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Inoue and Baldwin Form Another Japan-USA Connection
Rena Inoue and John Baldwin finished third at the 2003 U.S. Nationals and look forward to their first World appearance as a team.
Some of the most successful pair teams in the U.S. have been Japanese women and American men: Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen; Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman; Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen. And the newest team: Rena Inoue and John Baldwin. The couple finished third at the 2003 U.S. Nationals, bettering last year's fourth place finish and look forward to their first World appearance as a team.
Thanks to Ina's and Zimmerman's bronze medal at last year's Worlds, third place put Inoue and Baldwin on the World team. Their success at Nationals also keeps alive Baldwin's record of 15 National appearances. He first made the team in 1986, but never cracked the top five in seniors until partnering with Inoue. In addition to their bronze medal at 2003 National's, the skaters finished a respectable fifth both at the Bofrost Cup on Ice in Germany and the Cup of Russia at this season's ISU Grand Prix series.
"I first went to the ice rink when I was only one or two," says Baldwin. "My parents were coaches so they took me along to the rink rather than going to a babysitter. During breaks, they would hold me up and skate me around the ice. I guess you could say I was born into it." Baldwin began competing when he was four. He won gold medals at U. S. Nationals in both novice men and senior figures, as well five medals in junior men, but has never reached higher than ninth in seniors. Internationally, he reached the podium at Junior Worlds in 1990, finishing third, an event where he first noticed Inoue who was also there doing pairs. But the two did not meet until years later.
"I was coming to the end of my singles career in 1999, but I really wanted to continue competing," says Baldwin. "My father found Rena and convinced her to tryout with me." In order to prepare for the tryout, Baldwin worked with coach Jill Watson, three time national pair champion and Olympic bronze medalist. Watson and Baldwin worked out for several months before the tryout with Inoue. That one tryout turned into a partnership, both on and off the ice.
Inoue began skating when she was four. "I had really bad asthma," she said. "The doctor told my mother to take me to swimming and ice skating." The skating won out over swimming and by the age of fifteen Inoue skated in her first Olympics for Japan in both singles and pairs in 1992. Inoue made the Olympic team again in 1994 but competed in singles only. Her last singles competition was the 1998 Japanese Nationals. "I got sick and was out for a year," she said, "so I decided to finish up my singles career. My body just couldn't take it. I was actually ready to quit skating altogether and move on with medical school when Johnny's dad contacted me." Their tryout was the first for Baldwin. He never considered any other skater good enough for a tryout. After Rena, he did not try out with anyone else.
The partnership clicked immediately for both skaters, whose birthdays are only one day apart. "He's a good partner," says Inoue. "He really trusts me and listens to me and we respect one another." "A lot of pairs fight over everything," says Baldwin. "Usually one thinks he or she is better than the other. We don't blame each other when there are problems. Sometimes I get too intense, but lucky for me Rena is very easygoing and very selfless."
Both skaters enjoy the interpersonal relationship in pairs skating. "It's nice to have someone next to me," says Inoue. "I like having someone to look at and make expressions with. And there are so many creative things to try in pairs." "In singles, everything is so regimented and disciplined," says Baldwin. "When someone else depends on you, it's a whole different ballgame." "We're lucky," says Inoue, "we have balance both with respect to technical skills and personalities. As long as you work at it, the technical skills will come, but it's hard to change personalities. John cares about me and this team."
The skaters train with Watson, three-time U.S. pairs champion and Olympic bronze medalist, two hours a day four times a week. Two of those days are spent at the Ice Palace in Aliso Viejo, California, a three hour round trip drive. They also train at the Paramount Ice Rink in Los Angeles – a half-hour from their home in Santa Monica, California. "There's no major training center where we live so we go where the coach goes," says Baldwin. "I like to do lifts but at first it was really scary because I had little experience. Rena and Jill changed all that and turned me into a pairs skater – not an easy task at this age."
Watson chose the music for the programs, which includes "Carmen" for the short and "Brazil" for the long. "She wanted to accentuate our dynamic style," states Baldwin. "We're fast skaters, and not as classical as some. We didn't try a classical program before but this is working for us. Carmen is a traditional program, more like a character program." "I like Carmen because it's fun to skate to," Inoue adds. Their exhibition program is to another version of "Carmen."
Off the ice, Baldwin listens to all kinds of music, while Inoue is a fan of Gwen Stefani. For recreation, Baldwin plays tennis and golf. "I'd love to play hockey, but it's too dangerous," adds Baldwin. Inoue enjoys swimming and is learning tennis, but says, "I'm more of a homebody. I like reading and sewing." She reads mysteries and history books in Japanese.
Baldwin also likes to work around the house, redecorating, building things and gardening. Baldwin used to spend a lot of time on his computer. Now both skaters use their computers only for email. Inoue is a big Snoopy fan and has lots of Snoopy stuff. She also has a pet cat named Madonna.
The skaters plan to skate until at least 2006. "We want to skate as long as we can stay healthy," Baldwin says. "I think we have a good shot at winning the national championship and the Olympics are definitely a goal. Rena will be eligible for citizenship by then so hopefully the opportunity will be there for us." "Afterwards we'd like to move on to do tours for a few years," adds Inoue. For a career though, Inoue, who has put her medical school on hold, plans to be a pediatrician. Baldwin has been working in the wholesale car business for ten years and plans to continue unless success in skating takes him in another direction.
Rena Inoue and John Baldwin
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Switzerland's Denise Biellmann, the 1981 European and World Champion and three-time national champion, is known for popularizing the Biellmann spin—an upright figure skating spin in which the skater executes a one-foot spin while holding the other foot extended over and behind the head. It should be noted that Tamara Moskvina may have been the first to perform it (1965 European Championships).
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Bangor's Nuclear Academics Make Key Contribution to Royal Society's Report on Nuclear Co-Generation
Post author:Michael Rushton
Post category:Materials for Extreme Environments / Thermal Hydraulics & Reactor Design
Click here to download the Nuclear Cogeneration policy briefing from the Royal Society's site.
The Royal Society has today released a policy briefing exploring how nuclear power could used beyond electricity generation to help decarbonise the economy. Bangor University academics made key contributions to the report. Prof. Bill Lee was an author and member of the the policy briefing's steering group. Dr. Michael Rushton also wrote about historical examples of co-generation in the UK (citing nearby Anglesey Aluminium as a good example of this). Dr. Simon Middleburgh and Dr. Marcus Dahlfors are also listed in the contributor list.
The report considers the potential applications for both low and high temperature nuclear heat, such as synthetic fuel production and district heating, and explores how nuclear cogeneration could improve the flexibility of a reactor by enabling switching between electricity generation and cogeneration applications.
The briefing discusses the timelines, research challenges and costs of these technologies and the areas and necessary process steps in which the UK has the research skills and capacity to lead.
The report can be accessed here: Royal Society Policy Briefing – Nuclear Cogeneration: Civil Nuclear Energy in a Low-Cabron Future.
Press release from the Royal Society:
This press release has also been published on the Bangor University web-site here: Nuclear Power Stations Could Produce Hydrogen, Heat Homes and Decarbonise Heavy Industry With Surplus Heat and Electricity.
Nuclear power stations could produce hydrogen, heat homes and decarbonise heavy industry with surplus heat and electricity
A new generation of nuclear reactors could help the UK cut carbon emissions by harnessing surplus energy to heat homes, produce hydrogen, and decarbonise industry, according to a report by the Royal Society.
The Nuclear cogeneration: civil nuclear energy in a low-carbon future policy briefing sets out how planned and future nuclear projects can complement renewables and help the UK meet its net-zero carbon emissions pledge by 2050.
Cogeneration gives nuclear power the flexibility it needs to function in an energy system where a growing proportion of electricity comes from intermittent renewables. When domestic energy demand is being met by wind, solar, or other sources, cogeneration allows a nuclear plant to switch from electricity generation to cogeneration applications such as the production of hydrogen.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are of particular interest. These are reactors producing 300Mw of energy or less, which can be built in factories and deployed in stages. This should mean lower investment costs and economies of scale in construction. It also gives greater flexibility in locating stations, and allows them to be tailored to the energy needs of regional or industrial clusters
The next generation of SMRs – known as Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) – are expected to generate temperatures in excess of 600°C which are required by some of the hardest to de-carbonise processes, such as chemical production. It could potentially be used in the steel making process to reduce the industry's carbon footprint.
"This is a real opportunity for nuclear," Professor Robin Grimes FREng FRS, the report's lead author and a professor of materials physics at Imperial College London, said. "What cogeneration gives us is options, and frankly, we need options when facing an uncertain future."
"It will have to be a staged process," Professor Grimes added. "We've already begun the move to electrification – most clearly in cars. Then you can look at using some nuclear power to produce hydrogen with electrolysis, and for low-carbon district heating.
"The much more difficult decarbonisation, like the chemical industry, that's where you need advanced modular reactors, because they provide very high temperature heat.
"We could demonstrate the feasibility of a high temperature AMR reactor by 2035, while SMRs could be on the grid by 2028. It would be a key component of meeting the UK's 2050 target."
Cogeneration in the UK
Previous nuclear projects have shown the benefits of locating industry alongside nuclear stations. The Wylfa Magnox station on Anglesey, until recently the intended site for a Hitachi-built nuclear station, provided cheap electricity for Anglesey Aluminium's smelting operation until 2009.
While there are no current nuclear cogeneration projects in the UK, there are options for future use:
District heating has been identified by the UK government as a key area to reduce carbon emissions and heating costs. However, most UK homes are heated with natural gas, accounting for 18% of all UK carbon dioxide emissions in 2018. District heating currently provides just 2% of heat demand in the UK but several countries already use nuclear cogeneration for district heating in colder climates, and in China, SMRs are being built solely to provide district heating.
Analysis suggests there are potentially 50 conurbations in the UK where SMR-powered district heating could work. One study identified a network centred on Hartlepool as having potential. Public opinion and acceptance of nuclear reactors being sited close to population centres would need to be examined.
High temperature industrial processes
Across the EU around a quarter of industrial processes, depend on high-temperature heat (above 400C), which could be generated by AMRs.
Possible applications for this high temperature heat in the UK, include:
Hydrogen production, for use in zero-carbon fuels and energy storage
Sustainable synthetic fuel production, including:
Ammonia, a vital chemical for fertiliser which also has applications as a low-carbon fuel for marine shipping and aviation
Synthetic fuels using carbon dioxide captured from the air and reacted with hydrogen
Direct air capture of carbon dioxide, an energy intensive and inefficient process to remove CO2 from the atmosphere for industrial uses. Some analyses predict 5% of the steam produced by a nuclear power plant could satisfy 80% of the energy needed.
Challenges of implementing nuclear cogeneration
Demonstrating the efficiency of new reactors alongside consultation with local communities will be key to the expansion of UK nuclear generation. The report notes SMR's simplified systems and designed-in safety features, in combination with their smaller scale, already reduces the hazard and risk of evacuation in the event of an accident.
Other outstanding issues include the ownership of reactors, the future demand for hydrogen and other cogeneration products at a regional, national and international level, and the cost of carbon and dependable power.
If the construction cost reductions for SMRs can be realised and the regulation and licencing processes streamlined, then the report notes the additional revenue benefits of cogeneration could be material for SMRs and for the future of nuclear generation in the UK.
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Szentiványi Róbert (eredeti neve: Zeisinger Róbert József) (Budapest, 1880. december 11. – Szeged, 1961. szeptember 16.) magyar római katolikus pap, egyházi író, könyvtáros, bibliográfus, egyetemi tanár.

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Szülei Zeisinger József kőműves és Vitkay Ida voltak. Középiskoláit Budapesten, Pozsonyban, Esztergomban és Bécsben végezte el. Tanult a Pázmáneum tagjaként a bécsi és a Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum növendékeként (1899) a római Szent Gergely Egyetemen. 1905-ben pappá szentelték. 1906-tól Kolozsváron volt káplán. 1907–1919 között a gyulafehérvári hittudományi főiskola tanára, a Batthyaneum könyvtár őre, majd igazgatója. 1919-ben rövid ideig Budapesten külügyi szolgálatban volt. 1920-tól plébános volt Balatonbogláron. 1924-től a szegedi egyetem bölcsészkarán magántanárként dolgozott. 1929-től Pilisvörösváron volt plébános. 1930-tól a szegedi hittudományi főiskola tanára volt. 1940-től Kolozsváron egyetemi előadó volt. 1944–1950 között Zircen tanított. 1950-től Szegeden élt.

Művei
 A gyulafehérvári Codex Aureus (Brassó, 1911)
 Der Codex Aureus von Lorsch, jetzt in Gyulafehérvár (Salzburg, 1912)
 A szeretet útján (Kolozsvár, 1912)
 A szentírástudomány tankönyve (Gyulafehérvár, 1913–1914)
 Szt Lukács evang-a a 9. sz-ból (Brassó, 1913)
 Exsurge (Politikai cikkek, 1917)
 Az erdélyi egyházmegye és a román imperium (Budapest, 1921)
 A ruhák eredete (Szeged, 1926)
 A régi byblosi felitatok és az ABC keletkezése (Budapest, 1927)
 A századok halhatatlan kir-a. A vasárnapi és ünnepi evang. szakaszok magyarázata (1937)
 A szt leckék magyarázata (1938)
 Történelmi dolgozatok (Szeged, 1946)
 Catalagus concinnus librorum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Batthyanyanae Albae in Transsylvania (I., Szeged, 1947, II., Szombathely, 1949. III., Szeged, 1956. – Editioquarta: Catalogus Concinnus. Szeged, 1958)
 Bábeltől Pannoniáig (A pannon nép neve és eredete) (Baltimore, 1962)

Megjegyzések

Források

 Magyar katolikus lexikon
 Balatonboglári Lukács Károly Városi Könyvtár

További információk
 Horváth Aladár: Szociális Missziótársulat Balatonbogláron, 1925.= Mi újság…? 1989. december 2-3 p.
 Ferenczi Sándor: A gyulafehérvári (erdélyi) főegyházmegye történeti névtára. Budapest-Kolozsvár, Szent István Társulat-Verbum, 2009.

 Szegedi egyetemi almanach 1921-1970. Szerkesztette: Lisztes László, Zallár Andor. Szeged, Hungária ny., 1971.

Magyar írók
Magyar könyvtárosok
Magyar bibliográfusok
Magyar egyetemi, főiskolai oktatók
Családi nevüket magyarosított személyek
Budapesten született személyek
1880-ban született személyek
1961-ben elhunyt személyek

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The regional focus on Southern and Eastern Europe will highlight areas on the periphery of the European project which face many of the same challenges. The conference will shed new light on the responses to these challenges. This perspective on social, economic, political, and cultural problems will allow better understanding of everyday ways of coping with, and reacting against, new political-economic situations on the 'edges of Europe', both inside and outside the EU. It will help reflect not just on the areas in question, but more broadly on contemporary meanings of Europe and its borders.
We welcome contributions from across disciplines relating to any area of 'everyday revolutions'. Examples might include responses to austerity, civil society and NGOs, informal organisations and collectives, parallel organisations (including currencies), trans-border activist co-operations, artivism, digital and sexual revolutions, and post-capitalism.
Proposals are encouraged for conventional papers/panels but also interactive workshops (musical, visual and other), workshops open to the public, workshops for children, films, slide-shows and other visual installations.
As the event will be held at the Whitworth Art Gallery, proposals are especially welcomed for talks or workshops which engage with particular pieces – fine art, sculptures, textiles, wallpapers, etc. – from the Whitworth's collection (which can be consulted here:http://gallerysearch.ds.man.ac.uk ).
Abstract (max. 350 words), including explanation of your contribution's relevance for the topic.
Proposals for panels of 3-4 papers or jointly led workshops are also welcome.


Levi Lavallee is a bad man on a snowmobile. The X Games athlete is always looking for new ways to push the limits and new records to set. I don't know who the genius is who greenlit him taking his antics into the city, but I think we all owe him a high five and a drink.
Lavallee has seven X Games gold medals as well as the record for the longest snowmobile jump at 412 feet, which he set on New Year's Eve in San Diego in 2012. Needless to say, he's well qualified to hoon all over town and make me wish I lived somewhere it snowed... for like a week.
RedBull posted an interview along with the video where Levi says almost nothing of interest, but you can check it out here.
I'll never quite understand how an energy drink company sells enough of the stuff to be able to finance videos likes this, or two Formula One teams, or jumps from space, or events like the one where Lavallee set the record for his jump, but I hope you people keep drinking it so I can keep watching people be way more awesome than me.


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Starpoint Gemini Warlords
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Developer: Little Green Men Games Publisher: Iceberg Interactive
Genre: Action, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Russian, Polish, Japanese
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Release date: May 23, 2017 (previously in Early Access)
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The Apple A12Z processor on the new iPad Pro is the same as the 2018 models
Alexey Bashaev Friday, March 27, 2020
The new Apple A12Z chip that is being installed in the new version of the iPad Pro is the same processor as the A12X in the 2018 tablet. The company claimed it added the eighth GPU core to the new processor, but the previous chip simply didn't include it, according to Notebook Check.
Physical differences between the two processors are minimal, and the new name for the chip in the iPad Pro 2020 is part of the marketing campaign, according to journalists. Notebook Check quotes test data from TechInsights. Its representatives confirmed that the old processor was also eight-core and in this regard is no different from the new one. And are there any other differences. TechInsights doesn't know yet - experts have not yet received a new version of iPad Pro.
We don't know why Apple took this step. Probably the company's decision was conscious - so they avoided the need to develop the Apple A13X, which can be installed in new devices expected in the fall of 2020. Apple could thus focus on developing the A14X processor, which is rumoured to be based on a 5-nanometer processor.
Apple is not the first company to intentionally understate the number of cores in its processors. This is what NVIDIA did with its RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, which supports 4352 CUDA cores. At the same time, the more premium Titan RTX card supports 4,608 cores, although both models use the same TU102 GPU.
Apple introduced the new iPad Pro on March 18. The device received support for the Magic Keyboard, which appeared in the new MacBook Air. The corporation said that thanks to the new chip Apple A12Z device will be faster than most notebooks with Windows operating system, and its power will be enough to mount 4K-video and design 3D-models.
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Big players are stepping into impact investing. Who are they, and how you can learn from them?
Impact Investing is creating significant buzz. It falls somewhere between charitable giving and socially responsible investing. Here are some starting distinctions: Charitable giving can be characterized as investing in social benefits, expecting no direct return; socially responsible investing often expects financial returns while avoiding social or environmental harm; and impact investing is the deploying of capital to produce both social benefits and financial returns. Unlike charitable donations, impact investments usually go to for-profit companies with businesses that are socially or environmentally driven. Note that although sometimes they're lumped together, impact investing is considered distinct from microlending.
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This asset class is a rapidly becoming a significant part of the investment landscape. Research jointly conducted by J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network showed that investor groups -- including fund managers, development finance institutions, foundations, and diversified financial institutions -- planned to commit $9 billion to impact investing in 2013.
A key issue with impact investing is understanding which businesses are prepared to use the investment well, and deliver both types of return. As Beth Sirull writes in Philanthropy News Digest, "Where are the investment opportunities to put capital to work for social impact and financial returns, whether at market or below-market rates?"
As a potential investor, you might see that some companies are underdeveloped as organizations, because of a lack of resources in the past. Or they may not be ready to expand their services with a sudden investment infusion. And some companies may need a longer period of time before they can show the promised return on investment. Where can you go to find good places to invest?
There are a number of big players on the scene to help understand where your impact investing can be most successful. Among these are investment firms such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, which have dedicated staff to advise on impact investing. Check out their websites to gain some intelligence about investment vehicles and strategies.
There are companies that have a specific focus on impact investment, including HIP Investor, the Omidyar Network, Impact Engine, and LGT Venture Philanthropy. These companies specialize in impact investing, so have developed investment- focused approaches.
Some prominent charitable foundations, including Rockefeller, MacArthur, Ford, and Surdna, are engaged in funding education and research about impact investing. Their websites have lots of reports and useful information, particularly on the social outcomes of the investments.
Nonprofits are also players in this part of the sector. Check out the Global Impact Investing Network, the Calvert Foundation, Root Capital, RSF Social Finance, and the Nonprofit Finance Fund. As they reinvest their resources to grow this sector, these nonprofits are especially useful for information about strategies for social or environmental change.
More and more, there are overlaps between charitable giving, impact investing, socially responsible investing, and traditional investing. Those gray areas are rich with potential and opportunity. However, as you're looking at a financial as well as a social or environmental return, it helps to have some sense of your goals at the outset. Because Motley Fool community members are continuous learners who do the research, you might be the ideal participants for this asset class. Step right in and share your experiences in the comments section below, so we can all keep learning about this exciting and growing investment area.


The European Commission will further simplify participation in Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme. New funding rules will reduce administrative costs to participants and help prevent accounting errors.
2) Streamlining the Horizon 2020 work programme for 2018-20. More than ever before, the final work programme of Horizon 2020 will focus on key priorities. There will be fewer topics and fewer calls. The aim is to both maximise impact, and to ensure that stakeholders can easily find topics of interest.
3) Making the programme more relevant and easier to access for start-ups and innovators. As set out in the Start-up and Scale-up Initiative, the Commission intends to make changes for the remaining period of Horizon 2020 in order to target breakthrough innovation with the potential for scaling up and will consider reinforcing this approach in future through a European Innovation Council. Preparatory actions in the Horizon 2020 work programme 2018-2020 will include adapting the SME Instrument so that it can support innovations in any area as opposed to predefined topics and introducing an interview stage to evaluate the most promising project proposals. The Commission will also upgrade online navigation tools in order to facilitate access to the programme for innovators.
4) The wider use of lump-sum project funding has the potential to considerably reduce the administrative burden on participants - keeping the project focus firmly on research and innovation, enhancing impacts and lowering the financial error rate. This is also in line with the Commission's priority on Budget Focused on Results.. Lump-sum funding aims to shift the focus from checking inputs (i.e. costs incurred) to monitoring performance and outputs, covering the entire project life cycle, including new ways of ex-post audits.


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SALT LAKE CITY -- On Monday, when lawmakers drag themselves into the Capitol having lost another hour of sleep, Rep. Marsha Judkins may be the only one smiling.
That's because the Provo Republican's bill on Daylight Saving Time will have extra relevance.
"I'm hoping that maybe with a little bit of pressure of a lack of sleep, people will get a little more interested in it!" she laughed.
Rep. Judkins has proposed a ballot question for voters to decide once and for all whether Utah stays on Daylight Saving Time or joins Arizona and other states in ditching it.
"This bill has had so much interest already but I'm really hoping this will spark a lot more," she said.
Capitol Hill staffers say Daylight Saving Time is one of the top complaints lawmakers get from their constituents. On a board that tracks popular bills, Rep. Judkins' legislation has consistently been ranked near the top, only moving down for the controversy of the moment.
But DST bills have always gone nowhere. They're considered a low priority amongst legislative leadership when there's a multi-billion dollar budget and other problems.
"Some might say it's frivolous, but I have seen far more frivolous bills come to the floor of this House, in my opinion," she said in a recent interview with FOX 13.
Southern Utah University's Leavitt Center for Politics and Policy recently hosted a "pizza and politics" debate on it. Students were evenly split on whether to keep or dump Daylight Saving Time.
"To tell you the truth, I don't really understand why we need Daylight Saving," said Markiece Gross. "We're not saving anything."
Chris Quigley didn't necessarily agree.
"That's gonna be rough for a day or two, but, I mean, you adapt," he said.
Leavitt Center director Mary Weaver Bennett said Rep. Judkins' ballot question idea may be the best way to solve the DST debate.
"That's a pretty creative way to do do it as opposed to having a few select politicians decide what it is," she said.
On Capitol Hill, Daylight Saving Time bills have faced opposition from the ski industry, the golf industry and others who prefer sunlight later in the evenings.
"Me? I would prefer it to be on standard time year round. I'm a morning person," Rep. Judkins said. "I would like to have it light in the morning, I think it's safer for school children, but at the end of the day -- no pun intended -- quit changing the clocks!"


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The cutter is spun around the pipe and tightened at the same time until the blade cuts through entirely. I was surprised at how easy this was.


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I suppose one could fly speck every single event or Census related project for cost efficiencies, however this example was a poor one to choose to make some argument about waste. Indeed, it is a great example of how vital the 2010 Census partnership effort is, and how much it helped save the taxpayers.
First, the partnership effort deserves a great deal of credit for helping the country achieve a mail back response rate and cooperation during our door to door phase that contributed to reducing the total cost of the Decennial Census by $1.6 billion.
Second, this luncheon was at no cost to the taxpayers as the food was provided by partners. They were gathered together for a Census sponsored briefing on data products that will be coming out from the 2010 Census and the Bureau spent just $500 for room rental for that briefing. We took the opportunity at this briefing to also thank these partners for their generous contributions toward making the 2010 Census a success.
One example of how our 255,000 partners helped reduce the cost of the Census through their own civic engagement is how much money the government saved because local organizations donated space for testing and training centers. Nationally, they helped saved the taxpayers over $179 million in rents that did not have to be paid so we could train our temporary workforce of some 565,000 enumerators. This luncheon was a small gesture of thanks for their significant contribution.
The 2010 Census Partner Appreciation & Thank You Luncheon was held on Thursday, August 12th, at the Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort in Tucson, Arizona.
The event was held to recognize partners that participated beyond the requirements to aid in the success of the 2010 census.
Does this mean that people were flown from DENVER to ARIZONA for a luncheon? My initial guess is "yes" and I will get to the bottom of this immediately.
MyTwoCensus has already contacted Steve Jost of the Census Bureau to determine how much this luncheon cost and how many other luncheons or similar celebrations are taking place or have taken place throughout the country.
President George W. Bush would not have won the 2000 election had the 1960 map been in use. But the population movement that occurred over 40 years shifted enough electoral votes from states Democrat Al Gore won to states that Mr. Bush won to make the difference. And for that matter, President John F. Kennedy would not have won the White House had the 2000 Electoral College numbers been in place in 1960.
The best guess – and it is more than a guess since reasonably accurate population projections for the states are no secret – is that the following states are likely to gain one seat in Congress and one electoral vote: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah and Washington. Texas will gain at least two and probably three. One other state is likely to gain a seat, but it is not clear at this point which one it will be.
Five of those states, including Texas, went for Republican John McCain in 2008, but all except Washington backed Mr. Bush in the close 2000 and 2004 elections – an indication that if 2012 is as close as it was in those two years, this year's census could give the GOP nine of the 10 votes.


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class Teacher < Person

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class Student < Person

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class Outsider < Person

end

And the create person seems to work creating Teacher, Student or Person according to the what is chosen in the form.select and the type attribute is added.
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<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_person_path(@deal) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', persons_path %>
They seem to point to teacher_path, student_path and outsider_path instead of person_path.
What changes need to be made in the routes?

A: first generate controllers for your models...
rails generate controller Persons
rails generate controller Teachers
rails generate controller Students
rails generate controller Outsiders

then in routes.rb (rails 3)
resources :persons
resources :teachers
resources :students
resources :outsiders

gives you REST routes
e.g.
persons GET    /persons(.:format) {:action=>"index", :controller=>"persons"}
new_person GET    /person/new(.:format) {:action=>"new", :controller=>"persons"}
edit_person GET    /persons/:id/edit(.:format) {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"persons"}
person GET    /persons/:id(.:format) {:action=>"show", :controller=>"persons"}
persons POST   /spersons(.:format) {:action=>"create", :controller=>"persons"}
person PUT    /persons/:id(.:format) {:action=>"update", :controller=>"persons"}
person DELETE /persons/:id(.:format) {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"persons"}

the same for teacher, student and outsider
check rake routes
or rake routes | grep teachers

A: From my experience, it's better to use a single controller for all the STI models. If you're keeping your controllers DRY, you shouldn't need to have unique controller logic for each child class. Keep all that in the models.
resources :people

Your named routes will be like:
people_path
new_person
edit_person
person
etc...

Then you can use the same controller/views to manage these models. If you decide later to add new Person STI models, you won't have to make any significant updates to your code.

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By Laura Spinale
Crabbing, scalloping & fishing in Florida - anyone can do it! Here's what you need to know, from equipment you need to the best places to go.
It was an unusually blustery afternoon in Florida, the first cold snap of the fall, and my dad and I stood, shivering, on the pier at Crystal Beach near St. Petersburg. A lot of my father's buddies crab here, so I thought we'd try our luck.
Crabbing - in this case blue crabbing - is one way to catch your dinner in Florida. You can also fish, or go scalloping. The bounties of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean seem endless for those who think seafood just tastes better when you catch it yourself.
I decide to start with crabbing because I've been told, and I've read in innumerable how-to articles, that any idiot can catch a blue crab in Florida.
Any idiot at all.
To catch a blue crab in Florida
While you can catch blue crabs in Florida throughout the year, you'll find them more plentiful in the warmer months. The crustaceans' seeming willingness to climb into your trap renders the sport equally popular among locals and visitors. (In fact, enthusiasts bill crabbing as a great activity for kids.) I'm looking forward to a low-key day ending with the crabs' succulent, spicy/sweet taste.
First, I need to gear up. Which brings me to Wal-Mart.
All the articles I've read on crabbing have said you catch with traps or nets. Beyond the crab traps and crab nets, you need only fishing weights (to weight nets to the Gulf or Atlantic floor); fishing gloves (for picking up the prone-to-pinch creatures); and rope to tie your nets or traps to the dock. Of all these bits of gear, the only one I can picture fully is "rope." So I feel a little unnerved asking the Wal-Mart greeter where the mega-chain keeps its "crabbing stuff." It seems as exotic as asking, "Hey, can I grab an infusion of lamb's blood here?".
"Over in sporting goods," she answers, in a polite but offhand way that makes me feel like an idiot. After a few confused moments in that department, I find myself surprised. Surprised to find all the gear I need, and surprised at how cheap it is - less than $35 to fully outfit two people.
I called Dad immediately. "I got the nets!" I said excitedly. "I got the traps! I got the fishing gloves!"
"Did you get," he asked, "the beer?"
My father grew up crabbing with his brothers outside of Boston. They were, in his word, crazy. They'd jump into the bone-numbing Atlantic, whip off their T-shirts, then use the shirts to pick up the crabs they'd find.
This outing is a bit more sophisticated. I've purchased two crab nets and two pre-assembled traps. All that's left is to tie my bait to the bottom of each (I've been assured that chicken necks work best), throw them over the dock, tie to same, and wait for a tug. As my quickly numbing fingers fumble with the chicken necks, I wonder whether scalloping would have been easier...
Prowling for Scallops
Placed squarely in Florida's Big Bend, Steinhatchee is a Florida contradiction: a coastal town without expansive stretches of white-sand beaches. This has kept rampant tourism at bay, and left Steinhatchee a mecca for fishermen. During the Florida scallop season, you can find anglers in the brown waters of the Steinhatchee River fishing for largemouth bass, cobia, grouper, red snapper. Steinhatchee is best known, though, for its scallops.
You can find scallops - and their tender, white meat - by the gallon where the Steinhatchee empties into the Gulf of Mexico, in an area known as Apalachee Bay. July is the start of the scallop season in Florida, which runs through early September. The sport is particularly popular with families; any child who can swim can catch these creatures.
Scallops live in shallow water, typically around three to four feet, although the mollusks can be found in water depths of six inches to six feet. Still, you may find it best to hire a charter boat. Your captain will take you out to the edges of turtle grass beds, or to areas where several types of grasses mix together. These areas are scallop havens. Upon arrival, all you need is a net or bucket, and snorkel. Dive into the grasses, and once you find the scallops - notable for their quintessential seashell shapes and striated brown coloring - start grabbing.
Those staying at Steinhatchee Landing Resort, an amalgam of 30 Victorian and Conch-style vacation cottages ideally situated on 35 riverfront acres, can cook up their catch once you get back to the resort. (Each vacation home has a grill and an oven.) Cleaning can be a bit tricky. You're stuck cutting off the top shell, removing the innards and, finally, harvesting the meat.
Trimming a bunch of black innards from brown-shelled mollusks isn't really for me. While scalloping in Steinhatchee, I'd be hiring the kids at Sea Hag Marina (who consider cleaning scallops a prize summer job) to do it.
Still, the idea of actually putting on a mask and snorkel and doing something to get my dinner appeals to me more than crabbing, which I've been told is mostly a matter of waiting: waiting for the tug on the line that signals a crab having taken my chicken-neck lure.
Dad strolls from trap to trap every few minutes, peering into the water to try to spot a crab hooked. Sometimes, he yanks on the rope, pulling the traps out of the water for a closer look. I content myself with yelling at the seagulls ("Don't take my chicken necks you [expletives deleted]!") and occasionally re-bait. I worry that the chicken necks lose their efficacy after a spell in the Gulf. I have no basis for this idea. I just believe it.
Snapper in the Keys
Weeks earlier, when driving U.S. 1 from Homestead to the Florida Keys, I know I've hit the weather jackpot. The air feels cool, and the nature around me has taken on that sort of hyper-realistic, photographic quality found when Florida chills out. The blue-green of the ocean seems a little deeper, the grass blades a little sharper, and the palms sway with more gusto.
I'm headed toward Duck Key, at mile marker 61, a chain of five islands that houses Hawk's Cay Resort. This full-service resort has been constructed as a Caribbean town, with accommodations ranging from hotel rooms to villas. Guests indulge in a full-service spa; a dolphin facility that allows you to play with the friendly mammals; and lots of water sports. Go for a snorkel or dive, rent a jet ski or just frolic in the resort's saltwater lagoon pool. I, however, am here to fish.
Around 7 a.m. I sit on the balcony of my two-story villa, listening to the radio. Forecasters predict Atlantic waters with a moderate-to-heavy chop, so I take a moderate-to-heavy amount of Dramamine.
A little before 8 a.m. I head off to the resort marina, to meet up with my party at the Tailwalker. The Tailwalker is a 43-foot Viking Sportfisher, equipped for full- and half-day expeditions. Offshore or in, in deep water or the flats, Tailwalker guests fish for mahi-mahi, sailfish, kingfish, mackerel, grouper and snapper, depending on the season. Lead by boat captains Scott Walker (who's been guiding in the Keys for the last two decades) and Jeff Kosiba, my party heads out to Tennessee Reef. We're on the hunt for yellowtail snapper.
"Shooting fish in a barrel," is how Jeff describes our experience. Even in the Keys - seen worldwide as a fisherman's paradise - this many yellowtail snapper don't congregate around a boat all that often. Part of it may be the time of year - in the Keys, the water naturally gets a little murkier in cooler months. Smart fish find it harder, therefore, to spot the hooks, the lines. And, no doubt, I can thank Scott and Jeff for at least part of our haul. The bait they've chosen is a mix of silver sights and frozen chum, the latter looking, in Scott's words, like "a meal from Fear Factor."
Whatever the cause for this massive school, I'm grateful. I peer at the fish as the boat bobs gently fore and aft. I'm not one of the world's great fishermen (OK, I've fished exactly twice before), but, under Jeff's patient tutelage, I'm learning. I'm catching! The boat dips gently, port and starboard. Letting out the line, waiting for the tug of bait claimed, fighting the fish into the boat. It's a thrill. But this isn't the best part of my trip.
In all, we catch an astounding 24 yellowtail snapper, along with a single, five-pound mullet grouper. All in two hours. We head in. On land, blessedly, decidedly, non-bobbing land, the Tailwalker crew cleans my fish. Later, at the resort's Tom's Harbor House Restaurant, I take advantage of "The Hook and the Cook" offering and dine on the fish I've caught. The chef suggests a sampler platter of snapper blackened, broiled with paprika, and sautéed with lemon butter. Starving, I say yes, yes, and, uh, yes. Maybe it's true, food tastes better when you catch it yourself.
Crabbing, redux
We've been trying to catch the blue crab of Florida for three hours. My dad is in his 70s, and I worry about him, a bit, in the uncharacteristic cold. I unzip the sleeping bag I always keep in my trunk to make a blanket for him, and that, coupled with a few cups of hot coffee, makes us feel much better. It's the best coffee I've had in a long time, and it leaves me thinking about best things.
No matter how sweet the meat, the best thing about scalloping is hanging out with your friends and kids while diving for your dinner. The best thing about the crew of the Tailwalker is they're really nice to you - and will even cart you in after only two hours of a planned four-hour expedition - if you start to puke all over their boat. "Don't feel bad, it's part of our job," Scott will say. "We haul people in all the time." The best thing about crabbing is hanging out with your father, hearing his oft-told tales once more.
The best thing is never what you catch, but who you get caught with.
Preparing fish on a charter boat.
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Excess Crude Account is dead, bury it – Punch
Fiscal recklessness has reached its pinnacle with the depletion of the Excess Crude Account to a pitiable $71 million. In a now familiar pattern, within a mere month, the Federal Government raided the already atrophied buffer from $324.96 million in mid-January to mid-February 2020 and the country is left without effective fiscal buffers even as global oil prices drop and debts and the cost of governance spike. After the ECA has been messed up, it is time to shut it down and instil sound fiscal management in public finance.
The routine has been the same since 2010. When state representatives gathered for the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting recently, they were informed that only $71.81 million was left in the account. Shortly after, the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, explained that the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), authorised the draw-down to the consternation of the 36 state governors.
ECA was established by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration with a visionary aim: when prices of crude oil are above the national budget benchmark, the marginal revenue would be placed in the ECA. It would then come in handy to be drawn down to support the finances of the federal, state and local governments when oil prices fall below the benchmark for three consecutive months. Sixteen years after its establishment, the ECA has never achieved its noble objective of providing a cushion for the three tiers of government. It is no longer relevant.
While the Obasanjo administration that conceived it built it to $22 billion on leaving office in mid-2007, its successors immediately began raiding the fund even as oil prices moved up. As Chukwuma Soludo, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria when the account was created, explained, that the government started saving when crude prices hovered at $30 per barrel.
But on assumption of office, the government of Umaru Yar'Adua bowed to pressure from state governors to approve the sharing from the money to support their treasuries even though oil prices were higher and rising. Yar'Adua's acquiescence reportedly drained the account to less than $10 billion by December 2009 and the leak became a floodgate under his more profligate successor, Goodluck Jonathan. From the initial $2 billion he authorised in February 2010 to be shared by the three tiers, frequent withdrawals, some without the knowledge of the states, were to plunge the ECA to just above $400 million by the time he left office in May 2015.
Nigeria's public finances are in a mess, lacking orderliness or buffers, weighed down by debt and leaking like sieves. But sustainable economic growth, according to Jean-Claude Trichet, a former president of the European Central Bank, depends on sustainable public finances. "Fiscal buffers are essential when our economies are in a typical business cycle," he stressed. While all economies need them, those like Nigeria's that depend on primary commodities that are subject to price volatility, for their survival need even more. But irresponsible fiscal behaviour had left the country exposed such that it had nothing to fall back on when hit by a recession between 2016 and 2017. Another looms as oil prices continue heading south and the global economy contracts; the country could be in deeper trouble with nothing to fall back on except more borrowing.
Just as the Petroleum Development Trust Fund and the Ecological Fund were raided and used for purposes outside of their stated objectives, the Buhari regime, like Yar'Adua's and Jonathan's, has been drawing from the ECA for "security," petrol subsidy, elections and others. Ahmed confessed that over N1 trillion was withdrawn for security operations in the North-East between 2017 and 2019. Between January 2012 and December 2018, N6.48 trillion was withdrawn and only N4.7 trillion transferred into it. Governors kicked once when $1 billion was unilaterally removed by the Federal Government, which it claimed was used to "fight terrorism."
Another flaw is that funds from the ECA never go through the normal process of appropriation, thus allowing the President, governor or LG chairman to spend unbudgeted public funds without legislative approval. This helps oil the massive corruption machinery that drains over 40 per cent of all public expenditure as estimated by the US Department of Commerce.
The country floats dangerously without a fiscal life jacket. The foreign reserves are barely $36.2 billion amid warnings from the CBN and the IMF that the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund created eight years ago with $1 billion seed money, stands at $1.5 billion. It is abysmally low when compared to its OPEC peers like Libya ($66 billion), Kuwait ($592 billion), Qatar ($328 billion), and newcomer Angola ($5 billion), while Norway's over $1 trillion is the world's largest.
Kuwait's hefty SWF enabled it to underwrite the devastation of the Iraqi invasion and occupation of 1990/91 and to weather fiscal deficits in 2015/16; Algeria has its $50 billion plus SWF to fall back on to combat its current deficits.
But Nigeria's ECA has since lost its meaning as a buffer against revenue shortfalls. In any event, it is not backed by law and runs against the constitutional provision that all revenue accruable to the government be remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Presidency and the governors have killed it; it should be buried.
As the saying goes, "A fool and his money are soon parted." But many countries are acting wisely by saving for the rainy day. Globally, effective wealth management has become an important public sector responsibility. And placing commodity revenue in a SWF is one of the viable measures to avoid boom/bust cycles by accumulating adequate international assets. If anything, SWF actions have shown that they can play a shock-absorbing role in global financial markets, at least in terms of dampening short-term market volatility. This is the way to go.
Norway offers an excellent example of how not to be a fool. Its Government Pension Fund Global, as it is formally known, invests Norway's revenue from oil and gas in stocks, bonds and real estate abroad in order to avoid overheating the domestic economy and to save as much wealth as possible for future generations. As of the end of 2019, it owned about 1.5 per cent of the world's listed equities.
The NSWF should be built up; the government should stop raiding it. Kuwait's was set up in 1953; Norway's in 1967; and Angola's in 2012 like Nigeria's. It is now almost $5 billion. The federal and state governments need to imbibe fiscal discipline, drastically cut down their bureaucracies and their luxurious lifestyles, and create investment-friendly environments to stimulate productive activities and job opportunities.
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We wish to, once again, urge President Muhammadu Buhari to abandon his intention to "revive" what he refers to as "grazing reserves" allegedly gazetted in the First Republic.


Being kind and spreading kindness is not easy. It doesn't happen overnight. But it is worth a shot.
To be continually kind is tough. But the results of being kind are remarkable. In a self-centered society like ours, it is not easy coming across people who are genuinely and purely kind and have the innate quality to spread positivity all around them. Have you ever yourself tried spreading kindness among others? Yes, compassion is a funny expression and may not necessarily fascinate you. But it hardly takes a second to put a smile on someone's face through a compliment, a small gesture or a simple 'hi'!
Smiling at random people isn't crazy. In fact, it helps create positive vibes. Smile because you want to and feel like, not because it will make a good impression of you in front of everyone else. Also, always greet people with an enthusiastic 'hello.' Be it over the phone or in person, don't forget to be full of life while greeting anyone.
Sometimes, it is essential to lend an ear to those who desperately need to vent out their feelings. In these types of situations, just being there with full attention is all that matters. Have a conversation with that person to understand the problem better. This is, indeed, a simple way of getting a clear perspective of things. Make that person feel wanted or loved in such times of distress.
If you are not into complimenting others, now is the time to start. It is never wrong to say beautiful things about people you may or may not like. If someone is looking lovely, say it. If someone has come up with a good idea at work, appreciate it. If someone has cooked a nice meal for you, show your gratitude. A positive one-liner won't harm you or cost you much time!
Whether it is covering up for your colleague at work or lending money to a relative in need, offer a helping hand wherever you can. Your support may not necessarily change that person's current situation, but small yet comforting gestures from your side would mean the world to him or her.
Judging or making presumptions about someone or something is a human trait that comes out unknowingly. The frequency or intensity of which may differ from one person to another. Hence, make a conscious effort to stop yourself from doing that. Put yourself in the other person's' shoes to try and see the situation from their perspective. It's quite easy to resort to unkindness. Don't do that. Be wise.
Go through all your possessions. Make a list of clothing, shoes, books and other items you don't require anymore. Donate those things to someone who needs them more than you do. While giving away your belongings, tell yourself that the other person will also get a chance to feel the same comfort as you and create his or her happy memories. Be humble. Thank your stars for all the privileges you have and the comfortable life you are living. Use your position to better someone else's life.
If a person has done something for you, thank him or her. No matter how vital or minuscule the task was, it is important to show gratitude to that person. Don't do it because it is expected of you, say it because you mean it and feel grateful towards that person. Saying 'thanks' from the heart speaks volumes.
Whether it is a new colleague at work or a new addition to your family, make sure you are polite and friendly towards them. Make them feel comfortable. You never know this might lead to the start of a new life-long friendship. Be accepting of other people.
Don't be too harsh on yourself. Everyone has flaws, and it is easy to self-bash every once in a while. A simple way to be kind to yourself is to make a note of three qualities that you love about yourself. The point is that you can't be kind to others if you are not kind to yourself. It may seem simple to look past your faults and flaws, but it is not, especially if you have a healthy conscience. Therefore, it is important to be accepting of yourself.
Lastly, be patient with not only yourself but also the people around you. Spreading kindness is a difficult job, and the journey to being kind is often tricky. But in the end, it is a soul-satisfying mission. Hence, have the patience to accept people as they are, keep away from over-constructive criticism of others and spread kindness even in the darkest of times.
A pure and kind soul is the one who makes the world a better place to live in beyond all the negative aspects attached to life. As philosopher Seneca the Younger once articulately put, "wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness"; grab that opportunity one step at a time generously.


The Family Resource Centre National Forum is a support network working with Family Resource Centres (FRCs) throughout Ireland. Their website contains details of your nearest Family Resource Centre: http://www.familyresource.ie/centres.php. There are now over 100 FRC's all over Ireland. The aim of the Family Resource Centre programme is to combat disadvantage and improve the functioning of the family unit. Key services provided by FRCs include: The provision of family support, information and advice at local level. Practical assistance to community groups (such as training, information, advice and use of shared facilities). Education courses and training opportunities. Childcare facilities for those attending courses provided by the programme. After-school clubs.
The Irish Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies website has a list of registered CBT professionals in Ireland.
If you are looking for a therapist who specialises in CBT, you can use their directory here.
The IAUCC is the representative body of Counsellors in third level colleges in Ireland. It provides support and facilitates ongoing training for counsellors in 3rd level colleges. It liaises with statutory bodies and other relevant agencies on student issues.
Provide counselling for both those who bully and the victims of bullying; provide a telephone support line; offer training for teachers, parents associations and other groups seeking help in dealing with the problem of bullying.
Niteline is an anonymous, confidential, non-judgemental and non-directive listening, support and information service run by and for the students of ITT, ITB, MU, NCAD, NCI, RCSI, TCD and UCD and their affiliate colleges.
Niteline are there if you ever feel that you would like to talk to someone that will listen, accept and understand without judging. You can talk about anything - no problem is too big or too small.
Niteline is open every night during term time from 9:00pm to 2:30am.
As well as calling, you can also contact Niteline via their instant messaging service on their online listening page.
Recovery provides an opportunity for the patient to practise self-help and to take over the management of their lives once again. The mission of Abraham Low Self-Help Systems is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives. Participants are asked at each meeting to help support the organization via voluntary contributions, with the suggested donation being Û3 per meeting. If an attendee isnÕt able to contribute, that should not deter him or her from attending Recovery International meetings.


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BMW X4 review - What is BMW's mini X6 like?
The small SUV coupe is undoubtedly capable, but it just isn't as talented as other, more performance oriented SUVs
by: Will Beaumont
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Comfortable with a range of impressive diesel engines
Doesn't have the agility of other sporting SUVs
It's not the fact that a billionaire reality TV star is president of the United States of America. No, the clearest sign we live in a strange and bizarre world is that the BMW X4, and cars like it, even exist. It's a mash-up of seemingly contradicting concepts. On one hand, it's a sleek four-door coupe, but on the other it's an off-roader - albeit a road-biased one.
But rather than just existing, the SUV coupe genre that the X4 sits comfortably within is now completely acceptable. Not only is there BMW's other coupe crossed with an offroader, the X6, but there is also a pair of other similarly styled cars from Mercedes - the GLC and GLE Coupes.
Even though we're growing accustomed to the idea of these SUV coupes, the X4 is still pretty exuberant looking. And it needs to be, because it isn't particularly memorable to drive. The X4 isn't one of those SUVs that makes you question whether the engineers behind it used witchcraft to give it handling that belies its jacked-up ride-height. Instead it's capable and proficient, just not exceptional.
BMW X4 in detail
Performance and 0-60 time > The X4's performance is respectable for an SUV, if not shockingly fast.
Engine and gearbox > Only two engines to choose from and both are turbo diesels; a 2-litre four-cylinder and a 3-litre straight-six.
Ride and handling > Comfortable at low speeds, but BMW's SUV coupe doesn't find an athletic side when driven harder.
MPG and running costs > Its diesel engines mean the X4 is impressively frugal, on paper.
Interior and tech > Comfy seats that can be perfectly adjusted make the X4's interior a great place to spend time.
Design > Bold and exuberant certainly, but such distinctive looks means that the X4's design is an acquired taste.
The cheapest BMW X4 in the range is the puzzlingly named X4 xDrive20d SE, priced at £37,900. It comes with a 187bhp four-cylinder diesel engine, four-wheel drive and a manual gearbox. In terms of trim levels, xLine is the next step up and costs an extra £1500, while the optional eight-speed automatic is around £1650 more.
The M Sport tops off the range of the 2-litre diesels costing £43,645 and is only available with an auto 'box, as is the rest of the range from here on upwards.
The six-cylinder diesel powered X4 xDrive30d is available in both xLine and M Sport trim, costing £45,955 and £48,750 respectively. The top of the range X4, the xDrive35d, uses the same engine as the 30d but with 309bhp rather than 254bhp. It's only available in M Sport trim and costs £51,350.
As mentioned above, Mercedes also makes a small coupe-like SUV to rival the X4, the GLC Coupe. The more ordinary models are a little more expensive than the BMW though, and the Merc starts from £40,420. However, the AMG GLC 43 with a twin-turbocharged 3-litre V6 and 362bhp is £1370 cheaper than the top of the range X4. It's also far more entertaining to drive and the performance much more spectacular.
> Read our review of the Mercedes-AMG GLC
The car that really makes the X4 seem overpriced and impractical, though, is the BMW X3. It's based on the same platform as the X4, but has a bigger boot and better headroom for the rear passengers and, on average, costs around £3550 less in equivalent spec.
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Q: How to change layout based on orientation on ipad? I was just looking at the clock app on the new ipad air 2 and when changing the orientation it affects the layout. There are 6 clocks in the world clock tab and in portrait there are 2 rows of 3 clocks but in landscape there is 1 row of 6 clocks.
I dont see anything based on the size classes in xcode 6 allowing a differentiation of landscape to portrait, is there a different/better way of doing this?

A: There's a method--willTransitionToTraitCollection:withTransitionCoordinator:--that lets you know when any trait (e.g. horizontal size class, vertical size class, display scale, or user interface idiom) changes.
You can check newCollection.verticalSizeClass to see if it equals .Compact (landscape) or .Regular (portrait) when UIDevice.currentDevice().userInterfaceIdiom != .Pad
So, for example:
override func willTransitionToTraitCollection(newCollection: UITraitCollection, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    super.willTransitionToTraitCollection(newCollection, withTransitionCoordinator: coordinator)
    if UIDevice.currentDevice().userInterfaceIdiom != .Pad {
        switch newCollection.verticalSizeClass {
        case .Compact:
            goLandscapeWithCoordinator(coordinator)
        case .Regular, .Unspecified:
            hideLandscapeWithCoordinator(coordinator)
        }
    }
}

goLandscapeWithCoordinator(coordinator) could look something like this, for instance:
func goLandscapeWithCoordinator(coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {

    let landscapeVC = storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("LandscapeViewController") as? LandscapeViewController

    if let controller = landscapeVC {

        controller.view.frame = view.bounds
        controller.view.alpha = 0

        view.addSubview(controller.view)
        addChildViewController(controller)

        coordinator.animateAlongsideTransition({ _ in
            controller.view.alpha = 1
            },
            completion: { _ in
                controller.didMoveToParentViewController(self)
        })

    }
}

A: If you open storyboard you can find "wAny hAny" on top of the console, which allows you to specify the width and height type (compact, any, regular). If you specified some type then do layout work on storyboard, your layout will only show on the specific situation, which means you can specify different layouts in storyboard for portrait and landscape modes.
For example, you can choose "Compact Width | Regular Height" the layout will be shown for all iPhones in portrait mode, and if you choose "Regular Width | Compact Height" the layout will be applied for 5.5 inch iPhones in landscape mode.


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