Google Keyword Tool is a window into the world's innermost desires. Often the keywords reported are mundane and predictable: [hotels at disney], [disneyland restaurants], etc. Some days, however, I'm struck by a particular phrase and the intent behind it. To the keyword phrases that brighten my days I dedicate this "As Seen on GKT" column.
People go to Disneyland to have a good time. For some people having a good time is synonymous with partying, and for others it means photos of the kids with Snow White. These two search phrases show different sides of the "having a good time" coin, which is what fascinates me most.
Bars: It's hard to mistake the intent here. People looking for bars in or around Disneyland are either there to party, or there with the whole fam-damn-ily and in need of something to dull the edge. The [bars near disneyland] query caught my attention first and got me thinking about the parents who just wanted to wander off and drown out the shrieking scene with a stiff drink or five. But who am I to say. Last time I went to Disneyworld with my then-princess-obsessed daughter Hazel I had a glass of wine or two and quite enjoyed myself. But I didn't feel the need to tie one on or search out the available bars nearby. There's a difference and it puts a pretty big downer on the whole "Happiest Place on Earth" thing.
Clubs: While bars have a more depressing connotation in my opinion, clubs have a celebratory connotation. You go to a club to dance and have fun, not to sit on a stool and stare into your cups. When I happened upon the search queries for [club at disneyland] and the like, I realized there's another side to drinking at Disney — the fun side! I could especially recall all the 20-somethings I saw at Disneyworld and the great fun they were having. Of course they'd seek clubs as part of their trip. OK, that's less depressing.
Secret Club: But what's this? A secret Disneyland club? Keyword research exposes you to some of the coolest stuff you never knew existed. Like a secret members-only club in the New Orleans Square section of Disneyland. If you've got a couple extra grand lying around and love Disneyland, check out Club 33 for the elite experience. Apparently.
What I found interesting overall is that "club" keywords associated with "disneyland" outweigh "bar" keywords 14:1. Some of those "club" searchers may be looking for travel clubs, fan clubs or book clubs, but if that was the intent it's more likely they'd search for the "disney" brand overall than the "disneyland" theme park. We'll just agree that there may be some intent contamination in the "club" searcher data set, but even so it appears far more people want to find clubs than bars at Disneyland.
Which frankly cheers me up more than it should, really. It's rather life affirming to think that there are more celebratory intent searches than "I can't bear my family vacation" searches. So let's all have a drink to Mickey and the crew.


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Q: PHP User defined function not working properly Heres my function:
function get_r($groupid) {
 if (!empty($groupid)) {
  $groupid = explode(",", $groupid);
  $rto = array();
  $x=0;
  while (count($groupid,$ustaffid) > $x) {
   $q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM groups WHERE id='$groupid[$x]'");
   while ($get = mysql_fetch_assoc($q)){
    $rto[] = $get['groupname'];
   }
   $x++;
  }
  $q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM groups WHERE ustaffid='$ustaffid'");
  $numofgroups = mysql_num_rows($q);
  if ($numofgroups == count($groupid) && count($groupid) > 1) {
   $rto = "All of my groups";
  } else {
   $rto = implode(", ",$rto);
   return $rto;
  }
 }
}

when I call function  I'm using this:
get_r($groupid);

What I'm trying to do is get the variable $rto from my function, I have supplied the function with the $groupid variable. $rto is returning empty.
Thanks for your help!

A: You've got 2 exit points in your function:
  if ($numofgroups == count($groupid) && count($groupid) > 1) {
   $rto = "All of my groups";
  } else {
   $rto = implode(", ",$rto);
   return $rto;   <---- here
  }
} <--- here (end of the function)

Only when that if clause evaluates to FALSE does $rto get returned. Otherwise execution falls out of the bottom of the function and returns nothing.
Add another return here:
  if ($numofgroups == count($groupid) && count($groupid) > 1) {
   $rto = "All of my groups";
   return $rot; <---

or just move the other return call to the bottom of the function, so it returns $rto regardless of how the if() turns out.
  if (...) {
       ...
  } else {
      ...
  }
  return $rto;

A: $foo=get_r($groupid);
echo $foo;

and:
Variable scope

A: The only time that something gets returned is when the following line fails:
if ($numofgroups == count($groupid) && count($groupid) > 1) {

So basically you won't get any result if you match all of your groups. You should replace the return to the last line of your function to circumvent this.

A: The returned variable goes out of scope once the function is done.
Do it like this
$rto = get_r($groupid);

$rto is assigned the return value.
Also, you're not returning the value if the if block is true.
if ($numofgroups == count($groupid) && count($groupid) > 1) {
   $rto = "All of my groups";
     return $rto; //********** This <<
  } else {
   $rto = implode(", ",$rto);
   return $rto;}

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Determine if your property is located in an area subject to flooding. A property located within a flood zone doesn't necessarily have flooding problems. Upon request, the Building Department at (870) 246-1818, will make free flood zone determinations for properties within the City. FEMA maps are also available in the Clark County public Library. If located in an "A" zone, your property is within the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) which is an area that has been determined to have the potential for flooding caused by a 100-year flood. The Building Department also maintains elevation certificates for many properties within the city which are available for review.
Flooding is not covered by a standard homeowner's insurance policy. Renter's insurance does not cover flood claims. A separate flood insurance policy is required to cover damages incurred by flooding. Coverage is available for the building as well as for the contents of the building. The City of Arkadelphia participates in the Community Rating System (CRS) and in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which makes available federally backed flood insurance for all structures, whether or not they are located within the floodplain. There is a 30-day waiting period before coverage goes into effect. The discount for our current CRS Class 9 rating entitles residents in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) to a 5 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums.
If your property is in imminent danger of flooding, please contact Entergy at (800) 368-3749 to request that your power be shut off, or for guidance on how to do it yourself. Please contact Centerpoint Energy at (800) 992-7552 to request that your natural gas be shut off, or for guidance on how to do it yourself. These numbers may also be contacted for any other electrical or natural gas emergencies. Develop an evacuation plan for your family including essential supplies. If dangerous flooding conditions are imminent, avoid driving a vehicle if possible. Do not attempt to drive or wade through deep pockets of water or running washes/washouts. Turn around, do not drown. Unstable banks should be avoided. Avoid low lying areas; Seek shelter in the highest areas possible.
Various methods may be used to minimize flooding. If the floor level of your property or outside machinery such as HVAC units is lower than the "Base Flood Elevation" (elevation of the 100-year flood based on the FEMA maps) consider elevating your structure. Brochures discussing flood proofing and other mitigation measures are available in the Clark County Library, in our online library collection, or by following links to Fema.gov and Floodsmart.gov websites listed below. Link to: Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding.
If flooding is imminent, property can be protected by sandbagging areas subject to the entry of water into living spaces. Valuables and furniture may also be moved to higher areas of the dwelling to minimize damages. The City of Arkadelphia will make visits to provide one-on one advice to a property owner regarding flooding and drainage issues on private property. We may be reached at (870) 246-1818.
Floodplains are a natural component of the City of Arkadelphia environment. Understanding and protecting the natural functions of floodplains helps reduce flood damage and protect resources. When flooding spreads out across the floodplain its energy is dissipated, which results in lower flood flows downstream, reduced erosion of the stream bank and channel, deposition of sediments higher in the watershed and improved groundwater recharge. Floodplains are scenic, valued wildlife habitat, and suitable for farming. Poorly planned development in floodplains can lead to streambank erosion, loss of valuable property, increased risk of flooding to downstream properties and degradation of water quality.
The gateway to hydrologic forecasts and information is entered at http://water.weather.gov or through the NWS home page (http://www.weather.gov) by clicking on the RIVERS, LAKES, RAINFALL link above the map. Secondly, you can click on the local hydrology page. Here you will find quick river monitoring data, river/lake data and rainfall, river forecasts and hydrographs, and flood warnings.
On the left side of the page, under the heading AHPS (Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service) Documentation, there is link to the user's manual published by NOAA's (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's) National Weather Service.
Briefly, you can select river observations and forecasts nationally or regionally.
The starting point for obtaining NWS hydrologic products on the web is a national map showing locations where observations are available for river/stream gaging station (Figure 1). Above the national map there are two rows of tabs. To access non-water related information, select tabs along the top row that are to the immediate left or right of the Water tab. The bottom row of tabs link to a specific map or menu and include: River Observations (default), River Forecasts, Precipitation, River Download, and Other Information. The displays and other information available under these five tabs are discussed in this and other sections to follow. When either the River Observations (default) or River Forecasts tabs above the national map are clicked, river/stream locations are displayed which are color coded according to the flood status of their most recent observation or the maximum forecast through the entire period.
Clicking on a point on the National River Observations or River Forecasts map brings up a regional map covering an individual NWS weather forecast office's (WFO) area of hydrologic responsibility (known as a hydrologic service area, or HSA) plus the surrounding area (Figure 2). Click here to view the current version of the HSA map shown in Figure 2. Most HSA maps cover all or portions of two or more states. For larger states, the map may cover only a portion of one state.
To the right of the National River Observations or River Forecasts maps, pull-down menus can be used to display river/stream locations across four types of regions. These regions include states, NWS weather forecast office HSAs, NWS River Forecast Center (RFC) areas of responsibility, and USGS water resource regions.


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December 1, 2017 Lynley Jones
Welcome to our Curious Cook's Bookshop!
You can currently visit our pop-up brick & mortar bookshop in downtown Montclair, NJ! COMING THIS WEEK: Order online and pick up at the shop. We'll have your book waiting for you.
In the meantime, here are some links to my favorite books on Amazon:
My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats
By Fany Gerson
Rick Bayless Mexico One Plate At A Time
By Rick Bayless
Authentic Mexican 20th Anniversary Ed: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico
By Mr. Rick Bayless
The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados
By Diana Kennedy
Food is culture (as they say at the Museum of Food and Drink). These are some great books that came out this year about the intersection of food and cultural heritage in this country. I can't wait to dig into each of them in the coming year:
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
By Michael Twitty
A memoir from Michael Twitty, a culinary historian and blogger, based on his experiences exploring his own African-American and Jewish family tree in the American south.
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South
By John T. Edge
A self-described "white son of the south" writes about the complicated culinary and cultural history of the changing southern US.
The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen
By Sean Sherman
Chef Sean Sherman explores the indigenous foods of America's first people, to re-establish the role of native foods in American cuisine.
This is like no other cookbook you've ever read. Quirky and hilarious, with really unique sandwich ideas.
A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches
By Tyler Kord
We visited Chef Tyler Kord's No. 7 Sub shop in NYC this summer in my Culinary Adventure Summer Camp! He couldn't have been more welcoming to our group, or more generous with his time.
A year ago, my 12 year-old son declared "I'm tired of sandwiches!" so I bought this book for both of us. This book is part food rant, part confessional and part recipe book. It's creative, irreverent, somewhat inappropriate, totally hilarious and brilliantly written. A great read for anyone 12 and up (if you don't mind a few curse words and drinking references here and there).
For anyone looking for inspiration around cooking with vegetables:
Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons
By Steven Satterfield
Great ideas for using every part of the plant, with beautiful photography guaranteed to make even the most reluctant veggie-eater fall in love with eating plants.
The Vegetable Butcher: How to Select, Prep, Slice, Dice, and Masterfully Cook Vegetables from Artichokes to Zucchini
By Cara Mangini
A useful how-to for anyone who wants to get more comfortable preparing veggies of every kind.
Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi
By Yotam Ottolenghi
Creative cooking with vegetables, with gorgeous photography.
And speaking of Ottolenghi...
Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi
By Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
His latest book, written with Helen Goh, takes things in a sweeter direction, still with his creative approach to cooking. I haven't gotten this one yet, but I can't wait to work my way through it in the coming year!
Perennial favorites for anyone who wants to understand their food and where it comes from:
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
By Michael Pollan
The book that inspired my Mostly Plants recipe series! Read my short synopsis of the book. Perfect book for anyone who wants to understand, once and for all, what the heck science actually tells us (and doesn't) about what we should eat! If you're ready to move past fads and buzzwords and hype to eat real food, this is the book for you.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Pollan's original book about the modern food system.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition
A version of the classic written for younger eaters.
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Pollan's latest book talks about how the methods of cooking make us who we are.
Some great resources for anyone who wants to learn to be a better cook:
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
By J. Kenji López-Alt
Weighing in at who-knows-how-many-pounds, this is a great resource for everyone who wants to understand what really works in the kitchen, and why.
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
By Samin Nosrat
How these four ingredients can take your cooking to the next level.
The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food
By Daniel Patterson, Mandy Aftel
A chef and a perfumer collaborate on a guide to flavor.
How to Bake Everything: Simple Recipes for the Best Baking
The most recent addition to the "Everything" series - I just bought this book and can't wait to work my way through it! In true Mark Bittman style, it's filled with charts and explanations to help home cooks understand how baking works and why, and how to improvise once you understand the basics.
How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food,10th Anniversary Edition
A modern classic. This belongs on the bookshelf of everyone learning to cook! Includes nearly everything the average American wants to know how to make, with lots of ideas for variations on each theme.
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
The vegetarian version of How To Cook Everything, with everything you need to know to cook with tofu, tempeh, seitan, and countless fruits, veggies, beans and grains.
For parents who want to raise adventurous eaters:
French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters
By Karen Le Billon
An interesting take on how adults can influence the eating habits and preferences of children. Lots of food for thought (so to speak).
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
By Bee Wilson
I read this as part of my research into food preferences prior to my Raising An Adventurous Eater event at the Nutley Farmer's Market in September 2016. A solid, research-based work to explain where food preferences come from, how much is nature vs. nurture and culturally driven, what parents can and should do to influence their kids' eating behaviors, and what adults can do to change their own eating habits.
Not exactly food books, but Lemony Snicket's books are often filled with humorous and creative references to sophisticated food. The inspiration behind my Series of Unfortunate Recipes , plus one of my summer cooking camps and this event!
(We've also been enjoying the Netflix series based on the books, and looking forward to Season 2 in 2018!)
If you're trying to decide if the book series is right for your children, you can read my parent-to-parent review here.
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story
The tale of an exasperated little latke making his way through a Christmas world.
The Lump of Coal
The tale of a lump of coal who can think, talk and move itself around. At Christmastime, no less, when the world is full of miracles that always seem to happen to other people.
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Is your RCIA in the news?
22 January 2008 9 December 2022 / RCIA / Nick Wagner
John Allen Jr., over at NCR Café, makes the point that, while local newspapers cover things as routine as city council meetings and high school sports events, they seldom report the powerful faith stories that take place in our churches every week. Using the Lexis-Nexis database, which indexes virtually all major print and broadcast media outlets in the English language, he ran a search under the keywords "cathedral" and "Catholic" for the week of January 3-10, 2007.
Recall that Jan. 3-10, the period of time under examination here, fell during one of the most crucial liturgical and spiritual points of the year: just after Christmas and New Year's, with the Feast of the Epiphany smack dab in the middle. Yet not one of these stories (or the 20 or so other pieces that I didn't list) made any reference to that activity. There was nothing about how a local homilist had framed the meaning of Epiphany; nothing about the spiritual significance of the Incarnation for contemporary Christians; nothing about the prayer intentions local Catholics brought to the liturgy for the New Year; nothing about how Catholic schools or CCD programs had prepared young people for the spiritual dimension of the holidays. Nothing, in short, about the routine pastoral and spiritual life of the church as it's reflected in our cathedrals and other local faith communities.
This is not, he assures us, because Catholics have nothing to say that would interest the secular media. He writes:
Every RCIA director in this country has stories to tell of that remarkable convert whose life is the stuff of a Hollywood screenplay.
Incredible drama unfolds in cathedrals [and churches] every day; indeed, it would be stunning if this were not the case. Religion is where people bring their deepest fears, their highest hopes, their most intense passions—it's the Coliseum of the conscience, the arena in which the universal human struggle between sin and redemption, between disgrace and new grace, plays itself out.
I'd even suggest that these stories are not being told well enough in our own diocesan newspapers.
So what stories do you have? And how are you telling them? E-mail them to me at nick[at]teamrcia[dot]com, and I'll post some here. And e-mail them to your diocesan and town newspapers.
Click here to read Allen's entire post. (You have to scroll down a bit.)
Photo by Kaboompics.com from Pexels
What makes a catechumenate team leader?
What you can and cannot adapt in the Rite of Acceptance
RCIA, Rite of Acceptance
What to do if you are a catechumenate "team of one"
Three principles for adapting the rites of the catechumenate
Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year A – The 2nd through 4th Sundays of Ordinary Time
Catechumenate team goals for the New Year
What does the Rite (Order) of Christian Initiation of Adults say about adaptation?
Why is the adaptation of the rites so important?
Liturgy, RCIA
Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year A – Christmas Season
Is your RCIA open all year-round? Making room for parish events


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Last updated: 09:27 AM ET, Wed January 20 2016
NewLeaf Temporarily Suspends Sales
Airlines & Airports	Monica Poling January 19, 2016
Photo courtesy of NewLeaf Travel Company
It turns out that launching an ultra-low-cost-carrier isn't as easy as it seems.
Despite much media attention and so many new customers that their internet site temporarily broke, NewLeaf Travel Company won't be taking off on Feb. 12 as planned. The company has announced it is halting all ticket sales while it undergoes a review of licensing regulations by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA).
The Winnipeg-based airline has also said it is refunding customers who have already purchased tickets.
"During this uncertain time, we didn't want to put anyone with existing bookings at risk, and we wanted to give customers time to make other travel arrangements" NewLeaf CEO Jim Young said in a news release issued Monday afternoon.
The problem? NewLeaf Travel is what's called an Indirect Air Service Provider (IASP), which means that it does not operate its own equipment. Rather, it operates under a charter agreement with Kelowna-based Flair Airlines, Ltd., which holds the CTA operating license.
Although airline execs say NewLeaf was in full compliance with CTA regulations when the airline launched, they say there is now "ambiguity" as to whether they need to amend the relationship with their air service provider.
"As with any success that threatens to change the status quo, there are those that will resist that change and take any measures necessary to maintain the existing playing field, even if it is to the detriment of the vast majority and the benefit of the very few," said Young.
While NewLeaf awaits the final decision from the CTA with respect to licensing regulations, NewLeaf execs have said they are taking the "high road" when it comes to their passengers. As soon as the review is complete, the airline plans to resume sales. Passengers who booked during the airline's launch will be guaranteed the opportunity to re-buy their seat for the price they originally paid.
For more information, visit NewLeaf Travel Company.
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San Francisco Giants Walk off Dodgers on McCutchen Blast
By Luke Corvello
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 07: Andrew McCutchen #22 of the San Francisco Giants reacts as he starts to trot around the bases after hitting a walk-off three-run homer to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5 in the bottom of the 14th inning at AT&T Park on April 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
After nearly 5 and a half hours, the San Francisco Giants biggest offseason acquisition finally delivered. Andrew McCutchen was the hero of an epic game against the Dodgers.
Ladies and gentlemen, Andrew McCutchen has finally arrived for the San Francisco Giants. After hitting below the mendoza line to begin the season, McCutchen improved his average by going 6 for 7 with a towering 3-run walk-off home run.
It was much needed lift that the Giants needed to beat the rival Dodgers, as Giants fans have been waiting to see this McCutchen for the start of the season. You don't have to worry Giants fans because it looks like the bats are finally coming alive.
Want your voice heard? Join the Around The Foghorn team!
The game started at 3:05 pm today and didn't end until nearly 8:30 pm. McCutchen started off the day with an rbi single in the first inning, and his day just kept getting better from there. Adding McCutchen right behind hot hitting Joe Panik and before Buster Posey will be a major boost to this Giants team.
Many people were skeptical about the acquisitions of McCutchen and Longoria in the offseason due to last years disappointment. But, if these two former all-stars bring the type of all star play that people have seen over the last number of years, there's no reason why this team can't compete for a division or wild card spot.
SF Giants: Reliever Reyes Moronta clears outright waivers
SF Giants sign veteran 1B John Nogowski to minor league deal
SF Giants call on veteran LHP Scott Kazmir for big start against Padres
SF Giants: Update on Alex Dickerson's rehab assignment
Atlanta claims SF Giants C Chadwick Tromp off waivers
The Dodgers on the other hand fall to 2-6 on the year, a huge disappointment after representing the National League in the World Series just a year ago. There's reason for worry for the Dodgers as they will be without star Justin Turner at least until the beginning of June. If the Dodgers continue their funk, there's optimism for Giants fans that they'll be able to take advantage of the Dodgers poor performance.
Going back to the Giants, they continued to show fight all day long. Buster Posey delivered a two-run home run off Rich Hill in the bottom of the 4th inning today. Posey has always been the heart and soul of this Giants team, and if this middle of the lineup can get going it would come to much relief for manager Bruce Bochy.
The bullpen for the Giants was another highlight. Bochy used every single relief pitcher today after Chris Stratton went 6 innings. Reyes Moranta, a reliever that was added to the roster once Mark Melancon, came in to fire 4 strikeouts in 2 innings. The bullpen did their job, and Giant fans know how much the bullpen has faltered over the last number of years. Melancon was supposed to be the key piece, but if other guys like Moranta and Strickland step up and pitch the way they have, Melancon's loss won't hurt too bad.
Next: Giants Prospect Suspended 50 games
The Giants are showing plenty of fight to open up the season, something that those 3 world series teams all had in common. Tomorrow it will be Ty Blach against Clayton Kershaw. Blach outdueled Kershaw on Opening Day at Dodger Stadium, and Bochy hopes he can find the same production and a series win.


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Various Artists :: Kingsbridge Music presents Independent & Underground Hip Hop Compilation Vol. 1
Nervous December 11, 2007
CompilationReview
My city, like many other cities in the world, has a bustling black market economy thriving right alongside licensed and taxed enterprises. In this market, you can obtain duplicated copies of the most recent movies and albums for quite a few dollars less than what a brick and mortar entity would charge you. Sometimes, you can find the purveyors of this nefarious fare running their businesses in the parking lot a few hundred feet from where their licensed and legal competitors are conducting their affairs. One portion of this bootleg economy that has always intrigued me has been knockoff clothing.
One of the things that I have always found curious about knockoff clothing is the paradox in offering a facsimile of an expensive clothing item for an extreme discount. The buyer is attempting to present an image of affluence by purchasing a proximate copy of an item, most likely, marketed to upscale consumers without having to use a considerable portion of the resource that makes it appealing in the first place: money. However, for this item to be attractive enough to be bootlegged, requires that those who actually have mucho dinero to co-sign the brand. In effect, what you have is a situation where people who cannot actually afford an item purchasing a copy of it so as to appear that they can afford it. The irony is that if it were actually affordable, no one would be interested in buying the real thing.
A knockoff comes in two different forms. For those looking to avoid trademark violations and a visit from the federales, they may develop an offspring brand that resembles the parent by using a similar color scheme, typeface or logo that recalls the inspiration. They even take it as far as creating a brand name that so closely resembles the original; the casual viewer has to take a very close look to realize that the wearer is rocking a counterfeit. One of the best examples of this would be Pure Black, a FUBU knockoff so good that it acquired a fan base off its' own merits.
Another type of knockoff would be the type that throws all caution to the wind and decides to copy the brand itself. This type of knockoff is designed to benefit the consumer by offering a low price for a normally high-ticket item, while giving the perception that he or she is willing AND capable of paying top dollar to satisfy the roving eye of the style police. The manufacturers of this type of knockoff understand that it doesn't have to be EXACTLY like the item it is pretending to be, it just has to come close enough to fool the casual viewer into believing that it is. Because of this, many knockoff items tend to master the big details while failing to take into account the little things that make the original item special. It could be something as simple as not duplicating a stylized tag located under the tongue of the shoe, an obscure stitch pattern for a shirt or the direction of a small logo located on the lower portion of a jacket. They tend to be the type of minor details that true fans of the brand will notice instantly when they see you wearing the clothing, while casual style chasers will fail to see any type of difference.
I thought about this while I listening to the Kingsbridge Music compilation. The reason why it came to mind because here we have an occasion where you have individuals who have managed to get the big details right while missing the minor ones that allows an artist or group to rise above simply average. This album is similar to many other indie hip-hop albums I've listened to that, though it was produced in 2007, owe its ambience to the mid '90s. There is nothing wrong with continuing to use elements of music heavily associated with a bygone era, many acts do this and create brilliant modern music that audiences listen to and enjoy. The flaw comes when an artist listens to music from a certain era, takes the obvious attributes of that sound and attempts to build a career without taking the little things that made it special into consideration.
Something that people fail to understand is that the same elements that made a person or group popular in the past apply to any other person or artist who becomes famous today. Let us take Wu-Tang Clan for example. Many hip-hop artists like to talk about how people do not make the same type of music that Wu-Tang is famous for anymore. They complain about the dearth of that "real" hip-hop music and wonder why they have difficulty procuring an audience receptive to their sound. What people miss is that Wu-Tang was more than their music. At their commercial peak, they possessed all of the same characteristics that most people, and the Stans wishing for their resurrected commercial dominance, tend to gravitate towards when seeking a new act to glorify. They possessed tons of charisma, presence, distinctiveness, great voices, style and PERSONALITY.
Take just about any music act associated with the "Golden Era" and I am sure you will find that almost every single one of them possessed those intangibles to some degree. Some like to call it star quality, many term it the "it" factor. No matter what you choose to call it, it has to be available in some amount for others to find you compelling enough to continue paying attention to. Sure, you have artists who have grinded out careers without possessing much personality, but you find that those artists are mostly relegated to "workman" status and are more respected for their work ethic than for their actual musical output.
The bottom line is that you can mimic all the obvious things you feel made your heroes great, while lacking all the little things that actually made them so. Just because you still use jazz samples and dusty drum kicks does not make you A Tribe Called Quest. Just because you choose to use lyricism, delivery and production that can be referenced to a bygone hip-hop era does not make you "real" hip-hop. Just because you do not hear your favorite kind of hip-hop prominently played over the radio does not mean that your variety needs rescuing. Most importantly, just because you have made the choice to continue recording and performing that style does not mean that you are the best candidate to "save" it.
The "Golden Era" was filled to the top of the bucket with fool's gold as much as any other exploited genre in music's long and oscillating history. I know because I purchased A LOT of bum albums even then. This is why I become upset when I read on the inside of an album how this crew or that crew is set to "save" hip-hop from itself as if they are qualified to do it quite simply because they fell in love with one particularly influential period. There are so many artist and groups dedicated to rescuing hip-hop by keeping it firmly implanted in the past that they fail to notice that there is a lot of new music worth hearing, if they would stop pulling out their "Illmatic" album and give some other music an opportunity.
I had a feeling what I was in for when I put the cd in and the very first thing I heard was the same sample from "Who's Got the Props" by Black Moon. I'm funny about samples that have already been used, and utilized well, by a prominent artist or group. If you are going to use a sample that is heavily associated with a classic effort, you better be prepared to use it in a unique manner or bring a performance to the table that draws positive comparisons to your efforts versus the previous endeavor. In this case, the sample was used as the backdrop for an intro that featured a DJ cutting up various vocals naming hip-hop icons. All it really did was make me think about when was the last time I listened to "Enta Da Stage".
The first vocal effort would feature Superstar Quamallah on an effort titled "Love Has Madeus". The subject matter is positive illustrating themes that emerge regularly on many indie hip-hop efforts, namely, the desire to be a success in a crowded hip-hop industry and reverence for hip-hop icons from the past. Though I can respect the subject matter and the positive vibes emanating from the music, the track, lyrics and vocals don't make you want to listen for very long. The production resembles a 9th Wonder chop effort, but lacks the savvy sample collection that has kept crate diggers guessing about where he's finding such wonderful fruit to harvest. The drums are lazy to the point of lethargic and don't do much to drive a sample that could be special with a tad bit of dressing.
The second effort "Dope" by Jazz Addixx suffers the same problem as the first track. This is compounded by the use of a chorus that would have been acceptable back when the track title was current slang. Using the word "dope" to build your chorus around does nothing but take a track that sounds as if was a leftover from the mid '90s and make it seem even more dated.
The third track by Shadowfacts called "Gracious" tries to add an up-tempo element. The track uses jazz elements in much the same way that they would have used back in the '90s. In fact, this track would have been comfortable on Common's "Resurrection" album. However, it would not have been a standout effort; it just employs many of the same elements that made it a classic recorded document of its time. Anyone listening to the rhymes and flows on this track would find it difficult to believe it was produced and recorded during a recent timeframe.
I do not mind simple lyrics. Sometimes, simple lyrics are best equipped to handle the job at hand. You don't always need to whip out the thesaurus to get your point across, in fact, it's better to be able to convey complex ideas in a language that can be understood by the masses. However, when an emcee delivers simple lyrics that are coupled with equally simplistic punchlines, they are doing neither you nor themselves any real favors by spitting them. An example of what I mean would be this lyric by Fab Nickel on the song "Credit's Due".
"If you ain't family, then don't lay a hand on me
My hands are so fast, (you) thought I was a cavalry
I'm trying to fully fill my jeans like a cavity
But people mad at me, cause I speak reality
This is for the niggas and bitches,
(indecipherable) best wishes to the ones on the bottom of my shit list
She ain't getting nada, no jewelry nor Prada
Microphones I smoke em like I'm puffing marijuana
My mind is sharper than the blades you find at Benihana
(indecipherable) down in Tijuana
I got a knack for dope beats…"
Why are these cats still using the word "dope"?
Mind you, many rappers have spit far worse rhymes and still managed to be a favorite of mine. An example of this would be Nice and Smooth. The difference goes back to that "something extra" I mentioned early. The rapper on this verse does not really seem to make an effort to add that something extra to the verse to put it over the top, delivering a dry and boring effort instead. The track is not exceptional enough to provide the listener what they would need to want to stay and listen to what he may have to say next.
The remaining thirteen tracks on the album all seem to follow a similar course resulting in humdrum lyrics, lackluster performances and mind-numbing beats to back them. This is disappointing because in the middle of one song, I heard a rapper claim that if the year were '96, he would be a major hip-hop player.
I have heard MANY artists on these types of albums say something similar to what he said. Personally, I think there is something dubious about creating a certain style of music in a time when you, no longer, have your muse available for a side-by-side assessment. You can be an individual, like me, who adores the soul/funk of the '70s. I have spent serious time in the studio trying to capture the essence of what I love most about that style of music. However, it would be wishful thinking for me to claim that my music would have provided as much business for a record shop as my muse, if I had only had the benefit of having my music released at the same time as theirs. If that is why I am doing the music I do, I could be accused of playing it safe by performing music that I already understand has limited appeal and complaining when that scenario plays itself out.
There is no way the artist, or the listener, would ever know how large they would have been in '96 with the same music. However, it is curious that artists feel that their music is comparable to what they admire. There was not a single star making performance to be found anywhere on this compilation, just a lot of "real" hip-hop that fails to hit the spot.
The thing is that all of the music on the compilation, like a pair of knockoff jeans, succeeded in using all the major elements one would need to create the illusion that what you are seeing is what you think you are seeing. However, if you look closely, you realize that something vital is missing. That missing "something" is the very detail that you thought was least important or you did not notice yourself, but sometimes, it is the only thing that matters.
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Q: Convergence in distribution of $N(0, 1/n)$ I am a graduate student in statistics and am self-studying convergence in probability.  I am a little confused on the following problem.
I am trying to follow a proof that claims
$$X_n\sim N(0,1/n) \overset{D}{\rightarrow} 0.$$
The proof uses the definition
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} F_n(t) = F(t)$$
to show the convergence in distribution, where $F(t)$ is c.d.f. of the point mass distribution at $0.$  The proof shows that, for $t<0$,
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} F_n(t) = \mathbb{P}(X_n < t) = 0,$$
and that for $t>0$,
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} F_n(t) = \mathbb{P}(X_n < t) =1.$$
The proof then concludes that $X_n \overset{D}{\rightarrow} 0.$
My question:
I completely understand the steps of the proof and how the limits were found, which is why I chose not to include them here.  I do not understand the last statement.  Wouldn't it be more correct to say that $X_n \overset{D}{\rightarrow} X$, where $X$ is the point mass distribution at $0$? The definition of convergence of distribution states that a random variable converges to another random variable. $0$ is not a random variable.
Thank you.

A: A random variable $X$ is a function $X : \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$.
When we write $X=0$ as a random variable, this is just the function taking every point $\omega\in\Omega$ to $X(\omega) = 0 \in \mathbb{R}$.
Note that this is different from the distribution of the random variable $0$, which is the point mass at zero.


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As of 2011, the company operated 600 Fresh Marts.

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I was busy listening to my favorite song on my iPod. The mellifluous tone just was creating a sense of harmony in my all senses. My tattered body cells seemed too coalesced. It felt so nice after getting soaked in the rain. The best part of it was I had been playing football with my neighborhood friends. Consequently there were brown mud patches spread all over my red tee.
After removing the grit from my tee I had come back to my room. My room is small, but I keep it well organized. I make it a point that my things don't lie here and there scattered. But that day, I still marvel what went wrong. My books were lying here and there. I forgot to place them in the rack after studying in the night. I felt someone yelling my name from outside. But after few seconds it was gone. After a few minutes, Mom barged into the room.
'What you have done?' she asked at the top of her voice. I could see the anger in her red eyes.
'What?' I was driven with frisson from within. I switched off my iPod and sat there dumbstruck.
'Whole house is stained with mud patches because of your shoes, you dimwit.' she said belligerently.
'Huh?' I pretended as if it was no big deal. After all in what age I will play football, my old age?
'And look at your dress, it's all covered........in mud.' She was outraged.
'Gosh! When will you listen to me?' she strode out from the room.
I was feeling a sense of relief. Just I was about to close the door, I saw her rushing into my room.
I stood there agape. Earlier also I had played football in the rain, spreading mud all over my clothes, but mom hadn't behaved like this before, washing clothes? Me? It was like giving a guitar in the hands of Sachin Tendulkar to bat! First of all you have to soak them for hours!! Nah!! Not my piece of cake. But I had only three choices with me, whether to wash the tee or revolt for the decision of her or the best say sorry to her meekly. I chose the last one. I was rambling in my thoughts, and then I heard her speak.
'Change your clothes! You will catch cold.' She ordered. I changed my clothes throwing away my muddy tee in the pile of clothes to be washed. Turning back to her I looked apologetically to her with pleading eyes. I hoped that might melt her heart.
'Last time...!' she admonished. I hugged her tightly after hearing those words. Yes I made it!
'Thank you! Mom' I said with a childlike glee.
Thank god! Now I don't have to wash it!!' Mom will take care of it. A sense of delight rushed in my bloodstream. Tomorrow I will wear my tee! Yippee! With this affirmation I went to sleep.
Next day was very bright sunny day. I woke up at usual seven in the morning. Performed all my morning chores and was ready to go to college. The best part was I wore my favorite white tee!! I remember how hysterically I had fought to by that tee. Firstly mom was reluctant, but afterwards she had agreed. Everybody was staring at my new tee which gave a sense of immense pride to me. I remembered the words enunciated by the shopkeeper. Don't soak it! Otherwise it will shrink!
Raghu and Vikas made a plan for playing football in the college as we had two hours free. I reluctantly agreed as I didn't want to spoil my new tee. Fortunately it was not raining that day. But ground was slightly wet still because of the last night's rainfall. The weather was perfect for a football game. I was playing with all my attention towards the ball only. I didn't want it to spoil the tee. But a gaffe happened. The Ball had bumped into me unaware leaving a big muddy patch on it. I vamoosed from there bunking my last class and went straight to my home. I marveled what Mom would say about it. But having no choice, I had faced her.
'So again you have done it?' she said frantically.
'I told you not to play football with that tee on! But you don't want to listen to me!' I stayed their quiet changing my tee.
Hearing those words literally drove me to nuts. Did you say Soak? I remembered the words said by the shopkeeper. Don't soak it! Otherwise it will shrink!
I was lost in my thoughts then I realized that my Mom had already taken away the tee with the other pile of clothes. I ran behind her pleading her to do whatever except to soak it!!
'Mom! No..... Don't soak please!' I continued screaming.
I kept running behind her just to stop her from soaking it. The words of the shopkeeper were echoing in my ears.
The Surf Excel Matic, available for front load as well as for top load washing machine, contains the power of vibrating molecules that deeply penetrates the embedded stains removing them effectively.
The most important point that she said is 'SOAK NO MORE.' Those words fell like a soothing tone in my ears. I was completely relaxed.
So just don't waste your so important and depleting resources, water, electricity and most importantly your energy and money. Don't wait just go for it!!
This post is entry for Soak NoMore Contest hosted by Indiblogger.
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We both think on the similar lines. I like the touch of football player to it. And yes, t-shirts do shrink if we don't take care of them.


Marina Bay Sands, Luxury at its Finest.
Three 55 story towers containing over 2,500 hotel rooms support the 1,150 feet Sands SkyPark. In front of the towers, sits the world's largest atrium casino, 2 theaters, a convention center, 2 floating glass pavilions, and the ArtScience Museum.
At Marina Bay Sands guests can swim on top of the world in the highest, largest, rooftop, infinity pool in the world. The 57th floor Marina Bay Sands Infinity Pool area can only be accessed by hotel guests with an active room key. We scoured the internet for information on day passes only to find site after site stating pool access is strictly for Marina Bay Sands guests only. Determined to swim in the world's highest infinity pool, Mitch reserved a room for 2 at Marina Bay Sands.
A Single file line passes through a monitored gate as each visitor scans their room key to enter the pool deck. Be sure to ask for 1 key per registered guest upon check in and plan your swim wisely. Pool access is revoked upon check out. Drinks are prohibited in the pool, but can be enjoyed on the sun deck lounge chairs. The massive rooftop pool measuring almost 150 feet is divided into 3 sections and surprisingly none are heated.
Access to the 57th floor Sands SkyPark Observation Deck is free for Marina Sands Bay guests. Tickets can be purchased for non-hotel guests online or at the SkyPark.
The Singapore Flyer, the wold's second highest Ferris wheel measuring 541 feet tall, offers 4 course dining options or a 30 minute ride above the city in 28 glass capsules.
There are over 80 restaurants to choose from at Marina Bay Sands, but only 2 are located on the 57th floor Sands SkyPark; CÉ LA VI and Spago. Dining at the modern, Asian CÉ LA VI Restaurant, we have an uninterrupted view of the sun setting. As the city lights sparkle to life below, the nightly Gardens by the Bay Rhapsody show begins.
The free Gardens by the Bay – Garden Rhapsody music and light show occurs every evening at 7:45pm and 8:45pm.
Marina Bay Sands offers more than 300 lavish stores and outlets from around the world throughout almost 1 million square feet of retail space. If that isn't enough, shoppers can take a relaxing gondola ride through a canal running the length of the shopping block.
The wold's largest Louis Vuitton store floats next to the Marina Bay Sands ArtScience Museum in a glass pavilion.
A walkway along the river offers a beautiful view of the city lights.
Traveling Gingerbread Note: As we opened the door to our standard guest room, the curtains automatically parted revealing our view of Singapore. While the room does offer a balcony, it's not quite big enough to enjoy morning coffee or stand on with the doors shut, but we were both able to wiggle outside and thankfully back inside.
We highly recommend enjoying a Hot Legs by the pool.
Is it worth it to splurge for a night in the world's most expensive stand alone casino property? We think yes. Cheers!
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Thanks for the review of the hotel! I am headed to Singapore in fall 2019 for a wedding and may have to spend a night there. Cheers!
It's an amazing hotel. Even if you can't get in the water, I would stop by the pool deck for that amazing view.


I will be having new air conditioning units fitted in the next month & I will be selling the ones that I am taking out, I have 2 x outdoor units & 4 x indoor blower units, both of the outside units fed 2 x indoor units but 1 of the outdoor units has a compressor not working so it will only feed 1 x indoor unit but the other outdoor unit works fine & feeds 2 x indoor blower units so they will fit 3 x separate rooms. I was going to have a new compressor fitted in the unit with only I working but decided to go for the newer invertor units instead. The units are Dsitsu, 1 outdoor unit is 12000 btu & the other is 9000 btu. They also are heaters as well as air conditioning units.I was hoping to get around €300 for the whole lot.


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Power outage in multiple Indian states due to coal shortage
INDIATOP
Sambad English Bureau Published On : Apr 23, 2022 at 8:38 AM
New Delhi: Amid rising power demand in the country due to a continued heat wave, India is staring at an electricity crisis accentuated due to a coal shortage at over 150 power plants.
The coal stock position at the Central Election Authority (CEA) supervised 173 power plants stood at 21.93 million tonnes (MT), which, according to a Nomura report, is less than the regulatory requirement of 66.32 MT as on April 21.
Media reports have suggested that coal inventories had dipped to the lowest since 2014 at the beginning of the financial year to nine days as against the Centre's mandated 24 days' worth of stocks.
While on one hand, the CEA daily coal report said that coal stock at 81 out of the 150 government owned power plants is critical, on the other is the increased power demand — from 106.6 billion units (BU) in 2019, it increased to 124.2 BU in 2021 to 132 BU in 2022.
"There is a coal shortage and the situation still could have been salvaged, but the early heat has exponentially increased the power demand, widening the demand-supply gap," said an official from the power sector.
States such as Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh are witnessing powercuts amid low coal stocks.
Earlier on Friday, the Maharashtra government had declared that it is planning to import coal and acquire a coal mine from Chhattisgarh for power generation.
"Coal is not being supplied in the country as per demand, forcing us to consider alternatives to bridge the gap of around 3,500 MW-4,000 MW shortfall between the demand and supply," Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had told mediapersons in Mumbai.
Last week, the state Cabinet authorised the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd to purchase power from elsewhere to tide over the current crisis.
Pawar reiterated that insufficient coal is being supplied to various states by the Centre, and even Maharashtra is not getting the required quantities, though all efforts are being made to ensure smooth power supply and end the ongoing powercuts.
The coal shortage has further been accentuated due to shortage of railway rakes for coal supply of the power plants.
(IANS)
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Howard Marks put it nicely when he said that, rather than worrying about share price volatility, 'The possibility of permanent loss is the risk I worry about… and every practical investor I know worries about.' It's only natural to consider a company's balance sheet when you examine how risky it is, since debt is often involved when a business collapses. Importantly, Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) does carry debt. But the more important question is: how much risk is that debt creating?
Why Does Debt Bring Risk?
Debt is a tool to help businesses grow, but if a business is incapable of paying off its lenders, then it exists at their mercy. In the worst case scenario, a company can go bankrupt if it cannot pay its creditors. However, a more frequent (but still costly) occurrence is where a company must issue shares at bargain-basement prices, permanently diluting shareholders, just to shore up its balance sheet. By replacing dilution, though, debt can be an extremely good tool for businesses that need capital to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about a company's use of debt, we first look at cash and debt together.
What Is Papa John's International's Debt?
You can click the graphic below for the historical numbers, but it shows that Papa John's International had US$348.5m of debt in March 2021, down from US$363.2m, one year before. On the flip side, it has US$171.3m in cash leading to net debt of about US$177.3m.
NasdaqGS:PZZA Debt to Equity History May 25th 2021
How Strong Is Papa John's International's Balance Sheet?
We can see from the most recent balance sheet that Papa John's International had liabilities of US$291.7m falling due within a year, and liabilities of US$608.6m due beyond that. On the other hand, it had cash of US$171.3m and US$87.4m worth of receivables due within a year. So its liabilities outweigh the sum of its cash and (near-term) receivables by US$641.6m.
Given Papa John's International has a market capitalization of US$3.45b, it's hard to believe these liabilities pose much threat. However, we do think it is worth keeping an eye on its balance sheet strength, as it may change over time.
We measure a company's debt load relative to its earnings power by looking at its net debt divided by its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and by calculating how easily its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) cover its interest expense (interest cover). Thus we consider debt relative to earnings both with and without depreciation and amortization expenses.
Papa John's International has net debt of just 0.98 times EBITDA, indicating that it is certainly not a reckless borrower. And this view is supported by the solid interest coverage, with EBIT coming in at 9.0 times the interest expense over the last year. Better yet, Papa John's International grew its EBIT by 298% last year, which is an impressive improvement. If maintained that growth will make the debt even more manageable in the years ahead. The balance sheet is clearly the area to focus on when you are analysing debt. But ultimately the future profitability of the business will decide if Papa John's International can strengthen its balance sheet over time. So if you're focused on the future you can check out this free report showing analyst profit forecasts.
Finally, while the tax-man may adore accounting profits, lenders only accept cold hard cash. So it's worth checking how much of that EBIT is backed by free cash flow. Over the last three years, Papa John's International actually produced more free cash flow than EBIT. That sort of strong cash generation warms our hearts like a puppy in a bumblebee suit.
Papa John's International's conversion of EBIT to free cash flow suggests it can handle its debt as easily as Cristiano Ronaldo could score a goal against an under 14's goalkeeper. And that's just the beginning of the good news since its EBIT growth rate is also very heartening. Considering this range of factors, it seems to us that Papa John's International is quite prudent with its debt, and the risks seem well managed. So the balance sheet looks pretty healthy, to us. There's no doubt that we learn most about debt from the balance sheet. But ultimately, every company can contain risks that exist outside of the balance sheet.
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Staffing changes are coming to the 3rd Infantry Division.
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday new assignments for two of the three generals assigned to the 3rd ID, which has units stationed at Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield and Fort Benning.
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, the Division's commanding general, also is up for a new appointment, although the Department of Defense hasn't announced where.
Lynch is currently deployed to Iraq as commander of the Multi-National Division-Center.
Defense officials said Brig. Gen. Edward C. Cardon has been appointed deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Cardon has been serving as the deputy commanding general (support) for the 3rd ID (Mechanized)/Multi-National Division-Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
Brig. Gen. James L. Huggins Jr. has been appointed director of operations, readiness and mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, in Washington, D.C.
Huggins has been serving as deputy commanding general (maneuver), 3rd ID (mechanized)/Multi-National Division-Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
A spokesman at Hunter Army Airfield confirmed the recommended staffing changes Tuesday, noting brigadier general posts are usually for a 12-month period.
Cardon and Huggins' tenures have been longer because they were assigned while the 3rd ID was deployed as part of President Bush's 15-month troop surge.
Meanwhile, Col. Patrick J. Donahue II, has been selected to be promoted to brigadier general and is set to join the 3rd ID's new leadership team.
Donahue is executive officer to the vice chief of staff, Army, U.S. Army, in Washington, D.C., and was named Tuesday as assistant division commander, 3rd ID (Mechanized), Fort Stewart.
The staffing changes and change of command ceremonies will likely be held this summer.


When our EIC Rachel Zoe first met William Banks-Blaney, they bonded over a vintage Yves Saint Laurent dress at his London shop, WilliamVintage. Their deep love for historical fashion and couture made them instant friends. This week William released 25 Dresses, a fashion book highlighting the most iconic dresses of the 20th century and the history behind each famous frock. Here are 4 of our favorites from the book including a retro Courrèges minidress and a spectacular chain-detail Alexander McQueen gown.
The perfect gift for every fashion aficionado.
"A Courrèges dress is about far more than crisp tailoring, clean lines and the go-go girls of the 1960s. It symbolized the aspirations of a modern, liberal generation of women who no longer wanted to look back to a pre-war heyday."
"The appeal of his creations were succinctly explained by Diana Vreeland, the fabled Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue during the 1960s: 'In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room...no other woman existed.'"
"This dress, in the palest dove-grey silk crepe and embroidered with chainmail by the legendary house of François Lesage, holds the signature of McQueen, with its high collar, tightly capped sleeves and undulating bias."
"A Fortuny Delphos is perhaps the most celebrated dress ever designed, yet seemingly it is no more than a sheath of silk with a simple belt."


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Written on 1 Dec 2021 by Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Climate law and public policy innovation for the sustainable development goals: Accelerating post-COP26 compliance
Building on the legal and public policy outcomes of COP26, all stakeholders including world-leading universities must now accelerate efforts towards Paris Agreement compliance for sustainable development, says Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger[1], at the Leverhulme Lecture.
Climate change: Shattered planetary boundaries and rising global risks
Today's critical global risks and challenges include poverty, pandemics and the shattering of planetary boundaries, especially climate change. Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion, are causing dangerous consequences. In November 2021, the level of 415 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere were passed, leaving a carbon budget of just 400-500 GtCO2 remaining to limit overall warming to the target of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.[2]
Yet annual global emissions now exceed 40 GtCO2/year. Adding up all of the pre-COP26 nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement would still put warming on pace to reach 2.7°C by the end of the century.[3] Climate change impacts, including increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters, sea level rise, irreversible ecological damage, the spread of vector-borne disease, conflict over natural resources, and climate-induced displacement, disproportionally harm highly climate vulnerable nations and communities lacking capacity to respond. So while the costs of climate action are large, the costs of inaction are incomparably larger, and ever-rising, with disaster-related losses amounting to US$280 billion in 2021.[4]
All stakeholders including governments and international organisations, financial institutions and the private sector, and civil society including world-leading universities, must now accelerate their efforts toward the rapid and drastic course correction that is urgently needed. This includes the legal community using the tools of the law.
International policy and legal responses
The international community has been examining the scientific data, raising the alarm, and struggling to negotiate responses for over 75 years now. International conferences and debates have been leading slowly to clearer definitions of problems; to general commitments to cooperate; and to fragmented, incoherent, conflicting and sometimes even overlapping attempts to act. A common global policy agenda is crucial to guide more coherent global responses. The United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and their 169 associated targets for implementation cross many legal and policy challenges implicated and impacted by climate change.
The SDGs may be 'soft law', aspirational voluntary targets adopted to facilitate more coordinated international and domestic action, but a circle of international treaties and organisations – including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement, and entities such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF), as well as myriad national regulatory bodies across all spheres of human activity – provide tailored regimes to meet the SDG targets.[5]
Indeed, while the UNFCCC establishes a common framework for climate action, as a carefully crafted compromise intended to generate global participation, the Paris Agreement is predominantly a procedural 'pledge and review' commitment, with a core triangle of obligations. These are: (1) nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the global response to climate change, backed by (2) significant new and additional climate finance, secured by (3) transparent monitoring and reporting, which permits collective stock-taking and public awareness leading to pressure for higher ambition.[6]
Under the Paris Agreement, Parties are obliged to submit and maintain an up-to-date NDC; to provide reports related to emissions reductions and technology transfer and financial contributions; and to participate in the facilitative dialogue. Despite the carefully crafted agreement, however, implementation of the Paris Agreement remains a critical challenge, particularly since each facet of these requirements demand embedded domestic capacity which is limited in many countries.[7]
Glasgow outcomes for implementation and compliance
Various noteworthy advancements to operationalise the Paris Agreement were agreed at the recent COP26 in Glasgow. Crucially, the Glasgow Climate Pact sets forth common timeframes for NDCs, aligning target dates in five-year cycles, and provides guidance operationalising the procedures and guidelines for enhanced transparency such as requiring Parties to adhere to standard and regular formats for the communication of information on emissions reductions, as well as financial flows, technology transfer, and capacity building. There was significant progress on carbon markets, including guidance on cooperative approaches for the trading of carbon credits, modalities to reinvest 5% of revenues in adaptation, and a work programme for non-market approaches. Additional progress was realised through new goals on climate finance including a call for developed countries to double their contributions toward adaptation by 2025, a mobilisation of at least $40 billion.[8]
Net Zero pledges and sectoral promises
Beyond the decisions of the full COP26, it is worth celebrating several notable multilateral commitments that were announced during the negotiations. Of particular significance is the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use under which 120 countries committed to halt and reverse forest land loss and degradation by 2030, setting aside public funds for forest conservation, and committing to make 75% of forest commodity supply chains sustainable by 2030. Further, 100 countries committed to collectively reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030 under the Global Methane Pledge, a highly significant goal because of methane's potency as a greenhouse gas.
Glasgow also saw major strides in the alignment of finance flows with the Paris Agreement, as 450 firms in 45 countries committed to direct $130 trillion in assets towards the net-zero transition before 2050 through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Seven new countries joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance, while 23 including major economies such as Indonesia, South Korea, Poland, Vietnam and Chile committed to phase out coal for the first time. New key national net zero commitments accompanied 151 new NDCs announced for 2030, noting also India's goal by 2070 and the US by 2050. If fully implemented, these pledges would lead to 1.8°C to 2.4°C of global warming by 2100.[9]
However, realising these commitments together with new NDCs, in order to keep a pathway to 1.5°C viable, will require a broad range of law and public policy innovations and the scale-up of legal capacity. Indeed, of the 186 nationally determined contributions in the first-round of submissions, 169 Parties explicitly prioritised the need for legal or institutional reform to achieve their global contribution to climate change, with 99 Parties calling for increasing capacity-building for action, according to updated Centre for International Sustainable Development (CISDL) and Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) research.[10] The world's climate law and public policy community, now more than ever, needs to strengthen knowledge, capacity and practice – exponentially.
Domestic law and public policy progress
In order to convert the commitments into actions, legal and public policy activities must underlie all aspects of implementing the outcomes of the Glasgow COP26 and beyond. Enabling legal frameworks and human rights protection can help achieve more sustainable GHG emission reductions. With reliable legal frameworks, for instance, communities can share benefits and burdens equitably in international mitigation schemes for low-carbon development.
Many laws and institutions are relevant to climate emissions reductions and the mitigation agenda, including rules governing energy development, transmission, use and conservation; land use planning systems, property rights and land tenure, and related access and benefit distribution systems; transportation laws, regulations and standards; pollution pricing, control and waste management, including for 'black carbon' and HCFCs; also Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) laws, rules and registries for monitoring, verification, scientific review and access to scientific data; and corporate fiduciary duties, climate risk disclosure obligations and private contracting related to net zero commitments.
An enabling legal framework supported by the rule of law can also strengthen capacity and financing to adapt and promote resilience to climate change, and legal empowerment can promote more equitable, accountable, rights-based adaptation and resilience. Many laws and institutions are similarly highly relevant to adaptation, including legal and institutional frameworks for disaster risk reduction and management law; land planning, zoning, floods and coastal planning; construction and infrastructure regulations (urban plans, housing, energy); laws on public health, disease prevention and control; natural resource management laws, forestry law (including wildfire response) and water resource management; rules and regulations for climate-smart agriculture and food safety; good governance and anti-corruption codes.
Law reform is also crucial for climate finance. The rule of law, supported by enabling legal frameworks and safeguards, can ensure more effective access to and use of climate finance. Transparent and accountable legal reforms can help countries and projects attract and absorb climate finance, and communities can share benefits and burdens more equitably under clear regimes with recourse. Many laws and institutions are highly relevant to climate finance, including the laws and policies governing foreign ownership/investment, the rules governing access to climate finance for small and medium enterprises, rules governing renewable energy, fossil fuel and other relevant subsidies and taxes, laws and guidelines on financial services and intellectual property rights; rules and registries governing monitoring, verification, scientific review; also access to courts and alternative dispute resolution in the event of disagreements.
During COP26 professors, practitioners, judges and other leaders from international organisations, judiciaries, institutes, leading law firms and universities came together, pledging to increase climate law and governance capacity worldwide tenfold from 600 to 6,000 legal specialists by 2024, engaging qualified leaders in every legal system and converting ambition to obligation worldwide. [11]
Next steps for accelerators: Enhancing climate compliance, capacity and action
To successfully bridge the capacity chasm in climate law and public policy, institutions of all kinds must urgently increase their efforts to open opportunities for graduates and professionals to succeed in careers furthering the 17 SDGs, giving them agency to shape post-pandemic recoveries consistently with the principles of equity and climate justice. Institutions must also provide avenues for the scale up of relevant teaching and research, engaging a broad array of stakeholders and aligning research agendas and curricula with priorities of sustainability. Indeed, much more effort is needed, including by leading law, policy and business faculties, to foster innovative solutions worldwide at all levels across economies and societies.
The future landscape can therefore be viewed with concern, but also with some optimism. COP26 must serve as an invitation for more sustainable domestic and international climate law and policymaking in the future, and for increased engagement in the design, and implementation of climate change responses across all sectors and at all levels. Research and educational institutions will play a critical role in scaling up contributions to build capacity for climate change action, and much work remains to harness the full potential of law and policy communities of practice to foster, rather than frustrate, sustainable development.
Image: Climate Law and Governance Day 2021, Grand Opening, COP26, Glasgow.
[1] Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL); Full Professor of Law, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo; former senior legal advisory to the UNFCCC Presidency and Executive Secretary of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI); this lecture highlights and builds on the collaborations of many partners through the CLGI since its inception in 2005 CoP11 in Montreal, Canada, with special thanks and acknowledgements to Tim Arvan, Tejas Rao, Dr Maria Antonieta Nestor and Freedom-Kai Phillips for their insights and drafting assistance, also Maeve McDermott and Valeria Zambianchi for their excellent research on legal and institutional reform in NDCs.
[2] IPCC. (2021). Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. In Press.
[3] United Nations Environment Programme. (2021). Emissions Gap Report 2021. The Heat is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered. Nairobi. Online.
[4] FAO. (2021). The Impact of Disasters and Crises on Agriculture and Food Security. Rome. Online.
[5] Cordonier Segger, M.C. (2020). Towards an Honourable Future? Bridging the Capacity Chasm to Address Critical Global Challenges and Advance our Sustainable Development Goals. Lauterpacht Centre for International Law Blog. Online.
[6] Bodansky, D. (2016). The Legal Character of the Paris Agreement. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 25(2), 142-150.
[7] Rajamani, L. (2016). The 2015 Paris Agreement: Interplay Between Hard, Soft and Non-Obligations. Journal of Environmental Law, 28(2), 337-358.
[8] For further analysis of CoP 26 outcomes, see UK COP26 Presidency website.
[9] Birol, F. (2021). COP26 Climate Pledges Could Help Limit Global Warming to 1.8 °C but Implementing Them will be the Key. International Energy Agency Commentary. Online.
[10] McDermott, M., & Zambianchi V. (2021). Report on the Importance of Legal and Institutional Reforms in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Paris Agreement. Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. Online.
[11] In late October 2021, CLGI partners co-hosted an online academic climate law and public policy preparatory conference on Climate Change, the SDGs and the Law at the University of Cambridge, with over 750 registrants from over 90 countries. On Friday, 05 November, during COP26, over 1,100 registrants from over 120 countries joined in Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) 2021 hosted online and in-person at the University of Glasgow, in partnership with Strathclyde and Cambridge universities, for 3 high level plenaries and 16 substantive sessions spanning all aspects of law and climate change. The Day culminated in a celebration of the new laureates of the 2021 Climate Law & Governance Global Leadership Awards and the 2021 International Student Essay Competition. To share outcomes at COP26 itself, on 06 November key municipal, national, and international legal innovations were shared in an Official Side-Event on Net Zero Climate Law and Governance - Advancing Ambition and Action to Implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. The interactive legal roundtable brought together leading experts from the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security (GCILS) and other partners of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative, also IKEM, the Asociacion Ambiente y Sociedad and Centro Humboldt. Further, on 07 November 2021, helping to train a new generation of specialists world-wide, the Climate Law & Governance Specialization Course hosted in the University of Strathclyde certified 163 in person and virtual participants from over 60 countries.
Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Visiting Professor
Prof Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL&LLB (McGill), BA Hons (Carl/UVic), FRSA, JFR, is a world-class academic legal expert and policy innovator in sustainable development. Laureate of the prestigious Justitia Fundamentum Regnorum and other international awards, she is Full Professor of International ... Learn more
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VH1's lackluster series Hollywood Exes has been renewed for a second season and the world rejoices drifts into a deep sleep.
All five boring trollops will return for the next season and they have added Daphne Wayans, ex-wife of funny man Damon Wayans, to the cast.
A photo of Damon and Daphne during happier times.
Acoording to Rhymes with Snitch, Damon and Daphne started dating in 1989, they got married in 2001, and Damon filed for divorce in 2003. After their divorce was granted, Daphne was left with a multi-million dollar house, child support and 50% of Damon's production company. Dang, must be nice! Get money!
The second season is set to premier sometime in 2013. Will you be watching?


A lot of customers, when asked what kind of paint they want, answer with eggshell, so I think its time to peel back the curtain on sheen and explain what that is, how its measured, and why different companies have different appearances when compared on the wall. Now back in the day maybe 15 years ago or so, eggshell was a color in the off-white range, but now it solely refers to the sheen of the product. So, when your asked what color you want, and you say eggshell, the staff are likely to give you a range of whites to choose from, to ensure you choose the color that you feel is closest to what you desire and have pictured in your mind as "eggshell color".
So, what is sheen? Well sheen can be classified from low to high as flat/matte, losheen, eggshell, pearl/satin, semi-gloss, and gloss (the difference between semigloss and gloss is visually minor, but some commercial specifications call for one or the other). Sheen is measured by units, determined by architectural standards set by the Master Painter Institute or MPI, as well as engineering companies that have agreed that a certain range of units of gloss level or sheen will correspond to certain titles.
Below are the sheen standards listed on the MPI website, notice that sheen is a range of allowable values, we will cover more on that later.
The degrees that's mentioned regarding gloss is your angle of observation to the surface, so if you are at a 60-degree angle to the wall, that coating should be measurable within that gloss level. The difficulty here is that you might have a preconceived notion of what eggshell should look like from your old walls, but paint dulls down over time. So, after 10 years a "eggshell" wall is more like a flat, so when you paint fresh eggshell (and its more pronounced when using two paints from different companies) you get a shinier wall, even though both are eggshell, but might not be what you were expecting it to look like.
So why is it that different companies' paints look different on the wall even though they should all be" eggshell"? well that falls to the decision that was made at production and to set a standard that they believed would meet most people's needs and aesthetic preferences. And while its true that the glossier paints wear and wash better, there are some products that are washable and durable even in a flat and will perform for a long time standing up to the wear and tear of living.
So when your in the store and looking for a particular sheen or product, let us know what your painting so that we can make the right recommendation and right product, not necessarily the most expensive stuff.


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Animals, Biopolitics, Law: Lively Legalities by Irus Braverman
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Throughout Mansfield Park, issues of inheritance and meritocracy recur as Austen explores how characters' different positions in families and society affect their incomes. Austen models the inheritance system in the novel on that of real-world England in the early 1800s, when inheritance worked through the system of male primogeniture, meaning that a father's entire fortune goes to his first born son. Often, childless uncles' would set aside money for younger male children. Otherwise, younger sons could not legally inherit their fathers' estates, unless their older brothers died before their fathers. The purpose of this system was to ensure that family estates remained intact.
In the world of Mansfield Park, the implications of this system can be seen immediately in how it affects marriage—due to the rules of inheritance, women cannot inherit, and so must marry rich men in order to lead lives of luxury. Moreover, in the Bertram family, Austen gives the reader two sons: Tom, who is older, and a younger son Edmund. Tom, although set to inherit all of his father's fortune and his title, clearly is wildly irresponsible with money. Tom struggles with a gambling problem and prefers parties to managing estates. His debts are so enormous that the family must use money that Edmund's uncle Mr. Norris set aside for him to pay them off. Sir Thomas tries to tell Tom he should be ashamed of to steal Edmund's fortune like that, but Tom, who has grown up feeling that he is entitled to do what he wants, is unabashed. Tom clearly has not done anything to deserve his fortune (and, in fact, has shown that he would likely run the estate into the ground). However, according to law, Tom must inherit his father's assets and his title.
Edmund, meanwhile, who has grown up knowing his whole life that he would not have a fortune of his own, shows himself to be much more responsible and obedient than Tom. Not only is Edmund not a drinker or gambler, but he also strives to please his father and make him proud of him. Edmund, who becomes a minister, speaks passionately about his career, showing not only his commitment to hard work, but also his inclination toward moral behavior and righteousness. By contrasting the two brothers, Austen clearly implies that Edmund would be a more deserving heir to Sir Thomas's estate. Their juxtaposition, then, ironically highlights how ineffectively the system of inheritance works. Though the system is intended to keep fortunes intact, Tom would almost certainly squander his fortune to nothing, whereas if Edmund could be allowed to inherit, Sir Thomas could rest easy knowing that the estate will be preserved.
Austen's implied challenge to the inheritance system becomes more interesting when considered in conjunction with the middle and lower class characters in the book. Fundamentally, Austen's implicit judgment that the inheritance system should be more meritocratic leads to the question of inheritance in general: if characters' wealth and social status should not be determined by their birth order, should their wealth be determined by their birth at all? In order words, why should Maria, who is vain and vapid but the daughter of a baronet, be considered of a higher social status than Fanny, who is smart and morally righteous, but the daughter of a naval officer?
Sir Thomas himself thinks something along these lines in the final few pages of the novel, and even goes a step further, when he compares how his own children have turned out to Fanny, William, and Susan. As he thinks about the Price children's virtues, Sir Thomas acknowledges "the advantage of early hardship and discipline, and the consciousness of being born to struggle and endure." Essentially, Sir Thomas thinks not only that his own children are no more deserving than the Price children, but also that there may be some spiritual or personal benefits to having the mentality that you must work for your livelihood and your luxuries. Placed conspicuously as the novel's conclusion, Austen champions the merit of middle class people over the indulgence of the upper class, foreshadowing a common theme in later 19th century literature. In this way, Austen uses her mocking critique of the inheritance system to subtly undermine perceptions of class, valuing meritocracy over aristocracy.
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There will be some difficulty in our way, Mrs. Norris…as to the distinction proper to be made between the girls as they grow up… how, without depressing her spirits too far, to make her remember that she is not a Miss Bertram… they cannot be equals. Their rank, fortune, rights, and expectations will always be different.
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Fanny saw and pitied much of this in Julia; but there was no outward fellowship between them. Julia made no communication, and Fanny took no liberties. They were two solitary sufferers, or connected only by Fanny's consciousness.
[Henry Crawford] longed to have been at sea, and seen and done and suffered much. His heart was warmed, his fancy fired, and he felt the highest respect for [William] who, before he was twenty, had gone through such bodily hardships, and given such proofs of mind. The glory of heroism, of usefulness, of exertion, of endurance, made his own habits of selfish indulgence appear in shameful contrast; and he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was!
Yes, that uncle and aunt! They have injured the finest mind; for sometimes, Fanny, I own to you, it does appear more than manner: it appears as if the mind itself was tainted.
She took the letters as he gave them. The first was from the Admiral to inform his nephew…of his having succeeded in the object he had undertaken, the promotion of young Price…Sir Charles was much delighted in having such an opportunity of proving his regard for Admiral Crawford, and…William Price's commission as second Lieutenant of H.M. sloop Thrush… was spreading joy through a wide circle of great people.
In [Susan's] usefulness, in Fanny's excellence, in William's continued good conduct and rising fame, and in the general well-doing and success of the other members of the family…Sir Thomas saw repeated, and forever repeated reason to rejoice in what he had done for them all, and acknowledge the advantages of early hardship and discipline, and the consciousness of being born to struggle and endure.
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