Main Title Environmental technology verification report : field portable x-ray fluorescence analyzer : Metorex X-MET 920-MP.
CORP Author PRC Environmental Management, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.;National Risk Management Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Subjects Soils--Analysis. ; X-ray spectroscopy.
Collation xv, 72 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
In April 1995, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a demonstration of field portable X-ray fluorescence (FPXRF) analyzers. The primary objectives of this demonstration were (1) to determine how well FPXRF analyzers perform in comparison to standard reference methods, (2) to identify the effects of sample matrix variations on the performance of FPXRF, (3) to determine the logistical and economic resources needed to operate these analyzers, and (4) to test and validate an SW-846 draft method for FPXRF analysis. The demonstration design was subjected to extensive review and comment by the EPAs National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA Regional and Headquarters Superfund technical staff, the EPAs Office of Solid WasteMethods Section, and the technology developers. Two sites were used for this demonstration: the RV Hopkins site and the ASARCO Tacoma Smelter site (ASARCO). RV Hopkins is an active steel drum recycling facility and a former battery recycling operation. It is located in Davenport, Iowa. The ASARCO site is a former copper and lead smelter and is located in Tacoma, Washington. The test samples analyzed during this demonstration were evenly distributed between three distinct soil textures: sand, loam, and clay. The reference methods used to evaluate the comparability of data were EPA SW-846 Methods 3050A and 6010A, Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, and Soils and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, respectively.
"EPA 600-R-97-151." "March 1998." "Contract No. 68-CO-0047 to PRC Environmental Management, Inc." --verso of t.p. "This work supports the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program administered by the National Risk Management Research Laboratory." --verso of t.p. "Environmental Technology Verification Program" --cover. Bibliographic references: p. 72.


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The origin of Holy Trinity parish can be traced back to 1906, when a group of residents in Moon Run formally petitioned the bishop for a new parish. In 1908, a mission of St. Columbkille Parish, Imperial was established in Moon Run. Work began on a church and the first Mass in the parish was celebrated in the basement of the church on August 19, 1908.
Work continued on the superstructure of the church and the completed building was solemnly dedicated on May 30, 1909. In the years that followed, seven pastors from St. Columbkille guided the parish's mission, growth and development.
Over the years, the population of Robinson Township grew slowly. By 1944, the diocese decided that the population had grown enough to support an independent parish. The parish was established with 168 families and a resident pastor, Rev. Giles J. Krysmalski, was assigned. In 1946, the first permanent rectory was built adjoining the church.
After World War II, construction of the Parkway West and the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport led to a rapid rise of population. By 1951, the parish began to outgrow its church. The parish purchased eleven acres of land and a ten room house for a larger parish plant in April of 1951. The property was renamed "Trinity Acres", the present site of the parish complex.
Construction of a school building that would include a temporary church began in 1952. The completed church/school building was dedicated on June 20, 1954. The old church was converted to a parish hall but was then sold in 1959.
Holy Trinity School opened for the first time in September, 1954. The first five grades were staffed by the Sisters of St. Francis, of the Providence of God. The Sisters used the old rectory as their convent until the building of a new, permanent convent was completed in August of 1956.
1957 marked the 25th anniversary of the priesthood of the pastor, Fr. Kris and also the erection of the second school with 8 classrooms and an auditorium.
On August 9, 1964, ground was broken for the permanent church. Construction was completed in 1966 and on August 27, 1966, the first Mass was celebrated in the new church by Fr. Krysmalski. However, the building was not formally dedicated until May 14, 1967.
Over the years Holy Trinity school has grown and prospered. Several generations of students have received a quality religious and academic education here.
A new gymnasium complete with pull-out bleachers, Boys and Girls locker rooms, gleaming hardwood floors, and a fine arts stage was added in the 1990's.
A fully-equipped Science Lab and Computer Lab were also added in recent years. The classrooms have been equipped with Smart Boards and laptops for the teachers in the classrooms along with many other technology devices and advanced learning aids.
Holy Trinity School and Parish continue to grow and thrive. As our school celebrates its 60th year anniversary in 2014, it is poised for even greater success in the years ahead!

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ABC with Kenny G is a Canadian animated television series developed and produced at Big Bad Boo Studios in Vancouver. The musical ABC series is a spin-off from 16 Hudson. The series is about Kensington, Lili's cat from 16 Hudson, who dresses up as a singer and goes down to the Milk & Cookies Jazz club at night, when the humans are sleeping, to teach his animal friends the ABCs. Marcus Mosley is the main performer in the role of Kensington. He is a gospel singer based in Vancouver.

ABC with Kenny G is created and directed by Shabnam Rezaei and airs on TVOKids, Ici Radio-Canada Télé, Knowledge Kids and TFO.

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External links
ABC with Kenny G Official TVOKids website
ABC with Kenny G Official Knowledge Kids website

2010s Canadian animated television series
2010s preschool education television series
2018 Canadian television series debuts
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Canadian animated television spin-offs
Canadian children's animated musical television series
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Waiting for the Train [Biscayne Times]
Published in the January, 2009 issue of the Biscayne Times newspaper:
Photo by Silvia Ros.
You're trapped in your metal box, shipwrecked with a throng of cheerless humanity on a soulless stretch of I-95 or Biscayne Boulevard, somewhere between Aventura and downtown Miami, and the traffic is creeping along at glacial speed. On some days, you can almost feel the hours of your life leaching out and you wonder how it is that America's playground became America's parking lot.
A set of railway tracks appears, sometimes snaking alongside the Boulevard, sometimes striking off into the urban jungle. Only rarely do you see a train on them. And again you begin to wonder: What if a passenger train rode those rails? What if you could save yourself time, money, gas, and frustration, gliding to your Brickell office on rails instead of drowning in this slow-moving river of steel?
If the Florida Department of Transportation has its way, and gets enough money, that vision could become a reality. The state, like much of the nation, wants to turn back the clock and revive the greatly neglected passenger-rail industry.
There was a time, you see, when American life revolved around trains. For more than a century, from before the Civil War until after WW II, nearly every long journey on land began and ended at a railway platform. From the romantic steam engines of the Gilded Age to the stainless-steel streamliners of the mid-Twentieth Century, trains were fixtures in everyday life that captured imaginations and came to represent freedom, opportunity, and progress. Wherever the railroad went, new settlements, new industry, and a new way of life followed.
South Florida, perhaps more than any other region in the U.S., owes its very existence to the railroad. The Florida East Coast Railway (FEC), which runs along the coast from Jacksonville to Miami — and until 1935, to Key West — transformed the once inaccessible southern peninsula into a booming tri-county megalopolis. And the man who laid the tracks in the late 1800s, oil and hotel magnate Henry Flagler, earned himself the illustrious title "Father of Miami" for bringing the city to life and shaping an entire region with his twin ribbons of steel.
Aerial view (1962) of the old downtown Miami passenger station.
But despite 112 years of active service, which continues to this day, a passenger train has not ridden the FEC rails since 1968. What was once known as "America's Speedway to Sunshine" now carries nothing but freight. And although talk of placing commuter trains on the rails has come and gone over the years, no new transit service has materialized in more than three decades, since a violent strike of the United Transportation Workers prompted FEC officials to discontinue passenger service, which had already become difficult and unprofitable to operate under intense government regulations and growing competition from airlines and automobiles.
Today an FDOT study known as the South Florida East Coast Corridor Transit Analysis, which began in 2005 and will be completed late this year or early 2010, looks to finally answer the question of how best to utilize the FEC rail corridor for commuter transit. The goal is to reduce congestion along I-95 and U.S. 1 (Biscayne Boulevard) by utilizing the southernmost 85 miles of the FEC corridor, from Flagler Street in downtown Miami to Indiantown Road in Palm Beach County.
In Miami-Dade County, the tracks mostly parallel Biscayne Boulevard on their way to downtown, where a bustling, six-track passenger station once stood just north of the county courthouse, linking Miami to New York's Grand Central Station. The Miami station was demolished years ago, and the remaining tracks turn eastward at NE 7th Street, skirting the Freedom Tower and crossing by bridge over Biscayne Bay to the Port of Miami. A padlocked gate blocks access to the railway bridge, which opens just once a week to allow an FEC freight train to pass. That single, weekly train currently handles some eight percent of the port's cargo.
Without FEC's freight service, cargo trucks would clog Miami's roadways 24/7.
Farther north, a spur heads west along NE 73rd Street to the FEC's 432-acre Hialeah Yard northwest of Miami International Airport — one of the nation's busiest shipping yards. Another spur continues on through Medley, where rock trains pick up crushed limestone and other aggregates from the eastern edges of the Everglades. Other than the weekly run to the port, trains rarely stray south of 73rd Street anymore, and the tracks below that point morph into a lonely stretch of tall grass, rubbish-strewn lots, graffiti-covered warehouses, and the occasional homeless man curled up on an old mattress.
In all, the FEC's north-south line passes through the downtowns of 28 cities and towns in the tri-county region, traversing one of the nation's most densely populated and congested corridors. Hence the logic of studying rail-transit possibilities. "We got through phase one of the study," says Scott Seeburger, project manager at FDOT's District 4 office, "and now we're going to go full force with phase two." Phase one evaluated the environmental, social, and economic impacts of various transit technologies (rapid-rail, light-rail, streetcars). Phase two will analyze details like operations and passenger-station sites, resulting in a specific plan, which will be submitted to the Federal Transit Administration. If that agency gives the nod of approval to the project, the state will become eligible for federal funding. Engineering and construction could begin soon thereafter.
Of course, whether any of that actually means anything for the future of local rail transit is unclear. Protracted studies of commuter-rail proposals have come and gone over the decades. A high-speed bullet train linking Miami, Orlando, and Tampa was shot down just five months before construction was to begin in 2003. Baylink, the proposed trolley project between Miami and Miami Beach along the MacArthur Causeway, has been postponed until 2022. And construction of 88.9 miles of new Metrorail track, promised back in 2002, has stalled indefinitely in the face of low ridership, deficits, inadequate funding, and pilfered tax revenues.
Tri-Rail, the three-county commuter train that has been breaking national ridership records since 2006, is perhaps Miami's only rail success story. Yet the system still doesn't have a permanent funding source, so its fate continually hangs in the balance from one year to the next. And critics often call it "the train from nowhere to nowhere" because it lies too far west of major downtown and commercial centers to be accessible without a car, shuttle bus, or other form of mass transit.
Already there's talk within FDOT of scrapping the FEC commuter-train idea entirely. "Because of how much rail systems cost," says FDOT's Seeburger, "there are arguments for obtaining the FEC right-of-way, paving [the strip of land beside the tracks], and running buses on it. Not that that would be cheap, but it would be less expensive than putting in the additional tracks that are needed and all the communication systems required."
The FEC tracks cross Biscayne Boulevard at the Freedom Tower.
City buses running alongside the FEC tracks may not have the romantic appeal of commuter trains gliding along the rails, but opponents of rail-transit make a solid case. Wendell Cox, a former Los Angeles County transportation commissioner and vocal rail opponent, regularly churns out anti-rail literature and travels the world consulting on transportation issues. His message: Other than New York City and Chicago, no rail system in the U.S. has demonstrated the ability to reduce traffic congestion.
"Putting a commuter train on the FEC line," Cox says, "would not eliminate the necessity of expanding I-95, the turnpike, and other urban roads. The test of rail's success is not the number of people on the train, but the number of cars removed from the road. Something like 98 percent of transit in the Miami area is by car. You're not going to change that. The problem is the last quarter mile. International studies show that anyone who has the money to own a car is not going to walk more than a quarter mile to and from a transit station."
Rail advocate Bob Powers.
The idea that rail transit is an impotent white elephant may be difficult to accept, especially for some Biscayne Corridor residents who dream of commuting by train to jobs in downtown Miami. Bob Powers, president of the Palm Grove Neighborhood Association in Miami's Upper Eastside, couldn't find enough epithets to describe how he feels about rail detractors and the FEC project: "I went to so many FDOT project meetings it would make your head spin. When someone tells me they need to do a five-year study, I say, What do you need to study? The FEC made their money bringing tourists to Miami! How much money did they just spend making express toll lanes on I-95? Why didn't they put that money into the FEC? In 1961 JFK said he wanted to put a man on the moon. It took us eight years to do it and he was dead for six of them! So please don't tell me we can't make this work."
Making FEC commuter trains work would seem to be a fool-proof undertaking. Roughly 60 stations proposed by FDOT (see map), placed along the corridor's commercial and residential areas, should theoretically make pedestrian access practical, leading not only to a successful rail system but also to a reduction in north-south automobile traffic. But whether there's enough population density within walking distance of those proposed stations is questionable.
When the BT recently hiked the tracks from the Miami port bridge to Miami Shores, it appeared that many of the sites were almost entirely devoid of pedestrians. Notably, though, several new high-rise condos were situated along the line, indicating that developers may have been aware of FDOT's commuter-rail plans. Most of the buildings were empty, however, a consequence of Miami's spectacular real-estate bust. And until the housing market rebounds and density significantly increases, any commuter-train operation on the FEC line will almost certainly be a park-and-ride system.
That scenario has some locals worried. At a 2006 FDOT public hearing, residents who live along the FEC line expressed concern that people arriving from surrounding areas to use the system would cause unwanted commotion, traffic congestion, and overdevelopment of station areas. Also on their list of potential drawbacks: noise and fumes from trains, continual horn blasts, disrupted traffic patterns at track crossings, and expropriation of land for stations, parking lots, and other facilities. FDOT has since addressed two of those concerns, recommending the implementation of "quiet zones" and clean-fuel technology, but the other issues have yet to be discussed in detail.
Naysayers and concerned property owners aside, Miami-Dade's congested roadways are crying out for a viable transportation solution. Unstable gas prices, global warming, and a desire for "smart growth" have further increased interest in urban rail.
FEC historian and Shores resident Seth Bramson.
Seth Bramson, a Miami Shores resident and the FEC's company historian, says, "The steel wheel and the steel rail are the most efficient and economical way of moving people and goods that exist. A single train can carry the load of 280 [tractor-trailer] trucks. One gallon of fuel will move one ton of freight 423 miles." He goes on to stress the critical role the FEC currently plays in Florida: "The most important part of what the FEC does is to serve as a conveyor belt on rails. If the FEC was not there to move the thousands of carloads of freight each day, I-95 and U.S. 1 would operate at rush hour conditions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's how important the FEC is. So any commuter operation in the corridor would have to be complimentary to the freight operation."
In fact, concern about the FEC's freight operation was the very thing that led to the FDOT study. As Scott Seeburger explains, "Miami-Dade had been looking at the corridor for a long time. Tri-Rail was looking at it north of West Palm Beach. And there had been one or two studies earlier in Broward. The FEC felt that the whole thing was being done kind of hodge-podge. They were concerned that different governmental entities would be coming at them with proposals and they didn't want to jeopardize their well-run and profitable freight services, so they requested a study. They're involved in the process and their needs are taken into consideration."
There's little doubt, however, that commuter trains on the FEC tracks will mean millions of dollars in new revenue for the company as local governments would need to lease or buy the right to use the corridor. In addition, some of the company's 2500 acres of real estate would increase in value as trackside parcels would be required for stations and double-tracking. FEC property values would also rise as business interests sought to establish themselves along the new commuter route, a fact that likely did not escape the multinational Fortress Investment Group.
In May 2007, the New York-based firm shelled out $3.5 billion to acquire Florida East Coast Industries and its real-estate arm, Flagler Development. Earlier the same year, Fortress purchased RailAmerica, an operator of 41 short-line railroads across North America. According to Seth Bramson, the FEC is slated to become the flagship railroad of RailAmerica and will soon begin operating under the name "FEC RailAmerica," with headquarters in Jacksonville.
Fortress Investment Group may or may not have purchased the FEC specifically because they foresaw a boom in passenger service along the corridor, but FDOT's Scott Seeburger says that shortly after his study began, he started receiving calls from people he assumed were brokers looking for investments. Fortress, it appears, suspected that passenger trains could be in the railway's future.
Amtrak is also interested in the FEC line, according to the Florida Times-Union. The federally supported national passenger carrier would like to move its twice-daily Miami-to-Jacksonville service from the Tri-Rail tracks to the FEC, where travel time would be shorter and trains could make stops in key coastal cities along the way. In 2001 Amtrak signed an operating agreement with the FEC for a similar route, but the plan collapsed amid concerns about Amtrak's finances. A $15 billion funding bill, approved by Congress this past June, could put Amtrak in a position to pursue the plan once again.
This is what we might get along the Biscayne Corridor.
Seeburger believes that eventually there will be some kind of commuter service along the FEC corridor. "How long it takes," he says, "is the real question, because of the amount of money that's involved. Where are the funds going to come from? And there will have to be a local contribution." Financing will likely need to come from all available sources: federal, state, and the three counties involved. Whether residents would approve of a tax increase to support a commuter train remains to be seen.
Given Florida's current $2.3 billion budget deficit, and Miami-Dade County's history of failed public-transit projects, an FEC commuter train may remain an elusive dream. But President-elect Barack Obama's massive infrastructure-funding plan might help. Already Miami Mayor Manny Diaz has asked Obama for $3.4 billion for public-works projects within the city, some of which would go to rail development.
The golden age of railroading may be long gone, but the possibility of easy, affordable rail travel continues to hold enormous appeal for many thousands of urbanites, especially those marooned daily on Miami's clogged asphalt arteries, slumped behind steering wheels in resignation. And until a viable transportation alternative surfaces, that's where they'll remain — in their metal boxes, staring at the railway tracks, waiting for the train.
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* March, 2009 follow-up story here: Still Waiting for the Train
* October, 2011 follow-up story here: First Cargo, Then Commuters (Maybe)
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SHANGHAI -- Volkswagen AG showcased three electric cars and a hybrid at a week-long workshop in Shanghai – offering a glimpse of its strategy to introduce EVs to the world's largest car market.
The automaker displayed a Volkswagen Lavida compact EV sedan, plus an electric Golf and Up minicar. The Lavida is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack that can propel the vehicle up to 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) on a charge.
VW will launch production of the Lavida EV this summer, while the Golf EV will go into production in 2013, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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Texas Rangers Cards: 2014 in review - Starting Rotation.
If I reviewed all 40 pitchers who took the hill for the Rangers in 2014, this series would easily reach into the 2015 season. Three of the 40 were position players J.P. Arencibia, Mitch Moreland, and Chris Gimenez. I'm going to skip their short outings.
Needless to say, the pitching staff was a mess and the turnover was unreal. Injuries were the main culprit but the team did move a few arms in other ways. Jason Frasor, Joakim Soria, and Justin Germano were traded. Hector Noesi and Jerome Williams moved on to other teams via waivers. Daniel McCutchen, Joe Saunders, and Phil Irwin were outright released.
I'm not going to review those guys no longer with the club. By my count that takes us down to 29 pitchers who appeared in 2014 and are still with the team in some form or other. I'm going to break the pitching staff up between starters and relievers but be warned, there was a lot of crossover.
The Rangers had ten pitchers who started games in the majority of their appearances in 2014. I'm going to cover those ten under the category of starters. A few other guys made spot starts but spent most of their time coming out of the bullpen. They'll be covered under relievers.
Yu Darvish was the ace of the rotation for 2014 even before the 2013 season ended. He came into the 2014 season in the same role in spite of missing his Opening Day start due to neck stiffness. Darvish made 22 starts for the club and posted a 10-7 record, the only winning pitcher to make a significant number of starts. It wasn't the most starts on the team though and was a drop from the previous two seasons. That drop was attributable to two trips to the DL during the course of the season including one that ended the year. Yu's innings pitched dropped as well to 144.1. His ERA tallied to 3.06 and his WHIP to 1.261. He was selected to the All-Star game but didn't play due to injury.
Derek Holland was supposed to be the number two punch behind Darvish in 2014. He fell on some stairs while playing with his dog during the off-season. The resulting knee injury required surgery and Dutch spent the majority of the year on the Disabled List and in rehab assignments. He did return late in the season and made five starts and one relief appearance (on the last day of the season). His 1.46 ERA and 1.054 WHIP over the 37 innings he pitched were a glimpse of what was lost by his injury.
Matt Harrison was slated to be number two in the rotation once Holland injured his knee. Matt lost most of the 2013 season due to back surgery and hopes were high that he would return to his pre-surgery form. He made just four starts and tossed only 17.1 innings before experiencing more back pain. That's probably what caused his 4.15 ERA and 1.846 WHIP. Harry underwent a second back surgery (spinal fusion) and missed most of the season for the second year in a row.
Martin Perez was looking for a breakout season in 2014. Instead he made eight starts and pitched 51.1 innings while compiling a 4.38 ERA and an 1.344 WHIP. His season ended with Tommy John surgery. He is expected to start throwing again in November.
Colby Lewis, shown above on card 163 of the 2002 Absolute Memorabila set (576/1000), was a question mark headed into Spring Training. He was recovering from hip replacement and flexor tendon surgery. His chances of a full return were not good. Partially due to Holland's injury, Lewis made the team. To much amazement, Colby pitched the whole season without any time lost to the DL. He made a team high 29 starts and his 170.1 innings pitched were also a team high. Lewis' 5.18 ERA and 1.521 were high and accounted for his 10-14 record. At least he was there and pitching though. That's much more than a lot of other guys covered in this review.
Nick Martinez was supposed to get a look in Spring Training and maybe a few spot starts to ease him into things. Instead he made 24 starts in 29 appearances and pitched a total of 140.1 innings. Early struggles led to his 4.55 ERA and 1.461 WHIP but he showed much improvement in the latter part of the season.
Nick Tepesch got some starts in 2013 with mixed success. He was viewed as a possible fifth starter or maybe a swing man. The decimated pitching staff dictated otherwise and Tepesch made 22 starts in 23 appearances with 126 innings pitched. He was a bit up and down as shown by his 4.36 ERA and 1.365 WHIP. Like Martinez, Nick showed improvement late in the season and ended the year on an upswing.
Miles Mikolas was a mid-season arrival and made ten starts for the Rangers. He threw 57.1 innings in the process. While Miles had a few bright moments, he struggled overall while getting tagged with a 6.44 ERA and an 1.430 WHIP.
Lisalverto Bonilla came up in September and made two appearances out of the bullpen before making three starts to finish out the season. He created excitement in the 20.2 innings he pitched by winning his first three starts – the first time in Rangers history that's happened. On his way to that record Bonilla put together a respectable 3.05 ERA and an 1.210 WHIP.
Tanner Scheppers was supposed to make the move from the bullpen to the rotation in 2014. Things looked good in Spring Training. Tanner even made the Opening Day start when Yu Darvish wasn't ready due to a sore neck. The transition didn't work out well and Scheppers ended the season on the 60-day DL after making four starts in eight appearances. He got hammered to the tune of a 9.00 ERA and an 1.783 WHIP and lasted just 23 innings before his season ended.
As you can see, the starting rotation was a real mess in 2014. Nothing seemed to work out the way it was supposed to. Barring a major problem, Yu Darvish and Derek Holland will be back at the top of the rotation in 2015. If Darvish can stay on track and Dutch continues his late-season record, they will be a formidable 1-2 punch. Things could get a little sketchy after that. Martin Perez is not expected back until at least June of 2015 and Matt Harrison may never pitch again. Colby Lewis is wanting to return to the Rangers and approached General Manager Jon Daniels about a contract before the 2014 season even ended. That's a good sign but Colby is probably a steady number four at this point in his career. If Texas can re-sign him reasonably they should do so. It's likely that Nick Martinez, Nick Tepesch, and Lisalverto Bonilla will duke it out for the remaining spots in the rotation. Miles Mikolas might make a case but he's got some catching up to do to get back in the mix. Scheppers is probably headed back to the bullpen or the minors in 2015. There's always the possibility that somebody might make the move from the bullpen to starting rotation or another young gun might come out of the minors. Based on the word from the front office, a big name free agent signing is unlikely so the Texas will likely be riding with what they got. How the rotation works out for 2015 will be key to the Rangers chances for a bounce-back season.


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#include <iostream>

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{
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{
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}

bool CmdLineParser::HasHelpOption() const
{
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Q: I can't display image from file (paintComponent) I have problem with displaying image from file:
public class Drawing extends JPanel
{
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
    {
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It should be simple. I have file test in folder with class Drawing.
I do not know what I'm doing wrong.
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I'm using book Head First Java.

A: Best way to manage Images, is to create a folder in your project:"src/resources", and copy your images there, after you can use this code to load the image:
InputStream stream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("myImage.png");
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This should work in your IDE and also when the application is distributed in a jar file ;)

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'Petty' Mahama Cut Sod For Kumasi Airport 2 Days To Polls To 'Deceive' Voters – Cecilia Dapaah
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If anyone deserves to be called "petty", it is former President John Mahama, who cut sod for the Kumasi Airport project two days to elections to lure voters to retain him in office, Minister of Aviation Cecilia Dapaah has said.
Responding to claims by Mr Mahama that the Akufo-Addo government is stealing his projects, Ms Dapaah said on Monday, 11 June that: "I must say I do not see the beef of the former President".
Mr Mahama had said on Saturday, 9 June that President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government were "plagiarising" his projects without due recognition.
The ex-president's comment followed the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to cut sod for the commencement of work on the second phase of the Kumasi Airport project on Wednesday, 6 June 2018.
In attendance at the sod-cutting ceremony were Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, ministers of state, some Members of Parliament, as well as the Head of Trade at the British High Commission, Mr Peter Courtney.
The project, expected to be completed in 24 months, will involve the extension of the runway from the current 1,981 metres to 2,300 metres, an addition of 319 metres, and the construction of a new terminal building with the capacity to hold one million passengers per year.
However, the president's sod-cutting event did not go down well with Mr Mahama, who, while addressing a gathering of NDC supporters at the party's Unity Walk held in the Volta Region, said he has cut the sod for the second phase already and wondered why the current government will take such an action.
"Our opponents who accused us of photo-shopped projects, today, they are going round commissioning those projects.
"But you know the most shocking, they are also cutting sod again for projects that we have cut sod for already. Kumasi Airport phase 2; we got the loan $65 million, we sent it to parliament, parliament approved it. On 5 December 2016, I was asked to go cut sod for the project, when I went to the site, the contractor had started working, he had taken control of the site, he had fenced off the site, he has cleared the place and started working. And I broke the ground for the commencement of work.
"On 7 January, they asked him to stop work and they kept him waiting for 18 months and they come back and cut the same sod, same contractor, same money, same site and you ask the contractor to build and finish within two years. That project would have been finished by next year, what a waste of national resources", Mahama bemoaned.
He continued: "Let me give you examples, and that is the pettiness of the NPP. They cannot even give credit where it is due. What does it take away from you when you give credit? President Rawlings carried out the feasibility study for the Bui Dam project, President Kufuor came and found the money and started the project when president Mills came the money wasn't enough, so, he went to China and got additional money, the project was finally finished under president Mahama.
"When I went to commission the Bui Dam project, I invited President Kufuor to come and sit down. I told the whole country that this man started this project, what do you lose? When President Mills was commissioning the N1 project, he invited President Kufuor to come and sit down and he said it is this man who started it …What do you lose? It shows the pettiness, low standards, immaturity of the NPP as a government. There are many other projects that I know they will come to the commission. This plagiarism; I thought that only speeches were plagiarised but now I know that projects can also be plagiarised".
In direct response to Mr Mahama, Ms Dapaah told Umaru Sanda Amadu on Accra-based Citi FM's Eyewitness News on Monday, 11 June that: "I know, and it is a fact that we were the ones who came in to sign the financial agreement on the 29th of December, 2017, and the loan became operational in April 2018, hence the cutting of the sod in June".
"I do not see his beef", she stressed, adding: "If he cut the sod two days to election that is his side. He is rather being petty. I am sorry! This is not about pettiness on our part. It is rather on his part. I do not see why he should go and cut the sod two days to election to deceive the people of Ashanti Region."
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At least 13 senior Trump administration officials have illegally mixed management with campaigning ahead of the 2020 elections, deliberately ignoring a law banning the combination of the two and getting permission to violate it, a federal investigation released Tuesday showed.
A report from the office of Special Adviser Henry Kerner described "willful disregard for the law," known as the Hatch Act, that was "particularly pernicious," given that many officials abused their government duties in the days leading up to the November elections. The report said President Donald Trump, whose job was to discipline his political appointees, allowed them to illegally promote his re-election to the office, despite warnings from some ethics officials.
"This failure to impose discipline created the conditions for what looked like a taxpayer-funded electoral apparatus in the upper echelons of the executive branch," investigators wrote in a caustic 60-page report.
"The president's refusal to demand compliance with the law laid the foundation for violations," the statement said. "In each of these cases, senior administration officials have used their official authority or influence to campaign for President Trump. Based on the Trump administration's reaction to the violations, the OSC concludes that the most logical conclusion is that the administration approved these taxpayer-funded campaigns. "
The Special Adviser found that two cabinet officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting National Security Chief Chad Wolff, had broken the law when Pompeo delivered a speech from Israel and Wolff conducted a taped naturalization ceremony for newly minted citizens on White House grounds, both in time of the Republican National Congress.
The investigation was prompted by an unprecedented flood of complaints to an independent agency that enforces the Hatch Act following Trump's decision to hold a White House congress during the coronavirus pandemic. The investigation began when Trump was still president.
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The Office of the Special Adviser, led by a Trump-appointed Republican, lays out a series of violations that the authors emphasize were not innocent mistakes or reservations.
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The political appointees who broke the law by openly promoting Trump's re-election or by belittling rival Joe Biden in media interviews were Energy Secretary Dan Bruyette; Senior Adviser Kellianne Conway; Alissa Farah, White House Director of Strategic Communications; US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman; senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law; spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany; White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; senior advisor Stephen Miller; Brian Morgenstern, Deputy White House Press Secretary; Mark Short, chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence; and National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien.
The report said the Trump White House was well aware of the limitations of the Hatch Act, receiving an unprecedented 15 letters from Kerner's office during his presidency outlining violations and two reports of a repeat offender, Conway.
According to the report, Pompeo and Wolff ignored repeated warnings from ethics officials and lawyers that they would break the law by appearing at the convention. The ethics official even warned Wolf 45 minutes before the recording of the naturalization ceremony that he should not move on.
The report says the naturalization ceremony "was organized to create content for the convention," and that both events were triggered directly by requests from the Trump campaign, or perhaps the president himself.
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Pompeo overturned long-standing State Department policies by allowing himself to speak at convention. The policy prohibited the secretary and all other political appointees in the agency from participating in party politics. The report says he approved the change only for himself a few days before delivering a taped speech from Jerusalem at the convention.
Investigators also said that Pompeo violated a State Department rule by speaking about politics while abroad.
Internal emails show that the White House planned to publish a naturalization ceremony hosted by the "high-level director" in September 2020, but moved the event to a convention at the last minute.
In a written statement to the special attorney's office, Wolf said he did not know if the video from the ceremony will be made public or if it will be used at the Republican National Convention, the report said.
In the case of Farah, she appeared on Fox News in her official capacity on October 9, a few weeks before the election, and told the interviewer of the two presidential candidates: sick with COVID, the president has boundless energy, answers questions and is as transparent as possible in his positions and that we still do not have basic answers about politics from Joe Biden's campaign. "
O'Brien appeared on The Hugh Hewitt Show on June 25 and was asked how Biden's victory would affect policy toward China. Rather than nominally answering the question of politics as required by law, O'Brien instead advocated Trump's re-election.
"I expect the president to be re-elected and re-elected by an overwhelming majority," he said. "I think the president will come out the winner. The American people see the leadership they provide for more than just China; they saw him build the greatest economy in the history of the world. We have been hit very hard by this virus coming from China. But who do you want to turn to to rebuild the economy – the guy who has proven he can do it, President Trump, or someone who has been in Washington for 40 years? "
The report concludes that the cumulative effect of this violation of the law is to "undermine public confidence" in non-partisan government activities.
The Biden administration was once cited for a similar violation, with the special adviser's office in March alerting Housing and Urban Development Minister Marcia Fudge about the comments she made at a White House press conference when she weighed in on the possibility that Democrats might win the competition. Ohio Senate rate for 2022. Fudge apologized for the comments.
Last month, a group of observers complained that White House press secretary Jen Psaki broke the law by appearing at a White House briefing to support Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who lost the race for Virginia governor last week.
In the Obama administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized in 2012 for speaking out against a gay rights group in North Carolina in which she promoted the re-election of President Barack Obama. Julian Castro, then Minister of Housing and Urban Development, endorsed Hillary Clinton as president in 2016 in an interview in his official capacity. Both were clear violations and both officials were reprimanded. The White House banned the cabinet from speaking at the Democratic National Convention to avoid such trouble.
The original 1939 law was called the Prevention of Harmful Political Activities Act. This applies to both civil servants and political appointees. But the Trump administration has demonstrated that there is a two-tiered system of consequences; The special attorney's office fined and in some cases fired hundreds of cadres for violations during the four years that Trump was in power.
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I have a 1997 mark viii when I drive on expressway on a warm day the car runs fine. A soon as I head off the expressway and slow down the car will go dead. If I wait 15 min. or so the car will start and run awhile be fore it does it again. Help!!!
sounds like a fuel filter or fuel pump. Best to change out the fuel filter first. Its located behind the inner fender pan on the passenger side. If that doesn't fix it, you'll have to drop the fuel tank and install a new pump/sending unit. My thinking on this is at revs, there is enough amperage being generated to force fuel threw a partly clogged filter. At low engine revs, the pump pressure is reduced with the less amperage being generated. Good Luck with it.
New fuel pump and filter, I'm thinking some kind of electrical problem getting hot and loosing contact.
If it is a fuel problem I would think it would bog significantly if you stick it in first gear and floor it. I'd do this test with a hot engine, so the electrical components are hot too.
I had a 1973 Volvo 164 (fuel injected) that did the same thing as you described. The problem was the egr valve sticking open when it got hot after expressway driving. Check the egr valve for proper function; it should fully close when the engine is at idle, if not fully closed, the rpm will go to zero - engine dies.
Easy test for EGR, unplug the vacuum line and plug it. It will throw a CEL if you sustain cruising speed for several different instances but for getting to work/home it should not indicate. If your engine doesn't die when you come off the freeway, there you have it.
I forgot to plug in my EGR a few weeks ago and it threw a code after about a day and a half. It went away within an hour of plugging it in.
I'm going to guess your crank sensor is going bad, I've had a couple Mark VIII's with those exact symptoms and that was the fix.
Are they available and are they easy to install. I don't know where it would be.
Changing it is fairly easy, you just need to get under the car and get the A/C compressor out of the way. I've uploaded the instructions from the workshop manual.
The sensor hasn't show any codes I had it checked and my mech. said it looked fine, wouldn't it show a code if it was bad?
I would think he would see some sort of code with an event like this. VAC tee leaking? IAC valve sticky (black thing in pic).
Did you ever try unplugging the EGR valve and blocking off the hose that feeds it vacuum?
This problem has been going on for over two years. I replaced fuel pump, ign. switch, drove with a code checker and nothing shows. Just a little frustrated.
It can't be a fuel delivery problem because a greater volume is consumed at speed than when coasting down or making slow turns.
It can't be electrical because it is speed dependent.
I suspect voltage only because old Honda's had crap electrical systems. They barely had enough to run the headlight at night. It could start and ride all day on the highway, but if it was even slightly below nominal, the ignition wouldn't have enough to continue idling.


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Adelson's Rags-to-Riches Journey
Sheldon Adelson grew up in a low-income Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was an immigrant taxi driver, and his mother worked in a knitting shop. Adelson started his entrepreneurial career at the age of 12 when he borrowed $200 from one of his uncles to buy a license to sell newspapers on a street corner in Boston.
Rumors say that Adelson had as many as 50 different businesses he owned, or in which he had a hand. In 2014, Forbes estimated his fortune at $36.6 billion, making him the world's eighth or ninth wealthiest person. At the time of his death, Sheldon Adelson's net worth was $40 billion. When talking about his entrepreneurial drive, Adelson said:
businesses are like buses. […] You stand on a corner and don't like where the first bus is going? Wait 10 minutes and take another. Don't like that one? They'll just keep coming. There's no end to buses or businesses.
Casino Business Endeavors
In 1988, Adelson purchased the Sands Hotel-Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Shortly after buying the property, he built the Sands Expo and Convention Center to create the industry's first expo-hotel-casino combination. This allowed organizations to hold huge events next to the Sands Hotel and provide the casino with massive foot traffic.
In 1999, Adelson tore down the Sands Hotel-Casino and opened the world-renowned The Venetian. Many of Adelson's contemporaries were opposed to the idea of having a plaza or convention center mixed with the regular land-based casinos so regularly seen on The Strip.
According to Adelson, The Venetian's business model of including a conference hall/plaza was "not just laughed at, but made fun of." His willingness to push the boundaries of the industry led to his great success.
Billionaire Republican Donor
Originally, Sheldon Adelson was a Democrat until he began to disagree with the party's economic policies, perhaps due to the slight crackdown on the ultra-wealthy. It is not uncommon for billionaires to reject Democratic economic policies, and Adelson was no different.
He was a public supporter of George W. Bush's reelection campaign, and in 2012 Adelson wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal claiming that "[he] didn't leave the Democrats, they left [him]."
Trump Supporter
When Trump began his campaign in 2015-2016, Adelson was at the forefront of public support. In 2016, Sheldon and his wife, Miriam, donated an approximated $82.5 million to GOP causes and groups. Subsequently, during the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, the Adelsons donated a staggering $350 million to Republican candidates, according to the Center For Responsive Politics.
On November 16, 2018, Adelson's wife, Miriam Adelson, was recognized by President Donald Trump during a Medal of Freedom ceremony. Although Adelson once told Forbes that he is "against very wealthy people attempting to influence our elections," his formal recognition solidified himself as one of the most influential political donors of his generation.
Online Gambling Opposition
Adelson was a multifaceted human being with many interests and passions, but no force was as strong as the one to outright ban online gambling. It makes sense, seeing as Adelson's business interests were grounded in brick-and-mortar casinos, and online gambling is the number one threat to the industry.
He spent extraordinary amounts of money lobbying against the legalization of online gambling since as early as 2011. Adelson claims that his mission is not tied to his business tenures. He believes in "gambling as a form of entertainment, but [he] is not in favor of exploiting the world's most vulnerable people."
Many critics saw this as Adelson trying to boost his already philanthropic and altruistic profile while having ulterior business motives. Adelson's efforts and lobbying have had significant sway in the political sphere, and to this day, there is still legal battling on the status of online gambling.
The Adelson Legacy
Although opinion was divided on Sheldon Adelson, people will not soon forget his philanthropic efforts and all he did to improve the gambling industry. His generosity during the coronavirus pandemic will stand as one of his final most outstanding achievements.
His wife and six children survive Adelson. His ideas, missions, and ambitions will have an impact for generations to come. It remains to be seen how his efforts will continue to affect the legalization of online casinos throughout the United States. The casino industry will continue to modernize and thrive as a result of Adelson's efforts for three decades.
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RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF: PARASHAT HASHAVUAH
Blog: Rabbi David Etengoff: Parashat HaShavuah
Sefer Bereishit 5780& 5781
Sefer Shemot 5780&5781
Sefer Vayikra 5780&5781
Sefer Bamidbar 578&5781
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Parashat Toldot: "The Greatness of Yaakov Avinu"
Parashat Toldot 5774, 2013:
The Greatness of Yaakov Avinu
Rabbi David Etengoff
Dedicated to the sacred memories of my mother, Miriam Tovah bat Aharon Hakohen, father-in-law, Levi ben Yitzhak, sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra bat Yechiel, sister, Shulamit bat Menachem, Chaim Mordechai Hakohen ben Natan Yitzchak, and Yehonatan Binyamin ben Mordechai Meir Halevi, and the refuah shlaimah of Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam.
Yaakov Avinu (our patriarch Jacob) is described in this week's parasha (25:27) as "ish tam yosheiv ohelim" ("a complete individual who dwelt in tents"). I have translated the first two words of this phrase according to the Targum Onkelos (approximately 110 CE). This, however, is by no means the only way our sages interpreted the expression "ish tam." Before I present other opinions as to how it may be understood, it is fascinating to note that another individual in Tanach is given this appellation, namely, Iyov (Job). At the very beginning of Sefer Iyov, Iyov is described in the following manner: "Ish hayah b'eretz Utz Iyov shmo, v'hayah haish hahu tam v'yashar vira Elokim v'sar m'ra." ("There was a man in the land of Utz and Iyov was his name, and that man was complete, honest, held G-d in awe, and removed himself from evil.") True, Yaakov was one of the greatest spiritual giants of all time and the progenitor of our people. In stark contrast, Iyov failed to live up to his full potential by remaining silent when Pharaoh presented his nefarious plans to try to destroy our nation (Talmud Bavli, Sotah, 11a). Nonetheless, "ish tam" seems to connote the idea of honesty, awe of Hashem, and the desire to flee from evil, since that is the context wherein the term appears in reference to Iyov.
Rashi (1040-1105) explains "ish tam" by contrasting Yaakov to Eisav. In his view, Eisav should be seen as the hunter who "captured wild animals and birds with his bow." He explains that Eisav did this with people as well, by ensnaring them with his duplicitous and dishonest words. In contrast, Yaakov was inexpert in the art of treachery. Instead, he spoke directly and forthrightly and said what was on his mind. The Abarbanel (1437-1508) explains "ish tam" in a similar vein when he states: "…but Yaakov was an ish tam who was not very sharp in the sense that he was neither a master of treachery nor a man of the field" [analogous to the idea in our own time of being "street smart"].
The Midrash known as Tanna De-Vei Eliyahu (approximately ninth century CE) explains our term based upon a creative analysis of the well-known phrase found in the last paragraph of the Shma: "v'asu l'hem tzitzit al kanfei vigdehihem l'dorotom" ("…and the Jewish people will make fringes for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations," Bamidbar 15:38) The Midrash explains that the word "l'dorotom" can be read without nekudot (vowels) as " l'dor tam." Upon stating this suggestion, it continues and says: "…and there is no other referent for the word tam other than Yaakov since the verse states: '…and Yaakov was complete.' This means he never practiced [literally "he was tam from"] violently stealing, illicit physical relations, and murder." It is important to note that this, too, is an indirect comparison to Eisav. Talmud Bavli, Baba Batra, 16b in its explanation of Bereishit 25:29, clearly indicates that these are precisely the activities in which Eisav had been engaged when he met Yaakov upon his return from the field.
The portrait of Yaakov that emerges from this Midrash, and the views of the above-cited commentators, is that of a near-perfect individual who personified honesty, spoke with heartfelt and total integrity, and abhorred the heinous behaviors of his brother. This image is underscored when we examine the final two words of our phrase, "yosheiv ohelim." What exactly were these tents? What was Hashem communicating to us by adding this to Yaakov's description? The answers to these questions are both diverse and fascinating, and reveal as much about the commentator as they do about Yaakov's persona.
The Netziv (Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, 1817-1893) in his Haamek Davar, opines that these were the "tents" of Torah and Tefilah (prayer). In a word, Yaakov was a budding talmid chacham (Torah scholar) who was steeped in Torah study and the art of prayer. As such, he was surely fitting to become Avinu and the founder of the Jewish people. This interpretation reflects the Netziv's intellectual heritage, namely; the Lithuanian tradition of the Vilna Gaon (Rav Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, 1720-1797).
The Sforno (Rabbi Ovadiah been Yaakov of Bologna, Italy, 1470-1550) was a true Jewish Renaissance man. He was a master of Torah analysis, philosophy, mathematics, and philology, and a respected physician. Little wonder then, that he interprets "yosheiv ohelim" in two very different ways. The first, perhaps representing his grasp of the culture of his time, is that these "ohelim" are to be taken at face value. That is, they were literally tents and the kind of structures that sheepherders of his day used. The Sforno's second approach reveals his spiritual orientation. In this instance, "ohelim" are to be viewed as places for intellectual and spiritual speculation in order to apprehend Hashem's glory and to be sanctified thereby.
Rashi's approach shows his vast knowledge and creative use of Midrashic texts. In his view, these "ohelim" were none other than the study halls of Shem and Aver. It is important to recognize that when Rashi utilizes a Midrash he feels that it represents the peshat i.e., the direct meaning of the verse. According to this perspective, by mastering the unique masorot (traditions) of these two teachers, Yaakov was able to become an authentic Torah scholar. Therefore, for Rashi, Yaakov, as an ish tam, was able to achieve such heights of honest and direct communication precisely because his entire worldview was based upon the principles and axioms of our holy Torah.
Given the above, I would like to suggest that in some ways "ish tam" is actually modified by the expression "yosheiv ohelim," even though the latter is a noun rather than an adjective. In other words, when taken together, "ish tam yosheiv ohelim" becomes a complete description of the young Yaakov Avinu. Moreover, it gives us a glimpse of understanding as to why and how he was able to maintain his spiritual greatness even in the midst of Lavan's hostile, fraudulent, and corrupt household. Yaakov was the embodiment of Torah, prayer, honesty, and intellectual integrity. As a result, nothing could dissuade him from the truth of his convictions and the certainty of the moral rectitude of his actions.
May Hashem enable us to emulate Yaakov Avinu as we struggle to know, and do, what is right according to our holy Torah. Moreover, like Yaakov's son, Yosef, during his greatest test with Potiphar's wife (Sefer Bereishit 39:7-13), may we ever merit to have Yaakov's image "appear before us" as we confront the daily challenges of our lives. V'chane yihi ratzon.
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Topic: What is the best response to this question?
Re: What is the best response to this question?
Moral Minority wrote: I chose the middle one because the middle way is always right.
I follow the middle path.
The middle path? I thought you were "Driving on the other road" or "Batting for the other team."
Granted, however a virus suddenly spreads around the world that causes people to love seeing that picture, thus everyone in the world simultaneously falls in love with Finland.
What is the best response to this question?
Josh M wrote: Damnit your right!
Even after another person corrected my grammar correcting his grammar correcting my grammar nobody noticed that it is "You're", not your.
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In her video, which produces a more extreme look than some of us would opt for, Michelle offers advice such as using a stippling brush to ensure there is full coverage of foundation across the face to give it that 'plastic look'.
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She even shows you how to ensure you get 'perfect, doll-like' lips but using a hard brush and drawing concealer on your lips' edges so that you get a pout worthy of Babs.
The beauty guru, who started uploading videos in 2007, has gained a massive 7 million subscribers to her YouTube channel, and clearly this video is immensely popular with the make-up blogging community.
Her Lady Gaga Bad Romance and Poker Face tutorial videos have also become extremely popular, garnering over 47 and 34 million respectively.
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Research from the search engine also showed that from "2012 to 2013, Halloween makeup content increased more than four fold, with Halloween videos comprising 57 percent of seasonal makeup tutorial views as of August".
But we'll leave you with the mind-blowing fact that videos with "makeup tutorial" in the title have been watched on YouTube more than 2.4 billion times.
That's 28% of the WHOLE WORLD.


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Mithridates I. Ktistes (; * um 349 v. Chr.; † 266 v. Chr.) war der Begründer des Königreiches Pontos an der Südküste des Schwarzen Meeres (der griechische Beiname Ktistes bedeutet im Deutschen "Begründer").

Sowohl von Diodor als auch von Plutarch wird Mithridates als Sohn eines Ariobarzanes genannt. Nach einer neueren Studie wäre dieser Ariobarzanes der Bruder eines Mithridates, der über Mariandynia und Mysien geherrscht hatte.  Mithridates war ein Zeitgenosse der Diadochen und er selbst kämpfte während der Diadochenkriege im Jahr 316 v. Chr. in der Schlacht von Gabiene für Eumenes.

Vermutlich gelangte er nach der Schlacht als Geisel in die Gewalt des Siegers, Antigonos Monophthalmos, welcher nach Alexanders Tod und dem Ende des Eumenes zum Herrscher Asiens aufgestiegen war. Nach einer von Plutarch überlieferten Anekdote soll sich Mithridates mit Demetrios Poliorketes angefreundet haben, dem Sohn des Antigonos, welcher in seinem Alter war. Eines Nachts habe Antigonos in einem Traum ein Feld besucht, auf welchem er zuvor goldenen Samen gesät hatte und sich nun eine goldene Ernte erhoffte. Allerdings waren die Ähren des Feldes zu seinem Ärger bereits abgeerntet und Stimmen verrieten ihm, dass Mithridates der Übeltäter gewesen sei. Durch diesen Traum habe Antigonos einen Verdacht gegen Mithridates gefasst, aufgrund dessen er seine Beseitigung plante. Er weihte seinen Sohn Demetrios ein, der aber seinen Freund rechtzeitig warnte, worauf Mithridates vom Hof des Antigonos fliehen konnte. Die Glaubwürdigkeit dieser Geschichte wird als gering eingestuft, da Plutarch sie zur Veranschaulichung eines mildtätigen Charakters und Gerechtigkeitssinns des Demetrios konstruiert haben dürfte. Folgt man den Angaben Diodors, wurde im Jahr 302 v. Chr. Mithridates' Onkel in der Nähe seiner Stadt von Antigonos wegen Verrats hingerichtet. Dies geschah vor dem Hintergrund des Kampfes des Antigonos gegen Lysimachos und Kassander, zu denen zuvor schon mehrere antigonidische Statthalter übergelaufen waren. Möglich, dass Antiogonos dabei auch beabsichtigte, Mithridates Ktistes als potentiellen Unruhefaktor auszuschalten, wobei diesem aber die rechtzeitige Flucht gelang.

Jedenfalls konnte sich Mithridates mit einigen Anhängern in die Berge Paphlagoniens absetzen, wo er das befestigte Kimiata zu seiner Basis ausbaute und anschließend Amasia besetzte. Nach und nach weitete er sein Herrschaftsgebiet über das gesamte pontische Kappadokien, also das Land entlang der Schwarzmeerküste Kleinasiens, aus. Das Ende des Antigonos in der Schlacht von Ipsos 301 v. Chr. dürfte ihn dabei begünstigt haben. Vielleicht schon 297 v. Chr., zeitgleich mit Zipoites, oder aber spätestens 281 v. Chr. nach der Schlacht von Kurupedion konnte sich Mithridates zum König (basileos) erheben und das Königreich Pontos begründen. Im selben Jahr schloss er ein Bündnis mit der bithynischen Stadt Herakleia Pontike gegen König Seleukos I., den Sieger von Kurupedion, der aber bald darauf ermordet wurde. Weiterhin gewann er die bald darauf nach Kleinasien einfallenden Galater (Kelten) für seine Zwecke. Nach Diodor starb Mithridates im Jahr 266 v. Chr. nach einer Regierungszeit von 36 Jahren und, laut Hieronymos von Kardia, in seinem vierundachtzigsten Lebensjahr.

Mithridates' Nachfolger wurde sein Sohn Ariobarzanes. Er selbst wurde in seiner Hauptstadt Amasia beigesetzt, ebenso wie alle weiteren pontischen Könige bis 183 v. Chr.

Literatur

 Georgy Kantor: Mithridates I–VI of Pontos. In: The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Volume VIII. Blackwell Publishing, 2013, S. 4544.

Einzelnachweise

Pharnakiden
Mithridate
König (Pontos)
Geboren im 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Gestorben 266 v. Chr.
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In music, four note group patterns, alternately called "four-note digital patterns" or simply "four note patterns", are one of many ways to formulate improvised solos in jazz. "Four-Note Grouping is an improvisation technique that uses major and minor triads along with specific passing notes as a means of generating lines. The concept of Four-Note Groupings lets the lines be more 'out' and stretch the possibility of available notes over a chord due to the structural integrity of the triad-based line."

Four note group devices
 Diatonic scale fragment
 Arpeggio (of current chord, altered harmony or an implied passing chord)
Chromatic approach note (a note preceding a chord tone or scale tone one semitone above or below)
Chromatic surround notes (two notes preceding a chord tone one semitone above and below)
Pentatonic scale fragment

Examples
John Coltrane: "Giant Steps" solo

See also
Sequence (music)

Sources

External links
"Four Note Groupings Part 2", EdSaindon.com (351 KB PDF) - Ed Saindon
Javier Arau. "Augmented Scale Theory", Javier Arau - Faculty of Saxophone/Woodwind, in NEW YORK JAZZ ACADEMY.
Michael Leibson. "Giant Steps, Central Park West and Modulatory Cycles", ThinkingMusic.ca.

Jazz techniques
Musical techniques


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