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17 steht für:
 die natürliche Zahl Siebzehn
 das Jahr 17
 das Jahr 17 v. Chr.
 Renault 17, französisches Automobil
 17 (Album), Musikalbum des Rappers XXXTentacion
 HMS Duke of York (17), britisches Schlachtschiff

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'They just don't want to spend the money': Hero cop still waiting on injury pension he's owed
BEN FORDHAM
Mick McGannNSW Police
A former New South Wales police officer and detective is still waiting on the support pension he's owed, almost ten years after he made his first claim.
Mick McGann served in the police force from 1973 to 1991, suffering eight injuries over the period.
The NSW Police Valour Award recipient was shot in the knee on duty, causing him to suffer subsequent pain and a limp.
Just weeks after the shooting incident, Mick was badly injured again, attacked with hydrochloric acid during a siege that turned nasty.
But his injuries haven't just been physical, with the former cop also having been diagnosed with PTSD.
Mick applied for a "hurt-on-duty pension" through his fund SAS Trustees – otherwise known as State Super – which represents police officers.
But he's never been paid what he's owed after being knocked back repeatedly.
Mick tells Ben Fordham the fund's experts claimed he "wasn't affected at all" on the day he left the force.
"You've got to ask where the moral compass in this whole deal is," Mick says.
"It's all one big gravy train if you like, Ben, and they just don't want to spend the money, they just don't want to do it."
Click PLAY below to hear from Mick McGann
Mick says he recorded conversations with some of the fund's medical experts, after being tipped off that they may not reveal the full truth.
And he was right.
"I don't mind a fair crack at the whip if I'm beaten fair and square," he says.
"When they resort to this sort of stuff, that's when I dig my heels in and I think this is wrong.
"There are a lot of people worst off than me, Ben, who've lost homes and lost health and committed suicide."
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When he was in the minors, 'Razor' Emery was the bad boy of the Ottawa Senators organization, getting into too many on-ice fights. Now the team's No. 2 goalie, he still has the attitude, but he's also out to prove he has much more than that.
Ray Emery cuts a striking figure as he steps into the Ottawa Senators dressing room from the inner sanctum of the training tables in the back.
Emery is wearing a shockingly bright white track suit, drawing attention to the diamond stud earring flashing from his right ear lobe. The look is in stark contrast to the standard jeans-sweatshirt-ball cap outfit favoured by most NHL players on practice days.
Naturally, it only takes a few seconds for the first catcall to come from across the room.
"Hey, T.O.," yells Senators star centre Jason Spezza, referring to flamboyant and controversial National Football League wide receiver Terrell Owens.
If Emery hears the wisecrack from his good friend, he ignores it.
Besides, he wouldn't have it any other way, relishing his individuality while playing a valuable support role on the NHL's best team.
Last month, Emery established a league record for winning nine consecutive games to begin his NHL career.
Serving as an outstanding backup to No. 1 netminder Dominik Hasek, the 23-year-old Emery went into last night's game against the Calgary Flames with a goals-against average of 2.30 and a save percentage of .922. He's heir apparent to Hasek whenever the 40-year-old netminder retires for the final time.
If everything pans out the way it's supposed to, Emery could be the club's franchise goaltender for a long time.
The story is developing, with Emery fashioning his own distinct style.
Over the years, the culture of hockey has created a "one for all and all for one" mantra as a necessary part of teamwork. That has tended to breed conservatism in players away from the ice. With a few exceptions, players generally dress, walk and talk from the same playbook.
The stack of DVDs beside his TV includes comedies and gangster movies. He often wears flashy pinstriped suits on road trips. His ride is a limited-edition white Hummer.
"People know where I am," he says with a laugh.
The personality, and his history of fighting in the Ontario and American Hockey Leagues, also comes shining through in his goal masks, which have featured stylized paintings of legendary boxers Marvin Hagler and Jack Johnson. A new "secret" mask is on its way.
Underneath the equipment, Emery's chest and arms are covered with tattoos.
The artwork includes the initials of his parents, Charlene and Paul, and younger brothers Andrew, 17, and Nicholas, 14. He has an African symbol for the number one, his jersey number with the Senators. There's a tattoo representing Emery's birth symbol, Libra. His nickname, "Razor," is written across his chest.
The latest addition is graffiti art, "Anger is a Gift," is scrawled on his right arm.
Emery financed the tattoo with the $500 he collected in a bet with captain Daniel Alfredsson. Alfredsson had challenged Emery to eat a cockroach that was scampering through the team's dressing room when the Senators were in Raleigh, North Carolina, for a game in late October.
Emery munched away and won.
He also understands that tattoos aren't for everyone.
Spezza, the Senators' star centre, knows Emery as well as anyone. They roomed together for two years while playing with the team's American Hockey League affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y., and Emery lived with Spezza until finding his own place in Ottawa last month. Spezza says Emery's "charisma" is welcome.
Spezza also says the tattoos sum up Emery's personality.
The Senators, however, might have something to say about that.
The club was less than enthused when, earlier this year, newspaper photographers were invited to take pictures of Emery at a downtown tattoo parlour. The photos of Emery getting his latest artwork etched on his arm were splashed in newspapers the following day.
Emery was born with a competitive spirit that didn't allow him to lose easily.
That determination has been so fierce, that at times — several fights and suspensions in the AHL — it threatened to derail his career before he reached the NHL.
At the earliest age, the attitude revealed itself in Emery's approach to everything he touched.
Unlike so many Canadian kids, Emery wasn't born with a love of hockey above all else.
He grew up in Cayuga, just outside Hamilton, and was blessed with enough natural talent that he was playing hockey above his age group as an eight-year-old. Due to a shortage of players at the position, Emery volunteered to shift to goaltender from defence at age nine.
Hockey, though, was only a part of the smorgasbord of interests on Emery's plate.
If there was a downside to all that activity, says Charlene Emery, it's that the young Ray grew up quicker than might normally be the case.
In one sense, at least, Emery was like Canadian hockey icon, Wayne Gretzky, as a child. He didn't narrow his attention to hockey and spend his summer days at rinks. Back then, he took a wider view of the world.
"I just didn't play that much hockey," he says. "Guys were going to hockey schools, to camps, playing elite teams, I was just playing for fun. I would go to basketball practice, then hockey practice. I was just as concerned as I how played in the basketball game as how I did in hockey. I played because I wanted to be with my buddies.
Emery can thank his pursuit of higher education for his current spot in the Senators crease.
It was with a potential scholarship in mind that Emery's parents pushed him to take advantage of his natural ability as a 16-year-old. Emery tried out for junior team after junior team, before finally landing with the Junior C Dunnville Terriers, a club based about 50 kilometres south of Hamilton, near Lake Erie.
The team was so terrible that Emery won rookie-of-the-year, despite winning only three of 22 games and allowing an average of more than six goals per night.
His career took off after the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds spotted something in his game from the mess in Dunnville, selecting him in the fifth round of the 1999 Ontario Hockey League draft.
It was in the OHL that Emery also first gained notoriety for his fighting ability. He fought four times in 2000-01 and anger-management issues have been a part of his career ever since.
When the season ended, the Senators drafted Emery in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 2001 entry draft and he immediately made the team look smart for their selection.
In his final junior season in 2001-02, Emery was named the OHL's goaltender of the year, sporting a record of 33 wins, 17 losses and nine ties, and a goals against average of 2.73. He was a late cut for the Canadian national junior team.
In 2002-03, Emery began his professional career where his junior career left off. He immediately assumed the number one job with the Senators' AHL affiliate in Binghamton. He was named to the AHL All-Star team, made the league's all-rookie team and was Binghamton's most valuable player.
"His first year playing pro was probably his best in the AHL," Muckler says.
The season included two suspensions: one for bumping a referee and one for a fight in March, 2004, against Rochester Americans winger Denis Hamel, who is now in the Ottawa Senators organization.
The fight stemmed from a racial slur Hamel had uttered against Emery earlier in the season.
The two have since patched up differences, with Hamel apologizing for not thinking about what he was saying, in the heat of a game.
That episode notwithstanding, Emery insists race hasn't been a major issue in his career.
It was the following season, 2003-04, when his fighting became a huge issue for the goaltender and the Senators organization.
He had two fights, one resulting in a wrist injury. He was also hit with a five-game suspension for hitting Michel Ouellet of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with his stick and for punching him in the face, upset when a game was out of hand.
Emery tries to downplay the fighting part of his game, saying he simply gets caught up in the moment because of his natural competitiveness.
The Senators, however, were concerned enough about Emery's fighting that they sent him to an anger management course following the 2003-04 season.
Emery took a kinder, gentler approach to the crease in Binghamton last season. Coincidence or not, he struggled to find his game and spent most of the year battling with back-up Billy Thompson for ice time, and both Emery and Muckler say he probably spent a year too long in the AHL.
Emery also appeared to lose his edge, without the NHL to strive for.
It all came together for Emery in the final month of the 2004-05 season, finding his happy place between carrying an edge and staying in control, re-establishing himself as the clear number one goaltender in Binghamton.
"He didn't really play well until the playoffs, it was the best hockey he played all year," Muckler said.
The combination of skill and competitiveness gave Muckler the confidence to hand Emery the keys to the back-up job without a fight this year, letting former back-up Martin Prusek skate away to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Muckler loves the mix of having a talented, highly competitive 23-year-old pushing a 40-year-old future Hall of Fame goaltender for ice time.
"This will be a good year for him behind Dominik," Muckler says.
While Emery appreciates the talents of the legend, he naturally wants to play as often as he can. Through the Senators' first 26 games, before last night's game against Calgary, he had started only six times, winning them all. He picked up his first NHL shutout in a 4-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 29, a victory which broke Philadelphia Flyers' goaltender Bob Froese's 23-year-old record for most consecutive wins to start a career.
Obviously, Emery wants to prove he can play a higher percentage of games as the season progresses.
Emery may be Hasek's understudy, but he doesn't hide in the background during practice. He'll chirp or stare down teammates who shoot high during workout drills. He has been known to bang his sticks against the ice or post if he allows a goal he believes he should have stopped. Occasionally, his language isn't suitable for a family paper.
Muckler has been impressed with Emery's professionalism.
For all his flamboyance away from the rink, few players work out harder than Emery. While his style and clothing choices might make him an obvious choice to appear in GQ, his muscle tone wouldn't look out of place in a fitness magazine.
"He works out incredibly hard in the summer, I saw it every day and he deserves everything he gets, with the success he's having this year," says Paul Schoenfelder, a goaltender for Shreveport in the Central Hockey League, who trains, practises and performs netminding clinics with Emery in Hamilton during the summer.
In the end, Emery's future success may well depend on determining how his own style and approach fits into the team dynamic.
If he stops the puck, does it matter if he arrives in the dressing room in the morning, sporting a new look or talking about subjects other than the National Hockey League?
When the game starts, Emery understands what his job is. He's not even close to being satisfied.


Earthsky Tonight—March 10: Is Sirius the most luminous star in the sky?
Yes, Mia, you are right. Sirius looks extraordinarily bright in Earth's sky because it is only 8.6 light-years away. Many stars on the sky's dome are intrinsically more luminous than Sirius, but appear fainter because they lie farther away. Apparent visual magnitude refers to a star's brightness as seen by the eye from Earth and absolute visual magnitude measures the star's brightness as it would appear to the eye at 32.6 light-years away.
At least three stars in the constellation Canis Major are thought to be thousands of times more luminous than Sirius: Aludra, Wezen and Omicron 2. Although the distances to these faraway stars are not known with precision, Aludra and Omicron 2 reside an estimated 3,000 light-years distant, and Wezen at 2,000 light-years.
At 32.6 light-years away, our sun would barely be visible as a speck of light, but Aludra, Wezen and Omicron 2 would outshine Sirius by some one hundred to two hundred times. At 32.6 light-years, Sirius would be about the same brightness as the Gemini star Castor.
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While there have been previous reports of sightings of black leopards in Africa - they're also known as black panthers - the new images offer important confirmation.
Pilfold's team of biologists had placed remote wildlife cameras to track the leopard population near a conservancy in the Laikipia County past year when they heard reports of a possible black leopard sighting.
Capturing those pictures was quite a feat, Burrard-Lucas said, and he was frustrated that many outlets missed the point and distorted the story.
The elusive black leopard has been spotted.
The cat, a young female, gets her rare colouration from melanism, an excess of colour pigmentation that happens across a number of big cat species, but more commonly in Asian and South American cats.
The animal - whose coat is sooty black as a result of melanism, the opposite of albinism - is extremely rare. And on the fourth night, he was able to snap high-quality photos of a black leopard - a sight he couldn't believe that he caught with his cameras. "For many years, they remained the stuff of dreams and of farfetched stories told around the campfire at night".
These black-coated leopards were sighted by Burrard-Lucas in Laikipia Wilderness Camp in Kenya, where he been camping since January.
However, he went on to note that he's "not claiming that these are the first photos of a black leopard taken in Africa". While common in subspecies native to tropical forests, on the open savannah they are very rare.


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41st President of the United States: 1989 ‐ 1993
Nomination of C. Austin Fitts To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
The President today announced his intention to nominate C. Austin Fitts to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Federal Housing Commissioner). He would succeed Thomas T. Demery. [ See APP Note below. ]
Since 1978 Mr. Fitts has served in several capacities with Dillon, Read & Co., Inc., in New York City, including managing director, 1986 to present; senior vice president, 1984 - 1986; vice president, 1982 - 1984; and an associate, 1978 - 1982.
Mr. Fitts graduated from Bennett College (A.A., 1970), the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1974), and the Wharton School of Business (M.B.A., 1978). He was born in 1950 in Philadelphia, PA, and resides in New York City.
[APP Note: This document is reproduced as originally published in the Public Papers. In fact, Catherine Austin Fitts is a female, and all gendered references in this announcement are incorrect.]
George Bush, Nomination of C. Austin Fitts To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262642


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In conversation with Jonathan Bate about Stephan Fry's book The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within and the value of poetic form, Stephan Fry encouraged writers to "Just try out writing in that form. I think people will amaze themselves when they do that." For writers willing to explore new forms and challenge their development of craft, and for readers who appreciate seeing the variety of poetic expertise that a single form can produce, Gleam: Journal of the Cadralor is your next stop.
Developed in August 2020, the cadralor is a portmanteau of the names of the two co-creators of this poetic form, Christopher Cadra and Lori Howe. The rules of the form are explained on Gleam's website, but in brief, this is a five-stanza poem with each stanza containing a consistent number of lines, up to ten, and each stanza able to stand alone as a complete poem. It cannot be narrative, though the stanzas should be contextually related. They must be imagist, vivid poems without cliché that are "a feast for the senses." The fifth stanza acts as the crucible "illuminating the gleaming thread (Thus, the 'gleam' in the name.) that runs through the entire poem," pulling the poem "into a coherence as a kind of love poem," and answering the compelling question, "for what do you yearn?" The poem does not need to be a traditional love poem, as the editors explain, "Yearning takes many forms," but it is characteristic that a "successful cadralor end on a note of hope rather than hopelessness."
Poets ready to tackle the form can expect their work to be well received by seasoned writers who want to engage the community in a supportive way. Editor in Chief Lori Howe is author of two books of poetry, Cloudshade, Poems of the High Plains, and Voices at Twilight, was Executive Editor of Blood, Water, Wind, and Stone: An Anthology of Wyoming Writers, and formerly Editor in Chief of Clerestory: Poems of the Mountain West, and Open Window Review. She holds an MFA in Poetry from University of Wyoming, where she is also Professor. Founding Editor, Christopher Cadra is a poet/writer whose work has appeared in The Cimarron Review and elsewhere. His criticism has appeared in Basalt and a journal he edited, The Literati Quarterly.
Publishing two to three issues per year, Gleam accepts submissions via email, and, as Howe points out, "We offer a great deal of feedback on submissions, and often offer 'revise and resubmit' options, which we believe is somewhat rare among poetry journals. We do this because the form is both new and especially challenging to embody. We like to encourage poets to keep working on cadralor until they get there."
There is a growing list of contributors whose cadralor have arrived to provide readers "the finest examples of this form anywhere in the world," including Louise Barden, Rachel Barton, Robert Beveridge, Susan Cole, Kate Copeland, Jane Dougherty:, Scott Ferry, Malcolm Glass, Joanna Grisham, Georgia Hertz, Marie Marchand, Bob McAfee, Julia Paul, Charlotte Porter, Nick Reeves, Michelle Rochniak, Anastasia Vassos, Sherre Vernon, Sterling Warner, Ingrid Wilson, and Jonathan Yungkans.
In starting this new form as well as taking it onto a public platform, Howe shares, "My greatest joy is in reading submissions of cadralor from all over the world and discovering that this form is being taught in MFA poetry workshops around the country."
As Cadra and Howe state, Gleam is THE flagship journal for the new poetic form, the cadralor, and the plan is for it to continue to hold that well-deserved place in our literary community.
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Comlux Gives Details on Completion of First ACJ TwoTwenty
by James Wynbrandt
- May 24, 2022, 7:24 AM
The "Modern" lounge option is one of three preconfigured styles available for the ACJ TwoTwenty's interior completion. Customers can also choose from a huge variety of materials colors and options.
Comlux Group (Static AD_3) is highlighting the configurable luxury interiors created for the ACJ TwoTwenty, the newest member of the Airbus Corporate Jets family, at EBACE 2022. The Swiss VIP airliner services specialist has been tapped by Airbus Corporate Jets as the exclusive completions center for the first 15 TwoTwentys.
Comlux is now "in the construction and integration phase of the cabin" on the first of the new entry-level ACJs, inducted in January at its Comlux Completion facility in the U.S., said Group COO Arnaud Martin. This bizliner is slated to enter service early next year.
Introduced in October 2020 as the corporate derivative of the Airbus A220 (originally developed by Bombardier as the CSeries single-aisle airliner), the ACJ TwoTwenty offers a selection of preconfigured interior layout options in three different styles. Comlux and Airbus Corporate Jets chose the preconfigured, rather than typical VIP airliner custom interior design approach, to reduce completion time and cost.
The result, they said, is a bizliner with about twice the floor space of current ultra-long-range business jets but offered at a similar price point to those competitors. That value proposition will make the TwoTwenty "a game-changer, attracting a new population of buyers," according to Airbus Corporate Jets president Benoit Defforge.
Meanwhile, the project also marks what Martin terms a "digital transformation" of the Comlux completion division. Airbus provided 3D digital blueprints for the aircraft, enabling engineers and supply partners to design and build interior elements with more precision than if they had access to the actual aircraft. "We are really starting to see the benefits of implementing a full digital strategy for the company, from the design to the manufacturing and integration," he said.
Nine of the first tranche of 15 TwoTwentys are under contract. Comlux purchased three, including the launch platform, and all have been resold, Martin said. The first TwoTwenty, purchased by Five—a Dubai-based hospitality and investment company—is now being outfitted at Comlux Completions in Indianapolis.
In addition to the installation of interior components, off-wing testing of cabin systems is underway, as is the production of common elements from outside suppliers for forthcoming completions. The next green TwoTwenty is scheduled for induction in October.
As the benefits of digitization are realized, Comlux expects to reduce completion time from 12 months on the first TwoTwenty to eight months by the fourth airframe.
The Swiss company also reports growing interest in Comlux Tech, its latest service offering that amalgamates the group's expertise and experience in VIP aircraft transactions, completions, operations, refurbishment, MRO, and other competencies to meet unique customer needs.
Under Comlux Tech, customizable solutions for both Airbus and Boeing platforms are offered, as the company operates both manufacturers' narrow- and widebody VIP airliners, Martin noted. Recent engagements have ranged from handling a pre-purchase inspection for an acquisition to crewing the post-completion validation flight for a Chinese customer's recently redelivered jet.
Additionally, Comlux is expanding its footprint in Dubai, where it maintains an office, with a hangar to be built at Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central. "The objective is to be closer to our customers," Martin said. "The Middle East is a big region for us."
The hangar, scheduled to open by the end of 2023, will accommodate up to two narrowbody ACJs or BBJs, and provide limited maintenance and refurbishment services for customers and its own floating fleet in the region.
When asked about the impacts of sanctions related to the war in Ukraine, Martin said the company had "very limited" business with Russian entities before the war, and "we're not doing any business since."
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The Saga of Meriville Peerless: Long Journey from Northumberland to the Midwest and Back Again
by bestyet | Jul 23, 2019 | Genetics, History | 2 comments
Mericrest Kewpie, five years old in this photo, is one of many excellent Peerless daughters. She is the dam of Mericrest Picasso and full sister to Meriville Outstanding-P's sire.
By Kenneth Hoffman
This history of one of our most influential bulls is told in the words of the late Kenneth Hoffman, our original master breeder at Meriville Farm.
Meriville Peerless was one of the top purebred bulls of the Milking Shorthorn breed worldwide 20 years ago, and he still figures into the pedigrees of many individuals. This is especially true in our own herd where we have used line breeding of Peerless in conjunction with outcrossing to mostly native, dual-purpose sires.
Kenneth always talked about breeding Milking Shorthorns with a capital MILK, since as he was growing up, many breeders bred for bloomy (i.e. fat) show cows that did not milk as well. This was before the "Genetic Expansion" program which has now resulted in Holstein blood in most modern Milking Shorthorns kept for dairy purposes.
We feel the pendulum has swung too far to the extreme of selecting for milk at the expense of other traits vital to true breed character and usefulness on the diversified farm. That's why we continue to emphasize traits such as calving ease, moderate size, sound feet and legs, freedom from metabolic disorders, fleshing ability, and reproduction.
This article originally appeared in the Milking Shorthorn Journal in 2001.
Growing up learning to breed cows
The story of Meriville Peerless is confirmation of the genetic principles I was exposed to as a farm boy growing up during one of the richest periods of agriculture and dairy cattle breeding. Much credit goes to my dad and mother, John E. and Rosa Hoffman, who involved me from my birth. While my dad and mom milked by hand, I was out in the barn, and at the age of five I was assigned a cow to milk by hand (an easy milker with a good udder). I just liked the experience.
My dad read the journals and sale catalogs and I was included in his many travels to sales and meetings. In our family album are many pictures of our family at Milking Shorthorn events. One of the most significant is at Borg Farms, Delavan, WI, which contained the best collection of Milking Shorthorn genetics in history, including the Glenside, White Mountain, and Northwood herds.
I had been a recipient of encouragement as a young boy of the wisest breeders of dairy cattle of all time including Bill Weeks, W. Arthur Simpson, and C.H. Hinman. At the age of fourteen, I purchased C.H. Hinman's book, Dual Purpose Cattle, and have studied it ever since. It has stood the test of time and even with cloning, his genetic principles are sound and will always be right.
Sources of Meriville genetics
The Milking in Shorthorn is based on the blood of "North Country" English Dairy Shorthorns and the constant crossing with Scotch Shorthorns was always a concern of early breeders. My effort for the last 50 years has been to select Milking Shorthorns from pure Clay Bates Northern sources.
Cotley Melody 98 is one of many beautiful Peerless daughters born in the U.K. where his genetics originated several hundred years ago.
A study of Peerless' background reveals the highest producing and best type cows of strictly Milking or Dairy lines. Mountain Fire Princess 4th (with 22,000 lb milk), Doris Clay, Butter Girl, Sunnyside Maid 3d (carrying Kingsdale Robin Bates out of the great Bates cow Lonewood Bates), Robin's Red Signet (doubled up in Meriville Sumthun Else, who is doubled up in Peerless), and Lou's Protector, to name a few. An interesting fact is that most of Peerless' genetics were developed and derived within 50 miles of the Milking Shorthorn office, in Rock and surrounding counties of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
Where did we get our start on the Cissy cow family which produced Peerless? Arnold Kohley of Lisle, IL was an acquaintance of Dad, and when I was showing Meriville Lady Lou he admired her and gave us much encouragement. So when Arnold died in 1966, his wife called us first and offered us cows. We went there, looked at cows, and selected Cissy and Sara, never even looking at pedigrees. This Adbeth Roan Cissy went back to Archie Wentworth's Peerless Cissy of Evansville, WI. Adbeth Roan Cissy was sired by Adbeth Roan Dale, the bull that was sold to the acclaimed Mystery Farm while being shown at the National Show in Waterloo.
The Cissy we got from Kohley's had two daughters of Meriville Hot Digity, whose dam, Sunnyside Maid 56th, was out of a son of a many-years-over Jr. 3-year-old Class leader and won many shows including Best Udder at the National Show in 1966 at 10 years of age. One of these Hot Digity daughters, Meriville Saga Cissy, was the dam of Meriville Plum Cissy 2d, double granddam of Peerless.
This photo of Meriville Plum Cissy 2d, Peerless' double granddam, was taken almost 40 years ago.
Candle philosophy of breeding
No one person can take the credit for the merits of any great breeding animal as no one can create a single gene. We have merely tried to keep the genetics available to future breeders.
A gene has been compared to a flame, and a generation to a candle. As a candle burns down, we light a new one with the flame of the old, and so the same flame burns on. This has been going on since Creation, and so the same flames are burning now that were started burning some 6000 years ago. (I ran across this apt illustration of genetics in one of the many old books in our archives, Dairy Cattle, by Yapp and Nevens, 1966.) We have merely tried to keep the flame burning brightly from the best cows ever assembled in a herdbook.
Peerless' pedigree and background
One of the people who deserves a lot credit for putting this together is my wife, Winifred. She was very perceptive and recognized the value of what I was doing and has been a great catalyst since we first met, and has been a major factor in bringing Meriville's life's effort out of oblivion. A study of Peerless' ascent to fame begins in 1981 when she first came on the scene.
Peerless' sire, Meriville Plumchuck, was born at the Wisconsin State Fair. He classified Excellent, and his ¾ sister, Meriville Satin Roansy Cissy, Peerless' dam, also classified Excellent. We decided to use this brother/sister mating to produce Peerless and his full sister, Meriville Pansy Cissy (now at age 14 still a major brood cow in our breeding program).
The production in Meriville cows is based on very reliable data, not artificial records and fitting. Peerless' sire comes from the Beauty cow family (which also produced the famous Ritchie's Robin Sunbeam and Sarge's Sunbeam) secured from W. Arthur Simpson of Vermont, who weighed every milking of every cow for over 60 years. I have seen and milked every female on both sides of Peerless' pedigree for over 35 years.
Mericrest Outlaw (Kewpie's full brother) is now working in the great Hauxwell herd of Tom Ripley (of Prince Edward Island, Canada), who hails from the Yorkshire Dales of England, hence the subtitle of my article.
These two Peerless daughters are from Tom Ripley's herd in Canada.
Why Peerless is white
The Peerless story would not be complete without discussion of his color. The foundation and distinction of the dairy or milking line of Shorthorns is beautiful roan, and white is the source of that. The original Dairy Shorthorns and Bates lines were white, spotted, and roans. Many were red with white stockings.
During and since the 1920's, white and spotted were and still are discriminated against. Yet the milk production and outstanding udders are connected to this unique color. Scotch cattle (beefy and solid red or dark roan) were used to "correct" the color problem and diluted the dairy character once again. Many breeders early would not use Peerless because he was white.
Thanks to breeders who used Peerless
Finally, I would like credit each and every breeder, large and small, that had the confidence to use Meriville Peerless, so his genetics were revealed, which is the ultimate genetic principle that selection and pedigree have to be expressed in the offspring.
This ad was in a 1994 Red Cow Magazine, when Peerless was offered worldwide: the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and more.
Endnote: While Peerless semen is not available today, many of our current Milking Shorthorn bulls carry him in their pedigrees, so you can reap the benefits of his breeding.
Meriville Outstanding-P is a son of Outlaw and is carefully linebred Peerless. Meriville Outer Star PP is sired by Outstanding and is linebred on his dam's side. Mericrest Picasso is a grandson of Peerless. Meriville Rock County is out of Peerless' full sister.
Meriville Flashback is out of a Peerless daughter. King Oscar is linebred Peerless. Lapps Joe is is heavily linebred Peerless. Meriville Matchmaker-P also has Peerless in his background.
Seth V. Thiessen	on August 20, 2019 at 2:04 pm
I really enjoy reading about genetics and the Meriville herd. You raise the kind of cattle that I am striving to raise today. I've never understood the discrimination against white cattle. They've always been my favorite ever since I was little.
Martha Hoffman	on August 20, 2019 at 4:40 pm
We admire what you're doing with your herd, Seth. And like you, I love the white ones too!
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Two years ago Honda introduced its 2011 PCX125 scooter to the American market only a couple months after its worldwide launch. Smaller displacement scooters are usually brought to the USA a couple years after they are introduced. But someone at Honda must have known that the PCX scooter would be a hit. So can the PCX get better with the introduction of a 150 version? I am going to ruin the surprise early and simply say yes, but you'll have to read more to find out why.
(Top) More power is easily noticeable compared to last year's engine at both high and low speeds. (Bottom) The bigger powerplant now allows the PCX to be highway legal.
For 2013 Honda brings back the successful PCX, but the scoot now carries an extra 25cc and Honda PCX150 moniker. Oh, and did I mention that it is now freeway capable?!?! With a top speed of 70 mph, the PCX keeps up at highway speeds without issue.
Honda touts its Enhanced Smart Power, a technology that helps provide the best engine performance while still remaining fuel efficient, to develop a scooter engine that is environmentally responsible yet still has superior performance. The liquid-cooled 150cc four-stroke engine also provides great efficiency at a claimed fuel economy of 102 mpg due to being lightweight and compact. Optimum fueling is provided by programmed-fuel injection, allowing it to adapt to various riding conditions. Low and mid-range power is also improved in the new engine with a newly developed belt drive design.
Compared to the previous 125cc engine, the 150cc powerplant uses an offset cylinder wall to reduce friction caused by contact between the new lightweight piston and cylinder wall. The sleeve uses minute spines on its outer surface to reduce oil consumption and improve cooling along with the redesigned radiator core. The engine's V-Matic transmission has lost 20% of friction compared to the previous engine due to bearings exclusively designed to deal with the loads they receive individually.
Other performance updates include a 31mm hydraulic front fork with 3.5 inches of travel. The Unit Swingarm rear suspension uses a single shock with 3.1 inches of travel. Lastly, a Combined Braking System (CBS) with a 220mm front disk brake and hydraulic three-piston caliper plus a rear drum brake provides the stopping power. We find the brakes go along perfect with the PCX, easy to slow from highway speeds yet not harsh when cruising around town. The effectiveness of the linked Honda system is definitely safety plus.
Honda treated us to a trip to the very cool Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California during our ride.
One of the key features Honda really pushes with the scoot is its styling aspects. Also available in metallic black, our test unit was equipped with the beautiful candy red colorway. The styling manages to be sporty but still portrays that classic scooter look. Up front is a giant headlight with a modern looking dark tint windscreen lingering just above, both of which rest on top of wide beefy bodywork. The upright motocross style handlebars behind the upper fairing lend almost a sport-touring look. A big flat foot rest and long seat keep the classic scooter look alive. Chrome flashy "PCX150" emblems toward the back just below the seat round out the bold styling cues.
The PCX sits on black, 14-inch, five-spoke wheels mounted up with a 90/90-14 tire up front and 100/90-14 in the rear. The 14-inch wheels improve handling at highway speeds. Around back is a sporty taillight with blinkers just below. A rear tire guard, which also plays part as the license plate holder, sits behind the back wheel and hangs from beneath the taillight. The scooter offers not only a centerstand but a sidestand as well, giving consumers options depending on their parking situation.
Up top is a chrome bar and bar mount set up complete with a pair of generously sized mirrors that we really appreciate. In front of the bars lies the digital instrument cluster providing tripmeters, MPH, and of course a fuel gauge for a safe and fun ride. A new seat was added to be extra cushy with an improved seat back rest for more comfort.
Honda took us on a ride that began at Huntington Beach Honda in California. I placed my jacket and car keys in the 25-liter under-seat storage container with plenty of room left for a full-face helmet. I threw my wallet and iPhone in the additional 1.5 liter front storage compartment located just beneath the handlebars on the rider's left and we were off. Immediately after departing I noticed the extremely comfortable seat and at the end of the day, was still just as happy with it. Not only was the seat comfortable for one person, but it also accommodates a passenger.
The sporty PCX150 sometimes calls for a sporty riding style to go along with it.
We made our way to the 405 freeway where we learned that the new 150cc engine provides plenty of power for handling the highway without question. The scooter sped up to highway speeds just as quickly as your average family sedan and was able to pass other motorists no problem. Surprisingly at higher speeds the scooter's power ramped up more quickly than at slower city speeds. The PCX suspension took the nasty 405 potholes like a Cadillac, not once bottoming out, providing a smooth enjoyable ride. We found this out by riding at the PCX's top speed of 70 mph and well, directly hitting one. Obviously, I'm still here writing this.
Riding through town we noticed instead of being flat in the center like many scooters, the middle of the foot position is raised, this meaning, the rider's feet must be placed on the not so wide outside platforms. We would like to see the foot position wider but it wasn't a big issue. As far as leg room goes, there is plenty, even for taller riders. The lean angle we were able to get on the scoot was phenomenal, never dragging even around the tightest of corners. Turning characteristics are in between those of a smaller scale sportbike and a scooter, nimble and quick to turn with a solid feel to the front end. With a rigid chassis almost like a hybrid between Honda's CBR250 and Metropolitan, I noticed myself in race mode a few times. The PCX doesn't have that knifey front end feel when turning aggressively as most scooters do.
A 1.6 gallon fuel tank and estimated fuel economy of 102 mpg guarantees you won't run out of fuel when scooting to your yacht.
With Honda advocating the scooter as stylish, fun, and economical, the PCX150 could be appealing to a wide range of customers of all ages. The Japanese motorcycle manufacturer believes that 66% of its PCX150 scooter consumers will be first-time scooter buyers and 20% of that will be brand new to motorcycling. They believe that 33% of buyers will be women. The PCX provides a fun and enjoyable ride for just about any occasion, whether its running to the grocery store, commuting to work, or just out for a weekend cruise.
MotoUSA's overall experience with the PCX150 was a good one. We are extremely happy with the larger-displacement engine allowing for freeway use. It covers all three areas that Honda promises. It's stylish, fun, and with a price tag of $3449 it is $1000 less expensive than the other freeway-capable scooter in the Honda lineup, the SH150i. Riders looking for a highway legal scooter need to check out the PCX150.


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The End of a Successful Spring...
No baseball today. At least not Yankees baseball. The exhibition season is over, and the team awaits its first regular season game tomorrow.
The final Grapefruit League was fun and not so fun. The new SunTrust Park in Atlanta is a gorgeous stadium and it certainly ranks at or near the top of the new stadiums. It is very impressive.
I know that it was still a spring game so stats mean nothing but Greg Bird had the honor of delivering the first home run in the new park. Someone else will have the courtesy of hitting the first regular season home run there but Bird has the distinction of the first home run period.
The game itself didn't go so good. The Atlanta Braves had the courtesy of picking up the first win ever at the new ballpark. I have been excited about Jonathan Holder and the announcement that he had made the final roster but he was on the mound when the Braves scored the 6th inning runs to break a tie, giving them the cushion they needed for the win. The runs were caused by an error so Holder wasn't charged with any earned runs but it was still a disappointing way to end spring training.
After the game, Manager Joe Girardi said the Yankees can be really good if the veterans do their job. That's funny. For a change, it's not the kids who need to step up but rather the vets. It's disappointing knowing that Jacoby Ellsbury and others are holding us back. I say that in jest (well, not the Ellsbury part) but it's a great testament to the job that the young guys like Bird and Gary Sanchez have done this Spring.
Against Atlanta, the vets did not fare well. Brett Gardner, Matt Holliday, Jacoby Ellsbury, Starlin Castro, and Chase Headley all went 0-for-2. One bright spot was Chris Carter doing what he is supposed to do, delivering a pinch hit home run. If he does that a few times at Yankee Stadium to win games, he's going to be a popular guy even if he can't otherwise hit or field.
Michael Pineda finishes the Spring schedule with a 4.32 ERA. He went 5 innings against the Braves, allowing six hits and three runs. He walked a batter and struck out six. He allowed a home run to Freddie Freeman but it's hard to blame Pineda. Freeman is going to do that to a number of pitchers this year.
The Yankees lost the game, 8-5, and finished the Spring at 24-9-1. They won the Grapefruit League by 1 ½ games over the St Louis Cardinals, and they had a better record than the Cactus League champion Los Angeles Angels. It was Spring and the records mean nothing but here's hoping that it is a springboard to a happy and successful 2017 season for the Pinstripers.
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Correcting for non-compliance bias in case-control studies to evaluate cancer screening programmes
Stephen W. Duffy, Jack Cuzick, Laszlo Tabar, Bedrich Vitak, Tony Hsiu Hsi Chen, Ming Fang Yen, Robert A. Smith
研究成果: 雜誌貢獻 › 文章 › 同行評審
In the evaluation of uncontrolled service screening programmes for cancer, the case-control design is sometimes used, in which people who die from the disease in question are compared with live controls with respect to screening histories. Such a design tends to yield estimates of relative mortality in voluntary participants compared with non-participants. This may bias results, since compilers and non-compilers may differ a priori in ways which are not related to screening but which nevertheless affect the risk of death from the disease. We present a simple method, employing external data from previously published randomized controlled trials of screening, of correction for this bias. We illustrate it by using data from a case-control study performed within the invited arm of the Malmö mammographic screening trial, a prospective study from the service screening programme in two counties in Sweden, and a matched case-control study of mammographic screening in Florence, Italy.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics
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Cancer Screening Business & Economics 100%
Noncompliance Mathematics 93%
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Duffy, S. W., Cuzick, J., Tabar, L., Vitak, B., Chen, T. H. H., Yen, M. F., & Smith, R. A. (2002). Correcting for non-compliance bias in case-control studies to evaluate cancer screening programmes. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics, 51(2), 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9876.00266
Correcting for non-compliance bias in case-control studies to evaluate cancer screening programmes. / Duffy, Stephen W.; Cuzick, Jack; Tabar, Laszlo; Vitak, Bedrich; Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi; Yen, Ming Fang; Smith, Robert A.
於: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics, 卷 51, 編號 2, 2002, p. 235-243.
Duffy, SW, Cuzick, J, Tabar, L, Vitak, B, Chen, THH, Yen, MF & Smith, RA 2002, 'Correcting for non-compliance bias in case-control studies to evaluate cancer screening programmes', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics, 卷 51, 編號 2, 頁 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9876.00266
Duffy SW, Cuzick J, Tabar L, Vitak B, Chen THH, Yen MF 等. Correcting for non-compliance bias in case-control studies to evaluate cancer screening programmes. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics. 2002;51(2):235-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9876.00266
Duffy, Stephen W. ; Cuzick, Jack ; Tabar, Laszlo ; Vitak, Bedrich ; Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi ; Yen, Ming Fang ; Smith, Robert A. / Correcting for non-compliance bias in case-control studies to evaluate cancer screening programmes. 於: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics. 2002 ; 卷 51, 編號 2. 頁 235-243.
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"Relentless" is a good word for describing something that's harsh, unforgiving, and persistent.
One of the things I love about Copenhagen is the considerable amount of green areas in and out of town. A couple of months ago, I went to this huge park between Gentofte, Lyngby and Klampemborg, to take photos of Miriam, the nice dog walker running Hey Dog.
The sun was high and spring was finally blooming. We were having fun with pictures and dogs.
And then, at some point, we noticed the presence of these gorgeous horses in the park, riding all around us.
We could hear their mighty bodies and feel their heavy steps.
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Install django-allauth-uwum:

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.. code-block:: console

    openssl genrsa -out uwum.key 2048
    openssl req -key uwum.key -new -sha256 -out uwum.csr

Client identification number will be the common name (CN) declared in the CSR.

Submit CSR to the UWUM Certificate Authority to be signed (key should be kept in secret).

Combine the signed CRT file with a key:

.. code-block:: console

    cat uwum.crt uwum.key > uwum.pem

Place a combined file (certificate) outside of the web directory.

Configure provider: add a full path to the certificate, also API version used alongside UWUM URLs. For example:

.. code-block:: python

    from os import path

    SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = {
        'uwum': {
            'CERT': path.join(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)), 'uwum.pem'),
            'SCOPE': ['authentication', 'notify_email', 'post', 'rate', 'vote'],
            'REGULAR_URL': 'https://uwum-regular.server.dev',
            'CERT_URL': 'https://uwum-cert.server.dev',
            'API_VERSION': 1,
        },
    }

Any additional scope data can be added in the configuration of the UWUM provider. However, the default must be kept:

- `authentication` - allows to authenticate the user, also provides UWUM member ID and screen name.
- `notify_email` - allows to retrieve the email address used for notifications.

Inform UWUM Certificate Authority of your callback URL, e.g.: `http://localhost/accounts/uwum/login/callback/`

You're now ready to go!

Update
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Update django-allauth-uwum:

.. code-block:: console

    pip install -U git+https://github.com/ExCiteS/django-allauth-uwum.git


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Q: "Insert in program" or "Include in program" Is the usage of verb "insert" is correct in the following sentence? Shouldn't it be changed for "include"?
The Reduction of St. Michael was inserted in the vast program of evangelization of the Jesuits.
The text I'm working on is about Jesuit Missions in South America in 16-17th centuries.

A: You seem to be talking about Jesuit reductions, i.e. the resettlement of indigenous South Americans into villages, in order to influence or control them more easily.
Presumably this particular quotation is related to what is now the city of São Miguel das Missões (St Michael of the Missions) in Brazil.
You could try something like

Resettlement to the mission of St. Michael was part of the vast program of Jesuit evangelization

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The Scapitani were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3).  They dwelt south of the Celsitani and the Corpicenses and north of the Neapolitani and the Valentini.

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K.J. Maura, right, and teammate Jourdan Grant of the UMBC Retrievers celebrate their 74-54 upset victory over the Virginia Cavaliers during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Friday.
The Baltimore County Council wants to show its love for the underdog UMBC men's basketball team.
Councilman Tom Quirk, a Democrat who represents an area that includes the UMBC campus in Catonsville, suggested to his colleagues that the council invite the Retrievers basketball team to a future meeting.
UMBC engineered the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA men's basketball tournament on Friday by defeating No. 1 seed University of Virginia by 20 points. The Retreivers then fell to Kansas State in the second round of the tournament on Sunday.
Quirk said the council should honor the UMBC team. Many council members nodded in agreement.
"They are certainly deserving of a resolution. The certainly put UMBC and Baltimore County on the map," said council Chairman Julian Jones. At one point during the meeting, Jones quizzed other members and staff whether they watched Friday's game.
- Approved a bill requiring the county executive to hold two public hearings in different parts of the county before introducing the budget.
- Approved extra funding for the jail and the fire department — a combined $6.42 million — to fund them for the rest of the fiscal year.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Monday insisted the county remains a safe place to live, despite concerns from some residents regarding increases in several categories of violent crime.
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Moscow Denies US Claim Russian Ship 'Aggressively Approached' USS Farragut in Arabian Sea
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Earlier, the US 5th Fleet condemned the actions of a Russian military vessel, saying that an American destroyer had to signal to the ship several times before it changed its course.
The Russian Defence Ministry has dismissed reports that one of its ships "aggressively approached" the USS Farragut in the North Arabian Sea on 10 January as untrue.
The ministry explained that the US vessel crossed the Russian ship's set course, acting in an "unprofessional manner", and the Russian crew was therefore forced to make an evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision.
"It was the US destroyer that blatantly violated international rules for preventing collisions at sea on 9 January 2020 by making a manoeuvre to cross the Russian ship's course, while being positioned to the left of the forward-moving Russian military vessel", the ministry's statement reads.
The statement called the actions of the crew of the USS Farragut a "deliberate violation of maritime safety rules". At the same time, the Defence Ministry praised the professionalism of the crew of the Russian ship, which remained unnamed in the statements issued by both countries' militaries.
Previously, US 5th Fleet claimed in a statement on 10 January that a Russian vessel had "aggressively approached" the USS Farragut destroyer in the North Arabian Sea as the latter was conducting "routine operations" there. The US warship signalled to the Russian vessel, which eventually changed course, according to the US Navy.
"Farragut sounded five short blasts, the international maritime signal for danger of a collision, and requested the Russian ship alter course in accordance with international rules of the road", the statement said.
The international rules for preventing collisions at sea, which were established in 1972, stipulate that out of two ships with mechanical engines that are on a collision course, the one that has the other ship to its right must make way for it to pass freely.
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Home / Editorials / Dear Dan Gilbert: It's Time to Do Everything in Your Power to Save LeBron's Legacy and City of Cleveland
Dear Dan Gilbert: It's Time to Do Everything in Your Power to Save LeBron's Legacy and City of Cleveland
By Kahron Spearman
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in deep trouble.
No, they're going to be fine for the 2017-18 season. Neither Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love or Tristan Thompson have been moved and will remain in town for the upcoming season. LeBron James will continue wearing the Wine and Gold, at least for this season. However, there's a feeling of defeat and a numbing frustration, only tempered by the still-tangible emotional recall of the incredible (and improbable) 2016 championship run.
The reality, though, is that those precious memories need to be held onto tightly, and memorialized. It took 46 years for the Cavs to bring home that elusive title, which was delivered in large part by the greatest player of his generation, LeBron James.
However, today the franchise stands on the precipice of a familiar doom: the moment James walks away again. It might be another long stretch before the Cavaliers are truly in contention, depending on how owner Dan Gilbert handles this summer and the upcoming season.
With rampant rumors of James preparing, or at least seriously entertaining, a move to Los Angeles, you'd think owner Gilbert would batten down the hatches in attempting to retain the services of arguably the best player since Michael Jordan. This hasn't actually been the case. In fact, there's evidence Gilbert is personally laying the asphalt for the future Hall of Famer's exit.
First, he fired general manager David Griffin, an executive James valued and respected. Then, former All-Star Chauncey Billups turned down the vacant general manager position due to Gilbert reportedly low-balling him. The fact that Billups chose to play in Ice Cube's Big3 league aren't the best optics for the Cavaliers and could be a tell-tale sign about James' future.
To be fair, Gilbert and acting general manager Koby Altman are playing from behind in some respects, due to the curious actions of Indiana Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard. Similar to a nixed Paul George deal with the Celtics, The Undefeated's Mike Wise reported that Pritchard reneged on another George-to-the-Cavs deal, involving Kevin Love and Denver Nuggets guard Gary Harris.
Stan Kronke, Dan Gilbert agreed to deal for Love to Denver, PG to Cavs & Gary Harris to Pacers. Pacers GM Kevin Pritchard reneged, I'm told
— Mike Wise (@MikeWiseguy) July 1, 2017
Contrary to popular opinion, an NBA team (the Nuggets) did want Love. Conversely, cementing a prevailing opinion, Pritchard and the Pacers' front office simply would not stand for George shining on contending teams, especially in the Eastern Conference. This aborted deal shouldn't be easily cast aside, as it could have altered James' plans. Prior to his trade to the Oklahoma City Thunder, George was known to have preferred playing with James (instead of the Los Angeles Lakers, his desired destination), even if it meant staying in Cleveland long-term.
Gilbert's handling of this offseason being absolutely key to championship success, the Cavs have only the signings of shooter Kyle Korver (who arrived in a trade last season), swingman Jeff Green, and veteran point guard Jose Calderon to show so far. Korver's shooting and positional size make him a valuable piece. His three-year deal for $22 million is tenable but also runs the Cavs' luxury tax bill from $20.4 million to $42.7 million. The 35-year-old Calderon is an odd signing, because while still a threat offensively, he's one of the worst defenders in the league at his position.
There were rumors of the Cavs having their eyes set for free agent big man Zach Randolph, who has since gone to Sacramento, but even so, how would this have actually helped a roster that needs to get more athletic?
There's no way to know if any of these signings, or any additional moves, will turn James one way or the other. While he's stayed in contact with Gilbert, he's notably elected to stay out of the recruitment of players.
As constructed, the team will likely get back to the NBA Finals, even with Gordon Hayward signing with the Boston Celtics. Perhaps they will have a shot at a wounded Warriors (or the much improved Houston Rockets) for the magnificent send-off James deserves.
Barring some creative offseason wrangling next summer, a send-off is probable, which Gilbert has likely already wrapped his head around. Since keeping James in Cleveland would be the optimal outcome, what can the owner do to convince him to stay?
First, he has to change the perceptions of his relationship with James. It's not just about making nice with the team's best player, who Gilbert castigated on James' way down to South Beach in 2010. James is a generational talent that chose to come back. He wants to be in Ohio because he understands the effect he has on his home region, which wouldn't get the same attention without his presence.
Second, and most importantly, Gilbert has to acknowledge the strong likelihood that he'll never have a player of James' caliber again and operate under that assumption. Encouraging him to maximize his prime in Cleveland should rank No. 1 on any priority list. The problem, of course, is that James still can't stand Gilbert.
Here's a video from the championship celebration last season.
"We wouldn't be here if the leader, the hometown MVP had not come back to his state…" – @Cavs owner Dan Gilbert https://t.co/vQ2q8VJ7RZ
— NBA TV (@NBATV) June 22, 2016
There's significant pride on both sides of the aisle, but Gilbert has to recognize having James is analogous to having the Joker from the deck. Consider that current iteration of the powerhouse Warriors is a direct reaction to James' brilliance. His talent keeps Cleveland winning, relevant in NBA circles, and in the public eye.
Without James, the Cavaliers will be thrust back into the Dark Ages. Gilbert will be facing a mass exodus of his star players, and a deep rebuild requiring tremendous draft luck in the coming years. Holding this eventuality off for five or six years, and continuing a winning culture that will stay long after James retires, should rank more than preferable — it should be paramount.
James' legacy is largely set. The 2016 NBA champion fulfilled his obligation to Cleveland. There's still time for Gilbert to get his own legacy, as Cavs owner, on the right side of history.
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Today, We Need Platforms for Cohesion More Than Ever
28th October 2020 • 3 minutes Reading Time
The past seven months have seen the UK undergo a mass home-working experiment. During lockdown, some 20 million workers were estimated to be working from home (for comparison only about 1.7 million people classed themselves as home-workers pre-COVID).
We have been forcibly stripped of human contact, in our social and work lives. For many of us, it's shown us just how important social connection is. According to the Mental Health Foundation, 24% of adults said they had felt lonely in the past two weeks, when asked at the height of lockdown. This compares to 10% before lockdown. The need for cohesion has never been higher, as many of us continue to work in relative isolation. The question is how to achieve it in a remote-first world.
Having platforms for cohesion is a critical component of the alignment that enables teams to create and experience 'flow' together. Flow is the optimum state of intrinsic motivation, in which people experience peak performance and greater wellbeing.
Why cohesion matters
In the 'before times', when a pandemic wasn't even on many organisations' risk registers, leaders might have tried to create platforms for cohesion via team 'bonding' events, like away days.
What the coronavirus pandemic has proved is that true connection doesn't necessarily come via enforced fun or team-building activities. Instead, cohesion is about enabling people to work well together. It's those systems and platforms that allow and encourage human conversations, which then help to build meaningful relationships and connection.
Even before the pandemic, loneliness in the workplace was an issue. A 2019 survey from CV Library found that more than half (54%) of Brits admitted to sometimes feeling lonely at work. Working from home risks exacerbating that if people feel they are unable to have good conversations or communicate openly. Or if people feel they are only able to talk about work and lose some of the social 'glue' they previously had with colleagues – or are never able to develop it in the first place if they start a new role remotely.
It's a risk that needs to be on leaders' radars. There is evidence that lacking positive relationships at work negatively impacts performance. A study from Sacramento State's College of Business Administration found employees who feel isolated or lonely are less engaged and less committed to their organisations.
We also know that feeling a sense of cohesion is vital to team alignment and flow, as it helps build a sense of unity and collective effort and ambition. Cohesion and connection helps team members work together seamlessly, rather than as a disparate collection of individuals.
Making the most of platforms for cohesion
The coronavirus pandemic have shown many of us how technology can enable amazing work to happen under the most challenging of circumstances. Many leaders reflect that lockdown forced several years' worth of digital transformation to happen in a number of days.
But it's important to remember that technology is just a tool – it's how we use it that counts. Do it right and people can feel more connected than ever. Get it wrong and you risk dehumanising work.
Here are some tips on how to make the most of platforms for cohesion:
1. Systems are great for making work happen, and storing and sharing information, but remember that they can and should be used for more than the transactional.
2. Don't just broadcast; encourage conversation. The worst types of intranets are those where leaders post blogs, but no one else responds or interacts. Create opportunities for conversation, ask questions and encourage comments – make sure people feel psychologically safe enough to do so.
3. Leaders must role model. While you want to avoid simply broadcasting messages, leaders should take part in conversation and discussions on the platform to demonstrate the legitimacy of doing so.
4. Allow space for connection. Many of us are busier than ever, but leaders need to create space for teams to bond in a human way. This should be expected and valued within the working day, rather than being seen as 'time wasting'.
5. With many suffering 'Zoom fatigue' or feeling overwhelmed by the number of messages they are receiving, remember that other forms of communication exist. Why not encourage teams to do 121s as a walking phone meeting? And when it's safe to do so, there is value in coming together face-to-face – work cannot and should not be 100% virtual.
6. Check in on how many platforms are available and what they are each being used for? Consider only having one or two platforms to help people feel more included in one or two together
7. Challenge spectators to get involved, we all have our unique preferences for communication and we can step up and be brave and seek to increase overall visibility of how everyone is doing
8. Platforms that increase visibility of progress for the team overall help people stay together and notice when someone isn't doing well so they can offer support
9. Ensure everyone feels included in social platforms and bring people into the conversations where possible to create a sense of belonging
Download our information sheet on Flow: Getting in the Zone to gain a high level overview of what Flow is and to receive tips on how to get into flow.


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10/10/10 Analysis for Tough Decisions
Last Updated: November 20, 2018 | By: Puneet Kaur Saluja Business, Careers, Inspirations, Lifestyle
It's not easy to take all decisions correct and satisfactory. Most of the time your conclusions aren't worked as same as you expected. You take various decisions out of present emotions and intuitions which may not be the in a long run.
Then, how can a human being take essential decisions of their life casually?
Here, 10/10/10 analysis comes into the picture! Wherever, whenever you feel difficult to get onto the solution, use this analysis.
To use 10/10/10, think about your decisions on three different time frames:
How will you feel about the decision after 10 minutes from now?
How about 10 months from now?
How about 10 years from now?
10/10/10 analysis surely can not preassume the future but definitely help in reducing the negative effect of the decision.
10/10/10 analysis basically ensures that you won't only consider your present and short-term emotions rather contemplate long-term scenario too.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas…..
24 December 2018 – Sunny and 47 degrees!
Merry Christmas! There is not a lot of news to report from the Holler for the second half of December, but we wanted to wish all the Hollerer Follerers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A cold morning earlier this month.
We have been enjoying a really warm December, but it appears that all that will change tomorrow as we are expecting snow on Christmas Day. What more could anyone wish for?
We are planning a quiet and peaceful day. We will feed and bust ice in the morning and follow it up with a Rancher's Special Christmas Breakfast of Egg Benedict. Then we are going to take it easy until afternoon chores. Cowboy Dave and Linda have invited us to Christmas dinner and we are looking forward to showing them the "2018 Review" which is a movie we make of all the things that have been accomplished on Stagecoach Springs throughout the year. It is really just slides set to music, but we have a lot to be thankful for and a lot of progress to show. This year we hayed over 50 acres. We put up over 1000 bales of hay into the barn that was also built this year. We filled the wood sheds. We cut and dragged slash. We watched our herd deliver 7 healthy calves. We plowed snow, we fed cattle, we chopped ice, we picked up rocks, we harvested honey, we made jelly and salsa and all sorts of things from the garden. We had great times with visiting family and friends. We drank a few Keystones and glasses of wine. We made trips to North Carolina, Montana and Iowa. We got a puppy, kittens, and expanded the beehives. We built fences. You can imagine there are quite a few pictures in the" 2018 Review" movie.
Domino, our new cow, seems to be getting along better with everyone.
Tonight we sit here with happy hearts enjoying the Christmas tree and a nice warm fire in the stove. From our house to everyone out there we hope your Christmas is merry and bright and we thank you for reading about our adventures this year. God Bless!
Joey, who looks like the culprit that ate my powdered doughnuts!
Thanks Joyce! A very Merry Christmas to you too!
Hi there, my cold country friends. Wishing you a belated Very Merry Christmas and a Happy Prosperous New Year. We had a really great Christmas this year, from going caroling throughout the community and delivering Christmas baskets with our church family, to a Christmas day dinner with all my children , Grandchildren and Great Granddaughter present. Always a special time of year to celebrate the birth of Christ and share time with your loved ones.Take care. Praying God`s continued blessings on you both.
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