been tampered with, such as embossed numbers that are blurry or uneven or any other signs of possible tampering.
Make a Code 10 call. If you believe that the card is counterfeit or that your customer is not its authorized user, make a Code 10 call to your acquirer's voice authorization center and follow the instructions.
In order to prevent using fake cards at your store, you will have to commit to inspecting all of your customers' cards. Train your staff how to recognize counterfeits and how to make a Code 10 call when they suspect fraud.
The sales receipt is missing the cardholder's signature or has no imprint of the front of the card and either: the cardholder claims that she neither authorized nor participated in the transaction or the issuer states that no valid card with that account number existed on the transaction date.
A card-present transaction was charged to a fictitious account number for which authorization approval was not obtained.
This chargeback is not valid for recurring and card-absent transactions. It is valid for card-present sales on self-serve POS terminals such as cardholder-activated gas pumps.
Did not swipe the card through the POS terminal.
Did not take a manual imprint of the card on the sales receipt for a key-entered transaction.
Did not obtain the cardholder's signature on the sales receipt.
Completed a card-absent transaction, but did not identify it as such.
Accepted an EMV card, but processed it as a fallback transaction (i.e. via magnetic stripe, key-entry or paper voucher), and did not follow applicable acceptance procedures.
Card imprint is only required when the POS terminal is not chip-enabled. If a chip card information was keyed into a chip-enabled terminal, the transaction is considered a fallback and, if an authorization approval was obtained and the proper fallback indicators were provided, it cannot be charged back. Furthermore, this reason code does not apply to chip and EMV PIN transactions if a chip card is PIN-preferring, but the chip terminal is not.
The account information was "read" from the card's magnetic stripe. Request that your acquirer send a copy of the authorization record to the issuer as proof that the mag-stripe was read. Provide a copy of the sales receipt as well.
A card imprint was taken on the sales receipt. Provide your acquirer with a copy of the sales receipt, which also must feature the cardholder's signature; otherwise you should accept the chargeback.
A card imprint was not taken. If the transaction was card-present, but the information was key-entered and an imprint was not taken on the sales receipt, there is no remedy and you should accept the chargeback.
The cardholder's signature was obtained on the sales receipt. Send a copy of the sales receipt to your acquirer. You also need to prove that the card was present, which you can do by providing either a manually imprinted sales receipt or an authorization record proving that the magnetic stripe was read.
The cardholder's signature was not obtained.* If you did not obtain your customer's signature in a card-present transaction, accept the chargeback.
*Cardholder signature is not required for transactions processed under the?áVisa Easy Payment Service (VEPS). Under this program, card-present merchants can accept cards for payments under $25, without requiring a cardholder signature or a PIN.
Obtain the cardholder's signature on the sales receipt. The exceptions, of course, are chip-based transactions (unless fallback procedures are followed) and ones processed under the VEPS program, as stated above. Always match the signature on the sales receipt to the one on the back of the card. If they don't seem to match, make a Code 10 call.
Making a manual imprint of the front of the card on the sales receipt.
As always, adequate training of the POS staff on proper card acceptance procedures is key to your success in preventing Reason Code 81.
Now, a high number of such chargebacks can indicate internal fraud. The best way to verify whether or not this is the case is to examine the corresponding sales receipts and determine which POS terminals and staff were involved in the transactions in question. If you see a pattern, you should investigate further or may want to contact the police for assistance. However, you should definitely call the police if you have confirmed that a member of your staff has perpetrated card fraud, which is a criminal offense. But the more likely cause would be that sales staff is not adequately trained on card acceptance procedures and operating your POS devices.
When the transaction was charged to a fictitious account number, for which an authorization approval was not obtained.
Card-absent transactions include mail order, telephone order, internet, pre-authorized health care transactions, recurring and advance payment transactions and no-show fees.
The merchant processed a transaction from a person who was fraudulently using the card.
The cardholder did not recognize the transaction on her statement or had her account taken by fraud.
An authorization approval was obtained and an exact match was received to your AVS or security code query.* Provide your acquirer with a copy of the transaction invoice, proof of delivery and any other information relevant to the transaction, to be used in the re-presentment. If you requested an AVS or security code verification and the card issuer responded with a "U" code (indicating that the issuer does not support AVS or security code verification or information is unavailable), you still have a re-presentment right.
You received an authorization approval, but did not use AVS or a security code. Provide your acquirer with a copy of the transaction receipt, a signed proof of delivery and any other relevant information that may be used in the re-presentment.
The transaction was face-to-face and the card was present. The chargeback is invalid. Provide your acquirer either with an authorization record proving that the magnetic stripe was read or a copy of the sales receipt displaying the card imprint and signature of the customer.
*AVS and the security codes are fraud prevention tools developed specifically to be used in card-not-present transactions. In some cases they provide merchants with a re-presentment right, but do not directly prevent chargebacks.
Obtain an authorization approval for all card-absent transactions. All MO / TO, e-commerce and recurring transactions must be authorized, regardless of the dollar amount.
Verify the account number. For telephone transactions, always read back the account number to your customer to avoid errors.
Identify the transactions as card-absent. Use the appropriate code to identify transactions as mail order ("MO"), telephone order ("TO") or e-commerce ("ECI") during both the authorization and settlement processes. Typically, this will be done automatically by your payment processor, or by pressing an indicator button, but make sure you verify it with your processor. Be advised that you are protected from a Reason Code 83 chargeback if the transaction has an ECI of 5 or 6, indicating a Verified by Visa transaction.
Use the AVS and the card security codes. These services are designed specifically to help you prevent card-not-present fraud.
Make sure that your billing descriptor is set up correctly. The way your business name appears on your customers' monthly statements and transaction activity logs is determined by the so-called "billing descriptor", which is managed by your processor. Typically, it is set up to display your "doing business as" (DBA) name, although your legal name may also be used as a default setting. Your billing descriptor should be set up to display the name that is most familiar to your customers and make sure that all other information (e.g. city and state, phone number, internet address) is accurately identified.
You will not be able to prevent all fraudulent transactions that can result in a Reason Code 83 chargeback, as criminals sometimes have access to all of the information that is needed to successfully complete a card-absent transaction, even when best payment processing procedures are followed and available fraud prevention tools used. However, you will greatly minimize the chance of that happening in all other cases, which are much more prevalent. See, this is exactly the type of fraud you have control over and preventing it should be your top priority.
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(d) an alternative basis of complicity in the commission of an offence charged or an alternative offence.
This may take the form of an integrated direction or factual question under section 67.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the trial judge from directing the jury on the order in which the jury may consider the matters referred to in that subsection.
S. 64G inserted by No. 37/2017 s. 9.


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Brandi Carlile made her independent label debut on ATO with the release of 'The Firewatcher's Daughter.' The 12-song album explodes with energy, urgency and pristine harmonies and represents the start of a fresh chapter for Carlile and her longtime collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, also known as "The Twins."
'The Firewatcher's Daughter' was recorded almost entirely as first takes without any demoing and little rehearsal before gathering at Bear Creek Studio in Washington State.
The result is immediate and electrifying. "The Eye," a song influenced by Crosby, Stills and Nash, is so intimate and hushed you can hear the quiver of Brandi's voice in a flawless 3-part harmony. Lead-off track and first single "Wherever Is Your Heart" captures a fiery intensity.
The creative spirit of the album is also exemplified in Brandi's sold-out Pin Drop Tour, which wowed audiences this fall. Playing historic rooms, Brandi and The Twins performed songs new and old without any amplification – no mics, no amps, no PA – relying only on their voices, acoustic instruments and the venues themselves. The Chicago Tribune attributed Carlile to proving "that sometimes music has more to say than speakers can communicate."
'The Firewatcher's Daughter' follows 2012's 'Bear Creek,' which debuted in the Billboard Top 10, was hailed as "gorgeous" by Rolling Stone and "tremendously assured" by NPR. Brandi has sold out venues like Red Rocks, back to back nights at The Beacon Theater and performed at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and more.
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lily & blythe & charlotte & maggie
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Is Maggie Smith playing Auntie Mame to Alex Jennings' Patrick in "The Lady in the Van"?
Movie critics has been frantically busy with the pointless task of predicting the outcome of the Oscars, while also covering themselves:
Who will win... Who should win...
Yes, Day of the Oscar is finally here. Sight unseen, the show is already a bore.
Even more tiresome has been the talk of diversity among the nominated movies, or rather lack thereof. It's been non-stop. So much so that no one has bothered to step back and notice that four actresses of, well, advanced age shined in the kind of plum roles that are all too rare these days. Yes, Hollywood was a tad less ageist this year in terms of roles for women. (But not in terms of children: Apologies to "Room's" Jacob Tremblay, hands-down the year's best actor. Sorry about that, Leo.)
The number four may not seem like a lot, but it's four more than modern cinema usually delivers. And it's something of a surprise that apparently Meryl Streep was not a contender for any one of these roles. Not one.
For the past few years, Streep has been the go-to actress for all the great "older woman" roles, even though she has talented contemporaries - Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, to name but four - who could have easily been cast in roles that went (almost without missing a beat) to Streep. I remember sitting through two stage productions - the musical "Momma Mia!" and the drama "August: Osage County" - and leaning over and making the same comment both times to my wife: "If this is ever made into a movie, the lead will go to Meryl."
The only actress in her league (and age range) who gives Streep a run for her money in terms of role-grabbing is the ubiquitous Helen Mirren.
I'm still surprised "Trumbo's" Hedda Hopper character wasn't snapped up by Meryl. I should probably stop here and confess that I think Streep is terrific (and that she was marvelous in both "Momma Mia!" and "August: Osage County"). Ditto Helen Mirren. But there are other actresses.
Such as Lily Tomlin, Blythe Danner, Charlotte Rampling and Maggie Smith, the four actresses referenced earlier, each of whom had a starring role in a film of some significance in the movie year 2015. By the way, at 67, Streep is the baby of the six actresses mentioned here, age-wise Both Mirren and Rampling are 70; Danner is 73; Tomlin is 77 and Smith is, yes, a venerable, amazing 82.
Lily & Blythe & Charlotte & Maggie. All four were touted for Oscar nominations. Only one made the grade - Charlotte. And only one of them, in my opinion, was actually deserving of a nomination - Maggie.
Tomlin's acclaim came for Paul Weitz's "Grandma," a variation of sorts on Hal Ashby's "Harold and Maude" (1971), with Tomlin playing grandmother and mentor to Julie Garner's granddaughter, offering her no-nonsense and sometimes dubious advice. Tomlin is Tomlin here, ever charming and ever companionable, even when she's being cantankerous - especially when she's being cantankerous. But as much as I enjoyed her work in "Grandma," does it define the idea of an award-worthy performance? We all embraced Lily Tomlin in "Grandma" because, well, we all love Lily Tomlin. And, frankly, Oscars are routinely handed out for that reason.
The same argument can be made about Danner's showcase role in Brett Haley's "I'll See You in My Dreams." Another actress who has lived in the shadow of Streep, the engaging Danner - she of the hearty voice and distinctive stride - has rarely had the lead in a film during her 40-year movie career and has certainly never carried a film. Danner's last great movie role was in Sidney Lumet's "Lovin Molly" (1974). After that, she largely played love interests and wives, devoting her non-movie hours to television, stage work and raising a family.
So her central role in "I'll See You in My Dreams" was a reason for celebration. And apparently she was celebrated by a lot of critics, who seemed to rediscover her. There was Danner in a role of some substance and worthy of her ability. She was fuuny, she was sad, she was wistful and she even sang. Irresistible. But the film surrounding her had the contours of a TV movie, lacking the kind of heft and credibility that rewards its star with an Oscar nomination. That's what Danner deserves.
It's been heartening to witness the enthusiasm that has greeted Rampling for her performance in Andrew Haigh's "45 Years" because she has rarely been given credit for being a terrific actress. That may be because she is a product of the Carnaby Steet era of British filmmaking when she and other actresses in her orbit (Jacqueline Bissett, Dominique Sanda and Jane Birkin, to name two) were viewed not only as movie stars but also jet-setters.
Rampling turns in a modestly contemplative performance in "45 Years," the kind that rarely gets noticed, and she is out-acted by her co-star, Tom Courtenay.
The film itself has been shrewdly made. A couple, long married, learns that an old girlfriend of the husband's is dead. Actually, she died when he was still dating her. But her body has just been found - more than 45 years later. The situation produces stress, particularly for the wife. Many of the reviews of "45 Years" have speculated that the husband may have murdered the girl (who was pregnant at the time) and that the idea of this disturbs his wife. But none of this is even hinted at in the movie.
The critics have come to this conclusion largely because of Courtenay's odd, complex performance. He seems guilty - at least through the eyes of his wife. And the audience is in league with her - at first. But as the film progresses, our sympathies shift. We become less suspicious of him and begin to see the wife as the one with serious psychological issues.
Rampling is especially memorable, disturbingly so, in the final moments of the film. Again, this is a quiet performance, not really award-worthy but still, I'm thrilled Charlotte Rampling was nominated nevertheless.
Finally, there's Maggie Smith in Nicholas Hytner's "The Lady in the Van," turning in a shamelessly entertaining performance as a homeless woman who asks to park her dilapidated van in the driveway of playwright Alan Bennett (played by Alex Jennings in a clever dual-role) and stays there for 15 years, taking Bennett on a grand, unexpected adventure, alternately exhilarating and frustrating.
I saw this film - and Smith's performance in it - in a contrarian way. From where I sat, her Miss Shepherd is a kind of decrepit Auntie Mame to Bennett's Patrick Dennis, opening doors for him - doors he never even dreamed existed (to quote Mame's final line from the play and movie) - although it is arguable that these are doors through which Bennett had no desire or inclination to pass. He's a most reluctant travel companion.
Smith's homeless lady very much exudes a curious jouissance.
And so, in my personal, solipsistic ceremony, the Oscar goes to Maggie Smith who is at once funny and poignant. And often at the same time.
cinema obscura: Caspar Wrede's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1970)
Let's hear it for Tom Courtenay.
A product of the raw-edged "kitchen sink" British dramas of the 1960s, Courtenay - best known for his flawless work in Tony Richardson's "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" (1962), as well as "Billy Liar," "King Rat" and "Otley" - always dissolved into the roles he played, never grandstanding. One could never catch him "acting" for a second and, consequently, for most of his career, he functioned in the shadows of such peers as Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Alan Bates, Laurence Harvey, Terence Stamp, Peter O'Toole, Dirk Bogarde and Albert Finney.
Currently delivering another astute performance in Andrew Haigh's "45 Years," Courtenay has stood on the sidelines while his estimable co-star, Charlotte Rampling, has generated most of the critical praise. Rampling has been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance, but not Courtenay, even though his role in the film is much more complex.
Which brings me to Courtenay's performance in Caspar Wrede's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1970). Stark, spare, sparce. All the unsettling "S" words apply to "Ivan Denisovich," a faithful adaptation of Alexandre Solzhenitsyn's roman à clef of the same title - a work of fiction inspired by his own experiences as a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag.
Courtenay is mesmerizing in a performance of detailed miminalism as Ivan, branded a political prisoner while serving in the Russian army during World War II. Ivan is caprtured twice - first by the Nazis who place him in a P.O.W. camp, from which he escapes, and then by a suspicious Stalinist government which incarcerates him in a gulag for 10 years as a spy. That's 3650 days. 3650.
As its title says, the film is about just one day.
Wrede's accomplishment here - a risky one - is that, for 100 unrelentling minutes, the viewer experiences the boredom and tedium and, vicariously, the pain of Ivan's deadening, grueling daily routines.
And so, not surprisingly, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is an acquired taste. But the film's demands are definitely worth the effort.
Ronald Harwood - scenarist of "The Pianist" and "The Dresser" (which also starred Courtenay), among others - did the fly-on-the-wall adaptation, working from a translation of the original by Gillon Aitkin.
But it is Courtenay who brings it to life, achingly so.
façade: Grover Dale
Grover Dale attempting to teach society matron Lee Grant how to boogie in a witty scene from Hal Ashby's "The Landlord" (1970) That's Beau Bridges in the background, looking on in amusement
The screen has produced a wealth of wonderful dancers. Outstanding among the women are Rita Hayworth, Ann Miller, Eleanor Powell, Vera-Ellen and, of course, Ginger Rogers, arguably the most versatile of the group. But, Hollywood being Hollywood, it's the male dancers who commanded the most attention and praise - perhaps because they often collaborated with the choreographer or simply designed their own dances.
For this reason, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly immediately come to mind when we think about film and dance. They dominated the field, often to the detriment of other fine male dancers (inadvertently so, of course).
Often overlooked are such terrific dancers as Gower Champion, Tommy Rall, Gene Nelson, Bobby Van and, initially, Bob Fosse - when he was just a dancer and supporting player usually billed as Robert Fosse. He drew more attention when he moved into choreography and directing, as did Gower Champion. Apologies to Fred and Gene, but screen dancing was rarely more thrilling than when Fosse teamed up with Van and Rall in George Sidney's "Kiss Me, Kate" (1953) or with Rall in Richard Quine's "My Sister Eileen" (1955) - or when Gene Nelson (perhaps my favorite of the bunch) kicked up dust in Bruce Humberstone's "She's Working Her Way Through College" (1952) or Fred Zinnemann's "Oklahoma!"(1955).
On a more (relatively) contemporary note, there's Grover Dale, who danced on-screen in only three movie musicals but made an indelible impression with his limited screen time in that trio. He also danced in the non-musical, "The Landlord."
Dale made his Broadway debut in 1956 in "Li'l Abner" and subsequently danced and acted in four major productions I saw as a kid - "West Side Story," "Greenwillow," "Sail Away" and "Half a Sixpence." After "Sixpence," he worked largely as a choreographer in the theater, taking time off occasionally to dance on film - which is where I really noticed his work.
Those films include his debut in Charles Walters' "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1964), Jacques Demy's "The Young Girls of Rochefort" ("Les demoiselles de Rochefort," 1967) and George Sidney's film of "Half a Sixpence" (also 1967). Dale also had a curiously brief bit as Lee Grant's personal dance instructor in Hal Ashby's "The Landlord" (1970) - curious in that the film once included a musical dream sequence (inevitably deleted) involving stars Beau Bridges, Diana Sands and Lou Gossett - and, frankly, I've always wondered if that missing number was choreographed by Dale.
Dale, who is now 80, continued to choreograph for stage and screen. He was married to the gorgeous dancer-actress Anita Morris until her death in 1994 and is the father of actor James Badge Dale who most recently starred with John Krasinski in the Michael Bay film, "13 Hours."
Note in Passing: Here's a bit of trivia... Dale co-starred with Will Mackenzie in the Broadway version of "Half a Sixpence" in 1965. Five years later, both actors appeared on screen in Hal Ashby's "The Landlord," with Dale (as mentioned) as Lee Grant's dancing coach, and Mackenzie as Beau Bridges's older brother. For the past two decades, Mackenzie has been a successful TV director, specializing in sitcoms ("The Bob Newhart Show," "Newhart," "Scrubs," "Everybody Loves Raymond" and more).
Film Clips: So let's see Dale in action, first in the huge, sprawling "Money to Burn" number in Sidney's "Half a Sixpence," in which he recreated the role he played in the Broadway production and in which he manages to outdance everyone else on screen (and, in this scene, there are dozens).
The choreography is by Gillian Flynn:
And then watch as he dances up a storm with Debbie Reynolds and Gus Trikonis (Goldie Hawn's first husband) in the rousing "He's My Friend" production number from Walters' "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," a song written especially for the film version by its composer Meredith Willson.
The choreography is by Peter Gennaro:
hail, coens!
"Hail, Caesar!," from the ever-inventive Joel and Ethan Coen, is an essentially pointless but hugely entertaining romp, but its pointlessness is the very quality that makes it so precious and necessary. It's an affable reminder of a time when every movie didn't have to be "big," or "important" or "artistic" or "Box-Office Gold." A movie simply had to be.
It's about Old Hollywood but it's also something of Old Hollywood itself.
The film comes with a certain appealing, unassuming modesty that might make it seem minor in the Coen canon but it is far from minor - not with its fabulous A-list cast or the refreshingly original idea behind it.
It just feels that way.
"Hail, Caesar!," set at Capitol Studios in the late 1940s or early '50s, is about a "fixer" named Eddie Mannix - a company man who specializes in damage control before that expression was coined. It is Eddie's job to make sure that one of the studio's top male actors is seen at a premiere with a beautiful woman, preferably an actress also on the payroll, and to orchestrate the adoption of a baby by one of Capitol's female superstars.
Here's the deal: The baby is hers, see, but it was born out of wedlock. Hence, the need to make it all look legitimate and, well, wholesome.
Josh Brolin plays Eddie and he receives top billing, which is more than deserved. The fact is, the cast is listed in alphabetical order, but still, Brolin is the inarguable star of the Coens' stellar ensemble.
Scarlett Johansson is the unwed mother in a jam - the studio's coarse star of innocuous water musicals. And there's George Clooney as Capitol's biggest star, one with many questionable habits, and Channing Tatum as a song-and-dance man who's more than he seems, and Alden Ehrenreich as a singing cowboy of limited talent, and Frances McDormand as a no-nonsense film editor (ever hidden in a small, dark, smoke-filled editing room), and Jonah Hill as one of Capitol's in-house attorneys (handling the swimming star's adoption, which is creatively convoluted, of course), and Ralph Fiennes, witty as a fussy director named Lawrence Laurentz.
They all make terrific company.
But it's the peripheral stuff that makes "Hail, Caesar!" so irresistible, particularly Tilda Swinton, game as the twin gossip columnists Thora and Thessaly Thacker, both competitive and both deliciously venomous.
And then there's Clooney's esoteric throwaway reference to the film director Norman Taurog, whose whopping 183 credits can be seen here.
Any film that honors the under-appreciated Norman Taurog (Cary Grant's "Room for One More," "Boys Town," "Words and Music" and countless Martin & Lewis and Elvis films) is aces with me. Clooney's invoking of Taurog's name reminded me of the moment in Phil Thomas Anderson's "Inherent Vice" (which also featured Josh Brolin) when Serena Scott Thomas as Beverly Hills matron Sloane Wolfmann comments that the dramatic lighting in her her manse was "designed by Jimmy Wong Howe."
Note in Passing: Christophe Lambert plays the German director of the sailor musical starring Channing Tatum in "Hail, Caesar!" and shares a scene with Josh Brolin - something of a clever inside joke. Get the connection? Both men have been married to Diane Lane.
I thought that it would be somewhat measured to let some time pass before commenting (belatedly) on Fox's bravura inaugural entrance into the Live! TV! Musical! sweepstakes - but my reaction remains ... wow!
While I still have some serious reservations about the queasily social/moral implications of what "Grease" is saying *, there is little doubt that, technically, Fox's "Grease: Live" blew NBC's rather timid, tentative attempts at the live TV musical out of the water (with apologies to Craig and Neil). In comparison, NBC's "The Sound of Music," "Peter Pan" (oy!) and "The Wiz" seem creaky and dated and, well, underwhelming.
"The Sound of Music" remains the ratings winner - with an average of 18.6 million viewers - but then it came on the scene with a genuine superstar in the lead, one with a huge following, Carrie Underwood. And I will forever be grateful to Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for introducing America to the original stage production of that Rodgers and Hammerstein show (so much better than the 1965 Robert Wise version, which was terribly Disney-fied).
"Grease: Live," on the other hand, was clearly based not on the original off-Broadway musical but the 1978 cartoonish film version, as adapted by the late Bronte Woodard. In terms of the new TV genre, it came in second with 12.2 million viewers but it also nabbed an impressive 4.3 rating with that all-important age group, 18 to 49 years old. And that matters.
Numbers aside, "Grease: Live," directed in tandem by "Hamilton's" Thomas Kail (who, I assume, oversaw the actors) and Alex Rudzinski (who handled the jaw-dropping technical accomplishments), worked as something of a new hybrid - part theater, part film, part reality TV and (like the original film) part cartoon - a creative mash-up that worked exhilaratingly well. "Grease: Live" became better and better as it progressed, seemingly topping itself at every turn, and outdid itself with a big, bang-up finish. When the cast appeared on camera for its version of the curtain call, a standing ovation was more than deserved. Bravo!
Julianne Hough was perfect in the role of Sandy, more age-appropriate than Olivia Newton-John who was 30 when she essayed the role in the '78 film, and while Broadway's Aaron Tveit was techically correct as Danny, at 33, he is way too old for the role - and looks it. Plus, it doesn't help that he's no John Travolta. Vanessa Hudgens, a young pro, managed to turn Rizzo into a sympathetic character, somehow outdoing her estimable predecessor, Stockard Channing. And Hudgens was outstanding in her two big numbers - although I personally had hoped that the producers of this version would have finally retired the cruel "Sandra Dee" number.
It just isn't funny, guys.
Kudos also to choreographer Zach Woodlee and his assistant Matthew Peacock (both from "Glee") who managed to equal Patricia Birch's outstanding dances for the original film, without imitating them at all.
Finally, a deep bow to Rudzinski's 13 - count 'em - 13 credited camera operators: Bert Atkinson, Keith Dicker, Randy Gomez, Will Gossett, Nathaniel Hayholm, Ron Lehman, Tore Levia, David Levishon, Adam Margolis, Rob Palmer, Brian Reason, Damien Tuffereau and Easter Xau, all of whom made maximum use of the legendary Warner Bros. backlot.
* My problem with "Grease": Sandy has to reimagine herself as a sexpot to win Danny. And what does he do? He simply dons a varsity sweater.
Seriously dated one-sided sexism.
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It's long overdue to give a shout-out to Connie Gilchrist. The character actress racked up 120 screen appearances - on both the big screen and little screen - and often had a single scene, such as her brief bit with Frank Sinatra in the early moments of Vincente Minnelli's "Some Came Running..." (1959). And she invariably walked away with the scene in question.
In that particular scene, Connie is caught by Frank leaving a local bar where she just had a beer. She's plays a cleaning woman who works for Frank's awful brother (Arthur Kennedy), a bigwig in town and its biggest hypocrite who also employs her daughter (Nancy Gates) - and Connie is worried that her boozy afternoon indiscretion at Smitty's could cost both of them their jobs.
Then there's Morton DaCosta's "Auntie Mame" (1958), in which she was the redoubtable Nora Muldoon who delivers her young charge Patrick (Jan Handzlik) to his madcap relative (Rosalind Russell). Disapproving and judgmental at first, Nora begrudgingly stays on at Beekman Place to become a part of its crazy world, eventually warming towards Mame.
And Connie was also Gladys Glover's landlady in George Cukor's "It Should Happen to You" (1954), Gladys of course being Judy Holliday.
And throughout her career, Connie managed to look the same, ageless.
She was born in Brooklyn (where else?) in 1901, appeared on stage in France, England and New York and often played Irish (although she was actually cast as Señora Martinez in 1942's "Apache Trail," mother of Donna Reed's Rosalia). Chances are, if you were alive during the 1950s, had a TV or went to the movies, you saw her all the time. Like a family member or friendly neighbor, she was always around. Connie died in '85 at age 84.
Having a beer with Thelma Ritter in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "A Letter to Three Wives" (1948).
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The new seasons training begins on Sunday 03rd September, 10am on the Common.
Hello and welcome to you and your child from the Moseley RFC Under 9's!
The under 9's training sessions for the season 2017 – 2018 will be held every Sunday morning, week commencing the 03rd September 2017 and finish at the start of May 2018, when hopefully we will all go on rugby tour! Each training session will start at 10.00am (prompt) and will run to midday unless told otherwise. The fixture list for the forthcoming season can be found on the main rugby clubs website. The Under 9's are based on the main club site at Billesley and training/matches take place on the grass behind the all weather pitch, situated at the rear of the main clubhouse. Please ensure that when your child is attending they are wrapped up warm and have a drink with them also. In relation to footwear, boots football or rugby are fine.
Any new players, both boys and girls alike are more than welcome to attend the sessions and will be accommodated into the group. If you have any questions then please feel free to contact Louise on the details shown above.
We will also be glad of any help from parents who would like to get more involved in any capacity, in particular with helping on the coaching side. If this is something of interest to you and you wish to get involved then Moseley RFC Junior Section will fund/send you on the appropriate courses.
We do not operate any form of pre-registration or waiting list. It is simply a matter of attending and seeing if your child enjoys the sessions and wishes to be part of the Under 9's set up. For new children joining we shall not start any formal registration until the end of September to ensure that the child is enjoying their new rugby experience and it is right for them. The subscription for the full season is £96 for the first child and £76 for other siblings thereafter. If you have any difficulties re paying the subscription then please speak to one of the team or any member of the Junior Committee in order for the matter to be addressed.
What we are looking for is a COMMITTED group who attend each week as this will allow the Under 9's to learn as a group and progress as a winning team.
Here's to yet another great season.


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"When I was kid I was really shy, so my parents sent me to speech & drama after my grade three teacher told them nobody could hear me when I spoke. That's where my passion for acting began."
Lucy Fry is one Australia's most talented rising stars. Judging by her ability to delve into the characters she plays on screen, you'd never guess she was at all shy. However, her ability to strive through tough times isn't an unusual prospect for her. The beginning of her acting career stems from theatre in Brisbane, and branched off into roles in Australian TV shows such as Lightning Point. Now the roots of her talent have expanded into the heights of stardom, scoring lead roles in the popular Australian TV show Wolf Creek, the Stephen King mini series 11.22.63, and now Bright.
Bright stands as her biggest role yet, and a testament to her dedication to the art of film. Starring alongside megastars such as Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, as well as David Ayer on directing duties, Bright serves as Fry's true introduction into Hollywood. You would think with the pressure on this film as Netflix's biggest blockbuster yet, as well as it's revolutionary stance as the first movie of this caliber to premiere on a streaming service, she would be nervous. But really she's just excited to be here.
"It's been a big journey since I starred in Lightning Point six years ago, and it's been up down and around. Now I'm just happy to be where I am. When I was studying theatre in Brisbane, never in my wildest dreams would I be living in L.A doing Will Smith movies."
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All is not straight-forward regarding potential neighbour annoyance when a nightclub wants to expand its operations into a former first floor office space. Nightclub music is played at reasonably high levels in excess of 95dB(A) and is characterized by its low frequency content. The office space had single-glazed windows, roof lights, common separating wall with a restaurant and neighbouring residential dwellings at 15m from a fire exit door. The owners of Fever Bar in Shrewsbury needed experts in building acoustics and low frequency industrial noise control to ensure noise break out and potential disturbance was reduced to a minimum.
The solution to this problem turned out to be a collaborative solution between the dB Group of companies dB Consultation Ltd. and dB Attenuation Ltd. The building acoustic expertise of dB Consultation Ltd. was used to assess the sound insulation properties of the existing building shell and find potential weakness areas. The assessment of noise break out highlighted the obvious weakness in glazing but found the building facade had incomplete walls, degraded roof boarding and ill-fitting door seals all potential noise leakage areas. The overall sound reduction index of the single-glazed facade was estimated at Rw 27dB whereas the nightclub would need a level in excess of Rw 50dB to function normally. dB Consultation Ltd. produced a raft of noise control and mitigation measures to upgrade the entire first floor sound insulation. The work was entirely planned and delivered by dB Attenuation Ltd. who have particular expertise in industrial noise control especially the electrical distribution network. The measures included, blanking off and sealing all openings, effectively producing a room within a room with new dry-lined walls and ceilings and replacing roof boarding. The final piece of the jigsaw was the design, manufacture and installation of new acoustic fire door.
The nightclub was fully fitted out and dB Consultation Ltd. returned to site to assess noise breakout. Simultaneous measurements on the dancefloor and at locations across the flat roof established that the works had considerably raised the sound insulation of the building, the sound reduction index had increased to an estimated Rw55dB with measurements showing considerable low frequency reduction. Sound attributable to nightclub music was barely audible across the low flat roof and did not raise the ambient sound levels measured at the nearest residential neighbour to the club.
Since the works, Fever & Boutique nightclub has operated throughout the summer without complaint from neighbours which is a rare event for nightclub venues when people have their windows open.


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By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD
Last month, in part one of this article, we discussed Benchmarking. The premise was that there is value in being able to statistically compare your call center with other centers. Taking that concept to the next level, there is the more intense and equally more valuable Business Improvement Group.
Business improvement groups, sometimes called profit clubs, also have as their basis a quantitative element. Typically, the primary focus of these numbers is financial in nature. Operational metrics, sales numbers, and human resource outcomes can also be considered, but are generally secondary in nature.
While benchmarking benefits from a large number of participants, business improvement groups can only function successfully in small groups. Generally, four to six members are ideal, although seven to ten can be workable in the right situations. The group will meet on a regular basis to review their financial reports, exploring ratios for different cost areas, profits or losses, and may even consider upper management compensation. This delicate level of private disclosure does not happen easily. The participants must be carefully screened and selected to ensure compatibility and concurring business objectives. They will need to patiently strive to establish a rapport and build a consensus. Finally, they must be committed to the process and maintain strict confidentiality in all respects.
The Life Cycle of Business Improvement Groups
Also, be aware that business improvement groups have a life cycle. There is the start-up phase, establishing a rapport, mutual disclosure, decreased interest, and dissolution or coasting:
Start-up Phase: The start-up phase is critical for a successful group. It includes finding members, agreeing on the need for the group, and establishing basic rules and policies. Once the group is formed, additional members should not be added; this will only break the free flow of information and disrupt the dynamics of the group.
Establishing Rapport: The next step is establishing a rapport. Although some of this will have been done in the start-up phase and may have existed prior to that, it will need to be taken to a higher level. Social activities are ideal for this as it allows members to learn about each other in a safe and non-threatening environment. Even better is one of the many weekend team-building opportunities that exist. This often takes the form of presenting an intense challenge to the group, which can only be successfully resolved through teamwork and mutual trust; close personal bonds are the result. Certainly, the requisite rapport can be developed without either of these optional exercises, but it is done so at the expense of time. During the rapport step, the rules and policies are fine-tuned and must be brought to unanimous consensus.
Disclosure: The middle stage, mutual disclosure, may follow immediately after a group rapport is established or can build slowly over time. This stage is the key objective of the group, where all of the useful business data is shared, explored, and discussed. This phase can last for a year or as long as four to five years. It is unusual for it to last much longer. During this phase, some members may lose interest or develop diverging business goals and drop out of the group. It may be tempting to add new members in order to maintain a workable group size. This impulse should be resisted as the ongoing viability of the group could be compromised.
Decreased Interest: Following the disclosure stage is decreased interest. Here the members' commitment and attention to the group decline. This could be a result of increased interpersonal tension, a loss of group cohesiveness, decreasing results, or a host of other outside influences. Some members will respond by dropping out of the group, but most will continue, if only for appearance sake.
Dissolution/Coasting: The final stage is dissolution or coasting. Dissolution is when the group concurs that no substantial progress is being made or will likely be made in the future; all work is stopped and no more meetings are scheduled. Coasting results when members continue to go through the motions, though with less vigor and frequency and/or allow meetings to deteriorate into a social assemblage. The benefit of coasting is that the group is still loosely held together and can quickly be resurrected if the situation warrants and the group wills it to happen.
The Process: Like benchmarking, business improvement groups can benefit from a facilitator to guide the process, smooth out the rough spots, and head off trouble. Generally, this guide will be involved in phase one, active in phase two, kick-off phase three, and fade into the background, being available as needed, for the remaining portions of the group's life cycle. This person needs to be an objective and dispassionate observer with no stake in the results of the group's work or with any conflict of interest. A knowledge and understanding of the call center industry is useful, but not required.
As mentioned, the basis for a business improvement group is financial. This, however, is not all that is covered. Using financial analysis as a foundation, considering other numerical measurements often follows, similar to those identified with benchmarking. In fact, any benchmarking metric can be used in business improvement groups, though it is common for the group to delve deeper into the numbers, share more thoroughly, and probe more intensely than is possible or appropriate in benchmarking.
As business improvement groups progress, the agenda can (but doesn't have to) evolve beyond numerical considerations. It becomes more holistic and covering subjective issues such as hiring and firing, business strategy, marketing plans, acquisitions and mergers, and exit strategies. Close and cohesive groups can on occasionally progress still farther, pursuing cooperative buying, group marketing, joint ventures, collective investment or acquisition, and even consolidation of their businesses. This is rare; only the best of groups can handle this extreme and then only at some risk. However, if successful, the rewards can be great. It is important to state that these results should never be the original stated purpose of forming a business improvement group, but know that they can be an eventual outcome.
A Caution: There are possible concerns with business improvement groups, especially if it involves direct competitors. These concerns include the perceptions, whether real or imaged, of price-fixing and collusion. Therefore great care should be taken to avoid these areas of impropriety and illegality. It is recommended to consult with an attorney to learn what specific activities and discussions should be avoided, as well as how to protect oneself.
Conclusion: Benchmarking and business improvement groups are both valuable mechanisms to bring in outside experience, knowledge, and results into a business. With this input, business goals become more defined and realistic; direction, clearer; and focus, sharper. Benchmarking is easier to get started and quicker to produce tangible results, though the benefits and value are not as significant. Business improvement groups can produce a wealth of valuable information, likely unavailable from any other source or at any cost. However, they take more effort to get started and require more time. Using the above information can serve as a guide for getting either effort started, though benefits do abound when independent outside assistance is available and used.
[See part one of this article, about Benchmarking, in the May issue.]
Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD, is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Connections Magazine. He's a passionate wordsmith whose goal is to change the world one word at a time.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembélé will be sidelined for an undetermined time after he injured a muscle in his left leg on Saturday in the 1-0 win at Girona in the Spanish league. Dembélé has been enjoying his best season at Barcelona. The France forward, who was part of the runner-up team at the World Cup, has scored eight times for Barcelona and is its fastest one-on-one player in open space. He pulled up after a sprint and soon asked to be substituted. Dembélé walked off