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by Richard Corrigan
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The central California city of Oakdale is a historic railroad town that is known as the Cowboy Capital of the World. Named for the tall trees that line the hills around the city, Oakdale is located between Woodward and Modesto reservoirs, two popular outdoor destinations about two hours east of San Francisco. Each reservoir has its own county-operated campground, and you can also camp at two privately-owned campgrounds in the Oakdale area.
Woodward Reservoir Regional Park
Including the lake itself, Woodward Reservoir Regional Park (stancounty.com) encompasses more than 6,500 acres with five distinct camping areas. In total, the park has over 100 developed campsites, many of them with full water, sewer and electric hookups. Campsites are open to both tents and RVs, and undeveloped tent camping is also permitted in designated areas throughout the park. Woodward Reservoir Regional Park has modern restrooms, boat launch facilities, fishing access, picnic areas and a radio control airplane landing field. Campsites are first-come, first-served, and the park is located about ten minutes north of Oakfield.
Modesto Reservoir Regional Park
Modesto Reservoir Regional Park (stancounty.com) sits about 30 minutes south of Oakdale. Although the park is slightly smaller than Woodward, it has more campsites -- 150 in total -- and each one has full hookups including water, sewer and electricity. The park also has undeveloped tent camping areas, and modern restroom facilities are open to all campers. The park provides opportunities for swimming, fishing, boating, bird watching and has an archery range. As with Woodward Reservoir Regional Park, camping is available year-round, and sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis only.
South Lake Tulloch Campground
Situated on the shore of Tulloch Reservoir about 30 minutes east of Oakdale, South Lake Tulloch RV Campground and Marina (laketullochcampground.com) has a variety of camping options, including electric RV campsites, primitive tent sites and lakefront campsites. The campground has potable drinking water, hot showers and flush toilets, and cabins are also available for rent. A full-service marina provides boat launch facilities and docks, and you can buy groceries and camping supplies at the general store. Reservations are available by phone or through the South Lake Tulloch RV Campground and Marina website.
River Journey Campground
River Journey (riverjourney.com) is a rafting company that operates on the Stanislaus River, about 20 minutes from Oakdale in the community of Knights Ferry. In addition to guided river rafting trips, the company also operates a campground with several large group campsites along the river bank. The campsites are tents-only, and have enough space to accommodate up to 60 people and several tents. Hookups are not available, but the campground has potable drinking water, pit toilets and cold outdoor showers. You can book campsites and rafting trips through the company's website.
Oakdale Tourism & Visitors Bureau: RV Parks & Campgrounds
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Oakdale Chamber of Commerce: About Oakdale
Richard Corrigan has been a full-time professional writer since 2010. His areas of expertise include travel, sports and recreation, gardening, landscaping and the outdoors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from SUNY Geneseo in 2009.
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Corporate Debt Maturity Profiles
45 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2011 Last revised: 30 Aug 2017
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Jaewon Choi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance; Yonsei University - School of Business
Dirk Hackbarth
Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2017
Date Written: Aug 30, 2017
We study a novel aspect of a firm's capital structure, namely the profile of its debt maturity dates. In a simple theoretical framework we show that the dispersion of debt maturities constitutes an important dimension of capital structure choice, driven by firm characteristics and debt rollover risk. Guided by these predictions we establish two main empirical results. First, using an exogenous shock to rollover risk, we document a significant increase in maturity dispersion for firms that need to roll over maturing debt. Second, we find strong support that maturities of newly issued debt are influenced by pre-existing maturity profiles.
Keywords: Capital Structure, Debt Structure, Debt Maturity
JEL Classification: G13, G31, G32, G33
Choi, Jaewon and Hackbarth, Dirk and Zechner, Josef, Corporate Debt Maturity Profiles (Aug 30, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1966613 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1966613
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Retro: Můj pohled na #Brexit v září 2011
Když jsem byl ještě dítě vysokou školou povinné, navštěvoval jsem výborný kurs Davida Lipky zvaný Komparace ekonomických systémů. Hned jako první úkol semestru zadával tradičně během jednoho týdne napsat krátkou esej (ne více než 4000 znaků a originální řešení) na téma "Jak vyřešit sociální problém s jedním miliónem dolarů".
Zde je moje tehdejší esej:
What to do with a million dollars
A short proposal on how to solve a social problem for 1 million dollars
Let me first assume that the hypothetical one million dollars[1] is available for me at a time when it still has real value, more or less the value as of September 2011.[2]
The short answer to the question what can be done with just one million dollars, I believe, must be: not much. I cannot see any traditional "macro" social problem being solved with such a small amount. Governments, foundations or NGOs are spending figures at least five orders of magnitude larger and they mostly fail to solve any social problem, I dare to say they even produce new ones.
If you think about it, some of the main social problems are caused or funded by government policies. Unemployment, poverty, "war" on drugs, crime rates, victimless crimes and so on. I put it to the reader that less government would lessen these problems or eradicate them.
Approximately 84 % of our laws are made in Brussels (Open Europe 2009); a logical solution thus would be to leave the European Union. Many of EU laws could never have come into force at national level; for a well-documented example of German government's struggle to raise the VAT, see e.g. (Booker and North 2005), for a mechanism of how this proceeds see (Ibid.) or (Vaubel 2009).
There is no sign of slowing this legislation monster; the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament are pushing ahead unanimously even though that all EU centralized policies fail. The Common Agricultural Policy has failed (Booker and North 2005), the Common Fisheries Policy has failed (Ibid.), the Schengen Agreement has failed (BBC 2011a),[3] the euro is failing big time etc. Yet the EU institutions carry on regardless. As Nigel Farage has put it, "Let's have more Europe, let's have more failure." (European Parliament 2010)
I argue that:
(1) Many of the social problems are insolvable within the European Union as the EU legislation is binding for the Member States, and
(2) Many so far unknown social problems are yet to come from the ever-closer EU's policies.
Therefore, we could solve some social problems just by leaving the EU jurisdiction. Most problems of the type (1) would still have to be repealed at national level since are transposed into national legislations. But problems of the type (2) will be solved immediately and problems of the type (1) would become solvable.
There are at least three ways how to help it with one million dollars. First, help a British cause to leave the EU and count on the domino effect that will lead other countries to leave as well. Second, launch a campaign calling for a referendum. Third, fund Euroskeptical political parties.
The third way is the most cumbersome. I do not see Euroskeptical parties gaining majority, let alone constitutional majority, in the Parliament in any thinkable future.
The second way looks legit but there is no guarantee that the political class would not dismiss the calls for a referendum even if it had a petition with – say – one million signatures. However, a law guaranteeing that a petition like that could not be dismissed should be under way according to the coalition agreement. (ODS, TOP 09, VV 2010)
The first way may be the most efficient one. Clear majority of Britons wants to leave the EU (Angus Reid 2011), the Conservative Party is under pressure from the Euroskeptics of UKIP (BBC 2011b) and there are elected politicians calling for such motion (Hannan 2010). It remains unclear if and how soon would other countries, the Czech Republic in particular, follow to leave.
One million dollars could be the decisive marginal sum in either of the scenarios one and two.
[1] Actually, my very first assumption is that we are talking "US dollars" because the "dollar" is nowhere specified in the description of the special project.
[2] This is a disclaimer to pundits like Jan Havel, who is promising to pay one million dollars to the one who will
guess correctly when the price of gold reaches one million dollars an ounce.
[3] Other sources for the aforementioned failures can be found easily, I do not want to flood this essay with too many sources.
Angus Reid. "Half of Britons Would Vote to Leave the European Union in a Referendum." Angus Reid Public Opinion. July 12, 2011. http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/43951/half-of-britons-would-vote-
to-leave-the-european-union-in-a-referendum/ (accessed October 2010, 2011).
BBC a. "Lib Dems slump to sixth as Labour win Barnsley poll." BBC News UK Politics. March 4, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12643639l (accessed October 2, 2011).
BBC b. "Schengen state Denmark to re-impose border controls." BBC News Europe. May 11, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13366047 (accessed October 2, 2011).
Booker, Christopher, and Richard North. The Great Deception: The Secret History of the European Union. Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2005.
European Parliament. "Debates." European Parliament. May 2010. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+CRE+20100407+ITEM- 004+DOC+XML+V0//EN&query=INTERV&detail=3-021 (accessed October 2, 2011).
Hannan, Daniel. "EU Referendum: Now for the most important vote of all." The Telegraph.
September 7, 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/7987545/EU-
Referendum-Now-for-the-most-important-vote-of-all.html (accessed October 2, 2011).
ODS, TOP 09, VV. "Koaliční smlouva: o vytvoření koalice rozpočtové odpovědnosti, vlády práva a boje proti korupci." Vláda České republiky. July 12, 2010. http://www.vlada.cz/assets/media- centrum/dulezite-dokumenty/koalicni_smlouva_ods_top09_vv.pdf (accessed October 2, 2011).
Open Europe. "How Many Of Our Laws Are Made In Brussels?" Open Europe Blog. April 16, 2009. http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-many-of-our-laws-are-made-in.html (accessed October 2, 2011).
Vaubel, Roland. Evropské instituce jako zájmová skupina – dynamika stále těsnější unie. Prague: CEP, 2009.
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Impossible Case Study: Sir Roger Bannister and The Four-Minute Mile
April 5, 2014 By Joel Runyon 19 Comments
Sir Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Up until he did it in 1954, most people thought the four-minute mark was impossible to break. They thought the human body couldn't physically go that fast – that it would collapse under the pressure.
No-one could run a mile in less than four minutes.
It was impossible.
You were crazy to even try.
That was, until Bannister proved everyone wrong, training in his own way, often for not very long at all compared to his competitors, and believing that he could do it.
Bannister wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Bannister Decided To Change Things
He Failed To Medal At The Olympics
Bannister's chance came on May 6th, 1954.
Bannister Opened The Door For Others To Do The Impossible As Well
Roger Bannister changed his story.
Bannister came from an ordinary working class family. He wanted to study medicine, but he knew his parents would never be able to afford to send him to university.
By the time he was ten, he thought life was so boring that he was actually pleased about the second World War. He thought it would 'liven things up a bit'.
Needless to say – if war is the only thing you're looking forward to – things aren't looking to great for your story.
He discovered he had a talent for running and knuckled down to train. He decided to win a university scholarship – which he did. His hard work paid off – he won a track scholarship to Oxford University.
While he was at university, the press got wind of his talent. While he declined to compete in the 1948 Olympics, watching it inspired him to push forward & compete in the 1952 Olympics. At this point, expectations were high – Bannister expected to win the 1500 meters. Britain expected him to win. Everyone expected him to win.
But, at the last minute, the schedule was changed, disrupting Bannister's resting routine and he came in fourth.
And he was gutted – so much so that he spent the next two months deciding whether or not to quit running.
In the end, he decided to prove to himself, and to everyone else, that he could do better. He decided to use his pain and humiliation to drive himself forward and push his limits.
In the 1940s, the record for running a mile had reached 4:01. But it hadn't budged since. Some doctors and scientists said it was physically impossible to run a mile in less than four minutes. Not just hard, or dangerous, but impossible.
Bannister decided to do it – to run a mile in less than four minutes.
A literally impossible feat – something that had never been done.
He stepped up his training. He trained for half an hour a day, doing intense speed workouts. He used a pacer and his time went down. He was seconds off of breaking the four minute barrier. The four-minute mile was within reach. He started to see it as possible.
But Bannister wasn't the only one going for it. Lots of runners were hot on his heels, including his main rival, Australian John Landy. It was a race to the bottom and Bannister wanted to win.
The experts believed that the record would only be broken on a day with no wind, at 20 degrees Celsius, on a hard dry clay track, probably in Scandinavia, and in front of a huge cheering crowd of tens of thousands of people. Ideal condiitons.
May 6th, 1954 was no such day.
It was cold, the track was wet, and there were only 3000 people in the the Iffley Road crowd. Bannister had rested for five days before because he'd reached his peak, both physically and psychologically.
It wasn't looking good. Again.
But Landy was already on his way to Finland for his next shot – in the supposed "ideal" conditions.
Bannister knew that if he didn't break the record that day, Landy might beat him. There were no other options.
Bannister spent the morning at the hospital where he was working towards his medical degree. He was worried about the weather – the wind was strong that day. By the evening, it was raining. By the time the race began, the wind was up to fifteen miles an hour.
He decided to run anyways.
Six men entered the race. Straight away, Bannister and Brasher took the lead. Brasher led the first half-mile. Chataway was right behind Bannister. Then he overtook him.
Bannister began his last lap with a time of 3.07. He needed to do the last one in 59 seconds.
He flew past Chataway onto the last straight. He knew this was it. The world stood still. It was just him and the track.
He was exhausted but, driven by the years of training and his determination, he crossed the finish line and collapsed – exhausted.
The announcement came…
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event nine, the one mile: first, number forty one, R. G. Bannister, Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which—subject to ratification—will be a new English Native, British National, All-Comers, European, British Empire and World Record. The time was three…"
The announcement was drowned out by the crowd.
Bannister had finished in 3:59.4
He'd done it.
He'd broken the world record
He'd done what so many believed was impossible.
He'd made history.
Bannister later said that he believed Landy had lost heart – the four-minute mark had become a barrier for him.
And yet, just 46 days after Bannister broke the record, Landy beat his time.
Over the next few years, more and more people broke through the four-minute mark once they realized that yes, it was possible.
Once Bannister proved that it was possible to run a mile in under four minutes, suddenly everyone was able to do it – proving an important lesson: once you stop believing something is impossible, it becomes possible.
He was just an ordinary boy. There was no reason why he should have gone on to do anything great. He was just a working class boy who wanted to study medicine.
But Roger decided to change things.
But he refused to settle.
When no-one believed his goals were possible – he did. When he failed publicly, he picked himself up, and carried on. When his competitors were hot on his heels, he picked up his pace.
He took things into his own hands, and decided to tell a better story. And in doing so – he did the impossible.
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Wan says
"once you stop believing something is impossible, it becomes possible."
That's why we need a little bit of idealism in this world. We need to show the world what "impossible" and "possible" really means and the only way to do that is to test our limits.
Bekele Mamiru says
Yes it could be happen most of the time a good reminder and helpful article
That was a great story.
Really makes me want to take on an impossible challenge.
Venkatesh Kothandaraman says
Nothing is impossible.
What an inspiring article.
When things in life or business get tough its good to realise that there is always a solution. Nothing is impossible if you put your mind in the right frame . Having the "Can do attitude" makes everything possible
Esmeralda Manso says
Great story.
Everything is possible if you set your mind to it. I believe we need to break the impossible. I enjoyed reading his story. A big reminder we could do it just to keep on trying.
Susan McMillen Fleming says
My Uncle "Robert McMillen"actually beat Roger Bannister in the 1952 Olympics. He won a Silver medal. However, this did not stop Bannister as he was determined to break the 4 minute mile. Interesting to note is that initially my uncle could not make the high school track team. Yet my dad, his brother, did.
Lou de Torres says
Decades ago I read a story about Roger Bannister in The Reader's Digest. Roger Bannister said he began running everywhere but not why. I think (and I'm sorry if this offends anyone but I have to ask) the reason given for Bannister to begin running all over town is because he'd lost his toes in a fire and was training himself to overcome the handicap. I know it's an ugly question but has anyone else heard of this?
Danny Fulkerson says
I read a story like that when I was a child. It may have been The Reader's Digest, or perhaps Boy's Life Magazine. It described how he was in danger of never walking again, and I remember it as the guy who broke the 4 minute mile barrier. However, today I searched for "burned toes" and found . — "Discover ideas about Glenn Cunningham
Glenn Cunningham, lost his toes on his left foot in a fire at age but eventually would mature into a great athlete becoming world record holder for the mile ( Indoors & Outdoors ) & Olympic Silver medalist for 1500 m in 1936 -inspirational!" — and nothing about Roger Bannister's toes. Maybe that older article was in error?
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Q: LMVT and Mean value theorem for integrals. I am confused whether to use Lagrange's Mean value theorem (LMVT) or normal Mean value for integrals to find the mean value.
For example :- $f(x) = x^2 + 3x + 2$ in the interval $[1,4].$
I get the value of the mean as 2.5 using LMVT and value of mean or average value of function as 2.593 using mean value for integrals method.
Why am I getting different values ?

A: You say you want the "mean or average value". That is
\begin{align}
& \frac 1 {4-1} \int_1^4 (x^2+3x+2)\, dx = \frac 1 3 \left[ \frac {x^3} 3 + \frac {3x^2} 2 + 2x \right]_1^4 \\[10pt]
= {} & \frac 1 3 \left( \frac {64} 3 + 24 + 8 \right) - \frac 1 3 \left( \frac 1 3 + \frac 3 2 + 2 \right).
\end{align}
Neither of the mean value theorems you cite gives a way of finding the mean value. Lagrange's mean value theorem is about the mean value of the derivative. That mean value is expressed as a difference quotient of the function that gets differentiated.

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Nightmares|Bruhad Dave
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Simon was in the CIA. But his job was even more secretive than what was usual for the Agency. He was their inside man in Area 51. The fabled, and much fictionalised zone where aliens were supposedly studied by the government, was where Simon spent his days working his fingers off. He was a record-keeper with the highest level security clearance, meaning that he could note all observations and occurrences without exceptions. He was standing inside the security perimeter looking at the Cryo building. It was low and square, and inside, in special cryogenic chambers, the 4 dead aliens were preserved.-54 degrees was found to be perfect for the job. Simon walked in. There was no one around. Suddenly, as if on orders, he jerked his head in the direction of the chambers, and a moment later, he walked up to the sealed door, pulled on a sky blue cryo-suit and entered, swiping his clearance in front of the sensor. It beeped, the red light turned green, and the seal opened with a soft squelch. He entered, and the door glided closed behind him. Still as if following orders, he pulled up one of two insulated plastic chairs, and sat down, contemplating the thing in front of him. It was remarkably human like, but it was all red, its skin crimson. Doctors had found a high amount of iron oxides instead of melanin in the skin. Its hair, or rather tentacles sprouting from the head were jet black : high carbon content was responsible. Its vascular fluid was dark crimson, with something similar to haemoglobin detected in it.
As Simon sat recalling all these details from the initial autopsy, the lights suddenly went out and the emergency halogen flashed on dimly. All at once several things happened; Simon fell backward off his seat, the equipment table with all the surgical equipment went flying, and there was a jerk of movement from the corner where the dead creature lay. Slowly, he picked himself up, rubbing his elbow where his suit had torn, and approached the corpse. In the dark, he could see a movement under its closed eyelids. What he had spied as he fell was the movement of the thing's arm, upward, away from its side, onto its sinewy torso. A scalpel lay on its front, embedded in the anomalously raised hand. It seemed to have moved its arm to protect its chest from the falling knife, knocked into the air by the overturning of the equipment table. The tough skin on the back of its hand had protected it. He could feel the cold seeping in through the rip at his elbow. As he leaned closer to the alien, he saw that it seemed to be dreaming; in fact, it seemed to be having a nightmare: its eyes were moving wildly under the crimson lids. It also seemed to be twitching, and it seemed to be very alive. At this point, he was very close to the alien's face, when suddenly he jumped as he heard a thudding noise. His foot came down, on a thick roll of gauze, and he slipped. He was on his way down, when he stopped in mid air with a jerk. The alien's arm had moved again and prevented his fall. This had stopped him from impaling himself on the pile of surgical instruments, many of which were quite sharp. The thudding had been the support staff, who had detected the heat from Simon's slashed cryo-suit from inside the Cryo. They had obviously read the heat spike his torn suit had caused. They had come to rescue whoever it was from inside. Simon was badly shaken.
Later on, when the corpse of the alien had been moved to a cryo-tube, he approached. "Guess I should thank you," he whispered. To his great horror, a hoarse voice replied, "You guess correctly, alien." The thing raised his arm and slapped it against the wall surrounding it.
Simon awoke with a jerk. "What is it?" came from the other side of the bed. He had clearly woken his wife. He told her his nightmare. Still half asleep, she concluded her minute-long convalescent speech with, "You should resign Simon, this work at Area 53 or whatever it is, is getting to you. And anyway, Martians don't exist; where the government cooks up stuff like this, only God knows. " Simon privately agreed about the resigning.
The next morning, after driving past the security checkpoint, he parked his car in the lot, and went over to the office. As he walked by all the buildings, he noticed how empty all of them were. On the way, he passed the mess, which, contrary to the name, was still spotlessly clean. He heard a loud silence, emanating through the doors and windows. He decided to peep in to see just what was going on. And what he saw inside made him stumble back out of the room. He cautiously poked his head in a second time, and sure enough, the room was full of red aliens, rather than people. What was more, all these aliens were in human clothing, and none of them was moving a muscle, all slumped onto their tables. He rushed back out, and raced into the site manager's office, more eager to resign now than he had been before. Thankfully, the SM was still human, but he was deathly pale. " I'm resigning," said Simon, and he pulled off his ID Card and threw it onto the SM's desk. "You can't leave. You are the only one left………Not infected…" the SM croaked in what was most definitely not his normal voice. His face was growing red now, rather than white. Suddenly he sprang up and grabbed Simon's wrist. "You must not leave!" he hissed and as he did he began morphing into an alien too. Within minutes the transformation was complete. As soon as he turned all alien, the SM slumped into his chair and Simon nearly had to break his fingers to release himself. Just as Simon succeeded in pulling off the last of the six fingers, the SM jumped up again and in his normal voice, in a tone of considerable fear, he said, "Save yourself!!"
At this, Simon woke up with a start. "What is it?" came from the other side of the bed. He had clearly woken his wife. He told her his nightmare. Still half asleep, she concluded her minute-long convalescent speech with, "You should resign Simon, this work at Area 53 or whatever it is, is getting to you. And anyway, Martians don't exist; where the government cooks up stuff like this, only god knows. " Simon privately agreed about the resigning.
The next morning, Simon went up past the security checkpoint and parked his car in the lot. The Tharsis spread in front of him, all around the security perimeter. The sheer number of volcanoes in the vicinity made it safe from prying eyes and the shade of the Olympus Mons made the facility itself safe. As Simon walked into the main complex, he was greeted by an unnatural silence. As he walked by all the buildings, he noticed how empty all of them were. On the way, he passed the mess, which, contrary to the name, was still spotlessly clean. He heard a loud silence, emanating through the doors and windows. He decided to peep in to see just what was going on. And what he saw inside made him stumble back out of the room. He cautiously poked his head in a second time, and sure enough, the room was full of white aliens, rather than people. When he reached the site manager's office he opened the door apprehensively. But the site manager was still normal. "I'm resigning," said Simon, and he pulled off his ID Card and threw it onto the S.M.'s desk. "But you can't, you are the only one left, not infected by that…..that…" the SM's voice had changed drastically. And he himself was changing, becoming smaller, whiter, turning into an alien. The SM slumped back onto his chair, unmoving, eyes closed. Then suddenly they opened and Simon stared into their unnatural hazel pupils for precisely 3 seconds before screaming.
At this, Simon woke up with a start. "What is it?" came from the other side of the bed. He had clearly woken his wife. He told her his nightmare. Still half asleep, she concluded her minute-long convalescent speech with, "You should resign Simon, this work at Area 53 or whatever it is, is getting to you. And anyway, Earthlings don't exist; where the government cooks up stuff like this, only god knows. " Simon privately agreed about the resigning. He took his wife's hand in his, admiring the smooth red skin of her palm. It was nearly morning. He got up and went down to the kitchen. Soon he had brushed his teeth and was sitting down to a cup of tea at his kitchen table looking over the rolling hills on one side and the rolling plains on the other side. His wife was right, he thought. There was no life on Earth and what he saw at work was only an elaborate prop. He put it out of his mind, and leaned back in his chair, concentrating on his own planet, looking out onto the beautiful scenery. Mars is so beautiful, he thought.


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The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP), designed for students aged 11-16 provides students with a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. The Programme encourages students to make meaningful connections between their learning and the real world.
The MYP is academically rigorous. It challenges the students academically and develops their ability to 'think outside of the box', preparing them for the Diploma Programme and ultimately university placement. IB students and teachers from schools all over the world explain the MYP in this great film.
Not only does the MYP foster the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement, it also provides students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need in order to manage complexity and take responsible action for the future. All of this is developed through the MYP global contexts.
The global contexts are implemented with the aim to develop international-mindedness and integration. All units are developed with the global contexts to create learning communities where students can increase their understanding of language and culture, which will help them to become more globally engaged.
The focus of Approaches to Learning is on helping students to develop the self-knowledge and skills they need to enjoy a lifetime of learning. At ISUtrecht we teach our students practical and self-knowledge skills, which will help them with the challenges posed by the IB MYP as well as the Diploma Programme and higher education.
Language and Literature. The school offers English and Dutch. Additionally, in compliance with the IB philosophy, the school encourages students to keep up their mother tongue (home language).
Language Acquisition. Also known as a modern foreign language. The school offers Dutch, Spanish for grades 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and English for grades 6, 7 and 8 only, however the school provides additional support for students in grade 9 and 10.
Individuals and Societies. This is an integrated programme for all five years of the MYP. Students will study topics in economics, business, psychology, geography, history, and sociology. In grade 10, students will have the option to take an additional business course, in preparation for the Diploma Programme.
Sciences. In grades 6, 7, 8 and 9 students take an integrated science course, covering topics such as ecology, earth science, space, physics, biology, and chemistry. In grade 10 students study biology and chemistry with the option of physics, in preparation for the Diploma Programme.
Mathematics. In grades 6, 7 and 8 the levels are integrated and students are extended accordingly. In grades 9 and 10, standard and extended levels are taught as separate courses.
Arts. The school offers music, visual arts and drama over the course of five years of the MYP.
Physical and Health Education. This is an integrated programme for all five years of the MYP. There are indoor and outdoor sports facilities and a theory course is provided.
Design. This is an integrated programme for all five years of the MYP. Design is a combination of ICT and design technology.


It's a little unfair to review Mike Daisey's A People's History based on only one performance since this latest one-man show is in fact 18 different monologues, each one drawn from a different chapter in American history.
Daisey is doing all 18 episodes over the course of the Seattle Rep run, with each evening drawn from a different chapter of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Daisey's high school history class used that text and it so inspired him that these many years later Daisey has turned it into his most ambitious theatrical presentation to date.
On the formal opening night of the Seattle Rep run Daisey offered Chapter 8, which covers the first two decades of the 20thcentury and the rise of the labor movement. Daisey labels this period as that of "resistance and direct action." Over the course of almost two hours (each episode is touted as running approximately 90 minutes but since Daisey doesn't use a formal script they might run longer) Daisey shares the stories of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the formation of the Wobblies, the Seattle General Strike of 1919 (which led to massive strikes across the nation) and various other events that resulted in major reforms in the nation's labor laws.
As anyone who has ever seen a Daisey monologue can attest, Mike Daisey is a compelling theatrical presence. Sitting alone at a table, and continually wiping off the perspiration that forms on his face under the harsh stage lights, he communicates the feelings about his subject at hand through a range of facial expressions and physical gestures. In the intimate Leo K Theater the audience is never far from his gaze, nor he from ours, which creates a collegiality that presumes we share his (and Zinn's) interpretations of history and political views.
That's not a bad assumption in progressive Seattle, especially when Daisey veers off into various (needless to say anti-Trump but also anti-Schumer) commentaries on contemporary American politics. As in most of his shows, Daisey throws a few darts at his presumably well-heeled audience, challenging us to give more than lip service to our progressive values. But his tone is friendly and it's hard to take offense at these diversions.
Despite some engaging moments, however, I found Chapter 8 unfocused and, even worse, boring. This was a complete surprise given how engrossed I've been in the previous Daisey shows I've seen. Maybe it's because I knew much of the history Daisey covered (although not anything about the Seattle General Strike) or maybe it's because this particular episode was just not that well written/recited. A colleague who saw the episode on the American Revolution found that one gripping so it may be a matter of chance depending on which show one sees. The Rep is offering subsequent $25 tickets a show to anyone making an initial purchase; since I saw only Chapter 8 it's hard for me to opine on any of the others.


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package eu.amidst.core.datastream.filereaders;

import eu.amidst.core.datastream.Attributes;
import eu.amidst.core.utils.FixedBatchParallelSpliteratorWrapper;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

/**
 * This interface defines a data file reader.
 */
public interface DataFileReader extends Iterable<DataRow> {

    /**
     * Loads this DataFileReader from a given file.
     * @param path the path of the file from which the DataFileReader will be loaded.
     */
    void loadFromFile(String path);

    /**
     * Returns the set of {@link Attributes} in this DataFileReader.
     * @return a valid {@link Attributes} object.
     */
    Attributes getAttributes();

    /**
     * Tests if this DataFileReader could read the given filename.
     * @param fileName the filename.
     * @return true if the filename could be read.
     */
    boolean doesItReadThisFile(String fileName);

    /**
     * Returns a Stream of {@link DataRow} objects to be processed sequentially.
     * @return a valid Java stream of {@link DataRow} objects.
     */
    Stream<DataRow> stream();

    /**
     * Restarts this DataFileReader.
     * This method is only needed if the iterator is not based on streams.
     */
    default void restart(){

    }

    /**
     * Closes this DataFileReader.
     * This method is only needed if the iterator is not based on streams.
     */
    default void close(){

    }

    /**
     * Returns a fixed batch Stream of {@link DataRow} objects to be processed in parallel.
     * @param batchSize the batch size.
     * @return a fixed batch stream to be processed in parallel.
     * @see eu.amidst.core.utils.FixedBatchParallelSpliteratorWrapper
     */
    default Stream<DataRow> parallelStream(int batchSize) {
        return FixedBatchParallelSpliteratorWrapper.toFixedBatchStream(this.stream(), batchSize);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Stream of {@link DataRow} objects to be processed in parallel.
     * @return a stream to be processed in parallel.
     */
    default Stream<DataRow> parallelStream(){
        return this.stream().parallel();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an {@link Iterator} over the stream of {@link DataRow} objects.
     * @return an {@link Iterator} over the stream of {@link DataRow} objects.
     */
    default Iterator<DataRow> iterator() {
        return this.stream().iterator();
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It's not your fault you slipped and fell. Now what do you do?
Has this happened to you? You're walking usually when suddenly you slip and fall? Or perhaps you walked into your office where the floor had just been waxed and you slip and fall because they didn't put up a warning sign. Maybe you walked into your office after hours of rain and slip and fall, because the management forgot to put down a carpet or mats. Now due to a slip and fall injury you find yourself with an injured hand, or wrist, or knee or ankle or back or other personal injury caused by the slip and fall.
months or longer, such as lower back pain. The best way to keep acute pain from becoming chronic pain is immediate treatment.
Pain management encompasses pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and other approaches toprevent, reduce, or stop pain sensations.
and spinal cord, and the PNS is composed of the nerves that stem from and lead into the CNS.The PNS includes all nerves throughout the body except the brain and spinal cord.But, what exactly in your body causes pain? After all, if we can identify the cause of your pain,then we can also identify how to remove the cause (the cure.) So, what makes you feel pain?


April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, lifting the S&P 500 above the 2,900 mark for the first time since early October, boosted by gains in Walt Disney shares and as bank stocks surged after strong results from JPMorgan.
Shares of the largest U.S. bank by assets rose 4.8% after the company beat quarterly profit estimates, easing fears that slowing economic growth could weigh on its results.
The S&P financial index rose 1.74%, providing the biggest boost to the main index, while the S&P banks index gained 2.26%.
Stocks have been in a holding pattern ahead of the first-quarter earnings season, which many analysts say could be the first quarterly drop in S&P 500 profit since 2016.
Shares of Wells Fargo & Co fell 2.7% after the lender cut its forecast for 2019 net interest income, while PNC Financial Services Group Inc rose 2.9% after its first-quarter profit met estimates.
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Walt Disney Co shares hit a record high after the company priced its streaming service in a bid to challenge the digital dominance of Netflix Inc. A 9.7% jump in Disney boosted the communication services sector by about 1%. Netflix was down 3.8%.
At 12:53 p.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 232.89 points, or 0.89%, at 26,375.94, the S&P 500 was up 15.75 points, or 0.55%, at 2,904.07 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 26.29 points, or 0.33%, at 7,973.65.
However, investors are hoping that the earnings season will be better than feared, helping the U.S. indexes reach all-time highs. The S&P 500 is just 1.3% away from a record high hit in September.
The S&P 500 total return index hit a record high on Friday, underscoring the importance of reinvesting dividends.
A $33 billion deal in the energy sector helped oil and gas stocks. Anadarko Petroleum Corp jumped 32.6%, topping gains on the S&P 500, after Chevron Corp said it would buy the company in a cash-and-stock deal.
The S&P energy index was up about 0.44%, with peers Devon Energy Corp, EOG Resources Inc and Pioneer Natural Resources Co gaining between 3% and 11%.
The healthcare sector fell 0.62%, led by declines in health insurers UnitedHealth Group and Anthem Inc . Analysts pointed to negative news throughout the week concerning potential regulatory changes to how the healthcare industry works.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.87-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.38-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.


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The structure of mitragynaline, an indole alkaloid isolated from Malaysian Mitragyna speciosa, was revised as formula 3 by analysis of the NMR spectra measured at low temperature and by chemical transformation with DDQ oxidation from the known alkaloid mitragynine (5).
An indole alkaloid, mitragynaline, was first isolated from the young leaves of Malaysian Mitragyna speciosa Korth. (Rubiaceae),1 which is a plant used in traditional medicine in the Malay Peninsula, is used as a stimulant like coca or as a substitute for opium. The chemical structure of mitragynaline (1), proposed in 1991, has an unusual skeleton featuring the presence of a carbon function at the C-14 position, among the hitherto known indole alkaloids found in higher plants (Fig. 1). During the chemical and pharmacological studies on the Mitragyna alkaloids, we have had a keen interest in this structurally unique alkaloid from both synthetic and biological viewpoints. Along this line, we commenced a chemical study on the structure of nauclefidine, 5 whose UV spectrum had been used for the structure elucidation of mitragynaline. As a result, we have revised the structure of nauclefidine6 and, therefore, structure re-elucidation of mitragynaline became an urgent objective. In this communication, we propose a new structure of mitragynaline, revised by exhaustive NMR analysis and by partial synthesis from mitragynine (5)3a,b,7 via an abnormal oxidative reaction.
Mitragynaline (C22H24N2O4, [a]D 24 −4.3 (c 0.34, CHCl3)),8 which was obtained by reinvestigation of the young leaves of M. speciosa native to Malaysia, showed weak signals in the 1H and 13C NMR spectra when measured at ambient temperature in CDCl3. As shown in Fig. 2, some widely swollen signals in the downfield area were observed in the 1H NMR spectrum. In the 13C NMR spectrum, only 16 signals, including some tiny peaks, were observed although the presence of 22 carbons in the molecule was demonstrated by the highresolution MS spectrum. When the solvent was changed to DMSO-d6, two clear signals (d 11.7 and 9.8) appeared in the downfield region in the 1H NMR spectrum. Further, the 13C signals also sharpened generally, but only 7 and 13 signals were observed in the sp3 and sp2 areas, respectively.
carbon at C-21, and a methoxycarbonyl group, all of which are the fundamental structural units in the common Corynanthe-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, has been clarified. The 13C NMR and HMBC spectra at low temperature disclosed the presence of six conjugated sp2 carbons including ester and aldehyde carbonyls, besides the aromatic carbons due to the indole nucleus. The UV spectrum, exhibiting an absorption at 486 nm, also indicated a high degree of unsaturation in the molecule. The quite characteristic proton signal observed at d 8.28 (1H, singlet), which was finally recognized at low temperature, was unambiguously assigned to be the proton at C-14 by the HMQC spectrum, since this signal has HMBC connectivities with the C-2, C-3, C-15, C-16 and C-20 carbons. The HMBC correlation between the aldehyde proton at d 10.0 and the carbons at C-15 and C-16 indicated the location of the aldehyde residue at C-17. All the above findings, as well as biogenetic considerations, enabled us to compose the molecular structure of the mitragynaline to be that of 3. The geometry at C-16 was elucidated by NOE observation between H-14 and the aldehyde proton.
Recently, we have demonstrated the potent opioid agonistic properties of mitragynine (5), a major indole alkaloid of this plant, and of mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, an oxidative derivative of mitragynine, whose analgesic activity is more potent than that of morphine. 9 Based on these results, we studied the preparation of various kinds of oxidative derivatives of mitragynine for the development of new and potent analgesic agents. When mitragynine (5) was treated with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ), we obtained unexpectedly mitragynaline in 13% yield as one of the oxidation products (Fig. 3). The semi-synthetic compound (mp 220–221°C) was identified with the natural product by comparison of their chromatographic behaviors, UV, 1H and 13C NMR, and mass spectra. The optical rotation of the semi-synthetic compound was levorotatory ([a]D 24 −2.4 (c 0.45, CHCl3)), establishing the absolute stereochemistry at the C-20 position. Although the DDQ oxidation of indole derivatives is generally known to produce 3-acylindole derivatives,10 the mechanism of this abnormal reaction, including the oxidative double bond formation at the C-3C-14 position, demethylation of the vinyl ether moiety in 5, and additional oxidation at the C-15C-16 position, remains obscure.
This work was supported in part by Grant-in-Aid (Nos. 10557229 and 10044325) for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japan.


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New reports suggest that Tesla is making preparations for a move into the UK energy business. The American EV manufacturer recently filed an application for a British electricity provider licence, which could see the company support the National Grid with the same battery technology found in its electric vehicles.
The move could also allow Tesla to introduce its energy management software, Autobidder, to the UK – letting Tesla operate as a middle man between energy producers and residents. The system is already being used in Australia, allowing homeowners to automatically switch their energy tariffs onto the cheapest renewable source, based on the market status.
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In Australia, the system manages the renewable electricity stored in the Hornsdale Power Reserve. It's the world's largest lithium-ion battery pack, which Tesla installed in the state of South Australia back in 2017 after a heavy storm damaged the region's electricity infrastructure, causing widespread blackouts.
It has a capacity of 100MW – which is enough to supply around 30,000 homes with power. The system stores energy from a nearby wind-farm and automatically deploys it when needed.
Alongside its electric vehicles and state-supporting battery packs, Tesla also makes a home battery pack called Powerwall, which is large enough to supply a house with electricity for up to seven days in the event of a power outage. The system costs around £8,000 and can be coupled with a solar panel, to help reduce a home's reliance on the National Grid.
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Stanley Slotkin (1905–1997) was a prominent Los Angeles businessman specializing in medical and party rentals through his company Abbey Rents.  Slotkin also had strong interests that influenced his life and caused his philanthropy.

Life
Slotkin grew up in a family of Russian immigrants. Born in New York, Slotkin was raised by his parents in Kansas City. In Kansas City, Slotkin came up with a business plan to rent rather than sell.

In the 1930s, Slotkin opened his first Abbey Rents store in St. Louis. Stanley Slotkin started increasing his company after this and it became the world's largest rental firm in 1965. During the growth of his company, in 1934, Slotkin relocated his business headquarters to Los Angeles. Abbey Rents had 90 rental outlets that lent a wide variety of goods, including party supplies and medical equipment. He had two children with Miriam Slotkin: Diane and Mark.

Care for the disabled
Slotkin believed that plastic surgery was important for people with physical deformities.  To allow his belief to proceed, Slotkin opened a clinic that provided plastic surgery—free of charge—to people who could not otherwise afford the corrective surgeries necessary to repair physical deformities like cleft palates and harelips.  With Slotkin's financial backing, the clinic was able to perform tens of thousands of these operations.

In addition, Slotkin helped to start Epihab, a job-skills training project for people with epilepsy.  Founded in the late 1950s, Epihab trained epileptics in a variety of skilled and semi-skilled jobs and helped them find positions to utilize their new skills.

Historical Interests
Another avid interest of Slotkin's was antique books and archaeology.  Over the years, Slotkin collected a number of relics that he gave to numerous universities and museums.  One such example is that of an ancient antiphonary or choir book thought to be used in the Cathedral of Deville in about 1500.  Slotkin presented sheets from this book to Marquette University, the Milwaukee Public Museum, the St. Louis City Art Museum, St. Louis University and St. Louis Cathedral.

In 1963, Slotkin bought the Charles Darwin Family Library in London and donated all the papers and artefacts from the collection to the University of Southern California.

Biblical archaeology
In the papers from the Charles Darwin Family Library in London, Slotkin found a story about the Tomb of Joseph in Nazareth that sparked his curiosity.  The search for this tomb led Slotkin to the Cave of the Nativity, the site that Christians have recognized as the birthplace of Christ since A.D. 325, and eventually to the Nativity Stones.

In 1962, Elias Bandak, mayor of Bethlehem, hosted Slotkin in a visit to the holy land. Stokin visited the Cave of the Nativity while it was being renovated and became interested in stones that were being removed. Bandak gave the stones to Stokin as a gift and had the stones shipped to America.
Michael Anthony got permission from Slotkin to use the nativity stone in the making of Christian Jewelry.

External links
LATimes Article about Slotkin's life
The Evening Independent: Article on Slotkin's Plastic surgery clinic
Spokane Daily Chronicle on Stanley S. Slotkin
Stanley S. Slotkin collection of book leaves, MSS 6101 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University

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Le mausolée de l'imam Hussein (en arabe : مقام الامام الحسين), également appelé mosquée  de l'imam Hussein, est un lieu sacré islamique situé à Kerbala, en Irak. Abritant le tombeau de Al-Hussein ibn Ali, petit-fils du prophète Mahomet, mort au cours de la bataille de Kerbala (680), il est un des lieux les plus sacrés de l'islam chiite. Il est visité par des millions de pèlerins chaque année, notamment au cours des commémorations de l'achoura.

Selon Ja'far al-Sadiq, sixième imam chiite et important théologien du , le mausolée d'Hussein est, en termes d'importance, le cinquième des six principaux lieux saints de l'islam chiite, derrière les villes saintes de La Mecque et de Médine, Jérusalem, le mausolée d'Ali à Najaf et devant le mausolée de Fatima à Qom.

Une première mosquée est bâtie à cet endroit en 684, mais est détruite à de nombreuses reprises au cours de l'histoire (763, 787, 850, 886, 1016). Le sanctuaire actuel, qui reprend une partie du vocabulaire architectural perse, date du , mais a été considérablement modifié au cours des siècles suivants. Il est remarquable par ses minarets et son dôme monumental, couverts d'or, et par son mur d'enceinte couvert de faïences turquoise, rythmé par une série d'iwans.

Historique

La mosquée est bâtie sur le tombeau de Al-Hussein ibn Ali, troisième imam des chiites duodécimains, assassiné en 680 par les Omeyyades du calife Yazid  au cours de la bataille de Kerbala. Petit-fils du prophète Mahomet, fils d'Ali, il est une des figures centrales du chiisme. Pour les fidèles de cette doctrine et également pour les sunnites, il est un « martyr » (chahid) mais prend une dimension de « sauveur » que ne lui reconnaissent par les sunnites. Chaque année, le 10 du mois de Muharram (mois du calendrier musulman), pèlerinages et processions commémorent la « passion » d'Hussein. La mosquée abrite également les tombeaux des fils d'Hussein, Ali al-Akbar et Ali al-Asghar.

Une première mosquée est édifiée en 684 par Mukhtar ibn Abou Ubayd at-Thaqafi. Le site devient un lieu de pèlerinage fréquenté, malgré les interdictions et les tentatives d'intimidation des califes omeyyades et abbassides. Les Marwanides, notamment, s'emploient de leur mieux à essayer « d'extirper l'hérésie » chiite, en employant au besoin la manière forte. Détruite à plusieurs reprises, la mosquée est chaque fois reconstruite. Il faut attendre l'arrivée au pouvoir de la dynastie bouyide, chiite, pour que les persécutions cessent. Par la suite, les autorités sunnites « tolèreront » plus ou moins bien les pèlerinages.

En 1016, le bâtiment est victime d'un grave incendie. Le vizir Hasan ibn Fadl ordonne sa reconstruction peu de temps après. Cet édifice, qui est celui qui existe toujours, est agrandi et embelli à de nombreuses reprises, notamment sous An-Nasir (1223) et Uways ibn Hasan Jalayiri (1365). Les minarets sont couverts d'or quelques années plus tard, sous Ahmad ibn Uways (1384).

Un nouveau sarcophage est réalisé à la demande du shah séfévide Ismaïl  en 1514. Il est restauré et embelli par Abbas  le Grand (1622), puis par Nâdir Shâh (1742). En 1796, Agha Mohammad Shah finance la mise en place de feuilles d'or sur le dôme.

En 1801, le mausolée est endommagé par un raid de tribus bédouines wahhabites menées par Abdelaziz ben Mohammed ben Saoud. Fath Ali Shah Qajar finance la restauration de l'édifice.

Le mausolée est de nouveau endommagé en 1991, au cours d'un soulèvement de populations chiites contre le régime du président Saddam Hussein. Trois ans de travaux sont nécessaires pour remettre le sanctuaire en état.

Le sanctuaire est pris pour cible à de nombreuses reprises après l'invasion de l'Irak (2003), dans un contexte de tensions entre communautés sunnites et chiites. Le , un premier attentat suicide, perpétré en pleine célébration de l'achoura, cause la mort de 85 personnes. Le  de la même année, une bombe est placée près d'une porte du mausolée, tuant 7 personnes et en blessant grièvement 31 autres. Le , un nouvel attentat vise les fidèles chiites, causant la mort de 60 personnes à proximité du mausolée. Le , un nouvel acte terroriste cause la mort de 36 personnes. Le , une femme se fait exploser à proximité du sanctuaire, tuant 43 personnes. Des attentats sont de nouveau perpétrés le , le  et au mois de  (, 3 et ).

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Zambians Promoting Leadership in America (ZLA) hosted a black tie event in Atlanta to celebrate Zambia's 50th independence anniversary. I was honored to be asked to speak about giving back to support the next generation of Zambians. Congratulations to Freda Mwamba Brazle and the ZLA committee for organizing a wonderful jubilee.
Receiving plaques of appreciation: (L-R) Thomas Konditi, Senator Donzella James, Innocent Mulenga, yours truly, and Freda Brazle.
With Mrs. Naomi King, wife of civil rights activist A.D. King and sister-in-law of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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How ICPC, Police burst corrupt personnel
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) has solicited the collaboration of the Nigerian Police to tackle corruption in the force.
The ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, made the call when he led a management team of the commission to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Muhammed Adamu in Abuja.
Spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Owasanoye cited the recent sting operation between the ICPC and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) that led to the arrest of some marshals involved in extortion of motorists.
We recalls that 37 FRSC operatives were arrested in the operation in late August.
He said if replicated on "deviant policemen", it would help "correct some of the public perception of corruption in the Police.''
The ICPC boss stressed the importance of collaboration among law enforcement agencies to stem the tide of corruption in the country.
According to him, there are several areas of collaboration between the ICPC and the police that needed to be rejigged for effective service delivery.
One of them, he said, is the deployment of armed police personnel to the commission's offices across the country.
He identified another area as assignment of a 'special protection squad' for the commission's "big-ticket investigations'' like Constituency Projects Tracking, sting operations.
Owasanoye explained that the current practice was for ICPC to write to Police Commissioners in various State Commands for armed policemen when the need arose.
The ICPC boss said the commission needed the support of the police and the Department of State Services to secure government's approval for some categories of its staff to carry arms.
He stated that due to the dangerous nature of ICPC operations, its operatives should be armed to protect themselves in the line of duty.
Responding, the police boss assured the commission of continued support to enhance its functions.
Adamu said no "agency has all the resources needed to carry out its assignments'', hence the need for the collaboration and support.
"The Nigeria Police is ready to collaborate with the ICPC because you need us and we need you in this fight against corruption,'' he said.
He said the Force would assist with personnel, equipment and other resources at its disposal for the Commission to carry out its statutory assignments.
Adamu noted that Police had been in the forefront of the fight against corruption with the creation of the X-Squad and a unit where Nigerians could report corruption online.
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Veli Gwamanda, Human Resources Director for Lafarge South Africa, is a seasoned human resources (HR) professional with a heart for people and their careers. She has worked with various multinational companies over the years and has brought her considerable experience gained there to Lafarge. She joined the South African component of the world leader in building materials in 2009, initially as the Cement HR Director. Subsequently, she was promoted to Country HR Director.
Gwamanda ensures that talent is maintained and developed within the organisation. She stresses that people are Lafarge's greatest asset, and that it is a people-driven company which invests hugely in developing talent. It hosts career fairs at universities, and offers graduate training programmes to ensure that its people grow and prosper. Since Lafarge has a presence in 64 countries, it has access to both global and local development centres of excellence, which provide training and career enrichment.
Lafarge ensures that talent is retained by providing access to continuous learning, to development programmes and to mentorship. Robust succession-planning processes are also important to the company. Further, it strongly believes in on-the-job learning and coaching.
According to Gwamanda, Lafarge has made a notable impact on the industry through contributing to the construction of better cities. To do this, however, it needs to have competent teams in place. She is proud of the fact that the company has remarkable talent that can drive the ambitions and goals of the organisation. It has nurtured young talent, exposing it to many opportunities. For Gwamanda, being a part of the organisation's success is truly fulfilling, and it has been both exciting and rewarding for her to see Lafarge making great strides in the industry and making a difference within the country as a whole.
She believes that mentorship is a key aspect of business development, for mentors give talent the extra edge in their careers, motivate and encourage them, and, above all, share important experiences from their own careers. She has seen the difference mentorship makes in people's lives. Personally, she is a strong supporter of mentorship programmes, earnestly believing that, by having a mentor, she has learnt many valuable lessons. It's always helpful, she says, to have a sounding board and to obtain a different opinion on things. Some insightful lessons she has learnt along the way? "Always think broadly and outside the box; challenge the status quo; and be prepared to be challenged yourself."
Gwamanda maintains that every career-driven woman who wants to make an impact on her industry must start off by believing in herself and by meeting every challenge as it comes. "Anything is possible," she says. "It's all up to you. Keep learning, have relevant networks, read widely, and stretch yourself to the maximum!"
At Lafarge, Gwamanda believes that she has grown personally as a result of having learnt to juggle the various roles women play in society, such as those of mother, wife and executive.
Being part of the executive team has grown Gwamanda professionally and has challenged her in many ways. For her, her experiences at Lafarge have been remarkable. She enjoys being stretched and challenged, and learning from colleagues abroad has also been an enriching experience.
As Country HR Director, she and her team are involved in, most programmes in the business. Besides career-enhancement programmes, they also drive a comprehensive employee-wellness initiative, which is of particular importance to their value-driven organisation. As a caring, people-driven company, employee engagement is fundamental. Moreover, Lafarge, as a global company, values diversity and inclusion as part of its culture.
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HOG HEAVEN: ESPN.com's "Page 2"
By Ed Driscoll 2:34 PM on March 16, 2002
HOG HEAVEN: ESPN.com's "Page 2" section goes to Washington, with a variety of articles both amusing and serious on the Redskins, including this piece on the Skins' great offensive line of yore, the Hogs; an article by George Allen's daughter, Jennifer, on Richard Nixon's influence on her dad's playbook; and a terrific article by Thomas G. Smith, a history professor at Nichols College in Massachussetts, called "Civil Rights on the Gridiron", about how the Redskins, the last all-white team in the NFL, were finally integrated in the early 1960s.
There's an astonishing quote by George Preston Marshall's, the Redskins' then owner, who once said, "We'll start signing Negroes, when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites." Of course, there's (at least) two enormous fallacies in that statement:
1. The Globetrotters were (and are) an exhibition team. Everybody expects them to beat the patsies who play against them.
2. The Redskins were getting creamed as an all-white team, and they had to play in the brutally competitive NFL, and were losing their seasons–badly. But it took the Kennedy administration, along with societal, and economic pressures, to finally force Marshall to make what should have been an easy decision.
Anyhow, that article and the rest of the 'Skins pieces on Page Two make for great reading for any NFL fan enduring the painfully long off-season.


Breunig 3-8 2-6 8, Krslovic 5-6 0-0 10, Bradshaw 0-1 1-2 1, Wright 5-16 3-5 13, Gfeller 1-5 5-6 8, Oguine 2-7 7-9 12, Moorehead 1-6 0-0 3, DeJong 1-2 0-2 2, Lopez 2-3 0-0 4, Boehning 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 18-30 61.
Rogers 3-9 9-13 16, Schwartz 1-4 0-0 3, Williams Jr. 4-8 0-0 10, Clarke 2-6 3-6 7, Onwas 4-8 3-4 11, Hillsman 0-1 1-2 1, Thornton 1-2 0-0 2, James 0-3 4-6 4, Bahner 0-1 0-0 0, Welage 4-8 0-2 10. Totals 19-50 20-33 64.
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Cayaponia alarici är en gurkväxtart som beskrevs av M.L. Porto. Cayaponia alarici ingår i släktet Cayaponia och familjen gurkväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Bb1 seems good to me – blocking off the rook from the back rank so White has to capture the d pawn (Nxf8 d1=Q+ and mate in a couple). Then Rxf3 wins a piece I think? (xf3 Qg1#). If White doubles up on the back rank against the bishop, Black can withdraw the rook and hit the knight so there's no time for White to win back the piece? Not an obvious move to see though unless you already know there's something in the position!
So what's the other (more 'normal') solution?
I actually ended up using a computer to find the other solution as I couldn't work it out – so not going to post it here in case someone else figures it out. Still think it's rather bizarre that Howell missed both options – Bb1 was only the second move that I considered when looking at it and it doesn't take a great deal of calculation either.