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An announcement on the detail of a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme may be imminent, with effect possibly as early as the first quarter of next year. The package, which represents the culmination of more than two years' work by officials, addresses some of the tax issues involved in creating a single trans-Tasman market for superannuation. But it does not go far enough in our view, with the result that the flow of funds is likely to be much heavier from New Zealand to Australia than vice versa – with negative effects on the pool of New Zealand superannuation savings.
This Brief Counsel examines the expected changes and discusses those further changes we consider necessary to create a level playing field.
The aim of the policy changes is to allow persons moving from Australia to New Zealand, or vice versa, to transfer their locked-in retirement savings from the country where the savings were generated into a scheme in their new country of residence. By allowing (in particular) employment-based savings to be aggregated in one place, there is more likelihood that savings will not simply be left behind and forgotten. This is particularly a problem for Australian superannuation, which currently is not able to be cashed up or transferred by a person leaving Australia permanently.
The tougher lock-in requirements applying to the New Zealand scheme.
Unless these are also addressed, the risk is that the flow of funds will be weighted toward Australia.
Provision to allow a person to retain already received member tax credits when transferring funds from KiwiSaver or a complying superannuation fund (CSF) to an approved Australian scheme. Although permanent emigrants out of New Zealand are not taxed on the withdrawal or transfer of their KiwiSaver/CSF funds, currently they do forfeit those tax credit amounts, which are repaid to Inland Revenue. This loss, while not strictly speaking a tax, has the same effect as one.
A likely quid pro quo for the retention of accumulated tax credit amounts will be that persons emigrating permanently to Australia are no longer able to withdraw their KiwiSaver/CSF balances after 12 months.
No tax will be charged on transfers from Australian schemes into a KiwiSaver or (possibly) other registered scheme with Australian-equivalent lock-in requirements.
Australian schemes are like KiwiSaver schemes in that contributors can generally access their savings at will from age 65. But Australia offers a wider range of early access provisions, including (from a "preservation age" that is somewhere between 55 and 60 depending on date of birth) for early partial or full retirement or taking a retirement income stream. KiwiSaver savings are generally locked in until age 65 (with limited early-withdrawal facilities).
To achieve genuine portability, it may be necessary to allow funds transferred from Australia to remain subject to Australian withdrawal rules. This would require fund providers to separately identify the transferred funds (and earnings on them).
For KiwiSaver/CSF funds transferred to an Australian scheme, the issue will be whether those funds can be cashed up if the person later moves permanently to a third country, as is currently the case 12 months post-emigration with KiwiSaver/CSF balances (excluding tax credit amounts).
At the same time, Australia may not want transfers to approved New Zealand schemes to be used as a way to allow Australians to cash up their superannuation savings early. Accordingly, if a person first moves to New Zealand, and then emigrates to a third country, any Australian-sourced savings in the New Zealand scheme might have to remain there, or be returned to Australia.
The immigrant from Australia will no doubt also consider the income tax rate which the New Zealand Government will impose on the earnings generated by their transferred savings. If the savings are left in Australia, the tax rate is either 10% or 15%, and Australian franking credits on dividends can be offset against this liability. However, if the savings are moved to New Zealand, they will generally be taxed at the person's portfolio investor rate of either 19.5% or 30% (with an exemption for gains from shares in Australian-listed and New Zealand companies).
Unless the New Zealand Government is prepared to provide a concessional tax rate to the earnings on the transferred funds, it seems unlikely that anyone with any significant amounts in Australian superannuation would seek to transfer those amounts to an approved New Zealand scheme.
Providing a concessional tax rate would clearly be in New Zealand's best interests, so long as it could be limited to the earnings on the transferred funds. It would increase the tax take (since without it, most of the funds will simply stay in Australia). It would, however, involve some administrative complexity for the fund providers.
Which New Zealand schemes should be eligible?
Another issue is identifying the schemes into which Australian savings can be moved. There is no reason to limit these to KiwiSaver schemes. Any registered superannuation scheme should be an acceptable transferee, provided that it imposes the necessary lock-in restrictions on funds transferred from Australia. Because inward transfers from Australia may be expensive to administer, and KiwiSaver schemes are generic in character and subject to reasonable fees constraints, providers may prefer to use non-KiwiSaver schemes to offer portability.
At least some of the issues addressed by portability could also be addressed by simply exempting from New Zealand tax any withdrawal from an approved Australian scheme. This makes a good deal of sense, since the amounts withdrawn have already been subject to Australian tax in most cases. The imposition of New Zealand tax with no recognition of the Australian tax already paid is a clear case of economic double taxation.
Of course, New Zealand would not give such an exemption unless Australia did the same for withdrawals by Australian residents from KiwiSaver schemes. Because both countries now operate, in substance, a TTE system (taxed contributions, taxed earnings, exempt withdrawals) for their superannuation schemes (with some exceptions in Australia's case) such a reciprocal exemption is not too difficult to contemplate.
Tax changes to facilitate trans-Tasman retirement savings portability are welcome. However, they need to go beyond ensuring there is no tax on the transfer of funds if they are to be practically effective. As proposed, the changes are likely to lead to funds moving to Australian schemes without much coming back this way.
The implications of this for the New Zealand savings industry, and for New Zealand's capital markets more generally, are potentially serious.


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10 Top Nasdaq Stocks to Buy Now
By James Brumley, Contributing Writer | July 13, 2018
Not all that long ago, a Nasdaq listing of a stock was met with a bit of derision. While it wasn't as lowly as the "pink sheets," the up-and-coming exchange – which was more of a telecommunications network and less of an actual trading floor – just didn't have street cred. Thus, Nasdaq stocks weren't taken as seriously as the tickers associated with the New York Stock Exchange.
But a funny thing happened as the 1990s turned into the 2000s. Largely thanks to the explosive growth of Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) – both of which were listed on the Nasdaq exchange – the little tech-heavy exchange began to be recognized as the place where investors could participate in the technology evolution.
Little has changed in the meantime. The Nasdaq still is a technology-oriented exchange, and still home to some of the stock market's most rewarding names. So rewarding, in fact, that they have driven the Nasdaq composite to numerous fresh highs in 2018.
Here's a rundown of 10 of the most compelling Nasdaq stocks. Some are familiar, some not so much. In all cases, though, these companies offer something special their peers don't.
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Data is as of July 12, 2018.
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Market value: $5.4 billion
Most investors might not be familiar with MKS Instruments (MKSI, $97.95), but Wall Street analysts certainly are, and they love what they see. It's one of the few Nasdaq stocks the professionals rater better than a buy, leaning toward a strong buy – the highest possible rating. Better still, the average analyst price target of $137 is a whopping 40% higher than the stock's current price.
In May, Citi went so far as to name MKSI as its top mid-cap/small-cap in the technology fabrication equipment space.
MKS Instruments, as the name suggests, makes a variety of scientific instruments. From optical gas analysis to pressure measurement to motion control, the company makes solutions the average consumer couldn't care less about – but that the average manufacturer can't live without.
The results underscore that demand. MKS Instruments is expected to grow revenues by 14% this year, and the bottom line should expand at an even faster pace. For the record, MKSI has topped estimates in most of its recent quarters, by a lot.
The kicker: With MKSI priced at less than 14 times trailing earnings and a forward-looking price-to-earnings ratio of about 10, MKSI is an unusual bargain amid technology stocks.
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Market value: $18.4 billion
If MKS Instruments is a growth machine, Abiomed (ABMD, $414.61) is a growth factory. The company's revenues are expected to grow 29% this year, then at the same clip in 2019. Profits are even more peppy; last year's per-share profit of $2.45 is projected to reach $3.55 this year, then swell to $4.77 next year.
Abiomed is the maker of a medical device that's earned the accolade "game changer." Its lineup of heart pumps, branded under the name Impella, are not only the smallest heart pumps in the world, but also one of the most technologically advanced. In February, the FDA approved an upgrade to the Impella CP, adding an optical pressure sensor to the device that makes it more effective and create more information about a patient's heart for caregivers.
ABMD shares aren't cheap. The stock's 191% rally over the past 12 months has driven shares to a frothy valuation; even with strong earnings growth on tap, the forward P/E of 87 is tough to swallow. But this might be a case where the hype and potential of the Impella device, three years down the road, still puts it among Nasdaq stocks you should add to your watchlist.
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Nasdaq Inc.
Here's an appropriate coincidence: The exchange where many great-but-overlooked stocks trade is a great investment in and of itself.
The company is simply called Nasdaq Inc. (NDAQ, $93.37), and it's not just focused on its U.S. exchange. Nasdaq operates more than 90 markets in 50 different countries, serving as the middleman for stocks, options, futures, commodities and more.
That diverse revenue stream doesn't make Nasdaq immune to economic ebbs and flows. It's a small, inter-related world, and an economic cold contracted anywhere in the world can be felt everywhere else. Nevertheless, that diversity smooths out some of the rough edges.
That's not even the clincher. The reason investors may want to step into Nasdaq is, for all the fear that seems and sounds prevalent about stocks right now, young companies still are hungry for funding, and investors still are hungry for new opportunities. Both parties are coming to Nasdaq to make it happen, more than ever. The exchange added 151 new listings during the first half of this year, and as of the end of the second quarter, Nasdaq has been the IPO leader for 18 consecutive months. More listings mean more fee revenue.
As long as the global economy continues to move forward, Nasdaq has an edge.
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The prospects of an all-out trade war between China and the United States have terrified investors. They've been particularly haunting for technology investors because disputes about intellectual property have been particularly tense. In short, both countries have been increasingly hesitant to let the other have access to certain pieces of critical hardware.
Lam Research (LRCX, $171.32), however, may not be as vulnerable to the geopolitical spat as it might seem.
Moody's Senior Vice President Richard Lane made the call in late June, flatly noting, "China's tariffs and/or trade restrictions would have only a limited impact on Applied Materials Inc., Lam Research Corp. and KLA-Tencor Corp., since indigenous Chinese customers represent just 6%, or $1.8 billion, of their annual aggregate revenue." Lane also said non-Chinese customers will drive plenty of revenue for these outfits for the foreseeable future.
Lam Research, by the way, isn't so much a technology maker as it is a company that allows more conventional tech companies make their wares. Its wafer fabrication equipment, for instance, allows chipmakers such as Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to make ever-better computing solutions.
It's still subject to the cyclical nature of technology, but much less so than other technology players. The race among chipmakers to offer the fastest, smallest chips never really stops, setting the stage for consistent revenue.
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Market value: $765.1 million
The solar-power investing movement mostly fell off the radar a few years back, following a frenzied 2008 that turned many of the industry's publicly traded companies into temporary heroes. That's especially true of Canadian solar panel makers such as Canadian Solar (CSIQ, $13.06), which doesn't enjoy the benefit of being squarely in U.S. investors' sights.
Solar isn't fading into the background, nor will it become just a footnote in the world's history of energy. A projected 104 gigawatts worth of solar power production capacity should be installed this year, with similar installations expected every year through 2022.
Canadian Solar – one of the survivors of solar's post-2008 headwind – may well be the proverbial gold standard in the business. Not only is it still innovating, creating wares like more efficient bifacial panels, but it's also doing development deals with partners that should theoretically be making their own panels. Case in point: Japan's Yamaguchi Shin Mine solar power project tapped Canadian Solar as the supplier of the panels used in the 56-megawatt facility.
The distant future rarely looks all that bright for Canadian Solar (or its peers). Prospects tend to turn into buyers on a last-minute basis, however, setting the stage for significant long-term, even if uneven, revenue and income growth. Analysts are looking for 25% sales growth this year.
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Market value: $124.8 billion
Think Adobe (ADBE, $248.12) is just the company that pioneered the Portable Document Format (PDF), making it easy for web users to view and handle identical copies of documents? Think again. Adobe's Acrobat is arguably the least important piece of its portfolio now. Adobe is a full-blown digital marketing company, with some pretty impressive tools to offer current and prospective customers.
Morningstar analyst Ali Mogharabi explains, "While Adobe was not the first mover in marketing software (now dubbed Experience Cloud), an argument can be made that it is the leader." He adds, "While we believe there are some companies whose needs may not align with Adobe's marketing value proposition, we think there is plenty of room for multiple large-scale winners in the marketing cloud, with Adobe having an inside track."
The fiscal numbers agree with that thesis. Analysts collectively expect sales to soar to the tune of 22% this year, followed by 19% growth next year. Profits are expected to grow at an even faster clip. (And for the record, Adobe hasn't missed a single quarterly earnings estimate in the past three years.)
ADBE shares aren't cheap, at 33 times next year's expected earnings. But you have to pay for quality.
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Microsoft (MSFT, $101.98) needs no introduction or explanation. The software giant was the heart and soul of the advent of the personal computer, and then the internet itself. While the introduction of mobile devices – and mobile internet in particular – has since made Microsoft's software less relevant than it used to be, the company has reinvented itself into something perhaps even more marketable than it used to be.
The reinvented Microsoft is a cloud-centric company. Although the company doesn't pinpoint exactly how much revenue that cloud computing generates, last quarter, Office 365 (its legacy productivity software, in a cloud-based subscription format) for commercial clients saw revenue growth of 14%. The consumer-oriented version helped drive 12% growth in that arm's cloud revenue. Microsoft Azure, which is the company's enterprise-level cloud platform, saw a 93% year-over-year improvement in sales a quarter ago.
It's also noteworthy that as of the first quarter, Microsoft eclipsed Amazon.com (AMZN) in terms of cloud computing revenue.
That matters. As much as the world has made good use of the cloud and all the flexibility that comes with it, we've only scratched the surface. IT research outfit Gartner predicts that the total public cloud computing market will exceed $400 billion by 2020, up from last year's $260 billion.
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While most everyone's heard of Microsoft, many people likely haven't heard of FireEye (FEYE, $16.90). Still, it's one of those Nasdaq stocks worthy of a closer look.
FireEye offers a suite of cybersecurity solutions, primarily offered to enterprise-level customers. But it's more than just a collection of firewalls and malware detection tools. FireEye provides services like iSIGHT, which can identify and predict a potential threat to a network before it becomes an actual problem.
There is one significant red flag that casts a shadow on the stock: FireEye isn't profitable. It's not even close. A series of acquisitions made over the course of the past several years – before demand for security-as-a-service platforms had gelled – made things fiscally tough for FireEye. A closer inspection of the revenue and income trend, however, suggests a swing to a profit is in sight. Analysts expect the company to turn last year's per-share loss of 16 cents into a 2-cent profit this year, then ramp it up to 17 cents in per-share earnings in 2019.
This trend, and this product lineup, prodded Piper Jaffray to upgrade FEYE just a few days before this writing. Analyst Andrew Nowinski wrote, "Our channel contacts noted that the new pricing bundles are having a positive impact on overall demand trends, which we believe is sustainable and will drive positive operating income and free cash flow starting in (the third quarter of 2018)."
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NuVasive
NuVasive (NUVA, $54.01) isn't exactly a heavyweight, even within the medical equipment world where it resides. It's also not exactly a fast grower; this year's revenue is only expected to improve by 7%, and that pace will likely slow to less than 6% next year.
However, this company has commanding control of its relatively small niche – more than enough control to make it worthy of adding to a watchlist.
NuVasive offers spinal surgery solutions. Not only does it create innovate surgical equipment, but it develops the specific procedures to make use of them. Its XLIF procedure is the world's only lateral-approach spinal surgery procedure, made better by improvements like the use of 3D-printed porous titanium implant based on the porous PEEK (polyether ether ketone) technologies it garnered when it acquired Vertera Spine late last year. The modest tweaks and improvement, in sum, keep NuVasive on the cutting edge of the small but reliable spinal surgery market.
The past 12 months haven't been stellar. While the Nasdaq has roared ahead by nearly 25%, NUVA shares are off by almost 30% as investors have sought out faster-growing companies. Given Nuvasive's steady, reliable earnings growth though, shares are falling back into favor.
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Last but not least, add another biopharma name to a list of Nasdaq stocks that too many people are overlooking: Celgene (CELG, $83.33).
Like Nuvasive, Celgene shares have struggled of late. The stock is down roughly 20% year-to-date, unable to escape from the broad downtrend that has dragged most of the industry lower.
But this is a case where investors proverbially threw the baby out with the bathwater. Revenue is on pace to grow nearly 15% this year, and the pros are looking for the top line to swell another 12% next year, largely on the heels of strong growth of Revlimid sales. Revenue driven by the cancer drug grew 19% a quarter ago, and the organization's guidance says it's looking for more of the same kind of growth from its breadwinner going forward.
Where Celgene is really starting to shine now that Revlimid is firing on all cylinders, however, is on the earnings growth front. Last year's per-share earnings are projected to reach $8.53 this year, then grow to $10.21 per share next year. With that double-digit earnings growth pace on the table, the forward-looking P/E of 8.2 is arguably a huge bargain.
For the record, CELG shares have gained nearly 10% from their June lows, implying investors are starting to realize Celgene shares were unduly punished.
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Q: Correct use of @CompoundIndex and MongoRepository I'm getting quite slow query respone so I'm wondering if I'm creating the compound mongo index and using it effectively with the MongoRepository and how to verify the indexes are working effectively.
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    @CompoundIndex(name = "onwebsite_process_sequence", def = "{'additionalfields.onwebsite': 1, 'additionalfields.process' : 1, 'additionalfields.onwebsite': 1}")
})

public class DdsJson {
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  @JsonProperty("additional_fields")
  AdditionalFields additionalfields = new AdditionalFields();
...
}

public class AdditionalFields {

  public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AdditionalFields.class);
  @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
  @JsonProperty("sequence")
  @Indexed
  private Integer sequence;
  @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
  @JsonProperty("process")
  @Indexed
  private Integer process;
  @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
  @JsonProperty("onwebsite")
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  private String onwebsite;
}

public interface DdsJsonRepository extends MongoRepository<DdsJson, Integer> {

Page<DdsJson> findByAdditionalfields_OnwebsiteAndAdditionalfields_SequenceAndAdditionalfields_Sequence(String onwebsite,int process, int sequence, Pageable pageable);

}

Regards
Conteh

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how to verify the indexes are working effectively.

Two ways here ...

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*Cover your code by a load test. Run a version without the index and with an index. Say insert 10 million records in there and try to do some reads. Follow this guide to setup an integration test and then time it.

*You can add the index and then read the query plan following this guide. It will allow you to know if your index will be used or not.

So there you go ... an experimental and a theoretical solution. I'd suggest exploring both. Gives you a good background to tackle a problem like this in the future.

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What Educators Need to Know About the Latest School Shooting
By Denisa R. Superville on May 8, 2019 9:30 PM
A day after a routine school day was again shattered by gun violence, the emerging details in the STEM School shooting in Colorado were beginning to take shape and drive home how no school shootings are the same.
The shooting killed 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, a senior on the verge of graduating. Media accounts described him as a member of the school's robotics club, a lover of cars and engineering. In interviews, some of Castillo's classmates said he had lunged at one of the shooters who entered their classroom.
Now, the educators who must turn to calming fears and addressing the grief and trauma of students, parents, colleagues, and themselves, following strategies and practices that have been shown to create safe learning environments are more crucial than focusing on what they think would have prevented the latest school shooting, three experts said.
In the shooting in Highlands Ranch, Colo., which also injured eight students, police identified one of the two student suspects as a girl, an unusual occurrence in school shootings, according to experts.
While there is no typical profile of a school shooter, almost all school shootings are committed by young men, and half of them by students. The latest shooting is also unusual because police said there are two people responsible for the incident. Most school shootings have been at the hands of a single shooter, with a couple prominent exceptions such as the 1999 massacre at nearby Columbine High School.
The latest shooting also happened inside a school that spans all 13 grades, exposing children from a wide variety of ages to the confusion and trauma that stem from such an experience.
That could be challenging for educators when they return to school and must plan for and execute on providing long-term and differentiated support for students ranging from 5 to 18, including very young children who may not always be able to articulate their concerns and feelings.
"They just don't fully comprehend what is happening in their building and on their campus," Andy McGill, the K-12 assistant principal in the West Liberty-Salem, Ohio, school district, where a student shot and injured two others, one seriously, in January 2017. Educators need to be prepared to respond to students' fears and the effects of trauma—even years after the incident, he said.
Sheldon Greenberg, a professor in the school of education at Johns Hopkins University and a former police officer, said that students' ages, comprehension capabilities, perspectives, and cultures are important factors to consider when responding to their needs.
But a great concern for Greenberg is how the fear instilled from school shootings as well as the active-shooter drills to prepare for them will impact children overtime.
"We don't yet know what the long-term effect is going to be of the fear that we are imposing on them," he said. "It's wrong..., and we are putting students of varied ages through the same kinds of active-shooter training, with just slight modifications, [and] we don't know what long-term harm that that might be doing to young children, even older students."
Staying the Course on Proven Safety Practices
While there are similarities between school shootings, and school administrators can learn lessons from each incident, educators have to remember that each event is unique, said Kenneth Trump, the president of National School Safety and Security Services and a consultant to school districts on safety.
"The key is behaviors—focusing on threat assessments, training, and protocols to assess and evaluate potential students who are at risk," Trump said. "We have to be careful not to dramatically shift away from best practices based on the fact pattern of the latest school shooting, because the next one will have a little bit different fact pattern, and that's what makes it hard to deal with."
Superintendents and school administrators have been under tremendous pressures to "harden" schools as visible and tangible evidence of increased security to parents and legislators since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Fla., last year, Trump said.
But behind the fortified entry ways, additional surveillance cameras, single-point entries, and scanning driver licenses, what matters is the steps educators are taking to build environments to address things like bullying and student mental health concerns, threat assessments, staff training to spot early warning signs, and creating a culture in which students feel comfortable seeking help and reporting their or their classmates' concerns so that problems can be identified before they escalate into violence.
"Many of the best school safety measures are invisible—or certainly less visible, but also more meaningful and effective," Trump said.
Police arrested an 18-year-old male student and a younger girl, also a student at STEM School Highlands Ranch, in connection with Tuesday's shooting.*
Police have not yet detailed the role that the younger student played in the shooting.
"We don't see many shootings with two people, and very rarely would one of them be female," said Dewey G. Cornell, an education professor at University of Virginia Curry School of Education and the director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project.
"This already seems unusual, but I think we have to wait and see what the involvement was for each of these two individuals," he added.
School shooting incidents can often set off a kind of contagion effect, with copycat-like threats following, and it's important that educators take those threats seriously while also being careful not to overreact, Cornell said.
"It's really important that schools have good solid training in responding to student threats so that they don't overreact when students make alarming statements," Cornell said. "We see them all the time, and in the context of the shooting, those statements seem very troubling and disturbing. More often than not what they reflect is a student who is frustrated and needs assistance."
No Single Factor Leads to a School Shooting
Police said on Tuesday afternoon that they did not yet have a motive for the shooting.
Deborah Temkin, the senior program area director of education at the nonpartisan Child Trends, said there is never a single factor that leads to a school shooting.
"I think it's a tendency of a lot of people to try to look for a cause and immediately try to target that cause in order to prevent future school shootings," Temkin said. "But these are really complicated situations. We have to be careful in terms of laying blame... ."
But in time, Cornell said, there will be explanation for what drove the suspects to act as they did.
"There are very few of these cases where we don't eventually have an explanation," he said. "It may not seem rational or reasonable, but it is an explanation."
Trump and Cornell stress that schools remain safe, and educators and law enforcement have thwarted several potential incidents—though those incidents are less likely to make the news.
"The overarching message is that our schools are safe places," Cornell said. "We have shootings, unfortunately, throughout our community, and actually fewer shootings [in schools] than in restaurants and other public places."
"There is really a broader problem of helping troubled individuals who are planning and preparing to commit a violent act," Cornell continued. "It's terribly tragic when it occurs in schools; it's also tragic when it occurs in a theatre or in a restaurant... We need an approach that focuses on young people in schools, but we also need a broader approach that recognizes that schools are actually relatively safe places and that the problem of gun violence is ubiquitous in U.S. society."
*NOTE: Although police had identified the younger suspect as female, an attorney for the suspect said during a court appearance on Wednesday that his client uses male pronouns, according to The New York Times.
Photo: This undated photo provided by Rachel Short shows Kendrick Castillo, who was killed during a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. --Rachel Short via AP
Staff Writer Corey Mitchell contributed to this report.
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The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 really shook the Australian superannuation industry. Many sat back as they lost their entire retirement savings, realising it was too late to take the measures needed to protect their super. Now, 10 years later, the stock market is yet again plunging to nerve-wrecking lows, causing anxiety and worry to investors across the nation. And for Aussies who have invested in stocks with their super, that could mean another hit for their retirement savings. But, what if you could take precautions now, to protect your super from a market crash in the future?
Despite the fact that a stock market crash is something out of your control, there are still measures you can take to keep your super well protected from the unexpected. So, in this blog we'll discuss three ways you can keep your super protected from another stock market crash.
A diversified portfolio is a great way to protect your super from a stock market crash. Diversifying your portfolio basically means not putting all of your eggs in one basket, or all of your super into one asset. To make sure your super is well-diversified, invest in assets other than stocks, such as term deposits, property, or previous metals such as gold and silver.
It's also important to make sure the stocks you are investing in are diverse. In other words, don't invest heavily in one company's stock, or in just technology stocks. Diversifying your stock portfolio with different companies and industries will help manage risk and reduce the volatility of your portfolio.
Making sure your portfolio is diversified in both the assets and stocks it invests in can help keep your super protected from experiencing a huge drop in value if the stock market crashes.
Another great way to protect your super from a stock market crash is to choose low risk assets to invest in. Instead of investing a portion of your super in stocks, choose fixed-interest assets such as term deposits or bonds.
Investing your super in a term deposit can be a great way of mitigating your fund's risk, as there's almost no risk of losing your money in any kind of crash. You can have piece of mind knowing exactly what interest rate your fund will be receiving, and knowing that the rate will not change over the selected period of time. However, it's important to remember that while term deposits are a safer option for your super, they won't pay a very exciting rate of return like stocks sometimes can.
Learn more on how you can protect your super from a stock market crash with term deposits.
Taking the reigns from your fund manager and self-managing your fund is another way to protect your super from the unexpected. With an SMSF, you are in complete control of how your super is invested. This means you are the one choosing what to invest in, how much to invest in certain assets, and when to sell the assets to make a profit. You will also have more investment options to choose from, meaning more opportunities to diversify your portfolio and invest in lower risk assets.
If you self-manage your super fund with Squirrel, you will have full access to your fund 24/7. This can help you still invest in stocks while keeping your super well-protected from a crash. With 24/7 access to your super, you can see how all of your investments are doing in real time and make adjustments easily, from anywhere. In other words, you can sell stocks that aren't performing well immediately, instead of waiting 3-5 business days on your fund manager to get back to you.
Having more control over your super with an SMSF can help you protect your super from the unexpected while still investing in the assets of your choosing. It is your retirement savings after all, and you don't want to wake up to another stock market crash that's wiped it all out in a matter of days.
To learn how you can protect your super with an SMSF, book your free consultation today!


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Q: Feed a function a specific character to use in variable names? If you add a function to jQuery like so:
     $.fn.boxLoader = function() {
            var FilterSelect = ($("[id^='filter_a_selector_']"));
            // do things to FilterSelect
            return this;
    });

And then when a specific action happens, I run that function.
I have multiple elements with these names:
#filter_a_selector_1
#filter_b_selector_1
#filter_a_selector_2
#filter_b_selector_2

So I am using the ^ selector to select them all regardless if ending in 1 or 2, but how can I feed the function an "a" or a "b" depending on the need?
I want to be able to run that function on filter_b_selector_ too in some situations, without having to duplicate the function and call it something new + only change the filter_a_selector to have a "b" in it.
So ideally it'd look something like this:
 $.fn.boxLoader = function(filter_a_or_b) {
            var FilterSelect = ($("[id^='filter_{filter_a_or_b}_selector_']"));
            // do things to FilterSelect
            return this;
    });

Or similar

A: jQuery accept string concatenation :
 $.fn.boxLoader = function(filter_a_or_b) {
        var FilterSelect = ($("[id^='filter_"+ filter_a_or_b + "_selector_']"));
        // do things to FilterSelect
        return this;
 });


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

# This file is only used if you use `make publish` or
# explicitly specify it as your config file.

import os
import sys
sys.path.append(os.curdir)
from pelicanconf import *

SITEURL = 'https://garagemhacker.github.io/blog'
RELATIVE_URLS = False

FEED_ALL_ATOM = 'feeds/all.atom.xml'
CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM = 'feeds/%s.atom.xml'

DELETE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = True

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Please open a Lineup support ticket at the Schedules Direct website, not here on the forum.
Thanks for the redirect, I wasn't sure as the site seems to be geared towards DataDirect maintenance and lineups. Issue reported there.


When it comes to battery chargers, a motorcycle battery charger is usually used under different circumstances and conditions than car or truck battery chargers. Motorcycles are often stored in the winter months and even outside under a cover or tarp. Even when your motorcycle is used in milder climates, if it isn't driven often, the battery's charge can degrade rapidly leaving you without the use of your favorite ride.
You need more than just any battery charger. You need a motorcycle battery charger and maintainer that will keep your motorcycle's battery charged and in good health no matter how long you go between rides. If your motorcycle has a 6-volt battery, it's a no-brainer; you need a 6-volt battery charger.
What might not be so obvious is that your other vehicles all probably have 12-volt batteries. The good news is that the best selling motorcycle battery chargers charge both 6-volt and 12-volt batteries equally well so you can use it for any vehicle you own.
We have done the research and found the 5 best selling motorcycle battery chargers. It is often the case that best selling products are also the best products because buyers have already researched and found them to be a good choice. You can take advantage of their knowledge by taking a look at our list of top selling motorcycle battery chargers.
This article is about the 5 best selling motorcycle battery chargers. Take a look and see if one of these chargers is the perfect one for your motorcycle.
battery charger and maintainer capable of charging and maintaining both 6-volt and 12-volt batteries. This is a set-and-forget charger with float-mode monitoring that stops charging automatically when your battery is fully charged. The XM1-5 is perfect for both the small and large batteries in motorcycles, classic cars, RVs, and boats. Take a look at its many features.
Designed for the smaller battery owner, it has 1.5 amps of charging current to charge and maintain vehicle batteries.
A full set of LEDs keep you informed of the current state of the charger including Connected, Charging, and Charged.
This is a fully-automatic, microprocessor-controlled charger that will switch from full charge to float-monitoring mode to protect your battery from overcharging.
The XM1-5 includes a quick-disconnect harness to which you can quickly and easily attach either the 50-amp clamps or permanently attach the ring connectors which is perfect for sometimes hard-to-reach motorcycle batteries.
With its automatic detection capability, the XM1-5 automatically charges either 6-volt or 12-volt batteries without special switching.
Reverse-hookup protection is built-in to the XM1-5 to increase the safety of hookups.
The XM1-5 battery charger measures 3.12H x 7.00W x 4.00D inches and weighs in at 2.5 lbs.
Schumacher provides a 2-year limited warranty on the XM1-5.
chargers. The compact and lightweight Battery Life BL750 Battery Charger is capable of charging both 6-volt and 12-volt batteries. It is designed for use with lead-acid batteries including wet cell, gel cel, maintenance-free, and AGM from 2-30 amp-hour. We have listed some of its main features.
The BL750 is designed to maintain any-sized battery as long as required without monitoring and without overcharging.
It is safe and easy to use on almost any vehicle with a lead-acid battery including cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATVs, RVs, tractors, and lawn equipment.
The Battery Life BL750 measures 5.4 x 3.2 x 3.1 inches and weighs in at a light 4.8 ounces.
maintenance, the NOCO Genius G1100 6V/12V battery charger is a great choice for motorcycles. With its 7-step, fully-automatic capability, unattended operation and safety features, the G1100 is perfect for maintaining motorcycle batteries during the offseason to make sure your bike is ready to go when you are. This may be the safest, most advanced, most effective charger/maintainer you will every use on your motorcycle's battery. Take a look at all of its features.
The NOCO Genius G1100 has a built-in vosFX microprocessor that precisely controls its 7-step switch mode charging and maintenance operation to protect your safety and your keep your battery from overcharging. It makes all the charging decisions for you so you don't have to.
With 1.1 amps of power, the G1100 is perfect for charging motorcycles and other small batteries 2.2-40 amp-hour and has the flexibility to also maintain 6-volt or 12-volt larger batteries in cars, trucks, boats, and RVs.
NOCO's Rapid Charging Technology allows the G1100 to charge batteries twice as fast as traditional linear battery chargers.
The G1100 will charge and maintain all types of lead-acid batteries including wet, gel cel, maintenance-free, and AGM.
This battery charger/maintainer can actually bring batteries back to life with its advanced recovery mode. It can also repair damaged areas of your battery to provide longer, healthier battery performance.
Using its pulse charging capability it can even recover deeply discharged and sulfated batteries to operating capability.
Its Cold/AGM mode can handle charging batteries in cold weather below 32 degrees F or AGM batteries.
The G1100 is variable-input compensated to provide a 100% charge even with varying A/C input voltages.
Small amounts of current brings the charge level to 100% in a safe and efficient manner to limit battery gassing.
The charger delivers only enough current to keep the battery at 100% charge.
The G1100 goes into maintenance mode where it monitors your battery's voltage to keep it fully charged, without overcharging, unattended, indefinitely.
The G1100 is compact, lightweight, and portable thanks to its high-frequency, high-efficiency switch-mode design.
With its auto-memory function, the G1100 returns the charger to the last selected mode when you restart it.
Abnormality Protection shuts off the charger automatically shuts if it's been left in bulk charge mode for an extended period of time.
With its extendable plug-and-play connectors the G1100 makes it easy to change accessories.
The rugged, high-impact resistant, polymer enclosure of the G1100 makes it well-suited for harsh, demanding work environments.
NOCO provides a five-year limited warranty on the NOCO Genius G1100.
The NOCO Genius G1100 weighs in at a lightweight 0.8 lbs. and measures a compact 1.6H x 6.1W x 2.5D inches.
Maintainer is a 3.5 amp bigger brother of the G1100. It shares many of the features and much of the technology with its smaller sibling. The G3500 features an 7-step, fully automatic, switch-mode battery charger and maintainer capable of charging, maintaining, and recovering large and small batteries from 1.2-120 amp-hour. The G3500 can restore batteries to their original capacity, recover slightly-sulfated batteries, charge batteries in cold weather, rescue drained batteries, and maintains batteries to increase their useful life.
With its vosFX microprocessor that precisely controls its 7-step switch mode charging and maintenance operation, the G3500 protects your safety and keeps your battery from overcharging. The battery charger with the "brain", it controls all of the charging process so you don't have to.
The G3500 has the ability to use the advanced intelligence of its built-in computer and organic feedback from the battery to extend your battery's life.
The G3500 has a 900ma mode that is perfect for charging motorcycles, ATVs, jet skis, snowmobiles and all size batteries from 1.2-120 amp-hour. With its 3.5 amps of power it also has and has the flexibility to also maintain 6-volt or 12-volt larger batteries in cars, trucks, boats, and RVs.
All NOCO Genius charger/maintainers have exclusive Rapid Charging Technology that allows them to charge batteries twice as fast as traditional linear battery chargers.
The G3500 has charging modes for all types of lead-acid batteries from 1.2-120 amp-hour including wet, gel cel, maintenance-free, and AGM.
Using its advanced recovery mode, the G3500 can actually bring batteries back to life or repair damaged areas of your battery to increase its performance and life.
Deeply discharged and sulfated batteries are no problem for the G3500 which uses its pulse charging capability to bring them back to operating capability.
The G3500 is specially designed for charging batteries in cold weather, below 32 degrees and for AGM batteries.
Varying A/C voltage inputs are easily compensated by the G3500 to provide a 100% charge.
Its high-frequency, high-efficiency switch-mode design allows the G3500 to be compact, lightweight, and highly portable.
The G3500's auto-memory function returns the charger to the last selected mode when you restart it.
Its built-in Abnormality Protection shuts off the G3500 automatically shuts if it detects that it has been left in bulk charger mode for an extended period of time.
With its unique interchangeable connectors the G3500 allows accessories to be easily fastened with a snap-lock latch.
With is rugged, high-impact resistant, polymer enclosure, the G3500 is right at home in harsh, challenging work environments.
The G3500's casing is over-molded with strain relief ends to prevent damaging tension on cable leads.
Electrical Testing Laboratories (ETL) approved for use in U.S. and Canada. ETL is the legal equivalent of UL and CSA listing throughout the U.S. and Canada.
NOCO provides a five-year limited warranty on the NOCO Genius G3500.
The NOCO Genius G3500 weighs in at a lightweight 1.1 lbs. and measures a compact 1.9H x 7.7W x 2.7D inches.
The Schumacher SC-10030A SpeedCharge has built-in computer control to enhance the charge rate and battery monitoring to prevent battery-overcharging. SpeedCharge chargers fully charge your battery faster and more efficiently than conventional chargers. Designed for both 6-volt and 12-volt applications, the SC-10030A can charge deep cycle, gel cel, and AGM batteries like Optima. Here are some of its main features.
A unique feature of the SC-10030A is its 100-amp engine start capability that may get you out of a bind faster than chargers without this feature. It can be used to jump start your vehicle via household A/C current.
It can charge both 6-volt and 12-volt lead-acid batteries found in motorcycles, cars, trucks, SUVs, RVs, tractors, and snowmobiles.
The SC-10030A is has a fully-automatic, built-in microprocessor that accurately controls its multi-stage charging process at either of two charge rates: 2-amp and 12-30 amp. It also gives you the ability to select the battery type to handle deep cycle, gel cel, and AGM batteries.
This Schumacher charger automatically cycles between charging modes including Desulfation, Bulk Charging, Absorption, Monitoring, Float Mode, and Minimal Drip mode to properly and completely charge and maintain your battery.
The handy built-in battery tester and alternator testing functionality give you the advantage of testing without requiring separate devices and additional cost.
The battery tester displays either an accurate battery voltage or an estimate of the battery's relative charge based on the Battery Council International (BCI) scale.
Although not a precise diagnostic tool, the alternator tester displays either the accurate alternator voltage or an estimate of the alternator's output relative to a normal alternator's voltage output.
The SC-10030A comes with an easy-to-use touch pad for selecting output current and battery type and a display that provides data percentages of full charge.
With its retractable handle and handy storage area, the SC-10030A is easy to carry and easy to store.
The Schumacher SC-10030A weighs in at 14.65 lbs. and measures 5.37H x 9.8W x 9.00D inches.
Schumacher provides a 5-year limited warranty on the SC-10030A.
Schumacher Electric Corporation has been making high-quality battery chargers since 1947 and is the official supplier of chargers, jump starters, and inverters for NASCAR.
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Home Old_Posts Chamisa's rude awakening
Chamisa's rude awakening
THE recent mission to the UK by the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was not as successful as he had hoped, if his public pronouncements are anything to go by.
He has since accused the British Government of backing President Emmerson Mnangagwa because he promises a stable government as opposed to what he termed 'good governance'.
This is where the legacy Chamisa inherited from the late Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC was bound to fail him.
Like his predecessor, Chamisa believes that the best way to get into power is to badmouth ZANU PF whenever an opportunity arises on the international fora.
Choking the economy would eventually see the electorate 'scream' and abandon the revolutionary Party, argued Chester Crocker, the then US Assistant Secretary of State.
This was in response to MDC's incessant pleas to the US to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe so that the ZANU PF Government would fall.
Curiously enough, there wasn't any audible alternative programme that they offered.
"ZANU PF must go," became their mantra.
And this is sweet music to the US whose nightmarish dislike of former liberation movements, sees ZANU PF as a hostile custodian of the strategic minerals Zimbabwe is endowed with.
But for some time it looked like ZANU PF would fall.
The so-called Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act has had a devastating effect on our economy.
And when Chamisa recently went to the US with Tendai Biti handholding him, it looked easy for them to persuade the Americans not to relax sanctions despite the emergence of a new dispensation.
The difference is the same, they argued.
The unrealistic conditions offered to President Mnangagwa for the US to lift sanctions easily betrayed their source.
They were a replica of those announced by Chamisa who had recently been to the US.
Emboldened by this success, Chamisa and his mentor Biti embarked on a trip to the UK, apparently to persuade the Brits to maintain sanctions until MDC came to power.
Here, a rude awakening was in store for them.
It seemed Tsvangirai's trump card had failed to survive its author.
They found the tired war cry 'ZANU PF must go' no longer had any takers.
This time, the Brits were interested in the nature and amount of business they could do with Zimbabwe.
Perhaps, the MDC team's argument on why they thought they were a better political party than ZANU PF would be best suited for submission to the Zimbabwean electorate.
The British knew Mugabe was gone and there was a new dispensation determined to resuscitate the economy.
That is why Chamisa's attempt to persuade the British that President Mnangagwa was a mere clone of Mugabe proved to be a futile exercise.
Already, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Dr Sibusiso Moyo had been there where he articulated this message: 'Zimbabwe is open for business'.
It is unlikely he ever mentioned MDC or any other rival political party throughout his talks.
It is unethical for a national leader, or one aspiring to be, to curry favour from a foreign government by wishing ill his country.
Chamisa must have learned his lesson well during his trip to the UK.
Meanwhile, his lies, his make-believe utopian ideas, his overly eagerness to get into power and absence of leadership ideas were exposed to the marrow in the UK.
Maybe he has to restrategise and move away from the belief that everything still revolves around the anachronistic Mugabe era.
That no longer sells both at home and abroad.
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Q: decoded = visually encoded Is it possible to decode base64 to image(or string) contains visually same base64, or reverse, so it's loops to recursion.

P.S. base64 actually it's not the goal, so if you know other funny ways with decoded = visually encoded, I will be very appreciate.

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Is it possible to decode base64 to image(or string) contains visually same base64, or reverse, so it's loops to recursion.

So you want a base64-encoding-quine (see quine).  Restated, you'd like either:

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*An x such that ascii(decode_base64(x)) == x.  This isn't possible because base64 is strictly larger than the value being encoded.  So the result of decoding yields something smaller than the initial value.

*An x such that some_really_vague_image_decoding(decode_base64(x)) ~ x.  This probably isn't possible for any standard image encoding because the number of bits required to represent a pixel, and number of pixels required to represent a character, are far larger than the 6 bits provided by a single base64 character.

A: Didn't found solution, but compromise for my needs:
First: image to base64; Second: image to color ascII-art contain prev base64 string.
Test example:

P.S. Of course it's fake, but it works exactly as close as I wanted, I think on some sort of simple images it can works very usefull.


Our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy - a pinwheel-shaped collection of stars, gas and dust. It has a central bar and two major spiral arms that wrap around its disk. Since we view the Milky Way from the inside, its exact structure is difficult to determine.
Astronomers have identified a new structure in the Milky Way: a long tendril of dust and gas that they are calling a "bone."
"This is the first time we've seen such a delicate piece of the galactic skeleton," says lead author Alyssa Goodman of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Goodman presented the discovery today in a press conference at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, Calif.
Other spiral galaxies also display internal bones or endoskeletons. Observations, especially at infrared wavelengths of light, have found long skinny features jutting between galaxies' spiral arms. These relatively straight structures are much less massive than the curving spiral arms.
Computer simulations of galaxy formation show webs of filaments within spiral disks. It is very likely that the newly discovered Milky Way feature is one of these "bone-like" filaments.
Goodman and her colleagues spotted the galactic bone while studying a dust cloud nicknamed "Nessie." The central part of the "Nessie" bone was discovered in Spitzer Space Telescope data in 2010 by James Jackson (Boston University), who named it after the Loch Ness Monster. Goodman's team noticed that Nessie appears at least twice, and possibly as much as eight times, longer than Jackson's original claim.
Radio emissions from molecular gas show that the feature is not a chance projection of material on the sky, but instead a real feature. Not only is "Nessie" in the galactic plane, but also it extends much longer than anyone anticipated. This slender bone of the Milky Way is more than 300 light-years long but only 1 or 2 light-years wide. It contains about 100,000 suns' worth of material, and now looks more like a cosmic snake.
"This bone is much more like a fibula - the long skinny bone in your leg - than it is like the tibia, or big thick leg bone," explains Goodman.
"It's possible that the 'Nessie' bone lies within a spiral arm, or that it is part of a web connecting bolder spiral features. Our hope is that we and other astronomers will find more of these features, and use them to map the skeleton of the Milky Way in 3-D," she adds.
For more information, visit http://milkywaybones.org.
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Q: Why would the return type for a function be specified when it is called in C?
Possible Duplicate:
Need for prefixing a function with (void)…

Hi,
I am working with some C code and the author has used a syntax I am unfamiliar with.  With the following call to a function:
(void) msleep(&gActivationCount, NULL, PUSER,
    "com_apple_dts_kext_KauthORama.RemoveListener", &oneSecond);

It would appear that the author is casting the return to void or simply stating what the function prototype probably (I say probably because I can't resolve the function to it's prototype), says for the return value.  Isn't this equivalent to:
msleep(&gActivationCount, NULL, PUSER,
    com_apple_dts_kext_KauthORama.RemoveListener", &oneSecond);

Thanks,
Scott

A: This is an old (and extremely eyesore) trick to explicitly mark your intention to ignore the return value of a function, for lint and compilers that issue a warning. Forget you ever saw it. On modern compilers, you have to go out of your way to turn on this warning, and some (such as gcc) offer extensions to flag just the specific functions for which ignoring the return value is dangerous.

A: He is casting the result to void to expressly discard the value, but more often it is to get rid of a warning about an unused result (that probably should not be ignored in the first place!)
When the function already returns void, it is even more pointless to cast to (void).
Older compiler seem to have been overly eager in reporting unused values - these days, it takes for example __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) instead if you have a function that really must be checked.


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Hi m 87 kgs and 19years old college going guy. Which is the best diet for me? this one or keto or IF Plus keto?
can I have jaggery during this ???
Can I replace jaggrey to sugar??
Can you do diet plan for Indians living abroad? I live in Canada and work. Taking things like Dal-Roti etc. to work for lunch is not feasible. What alternatives can you suggest for that?
Upma is high in protein? 🙄 no it isn't. It's all carbs!
Bhai vegetarians ka dinner ?
What is the possible skip for skimmed milk paneer for vegetarian.
Fitness ke liye diet batao only women.
Hi, I strictly followed your suggestions about the diet plans and daily workout .(BB SUMMER CHALLENGE). I m glad about my drastic change in the body I loose 13 kg in just 2 months . Thank you so much for the tips brother . Keep uploading videos And your all videos are so helpful and mind blowing! Thank you!
What about Heat generated by eating all those egg white?
Can tofu and soya be had as vegan or vegetarian protein source?
I am a 16 year old can i also start this diet..?
Which protien powder do you suggest when you say protien shake in water?
I remember that I have put some sonpapdi in my cupboard I'm gonaa eat it..
Hi.. thanks for this video.. I have a doubt? Can we use honey as a alternate for sugar? And can we drink horlicks or boost instead of protein drink? Please clarify this. Waiting for your answer.
Will Skipping, Running and Push ups be ideal for the exercise part just incase you can't go to gym?
How about channa for dinner...is it a good option.
Which protein shake you recommend?
i workout in the morning from 6-8:30. So what should i have pre and post it? as of now i have lemon and warm water or black coffee before gym and buttermilk post workout.
Hey i lost 24 kgs in 6 months with diet only. Now my weight is got stuck @114kgs from last 2 months. I hv started doing some Cardio from last one week only. Any advise.
But this is only for a day. No one can eat upma everyday. It'll get boring. What to do?
I've lost 10 kgs in 1.5 months... is that good?
Can we eat a whole boiled egg instead of just the whites..
Is sattu a good for weight loss? Is it a source of good carbs? When is the best to consume it?
Hey. So absolutely no fruits and fresh juices for this diet plan?
Okay But what about probiotics and probiotics. It's nowhere in the diet.
Is it possible for you to give us the macros of this diet?
this diet plan can be incorporated during intermittent fasting right?
Hi BeerBiceps, i started working out recently and even started following your tips recently as well. I can follow this Diet Chart you have given but i wanted to know i work night shifts so what will be the best way to follow this as early morning is when i go to sleep.
Will you have something for this summer, or should we follow this?
thank you ranveer! I lost 12 kgs in 2 months !!
Can you please do a video for skinny guys..?
Soya is an option too..
Hey! 🙂 I understood your diet plan, but can you please specify how many roti to have for lunch?
I tried to cut sugar but I felt dizziness in between whole day .
Hey! Is a teenager allowed to follow it? I have been on diet before.
Do you recommend teenagers to follow this diet?
can a 15 year boy follow this diet??
Bro i liked your video n diet plan too but the main thing is that i need more variety in food products like i have only 2 options in breakfast like upma n oats n obviously eggs. Can you suggest so more differnt food products for all the 3 courses of meal. And is it really important to drink protein shake??? If my aim is to cut weight from being obbise.


Memorial services for James A. Brittain, 68, Baldwin City, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. He was cremated. Mr. Brittain died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at his home.He was born Nov. 4, 1939, in rural Douglas County, the son of Lewis and Mabel Workman Brittain. Mr. Brittain lived in Douglas County all his life and graduated from Lawrence High School in 1958. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1959 to 1963. He worked for Hallmark Cards Inc. in Lawrence for 36 years before retiring in 1999.Mr. Brittain married Shirley Valentine, of Garnett, in 1967 and moved to Baldwin City. They later divorced.Survivors include two daughters, Catherine and Christina, both of Lawrence; a brother, J.W., Medford, Ore.; two sisters, Mary Jo Elston and Imogene Kilgore, both of Lawrence; and seven grandchildren. He raised a granddaughter, Mandy, of Lawrence.The family suggests memorials to Midland Hospice, sent in care of the funeral home.Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.


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Founded in 1948 by Oscar Pax as a small repair shop serving local customers, Pax Machine Works, Inc. is now the premier source for high-quality precision metal stampings across the globe.
To this day, it remains a family owned and operated business, dedicated to providing the highest quality parts and services for all our customers' needs.
Pax Machine Works designs and builds all the tooling and functional gaging required to produce and measure the product provided to our customers. Our capabilities and facilities include:
In-House Engineering Department for Die and Machine Design
In-House Tool and Die Shop for Die and Gage Fabrication
Full Prototype Part Design and Fabrication Department
In-House Die Maintenance and Repair Capabilities
Combination Maintenance and Fabrication Shop
Press Room Consisting of Minster Machine Presses with a Full Range of Tonnage Sizes
Secondary Department Consisting of Assembly, Tapping, Welding, Staking, Vibratory Finishing, Machining and Parts Washing Equipment
In-House Dimensional/Calibration Laboratory
1929 - Pax Family Farm
Our Founder's parents, Joseph and Louise Pax, purchased the Farm in 1898.
In 1929, Oscar purchased the farm, and it is on this site that Pax Machine Works is now located.
1941 - Original Workshop
In 1941 Oscar constructed a workshop behind the house. This new workshop became the original building of Pax Machine Works.
1948 - Original Pax Machine Works Facility
Pax Machine Works was officially Incorporated.
1961 - New Facility
Just a few hundred feet from the original workshop, construction began on a 7200 square foot facility.
1967 - 1st "New" Press
A high volume job from Goodyear in the late 1960's required the purchase of an additional press. A new Straightside 100 Ton press from The Minster Machine Co. in Minster, OH was purchased. This high quality press is still in production to this day.
1976 - Expansion
Prior to the expansion in 1976, Pax Machine had expanded in 1968 (2,400 square foot), 1969 (9,600 square foot), and an office addition in 1972 (1,730 square foot).
The 1976 expansion of 12,800 square foot brought the total manufacturing space to 32,000 square foot.
1977 - Company Brochure
An additional 24,000 square feet of manufacturing space was added to the West side of the facility in 1979.
Between 1979 and 1992 there were 4 expansions to bring the total manufacturing space up to 111,600 square feet.
Leading up to 1992 we were experiencing a lot of growth, and in 1992 we nearly doubled the manufacturing space with an addition of 92,000 square foot.
1998 - 50th Anniversary
1998 marked the 50th Anniversary of Pax Machine Works.
Another 92,000 square foot addition was added to the North side of the facility.
2008 - Transfer Capabilities
Transfer Capabilities were added to an 800 ton press in 2008. Since then, several transfer systems have been added to new presslines.
Click on the link for an article featured in MetalForming Magazine in January 2015.
http://www.metalformingmagazine.com/magazine/article/?/2015/1/1/Flexibility_Helps_Avoid_No-Quotes
A lot of new construction occured in 2015 and 2016 beginning with a 24,000 square foot Storage Facility for obsolete dies and equipment. This construction enabled us to better utilize the floorspace within the plant.
With an anticipated 2016 expansion, we moved our Scrap Awning from the North side of the facility to the West. This 12,880 square foot structure allowed for adequate storage for our scrap containers. The Scrap Awning was also extended North during construction of the 2016 expansion.
Then, in 2016 we added 108,540 square foot of manufacturing space and purchased our 26th Minster Press.