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Moldova: producers to be able to export apple-planting material to EU
The National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) announced that the amendments to the European Regulation that referred to certain plants intended for planting of the species Malus domestica, originating in the Republic of Moldova, as well as from another country, entered into force. "Another market for products from the Republic of Moldova has become accessible.…
Lithuania: government to spend up to EUR 1 billion on electricity and gas subsidies next year
Subsidising electricity and natural gas bills may cost the Lithuanian government between 500 million and a billion euros next year, according to Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. "No doubt, the government will limit that price hike, as it has done since July 1," she said on August 23. "Next year's budget is now being drafted and,…
Ukraine: cross-state sharing launched with Poland
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The digital driving license and vehicle registration passport in the Diia will soon be displayed in the Polish mObywatel application thanks to the cross-state sharing service. This became known during a joint briefing of the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov and the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs…
Ukraine: direct economic losses caused by war reach $113 billion
The direct losses to the Ukrainian economy caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine have already reached about $113.5 billion, according to the KSE Institute at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). Maksym Nefyodov, head of reform support projects at the KSE Institute, said this during a nationwide television marathon. "The latest figure for direct…
Moldova: tender related to construction of road in southern region launched
On August 22, the State Road Administration (ASD) announced the launch of the public tender for the purchase of consultancy services for the technical supervision of the execution of the construction works of the M3 road Chisinau – Comrat – Giugiulesti – border with Romania (bypassing the city of Vulcanesti). The contract is part of…
Lithuania: crowdfunded Bayraktar drone already "performing combat tasks"
The Bayraktar drone, crowdfunded by Lithuanians and handed over to Ukraine in July, is already carrying out combat tasks, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on August 22. "The Bayraktar UAV Hawk about to perform combat tasks in Ukraine," Anusauskas wrote on Facebook, posting a photo of the drone. "We cannot give more details, but it…
Poland: retail sales up in July 2022
Poland's retail sales increased in real terms by 2% YoY and by 1.2% MoM in July, the Central Statistical Office said on August 22. Economists polled by PAP expected July's retail sales to grow in real terms by 2.7% and by 1.5% respectively. In current prices, retail sales increased by 18.4% YoY in July against…
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@property(weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *imageView;
@property(nonatomic) CGRect originalRect;

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@implementation ViewController
- (IBAction)onTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)sender {
  self.label.text = @"Tapped";
}
- (IBAction)onSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)sender {
  self.label.text = @"Swipped";
}
- (IBAction)onPinch:(UIPinchGestureRecognizer *)sender {
  NSString *feedback;
  double scale;
  scale = sender.scale;
  self.imageView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(0.0);
  feedback = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Pinched, Scale:%1.2f, Velocity:%1.2f",
                                        sender.scale, sender.velocity];
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  //  self.imageView.frame =
  //      CGRectMake(self.originalRect.origin.x, self.originalRect.origin.y,
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  //                 self.originalRect.size.height * scale);
  self.imageView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(scale, scale);
}
- (IBAction)onRatation:(UIRotationGestureRecognizer *)sender {
  NSString *feedback;
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  rotation = sender.rotation;
  feedback =
      [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Rotated, Radians:%1.2f, Velocity:%1.2f",
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  self.label.text = feedback;
  self.imageView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(rotation);
}

- (IBAction)onPan:(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)sender {
//  CGPoint point = [sender translationInView:self.view];
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
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  self.originalRect = self.imageView.frame;
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  tempImageView.frame = self.originalRect;
  [self.view addSubview:tempImageView];
  self.imageView = tempImageView;
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      [[UIPinchGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                                action:@selector(onPinch:)];
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  UIRotationGestureRecognizer *gsRotate = [[UIRotationGestureRecognizer alloc]
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              action:@selector(onRatation:)];
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      [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                              action:@selector(onPan:)];
  [self.view addGestureRecognizer:gsPan];
}

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The US State Department is looking forward to working with whatever new government is formed as a result of Israel's inconclusive elections. Department spokesman Robert A. Wood told reporters Wednesday that the Obama administration will not speculate on what kind of government will be formed. Wood called Israel a thriving democracy and said the administration intends to pursue a robust agenda once the new Israeli leadership is established. Wood said the US special envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, still intends to travel to Israel and elsewhere in the region shortly. It will be his second visit to the region this month.


Wellington city centre is today renowned for its flourishing café scene and the culture surrounding it. But that hasn't always been the case. Prior to the 1950s there was little sign of the sparkling capital that exists today. The café culture that emerged that decade declined in the 1960s and 70s, before rallying strongly in the 1980s and 90s.
English immigrants brought the tea room to New Zealand. Leisured wives with discretionary spending money shopped in the city, and the big department stores - Kirkcaldie and Stains, D.I.C. and James Smiths - were quick to see that tea rooms were essential amenities.
In the 1920s simpler establishments like the Club Tea Rooms were common in Courtenay Place, an area now alive with night clubs, gourmet cafés and theatres. In the twenties it was the shopping area closest to the inner-city boarding houses and private hotels of Te Aro and Mt Victoria. People here needed low-cost meals as well as refreshments. Those frequenting the area included recent arrivals from country districts looking for work, transients and seamen.
Milk bars appeared one by one in Wellington streets in the 1930s. They had flourished in the United States during the prohibition era of the 1920s. The stationing of American troops in Wellington during the Second World War led to an increase in the number of milk bars. The Marines' appetite for milk was intensified by the lack of drinkable coffee and their dislike of tea. From the 1920s to the 1950s, 'coffee', to most Wellingtonians, meant 'coffee essence' - liquid coffee and chicory served in hot milk.
Milk bars were places for young people to meet. Young women would also wait there while their partners were at the pub, still a male preserve. And they became, notoriously, an after-school gathering place for secondary school students.
There had been one or two coffee houses in Wellington since the 1940s, including the French Maid in Lambton Quay, established by A. D. Singleton, but the local scene was dominated by the long-established tea rooms, milk bars and pubs. In the 1950s tea rooms closed in the afternoons, and the pubs at six o'clock; restaurants generally closed by 10 p.m. and couldn't serve liquor. This left a niche for a new style of coffee house.
European immigrants were prominent in establishing the new coffee shops of the 1950s, encouraged by a resident population of Jewish refugees - professionals, artists and musicians who had already helped shape Wellington's distinctive cultural scene during the war years. These new coffee bars filled a social gap by remaining open through to the early hours of the morning. They were places to talk or read the newspaper, to pursue romances, or just to watch and listen to others.
The look was pseudo-European, or at least foreign, and therefore sophisticated. The coffee was generally of the Cona type, bubbling away in glass bowls, or perhaps instant coffee, which had recently arrived on the New Zealand market. A few of Wellington's coffee houses gave pride of place to one of the new types of Italian espresso machines.
Coffee houses provided reasonably priced light meals, toasted sandwiches or fancy cakes. If you were smart and knew where to go, you could get your coffee laced with rum or some other liquor. They also offered a range of new attractions, with the Casa Fontana in Victoria Street breaking new ground by featuring live jazz concerts.
By the end of the 1960s there were more than 60 coffee shops, bars or lounges in the central Wellington area. But with the advent of television in the early sixties coffee houses were on the decline. Another factor was the relaxation of liquor laws following a licensing referendum in 1967, with hotels now able to remain open until 10 p.m. and also serve food. Restaurants now offered a more sophisticated cuisine and could also stay open later. They appealed to the new, more affluent and well-travelled generation of the 1970s.
In the late 1980s a new generation of coffee drinkers emerged. Cafés were again fashionable in Britain and America, and Wellington soon followed suit. Coffee was no longer only for the influential and artistic elite. Women could feel comfortable going to a café by themselves without feeling subject to hostile leers from male customers who felt they were invading their domain. Cafés were no longer dominated by the immigrant groups who had operated the milk bars and coffee houses after the war. Proprietors were often from educated middle-class backgrounds and saw their café as a lifestyle option rather than merely a business. Many had good taste in music, food, coffee and art.
It is now hard to imagine Wellington without an espresso machine on every corner. Established cafés buzz with activity as regulars observe their caffeine-fuelled daily rituals. Coffee carts and tiny hole-in-the-wall espresso bars pump out takeaway coffees while their customers linger on the footpath. The emphasis is less on the establishment, but instead on the skill of the barista. One bad coffee will turn a punter to another café almost instantaneously.
At the other end of the scale, café chains such as Starbucks have created their own culture, providing a consistent experience in thousands of outlets around the world. Another company, Wild Bean – started in New Zealand, but now an international chain – provide café-style coffee and nibbles in service stations throughout the country.
Wellington promotes itself as a culinary capital, famous for its variety of restaurants and cafés. There are more than 300 cafés throughout the city, reputedly more per capita than New York City. Wellington's renowned café culture combines great coffee, good food and people-watching. It provides an opportunity to study weird and wonderful artwork, free-flowing design ideas and the ingenuity of each individual owner.


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This week, although its a… week… late, is the British Grand Prix, held at the Silverstone Race Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England.
Held at the prestigious race track for the best part of 23 years, the track has seen many redesigns over the years leading for a more challenging race track and a better race experience for all.
Although the winner last weekend wasn't a Brit, it was still a great race to watch nevertheless. Lets just hope one of the two can do it next time.
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. Nearly half of the circuit is across the Northamptonshire boundary in Buckinghamshire. […] It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987.
This week the chosen place is the Australian F1 circuit, commonly known as Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit.
Don't forget tomorrow is the qualifying session for the Grand Prix lets see if Hamilton can make it into pole position again. He sure made it into pole position in the papers with his antics yesterday. Lets hope Button wins some races soon.


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July 4, 2014 · 11:59 am
Running and Life Lessons from Forrest Gump
Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the release of "Forrest Gump," the iconic, Oscar-winning film that established Tom Hanks as perhaps America's most beloved actor.
Sure, he won an Academy Award for his role in "Philadelphia" the year before and his performance in "A League of Their Own" in 1992 might rank as his most underrated. But Forrest Gump finally transitioned Hanks, at 37, from '80s comedies into a top-of-the-A-list leading man.
When we look at the growth of running in the last 20 years, nobody played a bigger role than Forrest Gump. He wasn't responsible for the initial boom in running in the late 1970s. That was movie fiction, unlike his influence on Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Watergate, of course. But Gump did trigger the mid-1990s running explosion usually attributed to Oprah Winfrey.
It was Oprah, after all, who in 1994 ran the Marine Corps Marathon in 4 hours, 29 minutes, inspiring countless folks who figured if Oprah could do it, well, so could they. But Oprah ran past many of the Washington landmarks seen in "Forrest Gump" nearly five months after the movie's release. By then, "Run, Forrest, Run," had become the phrase of the year, with thousands taking up running, like Forrest, "for no particular reason."
Oprah didn't stick with running, though her 4:29, which seemed modest 20 years ago is a more impressive showing now that so many more people compete in marathons and median times have gone up by 25 or so minutes according to Running in the USA, which tracks such stats. (Median marathon time for women in 1995 was 4:15 as opposed to 4:42 in 2013).
Forrest, meanwhile, keeps running and running on screen, where he'll be re-released later this year. He's forever 37 – or 31, really, since Hanks' younger brother, Jim, served as double for some of the coast-to-coast running scenes featuring a bearded Forrest in his Nike Cortez shoes.
According to Running in the USA, the number of marathon finishers has grown from 293,000 in 1995 to 541,000. That's only a fraction of the running industry, which includes ultra runs, trail runs, obstacle races, themed runs, and countless 5K races, none of which even offered online registration in July of 1994.
Channeling Forrest Gump at a 5K in 2011
I've always felt a kinship with Hanks. At 12, people told me I looked like him, which I wasn't sure how to take considering Hanks was dressing in drag on "Bosom Buddies" at the time. In 1994, I went as Forrest Gump for Halloween, winning two costume contests, and the white suit, blue plaid shirt, and sneakers still is my go-to outfit when I can't come up with other Halloween attire. I've even run a 5K dressed as Forrest Gump.
I've probably watched "Forrest Gump" thirty times and still cry when Lieutenant Dan shows up at Forrest and Jenny's wedding with his titanium "magic" legs. (Hanks recently said he cries at that point, too.)
There are so many lessons from "Forrest Gump" and not just for running:
MIX IN SOME INTERVALS: Sure, Forrest slogged across the country for more than three years at presumably the same modest pace. Many runners use this template, aiming to run longer rather than faster.
But Forrest was a fast runner. He burst out of his childhood leg braces to outrun bullies and soon was running everywhere at a breakneck pace. In high school, he found another gear to outrun those same bullies, now driving a pick-up, and parlayed that into a University of Alabama football scholarship, where he was an All-American return man. (Most underrated actor in "Forrest Gump?" Sonny Schroyer, who played Bear Bryant after starring as Enos on "The Dukes of Hazzard." Now there's an actor with some range.)
Forrest running at typical brisk pace.
Forrest learned how to run fast first, kicking it up a notch further in Vietnam, and then extended his distance, ultimately running coast-to-coast several times.
The lesson? Focus on running fast and the distance will naturally follow.
NO TECH NEEDED: "Forrest Gump" had an impressive soundtrack and as Forrest runs across the country dealing with Jenny's most recent departure we hear Jackson Browne ("Running on Empty"), the Doobie Brothers ("It Keeps You Runnin'") and Bob Seger ("Against the Wind").
Not a bad runner's playlist for 1980 or so, though Forrest ran without technology. That's because there wasn't any. The bulky Sony Walkman had just been introduced, though not really available, and few people tracked heart rate, up-to-the-second mileage or pace for the rest of the decade.
Instead, Forrest – like other runners of that era – focused on his mind, body, and the breathtaking scenery he was passing.
"Like that mountain lake," he explained to Jenny later. "It was so clear. It looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It's so beautiful."
FOCUS: Forrest didn't have technology and other digital distraction. Instead, he applied a laser focus to whatever he pursued, whether it was cleaning his rifle, rescuing fallen soldiers, keeping his eye on the pingpong ball, following Bubba's shrimp business plan, running, or cutting grass.
Though the movie didn't take place in 1994, it came out not long before the Internet arrived and changed our lives forever. We're supposed to be smarter than Forrest Gump, though these days nobody can stay focused on anything. How much could we accomplish by applying a Gump-like focus to our lives?
As his fellow soldier taught him about pingpong: "No matter what happens, never, ever take your eye off the ball."
MOW LAWNS (OR SOMETHING SIMILAR): Like a lot of Generation X guys, I learned a lot about life by mowing lawns. It taught time management, entrepreneurial skills, the value of physical labor, and even some basic engine maintenance. Pre-teen and teenage boys no longer mow lawns and that's a shame since they miss out on this experience, which includes seeing the beautiful result of your work in a freshly groomed lawn. Forrest Gump understood this, which is why even after becoming a multimillionaire he spent his days mowing lawns, cutting the high school football field for free. When he was running across America and the newscaster referred to him as a "gardener from Greenbow, Alabama," you got the impression he'd be proud of that title.
TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR: Forrest met the love of his life (Jenny) and his best good friend and would-be business partner (Bubba) by talking to people on the bus. I know several married couples that met on airplanes as well as folks who have landed jobs and built business relationships by striking up conversations on planes, trains, and subways. It's easier to live in a digital cocoon, but there's huge upside to being friendly. Maybe the bigger takeaway is to be more like Jenny and Bubba and offer a seat rather than hope you get more space to yourself.
EXECUTE THE PIVOT: Forrest went from All-American football star to war hero to pingpong celebrity to shrimp entrepreneur to running icon by building upon his past successes. Sure, his life was all about serendipity, but he leveraged relationships (Bubba, Lt. Dan), his success in one field (pingpong), and hard work to generate the $25,000 start-up capital and build the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. into a household name.
FIND YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE ON RELIGION: Forrest wasn't a particularly religious guy. He prayed for shrimp, joining the choir at the Four Square Baptist Church, and made a sizable donation to the church after the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. took off. Forrest is a compassionate man who spends time thinking about destiny and Lt. Dan's relationship with the man upstairs. For the most part, though, he just lives life by the golden rule.
Lt. Dan: "Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?"
Forrest: "I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir."
I've used that line several times when people come to my door pitching religion.
GET A GOOD INVESTMENT ADVISOR: After he made a fortune as a shrimpin' boat captain, Forrest turned to Lt. Dan, who "got me invested in some kind of fruit company." We see an image of Forrest pulling a letter out of the mailbox from Apple Computer. It was good for a laugh on July 6, 1994. If only we had known.
Actually, if you went home from the theater that day – or pretty much any day for the next decade – and invested $30,000 in what is now Apple Inc., it would be worth roughly $2 million today. If only we had known.
LOOK OUT FOR MINI-ME: Forrest learned what all parents come to understand about children. You will end up with at least one kid who is an exaggerated version of you, showing more talent for your skills (i.e. pingpong) and replicating your head tilt to the left and other quirks.
Those kids will bring great joy and laughter to your lives.
And they will be smarter than you.
Filed under Running
Tagged as 20th anniversary, Forrest Gump, running
9 Biggest Trends/Stories in Endurance Sports in 2013
Obstacle racing gets more intense.
When we launched Endurance Sports Florida nearly three years ago, we could not have imagined that this booming field still had lots of room for growth. Back in January of 2011, obstacle racing still was flying under the radar. Stand-up paddleboarding was a regional phenomenon and nobody had coined the term "theme race."
These days, the market for all things endurance sports is flooded. No matter where you live, there are numerous opportunities to compete every weekend. In Florida, it's impossible to find fewer than six endurance sports events within a 45-minute drive any weekend of the year, especially in 2013 with Christmas falling on a Wednesday.
The Sunshine State remains the epicenter for all things endurance sports. The hub might be Benderson Park, a sprawling rowing/swimming/paddling/triathlon complex going up in stages in Sarasota.
With that in mind, here are the top 9 stories/trends in the industry from 2013.
A young competitor at the Dash N Splash in St. Pete in May
No. 9 – OPEN WATER SWIMMING: These competitions have existed for years, but there's suddenly increased interest. Maybe it's because the roads have gotten crowded (and dangerous) with all of the runners and cyclists, to say nothing of motorists focused on their smart phones. Maybe it's because swimmers are realizing it's a lot more fun than training in the pool. Maybe it's because competitive youth swimmers (above) discovered they can get out of the pool and beat 90 percent of adult recreational swimmers in open water. Maybe it's because many triathletes didn't learn to swim as adults and want to put their skills to use as often as possible.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: Diana Nyad brought attention to open-water swimming in September by becoming the first to complete the treacherous Cuba-to-Key West swim without a shark cage. In January, 15-year-old Becca Mann won the Frogman Swim, the 5K trip in chilly waters from St. Pete to Tampa. Mann, now 16, hopes to reach the Olympics in 2016 in both open-water swimming and pool events. Anyone who has seen her train and compete for the Clearwater Aquatic Team knows this is a distinct possibility.
No. 8 – LANCE ARMSTRONG CONFESSES: It seemed like such a foregone conclusion to all but his most ardent supporters that Lance Armstrong cheated his way to seven Tour de France victories that it's easy to forget that his confession to Oprah Winfrey actually happened in 2013, back in January. It seems much longer ago. Lawsuits have piled up, sponsors bolted, and Lance even had to part ways with Livestrong. Since Armstrong can't compete in sanctioned events, he's not even allowed to enter triathlons, though Chris McCormack has challenged him to a one-on-one tri smackdown.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: The Tampa-based World Triathlon Corp. trumpeted its partnership with Armstrong only to look foolish when he was charged with doping in 2012. So vast was Armstrong's deception that we're left to wonder if he even raced clean on the triathlon front and whether his Ironman 70.3 win in Haines City in 2012 was legitimate. Surely, he raced clean there, right? Oprah didn't ask.
No. 7 – NATIONAL EVENTS STRUGGLE IN FLORIDA: So often we see a national race promoter come to Florida and assume the masses will show up. After all, we have great year-round weather and hordes of athletes. Unfortunately, race promoters underestimate the number of established, affordable local events we have. Florida athletes are savvy customers with no patience for overpromising, overpricing, and underdelivering. That's why it was no surprise that Competitor Group pulled its Rock 'n' Roll St. Pete event after another disappointing turnout in January. Tough Mudder, which had a traffic-related debacle in Sarasota in December of 2012, saw attendance plunge for events in Homestead (March) and Palatka (May). Even Spartan Race officials, who never seem to back down from a challenge, quietly canceled a proposed Spartan Beast event at Little Everglades Ranch for 2014. Ironman continues to sell out its Ironman Florida race in Panama City in a matter of minutes a year in advance, though that's essentially a home event for the Tampa-based WTC. Warning to out-of-state promoters: Past performance elsewhere does not guarantee future return here and promoters can and do lose money.
Paddlers compete at Benderson Park in Sarasota in August.
No. 6 – SUP — UP AND UP: You know a sport is thriving when it seems every interview with a 24-year-old actress/model/singer mentions how she recently discovered stand-up paddleboarding. SUP has become the new yoga or Pilates, which makes sense since it works the body in a similar fashion and there's now a cottage industry of SUP/yoga and SUP/Pilates classes. Surf Expo, which comes to the Orange County Convention Center each January and September, might as well be called SUP Expo. SUP board manufacturers have taken over the OCCC floor and the Thursday board demo day at a nearby watersports facility has become a highlight of the event for many.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: Besides SUP, er, Surf Expo in Orlando, the Florida Cup has become one of the sport's premier events after just two years. St. Pete lawyer and avid paddler Bruce Denson has built a late May weekend event in Pinellas County that belongs in the same discussion as the Carolina Cup and perhaps one day soon the Battle of the Paddle in California. The Miramar Beach-based YOLO Board has become a major player in the competitive board manufacturing industry. Then there's Dunedin's Karen Mirlenbrink, who is a YOLO Board athlete, a race promoter (Shark Bite Challenge), and a SUP Pilates instructor — basically the Queen of all SUP.
No.5 – THE SPORT OF FITNESS: CrossFit and endurance sports traditionally were polar opposites. CrossFit tended to attract the gym rat demographic while runners never touched the weights. But once Spartan Race and Tough Mudder began actively courting the CrossFit crowd in 2011, the two met in the middle. You'll still see groups from CrossFit boxes tackle obstacle races, though these days you're more likely to see them enter CrossFit-style competitions or hybrid events such as the Pump N Run, a Tampa event (above) where athletes bench-pressed all of most of their weight and based on their performance deducted time from a subsequent 5K run. We're not sure where all this is evolving, but it's an interesting trend to watch.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: In addition to the Tampa Pump N Run, hosted by Tampa trainer Whit Lasseter in November, CrossFit box owners Clint and Maci Lowery stage regular obstacle races from their Sweat Factory facility in Minneola (near Clermont), which is adjacent to a running trail.
No. 4 – MARKET SATURATION – Back in 2005-07, we hosted a Friday afternoon fitness radio show that featured a brief segment previewing the weekend's endurance events in Central Florida. The segment took about five minutes. These days it no doubt could fill a half hour and not just because of SUP races, obstacle events, and theme runs that didn't exist back then. The number of triathlons and road running events has perhaps quadrupled and while that's generally a good thing, it has diluted many races and created others hosted by organizers who have no business doing so. Triathlon seems to have peeked in popularity in 2011 after a decade of unbridled growth. Our theory is that some would-be triathletes instead turn to obstacle racing or CrossFit, where there's no need to buy an expensive bike or learn to swim. But while there seems to be the same number of triathletes, there are more triathlons. As for running, it's impossible in many markets to drive on a Saturday morning without being slowed by race road closures. What's next? We're guessing more road runners and obstacle racers will find the happy medium with trail running, which is easier on the body, generally offers a more pleasant race experience, and is often the best value in endurance sports. Which means, of course, that we'll see a ton of trail races.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: It seems like ages ago when the St. Anthony's Triathlon in St. Petersburg sold out in a few hours in December. These days, it's possible to register the day before the late-April event. This year St. Anthony's is hoping to stop the attendance decline by offering a sprint distance to go with the traditional international race.
No.3 – THEMES, THEMES, and MORE THEMES: We're not sure if color runs, beer runs, zombie runs, and all of the rest are endurance events or merely festivals with jogging and walking involved. But there's no denying the impact. The Color Run, which debuted in January 2012 with 6,000 runners in Phoenix is now partnered with sports colossus IMG and stages more than 100 runs annually worldwide. The untimed Color Run, in which white-clad runners pass through stations where they're doused with colored powder, has inspired numerous knockoffs, including the Florida-based Flavor Run. Most athletes walk or slowly run the events, which are great fun for kids.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: Like every other endurance sports category, Florida leads the nation in themed races. The Color Run alone has five Florida events scheduled in 2014 before Mother's Day with more to come.
No. 2 – OBSTACLE RACE SHAKEOUT – With a new obstacle race popping up seemingly ever week, it was only a matter of time before races started crashing in spectacular fashion. Mud runs have a bucket-list, post-the-Facebook-photo quality to them and events quickly have discovered it's difficult to draw repeat customers. The zombie-themed Run for Your Lives endured the true death the day before Halloween. More surprising was the demise of Hero Rush, the Maryland-based, firefighter-themed obstacle race that we considered the best produced obstacle event of 2012. It flamed out in August, a victim of growing too big too fast. Who will survive? We're betting on the races that position themselves as competitions rather than muddy office team-building exercises, which tend to attract the one-and-done crowd. That's why we're bullish on events such as the Mile of Pain/Battle Dash, sort of an outdoor version of American Ninja Warrior produced by Central Florida's Rock On Adventures. Ditto for Spartan Race, which still trails the untimed, team-oriented Tough Mudder in popularity. With Spartan's every-athlete-for-himself (or herself) format, new national sponsors such as Reebok, a recent one-hour special on NBC Sports Network, and races of three distances that include events in sports venues, we're betting on King Leonidas and the gang.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: Hero Rush folded shortly before scheduled events in Ocala and South Florida. Through some poor scheduling (or perhaps intended) Tough Mudder and Spartan Race will go head to head in South Florida during the April 12-13, 2014 weekend. Spartan Race also brings its sports venue edition to Florida for the first time with a Spartan Sprint race at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium in February.
No.1 – BOSTON STRONG – The Boston Marathon was the biggest endurance sports story of the year for all the wrong reasons. Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the storied race on April 15, killing three people and injuring hundreds of others. The violence drew attention to the vulnerability of endurance events, which take place in wide-open settings, unlike sports competitions in enclosed venues. Runners and non-runners across the nation rallied to stage support runs and raise money for the victims. The Boston Red Sox surprising run to a World Series title further helped the healing process.
FLORIDA CONNECTION: An FBI agent shot and killed Ibragim Todashev, a friend of suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in Todashev's Orlando apartment in the early hours of May 22 after a violent confrontation. A Florida prosecutor is expected to release a report of his investigation into the shooting early next year. On a positive note, numerous Florida runners have qualified for the 2014 Boston Marathon, which promises to be the most watched, most secure marathon ever.
Filed under Races, Running, SUP, Swimming, Triathlon
Tagged as obstacle racing, running, top endurance sports trends stories 2013, triathlon
Strength, Speed and Endurance
Eric Hall hammers on the bike at the Top Gun Triathlon at Fort DeSoto Park in July.
TAMPA – Spend a few mornings training here at the University of Tampa under Eric Hall and you get an idea why the school's strength and conditioning coach is one of the top sprint triathletes in Florida.
Hall, 32, doesn't look like your typical triathlete and not just because of an intricate tribal tattoo that covers his arms, back, and torso and makes him easy to spot in crowded transition areas. At 5-foot-10 and nearly 190 pounds, he's technically a borderline Clydesdale, though he has the lean, muscular physique of a sprinter.
That's because Hall, unlike most endurance athletes, has embraced strength training as a key component of his endurance sports arsenal. It's why he can kick off his Monday mornings with a 90-minute workout with UT's baseball or softball teams, two groups of anaerobic athletes undergoing offseason programs, and still derive a huge benefit for his triathlon training.
He'll lead the teams through grueling sessions that can include deadlifts, lunges, RDLs, weighted pull-ups, resisted runs, and any of dozens of other movements that usually conclude with a series of incline sprints in one of UT's parking garages. It's never the same workout twice; Hall typically spends about an hour on the following day's workout, mixing and matching movements before posting a photo of his handwritten assignment on his Facebook page for those who want added inspiration to get to bed early.
A Dade City native who spent four years in the Army before being spotted at local running races and recruited to run at UT, Hall graduated from the Division II downtown Tampa school and in 2005 became the Spartans strength and conditioning coach, one of few in the Sunshine State Conference. He's trained four national championship teams – volleyball, women's soccer, and baseball (twice) – and doesn't just coach the athletes; he works out alongside them, albeit with far heavier weights.
One-arm lifts building stability are a key part of Hall's program
Such work capacity sessions might seem like overkill for endurance athletes already putting in long weekly hours, though a few of Hall's triathlon colleagues jump in on Mondays, recognizing the benefits of increasing power output, maximizing movement efficiency, and enabling them to cut back on long, slow, distance training. Others show up on Wednesdays, when Hall leaves the weights untouched, preferring pre-hab work on the shoulders, ankles, and hips with resistance bands.
Endurance athletes are just as notorious for ignoring pre-hab as they are strength training, preferring to stay laser-focused on logging long hours and mileage. That's counterproductive and likely to lead to injury, says Hall, who logs just 25 miles running each week and rarely swims at all outside of the 12 to 15 triathlons – nearly all sprints – he does each year. Still, he's a contender in every race he enters, including 5Ks, where he'll typically log a time under 16:30.
We caught up with Hall recently after one of his typical 90-minute Monday sessions.
Endurance Sports Florida: Why is it endurance athletes are the only athletes who gauge their success by the ability to go longer as opposed to faster?
Hall: It's true, but I don't think that way as an endurance athlete. When people tell me they're going to do a marathon, I think, "I could do a marathon at your pace, but could you run a sub five-minute mile?" The reason I can do that kind of speed is because of my strength training. The faster you run, the more impact your body's absorbing. There's a reason sprinters look the way they do. I have coupled my strength training with endurance, which is extremely important. But it's not like I just do weight lifting. I do them in correlation with each other. Over the years I've learned how to put them both together to where I'm not world caliber but I can still compete at a pretty high level.
ESF: Is that a tough sell to endurance athletes?
Hall: It can be. They automatically tune out because once I say "strength," they think that's going to make them slower. It takes a while for an athlete to buy in but I can justify it because I use it myself. I understand what power development and strength training is going to do for the endurance athlete. It makes them less injury prone, more structurally sound and makes their running economy more efficient. That's why I don't have to go out and log 60 miles a week (running) to have that aerobic capacity because I'm incorporating my strength training. I'm a huge believer in that.
Resisted runs prepare athletes for the end-of-race sprint.
ESF: What's a typical running week like for you?
Hall: No more than 25 (miles) a week and I can get away with that because I have the running background. You're also talking about a pace that's threshold. There's never a long, slow day for me. But I'm not training for a half marathon or marathon. My mileage would change but not my strength training. That's what makes me structurally sound and more efficient to where I can handle more stress and endurance on the road. Running is constant impact. If I can make my body structurally sounder in my joints and ligaments that's going to allow me to be more efficient for a longer period of time on that end run. I have no doubt I could run a half marathon or marathon right now and still compete at a high level with my minimal training.
ESF: We did some resisted runs this morning, running hard as a partner provided resistance with a band. How will that translate during a race?
Hall: The idea is to teach the body to turn over and have as many ground contacts as possible. You're fooling your body for a duration of 20-25 seconds over a 20-yard mat. It simulates the intensity of a 200-meter all-out sprint. For that 15 yards you should be trashed as if it were that sprint. It teaches the body that duration, the oxygen debt. By the time you get three-quarters of the way done, you're laboring and the speed diminishes. That's where it's most important and I look for the ability to maintain that speed.
Wrapping up the run at Fort DeSoto
Now think of how a race ends up – in a sprint. In triathlon, the run is a suffer fest. It's not about who is the fastest runner. I beat the fastest runners out there all the time because I can be more efficient off the bike to recover, and run. I can get on a bike, which is a machine, and produce a lot of power, which leaves me more efficient for the run. When it comes to running, if your body is not exposed to that kind of stimulus, that kind of oxygen debt, and then you go out and try to run at race pace, what happens? It shuts down. Oxygen debt, you're done.
I always want to train certain days of the week 15 percent faster than race pace. So I'll run one mile – just one mile – off of my bike rides at 30 percent faster than race pace because I want my body exposed to that, even if it's for one mile. Then I can carry that. It's no longer foreign to my body when I get off the bike, so now I can go at my usual race pace and it's not traumatic. The reason people suffer off the bike is that they never run faster than race pace. That's why track workouts are so important. You're running faster than race pace. I want to put myself in that position all the time so when it comes to a race, I'm already exposed to it. I can get off that bike and run at a good clip because I'm used to running at that faster pace.
ESF: So what's a typical brick workout like for you?
Hall: Most of the time it's 16 miles and no more than three miles off the bike. Last Saturday I ran just one mile off the bike but it was a 5:18. It's only a mile, but now I know when I'm in a race situation that 5:30 won't seem that bad because I've exposed my body to the stimulus. Everything I do, and what I encourage others to do, is to always think in terms of simulating race time situations.
Filed under Running, Training, Triathlon
Tagged as Eric Hall, running, triathlon, University of Tampa
Working a Savage Tan
Savage Racers
I just signed up for The Savage Race, the Aug. 27 event in Clermont billed as "the race built to kick your ass."
If nothing else, it might be the hottest race the ever-expanding obstacle mud run category, which includes at least 22 events put on by 17 companies this year in Florida alone. High temperatures in Clermont are projected by Weather.com to be 89 degrees on Aug. 27 — last wave goes off at noon, so that's entirely possible.
I'm interested to see what will set the Savage Race apart. For starters, there's a lake swim where athletes go across a 150-yard body of water that's deep in the middle. That should separate the swimmers from the pretenders. (Like most obstacle runs, I'm guessing there's an alternative punishment for those unable or unwilling to complete a challenge). The now-familiar mud run standards will be there: mud, barbwire, one free beer, $10 parking, etc.
I did Muddy Buddy in April, The Spartan Race in June and am signed up for Tough Mudder in December. Who knows? Maybe I'll jump in a few more before the Year of the Obstacle Mud Run is over.
If nothing else, I'll be prepared. Saturday is another edition of Tough Mudder training at The Next Level Training Center in Tampa at 10 a.m. It's no charge and definitely worth it – if you can take the heat.
Tagged as obstacle mud runs, running, Savage Race, Tough Mudder
Race of the Week: Spring into Summer 5K
Running at Al Lopez Park
Lynn Gray is a one-woman running conglomerate in the Tampa Bay area. An accomplished age-group runner of all distances, she's mentored countless runners through her Take the First Step Club. She's also an author, triathlete, featured trainer in The St. Petersburg Times, and part of the team behind the upcoming Spring into Summer 5K.
The race, which takes place at Tampa's Al Lopez Park on Saturday, June 4 at 8 a.m., is known for it's many raffle prizes and large turnout, especially among women. It's a popular first-time 5K, though many return year after year to do a fast course with a great post-race party.
We spoke with Gray about running and the race this week on The Fitness Buff Show.
Name of Race: Spring into Summer 5K
History: Eighth-annual event
Format: One loop course through shady Al Lopez Park, located near Raymond James Stadium and Jesuit High School in Tampa. Also a one-mile Kids Fun Run.
Amenities: T-shirts, post-race food, raffles, 3-deep age-group awards
Signature Features: Numerous raffle prizes, including donations from multiple Tampa Bay area running stores. "A lot of people are going to go home with something," Gray says.
Projected Turnout: 350-plus
Cost: $25 for 5K; $10 for Kids Fun Run
Sign-Up: Via Active.com or download a printable copy HERE
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Tagged as Al Lopez Park, Lynn Gray, running, Spring into Summer 5K, Take the First Step Club, Tampa
Martin Dugard's 'To be a Runner'
Martin Dugard's latest
Martin Dugard is best known for immersing himself into cultures to produce best-selling books such as Into Africa and The Last Voyage of Columbus, collaborating with Mark Burnett on Survivor-related books, and chronicling his own adventures in top magazines.
But he's also one of the most prolific endurance sports journalists in the industry, having written the book Chasing Lance and countless magazine articles that have appeared in Runner's World, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire.
Somehow he finds the time to coach high school cross country in Southern California. In his terrific new book To Be a Runner, Dugard, who turns 50 in June, weaves a lifetime of running experiences into interesting life lessons
We spoke with Dugard on The Fitness Buff Show. You can listen to that interview here or read an edited transcript below.
Q: You write about running "in the tempo zone" as a broader metaphor for life. What do you mean by that?
A: We're going to have struggles; it goes with the territory. The trick is how you deal with it. Put yourself in the moment and no matter what you do keep everything smooth and level and not let your fears and anxiety overcome you and not burning the candles at both ends. It's finding that place, that smooth place where you find that balance and that piece of mind and, yeah, that tempo. When you run, when you're in a really good run where you find that rhythm and groove it just carries you and if you can find that same thing in daily life it's just an amazing feeling.
Q: You live by the motto of "keep pushing always" and never accepting mediocrity. What's your philosophy behind that?
A: We live in this world of people getting trophies just for showing up, just for breathing essentially, so we've become a culture of that accepts mediocrity, that accepts the status quo. At some point we kind of hold people at arm's length who dare to push their limits every day but I think that's what running is all about. When you run, just putting your shoes on and getting out the door, you're making a choice to be a better version of yourself. And that decision is not just with running but with writing or parenting or coaching. If we push ourselves day by day to be better we change not only ourselves but the world around us.
Q: How does running help you overcome writer's block?
A: This morning when I was writing I was in a funk. I couldn't find the right words and everything I wrote seemed boring. I don't know what happens but when I put my shoes on and head for the trailhead a half mile from my house, within five minutes the words started forming in my head. Something takes place when you step outside yourself where you don't think so much but let things talk back to you. I just finished a screenplay. It wasn't just narrative, it was actual characters and I'd go run and these characters talked to me to the point where they became real people. So when I began to write their dialogue I got back to the office and knew what to write. Running helps us organize our thoughts, our decision making process and frees us up to think and to write with a lot more clarity.
Q: You live around some beautiful trails with some dangerous wildlife. Any close calls?
A: I've had more close calls than I realize. I know mountain lions are out there. I never run on trails at dusk or dawn, which is prime feeding time. I'll hear the snakes moving in the dry grass or I'll see the paw prints and wonder if that's a dog, coyote or mountain lion. I've seen them in the distance, seen bobcats. But I wouldn't run as much if I couldn't run on trails and that's one of the tradeoffs. You have to suspend fears and keep your eyes and ears open, but there's nothing like trail running. It changes your world view and just your entire day when you're out there.
Q: What do you attribute the latest running boom to?
A: Whenever there are hard times economically running spikes and I don't know why that is but I know running has changed. When I became a runner it was more competition driven, more people running sub 3-hour marathons that today. You see a lot of people who just like the feeling of doing a half marathon at their pace. They may walk some but they'll see their friends and have a great day. It's not about competition, but attempting something that's beyond your ability and that's where running is going.
Q: Is running an easier sell to kids today?
A: Cross-country runners are still kind of geeky but with the success of my girls team and the boys to a lesser extent, we've had more kids come out and just try it. They learn all of these great things that come from running, the idea of perseverance and putting one foot in front of the other and you'll finish the goal. When I competed in high school, the girls were treated like girls, definitely considered the weaker sex. Now I coach the girls team the same way as boys, just as hard and demanding. The girls step up and I think mentally they're tougher and they allow themselves to compete and be a little bit of a badass and change their definition of what it means to be a runner.
Q: How do get people past the notion of running as "long, slow distance?"
A: It's really a misnomer. When Arthur Lydiard coined LSD he meant long, steady distance and that's a difference. Even now I have runners say that since they worked hard yesterday today they're going to just jog four miles. No, let's go a little deeper, 85 percent instead of down to 75 percent. A couple friends of mine, women, have asked me to draw up marathon programs. They're non-runners or at least first-time marathon runners and I asked them to do speed work. Not four 100s in 60 seconds but simple vvo2 stuff – 200 on, 100 off – and the great thing is it informs your form and that translates into your next run even if it's a longer run. At first they don't think they can do it and feel uncomfortable on the track. But once you introduce them to speed as opposed to volume they push themselves and get more competitive.
Q: Do you find that's the 'aha' moment for many runners?
A: I totally find that. There are days I don't get that run in the morning and I only have 25 minutes later and I need to do something. If I do something as simple as a 200 at 2-mile pace followed by a 100 jog with the same work to rest ratio within six or seven laps I'm drenched with sweat. Within 20 minutes, I've had a great workout, my endorphin levels are off the chart, I feel great and in that short period of time I have gotten a little more efficient.
Q: How is running a metaphor for overcoming obstacles?
A: It's funny. When I wrote this book I didn't set out to write it this way. I had some thoughts about running and as I wrote these essays these themes came through and I realized what a profound change running has made in my life. I road bike and mountain bike but you're at the mercy of a machine if you get a flat. If you run, you're in charge. It's just you and there's something fortifying about that. Those themes came forward and I wanted to spread the word.
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Escaping from Fort DeSoto
ST. PETERSBURG – For all of the growth in triathlon over the last decade, there are a number of races that have been around for more than two decades – and not just a little October gathering in Kona.
Here in the Tampa Bay area, the Escape from Fort DeSoto Triathlon marked its 25th running this morning with more than 1,000 athletes competing. Most opted to forgo the wetsuits. Water temperatures were 74.5 degrees but seemed warmer. They also were surprisingly choppy, at least by our standards. We filed this report:
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Tagged as cycling, Escape from Fort DeSoto, running, swimming, triathlon


I have tried the following: used solve() by itself and with "to_solve_poly=True", imported simpy, tried find_root, and tried eq.roots(). find_root() gave me one root when there are several between 0,11.
How can I solve for all the roots in a range. Here is my final code.


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Gillian Sneddon
Executive Director, Advancement and Alumni
gsneddon@fanshawec.ca
Gillian joined Fanshawe in July 2018, bringing with her more than 20 years of advancement and alumni experience obtained across social, health and higher education sectors. Prior to accepting her role at Fanshawe, Gillian served as both the executive director, advancement with the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and executive director of special projects within the division of university advancement at the University of Toronto. Gillian is looking forward to working with the Fanshawe community to expand upon the innovative advancement programs currently in place at the College.
Tim Ambrose
Alumni Relations Manager
t_ambrose@fanshawec.ca
Tim has worked at Fanshawe since 2012 and is responsible for all alumni engagement initiatives and alumni partnerships, including sponsorships and affinity partners. Tim holds a BA(h) from Brock University in Communications and is a graduate of Fanshawe's Public Relations and Corporate Communications post-graduate certificate program.
Renee Crowe
Alumni Associate
r_crowe2@fanshawec.ca
Renee has worked for Fanshawe since 2011 as an Alumni Associate. She is the first point of contact for Fanshawe Alumni with questions or concerns. She is a Fanshawe graduate from the Business program. Renee also facilitates the Alumni Association Board meetings.
Audrey McLoughlin
Alumni Relations Officer
amcloughlin@fanshawec.ca
Audrey has worked at Fanshawe since 2013 and was happy to join the Alumni team in July 2019. She's responsible for managing key alumni engagement initiatives including PERKS, the Distinguished Alumni Awards and Alumni @ Work. Audrey earned a Honours Bachelor of Arts degree ('04) from Western University and completed a post-graduate certificate in Corporate Communications & Public Relations ('07) from Fanshawe College. As a proud alum, she looks forward to connecting with alumni old and new alike.
Maria Gondola
Alumni Relations Assistant
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Maria has worked at Fanshawe since 2017 in departments such as International Office, Reputation and Brand Management and joined as an Alumni Relations Assistant in August 2019. She's responsible for managing Fanshawe Alumni's social media channels including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. She is a proud alumna having graduated from the College's Broadcasting Television and Public Relations – Corporate Communication programs.
Scott Mousseau, CPA, CMA
Manager, Advancement Services
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Scott is responsible for the financial management of the Alumni and Advancement department. He also manages the accounting practices and procedures for the Fanshawe Alumni Association and all of the College's Fundraising activity. Scott came to Fanshawe in 2017 with over 10 years of progressive accounting experience. He has a Bachelors degree as well as his CPA, CMA designation. Scott is currently a graduate student working towards his Masters of Business Administration degree.


Owner of the Cinema building (former George) and Brighton Bay amongst others. Long time cinema building owner and now operator of the new Aurora in Fitzroy st.
Does this cinema have a screening schedule or website?!?! I can't find anything!


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I will also add some avatars that members can choose from (more like a gallery).
Avatar's yay and Siggy's awesome thanks man!


A United Nations economist has been arrested in New York on fraud charges related to his hiring of a domestic worker.
Hamidur Rashid was charged Tuesday in federal court.
Authorities say the 50-year-old employee in the United Nations Secretariat underpaid and overworked a domestic worker at his Manhattan residence.
He's charged with visa fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and fraud in foreign labor contracting. His lawyer has declined to comment.
Prosecutors say Rashid paid the worker well below what he reported to the Department of State and the U.N.
They say he set up a sham bank account to spend for himself the wages he claimed to be paying the Bangladeshi woman and obtained a visa for the domestic worker by lying about what she would be paid.
Rashid is the Chief of Global Economic Monitoring at United Nations and holds a PhD from Columbia University. He was formerly director-general for multilateral economic affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangladesh.
"In the US, quantitative easing did not boost consumption..."
In the paper, they did not discuss his skimming plan that boosted his personal consumption.
But rather they hinted at more central planning of the banking sector by calling for targeting bank loan levels.
To have the desired effect, QE should have been accompanied not only by official efforts to restore impaired lending channels (especially those directed at small- and medium-size enterprises), but also by specific lending targets for banks.


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Q: Run biber from inside LaTeXian I often use LaTeXian on Mac OSX 10.9 to edit and display documents.  Occasionally, I want to use the live preview option with bibliography content.  The program allows you to enable a run of bibtex, makeindex, or makeglossaries, followed by 1, 2 or 3 extra runs of latex at the end.  This process is great, so long as you are using bibtex for the backend of the bibliography.
Is there any good way to get LaTeXian to run biber instead of bibtex?  I'm happy to entertain command-line hacks as well any more clean methods.

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When considering switching, a number of things should be kept in mind. Contributions to traditional IRAs may be tax deductible and accumulate tax deferred until funds are withdrawn, usually during retirement. Distributions from traditional IRAs are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to reaching age 59½, may be subject to an additional 10 percent federal income tax penalty. Contributions to Roth IRAs are made with after-tax dollars, but qualified withdrawals (usually during retirement) are free of federal tax.
To qualify for the tax-free and penalty-free withdrawal of earnings, a Roth IRA must be in place for at least five tax years, and the distribution must take place after age 59½ or due to death, disability, or a first-time home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime maximum). Depending on state law, Roth IRA distributions may be subject to state taxes.
When you convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, you must pay income taxes on the amount converted (in the year converted). In addition, if you are under age 59½, any funds withdrawn from the account to pay taxes will likely be subject to an additional 10 percent federal income tax penalty. A Roth IRA must be in place for at least five tax years before qualified withdrawals become tax exempt.
If you expect to be in a higher tax bracket during retirement, converting to a Roth IRA before you retire may help reduce your overall tax burden. There are no mandatory withdrawals from Roth IRAs, so if you'd like to preserve more of it for your heirs, a Roth conversion may be wise.
Although there are distinct advantages to tax-free earnings, Roth IRAs are not for everyone. Your financial outlook and investment goals will help determine whether a conversion may be right for you.


Aside from sports in which floodlights give light on the playing areas, the views will also be acceptable for home and industrial use. You want floodlights in case you've got a house with a vast lawn. If you have to have a property, you require one for safety lighting. It's fantastic to get some of these put in points of your chemical, replacing your lights.
And lastly, we left it into the number one, hottest LED floodlight that's been getting a buzz from many corners of the planet. For LE is an abbreviation for Lighting EVER; LED alternative lighting supplier that is specialist stops. LE is targeted towards supplying the lighting experience on Earth to customers. Let us figure out why the others are beaten out by this LED.
It would need to function as LE 10W RGB if there was a LED flooding light designed to get a broad variety of applications. As a landscape lighting, this model can be applied from home porches to outdoor celebrations. It may be used as a permanent fixture outside where it will not have any problem considering that the light is watertight.
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If you would like an excellent alternative with fewer budgets, Warmoon 10 watt is an excellent choice. It's sturdy and compact collectively using a watertight design. The metallic closure makes heat to dissipate. You like luminosity that is decent. The intriguing part is that you get RGB LEDs. As a consequence, that you may change the colors using.
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Q: How should I handle Python list properties with respect to getters/setters? It is my understanding that one aspect of the Pythonic way is to use direct member variable access of classes until 'getters/setters' are needed.  Code is available on Ideone
class Person():
    def __init__(self, name, age=None, friends=None):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
        if friends is None:
            self.friends = []
        else:
            self.friends = friends

me = Person('Mr. Me')
you = Person('Ms. You')

me.age = 42
me.friends.append(you)

Because of the @property decorator approach this access to member variable age can be 'converted' to a 'getter/setter' interface in the future without rewriting the line that sets it to 42.  But what about the last line where I add you to my friends list?  Is it possible for the Person class to intercept the append() call and take other actions?  Perhaps in the future I would decide to add the feature that you would get notified that they have been added to me's friends list.

A: Of course, once I ask the question my brain turns on and comes up with a solution.  Let me know if this is good or not.  Instead of intercepting the .append() call in Person, create a class PersonFriendList(List) and override append() with the desired functionality.  Then, instead of assigning [] to self.friends assign PersonFriendList().  The .friend value should probably also get decorated as a @property so that assignment can be intercepted by Person to avoid .friend being written to the wrong kind of list.
Code available on Ideone.
class Person():
    def __init__(self, name, age=None, friends=None):
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
        if friends is None:
            friends = []
        self.friends = PersonFriendList(friends)

class PersonFriendList(list):
    def __init__(self, *args):
        super(PersonFriendList, self).__init__(*args)
        self.DebugPrint('constructed with {}'.format(str(*args)))

    def DebugPrint(self, string):
        print('{}(): {}'.format(self.__class__.__name__, string))

    def append(self, *args):
        super(PersonFriendList, self).append(*args)
        self.DebugPrint('appending {}'.format(str(*args)))

me = Person('Mr. Me')
you = Person('Ms. You')

me.age = 42
me.friends.append(you)


The Legal Aid Society of New York plans to file a class action suit in The State Supreme Court today against Urban American Management Corp., owner of 3333 Broadway, for allegedly turning low-income units to market rate ones without proper public notice. The 35-story building, at 135th Street, has 4,000 residents, 300 of whom have moved out since 2005 when the building's original owner opted out of the Mitchell-Lama program, according to Eviction Intervention Services. Monthly rents in the building jumped from $755 for a one-bedroom to $1,800, and $897 to $2,300 for a two-bedroom unit.


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As a means to deconstruct the current immigration landscape in both local and global terms, the International School of the Americas (ISA) and Borderland Collective collaborated on an intensive art/research-based project during the 2015-2016 academic year. In this inquiry-based course, students analyzed the U.S./Mexico border through multiple historical, theoretical, and pragmatic contexts. Yet rather than simply consume, they unpacked these complex issues through photography, drawing, oral histories, collaborative journaling, writing, and mapping projects. In order to expand their primary source knowledge and challenge their preconceptions, students also dialogued with their peers and traveled to speak with a diverse group of speakers, ranging from immigration officers to artists to law professors. From these projects and experiences, students created field work, recorded their group conversations, and produced art and writing. The final outcome of the collaboration was the production of a newsprint publication, collective class border manifesto, and an accompanying exhibition, all of which explore multiple angles of the border and find inspiration in the margins between art, journalism, history, and education.


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Working with ExxonMobil, my team developed monthly plans which had weekly content and write-ups for certain events. My task was to create short animation or GIFs to be posted on Exxonmobil's twitter account. I would discuss the copy and storyboard with a copywriter, and continued working on frames and choosing vectors to be used. After confirming the frames and vectors' style with the managers, I then, proceeded animating it with After Effect.

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Not all marketers like to dive into the numbers, but having an excellent demand generation model tied to company revenue goals is critical for many reasons. This is why I created this easy to customize model which you are free to download and use during your next modeling exercise. All you need to do is enter some basic data points (revenue target, budget, ASP, etc...) and this demand creation model automatically calculates targets for you. I have created models for half a dozen companies or so, and I tried to incorporate all variables and factors that I would want in a marketing model.
I hope you enjoy and it would be great to get your feedback.


When it comes to talking with people about their estate planning we often find there is a good deal of confusion about what the different estate planning documents can accomplish for them. This is understandable because most individuals are not experienced with estate planning or have any legal training that would help them understand what estate planning is and how it helps them. We believe that our job as Idaho's premier estate planning attorneys is to provide this information to our clients so that they can understand how their estate planning will help them, their family, and loved ones both while they are alive and after they pass away.
The first major difference between a power of attorney, and a living will, is how these documents actually help you. Before describing what these documents are specifically designed to do, I will simply state that both documents are done in writing, and should be completed by a qualified estate planning attorney so that when these documents are needed they actually accomplish what they are designed to do.
There are two different Powers of Attorney documents that exist as part of the basic estate plan. The first is a durable power of attorney, which is designed to cover all of your property and finances while you are alive. The second is a power of attorney for health care. This document is designed to ensure that you will receive good health care during your lifetime.
Both of these documents become effective if you lose legal capacity to make decisions for yourself. For example, if you have Alzheimer's disease, or some other injury or illness that makes it so you can no longer make decisions about your finances, property, paying bills, or other daily life events, your durable power of attorney give you the ability to name other people who will make these decisions for you. Likewise, your health care power of attorney will give you the ability to name somebody who will make medical decisions for you if you are no longer capable of making them for yourself. This would include the doctors that you see, the medicines that you take, and the medical procedures that you may receive.
If you do not have these power of attorney documents, your family will be required to do a guardianship proceeding for you through the courts. When a guardianship proceeding is done, the courts, rather than you, make the decision about who will be appointed to take care of you and your property and finances. Guardianship proceedings are expensive usually costing several times more than what a complete estate plan would cost you to obtain. Most importantly, guardianship proceedings often lead to family fights. The reason for this is that family members may not agree on who should be appointed by the court to be your legal guardian. Several family members may all believe that they are the best person to do this for you. As a result, a legal fight may take place before the court makes a decision about who should be appointed as your legal guardian. The bottom line is that through your estate planning you get to make these decisions yourself. If you have no estate planning the courts make these decisions for you.
A living will is even simpler. The purpose of a living will is to give you the ability to leave specific instructions to your doctors and other healthcare providers about what you do want and what you do not want to happen if you are in a terminal condition and you are on life support machines. If you do not have a living will, this decision falls on the shoulders of your family members. Again, your family members may not agree on what should happen in this circumstance. As a result, if you have a written living will, you yourself get to make this decision rather than having it fall on the shoulders of some other person.
The second main difference between powers of attorney and a living will is when they become effective. As was set forth above, a power of attorney becomes effective if you lose legal capacity. Capacity is a word that lawyers used to define the legal ability to make specific decisions about your money, property, assets, and daily life affairs. This would include having the ability to make decisions about your own medical or health care treatments. If you lose capacity, through an injury or illness such as Alzheimer's disease, then your power of attorney becomes effective. Once it is effective, the person who holds your power of attorney has the legal ability to go forward and to make decisions for you that you would normally make for yourself.
Alternatively, a living will does not become effective simply because you lose capacity. This is because even if you had Alzheimer's disease, this does not necessarily mean that you are in a terminal condition. In other words, your mind may not be working right, but your body may still be functioning. You may simply just need somebody to help care for you. A living will becomes effective only when you are in a terminal condition, and you are on life support machines. It is in this circumstance that the instructions that you leave in your living will must be followed by the doctors and other healthcare providers that are treating you. If you say that you want them to turn the machines off, so that you can die a normal and natural death, this is what they will do. Again, if you do not have a written living will, this decision will then fall on the shoulders of your family and other loved ones.
The final thing to discuss about these two documents is who needs them. In this instance there really is no difference. Everyone should have A durable power of attorney, a power of attorney for health care, and a living will as part of their basic estate plan. Again the reason for this is that it's possible that every individual could go through a condition in their life that would lead to a need for these two documents to help them. It is far better to have these documents as part of your estate plan and never need them, rather than needing them and not having them. It is for this reason, that we include these documents as part of every basic estate plan.


Upgraded to .13 wallet. Closed old wallet, installed .13. reopened, now i get the "Corrupted block database detected." And then it says, " Do you want to rebuild the block database now?" I'm rebuilding it now, if that doesn't work, any thoughts on what I need to do? Thank you in advance!
if the blockchain database is corrupted.
5 - start Feathercoin-qt again and let it resync.
The rebuild of the database will work and your coins are safe.
If not, follow the procedure @AcidD described.
@acidd acid man… what would the ftc community do without you. beautiful. just beautiful. THANKS BUDDY! Now come and see me to hook you up with some ink!
@addamnorth - it's always a team effort. I was taught by some of the more senior community members who have been around for much longer than myself.


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Danny Smith visits Architecture of Life, the inaugural exhibition in the new building of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Presenting a "sweeping, cacophonous vision," the show conceives "of architecture as the organizing principle of everything from reality to society and human relationships," making it "a compelling examination in homemaking." Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Kimberly L. Dennis reads Old Women and Art in the Early Modern Italian Domestic Interior by Erin J. Campbell. The author "describes a proliferation of portraits of old women in the second half of the sixteenth century in northern Italy," arguing "that these portraits served to remind viewers of the duty of old women to model familial and civic virtue." Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Dustin London reviews Suzanne P. Hudson's Robert Ryman: Used Paint. The volume "documents the development of Ryman's art from the early 1950s to the turn of the century" and "provides a thorough description and analysis of the variety of his approaches to painting." Hudson "writes with eloquence and perspicuity to bring Ryman's work to a wider audience on its own terms." Read the full review at caa.reviews.
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