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Special Olympics Wyoming athletes from Casper, Douglas, Glenrock and Rawlins will compete at Area V Summer Games held in Casper and Glenrock this Friday and Saturday, April 26th & 27th.
This competition is in preparation for the State Summer Games that will be held in Laramie on May 9-11. Athletes will compete in Aquatics, Track & Field, Basketball and Powerlifting.
High School girls softball doesn't get a "no", but it does get a "not yet".
At their board meeting in Casper Tuesday, the Wyoming High School Activities Association said they didn't yet have enough teams committed to sanction girls softball in the spring of 2021.
The WHSAA requires eight member schools for implementation of a sport.
So far, seven schools have approved softball programs... Casper's Kelly Walsh and Natrona High Schools, Gillette's Campbell County and Thunder Basin, Cody, Green River and Rock Springs. Albany County School District No. 1 at Laramie said they would revisit its softball vote after voting its budget for the upcoming 2019-20 school year.
Tickets go on sale this Friday for one of this summer's premier rodeo events in the Cowboy State... the College National Finals Rodeo returns to the Casper Events Center June 9th through the 15th.
Over 400 cowboys and cowgirls from over 100 universities and colleges compete in Casper each year in saddle bronc riding, bare back riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping, barrel racing, breakaway roping, and goat tying.
One and done for the Casper College TBirds.
In the opening round of the NJCAA National Tournament at Hutchinson, Kansas, the 9th seeded Thunderbirds were upset by the 24th-seeded Cleveland State 90-83.
Sophomore point guard Isaac Bonton led the TBirds with a game-high 32 points, but the Birds only led twice.
For more than 30 years, the 6'7" Mason was a halftime fixture at State Basketball Tournaments at the Casper Events Center. A member of the maintenance staff, Scotty would outrun the rest of the staff, clearing the floor with five or six laps around in less than 30 seconds. The crowds would cheer him on as his theme song, "Johnny B Good", rocked the speakers.
While he'll still work part-time on the maintenance crew, age and health won't allow him to appear on the halftime lope anymore.
Three local teams have punched their tickets to the State Basketball Tournaments in Casper this weekend.
At the 4A West Regional Tournament at Cody Saturday, the Kelly Walsh Trojans cruised to the title win, 67-47 over Green River.
The Lady Trojans fell 42-33 to Star Valley in the regional championship game, but will still advance to State.
And the 23-1 Douglas LadyCats continued to roll with a 58-36 win over Rawlins.
The Kelly Walsh girls open tournament play Thursday morning at 9 against Cheyenne East at Casper College.
The Kelly Walsh boys will play Cheyenne Central Thursday at 1:30 at Casper College.
The Douglas LadyCats will face Lander in the opening round of the state tournament Thursday night at 6pm at the Casper Events Center.
High School hoopsters return to Douglas this weekend... the 1A East Regional basketball tournament will be held here in the Jackalope City.
Quarterfinal games begin on Thursday at the Rec Center Gym... boys brackets, Upton plays Guernsey-Sunrise at 9am... it's Hanna-Elk Mountain vs Hulett at noon, Lingle-Ft Laramie plays NSI Academy at 4, and Kaycee meets Rock River at 7.
Quarterfinal girls games on Thursday, Arvada-Clearmont play Guernsey-Sunrise at 10:30, Hanna-Elk Mountain plays Kaycee at 1:30, it's Rock River and Hulett at 5:30, and Upton takes on Lingle-Ft Laramie at 8:30 Thursday night.
Free tickets for Wednesday night's Cowboys basketball game.
Cheyenne businessman and Cowboys fan Maury Brown has purchased 2 thousand tickets to the Cowboys game versus San Jose State, and the University will give them away tomorrow first-com, first served.
UW Athletics Director Tom Burman says this is the most challenging season he's ever witnessed as an athletics director. Burman said numerous injuries to key players have forced a few remaining veterans and our young players to have to shoulder the load. Our players and coaches need all the support we can give them to show how much we appreciate their efforts.
Fans may come by the UW Athletics Ticket Office throughout the day today beginning at 10 a.m. to pick up the complimentary tickets. Tickets may be also be picked up throughout the day on Wednesday up until tipoff. Businesses are encouraged to invite their staffs, and everyone is encouraged to bring family and friends to cheer on the Pokes on Wednesday night. It is anticipated that there will be enough complimentary tickets to accommodate everyone, so it is a great opportunity for fans to show their support for a young Cowboy team.
Kelly Walsh High School is looking for a new varsity football coach. Jon Vance has been let go by the school.
Vance was the Trojan head coach for the last 8 years with 7 playoff appearances but just one season with a record above .500. His career record was 32-43 with KW and that one winning season came in 2017 when the Trojans went 7-4, advancing to the 4A semi-finals. He was also the winning coach for the 2016 Shrine Bowl and was an assistant with the Shrine Bowl North team in 2012.
A pair of wins for the Casper College Thunderbirds basketball teams Wednesday night.
The Lady T-Birds notched another win last night, beating Central Wyoming 81-53. It's the 4th win in a row for the Birds.
The Casper College women improve to 12-4.
In the late game, the T-Birds blasted Central Wyoming 118-72. The Birds had 6 players in double figures, led by Isaac Bonton's 26 points.
THe Thunderbirds are 16-1, with a 13-game win streak underway.
A former Douglas Cats baseball player gets a shots at the bigs.
With the 480th overall pick in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, the Tampa Bay Rays selected junior outfielder Marvin Malone, who played this past season for Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. The 16th round pick marks the second-highest selection for SEU in program history.
Five Lady T-Birds will move on to the next level.
Five sophomores from the Casper College Thunderbirds signed letters of intent to transfer to other schools on Wednesday, May 2.
Rose Altunbulak will play for the NCAA Division II Texas A&M International University Dustdevils.
Caroline Rivera, the 5'8" guard from Las Vegas, will play ball for the NCAA Division I Ragin' Cajuns of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette who play in the Sun Belt Conference.
Barcelona, Spain's Paula Orenes Sanchez will play for the Panthers of Florida International University in Miami.
The NCAA Division I University of South Carolina – Upstate Spartans of Spartanburg, South Carolina, will welcome Natalia Panufnik for the 2018-2019 year.
The final player to sign a letter of commitment is 5'7" guard Ashlie Larson from Miles City, Montana. Larson will play for the Blue Hawks of Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota.
A former Mustang, who became a Gator, will become a Jaguar.
Casper native and 2014 Casper Natrona alumni Taven Bryan is heading to Jacksonville to play for the Jaguars.
Bryan was a Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 selection and the 2013 Wyoming Coaches Association Co-Defensive Player of the Year. He went on to play his college ball for the Florida Gators.
Josh Allen is a Buffalo Bill.
The former Wyoming Cowboys quarterback was the seventh pick in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night.
Overseeing his first draft in Buffalo, general manager Brando Beane moved up five spots in the order by making a trade with Tampa Bay to select Allen seventh overall on Thursday night.
At 6-foot-5 and 237 pounds, Allen is a strong-armed passer who spent the past three years at Wyoming. He finished 365 of 649 for 5,066 yards passing with 44 touchdowns and 21 interceptions in 27 games with the Cowboys.
A couple of Casper College Men's Basketball players are moving on to the next level.
Antun Maricevic and Jackson Stent both signed their official letters of intent on Tuesday as both will continue playing basketball at NCAA Division 1 schools.
Maricevic, a 6'10" post, will join the University of South Florida Bulls, who under first-year coach Brian Gregory went 10-22 in the American Athletic Conference for the 2017-2018 season.
One more weekend to ski Hogadon.
The Casper Mountain ski area has announced that the snow is holding up and they'll extend the season for one more weekend, open 9am til 4pm this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Spectra Food and Beverage will offer season pass holders discounts on select food and beverage items on Saturday, and Mountain Sports Rentals has their demo skis for sale.
21 of 27 trails are currently open.
Casper's new semi-pro baseball team has released their 2018 season schedule.
The Casper Horseheads, of the Expedition League, will begin their inaugural campaign May 25 with a six-game homestand, featuring three games with the Western Nebraska Pioneers of Gering, NE; followed by three with the Badlands Big Sticks of Dickinson, ND.
Brackets are set for this weekend's state football quarterfinals.
All games will be played on Friday, October 27th.
4A, Cheyenne Central's at Sheridan, Thunder Basin plays at Kelly Walsh, Rock Springs is at Cheyenne East, and Laramie's at Natrona. All four games kick off at 6pm.
3A, Rawlins is at Star Valley at 5pm... Douglas plays at Green River Friday night at 6...Cody's at Buffalo, and Worland is at Torrington. Both those games kick off at 7pm.
A couple of afternoon games in 2A... Newcastle's at Big Piney and Thermopolis is at Mountain View, both Friday at 2pm. Greybull's at Wheatland and Lovell's at Glenrock, both Friday night at 7.
1A pairings, Southeast is at Cokeville Friday at 1, and Wind River's at Big Horn, Upton-Sundance is at Rocky Mountain, and Saratoga's at Pine Bluffs... those are all 7pm games.
Josh Allen threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns and moved into the top 10 on the Wyoming career passing yardage and total offense lists in a 45-10 victory over Texas State on Saturday.
Allen's 8-yard TD pass to Austin Conway in the third quarter moved him into tenth place in career passing yards with 4,131. Earlier he moved into tenth on the career total offense chart with 4,738 yards.
Damian Williams found Elijah King on a 5-yard scoring pass with 3:11 remaining in the first half to pull Texas State (1-4) within 14-10, but Tyler Hall answered with a 95-yard kick return - his second TD return in as many games - to put Wyoming up 21-10.
A Texas cowboy injured at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper continues to improve.
Odessa College bull rider Bradie Gray was critically injured a bull stepped on him during Thursday night's performance of the CNFR.
Reports Sunday say Gray is now breathing on his own and is able to communicate some with doctors and family members.
Logan Harris of Torrington and Anna Gibson of Jackson were named the boys and girls winner of the 2017 Milward-Simpson award.
It is given out to the best overall high school athlete of each graduating class.
Harris is the first TrailBlazer boy to win the award.
He earned 3 all-conference and 7 all-state awards while competing in football, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.
Gibson is the first Lady Bronc to win the award.
She earned 12 all-state awards while competing in cross-country, nordic skiing and outdoor track and field.
The award is named after Milward Simpson who was the team captain for the University of Wyoming football, basketball and baseball teams, and earned varsity letters in each sport from 1917-1921.
He later served as Wyoming Governor from 1954-58 and as a U.S. Senator from 1962-67.
Casper College has made it official... Jhett Johnson is the new head rodeo coach for the T-Birds.
Johnson is a Natrona County native, and a million-dollar career earner in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He's a five-time National Finals Rodeo Qualifier, and was the 2011 World Champion Team Roper along with Turtle Powell.
Johnson served as assistant coach under Tom Parker since 2012, and took over as interim head coach in February of this year as Parker's health began to decline.
Parker died earlier this year.
The Wyoming State High School Rodeo Finals wrapped up in Rock Springs over the weekend, and the Wyoming team for Nationals has been set.
The top 4 competitors in the season point standings after the conclusion of the state finals qualify for the High School National Finals Rodeo.
Local cowboys and cowgirls making the nationals team include Jaymis Soneson of Douglas and Matt Britton of Wheatland... they got the fourth spot in team roping. Jaycee Thompson of Lusk earned the top spot in goat tying... and Peyton Kottwitz of Lusk got the 3-slot in Reined cow horse competition. Casper cowboys and cowgirls on the Nationals team include Carson and Kellen Johnson, state champs in team roping, Wheaton Williams of Big Horn and Jerren Johnson of Casper were the 2-seed in team roping... Cole Kilts got the 4th spot in bull riding, Jonathan Lipps was state champ in boys cutting, and Wes Bray was third... Shae Bray was second in girls cutting.
A Douglas Bearcat is among the finalists for this year's Milward Simpson Award.
Eric Jamerman, who competed in football, basketball and outdoor track & field, is up against Logan Harris of Torrington, Hayden Hastings of Sheridan, Easton Paxton of Riverton and Hunter Thompson of Pine Bluffs.
Girls nominees are Anna Gibson of Jackson Hole, Hannah Behunin – Mountain View. Kalina Smith of Campbell County, Cosette Stellern of Cheyenne East and Jules Ward of Thermopolis.
The Milward Simpson Award is considered to be the highest honor that a Wyoming high school athlete can receive, because they excelled in multiple sports in all four years of their high school career.
This week's track meet at Glenrock High School has been rescheduled.
The Finch-Lehner track meet will be held at the Glenrock High School stadium on Thursday, April 13th beginning at 10:00 am.


The final part of my series of the top 100 outfielders for 2009 counts down the top 10. If you'll notice, the longest capsules came in the middle of the rankings because those are your game breakers that will can boost your season over the top. Spending 250 words explaining why Carl Crawford or Matt Kemp is a stud (duh??) isn't as useful as explaining why Shin-Soo Choo or Elijah Dukes is a worthy addition to your fantasy roster and is likely worth that extra dollar or slight reach to secure their services.
10. Carl Crawford, 27, Tampa Bay Rays – Wouldn't you know it, the Rays have their best season ever and Crawford has his worst?! Injuries contributed largely to the digression from his usually amazing offerings. Nothing in his foundational skills suggest that he won't come back as good as ever in 2009 so invest the standard 50-stolen base speed with double digit power, a ton of runs, around 75 driven in and a .300 average. Outside of a league filled with inexperienced members, it is doubtful that Crawford's injury-shortened season will depress his value much at all. For the top 10 outfielders, I will add where the guy went in two mocks I'm following. One is mlb.com's Fantasy 411 podcast expert's draft and another is one I'm participating in with a group of guys from the fantasy baseball message board Rotojunkie.com. 411: 2nd round – 20th pick overall/7th outfielder taken, RJ: 2nd round – 24th pick overall/7th outfielder taken.
9. Jason Bay, 30, Boston Red Sox – That's the Bay we were used to prior to 2007! He still hasn't completely come back to 2005/2006 levels against left-handers, but everything else is back on track and a full season in the Red Sox lineup will be trouble for opposing pitchers. A 2006 redux with more runs scored and driven in thanks to the Red Sox lineup seems very likely for Bay in 2009. Despite a great rebound back to previously established levels, Bay might still drop a bit as a result of the collapse in 2007. He has a legitimate shot to jump back into the $30 dollar levels as a part of that Red Sox lineup. 411: 4th round – 37th pick overall/15th outfielder taken, RJ: 4th round – 40th pick overall/14th outfielder taken (I got him).
8. Matt Kemp, 24, Los Angeles Dodgers – He whet the appetites of fantasy owners with a great 292 at-bat sample in 2007, but the glut of outfielders coming into last season helped give Kemp a little more value. Sure, he was the odds-on favorite for the third spot with Andruw Jones and Juan Pierre, but there were no guarantees for him getting 500 at-bats. Well he got 606 and didn't disappoint in the least. He used out and out destruction of lefties (.369) to fuel a .290 average along with 18 home runs and 35 stolen bases. He boosted his power in the second half portending 20+ HR potential to match that elite speed making a better than $30 season a very real possibility if everything breaks in his favor. 411: 4th round – 44th pick overall/17th outfielder taken, RJ: 3rd round – 33rd pick overall/12th outfielder taken (I got him, too).
7. B.J. Upton, 24, Tampa Bay Rays – Fears that his power was gone as opposed to merely absorbed by a sore shoulder were erased with a monstrous playoff (7 home runs). For the trouble of dropping 13 home runs off of his 2007 total, he did add 22 stolen bases giving him nearly equal value year over year. The big gains in walk rate and contact rate are very promising, too. Come off of surgery on that shoulder might prevent him from maxing out his potential in 2009, but look out in 2010. For now, I expect a move back into double digits for power and continued elite speed en route to a high $20s season in value. 411: 2nd round – 18th overall/6th outfielder taken, RJ: 2nd round – 15th overall/4th outfielder taken.
6. Josh Hamilton, 27, Texas Rangers – Was there a better story than Hamilton in 2008? He is showing why he was the #1 overall pick all the way back in 1999. It is hard to peg a "prime" for a guy like this because of the time he missed so perhaps he is still improving like a 24-25 year old as opposed to establishing a prime level like most 27-year olds. How good is a player when he hits 13 home runs, drives in 50, steals six bases and hits .298 and it's is labeled a 2nd half fade? It isn't unreasonable to expect another boost in performance from this guy, but an even a repeat of his $30 dollar season would be a great success. 411: 2nd round – 16th overall/4th outfielder taken, RJ: 1st round – 10th overall/3rd outfielder taken.
5. Carlos Lee, 32, Houston Astros – His fourth straight 30-100 season was a lock before a broken finger derailed his season. He still only missed the mark by two home runs despite just 436 at-bats. He has a remarkably strong skillset that is as consistent as it gets. There are at least three more 30-100 seasons coming from Lee including another monster season for 2009. He was pacing near the 40 home run mark before last year's injury and while I don't know he can do that again, a 2007 repeat brings in almost $30 dollars of value. I feel like he is slipping a bit despite nothing in his skills that should give owners pause. 411: 3rd round – 26th overall/10th outfielder taken, RJ: 3rd round – 26th overall/9th outfielder taken.
4. Carlos Beltran, 32, New York Mets – His home run totals are in a three year decline while his batting average and stolen base totals are in a three year incline. The power drop is no doubt tied to a huge uptick in groundball rate from 2007 to 2008, but the slight gains in speed and batting average plus 23 extra runs offset the six home run loss. He is no longer a flashy pick that makes you think of 40/40 potential like back in 2004, but it is hard to argue with how much production he offers across the board. 411: 2nd round – 15th overall/3rd outfielder taken, RJ: 2nd round – 22nd overall/5th outfielder taken.
3. Alfonso Soriano, 33, Chicago Cubs – I feel like people are forgetting that Soriano missed a bunch of time due to injuries and managed just 453 at-bats. That is the only way I can explain why he's not being given credit for nearly going 30-20 in those 453 at-bats. Even at 33, he is still one of the best players in the entire game when it comes to fantasy baseball. He is still one of the preeminent power-speed combos with 30-30 a real possibility if he can stay on the field all year. In these two mocks and a few others I've seen, Soriano is representing a value pick when you consider he his potential in 550-600 at-bats. 411: 2nd round – 22nd overall/9th outfielder taken, RJ: 2nd round – 23rd overall/6th outfielder taken.
2. Ryan Braun, 25, Milwaukee Brewers – Is this guy really 25?!?! The two seasons that he has put up are amazing on their own, but then you consider is age and it's unthinkable. His numbers are legit, his skills are legit and there is growth in this profile. His difference-making power turns heads, but it's his mid-to-high teens speed and quality batting average that make him an elite first round pick. He could be on the verge of one of those special seasons that will just carry an entire fantasy team. 411: 1st round – 12th overall/2nd outfielder taken, RJ: 1st round – 9th overall/ 2nd outfielder taken (I got him… yep, I took three from the list's top nine).
1. Grady Sizemore, 26, Cleveland Indians – My #1 ranked guy didn't drive in 100 runs and he hit .268, so I know what you're thinking… are you crazy? The reason I like him so much is that he didn't have to do anything extraordinary to get near 35 HR/40 SB. He finished at 33/38 and it wasn't due to two out of this world months, instead he just put up quality month after quality month. A better September (2 HR/3 SB) could've taken him to the famed 40-40 heights. He is cutting K's while maintaining a solid walk rate. The Indians lineup should be consistently viable throughout the entire season which will only help Sizemore's runs scored and runs driven in. We might get that 40-40 season in 2009. 411: 1st round – 11th overall/1st outfielder taken, RJ: 1st round – 5th overall/1st outfielder taken.
Paul, love the entry here. I'm going to touch on the 2009 OF depth in a few days, myself. For now, you can take a look at my introductory blog entry over at the Life of Brian before I throw the rest of my projections up later this week.
I'm curious why you put Braun 4 spots higher than Hamilton, I am trying to figure out my keeper and I am going back and forth between the two. Braun was better in HR, SB, and SLG%. Hamilton was better in Runs, RBI, and OBP. There wasn't a huge difference in numbers except for OBP, Hamilton was about 36% higher. I like the upside of Braun, but feel the best of Hamilton is yet to come….
I love both, but notice that two of Hamilton's advantages are in team-based stats while Braun's are skills-based. Braun has legit 40+ HR power even in the post-PED era. Notice how Hamilton's RBIs dipped in 2nd half when Bradley played less and Kinsler was out with an injury. Braun is more bankable, but in the end both are superstars so it's hard to make a "wrong" decision.


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March 7, 2016 By: Bradford Group Administrator
I write for a living, so you'd think it would be easy to tackle this assignment: Tell your story in six words.
Just six words?! That was my immediate thought when we were tasked with this seemingly impossible exercise at last month's Nashville American Marketing Association Power Lunch. Led by author and Nashville resident David Hutchens, the room full of marketers and communicators cautiously embarked on our attempt to capture our entire lives, our purpose for working and/or living, in a mere six words.
Storytelling is a powerful mode of communication. As David went on to explain in his presentation, more areas of our brain are engaged when telling and listening to a story because people can experience it intellectually as well as emotionally.That's why the majority of the news, thoughts and ideas we remember are told to us through stories. News stories, bedtime stories, family stories – even that funny thing that happened to you at the coffee shop this morning is better told through a descriptive account. Stories drive how we communicate and connect with the world around us.
We learned that there are four core stories every organization, and every person, can tell:
These stories reveal your identity, and they introduce your company culture to the world. Where did you come from? What drives you to get where you're going? How has your past shaped who you are today? Telling stories about who you are can be very powerful because the listener is brought into the inner workings of the organization and can see what makes you tick.
Paint a picture of where you see yourself or your company going in the future. Talk about what happened in the past, what was learned from it and the outcome of the situation. Tell people where you are headed, and take them along for the ride.
What matters to you and your company? What drives your actions and your business decisions? Rather than reciting words like transparency, honesty or dependability, tell stories about specific moments when these values were put into practice. Bring them to life to show the world how you are living your values.
Change & Learning
Stories that discuss what you learned from past mistakes or significant changes that have been made are not told very often because they can put people and businesses in that dreaded state of vulnerability. However, it's these stories that best help us grow and continue to improve. According to David, these stories typically follow a certain format: They highlight the action that was taken, the poor outcome, why we experienced that outcome and how we will improve to get a better outcome the next time. Putting these stories out there can be humbling, but will lead to progress on many levels.
And now, your assignment:
Consider the four core stories.
Think about a cause or work that you advocate.
Pinpoint a moment or experience that placed you on your current path.
Write your six-word story.
What's mine? Improve my community to improve myself.

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A word, phrase, or clause that expresses opposition or a contrast: Examples of adversatives include such conjunctions as, "but" or "although".
Mark was talking to a friend about a trip and the possible weather conditions and he expressed an adversative when he said, "We should set a date for our journey, but if the weather is too bad, we need to plan an alternative time."
Pertaining to an expression of opposition or contrast by someone: Jill had an adversative reaction to what her father said about her boyfriend.


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With the FIFA Council meeting this week, Gianni Infantino's recent travel itinerary offers insights into what's really afoot in world politics at the moment, Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop write.
On this National Security Podcast extra, Claude Rakisits and Michael Cohen talk about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
In efforts to advance its national interests, Moscow has become more active in 'peace talks' while its clout in the Middle East only seems to be growing, Isaac Kfir writes.
With China's interference in Australia becoming increasingly evident, it's high time that Clive Hamilton's controversial book and its warnings against the Chinese Party-state be taken seriously, Kevin Carrico writes.
Traditional diplomacy, increased trust, and stronger economic relations with its international partners are crucial to increasing Australia's resistance to cyberattacks, Olga Krasnyak writes.


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Why Ecuador Holds the Key to South America
By David Dietz
Tom Clancy couldn't have scripted it any better.
In a continent in which small-town mayors regularly enlist a small army of bodyguards to inflate their self worth, the recent events in Ecuador were refreshingly old school. President Rafael Correa's decision to walk out alone into a crowd of protesting police officers was a throwback to the days when machismo actually meant something, when respect was earned by bold action and not by how many thugs a leader carries on his arm.
Whether you think Correa was reckless, impulsive, daring, or gutsy, what unfolded was something no one could have predicted:
As his legend grows, it becomes more difficult to sort through the stories, but the events transpired something like this: In an effort to balance the budget, Correa cut police pensions and benefits, which resulted in riots. In an attempt to explain the measures, the brazen Correa confronted the officers outside his compound. Insults were hurled and the notoriously fiery president lost his cool. In the ensuing chaos, a clash broke out and the president was tear gassed, captured, and taken hostage in the basement of a local hospital for over twelve hours until an elite Special Forces unit broke him free.
What does this incident mean to the rest of the world? It serves as both a warning and an opportunity. President Correa is a populist who has a tumultuous relationship with big business, particularly foreign investors. Although he has balanced a nationalistic administration while maintaining a cordial relationship with Washington, his rhetoric indicates frayed nerves when it comes to foreign investors' meddling in Ecuadorian politics. As Correa is a friend of Venezuela's rebellious President Hugo Chavez, the last thing America should do is to push him closer to Chavez by coming across as imposing on his country.
On the other hand, after decades of hostility, South and Central America are slowly warming to America, mainly due to economic interests. Ecuador, along with neighbors Peru and Brazil, all realize the financial benefits of doing so. Even Colombia, a longtime unstable and dangerous nation, has hopes of securing more investment. Relations with America - save for Venezuela - are improving, but bad blood still lingers in the memories of many who recall the CIA's meddling in Nicaragua and suspected activities in Paraguay. Speculation that America is stirring resentment in Ecuador, just like they did a year ago in Honduras, is bad enough. But, accusations that the Obama administration is being pushed by oil countries to delegitimize Correa for easier access to Ecuadorian oil could trigger a massive anti-American wave throughout the region.
Ecuador is the opening Obama needs to quiet the likes of Chavez and show that America is eager to build positive and trustworthy relationships throughout the region. The best action for the U.S. is to support President Correa and his policies before Correa considers expelling the U.S. and other foreign influences as Chavez did.
It will be better for the security of the region and for American interests if Correa's life story is chronicled as a typical biography with one minor incident and not a political thriller filled with suspense, pre-mature death, and endless conspiracy theories.
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COVID-19: Worker's rights and the public interest
Published: 23 March 2020 | Written by Darcy du Toit
Sooner or later, all pandemics are brought to an end. But, until then, they can cause huge damage to society, as COVID-19 is showing day by day. And none are more at risk than non-standard or "precarious" workers – casual workers, independent contractors, all those doing jobs without security of employment and benefits, who generally fall outside the protection of labour law.
A petition by a civil society alliance is currently circulating calling on President Ramaphosa to extend unemployment insurance benefits to precarious workers. This is just one form of protection which is much needed by workers who are laid off on a no-work-no-pay basis because they don't have fixed jobs – though much else is needed to enable them to take other steps for combating the spread of the disease, such as social distancing (in over-crowded conditions) or even washing hands (without running water).
But government has begun to respond. A Notice was issued on 20 March in terms of section 6A of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) extending the protection of the Act in significant ways. Among other things it provides that:
employers must pay workers' wages for days of self-isolation recommended by registered medical practitioners;
temporary total disablement will be paid for up to 30 days to workers diagnosed with COVID-19 "and where the Compensation Fund has accepted liability"; and
medical aid shall be provided for up to 30 days in "all accepted cases of COVID-19".
The snag lies in the quoted phrases. COIDA, like nearly all labour laws, applies only to "employees" and not to those classified as "independent contractors".Paradoxically, this avoidance of legal regulation has become the norm in the most cutting-edge sectors of the economy as in the days of the first industrial revolution before labour law existed. This has been an ongoing concern to labour law stakeholders for a generation and will remain so until it is resolved.
But the Notice itself shows a possible way forward. It starts by classifying jobs into "very high", "high", "medium" and "low exposure risk occupations", and it does this without reference to the classification of the person performing that job. In other words, an independent contractor performing a high-risk job would at as much threatened as an employee, but would be unprotected.
This means that the costs arising from preventive measures, such as self-isolation, fall on the worker and the worker alone. To those who are struggling to support families in a harsh economic environment and who contract the virus, does this not create pressure to continue working for as long as the symptoms can be suppressed or concealed?
The cruel irony of protecting only some of those who are bearing the brunt of the risk invites us to look for an alternative reading of the Notice. Would it not be in accordance with the Constitution to interpret the Notice as extending the same protection (as far as possible) to all workers who are facing the same risk, and could any provision which states the opposite not be considered unconstitutional?
This is, of course, restating the underlying issue which has arisen time and again in cases where workers have challenged their classification as independent contractors – for example, Uber drivers. The difference is that, this time, not just the right to fair labour practices but the right to life is at stake. And it is not just the rights and interests of the worker versus those of the putative employer but the interest of society in curbing the spread of the disease.
The underlying fault line will not be fixed without a systematic overhaul of the labour law system to ensure that all workers' rights are equally protected. The COVID-19 crisis is underlining that this is in the public interest..
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Review: Maisie Peters – You Signed Up For This
Peters writes with a candid take on life in your early 20s.
by Christine Lai
"This wasn't how it's supposed to go/
I should be the one you're dancing with /
Spinning with a Vodka Coke /
Everybody at my fingertips"
So opens the single "John Hughes Movie" from Maisie Peters debut album released in August, 'You Signed Up For This' – an ode to youth with refreshing images surrounding the novelties of clubbing, dancing, and an underlying fear of being vulnerable.
The long-distance girlfriend of our dreams, Peters (known by her fans as 'Mazzie') embodies the spirited next-door-neighbour persona and is guilty of romanticising her love life to a tee.
As a wannabe writer and casual storyteller who stumbled across her YouTube channel at the age of fifteen, I have marvelled at the way Peters has marked her place in the music industry, untarnished by the rising fame that has followed her since being contracted to a major record label. She remains a charming, word aficionado who shares a communal fleece sweater with her housemates and partakes in "psychologically unpacking every man" she's ever met for the hell of it.
First performing in public at the age of 14 as a busker in the streets of Brighton and posting videos of original songs on YouTube, Peters' musical success has since taken off and evolved from her acoustic folk roots to a funky, synth-filled sensibility in the pop world that insists on being played out loud in a car with the windows down while cruising on a highway.
The fantasies that adorn You Signed Up For This (YSUFT) ("late nights in the old arcade drinking cheap wine as Elvis plays" and dancing at parties on the living room floor) are stricken with casualties wielded by the double-edged-sword of wanting and touches on teenage angst and melodrama. Still, there is a remarkably untouchable earnestness that Peters occupies in her quipped stubborn realism that subverts the pining Nicholas Sparks/John-Hughes-like narrative that is affixed to the imaginative desires of young adults alike:
"I could see a bloodbath coming
Playing checkers as the flat was flooding
I wasn't eating and you still said nothing
Better, should've known, should've known better"
– Love Him I Don't
YSUFT echoes maladies of heartbreak in youth and traverses through the stages of teenage angst to adulthood featuring stories of elusive boyfriends, unrequited love, and softly simmering resentment.
Tussled against self-reflections on past relationships, hypothesising on the prospect of love and reclaiming individual agency, Peters writes with a candid take on life in your early 20s. With an arguably Swiftian-level break-up lyricism tied to her belt, Peters is a big fan of middle eights (a section of a song often seen as an interlude that has different melodies and lyrics) and her musical language is rippled in longer phrases with a stretch-to-fit-in-each-word in her songs.
The album opens with a playful remark espousing her trademarked drivers-licence-less-self (she has since passed her driving test on her fourth attempt) and points to her emotional state of mind as "probably upset right now." Peters introduces her fans to a bold persona, one who is unabashedly self-assured, placing the onus of her flaws to the listener with the titular "You Signed Up For This." She lays bare observations about herself, distinguished by features of finding shouting hard and being afraid of conflict, a 5'1 homebody who is too "obsessed with death to do any drugs" and cuts through the noise of her fears with a chorus that settles the nerves by removing the beats and bass line, slowing down and soothing listeners with her soft, vulnerable tone. This song is a time capsule for the apprehension of youth and placating fears by finding yourself and yearning to be better.
The next track, "I'm Trying, Not Friends" is a passive-aggressive anthem about breakups which sees Peters singing along to a snappy rhythmic drum beat in fast-paced fashion. Peters braces us for impact with breathless desperation and ushers us away from the slump of heartbreak and towards a space for breaking plates with our exes' names written on them.
In 'Villain', Peters bookends a cold truth to those left with fragments of a relationship and offers a vantage point of the anti-hero or antagonist, funnelling a steel gaze into the subject of heartache. The palette of this song welcomes a mid-tempo, rich tapestry of percussion and a sharp synth, meditating on the casualties of love in retrospect. There is a poetic attraction to checking up on one's past and Peters leaves her pride at the door when she's "drunk" and "mean outside your house" – indulging in a series of uncomfortable moments at her own expense.
Maisie Peters writes for: serial blushers, those who never make it to second dates, hot girls scared of love who don't have their driver's licence, aspiring cottagecore individuals, jaywalkers, those who leave parties early, overthinkers, procrastinators, romantics who project their fantasies onto their local barista, seasonal existentialists, people pleasers, those who buy overpriced sweaters on a night out because they've left their jumper at home, candle-lovers, grudge-holders, eavesdroppers, the "text me when you get home" people, those who don't believe in star signs and those who swear by them, non-committal lovers and the impassioned people who don't know anything less than "all in".
The music and lyricism in the album is nothing short of stunning. Her discography has kept me up on train lines, embraced me through heartbreaks and waived off restless summer afternoons. Peters possesses a rare quality that songwriters have where she can evoke a primal feeling of awe and urgency, cinching in on those quick scribble-these-thoughts-into-my-notes moments before they're gone for good. She is my biggest bet on being the next household name and her snatched memorable lines have endeared me endlessly.


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Dr Teo Chee Chong
Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Chair (Outreach & Alumni)
Email: teocc@ntu.edu.sg
Dr Teo's current research interest is in the application of operations research to solve problems in supply chain, production and service operations. His research projects emphasize on industry application. He had worked on research projects with companies such as Keppel Offshore and Marines (Singapore), DHL Supply Chain, Neptune Orient Lines and Dell Inc. (North America). His research has been published in major operations management journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, IIE Transactions and International Journal of Production Economics. At NTU, he teaches supply chain and logistics courses at both bachelor and master levels. Courses that he had taught include Intermodal Transportation, Distribution & Warehousing, Shipping Logistics and Quantitative Methods in Logistical Analysis.
Dr Teo currently serves as Director of Education for the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transportation (Singapore), serving to promote continuing education for professionals in the logistics and transportation industry.
He received his B.Eng (Mechanical) from the Nanyang Technological University and PhD in Manufacturing Systems & Technologies under the Singapore-MIT Alliance program, which is an education and research collaboration between NUS (Singapore), NTU (Singapore) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr Teo's area of expertise are in the application of operations research to solve problems in supply chain, production and service operations.
Current research projects include the following:
1. INVENTORY SHARING: A Lending System for Multi-Period Inventory Sharing between Independent Retailers (with Zhibin Zhang and Tat Ching Fung)
2. REMANUFACTURING: Optimizing a Recover-and-Assemble Remanufacturing System with Production Smoothing (with Seyed Mehdi Zahraei)
3. E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS: Overcoming the Challenges of Last-mile E-commerce Urban Logistics (with Yiik Diew Wong)
4. CONTAINER SHIPPING: Optimizing Hedging and Service Design for Container Shipping in Countering Bunker Fuel's Price Volatility (with Xiaoyu Wang and Zhibin Zhang)
Coordinating Resource Sharing in Multi Channel Retail Supply Chains: A Multi Period Framework
Developing and Assessing Creative Problem Solving and Critical Thinking among Undergraduates in Operations Management Education
S.M. Zahraei and C.C. Teo. (2018). Optimizing a recover-and-assemble remanufacturing system with production smoothing. International Journal of Production Economics, 197, 330-341.
Zahraei, S.M.and C.C. Teo. (2017). Optimizing a Supply Network with Production Smoothing, Freight Expediting and Safety Stocks: An Analysis of Tactical Trade-Offs. European Journal of Operational Research, 262(1), 75-88.
Teo, C.C., R. Bhatnagar, S.C. Graves. (2012). An Application of Master Schedule Smoothing and Planned Lead Times Control. Production and Operations Management, 21, 211-223.
Teo, C.C., R. Bhatnagar, S.C. Graves. (2011). Setting Planned Lead Times for a Make-To-Order Production System with Master Schedule Smoothing. IIE Transactions, 43(6), 399-414.
J. Foreman, Jeremie Gallien, J. Alspaugh, F. Lopez, R. Bhatnagar, C.C.Teo, C. Dubois. (2010). Implementing Supply Routing Optimization in a Make-To-Order Manufacturing Network. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 12(4), 547-568.


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An average teacher's salary was $49,159, which is $4,175 less than the state average. On average, teachers had 10.5 years of experience. The average SAT score at Livingston ISD was 975. The average ACT score was 20.1. In the Class of 2017, 96.1% of students received their high school diplomas on time or earlier. The dropout rate was 1.6%.
Students in Livingston ISD are part of the Texas Education Agency's Region 06. Students who started eighth grade in 2006 in this region had a college graduation rate of 21.5 percent. View a more comprehensive breakdown of the higher ed outcomes in Region 06.


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LPL Financial Welcomes Firms In The Planners Network
Leading retail investment advisory firm and independent broker/dealer LPL Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA), today announced that an association of firms within The Planners Network (TPN), which was formerly affiliated with National Planning Corporation (NPC), have joined LPL.
75-Advisor Network Reported Serving More than $4.3 Billion in Client Assets*
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dec. 7, 2017 – Leading retail investment advisory firm and independent broker/dealer LPL Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA), today announced that an association of firms within The Planners Network (TPN), which was formerly affiliated with National Planning Corporation (NPC), have joined LPL. Each TPN firm has individually aligned with LPL. Collectively, based on prior business*, TPN-associated firms reported serving more than $4.3 billion of client brokerage and advisory assets, as of Oct. 31, 2017.
TPN was formed 18 years ago by like-minded advisors at NPC who joined together to leverage their collective scale in business operations and to provide opportunities for professional growth through educational programs and networking resources. TPN is managed by a board of directors and a chief operating officer, Kären Locklin, who work on behalf of the firms in the group. TPN is made up of approximately 75 advisors operating primarily as single-person or small offices.
David Williams CFP® serves as the current TPN board president and is founder of Retirement Investment Specialists, a three-person office in Santa Rosa, Calif. He said, "As a network, our advisors have been able to accomplish more than we could do as individual firms. TPN connected us in meaningful ways both personally and professionally. Valuing our network so much, it was important that we choose a firm that would support our relationships and our businesses. With LPL, we have the ability to establish ourselves in a way that helps us to be able to pursue our individual goals and our group's goals. We also gain access to the firm's enhanced technology resources, advisory platforms and transitioning tools, all of which will help with the move and our long-term success."
"The Planners Network is a unique collective of advisors operating with a common vision to support each other's growth, and we believe they have done so quite successfully," said Bill Morrissey, LPL managing director and divisional president, Business Development. "Our main goal has been to help Dave, the TPN board members, and advisors each identify business model options that would help to maintain their group dynamic and achieve the scale and operational efficiencies they had negotiated as a collective. We are excited to welcome TPN advisors to LPL and look forward to supporting their continued collaboration and growth."
NPC is one of four broker/dealers in NPH's network of broker/dealers, assets of which were purchased by LPL as part of a previously announced transaction in August 2017.
*Asset numbers were reported by advisor firms associated with The Planners Network based on prior business and have not been independently and fully verified by LPL Financial. Each TPN- firm individually reported, based on prior business, the amount of its client brokerage and advisory assets served, as of Oct. 31, 2017.
LPL Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA), is a leader in the retail financial advice market and provided service to approximately $566 billion in brokerage and advisory assets as of Oct. 31, 2017. LPL is one of the fastest growing RIA custodians and the nation's largest independent broker-dealer (based on total revenues, Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2017), and the firm and its financial advisors were ranked No. 1 in net customer loyalty in a 2016 Cogent Reports™ study. The Company provides proprietary technology, comprehensive clearing and compliance services, practice management programs and training, and independent research to more than 14,000 financial advisors and over 700 financial institutions, enabling them to provide a range of financial services including wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning and other investment services to help their clients turn life's aspirations into financial realities. As of Sept. 30, 2017, financial advisors associated with LPL served more than 4 million client accounts across the U.S. as well as an estimated 41,000 retirement plans with an estimated $137 billion in retirement plan assets. Additionally, LPL supports approximately 3,700 financial advisors licensed and affiliated with insurance companies with customized clearing, advisory platforms, and technology solutions. LPL Financial and its affiliates have more than 3,500 employees with primary offices in Boston, Charlotte, and San Diego.
Statements in this press release regarding the Company's future levels of assets serviced, growth, business strategy, and plans, as well as any other statements that are not related to present facts or current conditions or that are not purely historical, constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's historical performance and its plans, estimates and expectations as of December 7, 2017. The words "believes," "expects," "may," "plans," "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees that the future results, plans, intentions or expectations expressed or implied by the Company will be achieved. Matters subject to forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including economic, legislative, regulatory, competitive and other factors, which may cause levels of assets serviced, actual financial or operating results, levels of activity, or the timing of events, to be materially different than those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. In particular, the Company can provide no assurance that the assets reported as serviced by financial advisors and/or firms mentioned in this press release will translate into assets continuously serviced at LPL Financial or that such financial advisors and/or firms will remain at LPL Financial. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include: the choice by one or any of the clients of the Company's newly recruited financial advisors and/or firms mentioned in this press release not to maintain brokerage and/or advisory accounts at LPL Financial; discovery of errors made in the calculation of assets serviced reported by the newly recruited advisors; changes in general economic and financial market conditions, including retail investor sentiment; fluctuations in the value of assets under custody; effects of competition in the financial services industry; and the other factors set forth in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent SEC filing. Except as required by law, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release, even if its estimates change, and you should not rely on those statements as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to December 7, 2017.
Lauren Hoyt-Williams
Lauren.Hoyt-Williams@lpl.com


Usually I promise myself to stop on updating all about the daily things that I go through and just update on all of the things that I question. But I can't help myself from repeating the same thing that I did for my last blog which was to update on the outings that I went. However, this is probably going to be a bit different from my usual "outing" posts. I'll talk just about one particular spot in a post and go babbling on and on about it.... Crazy? Like you don't know me.
Anyway, on the fated 12th February 2012, all of the "mulut celupar + cilakak" divas decided to gather up and have gossip about hot and new stories and the location for all the 'rumor-spreading' activity was in Nilai, Seremban (for international readers out there, it is located in Malaysia).
Unlike the other open field space I've been (such as the Dataran Merdeka, Dataran Shah Alam, or Dataran Melaka), Dataran Nilai is definitely a different one. Crowded by lots of families on the weekdays, you could only imagine how much people are there during the weekends, have a piece of relaxation with their family. But of course they came on the late afternoon, right when the sun is no longer gloriously shining down upon the earth its scorching hot rays.
There are actually a few other attractions here by the Dataran Nilai. Like what we've find most interesting was, the horses they actually had there. I'm not pretty sure whether they people there let you ride it or not, but they do let us pet it and take picture with it.
And this one particularly horse has a very cute bangs on its head. And it looked so damn adorable! My friend Mira was so enthralled with it and kept on rubbing down its neck and pet it over and over until my frined Faiz and I realized something else has risen to the extreme caring affections Mira gave to it.
I'll just let the picture above do all the talking. Hehehehe......... anyway. On more to it. More or else like a Dataran, the attraction to this open space was not the parade sidewalks for the marching or anything, but more to the field in the middle itself. Kids were playing all around, either football or just playing tag, everyone was having fun all over, without stepping on other people's toes. If you get what I mean.
And aside from kiddies games like that, there are constant blow of breeze, allowing people to fly kites there. There are also stalls set up by the side for people to buy toys, kites, gifts, and even foods for snacking if people were to get hungry.
Although it was but more than a brief moment that we spent the time there, it was enough to know that it wasn't such a bad place at all. For all those Malaysians out there, who haven't had the time to visit Nilai, do so. I'm not telling you guys to go there just for the Dataran, you'd be surprised how up and running Nilai is right now. Check out Bandar Baru Nilai too! Who could have guessed that they even had some of the noted fast food restaurants around. Such as; Ice Room, Tutti Frutii, Burger King, and a couple more which is aside from our usual cliche of McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut.
So, take some time off and head to Nilai and have a great recreational fun. Till then, keep on pondering about the mysterious things of the universe.


Latex for Less introduced its very first all-latex bed to obtain their objective of supplying sleepers with an environmentally friendly and also personalized cushion. This bed mattress includes a flippable construction originating from organic products.
These attributes are absolutely eye-catching. Nevertheless, to help you get sold on this cushion, we're giving you a truthful and also detailed review to identify just how the cushion feels as well as whether it's the bed mattress of your desires.
Latex for Less is greater than just a cushion manufacturer. They likewise offer incredible and also comfortable natural latex mattress, mattress toppers, pillows, structure, and adjustable base.
Their objective is to offer sleepers far better rest. For years, earnest sleep fanatics have actually recognized one trick: all-natural latex is the prominent sleep structure there is. As a result, mattress companies are defrauding for natural latex bed mattress with markups so high that just a few fortunate sleepers had the ability to experience them.
Additionally, Latex for Less does not outsource their production to huge makers. They handcraft each mattress in America. Because they're purchasing their production, they kept tasks in the house while additionally decreasing their emissions. Likewise, they've reduced expenses without degradation innovation and also no shortcuts.
Since we've presented to you the company, it's time to see if it meets the assumptions. Does dealing with farmers as well as reducing costs actually produce excellent all-natural latex bed mattress?
Cover: The cover is soft as well as breathable as it is built with organic cotton. Also, it's quilted with a natural wool which produces a mild feeling that'll supply you with prompt comfort.
Medium Layer: As pointed out earlier, the medium layer comprises 2″ of Talalay latex. This is a lightweight yet really soft and also receptive material. This layer will certainly be placed above the Dunlop layer allowing you to sink in for some nice stress alleviation while decreasing the bounce in a type of stuck-in-the-bed feeling.
Company Layer: The firm layer comprises a 6″ dense Dunlop latex. This department assembles a strong structure when placed listed below the Talalay layer. When turned, it transforms into a firm comfort layer which is best fit for sleepers that wish to really feel straight positioned on top of the bed. Despite the configuration you pick, the latex will be doing a great task of maintaining things cool down all through the structure.
Suppleness:The firmness rating of this cushion features a 5.5. Comparing this to the sector's typical 6.5 medium firmness, it is clear that Latex for Less is rather soft.
It's also important to make note of a mattress' stress or identifying where stress points are most likely to develop while lying on top of it.
A good way to gauge the pressure map of a cushion is by positioning a stress map in addition to the mattress and lying on your back, side, and also tummy.
Back: Lying on your back, you could really feel yourself penetrating the mattress. The soft Talalay latex will certainly function to complete the room at your lumbar area. Regardless of this sinkage, you wouldn't really feel stuck in the bed as well as locate it very easy to change positions as well as walk around.
Side Support: Scooting closer to the side of the bed, you'll detect rather a deep compression with the top layer of the bed mattress. Although this may not feel as if you're turning out of the framework, you would not claim that you'll feel safe either. This likely methods that you're not able to totally utilize the whole surface area of the cushion. This can be a dealbreaker for sleepers that are sharing the bed mattress with a partner.
Side: Turning to your side, you may really feel some strong alleviation at the hips as well as shoulders. These are regular trouble locations for side sleepers.
Tummy: Stomach sleepers on the other hand are the contrary because they like a stronger bed that keeps the spinal column in a great, even line. In this mattress, tummy sleepers would certainly feel their hips penetrating the cushion, causing them to befall of placement with their shoulders.
The next text would certainly be to show and show the intensity of motion obvious from either side of the cushion. Understanding the top quality of a cushion' activity transfer is essential if you're sharing the bed with a companion. This will certainly allow you to understand what it feels like when your companion tosses and turns in the evening.
It is rather ordinary in comparison to various other foam bed mattress in the industry. As a matter of fact, their activity transfer is pretty terrific contrasted to other all-latex models. Latex is a truly lively product. For that reason, cushions that heavily feature latex often tend to experience significant motion transfer concerns. In the event that you and your companion are looking for a latex bed mattress, this can be a great product for you.
Latex for Less Mattress is a natural latex cushion which certainly deals with sleepers who want to rest far better. It is a flippable environmentally friendly cushion as well as each side features numerous firmness levels. One side features a fire barrier constructed from all-natural woollen and a layer of all-natural latex with "tool" firmness. Simultaneously, the opposite side flaunts a comparable layer of natural wool fire barrier and a layer of all-natural latex with "company" firmness.
Moreover, the bed mattress is readily available in 4 numerous density alternatives (7″, 9″, 10″, and 12″). Likewise, the Latex layer density differs by total cushion elevation. If you intend to attempt this cushion for yourself, do not be reluctant to contact them from their web site.


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English-born Australian Painter, 1767-1849 English painter. He was employed first as a schoolteacher at Appleby (Cumbria) and after 1794 as a drawing-master at Lichfield (Staffs), from where he sent drawings to London each year; on his occasional visits to the capital he received lessons from William Payne and was clearly influenced by him. In the 1790s he also began to practise in oils, some of which were exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1795 onwards. At the first exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours (April-June 1805) Glover's pictures were priced more highly than those of any other exhibitor; he was elected President of the Society in 1807 and again in 1814-15. A typical watercolour is his Landscape with Waterfall (U. Manchester, Whitworth A.G.).
| Self-Portrait | Mosaic from the Roman villa at Zliten in Tripolitania showing horses and cattle threshing corn | Charles Howard |


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Vamp (1986) Retro Movie Review
Charlie Cargile December 7, 2016 Retro Reviews Comments Off on Vamp (1986) Retro Movie Review
When I was a teenager, way back when Gamestop still sold used movies, I remember seeing the case for Vamp (1986). It had Grace Jones on the cover in white face paint with bright red hair and penetrating blue eyes. I've wanted to see it ever since then and somehow I never got around to it… until now. So how did the movie hold up to all these years of expectations?
Vamp was written and directed by Richard Wenk (Wishcraft 2002) from a story created by Wenk and Donald P. Borchers (Children of the Corn 2009). Vamp stars Chris Makepeace (Meatballs 1979), Robert Rusler (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 1985), DeeDee Pfiefer (The Horror Show 1989), Gedde Wantanabe (Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990), Billy Drago (The Hills Have Eyes 2006), and Grace Jones (Conan the Destroyer 1984). Vamp is the story of Keith (Makepeace) and AJ (Russler), two pledges who agree to find a stripper for a frat party. They set off in search of the perfect girl. After a run in with a gang led by an albino, they finally find the stripper they have been looking for. There is just one catch… she's a bloodsucker.
If you took Adventures in Babysitting and turned it into a vampire film, you would probably get something like Vamp. The characters never stay in one location for long. This film is just one long adventure that starts in a frat house and ends in a sewer. For me, Vamp felt more like a comedy mixed with an adventure film that just so happened to have vampires. The bloodsuckers were killed pretty easily, including the head honcho. That being said, I really enjoyed the make up effects for the vampires. Grace Jones' first transformation was insane. Her eyes roll back in her head, her teeth extend and she grows talons on her feet. When she feeds, it's like an animal feasting on its prey. The effects by Academy Award winning make up artist Greg Cannom (Mrs. Doubtfire 1993) are solid and unnerving, although some effects definitely show their age.
I really enjoyed the cast. They had great chemistry. Chris Makepeace and Robert Rusler felt like best friends who had known each other forever. Without that, the film would have failed considering the second half of Vamp is Keith looking for his best friend who has gone missing. Gedde Wantanabe plays an awkward character and he brings the perfect mix of awkwardness and likableness. DeeDee Pfeiffer is just flat out gorgeous, hilarious and steals every scene she is in. Billy Drago is only in a few scenes but is perfectly menacing, which is no surprise since he has made a career out of playing bad guys.
Grace Jones is severely underutilized and the fight scene between her and Chris Makepeace at the end is far too short. I would have liked to have had a little more back story on Katrina the head vampire. It's hinted that she was an Egyptian queen but it never delved into it an detail. Also, for a vampire film that revolves around strippers, there is surprisingly little nudity and gore.
Overall Vamp is a solid and fun '80s horror comedy with a phenomenal cast. I would have liked a little bit more nudity and gore but that is a minor complaint and the movie was still an enjoyable ride as is. If you enjoy '80s films, vampires and light-hearted, teen centered comedies, then I recommend you check out Vamp.
Tags 80's Horror 80s flicks Billy Drago DeeDee Pfeifer from dusk till dawn Grace Jones horror comedy Vampire Films Vampire Strippers
About Charlie Cargile
Indianapolis based Horror journalist. Lover of most things Horror (especially Indie), Pop Punk and the strange and unusual.
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module('Selection containers - Inline search');

var MultipleSelection = require('select2/selection/multiple');
var InlineSearch = require('select2/selection/search');

var $ = require('jquery');
var Options = require('select2/options');
var Utils = require('select2/utils');

var options = new Options({});

test('backspace will remove a choice', function (assert) {
  expect(3);

  var KEYS = require('select2/keys');

  var $container = $('#qunit-fixture .event-container');
  var container = new MockContainer();

  var CustomSelection = Utils.Decorate(MultipleSelection, InlineSearch);

  var $element = $('#qunit-fixture .multiple');
  var selection = new CustomSelection($element, options);

  var $selection = selection.render();
  selection.bind(container, $container);

  // The unselect event should be triggered at some point
  selection.on('unselect', function () {
    assert.ok(true, 'A choice was unselected');
  });

  // Add some selections and render the search
  selection.update([
    {
      id: '1',
      text: 'One'
    }
  ]);

  var $search = $selection.find('input');
  var $choices = $selection.find('.select2-selection__choice');

  assert.equal($search.length, 1, 'The search was visible');
  assert.equal($choices.length, 1, 'The choice was rendered');

  // Trigger the backspace on the search
  var backspace = $.Event('keydown', {
    which: KEYS.BACKSPACE
  });
  $search.trigger(backspace);
});

test('backspace will set the search text', function (assert) {
  expect(3);

  var KEYS = require('select2/keys');

  var $container = $('#qunit-fixture .event-container');
  var container = new MockContainer();

  var CustomSelection = Utils.Decorate(MultipleSelection, InlineSearch);

  var $element = $('#qunit-fixture .multiple');
  var selection = new CustomSelection($element, options);

  var $selection = selection.render();
  selection.bind(container, $container);

  // Add some selections and render the search
  selection.update([
    {
      id: '1',
      text: 'One'
    }
  ]);

  var $search = $selection.find('input');
  var $choices = $selection.find('.select2-selection__choice');

  assert.equal($search.length, 1, 'The search was visible');
  assert.equal($choices.length, 1, 'The choice was rendered');

  // Trigger the backspace on the search
  var backspace = $.Event('keydown', {
    which: KEYS.BACKSPACE
  });
  $search.trigger(backspace);

  assert.equal($search.val(), 'One', 'The search text was set');
});

test('updating selection does not shift the focus', function (assert) {
  // Check for IE 8, which triggers a false negative during testing
  if (window.attachEvent && !window.addEventListener) {
    // We must expect 0 assertions or the test will fail
    expect(0);
    return;
  }

  var $container = $('#qunit-fixture .event-container');
  var container = new MockContainer();

  var CustomSelection = Utils.Decorate(MultipleSelection, InlineSearch);

  var $element = $('#qunit-fixture .multiple');
  var selection = new CustomSelection($element, options);

  var $selection = selection.render();
  selection.bind(container, $container);

  // Update the selection so the search is rendered
  selection.update([]);

  // Make it visible so the browser can place focus on the search
  $container.append($selection);

  var $search = $selection.find('input');
  $search.trigger('focus');

  assert.equal($search.length, 1, 'The search was not visible');

  assert.equal(
    document.activeElement,
    $search[0],
    'The search did not have focus originally'
  );

  // Trigger an update, this should redraw the search box
  selection.update([]);

  assert.equal($search.length, 1, 'The search box disappeared');

  assert.equal(
    document.activeElement,
    $search[0],
    'The search did not have focus after the selection was updated'
  );
});

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When you're an aging actor in a failing marriage, what better way to get over your midlife crisis than to upgrade your wife to a newer, younger version? That's what Bruce Willis, Donald Trump, and Hulk Hogan did. Their new wives are so young, you'll have a hard time telling them apart from their similar-looking daughters.
Click through the gallery too see which famous fathers have wives that look like daughters.
Hulk Hogan with his wife (left) and daughter (right).
His wife, Jennifer, is 42 and his daughter, Brooke, is 28.
Kevin Costner with his wife (left) and daughter (right).
His wife, Christine, is 42, and his daughter, Lily, is 30.
David Hasselhoff with his fiancée (right) and daughters (left).
His fiancée, Hayley, is 36, and his two daughters, Hayley and Taylor, are 24 and 26. And yep, his fiancée has the same name as his daughter. Not creepy at all.
William Shatner with his wife (right) and daughter (left).
His wife, Elizabeth, is 56, and his daughter, Melanie is 52.
British actor Dean Gaffney with his twin daughters (right) and girlfriend (left).
His twin daughters, Charlotte and Chloe, are 19, and his girlfriend, Rebekah, is 23.
John Cleese with this daughter (left) and his wife (right).
His daughter, Camilla, is 32, and his wife, Jennifer, is 44.
Kelsey Grammar with his wife (left) and daughter (right).
His wife, Kayte, is 36, and his daughter, Spencer, is 32.
Rod Stewart with his wife (left) and daughter (right).
His wife, Penny, is 45, and his daughter, Kim, is 38.
Bruce Willis with his wife (right) and daughter (left).
His wife, Emma, is 38, and his daughter, Rumer, is 28.
Mary-Kate Olsen's husband, Olivier Sarkozy, and his daughter.
If Mary-Kate wasn't the "famous" one in this picture, you'd probably have a hard time picking out the daughter (although we suppose the cigarette also gives it away). Mary-Kate is 30 and her husband is 47. The daughter's age is unknown.
Clint Eastwood with his girlfriend (top) and his daughter (bottom).
His girlfriend, Christina, is 52, and his daughter is 44.
Donald Trump and his wife (right) and his daughter (left).
His wife, Melania, is 46, and his daughter, Ivanka is 34.


RadioDNS is the link that lets radios tuned into a DAB or FM (RDS-encoded) service figure out what the website is for finding out more about that service. This takes the form of applications, like RadioVIS, RadioEPG or RadioTAG. Of these, only RadioVIS is standardised at present, though RadioEPG and RadioTAG are progressing well. The way it works is really simple – the parameters that make up an FM RDS or DAB transmission (country code, station identifier, frequency etc) form a rather odd sort of reverse DNS request to radiodns.wpengine.com, which is operated by the RadioDNS group. You tell them where to send these incoming requests (your station's DNS servers), then set up some records containing information on how to access any applications you've got running (in SRV records).
RadioVIS is a pretty interesting thing because it's a really neat way to add content and information to the listening experience on any receiver. Essentially it entails telling your clients to grab a specified image from the internet and display it along with some text you can specify. The way you communicate these updates is with Stomp, a very simple protocol. The image and text can be whatever you like, which really lends us some flexibility, particularly since the distribution is done by pushing to clients, meaning that the content can be temporally synchronized with what you're playing on air. New show or song? Show something about it! Nothing changed lately? Show an advert or the upcoming schedule.
So how do we implement this? Well, RadioDNS is really easy – you just set up some DNS records and add your station with the fine people at RadioDNS. This lets receivers find you, and once you've put the right SRV record in your DNS, receivers can find your RadioVIS implementation. Now all we need is a Stomp broker, something to generate our content, and something to send our content updates to the broker and thus our clients. Brokers like Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Apollo or Rubystomp are available, and while some setup is required, you only need to do it once, and example configurations are out there.
Now we've got our broker, we need to actually generate our content. There's loads of ways to do this, in theory. One approach is to just use manually created slides – make slides for all your content, link up the image files to your playout schedule, and off you go, or just have a static content rotation. This isn't going to scale well, though, and the best approach is to procedurally generate them when needed. For this task I turned to SVG and the Inkscape project, plus ImageMagick. Our new website at Insanity Radio 103.2 is a Ruby on Rails application and has our schedule built into it, so I created a Ruby gem which takes SVG templates, background images, and data, then combines them and renders them to be sent to receivers.
The SVG templates have either all the images etc embedded into them or a transparent background (with embedded images overlaid). Textual content is defined as text fields like "$$TITLE$$" in the SVGs. This means we can pull the SVG template into Ruby, quickly substitute out those strings for our actual content, and write it out again. All we need to do then is render the SVG and, if needed, composite it over a background image. This gets us really nicely rendered text in whatever format we like, with loads of flexibility. We can also include arbitrary images in the SVG templates using this method by specifying images in the same way as text fields.
There's other ways to go about doing this, of course, but almost all of the systems out there already do something along these lines, and this is certainly the easiest and most simple to expand method I've come up with. All we need now is to send out these slides, along with any textual info we want. I have the slides generate the text to display alongside them, but you might want to split it up. Either way, all we do to publish these is to send a message to the appropriate Stomp topic with "SHOW http://imageurl.png" or "TEXT Stuff to say." The topic is constructed as specified in the RadioVIS spec – for our UK FM station, it's /topic/fm/<ECC>/<PI>/<FREQ>/<TYPE>. So ours maps to /topic/fm/ce1/c08f/10320/(image|text). DAB has a different format, of course.
But wait – what we now have is a system that lets hybrid radio receivers (ie FM/DAB+internet) display cool content. The PURE Sensia is one of the only such receivers at present. It's not exactly widespread. Undoubtedly we'll see more receivers on the market. But wouldn't it be neat if we could bring this to the internet listeners? Yes it would! Particularly for student stations, where very few people have high-end radios, this is a great plus.
So at this point we can include time-synchronized images and text in both hybrid radio receivers and embedded in your online player (such as Radioplayer). This has the huge benefit of massively improving the value of the RadioVIS infrastructure for primarily online stations, and making implementing, maintaining and developing content for the platform much more attractive to station staff. Particularly in a system like ours where presenters are encouraged to look after their show information, picture and tagline, it's a great reward for presenters to see their content come up next to the stream.
RadioVIS and RadioDNS is really great, and the RadioEPG and RadioTAG specifications are also interesting systems that are worth keeping your eye on – I've implemented a basic RadioEPG PI/XSI API set in the new content management system I'm developing with Insanity, and I'm going to be watching the finalisation of that specification with interest, along with RadioTAG. There's not a lot of practical implementation details being shared around at the moment, sadly, but hopefully things will change as this all becomes more widespread.


From a Versions list Right-click the version and select Compare to Current.
From the Update Versions form Click the Compare to Current related link.
Team Development: Click Revert to Selected Version.
For a version of an object: Click Use Local Version to maintain the local record as the current version. The pulled version is added to the version history for the record.
Team Development: Click Save Merge to save the changes to the current version.
Team Development: Click Use Pulled Version or Use Local Version option to accept or reject all changes, as appropriate.


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This book provides the first comprehensive study of the British Army's horse services between 1875-1925, including the use of horses in the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer and the 1914-18 wars. There is a particular focus on the military procurement of horses in relation to the domestic horse breeding industry, foreign supply in times of war, the debate about mechanization versus the horse and an integrated military transport system.
During the 1899-1902 war the recently created Army Veterinary and Remount Departments and Horse Registration Scheme were severely tested and found wanting. Following the appalling suffering and loss of horses during this War, the period 1902 to 1914 was critical for the development of the horse services. The crucial elements in effectively horsing the Army were recognized - supply, care, and organization.
The Army depended on the creation of a rapid and effective horse mobilization scheme and the ability to sustain expansion in the field. The civilian horse market was central to the supply of military horses in peace and war, and by obtaining reliable information on the number and type of horses available to them, the Army could guarantee a regular supply. There was also a need to learn lessons from the 1899-1902 war for the planning and expansion of auxiliary services, for example blacksmiths, saddlers, remount depots and veterinary hospitals.
On the outbreak of war in 1914 the Army had an organized reserve and mobilization scheme; a completely integrated transport system using horses, mechanized vehicles and rail networks. As the war progressed there were serious questions about the continuing supply of horses from both home and world markets, shortages of transport for moving them from the country of purchase and the growing submarine menace. Developments by 1919 in mechanical vehicles were acknowledged by many as signaling the end of the military reliance upon the horse, even though it remained the main source of motive power, and cavalry the main arm of exploitation.
" ... a fascinating read, where incredible amounts of research and considerable knowledge have been engaged and employed. If you have a passion for combat history and an interest in all things equestrian, this should be your one-stop shop."
" .. an absolute delight to read ... Combining his practical and working knowledge of heavy horses this magnificent and heroic work is essential for anybody who wants all the facts in one tome ... The layout is perfect for studying or simply reading for enjoyment ... "
"Horsing the British Army is a noteworthy achievement, which well meets the criteria stated for the Wolverhampton series: it is new, innovative, research-based, and accessible to all who are interested. It will, presumably, continue the standard work on its subject for many years to come.""