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HomeSportsWhen did Newcastle last win the League Cup?
When did Newcastle last win the League Cup?
Newcastle head into the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester feeling like they have a genuine shot at ending their long wait for a major trophy.
That feeling is very justified, too. Eddie Howe's men were one of the form teams of 2022 and appear to be in a good position to chase Champions League qualification this year.
If they are to win the League Cup this year, though, they will have to create some club history to do it.
Newcastle's long trophy-drought is well-publicised, but it still might surprise many to know that the Magpies have never actually won the League Cup.
They came closest in 1976 when they lost 2-1 in the final to Manchester City. To rub a little more salt into those wounds, it was Newcastle-born Dennis Tueart who scored the winner.
The rest of their League Cup history has been a case of quarter-final frustration. They have reached that stage of the competition eight times, with half of them coming since the 2014/15 season.
That record compares very poorly to what they have achieved in the FA Cup, which they have won three times – although not since 1955 – and reached another three finals.

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How to Sell a Stadium in Six Easy Steps: Calgary Gets the High-Pressure Pitch
Calgary Sports and Entertainment
by Katie Baker
Two weeks ago, as the New York Times published a feature about how the new (and stadium-seeking) owners of the Milwaukee Bucks were "a case study in all that is wrong with our arena-shakedown age," the folks behind Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation were putting the finishing touches on a grand new stadium proposal of their own. On August 18, CSEC CEO and Calgary Flames president Ken King and his associates announced their vision for a project dubbed CalgaryNEXT, a multibuilding, multiuse facility that would replace Calgary's current aging athletic infrastructure and serve as a home to four local hockey, football, and lacrosse franchises.
The announcement was fortuitously timed: This spring the Calgary Flames, buoyed by a corps of young, dynamic players (and a lot of luck), fought their way into the Stanley Cup playoffs and upset the Vancouver Canucks in the first round. The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League entered this season as the reigning Grey Cup champions. With excitement about last season breeding anticipation for this coming one, it was an opportune moment for CSEC to lay out its plans.
In this rancher city of just over a million people, a place known for its annual Stampede rodeo and its NHL arena called the Saddledome, CalgaryNEXT has the makings of a wild horse that won't be tamed. That's how these new arena imaginings typically tend to go, anyway, and this one seems no different so far. Pretty architectural renderings that likely bear little similarity to what might actually take shape? Check. A small upfront private investment that is but a drop in the multiple buckets of suggested public funding? Check. A name with precious syntax? Check. (Edmonton, another Albertan city to Calgary's north, currently leads the pack on this front, having recently released marketing materials banning the use of the word "the" in conjunction with its planned Ice District.) Ecological snafus and the word "retractable" and overly optimistic salesmen and a predictable paucity of parking? Check, check, check, and check.
The Times article on the Bucks noted that the recent moves made by the team's owners "were right out of the professional sports owner handbook." Little did they know that there kind of is such a document. In 1998, Neil deMause and Joanna Cagan published the book Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit, a compendium of the never-ending arms races between sports owners and municipal politicians, between pro leagues and their fans.
DeMause and Cagan had plenty of material, from the Colts' move from Baltimore to Indianapolis in 1984 to the impending demise of Tiger Stadium in 1999. But so much more has gone down since their book was published in the late '90s — the relocation of the Montreal Expos to Washington, D.C., the spate of new stadiums in the New York metropolitan area, the battle over Fenway Park, and on and on — that in 2008 the authors released a revised and expanded edition that covered many of the ventures fueled by new "innovations" in municipal finance.
But both versions of Field of Schemes feature an early chapter called "The Art of the Steal," which outlines the six steps that most owners and developers seem to follow when they agitate for the athletic ideals of faster, higher, stronger to be poured in concrete form. How has CalgaryNEXT done, at this early stage, in sticking to this playbook? Let's take a look.
Derek Leung/Getty Images The exterior of Scotiabank Saddledome.
Step 1: The Home-Field Disadvantage
"The first step is usually the obsolescence claim — alleging that your old stadium is obsolete, insufficient to cater to the demands of modern fans, or even on the verge of physical collapse."
—Field of Schemes, page 64
The Saddledome was built in 1983 as part of Calgary's successful bid to host the 1988 Winter Olympics; at the time, it "made its debut to oohs and aahs, an architectural wonder that became an instant icon on the city's skyline."
How quickly things change. After a major 2013 summer flood filled the Saddledome with 10 feet of water, director of building operations Robert Blanchard said that his goal in cleaning up the building was one of maintaining the status quo rather than upgrading it. "If we did major upgrades … we're still left with a concourse that doesn't function properly," he told reporters. "All sorts of other areas in the building are just 30 years old and obsolete and don't work for us."
Last year, Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke referred to the arena, with his characteristic bluntness, as "embarrassing … the finest state-of-the-art 1988 building in the league." During last season, Gary Bettman paid a visit to Calgary and remarked that "I think everyone knows the issue with respect to the facility … this is a building that needs to be replaced." In hindsight, it was only a matter of time before something like CalgaryNEXT was announced.
Step 2: Faking a Move
"Successfully threatening to pick up and move a sports franchise to another city is an art form unto itself, one that you need to perform well if you're to achieve your goal."
You have to give Ken King credit on this front: In a recent appearance on Bob McCown and Elliotte Friedman's Fan 590 radio show, he was asked whether the team would be pulling the ol' "we're moving to Seattle!" maneuver anytime soon. "That's not on the table," he assured the skeptical hosts, even going so far as to call such a threat "a clumsy negotiating tactic."
It's not unusual for the game to start out this way, though; Field of Schemes points out that it's a delicate dance, that "those who are too direct about the threat risk getting slapped down by angry local politicians and columnists." Still, things have a way of deteriorating. Take the Edmonton Oilers, who are years ahead of Calgary in the new-arena life cycle. (The path taken by Oilers ownership in its quest to get Rogers Place approved was described in a 2012 article as "four years of fuzzy numbers, shifting statements, apologies, bluster, brinkmanship, and revisionist history" — par for the course in these matters.) It was only a few years back that the Oilers brass and Wayne Gretzky just happened to be spotted in a luxury box at a Seattle Seahawks game. Now, the skeleton of their new building has risen in downtown Edmonton — sorry, in Ice District — and is expected to open next year.
For Calgary, it's still too early to be pushing these sorts of threats; nothing has descended that far into chaos and seeing-other-people subterfuge. Yet.
Step 3: Leveling the Playing Field
"The mere threat of a team's falling into second-class status has been enough to strike fear into the hearts of politicians and fans alike."
It's cringe-worthy to contemplate how quickly a once-upscale building becomes an also-ran, but the Saddledome is the fourth-oldest building in the NHL. The three older are Madison Square Garden, which just underwent a billion dollars' worth of refurbishing; Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, which is not long for this world; and Edmonton's Rexall Place. With Edmonton having already committed to its outsize new project, Calgary faces the implicit rivalry of keeping up with its biggest local rival, not to mention the NHL's other teams.
But these insecurities aren't just on the ice. Often, this step of the process plays not only on a fan's fears that his or her team might be left behind while others modernize and uplevel and lure free agents. It preys upon an entire city's sense of self.
One of the sharpest tools in the arena-escalation toolbox is the blanket appeal to civic pride with statements like this one, from local developer Michael Brown: "People can live anywhere. They don't have to be here, which is why it's important to have amenities that will attract and keep people in your city." (Bonus points: This article includes the obligatory scare-tactic argument of "Calgary risks becoming a city like Buffalo.")
The people behind CalgaryNEXT have repeatedly stressed that this wouldn't just be a new sports arena: It would be a community center, one that could revitalize an entire blighted neighborhood (more on that shortly) and include, among other things, a multiuse, semipublic field house that the city has sought to build for years. This field house is important: It's the stated link to public funding for the entire project, a sort of sly "well, if you're already going to the store, would you mind picking up a lifetime of groceries for me?" infiltration.
Step 4: Playing the Numbers
"The numbers themselves here almost don't matter. Predictions of economic benefit, in fact, are all over the map — which should come as no surprise, given that they all amount to little more than guesswork."
Even though Gary Bettman swore during the NHL lockout that he would not "negotiate in public," he did let slip an interesting remark in a Q&A with the Winnipeg Free Press's Gary Lawless. Asked whether the NHL's "aggressive" first offer to the players had been a mistake, Bettman said: "I think the view some have of our first offer is fairly naive as it relates to collective bargaining. A sophisticated negotiator would have looked at it and said, 'Obviously they want a 50-50 split.' If we're at 57 [percent of revenue to the league] and they propose 43, they must be telegraphing where they want to end."
I thought of this while reading something King had said to the Calgary Sun on Monday. Asked whether the financial stake from the ownership — a stated $200 million outright, just a small percentage of the total estimated funding of $890 million — is negotiable, King said: "If I said they were starting points, I'd be the dumbest negotiator."
It's important to remember, as longtime Flames blogger Kent Wilson pointed out in his thoughtful summary of "How to Think Critically" about this deal, that everything outlined in the CalgaryNEXT proposal is merely an opening salvo, a moon shot, a way to anchor biases and frame negotiations. As Field of Schemes put it, "the numbers themselves here almost don't matter." What will ultimately unfold will likely look wildly different from anything we're parsing now. (This goes for the actual buildings, too. The CalgaryNEXT team stresses that all the fancy renderings are just early-stage spaghetti thrown against the wall. It's reminiscent of a quote in Field of Schemes from an architect about early Barclays Center plans in Brooklyn: "Don't worry about the funny shapes at this point. These are just blocks. We'll make something out of it as we go.")
Still, the existing numbers are as follows: The team says it will put up $200 million of private money. OK. Another $250 million would be reimbursed with a cut of future ticket sales, although it's unclear exactly who would be up-fronting all of this dough. Two hundred million dollars would be straight public funding, and the CalgaryNEXT developers take great pains to stress that this amount is already earmarked by the city for that field house, which would be built regardless. But Mayor Naheed Nenshi has said that city funds have been allocated through 2018, and this project is not currently in the works. And then there is $240 million worth of a "community revitalization levy" — essentially a speculative source of funding in which debt is repaid by future taxes on local developments in the planned arena district that are, as yet, nothing but a gleam in entrepreneurs' eyes.
That sure is a lot of public funding for a project whose future revenues will, you can assume, almost entirely accumulate to the private side.
Step 5: The Two-Minute Warning
"Proclaim that the window of opportunity on a new stadium will remain open only for so long, leaving unstated what disaster will befall the city if the window should be allowed to slam shut. [Frank] Rashid [cofounder of the Tiger Stadium Fan Club] calls it the 'used car salesman' approach: Buy now because this offer won't be good for long."
The good news: We're still too early in the process to be flooded with meaningless deadlines and eleventh-hour posturing. (Speaking of eleventh hours, one of my favorite parentheticals in Field of Schemes, about the 1988 battle over Comiskey Park, recalls that "Governor Jim Thompson had the clock turned off at 11:59 to avoid hitting a midnight deadline.")
The bad news: According to King, when it comes to CalgaryNEXT there is no Plan B. This is how it starts.
Step 6: Moving the Goalposts
"Cost overruns are a certainty, especially if you have plans for technological novelties like a state-of-the-art retractable roof."
A retractable roof may not be in the current plans for CalgaryNEXT, but the project does feature retractable seats. And that's not all: According to the development's FAQ, "We are exploring an option for a translucent roof for the Fieldhouse Stadium." Cha-ching!
But these sorts of potential fancy overruns don't compare to the two biggest omissions in the CalgaryNEXT plans. One is any logistical consideration about the cost of roads and access to the new buildings. The other is the fact that the proposed site of development — an area called the West Village, which currently houses a Greyhound terminal and a bunch of car dealerships — is the site of major creosote contamination.
A now-defunct plant that decades ago treated railway ties and telephone poles has left the land borderline unusable; any significant development in the area would first require a massive environmental cleanup. Estimates of the cost of that job have climbed as high as $300 million and isn't included anywhere in the math about how much CalgaryNEXT would cost. The developers argue that cleanup would have to take place regardless, and that it therefore isn't part of their project costs, per se. But no one is forcing them to develop on this particular parcel of barren land, and this is all pretty much the definition of keeping the goalposts out of reach.
Speaking of moving the goalposts, there are those who believe that all of this is just the first step in what ultimately could become a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics; that what we're seeing is just the pump being primed. It makes sense: The original Saddledome, after all, was built that way. Never mind that, in 2011, sports economist Andrew Zimbalist remarked that "the signature venue in Calgary, the Saddledome, [was] viewed as obsolete and in need of replacing less than twenty years after the end of the Games." Could CalgaryNEXT be … next?
Derek Leung/Getty Images View of the interior of Scotiabank Saddledome before a game between the Calgary Flames and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
It's one thing to convince locals that Calgary needs a new sports complex or two; besides the Saddledome, Calgary's other major stadium, where the CFL's Stampeders play, was built in 1960 and could use an update. But it's another to cajole them into believing they should be the ones who foot the bill. That doesn't mean the Calgary Sports and Entertainment folks won't try, or that they aren't canny in doing so. "Owners aren't crazy for demanding local money to help build a stadium," noted Andrew Sharp about the Milwaukee Bucks. "They'd be crazy not to do it." The current CalgaryNEXT proposal ticks off nearly all the boxes that team owners, local developers, and major leagues have learned make for the best approach to maximizing profits while saddling — no pun intended! — others with the risks. "In this new Gilded Age," wrote Charlie Pierce, "nothing should surprise us anymore."
Nothing should, but that doesn't mean it isn't still startling. Like any city, Calgary is a place where budgetary constraints are constantly reshaping priorities and causing tough decisions; over the last decade, a cancer center, for example, has been proposed and delayed and downsized and passed around. Summer floods and winter snow removal must constantly be managed. Alberta, as a province, is always subject to the ultra-boom-bust cycle of the oil industry. There are so many places in need of municipal funding. Should a new arena be among them, particularly when the taxpayers don't directly share in the upside that they are asked to support? This is not a Calgary-specific question; it's one that plays out, year after year, all around North America, and more often than not the team owners and their chosen developers follow the well-worn steps to get their way.
A few years back, in a Sloan Sports Analytics conference on negotiation, the Flames' Brian Burke (then with the Maple Leafs) explained that "my theory is, make the first meeting as short and unpleasant as possible. Sometimes it's better to just punch the guy in the face." But in the case of CalgaryNEXT, you get the sense that there is more unpleasantness yet to come. Once the balls get rolling, everything has a tendency to go downhill.
This post has been updated to correct the year Field of Schemes was originally published.
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Katie Baker is a staff writer at Grantland.
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1) Video games are known to be very violent. How do I know if a video game is appropriate for my child?
The easiest way to get a glimpse at the content in a game that you might purchase for your children is known as the ESRB guide. (Link to our ESRB section) The Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, is an independent company that examines the content of games before they're released. Similar to how films are rated, the ESRB has different ratings that help guide you to what is appropriate for different age ranges. There are also "descriptors" listed on the games, outlining specifically what may be offensive; violence, crude humor, sexual situations and many more. Visit our ESRB guide to see the entire list of descriptors and to also see the different age ranges, including where to find them on the every video game box sold in the United States.
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The big thing about gaming, and most things in general, is moderation. Depending on your child's age, a certain amount of time should be allotted for gaming (and each family varies on the amount of time they're allowed to budget). Also, a great idea would be to maybe have a "gaming party" so your child can play those games with his friends in person and not online.
3) Do educational games really work?
There has been a long debate on whether video games labeled as "educational" actually make children smarter, and the truth is, the jury is still out. There have been some games sold as "educational" that have been tested and have shown that they really don't have much of an effect on a child's intelligence. Yet there are also some games that are quite stimulating and also have specific learning exercises that are fun to play. Check out our Educational Gaming Guide for more specifics.
4) How do I protect my child from the risks of consoles that have online capabilities and opportunities for them to talk with strangers?
First off, the basic rules you already use with your children are easily applied to the online world. Remind your kids not to chat with strangers online and to NEVER give out personal information about themselves or the family. It is also always a good idea to check out the sites your children frequent and pay particular attention to sites that collect personal information. If you don't agree with the privacy statement of a particular site or if you don't want to give away any of your child's personal information, a little searching may lead you to a similar site that doesn't request any information at all. You can also block inappropriate content from your children by enabling the parental controls provided with most new systems.
5) Will my child become obese from playing video games?
When played in moderation, and incorporated with outdoor activities, gaming should not make your child obese. If your child plays for hours and hours on end, maybe give him or her a set amount of time that they are allowed to play. Also, if it's a big concern, look into physical activities that your child can play at school, or maybe, activities that they can play with you.
6) What video game system is appropriate for my child?
Depending on your child's age, there can be appropriate systems for them. For instance, the games and style of the PS3 would not fit a 2-10 year old, but may be fine for older children. Young children generally play a lot of computer games, no console required. But with the advent of the Wii and the Nintendo DS, those are geared toward a younger audience and offer mostly clean content, yet still look at the rating on individual games to make sure you know what they'll experience. Our console guide can help you make a fully informed decision before you lay out the big bucks.
7) What video games would my young daughter enjoy?
Gaming has always been a male oriented hobby, yet recently games that interest girls are getting attention. There are games specifically geared toward girls, like the Dora the Explorer series, the Bratz series and Faeries are beautifully graphically and full of activities that girls would enjoy, like dress up and fashion oriented games. Also, most popular children's movies have video games counterparts, so if your girl is obsessed with High School Musical or Kung Fu Panda, those can be sure bets.
8) Are there any games that I can play with my children that we would both enjoy?
Sure! There are plenty nowadays, especially with the release of the Nintendo Wii. Geared toward a family market, games such as Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Wii Sports and Wii Play will not only get the both of you off the couch, but also interact and have a ton of fun. Games like Guitar Hero would also be a great addition, teaching your child hand eye coordination and tempo, but you can also see how good of a musician you are as well! With songs spanning many different styles, all of you will be able to jam to something you love.
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LG Electronics Singapore Unveils the CINEMA 3D Smart TV, LM9600
Written by Joe Teh on April 23, 2012
LG Electronics Singapore today unveils the latest CINEMA 3D Smart TV, the 55-inch LM9600. It is the first time LG's NANO FULL LED technology has been applied to 3D TVs. The 55-inch LM9600 TV will be available at a recommended retail price of S$6,999. More information after the break.
LG'S NEW CINEMA 3D SMART TV BRINGS FRESH WAVE OF 3D ENHANCEMENTS
LG Brings a Truly Cinematic 3D Home Entertainment Experience to the Living Room through the LM9600's Enhanced 3D Capabilities and Upgraded Smart TV Function
SINGAPORE, April 23rd, 2012 – LG Electronics Singapore (LG) has unveiled its latest and most sophisticated CINEMA 3D Smart TV, the 55-inch LM9600, whose display and sound technologies, product design and Smart TV functions share a unified focus on enabling the most immersive CINEMA 3D experience.
"The new LM9600 synergizes and pulls into a single product the various sophisticated technologies LG has been applying to its CINEMA 3D products," said Mr. Scott Jung, Managing Director of LG Electronics Singapore. "The LM9600's development was also based on consumer feedback on 3D features and Smart TV functions. Whether in terms of picture quality, 3D features, Smart TV features or product design, the LM9600 is a premium 3D Smart TV in every respect."
The LM9600 builds upon the strengths of LG's previous CINEMA 3D Smart TVs by addressing the more detailed elements of 3D display and audio qualities. The new technologies revolve around the control and maximization of the 3D depth effect. For instance, 3D Depth Control allows users to adjust the distance between the numerous on-screen objects, thereby increasing the immersive effect of 3D images. Such enhancement in the immersive effect of the 3D images is also accompanied by the enhanced 3D sound, as 3D Sound Zooming generates sound according to the location and movement of the on-screen objects. Meanwhile, the improved 2D to 3D conversion engine allows viewers to enjoy a greater quantity of high quality 3D content.
The LM9600's enhanced 3D effects are supported by LG's NANO FULL LED technology, the first time this technology has been applied in 3D TVs. NANO FULL LED ensures uniform light distribution, detailed local dimming and picture consistency, while displaying vibrant images that are brighter, clearer and smoother.
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The cinematic experience enabled by the LM9600 is further maximized by LG's CINEMA SCREEN Design, which has slimmed down the bezel to a barely noticeable level of 5.1mm. The slim bezel is accompanied by a widened display panel.
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Enhancements to the TV hardware have been accompanied by LG's expansion of its Smart TV function and content offerings, which are easier to access and use, thanks to LG's 2012 red dot design award-winning Magic Remote. The enhanced Magic Remote, with three gesture control modes: Pointing, Wheel and Gesture, operates like an air mouse, enabling viewers to browse and select content and apps by simply pointing the remote control unit toward the TV and clicking.
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Viewers can now access a far larger quantity of content through the LM9600's connectivity features. Foremost among them is Smart Share Plus, which provides access to content stored in external devices, such as laptops, mobile phones, tablets and flash memory drives. Smart Share Plus also offers the screen share function that streams TV content to external viewing devices, such as smartphones or tablets, through Wi-Di connection. Smart Share Plus also enables mobile device users to view different content from what is being shown on the TV.
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LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570.KS) is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 93,000 people working in over 120 operations around the world. With 2010 global sales of KRW 55.8 trillion (USD 48.2 billion), LG comprises four business units – Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, and Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions. LG is one of the world's leading producers of flat panel TVs, mobile devices, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators. For more information, please visit www.lg.com.
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Stefanie Watson
Collaborative Pianist
Stefanie Watson enjoys being active in a wide variety of musical facets in addition to her work as staff pianist and as music director for Lyric Theatre at TCNJ: recital collaborator, educator, choral pianist, and church musician. She has recently performed in and organized recitals in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and her home state of Maryland. In addition, she served as staff pianist for Lied Austria International, a month-long summer program near Graz, Austria that focused on intense study of German art song and poetry.
A founding member of The Edwin Trio, a Baltimore-based chamber ensemble, and now a member of the Perseid Trio, Stefanie continues to be active in chamber music as a participant and employee of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference in Bennington, Vermont, and through performances in the New York City Bar Association's Chamber Music Series.
Stefanie is on the faculty at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA, where she teaches private piano and collaborates with colleagues to teach courses with the Theater and Psychology departments, in addition to accompanying vocal activities and serving as vocal coach. She also maintains a private teaching studio and is director of music at Emanuel Lutheran Church in New Brunswick where she serves as organist/pianist, choir director, and director of handbells/handchimes. Additionally, Stefanie has served as pianist for the Hopewell Valley Chorus since 2013. Stefanie holds an M.M. degree in Collaborative Piano from Rutgers University and a B.A. in Piano Performance from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was a Linehan Scholar and minored in Spanish.
Contact: Stefanie Watson
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Awang, N.; Jaafar, J.; Ismail, A.F.; Othman, M.H.D.; Rahman, M.A. Performance of Void-Free Electrospun SPEEK/Cloisite as a Function of Degree of Dispersion State on Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Application. Membranes 2019, 9, 7.
Awang N, Jaafar J, Ismail AF, Othman MHD, Rahman MA. Performance of Void-Free Electrospun SPEEK/Cloisite as a Function of Degree of Dispersion State on Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Application. Membranes. 2019; 9(1):7.
Awang, Nuha; Jaafar, Juhana; Ismail, Ahmad F.; Othman, Mohd H.D.; Rahman, Mukhlis A. 2019. "Performance of Void-Free Electrospun SPEEK/Cloisite as a Function of Degree of Dispersion State on Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Application." Membranes 9, no. 1: 7.


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The Koch Brothers Bring You "The Big and the Bold"
'Go big and go bold' Scott Walker tells Iowa GOP summit. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/25/2015)
All of the above brought to you by the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Chris Kapenga, ALEC waterboy, is at it again. (12/11/2014)
Of course, Kapenga hasn't drafted a bill; it's already been done for him. (12/4/2014)
Here's an example of what happens when people don't pay attention. (10/8/2014)
Speaking of plagiarism: The Kapenga Chronicles (9/27/2014)
ALEC tools Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling go off the deep end. (9/22/2014)
Speaking of plagiarism. (9/20/2014)
Just what the Wisconsin legislature needs: Another ALEC disciple. (8/7/2014)
Missouri voters enshrine ALEC's "Right to Farm" idea within its state constitution. (8/6/2014)
Welcome to Todd Grayson's Alice-in-Wonderland world. (7/19/2014)
I'd like to suggest some alternate wording, please: Cross out "Legislative committees are", insert "The American Legislative Exchange Council is". (4/16/2014)
Meet Chris Kapenga, R-Waterboy, representing the grate state of ALEC. (2/18/2014)
Robin Vos, "an ALEC Wisconsin Foot Soldier" (SourceWatch). (6/13/2013)
Pat McCrory Cain't Say "No" to ALEC.. (6/10/2013)
Selling State Properties? It's in the ALEC Playbook. (5/22/2013)
More cookie-cutter legislation from ALEC. (4/7/2013)
Labels: 2016 Presidential campaign, 2016 Republican primary, Charles Koch, David Koch, Scott Walker
Julia Juliano Decker (1917-2015) Warren High School Class of 1935
Since "Julia" has already been graphed, let's take a look at Clare.
One of the most popular songs of 1935.
Labels: Blue Moon, Clare, class of 1935, Julia Juliano Decker, popular baby names, Warren High School
After Taking the Advice of Iowa Conservatives, Scott Walker Blames Jim Doyle for Casino Decision
See this timeline.
It's his go-to excuse.
Scott Walker in so many words: Jim Doyle responsible for 1.5% of U.S. job loss during Great Recession. (9/2/2014)
Can't helping himself, Scott Walker thinks running against Jim Doyle is the best strategy. (8/31/2014)
The Facts Are: Scott Walker has nothing to run on. (8/24/2014)
What a whiner! With no accomplishments of his own to trumpet, Scott Walker runs against Jim Doyle ...again. (6/20/2014)
Four years later and Scott Walker is still running against Jim Doyle. (3/4/2014)
Another John Doe Shocker: Scott Walker doesn't blame Jim Doyle (2/21/2014)
Blame Doyle: Republican Governors Association pimp for Scott Walker like it's 2010. (2/13/2014)
Labels: Jim Doyle, Kenosha casino, Scott Walker
No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Fred Upton, Michigan's 6th Congressional District
Photo source: U.S. Congress
Text source: mlive.com
Rep. Upton was elected to a 15th term with 56% of the vote. Upon chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Recommended reading for Rep. Upton and the constituents of his southwest Lower Peninsula district.
Risks to Michigan and Great Lakes: See what new global warming report says. (mlive.com, 5/6/2014)
MSU's Robertson says climate change will probably affect us in two ways. The first way is what he calls the "well behaved" changes, such as the predictable nature of effects from warmer temperatures. The second way climate change will affect us is what he terms "ill mannered" effects. Those effects are the unpredictable outcomes of extreme weather events like droughts and floods.
No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.
Alabama Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives. (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word: coal. Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13. The state's peak year of production: 1990)
1st District. Bradley Byrne (R). Proposed an amendment that would have cut all FY 2015 funding for the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
2nd District. Martha Roby (R). Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling and barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by Americans for Prosperity.
3rd District. Mike Rogers (R). League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0%. Lifetime (2003-): 9%.
4th District. Robert Aderholt (R). Without bothering to fact-check, he uses a discredited petition rejecting climate change to make a point.
5th District. Mo Brooke (R). Climate Experts Testify that Climate Change Projections are Unreliable and Misleading.
6th District. Stephen Baucus (R). League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0% Lifetime (1993- ): 8%
Alaska Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
At-large District. Don Young (R). Ridiculed environmentalists as a "self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans."
Arizona Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
4th District. Paul Gosar (R). Takes his environmental cues from cattle and sheep producers.
5th District. Matt Salmon (R). This quote sums up his view: "I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington." Signed Koch Brothers "No Climate Tax" pledge.
6th District. David Schweikert (R). Known to throw a hissy over "the Al Gores of the world". Chairs House Subcommittee on Environment.
8th District. Trent Franks (R). League of Conservation scorecard:2013: 11%. Lifetime (since 2003): 5%.
Arkansas Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Rick Crawford (R). Vow to his constituents: "As long as the Obama EPA continues its assault on farmers, I will continue to fight senseless regulations that only serve to cripple American agriculture."
2nd District. Tim Griffin (R). Perhaps one of the few scientists in the Republican House caucus. As far as global warming is concerned, he claims "that there are a lot of shenanigans going on with the data."
3rd District. Steve Womack (R). Loves his fossil fuels.
4th District. Tom Cotton (R). Claims the earth's temperature hasn't warmed in 16 years, a climate denier meme. The reality: 9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 1998.
California Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Doug LaMalfa (R). Ask him about air conditioners, packing plants, or praying for rain.
4th District. Tom McClintock (R). Still smarting that he never received a Nobel Prize in the 3rd grade.
8th District. Paul Cook (R). ALEC shill for the Keystone pipeline.
10th District. Jeff Denham (R). Appears to think that climate skeptics are on "the right side of the issue."
21st District. David Valadao (R). Represents a portion of California's Central Valley, a hotbed of climate skepticism, as the representative's League of Conservation Voters scorecard indicates.
22nd District. Devin Nunes (R). Throws hissy fit, a Republican specialty, over what he calls Obama's extremist climate agenda.
23rd District. Kevin McCarthy (R). Bemoans those dang "harmful regulations".
25th District. Buck McKeon (R). 7% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 24 years in House.
31st District. Gary Miller (R). 3% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 14 years in House.
39th District. Ed Royce (R). A liberal among the California Republican caucus: a 13% lifetime score on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard.
42nd District. Ken Calvert (R). Although comfortably ensconced in the Republican environmental mainstream, he's not above making an heretical remark or two.
45th District. John Campbell (R). Signer of Americans for Prosperity "No Climate Tax Pledge"; 9% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters,
48th District. Dana Rohrabacher (R). Mouths the same climate denier meme as the newly elected U.S. Senator from Arkansas.
49th District. Darrell Issa (R). The richest member of Congress, he recently won the League of Conservation Voters "Climate Denier Award".
50th District. Duncan Hunter (R). Can you top this? "Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives."
Colorado Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
3rd District. Scott Tipton (R). Tree rings tell us all we need to know.
4th District. Cory Gardner (R). Another beneficiary of the 2010 Tea Party wave. And he adjusted his views accordingly.
5th District. Doug Lamborn (R). Works tirelessly to assure that climate change remains "an extremely controversial topic". (Is also a big fan of impeaching Obama.)
6th District. Mike Coffman (R). Solidly parks his butt in the the-science-is-not-quite-settled camp.
No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware.
Florida Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Jeff Miller (R). "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. They're the modern Stone Age fam-a-lee."
2nd District. Steve Southerland (R). Spouts the company line.
3rd District. Ted Yoho (R). "I'm not smart enough for that."
4th District. Ander Crenshaw (R). All talk, no action.
6th District. Ron DeSantis (R). As reported by ThinkProgress, a majority of Congressional Republicans are climate deniers. At this point in the exercise, we appear to have unanimity.
7th District. John Mica (R). 7% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters after 22 years in the House.
8th District. Bill Posey (R). Sez climate change has been with us since the Earth was formed. (Pick your date.)
10th District. Daniel Webster (R). 9% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
11th District. Richard Nugent (R). 6% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
12th District. Gus Bilirakis (R). Big fan of fossil fuels.
13th District. David Jolly (R). Happy to drift along with the fossil-fuel flow.
15th District. Dennis Ross (R) It's all about personal responsibility.
16th District. Vern Buchanan (R). Proud to represent his rich waterfront property owners.
17th District. Tom Rooney (R). One of 48 Republican House members with a 0% score from the National League of Conservation Voters in 2013.
19th District. Curt Clawson (R). Suggests that climate change "may not exist".
25th District. Mario Diaz-Balart (R). Not ready to jump on the global warming bandwagon.
27th District. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R). Chicken Little, apparently, is one of her favorite folk tales.
Georgia Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Jack Kingston (R). Ask him about climate change, and he'll give you his troglodyte views on evolution.
3rd District. Lynn Westmoreland (R). One of the Republicans who threw a hissy fit when the Defense Department announced its climate change initiative.
6th District, Tom Price (R). During 2009 floor debate on a climate-change bill, he asked colleagues for a moment of silence for lost jobs.
7th District. Rob Woodall (R). Like his colleague Lynn Westmoreland, Rob believes that climate change discussions should be, at best, marginalized, not expanded.
8th District. Austin Scott (R). "Absolutely" skeptical when it comes to climate change.
9th District. Doug Collins (R). Ranked by National Journal as the most conservative member of the state's House delegation (90.2% rating, 16th overall).
10th District. Paul Broun (R). Believes that climate change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated by the scientific community. Got his butt kicked in the 2014 Georgia Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
11th District. Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R). Surgical masks for every cow.
14th District. Tom Graves (R). Has a facility for stringing cliches together.
Idaho Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Raul Labrador (R). According to this list, one of the scariest.
2nd District. Mike Simpson (R). Tries to come across as reasonable, but his words are contradicted by his 7% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters. (Lifetime = 9 terms, 18 years.)
Illinois Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
6th District. Peter Roskam (R). Once referred to climate change as "junk science".
13th District. Rodney Davis (R). Content to spout the company line.
14th District. Randy Hultgren (R). Asserted in 2009 that "we're headed in to a bit of a colder time."
15th District. John Shimkus (R). "The B-I-B-L-E/yes, that's the book for me/I stand alone on the word of God/the B-I-B-L-E!!"
16th District. Adam Kinzinger (R). Gives new meaning to "all-inclusive".
18th District. Aaron Schock (R). When it comes to support of environmental issues, he's all talk and no action.
Indiana Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
2nd District. Jackie Walorski (R). "That's My Congress" notes Rep. Walorski has followed a conservative course when voting on environmental legislation -- and everything else, for that matter. Earned a 0% rating from the League of Conservation Voters after her first year in the House.
3rd District. Martin Stutzman (R). Signed Americans for Prosperity's "No Climate Tax Pledge" a month before being sworn in as a member of Congress in 2010.
4th District. Todd Rokita (R). This climate change denier respects "God's green earth". Anyone who thinks otherwise is arrogant.
5th District. Susan Brooks (R). The Walorski summary fits Brooks to a T.
6th District. Luke Messer (R). Considers climate change a social issue.
8th District. Larry Bucshon M.D. (R). Climatologists are only in it for the money.
9th District. Todd Young (R). Describes himself as a climate agnostic.
Iowa Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
3rd District. Tom Latham (R). Earned a 8% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters in his 20 years of Congressional service.
4th District. Steve King (R). Rep. King explains it all for you.
Kansas Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Tim Huelskamp (R). A fossil fuel kinda guy, More development and utilization = jobs jobs jobs.
2nd District. Lynn Jenkins (R). Knows how to tap dance her way through a town hall forum.
3rd District. Kevin Yoder (R).http://paulsnewsline.blogspot.com/2015/01/no-friend-to-environment-republican_9.html More of the same.
4th District. Mike Pompeo (R). Uses social media to trumpet his climate skepticism.
Kentucky Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Ed Whitfield (R). In the pocket of coal industry.
2nd District. Brett Guthrie (R). Another Corncracker Soldier fighting against the "War on Coal".
4th District. Thomas Massie (R). Not your garden-variety Republican.
5th District. Harold Rogers (R). Serves as the Supreme Commander in the fight against the War on Coal.
6th District. Andy Barr (R). A foot soldier fighting against the War on Coal.
Louisiana Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Steve Scalise (R). The empty-headedness of GOP talking points. You can't make this stuff up.
3rd District. Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R). From coal to oil. "All politics is local".
4th District. John Fleming (R). Like him on Facebook.
5th District. Ralph Abraham (R). Sez Keystone Pipeline will create 40,000 construction jobs.
6th District. Garret Graves (R). Possible renegade?
Maine Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
2nd District. Bruce Poliquin (R). One of the newest members of the House Republicans Climate Skeptics caucus.
Maryland Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Andy Harris, M.D. (R). Fighting to insure clear-channel outlet for Republican climate skepticism propaganda.
No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
1st District. Dan Benishek, M.D. (R). Well now, here's a Republican who claims to be a scientist!
2nd District. Bill Huizegna (R). Makes no bones about where he stands on global warming, climate change.
3rd District. Justin Amash. Meet Mr. Contrarian.
4th District. John Moolenaar. For this newly elected representative, the photo at his energy issues webpage tells us all we need to know for the time being.
6th District. Fred Upton (R). Baby, it's cold outside!
Labels: Fred Upton, House of Representatives, Michigan, No Friend to the Environment
Wisconsin Public Library Holdings: Fond du Lac County Print, Audio, Video (1996-2013)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau State & County Quickfacts
(Compared to Wisconsin)
NOTE: Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
2010 population: 101,633
Public libraries in Fond du Lac County
Brandon Public Library
Campbellsport Public Library
Fond du Lac Public Library
Spillman Public Library, North Fond du Lac
Oakfield Public Library
Ripon Public Library
Source: Wisconsin Public Library Service Data
Percentage change by format, 1996-2013
Winnefox Library System
Ashland County. (1/6/2015)
Barron County. (1/7/2015)
Bayfield County. (1/8/2015)
Brown County. (1/9/2015)
Buffalo County. (1/10/2015)
Burnett County. (1/11/2015)
Calumet County. (1/12/2015)
Chippewa County. (1/13/2015)
Clark County. (1/14/2015)
Columbia County. (1/15/2015)
Crawford County. (1/16/2015)
Dane County. (1/17/2015)
Dodge County. (1/18/2015)
Door County. (1/19/2015)
Douglas County. (1/20/2015)
Dunn County. (1/21/2015)
Eau Claire County. (1/22/2015)
Florence County. (1/23/2015)
Other Wisconsin public library statistics series:
Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013. (Complete)
Public Access Internet Computers (1999-2013) and Print Serial Subscriptions (1996-2013). (Complete)
Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2012) of Wisconsin Public Libraries. (Through Manitowoc County as of 1/24/2015)
Labels: audiovisual materials, books, Fond du Lac County, Winnefox Library System, Wisconsin public libraries
Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2013) of Wisconsin Public Libraries: Manitowoc County
Public libraries in Manitowoc County
Kiel Public Library
Manitowoc Public Library
Lester Public Library, Two Rivers
Hours of operation per week:
57 - Kiel Public Library, Monday-Saturday.
52 - Manitowoc Public Library, Monday-Wednesday, Thursday-Sunday.
51.5 - Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Monday -Saturday
The current Kiel Public Library facility was dedicated on June 25, 1972.
The current 52,000-square-foot Manitowoc Public Library facility opened on September 2, 1998.
The current Two Rivers library facility opened on June 28, 1997.
Manitowoc-Calumet Library System
Adams County. (12/22/2014)
Ashland County. (12/23/2014)
Barron County. (12/24/2014)
Bayfield County. (12/25/2014)
Brown County. (12/26/2014)
Buffalo County. (12/26/2014)
Calumet County. (12/27/2014)
Chippewa County. (12/28/2014)
Clark County. (12/29/2014)
Columbia County. (12/30/2014)
Crawford County. (12/31/2014)
Dane County. (1/1/2015)
Dodge County. (1/2/2015)
Door County. (1/3/2015)
Dunn County. (1/5/2014)
Eau Claire County. (1/6/2015)
Florence County. (1/7/2015)
Fond du Lac County. (1/8/2015)
Forest County. (1/9/2015)
Grant County. (1/10/2015)
Green County. (1/11/2015)
Green Lake County. (1/12/2015)
Iowa County. (1/13/2015)
Iron County. (1/14/2015)
Jackson County. (1/15/2015)
Jefferson County. (1/16/2015)
Juneau County. (1/17/2015)
Kenosha County. (1/18/2015)
Kewaunee County (1/19/2015)
La Crosse County. (1/20/2015)
Lafayette County. (1/21/2015)
Langlade County. (1/22/2015)
Lincoln County. (1/23/2015)
Labels: hours of operation, library facilities, Manitowoc County, Manitowoc-Calumet Library System, square footage, Wisconsin public libraries
Meet Milwaukee's Dud of an Alderman
Milwaukee Ald. [Joe] Dudzik predicts 'a rape or a shooting' on streetcars. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/23/2015)
You might not recognize the Dudman from the photo you see here.
He's older and puffier now.
Labels: City of Milwaukee, Joe Dudzik, streetcars
UPDATE: On the Matter of Per Diems, Scott Krug Breaks His Promise
Again. He collects another $6,512 in 2014.
[Original 4/7/2014 post begins here.]
Boxed quote is from State lawmakers' per diem claims topped $1.1M in 2013. (Wisconsin State Journal, 4/6/2014)
One of a number of benefits. Per diems are meant to cover food and lodging costs while lawmakers are in Madison doing state business. Those who live in Dane County can claim $44 a day while those from outside Dane County receive $88 a day. The amounts are on top of legislators' nearly $50,000 annual salary.
Labels: per diem, Wisconsin State Legislature
Scott Walker sez politics has nothing to do with his casino decision
As Walker considers the impact of a casino on Wisconsin, gambling opponents want to make sure he doesn't forget Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus to select presidential nominees. Important for any presidential bid, Iowa is particularly key for Walker, who spent part of his childhood there and now governs a neighboring state.
Walker, who is exploring a presidential campaign, put the kibosh on the casino one day before he heads to Iowa, an important state in the presidential sweepstakes. Some Iowa conservatives have urged the governor to veto the Kenosha casino.
Walker doesn't even rate a mention in this report. But fluffernutters Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum get brief face time.
More evidence that being governor is nothing but a distraction for Scott Walker. (1/23/2015)
Where in the world is Scott Walker? (1/22/2015)
Labels: Iowa Freedom Summit, Scott Walker
"This is not live! Ladies and gentleman, Army has not scored again!"
Tony Verna, Who Started Instant Replay and Remade Sports Television, Dies at 81. (The New York Times, 1/21/2015)
Little recognized at the time, perhaps owing to the gravity of the national mood [15 days after President Kennedy's assassination] , was an innovation that changed the way sports — and other events — were televised, seen and, eventually, officiated. In the fourth quarter of the game, when Army quarterback Rollie Stichweh ran for a touchdown, CBS not only showed the play live but also showed it again immediately on tape. It was the first time that had happened.
So striking was the innovation that Lindsey Nelson, the play-by-play announcer, exclaimed to viewers:
Labels: instant replay
More Evidence That Being Governor is Nothing but a Distraction for Scott Walker
GOP strategist with Iowa ties joins Team Scott Walker. (Des Moines Register, 1/23/2015)
[David] Polyansky, a Texan who played senior roles in two Iowa presidential campaigns and was the top strategist in Republican Joni Ernst's successful campaign for U.S. Senate this past fall, will be Team Walker's senior adviser in Iowa, sources told The Des Moines Register Thursday.
Text source: Capital Times
An effective statement to counteract this B.S.
Photo credit: State of Wisconsin
Text source: The Daily Cardinal
Labels: 2016 Presidential campaign, 2016 Republican primary, Scott Walker
No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative John Moolenaar, Michigan's 4th Congressional District
Photo (L) source: U.S. Congress
Photo (R) source: Congressman John Moolenaar>Issues>Energy
Endorsed by Tea Party, Rep. Moolenaar. was elected to his first term with 57% of the vote.
Recommended reading for Rep. Moolenaar and the constituents of his central Lower Peninsula district.
Warming climate has consequences for Michigan's forests. (Science Daily, 4/11/2014)
Labels: House of Representatives, John Moolenaar, Michigan, No Friend to the Environment
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Silverstone Golf Club is a Las Vegas golf course that's adding some Sin City sizzle. It's in the process of a revamp that's changing the old, tired desert dirt waste areas to reddish clay sand. The driving range is also getting an overhaul.
Silverstone Golf Club has 28 holes of golf -- three nines and a settle-the-bets 28th hole. Some are pretty memorable, among them the longest hole in all Nevada (that's No. 3 on the Mountain nine, a 653-yard par 5 that doglegs around a lake). Silverstone has four par 5s measuring more than 600 yards, but this Robert Cupp design isn't a pure punisher (unless the Las Vegas winds are blowing). The course plays through housing, but there are also mountains visible in the distance on most holes.
Silverstone Golf Club's new reddish clay sand changes the look of the course.
Silverstone Golf Club's clubhouse is big enough for almost any group.
Silverstone Golf Club has a number of forced carries off the tee.
Silverstone Golf Club features water on several holes.
You'd better swing strong if the wind's blowing at Silverstone.
Silverstone Golf Club has a number of houses around greens.
This old desert area will be replaced by the new red sand at Silverstone Golf Club.
Silverstone Golf Club in Las Vegas.
Silverstone Golf Club has a few narrow openings and undulating fairways.
Even the 653-yard par 5 features water at Silverstone Golf Club.


Out of all the career choices we have available to us, freelancing and working at home is arguably one of the most popular choices due to the independence, security and freedom it offers once you get the ball rolling.
However, with so much choice for what you can do to make money as a freelancer, you'll often be stuck thinking what the best decision is. However, as expected, you need to be sure that this is what you want.
To help you out, I've teamed up with others to put together this guide on online teaching and why it's quickly becoming one of the best online career choices available to people. All you need is a passion and knowledge in a subject and you're ready to start teaching others online.
Online learning has exploded in popularity thanks to the convenience it offers and the wide variety of courses available.
Online teaching is done through online learning websites. These websites typically employ skilled freelancers (often without needing credentials) to write guides, make videos and plan study material for students.
People either pay a monthly fee to access your content or they pay you for private lessons. Some websites are open to what they offer and you can create a course on anything from internet marketing to how to build a boat.
Other websites that are targeted towards the professional market typically only create courses that fit their criteria. For instance, an online learning website dedicated to art will only publish courses that are professionally made and showcase your skills.
Why do people decide to teach online?
So what's the big deal with online teaching and why is it such a fantastic career choice? Here are seven reasons to sink your teeth into.
Unlike traditional teaching jobs, you often aren't required to have credentials, experience or a degree. If you can show that you have knowledge of a subject then you'll be accepted and your popularity will depend on how well you can teach, not some papers you earned a decade ago.
Keep in mind that professional online learning services will likely require you to show some experience to maintain their standards.
Do you love dancing? Why not start your own online dance lessons then? What about fitness? If you find yourself to be a capable personal trainer, then people will gladly pay for you to show them how to burn fat and get fit. If you want to get even more niche then take a look at rebelmagic.com/, a site dedicated to teaching card tricks!
You typically don't need to follow any kind of guidelines when teaching online. You can do it your own way and if it's successful, then you'll be a popular teacher.
Since it's technically a freelance career, you can work entirely from home or virtually anywhere that you have access to your tools. All you need is a laptop and you're probably good to go. This is attractive to certain people.
You're almost guaranteed to get passionate students when you teach online. This is because the students are always interested in a subject before they apply to your course, so you'll rarely get people who are uninterested.
Now that you've seen the advantages of online teaching, let's take a look at how you can get started.
Thanks to the internet, it's easy to get started with online teaching if you're willing to invest in a few resources and a bit of learning.
There are many different ways to teach online and your method is going to vary depending on the skills you want to teach, how much time you can commit and how professional you want to go about it.
With help from a guide like this one from www.entrepreneur.com/, it's easy to get started with a YouTube channel that is all about teaching specific skills or knowledge. You'll need a decent camera and microphone to record yourself for lesson videos.
Alternatively, if you're good with video editing then you can make your own videos with just a voice over and perhaps some cartoon graphics or a digital blackboard that you write on. Meanwhile have you checked out my YouTube channel and subscribed?
Whether it's your own blog or one that specializes in online learning, you can write about virtually anything and be paid for your services. If you decide to start your own blog then you'll probably have to rely on ad revenue, eBook sales and other forms of income to make a living.
When writing for another blog, you should be treating it like a freelance writing career and you'll need to write plenty of articles for various blogs. Whether you pick YouTube or blogging, you can teach virtually any skill as long as there's some demand.
The formal route would be to apply to an online learning service. This may require you to have some kind of experience or credentials but it's arguably the most straightforward way to start an online learning career. Keep in mind that the subjects you teach need to be relevant to the learning service that you apply to.
It's a good idea to take a look at www.ej4.com/ for a SCORM compliant training course that will teach you how to use the learning management systems that these websites make use of for the learning services.
And lastly, you can also offer private lessons or classes on your own website. You can charge whatever rates you want, take on whatever students you want and even teach what you want. It's the ultimate in freedom but it's hard to build an audience until you have at least some credentials to start with.
Teaching online comes with many fantastic advantages compared to the traditional route of going to a school. Your students are more mature and have a genuine interest in the subjects they've picked, and it's a much more relaxed atmosphere.
If you have a passion for something, why not spread your knowledge around the world and make a job out of it if that's what you've always wanted? Are you considering an online teaching career? Please share below. I love it when you leave a comment behind, so please feel free to!
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Torrielli, Alessandro (2017) On AdS2/CFT1 transfer matrices, Bethe ansatz and scale invariance Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 51 (1), 015402.
We explicitly calculate the AdS2×S2×T6 transfer-matrix eigenvalues in the massless sector using the exact integrable S-matrix, for up to 5 particles. This enables us to conjecture the general pattern. We use the conjectured form of the eigenvalues to write down a set of massless Bethe ansatz equations. The same procedure applies to the relativistic as well as to the non-relativistic situation. In the relativistic case, the right and left modes decouple. We speculate that the relativistic massless Bethe ansatz we obtain in that case might capture the integrable structure of an underlying 2D critical theory. We finally take advantage of some remarkable simplifications to make progress in the massive case as well.


Darrelle Revis' agents announce he has agreed to terms with the Jets.
Darrelle Revis was asking teams for $40 million guaranteed. Jets' deal expected to top that. North of $40M guaranteed.
It doesn't seem an hour passes without the Buffalo Bills being mentioned with a big free agent. Well, here is another: Rex Ryan is interested in his former CB Darrelle Revis. But just how interested? And would Revis be interested enough to take a pay cut?


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How can we prevent backflow?
Connection Control) Section 710.090 all backflow devices must be inspected annually and the City must have a copy of the inspection on file.
If you have not been contacted by the Public Works Department regarding this please call 816-228-0195.
Access the Backflow prevention assembly test data and maintenance report.
Get helpful information by reading the Commercial Backflow Information form.
Read frequently asked questions pertaining to backflow prevention.


The emotionally resilient expat [by Linda Janssen].
Oh, well, why not mention here a great book that just came out [July 2013], by the author Linda Janssen?
Oooh this looks really good… already added to the Amazon list!
Good to know! I know it's shameless, but the money goes to the author [not the contributors!], so, I believe it's okay to 'advertise'… 😮 Also, why not? It's a good resource, Linda Janssen had some 60-some contributors to her book, which turns out to be a fantastic collection of stories and experiences… I'm glad you were interested!
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Mark is a Legal Adviser specialising in Care, Capacity & Court of Protection Services whose expertise has been developed during 27 years of working with Royal Bank of Scotland's Estates department.
Whilst Mark is not a solicitor he has extensive experience of estate administration and enjoys taking the pressure of the day to day administration away from clients at what can be a difficult time.
Mark has particular expertise dealing with intestate estates, including searches for missing beneficiaries and liaison with the Office of the Public Guardian, as well as dealing with any disputes which can arise within an estate with tact, sensitivity and pragmatic solutions.
Away from work Mark enjoys gardening, swimming and has an extensive pop music knowledge.


The organization's mission is to provide resources, referrals, and essential household items to Veterans, active military and their families, as well as Gold Star Families, at no cost to them.
Newby-ginnings was created October 2013 in memory of SPC Nicholas Newby who was KIA in Baghdad, Iraq on July 7, 2011. The organizations mission is to provide resources, referrals and essential personal and household items to Veterans, active military and their families as well Gold Star Families at absolutely no cost to them. There are no income eligibility requirements or any kind of proof of need necessary. All that is required is proof of military service, past or present, for the client or an associated family member. We just celebrated 5 years and over 2500 clients! Newby-ginnings achieves this mission by accepting donations of basic but essential household items, medical equipment, clothing, shoes and cold weather gear from the community. These items are then "processed" to ensure that they are clean and functional before being placed on the shelves for distribution in our "shop." Every day we meet clients that are struggling financially; they are struggling with the VA system, health issues, PTSD and TBI. We have found that Newby-ginnings is place where they can come, not only for basic household necessities, peer support, resources and referrals but for respect for time served and sacrifices made for our country.


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[TV] The New Doctor Who - Series 6
Having Steven Moffat at the helm of the current Doctor Who franchise has proven to be a rather interesting adventure of its own. I think one of the bigger things he's brought to the show, especially with how the fifth season had developed, is a greater sense of continuity in the episodes and thus a much stronger meta-plot tying all the episodes together. While Russell T. Davis had his fair share of larger story arcs, he tended to rely more on very, very subtle clues that felt closer to Easter Eggs quite frankly. Moffat tends to be a bit flashier and instead buries additional levels of meaning beneath what is just on the surface.
I enjoyed his approach to the franchise last time around and when this season started to film, I have to admit that I was pretty excited. Now that Moffat had been able to lay out his groundwork so to speak, things could only get better, right? Well, I suppose that's something each viewer has to fully appreciate for himself / herself in order to get through things.
I have to admit that Moffat definitely likes to have fun, which is something that is very woven into the overall Doctor Who mythos over the years. And while Davies had a tendency to go a bit more over-the-top at times, Moffat has his share of eccentric quirks and deviations that sometimes pushes things.
But that's all part of the fun of Doctor Who, after all. It's still largely a serious show but it certainly has a generous amount of humor thrown in for good measure. And that's not a bad thing.
Doctor Who is a BBC science fiction television series that started all the way back in 1963. The current version Doctor Who continues from a 2005 revival with Steven Moffat now acting as the current head writer and executive producer.
The season started with a surprise reunion of all the Doctor's (current) friends, or perhaps better termed as companions. Amy (Karen Gillian), Rory (Arthur Darvill) and even the enigmatic River Song (Alex Kingston) all received blue envelopes containing invites to a certain event. And this event, as difficult as it is to believe, is the death of the Doctor (Matt Smith) himself. But the letters were part of a series of 4 such messages, with the last one having been given to a different iteration of the Doctor by his future self. And thus the adventures begin.
This season certainly had a lot going for it, chief among them (at least for me) the episode The Doctor's Wife, written by THE Neil Gaiman himself. It was certainly a delightful tale that more or less stands alone and does well to open the Doctor Who universe to both old and new viewers. Another episode that stood out for me was The Girl Who Waited, as written by Tom MacRae. The story is a fairly complex one with Amy being separate from the Doctor and Rory by an unusual differential in time streams thus she continues to age at a faster rate than the rest of them.
This season also marks a critical event in Doctor Who history - finally revealing the truth behind River Song. We first met her all the way back in the season 4 episode Silence in the Library. And we've seen her come back and back and back again over the years with very little revealed about who she really is and what role she plays in the Doctor's larger life. And the answer - all I can say that it's more than fulfilling and it certainly explains a lot of what has happened in the show over the years. Excellent, excellent resolution.
If anything, I'm not entirely sure how I felt about The Flesh introduced in The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People, however I do respect their role in the overall plot.
I can understand how viewers may find Moffat's style a bit more heavy-handed in how it directs us to certain lines of through and plot angles. His overall meta-plot is one that really steers a lot of the action from episode to episode and at times it feels like all they do is obsess about the meta-plot, which could be good and bad at the same time. Some may feel it stifles the creativity past seasons have managed by allowing more free-form storytelling. But on the other hand, it's nice to feel like we're constantly moving forward towards a final goal.
This may boil down to a matter of opinion, but from my perspective I'll admit that enjoyed the ride from start to finish. The show really has developed an amazing dynamic between its primary cast and it is a shame that news has broken out that the Ponds will eventually leave the show perhaps in the next season.
Still, Doctor Who: Season 6 is a stellar program and it continues to justify why this show has gone on for as long as it has. Thus it deserves 4.5 creepy doll-faced aliens out of a possible 5.
Tags: BBC, Doctor Who, geekdom, reviews, sci-fi, TV


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Q: Python Predicting column titles according to column data I have a lot of CSV files consisting different column names but similar data, for example:

account  name    address
   1      2         3
   4      5         6

lookup  accountname accountaddress
   7      8         9
   10     11       12

where account and lookup are the same fields, name and accountname are the same and so on. Is there a way in which I can normalize or classify all of these into one common column name? I'm not able to map this into a hash because the column names are never similar, every time there's a new file, the name of the column is different, and the order in which they appear in the table are also different.

A: You can try something like this:

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*parse your csv data using dictreader

row_list = []
with open(file_path) as f:
 cf = csv.DictReader(f, delimiter=<field separator>, fieldnames=[<columnslist>])
 for row in cf:
     tmp_row = collections.OrderedDict()
     for column in cf.fieldnames:
          tmp_row[column] = row[column]
          row_list.append(tmp_row)
 return row_list

And then dump this object row_list into csv file using dictwriter.

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Skegness Town were edged out 1-0 at Swallownest.
Martyn Bunce and Nathan Collins's side were undone by a 14th-minute penalty, which sees them go four games without a point or goal on their travels.
The Lilywhites also had Callum Robinson dismissed in a game where they just couldn't convert their chances.


On 21 March 2006 (22 March according to IST), that is 13 years ago today, the world's first tweet was posted.
This tweet was posted by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, which read, "just setting up my twttr". This was back when the platform was called 'Twttr' and not Twitter. This month, however, Twitter has released a separate prototype app called 'twttr' to test out new features before rolling it out on the main Twitter app. Talk about coming a full circle.
But, do you remember what you were like on Twitter back then? What was your first post on Twitter? If you do remember, let us know in the comments below. And if you don't, we have a way to help you track back to your first ever tweet.
Now, to do this, you should have a bunch of information with you. One, it will be ideal if you can remember the day you joined Twitter, or even the month, in order to revisit your first ever tweet. However, if you do visit your Twitter profile and you will see a little calendar icon in your description, which says "Joined ....".
Once you have all this information ready, start typing in the Twitter Search bar (you will see it on the top right of the page on the desktop app, and you will see the search icon at the bottom on the mobile app) in the format — from:username since:yyyy-mm-dd until:yyyy-mm-dd.
You can narrow this bracket of dates if you have a rough idea of when you put out your first tweet. Or you could use this formula to just go back to tweets from a time period, in general. You can also use this to search tweets from some other user. Just change the username field for that.
You could also use the same information on Twitter's Advanced Search page, to search tweets you put out in a time period. Here, you can also search tweets by words, phrases or hashtags.
Twitter Advanced Search uses words, phrases, and hashtags for assisting the search.
In the Advanced Search you can select the time period from which you need to search a tweet.
By the way, I also tracked down the first-ever tweet by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.
The first tweet by my favourite poet and writer Margaret Atwood.
And by Apple CEO Tim Cook.


Research of Teresa Margaret King.
Birth Registration, Archives of Ontario.
Death Registration, Archives of Ontario.
FamilySearch, New York Marriages, 1686-1980.
1930 US Census, New York.
Leanne Ferguson, e-mail to John George Burness, 12 March 2006.
1910 US Census, New York.


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7 Best Highly Recommended Boutique Hotels In London
Posted on August 21, 2015 by Lakshmi Unny Nair
London with its diverse range of people and cultures is also home to some of the finest boutique hotels in the world. The boutique hotels of London with their fantastic atmosphere and world class service will leave the most discerning guest feeling satisfied. The Arch London, St. James Hotel and Club and The Portobello Hotel are some of the top class boutique hotels in this bustling city. To know more about the best boutique hotels in London, read on.
Here are 7 Best Boutique Hotels In London:
The Arch London
This grand Georgian style hotel is conveniently located in the very heart of West End, and is easily accessible from Hyde Park, Marylebone and Oxford Street. The Arch London, an uber stylish boutique hotel, strives to create an affable atmosphere and an indulgent experience for its guests. This hotel comprises of 82 opulently furnished rooms. The stylish rooms of The Arch are spread over 7 Georgian town houses and 2 mews homes. Each of the guest rooms of this boutique hotel come with standard amenities like HDTV, I-pod dock and Nespresso machine (to name a few). Guests can enjoy a range of mouth watering pizzas and grill roasted meats at the glamorous 'Hunter 486 Bar and Restaurant'. Other world class amenities at The Arch London include a grand Martini Library and a state of the art gym.
The stunning St James Hotel and Club, with its unique red and white Victorian façade, is conveniently located near Victoria Station, Westminster and Buckingham Palace. This five star boutique hotel which typifies the hidden charm of one of Britain's finest hotels, has 60 gracefully appointed rooms. The rooms and suites of St James Hotel and Club are the perfect mélange of exquisite furnishings and state of the art technology. The in house restaurant, 'The Seven Park Place' (headed by chef William Drabble), creates inimitable, classic French cuisine inspired dishes which are prepared using the finest, local ingredients. Guests can relax over a classic cocktail while sampling the extensive bistro menu at the chic 'William's Bar and Bistro'.
The Portobello Hotel
The elegant Portobello Hotel with its eclectic spirit and unconventional charm is conveniently located in the posh Notting Hill area. The Portobello Hotel which functions out of two charming Victorian town houses has 21 rooms furnished in the Belle Époque style. The guest rooms at this boutique hotel are kitted out with flat screen TV, wi-fi connection, Nespresso coffe machines and a mini bar. The hotel provides a lavish, complimentary, continental breakfast for its guests. The 'Honesty Bar' at 'The Portobello Hotel' is the place to enjoy an extensive selection of wines and beers.
Corinthia Hotel
Corinthia Hotel which is a real gem of a boutique hotel is perfectly positioned in Whitehall Place, and commands a stunning view of the River Thames. This thoroughly modernized historic hotel has 294 rooms –which includes 43 regal suites. Guests who want to sample classic Italian cuisine can book a table at the glorious 'Massimo Restaurant and Bar'. To sample authentic English fare guests can head to 'The Northall Restaurant'. The Lobby Lounge which is located adjacent to the Garden Lounge serves authentic afternoon tea. 'Bassoon' and 'The Northall Bar' the two in house bars of Corinthia Hotel serves a wide range of cocktails, champagnes and hard liquors. Guests can relax at the highly acclaimed 'ESPA' life spa which is spread over four floors of the hotel. This hotel also boasts of a large indoor swimming pool and a state of the art gym.
The Milestone Hotel
The Milestone hotel, which meets the expectations of the most discerning guests; functions out of a Grade II listed building. This boutique hotel which is located right next to Kensington Palace is famous for its charmingly appointed guest rooms and its superlative service. This hotel has forty four uber deluxe guest rooms, twelve luxurious suites and six apartments which are meant for guests who would like to stay at the hotel for an extended duration of time. Guests can sample exquisite fare while soaking up the regal atmosphere of 'Cheneston's Restaurant'. The Milestone Hotel is also famous for its 'Royal Afternoon Tea' where guests can sip fine English tea while sampling luscious chocolate eclairs and to die for ginger cakes.
Egerton House Hotel
Egerton House Hotel an elegant, five star boutique hotel, is famous for its elegant atmosphere and gracious service. This hotel is located in the Knightsbridge area of London. The Egerton House Hotel has 28 cozily appointed rooms. The rooms are decorated with fine fabrics, antique furnishings and unique artwork. Guests can sample traditional British fare created by the hotel chefs at the lounge area. Guests are invited to enjoy a traditional afternoon tea complete with fruit preserves, delicious clotted cream and hot scones at the hotels gracious drawing room. Guests can sample a wide range of fine wines at the in house bar. The Egerton House Hotel also has numerous recreational facilities which include a fitness room, swimming pool and a sauna.
Town Hall Hotel
The Town Hall Hotel with its historic architecture, vintage furnishings and excellent concierge service is one of the premier boutique hotels. Town Hall Hotel is located in bustling East End. Each of the 97 rooms of this hotel is furnished in a exquisite manner. The 30 cover 'Corner Restaurant' serves sumptuous fare which is prepared using locally sourced, organic ingredients. Guests can enjoy inventive, modernist cuisine at the 'Typing Room'. The swanky 'Peg and Patriot' is the place to be to taste innovative cocktails like pancake soda, banana butter and pistachio gin. This hotel also has a fitness center and a swimming pool.
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