All registrations are made on-line on time to. Registration takes no more than five minutes and you will receive immediate confirmation by email.
A piece of ID and confirmation of your registration are all that you need.
Where and when do I collect my race number?
Race numbers for all distances of the Paris-Roubaix Challenge can be picked up at the Jean Stablinski Velodrome in Roubaix as well as in Busigny (only on the day of the race).
Left-luggage facilities are available at the start of all the races. For the 172k route, you can leave your luggage in the salle des Fêtes (village hall) in Busigny. For the 70k and 145k routes, you will leave your luggage at the Jean Stablinski Velodrome in Roubaix. Your race number will be written on a label supplied with the number, and attached to your bag. At the finish, you can pick up your bag by presenting your race number at the Jean Stablinski Velodrome in Roubaix.
What types of bikes are allowed on the Paris-Roubaix Challenge?
Is the Paris-Roubaix Challenge a timed race?
Several of the cobbled sections are timed. You will be given your personal times but there will be no published ranking (between participants).
The race will take place on roads open to traffic. Therefore, you must respect the "Code de la Route" (French Highway Code). Marshals will be present along the route to remind riders that respecting traffic regulations is essential to the smooth running of the race.
Rigid helmets must be worn. The wearing of helmets (with the chin strap fastened) is mandatory at all times on the route. Any participant not wearing a helmet will be disqualified (his/her race number and number plate will be cancelled).
The time schedule allows the time when participants will cycle past different areas and will finish to be forecasted. A deadline for finishing at the velodrome in Roubaix will be determined and published on this website.
If you are unable to continue riding the route (due to bike breakdown), an emergency number will be available so that you can alert the race authorities. This number is 06.76.23.25.75. You will be picked up and taken to the finish.
How will the start of the Paris-Roubaix Challenge take place?
Depending on the distance chosen, the races will start at the Jean Stablinski Velodrome in Roubaix (70 and 145km) or in Busigny (172km).
172 km: free starts between 7am and 9am.
145 km: free starts between 7am and 10am.
70 km: free starts between 7am and 11am.
Feeding stations will be set up at established points along the route. You will find water, fresh fruit, dried fruit, savoury products, etc. there.
Technical assistance will be available all along the route.
You must keep your waste (packaging, etc.) on you and throw it into the bins at the feeding stations. "Eco-cyclist" patrols will be present in the peloton. Their job is to remind you to respect the environment and they will also take note of the race number of any participant seen deliberately throwing litter on the ground. These participants will be relegated.
When will the rankings be published?
There will be no published ranking. However, your personal time will be available on the website from 8pm on the day of the race.
Your personal photos and videos will be available several days after the race on time to.
Is there a secure bike park in the Village to store my bike?
A secure bike park will be set up in the Welcome Village.
There won't be a pasty party. However, food trucks will be present at the finish in Roubaix and will offer different catering solutions.
How can I follow the professional race?
This year, we are offering the Challenge's participants the possibility to experience the legend of Paris-Roubaix by watching the mythical finish of the Queen of the Classics in the heart of the Velodrome on Sunday 14th April. By participating in the cyclo the day before, you'll have the privilege of accessing a specific area, that will be reserved for you on the lawn of the velodrome for only €10. Access is between 2.30pm and 4.30pm at the entry point indicated on the map below. You can then follow the race on the big screen before watching the finish, live from the lawn. Limited number of places available.


Apple's enormous cash pile shrunk for the first time in seven quarters.
The Cupertino, California-based company said its cash pile shrunk to $231.5 billion in the fiscal third quarter, down $1.4 billion from the previous quarter.
If Apple's cash hoard was its own company, it would be the 11th largest company in the S&P 500, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The tech giant, however, reported earnings that beat Wall Street expectations on Tuesday as it sold more iPhones than expected.
The news follows investor concern over whether Apple can keep up the parade of hit devices that have floated the company's prosperity since the iPod rolled out 15 years ago.
The company's cash reserves have long fueled speculation of acquisitions that Apple might make. On Tuesday, the Apple Music division dropped a (comparatively tiny) dime on James Corden's viral "Carpool Karaoke."
—CNBC's Juan Aruego and Anita Balakrishnan contributed to this report.


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@TalkTalk Your UNLIMITED broadband is so LIMITED, it's cutting me off every 5 minutes. Still no new router & as you can't compensate me until after YOU fix the problem, I'm still paying for a service I'm not getting!! Bah humbug!!


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What happens when a renowned futurist joins EPAM Continuum? Here's what happens: things get interesting. You feel this immediately by listening to a just-recorded conversation between our new colleague, David Rose—author of Enchanted Objects, former MIT Media Lab savant and Warby Parkerite—and our less-new but equally articulate colleague, Toby Bottorf. What's special about Rose? It's not just his informed outlook on augmented reality ("The new term is 'spatial computing,'") or his colorful experiences in tech and business. Yes, Rose casually deploys a variety of interesting words in conversation—"the topology of your face," "pupillary distance," "e-com funnel," "a Louis XV gold sapphire brooch," "vomiting rainbows on the plane of your face" and "pre-attentive processing"—but that's not it either. It is the multiple possibilities Rose's optimistic imagination brings to our work. "I tend to think that there are more journalists, whistle-blowers, and people who are willing to be alarmist in the world, rather than people who are trying to create the desirable future states," he says. "And so I'd like to focus on the positive valence stuff." We're with him! Listen up, and you just might be, too.
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Tesla Model S Priced at $74,400 for Top 300-Mile Range Model
Tesla has released more details about its upcoming Model S sedan. Deliveries are expected to start in mid-2012 and the first 1,000 units off the line will be the North American Model S Signature Series. The limited-edition series will be equipped with the 300 mile range battery and will feature unique badging.
After the initial 1,000 units are produced the deliveries will continue to be powered by the 300 mile range battery, followed by the 230 and 160 mile options later in 2012. Tesla expects to produce 5,000 units in 2012.
Pricing for the Model S is expected to start at $49,900 for the 160-mile battery model after the $7,500 federal tax credit. The 230-mile option is expected to cost $10,000 more and the 300-mile option is expected to cost $20,000 more than the base model, which puts it at $74,400 before any federal tax credits.
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REACHING OUT proposes an innovative multi-disciplinary approach that will empower an effective EU support to a large external crisis. The project is conducted under the supervision of senior end-users by a balanced consortium of users, industry, innovative SMEs, RTO and academia in the EU and the demonstration regions.
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Record Vessel Backlog at Southern California Ports
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With more containerships arriving daily, the backlog at the Southern California ports has grown to record levels. For the first time in seventeen years, ships are being held in drift positions outside the anchorage in San Pedro Bay with predictions that the congestion will continue at these levels at least until mid-to-late February.
The Marine Exchange of Southern California, a ninety-plus-year-old, non-profit organization that oversees the flow of maritime commerce throughout the region, reported on Wednesday, January 27, that the San Pedro Bay port complex had set a new record with 55 ships at anchor. That topped the previous high by three vessels, but the record would only last for hours. Five additional ships entered the anchorage on January 28, raising the record to 60 vessels.
The Marine Exchange Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Los Angeles-Long Beach (LA/LB) - Marine Exchange photo
The number of ships waiting for space in the ports is creating a new set of challenges for the managers of the region. In addition to the primary anchorage spots, they have begun to use and filled 10 contingency anchorages located near Huntington Beach, California.
Yesterday, the Marine Exchange reported that for the first time since 2004 it has begun placing ships in drift boxes outside the anchorage. Three vessels have been placed in these spaces where they remain underway at slow speed in effect circling in a defined area.
"We'll move ships from drift to anchor in the order they arrive if the open anchorage is suitable for their length and draft," the Marine Exchange wrote in an update on Twitter.
Vessels waiting off the Southern California ports - screen shot courtesy of Marine Traffic
As of January 28, there were a total of 110 ships in port in Southern California, an increase of seven from the prior day. Fifty of those ships were at berth, an increase of two from the prior day, while the remaining 60 ships, including 38 containerships, await dock space. The Port of Los Angeles reports that a total of 18 ships, including 16 container ships, a tanker, and a reefer, are at the terminals today while the Port of Long Beach has 14 vessels at its terminals. Data from Los Angeles' Signal port optimizer application shows that on average vessels are waiting more than seven days in the anchorage.
While the major container ports around the United States are all reporting some level of congestion, the ports of Southern California are experiencing the heaviest levels as imports from Asia arrive at the port. Los Angeles' port optimizer shows that the volume has risen to 150,000 to 160,000 loaded import TEUs a week, while the neighboring Port of Long Beach shows 90,000 to 100,000 loaded import TEUs a week and total import, export, and empty TEUs moved nearing a weekly 200,000. Long Beach is expecting as many as 19 to 20 vessel calls a week and both ports report minimal to no blank sailings on the lines' schedules.
Analysts following the situation at the ports expect the volume will remain steady until at least mid-February when there might be a slight lull as Chinese manufacturing and shipments normally decline during and just after the Lunar New Year's holiday. However, many of the shipping lines were hoping to use that lull to reduce backlogs. The National Retail Federation, which tracks imports by retailers, projected in its year-end Port Tracker data that the lull might not come till April and then only briefly before a strong surge as retailers prepare for the summer.


it offers a variety of puzzles, including a weekly price competition (Preisrätsel), a daily puzzle competition based on excellent java applets for the solution online (Überraschungsrätsel), and which generates a Karate-like ranking system. The best I've seen.
Also, usually during the Advent and at Easter, there are special competitions with the system of "treasure hunting". Most of these competitions of past years (Advent Calendar; Ostereiersuche = the quest for the Easter eggs) are still online for anyone wanting to complete them.
There are two problems. The first one is the language; only a minor part of the site is translated into English; here is the link http://www.croco-puzzle.de/Shop/englisch.php. The second one is that there is a player, with the nick "uvo", which often ends the daily competition at the top and is very hard to beat. A section of the site informs that he is not cheating, he is only 7 times world champion and therefore is very very strong.
Anyway, here is the link for the starting page.
Mmm, looks interesting; thanks for sharing the link with us. Is it possible to play the daily Überraschungsrätsel puzzles from previous days, to try the various Java applets out without having to wait for them to come around and be the daily puzzle of the, er, day? I speak rudimentary board game German, at best, and have not been able to stumble across the appropriate link. I guess that it's possible to try the previous weekly prize puzzles by going Rätselspaß > Preisrätsel and then clicking on the linked names of the puzzles, or use the Rätsel von 200x links in the top-list to bring up the prize puzzles from previous years.
I managed to complete Japanese Summen 11/2010 in about 10-15 minutes and Magnetplatten 3/2003 quite slowly as well, but other applets give me the error "Fehler beim Starten des applets. Bitte versuchen sie es nochmal." which not unreasonably translates to "Error when starting the applets. Please try again."
Now I've just got to work out how to register for the site!
I used to frequent this site long ago, then I'm sure it became subscription-based. There were enough puzzles out there to sate my puzzling desires, so that was that. Glad to see it again, albeit somewhat different from first time round.
dickoon wrote: Is it possible to play the daily Überraschungsrätsel puzzles from previous days, to try the various Java applets out without having to wait for them to come around and be the daily puzzle of the, er, day?
I am not 100% sure but I believe not.
If you DO NOT register/login and try playing the Überraschungsrätsel, you will play with the puzzle of THE DAY BEFORE. This is to avoid cheating of cours.
dickoon wrote: I guess that it's possible to try the previous weekly prize puzzles by going Rätselspaß > Preisrätsel and then clicking on the linked names of the puzzles, or use the Rätsel von 200x links in the top-list to bring up the prize puzzles from previous years.
this is correct.you can also use THESE puzzle as practice to try the various Java applets.
It's worth spending a few words on how the ranking (which appears by clicking on Ratingliste) is calculated. I believe it's similar to the ELO score of chessplayers.
The daily classification is converted into a daily score by assigning 3000 points to the fastest solution, 0 points to the slowest (or for failing to submit a solution), 1500 points to the median time and by interpolation for all other scores. This daily score is then converted into an incremental score to be added (or subtracted) to the current ranking score of the player. This increment is calculated keeping into accout the current score of the player (the expected score is therefore higher for players with high ranking) and can go from a maximum of +60 to a minimum of -60 points.
So, for example, a new comer has a current ranking score of 0, so the expected score is zero. Any correct solution will give points. A very fast solution can give a maximum of 60 points. When the player climbs up also the expectation increases, so when the newcomer has reached, say, 500 points, even the fastest solution will give no more than, say, 45 points, while a non-solution will lose, say, 15 points.
A week in, and I'm really rather taken by this site; the existence of the high-score mechanism has inspired me to try some puzzles that I wouldn't normally try - just to see the cause-and-effect of solving a puzzle, earning some points and moving up (or, eventually, down) in the world rankings. I learnt how to solve fillominos, which I had not previously done, in order to play a daily Überraschungsrätsel (which I would translate as "overall ranking puzzle"); I managed to complete a Fences puzzle with a 2x2 fence for the first time and today's puzzle is a very cute 7x7 irregular sudoku. The puzzles are not that hard - indeed, I reckon that a UK team contender would regard them primarily as speedwork, with the difficulty generally set to take world-class solvers around a minute - and you can get an inclination of how hard today's puzzle is before you try it by looking at the daily high-score table.
The one little trick to the site (I'm still getting to grips with most of the German) is that by default you'll be shown yesterday's Überraschungsrätsel. In order to get today's Überraschungsrätsel. and to get your performance rated and scored, you not only have to register (see Alan's link above!) but you also have to go back to the account page, tick the "Highscoretabelle: Ich möchte die Überraschungsrätsel auf Zeit lösen und meine Ergebnisse dürfen in der Highscoretabelle stehen." box, re-enter your password in the Passwort box second bottom and press the big blue button at the very bottom. Your Überraschungsrätsel participation from then on will start to be rated.
I've just had a look at this site (my curiosity was aroused because 30 years ago I got a degree in german and so I was as much interested in seeing how much german I could still understand as in the puzzles themselves!). My understanding is that Überraschungsrätsel translates as 'surprise puzzle' - in other words I suppose they mean 'puzzle of the day'. It sounds as though you are enjoying the site. I am a bit pushed for time this weekend so have only had a very quick browse so far, but just wondered whether the puzzles were manageable for the enthusiastic amateur as well as expert puzzlers like yourselves! I could be tempted to give it a go just for the sake of combining both my interests if so and can live with the fact that I wouldn't be anywhere near top of the rankings!!! As a matter of coincidence I have just bought a book by Stefan Heine from Amazon which contains all the puzzles from the german 2009 world championship, from the training puzzles and qualifying round puzzles to the the actual championships themselves. It's totally in german but I am enjoying working my way through the puzzles - just takes me about 5x as long as it should to solve everything!
Anyway, if I can be of any assistance in translating anything I can try my best!
Chris, I definitely defer to your kindly-supplied translation. A degree trumps "rudimentary board game German, at best" by a factor of several thousand.
The puzzles are not that hard - indeed, I reckon that a UK team contender would regard them primarily as speedwork, with the difficulty generally set to take world-class solvers around a minute - and you can get an inclination of how hard today's puzzle is before you try it by looking at the daily high-score table.
I'm glad I put the last clause about looking at the high-score table in as Sunday's puzzle (for, of course, it is already Sunday in UTC+1 Germany) has taken even Ulrich Voigt well over 12 minutes to solve the puzzle of the day, throwing my claim that the puzzles are "not that hard" a million miles wide of the mark. Marvellous!
Some day somebody will mash this [Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection] up with croco-puzzle to permit people to practice the rated puzzle formats on demand before taking a rated puzzle.
OK, gang, I'm a big fan of croco-puzzle.de. I've recently blogged about how I'm getting back into puzzles, with croco-puzzle.de as a major focus for my renewed interest. I've also produced an English-language walkthrough of the croco-puzzle.de site, mostly focused around taking part in the daily Überraschungsrätsel competition.
I think there's a high chance that most, if not all, of you would enjoy the site; I would enjoy seeing more familiar names taking part in the competitions. Who here should I be looking out for? Obviously I recognise PuzzleScot and sf2l, but are there other names that I should be following as well?
I have enjoyed seeing a run of new members joining this forum, not least one uvo, presumably because joining the site is a prerequisite for eligibility to take part in the UKPA Sudoku Championship. Welcome, everybody!
dickoon wrote: I think there's a high chance that most, if not all, of you would enjoy the site; I would enjoy seeing more familiar names taking part in the competitions. Who here should I be looking out for? Obviously I recognise PuzzleScot and sf2l, but are there other names that I should be following as well?
Thanks for the walkthrough! I've joined as oenomel, and made a good fist of yesterday's Killer Sudoku followed by a total hash of today's Sternenhimmel. Now actually understanding all the rules of the puzzle, I'll hope to do better on future ones.
This morning I checked out links to my website (which I do once or twice a year) and run into this thread, which made me extremly happy.
First I want to appologize for not having english language support. Actually we had the first two or three years, but after my friend (Immi) dropped almost out, it was too much load to keep it going and finally I had to decide to drop it completely. Anyway, from now on I'll try to keep a constant look at this thread, so if you have any questions I'm happy to help you here.
Thanks a lot to Chris for writting his walkthrough (it's indeed all correct there and very well done!) - I linked it from the Ü-Rätsel-page. (I'm thinking about moving this language-issues to a more prominent place, but for the time being I think this place is best.) Maybe you are interested in some of the history of the "Überraschungsrätsel" (=surprise puzzle, we often call it only Ü-Rätsel): In advent 2004 there was a surprise: A new puzzle online everyday. As this was so much fun, after the christmas-break I continued this in January 2005 and the name "surprise puzzle" sticked to it. Later in the year the highscore table was added and I-don't-know-when some extended highscore table appeard, the fore runner of the rating. Some years later I had to drop this extended table, because of memory extended problems (It was too much data). When I finally rewrite the whole code I tried to make it "better", and in February 2009 the new rating went online (which is almost, what is there now - in Autumn 2009 I made some more important changes and also invented the kyu/dan-system).
One really difficult question was the factor by which the daily puzzle changed the rating. Too low and it takes years to be at ones level to high and the rating starts to do heavy zigzag-courses. Finally I decided, that one should be at ones level about a year after starting (which means about 500 days to get ones grade correct). This looks like a long time at first, but from the experience I had before, one cannot improve this factor much without having other real drawbacks. Still, for people new to the site, there is a rating guess at the top right of "Fragen zum Rating". This shows up, when you tried at least 2 puzzles and vanishes again, when you did 300. It's not that accurate and quite often a little bit lower than your final rating, because it doesn't incorporate the fact, that you will improve your solving skills during time.
uvo recorded some of his solvings and uploaded them on YouTube: e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_o4h-fR54k It's quite fun to see, at what speed he is solving the puzzles. And also you can learn there some solving techniques.
You can find english instructions to almost all of the puzzles used in the Ü-Rätsel in the puzzle-wiki: On CrocoPuzzle-site go to "Allgemeines", "Beliebtheitsumfrage". There you can see the result of the votings of the puzzletypes. Just click the names of the puzzles to get to the corresponding wiki-page, where you find a link to the english version. There are three exceptions: ABC-Box (the latest one) and two sudoku variants (Killer and Vergleichssudoku=comparison sudoku). (Apropos: There is a slight difference between killer and Gebietssummen (area sums): In the first, in the small areas same digits are not allowed, while in the second they are.
For translating german http://dict.leo.org/ might proove helpful.
The answer to some questions chris rose in his walkthrough (or where rosen in this thread): "Rückgängig" is just German for "undo" and undoes the last larger change, that is if you cleared accidentally the wrong colour, your can undo this. You can also undo the undo itself.
It is not relevant, if you solve the puzzle at midnight or later. The rating is calculcated at midnight and recalculated in the morning at 5 o'clock of the following day (in case, someone startet shortly before midnight and took some hours to solve).
What happens with the three squares at the beginning? Before you pressed the middle square, you can safely remove the webpage without any consequences. After you pressed the middle square your result will count (a timer starts on the server). But as the timer on the server is not ideal (people with slow internet will suffer) there is a second timer in the applet which is started when pressing the right square. If you finish the puzzle, your time is send to to server and this time is used, but if your drop off and start over later, the time of the server is used instead.
As we had some people cheating (using one account to get the puzzle and solve really quickly with an other - e.g. we had someone who solved a magnets in 30 seconds where uvo needed 5 minutes), where are now some technical barriers as well as some monitoring by me (and others). One technical barrier implies, that the time between loading the webseite and starting the applet is not too much (else people can fake the applet and feed the server with wrong data). With slow connections you might run into the above mentioned "Fehler beim Starten des Applets. Bitte versuchen Sie es nochmal." (Error when starting the applet, please try again.) Try again, this should almost surely work, because this time, the applet-class-files are cached by your browser (make sure, that your browsercache is enabled), and therefore the amount of time between loading and starting gets much smaller.
Finally: After the first screenshot of the Heyawake in Chris' walkthrough, before he starts to use cyan: The square one to the right and one down of the black 2 cannot be an "X", because this would mean three consecutive areas of empty cells in that column. Therefore there has to be a black cell.
Berni, Thanks first of all for maintaining the croco-puzzle site. I'm sure it used to be a big collection of puzzles, then changed to a subscription service, then back to free for public. Am I right there?
Berni, thank you for your long reply! I am glad that you liked my walk-through, and thank you for clearing up the points where I was unsure, and a few other fine distinctions that I hadn't made. Your site is tremendous and I hope that more people from around the world start to solve there. I look forward to exploring the rest of the site over time: island, wiki and all.
PuzzleScot wrote: Berni, Thanks first of all for maintaining the croco-puzzle site. I'm sure it used to be a big collection of puzzles, then changed to a subscription service, then back to free for public. Am I right there?
Not at all. In the very beginning (2003), Immi and I we decided to give it a try and run our own business with selling puzzles. We had allready connections to one larger company selling puzzle magazines and hoped to use this as a reference for finding others (as a site note: this worked greatly). Among other things, our business-plan contained the goal of running a website and getting a high google rank. To attract people, we programmed some applets (fences, magnets and kakuro as far as I remember) and published a weekly puzzle. Later, when we started to run the onlineshop, and therefore had some prizes to offer, this became the prize puzzle. From the very beginning, for us it was important to be "friendly" to all our visitors, which meant, that all stuff should be doable without an account and without payment.
In the first three years I got some financal help from the job office, but at the end of 2005 my income was less than my expenses and so I tried to find a way to continue as a puzzle author. One thing I tried was the onlineshop and the denksel magazins you can buy there; but this didn't work well: I still only earn there about the amout I'm paying for the webserver. But there were two things that helped me out: First, Immi dropped out more and more (which in the end gave me a larger part of the cake of what we had to divide before), and second the sudoku hype at just the right time.
Thank you! There've been a couple of puzzles in the last few days that really hit the sweet spot for me, especially the Skyscrapers which I whipped through in, oooh, barely three times as long as uvo. On the other hand, the Pillen was an exquisite torture yesterday - three attempts, three different logical fallacies, none of which made themselves apparent until the final stages of the solve when it was too late to unpick them.
Now to start chasing down on the Scot!!!!
OK I just did the Preisrätsel Japanese Sums (1-9), and was astounded that anybody could complete it in 15 minutes, let alone 4 minutes and 6 seconds.
Then I realised that they high score the Überraschungsrätsel Japanese Sums (1-7)... ok... not tooo bad... at least I got some good practice in, and took my traditional placement of exactly half way up the high scores.
Congratulations to Chris for shooting straight back off into the distance, which probably serves me right for my hubris! When I muck up a puzzle, it stays mucked up!!!!
I think the Pyramide puzzle format is pretty high-variance; there aren't so many entries you can logically deduce before you have to start bifurcating, and an early bifurcation that turns out to be correct can lead to a very good time. It would be interesting to measure the degree of correlation between (croco-puzzle results for individual puzzles) and croco-puzzle overall rating, averaged over several different examples of one particular puzzle type.
If ever someone wanted to start a croco-puzzle career but has been put off by the perceived high difficulty of the puzzles, today's is definitely a good place to start.
Congratulations to Stefano for being awarded his 9k title!
Emphasising that the grading scheme refers to accomplishment rather than ability, noting the tremendous potential of solvers like misko, I think there are three big promotions in grading schemes of this type. 1st dan is a huge one, obviously, because the difference between dan and kyu is always tremendously significant in a dan-and-kyu ranking scheme. 20th kyu is a big one, because demonstrating enough devotion to get any sort of promotion at all represents the difference between someone who has just played around and someone who has displayed enough dedication to get started with climbing the ranks. Inherently, the concept of "a dan-ranked solver" immediately signifies "exceptionally accomplished"; the concept of "an unranked solver" immediately signifies "not yet particularly accomplished". Between them, if we are to categorise people's accomplishment into more than one level at all, the only immediately obvious difference in status is "double figure kyu" against "single figure kyu". You're now no longer a DFK, Stefano, and perhaps you are well on your way - with further improvement - to being dan-ranked.
I agree that the dan-and-kyu ranking system is exceptionally well-thought out, and is really very comparable to the success of the Japanese equivalents they mention.
How do people solve Killer Sudoku so quickly? They make my brain ache, for me I did that one relatively fluently and still ended up way down the list.
whew.. that was quite along read.. thanks for the fruitful discussion guys..
While at the beginning I was trying and playing just for fun, (which means, if I could not see an easy solution to a puzzle I would probably give up) recently I have started playing more committed to avoid giving away points easily. When you have a no finish you probably will lose what gained in the last week. Or longer if you are a high rank (of course, japanese masters do not give up). Dan level is a dream for me but I do believe a score of 2000 is (slowly) achievable.
A question for everyone that can help (maybe Berni??). I have looked at Uvo's solution technique displayed on Youtube, in particular to a Magnet puzzle. He first marked all fields he was sure about with double symbols. Then, once he was sure of the attribution of one of the cells, magically all the connected cells were instantly attributed the correct sign. I cannot do this on my computer, (I have tried Ctrl-click, Ctrl-left click, clicking both mouse buttons at the same time) so I need to go over all cells and click on the plus sing to have the sign attributed. Also he seems to have a single click command to put the double sign on a cell while for me the double sign requires 4 clicks. Is there a particular set of computer commands I am not aware of?
The magic combination is pressing "F" (shift is not required - I just made it capital so that it's easier to read) while being on a cell with definit symbols that is adjacent to a one with double symbols. Also the double symbol can be entered by pressing "." and +, - and N result in plus, minus and black cell (half)s. There are one or two other shortcuts in the applets all of which can be found (in German unfortunately) under "Anleitung". Another really handy one is "#" in any puzzle with cells in which you have to enter letters or digits. This switches on and off a candidate list for this cell.


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Sheldon was sitting on the bench in the hall way he see's Penny and says"Oh hey".So Penny come's over and says"You allright" Sheldon groaned.So Sheldon said"can tu go get Lenard?" "Ok"replied Penny so she goes off.Penny got Lenard so Penny took Lenard to Sheldon and Lenard says"What's wrong?" Sheldon replies"Can tu look at my logic book plz".So Lenard looked at his book and Lenard said,"wow" awnser some preguntas plz.So Lenard awnser preguntas and said"I know this one it is 8"
"........ok then" dicho Lenard as they charged out and............destroyed everyone in sight.
they went inicial with the smell of victory... and paint.
Sheldon is in his spot lectura scientific american when Amy comes in and says "WHAT ARE tu DOING IT IS ARE ANNIVERSARY. tu WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE RESTAURANT AN hora AGO!!!!"
"hay Amy whats new " dicho penny.
"I dicho whats new but ok" dicho penny.
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This article that appeared in Tech Crunch this week reminded me of a post that I published here in 2013. The changing landscape in cyberspace and the issue of statecraft in cyberspace is a subject of this article, and lies at the heart of the issue that I find interesting. That is, what is missing with regard to the defense of the homeland in state-sponsored cyber war? I think it may be the link between government and private-sector infrastructure, or a diplomatic realm for discussing cyber activities, but I am not sure – there are likely several things. I am not sure I captured them in 2013, but I continue to find the issue fascinating. Your comments are welcome.
In the wake of Mandiant's APT1 report and in the midst of the Edward Snowden affair, it has become increasingly apparent that cyber diplomacy is something different than traditional international statecraft, and that the current diplomatic model is not sufficient. Countries of the world, including and especially the United States, are attempting to manage cyber-related issues via existing diplomatic fora, using existing diplomatic resources. The results are predictably disappointing, since cyberspace rarely conforms to the traditional business models of the 20th Century and before.
diplomats dance the dance and each party avoids discussing the issue directly while business interests are drained of their intellectual property like a water park after Labor Day.
The answer is not the United Nations or governments, which is why the problem may never be solved adequately in the current generation. What matters in the networked world is data and infrastructure, and threats and vulnerabilities. Nations are data owners (or at least holders), but so are companies, groups and individuals (like Snowden (he's currently a holder)). Nations also own infrastructure, but so do the private sector entities which own, for instance, the end user interface and telecommunications infrastructure. A forum must be established where these stakeholders can operate on more of an equal footing, where countries are considered stakeholders just like the companies that own the networks on which they ply their trade. The solution lies in a new dimension, one that is not formed in the crucible of the United Nations but is rooted in the networked world in which it must operate. The management of our global network must be something complex and wonderful like the internet itself. Where the power is held in the hands of those with the knowledge, information and interest to influence the direction of the global network. It must be dependent on self-organized criticality.
A continued insistence on the application of current diplomatic technology in cyberspace is likely to diminish the progress of the human race. The evolution of the networked human will be slowed by the Dickensian chains of nation-based world order. The so-called "Arab Spring" provides evidence that the youth of the world with access to today's technology cannot be satisfied when burdened by the constraints of national governments unwilling to free them to take full advantage of a networked Earth. While the former generation's power brokers attempt to make these disturbances about political and religious issues (because that is what they know), the heart of the issue is really growing pains. We are evolving as a species faster than our organizational structure will allow.
A positive first step would be the recognition that national sovereignty is not a major factor in the future paradigm, and that the United Nations, which has failed to act promptly and responsibly to address conventional issues, is simply not equipped to manage the complexity of a networked solar system.


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De Heus acquires Spanish feed company Piensos Muga
By Feed Strategy Staff|June 17, 2020
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Deal accelerates company's growth in Northern Spain
De Heus Animal Nutrition has finalized a deal to acquire Piensos Muga in Spain, effective June 29.
The acquisition of Piensos Muga is an important step for De Heus to strengthen its leading position as supplier of animal nutrition products in Northern Spain, a key region to the Spanish livestock sector.
Founded in 1992, with an annual capacity of 80,000 tons, Piensos Muga specializes in the development and production of a complete range of high quality dairy, beef cattle and other ruminants feeds. With De Heus already present in this part of Spain, synergy effects are expected to improve efficiency and service for customers.
Piensos Muga and De Heus fit with one another perfectly. Both companies provide their customers with high-quality feed products, as well as services and in-depth knowledge about animal nutrition and animal husbandry and in this way supplies them with efficiency and technological progress. In addition, Piensos Muga will gain access to De Heus' international knowledge, experience and research network, enabling it to further improve its products and services more quickly.
"After the previous successful acquisitions of Acorex in Extremadura, Evialis in Galicia and Unzue in Navarra, this acquisition reconfirms De Heus' consolidation strategy in the non-integrated feed market in Spain," said Jean-François Honoré, general manager of De Heus Iberia."With this strategy, we can serve livestock farmers in the region even better, with the help of a local team of highly trained professionals who will add from now on the technology and international experience of De Heus. The Spanish regions of Navarra, La Rioja, the Basque Country and Aragon are areas of great relevance in terms of the livestock sector and, at De Heus, we want to contribute to its strength, integrating innovation and animal welfare."
Based in the Netherlands, De Heus is a global player in compound feed, premixes and concentrates for livestock and fish. Through its own operations as well as joint ventures and partnerships, the Dutch company is active in 75 countries, with sales and production sites in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.


Maui Waui (or Maui Wowie) is a classic sativa whose tropical flavors and stress-relieving qualities will float you straight to the shores of Hawaii where this strain was originally born and raised. Since its beginnings in the island's volcanic soil, Maui Waui has spread across the world to bless us with its sweet pineapple flavors and high-energy euphoria. Lightweight sativa effects allow your mind to drift away to creative escapes, while Maui Waui's motivating, active effects may be all you need to get outside and enjoy the sun. This tall, lanky strain is best suited for cultivation in warm, tropical climates that mirror its homeland, but a bright environment and nutrient-rich soil are typically adequate for indoor growth.


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Saint Stephen I (Hungarian: I. (Szent) István) (Latin: Sanctus Stephanus) (Esztergom, 967/969/975 – August 15, 1038, Esztergom-Szentkirály or Székesfehérvár, Hungary) was Grand Prince of the Hungarians (997–1000) and the first King of Hungary (1000–1038). He greatly expanded Hungarian control over the Carpathian Basin during his lifetime, broadly established Christianity in the region, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the Kingdom of Hungary. Pope Gregory VII canonized Stephen I, together with his son, Saint Emeric of Hungary and Bishop Gerard of Csanád, on August 20, 1083, becoming one of the most popular saints in Hungary, and his birthday is celebrated as a state holiday commemorating the foundation of the nation.


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Spider-Man: Homecoming opened this weekend to critical acclaim and packed theaters, delighting both Marvel fanatics and casual audiences with the plot twists and Easter Eggs. There were multiple surprises that left an impression, but perhaps the most notable was Zendaya's Michelle saying, at the end of the film, "my friends call me MJ." It was mostly surprising due to the fact that Marvel had furiously campaigned on the fact that Zendaya was not playing Mary Jane Watson; in a way, they weren't lying. Michelle was Michelle, and nothing more. However, her nickname points to her having an exciting future in the MCU, and perhaps a promise as to where her character will end up.
Everyone remotely familiar with Spider-Man lore knows that Mary Jane Watson, often known as MJ, is the love of Peter Parker's life. The Sam Rami Spiderman trilogy brought her and Peter's love story to the forefront. Later, Marc Webb put MJ on the side and focused more on Peter's first, ultimately doomed girlfriend, Gwen Stacey. It seems that this take on the web-slinging hero will eschew both famous girlfriends and instead focus on new love interests. First, there was Liz, and most likely Michelle.
The most frustrating part about this reveal is that it was so often debunked that for it to happen feels a little shocking considering the film's marketing. After all, Marvel has spent the months leading up to Homecoming's release firmly denying that Michelle is playing MJ. Of course, the MJ they meant was the Mary Jane Watson, so we can say they weren't lying on a technicality. Rumors continued to persist about her role in the film, including speculation she was Vulture's daughter, and a day after Homecoming's domestic release, Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige was interviewed about the future of this highly speculated about character.
Feige re-asserted that Michelle is not Mary Jane, but he also offered some interesting tidbits about her role, saying "In setting up this will be a very different thing, she's not Mary Jane Watson, that's not who the character is. But giving her the initials that remind you of that dynamic certainly is intriguing about what could go forward." Feige and other Marvel heads have said several times that they want to steer away from Spider-Man stories that had been previously shown on screen. This makes sense, as we've had three Spider-Men in the past ten years. Centered around one of the most frequently rebooted superheroes in cinema history, Homecoming needed to set itself apart somehow, and by creating a new MJ they avoid being too similar to the Rami films.
This is certainly not the first time a studio has deliberately misled audiences about a character's true identity. In 2013, JJ Abrams and his Star Trek Into Darkness drew ire from critics and fans alike when they insisted that Benedict Cumberbatch was not playing Khan, only to reveal that yes indeed he was Khan. The Michelle is MJ situation is not entirely the same, even if it is similar. Zendaya was not playing Mary Jane Watson, just a character named MJ.


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24 May Looking for something new to watch on DStv?
BBC Lifestyle has announced a new set of shows that will be airing on DStv this month. Thank goodness! After the final episode of GOT aired this week, we've been wondering what we would do with our evenings.
BBC Lifestyle has curated a season of shows that provide a sneak peek into a world where money is no object and luxury living is always the aim of the game. These are really first world problems, and problems I know I would love to have.
The luxury season will air between May and August 2019 on Thursday evenings at 8 pm on DStv channel 174. So, if you are planning on winning the jackpot anytime soon, this is your one-stop shop on everything delicious, decadent and diva-esque. If you've already made it and are looking for new ideas on how to spend that cold-hard cash, this show may give you some fresh ideas.
The Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous
The Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous is a documentary series that goes behind the scenes at London's coveted Corinthia hotel, looking at how it tries to stand out in a fiercely competitive market. Only seven years old, Corinthia is situated just off London's iconic Trafalgar Square.
Guests, including Cuba Gooding Jr and Will.i.am (casual), are welcomed and looked after by staff comprising 54 different nationalities. This documentary showcases the land of the rich who can ask for anything they want and are willing and able to pay for perfection.
I secretly wish I could live this 5* life for like a month and then I'll happily go back to working hard again. Imagine, I feel like orange juice at 10 pm, no problem. I feel like a citrus-scented bubble bath, done! The possibilities are endless but of course, they come at a pretty penny. A girl can dream though right.
World's Best Restaurants
The World's Best Restaurants tells the story of the finest food on earth with a glamorous global cast of diners whose wallets allow them to indulge. Opening a window on an exclusive world, follow exceptional chefs, maître ds and serving staff who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of perfection.
Filmed across 11 countries in total, each episode visits three of the world's best restaurants and meet the masterminds behind each one. Every location is chosen because it brings something unique to the world of gastronomy, whether that's a restaurant located on the edge of a volcanic lake, the most expensive gastronomic experience in the world, or the delights and distractions of fine dining underwater.
This is definitely a series I would enjoy watching. I would never otherwise be exposed to such exclusivity and luxury.
The World's Most Luxurious Airline
This show will only be starting from Thursday 27th June at 20:00
Blockbuster hit Crazy Rich Asians showed how the fabulously rich in Singapore might live. Now let's switch back to reality with this documentary that gives inside access to Singapore Airlines. The World's Most Luxurious Airline discloses the lengths the airline goes to, to build a first-class suite for the super wealthy and deliciously divulges the exacting standards first-class passengers expect when wining and dining up in the skies.
I can believe this. I've flown on Singapore airlines before (economy class) and their service was like nothing I've experienced before. From the comfortable seats to the delicious meal options, I was ultra-impressed with this airline. I'll definitely be tuning in to find out more.
Picture shows_Angus Thirlwell, CEO and co founder of Hotel Chocolat
Inside Hotel Chocolat
This show will start airing from, Thursday 4th July at 20:00
With exclusive access, this dramatically delicious series goes behind the scenes at Hotel Chocolat – Britain's biggest independent chocolate company. Inside Hotel Chocolat follows the company's journey through the sweet successes and bitter moments as they open a series of chocolate cafés in the biggest growth spurt in their history. With colourful characters, high stakes and plenty of mouth-watering moments, this is a chocolate lover's dream and an irresistibly tasty TV experience.
Daniel Hulme.
Feeding the Super Rich
This show will start airing from, Thursday 18th July at 20:00
Feeding the Super Rich is an exclusive behind the scenes mini-series that follows the private network of luxury food suppliers who cater for the UK's billionaires. London is home to more billionaires than any other city on the planet. Like all of us, they need feeding and it's become big business. Exclusive food finders indulge every whim to satisfy the appetites of some of the most demanding clients. In this high stakes market, they go to any length to source, import and prepare the world's finest and most expensive food and drink. For some clients, the finest ingredients just aren't enough; it's what you do to them and where they've been that counts. It's a rarefied and private world where only the very best will do.
I am really looking forward to Thursday nights with DStv, I'm looking forward to seeing how the other half live. who is with me?
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Brother of Slain N.Y. EMT Joins FDNY EMS
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FDNY EMT Hit, Killed by Stolen Ambulance
Funeral for FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo Draws Thousands
N.Y. Man Charged with Murder of FDNY EMT Declared Fit for Trial
Saving lives is in Joel Rosado's blood, the same blood his sister shed in service to the city.
Rosado, the brother of murdered Bronx EMT Yadira Arroyo is following in her footsteps.
Rosado, 32, is graduating the FDNY EMS academy on Thursday and will be assigned to his big sister's station, the Daily News has learned.
"She's my hero," Rosado said in an exclusive interview with The News. "I want to do this for her."
Rosado was already an emergency medical technician when Arroyo was killed in the line of duty two years ago. The pair joked about being on the job together and he made getting into the FDNY EMS academy a priority after Arroyo's death.
"My sister has always been an inspiration for me," he explained. "If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be where I am today.
"She's not going to be here to see that in person, but I know she knows," he said.
Arroyo, a 14-year FDNY veteran, was killed on March 16, 2017 when career criminal Jose Gonzalez stole her ambulance and mowed her down in Soundview.
He was allegedly high on drugs when he jumped on the rear bumper and slipped behind the wheel of the rig. When Arroyo, 44, stepped out to investigate, Gonzalez ran her over twice and dragged her into the intersection of White Plains Road and Watson Ave., prosecutors said.
The mother of five was working an overtime shift when she died.
Over the past two years, Gonzalez's lawyers have argued he is mentally ill and not responsible for his actions, although doctors have recently found that he is fit for trial, according to a spokeswoman for the Bronx DA's office.
During his four months of training, Rosado kept a low profile, insulated from his Arroyo's legacy because he has a different last name.
But, eventually people connected the dots, he said.
"I tried to keep quiet about it for awhile because I didn't want anything handed to me," he said. "But once (my relationship to Yadira) came out, everyone was really nice."
Rosado will wear his sister's badge number, 2017, which was retired.
"Joel will not only wear Yadira's badge number, he will also carry her legacy of service, compassion, professionalism, and bravery with him on every call," FDNY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. "We are incredibly proud of him."
After his Thursday graduation, Rosado will head to Morrisania and work out of EMS Station 26, where Arroyo was revered as the crews' matriarch.
"This truly is the greatest way to honor a loved one that sacrificed her life for our city," said Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS union, Local 2507. "I'm sure he will be as inspiring and successful performing his duties as Yadira Arroyo was."
Rosado's whole family will cheer him on as he crosses the stage at Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center in East New York.
As he looks over Arroyo's mass card, which he always keeps in his hat, Rosado knows that his older sister will be watching as well.
"The biggest thing I remember about her is her laugh," he recalled, smiling. "She had a weird crazy laugh. It was unique."
"I'll honor her by doing my job and doing it correctly," he said. "Hopefully I can get up to her level."
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I could remember only confused bits of the day following that ominous dawn, with newsboys crying "Extry—extry!" with word pictures of San Francisco shaken into rubble, and the spreading fires and no water to fight with because of the broken water mains, and Mama going about her housework with a strained expression because her younger sister, my aunt Libby, worked and lived in the City right in the path of the flames; then the second day with worse news of the fires spreading and joining in one immense holocaust and the militia ordering thousands of refugees to walk back toward the hills; and then the third day with the army dynamiting all the buildings and houses along Van Ness Avenue in hope of halting the flames. No one but rescue crews could enter the City except doctors and nurses and wagons bringing medicines and water, and all these disappeared into the darkness of smoke. And where was Aunt Libby? After ten days we learned that she had been seen with several people from her boarding house seated high on bedding in a beer truck driven by a friend of hers, heading for the slopes of Twin Peaks. This sounded like my aunt Libby, all right. She always came out on top.


This is "Building the Strategic Architecture", section 5.1 from the book Business Strategy (v. 1.0). For details on it (including licensing), click here.
Why Has Performance Followed a Particular Path?
To illustrate these stages, let us go back to the performance of your restaurant that you wanted to understand before deciding what to do next. Start by pulling the pieces together.
The time chart of one or more performance measures, with scale and timing (Figure 1.4 "Restaurant Performance Example").
The immediate causes of that performance (Figure 2.1 "The Explanation for Restaurant Sales and Labor Costs").
The resources driving demand, supply, and performance (Figure 2.2 "Your Restaurant's Resources and Operating Profits").
The flows of resources into, through, and out of the organization's system (Figure 3.6 "The Separate Flows of Customers Into and Out of Your Regular Customer Group").
The immediate causes for these flows to be running at the rate they are (a) why customers are being won (Figure 4.1 "Marketing Decisions Change the Inflow of Customers" shows the "normal" rate at which new customers arrive, plus those won from your marketing spending). (b) why customers are being lost (extended version of Figure 4.8 "The History of Service Quality and Customer Losses").
The dependence of each flow on existing resource levels (Figure 4.9 "Why Service Quality Suffered Then Recovered").
Figure 5.1 "The Strategic Architecture of Your Restaurant, With Data Explaining Recent Performance" is far from a complete architecture of your restaurant. It does not, for example, include certain resources, such as the menu or the seating capacity. Nor does it include potentially important factors that could drive changes in performance, such as price or competitors' actions. The best approach is to include as much of the architecture as is necessary to create a plausible explanation of performance over time.
First, do not do unnecessary work, such as collecting data on things that are not relevant. Keep the pictures to a minimum, so you can show people what is happening and why.
Conversely, check you do not leave out factors that are (or could be) important. This is especially tricky when looking forward rather than just trying to explain the past.
Finally, when you have an architecture that explains performance, ask whether you have missed anything that may be important to the question you set out to answer.
These elements connect together to provide a complete explanation of recent performance and future challenges (Figure 5.1 "The Strategic Architecture of Your Restaurant, With Data Explaining Recent Performance").


Beautiful white flowering bushes complement any type of garden. Excellent white flowering shrubs for a home garden are deutzia, rose of sharon, camellia, gardenia, hydrangea, and gray dogwood.
Flowering shrubs form a major part of any landscaping project. Growing to a height of about 20 feet or less, they demarcate the garden components and are planted to mark the borders. But, the challenging part is selecting plant varieties and/or flower colors.
Growing white flowering bushes add an elegant touch to any flower garden. You can create a color pattern to your yard by planting them with other flowering shrubs that produce vibrant color blooms.
While selecting white shrubs and bushes, check the growth requirements of cultivars. A plus point with planting flowering bushes is that they fill up the garden without any empty space. You don't need to replace them each year for regular blooms. Follow basic plant care tips for their proper growth and flowering.
Deutzia chardonnay pearls or simply deutzia are spring blooming, fragrant flowering bushes. The leaves are large and lime green in color; while the flower buds resemble white pearls.
Best grown in USDA zones 5-9, you can plant these flowering plants along with tall perennial flowers. Or else, grow them in groups with other vibrant colored flowering shrubs.
Do not go by the name, as these large bushes are not true roses, but they resemble hibiscus. They are highly appreciated by gardeners all across the globe. You can opt for the dwarf version (5-8 feet) or the tall cultivar (about 10 feet).
Provide well-drained soil and full sun for production of plentiful blooms. These deciduous flowering plants are best grown in zones 5-9.
You will get many varieties of camellia that produce white blooms. This white flowering bush is best adapted in zones 6-9 and bear fragrant blooms in spring. Extremely tolerant to cold temperatures, you can plant April snow camellia at any time of the year.
The blooms are showy, some of the varieties measuring about 3 inches in diameter. Similar to other camellia cultivars, this white blooming variety is easy to grow and requires minimal maintenance.
If you like the scent of gardenia flowers, be sure to plant dwarf radicans gardenia bushes in your garden. Though the height is not much, these small bushes will not disappoint you.
These gardenia cultivars are drought tolerant and grow well in almost all types of soil - clay, sandy, loamy, or a mixture of them. As per your convenience, you can grow them in garden soil or containers.
With large showy flower heads appearing in summer months, the mophead hydrangea is a must to have flowering plant for gardening enthusiasts. It is best suited in zones 4-9.
The leaves are large, dark green and leathery, which again add to the beauty of this flowering shrub. What's more, the flower heads have a long shelf life and you will get to enjoy hydrangea flowers throughout the summer season.
Interested in growing spring white flowering bushes and shrubs, gray dogwood or dogwood gray twig is an excellent choice. Its maximum height is 12 feet and the spread is nearly same as the height. At maturity, small white flowers are borne in clusters.
In the natural habitat, gray dogwood is found growing lavishly in moist and damp conditions. In short, it is hardy in terms of soil condition and moisture levels (preferably zones 2-8).
Select the bushes carefully and make your garden a beautiful landscape. Grow the selected plants and take care of them, while making a note the basic growth requirements. In the cold months, you can trim the plants to maintain height and shape.
By pruning the bushes, you are also reducing disease and pest infestations. So, apply your gardening skills and appreciate the lovely white blooms in your garden.


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Newcastle United's Academy A Success? – The Reality
Newcastle United, well known as a club of the people yet they have only had ten players pass through the academy doors then develop into a player who can earn ten league appearances in one season.
I am left thinking, is there even a point in us having an academy?
Only three of the ten are still at the club, they include the Ameobi brothers and Steven Taylor. Shola's goal record overall is quite poor, although he has established legendary status through his Mackem slaying ability. Steven Taylor on the other hand has had spells where he has looked world class but a mixture of injuries, varying from shoulder to ankle, means he has not played the amount of games he or the fans would have wanted him to. Sammy only made one start the season he reached ten, so cannot be really considered an established first team player.
A good proportion of those ten players made it to ten appearances in 2006-07 under Glenn Roeder, where a trio of young defenders played practically an entire season under Roeder because we ran out of money and our team was crippled with injuries. Where are those three defenders now?
Well they never really went on to do much, Ramage is a traveling man and has played for QPR, Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Barnsley. Huntington turns out in League 1 for Preston North End after spells at Yeovil Town and Leeds United in the same league, while Edgar warms the Burnley bench in the Championship.
The one player who has gone on to be an arguable success since the millennium is Andrew Carroll who was sold to Liverpool for 35 million pounds, although his career has been put on hold of late by injury.
He is however an England international and the fee we received for him probably paid for the academy running for the full thirteen and a half years. The other three players are Steve Caldwell, Steve Harper and Aaron Hughes. I have not included players Newcastle paid a fee for such as Nile Ranger, Tamas Kadar and Tim Krul.
However although on the face of things Newcastle's record appears poor, we are by far not the worst in the Premier League, for example the Champions Manchester United since the millennium have only brought nine players through, to make 10 or more appearances in a single league campaign, which includes flops such as Luke Chadwick. This suggests the problem is not just black and white.
This lack of players making the jump from academy to Premier League is a problem, which can obviously be linked to England's struggle to compete on the global stage at International tournaments. I know I'm not the only Newcastle fan who wants to see local lads in the side putting their heart and soul into this football club but it now seems unlikely we will ever see that again on any decent scale.
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Jay Leno proves cats are smarter than dogs by showing what his cat can do – and it's hilarious!
Everybody knows that Jay Leno loves cats. But he also sustain that cats are smarter than dogs and Ellen Degeneres wanted him to prove that, so Jay brought a video with his cat and it's so hilarious!
Leno filmed his sweet feline how she fetches a red ball from a leaf pile and it's so funny! Not sure how much of the video is real, but this will definitely brighten your day!
See below Jay's prove that cats are smarter than dogs.


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Buck Teeth Smile Direct Club
In June, the thin, transparent plastic trays that fit over her top and bottom teeth can be found in the mail. McKinney is resolving the series gradually, switching the first set for the next, and the next, as her teeth move. It'll take about nine months in all. However after three months of wearing these trays almost every day and night, McKinney is thrilled about revealing off her brand-new smile (Buck Teeth Smile Direct Club).
Danny Menendez/ BuzzFeed News Inside among SmileDirectClub's New York City locations. SmileDirectClub's organisation design appears to be working. Align Innovation– the company that makes Invisalign, SmileDirect's primary competitor– invested $46.7 million to end up being SmileDirect's exclusive supplier last year, and this year invested another $12.8 million, to own a total of 19% of the company.
Meanwhile, lookalikes have actually released with comparable services: Orthly, launched by 2 University of Pennsylvania students, now offers services to customers in Philadelphia, and Candid Co. launched in New York this summertime. A SmileDirect client can be matched with among 225 affiliated dentists or orthodontists in all 50 states. These oral professionals from another location evaluate client cases and then develop the aligners that SmileDirect sends in the mail.
The business declined to call any of the medical specialists within its network, and would not supply details about its monetary relationships with them. "Essentially they are collecting payments and paying us marketing fees," Fenkell stated."I think that claim is rather phony," AAO's general counsel Dillard stated. "The customers don't even see a dental expert.
(SmileDirectClub has a two-star ranking on Yelp.) And lots of expert dental experts are alarmed that customers never see a certified medical professional before or throughout their treatment."It blew my mind," Casi Stubbs, a Florida orthodontist and member of the American Association of Orthodontists, told BuzzFeed News. Like common orthodontists, SmileDirect's dentists base their prescriptions on computer system simulations of mouth scans.
"The teeth don't move biologically like they do on the computer system," Stubbs stated. One of her patients, 60-year-old Charlene Burnham, is a SmileDirect consumer whose too-tight aligners cut her gums, exposing part of her tooth near the root. Burnham informed BuzzFeed News she invested a week attempting– and stopping working– to speak to a SmileDirect dental professional on the phone, then went to Stubbs for help."They were bleeding, they were cut to the root," Burnham stated.
"I was appalled."A SmileDirect representative told BuzzFeed News by e-mail that company-affiliated dental professionals "track the client's development throughout treatment at regular periods."The company "facilitates the interactions" of consumers and dental service providers, the representative said. "Dental companies interact straight with patients through the customer portal and by means of SMS or phone when suitable or suggested."In a YouTube video that's been viewed over 21,000 times because June, Baltimore orthodontist Jeffrey Miller warned people away from the service, stating that no orthodontist would ever prescribe aligners without first taking the X-rays that SmileDirect skips.
(The video was gotten rid of after this story released.)Grant Olson, a dental practitioner in Springfield, Missouri, informed BuzzFeed News that the company's product marketing, which compares itself with orthodontist-fitted Invisalign, is deceiving. Unlike Invisalign trays, which orthodontists can optimize by sticking special attachments on a tooth, SmileDirect's product is limited to really small corrections: The aligners can remedy a tilt, however can't move a tooth's orientation or position together with its root.
He described that SmileDirect-affiliated orthodontists only approve cases that are appropriate for a remote consultation and don't require follow-up dental visits (Buck Teeth Smile Direct Club). Laws for dental experts vary across states, however there are some typical styles in the 36 grievances sent out by the AAO: Some states think about making impressions and offering retainers to be the role of a certified medical professional, but SmileDirectClub usually provides those services.
AAO basic counsel Dillard also informed BuzzFeed News that the company's company model incentivizes dentists affiliated with SmileDirect to recommend the trays even if they aren't required. Danny Menendez/ BuzzFeed News Although the company hasn't brought in the attention of regulators yet, consumer problems are plentiful online. TL; DR: Get ready for a rough flight.
The large majority of customers in these groups resign themselves to handling the snags since there are merely no other alternatives (Buck Teeth Smile Direct Club)."If you can be client, desire an inexpensive strategy, SDC IS the ideal method to go! Having a positive attitude and being patient goes a LONG method," Melanie Masso wrote to BuzzFeed News.
For numerous other consumers, the trip is a bust. Seattle resident Melissa Gulick informed BuzzFeed News that at the end of nearly a year of treatment, the aligners have ruined her bite: Her front teeth touch before her molars can make contact (Buck Teeth Smile Direct Club). "I'm pretty frustrated– food is hard to chew now and they won't repair it!"Gulick stated that after complaints to the business, SmileDirectClub agreed to continue treatment totally free.
When inquired about problems that the trays ruined consumers' bites, a SmileDirect agent told BuzzFeed News: "Over 95% of our clients total treatment and accept their completed new smile. It is necessary to keep in mind that with any orthodontic procedure, bites will continue to move until the treatment is ended up."Another client, 24-year-old Drexel College student Kacie Durham, told BuzzFeed News that SmileDirectClub sent her a simulated treatment plan that made her teeth look even worse."It really made my teeth appear more jagged at the bottom," she said.
Durham returned her trays and obtained a refund. Later, an orthodontist not associated with the company told her that her teeth would have to be filed and shaped prior to they could be lined up. Durham felt duped: SmileDirect had authorized her for a treatment that would never have actually worked."If a potential consumer is dissatisfied with the 3d preview of his or her smile, there is no obligation to purchase aligners," the SmileDirectClub agent said (Buck Teeth Smile Direct Club).
Minelle Tendler, a Boca Raton orthodontist, joined one of the most significant Facebook groups, the 11,800-member SmileDirectClub Support, after two of her patients inquired about the product. In perusing the posts that appear in her Facebook feed, Tendler said that she's not seen anybody state they've been able to talk to a dentist at the business.
"You're asking somebody who has no dental background, 'Is this going to work?'"More than when, Tendler has actually stopped short of responding to threads on the online forum. She sits on her hands because the patients are not hers. "I'm looking at the images and thinking, Oh my god, you need to get teeth taken out, do not do it."Mainly, she is worried that people who are charmed by SmileDirectClub's low rate aren't completely knowledgeable about the disadvantages of skipping a dental go to.
A previous variation of this post misidentified him as an orthodontist. Align Technology owns 19% of SmileDirectClub. A previous variation of this story mentioned it was 17%. Likewise, SmileDirectClub began running in North Carolina in early October. A previous variation of this story, based on an August interview with cofounder Alex Fenkell, said that the company was not running in North Carolina.
Mail-in aligners might look like a great alternative for a minor repair. However remember you're not the specialist on how minimal a fix your teeth need. "It's challenging to go from something that's 90% excellent to make it 100% perfect; in my experience, I find that these are the harder cases," Dr.
The results of utilizing unnoticeable aligners can be extremely unforeseeable, because some people react well to them and others will not. "It's really tough to monitor this by yourself, because– like everything in medication– not everyone responds the same," he states. The real difficulty features determining how to remedy your smile if you're not reacting correctly to the retainers, he says.


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Meliceria tragardhi är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Mary E. Palm 1938. Meliceria tragardhi ingår i släktet Meliceria, och familjen kortvingar. Enligt den svenska rödlistan är arten otillräckligt studerad i Sverige. Arten förekommer i Svealand. Artens livsmiljö är skogslandskap, jordbrukslandskap.

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Hi. I'm a young game designer and I was wonder if anyone knows any tools and what-not I can use to create games for an NES, SNES, or Gameboy. I'm a bit new to the whole thing, so if this is a stupid question don't get mad at me. Thanks.
There are a few tools for the game boy but it only creates the artwork. You still need to the write the tools for the levels and the code for the game itself.
: Hi. I'm a young game designer and I was wonder if anyone knows any tools and what-not I can use to create games for an NES, SNES, or Gameboy. I'm a bit new to the whole thing, so if this is a stupid question don't get mad at me. Thanks.
: There are a few tools for the game boy but it only creates the artwork. You still need to the write the tools for the levels and the code for the game itself.
: : Hi. I'm a young game designer and I was wonder if anyone knows any tools and what-not I can use to create games for an NES, SNES, or Gameboy. I'm a bit new to the whole thing, so if this is a stupid question don't get mad at me. Thanks.
NES and SNES can only be programmed in assembler.
I recommend developing for SNES for fun only.


From a late September visit to New York, when the chill of fall hadn't quite yet blown in. I could be happy wandering the West Village all day.
I am so behind in cataloging my travels, but here we are. About a month ago, we visited Spain. We started our trip in Sevilla, which is a small old city, oozing with charm. We had the most fun wandering the streets, peeking into private courtyards, stopping for cervezas and tapas. The weather was unseasonably cool while we were there, which was a pleasant surprise, as steamy temperatures are typical for the summer months. The locals know how to party: late dinners (one restaurant had to unlock the door for our 9:45p reservation!), flamenco dancing, and all-night partying are the norm. We now understand why the siesta is such an integral part of the culture-- a tradition I could quickly get on board with!
I worked with interior designer Nadia Haddad to shoot a recent project of hers, a beautiful residence in South Minneapolis. Nadia has such a talent for shaping space, and a unique global aesthetic. Definitely browse through her portfolio when you have a chance-- a feast for the eyes!
Over the past several months, I have been working with Wilson & Willy's, a general store focused on thoughtfully made products for men, women, and the home. The webshop launched before the holidays, and the brick and mortar location will be opening in Minneapolis next week. Wilson & Willy's believes in the makers. Everything in the shop is made in the USA, and a great deal of it is made right here in Minnesota.
It has been a true pleasure to spend time in the local studios of these makers, documenting their processes. I am consistently inspired by their creative wisdom, their slow intention, their quiet humility.
Lisa Hackwith has an art background, and taught herself to sew after graduating. She designs and constructs the clothing, along with her small team, in her Minneapolis studio. They aim for quality, for timelessness, for creating the pieces that will be the highlight of your closet. All of the items for Wilson & Willy's are made from selvage material from Faribault Woolen Mill, resulting in a collection of pieces crafted locally, from beginning to end.
I look forward to sharing more of my work with Wilson & Willy's, and with these makers. There is so much good.
ashley barlow is one of the most radiant people i have ever met. i spent an afternoon with her earlier this summer, shooting and chatting about design and minnesota summers and running and the victories and challenges of being a creative entrepreneur. hop over to trouvé magazine to read about a day in the life of this rockstar.
an overload of photos from our visit to the most beautiful ojai. in mid-april, the warm sun and fat blooms and groves upon groves of citrus were just plain therapeutic. i MAY have been the one smushing my nose into every flower and sneaking into orange groves. (the things a minnesota winter will do to a person).
our days were pure bliss, rarely leaving the premises of ojai valley inn. patio breakfasts and books by the pool and pressed juices and the most wonderful pedicure ever. we did manage to make it into town to enjoy lunch at the tiny hip vegan with the most delicious whole foods you can imagine, popped into this outdoor bookstore (so fun!) and my favorite shop summer camp. we shared pizza and bottles of wine under the string lights on the patio of papa lennon's, and of course i couldn't pass up the roadside citrus stands.
I am honored to have a Sneak Peek featured on Design*Sponge-- Rita of The American Edit has become a fast friend here in Minneapolis. She and her husband are currently living in a house that belongs to friends of theirs who moved overseas for a few years. It turned out to be the best of both worlds for everyone-- their friends get to fulfill a dream of living abroad, and Rita and Matt have the opportunity to live in a beautiful home and neighborhood while Rita gets TAE off the ground.
Needless to say, their home is stunning. Light and bright with a focus on clean lines and American-made products-- and a touch of bold wallpaper to boot. What's not to love?
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Rita and Shannon on this shoot. I owe endless thanks to both of them for making this possible. See the full post on D*S here.


With the holidays upon us here in Denver, there is no shortage of themed events to keep you entertained and immersed in the holiday spirit. One such event is the Denver Christkindl Market. Christmas markets are an age old tradition, and a staple of the season in Germany and throughout Europe. Munich's Christkindl is one of the most well known, drawing visitors from all over the world. While Denver may not have the centuries old charm of Munich, our ode to the European tradition is surely worth a visit.
The Christkindl occupies Skyline Park at 16th St and Arapahoe, and runs through December 23rd. In its stalls, you'll find many staples of a traditional Christmas market as well as plenty of great gift options! Craft vendors offer handmade ornaments, winter clothing, jewelry, lighting, wellness products, and even alpaca clothing and Mayan art. What will surely captivate you is the food stalls; the whole market smells of roasting nuts! We suggest trying them for an appetizer before dining on a fresh baked pretzel or bratwurst. Desert options are plentiful and include Danish pastries and chocolates.
Once you've done your shopping and eating, settle into the tent for a German beer, or the traditional gluhwein, a hot spiced wine that will surely warm you up! There are performances scheduled every night between now and the 23rd. For more information, see the market's website at www.denverchristkindlmarket.com. Be sure to make this 17-year Denver tradition one of your own, as it is not one to miss!
Happy Holidays from The David Schlichter Team!
To stay in the loop, like The Good Life Denver on Facebook, follow @thegoodlifeden on Twitter, and follow @thegoodlifedenver on Instagram!


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Q: How to download file from URL and Alert user that file is downloaded successfully in Javascript? Problem Statement:
An Azure Microservice is sending blob URL- "https://somestorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/somecontainer/myfile.pdf", to the client web application.

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*JavaScript should be able to download the file from the provided URL.

*When the file is successfully downloaded it should show the Alert.

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*Able to download the file from url using following code in chrome and firefox, whereas IE is opening the file in the new tab and not downloading it.
            var link = document.createElement("a");
            document.body.appendChild(link); //required in FF, optional for Chrome
            link.download = fileName;
            link.target = "_blank";

            // Construct the uri
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            document.body.appendChild(link);
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            // Cleanup the DOM
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Symmetra has been one of the lowest picked heroes in Overwatch for a while now, so it comes to no surprise that she is being redesigned. Though this news isn't particularly new, Jeff Kaplan finally released an update suggesting how close and how serious the changes are.
Kaplan wasn't kidding when he said that, 31 players teleported with a 6% uptime is a rather absurd number. The obvious conclusion would be that Symmetra's ultimate power has either changed to become an ability in her kit or is just available a lot faster, but I feel there's a deeper story to it or Kaplan wouldn't have to hide any details.
Currently Symmetra is barely picked at all in high level play, so it will be interesting to see how the Overwatch team can bring her face back in the action. Before we get to see that, however, we will most likely see Hanzo getting his rework first.
Regardless, Blizzard should be careful not to make a repeat of when they over tuned Mercy to godly levels of pick rates; however, for an extremely teamwork oriented game like Overwatch, it is difficult not to either make a kit a must have or a must not have, and a lot of people believe Symmetra's kit to fall in such a category. There is only one way to find out and that is to wait until we finally get to see the new and changed heroes in action.


LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest advertising agency WPP (WPP.L) reported four-month net sales which were marginally up on Wednesday, and said it was focused on improving revenue and managing costs for the rest of 2018.
WPP, hunting for a new chief executive after the dramatic departure of founder Martin Sorrell in April, had reported a 0.1 percent fall in net sales for the first quarter, compared with the 0.9 percent drop recorded in 2017.
"In the first four months of 2018, the group's like-for-like revenue less pass-through costs was up marginally, a slight improvement over the first quarter's -0.1 percent," WPP said in a trading statement before its annual meeting on Wednesday.
For 2018 it has said it does not expect net sales or its operating margin to grow.


Hey! Once again my sincerest thank you my beloved ec droppers. Glad to know that you are all still following my simple place. Hope to see you more before this year ends. And to those who are not in lists, my deepest appreciation for your drops. Take time to visit them as surely they will visit you back. Thank you!
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agoy naka apil na jud si mami Lu...hehehhe!
congrats sa mga naka apil sa top 10...lol!
asa man ka this weekend sis?


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Anna-Maria van Reysschoot (Gent, 17 februari 1758 - Gent, 27 december 1850) was een schilder in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden.

Zij groeide op in de schildersfamilie van Reysschoot en leerde het vak van haar 20 jaar oudere broer Pierre-Norbert van Reysschoot. Als kind was zij figurant op de praalwagen van de Gentse schilders in de jaarlijkse processie van Sint-Macharius. Haar vader Emmanuel-Pierre van Reysschoot had deze praalwagens ontworpen in zijn schetsen. Zij schilderde zowel landschapsschilderijen als decoratie van kastelen in het Gentse. Daarnaast zijn enkele portretten van haar hand bekend, bijvoorbeeld een paar tussen de 70 kinderportretten (ex voto) in de Schreiboomkapel in Gent. In haar tijd was dit pand een godshuis met een bedevaartskapel.

Koning Willem I gaf haar een onderscheiding omwille van haar verdienste als schilder.

Zij was gehuwd met Gilles Diegenant, bediende bij de Berg van Barmhartigheid van Gent. Tot in hoge leeftijd bleef zij schilderen, veelal in opdracht van private opdrachtgevers.

Zuid-Nederlands kunstschilder (voor 1830)
Persoon in de Nederlanden in de 18e eeuw
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