The pool is beautiful and open all year, the staff is friendly, maintenance is attentive and the location is great.
The maintenance staff was professional and fixed issues in a timely manner when we had them.
Best place to live in St.Marys hands down!
The customer service and apartments are definitely worth it.
The staff, amenities and apartments are great!


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from corehq.apps.commtrack.tests.util import bootstrap_domain
from django.test import TestCase
from corehq.apps.locations.models import Location

class SiteCodeTest(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.domain = bootstrap_domain()

    def testSimpleName(self):
        location = Location(
            name="Some Location",
            domain=self.domain.name,
            location_type="type"
        )

        location.save()

        self.assertEqual(location.site_code, 'some_location')

    def testOtherCharacters(self):
        location = Location(
            name=u"Somé$ #Location (Old)",
            domain=self.domain.name,
            location_type="type"
        )

        location.save()

        self.assertEqual(location.site_code, 'some_location_old')

    def testDoesntDuplicate(self):
        location = Location(
            name="Location",
            domain=self.domain.name,
            location_type="type"
        )

        location.save()

        self.assertEqual(location.site_code, 'location')

        location = Location(
            name="Location",
            domain=self.domain.name,
            location_type="type"
        )

        location.save()

        self.assertEqual(location.site_code, 'location1')

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It's been a while since we've done a theme week, so before the holidays approach, we've put together a weeklong exploration of unconventional families. There's a lot of pop culture fodder here to choose from, resulting in features like today's Inventory that offers a taxonomy on family dysfunction. Oliver Sava writes about how The Runaways make up the best unconventional family in comics. We kick off a week-long series of Family Feuds with a battle between TV's best single moms. And our Hear This and Watch This features will focus on this week's favorite subject. Coming up, look for an Inventory on the best way to hide potentially destructive family secrets, and the pop culture families that most closely resemble our own. Enjoy Unconventional Families Week!


England put Sweden under pressure with another set-piece that causes problems, with Maguire heading the ball across the goal twice but no team-mate is able to tuck home.
Still a long way to go for England, who are of course yet to keep a clean sheet at this World Cup.
The flow of the game is back in England's favour as they continue to whip a number of crosses, causing Sweden's defence a number of issues.
England double their lead! Another sweeping cross is floated towards the far post where Alli has escaped his marker, heading home with ease. England are in dreamland!


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The Blow is Melissa Dyne and Khaela Maricich. A shape-shifting entity, The Blow has taken various forms over time and manifests in an array of media, employing popular music as a vehicle for broader explorations. After several years in the studio developing new sounds and new instruments for playing them, The Blow have a new album of experimental pop music, "Brand New Abyss." In live performances the duo performs with the same rig that they use to produce and record, a towering mothership of patched-together modular synths ancient samplers and other analog gear. Dyne comes from a background in installation centered on the physics of sound and light, and Maricich has worked extensively in the context of performance art; their live performances build on these foundations. Their self-titled album The Blow, released in 2013, was listed among the top-ten songs of 2013 by New York Times, and was NPR music editor Bob Boilen's #1 album of that year. Since 2014 they have been curating WOMANPRODUCER.com, an archive of female music producers, engineers and sonic innovators. Their performances have been presented at art centers and in traditional music venues internationally. Together Dyne and Maricich curate WOMANPRODUCER, a generative archive of female, trans and non-binary producers and sonic innovators. They live and work in New York City.


2007-02-21-1131 update: Most of the excitement in SD is elsewhere, for the time being. . . see sdfoodnotlawns, electric warriors for examples. . . I'm on to permaculture, but still post here, and wonderful idealists-- like Lee of world guardian voices are still found in the Ishmael group--Quinn's books continue to bring in new, great people.
Join the San Diego Ishmael Discussion Group!
This is where it all started. Join this group to find out what is going on—the latest information is probably not on this page, although I will try to keep the meeting information current. You can set your subscription to read the email on the web site, which is what I do. I made http://j9k.org/i point there to make that easier.
If you don't want to go through the Yahoo! registration process you can subscribe by sending an email to SDIshmael-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
You can also subscribe by sending an email to sdia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind & Spirit. D. Quinn. 1992. pp 4-5.
And so begins the story of a man who sees a three-line ad in the personals section, and in a fit of anger, decides to meet this self-proclaimed guru. What he finds when he enters the empty office changes his life forever. Indeed, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn has changed many persons' lives and their feelings about the natural world.
From WSU's 2001 Ishmael Seminar.
San Diego Ishmael is for people with an earnest desire to save the world. Daniel Quinn's Ishmael series is the jumping off point for our development. Bring an idea or a book to share with us, or suggest an activity. All are welcome!
We may use an OpenSpace process to help organize our meetings.
The yahoo group for "The San Diego Leavers" has messages from May 2002, and first had a meeting--a picnic by the boat-launch ramp at Lake Murray--on Sunday July 21, 2002 at 4 p.m. that was attended by ten people.
The current group has had between four and six people attending meetings.
The first meeting was on Wednesday, 12/14, 6-8pm at 5900 El Cajon Blvd (Living Room Cafe). It was attended by eight: Jim, Mike, Caroline, Loxie, Laura, Brad, Colin, and Mindy.
The second, on Tuesday, Jan 17th at 6pm. at Claire de Lune Coffee shop in North Park, attended by Six: Brad, Colin, Mike, Caroline, Laura, Loxie.
The third, on Tuesday, February 7th 6-8pm in the lobby of Montezuma Hall at SDSU, attended by four: Brad, Colin, Laura, Mike.
The fourth, on Sunday, February 26th 3-5pm in front of Montezuma Hall at SDSU, attended by nine: Brad, Colin, Laura, Mike, Oren, Lana, Jim, Mindy (at the end), and Loxie.
The Sixth, at SDSU's Montezuma Hall, was attended by Brad, Bill, and Colin. SDSU parking tips for the non-carfree.
We are planning to have a presence of some kind at the San Diego Earth Fair on Sunday, April 23rd.
In my opinion, the current group has the potential to be a networking and motivating force for creating and sharing new cultural practices.
After the last meeting, there is a small consensus (3-4 members) that we will be "starting from nothing" with its infinite creative possibility. . . following, at least in part, ideas of Eckhart Tolle. Speaking for myself, I am excited about the possibility of applying open-space techniques to our meetings (should they ever be attended by larger numbers), because open-space methods are good for organizing groups of people to address what most concerns them.
So . . . it is fairly accurate to say that whatever most concerns and interests you, that is what the meeting will be about. You can write down what your idea is as an agenda item. Everyone will have an opportunity to do this. We can then divide our meeting time and locations to spread out and have different groups discussing different things. If you just want to come to watch, if we have a large number attending, there should be different groups to listen in on in case one group doesn't interest you.
What we have in common--this is my guess--is that we find Ishmael groups draw people like ourselves who are looking for a better way of living.
Please keep in mind that though I write and maintain this page, I'm not the leader of the group. I do try to suggest techniques to make sure our meetings remain valuable to attend. Perhaps we should have an official page, the contents of which will be determined by consensus. . .
Join the discussion group--you can set it so you can read the emails on the web--, and attend a meeting to find out and to affect what actually happens.
Please visit the San Diego Ishmael Announcement-Only email list for meeting details.
For more information, check the discussion group.
Additional Examples of Positive Change Inspired by Daniel Quinn's Work from the Ishmael Society's 501(c)(3) application.
The network (you've got to scroll down) - where you can search for people in your zip code.


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Why Rookie Lawyers Get $60,000 Paid Vacations
Posted byadmin May 17, 2009
Volunteering at church. Working part-time at a bookstore. Selling real estate. All are worthwhile pursuits, but not exactly what Peter Marshall thought he'd be doing after he graduated from Vanderbilt Law School this spring. Particularly since he received a coveted offer last September to join a white-shoe Chicago firm, Kirkland & Ellis.
Then the economic crisis set in, and as legal work across the country has dried up, many large and mid-sized firms have turned to a surprising cost-cutting strategy: paying incoming first-year associates — whose starting annual salaries at Manhattan firms is $160,000 — not to show up. So far this year, Marshall and hundreds of other third-year law students at prestigious schools have seen their job start dates pushed back anywhere from just a few months to a full year, leaving those affected scrambling to find other options to fill the time off. "To get my stipend from Kirkland, I can't take on any other paid legal work," says Marshall, whose job is now set to begin Nov. 30. "So I'm just going to take advantage of a little extra freedom this fall."
At first blush, receiving a generous stipend — sometimes as much as $75,000 — to do whatever your heart desires might not sound so bad. But for young lawyers facing upwards of $200,000 in law school debt, the outlook is less rosy. For starters, there's the very real possibility that that the deferred job may never materialize — nearly 5,000 veteran attorneys have been laid-off since last September, according to industry website Lawshucks.com. "I'd love to take the money and go backpack around Thailand," says David Kirchblum, who graduates from Boston College's law school next week and had the start date for his job at New York firm Milbank Tweed pushed back to January 2010. "But if I suddenly have to find a new position, that gap is going to be difficult to explain."
Some firms are forcing deferrals on incoming associates while others are taking a choose-your-own-adventure approach. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York has offered incoming associates three options: start in January 2010 and get a $10,000 stipend, start in January 2011 and get $50,000 or agree not to come at all and get $75,000. Which sounds great until you remember that finding another firm job or any post-graduate work at all at this point will be next
to impossible in this economy.
For associates who start their jobs a year late, the delay could have consequences in terms of earning potential and making partner, which is generally an eight-year war of attrition among the group of lawyers who start working the same year. "This will definitely be a setback for the classes of 2009 and 2010, who are now on a collision course," says James Leipold, executive director of the Washington-based National Association for Law Placement. "They'll find themselves competing for jobs and money the rest of their careers."
That fear has many deferred students searching for ways to ensure their legal skills remain sharp, and several firms and law schools have stepped in to help. Boston College, for instance, will let its graduates audit classes next fall for free. UCLA Law School has announced a Masters of Law program designed specifically for deferred associates. A number of firms have also begun matching their recruits to pro bono opportunities. That's the option University of Pennsylvania Law School graduate Susan Wilker took when her job at Boston law firm Ropes and Gray deferred until at least January. Wilker will have her health benefits paid and receive $60,000 for working at Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, a nonprofit that focuses on education discipline and juvenile justice. "Because I know I can go back to Ropes in 2010, I am really excited to do something entirely different," Wilker says. And as one of only three staffers at the nonprofit, she adds, "I know I can make an impact."
For sure, the start-date delays have been a boon for public interest organizations around the country. Research shows that some 80% of legal needs go unmet among low-income Americans, and organizations that serve such clientele, such as the Legal Aid Society, now have their pick of top law school graduates — most of whom will arrive with a paid salary and health benefits attached. But the public-interest groups still have to finance the infrastructure required for an extra person on staff. Many nonprofits have seen their own revenues fall in recent months and undertaken layoffs themselves. Just finding the money for another computer can be hard, says Esther Lardent, president of the Washington-based nonprofit Pro Bono Institute, never mind the cost of training and supervising of a brand-new lawyer. "Morale and office tensions also have to be considered," she adds. "At $75,000, these young people might be getting paid more than the most experienced attorney on staff."
Kirchblum, for one, is now hunting for volunteer legal jobs overseas amid final exams, graduation and taking the bar exam. His biggest concern is money because he will only receive $20,000 from Milbank for being deferred, and he owes more than $100,000 in student loans. "Why I chose to take a firm job or even to go to law school in the first place was it seemed like the stable, responsible path," he says. "Now everything has been thrown up in the air."
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Q: Disable HTTP traffic on my entire computer Is it possible to prevent all HTTP (or any other unencrypted protocol) on my mac while connected to an insecure network (any network without a password)?
In Chrome, I'm able to use the extension HTTPS Anywhere and click "Block all HTTP requests", however other programs that might be running in the background could potentially be sending HTTP requests without my knowledge.

A: There is an application called SSL Enforcer (currently in beta) and works system-wide. It has 2 main modes of operation:

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*"Strict Mode" which forces https connections.

*"Best Effort Mode" which will redirect to https when available.

I've tried it before, and found that when I set it to Strict Mode it broke some websites with mixed content. Here are the applications "Key Features" via its webpage:

Works for all apps including browsers, plug-ins and any other Internet clients.
No data leaks. Blocks unsecure connections on the system level starting from the very first request.
Switches to secure connections (HTTPS) automatically if available.
  Flexible rules based on application name, target host and port.
Does not use a tunnel or proxy server. Your traffic goes directly to the target with maximum speed.

A: Use a tool such as Little Snitch or Hands Off to block all outgoing connections to remote machines' port 80 and port 443. As @LaX notes, Little Snitch can switch profiles based on the network name; I expect Hands Off can do so as well.
Edit: you specified "any other unencrypted protocol". So, you wouldn't want to block port 443, which is HTTPS, or encrypted. But, if you really wish "any other unencrypted protocol" to be blocked, you're going to have to block just about all outgoing traffic. In Little Snitch, you could set up two rules: "block all outgoing traffic", and "allow outgoing port 443 traffic"; the more specific rule would override the more general rule. You might also include an exception for port 22 (ssh).

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After my solo backpacking trip this summer, I am already planning for a longer trip next summer. I would like to do a 100+ mile segment of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in Washington State. The PCT is a 2600 mile trail that runs from the Mexican border into Canada through California, Oregon, and Washington. I completed a segment of the PCT with my son Jonathan in 2009 that was both challenging and spectacular.
So when some friends told me about Cheryl Strayed's book Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, I quickly found an audio copy to listen on my daily commute. I later discovered that it had received plenty of positive reviews from various book critics.
The book is a memoir that describes both Cheryl's hike on a long segment of the PCT in 1995 and her grief journey after the death of her mother in 1991. Both pieces fascinated me. The hike was primary but her grief reflections were poignant for me because, as a pastor, I often accompany people on their grief journey. And to top it off, Cheryl was from Minnesota when she decided to hike the PCT. The inspirational trail book that sparked her hike was purchase at the same REI store that I have shopped.
First off I must write that Cheryl is very frank and explicit in her language and dismissal of any traditional faith. She does not believe in God or a faith community. Without such faith, her grief became even more devastating and potentially destructive. Her mother had been the center of her life so her death left such a vacant hole. The epitaph on her mother's tombstone,"I am with you always," is almost a direct quote of Jesus' last words in Matthew 28. Cheryl's hike on the PCT became a literal grief journey as she tried to make sense of her life without her mother's physical presence. As a Christian, I am thankful for the assurance that God keeps his children safe, even after their death. Because I trust in Jesus, I trust in the resurrection of the dead.
Second, Cheryl is a very funny writer. She admits that she was totally naïve as she started the hike, having never backpacked prior to the trip. She packed way too much gear, waaaay too much. Her description of how she packed her pack the first morning and then tried to lift it from the floor of her motel room is priceless. Over time she learns to lighten her load and to acknowledge her limitations. As I read the book, I was won over by her perseverance and humor. I did not learn anything new regarding the PCT or backpacking, but I did learn to laugh with Cheryl and hopefully at myself as well.
Lord Jesus, give me the grace to be persevere in difficult situations while laughing at myself.
This entry was posted in grace, Jesus and tagged backpacking, Cheryl Strayed, grief, Pacific Crest Trail, wild on September 19, 2012 by Pastor John Keller.
Wild life abounds in Rocky Mountain National Park. In the high country I enjoyed the fat marmots sunning themselves on exposed boulders while small pikas scurried around beneath them. There were some large falcons circling on the heat thermals each afternoon and one trail was closed due to an aggressive raptor in the area. On my recent trip, two wild life encounters stand out.
First was an elk. I was bicycling an Estes Park city trail one evening when I was surprised to spot an elk only a few feet from the trail. He was enjoying an evening meal and had no problem with me stopping and taking his picture. Later I learned that elk are prevalent in Estes Park as fall approaches. The residents consider them a sign of the changing season.
My second encounter was late at night. I had placed all my campsite food inside my car, except for my ice cooler. I figured that no chipmunk or squirrel would be able to open my cooler. At 11:30 pm I was awaken from a sound sleep by a crash outside my tent. I quickly grabbed my flashlight and poked my head from the tent. The cooler was on the ground, its contents strewn across the campsite. I stepped outside the tent and then spotted the two yellow orbs and the big brown shape staring back at me about 10 feet from the cooler. A bear had entered my campsite.
For nearly a minute we stared at each other. He (or she) made no moves towards the cooler or me. I stepped back to my car and open the car door for a quick exit, but the bear still did not move. I slammed the car door in hopes of frightening the bear. The sound startled the bear and it took a few steps back. After a second, louder car door slam, the bear turned and dashed off into the woods. After waiting a few minutes, I gathered up all the food from the cooler and repacked it before placing it inside the car trunk. I did take some deep breaths and contemplated calm images prior to falling asleep again. The next morning I discovered an empty tortilla wrapper; the bear had found something to eat.
The two encounters started me thinking about how people might encounter God. On the one hand we might think of God as a sign of the season, a kind of wild pet that comes and goes as it pleases, of which we occasionally make sightings. Such encounters seem safe and calming, but they rarely change our behavior or lifestyle. The second encounter was more disruptive, more awe-some. It reminded me that God is GOD ALMIGHTY, and that awe and fear can be appropriate responses to a God-encounter. Such encounters can change our behavior. I kept the cooler locked in the trunk after that night.
God is the Almighty, Ruler of heaven and earth. When the Israelites confronted God on Mt. Sinai, they were terrified and thought they would die. "For who is there of all flesh that has heard the voice of God speaking out of fire as we have, and remained alive?" (Deut. 5:26) I fear that we might have turned God into our manageable pet, rather than seeing God as the awesome Creator of the Universe. Perhaps we need a crash at midnight to wake us from our spiritual slumber.
In what ways is God "wild" to you?
Almighty God, break into my life with all your power and glory that I might see you as you truly are.
This entry was posted in Holy Spirit, Uncategorized and tagged awe, bear, elk, God, wild on August 31, 2011 by Pastor John Keller.


Everyone has an opinion on the new health care reform plan, but no other state has a stronger more rightfully biased opinion than those living in Massachusetts. Massachusetts already has mandated health insurance and it is showing the many hardships it provides. Even though health care is mandatory, there are still about 200,000 residents who remain uninsured. What about the people caught in the middle? They make too much to qualify for assistance, but not enough to cover the cost of new policies. How will Obama help these people? He says he plans to find a way, but it is close to impossible. The middle class Americans, who make up most of our population, are going to come to a crossroads and we already have proof.
Click here to read a great article revealing some of these mandated healthcare issues.


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On the options front, maximum Put OI is placed at 10,700 followed by 10,600 strikes while maximum Call OI is placed at 11,000 followed by 10,800 strikes.
After two days of decline and a fall below crucial short-term moving average, bulls managed to bounce back and closed above its crucial resistance level placed at 10,770 which made a 'Harami' kind of pattern on the daily charts.
A Bullish Harami candlestick pattern is formed when a large red candle is followed by a smaller white or a green candle. On Tuesday we saw Nifty forming a Bearish Belt Hold pattern which has negative implications as per charts, and on Wednesday Nifty formed a bullish candle.
Formation of a bullish candle after a large bearish candle suggests that the trend may be reversing. The smaller candle is usually located within the vertical range of the larger body.
However, the pattern will only get confirmed if the bullishness continues in Thursday's trade as well. The Nifty should sustain above 10,700 levels for the bulls remain in control.
Investors are advised to remain cautious and watch trading activity in the next few sessions. A slip below 10,698 could resume the downtrend while a close above 10,840 could tilt the trend in favour of bulls.
The Nifty50 which opened at 10,734 rose to an intraday high of 10,781. It slipped marginally to hit an intraday low of 10,724 before closing the day at 10,772, up 61 points.
"Wednesday's bullish candle appears to have resulted in 'Harami' kind of formation pointing towards possible short-term reversal of the trend in favour of bulls once again. However, to confirm this kind of strength market need to witness not only a follow-through buying but also fill and sustain above the bearish gap present in the zone of 10833 – 842 on 14th of June," Mazhar Mohammad, Chief Strategist – Technical Research & Trading Advisory, Chartviewindia.in told Moneycontrol.
"Unless that happens bears shall continue to have upper hand against bulls. Essentially alternate day strength among bulls and bears is suggesting that market is undecided about the direction and stuck up in a range," he said.
Mohammad further added that in the next trading session also if the bulls can successfully defend 10,700 levels on Thursday then slowly they may head towards 10,840 tilting the balance in their favour. "Contrary to this if bears succeed in pushing the Nifty50 below 10,698 levels then down trend shall once again resume with more strength," he said.
Bank Nifty erased the losses made in last three sessions and closed above immediate hurdle of 26,500 zones. It formed a strong Bullish candle after the weakness of last four sessions, and now it has to hold above 26,500 zones to witness an up move towards 26,750, suggest experts.
"Fresh Put writing was seen at 10,700 and 10,800 strikes while Call unwinding was seen at all immediate strikes. Option data suggests a broader trading range in between 10,700 to 10,850 zones," Chandan Taparia, Derivatives, and Technical Analyst at Motilal Oswal Securities told Moneycontrol.
"On the technical front, Nifty index formed an Inside Bar and a Bullish Harami candle on a daily scale which indicates that bulls are not loosening their grip and decline is again being bought into the market," Chandan Taparia, Derivatives, and Technical Analyst at Motilal Oswal Securities told Moneycontrol.
"Now, Nifty has to continue to hold above 10,770 zones to witness an up move towards 10,835 then 10888 levels while on the downside supports are seen at 10,720 then 10,700 zones," he said.
Taparia further added that the index has got stuck in a range between 10,700 to 10,900 zones from the last ten trading sessions and requires a decisive breakout to commence the next leg of rally else bulls and bear both are likely to fight in the market to drag in their respective side.


Discussion in 'GBAtemp & Scene News' started by Opium, Sep 21, 2004.
The official North American release date and price has been revealed. Plus more info.
The Nintendo DS will be released on 21/11/04 in North America at the price point of $149.99. Much lower then expected.
PictoChat will come built-in to the Nintendo DS. Your DS will spring to life out of sleep mode when you recieve a new message with this chat software.
Certainly some great news. The inclusion of a boxed game is quite amazing. But my sneaking suspisions are that Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt is a purely multiplayer DS game. However this is just my speculation, don't hold me to it.
*UPDATE* No Nintendo DS game will have Password save. Every DS game will have battery backup.
"Nintendo DS has a flip-top cover that protects both screens. Two speakers on the unit's face let users hear virtual surround sound, while its dual screens open games to a multitude of possibilities. Nintendo DS sits 148.7 millimeters (5.85 inches) wide, 84.7 millimeters (3.33 inches) long and 28.9 millimeters (1.13 inches) tall with the cover closed. The new media format for games means that Nintendo DS has no moving parts that could be misaligned if the unit is dropped or jarred.
"Embedded PictoChat software that allows up to 16 users to chat at once, embedded real-time clock, date, time and alarm, touch-screen calibration"
"Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use"
"The voice capabilities also could allow gamers to chat with one another over the Internet while playing."
Oh yeah baby! I hope Metroid Hunters: First Hunt comes boxed with the European release too... it better.
Thats some good news. More closer to paying it off .
I'm really excited by the news that there will be a built in real time clock, calander, time and alarm. Can anyone say PDA? It looks like the DS will have it's own mini operating system, PictoChat. Perhaps more PDA applications are available in PictoChat that don't revolve around multiplayer.
Also note the battery length is between 6-10 hours. Lower than I expected I guess the 10 hours is for if it's in sleep mode the whole time. However it says that's running on a 4 hour charge. The question is, is a 4 hour charge charging the battery to it's fullest. My bet is that it is.
There are 4 new pictures of the DS as well, I'm just grabbing the big 600kb+ versions directly from Nintendo (on my 56k). I'll upload some smaller versions once I've got them.
For that picto chat do you have te go online with de Nds or is it just that you can sent a message in about 1Km because I heard something about that. Is this true or not?
WOW what a machine this will be!!
For that picto chat do you have te go online with de Nds or is it just that you can sent a message in about 1Km because I heard something about that. Is this true or not?
I'm assuming you can connect to a hotspot and chat with people all over the world with PictoChat. Voice chat is also possible all over the world. You could even play a game AND talk with someone at the same time.
I will admit that the NDS is making my anticipation meter go off the scale but I have small things that I don't like about it. Why no analogue stick? It works with the Neo Geo Pocket Color. I wonder if someone will make a homebrew internet browser?
i just have a big feeling the DS won't do much as a gaming unit. (maybe my frustration on a pda-gamephone aka, ngage).
t community figure out how to use other methods of game storage, etc, etc, etc. just my personal feeling.
is there a store where we can pre-order it (other than lik-sang !) ?
Nintendo has confirmed that the system will be backward compatible with Game Boy Advance games, but will not support system-link multiplayer in GBA games due to the DS' lack of link cable port.
This is the best news, ever! A low price point, good battery life, a boxed game included with the system..*faints*.
This might be a bit off-topic... but I've always wondered is... where exactly do you put the stylus? Is there a compartment for it or do you just leave it lying around next to the DS?
They say theres a place for the stylus but i havent seen it in any of the pictures.
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Dirty Dozen
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Some highlights from the song list:
Bourbon Street Parade
Go See the Mardi Gras
Black Bird Special
When You're Smilin'
Mardi Gras Mambo
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Exactly Like You
St. James Infirmary
Basin Street Blues
A Kiss to Build a Dream On
Struttin' with Some Barbecue
Rossetta
Lee and Washington Square
Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Blues
Royal Garden Blues
Tiger Rag
Carnival Time
My Feet Can't Fail Me Now
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David Montgomery Odds: Week 17 David Montgomery Prop Bets and Picks vs. the Lions – January 1, 2023
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David Montgomery hits the field in Sunday's game, which starts at 1:00 PM ET on FOX, with several player prop bets available to place bets on. This matchup in Week 17 sees Montgomery's Chicago Bears (3-12) in action at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan against the Detroit Lions (7-8).
David Montgomery Player Props vs. Detroit
Rushing Yards Prop: Over 58.5 (-107)
David Montgomery Prop Bet Stats: Rushing Yards, Receiving Yards, Touchdowns
This year Montgomery has 756 rushing yards (54.0 per game) on 188 carries with five trips to the end zone.
He has added 32 catches for 304 yards and one touchdown.
Montgomery has 176 yards rushing on 42 attempts (58.7 yards per carry) and two TDs over his past three outings.
In addition, he has 11 receptions for 66 yards (22.0 per game) and one TD.
Montgomery averages 54.0 rushing yards per game average in 2022, 4.5 less than Sunday's over/under.
Montgomery has collected more than 58.5 rushing yards in seven games this season (46.7% of his total appearances).
Montgomery has come up short of his season-long rushing yards prop bet average (59.0) by 5.0 yards per game.
Montgomery has hit the over on his rushing yards prop bet five times sor far this season (in 15 opportunities).
Montgomery has hit paydirt on the ground in five games this season.
Montgomery averages 21.7 receiving yards, 5.2 more than his prop bet for Sunday.
Montgomery has gained more than 16.5 receiving yards in 46.7% of his opportunities this year (seven of 15).
Montgomery's 21.7 receiving yards per game are 5.7 more than his average over/under (16.0).
Montgomery has gone over on his prop for receiving yards in seven of 15 games this year.
Montgomery has had a touchdown catch in one of 14 games this year, but had only one TD in that game.


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City of Shawnee » Residents » Sister Cities
In early 1983, the Shawnee Chamber of commerce and the Shawnee Historical Society sought the City's support of the Sister City Program, which resulted in the Governing Body adopting a resolution of support, Resolution No. 601, on March 28, 1983. At that time, 12 other cities in Kansas were participating in the Sister City Program.
The Sister City program was created in an effort to increase international understanding by encouraging relationships between communities in different parts of the world.
The goal for the cities involved is to learn more about each other and to develop lasting and meaningful relationships through ongoing exchanges of people, ideas, and cultures. Affiliations between cities in the United States and other countries began shortly after 1945, but no real national focus was realized until 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower initiated the People to People Program at the White House.
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Erfurt Park in Shawnee
Listowel Park in Shawnee
Pittem, Belgium
The Shawnee City Council adopted Resolution 614 designating Pittem, Belgium as a Sister City on November 28,1983. Mayor Soetaert received a letter from Leopold Gelaude, Mayor of Pittem, confirming the Council of Pittem stating the friendly relationship between the two cities in its session of February 6, 1984.
Belgium is a small country of 11,730 square miles (about the size of the state of Maryland). Since 1830, Belgium has been a constitutional monarchy. Three languages are spoken in Belgium (Dutch, French, and German). The country has three main regions: Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels.
The City of Pittem, Belgium, is located in the province of West Flanders, and is situated 25 miles from the North Sea. The rural Pittem consists of two residential centers: Pittem and Egem. The image of the village in Pittem is dominated by the sturdy Roman tower of the St. Mary's Church, in Egem by the pointed neo-gothic tower of the St. Germanus-Church.
Agriculture and more recently horticulture has been an important part of life in Pittem since the 12th thru 17th centuries, when great farms were built up. The city has a certain amount of industry, particularly in building, textile, and plastics and the psychiatric hospital "St. Joseph" provides other employment opportunities. Different kinds of sport activities, social and cultural festivities, society meetings, and expositions take place there.
During the 1800's and early 1900's many residents left the area from sheer economic necessity and emigrated to other area, particularly France and America. In the period of one generation (1880-1914) about 450 citizens of Egem emigrated to America. Constant, Henri and Karel Soetaert emigrated to America in 1892. Former Mayor Thomas Soetaert (1977-1989) is a descendent of Constant.
In honor of this sister city relationship, a city park at 55th and Nieman was named West Flanders Park and dedicated as a memorial to the Belgians who migrated to Shawnee in the early 1900's from the West Flanders Province of Belgium. The dedication ceremony was held September 27, 1986.
Listowel, Ireland
The Shawnee City Council adopted Resolution 647 designating Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland as a Sister City on July 8, 1985.
In honor of this sister city relationship, a City park at 71st and Quivira was named Listowel Park and dedicated as a memorial to early Shawnee settlers who emigrated to this area from Ireland. The dedication ceremony was conducted September 20, 1986. Since 1986, visitors from Listowel have been guests of honor each year at Shawnee's St. Patrick's Day parade and after-parade festivities.
A drum was given to the City of Shawnee and is currently displayed in the Sister Cities display case at Shawnee City Hall.
Erfurt, Germany
The Shawnee City Council adopted Resolution 926 designating Erfurt, Germany as a Sister City on June 8, 1993.
The City of Erfurt became a mighty trade metropolis at an early date. The location of the town at the intersection of old trading routes contributed to its rise since it was first mentioned in the 8th century. Those who came here during the Middle Ages could literally get blue: nowhere else in Europe was such an ample amount of the plant, "dyer's woad", to be had. People traded and made piles, the city limits were extended, the residents became rich. They were also the ones who established a university in 1392, which was the first in Germany to combine all four classical courses of study.
The University claims as its most famous student the church reformer Martin Luther, who enrolled for law in 1501, and was later ordained a priest in Erfurt in 1507. According to recent findings, Johannes Gutenberg is supposed to have studied here, too. Printing with movable letters was carried out according to his method as early as in the 15th century.
Erfurt underwent a revival in the 17th century with commercial horticulture. The big seller was watercress cultures. Beginning in 1807, Erfurt remained under its scepter for seven years. Napoleon's famous encounter with Goethe also falls in this period. The last prominent meeting in the city's history took place in 1970: on March 19 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, Willi Stoph, received the chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Willy Brandt - a milestone for the later basic treaty between the two German states.
Since the peaceful democratic revolution 1989 and the parliamentary elections for the whole of Germany in 1990, Erfurt has been, once again, the capital of Thüringen and is today the home of 206,000 people. Source by: So schö ist Erfurt (Sachbuchverlag Karin Mader)
Erfurt boasts a zoo, numerous museums, and many flower gardens representative of the city's important horticultural roots.
The Thüringian State Chancellery, built from 1713 to 1720, could not have picked out a more dignified domicile than the former Kurmainz governor's office. The monumental baroque edifice was the center of European power politics for a short time when Napoleon resided here after the battle of Jena and Auerstedt.
The University of Erfurt was the center of German humanism in the 16th century. Its law faculty attained fame, Martin Luther praised it as a student as did Adam Riese, who published his legendary mathematics book here in 1518. All that remained of it was the entrance portal, which is regarded today as the gate to a new start: the University, founded in 1392 and closed in 1816, is to come alive again soon as a European school of higher educations.


This old green box carries the inscripton "Lucy Oxford". William Lucy renamed the Eagle Ironworks after himself in 1873. In the late 1880s they diversified into electrical products, Lucy Switchgear is still in business today.
This is what they would call a service pillar and it may be related to street lighting or telephones in the area, I suspect there are still a lot about although most are more modern versions than this one.
I saw something that looked like this the other day but I was too lazy to walk the 20 paces it would have taken to see if this is really what it is. Maybe I'll have a look next time I'm near Roundhay park.


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India to store crude oil for 30 days
S. Rama Krishna
Prime Minister Narenra Modi with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu dedicating the ONGC project S1 Vasishta and Strategic Crude Oil Storage facility of ISPRL to the nation and also laying the foundation stone for Krishnapatnam Coastal Installation of BPCL on 10 February.
The Modi-led government, which gives importance to national security and strategic measures, has not only expedited the project, but also decided to expand it by threefold to meet the oil needs of the country for about a month.
HYDERABAD: Many may not have known the importance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicating to the nation the crude oil storage facility at Visakhapatnam on 10 February. This is a delayed, but a significant step for India as it joined a club of around 27 countries in the world which have created oil reserves to meet emergency conditions like war.
The Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, which gives more importance to national security and strategic measures, has not only expedited the project actually conceived during the UPA-1 regime, but also decided to expand it by three fold to meet the oil needs of the country for about a month, in league, though not on par, with other major nations like the US, China and Russia.
The PM formally opened the crude oil reserve facility at Visakhapatnam with a capacity of 1.33 million metric tonnes (MMT) or 9.77 million metric barrels (Mmbbls) and built at a cost of Rs 1,178.35 crore. This is constructed inside a cavern of Sindhia Hills facing Bay of Bengal. The storage is constructed 300 meters beneath the sea level with a 30 meter height and 20 meter width and 5 km length.
According to a spokesman of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL), who was present at the PM's programme at Guntur on Sunday, this is the first of many such storage facilities to come up in the country over the next few years. "Even if a nuclear-headed missile hits above the facility, it will be intact," said the official preferring not to be quoted.
The Visakhapatnam storage facility spread over 68 acres had been sanctioned way back in 2004, but its construction began in 2008 and two compartments were completed in 2015. Filling up of crude oil began that year and now it is ready for completion. The ISPRL has taken technological help from Switzerland which began constructing petroleum storages way back in 1944, since World War II.
Two more facilities which have been completed are: Mangalore with 1.5 MMT (11Mmbbls) and Padur (Udipi) with 2.5 MMT (18.37 Mmbbls), both in Karnataka. These two facilities, too, were built below the ground against hills and are close to the Arabian Sea. The government has decided to build these storages close to oil refineries so that their processing would be quick.
The Mangalore storage was built over a cavern on 104.73 acres in two compartments at a cost of Rs 1,127 crore and the Padur facility constructed over 179.21 acres with four compartments at a cost of Rs 1,693 crore. The four facilities can store around 5.33 MMT (36.92 Mmbbls) and a total Rs 4,098 crore has been spent by the ISPRL which is owned by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
The oil stored in these four facilities can meet the petroleum needs of India for about 30 days. However, the Modi government has decided to augment this capacity to meet the oil needs of the country up to three months. In the 2017-18, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sanctioned two more facilities at Chandikhole in Jaipur in Orissa and Bikaner in Rajasthan to take the total crude oil storage facility to 15.33 MMTs.
Besides, the Centre has decided to sanction two more storages at Rajkot in Gujarat and expand another unit at Padur in Udipi so that an additional 10 MMT can be stored. As several countries have been showing interest in joining as partners in the storages built so far, the Centre is keen on building some more facilities to meet the oil needs of India for three months, an ISPRL official told this newspaper.
All the major countries have this type of oil storage facilities not only to face the contingencies of war or war-like situations, but also to meet natural calamities and global oil price fluctuations. "The more a country has enough oil reserves to meet its needs, the more will be its bargaining power in the global oil market in times of emergency," said the official.
However, India's efforts can be termed as "baby steps" now as most of the developed countries have their oil storage facilities and even smaller countries like Pakistan are on the process of building them. The US, which accounts for the largest oil storage capacity, has facilities 60 to 70 times more than that of India, and China with 20 times that of our near future capacity.
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40 years of UK – Nicaragua solidarity
NSC News | Monday, 8 July 2019 |
On Friday 19 July, tens of thousands of people will be gathering in Managua to celebrate 40 years since the overthrow of 43-year Somoza dictatorship by the broad coalition of forces of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.
It was a defining historical event not only for Latin America and the Caribbean but also globally. Inspired by the Cuba Revolution twenty years earlier, the victory eroded the US stranglehold over the region and realised the dream of Nicaraguan hero, Augusto Cesar Sandino, a symbol of resistance to US domination.
Nicaragua became a beacon of hope regionally and internationally. In Latin America, the Sandinista Revolution represented the fulfilment of dreams that had been brutally destroyed in a CIA backed coup in Chile six years previously.
For the US, the profound political, social and economic transformations of the Sandinista government, 'constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the security and foreign policy of the United States.' President Ronald Reagan, 1985. His administration set about destroying the Sandinista Revolution unleashing everything short of a direct invasion; however reprehensible, the means justified the ends.
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world participated in a global movement to support the Sandinista Revolution and to condemn US aggression: NSC, set up in 1978, was one such group.
This publication tells the story of the tens of thousands of people in the UK, particularly in the labour movement, who have contributed to sustaining solidarity through four decades of profound political change in Nicaragua, the UK and globally.
We dedicate this publication to the Nicaraguan people and organisations we have worked with, and their commitment, against enormous odds, to building a society based on social and economic justice, free from outside interference.
As in the 1980s, Nicaragua is once again caught in the cross currents of a polarised world.
At a time when a belligerent, unstable US president and administration is threatening war on countries across the world, when the social and economic gains of progressive movements in Latin America are threatened by a resurgent neoliberalism, our solidarity with Nicaraguan trade unions, co-operatives and organisations that make up the social economy remains critical.
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A 5-minute walk from the Sierra Leone Peace Museum, this informal hotel is 3 km from the landmark Cotton Tree and 28 km from Lungi International Airport.
This Freetown bed & breakfast is on the beach, 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Lumley Beach, and within 6 mi (10 km) of National Stadium and Cotton Tree.
This Freetown hotel is on the beach, 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Lumley Beach, and within 6 mi (10 km) of National Stadium and Cotton Tree.
Situated by the ocean, this hotel is 1.5 mi (2.3 km) from Lumley Beach and within 9 mi (15 km) of National Stadium and Cotton Tree.
Situated on the Strip, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Lumley Beach and within 6 mi (10 km) of National Stadium and Cotton Tree.
Situated in Freetown, this hotel is 2.5 mi (4 km) from Lumley Beach and 2.7 mi (4.4 km) from National Stadium. Cotton Tree and Fourah Bay College.
This hotel is situated along the Lumley beach road with 0.1m (0.1km) from Lumley beach and within 6m (10km) off the National Stadium and Cotton Tree.
This Freetown hotel is on the beach, 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Lumley Beach, and within 6 mi (10 km) of National Stadium and Cotton Tree.


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Elkland is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 1,821 at the 2010 census.
Elkland is located at 41°59′24″N 77°18′40″W (41.989863, -77.311238).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), all of it land. It is located along the Cowanesque River.
The Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
In 1814 the township of Elkland, was organized. Its territory, taken from Delmar Township, extended along the New York state line from the ninety-third to the one hundred and fourth mile-stone—a distance of eleven miles (18 km). It extended north and south a distance of ten miles (16 km) and embraced within its boundaries the present borough of Elkland and townships of Nelson, Osceola, all of Farmington, and parts of Lawrence, Deerfield, and Middlebury townships. In December 1816, a part of the township of Lawrence was taken from it, and in September 1822, another portion of its territory went to Middlebury township. In February 1830, the territory of the township of Farmington was taken from it. Those several reductions confined it to a narrow strip, about eight miles (13 km) long, from east to west, by two and three-fourths miles wide, from north to south.
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In her latest book, What's the Best That Could Happen?, Debbie Miller explores how questions help us look beyond the limitations of what we've done and discover powerful new opportunities for teaching and learning.
What does it look like and sound like to plan for instruction with these questions in mind? Listen in on a planning session between Debbie Miller and Samantha Bennett as they work through connecting their questions, classroom observations, and instructional goals to design a lesson for the next day and week ahead.
Debbie and Sam coauthored Everyday Habits that Grow Successful Readers, an On-Demand course full of videos like this one that provide us models for this kind of thinking, planning, and classroom instruction.


I have been wanting to make a welcome sign for our front porch for a while now, and finally made one this past weekend. After we did the edging in the backyard we ended up with a pile of unneeded wood from the frames. They worked out perfectly. This was probably one of the easiest projects I've done in a while, not sure if it's because I had so much time to really think it through or if I am starting to get real handy with the power tools! I'd like to give credit to the lather, but know it's probably because I've planned this project for months. If you've been wanting a welcome sign too, well you're in luck because today I am sharing this easy DIY Front Porch Welcome Sign how-to with ya'all.
As you can see from the below image, the wood I used wasn't perfect, nor did they align perfectly at that top edge. You can also see the scrap wood pieces I used for securing the sign pieces together.
Align the long wood pieces next to one another, making sure the bottom edge is straight. Decide where you want to screw in the pieces that will secure your sign together. Measure that distance and mark the spot for the other edge. Mine are secured at about 11″ from the bottom and top edges.
After you've marked the spots for the securing pieces, you're going to want to drill a hole for the screws. This isn't required but it does make it easier when you are screwing the screws in place. Next, you're going to attach the wood pieces together with the screws. You'll use 3 screws for the bottom area and 3 for the top. See image below. Now it's time to sand the wood to a smooth finish.
DIY Front Porch Welcome Sign – directions cont.
After you've sanded the wood to your liking, using a broom to brush all the excess dust off and it's time to paint. Once you've painted both the front and back of your sign you can start adding your lettering. I used my Cricut machine to cut my letters and then traced them on the wood. You can also hand draw them on or print yours using your favorite font.
When all the letters are drawn on your sign you can fill them in with coordinating paint and let dry. If you'd like to embellish your sign your sign like I did, just grab any odds and ends craft scrap and add them. I didn't glue any of mine in place, as I plan to change them out with the holidays.
There you have it, you've just finished your super easy DIY Front Porch Welcome Sign!! Now share it with family and friends so that they can make one too! I am currently working on 3 different fall crafts. 3D paper acorns, and 3D pumpkins and a Fall Fairy Pumpkin Diorama. Can't wait to share them with ya'all. You won't want to miss these crafts, be sure follow me on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.


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Economías de oportunidad son conceptualmente similares a economías de escala. Sin embargo, mientras las economías de escala se refieren a eficiencias asociadas con el crecimiento o decrecimiento del volumen de producción, las economías de oportunidad se refieren a eficiencias asociadas con el aumento o disminución de las áreas de mercadotecnia y distribución. Mientras que las economías de escala se refieren a cambios en la fabricación de un solo tipo de producto, las economías de oportunidad se refieren a cambios en la cantidad de diferentes tipos de productos. Mientras las economías de escala se refieren fundamentalmente al lado del proveedor (como nivel de producción) las economías de oportunidad se fijan en los cambios del lado de la demanda (como marketing y distribución). Las economías de oportunidad constituyen unas de las principales razones de las estrategias de marketing de tipo agrupación de producto, línea de productos y marca de familia.

A menudo, cuantos más productos son promocionados y más medios masivos de promoción se utilizan, más personas pueden llegar a conocerlos y comprarlos para cada euro gastado. Estas eficiencias no duran para siempre: llegará un punto en que un gasto adicional en publicidad en nuevos productos comenzará a ser menos efectivo (un ejemplo de deseconomías de oportunidad).

Si una fuerza de ventas está vendiendo varios productos a la vez, pueden ser más efectivos que si tan solo venden uno. El coste de sus dietas de viaje se distribuye sobre una mayor base de ingresos, por lo que la eficiencia de los costes mejora. También pueden darse sinergias entre productos de modo que al ofrecer una más amplia gama el consumidor sentirá un mayor deseo de consumir que si se ofrece tan solo uno. Las economías de oportunidad también pueden operar consiguiendo eficiencias en distribución. Puede ser mucho más eficiente cargar una gran variedad de productos que un solo tipo para un destino determinado.

No todos los economistas están de acuerdo en la importancia de las economías de oportunidad. Algunos argumentan que tan solo es de aplicación para determinados sectores industriales y para ellos, no en todos los casos.

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Číčovice  est une commune du district de Prague-Ouest, dans la région de Bohême-Centrale, en République tchèque. Sa population s'élevait à  habitants en 2020.

Géographie
Číčovice se trouve à  à l'est-nord-est de Kladno et à  au nord-ouest du centre de Prague.

La commune est limitée par Zájezd, Libochovičky et Okoř au nord, par Lichoceves à l'est, par Tuchoměřice et Štěchovice au sud, et par Makotřasy à l'ouest.

Histoire
La première mention écrite de la localité date de 1542.

Notes et références

Commune dans le district de Prague-Ouest


As I'm on the verge of ignoring the golfing gods (and worshipping the startup gods) for yet another full summer, my confidence in the previous statement is growing. To appease the golfing gods, I used some time-tested golf maxims to convey the lessons (read boulders) that the startup gods have recently thrown at me.
From the age of 10, when I first started playing golf, until I left for college, I spent the majority of my waking moments on a golf course or thinking about golf. If you are a founder, the best question you can ask yourself is: "Do I feel this way about my business?" If the answer is "yes," then you have a chance to succeed. If not, I would start looking for your next move.
Chi Chi was best known for waving his putter like a sword in celebration of every putt he made. He was one of the best showmen the game has ever known. As a result, he always had a huge gallery. Why? Because Chi Chi knew how to celebrate his accomplishments in an endearing way.
Knowing how to tout your company's exploits in an endearing way is a vital challenge for entrepreneurs. We have all met the founders who have the world conquered. Nothing is a problem. They are "going to crush it." When I meet founders like this, I immediately move to suspicion. I become more of an adversary than a fan. Conversely, there are those founders who we all root for. Their passion, like Chi Chi's, is evident. Rather than trying to ram their success down your throat, they implicitly ask you to see how neat their product or service is. They build a fan base.
I went to Summit Series in May, an unbelievable event, and had a chance to hear Mark Cuban and Ted Leonsis speak on balancing relationships with startups. I left thinking that both men are super impressive and equally insightful.
Mark Cuban stated, and perhaps the quote's author would agree, that there is no room in a founder's life for a relationship when launching a business. Ted Leonsis respectfully disagreed and preached more of a balanced approach to life. I believe that the most important factor in the success of both your startup and your relationships is communication.
Golfers and founders spend most of their time at the "office." Relationships can survive, but only if this reality is made abundantly clear to a spouse from the outset AND he/she is on board throughout. Beyond time, startups often rob their founders of financial security, arguably the number one reason for divorce . The point: if you have a spouse when you launch a venture, you better get him or her on board for a long, expensive haul. A spouse can be a huge factor in a founder's success or failure, and certainly a vital influence on his or her happiness.
There may be no better parallel between starting a company and playing golf. Much of golf is frustration. Most shots do not meet your expectations. Even pros will tell you that they hit only 2 or 3 great shots per round.
Startups are much the same way. Potential clients almost always say "no." Potential investors seem to know no other word. Those who agree to buy or invest take forever to commit. And then a miracle happens. A key question: Can you (the founder) glean enough satisfaction from those miracles to compensate for the all of the tragedy?
My twin sister, a golf orphan for most of her life who recently caught the bug, always loved this one. She would get a lucky bounce or ground one up the middle of the fairway, turn to me with a big smile on her face and proclaim: "There are pictures on scorecards." In other words, only the final result matters.
The inner workings of most companies are ugly, and startups can be downright brutal. Emotions run high and rational procedures are few and far between. But there is no video camera inside the office. What matters is what your company can produce. Can you produce something a client wants? Can you raise the money you need? These are the only numbers that are written on the score card. The emotion will die down and the procedure will creep its way in, but only if you can put some birdies on the card early in the round.
I agree with these comments and enjoyed this article. Is there a way to have a start-up and retain a scratch handicap at the same time? Please comment.
I am sure to be "preaching to the choir", but short game is probably the best thing to focus on if time is short. I read a great book by Stan Utley a few years back. Dr. Bob Rotella also has some good ones. Best of luck!
Better than my usual score :). Sean at TechStars and Mark at Startup Weekend were both very helpful with the Entrepreneur's Census. Two great organizations! Shoot me an email if you ever have time for a chat. matt.shapiro@yale.edu.
Nice parallels. You really captured the whole experience from the many lows to the one high and what it's like to take a relationship through the entire experience.


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Q: Running a Python file with atom I'm using atom for 2 months to run Julia files and it works.
I would like to run some python files too
To do that, I installed the IDE-python package
When Atom is started, there is the following picture:

I can run a Julia file without problem, but I can't run a python file (and there is not a python console...)
How can I add it and run the python file ?

A: You should load the Script module into Atom. Once loaded, it will show up under the packages menu or you can use the command-I keystroke to run your python code.
To use a shell to run python install the module platformio-ide-terminal. When you click this under packages you'll get an option to toggle a terminal window. It will show up in the bottom third of Atom window.


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January 19, 2017 moralmondayct Art, Faith, Hope, Inspiration, Justice, Morality, Race, Racism, Uncategorized, White Supremacy
Pilgrim Foot and Knee
Some say America is experiencing a whitelash against black self-determination and power…that Trumpism would never be possible without the Presidency of Barack Obama.
The proverb states that until the lions have their own storytellers, the history of the hunt will glorify the hunter. The power of story, history and propaganda are demonstrated in films such as "Birth of a Nation," which re-wrote the post-civil war story for Whites, especially White southerners, erasing defeat and hailing "martyrdom" while glorifying predatory violence against African-Americans.
The documentary "the 13th" by Ava Duvernay posits that "Birth of a Nation" predicted how White Supremacy, racism and (IN)justice would proceed in the United States. Terror, violence and lynchings gave rise to a "Great Migration" of refugees fleeing terror in the South.
Despite the genocidal campaign perpetrated against African-Americans in the United States, Black people were and remain criminalized. The brilliance of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement was that it transformed "criminality" — protest, arrest — into moral, noble action — non-violent civil disobedience. [Yes, sigh, Black and brown people continue to face criminality, mass incarceration, state-sanctioned violence and the injustices of a political system which continues to disenfranchise them.] And…
Today's leader-full Movement for Black Lives offers a path to unity for black, brown and aspiring white allies. We can work to realize the constitutional gifts that "were never intended for black people" — Malcolm X.
We commit to re-create the beloved community with you. We can do this together by
exercising muscles of democracy
reviving our morality, and
sustaining and celebrating life with art.
These are surely transformational, revolutionary times. Let us be in courageous solidarity as we fight all forms of oppression.
O, let America be America again-
The land that never has been yet-
& yet must be—the land where every man is free
— Langston Hughes
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I will always cherish the time I met & interviewed Israeli President Shimon Peres for my book, "Epicenter." Tonight, this Founding Father passed away at 93. [UPDATE: World leaders coming for funeral on Friday in Jerusalem.]
September 28, 2016 By joelcrosenberg in Epicenter
State funeral to be held Friday in Jerusalem
President Obama and other world leaders to attend
Praise for Peres is pouring in from leaders around the world
(Denver, Colorado) — If you're an American citizen, imagine the opportunity to meet one of the Pilgrims, fresh off the Mayflower. Someone who was there at the birth of a nation. For me, that's what it was like to meet Shimon Peres.
Peres, "the last of Israel's founding fathers," died tonight. He was 93. Please be praying for his family and friends as they grieve his loss and try to adjust to a world without this beloved yet controversial giant.
Peres began his political career in his mid-twenties as a trusted aide to David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of the reborn Jewish State in 1948. From there he served in every senior government role there was — Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, and eventually the nation's President.
Last summer I listened to the audio book of Peres' absolutely wonderful and moving biography, Ben Gurion: A Political Life, which I commend to each of my readers, and especially to Evangelical leaders who love Israel, as well as those still trying to understand her.
Peres had a front row seat to history — indeed, to ancient Biblical prophecies coming to pass — but he was not simply an observer of that history, he was an active and at times transformative participant. He helped launch Israel's fledgling air force in the late 40s. He started Israel's nuclear program. He also won the Nobel Prize for his peace-making efforts, even though his moves towards the Palestinians were deeply divisive inside Israel.
I will always cherish the time I met and briefly interviewed Peres in the fall of 2005 for the non-fiction book, Epicenter: Why The Current Rumblings In The Middle East Will Change Your Future, I was working on at the time. How often do you get to meet a man at the epicenter of history, at the epicenter of prophecy coming to pass before our very eyes? To shake his hand, and chat with him about his view of Israel's future, was like touching a bit of Israel's extraordinary past. I didn't agree with Peres on every matter. But I had enormous respect for him. I would have liked to have spent much more time with him.
Indeed, many Evangelical Christians leaders had great respect for this visionary and statesman and will truly mourn his passing.
In light of his passing, I thought I'd post a few excerpts and hope it gives you a little insight into this intriguing figure of Jewish history.
The Bear Hug
Are Israel and her neighbors moving closer to war or to peace?
Nowhere was this conundrum more vividly on display for me than at the "Peace: Dream or Vision?" conference I attended in Israel in the fall of 2005, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the beloved Israeli prime minister who signed the historic peace treaty with Jordan's King Hussein in 1994.
Outside the conference center at the Strategic Dialogue Center of Netanya Academic College were all the reminders of the "wars and rumors of wars" that Jesus said would plague the world until his return—a phalanx of heavily armed security guards, metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs, and so forth. To get in I had to not only show my passport to the security staff but give it to them to hold on to until I left, and my camera, camera bag, tape recorder, and briefcase were all searched carefully—as was I—before I was allowed to proceed.
But inside were all the reminders of Israelis "living securely" in "the land that is restored from the sword," which Ezekiel predicted. One moment I was watching former Mossad chief Danny Yatom chatting like old buds with Dr. Abdel Salam Majali, the former Jordanian prime minister, and Osama El-Baz, the chief political advisor to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The next moment I was watching Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, give a bear hug to former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres. Once they were all enemies. Now they were all friends. Once they were plotting each other's demise. Now they were talking about their shared vision for a "new Middle East."
Such warm relationships between Arab and Israeli leaders may seem insignificant, but they most certainly are not. They actually represent enormous progress toward resolving the conflict. Let me give you a little anecdote to provide some context.
In April of 1988, ABC's Ted Koppel took Nightline to Israel for a week of broadcasts on the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising known as the intifada and the increasingly desperate need for peace and reconciliation between the two sides. Having recently returned to the States after nearly six months in Israel, where I had studied at Tel Aviv University and witnessed the outbreak of the intifada, I watched Koppel's show with great interest every night in my dorm room at Syracuse University.
On April 25, Koppel held the first-ever town hall meeting between Israelis and Palestinians, broadcast live from the historic Jerusalem Theater. It was bound to be riveting television, for never before had Israeli and Palestinian leaders sat on the same stage together, much less engaged in anything close to a dialogue. But when the show began, I was surprised to see a three-foot-high stone wall running down the middle of the stage. The Israelis sat on one side, the Palestinians on the other. It was a sad symbol of the divide between the two peoples.
Years later, I was interviewed by Koppel on Nightline. After the taping was finished, I had the opportunity to ask Koppel about that wall. "It came up at almost the last minute," he explained, remembering the moment vividly. "We were just a few hours from going on live from Jerusalem—at 6:30 in the morning, Israel time, mind you, so that the show would be on at 11:30 p.m. back in the U.S.—and suddenly the Palestinians said they refused to appear onstage with the Israelis without sitting in a booth, so they didn't appear to actually be talking to the Israelis. We said absolutely not. So they asked that we put razor wire down the center of the stage, and again we said no. Finally, they asked that we build a wall—just a small wall, they said—to represent how divided Arabs and Jews are. They threatened not to appear at all if we didn't do it, so we did it. It was an amazing night."6
It certainly was. And one of the Palestinians who appeared onstage that night was Saeb Erekat. Then he had refused to shake hands with the Israelis. He had barely made eye contact with them. And he had demanded a wall. Now, at the peace conference in Netanya, he was giving bear hugs. How much the world had changed.7
"A New Age" in the Middle East?
Shimon Peres is a living legend in Israel and is one of the country's founding fathers. I have long disagreed with his Socialist economic views and a foreign policy too dovish, in my opinion. But I have always respected this man who served his country not once but three times as prime minister and in numerous other ministerial positions and who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
I had never met the former prime minister before that conference in Netanya, but having worked for Benjamin Netanyahu—who defeated Peres in 1996—I was very much looking forward to it.
Now in his eighties, Peres is quieter and slower and more grandfatherly than he once was, but he is still a dreamer. He told the assembled dignitaries that he believes the Middle East is entering "a new age" and that he has never been more optimistic that a final peace agreement with the Palestinians can be reached in the not-too-distant future.
"The Lord is in charge of the beginning and the end, but we are responsible for the middle," he said, insisting that there is no contradiction between fighting terror and negotiating for peace. "When a cat is chasing a mouse, there's no sense for the mouse to ask for a cease-fire. He must deal with the cat and insure his own safety."
After Peres's keynote address, I had a few minutes to interview the former prime minister. "Is it your sense that Israel is more secure today—before we get to the point of the Iran nuclear bomb—than it has been in its history so far?" I asked.
Peres agreed with that assessment. "I would say that Israel's security was globalized," he explained in his distinctive, gravelly voice, suggesting that with the U.S. as a strong ally, the fall of Saddam, and peace treaties in place with Egypt and Jordan, the threat Israel faces today is "the problem of terror, rather than a classical attack" by a conventional Arab army or air force.8
Had the passing of Arafat—the Nobel Peace Prize winner who never actually made peace—helped or hurt the prospects for a final deal with the Palestinians? I wondered.
"With him, [the peace process] wouldn't have started," Peres insisted. "With him, it wouldn't be finished."…..
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