text:
Business / Tech
SoftBank Robotics plans app store for humanoid Pepper robot
An attendee interacts with SoftBank Group Corp.'s Pepper humanoid robot on the second day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday. | BLOOMBERG
by Giles Turner
The team behind Pepper, the humanoid robot from SoftBank Robotics, are planning a platform for the machine where developers create applications for everyday use, such as guarding your home or vacuuming the floor.
Developers are already able to build Pepper apps using Android tools, however SoftBank Robotics is also considering opening up its Pepper platform — similar to a mobile "app store" — for developers to sell or market software to consumers, said Nicolas Boudot, EMEA sales director, in an interview at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday.
Boudot gave examples of home improvements or care for the elderly as potential software applications that could be created. However, he didn't give a time frame for when Pepper would become more widely available to developers. He said SoftBank Robotics is currently focusing on growing sales of the product, which costs $20,000 (about ¥2.3 million), to businesses.
Around 10,000 Pepper robots have been sold since they began shipping in 2015 — however almost all are being used by businesses, predominantly in Japan, despite an attempt to woo everyday consumers.
SoftBank Group Corp. currently uses Pepper as a shop helper in its mobile stores in Japan. In January, the company released a collection of home-oriented apps, such as one to control home lighting, for the few robots that have been sold to individual consumers.
SoftBank Robotics, originally a French startup before its acquisition by SoftBank in 2012 for $100 million, was marketed heavily in Japan after its launch as part of SoftBank billionaire founder Masayoshi Son's big push into robotics.
Now the company is trying to increase its reach in Europe. The firm currently has 40 robots working at French supermarket Carrefour SA, as well as 30 more aboard ships run by Costa Cruise, said Boudot. In the U.S., the Pyramid Taproom at Oakland International Airport has been using Pepper for about two weeks as a greeter.
However, Boudot acknowledged that Europe is more wary of the increasing prominence of robots compared to SoftBank's home market of Japan. "In Europe we worry that robots are going to take power and steal our jobs," he said, adding that once people interact with Pepper, they are keen to learn more.
"We are not replacing humans," he stressed. "We are helping people focus on adding value."
Pepper is currently using voice technology from Nuance Communications Inc., but is also working with Microsoft's voice technology.
Perhaps most surprisingly, Pepper uses chips from both Intel Group and ARM Holdings. SoftBank purchased ARM for $32 billion in July.
Boudot declined to comment on how long Pepper would continue to use Intel's chip technology.
Softbank, robots, apps, Pepper


text:
Top 10 WWE Superstars Who Have Benefited Most from the Brand Split
By Nic Negrepontis
WWE RAW and SmackDown have had a few months to establish their brands and now that we more or less know where everyone in their respective shows stand, it's time to look at who has benefited most from the draft. A lot of superstars have gotten pushes since the split and here are the 10 who have capitalized from them and benefited most. Anyone who was called up from NXT will not be on the list as it'll be a comparison of main roster success before and after the draft.
You may be thinking AJ should be higher on this list, but consider this. If the brands are not split, Styles defeats Cena at SummerSlam regardless and probably goes on to win the WWE World Championship anyway. For that reason, he sits at number 10 on this list. Styles is the face of the blue brand, but was never going to be anything other than just that. On top of that, he was drafted with pick four showing how highly rated he was pre-split.
Jericho is in a similar boat to Styles. He's been in career best form since before the brand split and would definitely have been featured prominently regardless. However, the draft has put extra spotlight on Y2J and he has thrived. Jericho has been consistently one of the best parts of RAW, even when the red brand has faltered overall.
Corbin hasn't won any titles or really been pushed on SmackDown so far, but all the signs are there that it is coming. Corbin is undefeated since the draft, even holding a (shenanigans) victory over Dean Ambrose. He's squashed the likes of Apollo Crews multiple times and will probably do the same to Jack Swagger. Corbin hasn't benefited a great deal from the draft just yet, but once the opportunity presents itself it's clear he's being set up for big things.
Sheamus has been one of the few RAW mid-carders who can genuinely say they're in a better position now than they otherwise would have been. If the rosters were still merged, Sheamus would probably still be feuding in the undercard with the likes of Apollo Crews or not on the show at all, instead he was in a 17 minute match at Clash of Champions and will probably be a Tag Team Champion within a month or two. Sheamus has certainly benefited more from the best of seven series than his counterpart Cesaro.
The Usos were stale. Nobody could care less about them and the 'stink' of being associated with Roman Reigns even got them a few boos. With upwards of five tag teams in front of them if the rosters stay merged, it's fair to say The Usos' time at the top was done. The draft has given them new life. No characters have had more drastic change than Jimmy and Jey and the brothers have never been better. As heels, they should reach tag team gold at No Mercy and become the number one team on SmackDown.
The only reason Ziggler isn't higher on this list is because it is a very strong top six. Ziggler pre-draft was putting over Baron Corbin and floundering. Post-draft he's been in a WWE Championship match at SummerSlam and since moved into the hottest feud in the company. Ziggler is probably the third biggest babyface on SmackDown and a vital part of the brand … let's hope he's not gone from the company after No Mercy!
Splitting the women's division has had a largely negative affect on the roster, but Becky Lynch has been the standalone improver. Most women are in the same position now as they were before the draft, but Lynch has been elevated to the top of the SmackDown division. On top of that, she's thrived, getting fantastic reactions and showing just how good she is both inside the ring and on the mic. Becky will be the face of the SmackDown women's division for quite a while and she certainly wouldn't have been in this position had the rosters stayed merged.
Yes, this list is dominated by SmackDown (good booking does that), but Owens has been the clear RAW beneficiary. He was a little fortuitous with Finn Balor's injury, but for someone who was coming out of a mid-card tag team feud at SummerSlam, he's clearly rocketed up the division. Owens is the Universal Champion, the number one heel on RAW and central to the show – in other words, exactly where he should've been all along.
Newsflash: The Miz has always been this good, but the draft has given him the perfect storm to breakout. Miz was nothing more than an enhanced jobber before winning the Intercontinental Championship and even afterwards, he never really seemed like anything more than a transitional title holder. If the brand stayed together, it's safe to assume he would've dropped the belt to someone like Sami Zayn or Finn Balor, but since the draft, he's shone as the number one heel in the entire company. His feud with both Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler concurrently has been amazing and he has become must-watch television.
Slater outranks Owens and Miz simply because of how unlikely his rise has been. Remember, before the draft Heath was still a Social Outcast and the faction was rarely sited outside of Main Event and Superstars. Going undrafted and being able to show off his comedic knowhow has seen him rise to SmackDown Tag Team Champion. He's also been one of the best parts of both RAW and SmackDown since the draft. Nobody has benefited more from the brand split than the One Man Band.
Nic Negrepontis
Related Items:AJ Styles, chris jericho, Heath Slater, Kevin Owens, The Miz, wwe raw, wwe smackdown
If Nakamura Wins At WrestleMania34, How Will WWE Book The New Champ?
Sami Zayn Turning On Kevin Owens? I Like It!

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Freshman Phenom: Guard Daliyah Brown has been a constant force for the Lady Sharks, averaging 20 points per game—pushing the team in position to repeat as Southern Conference Champions.
With five games left in the regular season, the Lady Sharks are well positioned to repeat as Southern Conference Champions.
The Lady Sharks are 8-2 in their last ten games, 6-1 in conference and 17-8 overall.
After opening their conference schedule undefeated (6-0), the Lady Sharks hit a speed bump losing 85-73 against Broward College on Feb. 2. The Sharks had beaten the Seahawks 87-78 two weeks earlier.
In the loss, four of the Sharks' starters scored in double digits but their bench combined for a meager six points.
The lack of production from the team's role players was an anomaly. In the six games prior, the bench averaged 23 points.
Sophomore forward Michelle Pruitt said it's good for the team to face adversity.
Nationally, the team is sixth in points per game (88.8) and fourth in total rebounds (50.9). They have limited opponents to 77.5 points per contest.
Coming into the season the team was led by ten sophomores, but it's been the freshmen that have basked in the spotlight, primarily guards Daliyah Brown and Smith.
Brown has been named the Florida College System Activities Association Player of the Week twice and leads the team in scoring (20 points per game) and three-point percentage (41.5).
Smith is averaging 10.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game on 40.8 percent shooting.
Among the sophomores, Pruitt is averaging 15.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game and Ganette Chism is averaging 14.4 points per game. Chism also leads the team in assists (4.2 per game).
The effective production from the starters has been augmented by the bench.
Freshman sharpshooter Shay Harper is averaging 6.2 points per game on 30.2 percent shooting behind the arc. Sophomores Deidra Harris and Amy Cole Soumare have been reliable rebounding, averaging 7.8 and 6.2 rebounds per game respectively.
Though the regular season is nearing its end, Summons refuses to let the team get complacent. The schedule will continue to get tough leading up to the state tournament, where they lost last year in the quarterfinals against Eastern Florida State College.
The Lady Sharks' next game is Feb. 13 at home at the Theodore R. Gibson Health Center, 11011 S.W.104th St., against Palm Beach State College at 5:30 p.m.


El so de la Riera de Vilamajor, després de les pluges... B R U T A L !
Vilamajor Riera's sound... Après la pluie!
This is our land, the Montseny. This is how we spend our time in @CanBachs.
La Riera de Vilamajor, después de la lluvia de hoy. Qué paz!
Así vive el Montseny. Así se vive en #canbachs .
#montreznous (Part 2) Maintenant, c'est derrière moi mais pendant plus d'une dizaine d'années, j'ai été très complexée par ma petite poitrine. Aujourd'hui, les "filles" et moi, on est sur la même longueur d'ondes 😅👍 (When I was younger, my small breast was hard to deal with because I wanted it bigger. Self acceptation is a long and hard journey but is is definitely worth it. I am "petite" and very thin, this is me. I will never have curves and it is ok. I can say now that I am happy with the way I look (to be honest some days it is still a bit hard but it is life, you can not be on top every single day. By the way, can you see the pimples close to my mouth? My current and biggest insecurities, still). Some people will always judge me severely, will think or even tell me that I am skinny and ugly. I think it is part of the process, facing with negativity and walk away from it. Actually we should thank the haters, they make yourself more resilient and better 😁 After all, the only person who matters is me ❤).
Below Charlton forest on the Goodwood Estate. A not so well trodden area of this vast expanse of beautiful countryside. Shot on Nikon z7 with the 24/70mm lens grad ND and light coral on the bottom. @visitchichester @goodwood_estate @goodwoodstyle @nikonproeurope @c__march #landscape #british #countryside #nikonz7 #project #southdowns and a big thank you to @ciarawills for driving me around.
Знаете, есть статья за оскорбление чувств верующих? Я предлагаю внести поправки в закон и добавить статью за смущение/оскорбление неверующих 😄. Если я имею право не говорить, за кого я голосую на выборах, за Путина или за Мишу Галустяна, то о своей религиозной принадлежности я сообщать не обязана.
Как вы понимаете, сталь закаляется смолоду. Когда говоришь заву кафедрой иностранного языка в школе, что деньги на компьютеры в шестой раз ты сдавать не будешь (тем паче, что первые 5 раз тоже не сдавал), когда говоришь учителю по литературе, что на перемене стихи ему рассказывать ты не станешь - пусть успевает спросить тебя на уроке, а если нет, то ты пошла, когда не едешь на картошку, не идёшь в «Бессмертном полку», хотя начальство заставляет под страхом урезания зарплаты. Каждый раз, когда сталкиваешься с чьим-то мракобесием. Каждый раз, когда откраиваешь чуток свободы, которая полагается тебе по праву рождения.
From the boat haven, through castle hill and on toward the town centre.
Försommaren har dragit igång i skåne. Rappsen blommar redan (vabnligtvis slutet av maj) grodorna har vaknat och nykläckta fjärilar torkar vingarna.
Swift Barn & Swallow Barn are two adjoining restored Cornish stone barns which have beautiful countryside views and set in an outstandingly peaceful location!
If you would like to know anymore information about Swift Barn or Swallow Barn please give us a call or head over to our website!
《¿Qué si puedo? pff, todo, todo, TODO es posible si puedo creer 💚》 .
《Encuentre al chimuelo 🐦 haciendo equilibrio en el cable de la luz》 .
《Truful-Truful, La dinámica del Valle 🏞 PD: 📸todas mis fotos son solo con el celular ☹ 》 .


Extra large playing cards with clear, bold markings, ideal for people with visual impairments.
The Large Print Lovision Playing Cards enable people with very limited vision to enjoy card games.
The cards have a clear, large typeface which makes reading as easy as possible.
The numbers, letters and suit characters are all enlarged to fill the space of each card.
Standard black and red markers are used to distinguish between suits.
The Large Print Lovision Playing Cards are suitable for users who have moderate to severe visual limitations.
They are a great resource for group activities and games such as poker or bridge.
A full set of cards and box are included.


Increase business productivity helps to attain business goals and achieve maximum benefits. The methods to increase productivity in a business are simple yet most of the business owners neglect them. If such entrepreneurs make use of some simple tips to increase productivity, it can have a big impact on the sales and profits. This post provides 5 effective tips to increase productivity in a business.
One of the easiest methods to increase the business productivity is to communicate with your employees. It boosts the confidence of the employees and they feel more attached to the company. You should praise your workers regularly and also share the results of your company with them. This way, you will make them feel valuable for the company so that they also give their best performance in the office. It will also help you to build good relation with the employees and then they will also free to discuss their problems and doubts with you.
If you do not have plans and goals for your business, you will certainly end up as a failure. You should firstly analyze the goals of your company. It involves calculating the desired sales or profit in a particular time period. Keep the goals realistic and break them into time periods. For instance, make a goal for one month first and once you have achieved it you can set goals for longer time period. Thereafter, you should make detailed plans to attain those goals. You should also share these plans and goals with your workers. Keep the plans flexible so that you can adjust according to circumstances. There are a lot of factors that can hamper your planning and thus there should be scope for alterations otherwise you might get frustrated in future.
You should provide proper training to your employees. This will increase their productivity and efficiency at work. You can take help of old employees and the resources available on internet for this purpose. If you ignore this aspect of business, it will decrease the overall output from your employees and the productivity of your business will suffer.
Again, you should make the best possible use of resources available. If you leave a resource unused, you are wasting time and money spent on acquiring the particular resource. Again, make source that you make the optimum use of resources as the excess use of resources may result in damages.
This is one of the most effective ways to increase business productivity. You must provide rewards to hard working employees in your company. This will help to build a competitive environment in the company. Again, when you reward your employees, they get encouraged to work with more dedication. Generally, monetary rewards are more helpful and thus you should provide increments at regular intervals based on the performance of the workers.
You could have stopped the article at training and communication. I have seen many businesses fail because the owner thinks he runs it when it is the employees on the sales floor that really know what is going on and what the day to day business is like.
Micromanagers the world over are choking employees and small businesses to death!
These are great tips. I like them because the focus is on the human factor. The employees must feel valued and they must know that their efforts do not go unnoticed. Thus, there is no need for them to feel ambivalence about their work if they know they are appreciated and that they will be rewarded for it.
Setting goals and objectives and sharing them is great, too. It fosters teamwork and camaraderie and this is important as well.
Thanks Phyllis, an excellent comment and a point well raised – the employee must feel a valued member of the team, or no matter what steps you take to increase productivity – you'll be flogging a dead horse if your team aren't behind the changes.


text:
A Storm At Sea
21 Sunday Sep 2014
Posted by The Meandering Matriarch in creative non-fiction, Cruising, Humor, Nature, Travel
flotsam and jetsam, Rough seas, Seasick, stormy sea
Dateline: off the coast of somewhere up north
I'm sitting here in my nightgown, surrounded by flotsam and jetsam of all sorts…things that are supposed to be upright, or on tables, or in drawers but are now not. In fact, the drawers themselves are amongst the clutter on the floor. We've been experiencing a pretty wild storm–winds of 82 knots according to the captain. And 35 ft. waves.
Sorry about the quality of the shots, but we are in lively motion as I shoot…
I'm not yet game to be up and about enough to get dressed–hence the nightgown. I did manage to creep across the room far enough to salvage a banana that had been flung in my direction when the rather large stainless steel cornucopia-thingy bit the dust, along with all the fruit that was in it. Apples and oranges and grapes are now rolling merrily around the room. One of the two snappy pedestal-type speakers to the sound system is now laying across the doorway to my bedroom looking very sad and sorry, its pieces strewn about. Its mate in a similar position in the corner.
The worst of the storm is said to be behind us. That's cheery news, indeed, but it sounds like there are a few more hours to come. We are somewhere between southern Greenland and far north Newfoundland. It's the North Atlantic Ocean, after all. I'd be surprised if we didn't have some rough sea, but this is a bit extreme. Fortunately I don't get seasick–at least I haven't been sick during this episode. Knock on wood.
It was pretty rough last evening, and through the night, but the trouble started for real about 4:00 a.m. Before the crashing and banging from inside the ship, there was a lot (!) of Very Loud Booming and Thudding as the ship struck various large items, most sounded like a London bus. Could have been ice; could have been shipping containers–I'm told there are thousands floating just below the surface of the water all around the world, having fallen off freighters. Whatever the cause, the explosive crashes and booms were not conducive to a nice nights sleep. It wasn't only the boat which was shuddering!
The pitching and rolling are to be expected, of course. One can adapt to those. The lurching, on the other hand, is like stepping on dog poo–it's unexpected and you can't retrace your steps to avoid where you've landed. I'm not keen to break another extremity, so I'll just sit it out for now.
Well, another five hours have passed, the stuff on the floor has quadrupled, and I'm still not going anywhere! Lunch was exciting. My friend, Susan, came in to join me–both of us having ordered lunch in. I felt guilty asking crew to deliver it, but it was bound to be much less traumatic for them than pulling us up off the floor. Everything on the table kept trying to migrate to Susan's lap. My chair managed to tip over once–with me in it–but as we (the chair and I) were near a wall I was able to break the fall instead of a leg. We wound up putting all the dishes on the floor after we were finished eating. They were headed that way anyway. This is one exciting ride, I'm telling you. MM
11 thoughts on "A Storm At Sea"
jingsandthings said:
Perhaps you don't relish the quiet life, but this is beginning to sound somewhat extreme. Hope wherever you are headed is worth it.
Oh dear … I hear there are occasional icebergs in that vicinity 🙂 … keep a floatee nearby – just in case.
Be safe. We love you and want you in one piece!
Our family travel is not good right now. The Dales, Strecks and Capra's are headed to Cabo the 4 of Nov. But with the hurricane we may have to adjust our plans.
Pat said:
Hello Ladies. I'm keeping tabs on you and see that you are now in the Gulf of St Lawrence, so you should be having some smoother sailing. Are you disembarking in Montreal? The ship then goes to Boston and then back to Montreal. You could have another "Deja Vu" voyage, similar to your last joint sailing experience in the Caribbean.
jeff said:
Is Smithy OK ?
The Meandering Matriarch said:
Sure is. Has a personal trainer and goes to the gym for an hour each day! Can't keep a good woman down, eh?
davidatqcm said:
omg, what an experience
Gary Ross said:
Don't think that will go on my bucket list. How big is the boat?
Not a big one–less than 400 passengers. I like the smaller boats best. This one is a favorite.
You could leave it on your bucket list, if you have a bucket on your packing list.
Hahahaha. Love it!


Founded by singer/guitarist Brian Warren, Weatherbox is a progressive pop-punk band, whose deep-reaching lyrics deal with existential matters uncommon in most rock and roll. Several members have also played in the side-project Mister Valentine. They released American Art in 2007, and Say Anything's 2008 tour included Weatherbox as openers.
Their album The Cosmic Drama was released in 2009, (Doghouse Records), followed in 2010 by the Christpuncher 7-inch, recorded and engineered by Ben Moore (Soft Pack).
As of 2010, the bandmembers were Warren, singer/guitarist Drew Bent (Innerlimit, the Four Kings), bassist Landon Hedges (Little Brazil, the Good Life), and Andrew Lucia (Life Deposits).
In 2011, they recorded a Daytrotter session (streaming online), performing "Broken Glow Sticks" from Christpuncher, "Contactus, the Little Green Man" and "No Hands (Anything That Moves)" from The Cosmic Drama, and "The Clearing" and "Trippin' The Life Fantastic" from American Art.
When guitarist George Pritzker went on to co-found the band Japandi, Brian Warren was the only founding member remaining in Weatherbox. Topshelf Records reissued the band's 2009 LP The Cosmic Drama, (originally released on Doghouse Records) on September 18, 2015, featuring alternate and EP tracks. To promote the reissue, a never-before-released alternate version of their song, "They're Ready For Us To Come Home," was released.
As of late 2015, Weatherbox (Brian Warren, Scott Szikla, AJ Peacox, and Nick Brumme) was working on a new album planned for released the following spring. However, they split in 2016. Brian Warren joined Future Crooks and then, with Shane Moylan, formed Miss New Buddha in 2017.


"Paul Newman was the ultimate cool guy who men wanted to be like and women adored. He was an American icon, a brilliant actor, a Renaissance man and a generous but modest philanthropist. He entertained millions in some of Hollywood's most memorable roles ever, and he brightened the lives of many more, especially seriously ill children, through his charitable works. Paul was one of a kind. The beloved film star will be missed by a world of fans and admirers."
This is an amazing story about an amazing man who was a living saint and sinner as well as a dynamic, creative American entrepreneur and a very famous movie star, film director, and race car driver.
Paul Newman ended up being more closely associated to the Rolex Daytona than any other man on earth. This is perhaps due to the fact that in many ways Paul Newman was the living embodiment of the Rolex Daytona, or perhaps it was the other way around? Especially since both are strikingly handsome, timeless, cool, sporty, racy, rugged, mystical, charismatic and sturdy.
Over the years, I have researched and published all my findings on Jake's Rolex World that have to do with the fabled "Paul Newman Daytona." I decided to take all the vast information and photos of Paul Newman and consolidate them into this definitive and thorough article.
In this fascinating article we are also going to explore Paul Newman's legendary status in the collectible Rolex world and specifically, we are going to separate the fact from the fiction once and for all on everything having to do with, "The Paul Newman Daytona." We are also going to explore many other aspects of Paul Newman's amazing career.
The Rolex Daytona is a really interesting watch and its history is filled with irony. When Paul Newman first started wearing his Rolex Daytona in 1972, Rolex could not give them away. It was very common for an, "Exotic Dial Daytona" which today is worth $150,000 to sit on store shelves for years without selling for $300.
The supreme irony is that one of Rolex's least popular models models ended up becoming their most popular. From the early 1990's until 2008, if you walked into an authorized Rolex dealer (AD) and asked to purchase a stainless steel Rolex Daytona, they would laugh and tell you that there was a three year waiting list.
So how did this all change? It is hard to say exactly. It is probably a combination of brilliant marketing on Rolex's behalf as well as happenstance, coupled with the fact that Paul Newman made it as iconic as he was. It is also interesting to note there is a strange correlation between the fact that as soon as Rolex completely stopped advertising the stainless steel Rolex Daytona, sales took off. To the best of my knowledge, Rolex has not advertised the stainless steel Daytona since the late 1960's.
Some people who do not know any better (because they don't read Jake's Rolex World Magazine) think there is a mystery behind why there are models of now vintage Rolex Daytona models that are named, "The Paul Newman Daytona."
The truth is that I solved this mystery years ago, and once again, I put together this definitive article to separate the fact from the fiction–once and for all.
The term, "The Paul Newman Daytona" is a bit of an oxymoron. There really is no "Paul Newman Daytona" per se. The truth is that Paul Newman was a huge Rolex Daytona fan and owned and wore at least 5 different Rolex Daytona Models in his lifetime.
In this first part of the article I will document all of these 5 different Rolex Daytona models in chronological order.
So where did the term, "The Paul Newman Daytona" come from? In 1969 Paul Newman starred in a movie named, "Winning" with his wife, Joanne Woodward along with Robert Wagner.
In the movie, "Winning," Paul Newman played a race car driver and he was so inspired by auto racing, he ended up starting his own career as a race car driver. There was speculation that was later disproven that suggested he wore a Rolex Daytona in the movie "Winning" due to the fact that he wore a stainless steel chronograph wrist watch in the movie.
Some would say the term, "The Paul Newman Daytona" came from overzealous auction houses and vintage Rolex dealers who wanted to charge a premium for selling models of Rolex Daytona models that Paul Newman actually wore and I believe this played into creating and elevating the mystique. The idea is that if Paul Newman wore this watch and was one of the coolest guys in the world, you will also be really cool if you wore the same Rolex Daytona watch.
Ironically, my research led me to Rolex itself as the possible source for publicizing the fact that Paul Newman was a huge Rolex Daytona fan. Apparently at some time in the late 1970s or early 1980s Rolex sponsored the publishing of the following books on Paul Newman's career. The cover on this first book published in French has a publicity photo of Paul Newman from the movie, "Winning."
This second book cover (pictured below) also sponsored by Rolex shows Paul Newman with an exotic dial stainless steel Rolex Daytona on a Fatstrap. This Rolex Daytona model [Reference 6241 or 6239] is a manual wind Daytona and it is perhaps the image that created the phrase, "The Paul Newman Daytona."
Rolex is renowned for their strategic marketing skills, so the obvious question is whether or not Rolex was so adroit that they were able to create this amazing mystique by associating the Rolex Daytona with Paul Newman? Rolex historian, John Brozek actually asked Paul Newman in an interview and Paul Newman said he never had any association with Rolex.
If Rolex created this connection quietly, it makes them brilliant marketing geniuses. The other possibility is that it just happened, and that later on auction houses grabbed the ball and ran with it, which is my best guess.
It is fascinating to realize Paul Newman was deeply inspired by his Rolex Daytona watches and Rolex was equally inspired by Paul Newman wearing their watches–either way, it ended up being a perfectly symbiotic relationship.
When most people think of, "The Paul Newman Daytona" they think of the exotic dial version as seen below. The reason it is called "the exotic dial" is because it has a black outer track that runs around the edge of the dial that matches the subdials. Many people, including me, think this is the best looking Rolex Daytona ever made.
Note: Just for the record, the watch on the left side of the Jake's Rolex World header (at the top of every page on Jake's Rolex World) is and has always been, the same stainless steel Rolex Daytona with a white dial model Paul Newman is wearing in the photo above.
So what stainless steel with white dial model of Rolex Daytona exactly is Paul Newman wearing in the photos above and below? It took me many years to figure it out, but on Paul Newman's Birthday on January 26, 2013 I finally figured it out by separating the fact from the fiction with visual confirmation as witnessed by the high resolution color photo below. Paul is wearing a Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona Reference 6239.
Just to be crystal clear (no pun intended) Rolex made this same model without the red micro-minute markers, and without any Daytona designation. Of course, the version with the Daytona Designation and the red micro-minute markers is the most desirable because of its superior aesthetics.
The watch in the photo below is NOT of Paul Newman's actual watch. I simply wanted to share this image (below) to give you a frame-or-reference of what Paul Newman's watch would look like close-up.
In my opinion, the combination of red, white and black with stainless steel is amazingly sporty, striking and timeless!!! I also like the minimalist writing on the dial of the watch and think it looks better without the C.O.S.C. designation on the dial. There is an absolute purity to this Rolex Daytona that puts it in a class by itself.
It is interesting to note that Paul Newman only ever wore this watch on a 3-piece military Fatstrap. In other words, I have never seen a photo of him wearing it with a Rolex Oyster or Jubilee bracelet as pictured above.
It is also interesting to note that Paul Newman used to wear his white dialed Daytona quite a bit, and then all of a sudden in the early 1990s it was never seen again? This was because he gave it away to a good friend of his.
Some people love the look of a Rolex on a Fatstrap while others can't stand it. I personally like it very much and think it gives the watch a unique, cool, retro vibe.
I would conclude, based upon photographic evidence that he was wearing both Rolex Daytona watches in 1972, so if it is true he started with the black dialed version, he had to acquire and start wearing the white dialed version that same year.
The United States hosted the final round of the Formula One Season in 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada which was known as the Caesars Palace Grand Prix and Paul Newman was the race director. Paul is pictured below on October 17, 1981 sporting his trademark stainless steel Rolex with an exotic white dial on a leather wristband.


text:
HomeExpertsLynda S. Borucki
Lynda S. Borucki
Principal Emeritus
Lynda.Borucki@brattle.com
+1.617.864.7900 (office)
Lynda Borucki has over twenty five years of experience providing advice and developing expert testimony on the application of corporation finance and economics in both litigation and strategic engagements.
Her background includes a wide range of assignments for the banking, electric utilities, insurance, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries. Her projects have included the development and critique of damage claims, valuation of assets, businesses and securities, cost of capital/discount rate estimation, evaluation of structured finance transactions, and the economic analysis of contractual arrangements and regulations.
She has led large teams supporting multiple academics in some of the most high-profile securities fraud cases, including Enron, Parmalat, Adelphia and Refco. This work has involved estimation of damages in securities cases where she evaluated both defendant and plaintiff damages analyses, analyzed causation and analyzed damages in the associated bankruptcy matters. Ms. Borucki also has an extensive history as a consulting expert on tax controversy matters in the US and abroad. These cases include high profile transfer pricing cases (GlaxoSmithKline, Amazon, and Coca-Cola), debt/equity matters, and economic substance controversies. In addition, Ms. Borucki has also been retained as an expert witness on various finance matters relating to liability issues and damages.
During her tenure at The Brattle Group, she has collaborated over two decades with Professor Stewart C. Myers, coauthor of the leading graduate textbook on corporate finance and a prominent financial economics expert. Prior to joining The Brattle Group, Ms. Borucki was an Associate with Putnam, Hayes and Bartlett, Inc. She also taught economics at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Northwestern University, PhD and MS in Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences
University of Wisconsin, Madison, BA in Math and Economics
Northwestern University, University Fellowship
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Vilas Scholarship
Brattle Principal Michael Cragg's Testimony Contributes to Favorable Ruling for U.S. Department of Justice in Principal Life Insurance Company v. United States of America
Brattle Newsletter Addresses the Impact of High-Frequency Trading on Market Performance, Regulatory Oversight, and Securities Litigation
Impact of Changing Fuel and Power Market Structures on Price Behavior
Common Pitfalls in Market Price Forecasting
Energy Market Impacts of Electric Industry Restructuring: Understanding Wholesale Power Transmission and Trading, Final Report
The Impact of Stranded-Cost Risk on Required Rates of Return for Electric Utilities: Theory and an Example
Impact of Deregulation on Capital Costs: Case Studies of Telecommunications and Natural Gas
Discounted Cash Flow Estimates of the Cost of Equity Capital


San Diego State University is pleased to invite applications to its Summer 2019 Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates. The program dates this year will be June 17 -- August 9, subject to NSF approval. Our projects will be in number theory.


text:
Q: DataTables - Table Plugin for Jquery - Erro ao pesquisar string Bom dia estou usando o DataTables - Table plugin for Jquery, é um código do antigo desenvolvedor onde carrega corretamente os dados do banco porém, ele tem um campo "Procurar:" na parte superior onde digita algo e deve pesquisar na tabela, este campo não está funcionando.
Se eu digitar algo retorna o mesmo resultado de quando iniciado a tabela, ou seja, todos os dados da pesquisa sem qualquer where like (consulta).
O código é baseado em https://datatables.net/
No arquivo da view eu tenho um código javascript:
// ----- tabela de clientes

var oTable = $('#tblSearch').dataTable({
    processing: true,
    serverSide: true,
    //searching: false,
    ajax: {
        url: "<?php echo $this->url('clients', array('action' => 'getFilteredClients')); ?>",
        type: "POST",
        dataSrc: function (json) {
            for(var i = 0; i < json.data.length; i++) {
                let f_active = json.data[i][1];
                let f_id = json.data[i][2];

                if (!f_active) {
                    json.data[i][0] = "" + json.data[i][0] + "";
                }

                json.data[i][1] = (f_active == 1) ? "Ativo" : "Inativo";

                json.data[i][2] = ' ';
                json.data[i][2] += ' ';

                if (f_active == 1) {
                    json.data[i][2] += '';
                } else {
                    json.data[i][2] += '';
                }
            }

            return json.data;
        }
    },
    columnDefs: [
        { targets: "no-sort", orderable: false }
    ],
    columns: [
        { className: "" },
        { className: "text-center" },
        { className: "text-center" }
    ],
    order: [
        [ 0, "asc" ]
    ]
});

});
No arquivo da controller eu tenho o seguinte código:
public function getFilteredClientsAction()
{
    try {
        self::__autoload();

        $putParams = $this->getRequest()->getPost();

        $limit = $putParams["length"];
        $offset = $putParams["start"];
        $orderByColumn = $putParams["order"][0]["column"];
        $orderByDir = $putParams["order"][0]["dir"];

        $orderBy = "";
        switch ($orderByColumn) {
            case "0": $orderBy = "f_name $orderByDir"; break;
            case "1": $orderBy = "f_active $orderByDir"; break;
        }

        $listCount = $this->clientsDAO->getFilteredClientsTotal();
        $list = $this->clientsDAO->getFilteredClients( $limit, $offset, $orderBy);

        $listData = [];
        foreach ($list as $client) {
            $listData[] = [
                $client["f_name"],
                $client["f_active"],
                $client["f_id"]
            ];
        }

        return new JsonModel([
            "recordsTotal" => $listCount,
            "recordsFiltered" => $listCount,
            "data" => $listData
        ]);
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        var_dump($e->getMessage());
        die();
    }
}

No arquivo Model eu tenho os seguintes métodos relacionados:
    private function getFilteredClientsQuery($limit = "all", $offset = 0, $orderBy = "")
{
    $sql = "SELECT f_id, f_name, f_active from clients";

    if (!empty($orderBy)) {
        $sql .= " ORDER BY $orderBy ";
    }

    $sql .= " LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset ";

    return $sql;
}

public function getFilteredClients($limit = "all", $offset = 0, $orderBy = "")
{
    $sql = $this->getFilteredClientsQuery($limit, $offset, $orderBy);

    return $this->tableGateway->getAdapter()->query($sql, array())->toArray();
}

public function getFilteredClientsTotal()
{
    $sql = $this->getFilteredClientsQuery();

    $sql = "SELECT COUNT(f_id) as total FROM (" . $sql . ") as counter";

    $result = $this->tableGateway->getAdapter()->query($sql, array())->toArray();

    return $result[0]["total"];
}

A: O seu código PHP (especificamente a função getFilteredClientsQuery) não inclui nenhum where na query.
private function getFilteredClientsQuery($name = "", $limit = "all", $offset = 0, $orderBy = "")
{
    $sql = "SELECT f_id, f_name, f_active from clients";

    // deveria incluir o where abaixo
    if ($name != "") {
       $sql .= " WHERE f_name LIKE '%$name%'";
    }

    if (!empty($orderBy)) {
        $sql .= " ORDER BY $orderBy ";
    }

    $sql .= " LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset ";

    return $sql;
}

Mas uma observação: não é o melhor exemplo pois está inserindo o valor da variável direto na query (poderia ficar vulnerável a SQL injection). Se você estiver usando PDO, o ideal é preparar a query e enviar isso como parâmetro. Pela sua outra função parece que ela aceita parâmetros, então talvez poderia fazer isso:
// retira o name como argumento aqui
private function getFilteredClientsQuery($limit = "all", $offset = 0, $orderBy = "")
{
    $sql = "SELECT f_id, f_name, f_active from clients";

    // deveria incluir o where abaixo
    if ($name != "") {
       $sql .= " WHERE f_name LIKE ?";
    }

    if (!empty($orderBy)) {
        $sql .= " ORDER BY $orderBy ";
    }

    $sql .= " LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset ";

    return $sql;
}

// coloca como parametro aqui
public function getFilteredClients($name = "", $limit = "all", $offset = 0, $orderBy = "")
{
    $sql = $this->getFilteredClientsQuery($limit, $offset, $orderBy);
    // pela assinatura do metodo query abaixo, parece que aceita input como parâmetro
    // você precisa verificar se é seguro
    return $this->tableGateway->getAdapter()->query($sql, array("%$name%"))->toArray();
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


This is an uncommon example of the 1828 view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, drawn by J. R. Smith. It features a lovely view of the Philadelphia waterfront from the Delaware River. Many small boats can be seen in the foreground. This view was engraved by J. B. Neagle as part of Malte-Brun's System of Geography, Vol. I., published in New York by Samuel Walker.


text:
<?php

	class TestTimberLoader extends Timber_UnitTestCase {

		/**
		 * @expectedException Twig_Error_Loader
		 */
		function testLoaderChain() {
			add_filter('timber/loader/custom', function($loaders) {
				$arr = array(__DIR__.'/custom_loader_dir');
				$loaders[] = new \Twig_Loader_Filesystem($arr);
				return $loaders;
			});
			$str = Timber::compile('test-chain.twig', array('name' => 'Jared'));
			$this->assertEquals('Hi Jared', $str);
		}

		function testTwigLoaderFilter() {
		    $php_unit = $this;
		    add_filter('timber/loader/loader', function ($loader) use ($php_unit) {
		        $php_unit->assertInstanceOf('Twig_Loader_Filesystem', $loader);
		        return $loader;
		    });
		    $str = Timber::compile('assets/single.twig', array());
		}

		/**
     	 * @expectedException Twig_Error_Loader
     	 */
		function testBogusTemplate() {
			$str = Timber::compile('assets/darkhelmet.twig');
		}

		/**
     	 * @expectedException Twig_Error_Loader
     	 */
		function testBogusTemplates() {
			$str = Timber::compile( array('assets/barf.twig', 'assets/lonestar.twig') );
		}

		function testTwigPathFilter() {
			$php_unit = $this;
			add_filter('timber/loader/paths', function($paths) use ($php_unit) {
				$count = count($paths);
				$php_unit->assertEquals(3, count($paths));
				$pos = array_search('/', $paths);
				unset($paths[$pos]);
				$php_unit->assertEquals(2, count($paths));
				return $paths;
			});
			$str = Timber::compile('assets/single.twig', array());
		}

		function testTwigLoadsFromChildTheme(){
			$this->_setupParentTheme();
			$this->_setupChildTheme();
			$this->assertFileExists(WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes/fake-child-theme/style.css');
			switch_theme('fake-child-theme');
			$child_theme = get_stylesheet_directory_uri();
			$this->assertEquals(WP_CONTENT_URL.'/themes/fake-child-theme', $child_theme);
			$context = array();
			$str = Timber::compile('single.twig', $context);
			$this->assertEquals('I am single.twig', trim($str));
		}

		static function _setupChildTheme(){
			$dest_dir = WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes/fake-child-theme';
			if (!file_exists($dest_dir)) {
    			mkdir($dest_dir, 0777, true);
			}
			if (!file_exists($dest_dir.'/views')) {
    			mkdir($dest_dir.'/views', 0777, true);
			}
			copy(__DIR__.'/assets/style.css', $dest_dir.'/style.css');
			copy(__DIR__.'/assets/single.twig', $dest_dir.'/views/single.twig');
		}

		static function _setupParentTheme(){
			$dest_dir = WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes/twentyfifteen';
			if (!file_exists($dest_dir.'/views')) {
    			mkdir($dest_dir.'/views', 0777, true);
			}
			copy(__DIR__.'/assets/single-parent.twig', $dest_dir.'/views/single.twig');
			copy(__DIR__.'/assets/single-parent.twig', $dest_dir.'/views/single-parent.twig');
		}

		function testTwigLoadsFromParentTheme(){
			$this->_setupParentTheme();
			$this->_setupChildTheme();
			switch_theme('fake-child-theme');
			$templates = array('single-parent.twig');
			$str = Timber::compile($templates, array());
			$this->assertEquals('I am single.twig in parent theme', trim($str));
		}

		function _setupRelativeViews(){
			if (!file_exists(__DIR__.'/views')) {
    			mkdir(__DIR__.'/views', 0777, true);
			}
			copy(__DIR__.'/assets/relative.twig', __DIR__.'/views/single.twig');
		}

		function _teardownRelativeViews(){
			if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/views/single.twig')){
				unlink(__DIR__.'/views/single.twig');
			}
			if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/views')) {
    			rmdir(__DIR__.'/views');
			}
		}

		function testTwigLoadsFromRelativeToScript(){
			$this->_setupRelativeViews();
			$str = Timber::compile('single.twig');
			$this->assertEquals('I am in the assets directory', trim($str));
			$this->_teardownRelativeViews();
		}

		function testTwigLoadsFromAbsolutePathOnServer(){
			$str = Timber::compile(__DIR__.'/assets/image-test.twig');
			$this->assertEquals('', trim($str));
		}

		function _testTwigLoadsFromAbsolutePathOnServerWithSecurityRestriction(){
			//ini_set('open_basedir', '/srv:/usr:/home/travis/:/tmp:/home:/home/travis/.phpenv/versions/*');
			$str = Timber::compile('assets/single-foo.twig');
			//ini_restore('open_basedir');
		}

		function testTwigLoadsFromAlternateDirName(){
			Timber::$dirname = array('foo', 'views');
			if (!file_exists(get_template_directory().'/foo')) {
    			mkdir(get_template_directory().'/foo', 0777, true);
			}
			copy(__DIR__.'/assets/single-foo.twig', get_template_directory().'/foo/single-foo.twig');
			$str = Timber::compile('single-foo.twig');
			$this->assertEquals('I am single-foo', trim($str));
		}

		function testTwigLoadsFromLocation(){
			Timber::$locations = __DIR__.'/assets';
			$str = Timber::compile('thumb-test.twig');
			$this->assertEquals('', trim($str));
		}

	}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Q: How to use custom allocator when using boost::asio/beast with C++20 coroutines I'm trying  to find a way to hook a custom allocator when using boost::beast with asio::use_awaitable and C++ 20 coroutines. Given this function sketch:
asio::awaitable<void> process_request(asio::ip::tcp::socket sock)
{
    // Prepare the beast http buffer and request stuff using the custom allocator
    ...

    fmt::print(stdout, "Reading\n");
    co_await http::async_read(sock, buffer, req, asio::use_awaitable);
    fmt::print(stdout, "Done reading\n");

    // Prepare the beast http buffer and response stuff using the custom allocator
    ...

    fmt::print(stdout, "Writing\n");
    co_await http::async_write(sock, res, asio::use_awaitable);
    fmt::print(stdout, "Done!\n\n");
}

and overwriting the global operator new/delete I did some tracing of the allocations and hooked most of them to the custom allocator. Here are my questions:

*

*How to hook a custom allocator for the read/write handlers when using use_awaitable?
I see that there is an allocation of 288 bytes in between the reading prints and 408 bytes allocation in between the writing prints. I suppose these are the allocations that asio internally does for the handlers. I've read here about how to provide custom allocator for callback hadnlers but I can't figure a way to do it for this kind of Completion Token. Asio seems to provide a way for hooking an allocator with use_future but not with use_awaitable.

*How to give the custom allocator to the asio machinery so that it uses it for the coroutine frame allocation? As far as I know, I can overwrite operator new/delete for the coroutine promise type but this type is hidden inside the asio machinery. In addition to that I'm not able to see the allocation for the above coroutine in my printing. I've 1024 bytes stack buffer inside the above function and I don't see so big allocations in my printing.

Thanks.

A: I asked myself the same question (just out of curiosity, so I have not tested the following myself) and found an answer within some comment (from the creator of ASIO) to a github issue in the original ASIO repository. The example code of the comment can be found below.
awaitable<void> foo()
{
  my_pre_allocatated_storage_type my_storage;
  my_custom_allocator my_alloc(my_storage);
  ...
  co_await my_operation(/*...*/, bind_allocator(my_alloc, use_awaitable));
}

However, the used bind_allocator call was added on 24. Feb. 2022 and does currently not appear in Boost.Asio (Boost 1.78.0). If you want to use this feature via Boost you might just have to wait a bit for it.


text:
Civil War, Economic Causes of (Issue)
The economic roots of the Civil War reach almost to the beginning of English settlement in North America. The development of an economy based on the use of slave labor to produce staple crops through a plantation system in the South and a more diverse economy in the North based on free labor set the stage for the development of two economies within one country. Increasingly after 1800 the needs of these two economies were incompatible.
Southern plantations focused initially on tobacco in Virginia, and later in Maryland and North Carolina, and rice, indigo, and livestock in South Carolina. Africans were the major source of labor after 1619 in the Chesapeake and the system of inherited life slavery developed in Virginia and Maryland by 1660 and quickly spread to the rest of the South. In South Carolina Africans were important not only as a source of labor but for their knowledge of cattle herding in the subtropical climate as well as their knowledge of the cultivation of rice. Tobacco was a crop that was hard on the soil, and from the beginning expansion into new land was an important part of the tobacco economy.
Cotton appeared in the South as a decorative, novelty plant during the colonial era. But, it was well suited for the Southern climate, and the potential market for cotton began to expand dramatically as first Great Britain and then the United States began to industrialize in the eighteenth century. Large-scale cotton farming was not economically viable, however, because of the difficulties involved in separating the seeds from the fiber. The job was extremely labor intensive and the dark, oily seeds easily stained the fiber.
In 1793 Eli Whitney invented a machine that separated the seeds and the fiber quickly and efficiently. Whitney's cotton engine, or gin, made cotton an economically viable crop for the South and revitalized slavery, which had been declining due to the decline of tobacco. Responding to the demand for cotton from the rapidly developing textile industry in both the U.S. and Britain, cotton plantations spread quickly across the lower South. Cotton, too, proved to be a hard crop on the soil and constant expansion into new lands became an essential part of the prosperity of the cotton culture.
The northern economy had moved in a very different direction from the South. While all of the northern colonies allowed slavery and merchants from several played important roles in the slave trade until it was abolished in 1808, slave labor was not a major element in any northern colony's economy. Northern climate and topography were ill suited for the use of slave labor and the system never became an essential part of the economy.
New England quickly focused its energies on shipbuilding and mercantile shipping, fishing, finance, and other urban occupations. These industries thrived and led to the accumulation of capital that for investment in an increasingly diversified economy. In Pennsylvania there was a staple crop, wheat, but it was ill suited for slave labor. Pennsylvania also diversified its economy rapidly - processing its wheat into flour and developing its own merchant shipping industry. Throughout the northern colonies there were small-scale industrial operations, many of the using water power in traditional ways. While the South was constantly plowing its earned capital back into new land or additional labor, the North was accumulating capital that was invested in a wide variety of activities and northern investors were always looking for new areas in which to invest.
In 1790 Samuel Slater, an English millwright, offered such an opportunity to Moses Brown. Using Brown's capital and Slater's knowledge of the revolutionary new textile machinery that had transformed the industry in England, they built a textile mill at the great falls of the Pawtucket River in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Quickly the new industry spread through New England and the Mid Atlantic states. Within a generation steam power became widely available and industry was free to locate wherever there were raw materials and labor. While industrialization began with the textile industry, many other industries emerged. Increased demand led to major advances in the iron industry, including the development of new technology for making steel and the development of coal as a fuel to replace charcoal, first in making iron and steel and later in industry generally. The railroad and the steam boat brought steam power to transportation.
The northern economy quickly became industrial during the first few decades of the nineteenth century, just as the South was becoming increasingly committed to cotton cultivation. The industrial economy attracted large numbers of people who sought work in the mills. Industrialists needed a reliable source of cheap food for this new industrial work force. The Midwest became the breadbasket of the industrial northeast, especially after the Erie Canal and, later, the railroad made it possible to move bulk cargoes east efficiently. The expansion of the industrial northeast required more and more territory for food—primarily wheat, corn, and beef. None of which were well suited to slave labor. These divergent economies were the basis for increasing sectional conflict over the territories in the West which both sections saw as essential to their continued development.
The tariff caused sectional conflict prior to conflict over territorial expansion. When Alexander Hamilton proposed the first tariff in 1790 it was not clearly a sectional issue. As the North industrialized, however, and the South became increasingly committed to cotton and other staple cultivation, the tariff was seen clearly as more beneficial to the North than the South. In response to large scale dumping of British manufactured goods in the United States after the War of 1812 (1812–1814), Northern manufacturers pushed for higher and higher tariffs as protection. Southern opposition grew slowly at first, but accelerated rapidly after 1820 as tariff duties pushed higher.
The tariff remained a long-standing bone of contention between North and South. For the North, tariffs protected its industries and jobs from foreign competition. For the South the tariff was little more than a transfer of wealth from them to the north through the higher prices for manufactured goods, both foreign and domestic. Thus they called the 1824 Tariff the "Tariff of Abominations."
Southern anger over tariff policies became issue that sparked a new and threatening weapon of southern states' rights advocates: nullification. Led by John C. Calhoun, South Carolina nullified the Tariff of 1832." Nullification was a states' rights solution to a contentious issue within the Republic. According to its southern advocates, if the leadership of a state found that it could not abide the imposition of a particular piece of legislation, it had the right to call a state convention and to "nullify" the act. This would take the act out of operation until Congress could debate the matter and add an amendment to the Constitution specifically allowing the act to become law. If this happened, the protesting state then had the right to peacefully secede from the Union.
The nullification crisis came to a head when Congress passed a tariff increase in 1832. South Carolina nullified the law and tried to convince the other southern states to support its position. But President Andrew Jackson, who on other issues favored the states' rights position, perceived nullification to be a threat to the sovereignty of the federal government, however, and moved quickly to quash the rebellion. This was a dicey issue because the leading theorist of nullification was John Calhoun from South Carolina, Jackson's Vice President.
Even though the tariff issue produced the theory of nullification, opposition to the tariff was never as volatile as the issue of the expansion of the slave or the wage labor system into new territories and the formation of slave- or wage-labor states. This was because the creation of new states—slave or free states—was on the order of a foot-race between the competing labor systems. If the states adhering to one labor system became more numerous than the other, Congress could conceivably pass laws that would abolish the labor system of the less numerous block of states. This became the nightmare of the Republic.
It was during the debate over the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that the nation confronted the whole issue of this equilibrium between slave and free states for the first time. The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state (and balanced that admission with the recognition of Maine as a free state) but prohibited future slave states north of Missouri's southern boundary. This was the first limitation on slavery in the territories since the emergence of cotton as a major crop and the revitalization of slavery that had followed from that. The Northwest Ordinance of 1785 had prohibited slavery north of the Ohio River, but it had been passed when the economic future of slavery was questionable and debate over the institution acceptable within the South. By 1820 the economic future of slavery appeared strong, provided new land for cotton could be brought into the system.
The territories were becoming increasingly important to the South after 1830 as the North's population surged past the South's and the North gained control of the House of Representatives (whose members were apportioned by population). The industrial economy of the North was attracting immigrants, while the South was not. The limitations on slavery that had been acceptable in 1820, when the populations of the two sections were more in balance and the economic potential of cotton still unclear, were no longer acceptable in the 1840s and 1850s. Cotton had proven very profitable and the demand for slaves in cotton producing areas provided economic benefits to older southern states where slaves were bred for sale to these new areas to supplement income.
The opposition between the North and South was becoming consolidated over more issues. Economically the slave economy needed as much room to expand as possible. Some southern leaders toyed with the idea of turning the Gulf of Mexico into a reserve for future slave states. The same thinking informed their view of expansion into the West. Balance was seen as necessary in the face of increasing opposition to slavery in the North on moral as well as economic grounds. As long as the number of slave states equaled the number of wage-labor states in the Senate, the South could block any Northern action to eliminate slavery.
The North, however, was also increasingly unwilling to compromise on the expansion of slavery. A plentiful supply of cheap cotton was desirable, but the cotton textile industry was only one of a large number of expanding industries. A dependable source of cheap food was more important and the railroad would soon be allowing the development of territory ever further west. The Spanish had used slaves to mine silver back in the sixteenth century. Would the South employ slave labor in western mining? Southern opposition served as a brake on tariff increases and held up approval of subsidies for further expansion of the railroad system. But compromise with the South was increasingly unpopular in the North.
In 1854 opposition to compromise with the South led to the formation of the Republican Party. Republicans represented the economic interests of the North and Mid-West, supporting higher tariffs, subsidies for railroad expansion, and uncompromising opposition to the expansion of slavery in the territories. The differences between the two sections over the tariff, railroad policy, and the expansion of slavery into the territories became more sharply drawn with every election. Each section saw its future economic prosperity threatened by the other's political success. The election of Republican Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) as president in 1860 on a platform that was entirely pledged to support northern economic needs convinced Southern states that secession was their only hope to preserve their economies. Lincoln and the North's refusal to accept secession led directly to the Civil War.
See also: Andrew Jackson, Missouri Compromise, Samuel Slater, Tariff of Abominations, Eli Whitney
Barney, William L. The Road to Secession: A New Perspective on the Old South. New York: Praeger, 1972.
Potter, David. The Impending Crisis 1848–1861. New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
Stampp, Kenneth M., ed. The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.
——. America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Yankee Saints and Southern Sinners. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
"Civil War, Economic Causes of (Issue) ." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. . Encyclopedia.com. 12 Jan. 2021 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
"Civil War, Economic Causes of (Issue) ." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. . Encyclopedia.com. (January 12, 2021). https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/civil-war-economic-causes-issue
"Civil War, Economic Causes of (Issue) ." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. . Retrieved January 12, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/civil-war-economic-causes-issue
the South , SOUTH, THE SOUTH, THE This entry includes 2 subentries: The Antebellum South The New South The Antebellum South If the United States possesses an off… Thirteenth Amendment , Legislation By: U.S. Congress Source: U.S. Congress. Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1865. Available online at ⟨http:/… James Buchanan , Buchanan, James Elbert B. Smith JAMES BUCHANAN was neither exciting nor charismatic, but the power of his office and his character, principles, belie… The South , A southern migration, commencing during the American Revolution and producing six states (Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and M… Frederick Douglass , Born February 1818? Tolbert County, Maryland Washington, D.C. Abolitionist, writer, and speaker Escaped from slavery to become one of the most promin… Antislavery , Opposition to slavery in British North America began in the late seventeenth century but was limited mostly to a minority of Quakers and a few Purita…
Slavery and the Economy: An Overview
1800–1858: The North and the South Seek Compromise
Slavery and the American South
Support for the War
Economic Change and Industrialization
Abolition of Slavery: United States
The Cotton Economy in the South
Plantation System of the South
Civil War Reenactors
Civil War Politics and Racism
Civil War Memorials and Monuments
Civil War Memoirs
Civil War Diary
Civil War and its Impact on Sexual Attitudes on the Homefront
Civil War and Industrial Expansion, 1860–1897 (Overview)
Civil War and Industrial and Technological Advances
Civil Statutes of Limitation
Civil Rights Workers Sing "We Shall Overcome"
Civil Rights Repeal Act 28 Stat. 36 (1894)
Civil Rights Removal
Civil Rights Practice
Civil Rights Movement, U.S.
Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Civil Rights Movement (1954–65)
Civil Rights Division
Civil Rights Congress
Civil Rights Cases, 1883
Civil Rights Cases 1883
Civil Rights Cases 109 U.S. 3 (1883)
Civil Rights and Equal Protection
Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1875
Civil War, Economic Impact of (Issue)
Civil War, Espionage and Intelligence
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Civil, Alan
Civiletti, Benjamin Richard
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-1941
Civilian Dress in Wartime
Civilian Health Care
Civilian National Security Infrastructure
Civilian Review Boards
civilianize
Civilis
Civilista Party
civility costs nothing
Civilization, Concept of
Civilizations, Clash of
civilizer
civilizing process
Civiltà Cattolica, la
civis Romanus sum
Civita, Davit


m0rvnmd106 69 days ago News http://periodicos.unespar.edu.br Discuss Published New Discard Success!
Bone health: Dates include a number of minerals, which includes phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Naturally flavorful and low-in-fat, these organic dates are a wholesome way to satisfy a sweet craving.


text:
Domenico Matteucci, född 1 mars 1895 i Ravenna, död 19 juli 1976, var en italiensk sportskytt.

Matteucci blev olympisk bronsmedaljör i pistol vid sommarspelen 1932 i Los Angeles.

Källor

Italienska sportskyttar
Italienska olympiska bronsmedaljörer
Olympiska bronsmedaljörer 1932
Tävlande vid olympiska sommarspelen 1932 från Italien
Tävlande i skytte vid olympiska sommarspelen 1932
Personer från Ravenna
Födda 1895
Avlidna 1976
Män

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


This is the Tools And Technology report in The Strategic Portfolio Management Playbook For 2019.
CRM and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software are familiar systems of record for enterprises' customer and financial transactions, respectively. However, there's no equivalent system that informs firms about their ability to act on strategic plans. It's time for strategic portfolio management (SPM) to become that system of record. To help enterprise architecture (EA) professionals gain insight into corporate planning and performance, this report examines the required technologies and the vendors able to create an ecosystem. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.


Everyone at every age needs a Will and Power of Attorney no matter the size of one's estate. One way In which we can help is to provide these documents 'free of charge', IF you are willing to make a gift to the Wesleyan Church from your estate.
You can do this by calling or emailing me to let me know you are interested. I will make the arrangements from that point for you to complete some initial documents and secure an appointment with our lawyer to do the work in his office, privately.
Here is a second way we can help you. If you live too far away to come to Brockville for an appointment: If there are a minimum of 10 people in your church that would like to avail themselves of this service, we will come to your church on a Saturday to meet with those, take their information, prepare the documents and then return in 3 – 4 weeks to have the documents signed and delivered. How easy is that!!!
I would love to come to your church to make a 5 minute presentation to your congregation sharing these offers.
Give me a call so we can arrange a mutually agreeable date.


text:
The guitar thread
Thread starter jensked
Eric 'Slowhand' 'God' Clapton
Jimmy 'Led Zeppelin' Page
jensked
Do any of you guys play music yourself?
I play the guitar and the piano. I've got a Fender 50th anniversary Stratocaster and a Vox amplifier.
I play in a band called JiNX and we won our first rockrally yesterday. Huray !!
You can check our demo's on http://codus.madoka.be/jinx/demo.html. Site is in dutch of course but the music is in a universal language...
Overheat
Forum Addict
Where's Slash?!
Anyways, yea, I play too. I have a USA Strat from '91 and an Epi .335 - both of which I am far too attached to. I'm in a band (on hold) called 16th Round, whom play soft acoustic music ( www.16thround.com ) and I've just started jamming with another band, who are a little harder rocking.
I just put the four usual guitarists in the poll, cause else I could go on forever.
I don't own a guitar, but I love the sound of guitars. I'd like to play bass though.
This all bc of the bass-solo (you don't get these a lot) of rancid at Pukkelpop a couple of years ago. That lasted for about 5 minutes, and I'll tell you, it was 5 minutes of heaven for me.
Greetz Johan
jeffy777
Car(s)
'04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans....
I've been playing guitar for about ten years now. Started with hard rock, metal, and punk, now I play mostly acoustic.
Not sjure who to vote for, Probably hendrix. He did so much for the guitar world.
andyhui01
00' Subaru Forester GT
I played abit of guitar a few years back... but playing music just never interested me... I have some POS classical guitar and some shit yamaha electric one, I don't think any of you want to see that :lol:
I've gotta go with Hendrix. He's not the best in terms of technical playing ability, but no one has come close to doing with a guitar what he did.
I'm a musician and complete music nut. I've been playing piano for 15 years (jeesh, that makes me feel old) and guitar for just about 2 years. Right now I have a very very cheap Samick acoustic that is about 8 years old. My parents bought it for my brother, who played it for less than 2 months and then stuck it in the attic. I dragged it out 2 years ago and have taught myself to play. I perform regularily playing piano and guitar. I'm still pretty nervous on stage with a guitar, but I'm getting better.
I'm looking to upgrade as I really want something that is easier to play, more flexible and better sounding. Currently I'm looking at a Taylor 110T, but I really only started looking a few weeks ago.
Well, I obviously think Hendrix was the absolute greatest guitar player!
But his superstardom only lasted for 4 years (1966-1970). But he was the best. On the other hand you have Clapton: a carreer that started more than 40 years ago and since then he has always been on the top. And his soloing....drool
check out http://launch.yahoo.com for music videos...
Take I shot the sherrif live by Eric Clapton and listen for that solo !
By the way, I also used to be nervous for playing in front of people, but that has totally gone away. I'm still a bit tensed, but that's healthy. My hands don't shake anymore. Now I just enjoy the ride and enjoy the audiences attention
Well, out of that list, I'd have to give it to Hendrix, simply because he was so influencial and imaginative. Although the other Jimmy is absolutely amazing too I must say.
"bangle for president"
belgium!!
Volvo V40 & Yamaha Banshee
i voted for jimmy hendrix, he is still talked about after all those years
and also because he was one of the first to make music like that.
and the fact he was left handed, and he had to learn to play on a right-hand guitar. reverse the strings and turn it over :lol:
but why has no one voted for jimmy page yet? he rocks as well. led zeppelin rocks!!!! they are my number 1 band, and will always be. they made the best music ever!
yeah you're right man...Led Zep is the best band ever.
But there's nothing special about Hendrix' guitar...it was a right handed guitar, but he reversed it and strung the strings lefthanded...so it's just like taking a lefty guitar. He didn't want a lefty Stratocaster because he thought that those were worse. And above all, the pick-ups of his Strat give an unusual sound because the pickups were designed to have the strings strung righthanded.
He COULD play on a regular right-strung, righthanded guitar, but he only did that when there was no immediate lefty in the neighburhoud.
zenon said:
I personally like Washburn Acoustic guitars. I've had 2 so far and they've both been really good. They really hold their value too.
I've got an Ovation Celebrity Deluxe...plays like an electric. The neck is super-slim.
But you have to be for the looks
Taylor and Washburn are also pretty good I think.
But one day, the Martin 000-28ECB is gonna be mine for no more than $ 10.000
meh - I prefer acoustics to have cutaways - what's the point in all them frets if you can't use em all!
well, the higher frets usually don't sound that great on an acoustic because theirs not much sustain. You can't really play a shredding guitar solo and expect it to sound like an electric. Plus, acoustics with cutaways usually have thinner bodies resulting in a weaker sound, which is ok if you have an acoustic/electric amp, but for just playing acoustic unplugged, you can't beat the sound of a full body acoustic guitar. In fact, if you do play live, it's better to mic a fullbody than it is to plug in an acoustic/electric cutaway style guitar.
Well, I do play with an acoustic amp when playing live, but I also do understand where you're coming from on the sound front unplugged. When strumming the simple chords out unplugged, the full bodies do sound better.
Just curious: What type of music do you usually play on acoustic?
Mostly alt-country. Check out my band by clicking on my sig - our EP is on there in MP3 form. The site needs a serious updat though
s13 and a beater daily
sorry to bring up an old thread but i play the guitar too. here are some pics of my guitars.
my ovation
my hendrix style tele with a humbucker
small amp
big amp (nothing like marshall distortion)
tube amp
my dads early 70s martin
my dads beater guild thats actually a real nice guitar
my dads electric
my dads amp that never gets used
my dads ovation (same as mine but righty and color)
my prosthetics
if anyone knows anyone interseted in buying an amp, my marshall amp and cabinent are for sale. they have been barely used and are in good shape.
bigfoot1942
Re: The guitar thread
jensked said:
but i would put the bass up for 1 or 2 dB, guitar 2 or 3 dB and definately the basedrum (which i cant hear at all) and the snare and other drums with 3 or 4 dB up cuz they sound pretty soft as well...
it feels a little bit too soft-style to me (im more into rock but hey i like keane as well so its allright), but im curious what the song would sound like if it was mastered different... i think it would have more body, more rythm. If you have recorded it multitrack remastering would be pretty easy...
btw im just being a little critical since i do some mixing myself for hobby and i think the song could sound better (which is better for you guys ) so dont take it too hard...
patrick10 said:
that thing would be rather expensive wouldnt it?


text:
ITZY's Ryujin Went To A Stunt Academy For Her "2021 MAMA" Performance And It Definitely Paid Off
Hands down one of the highlights of the night ✨
ITZY's Ryujin trended in multiple countries around the world thanks to her incredible performance in the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards. She played an inspector who took down thugs and the big boss played by Heo Sung Tae, seamlessly leading up to her declaration that she's "the mafia."
ITZY's Ryujin
From her charisma to her eye-catching moves, fans couldn't get enough!
In a live broadcast following ITZY's stage, Yeji sat down with fans and relayed behind the scenes information regarding the event. She revealed that the entire group put in every bit of effort to achieve perfection.
ITZY's Yeji
Ryujin, in fact, even took time out of her busy schedule to go to stunt school for her solo parts.
This time for MAMA there were action scenes so Ryujin attended a stunt academy and worked hard.
— Yeji
Ryujin may have attacked her fellow actors on stage as part of the script, but she actually had a great relationship with them off-stage. They even gave their inputs on what would look best and the ITZY member was all to happy to apply their suggestions.
The stunt actors were also really passionate and suggested things like, 'We think this will look cool' and more.
As a result of their hard work, they had a spotless performance! It was one of the most unique highlights of the entire award show.
Ryujin and the actors worked really hard so I think that's why it came out well.
Check out her full stunt performance below!
ITZY's Lia Proves She's Yeji's Biggest Fangirl In A Behind The Scenes Video Of "LOCO"
10 Times ITZY Recovered From Stage Accidents Like Pros
ITZY's Lia Stuns Fans With Her Voice In Her Recording Of "Always Be Your Star"
10+ Recent Times ITZY's Yuna Reminded Us She's A Top Tier Visual We Should Never Forget
See more ITZY


Many men and women have started to use this type of countertop since it's really trendy together with eco friendly. The glass counter-tops to get cleaning are appealing. You can find two brilliant techniques that you can do to install these countertops. 1st is by simply painting the trunk of this countertop using almost any color you like before you set the counter tops. You can paint your countertop with light brown, by way of example, then wait till it dries. After that, set the glass on top of the counter countertops. The 2nd kind is the glass. To start with you want to crush the glass into small bits and inserted in a crystal clear and really solid resin material. You might even blend it together with glass hues to make it even more desirable. The glass is an easy task to combine with any furniture, walls, or floors. The longevity of vacuum depends on the depth of this glass. The thicker it gets the better because it unbelievably scrape resistance, powerful, and simple to clean.
The activity in the cleaning surely is equal with the game connected with sanitary. People might bath or shower in the cleaning. They will scrub their own head or other portions of the body in the cleaning. They need to wash out the water onto your own body by using this towel. That isn't any question that towel becomes quite essential resource that people need to find within the cleaning. Towel provide has to be stored precisely needless to say. Inside this circumstance, people can set up china tfe high efficient agitated thin film distiller.
Do you have a previous cabinets plus you also truly feel tired with all the paint? Commence to repaint your cleaning cupboards with an brand new color! I suggest one to have the mild color including pink, reddish orange or orange to charge your mood! You also can paint it with all the neutral colours or pale colors such as hale navy, chat room, enchanted eve, Chelsea grey, grey colour, white weathered, and only whitened. I believe that's all about the tips of paint to the cleaning cupboards. Thus, begin to choose your own china tfe high efficient agitated thin film distiller!
Apart from that, shower curtain will probably soon be also the excess trendy stuff to be implemented to the own shower location. On this particular part, you won't desire higher budgets, right? Allowing other accessories. There are additional equipment you are able to play. You may choose a clock to be placed on your own cleaning wallsocket. It will be rather beneficial, for you. Ultimately, these are typical some very simple china tfe high efficient agitated thin film distiller.
This China Tfe High Efficient Agitated Thin Film Distiller the gallery form Home Vacuum Distillation. Hopefully you can find the best inspiration from our gallery here.


This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices, and was last updated by menolo 2 months, 1 week ago.
Even if there shouldn't be any reminders and all invoices are paid for.
Also, this reminder does not get sent. There is no invoice ID or client ID in this message.
I can't seem to figure out what client/invoice this is.
Do you know what the query is to find the client/invoice with the reminder?
This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by menolo.
The message just means the account has reminders enabled, if a reminder is due it would be sent.
Doh! So that's what that means 🙂 Thanks Hillel.


Players from all 32 teams have donated to a newly active political action committee, as President Trump singles out the league for critcism.
WASHINGTON — The NFL's players have decided to get more political.
Pros from all 32 teams donated to the National Football League Players Association's One Team PAC late last year, giving nearly $700,000 to the political action committee on a single day, according to a new report the team filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.
The two franchises with the greatest participation: The Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots and the Houston Texans. Each contributed a total of $32,000.
Four players, including Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady, made the maximum $5,000 contribution to the PAC, along with the association's chief DeMaurice Smith. The PAC, which launched in June 2016, has not yet reported making any political donations.
Smith said the PAC will allow the association to have a voice in ongoing legislative fights, such as efforts at the state level to guarantee players access to workers' compensation benefits.
Eric Winston, the association's president and an offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals, said about 90% of players have donated to the PAC. "It's not just three guys donating big checks," he said.
"We've educated and tried to let guys know over the years, 'Listen, this is how the NFL plays, this is how other people play, and we're going to have to play on these different fields,' " Winston said.
The players' newfound political activity comes as Washington turns a spotlight on the league. Last October, for instance, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee held a forum featuring medical researchers and the widows of former players to examine the long-term effects of the traumatic brain injuries sustained in the game.
But no political figure is paying more attention to the NFL than President Trump, who has heaped scorn on players who kneel during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality. He argues the protests are disrespectful and has slammed the league as "weak" for tolerating them.
Last fall, a nonprofit group run by Trump allies ran digital ads urging sports fans to stop watching televised NFL games.
In addition to Brady and Smith, other maxed-out donors to the political action committee: Dwayne Allen of the Indiana Colts, Jermey Parnell of the Jacksonsville Jaguars and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers. Reid knelt during all this season's games to continue the protest tradition started by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Players from Philadelphia Eagles, the other team in this weekend's Super Bowl, contributed a total of $19,750 to the players' PAC.


text:
Dexter Johnson's Execution Delayed Once Again
Dexter Johnson, 18-years-old in 2006 and four other accomplices kidnapped, carjacked, robbed, raped, and murdered 23-year-old Maria Aparece and her 17-year-old boyfriend Huy Ngo. In 2007, a jury convicted him of murder and sentenced him to death, since he was 18-years-old at the time of the crime—the death penalty was on the table. During his sentencing, Dexter threw a chair across the courtroom and had to be subdued by multiple bailiffs while his family members screamed in anger and threatened Aparece and Ngo's family members inside the courtroom.
Maria Aparece (L) and Huy Ngo (R). Images via Houston Chronicle
Dexter Johnson's reaction to his death sentence
On June 18, 2006, Johnson, his best-friend Keithron Fields, 18, and Alvie Butler, 23, approached Aparece and Ngo who were both talking inside Aparece's Toyota Matrix parked outside Ngo's home around midnight. They threatened the couple with a shotgun and forced the couple into the backseat of the Matrix and drove them all around Houston. They demanded money, credit cards, and ATM pin numbers.
Keithron Fields (L) and Alvie Butler (R). Images via City of Houston
Later joined Johnson's two other accomplices, Timothy Randle, 20, and Ashley Ervin, 18. These individuals, totaling five, were also responsible for the shooting deaths of Brady Davis and Jose Lopez in separate incidents.
Timothy Randle (L) and Ashley Ervin (R). Images via City of Houston
The five criminals drove Aparece and Ngo to a thick patch of woods. There, Johnson raped Aparece in the backseat of her car while Ngo was forced to listen to the sexual-assault on his knees outside the vehicle while the other four accomplices taunted him.
According to Prosecutors, Johnson and Fields marched a naked Aparece and Ngo about 60 feet into the woods and shot them both in the head. Johnson shot Ngo on the side of the head first. Aparece then screamed, "No!" and covered her face. Johnson shot her in the top of the head.
Throughout the trial, Johnson's defense team adamantly denied he marched Aparece and Ngo out into the woods. They maintained Fields and another accomplice were the ones who shot and murdered the couple. Johnson never denied kidnapping, robbing, and raping.
Several Female Chinese Students Attacked at University of Sheffield
Two of Dexter Johnson's accomplices are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. Ashley Ervin and Keithron Fields.
Federal courts have twice stayed Johnson's execution, the last one in 2019. Dexter Johnson's legal argument is that his IQ is about 70, meaning he's intellectually disabled and should not be executed. His lawyers also added he was mentally challenged with permanent brain damage. However, it takes a certain level of intellectual clarity to kidnap two people, rob them, and have enough common sense to drive to a secluded area and rape one of them to avoid drawing attention to oneself.
Dexter Johnson was meant to be executed on May 2, 2019, which was signed off by the 208th District Court. However, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in August 2019, Dexter Johnson's case should be sent back to a federal district after his attorneys successfully argued Dexter is intellectually disabled and lacked sufficient legal representation at the time. Local prosecutors, the Aparece, and Ngo families are currently fighting hard to reinstate Johnson's execution as of May 2020.
Feature Images via The Houston Chronicle
Black-on-Asian ViolenceDexter JohnsonHoustonHuy NgoMaria Aparece
Simon Matsu


You are here: Home » News » Nominations now open for UKinbound's 2018 Awards for Excellence!
It's time to nominate your company for the UKinbound 2018 Awards for Excellence!
If you believe your company or organisation has made a significant contribution to the UK's inbound tourism industry in the past 12 months, then submit a nomination today!
We are also delighted to introduce the brand new UKinbound Young Excellence Award, designed to recognise and celebrate the potential and commitment of young people in the industry, and to showcase their accomplishments to help support their future career.
– commitment to the tourism industry.
To nominate your organisation for one of the categories above and/or a young person from your company or oganisation, please click here.
Nominations close at midday, Friday 30 November.
A panel of judges will be responsible for selecting a shortlist from the nominations and members will be invited to vote on this shortlist on Monday 10 December. Voting will close on Friday 11 January and the winners will be announced at the UKinbound Annual Convention Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner on Thursday 7 February 2019.
Nominations can only be accepted from organisations which were members of UKinbound on or before 30 September 2018.
Nominations can only be accepted from members who have paid their 2018/2019 membership fees by the close of nominations.
The Regional Member of the Year award is open to all members based outside the London Boroughs and the City of London.


: Scan your shopping cart to confirm that the coupon code was properly entered and is reflected in your total price. Step 1: Add the Item to your shopping cart.
These coupons allow people to make the right choices and save big every time. If not, navigate back through the checkout process and try again. Apply your code and check whether your discount was reflected and continue your checkout. Some sellers also offer Thank. Cookies help us deliver our services. In search of multi-sport adventure, the travelers will explore different destinationswhile telling stories, sharing photos and reviewing gear as they. We will never sell your data and you'll only get messages from us and our partners whose products and services we think you'll enjoy. People can find numerous options online to consider and shop at Irwincycles, using online coupon codes and discounts.
Confirm that you las vegas premium outlet north coupons are buying what you want, and that it fulfills any requirements to qualify for the Irwincycles promotion code you want to use. Actived: 10 days ago m/coupon-offers/. Save 15 off DHL, FedEx shipping in Boston, Dracut, Lowell, Chelmsford, Tewksbury, Billerica, Haverhill, Methuen. Shipping FedEx, UPS, DHL Shredding Discount Coupon 25 Off 25 off, document shredding discount coupon, save 25 off. Related Articles, newsletter Terms Conditions, please enter your email so we can keep you updated with news, features and the latest offers. At each page, scan the page for a coupon code or promotion code option. Follow the exploits of the Active Junky team as they take on a brand new objective. Go Real-Time in Chile. If you have any questions about using your coupons online, please contact m Customer Service. The Irwincycles coupon discount will adjust your order total.


2019 Ford Ranger FX4 Release Date & Price – Ford pre-existing Ranger FX4 is based on their T6 platform which has been designed inside of Australia mostly for it. To date, we regarded that the US version of this pickup truck, which is released with the 2019 Ford Ranger FX4, can certainly make use of the exact same platform. It could look this is not the circumstance. In fact, Australia has tasked yet again with producing the new generation Ranger FX4 as well as the forthcoming Bronco. Equally will reveal the identical chassis, functioning equipment, and check out engines. With little info can be found, Ford carried out say a handful of terms concerning the forthcoming Ranger FX4 and what it really will feature.
The current Ranger FX4 has a good deal of effects from Fors International models. The 2019 Ford Ranger FX4, on the contrary, probably will remove of all of that. As an alternative, we presume it to get a far more muscles design, a great deal more in contrast to what is available on the lot more vital pickup truck. This is simply because the US Released has numerous anticipations and it is protected to think that Ford will consider their very best to you should it. The front end could very easily get cues from the Explorer, and new Quest whilst the cabin will certainly locate some really good from the new F-150.
Whilst the European model is excellent; the US model will require to ensure you a completely distinct area. To start with, expect it to provide you a great deal more space than its International similar version. This may be attained by employing a larger all spherical chassis that is not so difficult. The pickup truck also requires to make use of technology featuring that could boost its power. Stuff this kind of as an electronic trailer directing program or a 360-level camera program are the two intended to be observed on the design model.
There is completely no problem about the established fact that the US industry mementos petrol engines. However, this pattern started to change in the latest years so the 2019 Ford Ranger FX4 will more than most likely include engines to gratify each side. The base vehicle could use a 2 L turbocharged inline 4 fuel engine which could generate around 245 HP and 275 lb-ft of torque. If the could happen, then we are positive that its price increases acutely a small bit more than that which was rumored. An in a natural way aspirated 2.5-liter unit may be used right after all. More up the range, a two-turbo V6 is, in fact, a probability as perfectly. The engine most are seeking even though is the 3.2 liters in-line 5 diesel. This is not proceeding to be discontinued, but it really will probably be enhanced. To date, it would seem that could be tweaked to give all around 200 horsepower and also over 350 lb-ft of torque. Like the even bigger F-150, the Ranger FX4 may also get the 10-pace programmed only as a substitute.
First of all, the new model is obtaining a diverse front revocation and continue to keep the solid axle at the rear. Furthermore, they mentioned that thanks to the being familiar with Ford have thanks to establishing the light-weight aluminum F-150, the new Ranger FX4 is certain to get some of the uncommon features of the much more huge pickup truck. We are fairly positive this signifies that the Ranger FX4 will likely be introduced a high strength steel chassis where a metallic bungalow is moving to be used. However, individual portions of the doorways, fenders, hood and also your bed, could be created out of aluminum. This may make it possible for conserving unwanted weight although it is not getting to devote all of that a great deal of established technology. Its price is probable to hover shut to $22000 which is also specifically exactly where the major competition is.


Crispy Hash Browns - Perfect Every Time! - Duration: 8 minutes, 10 seconds.
trim F4FE1426 9DCE 41F8 AB76 EF9036996E88 - Duration: 32 seconds.
Dirty Tour USS RANGER #5 - Duration: 17 minutes.
Dirty Tour USS RANGER #3 - Duration: 18 minutes.
Dirty Tour USS RANGER #6 - Duration: 13 minutes.
Dirty Tour USS RANGER #1 - Duration: 18 minutes.
Dirty Tour USS RANGER #2 - Duration: 17 minutes.
USS Ranger Tour #5 - Duration: 16 minutes.


text:
Der Gladegraben ist ein rechtsseitiger Nebenfluss der Parthe in Sachsen. Er entwässert ein Einzugsgebiet von 15,1 km² und ist etwa 7,6 Kilometer lang.

Verlauf
Der Gladegraben entspringt im Osten des Parthensteiner Gemeindeteiles Grethen nahe der Grenze zu Grimma. Er fließt bis zu seiner Mündung in nordwestlicher Richtung und speist im Norden von Grethen den Großen und den Kleinen Kirchenteich. Anschließend fließt der Gladegraben stark begradigt südlich an Großsteinberg vorbei, unterquert die Staatsstraße S 49 und mündet schließlich zwischen Naunhof und dessen Ortsteil Lindhardt in die Parthe.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Gewässer im Landkreis Leipzig


text:
Deze lijst van voetbalinterlands is een overzicht van alle officiële voetbalwedstrijden tussen de nationale teams van Peru en Roemenië. De landen speelden tot op heden vijf keer tegen elkaar. De eerste ontmoeting, een groepswedstrijd tijdens het Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 1930, werd gespeeld in Montevideo (Uruguay) op 14 juli 1930. Het laatste duel, een vriendschappelijke wedstrijd, vond plaats op 3 februari 1993 in Lima.

Wedstrijden

Samenvatting

Peru
Roemenië