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  def change
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On March 12, 2013 (today), Lionsgate Home Entertainment releases the new Curious George Swings into Spring on DVD.
The synopsis says "George and his best friend, Hundley, explore all the wonders of the season together— including blooming flowers, baby animals and canoe rides. But when Hundley loses his way, George takes to the skies to find his pal, in a wild adventure that ends with a very fun surprise!"
Dane loved this DVD as we are such a big gardening family and spring is our favorite time of year! I (being the obsessive compulsive cleaner I am) also greatly appreciated the spring cleaning competition that was going on in the town!
Dane and I both thought it was great how even though George caused a big mess as usual with the pipes he was still trying to help clean AND discovered something that needed to be fixed anyway in the process!
Recommendation: Both boys seemed to have quite the interest and thought all of different episodes were funny! I don't know if I'd be willing to pay $20 for the DVD but it was definitely worth the watch!!
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Giveaway: Lionsgate is going to give one of A Lucky Ladybug's lucky readers a Curious George Swings into Spring DVD of their own!
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Трагови црне девојке је југословенски филм из 1972. године. Режирао га је Здравко Рандић, а сценарио су писали Драгољуб Ивков и Живојин Павловић.

Радња

Железничар у граду доживи љубавну ноћ са периферијском проститутком. Затим они почињу заједнички живот али убрзо она одлази од њега. Очајан и остављен, покушава да је нађе падајући све ниже у талог градске периферије. И када је наизглед време учинило своје она се појављује.

Улоге

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|Павле Вуисић || Паја
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|Борис Дворник || Јова
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|Неда Спасојевић || Славица
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|Ружица Сокић || Каћа
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|Велимир Бата Живојиновић || Шинтер
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|Љубомир Ћипранић || муштерија
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|Драгомир Фелба || Јовин колега
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|Милан Гутовић || хармоникаш
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|Петар Лупа || ловац
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|Предраг Милинковић || конобар
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|Миливоје Мића Томић || шеф станице
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|Бранислав Цига Миленковић ||
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|Владан Живковић ||
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|Мирослава Бобић ||
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|Каја Игњатовић ||
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|Милорад Мајић ||
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|Марија Милутиновић ||
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|Нада Млађеновић ||
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|Бранко Обрадовић ||
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|Љубо Шкиљевић ||
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Културно добро
Југословенска кинотека је, у складу са својим овлашћењима на основу Закона о културним добрима, 28. децембра 2016. године прогласила сто српских играних филмова (1911-1999) за културно добро од великог значаја. На тој листи се налази и филм "Трагови црне девојке".

Извори

Спољашње везе

 - Sinopsis filma na sajtu Centar filma

Филмови 1972.
Српски играни филмови
Југословенски играни филмови (срб)
Југословенски играни филмови
Српски филмови
Југословенски филмови

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Q: Resolve Error: typescript with invalid interface loaded as resolver ESLint I'm having ESLint in my project and getting an error Resolve Error: typescript with invalid interface loaded  as resolver : import-no-restricted-paths when I add the rule import/no-restricted-paths

tsconfig.json
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        "./src/**/*",
        "./generated/**/*"
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        "resolveJsonModule": true,
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "esnext",
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "lib": [
            "dom",
            "es6"
        ],
        "downlevelIteration": true,
        "jsx": "react",
        "declaration": false,
        "sourceMap": true,
        "baseUrl": "src",
        "outDir": "./dist/js",
        "paths": {
            "@generated/*": ["../generated/*"],
            "api": ["lib/api"],
            "api/*": ["lib/api/*"],
            "asset/*": ["lib/asset/*"],
            "base/*": ["lib/base/*"]
        },
        // Rules
        "noImplicitAny": false,
        "strictNullChecks": true,
        "noImplicitThis": true,
        "alwaysStrict": true,
        "noUnusedLocals": true,
        "noUnusedParameters": true,
        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
        "esModuleInterop": true,
        "isolatedModules": true
    }
}

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        browser: true
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            "@typescript-eslint/parser": [".ts", ".tsx"]
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            "typescript": {
                paths: "./tsconfig.json",
                alwaysTryTypes: true
            }
        },
    },
    parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser",
    parserOptions: {
        tsconfigRootDir: ".",
        sourceType: "module",
        project: "./tsconfig.json"
    },
    extends: [
        "plugin:import/recommended",
        "plugin:import/typescript"
    ],
    plugins: [
        "@typescript-eslint",
        "import"
    ],
    overrides: [
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            files: [
                "src/_migration/**"
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            rules: {
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                        basePath: "./src",
                        zones: [
                            { target: "./_migration", from: "./", except: ['./_migration'] }
                        ],
                    },
                ]
            }
        },
    ],
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        "import/no-unresolved": "off",
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            {
                parameter: true
            }
        ]
    }
};

A: This seemed to do the trick for me.
npm install -D eslint-import-resolver-typescript

I don't want to delete package-lock.json because I know from experience that doing so causes problems for my current project.

A: For me, it was just enough to restart the eslint server.
On Visual Studio Code, you can do it with cmd+p and start typing:
>eslint: restart eslint server

A: Add this to .eslintrc solved it for me.
"settings": {
  "import/resolver": {
    "node": {
      "extensions": [".js", ".jsx", ".ts", ".tsx"]
    }
  }
}

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Japanese people take off their shoes in the entrance when they enter a house.
Japanease are a cleanly people. Traditional Japanese houses have tatami mat floors.
They eat meals, talk with people, and sleep on the futon matress on tatami at night on tatami.
Tatami floors must be kept neat and clean all the time.
Today most houses also have rooms without tatami mat.
Slippers are mainly used in this kind of room. They also have additional special slippers used only in toilet.
Slippers were first used in the Meiji Period.
In Western society, there is no customs and traditions to take off their shoes.
When Westerners came into Japan for the first time after Japan opened up to the world, they didn't remove their shoes indoors.
Slippers were introduced under these circumstances to avoid foreigners' misunderstandings in Japanese style hotels.
The first slippers were overshoes.
They became popular among the Japanese upper classes.
Unlike Westerners, they wore slippers with bare feet.
Today, there are various types of slippers according to various purposes.
They are an indispensable part of daily life in Japan.


At Bribie Island State School we are focused on providing an enriched education for all and maximizing student achievement. To this end, we offer a wide range of learning opportunities and activities designed to enhance the future prospects of our young people as they make their way in a very competitive world. We build productive partnerships with families, local businesses, other educational providers, and community organisations which support students' academic, personal, social and emotional growth.
Our community values affirm appropriate and consistent behaviour in an environment focused on improving performance. Our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) program is based on three rules – Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be an Active Learner. The program provides support for positive learning environments by developing proactive whole-school systems to define, teach and support appropriate behaviours.
We have an outstanding staff team who are committed to providing our students with quality learning experiences. Staff at Bribie build strong relationships with students and their families to encourage success, improve performance and monitor students' wellbeing.
Bribie Island State School is a dynamic, growing and ambitious school where we seek to gain the best outcome for each and every student. We are delighted to welcome you to our school community and hope that your school experience is a rewarding and fulfilling one.


It's easy to participate in the County of San Diego Deferred Compensation Program. You can get started right away.
If eligible, you may elect to participate in either the County of San Diego 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan (PDF) or the 401(a) Incentive Retirement Deferred Compensation Plan (PDF) — or both. Participation in these plans can help bridge the gap between the income from your pension plus your Social Security benefits and how much you'll need in retirement.
You set the amount — Participating in the County of San Diego Program will work whether you're approaching retirement or just getting started saving. This is because time and compounding work together to help build momentum for your money. The sooner you start, the more you could have at retirement.
Every little bit helps — Your savings could really add up over time. And if you bump up contributions on a regular basis to your 457 plan account, the overall impact to your paycheck may not seem painful. Consider putting raises or bonuses into deferred comp — it's an easy way to save a little more.
This plan is made for you — Unlike other retirement plans, deferred comp takes into account that you may retire sooner than workers in the private sector. Generally, you don't have to worry about paying a penalty for retiring early or beginning to take income from the plan before age 59½. Withdrawals are taxable to you in the year the payments are made.
You may want to consider the benefits of consolidating your retirement assets held outside the County of San Diego Program into your 457(b) plan account.
Qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation plans and individual retirement accounts are all different, including their fees and when you can access funds. If you withdraw assets rolled over from your account(s), the withdrawal may be subject to surrender charges, other fees and an additional 10% tax penalty if you're under the age of 59½. Nationwide and its representatives do not give legal or tax advice. Please contact your legal or tax advisor for such advice.
You'll get service you can count on — Nationwide® has non-commissioned Retirement Specialists ready and willing to answer your questions. We've been helping public sector employees save for retirement for more than 30 years, and our Retirement Specialists have helped educate thousands of employees about investing through their retirement plans. Feel free to call today — we don't charge a fee to work with a Retirement Specialist.
Read more about why the County and Nationwide might be right for you.
The sooner you enroll, the more you can possibly save, so talk with a Retirement Specialist about your options. Take a look at the Enrollment Checklist to see what you'll need to have handy and enroll today. The information they provide is for educational purposes only and is not intended as legal, tax or investment advice.
How do I choose investment options?
When you enroll in your retirement plan, you will be given the opportunity to select how your contributions will be invested. If you don't select your investments, you will be invested in the target date fund closest to the year that you will turn age 65.
We offer multiple investing approaches to help you plan for and live in retirement. Of course, you are never on your own. We're here to help. We offer different levels of assistance so you can get the help you need.
Target Date Funds are portfolios of funds that include an asset allocation mix (stocks, bonds, cash and cash-like products) that adjusts along a glidepath so that the further you are from the target date, the more aggressive the mix of investments; the closer you get to the retirement date or target date, the more conservative the allocation becomes. This type of investing does not consider individual risk tolerance. If you don't select your investments, you will be invested in the target date fund closest to the year that you will turn age 65.
Target Date Funds invest in a wide variety of underlying funds to help reduce investment risk. Target Maturity Funds are designed for people who plan to withdrawal funds during or near a specific year. Like other funds, target date funds are subject to market risk and loss. Loss of principal can occur at any time, including before, at or after the target date. There is no guarantee that target date funds will provide enough income for retirement.
If you want to do it on your own, use My Investment Planner. This tool helps you determine your investor profile and a suggested asset allocation based on that profile. Then check out the complete list of funds offered and their current performance to help you decide. Just remember we're always here if you have questions.
A flexible option for investors who want to be active in the investment process but also want guidance when they need it is available through My Investment Planner, a tool offered through Nationwide Investment Advisors LLC (NIA) in concert with Wilshire Associates (Wilshire). You can answer a questionnaire and see specific fund recommendation profiles developed using the Wilshire Investments online tool, then decide to implement or modify the recommendations provided. Remember to check in regularly to make sure you are on track to reach your investment goals. Log in to your account to take advantage of the Tool.
Keep in mind that investing involves market risk, including possible loss of principal. NIA, a Nationwide affiliate, is an SEC-registered investment adviser.
The financial quality of your retirement will most likely depend on the choices you make in your retirement accounts. Nationwide ProAccount® can help you feel more confident about reaching your retirement goals.
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– Read about your investment options.
We'll even walk you through it. If you need more help, call one of our Retirement Specialists . Information provided by Retirement Specialists is for educational purposes only and not intended as investment or legal advice.
The County of San Diego Deferred Compensation Program consists of 457(b), Roth 457 and 401(a) retirement plans created to allow county and court employees to put aside money from each paycheck toward retirement. The County of San Diego plans can help bridge the gap between the amount you'll have from your pension and Social Security benefits and the amount you'll need in retirement.
What sets the County of San Diego Program apart from other retirement plans? The plans may offer benefits other retirement plans can't, such as penalty-free withdrawals (not applicable to the 401(a) plan) once you stop working for the County of San Diego.
What does "tax-deferred" mean? Basically, you don't pay income taxes on your contributions or earnings until you retire and/or begin to take payments from your account (not applicable to the Roth 457 option). This may lower your taxable income. Keep in mind, you may not withdraw money from your account while you are employed unless you have an approved unforeseeable emergency, loan or qualify for an in-service distribution.
What does "post-tax" mean? Contributions to a 457(b) Roth retirement plan are taxed before they are invested in your plan. This means when you retire and begin to take distributions from your plan, you won't pay taxes on the growth in your portfolio as long as certain conditions are met. Also, combining tax-deferred and post-tax retirement plans may help you achieve tax diversification.
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Agriculture Announcements Barbuda News
British High Commission donates equipment to Barbuda Council to help restore agricultural output
February 15, 2022 February 15, 2022 Editor
The Barbuda Council is the beneficiary of a donation from the British High Commission to strengthen its agricultural programme.
On Monday, February 14, Resident British Commissioner Lindsey Thompson made a donation of equipment, valued at over $30,000, to the Council.
Barbuda used to be known for its ability to produce high-quality peanuts. However, due to infrastructural damage caused by Hurricane Irma in 2017, the island has not been able to resume planting of this crop.
The donated equipment will mitigate these hindrances, thereby providing another channel through which the Council can raise revenue.
During the handover ceremony, held at the Community Centre in Barbuda, Thompson said she was delighted, through the British High Commission, to support the people of Barbuda with their agricultural objectives.
She said she hopes this project puts the island back on the map for excellent local produce.
On hand to receive the donation was Council Chairman Mackenzie Frank and recently appointed Chairman of Agriculture Fabian Jones. Frank thanked Thompson for the generous donation and said he hopes "this will be the beginning of a very constructive relationship as we step into the future."
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During the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) in November 2017, the Adaptation Fund (AF) will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Fund will use the opportunity to showcase its adaptation projects, concrete results around the globe and gathered learning through an exhibition with the theme "10 Years of Pioneering Innovations in Adaptation Finance, Concrete Actions and Fostering Learning and Sharing". There are numerous reasons to commemorate what the AF has achieved over the years; especially its capacity to help vulnerable communities in devel-oping countries adapt to the effects of climate change. By pioneering innovations in climate finance, and by accompanying concrete and scalable actions, the Fund has played and con-tinues to play an outstanding role in the urgent fight to tackle climate change. Ten years later, the AF made history with "key accomplishments" and has significantly contributed to raise ambition in the growing demand in climate finance, including supporting implementing partners worldwide under its pioneering Direct Access modality.
At their 30th meeting, members of the Adaptation Fund Board aim to discuss objectives and further steps of the Fund, with the outlook of exploring potential linkages between the AF and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). They will consider a draft Medium-Term Strategy of the Fund for 2018–2022 elaborated with inputs from various stakeholders, including civil society. Besides several other items on the meeting agenda, the Board will make decisions on fund-ing allocation to the record number of 23 single-country proposals submitted by Accredited Entities to the AF Secretariat, with the total requested funding amounting to USD 97,576,337, including USD 42,508,247 for 13 concept notes and USD 55,068,090 for 10 fully developed proposals.
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Q: When accepting a pull request for master and automatically going to develop I would like to know if when I merge a Hotfix to master if there is any way for this hotfix to also go to develop in a simple way, where I don't need to create 2 pull requests but only 1

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When accepting a pull request for master and automatically going to develop

I am afraid there is no such way to develop in the hotfix branch in a simple way when you merge the Hotfix to master.
When there is no conflict between your hotfix and your master branch, you can merge directly. But the problem is that the hotfix cannot get the recent submissions of the master, and conflicts will occur the next time you merge to the master branch.
To completely avoid this situation, you must either ensure that your master branch is never modified, or that the modified files on the master will not overlap with the files modified by hotfix development.


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The mathematical model of an electric vehicle, as well as the control system for avoiding pedestrians in urban traffic is described. The vehicle is modeled as a continuous system consisting of several subsystems. In addition, a set of sensors and actuators along with a two-level discrete control system are modeled. Based on this model, a pedestrian avoidance maneuver for typical speeds in city traffic is simulated. When the sensory system detects a pedestrian in the vehicle's path, the decision system calculates its trajectory. Using this information, the speed and/or direction that the vehicle must take in order to avoid the accident are estimated. These values are sent to the low-level controllers of the accelerator/brake and steering, which generate the signals to be applied to such systems to achieve the desired trajectory and speed.


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Q: How can I direct dot to use a shorter edge path? The diagram below is laid out almost perfectly, apart from the edge from the left "named pipe" node to "cat", which takes a long circuitous route, instead of the obvious short one I've marked with red on the diagram below.  Is there a way to  direct dot to use the short edge path?  Note that the sequence diagram on the diagram's bottom, must be rendered as it currently appears, i.e. in the left to right order.

This is the code that draws the diagram.
digraph D {
fontname="Arial";
subgraph cluster_async {
    label="Asynchronous processes";
    style=filled;
    color=lightgrey;

    node [shape=box, style=solid, fillcolor=white, fontname="Arial"];
    {
        rank=same;
        npi_0_0_0 [label="named\npipe"];
        npi_0_3_0 [label="named\npipe"];
        npi_0_2_0 [label="named\npipe"];

    }

    node [shape=box, style=bold];
    tee [label="sgsh-tee"];
    "ls -l" -> tee;
    tee -> npi_0_0_0;
    tee -> npi_0_3_0;
    tee -> npi_0_2_0;

    NBYTES [label="sgsh-writeval -s NBYTES"];
    npi_0_3_0 -> "awk '{s += $5} END {print s}'" -> NBYTES;

    NDIRS [label="sgsh-writeval -s NDIRS"];
    npi_0_2_0  -> "grep -c '^d'" -> NDIRS;

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        rank=same;
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    label="Synchronous sequence";
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    start [shape=circle, style=filled, label="", fillcolor=black, width=.2];
    node [shape=box, style=bold, fontname="Arial"];
    npi_0_0_0:sw -> cat:nw [constraint=false];
    "sgsh-readval -s NDIRS" -> echo;
    "sgsh-readval -s NBYTES" -> echo;

    NBYTES -> "sgsh-readval -s NBYTES";
    NDIRS -> "sgsh-readval -s NDIRS";

    end [shape=doublecircle, style=filled, label="", fillcolor=black, width=.2];
    {
        rank=same;
        edge [arrowhead=open];
        start -> cat -> echo -> end;
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(In case you're interested, the diagram illustrates the setup of an example from sgsh.)

A: For this graph, setting splines=ortho will produce a desirable result.


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McConnell blocks $ 2,000 checks and ties them to Trump's claims
By UMass Mag Last updated Dec 30, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Chairman Chuck Schumer to unanimously pass a law to increase direct payments under the coronavirus aid package to $ 2,000 by the end of the year.
The Kentucky Republican later introduced a bill on Tuesday to increase the size of checks from $ 600 to $ 2,000, remove Section 230 legal liability protections for internet platforms, and set up a commission to investigate electoral issues. The law would meet all of President Donald Trump's recent demands that have nothing to do with one another but that would not receive democratic support and would become law.
The bill would both avoid Republicans actually paying $ 2,000, but allow GOP senators to run for re-election in Georgia in the January 5 runoff to express their support for Trump's priorities.
In a statement Tuesday, Schumer said that if McConnell "tries to load the bill with unrelated, partisan provisions" that do absolutely nothing to help families across the country, "larger direct payments would not become law.
"Any move like Senator McConnell's would be an obvious attempt to deprive Americans of a $ 2,000 survival check," he said.
McConnell is under pressure to act after the House – with nearly all of the Democrats and a few dozen Republicans on board – voted Monday to increase cash deposits from $ 600 to $ 2,000. Senate Republicans, wary of spending more on pandemic aid, are looking for a way to meet both the demands of a president who called year-end coronavirus aid and finance bill a shame, and their majority in races overshadowed by the crisis holds on.
McConnell brought the chamber back this week with a primary objective: to overturn Trump's veto of the annual National Defense Authorization Act. He hasn't yet committed to putting the $ 2,000 payment bill to the vote, and it's now unclear how it would take shape.
Still, the Democrats tried to use the limited tools at their disposal to force a vote. McConnell spoke in the Senate Tuesday afternoon and said he plans to hold a vote on the veto suspension on Wednesday.
He outlined three priorities Trump wanted to address when he signed the Coronavirus Facilitation and Government Spending Act on Sunday: larger direct payments, protection of legal liability for internet platforms under Section 230, and unfounded concerns about widespread electoral fraud. He said that "this week the Senate will initiate a process to bring these three priorities into focus."
Schumer then called on the Senate to vote on both the defense law veto suspension and the $ 2,000 payments and "drop the chips where they like". When he asked for unanimous approval to increase the checks, McConnell disagreed.
Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Then requested a vote on the larger payments following Wednesday's vote on the National Defense Authorization Act. McConnell disagreed again. Sanders then followed up on his threat to delay the review of the veto waiver by objecting to a vote on Wednesday.
Since the Senate needs unanimous support to act quickly on most issues, any Senator can cease activities if they so choose. The Chamber will probably only vote on overcoming the President in the Defense Act in the New Year. It could then move on to stimulus control legislation.
Trump escalated pressure on Republicans to make larger payments on Tuesday afternoon. However, he said he would like to link the relief to Section 230 reform and his desperate efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's November victory. The president's lawyers have repeatedly failed to prove that systematic electoral fraud cost him the election.
"If the Republicans don't have a death wish, and if it's the right thing to do, they have to approve the $ 2,000 payments as soon as possible. $ 600 is not enough!" Trump wrote on Twitter. "Get rid of Section 230, too – Don't let Big Tech steal our country or let the Democrats steal the presidential election. Get tough!"
If the entire Senate were considering standalone incentive review legislation, likely all 48 Democrats and Independents meeting them would vote in favor. It would then need support from 12 of the Chamber's 52 Republicans. But a section 230 bill and the electoral regulations attached would lose many, if not all, Democrats.
Treasury has announced that the $ 600 payments will expire this week. If Congress approves the increase to $ 2,000, it will be added to the original amount.
Because some GOP Senators rejected the $ 900 billion spending in the latest bailout package, they may not support the addition of $ 463 billion – the Joint Tax Committee's estimate of the cost of increasing the check to $ 2,000 – as of the Price tag. However, several Republicans including Sens. Marco Rubio from Florida, Josh Hawley from Missouri, and Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue from Georgia have announced their support for the $ 2,000 payments.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters after the weekly Senate Republican Conference meeting in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on December 1, 2020.
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In a tweet in response to Loeffler and Perdue's support for larger checks, Hawley said, "We have the votes. Let's vote today." He, like Sanders, said he would block the defense law review until the Senate votes on the $ 2,000 payments.
If the GOP decided against voting on larger checks, it would have to oppose the man who controls the Republican Party: Trump. He has repeatedly urged payments of $ 2,000 since threatening to veto the relief bill last week.
He said he wanted larger direct payments along with less foreign aid funds under the $ 1.4 trillion government funding package that was passed alongside the aid proposal. Trump gave in and signed the legislation on Sunday night, approving pandemic aid and preventing the government from closing.
The votes in the House on Monday show that the GOP may be more comfortable bucking Trump. Only 44 Republicans supported the $ 2,000 check legislation, while 130 GOP officials voted against. Republicans also joined the Democrats to easily override Trump's veto on the defense bill.
Sander's attempt to keep the Senate in Washington during the week could also hamper Loeffler and Perdue, the Georgia Republicans, who are voting in the crucial January 5 runoff. If Democrats win both races – in which they hammered the GOP Senators for their response to the coronavirus – they will flip control of the Senate.
However, it is unclear if and when the two senators will return to Washington.
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who compete in these contests, have labeled the GOP Senators' coronavirus response as inadequate and urged them to support payments of $ 2,000. In Fox News' interviews on Tuesday, Loeffler and Perdue suggested sponsoring the larger checks.
"I stood by the president 100% of the time. I'm proud of it and have absolutely said we have to bring relief to the Americans now. And I will support that," Loeffler said when asked if she would help Correct bill.
Perdue told Fox he was "pleased to support the president" when he pushed for $ 2,000 in deposits.
Later on Twitter, both of them fully approved of the $ 2,000 payments.
Both had previously resisted efforts to make higher direct payments as part of the stimulus package.
Efforts to increase the level of direct payments stem from widespread concern that the bailout has gone far enough to help Americans struggling to pay for housing and food. Congress failed for months in renewing the financial lifelines of the pandemic, which ended over the summer as millions fell into poverty.
Before agreeing to the $ 900 billion package, McConnell had been pushing for about $ 500 billion in new spending. Democrats, meanwhile, have called for at least $ 2.2 trillion in aid.
The compromise package that the parties eventually reached includes $ 600 in direct payments, half of what Congress passed under the CARES bill in March. It also adds a $ 300 unemployment insurance surcharge, half of Congress approved in March for extended payments. The weekly US $ 600 surcharge expired in July after lawmakers failed to renew it.
The new package includes $ 284 billion in loans for the futile paycheck protection program. It also extends a federal eviction moratorium through January 31 and creates a $ 25 billion rental assistance fund.
The bill provides more than $ 8 billion to distribute Covid-19 vaccines and more than $ 20 billion to be given free to Americans.
It also includes $ 82 billion in education funding and $ 45 billion in transportation. It left out any aid to state and local governments struggling with the pandemic.
– CNBC's Hannah Miao contributed to this report
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by Hunter Thomas	November 16, 2018 0 comments
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Denny Hamlin captured the Busch Pole Award on Friday for Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, while his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch, who will start second, was the fastest among the Championship 4 contenders.
Hamlin ran a lap of 31.059 seconds at 173.863 mph to capture his third pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway and his fourth of the season. While Hamlin has captured 10 top-five finishes this season, he has yet to win a race in 2018. He has one final chance to do so on Sunday.
"It's big for us to get this race team up front here," Hamlin said. "We definitely want to end on a high note and try to win. 2013 we were in the same predicament where we hadn't won a race until the final race and we got it done, so hopefully it's our time to do it. We're going to keep digging. Hats off to this team. We were hanging around that seventh to tenth the first couple of rounds and they just – (Mike) "Wheels" (Wheeler, crew chief) made the right adjustments."
Sunday's race will be the last one for Hamlin with longtime crew chief, Mike Wheeler atop the pit box. The Ford EcoBoost 400 will mark their 112th race working together in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
Kyle Busch will start alongside of Hamlin as he qualified second. Busch missed out on the pole by a mere 0.043 seconds. He was the fastest of the Championship 4 contenders. The effort marks his 27th top-10 start of the 2018 season. On Sunday, Busch will be competing for his second-career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. Busch was pleased with the qualifying effort and felt that his car was fast.
"The first run was really good obviously and then the second run was okay and the third run I thought we made the right adjustments and hit the right line and did a good job with everything," Busch said. "I guess we didn't have enough speed there. Overall, pleased with the effort today and the guys did a good job. The car felt pretty good."
Martin Truex Jr. enters the weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway looking to defend his series title. He will start in the third position after missing out on the pole by 0.058 seconds. While Truex is heading to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2019, the Ford EcoBoost 400 will be the last race for Furniture Row Racing. Winning a championship on Sunday would certainly be extra special for Truex and the team.
"We were a little too free on that final run," Truex Jr. said. "I tried to gain a little bit more but I just couldn't quite finish getting the throttle down and I think I lost a little bit there. It was a good day. Great effort by the guys. Nice, smooth solid day, which is what we needed. We go win this thing from there and we'll get to work tomorrow."
Team Penske's Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano round out the top-five starting spots. Logano has fought for a championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway in years past, but he has never won a series title. On Friday night, Logano was just a little too loose in the final round of qualifying to sit on the pole.
"Our qualifying was just okay," Logano said. "We had a rough start the first couple of runs in practice and made a good change for the third run in the practice, and some good changes from practice to qualifying. That put us in a good spot to go out here and bust out a decent lap and we did in the first round. The second round we got a little off and the third round we were just too loose off of turn two. I think that is where most of the speed was. I will have to go back and look at it and look at some notes and see if I can learn a little bit for next year. At this point it is behind us and we will think about tomorrow and getting the car good for the race."
Completing the top-10 starting spots were Kurt Busch, Erik Jones, Ryan Newman, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Aric Almirola. Kyle Larson will start 11th.
Kevin Harvick who is competing for his second-career series championship, was the slowest of the Championship 4 as he qualified in the 12th position. On Friday night, Harvick says that he was fighting a really tight Ford.
"We've just been off as far as getting the front tires to turn today in qualifying trim and that's all we've done," Harvick said. "The Jimmy John's Ford was just plowing tight the first time we went out, chattering the tires. We made it better the second round and then the third round it was just too tight in one and two down there, where we were okay in the first two rounds. We got tight down there and still tight down there, so we'll go to work on it. We didn't qualify that good here last year either, so we definitely need to figure out what we've got to do in qualifying trim, but hopefully our race stuff is good."
The Ford EcoBoost 400 will broadcast live on NBC and the Motor Racing Network (MRN) at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday.
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Virginia Wine book and author event
March 22, 2018 March 22, 2018 by Mason Publishing Group
The University Libraries, George Mason University Press,
and the University Bookstore present
Virginia Wine: Four Centuries of Change
Featuring author Andrew Painter
Main Reading Room
Fenwick Library, Fairfax Campus
"[An] impressive work celebrating the collective and individual achievements of the commonwealth's wine industry "
— Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia 1986-1990
No state can claim a longer history of experimenting with and promoting viticulture than Virginia—nor does any state's history demonstrate a more astounding record of initial failure and ultimate success. Virginia Wine: Four Centuries of Change presents a comprehensive record of the Virginia wine industry, from the earliest Spanish accounts describing Native American vineyards in 1570 through its astonishing rebirth in the modern era. The author chronicles the dynamic personalities, diverse places, and engrossing personal and political struggles that have established the Old Dominion as one of the nation's preeminent wine regions, an industry that now accounts for nearly $1 billion in annual sales, with more than 275 wineries growing more than 30 varieties of grapes.
Andrew A. Painter is an attorney specializing in land use and zoning. A Virginia native, Andrew has spent more than eight years researching the growth of its wine industry. He is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington, the University of Virginia, and the University of Richmond.
"A detailed, yet readable history that addresses an unmet need for a written record similar to those already available for the world's more established wine regions. Virginia viticulture and winemaking have come of age, and deserve no less."
— Felicia Warburg Rogan, Founder, Oakencroft Vineyard & Winery
Refreshments will be provided.
The Mason Author Series is co-sponsored by the University Bookstore.
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Microsoft Office Web Apps takes great leap toward Office equality
What are the most striking features of the new version of Office Web Apps? The ones that aren't there.
It isn't the fact that the Save button has been nixed (shades of Google Docs!) or that multiple users can edit the same document in real time and not stomp all over each other's work. It's how little -- as opposed to how much -- variation there is between OWA and its desktop counterparts.
That small margin makes a big difference.
Better collaborative editing than the desktop
Tony Bradley at PCWorld covers in detail all the new goodies in OWA, which still consists only of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The biggest is simultaneous co-authoring: Many users can log into OWA, open the same document, and work on it simultaneously. Flags within the document tell you where each user is.
One particularly smart touch here is how Microsoft has set different levels of editing granularity for each document type. For Word, it's a paragraph; for Excel, it's a cell; for PowerPoint, it's a slide. They're good commonsense defaults, and in my conversation with Microsoft's people, they hinted at the possibility that it could be made even more fine-grained.
From a practical standpoint, it's unlikely two people will attempt to edit the same sentence at once. But if Microsoft can nudge the line of thinking a smidge further in that direction, it's a sign of how completely Web apps could be able to eclipse their desktop cousins. For one, the desktop versions of these apps don't have anything like the simultaneous-editing features found in OWA -- a case where the Web app actually sports a feature superior to the desktop app.
This brings up the first of two big questions about OWA. Do Web apps need to displace their desktop counterparts?
The answer may be different depending on whether you're asking Microsoft or end-users. End-users may enjoy the convenience of OWA, but there comes a point where OWA simply can't deliver. The longer and more complex the document, the greater the odds OWA -- or your browser -- will simply gag.
There's little question that Microsoft needs to create a product portfolio off the desktop that's as valuable and rich as the one the company has created on it. But I doubt it can move people off desktop editions of Office and into OWA anytime soon, and not just because OWA's feature set is lacking.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/office-software/microsoft-office-web-apps-takes-great-leap-toward-office-equality-230424?source=rss_mobile_technology
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Halloween-stamped discs more treat than trick for disc golfers
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Disc Nation has a Halloween-themed disc for the fifth straight year. (photo courtesy of Disc Nation)
By Steve Hill — Rattling Chains staff
Ah, Halloween – the one day of the year where tradition and inhibition take a holiday and let exhibition and fright run amok.
In disc golf, which is already an industry that veers away from convention more often than not on a daily basis, it is an opportunity for both manufacturers and retailers to step outside of their usual routine and add a little flourish with unique holiday stamps encompassing both the aforementioned tradition and exhibition.
Take, for example, Innova Champion Discs and its annual pumpkin discs. Each year, the company releases jack-o-lantern-stamped DX Aviars, DX Rocs, and other assorted molds that give golfers a fun way to ring in the season.
The idea was born out of simple fun and spontaneity, according to the discs' creator.
"I believe it was 1997, and I was a hot stamper at the time," said Russell Schwarz, director of special projects for Innova's east coast office. "I was stamping some orange Aviars, and off the top of my head I went, 'Hey, I could put a pumpkin face on these things and it would look like a jack-o-lantern."
Schwarz took the idea to his boss, received the green light for the project and designed the inaugural pumpkin stamp. But it wasn't something that was a big deal at the time.
"I drew it about 25 times to make it look like a little kid drew it and I made a stamp," Schwarz recalled. "We stamped, oh, I don't know, 100, 150 of them? It wasn't anything formal, we just did it and we sold them. That was all there was to it."
Jump ahead a decade and a half, and pumpkin-stamped Aviars are a yearly staple for Innova that customers look forward to.
Company Closeup: inbounds Disc Golf
By P.J. Harmer — Rattling Chains staff
A search for finding discs that fit his style led Brian Rogers to a much bigger commitment in the sport of disc golf.
And like that inbounds Disc Golf was born.
Rogers, the owner of the company and the author of its newest publication — the inFlight guide, has been playing disc golf for three years.
Rogers said he got hooked on the sport within the first two or three holes and, from there, the obsession grew. As it is with many people, real life makes playing time limited, but he said he's constantly thinking about disc golf.
"Whether it's following disc golf forums, reading disc golf blogs or brushing up on the current disc golf news and players standings, I'm surrounded by a disc golf cloud," he said.
Rogers is a data guy.
His education is in computers/business and IT, so data is obviously a massive part of his life. From that, he said he tried to get the data to tell him something, no matter how he's working with it.
Poll 32: Chasing aces
According to the calendar on the website, the Ace Race events for the year have come to an end.
For those who don't participate in these events, its where you use two Discraft prototype discs on a shortened course in an attempt to score as many aces as possible.
That of course got me thinking about aces (or, maybe, a chains-in-one?).
I've heard some fantastic ace stories. I know a person who has aced every single hole at one course (don't worry, we'll be doing a story on this in the future) and I've heard about people getting aces on holes beyond 400 feet!
But we'll get back to this week's pole in a little bit.
First, let's check back to last week when we asked you about putting in a high-pressure situation. We gave you the spot and you had to decide whether or not you made the putt.
Sounds like most of you guys are pretty good putters!
Of the 61 who voted, 64 percent (39 votes) said you'd make the putt. The other 36 percent (22 votes) said no.
Let's see what a few of you had to say about it.
Duo goes underground to celebrate a grand milestone
Matt Sime and Dan Kilgore at Crystal City Underground. (contributed photo)
In the big scheme of life, three years can be a long time.
Over the course of three years, people can accomplish many things. You can get a college degree in three years, if you work hard enough. Three years is the difference between those graduating high school at age 18 and being able to legally drink.
Three years is 1,095 days — or 1,096 if there's a leap year in that stretch.
For Matt Sime, three years means so much more.
Sime, who claims Alden, Minn., — or his van — as his home, has been playing disc golf for three years. In that three years, he's really explored disc golf courses around the country. Exploring courses is something most disc golfers can probably claim to have done during their first three years in the game.
But can they claim 1,000 courses played?
Yes, you read that number correctly. On Sept. 31, Sime played his 1,000th course in his third year of playing disc golf — an amazing number to be sure.
He wasn't the only one celebrating that milestone though — Dan Kilgore teamed up and played his 1,000th course at the same time, albeit taking a bit longer to reach the milestone.
To be fair, Sime got his first glimpse of the sport in 2004 at Vermilion Community College (Ely, Minn.) in 2004. But he said he only played the course once and there was no follow up. Then in 2009, sometime about Easter, he was on a rock-climbing trip at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch (Arkansas). He said he caught a glimpse of how great the game could be. With rental discs and course fees included, he said he played at least three rounds that weekend.
Again, a break followed, but much shorter this time. It was Thanksgiving 2009 when he got his first taste of hitting a bunch of courses. He was on another rock-climbing trip with the same group of friends and they decided to buy a disc and check out the local courses near Las Vegas, Nevada.
"From there, one disc led to five, led to 100," Sime said. "Five courses led to 100, led to, well you know the rest of the story."
He played 998 of the courses in fewer than three years. The other two were the original ones.
A beginner's guide to dyeing discs
October 25, 2012 August 23, 2016 / P.J.	/ Leave a comment
By Kevin Morrow — For Rattling Chains
In my original post about dyeing discs on Rattling Chains, I wrote about how I got into dyeing discs and gave some other thoughts on the process.
I've been dyeing discs for a couple of months and have received a lot of feedback on how good the discs look. I've also had people who are interested in doing it ask a lot of questions about the process.
I'm going to explain my process with a step-by-step look.
First, you need some specific tools to make it easier.
A light source, such as a light table, and an Xacto knife with No. 10 blades are needed. I use a new blade for each mask I cut. (Sometimes, however, I will use the same blade for multiple small designs).
My light source is something I have left over from my pre-digital photography days — a Logan desktop light box I used to edit negatives. You might be able to find these pretty cheap as most photographers who went digital could have them sitting in a closet collecting dust.
Another way to get a light source is if you have a glass table, put a lamp under it.
Other items needed include a black Sharpie marker, a roll of simple masking tape and an old credit card.
For supplies, I use Orcal 651 clear vinyl, which I get from U.S. Cutter. I use the clear vinyl because it's easier for me to see through. I also use iPoly Dyes (iDye for polyester fabrics), which I get from Dharma Trading. I don't use Rit dyes because they changed the formula, meaning one has to find certain lot numbers and that can be a hassle.
I do my design work with Photoshop.
With everything you need in hand, it's time to get your art ready. I do all my designs in Adobe Photoshop. But use whatever art program you are most comfortable with.
I have a base file that is an 8-inch circle because most discs are about 8.5 inches in diameter. I started with a full color album and worked it to black-and-white line art. Once you get it the way you want, print it out and tape it to the backside of a square of the vinyl.
Then cut the vinyl at least an inch larger than the print on each side. I usually like to have about two inches extended from the edge.
Signage can go a long way in making a course top-notch
October 24, 2012 / P.J.	/ 10 Comments
It doesn't matter what kind of sign it is — as long as there are signs to help people navigate their way around courses. (photo by Jenny Cook)
By Jenny Cook — Rattling Chains staff
Navigation issues on the disc golf course: How would you rate your home course?
Navigating a disc golf should not be difficult.
I once drove 400 miles eager to play legitimate par 4s and hole-shaping shots to test my game. After the first few holes at this course, my mood suddenly changed when I began struggling to navigate my way around the course.
If the obvious natural paths cutting through the trees and worn-down grass past the basket take me where I need to go next, then I'm a happy camper and no signage is needed.
Signs attached to the bottom of baskets can be extremely helpful. (photo by Jenny Cook)
For times when I look past the basket to five different and equally worn-down trails, with no indication of which one to take, I'll use common sense of course flow to make my decision.
But I don't always get it right on the first try, which means I'm obligated to try each one until I find the next hole. One or two holes of this out of 18 is not a bad ratio. It's when the number of times I experience this increases throughout my round that I become frustrated — especially if the paths lead you to several different unmarked holes.
Now it's time for technology — if you have a phone signal, that is. I pull up DGCoursereview.com on my phone to compare the hole I thought I should be on to the photos on the website.
Photo focus: Oct. 23
(Photo focus will run every two weeks or so on Rattling Chains. The idea is to focus on disc golf photographs submitted by staff members and readers. To see the guidelines for submitting a photograph for this feature, click here.)
Raw emotion at PDGA Worlds. (Photo by Kevin Morrow)
The story: As a sports photographer, your skill set is very refined. It's nothing like art, feature or scenic photography. I tend to call it dog photography. You wait around for something to happen in front of you.
The key is understanding sports and being able to put yourself in the right spot and be ready when the event happens in front of you. Whether is professional football, NASCAR, baseball or even high school sports, understanding the game is critical to be able to put yourself in that position to succeed.
Disc golf presents unique issues similar to ball golf, but a bit tougher — the fight between wanting to get the best possible imaging without bothering the golfer.
Getting good images of disc golfers putting is a real trick. You make your way to a basket and scan on the discs around the ground then figure out the best position to get as many players putting as possible. Once you pick your spot, you can't move and most group fairly quickly. That means it's over before you can move, anyway. So, if you pick the wrong spot, you've wasted that opportunity.
Poll 31: Do you make the putt?
I know not everybody is into the pro tour. And, as the sport is continually growing, that is understandable with coverage just starting to expand as well.
This past weekend was the Players Cup, a match-play style championship. On the line was more than $20,000 in prizes for the men and $2,000 for a smaller women's field.
That got me thinking about the way these guys play.
No matter the sport, being at the professional level goes beyond skill. It's also mental. You have to constantly be thinking about shot selection, disc selection, your score, what you might have to do etc.
And you have to remain calm!
Let's also remember that disc golfers aren't paid the highest in the world. They often travel together in cars or vans from tournament to tournament, sometimes competing for small purses. The National Tour events, majors and events such as the Players Cup give the players a chance for bigger paydays.
So below, after we check in with last week's poll, I'm going to put you in their shoes. Check out the situation. It's a yes or no question. But I really want to see some comments and see why people chose what they did.
But first, let's take a quick look at last week's poll.
October Madness arrives as the Players Cup begins
Dave Feldberg is the overall top seed for the Players Cup, which is running this weekend in Texas.
As disc golf continues to grow and evolve, different formats of tournaments, leagues and other aspects of the game will likely be tried to see what works.
Traditionally, tournaments are usually played in a normal setting — stroke play and in divisions. Occasionally, you'll get a doubles tournament or some sort of non-traditional format, such as best-throw or alternate shot.
On a higher level, though, it pretty much remains the same across the board — stroke play over a certain number of rounds.
Insert the Players Cup, a three-day match-play format tournament featuring 64 of the top disc golfers in the world.
Vibram is the top sponsor of the Players Cup, which is scheduled to run Friday through Sunday at Twin Parks Country Club in Dripping Springs, Texas, which is about 10 minutes outside of Austin.
"I have always wanted to create a true disc golf spectacle," said Steve Dodge, Vibram Disc Golf's product manager. "Something that is compelling to watch and will get the average disc golfer excited to be a part of. A bracketed match-play tournament, like the NCAA March Madness, was exactly what I was looking for."
Enter October Madness.
Originally founded in 2005 by Mike Barnett of Sun King Discs, the Players Cup served as an end-of-season celebration with players who had won events during the year. When the event took a hiatus in 2008, Dodge took that opportunity to discuss with Barnett the idea of making it into a match-play championship.
This tournament marks the third year of the setup.
"In the first two years, we have created an online bracket that people fill out and win prizes," Dodge said. "The goal of the Players Cup is to celebrate the growth of our sport, create a spectacle and generate interest in watching the best disc golfers in the world."
Finding magic at leagues
By Aaron Minton — For Rattling Chains
"Eight of Spades!" I called out.
"Who has the Eight?" As I searched around for the guy with the eight card, (my 5-foot, 7-inch stature was not helping at all) I hoped that my new partner, and single-serving friend, would be just below my ability level.
This last summer has been one ruled by disc golf.
As a teacher, this is a good thing. Keeping me busy between Breaking Bad episodes on Netflix and reading super nerdy history books, disc golf kept me busy and in shape. This day was different as I finally got the gumption to attend leagues this summer. I spent 100 dollars on a membership back in December at my favorite course and was ready to test my skills with my non-regular disc golf friends.
The cost is $6 for members — the usual greens fee (or, should I say, tree fee?) for non-members. Five goes to the payout and one goes to the ace pot.
Back to the cards.
"Hi, I am Aaron."
Mike was a tall fellow, young and unassuming. I had never seen Mike around before and was continuing in my hope that that he would be right around my level, you know, shooting about 5-over-par on average.
Mike and I were the black eights. We drew the cards at random, and were paired with the red eights. And yes we started at the eighth hole. The logic followed as the 50 or so disc golfers meandered their way to their card-directed tees. It was me and Mike, best disc, against the world.


Home / Infographics / What are the Best Sizes for Infographic Design and Promotion?
What size should you make your infographics? Are there general specifications for the size of infographic design and promotion? Yes and no. While there are some general specifications for various platforms, when it comes to specific platforms, there are some distinct and important differences that you should be aware of.
Standard infographic size works with most websites and blogs. When you are creating an infographic for use on your site or blog, you should create an infographic that is not more than 600 pixels, and a length should not exceed 1800 pixels. Using these specifications will also guarantee that your infographic will work on most infographic submission sites and directories as well.
Consider the platform for Infographic Design and Promotion.
When creating your infographics, it is important to know best infographic dimensions to use for the various platforms that you plan to put them on. Some platforms allow you to post longer or broader ones than others. Study the specifications for each platform to determine height and width of infographic before creating it. It will save you a lot of time in the long run and avoid you having to redo it.
Visual.ly allows you to post infographics of 1240 x 1750 pixels. Pinterest allows you to use a size of 600 x infinite pixels. On Pinterest, you can make it as long as you want to!
Facebook is one of the most important platforms that you should share your infographic, so it's important to know what the specifications are for placement on this platform. Placing your infographic on Facebook can increase your shares exponentially and even make a particular good infographic go viral. Facebook allows you to post an infographic with a minimum size of 403 x 403 pixels and a maximum of up to 2048 x 2048 pixels. So you have quite a bit of flexibility with their platform when placing infographics on their site.
Google Plus allows you to offer an infographic at a size of 497 x 373 pixels up to 2048 x 2048. Go to Google+ and check out their platform if you are unfamiliar with it and you will see why they have these requirements. It's good to share your infographic with Google Plus since it is owned by Google and will automatically increase your ranking.
As per the latest Google algorithm updates, you can't be too careful about remembering to include your mobile customers who come in on mobile devices. Keeping your infographic to standards that will allow your mobile customers to view it at optimal quality is important to keep to the standards that Google requires for mobile-friendliness.
People spend more time on their mobile gadgets these days than their desktop computers and this number is only expected to rise over time. You don't want to exclude this significant audience that may be looking for your site or infographic information. The whole point of creating an infographic is to get important information to your target audience in a way that they can easily read and enjoy. Just take a look at the growth of mobile over the next few years, thanks to the chart from Statista below.
Remember, it's not only important to stay mobile-friendly to appease Google, but you need to keep your mobile customers in mind. They are, after all, soon to be your biggest audience!
Knowing ideal size for infographics for mobile devices, therefore, is of utmost importance when it comes to being in compliance with the required standards. It's also important to test out your infographic on some different mobile devices so that you can see how it looks on each one. It's impossible to test every single device, but it helps to test it on as many as possible to gain perspective on how it is coming off.
In general, you should create infographics that you want to be viewable by tablet owners between 600-640 pixels. It may help to write down this specification somewhere and keep it close to your computer where you design the infographics so that you will know what size to create them in.
Smartphones are different than tablets. For one thing, they are much smaller than the typical tablets and require a smaller readability area to be visible to the user. Smartphones, in general, have a 4 inch or larger display area. So you should work to ensure that your infographic does not exceed 288 pixels in width. You may also want to focus on font sizes and make sure that your fonts are larger than what you do in the tablet version. This is because the readability will be harder to achieve with smaller devices.
If you still have questions about infographics and what size you should create them in, check out our previous blog post to learn more about specifications of various platforms here. We want you to know the specifications that you should follow to create your infographic so that you will have optimal quality, no matter what platform or device your users are coming from.
In addition to the above specifications, it is important to remember the following characteristics when it comes to your infographics.
Choose attractive graphics that will attract a bigger audience.– Graphics make or break an infographic. Make sure you choose well-designed graphics to start with such as images or graphs that use color in an appealing way.
Do research on your data to make sure it is correct and up-do-date.– Remember that the data you use in your infographic should be current, and you should check to make sure that it is accurate. There is nothing that will discredit an infographic faster than having incorrect data.
Include hot topics or trending data.– One thing you should keep in mind when designing your infographic is to include information that is interesting to your target audience. One way to do this is to include hot topics. Check Facebook, or one of your favorite news feeds to determine what information you may want to include if you are creating an infographic that includes news or updates.
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After you research your information and decide to create your infographic, it helps to have a professional design team that will help you design it, considering the specific sizes that are preferred by the various platforms. As a business owner, you don't want to waste time creating an infographic that doesn't fit the specifications of the platforms that you want to place them on.
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From the onset of your period, did you wait at least five days, and afterwards make a proper Hefsek Taharah, conclusion in purity, examination which was completed before sunset?
Did you count your seven clean days afterwards, making two internal examinations on each day?
Did you remove all body hair that is generally removed (ideally not on the day of immersion)?
Have you washed and combed all your hair (including underarms, and private parts) making sure that no hairs are knotted or stuck together?
Have you removed all makeup; i.e. lipstick, nail polish, mascara, eye pencil, foundation, etc.?
Have you removed all items such as glasses, contact lenses, jewelry, false teeth?
Have you cut your fingernails and toenails? Have you cleaned the area around them?
Have you cleaned your ears, nose, and the corners of your eyes, removing anything caught in the eyes?
Have you cleaned all body crevices including between the fingers, between the toes, the naval, earring holes, etc.?
Have you bathed your entire body, making sure you are entirely clean? (You must bathe for at least a 1/2 hour if you began preparing before nightfall or for 1 hour if you did not do any preparations prior to nightfall).
Have you removed all old scabs? If you have scabs that cannot be removed without bleeding, have you soaked them in warm water for five or ten minutes?
Have you removed all splinters which protrude or are on the same level as the skin?
Have you rinsed your mouth and brushed your teeth?
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Please check your entire body prior to immersion.


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The easiest way to get hotel elite status
Good morning everyone! I'm currently sitting in a castle atop a hill in Budapest wondering how it's even possible that a city this beautiful exists. It's incredible. But there's no time to waste because I have some serious travel-hacking updates to share with you today.
Here's what I got for ya:
🏨 IHG status challenge
🚂 Trains from the U.S. to Canada resume
👀 In partnership with...
🧮 The math problem that almost took down a plane
A few weeks ago (or maybe last week? I don't know, time is weird right now) I told you about status matching. To refresh your memory, status matching is when you use your existing elite status with a hotel or airline to leverage similar status with a different hotel or airline that wants to poach you as a customer.
Today I'm going to tell you about something a little different: Status challenges.
Unlike the former, a status challenge doesn't require you to have any status. Rather, it is a way for you to fast-track your way to status without the normal requirements.
Specifically, IHG is offering members the chance to earn either Gold or Platinum elite status with relative ease.
You must register for this offer and complete stays by December 31st, 2022
Stay two nights to earn Gold Elite Status through 2023
Stay five nights to earn Platinum Elite Status through 2023
Only paid nights count toward the promotion
What's my take on this offer?
I think this offer is definitely worth considering. These types of promotions are really the bread and butter of travel hacking, in my opinion.
First of all, anyone on earth can take part in this offer. Whether you live in the U.S. or Ghana or Peru, you can enroll as an IHG member for free, register for the offer, stay a few nights at any of their hotels around the world, and find yourself with some meaningful elite status.
Of course, Platinum is not the highest level of status they offer, so you won't be able to get all of the best perks of the IHG program. However, Platinum does come with some potentially useful benefits, including the following:
Automatic room upgrades (including suites)
Free late checkout
60% bonus points on paid stays
I personally took part in the last status challenge that IHG offered and was able to earn Platinum status. On my very first stay as a Platinum Elite member, I was upgraded to this incredible suite at an Intercontinental hotel:
IHG did a complete overhaul of its rewards program earlier this year, and the changes have so far been pretty positive.
The benefits for each tier have been upgraded to be more meaningful, they offer "Choice Benefits" for staying certain numbers of nights (like lounge access, confirmed upgrade certificates, free night awards, and more), and their system is pretty good at automatically upgrading you if there is availability, which is really refreshing.
As you can see below, there are only a handful of benefits that you don't get as a Platinum member.
Given the fact that this offer goes all the way until the end of the year, I think anyone with upcoming hotel stays should consider prioritizing this offer to guarantee themselves a full year of solid elite status.
To sweeten the deal, you could stack this offer with the promo I shared with you recently that awards 10k bonus points for every four nights spent at IHG hotels. That means by booking 5 nights over the next 2.5 months, you'd earn both Platinum elite status AND 10,000 bonus points. Just make sure you register for BOTH offers prior to staying at any hotels.
🚂 Trains from the U.S. to Canada finally resume
I know that you're all receiving this email on Tuesday, but as I write this, it's still Canadian Thanksgiving. To celebrate, I have some good news for train and Canada enthusiasts alike.
Amtrak has recently resumed its services between the U.S. and Canada. Specifically, routes from Seattle to Vancouver as well as New York to Toronto are both bookable for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
This is a great way to visit the great Canadian North while enjoying some of the most scenic views in North America (at least on the Vancouver route...).
With tickets between Seattle and Vancouver as low as $34, this is actually a great value for that distance of travel.
Of course, finding cheap flights between the two cities is usually pretty affordable, but this way saves you the hassle of dealing with airports and gives you beautiful views of the Pacific Northwest while only taking around 4 hours.
Vancouver is my second favorite city of all time (can you guess which is number one?), and I cannot recommend it enough. Even in the peak of Winter, I still thoroughly enjoy spending time in the West-coast city.
This deal also applies to you Canadians looking to spend a nice weekend in Seattle as well.
Overall, it's great to see rail service between the two countries beginning to ramp up - just another sign of times slowly and steadily creeping back to the pre-pandemic days.
🤝 This newsletter is brought to you by... nobody
Okay, it's actually brought to you by Kara and Nate. But we want to keep this newsletter coming to you for free every day, and to do that, we'd love to get some relevant sponsors.
Don't worry, we won't turn into an ad machine and spam you with this stuff. The fact is that we need to keep the lights on somehow, and ideally, we can use opportunities like this to bring you even MORE value than we *hopefully* already do. 😊
That's why I want to throw this out into the ether:
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Okay, now back to the good stuff.
🧮 Math problem almost takes down a plane
Today I have a fun story to share with you. It probably wasn't so fun for the people involved, but it is a miraculous and poignant example of just how important the little things are in aviation, as well as a testament to the talent of the pilots flying in the skies.
On July 23rd, 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767 took off from Montreal bound for Edmonton, Alberta.
While traveling over the Canadian prairies, something very bad happened. First, the left fuel pump failed, prompting the pilots to divert to Winnipeg.
Unfortunately, this was followed by both engines failing and the plane immediately losing power, including the flight instruments, thus giving the pilots no indication fo their altitude, vertical airspeed, or many other important pieces of information.
So what do pilots do when the plane has no power, no fuel, and effectively turns into a massive glider?
Thankfully both of these pilots had something special to bring to the table. The captain had over 15,000 hours of flight time in the Boeing 767 and was an experienced glider pilot. The first officer, also highly experienced, happened to know about a place they could land: Gimli Air Force Base in Manitoba.
What the pilots didn't know was that this former airport had been converted into a race track. And there was a race going on that same day.
Without getting too technical on the plane's physics, the pilots maneuvered the plane such that it would glide down and line up with the runway/racetrack. However, after attempting to lower the landing gear (the wheels of the plane), the front wheel didn't fully lock into place (they were relying on gravity due to the loss of power).
Still, these insanely talented pilots touched down on this now race track, gently let the nose of the plane lower onto the bare ground, and ground to a halt without injuring any passengers or bystanders, despite there being a crowd there for the race that day.
So what caused the engine failures in the first place?
Well, it all came down to math. Basically, most planes in the Air Canada fleet at the time measured fuel in liters rather than pounds. This relatively new plane, however, required different units of measurement. Both the ground staff and the captain overlooked this issue, resulting in the plane taking off with around 5,000 pounds of fuel rather than the 20,000 it was supposed to have... yikes.
Still, the fact that these pilots pulled this off is incredible. They managed the landing so well that after some minor repairs, the plane returned to service and flew with Air Canada for another 26 years with the nickname "The Gimli Glider."
So next time you get nervous about flying, just remember - pilots are pretty darn smart, and even worst-case scenarios are manageable for them.
That's all I got for you today! I think this IHG status challenge is a great opportunity that I hope many of you can take advantage of.
Have you ever had hotel or airline elite status? Are you a nervous flyer or are you indifferent to the fact that you're in a metal tube rocketing through the sky at 40,000 feet? Let me know by replying to this email or reaching out on social media.