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Audio Book Review: The Royals books 1-5 by Erin Watt
Publisher: Harper Audio
Narrator: Angela Goethals, Zachary Webber
Buy: Paper Princess | Broken Prince | Twisted Palace | Fallen Heir | Cracked Kingdom
Paper Princess:
From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.
These Royals will ruin you...
Ella Harper is a survivor - a pragmatic optimist. She's spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she'll climb out of the gutter. After her mother's death, Ella is truly alone. Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.
Reed doesn't want her. He says she doesn't belong with the Royals. He might be right. Wealth. Excess. Deception. It's like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she's going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she'll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
Broken Prince:
These Royals will ruin you...From wharf fights and school brawls to crumbling lives inside glittery mansions, one guy tries to save himself.
Reed Royal has it all - looks, status, money. The girls at his elite prep school line up to date him, the guys want to be him, but Reed never gave a damn about anyone but his family until Ella Harper walked into his life.
What started off as burning resentment and the need to make his father's new ward suffer turned into something else entirely - keep Ella close. Keep Ella safe. But when one foolish mistake drives her out of Reed's arms and brings chaos to the Royal household, Reed's entire world begins to fall apart around him.
Ella doesn't want him anymore. She says they'll only destroy each other.
Secrets. Betrayal. Enemies. It's like nothing Reed has ever dealt with before, and if he's going to win back his princess, he'll need to prove himself Royally worthy.
Twisted Palace:
The hotly anticipated conclusion to the Royals series begun in the number-one New York Times best-selling novels Paper Princess and Broken Prince.
These Royals will ruin you....
From mortal enemies to unexpected allies, two teenagers try to protect everything that matters most.
Ella Harper has met every challenge that life has thrown her way. She's tough, resilient, and willing to do whatever it takes to defend the people she loves, but the challenge of a long-lost father and a boyfriend whose life is on the line might be too much for even Ella to overcome.
Reed Royal has a quick temper and even faster fists. But his tendency to meet every obstacle with violence has finally caught up with him. If he wants to save himself and the girl he loves, he'll need to rise above his tortured past and tarnished reputation.
No one believes Ella can survive the Royals. Everyone is sure Reed will destroy them all. They may be right.
With everything and everyone conspiring to keep them apart, Ella and Reed must find a way to beat the law, save their families, and unravel all the secrets in their Twisted Palace.
Fallen Heir:
Easton Royal has it all: looks, money, intelligence. His goal in life is to have as much fun as possible. He never thinks about the consequences because he doesn't have to.
Until Hartley Wright appears, shaking up his easy life. She's the one girl who's said no, despite being attracted to him. Easton can't figure her out and that makes her all the more irresistible.
Hartley doesn't want him. She says he needs to grow up.
Rivals. Rules. Regrets. For the first time in Easton's life, wearing a Royal crown isn't enough. He's about to learn that the higher you start, the harder you fall.
Cracked Kingdom:
Ever since Hartley Wright met Easton Royal, her life hasn't been the same. There are enemies behind every corner and dangers beyond each door. When tragedy strikes and steals her memories, she can't trust anyone, not even the blue-eyed boy who promises her everything will be all right.
While Hartley's memory is full of gaps, her instincts tell her Easton is dangerous. She doesn't know if he's the snake in the garden or her chance at salvation. The chaos he brings wherever he goes is too much to handle, the intense feelings he evokes are too confusing to unravel.
Easton wants her to remember. Hartley thinks it's better to forget. She might be right. Tragedy. Treachery. Trust. Hartley has to face the facts - in this world, you can't escape the Royals. Either you live by their rules or you die by them.
The first 3 books in this series focus on Ella and Reed, the 2nd two are about Reed's brother Easton. This is a modern day fairy tale. Ella has been doing anything she can to stay out of foster care since her mother died. Then Callum Royal shows up. Callum sweeps Ella into a fairy tale land of money, where rules don't really matter and drama runs high.
I really liked this series, so far (I'm sure there will be more). I've never seen Pretty Little Liars but from what I've seen of the commercials it has that type of feel. It also reminds me of the show Elite on Netflix. Obnoxiously rich kids who think the social status of high school is the most important thing in the world. The Royal family is broken. After their mother committed suicide the boys have been lost and so has their father. Ella seems to be the glue they need to bring them back together as a family but the in fighting and the manipulations of the people around them make happily ever after not so easy.
This is a lot of drama but they are really fun books that keep you entertained.
Labels: Broken Prince, Cracked Kingdom, Easton, Erin Watt, Fallen Heir, Paper Princess, Reed. Ella, The Royals, Twisted Palace
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Biden Catches a Cold and Blames His Grandson
WASHINGTON — President Biden said Friday that his hoarse voice and cough were the result of germy kisses from his toddler grandson, not the coronavirus.
Mr. Biden's voice was noticeably raspy during a speech at the White House about Friday's jobs report. The first question from a reporter got right down to the matter at hand:
"Are you OK?" asked Peter Doocy of Fox News.
"I have a test every day, a Covid test, checking for all the strains," Mr. Biden said. "What I have is a 1½-year-old grandson who had a cold, who likes to kiss his pop."
Mr. Biden's youngest grandchild, Beau, is the son of Hunter Biden. The baby is often seen at the White House and was in Nantucket with the extended Biden family for Thanksgiving.
"It's just a cold," Mr. Biden added.
Mr. Biden, who is 79 and the oldest person to be president of the United States, is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, including a booster shot. But White House officials have fielded repeated questions this week about whether they have any plans to curtail his travel or public appearances over the arrival of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus in the United States.
The officials have said Mr. Biden had no plans to change his schedule, which this week included lighting ceremonies for the White House menorah and Christmas tree, several policy speeches and bill signings, and a flight to Minnesota to champion his infrastructure legislation. Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, told reporters on Thursday that health officials had not changed their guidance for Mr. Biden's public appearances.
He plans to go to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, for the weekend.
"I would expect — and our plans are moving full speed ahead at this point to have the president travel around the country, sell his infrastructure plan, make clear to the American people what he's doing to lower their costs," Ms. Psaki said. "So you'll see him out on the trail, I would expect, next week."
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The latest special edition from BBC Sky at Night Magazine, The Guide to The Universe takes you on a journey from the Solar System to the edge of space to encounter the familiar and exotic objects that make up the Universe. Beautifully illustrated throughout, with expert and clear-cut descriptions, it will give you a new perspective on our place in the vastness of space.
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Home Depot Hiring 80,000 Workers For Spring
Posted By: Marie Cabural Feb 12, 2014, 1:37 pm
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD), the largest home improvement retailer worldwide announced that it is now hiring workers in preparation for its busiest selling season. The company said it will hire more than 80,000 workers for the spring.
Tim Crow, executive vice president of Human Resources at The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) said, "Spring is our peak hiring season, giving us the opportunity to find some of the best associates who are passionate about customer service."
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) said the available positions vary depending on the needs of its stores the United States and in its stores located in District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Mexico, and in ten provinces in Canada.
Individuals interested who want to apply for a job at the home improvement retailer will be able to find a list of open positions at www.careers.homedepot.com. The company advised job seekers to apply online.
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) is encouraging college students, retirees, veterans, and reservists to apply.
The company recently opened its new direct fulfillment center (DFC) in Locust Grove, Ga. This is the one of the three DFCs that will be opened across the United States over the next two years, which is expected to add 1,000 jobs to its supply chain.
Continuing improvement in housing market
Frank Blake, chairman and chief executive officer of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) stated that the housing market continues to improve based on the solid operational performance and earnings results of the company during the third quarter last year.
The home improvement retailer posted $1.4 billion net income or $0.95 earnings per diluted share compared with its $947 million net income or $0.63 earnings per share in the third quarter of 2012.
Home Depot earnings guidance
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) projected that its full year 2013 diluted earnings per share will increase 24% to $3.72. The company expected its sales to increase 5% and comparable store sales by 7% for the year. It is scheduled to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 on February 25.
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has 2,263 retail stores. In 2012, the company posted $74.8 billion sales and $4.5 billion earnings. It has more than 300,000 associates.
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Q: How to conduct simple effect analysis if there is a two-way interaction in linear mixed models I am doing Linear mixed models with group (ASD vs TD) and distractor type (face and non-face) as fixed effects and the participant as a random effect.  Each participant's age is considered as the covariate. Dependent variable (DV) is binomial:
depvar.lmer = glmer(depvar ~ group * dist_type +C_age+ (1|pp),
  datafile, family = binomial)

After I run this model, I get a two-way interaction effect. Then, I do the simple effect to compare the influence of distractor type on DV for each group, and the codes are shown below:
m.1 = glmer(depvar ~ dist_type  + (1|pp),
  subset(datafile, group=='ASD'), family = binomial)
m.2 = glmer(depvar ~ dist_type + (1|pp),
  subset(datafile, group=='TD'), family = binomial)

However, when I run it, m.1 fails to converge. I really want to look at the distractor effects for each group, so I wonder if I can do analyses for both groups separately in the Lmms. Or is there another method available to solve this problem.
I appreciate any suggestions.

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"Pray ye the Lord of the harvest"
"Cast out the unclean spirits"
Title What was Christ's Reaction?
Sermon Text What was Christs Reaction? He had "Compassion" not pity - not sorrow - not a wailing complaint - But, a burning purpose to change things. He saw the necessity for spiritual leadership - "Pray ye the Lord of the harvest" He announced a war against devils, disease, and degeneration He set up a spiritual organization through which to wage this war. The N. T. Church "As ye go preach" "Cast out the unclean spirits"


But I never quite managed to fit David Adams Richards into the mix. Not that I didn't plan to do so. I just never quite managed it. And then came an alumni gathering of St. Thomas University graduates at Hart House on the campus of the University of Toronto upon which occasion I met Richards. And now I became truly resolved of purpose. That copy of Mercy Among the Children — his Giller Prize novel of 2000 — would be taken down from my shelf and devoured tout de suite. But it wasn't to be; a friend gave me a copy of Richards' newest work, The Friends of Meager Fortune, and I was off to the races — literary races, of course.
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The novel is set in Richards' home province of New Brunswick in the dying days — and dying is the operative word in this Hardyesque novel — of the logging industry just after the Second World War and just before modern mechanization altered the pulp and paper business. It isn't just Europe that is in ruins (again); it is also a way of being in the province that produced that most controverted of press magnates, Max Aitken or Lord Beaverbrook. They are difficult days, in a harsh and unforgiving climate where snow and wind rule supreme in their fearsome majesty. Richards describes the relentless fury of a New Brunswick winter — pre-global warming — in a way that brings the reader to the threshold of frostbite.
The novel is filled to overflowing with characters who haunt you with their loathsome mixture of coziness and lethality, their vengeful tribalism and crude xenophobia. And yet, and yet, The Friends of Meager Fortune is centred on a motley cohort of damaged heroes who face their destiny with an amalgam of earthy defiance, mad bravery and saintly tenacity. It is a story of innocence that pays the highest price, a story of self-sacrifice that goes unreckoned until it is too late. And most importantly, to my mind, it is a modern telling of the Passion, a telling with all the ingredients: Holy Thursday, Calvary, Good Friday, kenosis (self-emptying), betrayal, Gethsemane, the abuse of authority, the redemptive power of love, the lust for blood, the famine of our lives.
Meager Fortune, the eponymous hero of the novel, is a minor figure who plays his part in the larger drama of the Jamesons, Will and Owen, their rivals, their lovers (both unrequited and misplaced), their logging companions (all cast in a tenderly crafted manner so that each figure remains in the memory) and their tragic deaths.
The dramatis personae of the Passion are here: there is Peter, Judas, Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of Jesus, the schemers, the mob, the broken and the desperate. But it is not an allegory. The Suffering Servant can be found in the simple and yet profound acts of self-giving that surprise us with their total love and insane recklessness.
Now, where did I put Mercy Among the Children?


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World Cup 2022 Futures - Brazil And France Favourites
Mon 07/03/2022 - 04:43 EST
The FIFA World Cup makes it's return for the first tournament since the 2018 tournament when it rocks up in Qatar in November and December of this year.
The delayed tournament takes place at the end of the year rather than the summer this year due to the soaring temperatures in the Middle East, but who are the favourites to be crowned World champions?
Lets take a look at the early tournament favourites ahead of the biggest tournament in soccer and pick out some early value bets for potential winners.
Brazil +590 +600 +550
France +640 +600 +600
England +700 +700 +700
Spain +790 +800 +800
Argentina +990 +1000 +1000
FIFA World Cup 2022 - Outright Winner
Brazil (+600)
The outright favourites among bookmakers to become World champions for a record sixth time are South American giants Brazil.
'Selecao' are likely to be led into the tournament by star man Neymar, who currently plies his trade in Paris, France with Paris Saint-Germain, who has publicly admitted that he sees this tournament as his last chance to win the big one with his country.
Young talent such as Antony, Vinicus Jr and Rodrygo, mixed with players in their prime such as Eder Militao, Raphinha, Fabinho, Casemiro, Marquinhos, Gabriel Jesus and the experience of Thiago Silva, Casemiro and Alisson Becker this is the best squad they've had in years.
With manager Tite leading the charge, Brazil are excellent value even as favourites.
Brazil to win World Cup 2022
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France (+640)
The reigning world champions and UEFA Nations League holders are seen as many as the best bet for a European winner.
Didier Deschamps' side claimed the crown back in Russia in 2018 thanks to a 4-2 win over Croatia in the final with goals from Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe. All three are still in the squad and Mbappe has developed into one of the very best players in the world and will be hungry to become the youngest player to ever win two World Cups.
Alongside one of the most stacked midfield pools in world football, as well as excellent defenders and a wonderful blend of youth, experience and players in their prime, the tournament is coming at the perfect time for this French golden generation.
As Deschamps looks to win a third World Cup trophy (one as a player, one as a coach), he will be bleeding in some fresh legs in place of the older heads with wonderful talent as they look to overcome the disappointment of Euro 2020.
At +640, France are absolutely worth the value they've currently got because on their day it's hard to argue that they're not the best team in the world.
France to win World Cup 2022
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England (+700)
Without a World Cup trophy since way back in 1966, England came close to breaking their major trophy duck when they reached the Euro 2020 final last year only to be beaten by Italy in the final in their own home stadium.
Gareth Southgate has overseen the development of a wonderfully talented generation of footballers including world class duo Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling, as well as the likes of Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Phil Foden and Declan Rice.
After reaching the semi-final in the 2018 tournament and then the final in 2021, England are clearly on an upward trajectory coming into the tournament having waltzed through the qualifying campaign.
Unfortunately, their domestic calendar could cause them some problems. The English Premier League will only cease playing a few weeks before the tournament starts, which gives very minimal time for the squad to get together and prepare and ultimately they'll likely just fall short
The price of +700 is just a bit too short for me based on their chances, but keep an eye on whether they drift to catch a bigger price.
Spain (+800)
Spain were the dominant force of European football during the late 2000's and early 2010's, winning consecutive European Championships in 2008 & 2012, and the World Cup in 2010.
They underwent a rebuilding process since then and now under Luis Enrique they are back among the best sides in the world with some of the best young talents in the game.
The likes of Pedri, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres and Gavi will shine during the tournament in Qatar, but they're all still some way off their prime. Unfortunately for Enrique, the squad is in that period where the best players are all very young and inexperienced, while the experienced heads just aren't good enough anymore.
They'll give themselves a good showing, but they're highly unlikely to top their Euro 2020 semi-final performance. Don't rule them out for Euro 2024 though.
The last chance for the greatest of all-time, Lionel Messi, to become a world champion. Can he do it? Probably not, but you can't ever rule him out.
A seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, Messi and Argentina made it to the final back in 2014 but they were defeated by Germany in extra-time thanks to a Mario Gotze goal. If he's ever going to become a world champion with his nation, it has to happen this year.
He finally won an international trophy by lifting the Copa America last summer, Argentina's first since 1993, so +1000 for a chance to be a part of history is probably worth a pop.
Argentina to win World Cup 2022


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The two amplifiers are very different sounding. They both have a deep and a bright switch, so they both have great basses/mids/highs. Both amps are very silent, there is no hiss what so ever. The one with the 6L6GC/Pyle has a much more mellow sensual feel to the sound, whereas the 6CA7/EV is more aggressive. I feed a 82 Tele 52 RI into a Digitech RP21D that I split out into the two amplifiers. With the Digitech, each stereo channel has it own EQ. I also use the Digitech for its reverb, its chorus, and I also have settings to add a little gain to the sound. I play blues/boogie, and most of the time I like a clean sound w/ attitude. I stay mostly in the mids, but if I add distortion, I'll add more treble. Sometimes I'll play in a mono set-up without the Digitech. In that case I'll use the 6L6GC/Pyle. To conclude, as I mentioned my previous submission, I have found my dream amp, and if you play blues/boogie, jazz, country, rock-a-billy, or rock & roll, definitely seek out this amp, and give it a try.
As a follow-up to the previous submission, I did repair the reverb. It was a loose wire. I also had to replace the LED in the footswitch of the 6L6GC/Pyle. But besides that it has remained in mint condition. I bought the 6CA7/EV in mint condition. I've heard that if well kept, the tubes will last for a real long time. Even though I've heard these amps can take a lot of abuse, I always very careful with my amps.
Status Quo for this one. I have found the right amp for the music I play. A very subjective 10.


What are the principles you take to a meeting when sharing performance measures? I refer to your personal and whole business attitude about the metrics presented. My experience is that a variety of attitudes exist and can be seen from department to department. Let's explore the business principles driving this variety in personal behavior and attitude. Then we offer some solutions to put them right once and for all.
· Established a basic set of ethics about conduct, social responsibility and people development.
If your business does not have these in place, please do not waste your time to read further. Instead, bookmark this page and then create them and implement them. Once done, return here to finish this article.
Imagine a couple of scenarios. 1) You are in a valley and your phone rings. You answer the call and yet struggle to hear what the other person is saying. Even worse, they struggle to hear that your connection is not solid. You give up on the call in frustration and then try again later, once you know you have a strong stable signal.
2) Walking through a train station you are bombarded with high background noise. There is poor quality announcements on the tannoy and a fast changing departures board. You are surrounded by many formal post notices and a myriad of advertisement offerings. You stand there confused with too much information. You need to stand still and concentrate on one important piece of information. You need to make your next connection but it takes time and you feel tension and frustration about the disorganized state of the train station.
The above 2 scenarios are equally prevalent within a business and organization context. The way you communicate through a business is critical to its success. It will directly affect the performance within people and processes.
A good short read about the importance of communication practice is via this link to the b/p business performance site.
So the message needs needs to be clear with your Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Avoid overly fancy and complex data visualizations. Instead, focus on messages that the reader can relate to and communicate clearly with others. This principle is a key reason for discovering the range of attitudes to key performance indicators and their data sources.
Top Tip: JAMSO suggests you use the "grandma test". This is a test on how can you communicate your point to a hard of hearing 86 year old person with little interest in your subject. If you pass this test then you have done well.
Bonus Tip: Double check for understanding. It is one thing to create what you think is a clear message; it is another to reality to see if it has worked appropriately.
Priority Key Takeaway: - KISS principles (Keep It Simple Stupid) needs to verified and consistent across the whole organization.
One instant killer against the rise of vanity metrics is ensuring the KPI's of a business is linked to a strategic direction. This effective point reduces the risk of silo mentalities. You also retain a clearer focus across the business. Another point to combat is experience and gut feel. These are great instincts, yet your KPI's should become the source from which these feelings emerge.
The power of trending analytics can be more important than the actual numbers recorded. An organization with the ability to respond and retain a positive trajectory towards a strategic goal offers new insights and questions than simply reading a specific number. If your performance is flat, what can make a stepped change? If your performance trajectory is positive, how can this be improved and protected to align the strategic direction?
Top tip: Ensure a list of "why's" has been answered for each metric and management decision. Why is this a priority, why is this needed, why do we need to measure this at all, why is there no other alternative? Check the answers link strongly to the wider organization strategy.
Bonus tip: If the KPI's do not directly impact the strategic direction in a positive way, replace with one that does.
Priority key Takeaway: - Check the impact your KPI is having on decision making.
I know, I know, you have heard it so many times before, have ownership of your tasks. Yet "true ownership" is different. I see people are given "ownership" of tasks and yet find themselves with all sorts of unspecified restrictions after. This is not ownership but leaning more on just responsibility. So, for true ownership of the metrics and key performance indicators, clear rules and parameters need to be understood. Only from those start point's can the acceptance of scoped ownership grow.
The foundation of performance ownership provides stimulus and motivation. This also establishes pride with work done and growth opportunities. These elements are critical to enhancing the maximum performance and efforts to improve KPI's.
Without these elements a business simply goes through a process of dull reporting, stagnated development and poor idea creation.
Top Tip: Do not expect cultural change overnight when increasing ownership roles.
Bonus Tip: Consider the use of gamification to help support development and engagement.
Priority Key Take Away: The numbers do not just speak for themselves. They also represent the outcomes from people decisions.
Each business has its unique circumstances and priority needs. To reflect this reality with a sense of timing I previously introduced the Biased Scorecard model. This counter opinion to the balanced scorecard enables a business to focus upon its highest priorities. These priorities change over time and ought to be realistically reflected upon business performance measures such as key performance indicators.
For example, a business within the retail industry might move its KPI focus from sales per square foot to online vs store based sales.
Part of the communication principle needs to be embraced with priority actions. Avoid being perceived as chasing rainbows, shiny objects or short term tactical ideas, ensure your priorities are tightly linked and understood as mission relevant and high impact for success.
Top Tip: Ensure you reflect their difference to Key Results Indicators.
Bonus Tip: Ensure the use of prioritization helps fine tune data measurement scales, frequency and speed/methods for reporting. This helps retain minimal negative impacts and maximize positive gains.
Priority Key Take Away: Focus your KPI's on areas that are real high priorities. Avoid just to copy standard industry normal reporting KPI's.
One of the easiest and most critical measures for a business is financial. This is a strong reason why financial performance measures tend to dominate metrics and KPI's across the world. Indeed the decision on face value makes sense. Yet, successful companies also understand the opportunities and need to focus on performance areas that drive those very financial outcomes. So, instead of a KPI on sales returns, a business may prefer to focus on customer needs analysis as a higher priority.
This focus on performance and not simply output results helps develop and shape an organization whilst its strategy unfolds.
The improvement of results and outcomes are the results of behaviors, decisions and people. Working on improvement of these areas will provide sustained performance that result in financial reward for the business. Do not be fluffy, be specific with your choice and selection but performance is KING - hence the actual term Key Performance Indicators.
Top Tip: Data quality and their costs need to be controlled yet they are often part of a return on investment and confidence for strategic direction.
Bonus Top Tip: Review current metrics and KPI's to help redefine actual results measures versus performance measures.
Priority Key Takeaway: Do not take the easy decisions to manage and create key performance indicators; invest the time to define the most impactful ones for performance change within the organization.
A little bit of hard questioning in a meeting can unravel hidden skews in information and thus the supporting data for your KPI. Encourage the use of independent, automated and transparent data sets to provide credibility, openness of potential bias and inaccuracy of data. Most people prefer to present absolute numbers and certainty, indeed many leaders demand it. However, offering a more realistic picture of a range of results due to the quality level of data set confidence, will help support the longer term decision and serve best the report readers and business leaders.
For larger organizations a decision needs to be made regarding the actual collection and weighting values of KPI's. Should the business combine divisional measures or keep them separate? The decision will impact the time, quality and cost of KPI measures plus skew opinions and decisions.
Taking a holistic commercial view on how and why each process supports and impacts other parts of the organization is vital. Supporting each other for success on a process and human level will ease the journey and speed up business mission success.
Top Tip: A true key performance indicator must support as many areas of the business as possible towards a critical target, goal, and vision and objective.
Bonus Tip: Check for the use of behavior metrics that support openness and wider business success.
Key Take away: Focus on 4-10 actual key measures for your business to create your KPI's. These will be supported from many metrics with a range of accuracy and identification of trends.
Once an action, activity and measure are under control, you should consider its status use and application as a KPI. The purpose of the KPI is to improve a trend and support the strategic direction. Overtime, trends, technology and your strategy will need to be adjusted as a business remains agile in a dynamic market. So be prepared to down grade an existing KPI to a metric and upgrade a metric to a KPI, or create a new one.
Top Tip: Periodic review of measures is important but so are automated process steps. So, after a statistically validated number of events over time, consider KPI to be under control.
Bonus Tip: Remain open minded to new technology and data sets that can influence the choice of metrics used. Benchmarking is key to shape leadership insights.
Key take away: Be prepared to avoid classical annual life cycles of KPI's, if performance is well proven and robust then consider speeding up your strategic direction by replacing with a new more relevant measure.
These principles are only the starting point. From here, each employee and leader should be encouraged to create solutions and actions to improve the performance of the business strategy through performance behavior measures. The steps of the principles are effective and powerful tools to stimulate accountability and assure strategic growth.
I encourage each person that reads this article to take a swift review of your own behavior and attitude. If you adopt these principles yourself then over time your influence can and will shape the organizations you work for. Be prepared to trial and present the principles as a discussion point at work. You may already have some well adopted and others that require fine tuning.
For an extra read, take a review of this Deloitte report on millennials attitudes to work. It reinforces many areas highlighted within our article but with a focus directly on the next leadership generation of millennials.
Feel free to use these principles as clear guideline principles for all your metrics and results performance management.
Please share this article with at least one other person – that's how we help more people together.
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which is a tribute to Bonk Inc (http://www.bonkcentre.fi/p2_fin.htm) a Finnish super surreal art group.
and LBH (Localised Black Holes).
famous Swiss chocolate... but made of anchovies instead.
Taste them and they just disappear in your mouth.


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The Jesselton revolt (also known as the Jesselton uprising or the Double Tenth Revolt/Incident) was a revolt by a resistance movement known as the Kinabalu Guerrillas, comprising local Chinese, indigenous peoples, Eurasian and Sikh Indian of Jesselton, North Borneo and led by Albert Kwok, against the Japanese occupying forces of North Borneo.

The movement succeeded in killing around 50–90 Japanese soldiers and temporarily took control of Jesselton (which after the war in 1946 would become the North Borneo and then later Sabah capital) and several neighbouring districts of Tuaran and Kota Belud. Owing to extremely limited arms supplies, however, the movement was forced to retreat to its hide-out. The Japanese Kenpeitai then launched attacks against coastal settlements in western North Borneo to find the leader and members of the guerrilla force, with many innocent civilians suffering the various atrocities that have become synonymous with Japanese conquest in the Pacific War.

The leader of the revolt finally decided to surrender following Japanese threats to execute more civilians if the guerrillas did not turn themselves in. Following the arrest and subsequent execution of the rebel alliance, the Japanese returned to administer North Borneo until 1945 when the main Allied liberation mission arrived.

Background

Due to persistently harsh rule under the Japanese occupation, resistance against the Japanese developed, especially on the west coast of North Borneo, where a revolt was led by Albert Kwok with the members comprising mostly Chinese and some indigenous peoples. Kwok, a local Teochew Chinese from Kuching in neighbouring Sarawak, had previously been working with the China Red Cross and serving under the Kuomintang of Chiang Kai-shek, before returning to Borneo through Malaya in 1940. During his time in China, Kwok was also a student of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission School in Canton. He arrived in Jesselton on 15 May 1941 and started a medical practice treating piles.

In February 1942, Kwok wanted to establish contact with the Australians or Americans in eastern North Borneo, but he was unable to continue his trek by foot across the island jungle when he reached Pensiangan, which had a great number of Japanese troops. He needed to establish relations with the Allied movements, especially the United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP), as they were the sole armed resistance movement in the region at the time which had a good supply of firearms. After he managed to establish contact with the American forces in the Philippines with the help of a fellow Chinese businessman named Lim Keng Fatt, a Muslim cleric (Imam) named Marajukim from Sulu who was part of the resistance movement in the Philippines approached Kwok in Jesselton where he hence departed to Tawi-Tawi for training. From there, they travelled further to Sulu and met Lieutenant Colonel Alejandro Suarez, learning of resistance movement operations in the Philippine archipelago.

In May 1943, Kwok returned to Jesselton greatly determined to liberate North Borneo. Upon arrival he first contacted the Overseas Chinese Defence Association (OCDA), with whose help he acquired medical equipment and cash donations for the support of the resistance in Sulu. Once again, in June 1943, he travelled with Marajukim to the Philippines. Through the mediation of Suarez, he met with the representatives of the US army and was commissioned as a Lieutenant on 1 July 1943. Upon his second return to North Borneo, Kwok arrived with three pistols, a box of hand grenades, and a promise to be given more weapons. However, in the end he could not induce the guerrillas in the Sulu Archipelago to send more firearms, and he was forced to launch a revolt with limited supplies. A resistance group under his leadership was then established on 21 September 1943, with the group calling themselves the Chinese National Salvation Association (CNSA), a branch of the OCDA. With collaboration between the Chinese and indigenous peoples, the group were subsequently known as Kinabalu Guerrillas Defence Force.

Uprising

As the date of execution for a pending Japanese decree to seize any in opposition to the Japanese administration loomed closer, the resistance group was forced to launch their revolt ahead of schedule. With many of his members armed with only melee weapons such as parang, spear and kris, the movement launched their attack from 9 October 1943 and temporarily retook Jesselton, Tuaran, and Kota Belud from the Japanese, leaving around 50–90 casualties on the Japanese side.

In the combined land and sea attack on the Japanese, most inhabitants of the islands around the coastal areas contributed ships to the movement. Native Bajau-Suluk leaders such as Panglima Ali (Sulug Island), Jemalul (Mantanani Islands), Orang Tua Arshad (Udar Island), and Saruddin (Dinawan Island) contributed to the revolt mostly through attacks from the sea. Both Jemalul and Saruddin volunteered themselves from the Philippines to lead the Binadans of Mantanani and the Dinawan Islands.

From land, the revolt was supported by native Dusun-Murut leaders such as Musah representing the Dusun community and Duallis for the Murut, as well as members of the Indian Imperial Police led by Constable Subedar Dewa Singh, and administration and police members of the former colonial authorities of North Borneo, mostly serving under the aegis of the North Borneo Volunteer Force (NBVF) led by Jules Stephens and Charles Peter, as well as Sergeant Bud Singh and Corporal Sohan Singh.

After the successful revolt, the resistance movement under OCDA and NBVF jointly hoisted the flag of the Republic of China and Union Jack on 10 October 1943. Most of the members of the OCDA were loyal to the Republic of China while the NBVF remained loyal to the United Kingdom, although the NBVF were not even recognised by the British government.

With Imperial Japanese reinforcements from Kuching en route to suppress the rebellion, however, Kwok along with other members of the resistance were forced to retreat to their hide-out.  The OCDA celebrated the birthday of Sun Yat-sen, the founder of Kuomintang and subsequently the Republic of China, by hoisting the national flag again and singing the national anthem of the Republic of China on 12 November 1943.

Aftermath and legacy

Following the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the Japanese authorities subsequently launched a ruthless counter-offensive by bombing coastal settlements from Kota Belud to Membakut and by machine-gunning the North Borneo population. Almost every village in the area was burnt down, with around 2,000–4,000 innocent civilians executed— mostly belonging to the Bajau-Suluk civilian population. After threatening to kill more civilians if the leaders of the uprising did not turn themselves in, Kwok finally surrendered under duress, along with several of his top officers. In all, Kwok and some 175 people who for the most part had nothing to do with the uprising were executed by the Japanese on 21 January 1944 in Petagas, Putatan.

After the war, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) set-up in 1946 to prosecute the many Japanese war crimes concluded that during the resistance movement led by the Chinese and indigenous peoples in North Borneo, the Kenpeitai had been involved in a reign of terror, arresting, torturing, and massacring hundreds of Chinese rebels while apparently systematically exterminating the coastal population of Suluk people. The sacrifice of the movement was honoured with a memorial in Petagas, the Petagas War Memorial, today just east of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport.

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Further reading

Conflicts in 1943
Conflicts in 1944
History of Sabah
Japan–Malaysia relations
Japanese war crimes
Kota Kinabalu
Massacres committed by Japan
Massacres in Malaysia
Mass murder in 1944
Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and British North Borneo
Military history of Malaysia
South-East Asian theatre of World War II
South West Pacific theatre of World War II
World War II crimes
World War II prisoner of war massacres
World War II resistance movements

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Runnymede, Alderbury ** Last Remaining Plot ** **
** PLOT 2 ** A small exclusive development of just five luxury brand new four bedroom family homes, complete with large garages, spacious living accommodation ranging from 1500 sq ft, generous gardens and all tucked away in a quiet location.
This development is being built by the local developers Twelve Fifteen (1215) Heritage Homes whose directors have been building in the surrounding area for over 20 years. 1215's build quality is second to none and their finish is exceptional. Over their past 20 years of building they have built up an excellent reputation and they would invite you to come and see their new development by appointment in Alderbury.
We are releasing plot 1 initially, however we will also be taking reservations on the other four plots shortly. At these early stages we can still submit requests for specification and kitchen colours etc.
Visit our office in Castle Street, Salisbury for further details or call us on 01722 442 444
The village of Alderbury is situated approximately three miles to the south east of the cathedral city of Salisbury, to the east of the River Avon and is on the edge of the New Forest. Local facilities include a village hall, a primary school, convenience store, post office, two public houses and tennis and football clubs. The neighbouring cathedral city of Salisbury offers a comprehensive range of shopping, recreational, cultural, educational and medical amenities including a theatre, cinema and arts centre. There are frequent bus services to and from the city centre and an excellent choice of schools in the public and private sector, including Godolphin, the Bishops & South Wilts Grammar Schools, and Salisbury Cathedral School, Leaden Hall, Chafyn Grove and St Edmunds School for Girls and Wyvern College. Salisbury's main line station serves London (Waterloo) (journey time approximately 90 minutes) and the West Country and there are good road links to Southampton (27 miles) and Eastleigh Airport via the A36 and the M27 and London via the M3.
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This development is built by traditional construction. NOT TIMBER FRAMED.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
Sitting/Dining Room
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We are always here, open all day and we are always listening for any feedback from our valued customers. We hope you enjoy your experience here for many years to come.
Bennetts on Belmont is a bright & bouncy café serving great food & drink 7 days a week from 9am to 9pm.
The West Café is situated in Castle St. Belfast City Centre, and is a thriving sand-which/Coffee shop.
Purveyors of fine coffee in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.
Sinnamon Coffee... Famous for Really Perfect Coffee and Gourmet Food !
Looking for delicious eats and friendly service in charming surrounding, then this is the place.


Be there when the York College Gospel Choir takes the stage and makes a joyful noise at Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center.
Interested in improving your musical improv skills? Then participate in a special York College Community Jam Session Improv Workshop.
Performances by CUNY Dance Initiative resident Dance Companies: Matthew Westerby Dance Company, Mari Meade Dance Company.


Benjamin Bear's bright ideas include unique methods of getting rid of fleas, herding sheep, and making two things out of nothing, but even the bear's brightest ideas are out-shined by those of Phillipe Coudray, the artist/author who created Benajmin and, therefore, does all of his thinking for him.
Bright Ideas is Coudray's second offering through Toon Books, following 2011's Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking, and it offers more of the same, which, given the high quality of Fuzzy Thinking, is high praise indeed. As with the previous book, each page of Bright ideas is a standalone gag comic, with its own title and three-to-five panel sequence of events leading to an often quite inspired punchline.
There's a bit of Crockett Johnson, a bit of Beatrix Potter and a bit of Gary Larson in Coudray's Benjamin Bear comics, a suggestive and enticing set of reference points for his work, surely, but they are just that—reference points. While Coudray's gag strips might remind a reader of the work of other writers, artists and humorists, his strips—many of which are the point-out-to-a-friend or, had they appeared in a newspaper, cut-out-and-hang-on-the-fridge level of quality—are very much their own thing. The only thing the strips in Bright Ideas really resemble are the Benjamin Bear strips in Fuzzy Thinking.
For those who missed the first book, and it doesn't matter which order they are read in, each strip features the title bear and often an animal companion. Most often it is a recurring rabbit character, but there are other bears, a fox, a dog, a goldfish and several sheep; the selection of the cast is usually dependent on the nature of the joke, and what size or species is called for.
They are wild animals, living out in nature, and only taking on anthropomorphic qualities or props from the civilized, human world when necessary of the joke. These usually start out as dares, bets, stray observations, attempted favors or sudden inspirations, and unforseen complications or unexpected resolutions are employed in answer, often to the surprise of the reader.
The youngest of readers should enjoy these strips, most of which have few words, some of which have none at all, but it's hard to imagine a comics reader of any age who wouldn't enjoy these.
I'm grateful to Toon Books for publishing these and bringing Coudray's work to English-reading, American audiences, and the only downside I can see about the arrangement is that some grown-ups might miss out on some pretty great comics simply because they're published in a book geared towards kids.
I wonder if anyone knows a good way around that dilemma? Maybe I should ask Benjamin Bear, or, better yet, Phillipe Coudray. When it comes to solving problems, they both always seem to have good ideas.
I don`t really have anything else to mention than…okay. Good. Great.


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ReturnsCruise returns to Dock 1 Stokes Hill Wharf around 11.30, or earlier or later depending on turtle activity and sea travelling conditions.
A sunset adventure to see the nesting sea turtles on Bare Sand Island, a remote island 1.5 hours from Darwin by fast boat.
Leaving Darwin at 4pm on a date especially picked around the lunar cycle, your cobwebs will be blown away as Darwin Harbour is left in the wake of your fast boat. With the warm breeze on your face and the smell of salt in the air, life will become surreal as you skim over turquoise waters on the way to the nesting ground for flatback and olive ridley sea turtles. Keeping your eyes peeled for marine mammals and reptiles, your journey will take you past historic Charles Point Lighthouse into Bynoe Harbour, arriving at a remote beach in time for the sun set. Explore the island with your local turtle guides and learn about the ancient marine creatures, the island's unique war history and the traditional ownership of the land. As you experience day turning to night, you will be privileged to see that amazing tropical sunset color the sky. Back on board your bento meal will delight, and then after twilight fades, Team Turtle will take you for a guided walk to witness the egg laying ritual. For those who take this adventure late in the season you may witness the eruption of baby turtles from their home under the warm sand. A fast boat ride will get you back to Darwin, with memories that will last a life time. This tour is conducted around the lunar cycle – full moon and new moon are the best times to see the turtles. Nature dictates your experience and return time – the females usually come up around sunset, although there are no guarantees. The tour will return later if babies are hatching. Note that nesting turtles or hatchlings cannot be guaranteed on any tour though in 2018 our 100% of our guests experienced a turtle sighting. This cruise Advanced Eco and ROC Accreditation and is conducted by an award winning local Darwin company. All turtle watching permits are in place as required by local authorities. As this tour is conducted on an island belonging to the Kenbi people, the tour price includes permit fees.


A Novato, CA based General Contractor asked our TRADITION LIEN SERVICE division to record a CALIFORNIA Mechanics Lien for non-payment on a home office and guest room addition within an existing residence in Sebastopol, CA within Sonoma County. According to Wikipedia, it is about a 20-minute drive from the Pacific Ocean, between Santa Rosa and Bodega Bay, and is known for its liberal politics and small-town charm.
The Sonoma County Recorder's Office fees to record are as follows: $89 for 1st page (includes $75 SB2: Building Homes and Jobs Act fee). $3 each additional page. (document size 8-1/2″ x 11″). Make checks payable to SONOMA COUNTY RECORDER and they will accept out-of-state business checks.
Actual recording by mail is one (1) business day. The original document will be mailed back, 4-5 weeks after recording.
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Kevin Cullen
New book honors Jewish baseball players
By Kevin Cullen Globe Columnist,September 20, 2013, 12:00 a.m.
Wednesday was about as good as it gets around here. No clouds, a soothing sun, temperatures in the low 70s with low humidity. I had absolutely no intention of going into the office when Boston felt like San Diego, and then I got the perfect excuse not to go into the office in the form of somebody from San Diego.
His name is George Mitrovich and his is a bicoastal life, living in San Diego, dreaming in Boston. He runs something called the Great Fenway Park Writers Series. George told me he had lined up a guy from Brookline named Larry Ruttman who has written a book called "American Jews & America's Game," and that Ruttman and the inimitable Dr. Charles Steinberg were going to talk about Jews and baseball at Fenway Park.
So the only question was how soon could I get to the Fens.
Ruttman spent five years researching the book, interviewing not only Jewish players and executives but fans, like Rabbi Michael Paley and famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, who just plain love baseball. It's fascinating stuff.
I knew that Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax were great players who happened to be Jewish. But who knew that Al Rosen, the great Cleveland Indians third baseman in the 1950s, called himself "the luckiest Jew alive" and was the first unanimous MVP?
Who knew that Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in the major leagues, refused to pitch a playoff game for the Oakland A's in Baltimore in 1973 because it fell on Rosh Hashanah? The Orioles' owner, Jerry Hoffberger, sent a limo to pick him up for services and then Holtzman flew back to Oakland and beat the Orioles and the A's won the pennant.
"I always thought there was some divine intervention," Holtzman told Ruttman.
Who knew that Craig Breslow, the Red Sox reliever, is Jewish, graduated from Yale, and was accepted at New York University Medical School?
Well his mother, Anne, a math teacher in Bridgeport, Conn., did and I can imagine her saying, "Oh, so you can perform a tracheotomy and throw a backdoor slider, Mr. Bigshot, but you can't remember to call your mother?"
Ruttman says it takes a tough guy to tell a Jewish mother he's skipping med school for a longshot in the minor leagues, but Breslow fought his way to the majors. He's been a journeyman, but found a home at Fenway, 150 miles from where he grew up in Trumbull, Conn., and his numbers of late are staggering: he's allowed just two earned runs in the last 29 innings.
How can't you like a guy who named his bearded collie Koufax?
Breslow is a mensch. The Sox just nominated him for the Roberto Clemente award for community service.
Ruttman asked Breslow why he chose baseball over medical school.
"Nearly every one of my friends is sitting in an office and has no idea if it is light or dark or snowing or sunny," Breslow told him. "I'm running around on a field with thousands of people yelling my name and cheering for me. There is no way I'd exchange that, not now at least. Every day is something new. That's the nature of baseball."
Dr. Charles Steinberg couldn't agree more. He's the impresario of Fenway, but grew up bleeding orange and black in Baltimore. His life has unfolded like a Barry Levinson movie. He eschewed a dental practice and thinks he's as lucky as Al Rosen because he's been able to make his living by going to the ballpark every day, first at the old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore when he was an intern for the Orioles, then working for the Padres in San Diego, the Dodgers in Los Angeles, and the Sox at Fenway.
I'm thinking they should make the Red Sox clubhouse keep kosher because the team really took off this season as soon as half the lineup started sporting facial hair that makes them look a lot like Orthodox rabbis.
Those beards are working.
Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at cullen@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeCullen.


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Obituary: Hedwig 'Pat' Van Milligen
January 23, 1920 – September 26, 2019
information provided by Egelhof, Siegert, & Casper Westview
Hedwig "Pat" Van Milligen (nee Pienczykowski) of Stonehill Care Center, formerly of Lansing, Illinois, passed away on September 26, 2019. Pat was 99 and was born on January 23, 1920 in Erie, Pennsylvania as a first generation American. Services will be held at a later date. Castle Hills Funeral Home in Calumet City, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements.
Our Mother was a part of the "Greatest Generation." She grew up during the Great Depression with a Mother and a Father who were from Poland and spoke broken English at a time when the safety nets of today did not exist. The first language in their home was Polish, and at the public grade school she attended in Erie teachers taught in Polish and English. When she was born her grandmother—who had been a medical doctor in Poland—delivered her at home as a midwife.
After high school she worked the assembly line at General Electric and as a Sales Clerk at Sherman Dress Shop. At night she went to Erie Commercial College to become a Stenographer. In 1943 she joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC), the Women's Branch of the United States Army. She rose to the rank of Corporal before being honorably discharged in November, 1945. Mom had secret clearance as she worked as a Signal Message Center Clerk in an active war zone in New Guinea in the Pacific Theater. She was authorized to wear several medals and ribbons, including the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal with one Bronze Star. When President Truman was personally calling military commanders in the Pacific Theater to tell them the Japanese had surrendered, Mom took one of those calls and spoke to President Truman. Our Dad, Al Van Milligen, was a Captain fighting in the Battle of the Admiralties when injured and temporarily assigned a desk job—and met Mom, who would be delivering the incoming messages to him.
Their first date was New Year's Eve 1944 in New Guinea. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at Assisi Village in 2016, shortly before Dad passed away at 94. They were fortunate to attend one of the Dubuque Honor Flights to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. with their son, James, a Vietnam Veteran and his wife, Mary, accompanying them.
They raised 6 children in a Chicago suburb, Lansing, Illinois, in a 2-bedroom house with one bathroom. Along the way our aunt, grandmother, and great uncle lived with us at different times for as long as 7 years. Mom was always taking people in whether it was "babysitting" or having military people over for holiday meals because they were at Fort Sheridan or Great Lakes Naval Station and could not go home for the holidays.
Mom enjoyed playing cards, bridge, and pinochle, and there was many a card party at our house. It seems she volunteered at every event ever held at St. Ann Parish and School. Her prized apple pie was the hit of many a parish picnic. Mom never had a drivers license, walking and riding her bike everywhere she went. She loved to dance and was the jitterbug champion at Fort Benning, Georgia, and in several clubs in New York and Chicago. When the ships would come into harbor in New Guinea, Mom would go to the service club, and the boys would be lined up around the building as she would dance one dance with each one until exhaustion set in. Many a mother wrote her a letter saying their son had written to them talking about the angel who helped them forget about the war for just those few minutes. One soldier named his jeep after her.
Surviving are six children: Cornelius Van Milligen of Utica, Kentucky, who served as a Tank Commander Army Captain like his Dad; James Van Milligen (Mary), of Wichita, Kansas, who served as a Medic in the Vietnam War; Tish Aguilar of Lansing, Illinois (Tish was able to help keep our parents in their home for years beyond what they could have done on their own); David (Kathie) Van Milligen of Pewaukee, Wisconsin (David spent the last four summers in Dubuque visiting at Stonehill all day, every day); Joy Knollenberg (Terry) of Mantino, Illinois; and Michael Van Milligen (Nancy) of Dubuque, Iowa; 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
"We have shared the incommunicable experience of war; we have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top. In our youth, our hearts were touched by fire." Oliver Wendell Holmes
The family would like to thank the wonderful caregivers at Stonehill (Mom's home for the last 3 years), Hospice of Dubuque, Assisi Village, Medical Associates, and Mercy Hospital for providing Mom the friendship, care, and dignity she so richly deserved. They are truly angels.
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Priscilla Healy October 6, 2019 At 5:25 am
I am so sorry to hear of your Mother's passing—-from this earth to a place with your Father again. The VanMilligans were a part of my Lansing and Saint Ann family. I can see her walking to Mass and hear Al on the School Board. Such good folks. Thank you for sharing them all these years.
Tish, a special hug to you. How blessed you have been. Always you reminded me of the best in your parents. They are so very proud of you.


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100 Bullets #6
A gambler gets his shot at revenge in part 1 of the 2-part "Short Con, Long Odds." All gambler Chucky Spinks ever wanted was a shot at Easy Street. Instead, he got hard time he didn't earn. When Agent Graves shows Chucky the man who ruined his chances, will the stack finally fall in his favor?
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100 Bullets: Book One
100 Bullets: Split Second Chance
If a stranger offered you a chance to get away with murder...would you take it? In this dark, multiple award-winning crime series, ordinary citizens are given the opportunity to exact revenge on a person that has wronged them. Guaranteed full immunity, what would you do?
100 Bullets: Brother Lono
The Eisner Award-winning team behind 100 BULLETS reunites to tell the story of the baddest Minuteman of all. When last we saw Lono, Dizzy Cordova had shot him through the chest...but Lono always was too tough to die.
Fifteen years ago, Dash Bad Horse ran away from a life of poverty and hopelessness on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation. Now, he's come back home to find nothing much has changed on "The Rez" in this gritty, gripping organized-crime drama.
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Sleeper is the story of a man doing his job--a man who gets pushed in over his head. It's the story of deep-cover agent Holden Carver and the secret criminal organization he becomes enmeshed with, and of the deadly game of cat-and-mouse he plays with Tao, the amoral master of manipulation.
Aspiring photojournalist Matty Roth gets trapped in battle-weary Manhattan during America's second civil war. He takes a once in a lifetime opportunity to follow a veteran war journalist into the middle of the DMZ. But taking it leads to more than just a scoop...it leads to a whole new life.


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Colchester United under-18s beaten by Swansea City
By Jonathan Waldron JonWaldron1 Sports Writer/Sports Sub-Editor
JW 24 Nov 2020 soccer u's under-18 soccer u's training ground
COLCHESTER United's under-18s were beaten 2-1 by Swansea City, in their latest Professional Development League Two game, writes BRIAN WALLER.
Two days after their FA Youth Cup success at Dorking Wanderers the U's were back in league action as they faced the Swans, at Maldon and Tiptree FC.
This was the first meeting between the two sides, since January 2015.
In their first season in the Academy structure they had beaten City 3-0 at Florence Park with the goals coming from Jack Simmons, Jack Curtis and Macaulay Bonne in August 2012.
And there was more success when they travelled down to Wales in March 2013 and won 1-0, thanks to a goal by Nnamdi Nwachuku.
However things did not go so well a season later as Colchester lost 2-0 in the home match in November 2014 and 8-0 away in January, 2015.
In the next season, the Swans were promoted into the Category One structure.
However due to financial issues, Swansea were demoted down to Category 2 for the current season.
Colchester topped the table after their remarkable 5-3 win over Hull City, a game where they recovered a 3-0 deficit.
Hull, who were seventh in the table had drawn their previous two, 1-1 away at Coventry City and 3-3 at home to Wigan Athletic.
In the match, Swansea scored twice early in the game with one of their goals coming from Cameron Congreve.
But Colchester fought back well with Tom Stagg scoring once again, on target in the second half.
Despite the defeat the U's remain top of a closely-fought league, that saw Ipswich Town beat Bristol City 4-0 and Watford defeat Charlton Athletic 1-0 in the Saturday matches.


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Q: gv$aq versus queue_table I understand that gv$aq is a system wide view which contains number of messages in different states across ALL the queues in the database.
My question is: since gv$aq would be containing a lot more data compared to any given queue_table, querying this view to get the information (no. of messages, etc) for a particular queue_table would take a lot more time than directly querying the queue_table itself. Is there any specific reason why we should be better off querying gv$aq and not the queue table itself?
Thanks!

A: The view qv$aq contains only the statistics for each queue like number of messages or average wait time.  The queue_table contains all individual messages.
To get the number of messages from a queue_table, Oracle would have to inspect all messages and sum them up. To get the stats from the qv$aq view, Oracle simply looks them up from system memory, which is much faster.


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Charles Henry Alston at Columbia
Columbia alumnus Charles Henry Alston, CC 1929, TC 1931, a sculptor, painter, and art educator, was the first Black project supervisor for the Works Progress Administration.
Harold Jacoby and the Stars Above Grand Central
Above the main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, the vaulted ceiling features an expansive mural of stars and constellations, thanks to the expertise of Columbia professor Harold Jacoby.
Mamie's "Lovely Pink Gown"
How two mid-century ball gowns from former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower made their way to the University Archives for "future generations of Columbia people" to appreciate.
Is That the President on Campus? From Columbia to the White House
Is that the President on campus?! University archivists recall a number of occasions when future U.S. presidents visited Columbia on their way to the White House.
2020: A Year Unlike Any Other
A year in review: among other projects, the University Archives mobilized to document Columbia's official response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other milestones in 2020.
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and Columbia
The iconic Santa Claus with a beard "as white as the snow" was created by loyal Columbian Clement Clark Moore, CC 1798, in a poem for his children, written on Christmas Eve in 1822.
Home Study: Columbia's Long-Distance Experiment
The University Archives details an initiative that began in 1919 and enabled Columbia to provide educational opportunities, or "home study," to students all over the world.
Lighting Up the Yule Log
The University Archives celebrates the holiday season with one of the oldest Columbia traditions, the Yule Log, which dates to the colonial days of King's College.
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Learn the basics behind the University Archives, which helps Columbians manage their records and preserves and makes accessible the institutional history of the University.
Columbia Football at 150!
The University Archives explores the past 150 years of Columbia Football, including the team's first game on November 12, 1870 against Rutgers University.
Columbia and Daylight Saving Time: You're Welcome
Two Columbia professors, John K. Rees and Harold Jacoby, were instrumental in New York City's decision to adopt Daylight Savings Time in the early 20th century.
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The University Archives provides a glimpse into student life at Columbia, from the late 19th century onward, through student publications, notebooks and lecture notes, photographs, and more.
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Happy birthday, Ike! The University Archives recounts Dwight D. Eisenhower's connections to Columbia University to celebrate the American president and military leader's birthday on October 14.
Going to Columbia from Home: the 1880s Edition
The University Archives explains that women who attended Columbia College in the 1880s were not permitted to attend lectures with male students and were instead required to "study at home."
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Your First Look at Gucci's Exclusive New Capsule Collection for Net-A-Porter
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Campaign shot from the Gucci x Net-A-Porter capsule collection
A vibrant orange, ribbed sweater with a giant moth emblazoned across the front Photos Courtesy of Net-a-Porter.
Gucci is sticking with the floral theme this summer with these embroidered, bleach washed flares.
Gucci's loafer slides tend to sell out quick, so keep an eye on these.
Gucci's signature Dionysus shoulder bag with the 19th-century floral tapestry print. This is the medium size.
Another Dionysus bag — this one is smaller.
Another scarf! This one looks like silk.
This blouse is made from silk georgette and has pearl "GG" buttons.
And a pleated skirt to match.
Floral, heeled mules with a gold heel.
Gucci re-imagined its Heron print for this electric red neoprene sweatshirt. The neckline and sleeves are made from a glittery lurex.
A cute school girl-style skirt in a royal blue.
There's even a floral printed version of the brand's signature Ace sneakers, as well. The heels are a laminated snakeskin (a.k.a. true luxury).
A floral printed scarf with a frayed hem.
This heart motif skirt suit in gauffré is finished with a leather pearl collar and contrasting necktie.
And the matching bottoms.
A red, pleated dress with floral accents.
A reversible cashmere and merino wool cardigan with vibrant pink details.
We're just going to go out on a limb here and declare Gucci as the must-have brand this summer. And from the looks of its new collab with the Italian luxury brand, Net-A-Porter seems to think so, too.
The two are teaming up to release an exclusive 20-piece capsule collection set to hit the e-commerce website on May 12th. It will include ready-to-wear, shoes, and accessories all designed under the eclectic guidance of Gucci's creative director, Alessandro Michele.
It's finally starting to feel like spring, so you know they had to bring in some florals. This collection's central motif is the rose print inspired by 19th-century tapestry (because, you know, grandma-chic). It's on everything from a pleated skirt to a pair of the brand's sought-after loafer slides. There's even a new version of the Dionysus bag that looks an awful lot like something your Nanna would own.
Exciting additions include a pair of flared leg jeans with floral embroidery, a striking red neoprene sweatshirt with two herons on it, and a heart-motif skirt suit.
"Our customer cannot seem to get enough of Gucci," says Net-A-Porter president, Alison Loehnis. "Working on the exclusive project has been a thrill and we're incredibly excited to be launching this global first on Net-a-Porter. Alessandro has an immense talent and vision and as we've come to expect from him, the collection is exquisite."
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I read this story about a device that lights up or buzzes or does something moments before it you press a button or something, effectively killing the notion of free will. I read the recently, online, but it could have been floating around for a longer time.
You couldn't outwit the device no matter how hard you tried. You could pretend you are going to press and not press but it won't light up/buzz. You accidentally press it and it would buzz/light up just before. The story was more like an essay, like how a news article would read. I don't remember the ending. I found it while browsing through a few Hugo-award winning writers' short stories, though not sure who.
I also remember a part where people go mad trying to outwit the device into not knowing what they will do. But no matter how random they are, it always knows because there is no such thing as free will.
I remembered one more piece of information. Someone reaches out to the present from the future — not sure why. It end's with a line something like "because I had to."
I have searched for stories of free will and it shows a lot of things, but not this story. I have tried device and free will in the same search to no avail.
As a short story, this appears to be (or be based on) "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline", by Isaac Asimov (published 1948).
Thiotimoline was extracted from rose hips, as I recall, and was so impossibly soluble in water that it dissolved some 1.12 seconds before the water was added. This, with photoelectric detection of dissolution of the powder triggering adding water to another sample, was the basis of the "thiotimoline battery" which would signal an arbitrary length of time before it was triggered -- no matter what the triggering event (if you firmly decided, after the battery signaled, that you were not going to trigger it, an event -- disaster -- as big as necessary would cause triggering).
I found the answer to my own question. The Story is "Whats expected of us" by Ted Chiang and it appears here.
Old sci-fi short story about buying an android?