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Monday's Set Points, Wimbledon 2018 Day 1: Radwanska saves 6 match points, Safarova next in R2
This post is the second Set Points recap of the day, which covers the fourth and final quarter of the draw. For the first Set Points post that covers the third quarter, click HERE. It was another Slam day of surprises with a top five seed and two of last year's quarter-finalist both going out on day 1. Read on for nine stories from Monday's matches.
Maria d. Svitolina (Wimbledon, R1)
Two of the top five seeds are already out of Wimbledon as the number five seed, Elina Svitolina joined Sloane Stephens in exiting the tournament. Step forward, Tatjana Maria who won, 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1 on Court No.2. In the madness of the last few hours, I only saw the last few games of this match. Maria obviously came into it with bundles of confidence after winning her first WTA title in Mallorca. Maria looked so secure at the end and that slice was just devilish.
It was always going to be a tough draw at Wimbledon for Svitolina although I never saw this result coming. I'm really surprised. It's been a rough time since Rome. I do expect Svitolina to come back strong on the hard courts.
Make that six grass wins in a row 🌱
Majorca champion @Maria_Tatjana books her second round spot with a 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1 victory over No.5 seed Elina Svitolina#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/A2zDaAlKDC
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 2, 2018
Radwanska d. Ruse (Wimbledon, R1)
This was a contender for match of the day as Agnieszka Radwanska saved SIX match points to somehow claw her way back to beat the impressive Romanian qualifier, Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-3 4-6 7-5. Radwanska saved all the match points in a marathon eight deuce game at *4-5 in the decider. I tuned in for the end which was super entertaining!
My ultimate takeaway from the match was yet another find from Romania. I loved Ruse's attitude and she has a really neat game. I hope we get to see more of her on the WTA tour. Props to Radwanska for digging out the win.
What a battle.
After saving six match points in the third set, @ARadwanska finally prevails 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 against Grand Slam debutant Elena-Gabriela Ruse#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/BLyDu2w0sc
Funny moment of the day
I'm still cackling at this. Ruse managed to walk into a ballboy with the towel still on her head. The commentator's reaction was hilarious!
Q: Who saw this coming?
A: Nearly everyone else! #wimbledon #bbctennis pic.twitter.com/ubmHzdoV7v
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 2, 2018
S.Williams d. Rus (Wimbledon, R1)
Serena Williams came from a break down in the second set to beat Arantxa Rus on a windy No.1 Court, 7-5 6-3. It certainly wasn't a classic! It was a good first outing for Serena to get done in straights. The serve held up for the most part.
Siniakova d. Vandeweghe (Wimbledon, R1)
In a match that was mostly painful to watch, Katerina Siniakova recovered from a 2-5 third set deficit to see off a heavily hobbling, CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-7(3) 6-3 8-6. Vandeweghe was practically on one leg as she battled an ankle injury. She also suffered an awful slip up at the net towards the end of the first set. She stubbornly played on and came very close to the win. Siniakova seemed completely lost in her tactics. Playing an injured player is not as easy as it sounds!
Really rough luck for CoCo who is always at her best on the grass. It just didn't happen her for this year as Siniakova progresses to a fascinating second round clash against Ons Jabeur who won her first main draw match at Wimbledon.
Cirstea d. Rybarikova (Wimbledon, R1)
Winning her first match on the grass this year, Sorana Cirstea upset the 2017 Wimbledon semi-finalist and number 19 seed, Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets, 7-5 6-3. It was a nice start to the match with the grass looking gorgeous and the tennis pretty damn good too! The first breakthrough came at 3-3 where a string of errors saw Cirstea lose her serve. Cirstea kept up with her aggressive tactics, breaking Rybarikova's serve with a return winner that clipped the net and then taking the first set with a crunching backhand winner.
Ultimately, it was Cirstea's aggressive hitting and ability to handle Rybarikova's slice that won the match as she continually pushed Rybarikova back. Magda's record at Wimbledon is a bizarre one – nine first round losses, one third round appearance and one semi-final appearance!
Winning her first match on grass this year, Cirstea beats 2017 Wimbledon semi-finalist and the number 19 seed, Rybarikova in straight sets, 7-5 6-3.
Keys d. Tomljanovic (Wimbledon, R1)
Madison Keys didn't face a break point in a 6-4 6-2 first round win over Ajla Tomljanvoic. There were no data points on grass for Madison in 2018 heading into Wimbledon. Taking that into account, this was a very encouraging performance as she continues to be a very reliable player at the Slams. Keys faces a tricky second rounder against Luksika Kumkhum – one to watch!
Giorgi d. Sevastova (Wimbledon, R1)
Camila Giorgi knocked out the number 21 seed, Anastasija Sevastova, 6-1 2-6 6-4. Giorgi's success behind the first serve and willingness to come forward felt like the difference between the two. Sevastova has had a disappointing month with first round losses at both the French Open and Wimbledon. Giorgi on grass is always a danger!
Safarova d. Bondarenko (Wimbledon, R1)
We will finish this post on a high as Lucie Safarova was not broken once in a 6-4 6-4 first round win over Kateryna Bondarenko. This was a surprisingly drama free performance from Lucie and she served out both sets with no fuss. Lucie gets Aga in the second round. I'm at Wimbledon on Wednesday so hoping this will get No.1 Court. I think it's unlikely but I can dream!
Round 1⃣🌱✊@LucieSafarova #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/CEKztUJkH0
— Wilson Tennis (@WilsonTennis) July 2, 2018
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Graham Giles says:
Lucie's got a winning record against Aga (4 wins to Aga's 1), although they haven't played each other since 2011, so it should be a very interesting match. I think Aga has trouble coping with Lucie's power, just as she does Petra's (another leftie).
Harriet Dart may have lost to Karolina Pliskova but she took Karo to three sets, so that was a very creditable effort, as was Katie Swan's two-set victory over Irina-Camelia Begu (her first ever main draw victory at Wimbledon)..
Tatjana Maria (who just won her first ever WTA title in Mallorca) is now through to the second round after beating Elina Svitolina for probably the best win of her career; faces Kiki Mladenovic next. This looks like a real Indian summer for Tatjana's career, but Elina seems to underperform in slams for some reason – either that or she was simply flummoxed by Tatjana's unorthodox slicey game.
Andrew Mark says:
Svitolina is definitely in a very strange place mentally at the moment. People make out like she doesn't have the game to win a Slam, but those of us who have watched her title runs this year know that she has more than enough. For some reason she just doesn't bring it in the Slams! She serves slower, doesn't come into the net and is generally just very passive…
Not a bad first performance from Serena. Despite being a break down in the second, she never really felt in trouble. Hit a lot of errors but it was very windy and she was obviously wanting to go for it from the get go. If it stays hot and Serena stays injury free, I think she's gonna win it.
Well Svitolina was coming into the net loads at the end of yesterday's match but not sure she wanted to! Yes I agree, she's been fantastic at the WTA Premier level. I've never been convinced grass is for her.
On paper, Svitolina should be able to play well on grass. She hits a hard, flat ball and (now) has quite a quick first serve. She did make the finals of Wimbledon as a junior, which she only narrowly lost to Bouchard.
Well pointed out, Graham! That Aga-Lucie H2H I was unaware of and all previous matches before I really got into tennis.
They had never played each other since 2011. It is difficult to tell what is the outcome. I love Lucie but I think Aga can steal the match too.
The competition is much stiffer for her on grass. She maybe ranked top 10, but there are easily 10 girls who play better than her on grass. That said, even Radwanska has made it deep into wimbledon, opportunities will come.
Putting the surface aside, her tournament starts are generally slow. It's like, she kind of feels her way into the tournament. For a Tier 1 tourney, you can do that relatively easily because the fight is not intense at the starts and you have the coach along to fine tune. Slams, it's hot, right off the bat. Players are up for it cause opportunity to greatness beckons.
I still see some similarities with Stephens, in that, they are the kind of players who are harder to beat as the tournament progresses. Wozniacki was my pick for some time to win USopen to break her Gslam duck. Svitolina can do that now, but for grass, I will default to aggressive power players/power serves. It calls to them.
What is going on with WTA? Almost all the top players were struggling on the first day of Wimby. The results of the first day were so unpredictable. Some players could play well in the past week and then they slumped.
It's in a flux, fluid in some sense. The top players are also not killing themselves to maintain any high levels. I remember Garbine at the french said the no.1 ranking didn't mean that much to her when going to face Halep since she prioritized winning the tournaments instead. Mentalities are changing, and for a young, top ranked power player like her being that circumspective about the tour, you can see why you wont seeing her winning tournament after tournament. They're choosy.
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Six seeds knocked out in only half of the 1st round. If the ITF goes ahead with the 16 seed format next year, there could be mass carnage in certain sections of the draw. Next year there could be not only nobodies knocking out stars, but also stars knocking out stars in the 1st round. Next year there could be a section in the quarter finals with two 100+ ranked players, due to luck of the draw and two upsets.
I am amazed at how deep the talent is in the WTA today. When Chris Evert played, she might not lose a game in the first three matches of a GS, due to lack of talent of the lower ranked players.
Yesterday, not only were six seeds knocked out, but many of the top stars had a difficult time with very lower ranked players.


Yesterday, I tabled a notice of motion for Parliament to debate the recent xenophobic violence in Grahamstown and the urgent need for intervention by the provincial government.
Motion: I hereby move on behalf of the Democratic Alliance that at its next sitting this house debates the recent xenophobic violence in Grahamstown and the need for urgent intervention by the provincial government to restore peace and provide relief to the victims.
The violence and the plight of the residents affected by it has not received adequate attention from government which is unacceptable.
I have today written to the Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle, requesting his urgent intervention to provide relief to the hundreds of displaced persons living in fear. The foreign nationals affected by the recent violence have rights enshrined in Chapter 2 of the Constitution and it is the government's duty to uphold these rights.
Local non-profit organisations are working hard around the clock to feed and care for the victims of the violence. However, their resources are finite and the need for government assistance is now critical.
Earlier this week I called for the establishment of a non-partisan Peace Forum composed of the collective leadership from all sectors of Grahamstown.
This forum's aim should be to investigate ways to restore and sustain peace in Grahamstown and find sustainable solutions to the threat of xenophobic violence.
Public education campaigns and attitudinal training.
We need to build a society based on the values of freedom, fairness and opportunity for all. We need to create a united Grahamstown where we all stand together against the criminal elements that seek to derail our society. We need to learn to live and work together in South Africa and unite around our common humanity.


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Nicolas Aubin is a great addition to both the Maxxis British Championship, and the Red Bull Pro Nationals. However, I do believe that Aubin belongs in the World Championship series; the Frenchman was considered to be a potential world champion not too long ago. Nicolas will be chasing the top step in Britain again this year aboard a Buildbase Honda, under the watchful eye of Dave Thorpe.
So, why do I think that Nicolas Aubin belongs in the FIM World Motocross Championship? If you cast your mind back to the 2007, and the 2008 season, Nicolas was a contender for race wins in the highly competitive MX2 class. Aubin displayed a great deal of natural talent on a Ricci Yamaha throughout those years; at times it was mind blowing. When Nico was winning motos early in his career, most did predict that he would follow in the footsteps of some of his fellow, very successful countrymen.
In the off-season prior to the 2009 season, most thought that Nicolas Aubin would be one of the favourites for the MX2 world title. The established front-runners from the previous years were vacating the class, and Nico was undoubtedly the next best rider (behind Cairoli, Searle and Rattray). But, at a time when he needed to elevate his riding level in order to achieve his main goal, he faltered and struggled massively. I do think that since the 2009 season, Nicolas has been a different rider; this is evident in his results.
But, why did he suddenly begin to struggle? Even now, no one really knows. In the transition from the '08 to '09 season, there were no major changes to his program to speak of; he had the same crew surrounding him, and he was on the same bike. Despite this, he was no longer fast enough to contend for wins in the MXGP series. In fact, since that 2009 season he has not returned to the overall podium in the World Championship.
If you glance at the results, and the statistics from the 2009 season it is evident that Nicolas Aubin did indeed struggle. In the 2007, and the 2008 season Nico did climb onto the moto podium thirteen times from sixty starts; with three moto victories and his first (and only) overall victory, also. Throughout the following year (2009) Aubin climbed onto the moto podium twice only, with no victories to his name in the MXGP series. In 2010 Nicolas moved up to the 450, on a new team (Bud Racing Kawasaki). However, injuries hurt him in that year; he finished only a handful of rounds and ended up twentieth in the points.
I would liken Nicolas Aubin's career path to that of Kevin Strijbos' (I actually wrote an article on Kevin Strijbos' story a few weeks ago). Both riders fell from title contention, to outside of the top ten; the only difference is there was a visible reason for Strijbos' drop in form. There has been some speculation that Aubin was no longer focused on his racing. Aubin has stated in different places that pressure does not affect him negatively; clearly that was not an issue.
Should Nicolas Aubin have clinched a world championship? There is no way to tell; he never put himself in a position to do so. But his speed, and skill level definitely means that he could of! Now, he has progressed onto the next stage of his career. Nicolas has completed a full season in the various British domestic series, and he clinched the Red Bull Pro Nationals MX1 title in that time also. However, in the Maxxis British Championship last year Aubin was extremely underwhelming. He should have been in title contention, when you consider the accolades that he has to his name. Some (including myself) would argue that switching from the 250f to the 450f on a weekly basis in 2012 hindered his performance.
Nicolas Aubin will be riding the 450 full-time in both series this year; this will undoubtedly help him out, as he will be able to focus on developing just one bike, instead of switching machines on a consistent basis. Nico has proven in the past that he can compete for wins aboard the 450. If you think back to the 2008 MXdN, the Frenchman was fighting for the podium positions in a one-off ride on the 450 (Aubin actually finished third overall in the Open class). You can definitely call Aubin a title contender heading into the 2013 Maxxis British Championship.
Perhaps competing in the low-key British series will rejuvenate Nicolas Aubin. If he can win again, perhaps his confidence will be back and we will begin to see the Aubin of old? It worked for Strijbos last year. But the MX1 class will be stacked with talent next year; Jonathan Barragan, Tanel Leok, Brad Anderson and Mattis Karro will be a few of the favourites for the title (along with Aubin). If he can beat the established MXGP frontrunners; perhaps that will prove that he can still run the pace needed to succeed in the world championship; that will surely help to restore his confidence.
Will Nicolas Aubin ever return to the FIM World Motocross Championship full-time? He is currently twenty-four years of age; time is on his side. But for 2013, his main focus will be the domestic British series; where he will undoubtedly be hoping to take two titles back to his native France.
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To celebrate the launch of ERM's fifth office in India, we organized a client reception, during which I co-facilitated a session on "An Interactive Session on Sustainability – Beyond Business as Usual." The participants were a mix of more than 30 client decision-makers, business leaders and technical experts. We discussed the evolution of India's environmental agenda, starting from the initial policy-driven environmental legislation, to the broadening of the social agenda and finally the evolution of sustainability as a business driver. The themes captured the changing dynamics of the environmental and social landscape in India and the challenges, risks and opportunities our clients face in the region with regards to sustainability.
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Melting Ice Caps driving Sea level Rise
by Sigma Earth | Dec 6, 2022 | Climate Change
Ever since the industrial revolution, carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gas emissions have together raised global temperatures. Global temperatures have risen by 0.14 degrees Fahrenheit every decade since the 1880s. However, the rate of warming rose by more than twice 0.32 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1981. Climate change and global warming are the worst environmental disasters the world is currently facing. It has led to melting ice caps driving sea-level rise, frequent and intense natural calamities, warmer temperatures, and more.
Among all the impacts of global warming, sea-level rise is one of the scariest. Sea level rise will destroy coastal communities, cities, livelihoods, and infrastructures. Not only will people lose their homes and livelihood, but entities and individuals will also lose money due to damage to infrastructure. Sea levels worldwide have risen by 0.06 inches every year from 1880 to 2013.
The melting of glaciers is responsible for sea-level rise. How exactly are melting ice caps driving the sea level rise?
Melting Ice Caps
The environment is destroyed and damaged every day, and its impact on the world is seen more today than ever before. The increasing demand and reliance on fossil fuels and the resultant greenhouse effect have increased global warming to the extent that the entire ecosystem is gradually getting disturbed. The rise in temperatures around the world is causing ice caps to melt and disappear, which poses a dangerous threat to the ecology and humanity.
The Alpine glaciers have much to offer to the entire world. The Alpine glaciers are a great source of fresh water as they melt and feed several rivers. Further, these rivers support agriculture and electricity generation. These glaciers also indicate climate change and global warming as studies can be conducted on them to ascertain the fall or rise in global temperatures.
Pakistan has the world's greatest number of glaciers outside the polar region- around 7,253 glaciers. According to experts, at least a third of glaciers in the world will disappear by the end of the 21st century. This is a disastrous impact on Pakistan. Several communities living in the northern regions depend on the glaciers for their drinking water. Their whole subsistence and agriculture depend on it. Without the glaciers, life is impossible there.
The melting of ice caps also poses an immediate threat. Lakes are formed as glaciers melt. When these lakes overflow, they cause floods known as glacial lake outburst floods. Several villages and towns are situated near the vicinity of these glaciers. Their property and lives are at risk due to this climatic issue.
Melting glaciers also add to the rise in sea levels, further increasing coastal erosion and boosting storm surges as warming ocean and air temperatures create more intense and frequent coastal storms like cyclones and typhoons. The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf is the single largest block of ice in the Arctic region. It started cracking in 2000. This ice shelf has been around for 3000 years and has begun to break into small pieces.
According to reports by NASA, the polar ice caps are disappearing at a rapid rate of 9 percent each decade. Arctic ice thickness has reduced by 40 percent since the 1960s. According to experts at the US Centre for Atmospheric Research, if the current temperature rate continues to rise, the Arctic will not have any ice caps left by 2040.
The sea-level rise in the coming years will depend on warmer temperatures and the pace at which the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets disappear. If greenhouse gas emissions continue at the existing pace or increase, the current melting rate on the Greenland ice sheet will likely double by the end of the 21st century. Interestingly and shockingly, if all ice on Greenland happened to melt, it would raise sea levels by 20 feet all around the world.
Impacts on Global Sea Level
The Antarctic ice sheets and the Greenland ice sheets, in particular, contribute the most toward the global sea-level rise. Currently, the Greenland ice sheet is melting four times faster than in 2003 and contributes to 20 percent of the current sea-level rise.
Antarctica at the South Pole holds around 90 percent of the world's ice. The ice covering is about 7,000 feet thick. It extends to approximately 14 million square kilometers– roughly about the size of the United States and Mexico together. If all this ice happened to melt due to warmer temperatures, the global sea level would rise by 200 feet.
Around 80 percent of the sunlight that strikes the glaciers is reflected out of our atmosphere. Without glaciers, the amount of heat absorbed by our oceans will likely cause ocean temperatures to rise. Several major cities are located in low-lying coastal areas; when sea levels rise, they will be in the water by more than 6 feet.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that the sea level could rise by 10 to 23 inches by 2100. Environmental Protection Agency reported that global sea levels have risen by 6 to 8 inches during the last 100 years.
Thus, melting ice caps are driving the sea-level rise. And melting ice caps are caused by warmer temperatures caused by human activities. So, are melting ice caps driving sea level rise? Or are humans the main cause?
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pregnant women Restricting "Birth Tourism" Trump Administration U.S. Imposes Visa Rules
U.S. Imposes Visa Rules For Pregnant Women On 'Birth Tourism'
FILE - In this Sept. 2017 file photo, a flag is waved outside the White House, in Washington. The Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting a practice known as "birth tourism." That refers to cases when women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting "birth tourism," in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship.
Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to the U.S. primarily to give birth, according to the rules in the Federal Register. It is a bigger hurdle to overcome, proving they are traveling to the U.S. because they have a medical need and not just because they want to give birth here. Those with medical needs will be treated like other foreigners coming to the U.S. for medical treatment and must prove they have the money to pay for it — including transportation and living expenses.
The practice of traveling to the U.S. to give birth is fundamentally legal, although there are scattered cases of authorities arresting operators of birth tourism agencies for visa fraud or tax evasion. And women are often honest about their intentions when applying for visas and even show signed contracts with doctors and hospitals.
The State Department "does not believe that visiting the United States for the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child, by giving birth in the United States — an activity commonly referred to as 'birth tourism' — is a legitimate activity for pleasure or of a recreational nature," according to the new rules, which take effect Friday.
– US tells migrant woman 8 months pregnant to wait in Mexico
– Mother Russia: South Florida sees a boom in 'birth tourism'
– Hong Kong airline stops pregnancy tests for Saipan travelers
While the new rules deal specifically with birth tourism, the Trump administration also has turned away pregnant women coming over the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a broader immigration crackdown. Those women were initially part of a "vulnerable" group that included others like small children who were allowed in, while tens of thousands of other asylum seekers have been returned over the border to wait out their cases in Mexico.
President Donald Trump's administration has been restricting all forms of immigration, but Trump has been particularly plagued by the issue of birthright citizenship — anyone born in the U.S. is considered a citizen, under the Constitution. The Republican president has railed against the practice and threatened to end it, but scholars and members of his administration have said it's not so easy to do.
Regulating tourist visas for pregnant women is one way to get at the issue, but it raises questions about how officers would determine whether a woman is pregnant to begin with and whether a woman could get turned away by border officers who suspect she may be just by looking at her.
And critics of the new policy say it could put pregnant women at risk.
Consular officers don't have the right to ask during visa interviews whether a woman is pregnant or intends to become so. But they would still have to determine whether a visa applicant would be coming to the U.S. primarily to give birth.
Birth tourism is a lucrative business in both the U.S. and abroad. Companies take out advertisements and charge up to $80,000 to facilitate the practice, offering hotel rooms and medical care. Many of the women travel from Russia and China to give birth in the U.S.
The U.S. has been cracking down on the practice since before Trump took office.
"An entire 'birth tourism' industry has evolved to assist pregnant women from other countries to come to the United States to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children by giving birth in the United States, and thereby entitle their children to the benefits of U.S. citizenship," according to the State Department rules.
There are no figures on how many foreign women travel to the U.S. specifically to give birth. The Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for stricter immigration laws, estimated that in 2012 about 36,000 foreign-born women gave birth in the U.S. and then left the country.
"This rule will help eliminate the criminal activity associated with the birth tourism industry," according to the rules. "The recent federal indictments describe birth tourism schemes in which foreign nationals applied for visitor visas to come to the United States and lied to consular officers about the duration of their trips, where they would stay, and their purpose of travel."
By MATTHEW LEE and COLLEEN LONG - Jan 23. 2020 - 12:31 PM ET
Associated Press Writer Ellen Knickmeyer contributed to this report.


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Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Marks Sixth Successful Flight Mission
Aug. 17, 2017 LRASM launch from a US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber. Lockheed Martin Photo
LRASM Targets Early Operational Capability
ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully tested a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber.
During the test, a B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launched a LRASM over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif., successfully impacting the maritime target and meeting test objectives.
"LRASM has now proven itself in six consecutive flight missions," said David Helsel, LRASM program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "The reliability and outstanding capability of LRASM will provide an unmatched weapon to our warfighters in their quest for sea control in contested environments."
LRASM is designed to detect and destroy specific targets within groups of ships by employing advanced technologies that reduce dependence on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, network links and GPS navigation in electronic warfare environments. LRASM will play a significant role in ensuring military access to operate in open ocean/blue waters, owing to its enhanced ability to discriminate and conduct tactical engagements from extended ranges.
LRASM is a precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile based on the successful Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile - Extended Range (JASSM-ER). It is designed to meet the needs of U.S. Navy and Air Force warfighters in contested environments. The air-launched variant provides an early operational capability for the U.S. Navy's offensive anti-surface warfare Increment I requirement to be integrated onboard the U.S. Air Force's B-1B in 2018 and on the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F in 2019.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 100,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
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Cultural Clones
by Anna Dymkovets
translation Deborah Hoffman
In 2001, the Dutch television production company Endemol threatened to bring suit against the Russian television station TV6 over the latter's program Behind the Glass, a copy of Endemol's popular international reality show Big Brother, and demanded that TV6 pay license fees.
TV6 responded that Behind the Glass was its own original work, that it had been inspired by the producer's reading of Yevgeny Zamyatin's utopian novel We 12 years prior. In the novel, workers live in glass houses, so that nothing is shrouded from view. In the end, the dispute fizzled when TV6 was taken off the air.
Interestingly, what shocked Muscovites most about Behind the Glass was less the plagiarism than that the lascivious hijinks were set in the Hotel Rossiya, just across Red Square from the Kremlin. Thousands of Russians lined up to parade past a one-way mirror and get a live, five-minute view of life in the apartment. Novaya Gazeta called the show both the most popular and the worst TV event of November 2001.
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Do you have an expensive computer, television or other valuables in your home? While you are busy at work a thief can come help themselves to your valuables and belongings. If you don't have renters insurance you would have to replace these items yourself out of pocket. Renter's insurance covers your valuable property in case of theft.
Renters insurance covers more than theft. Let's say you have some friends over for a game or movie night and as you're wrapping things up and wishing your guests a good night one of them slips on something you left on the stairs and breaks their leg. Your landlord is not responsible for this and if you don't have renters insurance, which means you could be liable for your friend's medical bills. Renters insurance covers your liability for injuries giving you peace of mind next time you are hosting that dinner party.
Life is unpredictable and accidents happen. Imagine this scenario: you have gone to work for the day and as you are hard at work a water pipe bursts in the apartment above you. When you arrive home your floor is covered in inches of water rushing in from the ceiling above. Events such as these including weather damage and fire are covered under renters insurance. If the damage is so severe it makes your dwelling uninhabitable renters insurance will cover other living expenses such as the cost of a hotel if you have to go away as repairs are being made.
Renters insurance is very much affordable and will cover you in the instances mentioned above and more. People often think that they don't own enough valuables to purchase renters insurance because they underestimate the cost of what it would take to replace their household items in the event of loss or damage.
- Creating a checklist of items in your living space and its original value along with serial numbers and receipts if you have them. Store this information in a folder in a secure place such as a lockbox.
Once you complete this assessment the total value of your belongings might be eye opening and may change your mind about buying renters insurance. Get an inventory done now because you don't know what tomorrow will bring.


Mary Agnes (Collerain) Alford peacefully left this life and went to be with her Lord on August 26, 2013, surrounded by her family in her home north of Caldwell. The family will host a visitation for friends and relatives from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 28 at Strickland Funeral Home in Caldwell, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 29th, at First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell with interment to follow at Caldwell Masonic Cemetery.
Mary was born in Houston, Texas, on July 27, 1940 to Joseph B. and Mary Alice Collerain. After graduation from Texas A&M, her father volunteered for active duty as an officer in The United States Army Reserve, and continued in that capacity for the duration of the Second World War. As such, Mary spent her early years living on various Army Posts. Small children were something of a rarity on military bases during the War years, and Mary loved to tell stories of the time she spent entertaining the troops (including wounded soldiers) with medleys of song and dance taken from early Shirley Temple movies.
After WW2, Mary's family returned to the Houston area, where her father resumed his employment with Humble Oil. After graduation from Marion High School in 1958, Mary enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin, where she studied English and Education. She joined the Delta Gamma Sorority, an organization with which she maintained ties throughout her adult life. Mary obtained a Bachelor's Degree from The University of Texas and later a Master's Degree from Texas A&M University.
While attending the University of Texas, Mary met Lee Alford III, a Longhorn football player from Caldwell, Texas; the two were married on December 22, 1962, and settled in Lee's hometown. In 1964 and 1966, the couple was blessed with the arrival of two sons, Lee Alford IV and Michael Bruce Alford respectively.
When Bruce reached school age in 1971, Mary took employment with the Caldwell Independent School District, where she taught English to and influenced the lives of several generations of Caldwell's Youth. She eventually became Head of the English Department, was Caldwell's first teacher of English as a second language, and was the faculty advisor for the Hornet yearbook during the majority of her teaching career. Declining health dictated that Mary retire from teaching in 2000, after 29 years with the Caldwell Independent School District.
Mary was active in a number of civic organizations, but was most proud of her work along with many other people to re-establish the presence of a full care hospital in Burleson County after the closure of the Goodnight Memorial in the mid-70's.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, (Joseph B. and Mary Alice Collerain Sr.); her parents in law, (D.L. and Catherine Grace Alford, Jr.); and two siblings who died in infancy-Blanch Ann and Norman Randolph Collerain.
Mary is survived by her husband of fifty years, Daniel Lee Alford III: son, Daniel Lee Alford IV and wife Abigail; son, Michael Bruce and wife Cindy, grand-daughters Emily, Verity and Amity. Mary is also survived by brother Joseph B. Collerain, Jr.; Sister Janet Gilmore and husband Randy; sister Joan Horak and husband Garland; brother-in-law James J. Alford and wife Kathy; in addition to numerous nieces/nephews and grand nieces/nephews.
The family respectfully requests, in lieu of flowers, that those wishing to remember Mary please make memorial contributions to Hospice Brazos Valley.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Mary C. Alford (SS# issued in TX), last residence not listed.
For more information about this family, see AAFA's published genealogy, Known Descendants of Halcut & Harriett C. Alford.
Her husband's lineage: Daniel Lee 1940 TX1, Daniel Lee 1915 TX2, Daniel Lee 1876 TX3, Halcut 1854 TX4, Richard Erwin 1818 GA5, Halcut 1789 GA6, Julius 1750 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.


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The government has taken actions to mitigate workforce disruption cause by Omicron.
Prime Minister tasks ministers to develop robust contingency plans for workplace absences and other disruption caused by high levels of Omicron cases
government is stepping up response, led and coordinated by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
departments working closely with their sector specialists to anticipate and mitigate any potential disruption and manage workforce absences
The Prime Minister has tasked ministers to work closely with their respective sectors to test preparations and contingency planning so that disruption caused by increased COVID-19 infection is minimised in public services and supply chains.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Steve Barclay, is chairing regular meetings with ministers to closely monitor the impacts of Omicron on workforces and supply chains and monitor schools ahead of the return of pupils in the new year.
The government is also working with the public and private sector to develop plans to manage absences in order to ensure sectors are prepared and disruption is minimised.
The Committee has already agreed a number of interventions and will meet regularly to monitor developments and agree where further action needs to be taken.
So far, disruption caused by Omicron has been controlled in most parts of the public sector, but public sector leaders have been asked to test plans against worst case scenarios of workforce absence scenarios of 10%, 20% and 25%.
They have identified a range of mitigations, including identifying additional staff - such as volunteers in the public sector or former teachers in schools -prioritising service delivery and reducing bureaucracy.
While the booster programme continues to go from strength to strength, with more than 33 million people - almost two-thirds of adults in the UK - now receiving their third dose, the high levels of positive COVID-19 cases and increased transmissibility of Omicron could mean that UK businesses and public services face disruption over the coming weeks.
With a third vaccine dose boosting protection by up to 75%, all government departments, led by the Department for Health and Social Care, are also renewing efforts to make sure that critical public sector and key workers get their booster jabs.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Steve Barclay said:
As people return to work following the Christmas break, the high transmissibility levels of Omicron mean business and public services will face disruption in the coming weeks, particularly from higher than normal staff absence.
We have been working through the Christmas period to prepare where possible for this, with all departments liaising closely with public and private sector leaders who are best placed to operationally manage their workforces.
The best way to combat Omicron is to get boosted and I encourage anyone who is eligible to get boosted now.
A number of steps have already been taken to minimise any potential workforce or supply chain disruption, including:
reducing the isolation period from 10 to 7 days with 2 negative tests
introducing daily contact testing to prevent widespread need for self-isolation where someone hasn't tested positive for COVID-19
investing over £462 million to support workforce recruitment and retention in the adult social care sector
using digital staff passports for NHS staff which allow them to move between hospitals easily
extending the Infection Control Fund until March 2022 to support staff self-isolation payments, testing and covering the costs of staff vaccination in care homes, supported by £388 million
boosting the numbers of HGV drivers through quicker testing and skills bootcamps
asking qualified teachers who are no longer in the profession to sign-up to temporarily fill absences and support schools to remain open in the new term
adding care worker roles to the Shortage Occupation List to bolster our social care workforce
working to speed up the registration of overseas nurses to practice in the UK - as a result 800 nurses have been able to register with the Nurse and Midwifery Council this week alone
Regular data is being fed into the Cabinet Office to identify early any potential disruption and take any steps to mitigate them. The contingency planning utilises the New Government Situation Centre and a central taskforce of civil servants based in the Cabinet Office and working across government and with the devolved administrations.
Should disruption occur the government stands ready to make sure that any necessary burdens to businesses are cut. There is work ongoing to identify potential regulatory, policy or operational changes which could minimise or alleviate potential disruption.


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I love, love, love this video by Lindsey Stirling. It makes me happy every time I watch it.
As I was thinking about this video, and finding love in a hopeless place, I realized one of my favorite things are those moments when the world goes still and the spirit stirs within me, washing me with love. Love for life, for the world, for the blessings I have. They are my frozen memories, the times I wish I could snap a photo and hold on to it forever. It's love in an unexpected place.
It's the little two-year-old girl's eyes when she pulls grass up with chubby fingers and wiggles it into the bunny cage, "Here bunnies, here."
It's the bubbles all over the six-year-old's face; Santa Claus beard, laughing in the bathtub.
It's the nests we made out of the beds last night, pillows and blankets on all the edges, the littles in the middle with a place to put their heads, no matter where they turned.
It's their sleeping breaths when I stood in the bedroom this morning, not quite able to wake them up.
It's the careful fingers of the eight-year-old, passing out pez candy to the small ones, one and at time. "Here, open your mouth."
"Did you hear him! Did you hear? He whistled!"
"Watch how fast I can go on my bike."
"Please bless us to serve everyone in the whole world."
Two glasses of water spilled in one meal. Wet rags scattered everywhere. They are half out their chairs, laughing as they scoop up food with their fingers. Don't use the silverware, don't mind the puddles. There is nothing in the world more funny than my brother right now.
I found love in this place.
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It's more important than ever for companies to identify their preferred target audience, and B2B lead generation is proving to be an effective and attractive solution. Whatever the size of your company or whatever business you're in, finding the right clients for your product or service can mean the difference between success and failure.
Let's start with the basics. Generating leads is the process of finding individuals or companies who are likely to want your product or services. Traditionally, a dedicated sales team would find leads, and campaigns such as telemarketing and mail shot advertising were popular for a time. However, as technology has advanced so too has every aspect of modern marketing and finding new customers has taken on a whole new meaning.
In the past, a lot of money was wasted on campaigns that simply targeted the wrong people or approached them in the wrong way. It really doesn't matter how many leads a marketing team has if they are not good, solid leads that will pay off in terms of orders and profit. Today, marketing automation software such as Eloqua enables B2B companies to analyse how prospective clients react to various approaches such as e mail, video, online demo or webinair, and to act on the results.
Check out this webinair from Salesforce about shortening the sales cycle. Saleforce is mostly used by medium to large companies who have sales people who go on meetings. They have a large app store which enables them to be a versatility company and integrate developments such as marketing automation into their systems.
If you're a company that sells luxury clothing there will be little point in approaching a handyman who is looking for workwear – especially if you call him out of the blue, just as he's about to sit down to dinner. That's how sales teams worked in the past, but B2B lead generation today takes a more streamlined and focused approach. Marketing automation software uses your data and business demographic to identify viable prospects. Finding the right target audience is essential and technology offers an exciting new way for companies to select those who already have an interest in their service or product through a unique process of data comparison.
What can a company's data tell about new leads?
B2B companies can generate viable leads using their existing data. Data conversion means new customers, and in B2B terms that can be as simple as taking a look at your successes. Where is your product or service best received? In which area and by who? What does your data say about your best customers and can you find a new target audience based on their details? Customise your sales strategies to accommodate your target audience and you'll be rewarded with increased interest in your product.
How do you build a customer profile?
Identifying your ideal customer will ultimately pay dividends – particularly if you take an approach that is appealing and piques their interest. A flexible and useful profile template can be created quickly and easily, and it can be used by B2B companies to give a clear idea of precisely which businesses or individuals are amenable to what they need to say.
Firstly, create a basic picture of your ideal client. Who are they? Why do they want to do business with you, and what do they want from your product or service? Secondly, fill in the blanks. What is their favoured language, what approach is likely to work, and what might affect their decision to purchase from you? Software can help you to decipher the data you have already, and can be used to build customer profiles that identify your target audience more accurately.
Identifying your perfect target audience is not only based on what prospective clients have in common, but also on their differences. The way they react to advertising or approaches by businesses and the way that they buy can make an enormous difference in terms of sales; some people make up their minds and place an order right away while others like to think about it for a short time. Software can decipher the facts and show you which group is likely to buy on the spur of the moment and which likes to take its time.
Lead generation software allows B2B companies to accurately pinpoint prospective buyers, and helps to identify the best approach. Create the opportunity to turn those leads into a personal or telephone appointment or into a stepping stone to bookings, orders or quotes. Some of the most successful ways to create leads include video campaigns, social media campaigns and personalized marketing. Up to 65% of a company's prospective leads will be classed as visual learners, and an inspiring video that keeps their attention can be created inexpensively and easily with modern software.
Companies all over the world have benefited from lead generation campaigns that use data to pinpoint a target audience. For example, shipping giant Maersk successfully used their available data to launch a social media campaign that generated 150 new leads. Maersk included a video of its famous shipping containers as they navigated the frozen seas of the Baltic region during the coldest months of the year – thus appealing to those 65% of prospective clients who are visual learners.
The page contained a link to another site where users could fill out their details on the form provided to download a guide to Maersk's anti-freeze products and services. Everyone who chooses to download the form was instantly identified as a 'hot lead' by the company's software, and the system alerted local sales staff who took the next logical steps. Maersk had identified a target audience using the data at their disposal to make the most appealing approach – lead generation at it's greatest.


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Power is a performance. It's a matter of knowing your audience, picking up on whether you should be funny or scary, when to play to the cheap seats or act with awards-caliber subtlety. Isn't this the obstacle faced by Steve Buscemi in the minds of many viewers? His quiet, hangdog intensity as Nucky Thompson is an outlier in an era of volcanic, Byronic TV antiheroes. But that's the point: For all his successes before and after Prohibition, Thompson's decision to become more than "half a gangster" has forced him into a role he can't quite master. As Boardwalk Empire hits the halfway mark of its final season in tonight's episode — "Cuanto" — it examines the nature of that performance, and those of other characters who've found themselves shoved onto stage.
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As a boy, the future chairman of the boardwalk is brought before the Commodore, who offers the young Nucky a glimpse of his grand plans for the Jersey shore (and an unwitting peek at his collection of photos of sexualized young girls), grinning when the kid notes that this is Atlantic City "as you wish it to be." That wish includes everything from a stronger transportation infrastructure to segregated housing. But Nucky's ability to follow along does nothing to placate his boss. "You think you're a smart boy." "If I say yes, you'll think I'm boasting. If I say no you'll think I'm lying." "Don't try to parse me." The boy is trying his best, but this command performance is unscripted, in front of the toughest crowd in town.
So he's naturally flabbergasted when he and his brother Eli are rewarded for going off-book. After catching them breaking into the Commodore's hotel for a taste of the good life (read: indoor plumbing), Sheriff Lindsay takes the Thompson boys to his own house for a home-cooked meal with his kind, politically minded wife and smart, friendly family. They eat good food, they tell corny jokes, they negotiate a role for the patriarch in Mrs. Lindsay's temperance crusade, over which the Sheriff conspiratorially shares a nod and a wink with Nucky. It's too much for the kid, who breaks down crying at his first glimpse of a life that's emotionally rewarding — a life where he can simply be himself. Cut to an hour later, when he's asking the Sheriff to assassinate his own father. The terms with which Lindsay demurs are revealing: "Don't go where you don't belong. Don't take what isn't yours. Don't pass your burdens on to others. Don't make me do my job — because I will." Know your role, Deputy Sheriff Thompson.
In the "present" day, Nucky and his estranged wife Margaret have made a similar peace. Over drinks — many of them, inducing a for-the-ages performance of drunkenness from actor Kelly MacDonald, who's never been better or sexier — the two realize they are each comfortable with the nature of the other. Margaret recognizes Nucky as a man who solves precisely the kinds of problems she's having with Carolyn Rothstein. Nucky marvels at Margaret's successes after leaving him: getting the better end of a deal with Arnold Rothstein, holding down a good job, raising two kids, all on her own terms. "Is this a fight?" Margaret asks when the conversation turns to their past infidelities. "We've had all the fights we're going to have," he replies, calmly, securely. They don't need to keep up an act anymore. What's there to fight about?
For other characters, the stakes of their fakery are much higher, the consequences of failure much more severe. When Lucky Luciano (referred to as such for perhaps the first time) comes to Chicago to sell Al Capone on the idea of a nationwide umbrella organization for Italian gangs, Al's skeptical – but less so of Luciano's suspicion that "George Mueller," aka former G-man Nelson Van Alden, is the Fed who jacked him in Jersey a decade ago. In a command performance to end them all, Van Alden talks his way out of imminent execution by playing on his employer's vanity: Sure, I may be a Fed and a murderer, but isn't Luciano undermining your authority a worse crime? For Capone — a guy who privately screens newsreel footage of his criminality over and over – this act hits all the right notes. It's an unlucky underling, whose only crime is a failure to provide an appropriate laugh track, who pays the price in Van Alden's stead. He's beaten to death with a statue of the Empire State Building in front of portraits of Lincoln and Washington, in case you were worried Boardwalk Empire was getting subtle on us in its old age.
The most gut-wrenching failure, though, is Sally Wheat's. Far more confident and less needy than any other woman the show has come up with, Patricia Arquette's Southern-fried bootlegger has always felt beamed in from another series — which, frankly, is a great thing. Though she's astute enough politically to hang with major players in organized crime, she's done so (like Margaret) on her own terms, running her own business and calling her own shots. Naturally, she reacts to the soldiers who stop her after curfew like another eager audience, willing to enjoy any song and dance she serves them if the price is right. Even after the writing is on the wall in the form of the chilling phrase "You're what's wrong with Cuba," she finds she can't come up with the necessary lines to placate people who are, by definition, implacable when it comes to criminal capitalists like herself. She dies, a gun in her hand like a Capone-inspired kingpin in a 1930s Hollywood movie. Those films had a code: No matter how charismatic the performance, the bad guys always got it in the end.
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Home » Driver admits to intentionally hitting 11-year-old girl 'because she was white'
Driver admits to intentionally hitting 11-year-old girl 'because she was white'
A driver hit an 11-year-old girl walking her scooter up a road in Draper Saturday morning and admitted to purposely hitting her because she is white, according to police.
19-year-old Steven Ray Becky has been charged with attempted homicide and DUI with serious bodily injury by authorities in Draper, Utah.
A probable cause statement from Draper City Police Department states that Steven Becky admitted to using Xanax, marijuana, LSD and mushrooms. He also told police he deliberately hit her because she was white.
Based on a neighbor's security camera footage, police believed early on that the collision was on purpose.
Police say Becky was driving on the wrong side of the road and swerved to hit the child.
Ronald Cook was on the scene immediately after the crash and said Becky got out of the car after the crash, aggressively walked up to the girl and said, "We all have to die sometime."
Cook told police that Becky tried to escape the scene of the crime and he had to restrain him, and he admitted to using Xanax and marijuana while being held down, the police document states.
Police said Becky was acting erratic, uncooperative, aggressive and "non sympathetic towards the child victim."
According to police, Becky was taken to a hospital to be evaluated for injury, where he told the doctor he used LSD and mushrooms. The doctor then told detectives.
He agreed to speak with detectives and told them that he intentionally hit the victim "because she wa [sic] white," the statement reads.
The girl suffered serious injuries, including a head injury and a fractured hip.
Becky was booked on suspicion of attempted criminal homicide and driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury.
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Las Vegas Strip Club Slang You'll Never Need to Know Until You Do
By Scott Roeben, on February 24 2015
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The world of Las Vegas strip clubs is full of colorful terminology. Here's some of our favorite strip club slang.
Air Dance. An "air dance" is used to describe a lap dance without contact. It's not a compliment to the dancer.
Rock. A "rock" is an unflattering description of a customer who nurses his drinks, doesn't tip dancers onstage and doesn't get lap dances. Rocks are also referred to as "gawkers."
Extras. "Extras" describes acts related to prostitution in a strip club. By the way, prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas. Which is why it never happens here. Ever.
About 10,000 exotic dancers make their living in Las Vegas. We're generous like that.
Raincoater. A "raincoater" is stripper slang for a customer that's not particularly discerning about a dancer's looks. He's more into lots of physical contact.
George. A generous tipper.
Off-Stage Fee. The "off-stage fee" is the fee a dancer pays the strip club to skip dancing onstage (lap dances and VIP rooms are more profitable).
McDance. A perfunctory dance done with an extreme lack of enthusiasm or imagination.
Whale. The term "whale" in a strip club has the same meaning it does in a casino. It's slang for a customer who spends big and takes advantage of a club's VIP room, often for long periods of time.
ATF. "ATF" stands for "all-time favorite," meaning a customer's preferred dancer.
The Sin City trueness.
Game Boy. What strippers sometimes call a customer's manhood.
Vulture. A stripper who hovers near the door of a strip club waiting to pounce on new arrivals.
Tip Rail. The "tip rail," also known as "pervert row" or "sniffer's row," is the row of seats around a strip club's stage. If you sit in those seats, you're expected to tip frequently.
Bird Dog. A "bird dog" is strip club slang for the bouncer who monitors the private dance room, often called the Champagne Room.
Zoned. This term describes the trance-like state some dancers go into when they're working. It typically results from drugs or boredom.
Peeler. "Peeler" is another term for stripper.
7-Up Factory. A "7-Up Factory" is a strip club where all the dancers are particularly attractive, in other words, they rank seven or better on a 1-10 scale.
Beater. A "beater" is a dancer who, while onstage, can't keep to the beat of the music.
Stripper pole moves include the Crucifix, Fireman Spin, Pencil, Cupid, Gemini, Angel and Carousel.
Bolt-Ons. Breast implants.
Snaking. "Snaking" is the practice of watching a lap dance someone else is getting. Not popular with dancers, as you can imagine.
House Fee. A "house fee" is the fee dancers have to pay to work in a strip club on a given night.
Chum the Waters. The strategy of tipping generously onto a stage to receive more attention from dancers for the rest of the evening.
Juice Bar. "Juice bars" are strip clubs that serve no alcohol, just soft drinks.
White Knight. This is a pejorative slang term used by dancers when a customer thinks they can "save" the dancer from their life as a stripper.
Civilian. A "civilian" is a woman at a strip club who doesn't work there.
Hurl Story. An obviously manufactured sob story told by a stripper to elicit a more generous tip, sometimes called a "mercy tip."
Spiff. A "spiff" is the fee a cabbie gets for delivering a customer to a strip club. (This is why cab or limo driver recommendations are always suspect.)
Blind Lap. Getting a lap dance before seeing the dancer give someone else a lap dance.
Mileage. In strip clubs, "mileage" refers to how much bang you get for your buck. If you get a great lap dance for $20, and another guy gets a terrible lap dance for his $20, you got more "mileage."
If you're as endlessly fascinated by this subject as we appear to be, check out our Five Things We Never Knew About Las Vegas Strippers.
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Tommi Gunns April 24, 2020
Don't forget tip out, in which the stripper has to give a cut to everyone else working the club.
Sierra September 13, 2019
Don't forget Captain Save-a-Ho, another term for White Knight. Also "regulars", often losers who come to a club to just watch, nursing a beer and never buying dances or tipping.
boulder steve February 28, 2015
Sounds like you have some time at strip clubs..which one describes you?
Las Vegas Locally February 26, 2015


Thin, N.N., V.H. Duc & P.C. van Welzen. 1998. A revision of the Indochinese-Malesian genus Strophioblachia (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 43: 479–487.
Strophioblachia Boerl., Handl. Fl. Ned. Indië 3, 1 (1900) 235; Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.iii (1911) 35; Merr., Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2 (1923) 455; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5 (1926) 408; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 37 (1982) 36; Alph. Enum. Euphorb. Philipp. Isl. (1983) 45; G.L.Webster, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81 (1994) 107; Thin, Duc & Welzen, Blumea 43 (1998) 484; Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Euphorbiacearum (2001) 305; Welzen in Welzen & Chayam., Fl. Thailand 8, 2 (2007) 559; G.L.Webster in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 11 (2014) 176. — Type species: Strophioblachia fimbricalyx Boerl.
Small shrub to treelet, monoecious. Indumentum consisting of simple hairs, glabrescent. Stipules absent, but bracts of axillary buds persistent and stipule-like, glabrous to hairy, stiff chartaceous. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole not to basally and apically slightly pulvinate; blade panduriform to cordate to obovate, papery, symmetric, not punctate; base emarginate to rounded; margin entire, flat; apex acuminate to caudate, very apex rounded to acute; venation pinnate, basally with 2 (or 4 when cordate or panduriform) footnerves, nerves looped and closed near the margin, veins and veinlets indistinctly reticulate. Inflorescences terminal racemes to thyrses, either staminate (with up to more than 10 flowers, each alternate or up to 5 per cymule), pistillate (up to c. 5 flowers, often more per node), or mixed with the pistillate flowers basally and the staminate ones apically, the latter appearing later, axes short, glabrous to pilose, glabrescent. Bracts ovate to usually obovate and leaf-like, pilose with simple cilia or glandular hairs. Flowers actinomorphic, petals shorter than sepals; sepals 5, imbricate, free, ovate. Staminate flowers: sepals hairy to glabrous; petals (0 or) 5, reduced to fully developed, obovate or obdeltoid, glabrous, membranous; disc lobes episepalous, 5 (or 10), bilobed, trilobed, or separate, glabrous; stamens 15–50, filaments filiform, often adnate to others, glabrous, anthers basifixed, 2-locular, opening latero-extrors with a longitudinal slit; pistillode absent. Pistillate flowers: sepals glabrous except when young, 5-nerved, margin usually fringed with long glandular fimbriae in 1 (or 2) rows, when (partly) absent margin densely pilose or subglabrous; petals absent (to seldom present and sepal-like); disc ring-like, glabrous; ovary glabrous, 3- (or 4-)locular, ovules one per locule; style present, short; stigmas split except for the basal part, spreading horizontally, glabrous above, few hairs present, persistent. Fruit a 3- (or 4-)lobed rhegma, outside and inside glabrous, dehiscing septicidally and loculicidally; wall thin, woody; pedicel elongated; sepals persistent, accrescent, glabrous; column after dehiscence basally slightly thickened, apically somewhat broadened with 3 or 4 traces of veins per septum, margins with narrow fibrous strips of septa remnants. Seeds usually 3 per fruit, marbled, carunculate, endotesta fibrous. Embryo flat, erect, anatropous, surrounded by copious endosperm.
Distribution — Monotypic, found in SE Asia main land (S China, Thailand, Kampuchea, Vietnam) and Malesia: Philippines and Sulawesi.
Strophioblachia fimbricalyx Boerl., Handl. Fl. Ned. Indië 3, 1 (1900) 236, 284; Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 4 (1909) 284; Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.iii (1911) 36; IV.147.v (1912) 285; Merr., Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2 (1923) 455; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 25 (1971) 544; Anonymous, Icon. Corm. Sinic. 2 (1972) 609, fig. 2948; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 37 (1982) 36; Alph. Enum. Euphorb. Philipp. Isl. (1983) 45; Ho, P.-h., Ill. Fl. Vietnam 2 (1992) 348, fig. 4362; Thin, Duc & Welzen, Blumea 43 (1998) 485, Fig. 1–4, Map 1; Welzen in Welzen & Chayam., Fl. Thailand 8, 2 (2007) 559, Fig. 84-86. — Strophioblachia fimbricalyx Boerl. var. fimbricalyx: Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 25 (1971) 544. — Neotype (designated by Thin et al., 1998): Forsten s.n. (L, holo, barcode L 0023492; iso in L, barcodes L 0023493–6), Sulawesi.
Strophioblachia glandulosa Pierre ex Pax in Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.iii (1911) 36, fig. 10; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5 (1926) 409, fig. 48: 1–4; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 25 (1971) 544; Kew Bull. 26 (1972) 341; Ho, P.-h., Ill. Fl. Vietnam 2 (1992) 348, fig. 4363. — Strophioblachia glandulosa Pierre ex Pax var. glandulosa: Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 25 (1971) 544. — Type: Pierre 588 (P, holo; iso in BO, UC), Cochinchina (Kampuchea / Cambodia), Prov. Tpong (= Shrok Thpong).
Strophioblachia glandulosa Pierre ex Pax var. tonkinensis Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5 (1926) 410. — Syntypes: All Vietnam (all P): d'Alleizette 456, Quang-yen; Balansa 707, Tankeuin; Bon 1967, Kien-khé; Bon 2083, Kien-khé; Bon 2571, Lat-son; Eberhardt 1542, Thua-thien; Eberhardt 3232, Langson; Eberhardt 4537, Prov. Bac-kan, Cho-moi; Eberhardt 4550, Prov. Bac-kan, Cho-moi; Eberhardt 4750, Prov. Bac-kan, Ba Be; Pétélot 832, Cho-ganh; Poilane 1235, Quang-tri Prov., Huyen-huong-hoa; Poilane 1654, Prov. de Thanh-hoa, Phong-y; Poilane 4692, Nha-trang; Poilane 10407, Quan-tri Prov., Dent du Tigre; Poilane 10496, Quan-tri, Dong-ché.
Strophioblachia fimbricalyx Boerl. var. efimbriata Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 25 (1971) 544. — Type: Morse 435 (K, holo), China, Kwangsi Prov., Lungchow.
Strophioblachia glandulosa Pierre ex Pax var. cordifolia Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 25 (1971) 545; Kew Bull. 26 (1972) 34. — Type: Kerr 20481 (K, holo), Thailand, SE. Region, Rachasima Circle, Ban Pai, Kawn Ken (near Korat).
Small shrub to treelet, up to 2 m high, dbh up to 5 cm; flowering branches 1.5–3 mm thick, smooth, glabrescent. Bark rough. Leaves: petiole 0.5–7 cm long, glabrous to pilose, glabrescent; blade 6–19 by 1.3–9.5 cm, index 2–2.3, glabrous to subpilose and glabrescent on lower surface, venation flat above, raised below, nerves 6 or 7 per side between footnerves and apical sinus. Inflorescences up to 7 cm long, axes green. Bracts up to 13 by 2.5 mm. Staminate flowers 4–4.5 mm in diam.; pedicel 5–20 mm long, subpilose; sepals 3–4 by 2–3.5 mm, (green to) cream-white, glabrous when older; petals (0–)1–2.8 by (0–)1.2–3.8 mm; disc lobes 0.7–1.2 by 0.3–0.8 mm; stamens white to light yellow, filaments 1.8–2.8 mm long, anthers 0.3–0.6 by 0.3–0.5 mm. Pistillate flowers 5–15 mm in diam.; pedicel up to 13 mm long; sepals and fimbriae green to pale yellow, blade 4–8.5 by 2.8–4 mm, fimbriae up to 1 mm long; (petals ovate to elliptic, c. 4.5 by 2 mm); ovary 1.2–2 by 1.7–2 mm; style 0.9–2 mm long, stigmas 2.5–4.5 mm long, united in lower 0.5–1.4 mm. Fruit 11–13 by 8–10 mm, dark brown when dry, (dark) green when fresh, wall less than 1 mm thick; pedicel up to 23 mm long; sepals 12–15 by 7.5–10 mm with the fimbriae up to 4.2 mm long; column after dehiscence 6.5–7 mm long. Seeds ± globose, 6–7 by 5.5–6 by 4.5–5 mm. Embryo seen immature.
Distribution — Thailand (Northeastern, Central, Southeastern), China (Kwangsi), Kampuchea (Shrok Thpong), Vietnam and Malesia: Philippines and Sulawesi. A typical dry monsoon distribution.
Habitat & Ecology — Solitary to common plant, usually found in secondary forest, but also at the margin of primary forest, in dry Dipterocarp forest, deciduous forest, and (occasionally burned) bamboo forest. Soil: rocky, calcareous or sand. Altitude: sea level up to 250 m. Flowering and fruiting almost the whole year through (less so in November to January).
Vernacular names — Philippines: Sallapigo, salsaligau (Iloko; Merrill 1923).
Uses — In the Philippines, Mindoro, dry seeds are used in fermented drinks.


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MLB notebook: A's sign Davis through 2021
Oakland Athletics slugger Khris Davis signed a contract extension Thursday that covers the 2020 and '21 seasons for a reported total of $33.5 million. Davis was scheduled to become a free agent in November.
Davis' 143 home runs since the start of the start of the 2016 season are the most in baseball over that span -- 19 more than second-place Giancarlo Stanton.
Davis, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in a 2016 trade, has a league-leading 10 home runs in 77 at-bats this season. Home runs have become the 31-year-old's niche, as Davis has produced three consecutive 40-plus homer seasons since joining the A's.
--The Detroit Tigers placed left fielder Christin Stewart on the 10-day injured list due to a strained quadriceps muscle.
Stewart, 25, sustained the injury Tuesday while running the bases in the ninth inning of the Tigers' 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. An MRI revealed no structural damage, but bruising and soreness limited his mobility.
Stewart is batting .222 with three homers and a team-high 13 RBIs through 16 games. The Tigers recalled infielder/outfielder Brandon Dixon from Triple-A Toledo to fill the vacant roster spot.
--The Chicago White Sox placed starting pitcher Lucas Giolito on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring, the club announced.
Giolito, 24, sustained the injury Wednesday during the third inning of his outing against the Kansas City Royals. He had thrown 2 2/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts to that point. Giolito is 2-1 with a 5.30 ERA and 23 strikeouts over four starts this season, his third with the White Sox.
The White Sox recalled outfielder Ryan Cordell and right-handed pitcher Carson Fulmer from Triple-A Charlotte. They optioned struggling outfielder Daniel Palka to Charlotte after Wednesday's game.
--Field Level Media
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In 2013, Mikael Cho was fighting for the survival of his company, Crew, with just a few months of cash left. To avoid going broke, any effective solution would have to be quick and insanely cheap. That's right, the company needed a miracle.
To try and save Crew, Cho and the team changed their business plan and were working on a new website. For their new homepage, the team needed a picture. A basic task that proved difficult! Every available option was either too expensive or too boring. So, the team hired a photographer and took a few pictures at a coffee shop. They picked one picture for the website and decided to give the others away for free. "Maybe there's someone out there with the same problem", they reasoned. Three hours and a $19 Tumblr theme later, they launched Unsplash, a website featuring 10 of their best remaining photos. Cho decided to share Unsplash with the HackerNews community of designers and entrepreneurs, then went on with his day.
A few hours later, Unsplash hit the top charts on HackerNews and received over 50,000 visitors! The long awaited miracle actually happened. The spontaneous project clearly addressed the hidden need of so many. For Crew, things have never been the same since.
Today, Crew is a thriving business after leveraging the huge visibility generated by Unsplash. With 300,000 free photos, Unsplash is now world-famous and is used by millions of creators, including companies like Apple.
Photo by Cam Adams on Unsplash.
Was Mikael Cho just lucky? Yes and no. You can put luck on your side by doing the right thing. What does that mean? Know your market, address its pain points, analyze its feedback, and iterate. Oh, and please (PLEASE!) keep it simple. If you feel the need to (re)explain what you do, then think twice about your solution or communication.
As told by Mikael Cho on Crew's blog.


The Litany of Savior in Itea is the largest religious festival of the coastal town of Phocis.
On 6th of August, in Itea, the church of Metamorphosis of Savior celebrates and it is the largest church in the city and protector. On the eve, the Liturgy of Vespers took place, as well as the Litany of Savior in Itea, in the city's beach. Crowd in attendance, the authorities and the Metropolitan of the area, as well as military contingents are there. The Litany of Savior in Itea is accompanied by an honorary procession that is accompanied by the marching band of the city.
The day after the Litany of Savior in Itea, on the same the day the Divine Liturgy take place grandly, officiated by Bishop of Phocis, united the clergy of the county, and with the presence of representatives of the clergy from across the country. After, a celebration program follows, organized by the city authorities, with musical performances by local clubs and other accompanying events that keep a lot.


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BY Adam McGrath - @AdamMcGrath89
Rail Position: Out 6m
Track Comments: The conditions should make leaders hard to run past early, but as the breeze turns in the afternoon I expect horses will be able to run on strongly.
No. 2 RECOILED brought his trial form to raceday on debut and proved too strong over 1000m. Conditions suited on that day but he should take a lot of improvement from that run and be very hard to beat. No. 3 Sporting Image drops back to 1000m where we've seen him perform over before. He was unlucky first-up but should be suited from barrier 3 and with the claim to Jake Casey. No. 1 Diamond Tonique improved dramatically last start dropping back to 1200m. He drops back even further but has never placed over 1000m. I have my concerns with 59kg that he may not have the turn of foot required to win this. No. 6 First Affair is looking for three victories in a row. From barrier 2 she should get a lovely trip through the early stages and she's demonstrated that she has a good turn of foot.
No. 4 SAUL'S SPECIAL trialled well winning by over 3 lengths. The time that he ran on the way was quicker than some of the gallopers that won races at Ascot on Wednesday. He has to overcome a wide draw, but with the blinkers on this looks a winnable option. No. 1 Our Time Will Come is the only proven galloper in this race. She's won two of five and has never finished outside of the top 3 when racing over 1000m. No. 9 High Conviction looks to be an impressive filly by Snitzel. The Miller stable just keeps producing quality two-year-olds so it would be of no surprise to see her win this race. No. 6 Quincy's Image trialled well over 400m and does have race experience. Patrick Carbery trialled two others and has elected to ride this filly.
No. 8 KENNOCHA is looking to win three in a row here. She's kept sound and has showed her class. From barrier 6 and with only 53kg, she'll be able to lead or sit just behind the leaders and with her recent from she'll be the one to beat. No. 4 War Prince is the big danger to our on top selection. He races well second-up and young apprentice Aaron Mitchell is in career best form. No. 2 Petrol Power has class on his side when looking at this race. The jockey reported respiratory noises after last race, which is a small concern since this galloper has already had a throat op. However, a scope showed nothing and with the 2kg claim and the extra 100m he should play a part. No. 5 Miki Two Toes was a winner over 1200m two starts ago at Ascot before stepping up to 1500m. The drop back in distance suits and William Pike takes the ride.
No. 6 OUTLAW PETE has been flashing home in recent starts but has been getting too far back to win. Shaun McGruddy takes the ride now and from barrier 4 if they're close enough at the top of the straight his turn of foot should see him be too good. No. 5 Fo'Shizzle was ridden upside down last start. This mare needs to lead or sit outside the leader and make the other runners do more than they want to. She'll get that opportunity from barrier 7 here and with only 52.5kg she'll be very competitive. No. 3 Saker is in career best form and has won two of his past three. He drops back 200m from his last win, but with the 3kg claim on his back, he'll be flashing home with only 53.5kg. No. 1 Muskets At Dawn is another in career best form. He'd never won at Ascot until this campaign and he's now won three of his past four. Aaron Mitchell is in career best form and from barrier 3 this horse should dictate terms through the early stages.
No. 4 BAYATORIO looks due. The 5yo has had 16 attempts at Ascot and has never won but he's showing the signs that it may be this start. Paul Harvey takes the ride and the drop back in distance should suit. No. 1 Cougar Express was narrowly beaten last start by Uncle George but does get a 2.5kg swing on him for that 0.8 lengths. No. 3 UNCLE GEORGE was a winner two startsago before having no luck last start in the AHA Cup. William Pike takes the ride back and he's drawn perfectly. No. 8 Paseo Del Prado is an adaptable runner who showed a nice turn of foot over shorter races but has also proven that he can stay. He's won over 2100m and can provide the upset.
No. 7 ALL GEE has shown his class this prep, especially when winning last start from barrier 12 over 1400m. He's drawn well here in barrier 4 and only has to carry 54kg. He's the natural leader and will be hard to run down. No. 1 Eurosun still hasn't won for 535 days but finally draws a gate. He's fourth up this prep and if he's going to break that drought it will be this start. No. 2 King Of Wu was a winner last start after racing in a forward position. He gets 2kg off his back and may be able to sit outside of All Gee. No. 3 Push To Pass has William Pike on board which is always an advantage. This galloper is first-up without a trial but did show improvement last campaign.
No. 1 PATRIMONIO hasn't done anything wrong this campaign, but since his win first-up he's run into a handy one each time. He's drawn wide here, but with 2kg off his back he should be running home strongly. No. 5 Forver Diamonds drops out of the Listed Challenge Stakes where she wasn't that bad. She was an impressive winner the start before and will also be attacking the line strongly. No. 9 Corvara couldn't have been any more impressive on debut. If the conditions do favour leaders, then back her. No. 3 Le Patron is another with another good turn of foot that should enjoy the speed in the race.
No. 11 DRIVE ON ICE should enjoy the step up in distance. This is still his first campaign, but he's the best value of the day at $12+ with the turn of foot that he showed late last start. No. 2 Slick Talker was an impressive winner two starts ago, before putting in one of the better performances of the day last start. He missed the kick and was one of a few able to make up ground all day. He'll need some luck from barrier 1 but he has shown that he's capable of it. No. 3 Confusing has come back a different horse this campaign. Last campaign he was a stayer that was consistent against mid-week company. Now we're seeing him demonstrate a strong turn of foot and he's won two of his past three, both at the track and distance. No. 5 Mr Mankini impressed two starts ago racing wide throughout but still only finishing two lengths behind North Ridge. Last start they stepped up to 2150m and it was just a little too far. The 1800m should suit with only 53.5kg.
Leg 3) 1,3,4,5,9
Leg 4) 2,3,5,7,11
$75 = 33%


Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday morning as early voting is now under way.
Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who is running for governor, will be in Gardnerville on Saturday touching base with the base.
Laxalt will be visiting the home of the Marshes 3:45 p.m. Anyone interested in attending should email events@adamlaxalt.com.
Today wraps up the first week of early voting in the 2018 primary with none of the printer issues that accompanied elections in 2016.
On the first day of early voting, the new election equipment worked smoothly, Clerk-Treasurer Kathy Lewis said.
As of Thursday evening, 1,964 Douglas County residents had cast either an early or absentee ballot.
Douglas County purchased new polling equipment with help from the state earlier this year. The county's old equipment had been in use for a dozen years before it was retired.
According to the Clerk's Office, 360 voters visited the historic Douglas County Courthouse on Saturday.
Lewis said there was a line when the polls first opened, but by lunchtime people were walking right up to sign the pad and getting the card to cast their ballots.
Early voting will continue through June 8, when it closes in preparation for Election Day on June 12.
Nevada's closed primary limits Republicans to voting for Republican candidates, and Democrats to voting for their party's nominees.
There are three local Republican races on the ballot that will be resolved in the June primary, commissioner district 2, assessor and public administrator. A nonpartisan candidate has filed for commissioner district 4. The winner of the June primary between Janet Murphy and Wes Rice will meet that candidate in the November election.
Unaffiliated and minor party voters will only see nonpartisan candidates on their ballot, which this year includes the race for sheriff and one for Nevada Supreme Court.
The sheriff's race could be resolved in the primary if one candidate gets more than half the vote.