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Ed Wray: Men's Journal
BY Wonderful Machine 19 September 2017
When presented with a powerful and moving story, it's a natural reaction to want to share it. This is exactly how Indonesia-based photographer Ed Wray felt when asked to shoot a story about paraplegic surfer Bruno Hansen. Jennifer Santana, the Director of Photography for Men's Journal, found Ed on Wonderful Machine and hired him to fly to Bali, where Bruno currently resides, to capture imagery for the article, written by Ariel Leve.
Jennifer's pitch was to show a day in the life of Bruno as he surfs, eats, and talks about life. After hearing the proposal, Ed did some of his own research, and once he learned more about Bruno, he knew he had to help share his story.
In a tragic accident at 27 years of age, Bruno lost the ability to use his legs. Six years later, he survived the 2004 tsunami that devastated Phuket. Bruno has navigated through these experiences and more to become the person he is today, fearless and full of life.
At the time of the shoot, Bruno was preparing to travel to California and compete in the World Adaptive Surfing Championship, meaning that Ed had limited time to photograph Bruno in his element in Bali. With that in mind, Ed had lots of pre-planning to do before he could start shooting, including location scouting with Bruno upon arrival to see where the best waves would be the next day.
Although this was to be reportage, and I normally work in this style with very minimal lighting gear, I wanted to have an assistant to help with some additional light modification tools in case time and light were working against us, so I hired the excellent and cheerful Zul to help with a remote speedlight/softbox and reflector.
While working together, Ed observed how Bruno has made life more accessible for himself. He travels across the island on a customized bike, carrying his wheelchair in a sidecar next to him. He designed his open plan home and built himself an elevator out of a welded steel cage, which he uses to get up to his bedroom on the second floor of his home. When he's not surfing, Bruno is innovating new ways to make life smoother, whether it's getting into the water faster or increasing efficiency in his daily tasks so that he can continue to do more.
Bruno is really energetic, but laid back at the same time. It's an unusual combination, but he pulls it off. He's very comfortable with who he is which really made following him around all day with a camera much easier […] The one thing that really struck me about spending time and listening to Bruno is the incredible richness that comes from having a fearless attitude and simplifying life down to the essentials.
The only struggle Ed faced when photographing Bruno was getting him to slow down. They arrived at one of Bruno's favorite surfing locations at 4:30 am. Despite the rain and the darkness, Bruno was quick to get in the water.
I asked if we could wait for 15 minutes or so for the light to improve. No chance, he said, if I don't get out there now, the current will be no good. Surf waits for no man!
Ed and Zul got set up in a matter of seconds as Bruno waxed his board, and within 2 minutes he was in the water. Despite the low light, Ed managed to capture some great shots using the softbox and remote trigger. After the surf session, Ed worked on capturing some portraits of Bruno on his board, and Zul proved to be very valuable in following Bruno with a reflector to fill shadows.
Both Bruno and the client loved the images, and the photos complemented the story perfectly. Although the next steps for this project are currently unknown, Ed has kept in touch with Bruno and heard that Hollywood producers are reaching out to make a feature film about Bruno's incredible life.
When asked about his favorite part of the shoot, Ed responded:
Of course I love being in Bali any time I have the chance, but really the best part of it all was to spend a day and a night with a truly adventurous, no mask, no fear, individual and to learn a bit from him on how to pare down to essentials to live the good life.
To read the complete article written by Ariel Leve, click here.
See more of Ed at ed-wray.com!
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Square Enix Reboots Tomb Raider Franchise
Today, Square Enix has announced that it will reboot the legendary Tomb Raider franchise in the next few years. The ninth installment in the long-running franchise will be developed by Crystal Dynamics, which also developed earlier installment in the series such as Legend (2006), Anniversary (2007), Underworld (2008), and this year's Guardian of Light.
Square Enix did not provide information on a tentative release window for the game, nor specified on which platforms the game will be released. However, it was indicated that the new iteration of the franchise would start off with a "young and inexperienced" Lara in the "journey of an ordinary woman who finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive."
The game will be revealed in more detail the January edition of Game Informer.
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CSK aim to keep alive playoff hopes
Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By Odishatv Bureau On May 11, 2012 - 12:57 PM
Chennai: They might be upbeat after a narrow win but defending champions Chennai Super Kings` chances of making the playoffs are still far from good as they take on tournament-leaders Delhi Daredevils in a crucial IPL match here tomorrow.
The four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals last night came as a massive boost for the two-time defending champions, who are placed fourth in the table with 13 points with six wins and an equal number of losses from their 13 matches so far.
Even a win would not be enough for Chennai to make the next grade as five teams – Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab – have four more matches to go.
The Daredevils and Knight Riders enjoy the top two positions with 18 and 17 points, respectively from 12 matches each and these two would have lesser problems in making the semifinal.
Delhi had emerged victorious the last time CSK clashed with them but given that tomorrow`s match is a home game for Chennai, the result could be different. Delhi are ruling the roost thanks to consistence performances by captain Virender Sehwag with Australian import David Warner adding to their firepower.
Even though Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardane and New Zealand`s Ross Taylor have not been among the runs. Home conditions and fans support will go in favour of Chennai, who boast of a better batting line up on paper and their bowlers have provided the required oxygen for winning matches.
Chennai seem to be better chasers and have played to their potential after bowlers succeeded in restricting the rival batsmen. But if Sehwag, Jayawardane, Taylor and Warner fire in unison and post a solid total, Delhi`s bowlers Irfan Pathan, Nadeem Ahmed and Morne Morkel would hold the edge.


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Hundreds of Nigerian troops missing after Boko Haram overruns base
Hundreds of Nigerian troops are missing after Boko Haram jihadists overran a military base in the remote northeast, security sources said on Sunday, in the second major assault on the armed forces in two days.
The militants invaded a base holding more than 700 soldiers in Yobe state – where they abducted over 100 girls from a school earlier this year – in an hours-long onslaught on Saturday night, a military source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Fewer than 100 soldiers have returned following the attack, which took place just 24 hours after Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in neighbouring Borno state on Friday.
The two assaults have highlighted the tenuous hold Nigerian forces have on the ravaged region despite claims by President Muhammadu Buhari's government that the country is in a "post-conflict stabilisation phase".
"Boko Haram terrorists attacked troops of the 81st Division Forward Brigade at Jilli village in Geidam district. The terrorists came in huge numbers around 19:30 and overran the base after a fierce battle that lasted until 9:10 pm," said the military source.
"The base had 734 troops. Currently the commander of the base and 63 soldiers have made it to Geidam (60km away) while the remaining 670 are being expected," he said, without elaborating on their possible fate.
"We don't know if there were any casualties among the troops. That will be known later," he said, adding that the base was new and the troops had recently arrived from Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.
A leader of a local anti-jihadist militia said the soldiers sustained casualties, but was unable to give a toll, attributing the attack to the Abu-Mus'ab Al-Barnawi faction of Boko Haram, which is known for targeting Nigerian forces.
"We learned that they drove from Lake Chad through Gubio (in nearby Borno state) and attacked the base," he said.
Geidam resident Fannami Gana said the jihadists "overwhelmed" the troops.
"We don't know the details of what happened but we learnt they were overwhelmed by hundreds of Boko Haram gunmen," said Gana.
Nigerian army spokesperson Texas Chukwu said he did not know about the attack.
"I am not aware of the attack because (I) have not received information from there," Chukwu said in a text message to AFP.
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Murder in Mesopotamia, one of Agatha Christie's more celebrated mysteries, was published in 1936. As I did with Evil Under the Sun last year I'm going to review the novel and then add a brief review of the 2002 television adaptation.
Christie, being married to archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, had a rough working knowledge of the subject and had accompanied him on a number of digs. Using an archaeological dig as a setting for a murder was very obviously a splendid idea. Christie was particularly good with exotic locales - she never allows them to overshadow the plot or to slow things down but she uses them very effectively for atmosphere.
In this case the action takes place in the expedition house, a large building with a central courtyard. Very conveniently (for Christie's purposes) there is only one way of getting in, through a gateway which is always guarded. And there are no windows at all that will allow access from outside. If a killer is going to get in he must come through the gateway and when murder does occur in this novel the gateway is under observation by three servants, all reliable and trustworthy. So we have the classic setup - the killer must have been inside already and therefore must be a member of the expedition. There are therefore only about half a dozen possible suspects.
The dig is in Iraq, not too far from Baghdad. Dr Leidner leads the expedition. He is accompanied by his wife. There is his long-time colleague Carey, there is Mr Mercado and his wife, a French monk whose job it is to translate inscriptions, and three younger men.
Also on the scene but not living in the expedition house are Dr Reilly and his daughter.
There is also the narrator, Nurse Leatheran, is a woman with plenty of sound common sense but very little imagination. She's also inclined to be a remarkably poor judge of people. If they have good manners and are superficially refined she thinks the best of them. if they seem not quite respectable she thinks the worst of them. That's undoubtedly why Christie found her to be ideal narrator. She's not exactly an unreliable narrator but she is (like Captain Hastings) inclined to miss crucially important points. In fact she's a bit of a fool. Having a narrator who understands little or nothing of what is going on is of course a favoured device of mystery writers, being incredibly useful in encouraging the reader to miss key plot points. Christie always enjoyed using it to add humour as well.
Nurse Leatheran has been employed because Mrs Leidner has vague and unspecified nervous troubles. There is an odd atmosphere of tension among the expedition members.
Of course there is a murder. Luckily it just so happens that a certain Belgian detective is in Iraq at that very moment. Poirot is on the scene very quickly. He makes it clear that he believes the mystery can only be solved by understanding the victim's personality. There seems to be an extraordinary amount of disagreement among the expedition members on this point. The victim may have been universally loved or universally disliked. It all depends on whom you ask.
There's a lot to admire in this book. There are some very clever, very devious clues. Devious, but fair. There's some good stuff involving alibis. There's some wonderful misdirection. My problem with Christie is that most of her books are extremely clever but for me there's nearly always something that doesn't quite satisfy me. To be totally successful a detective story has to have a solution that is ingenious but at least vaguely plausible. Not so much technically plausible but psychologically plausible. I have to feel that the characters really might have behaved in the way that the book has them behaving. In Murder in Mesopotamia there is one crucial psychological element that in my view fails the believability test. So for me it's another Christie that ends up leaving me with a few doubts. She has built an extraordinarily impressive house of cards and then added one final card that risked causing the whole thing to collapse. Overall this is a dazzling piece of work and that final card probably wasn't even necessary.
Apart from the plotting it's typical Christie. I've never understood how anyone could find Christie dull. Her writing has a delightful sly wit and in this case her use of the incredibly obtuse nurse as narrator is masterful and very amusing.
Murder in Mesopotamia is a brilliant work with perhaps a minor flaw. It's still recommended.
The TV version omits a few characters but they're mostly peripheral characters like Dr Reilly (whose daughter now becomes the daughter of Police Superintendent Maitland. A more important change is that Nurse Leatheran is demoted from narrator to being just another member of the party. A pity since her psychological obtuseness was amusing.
Captain Hastings is introduced into the story, quite unnecessarily but he was popular with viewers and he takes over from Nurse Leatheran as Poirot's sounding board.
The plot remains basically the same except that writer Clive Exton increases the body count dramatically. There's no need for this but presumably he felt that a murder was needed right at the start to keep viewers interested.
The biggest weakness is the casting of Barbara Barnes as Louise Leidner. She's just not glamorous enough to be convincing as a woman who exercises an overwhelming power over men.
Of course it looks fabulous. Even when this series got everything else wrong it looked great.
In this case it gets things mostly right. The minor reservation I have about the novel applies also to the TV version. It's still pretty decent entertainment.
The Global Globules Affair, written by Simon Latter and published in 1967, was one of five tie-in novels associated with the short-lived television series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. which aired on NBC in 1966-67.
Like the television series on which it's based it's a light-hearted and enjoyable mix of science fiction and spy thriller.
It's basically harmless fun and if you're a fan of the original television series it's worth a look. Here's the link to my full review at Cult TV Lounge.
Finding a book by a very obscure crime writer is always satisfying and I think Frank King certainly qualifies as obscure. Frank King (1892-1958) was an Englishman who wrote about forty crime novels and had several series characters, the best-known being a London private investigator knows as The Dormouse. Nobody seems to know anything more about him than this. The Case of the Painted Girl was one of his earlier books, appearing in 1931.
The Case of the Painted Girl features another of King's series characters, Chief Inspector Gloom of Scotland Yard. An aptly named fellow he turns out to be, with a corpse-like face and an unfailing sense of pessimism. Oddly enough he seems to derive a great deal of enjoyment from his pessimism.
It's obvious fairly early on that this book is going to be a mixture of thriller and mystery elements. It all starts when young stockbroker Jimmy Harrison has car trouble on his way to Scotland. He's out in the middle of nowhere but luckily he finds a house. It's an isolated house and appears to be empty but he soon has good cause to think that it isn't empty at all. He desperately needs water for his car's radiator but no-one answers his knock. Then he hears a piercing scream, and making his way inside he finds - murder!
It's worse than that though, the murderer is still there and Jimmy has to find a way to keep both himself and the girl alive. Who is this girl? Jimmy has no idea except that she appears to be a damsel in distress. Staying alive proves to be a challenge, and things get worse, much worse, when the policeman knocks on the door.
This is going to be the most adventurous holiday of Jimmy's life. And if he isn't careful, it may be the last.
From this point on the plot becomes more and more outrageous.
This is not an impossible crime story but there is an impossible element to the murder.
For Chief Inspector Gloom this is an exasperating case, with endless complications and clues that seem to lead nowhere except to further complications. This is much more than a simple murder. And the murderer is clearly much more than your average killer.
There's certainly a mystery here, a puzzle that will need to be solved, but this is not a classical golden age detective tale. There are significant suspense elements and it's really a complete potboiler, with plenty of nods to Edgar Wallace and perhaps just a dash of Sapper as well.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, as long as it's done with style and energy and in this case the style and the energy are present in abundance. The plot is ludicrously far-fetched and manages to include every single fun cliché that you could hope for in a thriller of this vintage. It might not be especially polished, it might not have any redeeming literary qualities but it has to be admitted that the author does everything he can think of to make it entertaining.
Chief Inspector Gloom is a delightful character. His pessimism, his apparent lethargy and his taste for the macabre are largely a pose. In fact he's a bundle of energy and the more difficult a case proves to be the more pleased he is. He's really a cheerful and kindly man but he finds it makes life much more amusing to hide those qualities. He doesn't really get to do much detecting in terms of looking for clues or breaking down alibis. It's not that kind of story. What matters is that despite his apparent pessimism he has plenty of bulldog tenacity.
Jimmy Harrison and Myra Livingstone play the hero and heroine rôles. Jimmy is the sort of young man who finds being mixed up in a murder investigation and a gigantic criminal conspiracy to be an absolutely topping way to spend one's holiday. He relishes the opportunity to play the hero to a pretty girl. He's chivalrous and he's easy going. Myra Livingstone plays the heroine rôle and she's equally likeable. She's high-spirited and impetuous but thoroughly respectable.
And this being a thriller there's a proper villain. Not only that, he is a full-blown Diabolical Criminal Mastermind with a Fiendish Plot that must be stopped.
The Case of the Painted Girl is fast-paced and enjoyable nonsense. Recommended if your tastes run that way.
Now for the bad news - availability. King's books are long out of print. It's not completely catastrophic news though - used copies of at least some of his novels are around and are not necessarily all that expensive.
Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) was an American pulp writer in the mould of Edgar Rice Burroughs. In fact he is sometimes dismissed as a mere imitator of Burroughs. Whatever sub-genres Burroughs worked in (or often invented) you could be pretty sure that Kline would soon be working in as well. Like Burroughs he wrote sword-and-planet adventures set on Mars and Venus, he wrote lost world stories and he wrote jungle adventure stories. An imitator he may have been, but at the time he was considered to be possibly Burroughs' most serious rival in those genres.
Jan of the Jungle, published in 1931, is a jungle adventure tale about a boy raised by chimpanzees, which certainly does sound remarkably close to Burroughs' most famous creation, Tarzan.
Jan is the son of a millionaire. For complicated reasons he is kidnapped as a baby by the evil mad scientist Dr Bracken and raised by a female chimpanzee. He can understand the primitive language of chimpanzees but he has no knowledge of any human languages. Since the book takes place in South America you may be about to object that there are no chimpanzees in South America but Kline has that objection neatly covered.
He escapes and has various adventures in the jungles of South America, with Dr Bracken pursuing him remorselessly. He also meet Ramona and falls in love with her. We will later discover that her personal history is as strange as Jan's.
So far it sounds like an exact Tarzan clone but things are about to change. Jan chances upon the entrance to an underground river which takes him to a hidden valley. Jan of the Jungle is about to become a lost world tale.
At this point Kline decides to abandon any pretence at plausibility. The hidden valley contains not only a Mesoamerican lost civilisation but a huge variety of extinct animals, ranging from species extinct for thousands of years (such as sabre-toothed cats) to those that have been extinct for tens of millions of years (such as the stegasaurus). No explanation is offered for the survival of either the lost civilisation or the extinct animals. Not that it matters - if one demanded strict plausibility of lost world takes one would end with no more than a tiny handful to choose from.
There are two main sub-plots, the Jan sub-plot which concerns his parentage and Dr Bracken's many attempts to recapture him, and the Ramona sub-plot which concerns her parentage and an attempt to kidnap her. Kline also at least pays lip service to the "boy caught between two worlds" theme but with an added twist since Jan is caught between three worlds - the modern world, the world of the jungle and the world of the hidden valley. To Jan it seems like the latter two are more likely to bring him contentment but then there's the question of Ramona.
Dr Bracken is obviously a serious villain but in the hidden valley Jan will find another equally dangerous and treacherous enemy.
The important thing is that there's enough here to satisfy the tastes of both jungle adventure and lost world fans and if you're a straightforward fan of action and adventure you'll find both those commodities in generous quantities.
Now if this had been an Edgar Rice Burroughs story there would have been a lot more attention paid to making the lost world more complex and more interesting and to explaining how it actually works. It would have been a much more fully developed lost world. Kline however has no such ambitions. He's content to write an exciting pulp adventure yarn.
In other words there's a reason Edgar Rice Burroughs is still a household name and Otis Adalbert Kline isn't.
That's not to say that there's anything wrong with Jan of the Jungle. As long as you accept its pulp limitations it's enjoyable. If you're a Tarzan fan and you've read all the Tarzan stories or if you're a lost world buff like me you'll want to check this one out. Not great but still fun.
The Case of the Empty Tin is a 1941 Perry Mason mystery by Erle Stanley Gardner.
The tin referred to in the title is a tin of preserves, only there aren't any preserves in the tin in question. The tin is empty but has been carefully sealed up. And nobody knows how it came to be on the shelf in the basement of the Gentrie home. It's just a minor domestic mystery and couldn't possibly have anything to do with the murder that took place next door. But Perry Mason is interested in any and all mysteries.
The house next door to the Gentrie house comprises two flats. There seems to have been a shooting in the downstairs flat. Certainly a gunshot was heard. Perhaps two gunshots. Bloodstains were found. The occupant of the apartment and his housekeeper are both missing.
Perry Mason's client is the man who lives in the upstairs apartment, a Mr Karr, a man who has reasons for not wanting to attract any publicity. In fact he's so horrified by the prospect of publicity that he hires Mason to help Lieutenant Tragg solve the case as quickly as possible. Mason is happy enough to do so and he puts the Paul Drake Detective Agency to work digging up leads.
Mr Karr is crippled by arthritis and confined to a wheelchair so he can't possibly be a suspect. On the other hand he does think it possible that he might have been the intended victim. He has been involved in some very legally ambiguous business dealings in China, the sorts of business dealings that can potentially lead to murder. Actually gunrunning is perhaps more than just legally ambiguous.
This is another case that sees Perry Mason sailing close to the wind as far as the law is concerned. Perry is never one to tell the police things that he doesn't think they need to know but not reporting dead bodies is definitely taking a risk. He's also risking his friendship with Paul Drake. Drake is used to Mason's risk-taking but he does at least like to be told when Mason is leading him into a legal minefield. Mason in fact is much more reckless than usual in this story. There's a particularly memorable scene in which Perry and Della bluff their way out of a situation which seems certain to lead to their arrest for breaking and entering.
The tin itself is obviously going to turn out to be an important clue, and it's a very clever (if slightly far-fetched) one.
There are other vital clues that are cunningly contrived to contain various layers of ambiguity, and even Perry Mason is led astray by one such clue.
In this story Perry Mason mostly acts as a de facto private detective with surprisingly few opportunities for pulling legal rabbits out of hats. It's one of the rare Perry Mason novels that does not include a single courtroom scene.
Lieutenant Tragg and Perry Mason are not always on the most cordial terms but this time they more or less on the same team, even if Tragg still has his suspicions that Mason is trying to put one over on him.
Mason is definitely trying to set traps for the chief suspects. Tragg is trying to do the same thing. And the murderer is setting traps as well. Setting traps for various persons, including Perry Mason.
The plot is fiendishly complicated. Gardner does his best to play fair with his readers.
He was a master craftsman but at times in this book the plot does seem to be in danger of collapsing under its own weight. It does hold together, but only just.
The Case of the Empty Tin is not quite a typical Perry Mason mystery and it's also not quite in the front rank of the Perry Mason stories. It's still good entertainment and can still be recommended to fans.


The engineering of drug-encapsulated targeted nanoparticles (NPs) has the potential to revolutionize drug therapy. A major challenge for the smooth translation of targeted NPs to the clinic has been developing methods for the prediction and optimization of the NP surface composition, especially when targeting ligands (TL) of different chemical properties are involved in the NP self-assembly process. Here we investigated the self-assembly and properties of two different targeted NPs decorated with two widely used TLs that have different water solubilities, and developed methods to characterize and optimize NP surface composition. We synthesized two different biofunctional polymers composed of poly(lactide- co-glycolide)- b-polyethyleneglycol-RGD (PLGA-PEG-RGD, high water solubility TL) and PLGA-PEG-Folate (low water solubility TL). Targeted NPs with different ligand densities were prepared by mixing TL-conjugated polymers with non-conjugated PLGA-PEG at different ratios through nanoprecipitation. The NP surface composition was quantified and the results revealed two distinct nanoparticle assembly behaviors: for the case of PLGA-PEG-RGD, nearly all RGD molecules conjugated to the polymer were found to be on the surface of the NPs. In contrast, only ∼20% of the folate from PLGA-PEG-Folate was present on the NP surface while the rest remained presumably buried in the PLGA NP core due to hydrophobic interactions of PLGA and folate. Finally, in vitro phagocytosis and cell targeting of NPs were investigated, from which a window of NP formulations exhibiting minimum uptake by macrophages and maximum uptake by targeted cells was determined. These results underscore the impact that the ligand chemical properties have on the targeting capabilities of self-assembled targeted nanoparticles and provide an engineering strategy for improving their targeting specificity.
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Q: Conjugacy classes of the nonabelian group of order 21 How would you go about finding the conjugacy classes of the nonabelian group of order 21, $G:=\left\langle x,y | x^7=e=y^3, y^{-1}xy=x^2\right\rangle$?

A: If $G$ is a nonabelian group of order $21$, then $G$ has trivial center. Otherwise $G/Z(G)$ would be cyclic and $G$ would be abelian.
Thus any element of order $3$ has its centralizer of order $3$ and thus has $7$ elements in its conjugacy class. By the same argument, an element of order $7$ has $3$ elements in its conjugacy class.
Let $a$ and $b$ be the number of conjugacy classes of order $3$ and $7$, respectively. By the class equation, $21 = 1 + 7a + 3b$. This implies that $a = b = 2$, because $a$ and $b$ are $\geq 1$ by Cauchy's theorem. Therefore there are five conjugacy classes: one for the identity, two containing elements of order $3$ and two containing elements of order $7$.
Since $y^{-1}xy = x^2$, we get $y^{-2}xy^2 = y^{-1}x^2y = x^4$. Therefore the conjugacy class of $x$ is $\{x, x^2, x^4\}$. The rest of the elements of order $7$ must be in the other conjugacy class, which is $\{x^3, x^5, x^6\}$.
We notice that $xyx^{-1} = yx$, $x^2yx^{-2} = yx^2$ and in general $x^jyx^{-j} = yx^{j}$. Thus in the two remaining conjugacy classes, one of them has all the elements of the form $yx^j$ and the other one all the elements of the form $y^2x^j$.

A: The group has a normal Sylow $7$-subgroup, generated by $x$, and it is clear from the way $y$ acts on $x$ that the conjugacy relation is generated by $x^i\sim x^{2i}$: this gives two conjugacy classes of elements of order $7$.
Using the Sylow theorems for $p=3$ and the fact that a Sylow $3$-subgroup cannot be normal (for otherwise the group would be abelian) you see that there is $1$ conjugacy class of $7$ cyclic subgroups of order $3$. They must be simply transitively permuted by the Sylow $7$-subgroup, so they give us 2 more conjugacy classes of elements of order three.
Finally, there's the class of $1$. In all, there are five classes then, which we can describe as follows: the classes of $1$, $y$, $y^2$, $x$, $x^3$.
We can check with GAP:
GAP4, Version: 4.4.10 of 02-Oct-2007, i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
Components:  small 2.1, small2 2.0, small3 2.0, small4 1.0, small5 1.0, small6 1.0, small7 1.0, small8 1.0,
             small9 1.0, small10 0.2, id2 3.0, id3 2.1, id4 1.0, id5 1.0, id6 1.0, id9 1.0, id10 0.1, trans 1.0,
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Packages:    AClib 1.1, Polycyclic 2.2, Alnuth 2.2.5, CrystCat 1.1.2, Cryst 4.1.5, Carat 2.0.2, AutPGrp 1.2,
             CRISP 1.3.2, CTblLib 1.1.3, TomLib 1.1.2, FactInt 1.5.2, GAPDoc 1.2, IO 2.3, FGA 1.1.0.1,
             IRREDSOL 1.1.2, LAGUNA 3.4, Sophus 1.23, Polenta 1.2.7, ResClasses 2.5.3, EDIM 1.2.3  loaded.
gap> List(AllSmallGroups(21, IsAbelian, false), g -> Length(ConjugacyClasses(g)));
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A: We can in fact generalize this situation as follows:  Please see this question for reference

Theorem:
  Let A be a normal subgroup of G such that A is the centralizer of every non-trivial element in A. If further G/A is abelian, then G has |G:A| linear characters, and (|A|−1)/|G:A| non-linear irreducible characters of degree =|G:A| which vanish off A.

Notice that the non-abelian group of order=$pq$ with $q \equiv 1 \mod{p}$ satisfies the conditions there, while that subgroup$A$ is given by a normal subgroup of order=$q$.
As when I post there is no answer which deploits characters, I post for the sake of references.
Thanks for paying attention.

A: Here order of the group is $21= 3 \times 7$ . It is easy to see $3$ divides $7-1=6$. Thus, we have (upto isomorphism)two groups of order $21$. One of them is cyclic $\mathbb{Z}_{21}$ and other is non-abelian. This non-abelian is generated by two elements say $a$ and $b$ such that $|a|=3$ and $|b|=7$ and $ba=ab^r$ where $r$ is not congruent to $1$ modulo $7$ and $r^3\equiv 1 (mod 7)$. Defining conjugacy it is easy to see that there are five congugate classses and center has only the identity element. Moreover, class equation is $1+3+3+7+7\ldots$ :)

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It turns out that the sand dune lizard, an innocuous little buff-colored guy, is (a) allegedly endangered and (b) living squat in the middle of 800,000 acres of Texas oil country. If the lizard and its environmentalist supporters win their case before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, all of those 800,000 acres will fall under the control of a federal agency. Under the regulations as written, the lizard's survival will trump oil production, farming, road construction — you name it, the little lizard will trump it.
Depending on how far the agency wishes to take it, this ruling could decimate a vast region in Texas, and, possibly, bring the United States to its knees too. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently saying that the oil industry is overstating the risks, but if there's one thing we know about the bureaucratic mind, it's that it will always go too far, especially when it's doing so in the service of a Progressive agenda, with the agenda here being that Big Oil is eeeevviiilll.
I thought of the lizard when I got my hands on a letter that the City of Larkspur sent out to its residents. The City was lucky enough to be the beneficiary of federal funding to rehabilitate Doherty Drive, which is a heavily traveled road that links two communities and serves both a middle school and a fairly large high school.
The road closure means that traffic must be rerouted. Had this happened during a quiet season, it would merely have meant somewhat heavier traffic on alternative roads. Since it's happening during peak season, it means substantial traffic jams all over Corte Madera, Larkspur and Greenbrae, which are the communities that will be used as alternative pathways to access the two schools and to travel from one town to another. Traffic jams, as we know, are a major cause of CO2 emissions.
I should add here, in big, red letters, that I don't think that two months of inconvenience and increased CO2 emissions are an unreasonable price to pay to protect a small bird during its short nesting season. I'm posting this here only as a reminder that environmentalism comes at a cost — and sometimes that cost is to the environment itself. It also wouldn't surprise me to discover that a lot of Marin-ites, after sweating it out in terrible traffic jams for a couple of months, blowing clouds of CO2 in the air, are a little less favorably inclined towards the small, flightless, hapless California Clapper Rail.
Yes, a 3 inch lizard can collapse the Texas oil industry.
There's a new bad guy in town in West Texas. He's called the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. He's actually kind of cute, as lizards go. He's about three inches long, a nice tan color, and has a vaguely Winston Churchill-esque expression. He seems harmless enough, but he comes packing a huge, powerful weapon: the federal government.
The move would impact activity in Andrews, Crane, Gaines, Ward and Winkler counties in Texas and Chaves, Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt counties in New Mexico.
The concern is, he said, that the Fish and Wildlife Service lacks enough data to conclude that the tiny lizard is endangered and is basing its action on flawed methodology. "They didn't spend enough time looking for them or the right technique to find them," he said.
In New Mexico, where the lizard can be found on both private and public lands, Shepperd said a number of companies have entered into voluntary agreements to help conserve the lizard's habitat, mitigate threats to the lizard and remediate any damage while continuing to operate. He said he wants the same to happen in Texas. The association favors such joint agreements between the federal government and landowners to protect the lizard's habitat while allowing drilling operations to continue responsibly.
When I ran this story by Don Quixote, he found it interesting, but suggested that it couldn't happen, because the level of public outrage about shutting down drilling would make the decision suicidal. I disagree. Exhibit A is the spotted owl, up in northwestern logging country. The logging community made a huge uproar, but the spotted owl won. By 2000, thousands of acres of land that formerly provided wood to Americans and jobs to Oregonians were put out of play. Much of the land was private property, so there was some serious government taking involved too. The Clinton government survived. Oregon continued to vote Democrat.
Exhibit B is the delta smelt, the protection of which has decimated large parts of California's Central Valley. The Central Valley used to be America's bread basket. If you drove down I-5 from the North Bay to L.A., once you got past the Altamont Pass and before you reached the grapevine, it was farm land and grazing land all the way. Now, large parts of it look exactly like the Oklahoma dust bowl, circa 1930. Both the Bush and the Obama government have survived this assault on America's food supply. California Democrats, comfortably sequestered in ultra urban Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, didn't blink as the state's agriculture infrastructure started to be destroyed. Food prices have gone up, but they've stayed within tolerable levels.
Obama has already positioned himself with a narrative for rising oil prices, and it's not the fact that he's shut down Gulf oil drilling, or that he's refusing to allow new drilling or even investigation into potential future drilling. Instead, the prices are being driven by evil "speculators." Well, he's right about the speculators. If I had any market sechel (Yiddish for "smarts"), I'd be one too. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that, with the Middle East roiling with violent upheavals, and with the federal government trying to make drilling illegal, oil prices are going to go up and up and up. The speculators are simply able to take advantage of the fact that, if demand remains roughly the same, but supplies diminish, prices go up. Even a socialist president cannot change that reality.
As for the outrage –Americans are all out of outraged. The Obama administration has attacked America's economy and security and functionality at every single level. As my teen says, "Whoa! Too Much Information." Why contemplate the most recent administrative agency attack on America's way of life, when you can watch American Idol or Oprah or whatever happens to be on ESPN? As long as the economic and social fabric in your area looks as if it's holding together, ignore the frays around the edges and the random holes in the middle.
I like animals. I do not believe that humans can abuse and destroy them at will. As I often say, we are stewards of this earth and of all its bounty. But if we wish to survive, Mother Nature (or God, take your pick) mandates that, in any given environment, animals compete for resources. Sometimes, one animal overdoes the competition, destroying other animals in the region. Sometimes this is a disaster, as was the case with the protein deficit that led to Mayan cannibalism. Sometimes, it doesn't matter at all. I'm sorry to say that, but it's true. The world ecosystem has survived without the wooly mammoth or the dodo. The answer is balance.
The problem, always, is that government is a sledge hammer, when a ball peen would do. It's draconian power makes any situation unbalanced. The oil men in New Mexico have worked with the Fish and Wildlife Department, and the oil men in Texas will too. There is the potential for balance there, but that balance is not met by shutting down a whole region.
One can only hope that the Fish & Wildlife Service is playing a game of chicken in West Texas, hoping to bully the oil men into more accommodations than they're currently willing to make. But it was no game of chicken in Oregon nor in Central California, so I'll be convinced that this is a negotiating tactic only when both sides reach an agreement.
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Here's something of a public service announcement: if you post your phone number in Facebook, your phone number has suddenly become public property. Please be careful.
Has Sarah Palin acquired a stalker or a legitimate journalist? Inquiring minds want to know.
Elvis Costello joins the ranks of useful idiots to boycott Israel. One Israeli politely takes him to task for his ignorance and inhumanity.
Much as the press loves Obama, Obama does not love the press. They'll never abandon his ship, though. Even if they have unexpectedly found themselves traveling in steerage, when they thought they'd booked first class accommodations, he's still taking them to their socialist port of choice.
Heather MacDonald points to the Emperor's Nakedness: all the huffing and puffing about the Arizona law hides the fact that Democrats desperately don't want to enforce border security. They will willingly watch terrorists sneak into the country, they will watch drug dealers destroy our cities, they will see masses of immigrants ruin our economy — all before they will give up the possibility of millions of new Democratic party-line voters.
If you live in North Carolina's Second District, you should find interesting this interview with Republican candidate Renee Ellmers, another woman who found politics through the Tea Parties.
Nihilism and, inevitably, anarchy. Is that the world's future? In a post-Judeo-Christian world, Dennis Prager thinks it may well be. America used to be the single brake against this trend, but Obama's America has jumped upon the bandwagon.
Great. The EPA is planning on managing plants in Texas. This should go well (see my previous paragraph).
The 152-year old Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas, is just about one of the prettiest Southern, Greek-revival style buildings you'll ever see. Or should I say, you ever saw (past tense). News is out this morning that a "catastrophic" fire raced through the building, and the photo accompanying this story indicates that there's nothing unreasonably extreme about that description. I sincerely hope that they are able to restore this lovely, historic building to its former glory.
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Die Liste der Biografien führt alle Personen auf, die in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia einen Artikel haben. Dieses ist eine Teilliste mit 117 Einträgen von Personen, deren Namen mit den Buchstaben "Roj" beginnt.

Roj

 Roj, Alen (* 1992), slowenischer Badmintonspieler

Roja
 Roja, Bolesław (1876–1940), Marschall von Polen
 Rojacher, Ignaz (1844–1891), österreichischer Unternehmer
 Rojah Phad Full, deutscher Dancehall-Sänger
 Rojahn, Carl August (1889–1938), deutscher Chemiker und Hochschullehrer der pharmazeutischen Chemie und Nahrungsmittelchemie
 Rojahn, Ernst (1909–1977), norwegischer Schachspieler
 Rojahn, Ondolf (* 1944), deutscher Jurist und Richter am Bundesverwaltungsgericht
 Rojahn, Rudolf (1875–1929), deutscher Verwaltungsjurist, Landrat und Rittergutsbesitzer
 Rojaka, Jekaterina (* 1978), litauische Politikerin, Vizeministerin, stellvertretende Wirtschaftsministerin Litauens
 Rojankovsky, Feodor Stepanovich (1891–1970), russischer Illustrator
 Rojas de Portalrubio, Martín († 1577), spanischer Geistlicher, Konventualkaplan und Vizekanzler des Malteserordens sowie Bischof von Malta
 Rojas Frías, Ricardo (* 1955), kubanischer Boxer
 Rojas López, Bertha (* 1948), peruanische Literaturwissenschaftlerin, Schriftstellerin und Kinderbuchautorin
 Rojas López, Gerardo de Jesús (* 1957), mexikanischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Tabasco
 Rojas Mena, Luis (1917–2009), mexikanischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Culiacán
 Rojas Mendoza, Margot (1903–1996), kubanische Pianistin und Musikpädagogin
 Rojas Ortiz, Grecia, peruanische Rechtsanwältin und Politikerin
 Rojas Pinilla, Gustavo (1900–1975), kolumbianischer Politiker, Diktator und Präsident von Kolumbien (1953–1957)
 Rojas Ruiz, Luis Enrique (* 1968), venezolanischer Geistlicher, Weihbischof in Mérida
 Rojas Sánchez, Lizzet, peruanische Rechtsanwältin und Politikerin
 Rojas Trujillo, Ricardo (* 1974), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas Vade, Rodrigo (* 1983), chilenischer Aktivist und Politiker
 Rojas y Arrieta, Guillermo (1855–1933), costa-ricanischer Geistlicher und Erzbischof von Panama
 Rojas y Sandoval, Cristóbal de (1502–1580), spanischer römisch-katholischer Bischof
 Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de (1607–1648), spanischer Dramatiker
 Rojas, Aguelmis (* 1978), kubanisch-uruguayischer Leichtathlet
 Rojas, Alberto (* 1965), mexikanischer Geistlicher und römisch-katholischer Bischof von San Bernardino
 Rojas, Alfredo (* 1937), argentinischer Fußballspieler und Trainer
 Rojas, Álvaro (* 1953), chilenischer Politiker und Diplomat
 Rojas, Benjamín (* 1985), argentinischer Schauspieler und Sänger der Band Erreway
 Rojas, Bruno (* 1993), bolivianischer Sprinter
 Rojas, Byron (* 1990), nicaraguanischer Boxweltmeister
 Rojas, Carlos (* 1928), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Clara (* 1964), kolumbianische Politikerin und Rechtsanwältin
 Rojas, Clemente (* 1952), kolumbianischer Boxer
 Rojas, Eladio (1934–1991), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Elio (* 1982), dominikanischer Boxer
 Rojas, Eloy (* 1967), venezolanischer Boxer im Federgewicht
 Rojas, Enrique (* 1978), chilenischer Poolbillardspieler
 Rojas, Fernando de († 1541), spanischer Jurist und Schriftsteller der Renaissance
 Rojas, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y (1553–1625), spanischer Kardinal der römisch-katholischen Kirche
 Rojas, Freudis (* 1998), US-amerikanischer Boxer
 Rojas, Gonzalo (1916–2011), chilenischer Dichter und Hochschullehrer
 Rojas, Ibrahim (* 1975), kubanischer Kanute
 Rojas, Jerry (* 1958), Schweizer Musiker
 Rojas, Jesús (* 1964), venezolanischer Boxer im Superfliegen- und Fliegengewicht
 Rojas, Jesús (* 1986), puerto-ricanischer Boxer
 Rojas, Jorge (1911–1995), kolumbianischer Lyriker
 Rojas, José Joaquín (* 1985), spanischer Radrennfahrer
 Rojas, José Luis (* 1992), peruanischer Leichtathlet
 Rojas, José Manuel (* 1983), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, José Rojas Jr. (* 1956), philippinischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Libmanan
 Rojas, Juan Carlos (* 1981), costa-ricanischer Radrennfahrer
 Rojas, Leo, ecuadorianischer Panflötenspieler
 Rojas, Luis (* 2002), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Luz Mery (* 1993), peruanische Langstreckenläuferin
 Rojas, Maisa (* 1972), chilenische Klimawissenschaftlerin und Politikerin
 Rojas, Manuel (* 1820), Anführer einer Revolte gegen die spanische Kolonialregierung in Puerto Rico
 Rojas, Manuel (1896–1973), chilenischer Journalist und Schriftsteller
 Rojas, Manuel (* 1954), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Marco (* 1991), neuseeländischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Marcus (* 1963), US-amerikanischer Jazz-Tubist und Musikpädagoge
 Rojas, María (* 2005), venezolanische Leichtathletin
 Rojas, María Claudia, kolumbianische Juristin
 Rojas, María José (* 1987), chilenische Fußballspielerin
 Rojas, Memo (* 1981), mexikanischer Automobilrennfahrer
 Rojas, Óscar Adrián (* 1981), mexikanischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Paulie, US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Rojas, Percy (* 1949), peruanischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Rafael (1962–2022), mexikanischer Opernsänger (Heldentenor)
 Rojas, Raul (1941–2012), US-amerikanischer Boxer mexikanischer Herkunft
 Rojas, Raúl (* 1955), mexikanischer Mathematiker, Professor für Mathematik und Informatik
 Rojas, Ric (* 1952), US-amerikanischer Langstreckenläufer
 Rojas, Ricardo (1882–1957), argentinischer Schriftsteller, Essayist, Bildungspolitiker und Pädagoge
 Rojas, Roberto (* 1957), chilenischer Fußballspieler
 Rojas, Santiago (* 1952), venezolanischer Komponist und Sänger
 Rojas, Simón de (1552–1624), spanischer Trinitarier, Ordensgründer und Heiliger
 Rojas, Sugar Baby (* 1961), kolumbianischer Boxer im Superfliegengewicht
 Rojas, Tito (1955–2020), puerto-ricanischer Musiker
 Rojas, Tomás (* 1980), mexikanischer Boxer
 Rojas, Yosvans (* 1988), venezolanischer Bahn- und Straßenradrennfahrer
 Rojas, Yulimar (* 1995), venezolanische Leichtathletin

Roje
 Roje, Zoran (* 1955), jugoslawischer Wasserballspieler
 Rojek, Alfred (1897–1975), deutscher Jurist und Politiker (CDU), MdA
 Rojek, Marian (* 1955), polnischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Zamość-Lubaczów
 Rojer, Jean-Julien (* 1981), niederländischer Tennisspieler (Curaçao)
 Rojeski, Shawn (* 1972), US-amerikanischer Curler
 Rojewski, Andreas (* 1985), polnischer Handballspieler

Rojh
 Rojhilat, Ibrahim (* 1969), kurdischer Sänger

Roji
 Rojik, Christopher (* 1974), US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler
 Rojina, Martine-Nicole (* 1982), deutsche Musikerin, Medienkünstlerin, Musikproduzentin und Klangregisseurin
 Rojinski, Palina (* 1985), russisch-deutsche Moderatorin und Schauspielerin

Rojk
 Rojka, Fritz (1878–1939), österreichischer Maler
 Rojka, Ľuboš (* 1965), slowakischer Philosoph
 Rojko, Marek (* 1977), slowakischer Volleyball-Trainer
 Rojko, Uroš (* 1954), slowenischer Komponist
 Rojkov, Alexandra (* 1988), deutsche Journalistin

Rojl
 Röjler, Johan (* 1981), schwedischer Eisschnellläufer

Rojn
 Rojnik, Sara (* 1992), slowenische Squashspielerin

Rojo
 Rojo de la Vega, Juan B. (1889–1945), mexikanischer Botschafter
 Rojo Lluch, Vicente (1894–1966), spanischer General
 Rojo Olalla, Casiano (1877–1931), spanischer Organist, Chorleiter und Musikwissenschaftler
 Rojo Paredes, Helímenas de Jesús (1926–2021), venezolanischer Ordensgeistlicher, römisch-katholischer Erzbischof von Calabozo
 Rojo, Ethel (1937–2012), argentinische Schauspielerin
 Rojo, Gustavo (1923–2017), uruguayischer Schauspieler
 Rojo, Helena (* 1944), mexikanische Schauspielerin
 Rojo, Imanol (* 1990), spanischer Skilangläufer
 Rojo, Lluvia (* 1976), spanische Schauspielerin
 Rojo, Marcos (* 1990), argentinischer Fußballspieler
 Rojo, María (* 1943), mexikanische Schauspielerin und Senatorin
 Rojo, Rodrigo (* 1989), uruguayischer Fußballspieler
 Rojo, Rubén (1922–1993), spanisch-mexikanischer Schauspieler
 Rojo, Tamara (* 1974), spanische Balletttänzerin und Choreografin

Rojs
 Rojšek, Rok (* 1970), slowenischer Eishockeyspieler und Trainer
 Rojsman, Leonid (1916–1989), sowjetischer Organist, Pianist und Musikwissenschaftler

Rojt
 Rojtburd, Oleksandr (1961–2021), ukrainischer Künstler der Ukrainian New Wave

Rojz
 Rojzman, Charles (* 1942), französischer Psychosoziologe, praktischer Philosoph, Schriftsteller und Begründer der sogenannten "Thérapie Sociale"

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Куко-Гутянська сільська рада — колишня адміністративно-територіальна одиниця та орган місцевого самоврядування у Городницькому і Ємільчинському районах Волинської і Коростенської округ, Київської та Житомирської областей Української РСР з адміністративним центром у селі Кука-Гута.

Населені пункти
Сільській раді на час ліквідації були підпорядковані населені пункти:
 с. Дмитрівка
 с. Кука-Гута

Населення
Кількість населення ради, станом на 1923 рік, становила 550 осіб, кількість дворів — 73.

Кількість населення сільської ради, станом на 1924 рік, становила 767 осіб.

Історія та адміністративний устрій
Створена 1923 року в складі колоній Дмитрівка, Кука-Гута та Нова Глафірівка Сербівської волості Новоград-Волинського повіту Волинської губернії. 7 березня 1923 року увійшла до складу новоствореного Городницького району Житомирської (згодом — Волинська) округи. Станом на 17 грудня 1926 року в підпорядкуванні значиться кол. Ємільська. 22 лютого 1928 року передана до складу Емільчинського (згодом — Ємільчинський) району Коростенської округи. На 1 жовтня 1941 року колонії Ємільська та Нова Глафірівка не перебувають на обліку населених пунктів.

Станом на 1 вересня 1946 року сільська рада входила до складу Ємільчинського району Житомирської області, на обліку в раді перебували села Дмитрівка та Кука-Гута.

Ліквідована 11 серпня 1954 року, відповідно до указу Президії Верховної ради Української РСР «Про укрупнення сільських рад по Житомирській області», територію та населені пункти приєднано до складу Засимівської сільської ради Ємільчинського району Житомирської області.

Примітки

Колишні сільські ради Городницького району
Держави і території, засновані 1923
Держави і території, зникли 1954


There are as many different styles of gardens are there are gardeners, and thankfully, there is no one right way. Some want a landscape that they can keep "under control" (which usually means not too large) while others want plantings they can pretty much ignore.
Many desire plants that are likely to return year after year…dependability is important to these folks. Those that become fascinated with gardening often enjoy taking risks, and trying fussy or marginally hardy plants. As an out-of-control plant person, it's no surprise that I fall into the last camp.
One of the nicest qualities humans have is their desire to learn, and see what they can grow.


Originally located in Surrey, Sutton became part of Greater London following boundary changes in 1965. Considerable redevelopment since then has seen the shopping areas completely modernised, with the St. Nicholas Shopping Centre being the main focus for most of the large retail groups.
D & D Model Sport in Sutton's High Street keeps a great range of radio controlled toys and models, as well as a selection of plastic model kits. Puzzlers head straight for Piece by Piece in St. Nicholas Centre where they can find jigsaws, puzzles and games supplied from companies like Ravensburger, Falcon and Gibsons. If your children need some new clothes, Adams Kids in High Street offers ranges for all ages, as well as a selection of toys and gifts.


You aren't annoyed by the vast majority of your customers (if you are, check yourself first).
You are actively interested in improvement for yourself or your organization.
You are a person of integrity to very high standards, or strive to be.
Because you are diligent to be great, you must also be seeking out great customers.
I would be willing to bet that either misaligned integrity or a total lack of integrity is the common denominator between you and your worst customers.
They hired you to be their biggest advocate, to represent them, and to solve their problems because they trust you, right? So, when they don't return your calls or won't pay for anything extra that they need, you're frustrated as you trying to give them the best possible service while they don't have the integrity to do their best by their own organizations. Or maybe they call and bug you endlessly or demand things that you never agreed to and won't hear from you unless you give in. They don't trust you or they want to exploit you. The worst customers.
We all want customers who are accessible and allow us to provide our skills anytime we see the need and who give us the room to get our work done.
So how do we captivate customers who do business like we do? How do we draw the best customers to us?
Earlier this year, my grandma moved from the house I had known my entire life. She moved into a newer, smaller home in a gated community. After her old home had been made ready for the new buyers, I went by to ensure the sprinkler system had been shut down.
This is what most refrigerator water hook-ups looks like. The craftsman who installed the fixture in my grandma's house knew what he was installing as did the one who installed this fixture. They were both installing something that would be hidden from the world most of its life.
Consider the workmanship of both jobs and what it says about the two craftsmen. The fixture at my grandma's house was installed in an attractive enclosure, completely trimmed out by the carpenter. He didn't consider the job "done" until the trim was perfectly measured, cut, sanded, stained, and installed.
Not only did he do the job, but considering the house is 50 years old, the work held up very well. The joints in the wood are all solid. No cracks, no pulling apart, and it still sits perfectly against the wall after all these years.
Now, the job in the second picture was also "completed." This craftsman successfully routed the water to the refrigerator by pushing the water line through the sheet-rock and leaving a heaping coil of expensive copper line on the other side.
Mike Michalowicz, in his book Surge makes the claim, "Better is not better. Different is better." Though you can certainly say that craftsman No. 1 did a better job, I would go as far as to say his entire thought process is very different.
What can you infer about each of these craftsmen, having now seen their work?
Which one of these craftsmen can you depend on to do an absolutely thorough, proper job every time?
Which one of these craftsmen is attracting lower-budget customers?
What we see in each picture is the display of the deep-rooted integrity (or possibly lack thereof) of these two craftsmen. Once you realize this, you can step into each one's very mind and understand the way they think of their jobs. You can be sure that Craftsman No. 1 is energized by good workmanship and therefore will do the job right, even when no one will ever see. Craftsman No. 2's mindset is probably transactional. He will take shortcuts where he, the provider, NOT the customer, deems acceptable. Which craftsman would you hire?
My patient wife will also testify to my ridiculous gawkings (my own description, not hers) every time I encounter something exceptionally well executed. I'm self-aware enough, yet I can't stop myself.
For example, I have been known to endlessly blab about how clean our cruise ship was kept on our honeymoon. Anyone who I've told about that vacation can tell you confidently that the housekeeping staff wiped down the baseboards of dust several times per week, and that they mopped every floor surface on that ship every hour, and how crisp and tight the bed was made every day.
The occurrence of a good experience for my own pleasure is not usually the cause of my fascination. The reason I get so excited about this stuff is because I know that the degree to which a product or service is provided with excellence is directly correlated to the integrity of the people behind the scene to do the best possible job.
We all have seen those "restored my hope in humanity" videos circulating around social media. For me, seeing and experiencing high standards of work, even in the smallest things, restores my hope that there are organizations and people out there who feed on providing honest, good work to others.
The overwhelming principle we look for? Integrity to do things to the highest standard. In our company we strive for integrity to these same principles. If our prospects already live by integrity to these standards, then we're a perfect fit for them.
Budgets, contract terms and technicalities all fall into place when you are attracting customers who operate the same way you do.
Though the finest details aren't often noticeable to the general population, consistent integrity to high standards does attract those with a keen eye to find others who do business the same way (aka the customers you want). The little details you obsess about will draw those customers in to you like a moth to a flame, and they will jump through hoops to work with people who "get" them.
Integrity to maintain a high standard of operating principles is what differentiates the decades-long top performers from the organizations that float aimlessly, doomed for mediocrity.
I am fascinated by how organizations of integrity (and thus the people within) consistently display excellence. It's true that only the keen eye will notice the smallest details of excellence. But don't think for a split second that the general population won't notice your efforts to demonstrate integrity to high standards.
It may be subliminal to the crowd, but the effects and rewards remain. It is something we strive to achieve daily in our company because we believe that integrity is where great work and a great legacy starts.
Take Chick-fil-A for example. If you've ever had a bad experience at Chick-fil-A, you would be an exception. Their service isn't so incredible because of the miserable people working there and the "penny-pinchiness" of the operators. It's the opposite! The team behind the counter is always smiling. The operators take great care of their people and facilities. They literally express to you that they are having a pleasure in serving you. The integrity of the people who build and run Chick-fil-A restaurants is world-class when it comes to a higher standard of doing business.
When is the last time you saw 30 cars in a Burger King drive through? Customers flock to Chick-fil-A every-day because they know that they can get a great meal, served very quickly, by a happy person, without a doubt.
We strive for integrity to high standards because it is so effective to attract customers. But also because we believe that integrity is where a great legacy starts.
Dolese Brothers Co. is a 116-year-old supplier of construction aggregate and ready-mix concrete with over 1000 employees, each one exhibiting traits of the late Roger M. Dolese. Roger Dolese was the visionary and pioneer of the company through its decades of debt-free growth and climb to be one of the most respected companies in their industry. We are proud to call them a customer.
One of my favorite quotes that we use around our company is from Jeff Seeliger of Dolese Brothers Co., who was heard in an interview describing the integrity-legacy of Mr. Dolese.
Dolese concrete mixer truck drivers wash their trucks every day. If you ever see a clean concrete truck in Oklahoma you will know it is a Dolese truck – no other competitor maintains their trucks the way Dolese does. They have a vacuum truck that is taken to each of their many concrete plants to vacuum the parking lots.
Keep in mind that this is an industrial materials plant with heavy equipment and plant operators on site – not a high-exposure property. I can promise you, though, that the men and women who drive Dolese mixer trucks intrinsically understand the importance of cleanliness to their company's reputation. They will not be seen making a mess.
The integrity-blood of the company's history runs in the veins of the company's furthest-reaching members. If you have a need for perfectly consistent concrete, you call Dolese.
You can watch a short video about the powerful and successful culture of Dolese Brothers Co. by clicking here.
In today's culture, it's so easy to be different because so many others are all the same. We, as business people of all industries, should stop describing ourselves as better than our competitors. We should be different from our competitors, thus naturally placing ourselves above of the circle of competition.
You don't go to KFC because it's better than Church's Chicken, you go to Chick-fil-A because it's a totally different, dependable experience. Become an organization of integrity to make tangible decisions that elevate you in your sector.
Be like the first craftsman. Make your bed every morning. Pick a line item on your budget and double it. Be so different that your competition can't compete. Pay your employees more. If you are in the convenience store business, clean your bathrooms 24 times per day. If you're in the fast food industry, remodel your buildings often. If you are a green industry contractor, wash your trucks every day and return missed calls.
Or you can use our services to immediately begin to stand out to the public. If you are a multi-family property manager, invest in mulch twice per year instead of once. If you manage commercial real estate, have the lawn area over-seeded in the fall for year-round green grass. If you're developing an office complex, budget $300,000 on landscaping instead of $200,000. (And if you are ever in doubt of the ROI, click here) If you can relate to the way we think at our company and want our help, call us at 405-229-8460.
Always be interested in knowing if you could be doing something better, even in the most seemingly insignificant areas. Ask yourself if the people you are doing business with really "get" you and do business the same way. Are they displaying integrity to high-standards in every area? If not, don't go to Google to find someone else. Be on the lookout and go to the people who captivate you with their actual results that you can witness in person.
These things make you different. Have the integrity to always be different by operating on a level of higher standards. The best customers will find you.
Please comment if you are frustrated by something besides misaligned/poor integrity as the common denominator between you and your worst customers.


Welcome to the website of the 7th National Competition on International Humanitarian Law for students.
And the winners of the 7th National Competition on IHL are: Hebrew University Team E: Mr. David Zlotogorski, Ms. Shani Nyer and Ms. Neomi Levinov.
Congratulations also to the finalist Team C from the IDC: Mr. Yahel Kaplan, Mr. Benjamin Rose and Ms. Sophia Lazarus.
The winner of the Uriel Massad Best Speaker Award : Ms. Rina Dorfman from Haifa University.
The winner of the Judges' Overall Excellence Award: Ms. Rebecca Baskin from the Hebrew University.
Thank you also to the competition judges - Ms. Emanuella Gillard, Dr. Janina Dill, Ms. Nathalie Weizmann and Mr. Nimrod Karin.
Background Documents Dear Teams,Attached are the background documents for this year's competition. Good Luck!
The National Competition on International Humanitarian Law, Israel-2013 is the sventh annual national competition in international humanitarian law (IHL) to be held in Israel.
The Competition began on Nov. 11th. The judges in this year's competition are: Dr. Janina Dill, Ms. Emanuela Gillard, Ms. Nathalie Weizmann and Mr. Nimrod Karin.
1. The Competition will take place between the 11th and 14th of November, 2013 in Kibbutz Tzuba.
2. Teams arrival at Tzuba: Nov. 11th at 9:00.
3. The final event of the competition will take place on Thursday, Nov. 14th, 2013, at 16:45, at the Konrad Adenauer Conference Center at Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, and is open to the public.
a) A team's completed Application Form must be received at tel_ihl@icrc.org before 16:00 on Thursday, 27 June 2013.
b) Non-Electronic documents (in accordance with article 4(b) of the regulations) must be received in the ICRC's offices in Tel Aviv before 16:00 on Sunday, 30 June 2013.


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Business Roundtable v. SEC
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
April 7, 2011, Argued; July 22, 2011, Decided
[*1146] [**261] Ginsburg, Circuit Judge: The Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, each of which has corporate members that issue publicly traded securities, petition for review of Exchange Act Rule 14a-11. The rule requires public companies to provide shareholders with information about, and their ability to vote for, shareholder-nominated candidates for the board of directors. The petitioners argue the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated the rule in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq., because, among other reasons, the Commission failed adequately to consider the rule's effect upon efficiency, competition, and capital formation, as required by Section 3(f) of the Exchange Act and Section 2(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 78c(f) and 80a-2(c), respectively. For these reasons and more, we grant the petition for review and vacate the rule.
The proxy process is the principal means by which shareholders of a publicly traded corporation elect the company's [*1147] [**262] board of directors. Typically, [***3] incumbent directors nominate a candidate for each vacancy prior to the election, which is held at the company's annual meeting. Before the meeting the company puts information about each nominee in the set of "proxy materials" — usually comprising a proxy voting card and a proxy statement — it distributes to all shareholders. The proxy statement concerns voting procedures and background information about the board's nominee(s); the proxy card enables shareholders to vote for or against the nominee(s) without attending the meeting. A shareholder who wishes to nominate a different candidate may separately file his own proxy statement and solicit votes from shareholders, thereby initiating a "proxy contest."
Rule 14a-11 provides shareholders an alternative path for nominating and electing directors. Concerned the current process impedes the expression of shareholders' right under state corporation laws to nominate and elect directors, the Commission proposed the rule, see Facilitating Shareholder Director Nominations, 74 Fed. Reg. 29,024, 29,025-26 (2009) (hereinafter Proposing Release), and adopted it with the goal of ensuring "the proxy process functions, as nearly as possible, as a [***4] replacement for an actual in-person meeting of shareholders," 75 Fed. Reg. 56,668, 56,670 (2010) (hereinafter Adopting Release). After responding to public comments, the Commission amended the proposed rule and, by a vote of three to two, adopted Rule 14a-11. Id. at 56,677. The rule requires a company subject to the Exchange Act proxy rules, including an investment company (such as a mutual fund) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA), to include in its proxy materials "the name of a person or persons nominated by a [qualifying] shareholder or group of shareholders for election to the board of directors." Id. at 56,682-83, 56,782/3.
647 F.3d 1144 *; 396 U.S. App. D.C. 259 **; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14988 ***; Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) P96,358
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PETITIONERS v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, RESPONDENT
Prior History: [***1] On Petition for Review of an Order of the Securities & Exchange Commission.
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This issue of the NoSleep e-Book will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about late-night fast food runs, your quirky neighbors who always seem to be renovating their house, and social networking. Go get yourself a few Breakfast Jacks and curly fries and curl up with these twelve tales of terror. Congratulations to all the authors in this issue!


The cover is done, the book is coming ... Soon! A new title in the Star Sojourner series by Jean Kilczer, an author I am proud to claim as a friend. If you haven't met her hero, Jules Rammis, you're in for a treat! If you've read her earlier books in this series, you already know that. Jean mixes science fiction action, adventure, danger and humor in a wild ride across worlds, with a good-hearted hero who just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Tangleroot is another winner.


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RJ Barrett banks in buzzer-beating 3-pointer to cap Knicks' 25-point comeback win
Jack Baer
Thursday night saw the loudest of bing bongs.
The New York Knicks erased what was once a 25-point deficit against the Boston Celtics, but it was only once the game was tied with two seconds left that things went truly off the rails.
Following a clutch fadeaway by Jayson Tatum to tie the game, the Knicks inbounded the ball to RJ Barrett and watched him make a preposterous, off-balance, buzzer-beating 3-pointer to blow the roof off Madison Square Garden.
Entering the game, the Knicks were 1-229 when trailing by 25 points or more in a game in the last 25 seasons, with their only win coming in 2004, per ESPN Stats & Info.
Barrett was the hero of the moment, but the overall hero of the night was Evan Fournier, who joined the Knicks this season after finishing last season with the Celtics. Facing his old team, the Frenchman went off for a career-high 41 points on 15-of-25 shooting (10-of-14 from 3-point range, tying a Knicks team record) plus eight rebounds.
Evan Fournier is going off 😤
He's got 38 pts and 9 threes.
(via @nyknicks) pic.twitter.com/GPKOnJPFEj
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 7, 2022
Torching the Celtics has been something of a theme for Fournier this season, as he had previously scored 32 points in each of his two other games against the team. He has not scored north of 30 points in any other game this season.
Celtics coach Ime Udoka says team lacks mental toughness
For that and many other reasons, Thursday night figures to haunt the Celtics. The team held a 57-32 lead with less than four minutes remaining in the first half, but allowed the Knicks to carve out the faintest of hopes by reducing the deficit to 16 points at halftime.
The Celtics held on for a while in the third quarter, but their lead was down to single digits with a few minutes left. One last push in the fourth put New York in position for a shocker.
It was the kind of performance that had their coach openly questioning their mental toughness after the game:
Celtics coach Ime Udoka says his team lacks mental toughness, and that they get rattled in late game situations. Said they have to settle down and execute better in those moments.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 7, 2022
As usual, Tatum carried the offense with 36 points on 12-of-21 shooting but beyond him and Dennis Schroder, the team shot 38.3% from the field.
The NFL has finally drawn a hard line against teams' humiliating pre-draft behavior
Novak Djokovic has Australian visa canceled over paperwork error, vaccine exemption
Tennessee lawmaker Jeremy Faison says he 'acted the fool' after apparent attempt to pants a HS basketball ref
Heat star Kyle Lowry ejected after tossing ball back to official in wild sequence
Former French minister Christiane Taubira announces presidential candidacy
France's well-liked former justice minister Christiane Taubira officially launches her campaign for the presidential election, joining other leftist candidates.
Yati Narsinghanand was arrested for making misogynistic remarks against Muslim women
Firefighters battle forest blazes in Argentina
With temperatures climbing upwards, firefighters were deployed ahead of the weekend to forest fires in nine of Argentina's 23 provinces, including one blaze that has been active for more than a month.


Six Senses Krabey Island has flung open the doors of its 40 private pool villas to welcome its first guests as they step off the speedboat to this gem of an island hideaway with dense tropical jungle, and rocky coastline surrounded by azure waters.
The landscaped 30-acre (12-hectare) private island is located 3 miles (5 kilometers) off Ream National Park in the Gulf of Thailand in southern Cambodia. From Sihanouk International Airport, it is a 10-minute drive to the resort's mainland reception for the short 15-minute crossing to Krabey Island. Remote enough yet not cut off from a country offering abundant culture and history.
With an at-one-with-nature environment such as this, huge care has been taken not to spoil it. The villas are sumptuous, sustainable and thoughtfully-designed, with green living roofs and maximum use of natural daylight. Each has a sundeck for lounging and alfresco dining with infinity-edged plunge pools and rain showers. And because all that relaxation is exhausting, each bedroom offers the groundbreaking Sleep With Six Senses standard for a good night's sleep.
The resort includes two unique restaurants with menus focused on quality local produce and seasonality, much of it grown at the resort's own 40,000 square feet (3,700 square meters) organic farm and herb garden. At the resort's signature restaurant Tree, dishes offer a modern twist on traditional Khmer cuisine with a creative interpretation of Southeast Asian flavors while AHA serves an eclectic menu of light yet satisfying international favorites for lunch and dinner. There is also the Sunset Bar, furnished with comfy sofas, lazy hammocks and a generous side order of sun dipping over the Gulf of Thailand. An ice cream parlor serves up more than 15 flavors daily on a complimentary basis for guests.
It's hard not to be lured by the expansive Six Senses Spa which is inspired by the sacred Khmer Kbal Spean River, offering a wide range of holistic rejuvenation and beauty treatments. For those who want to go deeper into their health, the Six Senses Integrated Wellness screening can help to create a personalized program to boost metabolism, energy levels and brain power. The spa also incorporates a comprehensive gym, rooftop yoga pavilion, indoor aerial yoga studio, Crystal Water Room, Meditation Cave and the Alchemy Bar, for blending natural skin care products and essential oils using pure local ingredients.
Sleep restored and chakras rebalanced, there are activities for all ages and energy levels including water sports, fishing, snorkeling, speedboat excursions to neighboring islands, an organic farm visit with cooking classes, night sky observatory, horizon lap pool, jungle fitness circuit and the open-air Cinema Paradiso. "The Nest" kids' club welcomes children between 4 and 12 years of age and incorporates the Grow With Six Senses approach for reconnecting young guests with nature through play.
Sustainability initiatives include the resort's own water bottling plant with reusable glass bottles, Earth Lab, and the support of school programs in nearby villages as well as the introduction of sustainable practices within local communities.


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A Poetics of Enquiry: SAMANTHA MOGWE LIVE!
Samantha Mogwe will be hosting her very first solo performance at the NO 1 ladies Opera House on 2 and 3 December 2011 at 630pm. The evening of the 2nd is strictly by invitation.
I've heard my eye on this young lady for a while now and am looking forward to this acoustic showcase.
Sounds exciting, maybe I'll come on the 3rd since it's the day before Music Camp starts.


A temple complex located on the banks of Pinakini River.
A must visit for history buffs!
Vaishnavas call it as Madhya Ahobhilam and Saivas as Madhya Kailasam.
The Amrita Sarovar would be a thrilling experience, according to local legend, about its sanctity - when Garuda was carrying nectar from Indra Loka, one drop of it fell at this place and turned the pool into a sacred one.
Now called as a second Hampi, is one of the important Advaitha Mutts established by Sankaracharya.
Only place in Andhra Pradesh where the holy Peetham of Sankaracharya is located.
Annual festival is held for 10 days in march – April.