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Question: Do Jordan Own His Shoes?
Who is the CEO of Jordan Brand?
Why is Michael Jordan's eyes red?
What is the rarest Jordan shoe?
Who owns the Air Jordan brand?
Does Michael Jordan make his own shoes?
Who is the richest basketball player?
Who is the richest athlete in the world?
Why are Air Jordans so expensive?
Why is the Jordan 1 Banned?
Why did Jordan 1 get banned?
Does Nike Own Jordan?
Why are Michael Jordan's eyes so yellow?
What was Kobe Bryant's net worth?
Are Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley still friends?
Are Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan friends?
How much does Jordan make off his shoes?
Did Jordan get fined for wearing his shoes?
Why did Jordan sign with Nike?
CRAIG WILLIAMSCRAIG WILLIAMS: PRESIDENT, JORDAN BRAND Prior to his tenure at Coca-Cola, Williams spent three years in global marketing for CIBA Vision Corp.
He also spent seven years with Kraft Foods Inc., working in brand management and new product development, and served five years with the U.S.
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Basically, jaundice occurs when your liver isn't able to do its job properly. That said, it's telling that Jordan's eyes have looked like this for so many years.
Nike Air Jordan 1 HighThe Nike Air Jordan 1 High sneakers, described as the "rarest of the rare", were used by the Chicago Bulls star in an exhibition game in 1985. In total, Christies sold nine pairs of Jordan's shoes to celebrate his 14-year career with the team. There is a big market for rare trainers and collectors can pay high prices.
NikeAir Jordan (sometimes abbreviated AJ) is an American brand of basketball shoes, athletic, casual, and style clothing produced by Nike. It was created for Hall of Fame basketball player and six-time NBA Finals MVP Michael Jordan.
As part of the deal, Jordan also got his own shoe line: Air Jordan. It didn't take long for the brand to take off. "Nike's expectation when we signed the deal was, at the end of year four, they hoped to sell $3 million worth of Air Jordans," says Falk. "In year one, we sold $126 million."
For this piece, let's take a look at the top 20 richest NBA players in history.Kevin Durant. Net Worth: $170 million. … Hakeem Olajuwon. CP. … David Robinson. CP. … Grant Hill. Net Worth: $250 million. … Shaquille O'Neal. Net Worth: $400 million. … Lebron James. Net Worth: $450 million. … Kobe Bryant. CP. … Magic Johnson. Net Worth: $600 million.More items…•
Roger Federer takes the top spot for the first time, with $106 million of pre-tax earnings, edging past Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have swapped the No. 1 spot in three of the past four years.
The Fragment's resale value more than doubles its competition. These shoes were both sold in limited releases, so why did Jordans become so much more expensive? It all has to do with the value of the Jordan brand and how it makes and markets its iconic sneakers.
In fact, it was the Jordan 1 precursor — the Nike Air Ship — that was banned because of the color scheme "His Airness" wore. Though the sneaker's silhouette was strikingly similar to that of its successor, the Air Ship was a pre-existing model.
Nike still has a framed letter from the NBA explaining that the association's "rules and procedures" prohibited Jordan's shoes. Though the letter didn't state it explicitly, the shoes violated the "51% rule," which demanded that players' footwear be mostly white, and in keeping with their team's jerseys.
Nike owns Jordan brand but Michael Jordan gets a percentage of the revenue. Michael Jordan signed his deal with Nike in 1984 and while the Jordan brand started as part of Nike as a subsidary, the brand has it's own identity. … This isn't the first time Michael Jordan has had a major impact on sports and culture.
Most believe Jordan may simply have jaundice, a condition that typically indicates a problem with the liver. Jaundice sufferers typically have an excess of waste material bilirubin in their blood which can turn skin and eyes yellow. … "Yellow eyes should not be ignored because they are a sign of something more going on.
At the time of his death, Kobe Bryant had a net worth of $600 million.
Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan's friendship has suffered ever since Barkley criticized Jordan in a 2012 radio interview for how he ran the Charlotte Hornets franchise as an owner. Barkley said the two have been distant and he's felt Jordan has held a grudge against him – essentially ending a longtime relationship.
Pippen said that is very much not the case. He clarified his relationship with Jordan during an appearance on Da Windy City podcast. … It's great to hear that Pippen and Jordan are still good friends. Few teammates in the history of sports have accomplished as much as Pippen and Jordan did together.
Jordan makes $130 million a year from shoes In 2018-19, the brand generated $3.14 billion in revenue, a 10 percent increase over the previous year, and a record year for the brand. According to Forbes, Jordan pulls in $130 million annually from his shoe deal with Nike.
After two games in the Concords, Jordan was slapped with a $5,000 fine by the NBA for wearing the primarily white shoes, which violated the league's uniform guidelines by not conforming to his team's jerseys or footwear.
Meanwhile, Nike, a rising competitive brand of that time had recorded its first quarterly loss at the beginning of 1984. They wanted Jordan to endorse their brand and offered him a massive deal of $500,000 in cash for five years. Jordan didn't look quite interested in the deal and went on to explore his options.
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Despite the temptation to double down on investing in countries or regions that have performed strongly in recent periods, we think investors would do well to avoid overreacting, stay flexible, keep studying economic developments around the world, and be prepared to take advantage of changes in the broader investment outlook.
U.S. real estate investment trust (REIT) markets appear likely to remain competitive in the coming quarters, but it's not too soon to view them through a slightly defensive lens.
Historical data show that when added to a portfolio of traditional stocks and bonds, global REITs can have a positive effect on returns while only marginally increasing volatility.
It's human nature to believe past performance will repeat itself. It can be tempting to double down on investments that have performed strongly in recent periods. But doing so comes with risk, because upward momentum doesn't last forever, and timing the next downturn is difficult to do. Real estate securities are not exempt from this reality.
On the eve of the global financial crisis in 2008, many professional investors believed that real estate markets outside the United States would continue their then-dominant stretch of outperformance of the previous five years. Consequently, heading into the final months of 2008, these investors increased their holdings of ex-U.S. REIT assets. They didn't know it at the time, but they were doing so at their own peril. As is often the case with investing, they would have done better by being patient.
Past performance is no indication of ... do we have to say it?
While we believe that U.S. REIT markets could very well remain competitive in the coming quarters, we think it makes sense to be aware of potential sources of pressure. For instance, the U.S. economy seems to be further along in the expansionary part of the economic cycle than many other countries, possibly inching closer to the next eventual contraction. REITs are economically sensitive, so any degradation in the U.S. economy will ultimately be felt in real estate fundamentals.
What's more, the longer that interest rates stay at current levels, the greater the chance that the following sequence of events would play out: real estate prices will climb too high, which will provoke more supply, which in turn will dampen prices.
If the U.S. economic outlook weakens sooner than expected, opportunities in other countries could begin to look more attractive. With that in mind, we have already begun taking a more defensive position within the U.S. This doesn't mean we are adjusting allocations reactively; an aggressive position in emerging markets, for instance, would not be timely, given the structural issues that those parts of the world are contending with.
But we think investments in certain areas of Europe look attractive, in light of what we see as gradual but positive fundamental recoveries in Spain, Germany, France, and Ireland. We have also been adding exposure to Australia as we continue seeing more support for asset prices, partly due to an easing bias by the country's central bank.
As illustrated by Blended Portfolio 2 in this scatterplot, adding a 20% allocation to global REITs offers investors competitive risk-adjusted returns relative to a portfolio composed solely of U.S. equities and U.S. bonds (as measured by the S&P 500® Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, respectively).
Data: Barclays, FactSet, FTSE, and MSCI. Based on monthly total returns.
Why consider global REITs as part of a balanced investment portfolio in the first place? The answer is straightforward: Because an allocation to global REITs can provide exposure to nontraditional investments when added to a mix of traditional stocks and bonds. See the chart nearby for an example of how a global REIT allocation can enhance the risk-reward characteristics of a hypothetical portfolio.
The views expressed represent the Manager's assessment of the market environment as of September 2016, and should not be considered a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any security, and should not be relied on as research or investment advice. Views are subject to change without notice and may not reflect the Manager's views.
The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index tracks the performance of listed real estate companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs) worldwide, based in US dollars.


Hi John, I am working on some experiments for my thesis project. I am interested, for research purposes only, to modify the behaviour of the customer models, the household model for instance and test a broker against this only model, shutting down the other models. I want to modify for the household model their behaviour, specifically the parameter that controls how rational the customers are. This parameter is modeled on equation 13 with lambda, if I am correct, from this publication.
 W. Ketter and J. Collins, "The 2013 Power Trading Agent Competition," no. May, 2013.
Is it possible to modify this parameter to conduct my experiments on my local server copy?
If I may, since I am the one who implemented the household and the officecomplex models in the PowerTAC Competition, I would like to aswer your question.
Then, all you have to do is to change the VillageType1.properties file that can be found in the main/resources folder of the project of household customers. Near the end of the file is where the lamdba is set for each type of houses.
The values can be from 0 to a large number. Now, it is set to 20.
Hopefully, that is all you will have to do.
Well thanks... I was roaming near there. It helps me a lot the info you just provided me. I will test it right away. Have a good day!
There are a couple more things you will need to do if you want to run the Power TAC simulator with just one customer model, or with a subset of the standard set.
First, the set of customer models included when the simulator starts up is determined by server-main/pom.xml. If a module is listed in the dependencies for server-main, it will be loaded and initialized at startup.
Second, the activation sequence for various models is determined by Spring configuration clauses in server-main/src/main/resources/powertac.xml. If a model appears there but is not in the pom.xml, then Spring will not start.
Third, if you want to use the visualizer with a non-standard set of models, you will also have to modify visualizer/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/visualizer.embedded.xml. That bit of configuration redundancy is the subject of issue #728.
The server is run with maven, so maven can manage dependencies and build the classpath. To run a development version of the server using maven, you need to first install each of the server components. First, if you have local changes to the common module, do mvn clean install in common. Then you can install all the server modules in one step using maven, with mvn clean install in powertac-server. If you modify one of the module and need to re-install, you can do mvn clean installin the individual server modules, except for common and server-interface. If you change either of these modules, you will need to do a full re-install. Once all the pieces are installed, you can go to the server-distribution directory and run it. Instructions are in server-distribution/README.md.
3) Then I moved to server-distribution/ and ran the server and then the broker.
Can you confirm if this steps to properly change the lambda were correct?


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Summary of Disclosure Regulations for Providers
To help you, as a plan sponsor, understand the disclosures providers (including Fidelity) are required to make to you, these are highlights of the regulations.
On February 2, 2012, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the final Service Provider Disclosure under Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) section 408(b)(2). The regulation requires these service providers to disclose to the plan sponsor fiduciary information about: (1) the services to be performed; and (2) the fees and compensation to be received. The intent of the regulation is to make it easier for plan fiduciaries to assess the reasonableness of the fees paid to service providers and to highlight potential conflicts of interest that could affect the service provider's delivery of services and performance.
Here are some key features of the new rules:
Plans subject to disclosure requirement: The regulation applies only to retirement plans, both defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB), covered by ERISA. Plans that do not have any common law employees, or owner-only plans are excluded from the regulations. IRAs, SEPs and SIMPLE IRAs are specifically excluded. Welfare plans are also excluded, but may be considered at a later date.
Disclosure requirement: Certain service providers, such as Fidelity, must disclose the services being performed and the direct or indirect compensation that is being received. This would include compensation such as consulting fees, brokerage fees, transfer fees, and 12b-1 fees. Compensation also includes compensation received by an affiliate or subcontractor of the provider. Where there is no explicit fee, the service provider must provide a reasonable and good faith estimate of the cost to the plan for the services being provided.
How the information will be disclosed: The compensation can be expressed as a dollar amount, a formula, a percentage of plan assets, or as a per participant charge. The regulation does not require that the disclosure be made part of the vendor contract; it does, however, mandate that the disclosure, in the case of a new client, be made prior to the execution of a service provider arrangement. The regulation does not specifically address the electronic delivery of the information.
Additional requirement for DC recordkeepers: In addition to information about its own compensation, a recordkeeper of a participant-directed DC plan must disclose, for all designated investment options on its platform, the expense ratio and annual operating expenses of the fund or product. Self-directed brokerage windows are excluded from this requirement, but the broker must still disclose compensation received in connection with self-directed brokerage investments. The recordkeeper may forward the prospectuses of unaffiliated mutual funds to satisfy the disclosure requirement for such funds.
Changes to disclosure: The service provider is also charged with disclosing a change to the initial disclosure no later than 60 days from the date the provider is informed of the change.
Failure to comply: If a service provider fails to comply, the service provider would be subject to an excise tax penalty. Importantly, the rule provides relief to a plan sponsor who unknowingly enters into a service contract with a provider that has not satisfied the disclosure. Service providers are also permitted to fix errors or omissions made in good faith.
New and existing clients: The service provider will have to comply with the regulation for all clients no later than July 1, 2012, and provide existing clients with updated disclosure on or before that date.

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I wanted to cover some of the basics of using BART and the basic installation process for people who may be using BART for the first time. So what is BART? BART is the Backup And Recovery Tool created by EnterpriseDB to assist with the backup of a community Postgres or EnterpriseDB Advanced Server database.
So where do we start? First, we install BART 2.1, which can be downloaded from our YUM repository (http://yum.enterprisedb.com, under Tools).
The filename should look something like this; it will vary based on version.
Next, you'll need to configure BART for your system. In my situation, I'm setting up a single EnterpriseDB Advanced Server, and I would like to install BART on the same server to back up that server. An installation on community Postgres should look virtually identical. Cross-server configurations are supported, but it is outside of the scope of this guide.
You are connected to database "edb" as user "enterprisedb" via socket in "/tmp" at port "5432".


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Q: How do I organise API function calls from different files? I am trying to automatically update a bearer key which is found in login.js and have it be used to in a new axios instance in customer.js.
I am struggling to find a way to implement the function from the login.js and use it within customer.js before a new instance is created.
Login.js
async function Login(){
const Bearerget = await axios.post("https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token", config.data)
  const Bearer = `Bearer ${Bearerget.data.access_token}`
  console.log(Bearer)
  return `${Bearer}`
}

Customer.js
const login = require("./login");

Bearer = await login.Login()

const SalesforceClient = axios.create( {
  baseURL: `url`,
  timeout: 100000,
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': Bearer
}
});

async function Customers(){
//Code
};

Customers()

What I get from the output is:

*

*Goes into the login.js

*Begins Customer()

*then Bearer key is printed

How do I run login.js, get the bearer key from the function, and then have it be updated in the axios instance in customer.js?

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Ground Uncontrolled: Disaster to the Power of Ten
Our existence is hazardous. Our co-habitation invites danger. As technology permeates our space, a provocative dance between risk and safety is performed. On September 25th, 1978, the North Park neighborhood of San Diego was subject to ground level disaster from a midair catastrophe. GROUND UNCONTROLLED: Disaster to the Power of Ten indulges a curiosity for disastrous events like that of PSA flight 182 which saw its 727 collide with the Cessna it dwarfed and disembody on the residential grid below.
Objects of nostalgia and vernacular pay tribute to era, location and context of the event, pulling in adjacent cultural happenings, personas, writings, ephemera while exploring consequential musings in the world of art and theory. Using the computer interface as the skeleton for a design system, the morphology of the book is specifically derived from the path that the plane took from its in-flight status 30,000 feet above ground to the autopsy of its debris at a microscopic level. The book's design structure parallels the contents' reflection on the breakdown of systems, as it is illustrated that the visual development of the book relies on the stability of computer software to come into being. The more the book elaborates on the historical disaster and systems of fragility, the physical design of the book begins to glitch and ultimately crash. In the end, we're confronted with society's acute reliance on the success of systems, a chilling reality exposed only by the response it has when they have failed.
The design of the book begins with a magnification of 1x, and is titled In Flight.
The traditional way-finding systems of a book (page numbers, page titles, headers, etc.) are appropriated into the anatomy of a desktop interface.
The plane involved in the air crash was one inbound from Los Angeles International Airport headed for San Diego. The In Flight story begins with a historical photo essay of the two landmark airports in 1978.
The content of the book is an orchestration of personal and found artifacts, photographs and texts, stitched together through relevant texts from selected authors. Content that opens the book is compartmentalized with a strict rationalized organization. Each new piece of data introduced conforms to the display of the computer system.
For example, quotes by particular authors are presented in the form of an instant messaging window, definitions of terms via an online dictionary and factoidal "STATS" presented as system notifications.
In Flight deconstructs airline culture, consumers' psychological relationship to air travel, and the industry's influence on food, fashion, personal space and social hierarchy.
It describes airline culture as one of the great scripted spaces, where even the smallest surfaces have a codified language and an international identity.
Chapter two, 1970s San Diego, magnifies the event by 10x. Prior to crashing, the 727 was preparing to land at San Diego International Airport, circling over the near downtown neighborhood of North Park, where my family's modest home was. This chapter was used as an opportunity to recapture the cultural climate of the southern California city in the wake of the 60s and 70s counter-cultural milieu.
The Boomtown Rats had a chart topping song titled, "I Don't Like Mondays", a lyrical account of Brenda Spencer, the infamous teenage school shooter who opened fire on a San Diego elementary school. While the incident inspired the popular new wave hit, the new social paranoia toward the school environment as a dangerous space has had greater permanence.
Woven texts in this section both romanticize and warn of Southern California as a threshold for disastrous events, both natural, psychological and technological. Mike Davis' Our Secret Kansas is featured as a critique on social phobias and ecological hysterias, conditions he sites as indicative of Southern California's relationship with, cultural, technological and ecological instability.
Pop-cultural hurricanes are adjacently highlighted, pointing out that the late controversial Lester Bangs was a native San Diegan who penned much of his toothy cynicism for the music industry from his hometown studio, also the original publishing location of his influential Creem Magazine.
1970s "muscle car" design solidified the automobile as a symbol of sexual power and aggression. Particular to this era, B-cinema cast the automobile as the perfect device for high-risk chases, the site of graphic teenage massacres, and the possessed machinery antagonist capable of supernatural powers as in Stephen King's Christine.
Magnification by 100x bears witness to the advent of the mid-air crash. Due to substandard sighting abilities, the 727 collided with a small 2-passenger Cesna prop plane it could not see. Both planes lost engine power and collided on the neighborhood below.
A shift occurs in the previously ordered design of the book. System windows are no longer compartmentalized, opening and collapsing to make way for new content. Instead, the grid begins to incrementally fall apart as content crowds the frame of the book with layered intensity.
In total, over 130 people died, there were no survivors. The ichat window to the left quotes Paul Virilio from his book Unknown Quantity,
"To invent the sailing vessel or the steam ship is to invent the shipwreck. To invent the train is to invent the derailment. To invent the private car is to produce the motorway pile-up, to make craft which are heavier than air fly-the aeroplane, but also the dirigible-is to invent the plane crash, the air disaster."
At magnification 1000x, Anatomy of Wreckage draws parallels between the expiration of human experience and the finite lifespan of technology's "biology."
An excerpt from the Donnie Darko film script is included to offer a metaphor for this paradigm, "The falling jet engine approaches the hexagonal plate of light which accelerates downwards...forming a tunnel with walls made of swirling liquid marble. The jet engine passes into the hexagonal plate. In a series of inter-velometer time-lapse shots...the entire suburban landscape retreats backward in a fury of speed."
Comparison of two different autopsies — the left shows remaining fragments of a Pan Am Boeing 747, the victim of a terrorist bomb.
The right is a photo of Lisa McPhearson's autopsy, "a member of the Church of Scientology who died of a pulmonary embolism while under the care of...a branch of the Church of Scientology. Following her death, the Church...was indicted on two felony charges, 'abuse and/or neglect of a disabled adult' and 'practicing medicine without a license'." -Wikipedia
The layering of system windows becomes more chaotic, maximizing the computer's available memory.
Another notable shift in the evolution of the book and presentation of content has occurred.
The foreground presents a set of compared images. The top row are black and white drawings hypothesizing the trajectory of a structural collapse from Lebbeus Woods' installation, The Fall. The lower row are x-rays of a human body.
The sets eerily share similar form and composition, the human body's structural DNA closely coded with that of a collapsing building.
While proposing compared fragilities, the computer has alerted the book that is has run out of memory and cannot continue to function properly. Data is lost in adjacent windows where previous texts displayed.
Finally, Microscopic Beauty magnifies the event by 10000x. The investigation leaves the visible surface going deep into the abstract microcosm of disaster and accident. In parallel, the computer system with which the design of the book is relying on is failing rapidly, and its interface begins to glitch, the system literally crashing, while program code (the microbes of the system) are exposed.
The content reaches a state of distorted abstraction as the texts have also become highly theoretical.
James Chiles' essay, "That Human Touch" relates, "This kind of power, so easily taken for granted now, lets minor errors wreak major havoc in ways undreamed of during the horse and buggy days. Such errors can be the same kind you've made often: aiming for one button and hitting another, neglecting to do something you had meant to, taking an impromptu shortcut."
Before the system completely shuts down and book language and content are eaten away by a forced curtain of stretched pixels, the last text submits with, "Ordinary language is loaded with redundant information not because we love to repeat ourselves but because speech is often misunderstood. Repetition pounds the information through the barriers of noise and distraction."


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Take a magickal journey
by Dani Deahl
If you're looking to add a little magick to your next vacation, not all roads lead to Salem. Around the world, cultures have been practicing different variations of magick and healing for centuries, and many of their traditions are still around today. Of course, we can all agree relaxing on a beach with the waves slowly lapping in the distance is ideal. But what if you could couple it with a little healing for the soul as well? Isn't every vacation meant to take care of both body and mind? We've traveled the globe to find five unusual vacation destinations that will leave you feeling both refreshed and enlightened. From the deep forests of Brocken in Germany to the serene shores of Siquijor in the Philippines, there's a locale for every taste. Ready for an adventure? Take a dip into the cultural waters below.
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Catemaco, Mexico
Located in the south of Mexico within the state of Veracruz, Catemaco is a drop-dead gorgeous location, notable not just for its rainforests and sizeable lake (which is said to emit its own energy), but also its brujos, a community of (mostly male) sorcerers whose roots are steeped in the pre-Columbian period. Their magical practices are a mixture of those long-ago rituals as well as Catholic rites, with people seeking limpias (ritual cleansings), healing, or even a little something extra to help them with business dealings.
The main event every year is the Congreso Nacional de Brujas de Catemaco, officially known as Ritos, Ceremonias y Artesanías Mágicas (Magical Rituals, Ceremonies, and Handicrafts), which attracts about 200 shamans, healers, herbalists, psychics, fortune tellers... and about 5,000 visitors. Held on the first Friday of March, the three-day event begins with a "black mass" on the edge of Lake Catemaco, and the hours just after the event are best to seek out a shaman, as it is believed they are most powerful after the mass purification. Beware of con artists who claim to be authentic brujos, and take the time to find an authentic practitioner.
Beyond the fest, the area also offers loads of beautiful surroundings including Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island), which is home to stump-tailed macaques originally from Thailand. On the northeastern shore of the lake, in the rainforest of Reserva Ecolólogica de Naciyaga, you can take part in a shamanic-style "spiritual cleansing" or dip in a spa of mineral mud.
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Peru has long been known for its shamanism history. A number of the "great masters" can still be found in the Amazon Basin in jungle towns where the practice continues in its least changed form. It trickles down into the bustling city of Lima where, hidden underneath the Gamarra Station, is the Mercado de las Brujas. It is here where bustling city life meets traditional folk medicine, still widely practiced by many in the country.
Within, you can find everything from ritual candles and sea shells to cactus leaves and hatun hampi (a mixture of local dirt, rocks, seeds, and spices), all with guarantees to improve some portion of your life. The stalls are operated by a mixture of salespeople and shamans, making it relatively easy to find a healer or herbal expert should you seek guidance or a reading. If you have the stomach for it, the most proffered potion is made from a puree of frog, pollen, coca, quail egg, honey, local fruit, and a syrup from the black carob tree, and is said to cure everything from respiratory ailments like asthma to anemia. Make sure to keep your wits about you as any crowded area makes for easy pickpocketing.
After the market, Lima offers a wide array of cultural activities, including historical ruins or huacas, ancient Catholic churches, and, of course, the stunning 15th-century Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. If you're feeling daring, there are retreats where, in a safe and monitored environment, you can try the herbal and hallucinogenic concoction of ayahuasca in the same sacred rituals that Peru's shamans have used for centuries.
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Siquijor, Philippines
Located in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, Siquijor has had a long-time reputation of a place of magic and sorcery. In recent years, high-end hotels have popped up making it tourist-friendly for those who want to come and partake in traditional medicinal practices. During Holy Week Celebration, healers and herbalists come together to prepare concoctions made from a variety of tree barks, herbs, and other local ingredients collected from the island's mountains, caves, and seas. These are all combined with secret substances and coconut oil, and then brewed to create potions that are bottled and sold. There are also objects, like bracelets, that are infused with ingredients and intent, meant to help in everything from love to business opportunities. Head over to Bandilaan Mountain View Park, in the capital town of Siquijor, for the annual event. There, visitors can view and observe traditional cooking and healing activities. Just bear in mind that in some portions of the island, you can be as much of a tourist as you want to be, but others, like Cangmatnog, mandate no interviews, cameras, or video.
Perhaps the best part about Siquijor is the setting for all of this: Pristine, white sand beaches, waterfalls, caves, and jungle walks are all within arm's reach for the intrepid traveler. There's also Bandila, a natural park and butterfly sanctuary; the Mt. Bandilaan Mountain Resort, intended to be the healing center of the island; and some of the world's best dive spots. You don't even have to go deep to see the beauty; the island is also fantastic for snorkeling, so find the nearest cove and slip in the warm ocean water.
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Brocken, Germany
Straddling the former border between east and west Germany, the craggy peaks of Brocken are steeped in tales of witchcraft and magic dating back to pre-Christian times. The area's myths spread far beyond the borders of this tiny region, and people, from as far away as France and Sweden, have traded stories of strange happenings atop Brocken Mountain, where witches are rumored to gather on Walpurgisnacht aka May Eve. Hotel brochures in the area even depict witches on broomstick and stores sell everything from felted puppets to tarot cards, capitalizing on the area's legendary history. Come May 1, the local steam train even transforms into the Hexenexpress, traveling from the mountain's summit to Wernigerode—the "fairytale" town of colorful, half-timbered houses and sky-high turrets.
Wernigerode attracts about 6,000 Walpurgisnacht revelers dressed in costume—a sight to behold especially against the town's historic buildings. Come nightfall, it becomes a medieval fairground, with food, drink, and craft booths set up around a giant bonfire with stage plays and fireworks exploding in the background. Nearby, in the village of Thale, up to 35,000 arrive for the same event, taking in not only the wild costumes but the Walpurgishalle museum, which details everything about local myths and rituals. At night, a huge Walpurgisnacht bonfire is lit on a plateau above the Bode River chasm, known as the Hexentanzplatz, or the witches' dancing place.
This same festival is celebrated in other countries, like the Czech Republic and Estonia, but for the real deal, head to where it all originated. Not only will you get the most authentic experience, but you'll see the beauty of the mountains as well as the fantastical villages that surround the base, making you feel as if you stepped into Grimms' fairy tales.
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Not only is beautiful La Paz the world's highest capital, set in a basin and surrounded by sharply rising peaks, it's incredibly affordable as a vacation spot, and has a culture rich in witchcraft. The Witches' Market, also known as El Mercado de las Brujas and La Hechiceria, is located in Cerro Cumbre, a mountain clearing within the city. Should you go, expect to find everything from medicinal plants to dried potions to tiny bottles with an assortment of items meant to be carried as amulets.
When walking around the market, you'll probably see yatiri, some of the last witch doctors left in South America. Marked by signature black hats and pouches filled with talismans and powders, the yatiri are said to have the power to contact the supernatural and deal in spiritual as well as physical matters. If you find one, you can have your future examined through a scattering of coca leaves, a "divine" plant known for having permeated every aspect of life, art, and mythology within the Incan Empire. While the majority of the yatiri's customers are now tourists, locals still seek out the witch doctors to have their illnesses cured and to obtain spells to improve every aspect of their life.
After you're done nurturing your soul, explore everything La Paz has to offer from local salteñas, or meat pastries, to kayaking and even ski parks! We've already picked out La Paz as one of the world's best cities to get a bang for your buck, so what are you waiting for? The world awaits.
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Subtopic: CANADA GRAIN ACT
Sub-subtopic: MEASURE TO AMEND
Motion agreed to, Bill read the third time and passed.
Steve Eugene Paproski (Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole)
Progressive Conservative
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Paproski):
I believe there is unanimous consent to call it one o'clock?
It being one o'clock, I do now leave the Chair until two o'clock this day.
At 12.33 p.m., the House took recess.
AFTER RECESS The House resumed at 2 p.m.
STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO S. O. 21
Hon. Warren Allmand (Notre-Dame-de-Grace-Lachine East): Mr. Speaker, this morning the National Action Committee on the Status of Women said that the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement is like an iceberg. There is much more July 26, 1988
to it than what appears. In other words, this is not just a trade agreement but an agreement which threatens Canadian independence with respect to our resources, our water, our energy, the environment, social policy and regional development. We in the Liberal Party are not opposed to freer trade, but we are opposed to this agreement. Unfortunately, many Canadians are confused by this complex deal and want time to examine it at greater length. This Bill will change the nature of Canada and make us a quasi colony of the United States. It is for this reason we must have an election before the trade Bill is passed. Let Canadians decide if they want this deal or not. What is the Government afraid of? Call an election!
Jean-Guy Guilbault
Mr. Jean-Guy Guilbault (Drummond):
Mr. Speaker, the Senate is an institution that costs $34 million a year and does not benefit Canada. Rather, it is an obsolete body that must be abolished.
Canadian democracy, as we would like it to be, has no place for this second chamber which intervenes in a partisan way without any mandate to do so.
The Canadian provinces have only one legislative body, made up of elected representatives who have had to go through the democratic process. The political development of the provinces is not endangered by having a unicameral legislature.
If the Liberals continue to intend to use the Senate to block the passage of the Free Trade Agreement and to insist that Canadians vote on this issue in the next election, we too can ask Canadians to speak out for the abolition of the Senate.
Subtopic: THE SENATE
Sub-subtopic: CANADA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FUR TRAPPING INDUSTRY
Roland de Corneille
Mr. Roland de Corneille (Eglinton-Lawrence):
Mr. Speaker, not many Canadians condone the use of the brutal leghold trap in the fur industry. It is obvious the European Community believes that no one should make their living by the inhumane suffering of animals. An animal caught in a leghold trap endures tremendous suffering for a considerable amount of time. It has been documented that animals have
chewed off their own legs to escape the pain caused them by these traps.
Alternate trapping devices do exist and they are more humane than the leghold device. A motion passed by this House on July 20 even states that Canada is a world leader in humane trap research. However, while this motion is aimed at maintaining the livelihood of many Canadians, it is really only a stop gap mechanism, falling far short of providing a solution to the controversy.
If the fur industry is to continue, then those involved in it must change their trapping methods forthwith. They must understand that using the leghold trap will always bring about a public outcry and will lead to the elimination of the fur industry's domestic as well as overseas markets, and even an end to the fur industry itself in Canada.
Subtopic: FUR TRAPPING INDUSTRY
Sub-subtopic: CHANGE IN TRAPPING METHODS URGED
John Martin Oostrom
Mr. John Oostrom (Willowdale):
Mr. Speaker, the destruction of our planet's rain forests will lead to environmental disaster. Scientists have predicted the Amazon Basin which contains the world's largest great rain forest, covering an area the size of Western Europe, will be destroyed by the end of the next decade. Rain forests in other parts of the planet have similar futures. With that destruction there will be a sharp increase in the level of carbon dioxide.
As carbon dioxide levels increase, so does the warming of our planet, which creates the greenhouse effect. Our planet is already experiencing its effects now. The present drought in North America and last year's unpredictable winter in Europe are examples of what we can expect. We in the developing nations must do whatever is necessary to reverse this trend while at the same time providing these nations with assistance so that they have viable economic alternatives.
Subtopic: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Sub-subtopic: DESTRUCTION OF PLANET'S RAIN FORESTS
Jean-Claude Malépart
Mr. Jean-Claude Malepart (Montreal-Sainte-Marie):
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Government has started to repeat what it did in the 1984 election, namely make promises that it will not keep.
We had the best evidence of that yesterday, when the Minister of National Defence (Mr. Beatty) was in Quebec City to lead the people of the Lauzon, Sorel and Vickers
shipyards to believe that the Government would build 12 minesweepers.
After Quebecers were cheated on the frigates, after the Ministers and Members from the region had promised spinoffs, we see the Minister of National Defence again trying to lull Quebecers.
Mr. Speaker, the people at the shipyards in Lauzon, Sorel and Montreal will not make the same mistake of believing this Government. They want elections so they can beat this Conservative Government.
Subtopic: SHIPYARDS
Sub-subtopic: CONSTRUCTION OF MINESWEEPERS-ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
CANADA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT-POSITION OF LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
Gabriel Desjardins
Mr. Gabriel Desjardins (Temiscamingue):
Mr. Speaker, Quebecers will never forgive the Leader of the Liberal Opposition (Mr. Turner) for working hand and glove with the Senate to block the will of Canada's elected representatives. The Francophone press in Quebec has severely criticized the Liberal Leader's strategy. On July 22, Claude Masson wrote in La Presse about the undemocratic nature of a decision he qualified as inconceivable and unpardonable. Paul-Andre Comeau, in an editorial in Le Devoir of July 22, under the heading "A desperate wager", asked the following question: "Is the Liberal Leader playing Russian roulette, with bullets in every single chamber?"
Mr. Speaker, this new blunder by the Liberal Leader shows once again that he doesn't understand the people of Quebec. Most Quebecers think the Senate is useless and costs too much money, and they will never have any sympathy for a politician who hides behind the skirts of this institution. In the next federal election, Quebecers will make the Liberal Leader pay a very high price for this underhanded manoeuvre which reveals a lack of the most elementary leadership!
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Growth Tubes for Establishment of Vineyards
by Danie van Schalkwyk | 1 Jun, 2000 | Viticulture research, Winetech Technical
A large percentage of the vineyards in South Africa still develop unevenly during the first year of establishment.
Consequently all the vines cannot be developed on the cordon wires in the same year and the vines have to be pruned back either to "kierie" or two bud stages.
Various growth tubes have appeared on the South African viticultural scene over the past two years. Most of these tubes were initially developed to improve the growth of young trees in the forestry industry. Growth tubes have been used in countries such as the United States (California), Australia and in parts of Europe for many years to promote uniform development of the vine in newly established vineyards from the first year of establishment. Scientific results from abroad have already indicated that the use of these growth tubes not only promotes overall vine development, but also entails large financial advantages for the producer in that the vines come into production at an earlier stage and vineyard management inputs are reduced (reduced irrigation requirements, better weed control in young vineyards, etc.) (Boyer, 1982; Due, 1996; Treeshelters, 1997). Although these growth tubes have been used by South African producers for the past two years, the influence thereof has not been evaluated in a scientific manner for South African conditions.
Three manufacturers/ distributors of growth tubes, namely Treessentials, Tubex and Viticor/ Global Green approached ARC-Nietvoorbij in 1998 to evaluate their respective growth tubes, namely Super Tubes, Tubex and Snapmax. If the growth tubes do indeed entail the advantages that have been proposed, it will be to the producer's financial advantage because vineyards will not only come into production at an earlier stage, but the economic breakeven point may be reached a year or more sooner. With a plant width of 1m x 2.75m (3 636 vines/ha), at present the initial capital outlay for the purchase of these growth tubes can amount to between R12 726/ha and R10 200/ha, which is relatively high. An advantage of these tubes is, however, that they may be used repeatedly and have a guaranteed life expentancy of 3 to 5 years. At the present cost this means an expense of only R2 545.20/ha or 70 cents/vine. If the production claim of 17.23 t/ha to 22.22 t/ha for Chardonnay may be reached in the second year after establishment (Boyer, 1982), it means that the total cost of the growth tubes will already be recovered in the first two years.
Growth tube Average shoot length (cm) *
Nietvoorbij Robertson
Tubex – A 113.2 ab 122.2 abc
Tubex. B 109.9 abc 128.6 a
Tubex. C 107.4 abcd 116.2 bc
Tubex. D 113.2 ab 123.1 abc
Tubex. E 115.1 a 123.7 ab
Super Tubes. 900mm 106.2 abcd 121.8 abc
Super Tubes. 650mm 98.9 de 115.4 bc
Snapmax. White – ** 113.3 c
Snapmax. Green 101.1 dc 116.0 bc
Control 104.3 bcd 118.7 abc
* Values followed by the same letter do not differ significantly. (P>0.05).
** This tube was not evaluated at Nietvoorbij.
All the growth tubes improved the growth rate, making the vines grow faster (Fig. 1 & 2 ). The effect was more prominent in the warmer Robertson area where the shoot length increased to approximately three times the tempo of the control. In general it seems that some of the tubes caused the vines to develop faster than others, but when considering the number of days taken by the vines to reach topping thickness, it is clear that the shoot thickness of the vines did not develop at the same tempo and the difference between vines in the tubes (tube vines) and the control vines was not so prominent (Fig. 3 & 4 ). At Nietvoorbij some of the tube vines reached topping thickness up to 24 days before the control and in Robertson up to 44 days earlier. Although the difference in performance between individual growth tubes in Robertson was significant, on average none of the manufacturers' tubes performed better than the others.
Table 1 shows the average shoot length at which the various tubes' shoots reached topping thickness. Although there were a number of significant differences, the information on its own is not worth much. The average number of days the vines took to reach topping thickness indicates that the tempo of shoot thickening does not differ between vines.
Table 2. Damage noted on Sauvignon blanc (Nietvoorbij) and Chardonnay (Robertson) vines that developed in growth tubes.
Type of tube Vines damaged by heat (%) Growing tips that grow downwards (%) Growing tips that broke off once the shoots grew taller than the tubes (%)
Nietvoorbij Robertson Nietvoorbij Robertson Nietvoorbij Robertson
Wynboer / June 2000
Wynboer – Vineyard
Written by Danie van Schalkwyk
Ten different growth tubes were installed on 8 and 9 October 1998 during budding in a newly established Chardonnay vineyard in Robertson (Photo 1), and just after budding in a Sauvignon blanc vineyard at Nietvoorbij (Photo 2). A control, where no tubes were installed, was also included at each of the sites. The two trials were laid out according to a randomised block design with five repetitions of 10 vines per site. In Robertson irrigation was applied using micro-spitters according to class A pan evaporation figures. The vineyard at Nietvoorbij received three additional irrigations by means of sprinkle irrigation. In Robertson temperature sensors were installed inside and outside the growth tubes to monitor inside and outside temperatures on an hourly basis.
During the evaluation of the tubes the following aspects were monitored:
User friendliness during installation, after installation and during the removal of the tubes.
Occurrence of pests and diseases and control thereof.
Growth tempo (days until the vines reached pencil thickness at the cordon wire and could be topped). Shoot lengths were measured on a weekly basis at both sites to determine the increase in growth and therefore growth tempo.
Stem thickness of the rootstock and the scion above the graft and at the cordon wire.
One of the most important requirements during installation and afterwards is that the base of the tubes has to be sealed with soil on the outside to a height of at least 5 cm or sunken to a depth of 5 cm to eliminate air flow from the bottom. The soil at the base of the tube must be compacted by treading on it, in order to seal the tubes properly at the base.
The results of nine of the growth tubes are reported below. A general overview of the first year's results is given and no recommendations are made regarding results obtained with specific tubes. A few advantages and disadvantages of the tubes will be discussed.
Advantages of growth tubes
Installation is easy and does not take much time. Some of the tubes are sturdier than others and do not have to be folded or stapled.
All tubes already have the required holes and/or clips to attach them to cordon wires or wooden poles, reeds, etc. Here it is important to note that the tubes have to be securely attached to cordon wires or irrigation wires so that they will not move and blow away during strong winds. Some of the tubes are equipped with specially designed snap locks to attach them to the cordon wire and prevent them from moving on the cordon wire (Photo 3).
Chemical weed control can be safely practised. Manual labour for grubbing of weeds is eliminated.
No labour is required to attach the shoots to the cordon wire.
Stems develop straighter than usual (Photo 4).
Suckering can take place in all the tubes. Some tubes were better designed for this purpose than others, however, an important tip is not to begin suckering before shoots start to grow higher than the tubes. It is very important that the stems should not be stripped of their leaves. Only the lateral shoots and unnecessary main shoots must be suckered. If all the leaves on the stem are stripped, or suckered too early, the vine's photosynthetic capacity is reduced, with the result that the mini-hothouse effect of the tubes is neutralised. This also reduces the factory which provides nutrients for root development.
The temperature and humidity inside the tubes are too high for the development of downy mildew and powdery mildew. Spraying against fungal diseases is therefore unnecessary until the shoots start to extend out of the top of the tubes and spraying costs are thus reduced.
Standard pest control may be exercised and no special measures or methods are required.
Depending on whether lateral shoorts are developed on the cordon wire in the first year, it is relatively easy to remove all the different kinds of tubes and under normal circumstances this does not require a lot of time.
Once removed, tubes may be folded flat and take up relatively little storage space.
If tubes are cut open at the side, they may be used again the following year by sealing the sides with adhesive tape.
All the tubes are re-useable. This distributes the cost of the tubes over the number of years that they will be used.
The soil in the tube remained moist longer than that of the control, which means that the period between irrigation can probably also be extended.
No plastic is required for the establishment of vines which receive supplementary irrigation.
Vines are also protected against animal and wind damage.
Disadvantages of growth tubes
Some of the tubes first have to be folded or stapled before they can be installed. This may take up to 11 or 12 seconds per tube. When the tubes are stapled, one should ensure that the sides do not overlap too much, otherwise the volume of the tube is reduced and the efficiency of the tube may be restricted. This often results in shoots growing out of the sides of the tubes. This also happens when the tubes are not properly clipped shut or stapled (Photos 5 & 6).
Some of the tubes are less sturdy and cannot be pressed into moist soil, which means that the soil has to be ridged against the outside base of the tube. This can be time consuming, since some of the tubes are flimsy and can even collapse in the process.
If the right kind of "tube hangers" is not available for some of the tubes, it may create problems to attach the tubes firmly to the cordon wire, especially if an irrigation wire is absent.
Where the tubes have folds at the sides, the shoots are sometimes inclined to grow out of the fold and may be damaged at the time of chemical weed control.
If lateral shoots are developed on the cordon wire, some of the tubes have to be cut open so that the vines may be suckered or the tubes may have to be removed. These tubes do have a perforated strip at the side which was designed for this purpose.
Snapping the tubes open and shut or removing them during suckering may be time consuming.
The design of all the tubes is not quite suitable for the development of lateral shoots on the cordon wires, in which case it is recommended that the tubes should be installed slightly lower than or under the height of the cordon wire.
The tubes offer an ideal hideaway for insects.
Some of the tubes lose their colour in the first year and therefore possibly also their effectiveness in the following year.
The solid tubes may take up a lot of storage space if they are not cut open.
The cost should be weighed up against the durability of the tube.
Vineyard performance
Growth tempo was monitored on a weekly basis and the main shoot was topped at cordon wire height as soon as it reached pencil thickness. The first suckering took place at the beginning of December 1998, when most shoots started growing out of the top of the tubes. This was followed by a late suckering at the beginning of February 1999.
Table 1. The influence of growth tubes on the average shoot length of Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc as measured during the topping of vines at pencil thickness.
Tubex. A
Tubex. B
Tubex – C
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley,  (19 October 1933 – 15 January 2019) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

RAF career
Educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Skingsley joined the Royal Air Force in 1955. He became officer commanding No. 214 Squadron in 1972, Station Commander at RAF Laarbruch in 1974 and Assistant Chief of Staff (Air Offensive) at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1977 before becoming Director of Air Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1979.

He went on to be Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) at SHAPE in 1980, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell, in 1983 and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1985. He was then Air Member for Personnel from 1986, Commander-in-Chief of RAF Germany and Second Tactical Air Force from 1987 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief AFCENT from 1989 before retiring in 1992.

Death
Skingsley died on 15 January 2019, aged 85.

Family
In 1957 he married Lilwen Dixon; they have two sons and one daughter.

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15 Amazing Trivia Facts for Kids
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Ready to be amazed? Whether you're looking for something interesting to discuss on a road trip, or just want to learn something new, below are 15 amazing trivia facts for kids. Each of them is in a different category, so there's something for you no matter what you're interested in!
Trivia Facts for Kids
Sports: In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA basketball game. No one has broken this record (not even Steph Curry!).
Geography: The smallest country in the world, Vatican City, takes up 0.2 square miles, which is just a little bigger than Disneyland.
Music: The country of Monaco, the second smallest country in the world, has a bigger military orchestra than military.
Movies: 555 is the area code used for phone numbers in movies; it's not real, so don't bother dialing.
Television: Curious George isn't actually a monkey. George doesn't have a tail, which suggest he's a chimpanzee. And chimps aren't monkeys – they're apes.
Just For Fun: The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. Can you say it?
Miscellaneous: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. How many can you figure out? We'll start: one is with four quarters.
History: Abe Lincoln was a professional wrestler long before he became the 16th President of the United States.
Literature: Dr. Seuss's book "Green Eggs and Ham" uses only 50 words. Besides the four in the title, how many do you remember?
Language: A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same way from both ends, like mom or racecar. Can you come up with a new palindrome?
Science: It takes eight minutes and 19 seconds for light to travel from the sun to Earth. The light you're seeing right now is over 8 minutes old!
Gaming: There are 18 types of Pokemon: Normal, Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel, Fairy. Now close your eyes and try to name all 18 from memory!
Entertainment: Spongiforma squarepantsii is the scientific name for a type of mushroom named after Spongebob Squarepants, because it kinds of looks like him!
Religion: The word "halo" is never mentioned in the text of The Bible. Neither is the word "Bible!"
Holiday: In Virginia cities, you're not legally allowed to go trick-or-treating for Halloween if you're over 14 years old. Do you think that's fair?
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Troy archery teams qualify for nationals
Photos courtesy of Delaney Fields Troy High School archers Jonny Micholas (left) and Nic Matthews line up their shots during the state competition.
Troy High School's Rachel Anderson prepares to fire during the state archery competition.
Troy High School archer Delaney Fields pulls back on her bow and arrow during the state archery competition.
Troy's Evan Joins (left) and Mackenzie Smith line up their shots during the state archery competition.
Wyatt Centliver (left) and Sheridan Sparks compete for the Troy archery team at last week's state tournament.
Troy's Rutvik Patel (left) and Haley Feltner compete last week at state.
By Delaney Fields
For Miami Valley Today
COLUMBUS — The Troy High School and Troy Junior High School archery teams both recently qualified for national competition after placing at the state competition in Columbus.
The Troy High School team finished second in the state with a score of 3,328, the highest score in recent years for the Trojans. The top shooters for the high school included: Dale Sentman, Katelyn Reese, Brooke Stockslager, Haley Feltner, Mackenzie Smith, Matthew Spencer, Avery Osborn, Delaney Fields, Taylor Henn, Wyatt Centliver, Merideth Sentman, and Austin Waterson.
The Troy Junior High School team placed 16th witha score of 3,052. The junior high top 12 included: Jacob Ross, Dahlia Lazier, Alyx Grube, Ethan Martin, Gavin Palkovic, Andrew Jones, Kiernan Schnur, Josh Clark, Adrienne Post, Logan Stanton, Trinity Hanan and Brenden Eickman.
Both teams have qualified for the national competition, which will take place this May in Louisville, Ky.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/03/web1_-Jonny-Micholas-and-Nic-Matthews.jpgPhotos courtesy of Delaney Fields Troy High School archers Jonny Micholas (left) and Nic Matthews line up their shots during the state competition.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/03/web1_Rachel-Anderson.jpgTroy High School's Rachel Anderson prepares to fire during the state archery competition.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/03/web1_Delaney-Fields.jpgTroy High School archer Delaney Fields pulls back on her bow and arrow during the state archery competition.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/03/web1_-Evan-Joins-and-Mackenzie-Smith-.jpgTroy's Evan Joins (left) and Mackenzie Smith line up their shots during the state archery competition.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/03/web1_Wyatt-Centliver-and-Sheridan-Sparks.jpgWyatt Centliver (left) and Sheridan Sparks compete for the Troy archery team at last week's state tournament.
https://www.tdn-net.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2019/03/web1_Rutvik-Patel-and-Haley-Feltner.jpgTroy's Rutvik Patel (left) and Haley Feltner compete last week at state.
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After waking up in order to find an hospital to find my anti-rabies serum (we found it, first injection done !), we headed to Coba- eternal rival of Chichen Itza. Apparently 50k people used to live here and the town has been able to bu of tactics relationship with Tikal and Calakmul. Besides, some excavations 20 years ago showed that it had similar fresques and artefacts than Teotihuacan showing relationships with this city located 2000kms apart !
I don't know if it's because we saw many ruins, if we were still processing the fact that I had been bitten by a dog the day before or If it's because we arrived around 12pm the busiest time of the day but these were not our favourite ruins.
It's always interesting of course walk in the middle of the jungle, to climb a 42m pyramid- long legs and short feet again I bet for the Mayan! - and have a view on the jungle. What made it a bit different maybe is that many parts are still undiscovered so covered with trees etc, the pyramid is not symmetric, it has a big collection of stelae with many women sculptures suggesting they were working and we discovered some ball courts suggesting the Mayan were playing a ball game. After walking 7 kilometres (the site is huge!) we drove further to Bacalar to spend the next day chilling on the lake.
Bacalar is really nice. Imagine a big lake with 7 shades of blue from the dark blue to transparent blue to pastel blue. Not in the sea no! In a LAKE.
The landscape are amazing and we felt like in French Polynesia with the many pilotis bungalow and the sailing boat! Beautiful!
You can rent a kayak, do a cruise, just chill on the lake. A perfect morning for us!
# we had some really nice tacos al pastor (still our favorites!) at La Pina in the town.
# Coba: 70 pesos per person. Besides hire a bike as the site is huge! Make sure you are there at 8am to avoid the crowds.


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Finding Love FOR NEVER AND ALWAYS–Review and Giveaway!
Hi there! Today I'm sharing a review for a fantastic supernatural M/M contemporary romance from Ana J. Phoenix. FOR NEVER AND ALWAYS is an emotional tale about two friends who had secretly loved one another finding themselves in the afterlife. It's a total tear-jerker…
Catch the excerpt, my review and the giveaway below.
Seth finds himself alone at an abandoned train station, with no idea what happened, or how he got there. He boards a train, only to discover it's a special express transporting the recently deceased to their final destination.
The conductor tells him he's having a near-death experience. Seth wonders if it has something to do with his violent boyfriend, but that doesn't matter. All that matters is getting the hell off the train before he actually dies. But when he spots his best friend and secret crush among the traveling dead, the urge to leave fades…
For a minute, they sat in silence with only the rumbling of the train disturbing the quiet. When it became apparent that Seth wasn't going to start speaking, Carter asked, "Still want to go on that road trip?"
"Not without you."
"Mhm… If we could go together?" It wasn't possible, of course, but Carter wasn't interested in reality right now. One reason he hadn't told Seth he was dying was because he'd enjoyed making all those unrealistic plans, after all, and he still did.
"I would go anywhere with you."
"Yeah?" Carter let go of Seth's neck and tightened his grip around his shoulder. "Where would you like to go first?"
"Seattle."
Seth looked at him with that certain shine in his eyes he got when he talked about technology and space and all that. "The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame," he said, predictably.
"God, you are such a geek."
"Geeks rule the world."
"Yeah? I don't know about that."
"It's true, though! We created the Internet and launched mankind into space. What did zombie fanatics ever do?"
"Uh… we make good movies?"
Seth scoffed. "We have Star Wars and Star Trek and—"
"Aren't those the same thing?"
"Oh no, you didn't!"
Carter laughed. He'd rarely seen Seth look so offended. But whatever it was Seth had been worrying about earlier, he wasn't thinking about it now, and that was a win.
Seth and Carter have been friends since forever. They haven't kept in touch over the last couple years because Seth's controlling and abusive boyfriend, Tony, has isolated him from his few friends and family. Seth felt this was acceptable, to some degree, because he harbored a long-time crush on his straight best friend. A good boyfriend wouldn't talk to guys he finds attractive, right? And, especially not when his boyfriend doesn't want him to do so, right? Besides, Carter's at college, and he has a girlfriend. He doesn't want to hear Seth's troubles…
The book opens with Seth on a strange train platform, uncertain how he arrived there, and wondering how to get home so he can make Tony's dinner. Immediately the reader knows that something awful has happened to Seth, and that Tony has likely had some role in it. A ghostly train arrives and Seth steps aboard. The conductor gives him the low down–it's a train of souls on the way to their final destination. Thing is, Seth's not dead…yet. He has the power to step off the train at any station, as long as the doors remain clear to his vision. If he lingers, however, that option will disappear, and Seth will be dead. While Seth sorts out if he should disembark, he's shown to his cabin, and his roommate is Carter.
Carter has only 6 stops remaining until he's a lost soul. He knows this, knows he must make peace with himself and his choices, but he's struggling. He hid his disease from the two people he loved most in the world–Seth is one of them–and he's saddled with regret for never telling Seth that he loved him.
Even now, as they share space and final moments on this train, both Seth and Carter are shielding their deepest secrets from the other. Carter wants Seth off the train, right now, but Seth won't leave. He can't remember how he came to be on the platform, and he needs to solve this mystery before he decides if he wants to return. Did Tony beat him into a coma? Was is some other trauma? This makes a difference to Seth; he doesn't want to return to the living if he's only going to make the same mistakes.
Carter watches the stops tick off, and is unable to let go of his past–mostly because his love for Seth is so strong. When he finally confesses, it's not to the reaction he expected. Seth is angry that they never had their chance, and frustrated that Carter hid his bisexuality. These do work it out, over the course of the train ride, and they get their collective houses in order, too.
I'm not going to say more about the plot. It's fantastic, and heart-rending, and tumultuous. I feel better having read this book, not for any sense of spirituality, but for thinking about my own regrets and soul burdens, and considering how best to let them go. This is a love story, at it's core. Seth and Carter have an epic love for each other that was never acknowledged in life, but this ride of reckoning allows it time to bloom.
Small flashbacks allow the backstory to be inserted at poignant moments. The clock is always ticking, however, and Seth wishes to linger with Carter forever. Will he? Carter died young, and his regrets are many. Can he clear his soul and enter the afterlife? Or will he be one of the tormented lost souls that claw at the doors of the train whenever it stops? I will say that the book has a happy ending, even if it's not a convenient as it could have been. I liked that. Hard choices make for good conflict and interesting stories. At each turn we could have had the "easy" answer, and we really never get that, here, which is a credit to the story. I loved the idea of soul mates meeting as souls, and it's very well handled here. It's even a bit steamy, which was awesome. Highly recommend!
Interested? You can find FOR NEVER AND ALWAYS on Goodreads and Amazon. It's a phenomenal deal for $.99!
Click on this Rafflecopter giveaway link for your chance to win a set of Star Wars cookie cutters!
Ana writes m/m romance and erotica. Her interest in hot guy-on-guy action was first sparked by reading scandalous Japanese mangas. A dirty secret she couldn't resist. In a long bout of insanity – also known as her life — she decided to learn the language and escape to the land of sushi, sumo, and yaoi.
She's since moved back to Europe to be with the love of her life – delicious European chocolate.
Now she resides in the sunny part of Germany where she fills her days chasing her dreams and writing about men in complicated relationships. Her family believes she's writing "erotic manga stories." She's pleased they got the erotic part right, at least.
Catch up with Ana online on Facebook and twitter.
March 10, 2016 Veronica Rundell	adult contemporary, Ana J Phoenix, FOR NEVER AND ALWAYS, Gay romance, M/M Romance, Supernatural fiction


We all know we need to exercise.
But it's hard to know how we should exercise. Running, lifting weights, yoga, swimming, every type of exercise has its followers who tell you it's the best exercise. With this much noise coming in, it can get difficult to determine who to listen to.
That is why on today's episode of The Tai Lopez Show, we are joined by gerontologist Dr. Paul H. Kim MD to discuss the benefits of certain types of exercise. Dr. Kim's expertise in genetics and hematology helps us determine how to best approach aging in the healthiest way possible. In today's interview, we specifically look at the value of weightlifting and its effect on longevity.


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Construction Bonds Establishing Secure Connections
This construction bond is the title given to a kind of surety bond that has been made to come into use by investors in projects related to construction. This step has mostly been taken to provide a certain kind of protection against a very severe kind of event taking place that can cause a certain kind of hindrance or failure in the completion of the project, the reason behind it being the insolvency of the builders or the inefficiency of the job to meet ends with the specifications of the contract.
Usually you will notice the existence of three kinds of parties in a construction bond, namely they are the party that has a hand behind the building of the project, the eventual owners and then finally you have the surety company that has got the back of the bond.
As for the types, this kind of bond contains three types; let us have a look at the list:
• THE BID BONDS
In situations where as the expected honor and respect for the bid by the principal which in this case might be the contractor is not met, this bid bond comes into the picture where it provides protection to the owner of the project. The obligee held under the existence of this bond in this case is the owner and he absolutely has the rights to sue the surety and the principal if he wills to in order to establish the enforcement of the bond. In case the principal refuses to extend any kind of honor to the concerned bid, then he takes the responsibility of being liable for any kind of additional costs that might surface.
• THE PERFORMANCE BONDS
This performance bond is used to provide a kind of assurance or rather guarantee by the contractor or the principal. This guarantee talks about the completion of the contract in full accordance with its respective terms. IF under any circumstances, the principal is seen to be facing defaults, the owner holds the right of calling upon the surety to ensure that the contract meets its completion. In that case, the surety will have no other choice but to hand over the contract to a new designated contractor.
• THE PAYMENT BONDS
This is the kind you head to when you need all your payments to be guaranteed, the payments that have been lying under the due tag to subcontractors and some other from the mentioned principal. The subcontractors and the suppliers are the ones who qualify as the beneficiaries for the payment bond. This bond proves to be of a tremendous benefit to the owner especially, the reason being that it comes as a substitute to the mechanic's liens as a non-payment remedy.
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iPad mini iPad Mini users: Would you switch to the bigger iPad if it's as thin as the mini?
Discussion in 'iPad' started by zooby, Feb 28, 2013.
The main feature of the mini is its screen size, not its thickness. If one is happy with that, why go bigger?
Say the full-sized iPad is released to be as thin as the mini - would you make the switch/switch back? Why or why not?
no, i prefer the mini, for i like the small size of screen.
If they could make the 27" iMac as thin as the mini, I'd just slip that into my bag. After all, it's all about the thickness.
Anyone know where I can buy a 50 mile extension lead?
I would be tempted.....I love my iPad 3, and the thickness is fine but if I could get a screen as good in a noticeably lighter package, while retaining the quality build feel, I might be persuaded to part with some cash for that.
No, as its not the thinness that makes the ipad mini my tablet of choice, its the actual overall size of it that makes it that appeals.
The only thing that wil make me change the device is if they create a retina version of the mini.
I haven't used the Mini, but the reason why I kept the iPad 2 over upgrading to the iPad 3 was the thinness. If the iPad becomes more portable, I'd definitely go with that. The bigger screen is just more enjoyable when you want to share with other people.
It's not just about the thickness as you'd need a much bigger bag.
It's not just how thin it is, it's the height and width of it. And as for that, a slightly thicker Mini wouldn't be an issue either.
So to answer you question. No, I won't be switching away from the Mini. At least not for my current usage. And I don't foresee needing the larger iPad in the future.
For me it is a weight thing - if the iPad 5 manages to make it weigh substantially less then yes I would use the iPad 5.
The thing that really surprised me about the mini is that because of the proportions being the same I don't find myself missing that bigger screen.
Video playback and drawing apps seem to be the only two situations where a bigger screen is useful - can others think of reasons why a bigger screen benefits - when you don't see anymore because everything is just bigger.
And photo viewing would be affected by screen size as well.
The other real reason is viewing distance.
Other than that I agree that the Mini is just fine for a lot of applications.
yea photos are another one - you can pinch in and see alot of detail with the bigger iPad.
Portrait browsing is easier on the larger screen.
yea I've heard that and I don't understand it that much - I pinch in and focus on just the part of the page anyways - even on the bigger iPad - but everyone's browsing habits are different.
Even on the big iPad I prefer to use the Reader button in the URL bar when possible.
But you haven't seen his bag.
For me it's not just about the thickness, but also about the screen size - I'll never give up my mini (except for a better mini), but I am certain the larger iPad if it gets the mini treatment would be a stunning device, even better than it is today.
Its thin and that's great, but the real utility comes into play because its a 7" tablet. I can easily fit the tablet in my coat pocket, use it with one hand while I'm commuting on the subway. I cannot do that with the larger iPads.
No, because the issue isn't the thinness it's the weight.
I thought it was the price?
The current iPad is thin enough, but I'd love for it to be lighter. I prefer the larger screen because its easier on my eyes (I have vision problems so I'm always setting fonts to be bigger, even on the 9.7 inch screen), and touch targets are easier to hit. I have mobility issues so I suspect this is a bigger problem for me than for most able-bodied people. I also think that for the same reason, a larger screen is better for very young children who have yet to fully develop muscle coordination. I don't have any clothing with pockets big enough for the mini, and while the mini's smaller size does make it easier to handle, I suspect that if the iPad 5 is significantly lighter than the 3, I'd ditch the mini and go back to carrying the full sized iPad. I'd definitely buy the 5 when it comes out, and we'll see whether the 5 or the mini wins out as my out-of-home device.
Not for me I'd buy the mini even if it was the same price as the regular iPad. Though for some people that would be a large factor I except.
Yes, as much as I like the Mini, the screen size is too close to the size of the iPhone, so I would like a 9.7 inch display with the same thickness as the Mini.


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U.S. Congress Reverses Post September 11 NSA Surveillance Program, Sends USA Freedom Act to Obama
By Scott June 3, 2015 2 Mins Read
Reuters on US Congress reversing post September 11 NSA surveillance programs, sending the USA Freedom Act to President Obama for signature:
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation reforming a government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans' telephone records, sending the bill to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign into law.
Reversing security policy in place since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the bill would end a system exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The spy agency collected and searched records of phone calls looking for terrorism leads but was not allowed to listen to their content.
Passage of the USA Freedom Act, the result of an alliance between Senate Democrats and some of the chamber's most conservative Republicans, was a victory for Obama, a Democrat, and a setback for Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The new law would require companies such as Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc, to collect and store telephone records the same way that they do now for billing purposes.
But instead of routinely feeding U.S. intelligence agencies such data, the companies would be required to turn it over only in response to a government request approved by the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Although not as expansive as needed to reverse most of the authorities given to the NSA to stop their privacy-invading internet surveillance on American citizens' communications, the USA Freedom Act is a much needed piece of legislation. However, not all is peachy in Kansas; the NSA has multiple, overlapping authorities, allowing them to perform their invasive operations.
Just because this very specific authority has been revoked does not mean all NSA operations cease. Expect them to continue to listen in on communications using one of a number of other remaining authorities, such as Section 702 and EO 12333.
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