There is a cat. It is sleeping on my car.
There is a cat which is sleeping on my car.
He was surprised. A cat run away.
He was surprised what a cat run away.
That is a park. A cat lives in it.
That is a park which a cat lives in.
That is a park in which a cat lives.
That is a park what a cat lives.
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Le tournoi de Little Rock est un tournoi international de tennis du circuit masculin de l'ATP World Tour dans la catégorie Grand Prix, joué à Little Rock entre 1974 et 1979 sur moquette en salle.

À partir de 1981, un tournoi du circuit américain USTA est organisé à Little Rock mais le tournoi n'a plus de rayonnement international. Certaines éditions font cependant partie du circuit ITF en catégorie Future.

Il faut attendre 2019 pour retrouver un tournoi professionnel du circuit ATP Challenger Tour à Little Rock. Il se joue les courts en dur du Rebsamen Tennis Center au mois de juin.

Palmarès

Simple

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Double

|-style=background-color:#CFCFCC
| ||align=right|1980-2018||colspan=8 align=center|Pas de tournoi professionnel

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| ||align=right|2020||colspan=8 align=center|Édition annulée (pandémie de Covid-19)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes
  Site de l'ATP

  Site officiel du tournoi

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Steven H. Wilson
Author, Publisher, New Media Artist
The Arbiter Chronicles
The Colonel's Plan – A Low Place
Posted on July 1, 2019 by Steven Howell Wilson
Once again I remind my kind readers that this entry was written some months ago. It is not a cry for help. I simply believe that, if you're going to document an experience, it's important to document all of it. Please don't worry over me, and, if this account brings you down or tests your patience, please just skip it. I know my problems aren't of the scope of those being suffered by others, but our problems are our problems. If yours have you in this place, let these words serve you as a reminder that we all land in the low place sometimes. If you're there, please keep moving forward. You will climb out. Like the theme song of a show the Colonel hated says, "So while you're here, enjoy the view. Keep on doing what you do. Hold on tight. We'll muddle through one day at a time."
Dear Daddy –
It's hard to know what to write today. Honestly, I'm battling depression. I have been for some time. I'm sure that shows up in my earlier letters, but I'm finding myself needing to admit it out loud, and in writing, for my own benefit.
This image of the back of our tractor shed has nothing to do with the article, but it certainly makes me think of a low place. Don't worry–it's looking better!
I don't think it's a chemical depression. What did they used to call a breakdown? "Psychosis Situational?" Not that I'm psychotic, either. But a situation is causing my depression, and, dammit, the situation is psychotic. Over the course of the last two days, reading up on the things that I'm dealing with, and reviewing notes and emails, I've wondered just how in the hell I've coped this long with this much.
Does that sound like I'm whining? It sounds like I'm whining. I'm not whining, though, in the sense of saying that I have it harder than other people. I don't know how hard other people have it. I just know that my back is straining under the burden placed on me.
People have been telling me I look tired. I've mentioned that before. And I am tired. I can't seem to get enough sleep. When I'm awake, I don't always feel awake enough to function at the level I need to. Every day is a series of realizations that I forgot to do something, or that I ran out of time to do all of the things I set out to do that morning. I get reminders daily from friends, co-workers, bosses and customers whose expectations I have not met. Reasonable expectations or no, I'm left feeling that I've let those people down. (Yes, that's a split infinitive. I stand by it.)
Have I let myself down? I guess that's the question.
When I was 15, I wanted to be a newspaper editor. My friends called me "Lou Grant." I don't know if you remember Lou Grant. I know you despised Ed Asner, the actor who played him, because Ed is a hardcore liberal. I decided to be a math teacher, though, because Maryland needed teachers, and I, as liberal as old Ed at that point in life (that's Ed Asner, not Ed Wilson), believed that education would save the world.
Maryland didn't need math teachers badly enough to keep them the hell out of the weed-out courses that universities set up to reduce the number of engineering and computer science graduates. So my freshman year at College Park really discouraged me. It discouraged me enough that I went back to my first love, journalism. The campus environment also discouraged my liberalism–by nigh-drowning me in examples of how idiotically extreme liberals could be –so my fire to teach in public school was gone anyway.
My budding college journalism career was brief, however. I wrote some op ed pieces for The Diamonback, the college paper, but I turned down my first news assignment (I think it was a building fire) because I had a date. There was no second news assignment. I went into a funk over the second-six-month blues of my first real romantic relationship, and damn near failed Advanced News Reporting, after carrying straight 'A's in my other writing and design courses. I felt like a fool. You forgave me readily for wasting your tuition money.
I got an job as an editorial assistant at Columbia Magazine my senior year, and was on top of the world, going to school full time and working thirty hours a week. The management made a tentative offer of a full-time job upon graduation, then began to hedge, then the magazine was sold and the entire staff, with one exception, dismissed. I went, within a year, from believing I was going to be running a magazine or paper someday after all, to taking a lowly customer service job at a bank. Upon graduation, I had realized that I did not want to try and support a wife on the salary a newspaper reporter was paid, working the hours I would have to work. I wound up at Howard County Library, where I did work I was proud of, and was… not content.
Just before graduation, I had sold a single story to DC Comics. My editor had said, "Welcome to the big time, kid." So, lowly jobs and all, I spent the next few years believing that I was going to score big as a comics writer. I was even offered a potential job as an assistant editor at DC… but I didn't even interview for it, because I didn't want to drag my new wife to New York to live in poverty. I don't regret that choice. Few comics editors retire from that job. Even if it had been a springboard to full-time writing, comics writing seems to be about a ten-to-fifteen year career proposition. Then trends have changed and you're "old news." My comics career consisted of four published comic books and one paid story that's sitting in a file cabinet, never to be published. The crushing thing is that those five stories paid about as much as a year at the library.
So, still working at the library, still not content, I started a science fiction convention, Farpoint. I ran it for eight years. It's still running now, and I'm its deputy chairman, alongside Renee. It's a quaint little local event that about 700 people love. I had envisioned it becoming an institution with events literally all over the world. So I was not content.
I tried to sell prose fiction for many years. I made, I believe, about fifty dollars. I never sold a story to a major publisher or magazine. [Editor's note–as of 2019 that is no longer true!] So I started an independent radio show. It won two major awards. So I started a publishing company and wrote books based on my radio show. The first book was written up in Library Journal and bought by libraries nationwide. Thirteen books later, I've had exactly one other major review, and my books are not making money, with the exception of that first one, and one other anthology, which I was able to crowd-fund, and thus pay the authors one cent per word. Or maybe it was three cents. Professional rate is six. I am not content.
I left the Library, and, for 21 years, I've worked in IT for Howard County Fire and Rescue. I'm the first civilian to be given the equivalent rank of a chief officer. I literally built my job and most of the bureau that works for me. But all of my projects and initiatives are an uphill battle, and IT projects are never "finished." They're just brought to some kind of completion about one year after the technology you've delivered is already obsolete. I think people respect me. A lot of the uniformed personnel call me "Chief" or "Sir" with great regularity. That really means something in a tradition-heavy, para-military culture.
But I am not content.
For 18 years, I was a consultant to a non-profit corporation that helps police officers and firefighters who have suffered emotional trauma while helping people. It's a small company with a lot of politics, but I was helping people. Yesterday, the CEO called and told me that my services were no longer required. [Editor's note again: A few months later, the same CEO is reconsidering that stance.]
I'm a lot less than content.
I have someone in my life is giving in to alcoholism, whose life is in danger, and there's not a damned thing I can do about it.
And, with one source of income blown out of the water, I'm not sure how I'm going to afford to maintain this beautiful house you left us.
No, I'm not content.
Yes, I am depressed.
Next week, I believe I'll have better news.
I have to believe that, don't I?
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Gina Cornelius, Director of the Ida Spence Mission, is thankful for all the volunteers, attendees, and donors who made Saturday night's fundraiser a success. Their goal was to raise $10,000 and they were able to raise $9,350.
Donations are also needed throughout the year. Together we are changing lives.


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Q: Go app Dockerfile always downloads the modules on restart I've written an application using Go language and created a Dockerfile for it as follows. The problem is every time I restart the docker container, all the modules are being downloaded again.
FROM golang:1.15-alpine
WORKDIR /my-app
COPY . .
RUN go run main.go

How can I fix this?

A: Docker will cache each layer and use them if they are identical with the previous run. The problem with your Dockerfile is that you're not adding a layer for downloading modules and you're not building your application (You are running it every time). I assume that you're using go modules for your dependencies, so here is the fix for your Dockerfile
FROM golang:1.15-alpine
WORKDIR /my-app
COPY go.mod .
COPY go.sum .
RUN go mod download
COPY . .
RUN go build -i -o ./build/my-app
ENTRYPOINT ["./build/my-app"]

With this Dockerfile the download process is going to cache and reused on each restart (unless you change the dependencies).

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The Campaign Simulator is an attempt to statistically model and predict the outcome of an American presidential election; several users assume the roles of competitive candidates and inflict the repercussions of certain decisions on a GSS based dataset.
Master of Tactics v.1.15 Master of Tactics is a 4X Turn Based Strategy Game. It is heavy on strategy and light on micro management. Features include, Random Galaxy Generation, Custom Craft Design, Tactical Battle System, Diplomacy and a Deep Technology Tree.
Battleship Game World War 2 v.1.61.0.3 Naval Battleship Game with 50 ship/plane/sub types in over hundred World War 2 historic missions, death-matches and Free Hunt scenarios and campaigns from Lamansh and Pearl Harbor to the Italy, Iwo Jima and Leyte battle.
Blacklawn v.1.0.0 Blacklawn is a unique game to say the least in innovation of out of the box thinking, it is about as basic as it gets on first sight. No illusion, you start on the lawn (as a winged bot in the XP version). Surrounded by black trial.


No one can ignore the importance of starting their day off with a delectable coffee beverage. If you also happen to be a true cigar nut whose a fan of the curiously shaped Nub brand, we have amazing news. The folks at Oliva Cigar Company have crafted an ingenious marriage of tobacco and coffee flavors in their beloved Nub line. Savor tons of the creamy deliciousness from your favorite cup of joe with a nice variety of Nub formats. Nub Café is available in 3 distinct varieties: Cappuccino, Espresso and Macchiato. Cappuccino features silky Ecuador Connecticut wrappers over a creamy amalgam of cedar, coffee beans and vanilla flavors. Espresso utilizes a hearty Sumatra wrapper to deliver an intoxicating aroma of dark cocoa and bittersweet toast. Macchiato delivers milky caramel flavors with a sugary profile tucked under chocolaty Sumatra wrappers. Nub Café covers all the bases when it comes to coffee and cigars, order yours today!
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Sports > Community
Mousseau recipient of Babe Ruth scholarship
Franklin County Babe Ruth League scholarship recipient Nathan Mousseau stands with league president Tina Crocker, left, and vice president Joe Mignault. Contributed photo/GABE MOUSSEAU
By TOM JOHNSTON
Thanks to his outstanding performance both on the field and in the classroom, Nathan Mousseau was selected as this year's Franklin County Babe Ruth League Scholarship recipient.
The Bernardston native started playing in the Babe Ruth League in 2013, playing the next two years before taking a break to focus on soccer.
He graduated from Pioneer Valley Regional School in June with a 3.96 GPA, making him an ideal candidate for the league's scholarship.
"I was obviously happy when I found out," Mousseau said. "I didn't know about the scholarship until the last minute, so it was cool to get it from an organization I've been with for so long."
Mousseau was his class president at Pioneer, while also being a part of the Dance Club, National Honor Society, Student Advisory Council and the winner of the Bausch-Lomb Honorary Science Award.
He is attending Endicott College in the fall, where he will be studying engineering. He hopes to switch over to chemical engineering, as he has a love for science.
He feels his time in Babe Ruth ball helped him grow as a person.
"I learned that it takes an awful lot of hard work and dedication to organize and sustain a league," Mousseau wrote in his scholarship application essay. "I learned that hard work DOES pay off both on and off the field and that both on and off field efforts affect each other."
Mousseau is the second person in his family to win the scholarship, as his brother Eliot, who plays baseball for Colby Sawyer College in New London, N.H., won it two years ago.
"It's cool to have multiple people in our family with the scholarship," Mousseau said. "It keeps our name in the organization."
Mousseau credits his dad for getting him to where he is in his baseball career, as his father, Gabe, has been coaching him since he was a young kid.
"My dad's always been there to support me," Mousseau said. "It's great always having him there and always supporting me on the team. He's never treated me any differently than anyone on the team."
He also credits his mom for encouraging them to get involved
"My experiences playing Babe Ruth have made me a better person, not just because of my own time on the field, but also because of the active participation that my whole family had during those years," Mousseau wrote in his application essay.
Mousseau ran track instead of baseball for a few years to prepare him for his soccer season, but he couldn't stay away from the diamond for too long.
He returned to baseball this year, playing for a young Pioneer team that made a postseason appearance.
Mousseau wanted to return and have fun playing the game he loves.
"I went back because I love baseball," Mousseau said. "My family is a baseball family. We have a really young group of kids at Pioneer, so I was not under pressure to perform as most seniors would. I could go back and have fun as a senior. It was interesting and fun to see the future of the Pioneer team."


In the last episode, Priyank Sharma, Hiten Tejwani, Luv Tyagi and Benafsha Soonawala sacrificed to save their friends.
Priyank Sharma sacrificed his hairs to save Hiten Tejwani. He went bald to save Hiten from the nomination as earlier Hiten had scarified for him. Also the duo shares a good relationship so we can recognize their closeness.
Hiten Tejwani sacrificed his family photo to save Aakash Dadlani. Hiten received a photo of his wife and kids on Diwali and he severed that to save Aakash.
Luv Tyagi got a ZERO tattoo on his head to save his friend Hina Khan. Sapna wrote ZERO on his head with Mehandi which will remain for at least a week.
Benafsha is already nominated for next week and also she got nominated for two more weeks to save Priyank. She is nominated for next 21 days.


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#### Original name
Cercospora modesta Syd.

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At Travel Begins at 40, we are great believers in getting out into the great outdoors. Whether you call it trekking, rambling or hiking we firmly feel that walking is a wonderful way to see a country.
The benefits of frequent, low-impact exercise are clear for all to see. There is nothing much better than taking a brisk walk for getting the circulation going.
But it can be much more than a good form of exercise. Whether you are trekking in Nepal, or participating in Walk the Rock in Lanzarote, taking things at a slow pace can be a great way to fully soak in what is around you. On these pages, you will find lengthy pieces about our rambles around the UK and elsewhere in the world, as well as frequent updates on the best offers on walking holidays.
Of course, it is essential that you wear the right equipment when trekking. In addition to having a good map, water, torch, sun block and raincoat, make sure that your boots are comfortable before you set off. There is nothing wore than having a pair that rubs. Sometimes these boots aren't made for walking – at least not for you.


Have you ever wanted to draw webkinz, but couldn't? Well, here's how.
If you have a webkinz, you could get it to model. If you don't, that's okay.
Start by drawing a head. if it's a dog, you might want a muzzle.
cats can just have a circle head. other animals might just have to be a circle too.
Draw a body. you can just draw a circle with 4 more circles coming off. or you could draw an upside down triangle under (and in the middle) of the head, then draw 2 rounded rectangles around it,and 2 more legs on the bottom.
Next your pets need a face. start with the eyes. you can make them adorable by draw 2 large circles, then draw a curved line inside them to make (what looks like) 2 cresent moons. color in both the left crescents or the right crescents in both eyes. Do the nose next. cats and dogs can have triangles with smiles under them, but you could draw nostrils or beaks. if they have ears, do them.
Finally you might want a tail sticking out!
You may also color it in.
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The British instrument maker and engineer James Watt (1736-1819) developed an efficient steam engine which was a universal source of power and thereby provided one of the most essential technological components of the early industrial revolution.
James Watt was born on Jan. 19, 1736, in Greenock, Scotland, the son of a shipwright and merchant of ship's stores. He received an elementary education in school, but of much more interest to him was his father's store, where the boy had his own tools and forge and where he skillfully made models of the ship's gear surrounding him. In 1755 he was apprenticed to a London mathematical instrument maker; at that time the trade primarily produced navigational and surveying instruments. A year later he returned to Scotland. By late 1757 Watt was established in Glasgow as "mathematical instrument maker to the university."
About this time Watt met Joseph Black, who had already laid the foundations of modern chemistry and of the study of heat. Their friendship was of some importance in the early development of the steam engine.
Invention of the Steam Engine
In the meantime, Watt had become engaged in his first studies on the steam engine. During the winter of 1763/ 1764 he was asked to repair the university's model of the Newcomen steam engine. After a few experiments, Watt recognized that the fault with the model rested not so much in the details of its construction or in its malfunctioning as in its design. He found that a volume of steam three or four times the volume of the piston cylinder was required to make the piston move to the end of the cylinder. The solution Watt provided was to keep the piston at the temperature of the steam (by means of a jacket heated by steam) and to condense the steam in a separate vessel rather than in the piston. Such a separate condenser avoided the large heat losses that resulted from repeatedly heating and cooling the body of the piston, and so engine efficiency was improved.
There is a considerable gap between having a good idea for a commercial invention and in reducing it to practice. It took a decade for Watt to solve all the mechanical problems. Black lent him money and introduced him to John Roebuck of the Carron ironworks in Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1765 Roebuck and Watt entered into a partnership. However, Watt still had to earn his own living, and his employment as surveyor of canal construction left little time for developing his invention. However, Watt did manage to prepare a patent application on his invention, and the patent was granted on Jan. 5, 1769.
By 1773 Roebuck's financial difficulties brought not only Watt's work on the engine to a standstill but also Roebuck's own business. Matthew Boulton, an industrialist of Birmingham, England, then became Watt's partner, and Watt moved to Birmingham. He was now able to work full time on his invention. In 1775 Boulton accepted two orders to erect Watt's steam engine; the two engines were set up in 1776 and their success led to many other orders.
Improvements in the Steam Engine
Between 1781 and 1788 Watt modified and further improved his engine. These changes combined to make as great an advance over his original engine as the latter was over the Newcomen engine. The most important modifications were a more efficient utilization of the steam, the use of a double-acting piston, the replacement of the flexible chain connection to the beam by the rigid threebar linkage, the provision of another mechanical device to change the reciprocating motion of the beam end to a rotary motion, and the provision of a centrifugal governor to regulate the speed.
Having devised a new rotary machine, the partners had next to determine the cost of constructing it. These rotary steam engines replaced animal power, and it was only natural that the new engine should be measured in terms of the number of horses it replaced. By using measurements that millwrights, who set up horse gins (animal-driven wheels), had determined, Watt found the value of one "horse power" to be equal to 33, 000 pounds lifted one foot high per minute, a value which is still that of the standard American and English horsepower. The charge of erecting the new type of steam engine was accordingly based upon its horsepower.
On Watt's many business trips, there was always a good deal of correspondence that had to be copied. To avoid this irksome task, he devised letter-press copying, in which, by writing the original with a special ink, copies could be made by simply placing another sheet of paper on the freshly written sheet and then pressing the two together.
Watt's interests in applied chemistry led him to introduce chlorine bleaching into Great Britain and to devise a famous iron cement. In theoretical chemistry, he was one of the first to argue that water was not an element but a compound.
In 1794 Watt and Boulton turned over their flourishing business to their sons. Watt maintained a workshop where he continued his inventing activities until he died on Aug. 25, 1819.
Further Reading on James Watt
Excellent biographies of Watt are H. W. Dickinson and Rhys Jenkins, James Watt and the Steam Engine (1927), and Dickinson's James Watt (1936). Eric Robinson and A. E. Musson, James Watt and the Steam Revolution (1969), is a documentary history that commemorates the bicentenary of Watt's patent for the separate condenser in his steam engine and includes extracts from Watt's personal letters and other documents not before published. For background material see H.W. Dickinson, A Short History of the Steam Engine (1939), and T. S. Ashton, The Industrial Revolution (1948).


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2018 in Music
Kat: It was a tough year for music. In fact, I think the tough year explains why critics fell for Barbra Streisand's hideous WALLS. The critics fell for it even as her fans rejected it. For years, the soundtrack to ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER and the studio album BUTTERFLY were said to be her worst selling albums but now WALLS has that honor. In fact, if she releases another album that sales so poorly, don't be surprised if COLUMBIA finally gives her a gold watch and shows her the door.
Barbra sounded a little husky on the album but Joan Baez was outright croaking on WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND. Joan Baez, Barbra Streisand, Judy Collins and various other singers would do well to really listen to how they sound now before stepping in front of a microphone again.
Fortunately, 2018 was not without its pleasures.
1) Cat Powers' THE WANDERER.
Cat returned with another masterpiece. A lot of people would like to have the discography of, say, Joni Mitchell. Few will ever even come close to matching Bobby Sherman. But Cat's shaping up to be a long term artists and THE WANDERER doesn't just satisfy, it also makes you hungry for her next album.
2) Sting and Shaggy's 44/876.
They're not a pair that naturally comes to mind -- at least not in my mind. But the two worked together to produce what was easily the most fun in music this year. Provided they don't try to go deep, I'd love to see them pair up again.
3) Rod Stewart's BLOOD RED ROSES.
There was a time -- from about the mid-seventies through the end of the eighties -- where a lot of us eagerly anticipated each new Rod Stewart album. Would he dazzle us by mastering a new genre or blow us away with a beautiful ballad? We were never sure but a lot of great songs came out of that period including "You Wear It Well," Young Turks," "Tonight's The Night," "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)," "Da You Think I'm Sexy," "Baby Jane," "Some Guys Have All The Luck," "Infatuation," "Lost In You," "My Heart Can't Tell You No," etc. Those days ended a long, long time ago. So imagine my surprise to discover BLOOD RED ROSES and a Rod that still mattered and still committed to the song. This is a real treat and probably the hidden find of 2018.
4) The Cowboy Junkies' ALL THAT RECKONING.
The reckoning? That Cowboy Junkies remain a band worth listening to. They continue to explore the space between the notes. It's not just what they play or sing but what they don't. One of the finest bands recording today.
5) Neko Case's HELL-ON.
"Bad Luck" should have been the anthem of 2018. Actually, any of the album's twelve tracks could have been the year's anthem. HELL-ON is the album where Neko fully lived up to the critical praise she's earned for years. If you've never been able to connect with her before, check this out.
6) Cher's DANCING QUEEN.
Cher just wants to have fun. And when the results are this dazzling, who can argue? "The Winner Takes It All" is a must listen.
Speaking of fun:
But I'm just dumb enough to try
To keep you in my life
For a little while longer
And I'm insane enough to think
I'm gonna get out with my skin
And start my life again
7) That's the artist known as Father John Misty. Josh Tillman really delivered on GOD'S FAVORITE CUSTOMER.
8) Janelle Monae's DIRTY COMPUTER.
"I Got The Juice" was on Ava and C.I.'s iPods. I heard it for months and thought it was some classic r&b song. It was only around Thanksgiving that my sister's kid was playing it and I said, "Hey, I know that song." To which the snot-nosed replied, "Aunt Kat, everyone does." Apparently he was right. As I got into DIRTY COMPUTER, I would praise this or that song to this or that friend and the reaction was repeatedly some variation on "Duh!" This is one of 2018's finest albums. If you're coming to it late, like I did, remember late is better than never.
9) Dashboard Confessional's CROOKED SHADOW.
Dashboard finally did what their fans -- their long suffering fans -- have been pleading for: Chris got back to basics. It's their best album since the 90s.
10) Diana Ross' WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME.
Yes, it's a Christmas album but it's truly one of my favorite albums of 2018. "Overjoyed" alone is amazing. With the Supremes, Diana did SING HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND. Maybe now it's time for a DIANA SINGS MOTOWN -- where she covers Stevie, Smokey, Marvin and others.
Click here for my 2004 music piece, here for 2005, 2006 in music, 2007 in music, here for 2008, here for my 2009 piece, here for my look at the decade, here for my 2010 piece, here for my 2011 piece, here for my 2012 piece, here for my 2013 piece, here for my 2014 piece, here for my 2015 piece, here for my 2016 piece. and here for my 2017 piece.
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Noschkowitz ist ein Ortsteil von Jahnatal im Landkreis Mittelsachsen.

Geschichte
Erste urkundliche Informationen über den Ort stammen aus dem 12. Jahrhundert. 1239 und 1264 wurde das Dorf als Nussacuwitz, Nussaquiz oder Nuzsakwiz genannt, abgeleitet von einer altsorbischen Ortsnamensform *Nosakovici, die sich laut Eichler auf einen Personennamen Nosak (von nós, "Nase"), also einen Menschen mit langer Nase bezieht. Die weit verbreitete Endung -ovici (-witz) zeigt an, dass es sich um die Siedlung der Leute eines Mannes mit diesem Namen handelte.

Am 1. Juli 1950 wurde die bis dahin eigenständige Gemeinde Kattnitz eingegliedert. Der Ortsteil hatte im Juni 2015 151 Einwohner.

Lagebeschreibung
Noschkowitz gehört zu den Randausläufern der Lommatzscher Pflege und ist 16 km Straßenlänge von Lommatzsch entfernt. Noschkowitz liegt im Tal des Rittmitzer Baches, der hinter dem 180 m hochgelegenen Krötenberg bei der Ortslage Oberwutzschwitz in die Kleine Jahna mündet. Dresden ist 54 km und Leipzig 69 km Straßenlänge entfernt. Das als Niederaue vom Wasser geformte Gelände wird ausschließlich landwirtschaftlich genutzt und ist von Feld- und Wiesenfluren umgeben. Nur im Südosten hat sich älterer Baumbestand erhalten, welcher als Noschkowitzer Holz bezeichnet wird. Die Siedlungsstruktur hat sich um das Schlossareal herum in zwei Richtungen ausgebildet. In westliche Richtungen, dem Laufe des Rittmitzer Baches folgend, befinden sich Gewanne, begrenzt durch die Verbindungsstraße nach Zschaitz. In nördlicher Richtung besteht die Siedlung aus mehreren ursprünglichen Gutsblöcken, welche immer wieder zerteilt und damit verkleinert wurden.

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Gemeindeauflösung 1999


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I have written a paper further expanding the subject of whole body awareness, which can be found here.
I am indebted to the ideas of BodyMapping and the Lister-Sink method for this idea of a whole-body approach, though I am not a certified teacher through them or affiliated with them.


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Organizers of Europe's preeminent hacking conference--set for the Netherlands later this week--are determined to paint a more realistic portrait of hackers.
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HENGELO, Netherlands--In the middle of a muddy field, people are busy digging trenches. By tomorrow these trenches should be covered over again, and the diggers will turn their hands to connecting network servers to the glass fiber cables buried a foot underground in plastic sheaths.
These plastic sheaths are to protect the cables as much from the rain as from the 2,500 pairs of feet belonging to the hackers, system architects and security experts who are expected to descend on the town of Hengelo this weekend for Europe's pre-eminent hacking event.
Hackers at Large (HAL) is the latest in a series of Netherlands-based hacker conferences that began in 1989 with the Galactic Hacker Party at Amsterdam's Paradiso and continued at four-year intervals with Hacking at the End of the Universe and, in 1997, Hacking in Progress. This year's event, which the organizers think of as more of a festival than a conference, is taking place on the grounds of the University of Twente.
"There are currently no plans to make it more frequent," said Rop Gonggrijp, one of the organizers, speaking from beside the 2-megawatt generator that will feed the thousands of servers and notebooks that attendees and organizers alike will be plugging in. The appeal of the current system, says Gonggrijp, is that it is so irregular.
"If we made it an annual event it would become too much like Def Con--we don't want that because it is just too easy for people to go and hang out. It would get boring if we did it every year."
Here, says Gonggrijp, it is more about building their own infrastructure.
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With participants such as John Gilmore, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Emmanuel Goldstein, editor in chief of hacker's bible 2600, and Phil Zimmermann, founder of PGP, there is unlikely to be a shortage of content.
And with such a concentration of hackers--and people curious, for whatever reason, about hacking--the authorities are bound to take an interest. The regional digital police force, the Bureau of Digital Expertise, is expected to have a strong presence at the festival. As a deterrent to any hackers who might want to show off their skills at the conference, the organizers have published a guide on the event Web site urging attendees not to instigate Web site defacements or denial-of-service attacks from the festival network.
"Just like at HIP97, the authorities have pre-signed orders ready and waiting to cut our link to the world if the HAL network becomes a source of too many problems," reads the warning on the site. "Yes, you read it right: Cut the link. 100 percent packet loss."
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But Gonggrijp is not expecting any trouble. "I think it will be all right--I don't think there will be any arrests, and not much for them (the Bureau of Digital Expertise) to worry about. People will be too involved in learning. These are the system builders, the architects and programmers of the digital age."
In fact, says Gonggrijp, part of the purpose of the festival is to change the perception of hackers. "That's why we started on a campsite to begin with. To change the perception of hackers as people who sit behind a computer and never meet anyone else. Now they see people hanging from the trees (working with) cables. This festival is working on the image of hackers and trying to present to the world a more realistic view."
Staff writer Matt Loney reported from the Netherlands.
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Marilyn Manson says his skull could've been crushed during stage injury
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Marilyn Manson is still recovering from an incident that happened two weeks ago, where he was crushed by a falling prop while performing onstage.
He's taken an abundance of time to get back on his feet, as it were, after being severely injured. Now he's ready to chat about the unfortunate accident, and in a recent interview with Yahoo, he states that while the injuries he sustained are pretty bad, it could have been way worse.
Read more: Marilyn Manson taken to hospital after stage prop collapses—UPDATED
"It definitely could have crushed my skull and my ribs," Manson said. "I have some minor bruising in that area, but it took six guys to pull it off of me. It was like wrestling a giant iron monster."
Manson explains that the accident happened due to a metal support that wasn't secured properly, sending a giant pair of pistols as part of the stage scenery tumbling down.
"I wasn't trying to climb it," Manson explained during the same interview. "It started to fall and I tried to push back and I didn't get out the way in time."
As far as the damage that was done, Manson came away from the accident needing a metal plate in his leg along with 11 screws. He obviously isn't back to 100% just yet, but he's gone ahead and announced the rescheduled tour dates for what he's had to miss due to the injury.
You can check out the rescheduled tour dates courtesy of Manson below. Here's to hoping he makes a quick and full recovery!
Marilyn Manson announces rescheduled US dates for Jan-Feb. Original tickets will be honored except 10/08 & 10/26 https://t.co/DWPsaQm7I1 pic.twitter.com/gv1pSjERsB
— Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson) October 13, 2017


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Q: Granularity of MVC controller action unit tests Suppose I have an action that looks something like this:
...
var userInfo = authService.SignIn(signInModel.UserName, signInModel.Password);

if (userInfo == null)
{
    ModelState.AddModelError("", "Invalid username/password");
    return RedirectToAction(MVC.Home.Index());
}

var userData = new UserData
{
    UserID = userInfo.UserID,
    Name = userInfo.Name,
    Email = userInfo.Email,
    Roles = userInfo.Roles
};

string serializedUserData = textSerializer.Serialize(userData);

formsAuthHelper.CreateAuthCookie(userInfo.UserName, serializedUserData);
...

Should I be writing a separate unit test for each of these scenarios:

*

*Verify that the Serialize method was called once

*Verify that the CreateAuthCookie method was called once

Or can I write a single unit test that verifies both of the above?

A: I would create one test for each beahviour. One for verifying the call to Serialize and other for the call to CreateAuthCookie.
That way if at some point one of the calls is removed, you will just need to remove the appropriate unit test without needing to edit an existing one.
Also, if you use a naming convention for your tests in the form of
void When_Calling_XXXX_With_YYYY_Then_ZZZZZ();

The ZZZ part will be more readable

A: I think this is entirely a personal preference, but I would verify both in a single unit test.
The way I view a test is that given a certain context, some outcome is achieved. Sometimes that means multiple methods or services need to be called to achieve that outcome. Setting the auth cookie only makes sense in light of Serialize() succeeding, and likewise the only reason to call Serialize() is to create the auth token. They can't run independent of each other, so the unit tests shouldn't either. Given a valid username and password, a user is signed in. In this case it means that you validated the user's password, and created a token with the requisite data.
Also I think in practical terms, doing all the setup work just for "purity" of tests is a waste of time. Other answer's mention the ease of updating tests if you refactor this action in the future. In my experience, if you do rewrite it, it's going to be such a substantial change that you're going to have to redo the tests anyway.
A bit offtopic, but it's why I love the Machine.specifications test framework, because you're doing a single setup, but the test runner treats each of your verifies as separate tests.
public class when_calling_login_with_a_valid_username_and_password
{
    Because of = () => controller.Login(...);

    It should_call_serialize = () => textSerializer.Serialize().MustHaveBeenCalled();
    It should_set_the_auth_token = () => formsAuthHelper.CreateAuthCookie().MustHaveBeenCalled()
}


Many graduate students write poetry. Many more study foreign languages abroad while working, for example, on organic farms in their host country. Not every student does both.
In addition to writing poetry and spending a year working on organic farms in Central America, Rhett Forman, PhD '17, has dedicated much of his time and energy to the University of Dallas community and classrooms. He has served as President of the BGSA (2015-16) and Director of the Writing Lab (2016-17). He hopes to continue his involvement in liberal arts education far into the future — and for him it all began with a series of excellent English teachers when he was still young.
I went to public schools growing up and always had excellent English teachers who encouraged my natural inclinations towards writing and literature, and I was able to participate in several poetry workshops at a young age. Because of this background, I have both scholarly and creative interests. I am currently working on a Ph.D. dissertation on Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot with Associate Professor Brett Bourbon, Ph.D., Professor Scott Dupree, Ph.D., and Professor Robert Kugelmann, Ph.D., after studying Pound for two summers in Italy while at Braniff, and I am finishing up a manuscript for my first book of poetry.
What was your experience at Braniff like?
Braniff has been rigorous and rewarding. I found a lot of freedom to pursue my own interests and avenues of thought in my research and writing, rather than pressure to conform to some preconceived argument or perspective about a book. Outside the classroom, the interdisciplinary nature of Braniff has fostered a community where people from different backgrounds and departments come to be close friends, and because they have certain foundational texts in common, everyone can help and encourage each other.
How has this degree played a role in your plans for the future?
After I finish my dissertation I plan to be involved in liberal arts education in some capacity. Braniff is well-recognized in the world of classical liberal arts colleges and high schools, so I imagine myself becoming a part of one of those institutions while continuing to pursue my creative work.
What's the most unique aspect, in your own opinion, about the Braniff Graduate School?
I wouldn't want to overgeneralize, but I think it's no exaggeration to say that everything about the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts is unique. The interdisciplinary degree programs, the commitment to the Christian intellectual tradition, the balance of both professional development and self-edification that you find here is very unusual. I have heard of similar institutions that existed elsewhere but which have either deviated from their original design or become extinct altogether, and so I think it's very important that we have and support an institution like Braniff. What excites me about education in America today is that so many young people are getting exposed to classical education and the liberal arts in K-12 schools like Great Hearts and Founders, and I am thrilled to see how Braniff, with their Master's and Ph.D. programs and now with their Classical Education program, has taken the lead on being a resource for those who've either grown up with a classical education or have as an adult come to appreciate this approach. My colleagues come from all over the country and from different parts of the world, and we have an appreciation for the liberal arts in common. Braniff serves as a forum in which we can help each other grow as scholars and teachers in order to further the approach to education, the values, and the tradition Braniff has helped us to love.
How has this experience shaped you both personally and professionally?
Personally, my time at Braniff has given me a better understanding of what it means to be liberally educated. It is sometimes difficult to consider the significance of what you are doing while you are doing it, but Braniff has allowed me to reflect on the nature of the education I have received. Professionally, the institution has given me the knowledge and the confidence to educate others in the liberal arts, a lifetime commitment that I am excited to embark upon.


The foremost Operating system across the Globe is the Android for more than a decade now. We all use smartphones that run on the different version of the Android. Android was initially designed for the mobile device, but now it is used across several places like in smartwatches, cars, tablets, gaming consoles, PCs, TVs, digital cameras and other electronic devices. But today we are here to tell you some interesting facts about Android you might not know. So without wasting time let's start with the list of our top 15 facts about Android.
Let's start with the basic fact, the Android was produced by the Andy Rubin Called the Father of Android in September 2003. His other major team members were Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. The Android was first a startup; then Google in 2005 acquired it for $50 Million.
If we talk about the gender of the Android, it is referred to as a male robot while the female robot is dubbed "Gynoid".
The title for the first Android Smartphone is reserved for the HTC Dream, albeit it was running on the Linux-based Android OS. The smartphone was launched in September 2008.
Google names each version of the Android after the name of a sweet dish but the Android 0.1 and 1.1 dosen't have any name. Here are all the names of the Andriod versions.
5. Google Maps Traffic works Analytics work with Android in your Pocket.
Yes, Google collects or tracks the Android Smartphones and measure the traffic on the road using the GPS of your smartphone.
For every Android version, Google creates a new type of animation or called the easter egg. You can access that or view it by going to the setting of your smartphone and tapping on the about phone then tapping serval times on the Android version.
Yes, NASA has sent two Google Nexus S smartphone into space running on the Android Gingerbread 2.3 for some experiments in the international space station.
Google play store has over 2.6 million apps that are running over 2 billion of the devices.
Android has is the largest Mobile OS with more the 2 billion active devices ( Smartphones, tablets, and Watches).
Ios has about 1.3 billion active devices.
Android is the open source platform that means anyone with the knowledge can modify and add new features to it. On the other hand, iOS is closed- system, Yes, it has some open-source bits but, most of the OS is a closed system.
The Famous green Android Robot type logo was designed by the "Irina Blok" in 2007. The logo was inspired by the logos of men and woman on the washrooms or toilets.
The Logo was designed initially for the developers but the customers loved it so much and it became the official Android Logo.
As per the Analytics and statistics, the Android Play store or Google Play store has more than 3.8 million apps while on the other hand, the Apple App store has about 2.6 million apps.
Note: This date will keep on changing as the time increases.
Google at its headquarters in California has Andriod statue that changes with the new Android Logo or with new version every year.
The Logging System of the Operating system (Android) has a method dubbed wtf(), that stands for the "What a terrible Failure".
Hope you enjoyed these 15 facts about Android. If you use Apple devices or iOS it is completely fine that is a different OS but you can clearly see the market share of the Android over the iOS.
Surely the Android is a cornerstone for all the smartphone makers across the globe without which the creation of a proper smartphone would have been difficult for most of the OEMs. Android has changed our life a lot and made it simple to by giving us so much of power in our pocket.
So, these were some of the facts about Android. Are you are an Android user or the iOS user? Do let us know in the comments section.


The Los Angeles Retired Fire and Police Association invites you to attend the 2018 Annual Holiday Celebration at the Sportsmen's Lodge Event Center.
All LARFPA members and their families are invited to attend.
For parties of 8-12 a reserved table will be assigned to you at the event.
The maximum number of seats per table is 12, Parties over 12 will be split.
Sorry, no special menu selections or table locations will be accepted.


Marriott at the University of Dayton is Now Hiring a Part Time AND Full Time Laundry Attendant!
Our "Heart of the House" Associates keep our Guests coming back! You are the key contributors to keeping our hotel clean, fresh, and sparkling every day!
Role Responsibilities: Operate and monitor washing, dry cleaning, and drying machinery, including adding chemicals and cleaning lint traps. Identify stained or damaged items and determine status for repair, spot treatment, rewash, or discard. Inspect cleanliness of articles removed from the washer, dryer, or dry cleaning machines and place in clean linen carts. Set dryers to designated times and temperatures based on fabrics contained in load. Remove lint and debris from dryer screens, dry cleaning filters, and drain trap after each load. Fold cleaned articles into designated size, either by hand or using folding machine. Maintain accurate records of items laundered.
The redesign celebrates Dayton's rich history of flight experiencing tributes to Orville and Wilbur Wright's first plane design. After visiting the area or attending a conference, grab your favorite coffee or appease your hunger with locally-inspired cuisine and brew at our on-site restaurant Dewberry 1850. During free time, discover the surrounding area of aviation by visiting the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park and more. With 15,000 square feet of brilliant meeting space, we can host memorable corporate and social events, complete with professional planning and catering services.


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Napier Healthcare is a healthcare information technology company, established in 1996, that offers healthcare software for private and government hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and diagnostic centers.

Napier is headquartered in Singapore with its global development center in Hyderabad and business operations in Mumbai, Delhi,  and Bangalore in India. Napier's presence is extended to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, China, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Bhutan and Malaysia.

History

Napier Healthcare was formed in 1996 as "Karishma Software". On 17 September 2010, the company was renamed "Napier Healthcare". Napier provides information technology solutions in healthcare. In November 2012, the company appointed Karthik Tirupathi, an IT industry veteran, as CEO to lead its geographic expansion and growth efforts.

Partners

Napier Healthcare works with IT companies such as IBM, INTEL, HP, Microsoft, Oracle and a few others.

Products & services

 Napier Hospital Information System (HIS)
 Napier Intermediate & Long-term Care (iLTC)
 Napier Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Solution
 Care Mobility
 Regulatory Medical Systems
 Napier Assistant
 Interactive EMR
 Patient Portal
 MyNapier

References

External links
 Vaatsalya Raises $10M From Aquarius India, Seedfund
 Napier Profile on Businessweek

Health information technology companies


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Command & Conquer är en serie datorspel för flera plattformar utvecklade av Westwood Studios och senare av Electronic Arts. I denna serie av strategispel förekommer flera fraktioner, sidor i konflikten, som spelaren kan styra, dels i spelets historia, i "skirmish"-läge eller i flerspelarläge.

Det finns tre underserier, alla med tre stycken huvudfraktioner.

Tiberium-serien
Spel: Command & Conquer, C&C: Tiberian Sun, C&C: Renegade, Command & Conquer 3, Command & Conquer 4

Spelen domineras av konflikten mellan GDI och Nod och utspelar sig i framtiden där Jorden sakta täcks av en hälsofarlig utomjordisk självförökande kristall kallad Tiberium, som används som naturresurs.

Global Defense Initiative
Global Defense Initiative (GDI) är en påhittad FN-stödd militärfraktion. De gör sitt bästa för att försvara mänskligheten och skydda dem mot den allt snabbare spridningen av Tiberium. Deras officiella märke är en örn.

Brotherhood of Nod
Brotherhood of Nod (Nod), är en påhittad militärfraktion som anser att Tiberium är nyckeln till människans nästa steg i evolutionen. Konflikten mellan Nod och GDI är oundviklig då deras åsikter om Tiberium skiljer sig åt. Nod är militärt underlägset GDI och använder sig därför främst av gerillataktik och kamouflage. Deras officiella märke är en skorpion. Kane är brödraskapets fanatiske ledare. Deras högsta och främsta plats är Temple Prime i Sarajevo.

Scrin
Scrin är en utomjordisk ras som förekommer i Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. De påverkar även händelseförloppet redan i Tiberian Sun då ett av deras rymdskepp kraschar på Jorden. I skeppet hittades en artefakt med stor betydelse i spelens handling.

När Scrin anfaller Jorden beskjuter GDI dem med jonkanoner utan märkbar effekt. Scrin börjar genast skörda Tiberium och anfaller också människor som lever i områden med viss påverkan av Tiberium (Gula zoner).

Red Alert-serien

Spel: C&C: Red Alert, C&C: Red Alert 2, C&C Red Alert 3

Red Alert-serien är inte relaterad till historien om Tiberium, utan har en egen historia, men spelas på liknande sätt.

Red Alert-serien utspelas utmed en alternativ tidslinje som skapas då Albert Einstein använder en tidsmaskin för att resa tillbaka i tiden och döda Adolf Hitler i ett försök att förhindra Andra världskriget. Experimentet ser ut att ha lyckats, men får oanade konsekvenser då Sovjetunionen, ohindrat av ett starkt Tyskland, invaderar Europa.

I Red Alert 2 fortsätter kriget då Sovjetunionen, efter flera år av fred, plötsligt invaderar USA.

I Red Alert 3 är Sovjet besegrat, men den ryska militärledningen reser tillbaka i tiden och dödar Einstein, som var ansvarig för de allierades teknologiska övertag. Liksom under Einsteins tidsresa i det första spelet verkar allt gå bra och de allierade är försvagade. Dock har en ny supermakt vuxit fram: The Empire of the Rising Sun.

I det första spelet i serien är de båda lagen mer lika varandra än i de nyare spelen. Exempelvis har båda tillgång till både attackhelikoptrar och atombomber.

Red Alert-serien har till skillnad med Tiberium-serien ingen tiberium, utan använder malm som inkomstkälla för att utveckla baser och arméer.

De allierade
De allierade består av ett flertal olika länder som samarbetar mot Sovjetunionen, däribland USA, England, Tyskland och Frankrike. De föredrar lättare och mera snabbrörliga fordon.

De använder sig flitigt av Chronosphere-teknologi som låter fordon teleporteras stora avstånd.

De allierades symbol är en örn.

Sovjetunionen
Red Alert inleds med att Sovjet, lett av Stalin, anfaller Europa. Sovjetunionen använder sig av stora och kraftfulla fordon, däribland den jättelika Mammoth Tank. De använder sig också av elektricitet som vapen, både som stationära Tesla Coils (Teslaspolar) och mobila enheter som Tesla Tanks.
Sovjetunionens symbol är Hammaren och skäran.

Empire of the Rising Sun
Imperiet växte fram medan de allierade och Sovjet var upptagna med varandra. Det har en mycket stark flotta och högteknologiska och transformerande enheter såsom ubåtar/attackflyg och tvåbenta robotar/attackhelikoptrar. Deras symbol är Japans örlogsflagga.

Yuri
Yuris fraktion framträder i Yuri's Revenge och innehåller klonade soldater med telepatiska förmågor och har ett supervapen som kallas Psychic Dominator. Ett annat supervapen är Genetic Mutator som förvandlar allt infanteri inom ett område till Brutes (Hulken-liknande varelser) som kan kontrolleras av spelaren.  Yuris fraktion är inte spelbar i kampanjläget men kan användas i skirmish-läget eller online.

Yuris symbol liknar ett "Y" som figuren själv har tatuerat på sitt huvud.

Generals-serien
Spel: Command & Conquer: Generals

Generals utspelar sig i en mer realistisk värld än de andra spelen. Spelets tre fraktioner är Kina, USA samt en fiktiv gerillaorganisation. Inkomstkällan i spelen är materiel.

Folkrepubliken Kina
Kina kan snabbt producera stora mängder soldater och fordon och har tillgång till den dyraste stridsvagnen i spelet. Fraktionens supervapen är atombomber.

Global Liberation Army
Global Liberation Army (GLA) är en fiktiv organisation som förlitar sig på gerillakrigföring och har ett flertal enheter och byggnader som kan kamoufleras. De kan bygga tunnelsystem för transporter och uppgradera enheter genom att plocka upp delar från förstörda fiendefordon. Supervapnet är Scud-missiler, försedda med biologiska stridsspetsar.

Förenta Staterna
USA använder sig av högteknologisk utrustning som obemannade stridssonder och kraftfulla flygplan. Fraktionens supervapen är en partikelstråle som aktiveras inom ett område och sedan till viss del går att styra.

Se även
Command & Conquer-serien
Westwood Studios
Electronic Arts

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Sovjetunionen i fiktion
USA i fiktion
Kina i fiktion
Europa i fiktion
Japan i fiktion


I have a 3 weight chain driven Sligh grandfather clock.
Only the center weight drops, and I am trying to figure out how to make all 3 weights drop.
Can you explain what I need to do?
This means that the clock hands are moving but the chime is not.
The thing to do is to check if the chime lever on the dial is properly centered and over a chime and not in the position that says off.
The next thing you should do is to open the side of your clock and make sure that the chime retard bar has not been put on the chime hammers, because this would mean that the chimes cannot operate.
The weights on my Sligh clock have been moved and they are not labeled l,c,or r. How do I find the correct position for each weight again.


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Israel's new Authors Act
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Israel January 28 2014
On February 6, 2014 the Law for the Protection of Literature and Authors in Israel (Temporary Provision), 5773-2013 (the "Authors Act" or the "Act") will come into effect. The Authors Act is expected to revolutionize the Israeli book market by introducing new regulatory requirements with respect to publishing, distribution, sales and profit allocation across the book supply chain. This essay provides an overview of the main provisions of the Authors Act, its goals and the arguments for and against its enactment.
The Protection Period: Under the Authors Act, book prices will be subject to 'protection' for a period of 18 months starting from the date of publication of the first edition (the "Protection Period").
Retail Price: During the Protection Period publishers must set for each book a retail price, which will be marked on the book. The common practice prior to the Authors Act was to mark a book with a "recommended price." The retail price for printed books may be different from the retail price for e-books. A publisher may not change the retail price during the Protection Period.
No Discounts: During the Protection Period, bookstores may not sell books at a price different than the retail price set by the publishers. This prohibition obviously covers discounts but it also includes special offers such as "buy one get one free" or promotions such as "four for 100" that are prevalent in Israeli bookstores. This 'no discounts' rule and its 'unbundling' effects are, together, the one single provision that drew the most fire from the Act's critics and most of the public debate concentrated on this clause. There are, however, some exceptions to the "no discounts" rules:
A discount of no more than 20% of the retail price may be granted during the annual Hebrew Book Week (interestingly, another exception with respect to discounts during the holidays season was originally included in the bill but was omitted from the final version);
A discount of no more than 10% of the retail price may be granted by an online bookstore; and
A discount of no more than 20% of the retail price for a bulk sale of over 100 copies to one person, without the possibility of returns.
Minimum Royalties to Authors: During the Protection Period a publisher must pay an author no less than 8% of the retail price for each of the 6,000 first copies sold, and 10% of the retail price for each copy sold over 6,000 copies. For his/her first book, an author will only be entitled to minimum payments equal to 80% of the aforementioned percentages. During the seven years following the Protection Period, a publisher will pay an author no less than 16% of the actual payment received by the publisher for the books sold.
Annual Margin Agreements: Once a year, publishers and bookstores will enter into a written agreement setting the discount at which the books will be sold by the publisher to the stores during the relevant year. Bookstores are prohibited from requesting, and publishers are prohibited from granting, any further discounts beyond the margins set in the annual agreement.
Limited Duration: The Authors Act has a limited duration of three years that is intended to serve as a trial period, at the end of which its impact will be assessed and the Act will be re-examined.
Other Provisions: The Authors Act contains other provisions, such as a prohibition on remunerating salespersons for recommending a specific book or a specific author; allocation of shelf space and display space between books published by different publishers, oversight, enforcement and sanctions.
The Goals of the Authors Act
The formal goals of the Authors Act, as stated in Section 1 of the Act are:
"to ensure Israeli authors proper pay for their creations, to promote literature in Israel, to preserve cultural diversity in publication and distribution of books… to provide readers an opportunity to choose among a wide range of books according to their wishes and tastes and enable competition between publishers and bookstores with respect to quantity, variety and the quality of books offered to the consumer."
The explanatory notes to the bill-proposal provide the background to the legislation:
"Books and literature are regarded as product[s] of a definitive cultural value that many countries in the western world recognize the need to preserve. These countries rejected the approach pursuant to which a book is a commodity that should be subject to free market conditions. In the State of Israel there exists a unique situation in which the conduct of the book market is dictated by a duopoly composed of two chains of bookstores that controls 80% of the market. One of the chains of bookstores is…controlled by a book publishing company… This situation causes serious harm to the principle of free competition… a serious failure in the book market was caused…"
Arguments in Favor of the Authors Act
Proponents of the Authors Act make three compelling arguments in favor of the 'no discounts' rule:
The people who bundle books in the "buy one get one free" or "4 for 100" promotions are not literature experts and their decisions on such promotions derive mostly from business considerations. Therefore, these promotions slant the public's selections and force high-quality literary works out of the public eye.
Since the publishers do not know in advance which books will be included in the promotions, they usually set a higher "recommended" price for all books, a practice that eventually leads to an increase in the "recommended" prices of the books that are not included in such promotions. The expectation is that the price of books that are not bundled will decrease significantly as a result of the Act.
Since the large chain bookstores will not be allowed to give discounts and new books will be sold for a fixed price, small independent bookstores will have a better chance to compete with the large bookstores and as a result more independent bookstores will survive.
Arguments Against the Authors Act
Well, no one likes to pay more…and we kind of liked it when a book cost less than a sandwich…
Everyone, including the Act's proponents, agrees that book prices will increase and, as a result, book sales will decrease. Other commentators point out that the variety of books will decline, most likely at the expense of new authors. The Israeli consumer, who is accustomed to purchasing books at approximately NIS 25-30 per book for bundled books, will now have to pay approximately NIS 50-75 per book when it is un-bundled. As a result, consumers are likely to purchase less books and will tend to purchase the works of known authors (or prefer other content channels).
Lower prices make books accessible to segments of the population that would not normally consider books a viable purchase, for instance when shopping for gifts for various occasions. The accessibility of books results in more reading, by both adults and children, which is a positive trend that society should encourage, not discourage by means of enforcing higher prices.
The impact of the Authors Act on the book market is yet to be seen. However, the immediate effect of the Act on book prices appears to be adverse to the ultimate readers, especially those who cannot afford books at higher prices, which is a negative result both in commercial and cultural terms. Against the backdrop of the ongoing social protest against the high cost of living in Israel, the Authors Act seems out of step. In this respect, we are doubtful that the act will be entirely successful in fulfilling its stated goals. There is certainly a need to protect authors and to promote literature, but there must be ways to achieve these goals that are not at the expense of readers and reading. As readers, we tend to be uneasy about the implications and results of the Authors Act. We are not convinced by the arguments in favor and apprehensive about the arguments against. We hope that the Act will indeed benefit authors without significant detriment to the book-consuming public, but are not overly optimistic.
Following is a quick scorecard mapping the various players in the Israeli books market and our estimate as to whether the Authors Act will improve or weaken their market position:
Click here to view table.
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Today is Friday, which means plenty of people across the country are getting ready to settle in over the weekend and binge-watch new movies and TV shows. This is doubly true considering how brutally cold the winter weather has gotten in many areas around the nation. We always love Netflix, but that's especially true in cold weather — and here in the mid-Atlantic region, the temperature is now starting to drop down into the teens. Needless to say, doing anything that involves going outside has become pretty unappealing… especially when there's so much to stream on Netflix.
If you're a Netflix user who tends to stick to Netflix's website as opposed to apps, there's a good chance you've realized by now that there are so many ways to improve it. Chrome browser extensions allow you to get even more out of your streaming experience, and we share cool plugins with our readers all the time. Most recently, we showed you an awesome plugin that makes it so much easier to find good movies and shows to watch, and that lets you browse all of Netflix's secret genres that are normally hidden from view. Today we've got a different Chrome extension for you to check out, and this time around we're not necessarily looking to enhance Netflix, per se. Instead, this particular plugin fixes two of the most annoying things about Netflix's website.
A free Chrome browser extension in the Chrome Web Store called Netflix Tweaked does exactly what its name suggests: it tweaks Netflix. Developed by Fluencyy LLC, the plugin has two main functions and they just so happen to address the two most annoying things people have to deal with when they browse the Netflix site.
First, and definitely most importantly, the Netflix Tweaked extension stops trailers and previews from auto-playing. Netflix is typically great at listening to user feedback, but this seems to be an area where the company refuses to budge. Well, if Netflix won't stop those horribly annoying auto-play previews as people browse, we will.
The other annoying thing this plugin tweaks is the positioning of "Continue Watching" and "My List" rows in the Netflix user interface. Netflix annoyingly moves them around all the time so that you're forced to check out other content in the site's library. A lot of times you just want to keep watching a show or move to the next title in your queue, so this plugin makes that much easier.
You'll find the full description below from the Netflix Tweaked download page in Google's Chrome Web Store, followed by a download link.
This extension is open source and licensed under the MIT license, so you can feel free to check out the source code at the extension home page or even contribute to make it better!