As part of its strong core approach, Cayman recognises that innovative legislation and regulatory compliance is its muscle, and staying abreast of investor trends is its lifeblood, says Wayne Panton, Minister for Financial Services, Commerce and Environment.
Because government and the private sector continue to invest time and energy into our vital funds sector, the number of funds in the Cayman Islands remains in line with global trends; indeed, we've experienced steady growth in overall assets managed. Our leading market share bears out the prudency and wisdom of continuing our core approach—which, albeit simple, requires deep knowledge, experience and skill—of meeting investor needs while maintaining our track record of adhering to global standards.
We are therefore well prepared for the EU's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and we recently published the highly anticipated Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) Bill. Moreover, regulations for limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are in draft, and we are positioning ourselves for a trio of global assessments, scheduled for this year and 2017. This activity comes while Cayman continues to successfully manage our international tax cooperation responsibilities.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has confirmed that Cayman will be included in the 'second wave' of its technical assessment of non-EU countries, due for completion this June, for AIFMD.
In preparation, in 2015 Cayman's Legislative Assembly passed the Securities Investment Business (Amendment) Law 2015 and the Mutual Funds (Amendment) Law 2015, which would facilitate the extension of the AIFMD passport to the Cayman Islands. This passport would allow Cayman-based funds to be blanket-marketed across the EU, therefore eliminating our reliance on the more involved National Private Placement Regime.
Prepared in collaboration with industry and our regulator, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), these two principal law amendments establish an opt-in regime for regulating Cayman Islands-domiciled investment funds and managers connected to the EU.
"It's not just the quantifiable global economy that benefits when our jurisdictional legislative and regulatory framework is sound; there's a qualitative benefit as well."
Collaboration continues with the production of new regulations under the principal laws. These regulations, which will set new standards consistent with AIFMD, are key to satisfying ESMA's assessment. Recognising that ESMA's assessment is merely the first step in the process, government continues to engage with European stakeholders to promote Cayman in relation to extension of the AIFMD passport by the European Commission.
Also in line with meeting commercial needs, the Cayman LLCs legislation was published officially in December 2015, and will be debated at the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly in 2016. Cayman LLCs will simplify fund administration for fund operators who both need and want the flexibility of capital accounts within a vehicle with separate legal personality, and allow for more diverse corporate structures and joint ventures. Cayman LLCs also provide a closer match of the legal framework between onshore and offshore investors, which may result in cost efficiencies for industry.
Industry consultation on LLCs during 2015 was robust. It included our local industry; Registrar of Companies; CIMA; and US legal practitioners from top-notch US law firms. Considering the depth and breadth of this consultation, we are confident that Cayman LLCs will be a prime offering to clients.
Legislation that would allow the formation of LLPs is now being drafted, and is expected to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly this year. This vehicle will be targeted to those who want to operate in a partnership structure, but with the added feature of the partnership having separate legal personality.
Preparations are underway for our next round of reviews in 2016 and 2017 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes; the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force; and the International Monetary Fund. Several public/private working groups continue to work collaboratively on legislative and/or policy enhancements to ensure compliance with international standards, and demonstrate the effectiveness of our regulatory regime.
In 2015, Cayman's cooperation in tax matters saw the first reporting of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) data to the Internal Revenue Service under our intergovernmental agreement with the US. With more than 28,000 financial institutions registered on Cayman's automatic exchange of information portal, and approximately 16,000 returns submitted, this represents a huge effort by our financial institutions and our Department for International Tax Cooperation. To prepare for 2016 UK FATCA reporting, we are now updating the software for our IT systems.
More broadly, the recently published Common Reporting Standard (CRS) regulations took effect on January 1, 2016 and, as an early adopter of the CRS, Cayman will join more than 50 jurisdictions in beginning exchanges in 2017. Overall, there are more than 94 jurisdictions committed to CRS first exchanges of data in 2017 and 2018, and these exchanges will be proactively monitored by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
The Cayman Islands government and the jurisdiction's financial services industry recognise that in order to maintain and grow a healthy, stable, and responsible funds sector, we must maintain and grow healthy, stable and responsible relationships with our stakeholders. This, of course, includes investors. We welcome the fact that clients are much more knowledgeable and involved in their financial services choices, because this speaks to the heart of what we do.
The general public may be unaware that funds are used to support endeavours that are central to their wellbeing, such as pensions, healthcare plans, educational aspirations, and capital investments. Yet clients realise that these activities are vital for social and economic stability and just as important, for socioeconomic mobility across all strata.
In this context, Cayman considers the general public as extensions of our clients. Our motivation for supporting a responsible funds sector is rooted in the belief that it's not just the quantifiable global economy that benefits when our jurisdictional legislative and regulatory framework is sound; there's a qualitative benefit as well, for the people who live and work in our communities.
As the Minister of Financial Services, and as a former commercial legal practitioner, I appreciate the fact that the Cayman Islands government can and does work closely with industry to ensure that you have the right mix of products that clients need, coupled with the excellent customer service and robust regulation that is synonymous with jurisdiction. Thank you for your collaboration, and for your confidence in the Cayman Islands.


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Craiova through after shock win in Russia
10.03.2018 - QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: Craiova cause a sensation in Togliatti, beating Lada and progressing to the semi-finals, while Viborg and Vipers defend the advantage gained in the first-leg matches
Larvik and Brest hope for strong comebacks
09.03.2018 - PREVIEW: The four best teams of the current Women's EHF Cup season will be known after the weekend's quarter-final second legs.
An encounter loaded with history
09.03.2018 - FEATURE: The ongoing quarter-final tie between Larvik and Viborg HK in the Women´s EHF Cup is loaded with tradition and history due to the many Champions League matches between the two teams in the past.
Super Saturday of quarter-finals in Romania and Scandinavia
01.03.2018 - QUARTER-FINAL PREVIEW: Eight teams from six countries continue to fight for the Women's EHF Cup on Saturday

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Alternate name(s): "Night Hawk", "Moth Hawk",; misnomers: "Fern Owl", "Laughing Owl"
White-throated Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal predators. Their plumage is highly cryptic. They are primarily dark grey-brown, with rufous and grey streaking and barring. They have small white spots on both sides of the throat. While perched on the ground, the dark-grey wing tips tend to stick out conspicuously. The eyes are dark-brown and have the typical, unusual form of other nightjars. The small, downward-curved bill is dark-grey.
They are distinguished from Spotted Nightjars by their more dark-grey general appearance, also in-flight, when their finely barred underparts show. In-flight the main distinction between the two species is that White-throatted Nightjars do not have prominent white spots on their outer primaries, but more prominent white patches on either side of the throat.
See White-throated Nightjar at Wikipedia .
The global distribution of the White-throated Nightjar is available HERE . White-throated Nightjars occur in Australia, eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.
Nominate race "mystacalis" breed only in Australia and migrate to the continent from the North via the Torres Strait. In Australia they populate only the eastern coastal fringe and adjacent Great Dividing Range in an up to 300 km wide area, from the eastern half of Cape York peninsula, QLD, all the way down to about Melbourne, VIC. Occasionally, they can be found a bit farther inland, on the western side of the Great Dividing Range.
White-throated Nightjars have a preference for (mostly dry) forest and woodland, especially areas with lots of litter (leaves, twigs, bark), which they use for camouflage.
We first found at least 3 White-throated Nightjars, race "mystacalis", in Deriah Aboriginal Area in February 2014. After their winter absence, White-throated Nightjars, race "mystacalis", returned to Deriah Aboriginal Area in October 2014, when they were heard calling from two locations in a densely wooded gully, close to where they had been found the previous season. In November one White-throated Nightjar was seen in-flight and visually identified at the same location, but still no photo obtained. Since then they are heard in the same area every year during the breeding season.
In March 2017, late in the season, a White-throated Nightjar, race "mystacalis", was heard calling at Dandry Gorge AA, in the southern Pilliga scrub.
In December 2017 a White-throated Nightjar, race "mystacalis", was found at Timmallallie NP, in the Pilliga scrub.
M. Adam-Cross reports having heard White-throated Nightjars, race "mystacalis", calling at night during spring and summer in Yarramundi, NSW, for many years.
Like all other species of nightjars known to us, White-throated Nightjars usually do not perch on shrubs or trees; they are either found on the ground or in the air.
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Nicolai Hartmann (Nikolajs Hartmanis; ur. 20 lutego 1882 w Rydze, zm. 9 października 1950 w Getyndze) – niemiecki filozof, neokantysta, logik i historyk filozofii. Znany również ze swojej krytycznej ontologii.

Życie
Syn inżyniera Carla Augusta Hartmanna i Helene Hackmann. Po ukończeniu gimnazjum św. Katarzyny w Sankt Petersburgu był guwernerem, a następnie rozpoczął studia medyczne w Dorpacie. Nie dawały mu one satysfakcji, więc przeniósł się do Petersburga by rozpocząć studia w dziedzinie filozofii, historii i filologii klasycznej. Po ukończeniu studiów przeniósł się do Marburga (1905), gdzie znajdując się pod wpływem neokantystów początkowo zajmował się filozofią grecką: w 1907 r. obronił pracę doktorską Über das Seinsproblem in der griechischen Philosophie von Plato, która ukazała się drukiem jako wprowadzenie do jego pracy Platos Logik des Seins (1909), a w 1909 r. habilitacyjną Des Proklus Diadochus philosophische Anfangsgründe der Matematik nach der ersten zwei Büchern des Euklidkommentars dargestellt – następnie publikował artykuły z metodologii historii. Później zwrócił swoje zainteresowania w kierunku metodologii nauk przyrodniczych. Od neokantyzmu zwrócił się do fenomenologii, poza którą usiłuje jednak wyjść w swoich próbach stworzenia nowej krytycznej ontologii.

Po pierwszej wojnie światowej, w której przez cztery lata brał udział, zaczął oddalać się od neokantyzmu. Bardziej niż Platonem i Kantem zajmował się Arystotelesem i Heglem. W 1920 r. został mianowany profesorem zwyczajnym w Marburgu, a dwa lata później objął katedrę po Paulu Natorpie. W roku 1926 został profesorem w Kolonii, gdzie współpracował z Maxem Schelerem. W 1931 roku objął katedrę w Berlinie. W czasach rządów narodowych socjalistów został odsunięty od nauczania akademickiego. Jednak, jako członek Berlińskiej Akademii Nauk, nie został pozbawiony możliwości publikowania. Po wojnie, w latach (1945-1950) był profesorem w Getyndze.

Filozofia
Zwieńczeniem ewolucji poglądów Hartmanna jest złączenie fenomenologii (inaczej rozumianej od Husserla) z neokantyzmem. W pracach filozofa widoczna była nieustanna próba takiego łączenia. Według Hartmanna wartościowe jest "trzeźwe badanie, pozbawione patosu i żądzy sensacji, czyste umiłowanie prawdy, posłuszeństwo jej prawu"; wymaga to jednak odrzucenia jakichkolwiek narzuceń światopoglądowych. Pytania metodologiczne ocierają się o pytania bytowe, czyli o metafizykę. Owa "krytyczna metafizyka" (analiza ontyczna w której filozof niemiecki odchodzi od dogmatycznego neokantyzmu) stanowi ważny, kolejny trzon całej filozofii Hartmanna (poglądy te zostały wyłożone w dziele Grundzüge einer Metaphysik der Erkenntnis). Aby dokonać dobrej analizy rzeczywistości, która niezbędna jest przy czystych badaniach oraz przy myśleniu systematycznym, należy trzymać się fenomenów, których filozofia musi być wiernym opisem. Tego typu "myślenie systematyczne" musi być powiązane ściśle z głębszymi badaniami metafizycznymi; a w konsekwencji prowadzić do stawiania i rozwiązania problemów najbardziej podstawowych. Hartmann przedstawia tezę, że metafizyka jest jedyną podstawą wszelkich badań systematycznych, a nawet większości badań naukowych; np. w psychologii.

Ważny jest również następujący pogląd historiozoficzny: filozofia – podobnie jak inne nauki – ma już stałe osiągnięcia (są to rzeczy ponadhistoryczne). Ciężko je jednak zauważyć, ponieważ dominuje myślenie o zabarwieniu relatywnym; zamknięte szeregi systemów filozoficznych traktowane są na równi sobie. To "niezależne traktowanie" odbywa się ostatecznie ze szkodą dla filozofii. Niemiec postuluje rozpoczęcie poszukiwań tych stałych osiągnięć. Pogląd ten jest również przedstawiony w Myśli filozoficznej i jej historii: "Nikt już dziś chyba nie praktykuje poważnie platońskich dowodów nieśmiertelności i nikt nie będzie oczekiwał zbawienia ludzkości przez utopię państwa ani nawet nie umieści królestwa idei obok realnego świata". Hartmann negatywnie ocenia dorobek historyków filozofii; uważa, że wiele rzeczy wymaga ponownego przemyślenia. Chodzi właśnie o rozgraniczenie rzeczy historycznych od ponadhistorycznych. Rzeczy ponadhistoryczne są uniwersalnymi zdobyczami filozofii; np. cnota u Arystotelesa. Rzeczy historyczne to niewygodne naleciałości, które niczego nowego nie wprowadzają i nie powinny interesować filozofów.

W Systematycznej Autoprezentacji autor postuluje także o zadawanie podstawowych pytań filozoficznych – jest to nawiązanie do metod stosowanych przez Sokratesa. Pytania takie nie muszą zawierać gotowych odpowiedzi, ale mają skłaniać zainteresowanego do myślenia i większego wgłębiania się w dany problem.

Dzieła
 Platos Logik des Seins, (1909)
 Philosophische Grundfragen der Biologie, (1912)
 Grundzüge einer Metaphysik der Erkenntnis, (1921), 2 wydanie (1925)
 Die Philosophie des Deutschen Idealismus, (1923/1929), 2 Bände
 Fichte, Schelling und die Romantik, (1923)
 Ethik, (1926)
 Hegel, (1929)
 Das Problem des geistigen Seins, (1933)
 Zur Grundlegung der Ontologie, (1935)
 Möglichkeit und Wirklichkeit, (1938)
 Der Aufbau der realen Welt, (1940)
 Neue Wege der Ontologie, in: Systematische Philosophie, (1943)
 Die Philosophie der Natur, (1950)
 Teleologisches Denken, (1951)
 Ästhetik, (1953)
 Abhandlungen zur Philosophiegeschichte, Bd. 1, (1955)
 Abhandlungen zur Philosophiegeschichte, Bd. 2, (1957)
 Vom Neukantianismus zur Ontologie, Bd. 3, (1958)
 Nicolai Hartmann und Heinz Heimsoeth im Briefwechsel, pod redakcją Fridy Hartmann, (1978).

Teksty po polsku:
 Myśl filozoficzna i jej historia. Systematyczna autoprezentacja. Przeł. J. Garewicz. Toruń (1994).
 Cele i drogi analizy kategorialnej. Przeł. J. Garewicz. Toruń (1994).
 Jak w ogóle możliwa jest krytyczna ontologia? Przyczynek do ugruntowania ogólnej nauki o kategoriach. Przeł. A. J. Noras. W: Principia. Pisma koncepcyjne z filozofii i socjologii teoretycznej. Tom 27-28. Kraków (2000).
 Nowe drogi ontologii. Przeł. L. Kopciuch, A. Mordka. Toruń (1998).
 O podstawach ontologii. Przeł. J. Garewicz. Toruń (1994).
 O idealnej samoistności wartości. Przeł. W. Galewicz. W: Z fenomenologii wartości. Red. W. Galewicz. Kraków (1988).
 Stosunek wartości i powinności.Przeł. W. Galewicz. W: Z fenomenologii wartości. Red. W. Galewicz. Kraków (1988).
 Wprowadzenie do filozofii. Autoryzowany zapis wykładu wygłoszonego w semestrze letnim 1949 roku w Getyndze. Przeł. A. J. Noras. Warszawa (2000).
 Zarys metafizyki poznania. Przeł. E. Drzazgowska, P. Piszczatowski. Warszawa (2007).

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Włodzimierz Galewicz, N. Hartmann, 1987
 Andrzej J. Noras, Nicolaia Hartmanna koncepcja wolności woli, 1998
 Zbigniew Zwoliński, Byt i wartość u Nicolaia Hartmanna, 1974
 Leszek Kopciuch, Człowiek i historia u Nicolaia Hartmanna, 2007
 Artur Mordka, Ontologiczne podstawy estetyki. Zarys koncepcji Nicolaia Hartmanna, 2008
 The Philosophy of Nicolai Hartmann, red. R. Poli, F. Tremblay, 2011
 Alicja Pietras, W stronę ontologii. Nicolaia Hartmanna i Martina Heideggera postneokantowskie projekty filozofii, 2012

Linki zewnętrzne

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Zmarli w 1950
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Rebecca Bird
Rebecca Bird is a watercolor, print and animation artist. She was born in Washington State. Bird received her BFA from Cooper Union in 2000. The recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to Japan, Rebecca then studied at Kanazawa College of Art and Craft in in Ishikawa in 2001. Working as an illustrator for several archeological digs, Bird made several trips to Egypt preceding the Arab Spring, inspiring a series of her more recent watercolors.
Rebecca Bird's works are in private and public collections in the US and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center as well as the Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency. Her work has been reviewed positively in Whitewall magazine, ArtSlant and the New York Times. In addition to William Holman Gallery, Rebecca shows regularly at South First Gallery in Brooklyn and Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles.
Additional examples of her work can be seen on her website: www.rebeccabird.info
Rebecca Bird lives and works in Brooklyn.
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Postdoctoral Researcher Positions Available
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions at AI-Edge Institute
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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Edge Institute (ai-edge.osu.edu) recently founded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking to hire multiple postdoctoral researchers in the broad areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, wireless networks, and cloud computing. The Institute is led by The Ohio State University (OSU) and has 10 university partners including CMU, Purdue, UMass Amherst, Northeastern, UIUC, UIC, UT Austin, Wisconsin, and U. of Washington. This exciting new Institute is expected to play a world-wide leadership role in areas of artificial intelligence and wireless networking. It will provide unique opportunities for researchers to conduct innovative research in AI and networks, and their intersection. The postdoc opening is on a multi-year basis, renewed every year, subject to performance evaluation. The postdoc will have opportunities to work with multiple faculty members from OSU and the 10 other institutions of AI-Edge, and will have the opportunity to do internships with top research labs from IBM, Microsoft, AT&T, and Qualcomm.
The postdocs are expected to have skills that cover one or more of the following areas:
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We strongly encourage women and minority candidates to apply. Please send your CV with references and a brief cover letter to: [email protected].


Gale Creek clams have long been an important source of income, sustenance and tradition in the remote home of Heiltsuk First Nation. But now they're gone.
'It's just a clam in Western eyes.' To this family it's so much more.
Two generations ago, Stan Larsen walked the shores near Bella Bella, B.C. digging up clams — an important source of income, sustenance and tradition for the Heiltsuk First Nation. Locals call their remote home "the rock."
Each mollusk, pulled out from the moist earth, brought Stan closer to buying a gift that was a rarity then: a doll that his young daughter Dora had seen in a catalogue.
"He went out digging for clams until he had enough to buy the doll," recounts Dora's daughter, Zoe Hopkins.
Today, it's a different story. Now it's the clams, once teeming in the ground, that are the rarer find.
In October 13, 2016, a tugboat pushing an empty fuel barge ran aground on the mouth of Gale Creek on B.C.'s central coast.
The Nathan E. Stewart sank to bottom of the ocean, leaking tens of thousands of litres of diesel fuel into the waters west of Bella Bella. The sunken vessel sat there until well into November.
The mess could be seen, and smelled, for miles. It seeped across key Heiltsuk hunting, fishing and seafood gathering grounds. It swiftly devastated the local clam beds.
Hopkins, a documentary filmmaker, captured footage of the aftermath: from recovery efforts to tense community meetings to weary looks around the kitchen table. Her new short documentary Impossible to Contain was shot in 360°, with mobile phones and virtual reality headsets in mind.
The seven-minute film hopes to make distant viewers feel closer to the spill, whether looking down at it from a helicopter or cutting through it on a deceptively tranquil boat ride.
"I don't expect anyone who wasn't there in real life to feel the intensity," says Hopkins, who says the area smelled like a gas station and the water was covered with a rainbow sheen. The immersive doc comes as close as possible.
"I wanted people to have the sensation of standing at the beach."
But the filmmaker admits she left certain images out of her documentary — like the constant tears and "big heavy sobs" of elders.
"I saw people cry every day," she says, adding that elders and chiefs took to piers and coast guard boats to witness the aftermath. The sight seemed especially hurtful to older generations, her grandfather's peers, who have the deepest connections to the land.
She remembers one elder looking out the window just shaking his head.
"I didn't want to roll a camera on people's faces."
Ultimately the spill shuttered the local clam fishery and cost 50 seasonal workers their jobs — a hard hit for a community of only 1,500. The Heiltsuk say manila clam beds provide income of up to $150,000 per year for the community.
The spill also affected sea cucumbers, sea urchins, seagull eggs, prawns, cod, salmon, duck, seal and dozens of other species harvested in the area.
"People don't really understand the cultural impact," says Hopkins. "It's just a clam in Western eyes."
But in her community, clams are an important part of family and community traditions and one of the foods they enjoy the most.
"We even have a clam dance," she says, adding that women and girls crouch down, hide and hiss like clams in a traditional dance shared by many coastal communities. "It's one of the more fun dances."
They're the main ingredient of clam fritters and a lighthearted point of debate in her family.
"My mom says Nan makes them too big," she laughs.
The shuttered clam fishery was "the richest and the closest" place to get clams, says Hopkins. Locals must now rely on frozen preserves or travel much farther afield for the mollusks.
Months after the diesel spill, no one knows when and if the Gale Creek clams will return to this part of the environmentally sensitive Great Bear Rainforest.
It's hard to document absences. While riding out to the spill site to collect footage, Hopkins got an early sense of how long the repercussions could last.
"The man who took us there talked to me about another fuel spill that closed another clam fishery," she says, describing boat operator Ron Martin Sr. as a lovely, soft-spoken man. He quietly pointed out blackened plants on the sides of the creek and with "a very sad face" spoke to her of camping, the life cycle of the clam and living off the sea.
The spectre of irreversible damage weighs heavily on Hopkins's community. "They spilled more than 100,000 litres in the water," she says, adding the spill was felt as sharply as the death of a community member.
"Everyone is related to the ocean," she says. "Everyone was caught up in this feeling of loss and this feeling of powerlessness."
Watch Impossible to Contain, CBC Docs first 360/VR documentary, to learn more about the spill and how it affected the local community. The film is available on YouTube and on the CBC Docs website. For the best viewing experience, watch it on the YouTube app on a mobile phone.


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L'Into the Millennium Tour è un tour mondiale della band statunitense dei Backstreet Boys per la promozione del loro album di successo, Millennium. Il tour comprendeva ben 115 show (tutti subito sold-out) spartiti in tre parti. La più importante parte del tour ha coinvolto numerose arene e stadi dell'America settentrionale, mentre la prima vera e propria parte ha coinvolto i paesi dell'Europa, tra cui l'Italia, dal 2 giugno al 7 agosto 1999 e comprendeva 40 concerti in più di 30 città e 13 paesi.

Aspetto tecnico

Palco
Il palco del tour aveva una forma pentagonale situato proprio al centro dell'eventuale arena o stadio in modo che gli spettatori potevano posizionarsi a 360 gradi.

Merchandise
I Backstreet Boys furono d'accordo a lanciare una campagna per promuovere il tour in esclusiva con Burger King. Si trattava di un set di tre CD e una VHS che contenevano canzoni e video dal tour. Ogni CD For The Fans includeva tre brani live dal tour e dei contenuti esclusivi per il computer. La cassetta conteneva invece i retroscena delle canzoni, interviste e speciali sul tour.

Scaletta
 "Larger Than Life"
 "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
 "The One"
 Introduzione alla band
 "As Long as You Love Me"
 "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"
 "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)"
 "Don't Want You Back"
 "The Perfect Fan"
 "Back To Your Heart" (preceduta dall'assolo col piano di Kevin Richardson)
 Medley: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"/"We've Got It Goin' On"/"That's The Way I Like It"
 "Spanish Eyes"
 "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
 "No One Else Comes Close"
 "All I Have to Give"
 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
 "It's Gotta Be You"
 "I Want It That Way"

Date del tour

Concerti cancellati e rimandati

Note

Tour musicali del 1999
Tour musicali del 2000
Tour dei Backstreet Boys


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Infinitesimal sulfur fusion yields quasi-metallic bulk silicon for stable and fast energy storage
Through less than 1% of sulfur doping but without carbon incorporation, we have addressed most problems of Si anodes for practical applications.
Jaegeon Ryu
This research started from a workaday meeting with my colleagues and advisor (Prof. Soojin Park) in early 2016. I first heard about the metallic transition of semiconducting silicon (Si) when the chalcogen families are directly doped into the crystal structure of it and such unusual behavior has been widely adopted in the device engineering to improve the absorption property and efficiency of the devices. However, it can be fabricated by only ion-implantation and followed the stabilization process which features a high-cost, complexity, and potential hazard to human bodies.
Nevertheless, I was excited as a material scientist, what if metallic silicon is applied to the rechargeable batteries, and at the same time, we made it through cost-effective, scalable, and processible ways. Although there have been a bunch of researches to address the major challenges of Si-based anodes such as anomalous large volume change during lithium insertion/extraction and poor electronic/ionic conduction, most strategies are limited to specific structuring in which the development of Si anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is lagging far behind that of future technologies of electrified transportations. Thus, one would be very curious about the electrochemical behaviors of chalcogen-doped Si anodes in its metallic nature.
We found that the forced insertion of chalcogen dopants (particularly, sulfur) was impossible due to the large size of reduced fragments through typical thermochemical reduction of silicon dioxides and some other precursors for the dopants. Instead, in the light of the recent achievement (Energy Environ. Sci. 8, 3187-3191 (2015)), complete dissociation of various precursors into the atomic level and their recombination into the hollow and porous spherical structure could be suited for the design of conventionally inaccessible sulfur doping into the Si without extra forces.
Figure 1. Structural evolution and characterization of quasi-metallic silicon. (a,b) Schematic of each stage for (a) QMS and (b) bare Si. (c) Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image and (d,e) Corresponding energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) maps for (d) Si and (e) Sulfur.
First, we validated that the proposed low-temperature thermal reduction was capable of breaking down the sulfate salt and producing the pure sulfur element. Impressively, the reactive metal-metal salt complex in the molten salt selectively extracted the sulfur and accordingly such sulfur seeds were assumed to be favorably integrated with Si seeds during the recrystallization process as shown in Fig. 1. A certain portion of sulfur dopants was very stable not to be etched out by routine acids and confirmed as homogeneously distributing over the micrometer-sized (>3 μm) Si, which contributed to insulator-to-metal (IMT) transition of Si with a significantly increased electronic conductivity. What is exceptional about our proposed methodology lies in the observation of the expanded lattice parameter of Si as well as theoretical validations. These results are correlated to the incorporation of sulfur fragments (or seeds) between the unsaturated Si planes, thereby forming robust and flexible sulfur chain-buffered channels for the lithium-ion transport. Thus, improved reversibility of charge storage in Si anodes and extended cyclability along with facilitated ionic transport makes quasi-metallic Si (QMS) anodes another class of electrode material for rechargeable batteries. We believe that our findings are crucial because the method proposed here is scalable and processible for the first time to prepare S-doped Si powders, and have a substantial impact on the photoelectronic fields as well, yet unusual doping nature derived from other chalcogen elements requires further understanding of physicochemical or optoelectronic property changes according to the different elements.
Postdoctoral Researcher, POSTECH


Meet Selena and see her beautiful newborn photos! What a blessing she is!
How did you tell family and friends you were expecting? A pregnancy was unexpected from us, so it was interesting to tell my parents because they had only just met David the month before. I just went out and told them, "Hey, Im having a baby…" They were happy for us. Same with our friends, we just casually popped out "oh hey I'm pregnant". Our friends are mostly people we've known for years in the restaurant so everyone was excited. We built up a pretty big baby fan base because of our regular customers.
What was the best, most surprising or most difficult thing being pregnant? We were both surprised by how hungry I was. I wanted to eat ALL THE TIME, so David was regularly stopping by with snacks. Pizza, pickles, Funyuns. Everything.
List the possible baby names, and how you narrowed it down?
We'd actually picked out names accidentally before we found out I was pregnant. A month or so before, I played a Selena Quintanilla song in my car. David laughed at me and said he didn't like it because it was "girl music", but I'd grown up with it and I love her. I told him whenever I had a daughter, I was naming her to honor Selena Quintanilla because she's iconic in Mexican culture and a strong female influence in music. David is really into soccer and his favorite player is Cristiano Ronaldo from the Real Madrid team. He's idolized him as well and told me he'd name his son Cristiano whenever he had one. Those names were instant. Because we'd already discussed it, when we discovered my pregnancy, and kept those. It was finding a middle name that we struggled with. I'd suggested Naomi pretty early but he didn't like it. Around the time of the baby shower, David said, "Oh hey! What about the name Naomi? Do you like that?" I pretended it was his idea and didn't remind him that he told me no the first time I suggested the name. I'm glad he changed his mind!
Everything went well. We did everything as quickly as possible. As soon as we confirmed the gender, we loaded up on everything pink!
Was labor and delivery what you expected? If not, tell us how things were surprising or not what you expected.Not even close. My doctor and I planned to induction, but my body was just not having it. After a day and a half of induced labor with no results, we gave in to a C Section. It was quick and not at all as nightmarish as I'd imagined in my head. I'm happy with how everything turned out.
Did baby look a lot like Mom, Dad or other siblings? Did you have fun with comparing baby photos?
My baby looks like me made over. Nose, lips, skin, even her tongue is clearly mine. She has her dad's eye shape but I really think that's it for now! Maybe she'll show some more when she gets bigger, but for now she is my newborn clone.
Ohhh David cried. I've never seen him cry before, but he did when he saw his baby. I didn't feel emotional like he did. I was so excited. I wanted to jump up and grab her!
What have the first few weeks at home with baby been like? Adjusting to breastfeeding and her sleep schedule was hard, but everything went well and as expected. I've had a lot of help from David, my mom, and my older brother and it's getting easier. My baby is growing up so fast and getting used to being home!
She is absolutely gorgeous! Like a little angel from heaven. The pictures are beautiful, I amazed at how great they look!


Llanelli Online was at the men's National 25-Mile Time Trial Championship on Sunday (Aug 6) to see Dan Bigham (Brother NRG-WattShop) win another National title bringing his total to seven so far in 2017.
Dan (25) who hails from Stoke on Trent finished in a time of 45.40 for the R25/3h course at Rhigos in the Vale of Neath.winning by 19 seconds over Tim Cartwright (Newbury RC). Third place went to defending champion Ryan Perry (Raleigh GAC).
Bigham will now set his sights on the UCI Track World Cup.


Working at a fast growing start up in his favourite city of Bangalore, after graduating from the Indian School of Business. Loves playing cricket and soccer. Has a rock band and often performs at various platforms. Very passionate about Music. Plays guitar really well, and also sings quite well. He is someone who has travelled countries, and has lived in various cities during his proffessional life so far. This has made him a highly organized, logical, rational, modern and a friendly person. However, he respects and follows Indian culture as well. Overall, someone who is quite easily likeable and has a lot of friends, loves to have fun and take care of others around. Oh, and he just loves to cook and he is really good at it.
My son, Kumaresh is a 29 year old fair and well built. He is an analytics professional based in Bengaluru. He has pursued his engineering degree from JNTU and Business Analytics and Intelligence degree from IIM Bangalore. He is currently working in Diageo as a Global Data Strategist. He is smart, ambitious, amicable and a jovial boy. He is a career driven individual, extremely passionate and very responsible. Apart from work, he is a sports enthusiast, loves music, travelling, adventure and a movie buff. We are from an upper middle class joint family with moderate values. strictly bhramin iyers only preferred.


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The Aston Martin Atom is a prototype automobile built by Aston Martin (AM). Construction of the car began in 1939 and was completed in 1940. The Atom is one of the first fully functional concept cars ever built. Aston Martin explored several new technologies with the Atom, and its chassis design was the basis for the platform used by AM's post-war models well into the late 1950s.

History
Construction of the Atom was commissioned by R. Gordon Sutherland, AM's Managing Director and son of Arthur Sutherland, the company's owner. Chief engineer Claude Hill led the design effort.

The goal was to produce a small enclosed saloon that was comfortable and possessed good road manners. To meet that goal, emphasis was put on light weight and a rigid chassis. The car's name was chosen to be evocative of something small but powerful.

The Atom broke with traditional body-on-frame construction methods. Its chassis used square and rectangular cross-section steel tubing for both the main chassis and the support framework for the body. This was a continuation of Hill's earlier experiments with a prototype built on chassis J6.403.LS, registered as EML 132, and known informally at the works as Donald Duck.

The Atom was built on chassis G40/900. It was originally powered by the same type of engine used in the model 15/98. After World War II (WWII) that engine was replaced by EN4/48/2, an instance of the new four-cylinder engine that would later power the Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports model.

Aston Martin and Hill applied for twenty-seven patents on technologies developed for the Atom, including ones related to the body, chassis, and engine.

A Road Tax disc was issued for the car by the Department of Transport on 14 July 1940. It was registered as LMF 386.

The Atom appeared at the Chessington Rally in 1941.

It is reported that David Brown decided to buy the Aston Martin company after having driven the Atom in 1947.

The Atom's chassis was adapted for use in the 2-Litre Sports by the addition of extra bracing needed to compensate for the loss of stiffness due to the new model's drophead coupé body. The same basic chassis design would later be adapted for the DB2, the DB2/4, and the DB2/4 MkIII, staying in production until 1959. This lineage ended with the release of the DB4.

Sutherland kept the Atom as a personal vehicle after the sale of the factory to Brown, putting about  on the car before selling it in 1949. In 1951 the Atom was owned by C.F. Mayo, and by 1953 the car had become the property of Bob Gathercole, godson of W. O. Bentley. In 1965, after some other intermediate owners, the Atom was bought by ex-Aston racing driver Nigel Mann, who kept the car in France until 1986, when it was purchased by Tom Rollason, who repatriated it to the UK where it underwent a full restoration.

In June 2014 the Atom was put up for auction by Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bidding did not reach the reserve and there was no sale. By the time of this auction the car had been driven .

While the Buick Y-Job is often described as the first ever concept car, the Atom debuted just months after the Buick. The Atom is considered to have been Europe's first concept car.

Features

Body and chassis

The chassis of the Atom has been called a "skeleton frame", a "tubular monocoque", a "tubular unitary body", and a "space frame". It consists of a box frame built with 2½" x 1¼" 13 gauge rectangular mild steel tubing, with an upper structure to support the body and additional bracing made from 1¼"x 1¼" 18 gauge square section tubing.

The car's unstressed aluminium bodywork is attached using a combination of self-tapping screws and bolts paired with Nyloc nuts. Both the car's shape and construction methods reflect the influence of contemporary aircraft methods. The body shape is of a streamlined four door saloon, with both front and rear doors hinged on the B-pillar. The windscreen is of two pieces of flat glass that meet at a centre joint. Instead of a separate grille, cooling air is admitted through a series of twenty-four vertical slits in the front bodywork, increasing in height as they converge towards the car's centreline.

Elements of the car's aircraft influence can also be seen in its hammock-style front seats on the interior and its delta-wing-shaped bonnet release.

Running gear
The Atom was the first ever Aston Martin with an independent front suspension. The system is based on a design patented by F. G. Gordon Armstrong of the Armstrong Shock Absorber Company, and as adapted by Hill comprises twin trailing arms, coil springs and Armstrong lever dampers with split track rods.

In 1919 the Salisbury Axle Company was acquired by the Spicer Manufacturing Corporation (later Dana Incorporated). The Atom is the first British car to be fitted with a Salisbury rear axle with hypoid bevel gears and a carrier-style differential axle housing. The Salisbury axle allowed the car's propeller shaft to be  lower than it would have otherwise been, reducing its intrusion into available interior space. The rear axle is suspended on semi-elliptical leaf springs in a Hotchkiss drive system. Rear dampers are Armstrong lever arm units.

Brakes front and rear are  Lockheed drums. The car's 5.50 × 17" tyres are mounted on  Rudge-Whitworth knock-on wire wheels.

Drivetrain

The Atom's original engine was a single overhead camshaft (SOHC) inline four designed by Hill. With a bore of  and stroke of , it displaced . It was fitted with dual Zenith carburettors. This 2.0 L design was the successor to an earlier 1.5 L SOHC Aston Martin engine developed in or around 1930 for the R&B car by A C Bertelli and William Renwick along with Hill. Hill started work on the 2.0 L engine in 1935. While still a SOHC inline-four, it shared almost no parts with the earlier 1.5 L unit. The 2.0 L was fitted to Speed Model cars in 1936.

In 1944 the Atom's SOHC engine was replaced by a new overhead valve (OHV) four cylinder also designed by Hill. The bore × stroke of this engine are  respectively, for a swept volume of . This engine is fed by two SU carburettors. Patents were granted for the 2.0 L engine in 1945.

The transmission in the Atom is a semi-automatic Cotal preselector. This transmission uses electromagnets to engage the gears, and provides the same four ratios and, potentially, speed in the reverse direction as the forward. The car has two controls for the transmission; a floor lever that selects forward, neutral, or reverse, and a small lever in an H-shaped gate mounted under the fascia that the driver uses to select the desired gear.

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Since retiring from a 40 year career in Electrical Engineering, Tony has had more time to devote to his woodworking passion. In addition to furniture making, he turns wooden bowls, vases and other objects, many from green wood harvested in New Hampshire. "I enjoy making the most of the grain and figure of wood I harvest and like to turn natural edge bowls. I also "rescue" unique or exotic wood from scrap piles of furniture or hardwood flooring factories, turning them into unique as well as utilitarian objects".


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Are Wigwam socks worth it?
The Wigwam offers great breathability and wicking power because of these loops in the fabric that can grab moisture and move it away from the skin. Overall, we like the Wigwam sock for most conditions. We think it's a great wet and dry sock option because of its breathability and water-wicking capabilities.
Is Wigwam socks going out of business?
Sock-maker Wigwam Mills will permanently cut 121 of its 142 employees because of coronavirus, it says in letter to DWD. Wigwam sees most its demand in the second half of the year, according to Chris Chesebro, general manager of operations, but the closure of retailers over the past two months still hurt them.
What are the best kind of socks to wear while running?
The best fabrics Using superior natural fibres such as merino wool are ideal for running socks. Not only are they naturally breathable and sweat-wicking, but they're also anti-bacterial too leaving you without the stink.
Where are wigwam socks made?
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Wigwam Mills, Inc. is proud to knit its socks in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.A., just for you because we care. We care that thousands of manufacturers in this country sacrifice quality for less-expensive labor in other areas of the world, to increase the bottom line.
What is the warmest Wigwam sock?
Wigwam Ice Socks
Warmest Socks: Wigwam Ice Socks Wigwam's Ice Socks are a must-have for cold weather. If they can stand up to expeditions over the tundra, the merino wool/nylon blend should be able to stand up to your coldest glacier hikes.
Are Wigwam Socks good for hiking?
Overall, the Wigwam Hiking Outdoor Pro is a comfortable sock that wicks moisture on par with some Smartwool socks. This makes it ideal for hiking and backpacking, and even as a sleep sock. What Wigwam lacks in durability, it makes up for in its comfort and breathability.
Are wigwam socks made of wool?
Wigwam offers a number of socks which are partially constructed of Merino Wool. The wool content varies by sock style, but averages around 30%.
Is bombas an American company?
Bombas is an apparel brand….Bombas.
Founders Randy Goldberg, David Heath
Headquarters New York City
Website bombas.com
Are thick socks better for running?
Medium: Medium-thickness socks offer a blend of cushioning, moisture-wicking, and added comfort. These socks work well for most runners and can provide an extra sense of protection in everyday running shoes. Thick: Thick socks provide full cushioning for a plush ride and extra comfort.
Is it better to run with thick or thin socks?
In general, thicker socks are most appropriate for cooler seasons. On the other hand, the thinner socks are lighter and tend to have a better road feel, but might result in excessive friction when running, especially if you're prone to blisters. Generally, thin socks are ideal for hotter seasons.
What is a wigwam sock?
Wigwam offers a number of socks which are partially constructed of Merino Wool. The wool content varies by sock style, but averages around 30%. The result is that these socks do a good job of keeping the foot warm, preserving some of the softness found in Smartwool socks while maintaining excellent durability.
What are wigwam socks made out of?
What songs did Neil Innes write for Monty Python?
What is the meaning of progressive lens?


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from tqdm import tqdm

import pywikibot
from pywikibot import pagegenerators
import re
from pywikibot import xmlreader
import collections
from klasa import *

def brakCzesciMowy(data):

    data_slownie = data[6] + data[7] + '.' + data[4] + data[5] + '.' + data[0] + data[1] + data[2] + data[3]
    lista_stron = getListFromXML(data)
    wikt = pywikibot.Site('pl', 'wiktionary')
    outputPage = pywikibot.Page(wikt, 'Wikipedysta:AlkamidBot/listy/części_mowy')

    tempLangs = []

    notFound = []
    text = 'Do poniższych haseł nie wpisano, jakimi są częściami mowy - jeśli potrafisz, zrób to. Ostatnia aktualizacja wg zrzutu bazy danych z %s.\n' % (data_slownie)
    notFoundList = collections.defaultdict(list)

    LangsMediaWiki = getAllLanguages()

    with open('output/missing_pos.txt', encoding='utf-8', mode='w') as f:
        for i, a in enumerate(tqdm(lista_stron)):
            if i < 722349:
                continue
            try: word = Haslo(a)
            except notFromMainNamespace:
                pass
            except sectionsNotFound:
                pass
            except WrongHeader:
                pass
            except IndexError:
                print(a.text)
                raise IndexError
            else:
                if word.type == 3:
                    for lang in word.listLangs:
                        if lang.type != 2 and lang.type != 7:
                            lang.pola()
                            if lang.type == 5:
                                notFoundList['%s' % lang.lang].append(lang.title)
                                #print(lang.title)
                                f.write(lang.title + '\n')

    for a in LangsMediaWiki:
        if notFoundList['%s' % a.shortName]:
            text += '== %s ==' % (a.longName)
            for b in notFoundList['%s' % a.shortName]:
                text += '\n*[[%s]]' % (b)
            text += '\n'

    #with open('output/missing_pos.txt', encoding='utf-8', mode='w') as f:
    #    f.write(text)

    outputPage.text = text
    outputPage.save(comment="Aktualizacja listy", botflag=False)

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Even as Iranian leaders were seeking Americans' trust over nuclear weapons, they may have been plotting violence in this country.
Two Iranians, Ahmadreza Doostdar and Majid Ghorbani, have been arrested by the FBI. Both are U.S. residents.
The two are accused of spying on Jewish groups and on an organization of Iranian dissidents in this country. Court documents in their cases reportedly hint at a plot to assassinate American Jews and/or members of the MEK dissident group.
Ghorbani, an Iranian native, lives in California. Doostdar was born in that state, but has spent much of his life in Iran and Canada.
Evidence against the two includes surveillance in which they discussed how to smuggle information out of this country. Their own surveillance of Jewish groups and the MEK may have been aimed at creating "a neutralization plan, which may include apprehension, recruitment, cyber exploitation or capture/kill operations," according to the Justice Department.
Both men have been active in their efforts through part of this year. It is known that Ghorbani moved to California and became a U.S. legal permanent resident in 2015.
One obvious question is how many other operatives Tehran has in our country.
Another is why the administration of former President Barack Obama trusted the Iranians to keep their word on nuclear weapons  – and dropped our homeland security guard enough for that regime to infiltrate our country with spies.


High Court of Delhi has issued an advertisement marked as Delhi Judicial Service Exam 2015-2016 for 100 post.
Qualification: Candidates should be practising as an Advocate in India or a person qualified to be admitted as an Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961.
Application Fee: Rs. 600 for GEN/OBC, Rs. 100 for SC/ST Candidates.
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The orders on transparency are among the first significant steps toward his pledge to have a more open administration after the repeated controversies of former Gov Sam Brownback's tenure.
Colyer plans to make the first 100 pages of open-records requests free. He will require that state government business be conducted on official email accounts, a policy change that comes three years after The Wichita Eagle uncovered that Brownback and other top-level members of his administration regularly used private email accounts to conduct state business.
The orders, to be signed Thursday, also will create performance metrics for Cabinet agencies and a single website that will list all open meetings happening within the executive branch.
Colyer's transparency push comes after a Kansas City Star series that focused on secrecy within Kansas government. The stories shed light on how information was withheld inside the Department for Children and Families, in the state's tax credit programs, in the legislative process and other areas of government.
House Majority Leader Don Hineman, a Dighton Republican, said he thought he could support all the orders.
House Speaker Ron Ryckman has taken steps to effectively end the practice of anonymous bill introductions, and Senate President Susan Wagle and legislative Democrats are proposing that people attempting to influence the executive branch be required to register as lobbyists.
Colyer's speech came the same day that HCA Midwest Health announced it would be moving its headquarters from Missouri to Kansas for an undisclosed economic incentive package.
Colyer, who holds positions at HCA-owned hospitals, said that he was unaware of the deal to lure HCA to Kansas, which was brokered by Brownback, and that he does not stand to benefit from it. He said after the speech that he would be open to considering disclosing the details of incentive packages, as Missouri and many other states do.
Colyer's speech came almost a month after Brownback gave a State of the State speech that attracted harsh criticism from Republican leaders.
Brownback frequently hailed his anti-abortion record. On Wednesday, Colyer affirmed that he will continue the administration's anti-abortion posture.
A Kansas Supreme Court ruling that could recognize the right to an abortion in the state Constitution could come at any time. Colyer strongly hinted he would support amending the Constitution to make clear that access to abortion is not a constitutional right.
Early in the speech, to a standing round of applause, Colyer said he expects a professional workplace free from sexual harassment.
The Star revealed last year that legislative interns and other young women in the Kansas Capitol have faced sexual advances and lewd comments from lawmakers of both parties.
Colyer on Monday signed an executive order requiring all executive branch employees to receive sexual harassment training each year. That order does not affect the Legislature.
"My commitment to you is that harassment in any form, at any time, in any place, will not be tolerated in my administration," Colyer said.
During his State of the State last month, Brownback said he wanted an additional $600 million in school funding over five years. But he said he wouldn't call for a tax increase.
Brownback's budget didn't say how Kansas would pay for $400 million of his proposed $600 million increase in school funding. The policy shift was in response to a Kansas Supreme Court ruling last fall that found education spending inadequate under the state Constitution.
Republican legislative leaders balked at that idea and said Brownback's budget didn't balance.
Lawmakers had been looking to see whether Colyer would embrace Brownback's proposal or back off.
For now, legislative leaders are waiting for a study of education spending in Kansas that's expected to be completed by mid-March.
He also called for accountability and improved outcomes.
"I will sign school finance legislation that meets these objectives," Colyer said.


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Q: optimizing deletion of data array at fix indexes Suppose I have an array of length N and I want to delete data at index multiple of n, so 0, n, 2n,.... Of course I can loop through ArrayUtils.removeElement but is there an efficient way to do that ?

A: I would

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*calculate the length of the new array.

*copy the portions with System.arrayCopy. e.g. n+1 to 2n-1.

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Fantastic Adventures, March 1941, with "Beyond the Time Door"
"I KILLED him! Yes, I did it, all I right. But he was a rat. He deserved killing. I ain't never killed anyone but a rat."
The words were whispered by the man who sat in the death cell in the big prison. They weren't bitter words of protest, just simple statements of fact. No rancor.
"Rats oughta be killed," repeated the doomed man. "And I guess that's what they think about me, too. They're gonna kill me."
Mike Cardoni, condemned killer, rose from the hard little cot in his bleak gray cell as he heard them coming down the corridor for him. He moved to the bars and stood there with his thick paws on them, waiting. In the cell block, he could hear the other prisoners stirring, moving to the front of their cells to watch the procession that was to come.
"I'd be a fine mug to squawk," Cardoni had told old Father Perillo, just that afternoon. "The guy I bumped off had it coming to him. A lousy skunk if I ever seen one."
Father Perillo had been somewhat shocked, his kindly old eyes registering a swift instant of pain. Then Cardoni had tried to explain it as he saw it.
"I wouldn't be here now, Father," Cardoni had said, "if I'd let that copper have it. Could'a' filled the guy with lead and got away clean. But mebbe he's got a wife an' kids, see? Mebbe it'd break them up pretty bad if I bumped him. So the copper nabs me. Mebbe he'll get a promotion outta it, huh?"
Cardoni smiled crookedly again, as the procession stopped in front of his cell and the turnkey opened the door. The warden was there, and Father Perillo, and some other guys whose faces were vaguely familiar to Cardoni.
Cardoni stepped out of the cell and in between the guards.
"Courage, Mike," Father Perillo said, touching him on the arm.
Somehow, Cardoni felt a surge of gratitude at the old priest's words, at his being there. It wasn't because he was scared. He hadn't been scared since he was a kid in Hell's Kitchen and had pulled his first heist. But it was kind of good to have somebody sticking by you—even if you weren't going to be around for much longer.
Cardoni was still grinning as they began the solemn march down toward the little green door. The other guys in the cell block were quiet for the most part, and most of their faces were strained and white like something was pulling their insides to shreds. Funny, Cardoni thought, why did they have to come to the bars and look out if it made them so damned jittery?
Suddenly, Cardoni wished someone would say something, anything. He turned his head, catching the warden's eye, and winked. The warden was an all right gee; he winked back and that broke the tension. Cardoni suddenly sensed that these men walking beside him, these men taking him down the Last Mile, kind of understood. Kind of knew he wasn't all rat. Maybe it was because he'd given the copper a break. Maybe it was because he never bumped no one but hoods.
It made Cardoni feel better inside. And he threw back his swarthy head and laughed.
"Relax, boys," he chortled, "I'm the only mug whose gonna play cinder!"
But they didn't laugh, and from the cold clammy corridor, the echo of his laughter was the only answer. Then they were at the door, and sweat beaded Cardoni's thick brow for the first time.
The sweat beads were still there, but Cardoni hadn't lost his crooked grin as they strapped him in the chair. Father Perillo was right beside him now, and asking him something he didn't hear. Cardoni nodded, and the old priest bent his white head, his lips moving soundlessly.
After that, they all stepped back, and Cardoni was left quite alone. The black hood that now covered his face prevented his seeing anything else. But he could hear muttering, and something about time. Then, suddenly, Cardoni felt a swimming sensation. Everything wheeled wildly around beneath the blackness of his hood, roaring, roaring—a million miles away.
SOMEONE was helping Cardoni to his feet. The roaring in his ears and mind had subsided, and all that remained was a sensation of giddy instability. He found it difficult to keep his knees from giving way beneath his weight. There were lights all around him, bright lights that burned his eyes and made him shut them tightly in an effort to regain focus. Then a voice was speaking.
"Take all the time you need to adjust yourself, Cardoni," the voice said quietly. "It will take a little time."
Then Cardoni was blinking his eyes against the brightness of the lights and the whiteness of the bare room in which he stood.
"Who in the hell are you?" Cardoni demanded. He was gazing open-mouthed at a bald-headed man about his own age. A bald-headed man whose stature and physical characteristics were similar to his own, short, stocky, and with a swarthy complexion.
The bald-headed man drew his lips tight against his teeth, as if essaying a smile. "My name, although it will mean nothing to you, is Tojar," he said.
But Cardoni's eyes, even as the other spoke, were appraising Tojar's dress. A blue tunic of some material that had the sheen of metal, and shoes of the same composition and color were what he wore. And then Cardoni's attention was drawn to the fellow's eyes. They were blue-gray, cold, and with an intentness that somehow made Cardoni shiver.
As Cardoni looked dazedly around the strange bright bare room, he remembered his last sensations, remembered where he had been before the blackness of the death-hood had blotted out consciousness.
"What the hell is this?" Cardoni rasped. "Where am I? How did I get here? I was—"
Tojar broke in: "You were in your own world, Cardoni, less than five minutes ago according to your standards of time." He drew his lips flat against his teeth again and his cold eyes seemed to glitter. "But now you're in my world."
"This is a gag, and a pretty rotten one," Cardoni snarled. "Damn you, I—"
"Gag?" Tojar interjected. "Gag? Oh, I see, you mean jest. You think this is some mad hoax, eh?" He paused. "I've saved you from death, Cardoni. I think you should be grateful for that much."
Cardoni could only stand there, his mouth open foolishly in an effort to utter words he couldn't find. He had always scoffed at superstition. But minutes ago he had been prepared to die, and now.... Was this some after-world? Cardoni looked again at the other's eyes—clearly, it wasn't Heaven.
"You aren't stupid, Cardoni," Tojar said, his voice still on the same quiet pitch. "Criminal, yes, but not stupid. I am going to explain all this to you. And after a little bit, you will under stand."
He paused, to try that same icy smile again.
"You see, Cardoni, you are no longer in your own world—your world of 1940—you are in another era of time. This is the year 3000, the thirty-first century!"
Cardoni stepped back, as though struck by a blow. His face was a mask of incredulity and then of growing rage. At last he found voice. "I told you," he began, "if this is a gag—"
"Look, if you must be convinced," Tojar said. And as he spoke, his hand went to a button on the wall beside him.
The floor beneath Cardoni suddenly glowed. Orange, then amber, then pale gray—becoming a transparent sheet of glass. And as Cardoni gazed in stupefied astonishment he found himself looking down on a vast, towering, incredible metropolis of spires and strange labyrinthine roads, layered one upon another and twisting among huge domed buildings!
Tojar touched the button again, and the scene faded away, the floor once more seeming solid beneath them.
Cardoni was breathing hard, his voice was flat as he spoke. "Okay, buddy. You got all the openers. Talk on!"
"Good," Tojar said softly. "I was certain that you weren't stupid. You are beginning to believe me, Cardoni, from that glimpse of the world in which I live. What you saw beneath you was New York. Not New York as your mind conceives it, but New York as it is today, in the thirty-first century. I've brought you into this century, out of your own, and away from the certain death you faced."
Cardoni's voice was still flat. "Why?"
Tojar registered his chrome-steel smile again. "I can use you. Or, I might say, we can use one another. You can do me a favor, and I can return the favor for you."
"The talk is still double," Cardoni said. "Get on to the pitch. If this is all level, what's the play?"
"You've killed fifteen men, Cardoni. To you, and to your world, murder is not unknown. But here, in my century, things are vastly different. No one kills here. No one is able to kill."
Cardoni frowned, and Tojar's icy eyes caught his bewilderment. "This is a different civilization. It is what might be called a perfected civilization. There is no murder, no slaughter in war, no hatred or greed. For a thousand years our scientists have been conditioning the world, until now, as it is here in the thirty-first century, it has reached an emotionally perfect balance." Tojar shrugged. "Even I am physically unable to kill."
Cardoni's brows knotted in concentration. "So we'll say this is on the level; that you can't, that no guy can. I still ain't got the answer. Where do I come in?"
"I said I was physically unable to kill," Tojar's steely smile was once more prominent. "But I didn't say that I wouldn't wish to kill. I didn't say that there is no one whom I would like to kill. There is a person whose death would fit in perfectly with a plan of mine. I want you to kill this person for me."
"You _want_ to bump a guy?" Cardoni said perplexedly. "But you said that no guy can hate or play the graft in this setup. How come you do?"
Tojar's voice was still quite calm, but the expression in his eyes gave Cardoni a sensation of chill.
"In this emotionally stabilized world I am, fortunately, a throwback. And fortunately no one knows this but me. My body is so conditioned that I cannot actually commit murder. But my mind has been unaffected by those around me. I have kept this from everyone, waiting my time. And now it is necessary that I kill."
Tojar reached into the pocket of his tunic, and his hand came forth holding a gun. Cardoni recognized it instantly as an automatic.
"A rod," Cardoni gasped. "Do you still have those?"
Tojar shook his head. "This weapon is a museum piece. I have others like it in a perfectly preserved collection. Unfortunately, they do me no good. We have no weapons in this civilization. It has been centuries since we have had."
"Will it work?" Cardoni blurted.
"I said it was perfectly preserved, and with bullets to fit its chamber," To jar replied softly. He still held the gun in his hand. "It is loaded now."
"And you want me to bump a guy with it," Cardoni broke in. "You want me to use it because no one else in this set-up can?" He paused. "So supposing I do, what then?"
"I will repay the favor," Tojar said, his voice silken steel, "by sending you back to your world in the manner in which I brought you here."
His eyes caught Cardoni's uncomprehending frown. "I brought you here by a time device—a machine which took you from your era to mine," he explained.
Cardoni's voice was suddenly harsh. "And you'll send me back that way, huh? Back to the chair!"
TOJAR shook his head. "No, Cardoni, not to the chair. If you do me this favor, I'll send you back _one year before the time you were caught and sentenced to death!_ Do you see what that means, Cardoni? You can return to your century a free man. You can see to it then that you don't take the step that led you to the chair! You can see to it that the circumstances which led to your being sentenced to death will _never happen!_"
Cardoni put his thick hand to his face, shaking his head as if to clear it. "This is screwy. Screwy as hell. But I see your pitch, buddy." Suddenly he looked up at Tojar. "How in the hell didja pick me for this job?"
Tojar shrugged. "Chance. When I knew what I wanted, I knew that I would have to take someone capable of murder, used to killing, into this century from the past. A study of case records of ancient civilization revealed your record. Such records are kept as oddities now. Your case was recorded, even to the time and date of your death in the electric chair. Through that, I knew I could bring you here—by setting my time device to several seconds before your death—and have something to offer you as inducement to serve me."
Cardoni was shaking his head almost dazedly. "And if you send me back, I won't die?"
"You won't die. You can prevent it."
Cardoni laughed harshly, humorlessly. "And all I was hoping for was a reprieve. Okay, buddy, it's a deal!"
Tojar smiled, those icy eyes boring into Cardoni, and held out the gun. "I knew you'd be the man."
Cardoni took the gun, and the feel of it was familiar in his paw. Then he looked down at his slit trouser legs, prison shoes, and denim shirt. He rubbed his shaved head reflectively.
"I can't go running around in this get-up. It ain't how you people dress," he said. "The only thing you and me got in common is our bald domes." Suddenly he laughed, thinking of the warden and old Father Perillo. Rich, that's what it was—rich! Bump a rat to save yourself from frying for bumping a rat!
Cardoni was still smiling grimly as Tojar brought him a change of dress and gave him his instructions. And when he had gotten everything straight, and Tojar's instructions were set in his mind, Cardoni laughed once more. As he laughed, Tojar said: "And then you can return here—swiftly."
The laughter died in Cardoni as Tojar spoke. For once again those eyes bored into him, making him chill inside. As Cardoni stepped from the room, he thought for an instant of those eyes. Then he realized, they were like a snake's. Cardoni shivered, then shrugged, closing the door behind him. Ahead lay this strange new world. But the gun in his tunic pocket recalled to him that his mission was neither strange nor new. It would just be the sixteenth time he'd killed a man. . . .
IT was two hours later when Cardoni returned to the bright, bare, white room where Tojar awaited him. Cardoni slammed the door behind him and leaned hard against it. His breath came in sobbing gasps as he stared wordlessly at Tojar.
Tojar had been standing next to a small cabinet in the far corner of the room. Now he turned from it, facing Cardoni, his eyes regarding him care fully, coldly.
"You did it?" Tojar asked.
Then Cardoni was talking, as though the words inside him had suddenly broken free of a dam. "You got it across that no guy could bump another. You got across a lotta other stuff about civ'lizashun, stabluzashun, and all like that. I thought I got whatcha meant. But I didn't. I hadn't seen it. I hadn't felt it."
Cardoni seemed to choke for a moment, then he stumbled on. "There was an old guy you wanted me to bump. Well, I found him, like you said I would. But I found something else—something I wasn't looking for. I seen it in the old guy's eyes, just as I let him have it —just as I pumped a slug in his skull, God!"
Cardoni was sobbing now, and his breath tore in his lungs. "Those eyes—the old guy's eyes, they wasn't like yours, or like mine. They was like a kid's—a kid who's been slapped hard acrost the mouth and hurt bad inside! Damn you," Cardoni's voice trembled with harsh rage now, "damn you, he was a right gee! Good, like everyone else in this set-up. I seen a lot'a' them. They was all good gees. The whole damn set-up is right! It's like—" and Cardoni choked off, unable to find the words he sought.
Tojar's eyes were flat and half-lidded, and the corners of his mouth twitched in satanic amusement. He seemed to be waiting until certain that the outburst was over. Then he spoke.
"You've fulfilled your end of the bargain, I take it. Good. That's all that concerns me. Now, if you can harness your puerile emotions long enough, I'll carry out my part of the agreement. This device here," Tojar pointed to the cabinet in the corner, "is the machine by which I'll send you back to your own time era." And as Tojar spoke, he threw a lever on the side of the cabinet. There was a sudden soft humming, and a light tube across the top of the cabinet glowed to a luminous orange.
The humming from the cabinet was growing in volume. Tojar stepped back a few feet from it, watching, while a faint shadow began to form directly beside it. The shadow appeared dimensional, and was darkening. Darkening until at last it was an eerie void of ebon blackness.
Tojar smiled. "There is your door," he said. "There is—" and suddenly his face went hard. For Cardoni had pulled the automatic from his tunic pocket and was levelling it at Tojar.
"Damn you," Cardoni swore softly. "Damn you."
TOJAR found voice. "Don't be a fool," he hissed. "It won't help you to kill me. You'll never get back if you do. The time device is still set to return you straight to the chair, two seconds before the juice was to be thrown. I'm the only one who can regulate it so that you'll return to a year before that time. Put down that gun!" His voice had risen as he spoke, and his last words were shrill, almost hysterical.
Cardoni held the gun unwaveringly. Hate filled his eyes and there was loathing in his voice. "This whole damned world of yours is right," he said. "But you ain't. I never killed no one but rats until a little while ago. Now I think I'll get back to rats."
Tojar's face was white, and instinctively he backed away as Cardoni moved forward. His lips trembled as he tried uselessly to form words. His face was suddenly bathed in sweat. Cardoni took another step forward. Tojar backed once more. Backed once more, and screamed wildly. For even as an infinite expression of horror froze in his cold eyes—Tojar was disappearing into the inky void of the Time Door!
And then Cardoni's big body was torn by wild, sobbing laughter. Tojar was gone, and only the black shadow and the cabinet remained. Tojar was gone—and Cardoni knew that that unwitting backward step had sent him hurtling down through time—to the certain death that waited in the chair!
Cardoni raised his gun. Raised his gun and sent one shot blasting into the glowing orange light tube on the top of the cabinet. The tube burst in a blast of flame and tinkle of glass, and the shadow beside the cabinet disappeared.
Now Cardoni stood there dazedly, the gun still in his hand, while everything turned crazily around in his brain. For here in this strange world into which he had been unwillingly thrust, he had found his answer. The answer—materializing all the emotions that Cardoni would never be able to phrase. The emotions that were deep inside him, mixed, and never to be voiced.
He realized this even as he knew he would never fit into this pattern of time. The gun in his hand, the blood on his soul, had forever alienated him from this paradise of peace and harmony. The gulf that separated him from this, was more than one of time.
Quite suddenly, he was sobbing no longer. He stared at the wreckage of the cabinet, a curious smile twisting the corners of his mouth. Then he muttered: "If the warden and old Father Perillo could see me now. Jeeze it's rich—rich!" Cardoni threw back his head, laughing wildly. At last he stopped, whispering one sentence.
"Except for one right gee, I killed nobody but rats—and this last won't be no exception."


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Circuit Clerk Josh addressed charges
By Tammy Sholer
Maureen Josh, incumbent candidate in the race for DeKalb County Circuit Clerk, responded to charges by a campaign opponent that she mishandled bond money by saying democratic opponent Linda Finn "doesn't know the system."
Finn charges that Josh has not followed proper office procedure by failing to deposit bond money received on a daily basis.
Josh said Illinois law has no requirement that bond money be deposited daily.
"The system in my office is a model for the State of Illinois. It is the system used by most circuit clerk offices around the state," according to a statement by Josh.
"I believe these accusations are motivated by my opponent's frustration with her own campaign and the wide-spread bi-partisan support that I am enjoying," Josh said.
Jerry Gott, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts associate director, said not depositing bond money daily is not illegal.
Several years ago a certified public accountant developed an accounting system, which instructs Illinois circuit clerks to deposit bond money daily, Gott said.
It is not illegal not to deposit cash received on a daily basis, but "it is not consistent with the language in the instruction," he said.
Bond money is deposited daily, but not necessarily when the money is received, Josh said. Money cannot be deposited until the proper records are completed, including receipts, ledgers, court documents and accounting entries, she said.
Josh said monies—bonds, fines, fees and costs—are balanced daily just as they are at a bank. Josh said she and her bookkeeper do not go home until books are balanced.
"Since I assumed office in 1984, the books have balanced," Josh said.
Finn also accused Josh of bouncing personal checks cashed at The circuit clerks office. County employees have a privilege to cash personal checks of the office, she said.
Josh said she had a few checks returned for insufficient funds because of an error. She said that at the time she wrote the check sufficient funds were available in the account.
"Of course, when I was notified, I took care of it immediately. As (people) know, checks can be returned NSF where there is no intent to defraud," Josh said.
She said about three checks are returned for NSF on a monthly basis. "I find a phone call to these people results … in the person coming in and taking care of the check."


Remember the Mets' shortstop debacle that ended with Wilmer Flores taking the reigns of the position for most of 2015? Well, Alderson tried to fix the issue in the winter leading up to the season.
Let's do two things here: give Sandy points for trying to get creative, and give him more points for not making any rash decisions.
This was a potential blockbuster between the Mets, Washington Nationals, and Tampa Bay Rays, and would've included names such as Ian Desmond, Yunel Escobar, and Ben Zobrist. Desmond was the man on Alderson's radar.
The Nationals would have sent Desmond to the Rays for Zobrist and Escobar, the two players the Rays traded to the Athletics on Saturday. The Rays then would have flipped Desmond to the Mets. The roadblock was the Rays' request for two top Mets prospects from a list of three – a price the Mets considered too steep for Desmond, who is entering his free-agent year. The Rays' wish list included right-hander Noah Syndergaard, the Mets' No. 1 prospect according to Baseball America. The other two targets are not known.
Trying to sidestep that steep price, Alderson attempted to engage with the Rays about Zobrist directly, but the asking price was just as steep.
Noah Syndergaard has had his health issues since the start of 2017, but seriously, can you imagine where the Mets as a club would be right now without both him AND deGrom at the top of their rotation?
Yeah, no thanks. Things don't need to be any more painful than they already are.