David Arnold. (2016). Kids of Appetite. Unabridged Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group.
David Arnold. 2016. Kids of Appetite. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group.
David Arnold, Kids of Appetite. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2016.
David Arnold. Kids of Appetite. Unabridged Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2016.
bioText: David Arnold lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his (lovely) wife and (boisterous) son. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland, and his books have been translated into over a dozen languages. Previous jobs include freelance musician/producer, stay-at-home dad, and preschool teacher. David is a fierce believer in the power of kindness and community. And pesto. He believes fiercely in pesto.


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1) In the inner for loop iterates from j=1 to k and prints charter if j=i or j=k-i+1 displays "*",else it displays space.
2) This code will execute until the inner for loop condition is false, then it comes to the outer for loop, the for loop will execute until the condition i<=k is false.
1) While loop checks the condition first then executes the code.
2) First checks the condition at while loop i.e i<=k, if it is true, then it comes to the inner while loop.
3) In inner while loop first checks the condition j<=k, then it executes the code in the loop until the condition is false, then cursor come out of the inner loop and goes to the outer loop, this will continue until the condition i<=k is false.
1) First, the code will be executed i.e. inner do-while loop, the code in the inner loop executes until the condition j<=k is false. It prints charter for j=i ,j=k-i+1.Other than these j values prints space.


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Beach Beat: Western Growers statement suggests romaine money trumps business morality
By Coral Beach on November 21, 2018
An outrageous statement today from Western Growers flies in the face of yesterday's remarkably responsible move by the produce industry to call for an immediate, voluntary, nationwide recall of all romaine lettuce until the source of contamination fueling a new international E. coli outbreak is determined.
Western Growers also appears to be talking out of both sides of its mouth because it was one of the signatories on yesterday's open letter to the public. The head of the Irvine, CA, group has a very different message today.
"… it is important to acknowledge that a number of regions in current production were not harvesting or shipping romaine at the onset of the outbreak and, consequently, could not be the source of the specific E. coli strain identified in the illnesses. In light of this evidence, we urge the government's health agencies to work with stakeholders to quickly narrow the scope of the investigation, and to remove these regions from the comprehensive advisory as soon as the safety of the public can be ensured," Tom Nassif, president and CEO of Western Growers, said today in a news release.
The content and tone of Nassif's statement read like a reprint of the deadly head-in-the-sand, profit-mongering playbook the romaine industry used earlier this year during an E. coli outbreak that ultimately sickened at least 210 people, killing five.
In April, when government officials first reported the outbreak that was associated with romaine grown in the Yuma, AZ, area, virtually everyone in the leafy greens and produce industry said there was no ongoing threat because harvest in the region had wrapped up. That turned out to not be true. The area was shipping through the end of April, though it was well past its peak at the point. Growers and processors kept shipping and people kept getting sick.
Had the produce industry done in the spring what it called for yesterday and stopped the flow of romaine to consumers, retailers and restaurants, there would no doubt have been fewer people infected.
But the Western Growers organization — which was founded in 1926 and represents growers in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico — did not put people before pennies this past spring. Neither did other produce and leafy greens groups. They all engaged in the blame game, saying everyone from Mother Nature to consumers had a hand in the outbreak.
The industry's call to action yesterday can't reverse the symptoms of the patients already infected in the new outbreak, but it almost certainly will help prevent additional illnesses.
Western Growers doesn't seem much interested in containing the outbreak, though, despite Nassif's stale homage to this fall's victims: "Our hearts go out to individuals and families impacted by the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine …"
The group, self-described as producing "half the nation's fresh fruits, vegetables and tree nuts, including half of America's fresh organic produce," also pointed a bony finger at government today.
"… we urge the government's health agencies to work with stakeholders to quickly narrow the scope of the investigation, and to remove these regions from the comprehensive advisory as soon as the safety of the public can be ensured…" the Western Growers news release says.
If it weren't tragic, it would be laughable.
One of, if not the biggest, difficulties the FDA and CDC faced during the outbreak this spring was the industry's inability to provide complete and consistent shipping and receiving records. Asking government agencies to "work with stakeholders quickly" now so unaffected companies can get back to making money is insulting to civil servants and taxpayers.
Tracking romaine through the farm-to-fork supply chain was virtually impossible earlier this year, and it still is. There isn't uniformity in shipping and receiving documentation. Many records are still being written by hand on paper forms and in spiral notebooks. The records that are available in electronic formats aren't easily searchable and most often don't reflect the whole supply chain. Outbreak investigators spent thousands of hours this spring trying to figure out what romaine went where. When the CDC declared the outbreak over, it was still unknown who grew, processed and distributed the implicated romaine.
What's the gov'mint sayin?
I checked in with the folks at the Food and Drug Administration this afternoon about the status of their traceback investigation. I was not surprised to get a response almost immediately. Some people might think government employees aren't working less than 24 hours before their Thanksgiving dinners, but they are.
The FDA's staff declined to comment specifically on the statement from Western Growers. I respect that. There's no need or time for a we-said, they-said exchange in situations such as this. An agency spokesman was, however, able to provide insight into the investigation as it currently stands.
"We are encouraged to see that several romaine growers and manufacturers have begun to voluntarily withdraw their romaine products from the market. Together, we can help reduce the risk of foodborne illness while we continue work to identify the source and we thank our industry partners for supporting our warning for consumers to not eat romaine lettuce at this time and will continue to work with them on the current E. coli investigation, and on ways to improve traceability and the safety of leafy greens. We also welcome the support from the California and Arizona Leafy Green Marketing Agreements on our advice to voluntarily withdraw potentially contaminated romaine from the market," FDA press officer Peter Cassell told Food Safety News.
"Our investigation is ongoing and we are working closely with our federal partners to narrow the scope of this outbreak and traceback specific locations where the implicated romaine is coming from and will provide updates as soon as we learn more. We recognize that this is a broad warning, but some lettuce packaging is labeled in a way that doesn't make it clear where the product was grown. Our ultimate goal is the protection of the consumer. And entering into a holiday weekend that is very food-centric, we felt this advice was important in preventing additional illnesses."
For the record — Western Growers' full statement
IRVINE, Calif., (November 21, 2018) — In response to the recent food safety alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linking an outbreak of E. coli O157: H7 to romaine lettuce, Western Growers President & CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement:
"Our hearts go out to individuals and families impacted by the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine, and our romaine growers and handlers are cooperating fully with federal and state health agencies to identify the source of the contamination. California and Arizona growers place the safety of their produce above all else, and growers and handlers of romaine lettuce in these two states are governed by the most stringent food safety requirements anywhere in the country.
"In the meantime, it is important to acknowledge that a number of regions in current production were not harvesting or shipping romaine at the onset of the outbreak and, consequently, could not be the source of the specific E. coli strain identified in the illnesses. In light of this evidence, we urge the government's health agencies to work with stakeholders to quickly narrow the scope of the investigation, and to remove these regions from the comprehensive advisory as soon as the safety of the public can be ensured."
(To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)

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Stratospheric balloons allow experiments to soar high in the atmosphere. (NASA)
Students to send high-flying experiments aloft this summer
A stratospheric balloon experiment challenge simulates the conditions of space
By Elizabeth Howell on Mar 25, 2022
Three Canadian student teams are getting ready for a high-flying opportunity.
The 2021-22 edition of the Canadian Stratospheric Balloon Experiment Design Challenge (CAN-SBX) will send small scientific payloads from Timmins, Ontario, into space aboard a stratospheric balloon funded by the Canadian Space Agency.
These balloons are excellent analogues for space experiments, because they fly high enough in the atmosphere to avoid air that interferes with astronomical observations. The experiments are also exposed to radiation, cosmic rays and other space phenomena that are common threats for spacecraft.
Moreover, balloons are not only cheaper to launch than a space mission, but can persist for hours and sometimes days or weeks in the atmosphere, allowing for long-range studies for relatively little money spent.
Bringing the students into this field early in their career "cannot possibly be overstated" in terms of the educational value, said Megan Rose, CAN-SBX Project Manager for participating organization SEDS-Canada.
SEDS is the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, and Rose noted that space, unlikely a classroom, cannot have its variables controlled in the same way.
"When we do a project like this, you're subjected to a vast amount of variables that can have a huge impact on your project, which you have no control over. And I think it's really interesting to see how the students work with these different variables," Rose said.
Last year, the first year SEDS did this, the balloon launched in November and had a hard and delayed timeline to get in the air.
"We had students who were running into supply chain issues, and they couldn't get the parts that they needed for their projects. We had students who weren't able to access the labs at their schools because of the pandemic policies at their school. And then on the [space] side, we had regulatory issues with the time of year and the locations that we wanted to launch it. We ended up having to move the launch a few weeks ahead of time, to a different province entirely," Rose noted.
The competition calls for students to build, design and launch their own payloads. The selected teams are:
Team AstroBubble from Carleton University, which is "testing the feasibility of sensing cosmic radiation, using plasmonic nanoparticles — metallic particles with unique optical properties of efficiently absorbing and scattering light," SEDS Canada wrote in a press release;
Team StratoNeers from the University of British Columbia Okanagan, which is "testing hardware protective techniques to mitigate the occurrence of bit flips due to cosmic radiation in computer's binary code;"
McGill Space Group from McGill University, which "is studying the flux of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from seasonal forest fires."
One of the selection criteria is that the CSA's focus areas had to be taken into account as part of the scientific merit package. While all of these projects scored well in that merit, the McGill group is notable as CSA wants to launch a WildFireSat to monitor all active wildfires in Canada from space, every three days. WildFireSat is planned to launch no earlier than 2027.
Other evaluation criteria included technical feasibility and project management and outreach. Rose said students were also required to have a plan to pull the project together, to get the project launched on time and to publicize efforts for other students and the general public.
More opportunities to get on board are forthcoming as the CSA is expanding their balloon launch program.
"They want to be doing more launches, so we've been working with them to try and increase that [frequency] when we can," Rose said.
To keep an eye for next year's opportunities, watch the SEDS social media feeds or go directly to the SEDS CAN-SBX web page.
This biweekly column by Canadian science and space journalist Elizabeth Howell focuses on a trending news topic in Canadian astronomy and space.
Canada prepares for asteroid sample return
Bits of asteroid Bennu will parachute back to Earth from space later this year, on Sept. 24, 2023.
Awards set up Canadian space research for coming years
McGill University and the Université de Montréal, both based in Québec, are among the beneficiaries of recent space grants — including in exoplanets.
Canadian antennas track Artemis during Moon mission
"We used those antennas to track and measure Artemis on its way to the Moon by listening to their spaceship transmissions," said Michel Doyon.
SWOT satellite ready to watch Canadian waters
The spacecraft will provide much-needed data on changes in our lakes and coastlines.


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La Copa de Brasil 1997 fue la novena edición de la Copa de Brasil, competición nacional organizada por la Confederación Brasileña de Fútbol. Participaron clubes de las primeras divisiones y otros regionales.

El campeón del torneo fue el Grêmio de la ciudad de Porto Alegre, después de haber ganado por gol diferencia  al Flamengo. El máximo goleador de la copa de Brasil 1997 fue Paulo Nunes con 9 goles, quien jugaba para el Grêmio.

En el torneo se jugaron 78 partidos y se marcaron 267 goles.

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Competición

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Campeón
Grêmio3.º título

Véase también

 Copa de Brasil de Fútbol Femenino
 Campeonatos estatales de fútbol de Brasil

Notas y referencias

Bibliografía
 Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Río de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

Bibliografía adicional

Enlaces externos

 ESTADÍSTICAS Ceroacero.es

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Brasil en 1997

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Pokret Tea Party (engleski Tea Party movement) je fiskalni konzervativni pokret koji je nastao 2009. godine u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, nakon niza povezanih prosvjeda na lokalnoj i nacionalnoj razini. Ime "Čajanka" predstavlja aluziju na Bostonsku čajanku (engleski: Boston Tea Party), događaj iz 1773. godine kada su se američki kolonisti pobunili protiv britanske vlade koja je pokušala uspostaviti monopol na uvoz čaja u kolonije. Izraz "Tea" (što na engleskom znači "čaj") se ponekad tumače kao TEA, odnosno skraćenica za "Taxed Enough Already" ("već dovoljno oporezovani").

Iako su se prvi prosvjedi pod nazivom dogodili već ranije, smatra se kako im je značajan poticaj dao Rick Santelli, poslovni novinar i reporter kabelske mreže CNBC koji je 19. veljače 2009. godine, prilikom javljanja uživo s burze u Chicago-u, kritizirao ekonomsku politiku predsjednika Baracka Obame i rekao da bi se trebala organizirati "čikaška čajanka".

Ciljevi pokreta
Budući da pokret nije direktno povezan ni s jednom organizacijom, teško je precizno odrediti njegove glavne ciljeve. Većina simpatizera i aktivista pokreta podržava ekonomski konzervativne ideje i smanjenje budžetske potrošnje, međutim njihovi stavovi o drugim političkim, društvenim i ekonomskim pitanjima mogu da se u velikoj mjeri razlikuju. Ugovor iz Amerike (Contract from America), međutim, može otkriti ostvarenje kojih ciljeva većina simpatizera i aktivista pokreta podržava.

Simbol pokreta

Gadsdenova zastava je usvojena kao simbol Pokreta čajanka. Na zastavi je ispisana poruka Nemoj me gaziti ili Ne staj na mene (Don't Tread on Me). Zastava potiče iz perioda američkog rata za nezavisnost. Nosili su je i neki članovi američkog kongresa na protestima pokreta.

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice
 Javljanje Ricka Santellija uživo u emisiji mreže CNBC 19. veljače 2009.

Politika SAD-a
Društveni pokreti


Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, co-chair of the 23rd International AIDS conference. Credit: Stephan Babuljak.
The 6th International AIDS Conference was last hosted by San Francisco in 1990, when Paul Volberding, MD, professor of medicine at UCSF, and the co-founder of Ward 86, served as president of the International AIDS Society, and UCSF's current Chair of the Department of Medicine, Robert Wachter, MD, served as conference program director. Havlir later served as co-chair of the 19th conference, which was held in Washington, D.C.
The conference returns at a time of global significance. The United Nations has set an ambitious 2020 goal, known as "90-90-90," to ensure that 90 percent of those living with HIV are aware of their status, 90 percent of those who know they are HIV-positive receive sustained antiretroviral therapy, and 90 percent of those on therapy are virally suppressed.


Of French Huguenot descent, the Martineau family had become one of the most important names in the London industry in the nineteenth century. Owning a number of Whitechapel refineries after their forced relocation outside the City walls in 1800, the business was divided between two Norwich-born brothers, David (1754-1840) and Peter (1755-1847). David developed a group of sugarhouses at the south end of Christian Street. Peter, on the other hand, established himself in the north-west of the parish in airy Goulston Square.
Metropolitan Sewers Plan of Goulston Street and Neighbourhood, Whitechapel, 1849 (LMA, SC/PM/ST/01/002). Site of Martineau's sugarhouse marked 'Sugar Bakers' on Short Street (later renamed New Goulston Street).


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Rather than just comparing the current prices available for an item being sold on Amazon, it provides a chart of the product's price history.
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Benisch/Benish & Nall – Old St. Joseph's Cemetery – Bellefont, Ford County, Kansas
There are three decorative iron crosses in Old St. Joseph's Cemetery. They belong to George Benisch, his wife, Anna Froschl Benisch and Klara Novak Nall. They are all early settlers to Ford County, Kansas.
George Benisch was born January 31, 1823 in Germany. His wife, Anna Froschl, was born in Austria on February 17, 1815. The two were married and their son, George M. Benish, Sr. was born in 1857. The family emigrated to America about 1865. The 1880 Federal Census shows the family living in Linn County, Missouri.
George Sr. married Rosalia Sarah Nall (b. 1856) in 1881 in Linn, Missouri. They were blessed with nine children. About 1887, George took his wife, children, parents and mother-in-law to southern Hodgeman County.
Anna died in 1893 and George in 1902. They are buried in Old St. Joseph's Cemetery alongside their son and many of their descendants.
Klara Nowak Nall emigrated to America about 1868. George, her husband, had died in Austria. She came with her three children, Michael, Lizzie, and Rosalia. They also settled in Linn County, Missouri where Rosalia married George M. Benish, Sr. in 1881. Klara lived her final years with Rosalia until her death October 4, 1895.
Note: The different spelling of Benisch/Benish can be explained of the parents using the German spelling and the son "Americanizing" the spelling.
Mary T. Zvolanek-Old St. Joseph's Cemetery & Joseph Tonar- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
Kuffenkam Family – Old St. Joseph Cemetery – Bellefont, Ford County, Kansas
Sweeney Family - Old St. Joseph - Bellefont


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When planning our wedding, my husband and I really wanted our ceremony to represent our love and be very personal to us. We wanted to have some sort of unity ceremony, but I didn't want to do something that we have seen before. After a bit of research, I came across an ancient Celtic tradition, called Handfasting.Handfasting is the act of binding a couple's hands together with ribbons or cords to symbolize their vows to each other. The cords at knotted together, never to be taken apart. This is also where the phrase, "tying the knot," comes from.
We decided that this is how we wanted to come together as husband and wife, but the next step was to get our cords! Some couples purchase cords, or use person items like scarves or ribbon during their ceremony, but we decided to make our own cords, and here's how!
We picked up six different colored ribbon, I picked three and my husband picked three. Our wedding colors were ivory and green, so we stuck with our overall theme and chose different green, grey, cream and white colored ribbons.
Once we had our colors selected, we cut we cut off five feet of each color and tied them together at the center.
After the ribbons were knotted together, we braided three colors on each side. We decided to braid different colors on each side, and then leave the other three loose for a more casual look. I also took a charm off of the first necklace Brian ever gave me, and tied it to the end of one of the braids for a personal touch.
After the braids were done and the charm was attached, we were done!! We had my maid of honor practice tying them around our hands a few times, so we knew how it would work during the ceremony, but it was very easy to figure out. We even watching some YouTube videos on a few different ceremonies to get the hang of it.
But, the great thing about handfasting cords, is that they can really be whatever you want them to be! I love that we made our together and that we added a personal touch to them. It made our ceremony so personal and it was apart of day that we will always remember.
Keep an eye out for more post on how we used personal touches throughout our wedding day!


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If you invest in your dog's good looks, then you obviously need to do the same for yourself. There is no way you can show up to a gathering of pet owners with a dog that goes to get groomed regularly and not look the part yourself. Loving your fur babies is one thing, but you need to make sure you look good, too. After all, if you have groomed your pet into a highly fashionable little creature, you would not want to embarrass it when you go out for walks, would you?
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Kentia palm trees (Howea forsteriana) are native to Lord Howe Island (east of Australia), and are known for their graceful arching fronds.
Howea forsteriana (also known as Sentry Palm) belongs to the Arecaceae family, and can be planted year round in USDA hardiness zones 9B through 11.
Kentia palms reach an average height of fifteen to twenty-five feet tall, with a spread of three to five feet wide when grown outdoors. When grown indoors, average height is typically five to twelve feet tall. The thin trunk resembles bamboo and has a six inch diameter.
The arching dark green palm fronds have a sleek, smooth appearance. The evergreen leaflets are 12 to 18 inches in length.
These palm trees are versatile, and can be grown indoors as house plants, planted outdoors as a border or focal point, or planted in groups to screen off an area in the garden or landscape.
Kentia palm trees are the perfect indoor palm to accent an entryway, or display in an elegant room of the house that receives bright, indirect light. They are easy to grow indoors, and thrive with minimal care.
Lighting - Choose a location that receives bright, indirect light. Although Kentias will tolerate low-light conditions, the palm may only produce 4 to 6 fronds (as apposed to twice the amount).
Temperature– The ideal daytime temperature ranges from 65°-75° F. Evening temperature should not fall below 55° F. Keep palm away from hot or cold drafts.
Humidity – Kentia palm trees require moderate to high humidity. To provide adequate humidity, spray palms with water several times a week, or place plant container on a saucer filled with pebbles and water (water should be just below the pebble level). You might consider placing a room humidifier near the plant.
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Kentia palms thrive in tropical climates, and can be planted year round in hardiness zones 9B-11. They can be planted outdoors in a container or above-ground planter, as well as in the garden or landscape.
Be sure you choose a shady, low-light location.
Fertilize once a year during the growing period with a slow-release fertilizer.
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing period. During winter, water when top one to two inches of soil is dry.
Do not plant this palm in a dry location. Kentia palms like moderate to high humidity.
Brown tipped palm fronds are a sign of dry air or under watering.


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Leafs Win V-Shaped Western Trip
TORONTO (Mar. 14) – Having copped four of six points in California this week against three of the National Hockey League's best teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs are flying from Los Angeles to Washington with understated concern. Understated, because injuries to key personnel are almost never expounded upon in today's game. "Upper-body" and "lower-body" comprises the full spectrum of athletic malaise in the 2010's.
As such, we may not find out until Sunday the extent of injuries to Leaf netminders Jonathan Bernier and James Reimer – both of whom hobbled out of southern California after Thursday night's comeback, 3-2 triumph over L.A. Kings at Staples Center. With the benefit of hindsight – and post-game comments from Leafs coach Randy Carlyle – it seems clear Bernier would not have started against any other team in any other situation. The Leaf medical staff obviously gave him the green light to "try and play" in his home-coming to Los Angeles – the club that traded him to Toronto last summer. After surrendering a pair of first-period goals, however, Bernier thought better of risking a "lower-body" ailment and gave way to Reimer for the ensuing 40 minutes. Optimus Reim was perfect between the pipes, but had his noggin rattled in a second-period collision with Jarret Stoll of the Kings. Given Reimer's history of head and neck trauma – and even though he remained in the match – it was an ominous sight; the goalie laid out for nearly a minute.
Only Reimer and the Leafs inner-sanctum know precisely how the Morweena, Man. native felt upon awakening today. And whether Bernier aggravated a leg or lower-abdominal injury in his nostalgic period against the Kings. In a strong bid for understatement-of-the-year, I can tell you the Leafs would rather not be without either man – particularly the latter – for any length of time. But, again, we aren't likely to be provided any detailed information until the club's next game – a 3 p.m. matinee against Washington Capitals, at Verizon Center, on Sunday.
DESPITE A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE IN RELIEF OF JONATHAN BERNIER, THERE WERE SOME ANNOYING MOMENTS FOR JAMES REIMER THURSDAY NIGHT AT LOS ANGELES. FIRST, KINGS CAPTAIN DUSTIN BROWN SAT ON HIS HEAD (ABOVE). LATER, JARRET STOLL COLLIDED WITH REIMER'S NOGGIN (BELOW) AS THE GOALIE DOVE FOR A LOOSE PUCK. REIMER WAS SHAKEN BUT STAYED IN THE GAME. HARRY HOW GETTY IMAGES/NHL.COM
Otherwise, the Maple Leafs rebounded strongly after a no-show in San Jose on Tuesday. And, you can file "no-show" under the same category of understatement as in the above paragraph. Wholly consistent with the 2013-14 Maple Leafs was the glaring contrast between optimal performances in southern California (Anaheim and L.A.) and a complete unwillingness to engage the Sharks in northern Cal. The V-shaped road swing (peak-valley-peak), however, was a success and Leafs are now a stellar 15-4-3 in their past 22 games. As an measure of improvement since the last full NHL season two years ago, consider that Leafs finished with 80 points (35-37-10) in 2011-12. The club has attained that total now (36-24-8) with 14 games still to play. Quite an upswing, indeed.
Now, Leafs have to guard against a let-down in the remainder of this season-high, five-game road trip. Heading into action tonight (Friday), Washington is three points out of playoff territory in the Eastern Conference and a full 10 points behind Toronto. Sunday afternoon's game is critical for the Capitals, who edged the Leafs, 3-2, at Verizon Center Jan. 10. Detroit – and doesn't this sound odd – is nine points in back of the Leafs and two points out of a playoff spot. But, the Red Wings have three games in hand on Toronto and could dramatically close that gap with a minimal hot streak. Maple Leafs and Red Wings hook up in the trip finale at Joe Louis Arena Tuesday night.
EXPANSION MEMORIES…
Los Angeles Kings wore their original purple-and-gold uniforms against the Maple Leafs on Thursday night at Staples Center, reviving memories of what the NHL looked like in 1967-68 – when the league doubled in size to 12 teams. Courtesy of the terrific website nhluniforms.com, I have compiled a look at jersey designs from that season 4½ decades ago… still remembered as the "year of the great expansion."
Existing teams on the left; expansion teams on the right:
BOSTON BRUINS AND CALIFORNIA SEALS.
CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS AND LOS ANGELES KINGS.
DETROIT RED WINGS AND MINNESOTA NORTH STARS.
MONTREAL CANADIENS AND PHILADELPHIA FLYERS.
NEW YORK RANGERS AND PITTSBURGH PENGUINS.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS AND ST. LOUIS BLUES.
Tags: 1967-68 NHL Expansion, 1967-68 NHL Season, 2013-14 NHL Season, Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Dustin Brown, James Reimer, Jarret Stoll, Joe Louis Arena, Jonathan Bernier, Los Angeles Kings, nhluniforms.com, Randy Carlyle, San Jose Sharks, Staples Center, Toronto Maple Leafs, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals


Everybody knows how important the rainforest is in our ecosystem: Without trees there would be no live on earth.
The rainforest in Indonesia is one of the oldest of the world. If this rainforest would be gone, not only the orangutan, but many other sorts of animals and plants wil also get extincted.
You can become a member of the 'Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation' (BOS). This foundation runs an orangutan rescue center in Kalimantan, Indonesia. They buy rainforest from the indonesian government to protect it and to give the re-socialized (and the wild) orangutans a home. They also buy land from indonesian farmers to plant trees and plants. The former farmers protect this new rainforest against proachers and fire.
How can you get a member?
To become a member, doesn't mean that you have to donate. But, of course, it would be very helpful!
To become a member is very easy. Just fil in a form and send it together with a check or with money to the address mentioned in the form (You can find the form at BOS).
There are other possibilities to help the orangutan. You can also adopt a young orangutan and they always have Equipment needs ... Just have a look, what you can do!


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Desi "Arnaz" is a handsome Havanese therapy dog who prances on well-manicured paws through the hallways and streets of La Jolla. He's also known for "dancing" when he's excited to see somebody; or perhaps wants some serious affection. He's often stopped by adoring fans who can't resist the urge to offer the 7-year-old black and white dog a few pets and satisfying belly rubs. As it turns out, Desi even has a little Havanese female protégé named Lucy, a therapy dog in training. A doggie romance destiny? Perhaps. But for Desi, work comes first. A licensed therapy and service dog, the friendly pooch visits folks in his home of the White Sands every week to offer companionship, warmth and, of course, unconditional love. His owner, La Jollan Dee Swartz, says Desi "feels people's emotions." So, if someone needs him in their lap for some joy, he's happy to oblige.
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How do you actually move on once it's over?
BFF breakups are brutal and here's why… Because over the course of your relationship you absorb elements of each other – ideas, styles, modes of being in the world – consciously and unconsciously. You change each other on levels that are both so obvious and so subtle that they're almost imperceptible.
But unlike romantic relationships where you can vent to your bestie for hours after a breakup, losing your best friend can leave you feeling even more empty and alone.
A best friend breakup can happen for all kinds of reasons. Because of a betrayal, because they feel replaced or because one person becomes too needy and the relationship doesn't feel reciprocal. Sometimes feeling unsupported after a significant life event, such as a parent's death or the birth of a child is enough to end a friendship. Other times, friends may simply cease to have things in common.
Honestly, best friends rarely are forever and being tossed aside by a best friend is just as painful as being jilted by a boyfriend. It's no surprise considering the amount of negotiation necessary for friendships to succeed. You need to be able to manage conflict and have the capacity to talk about the relationship and set boundaries. People often don't understand why, since we choose our friends, it's such a big deal to un-choose them. But the loss of a friendship can be a serious life event because our friends become significant and lasting figures in our lives.
Getting through it is not easy, but it can be done – it all depends on you. And once you move on things won't look so bleak anymore. Here are a few tips on how to deal.
1. Don't try to force closure.
Closure feels like an emotionally healthy thing to want, but it has to come naturally, and when you're both calm. If you're in the middle of a heated breakup with your best friend, it can be difficult to explain how you both feel without escalating the situation. Forgiving them (and yourself) can be done without it.
2. Give yourself something to look forward to.
Since friend breakups can hurt just as much as romantic breakups, some of the antidotes, like keeping busy, are the same. Do stuff to help boost your mood like exercise, spending time outdoors, expressing gratitude, helping others and spending time with people whose company you enjoy.
3. Meet new people – but don't pressure yourself to find a new BFF.
If the friend you lost was the person you spent most of your time with, you can have an overwhelming desire to fill that void immediately. But strong bonds have to happen organically. In the meantime, casting a wide net and opening yourself to new people is never a bad thing. Take a yoga class or do volunteer work. The more time you spend around people, the more likely you are to form new friendships.
4. Purge your social media if needed.
Is there anything more frustrating than seeing an ex-friend flaunting their new squad on Instagram? Being reminded of them at all (but especially when they seem unaffected by losing you) can be super hurtful, but it's also easily avoidable. The unfollow and untag buttons were invented for this reason. Don't block them if you don't want to, but keeping their stuff off your radar for now is probably for the best.
5. Have a plan when dealing with mutual friends.
If you hang out with some of the same people you may have the added issue of, "What on earth do I say to everyone who still thinks we're besties?" The answer is – not much at all. A simple response like, "We don't spend much time together anymore" will suffice.
6. Accept that you may never reconnect.
Chances are, you either never want to be in contact with this person again, or you're holding onto hope of reconciliation someday. While the idea of picking up where you left off can sound wonderful, you can't actually count on that as a possibility. In time one of you might reach out and you can rebuild your friendship, or you just won't ever speak again. Whatever happens in the future, you need to move on for right now.
The silver lining to the breakdown of a friendship is addressing your own potential negative behaviors, if there are any. There's always an opportunity to learn and grow as a person.
On the hand, your friend may have just been deeply problematic on their own, and you might have to realize a difficult truth – there was nothing you could've done to fix it.
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Margot Robbie Convinced Leonardo DiCaprio to Dance With Her After His Oscar Win
Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio at Oscars 2016
March 4, 2016 by Quinn Keaney
While Leonardo DiCaprio had a ton of celebrity support after winning his first Oscar on Sunday night for his role in The Revenant, he got an extra dose of encouragement from his Wolf of Wall Street costar Margot Robbie. "I screamed. I literally screamed," she told People about her reaction to his big win. "Everyone was beside themselves, no one would sit down, just kept clapping as he was doing his speech. It was an amazing moment." The Whiskey Tango Foxtrot actress also mentioned that Leonardo could not have been more relaxed about the award. "He's usually just cool as a cucumber, he was really chill," she explained. "I was like, 'Let your hair down! You just won an Oscar!' I was like, 'let's go dance,' he was like, 'OK.'" So cute! Check out the best moments from Leo's night at the Oscars, and then watch the hilarious thing he said while getting his statue engraved.
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Can you really feel better this fast??
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Everybody ages but aging seems to happen more rapidly after injury or surgery or even after 30.
This class introduces the concept of easy movement strategies (also known as Aston Kinetics) to help you feel better, look better and live better without stressing out and going to the gym. This is exactly what to do between morning yoga and falling into bed.
What: Easy-to-learn, feel-good alignment that can change your life--in a great way!
Especially for recovery after injury or surgery.
HOW MUCH: $10 per person--bring a newbie and get a bonus!
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Own a print of an original water color by Ronald Ferguson, retired New Buffalo High School art teacher '62 NB graduate.
The original water color was a gift to the school by the Class of '00, and hangs in the new New Buffalo Middle School/High School building.
The print (matted) measures 19 1/2″ wide x 13 1/2″ high.
Choice of mat colors are: light neutral (beige, gray tones), warm (brown/gold/red tones), or cool (blue/green tones). Exact mat color cannot be guaranteed.
Or, if you are already in the the New Buffalo area? or plan to visit soon, these prints are also available at the New Buffalo Railroad Museum – 530 S. Whittaker for $20 each (cash and carry).


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Now kids can enjoy all the fun and challenge of Scrabble at their own level.
Younger children start the fun by linking letters on the board that includes pictures. Older children enjoy making words all by themselves. Now the classic word-building game is even better. helps kids improve their vocabularies and spelling skills.
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While I was in Austin, I went to Crabtree and Evelyn and they gave me the most gorgeous bag with adorable liner. Instead of wasting it, I decided to make bookmarks out of the liner to use when I wrap presents. I think they turned out pretty cute!
Quando ero a Austin, sono andata da Crabtree e Evelyn e mi hanno dato una borsa che era molto bella dentro. In vece di buttare via la busta, ho pensato di fare un po' di segna libri da mettere su dei pacchetti. Io penso che sono venuti molto bene!
I saw on this blog that I follow that my BFF Martha came out with a home office line for Staples. Naturally, I needed to check it out. I was looking for some new paper sorters for my room so thought it was perfect. The products are just fabulous. I can't wait to need more items, haha!
Ho visto su un blog che seguo che la Martha (Martha Stewart) ha fatto una linea di prodotti per l'ufficio. Naturalmente, sono dovuta andare a vedere tutto! Stavo cercando un paio di cose allora ho pensato di usare i prodotti della Martha. A me piacciono molto! Adesso, devo solo aspettare che mi servono dei altri prodotti!
Oh yeah! I saw those adhesive label things, I have to share that on the blog, folk would go crazy for those! Your space looks awesome! It was functional before, but now it's functional and pretty!!


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Q: printing flot graph in ie 8 I am currently using http://www.flotcharts.org/ for a graphing plugin. I am trying to achieve the ability to print a flot graph off a page surrounded by content. I am trying to open up a new window and print a canvas object so I can print JUST the flot graph and I have successfully done that. However, to do, that I need to make the canvas an image so I can open it in a new window because I could not get the flot to work on a new window.
canvas.toDataURL();

In internet explorer 8 I get the error that there is no method toDataURL(). I believe this is because internet explorer 8 does not support the canvas tag and flot must use a workaround. So how do I print JUST the flot graph from a page in new browsers and internet explorer 8?

A: I had the same problem when I was trying to print flot charts. An alternative to opening a new window is to move the canvas to the top of the page and hide everything else, print, then put everything back. This should work in modern browsers and also in IE8. Also, this will keep your external styles and libraries(jquery/flot) referenced since it is on the same page.
with the html structure:

        <canvas id="my-canvas"></canvas>
        <button type="button" id="print-button">PRINT</button>

and the javascript function:
function printContent(whatToPrint, priorSibling, afterSibling)
{

    $('#wrapper').hide();//hide content wrapper inside of body

    //take what to print out of wrapper and place directly inside body
    $(whatToPrint).appendTo('body');

    window.print();//print the window

    //put everything back
    $('#wrapper').show();

    if (priorSibling != null)
    {
        $(whatToPrint).insertAfter(priorSibling);
    }
    else if (afterSibling != null)
    {
        $(whatToPrint).insertBefore(afterSibling);
    }

}

and the javascript print button event
$('#print-button').click(function(){

    printContent($('#my-canvas'), $('#some-element'), null);

});

NOTE: printing in chrome, without using system dialog printing, might mess with your styles. This is just chrome though. If anyone has a solution to that, let me know.

A: You might also want to try Flashcanvas (flashcanvas.net) instead of Excanvas; it should support toDataURL.


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Posted By Aimee O'Grady on Tuesday April 30, 2019
Desiree Hanford is a lecturer and director of academic integrity and appeals at Medill. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses that include news reporting and business and money reporting. She is the co-faculty adviser for the Northwestern Business Review and the faculty adviser for the student chapter of the Association of Women in Sports Media. In addition, Desiree is a contributing editor for a B2B publication.
While at Medill, Desiree has served as acting director of undergraduate education and has worked closely with the Medill Office of Student Life. Desiree joined the Medill faculty full time in November 2009 when she became Medill's Journalism Residency Coordinator, a position she had for nearly five years. She was an adjunct instructor at Medill for three years while still reporting.
Outside of Medill, Desiree was an equities reporter for Dow Jones & Co. for more than 10 years, where she predominantly covered publicly traded companies and mutual funds. While at Dow Jones, Desiree's work appeared on Dow Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal and other national publications. She also worked for other news organizations and magazines, and she has freelanced for several publications, including The New York Times.
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PAA Fall Show at Legacy at Willow Pond opens Sept. 30
"Smith Cemetery, Gloria Drive" an oil painting by Patricia Gough of Penfield, won the 2017 Penfield Scene Award.
An exhibit of 99 paintings by 34 area artists will be on display in the 14th Annual Penfield Art Association at Legacy at Willow Pond Autumn Art Show and Sale.
The exhibit opens Sunday, Sept. 30, and runs until Saturday, Oct. 27. An opening reception takes place 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 30. A closing reception and awards presentation will be 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 27. The show is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
The artwork can be viewed throughout Legacy at Willow Pond, an independent senior living community at 40 Willow Pond Way, Penfield.
A special feature of this show is a salute to the Town of Penfield with an award category for works depicting local scenes and landmarks.
The autumn show is one of three annual exhibits presented by the Penfield Art Association. Formed in 1963, the Penfield Art Association today has more than 80 members from throughout the Rochester area. The organization is open to artists of all skill levels and people interested in the two-dimensional visual arts.


12 Responses to Your Zazzle order was cancelled – now what?
Very thorough post Deb. You have posted a lot of helpful information over the week. Thanks again for all the work you put into this site. It truly helps so many of us.
New info from Zazzle forums: While a customer has 30 days to return an item, there are instances where multiple attempts at resolving an issue may take more time. In these cases, an item may "go pink" beyond the usual time frame.
Quite a nice job covering this subject; enjoyable as well as informative.
Great article! I have had my share of orders that have gone pink but some of them do get replaced so thats good. Glad to have found you through the POD Information Exchange group on Facebook.
Thanks! Glad you found this site as well – lots of helpful people in the POD Info Exchange group on FB!
I placed an order for some labels yesterday, and 1 hour and 10 minutes later I contacted them to make a simple change. 12 hours later I got a message saying it was too late to change it, but I could cancel the order if I wanted. I emailed straight back that I wanted to cancel, and 2 hours later I got a response that it was too late to cancel and that they were in the final stages of mailing to me (but it wasn't actually mailed yet). Apparently my only option is to wait for it to arrive and return to. Then they will generously provide me with a credit, but not a refund of my money. I wonder if I refuse to take receipt of the package, if I can get PayPal to reverse the payment?
Ouch! Speed is a two-edged sword when it comes to orders. I hear your frustration.
Here is the contact info to call them, but you're out of luck on weekends.
Mon – Fri: 6AM – 6PM PST (9AM – 9PM EST).
I doubt PayPal will reverse the charge. However, if you call Zazzle, they are usually very good about trying to make customers happy. They know how quickly everything happens. Let us know how it works out.


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Three Dallas County natives graduate from Stillman College
Published 6:55 am Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Three Dallas County residents graduated from Stillman College last weekend.
Tyriq Fells and Anthony Kemp of Selma and Shelby Boswell of Valley Grande all earned college degrees at Stillman College's 146th Commencement. The Dallas County trio were among 119 students who received their diplomas on a overcast spring morning.
Fells earned a Criminal Justice degree. Kemp earned a degree in Business Administration.
Boswell graduated with honors, earning Bachelor of Science Summa Cum Laude, posting a Grade Point Average between 3.8 and 4.0 and a Elementary Education degree.
Fells said he appreciated the journey it took to earn a college degree.
"My time at Stillman College has been long, rough, and rugged but it made a hell of a man out of me," Fells said. "This is only the beginning and I can't wait to see what else I can accomplish."
Boswell held the highest rank in my department, allowing her to carry the department's flag during graduation.
"I am very thankful for the opportunities and friendships that emerged during my time at Stillman," Boswell said.
"Thank you, Stillman College, for the four challenging and extensive years that have given me the knowledge, preparation, and determination to achieve anything I put my mind to; and thank you, family and friends, for the constant love and support through it all."
Acclaimed Chef, Author and TV Host Gerry Garvin, better known as G. Garvin, delivered the commencement address.
Garvin, who received an honorary degree, encouraged the students to follow their dreams and never give up.
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When faced with a serious illness, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. You're likely to have questions, fears and concerns, and it can be difficult to know where to turn. Whether you're the patient, caregiver, or a concerned loved one, you want to find resources, options, and support. It's important to know that you're not alone, and that we're here to help.
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PROPS SOUGHT FOR STAGE SHOW
By ANN MARIE SOMMA; Courant Staff Writer
WETHERSFIELD -- — Wanted: a tailor's dress form, a few metal milk cans and some wooden chairs that look like they came from czarist Russia at the turn of the 20th century.
Silas Deane Middle School is searching for the items for its upcoming production of "Fiddler on the Roof." With no money to stage the musical, the school a few months ago began searching for people to loan it the props.
"We certainly don't have the money to purchase them. We'd just like to borrow the items for a couple of weeks," said Anthony Poitras, the school's artistic director.
The school is trying to remain authentic to the production, which tells the story of a Jewish family in the Russian village of Anatevka in 1905.
Parents have donated some items, such as candlesticks and steins. The school already has prayer shawls, yarmulkes and Russian military uniforms. A local synagogue donated a cutout of a fiddler on a roof.
But it still needs a small, rustic kitchen table, old suitcases or trunks, old wooden mops and a cast-iron stove.
Catherine Curran, whose son was involved in several productions while at the middle school, said putting on a production with limited funds is always a challenge.
Parents usually volunteer to help construct the stage and put on makeup, and students either purchase their own costumes or search for them in thrift stores.
"It's difficult, but we consider it a benefit to our kids to be involved in something like this," Curran said. "My son has gotten a lot out of it."
Poitras said the school keeps props and stage material left over from previous productions. But it relies on ticket sales to pay for a musical director, choreographer and royalties.
"I run my MasterCard bill up sky high and then reimburse myself after we sell tickets," Poitras said.
Items can be donated by e-mailing Poitras at apoitras@wethersfield.k12.ct.us or by calling the school at 860-563-3490.
More than four dozen seventh- and eighth-grade students are part of the musical, which will be held at the school April 7 and 8 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and children.


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This Ninth National Congress of Chinese Trade Unions will play an important part in advancing the workers' movement in China and in speeding up the four modernizations. On behalf of the Central Committee of the Party and the State Council, I extend warm congratulations to the congress and cordially greet all the delegates and all the comrades working in various fields.
The line, principles and tasks set for the workers' movement by the Sixth All-China Labour Congress and the Seventh and Eighth National Congresses of Chinese Trade Unions72 were correct. Under the Party's leadership, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the trade unions at all other levels have done much good work, and they have played an important role in the successful development of China's socialist revolution and construction. Under the Party's leadership and with the help of the trade unions, a contingent of model workers and other outstanding revolutionary workers by hand and brain from all of China's nationalities has emerged in the various regions and industrial sectors. They remain the core around which our unity is built and the examples for us to emulate.
However, Lin Biao and the Gang of Four brought trade union work to a complete halt for a number of years. They cultivated a number of bad elements in order to gain control of certain workers' organizations and use them as tools in their plot to usurp Party and state power. They fanned factionalism and provoked armed clashes among workers in factories, mines and other enterprises, incited them to stop work and opposed or even brutally persecuted revolutionary cadres, model workers and trade union activists. They created anarchy in individual enterprises in industry and in the economy as a whole. They opposed socialist planning of the economy, the principle of ``from each according to his ability, to each according to his work'', and all rational rules and regulations. And they sabotaged labour discipline. All these counter-revolutionary crimes had most serious consequences. At the same time, they aroused fierce revolutionary indignation among workers all over the country. Everywhere, large numbers of advanced people defied the White terror imposed by Lin Biao and the Gang of Four and fought them courageously. These struggles show that our working class is indeed the steadfast and time-tested revolutionary leading class.
In the two years since the downfall of the Gang of Four, under the leadership of the Central Committee we have exposed and criticized them and set things to rights so that the situation is constantly improving. However, it is obvious that immense efforts are still needed to eliminate the pernicious influence Lin Biao and the Gang had on the workers and its disastrous consequences, and it is still necessary for every enterprise to consolidate the ranks of its personnel. We must carry the exposure and criticism of the Gang through to the end without fail. On the other hand, it is clear that decisive victories in this struggle have already been won on a nationwide scale. On the basis thus laid, we are now able to tackle our new revolutionary tasks.
The Eleventh National Congress of the Party and the Fifth National People's Congress have set the great nationwide goal of achieving the four socialist modernizations before the end of this century. Now the Central Committee and the State Council are urging us to quicken the pace of our modernization and have set forth a series of relevant policies and organizational measures. The Central Committee points out that this is a great revolution in which China's economic and technological backwardness will be overcome and the dictatorship of the proletariat further consolidated. Since its goal is to transform the present backward state of our productive forces, it inevitably entails many changes in the relations of production, the superstructure and the forms of management in industrial and agricultural enterprises, as well as changes in the state administration over these enterprises so as to meet the needs of modern large-scale production. To accelerate economic growth it is essential to increase the degree of specialization of enterprises, to raise the technical level of all personnel significantly and train and evaluate them carefully, to greatly improve economic accounting in the enterprises, and to raise labour productivity and rates of profit to much higher levels. Therefore, it is essential to carry out major reforms in the various branches of the economy with respect to their structure and organization as well as to their technology. The long-term interests of the whole nation hinge on these reforms, without which we cannot overcome the present backwardness of our production technology and management. The Central Committee of the Party is confident that, in the interests of socialism and the four modernizations, our whole working class will play a selfless, model, vanguard role in these reforms. It is also confident that the trade unions will make new and outstanding contributions to the cause of revolution and construction by conducting deep-going educational and organizational work among the masses and thus helping the enterprises to carry out these reforms smoothly. One of the main characteristics of the working class is its direct association with large-scale production. Consequently it has the highest political consciousness and the strongest sense of discipline, and is able to play a leading role in our present-day economic, social and political progress. We hope that this congress will have a penetrating discussion of the current situation so that, on the basis of complete victory in the struggle to expose and criticize the Gang of Four, it can unite all union members to undertake the great task before us, that is, the four modernizations.
Trade unions should educate all their members to recognize the tremendous importance of the four modernizations and strive to raise their political, managerial, technical and educational levels. The workers should carry forward their glorious traditions of working hard and selflessly, maintaining strict discipline, readily accepting work assignments and loving their enterprises as they do their own families. They should unite and rid themselves of all vestiges of the factionalism and anarchism stirred up by the Gang of Four. The working class should do everything possible to master modern technology and managerial skills so that they can make outstanding contributions to the four modernizations. It is only right and proper that those who make bigger contributions should be accorded higher honour and larger rewards by the state and society. The Central Committee and the State Council have decided that a national conference of model workers will be held next year to greet the 30th anniversary of the People's Republic of China and to commend the best workers in industry and transport, capital construction, agriculture and forestry, finance and trade, culture and education, and science and technology. I hope that working personnel throughout the country will achieve outstanding successes with which to welcome the first great gathering of heroes and heroines to be held in the course of the new Long March.
Enterprises should institute the system in which the factory director or manager assumes overall responsibility under the leadership of the Party committee, and they should set up effective systems for directing production. The trade unions should teach their members to support the highly centralized administrative leadership in their enterprises and to help maintain the full authority of those who direct production. Only thus can we organize production in a normal and orderly fashion and correct the situation, now common in our enterprises, in which no one takes responsibility. And only thus can we steadily carry out expanded reproduction, increase profits and, at the same time, constantly improve the standard of living of the whole labour force, so that the interests of the state, the collective and the individual are truly co-ordinated. The unions should encourage their members to take an active part in the management of their own enterprises. In order to accomplish the four modernizations, all our enterprises, without exception, must adopt democratic forms of management, combining them with centralized leadership. Henceforth, workshop directors, section chiefs and group leaders in the enterprises should be elected by the workers in their respective units. Major issues in an enterprise should be discussed at congresses or general meetings of workers and office staff at which the leading cadres listen to their opinions and criticism and accept their supervision. These congresses and meetings should have the right to suggest to higher levels that certain leading or managerial personnel be punished or replaced for serious negligence of duty or a bad style of work. The trade union organization of each enterprise will function as the executive organ of the congresses and general meetings. Thus they will not be superfluous as some people think they are. Whether the unions function well or badly affects the extent to which the workers exercise their rights as masters of the enterprise. It also affects the quality of management and the efficacy of centralized leadership there. That is to say, when an enterprise is well managed, its success is due not only to the Party and administrative cadres but also to its workers and its trade union.
Unions must be active in protecting the workers' welfare. As our country is still backward, the workers' conditions cannot be improved overnight, but only gradually on the basis of increased production and particularly of higher productivity of labour. But this circumstance must not be used by the leadership in enterprises -- still less by the trade unions -- as a pretext for indifference to the workers' welfare. Even under present conditions enterprise leadership can do much in this respect and the unions should do even more. They should urge and assist the administrations of enterprises and of localities to do everything currently possible to improve the working and living conditions of the workers, their canteens and sanitary facilities, and at the same time they should encourage various forms of mutual aid among the workers.
To be successful in each of these types of work, the unions must maintain close ties with the workers. They must get the workers to regard them as truly their own organizations, which they can trust and which speak for them and work in their interests -- not organizations whose leaders lie to them, lord it over them or work for their own private interests while living off the members' dues. If they are to fight for the democratic rights of the workers and oppose bureaucracy in all forms, the unions must themselves be models of democracy. And union leaders, if they are to persuade the workers through education that they should work hard, be selfless and completely devoted to the public interest, observe discipline strictly, accept assignments and love their enterprises as they do their own families, must themselves set an example in every one of these respects. So long as the unions perform all these duties, they will enjoy high prestige among the workers and be able to make important contributions to the four modernizations. In an enterprise where exposure and criticism of the Gang of Four have been reasonably thorough, it is the duty of the trade union as well as of the Party organization, the administration and the Youth League organization to see that they all register significant successes. Two years have already passed since the Gang of Four was smashed, so we can't continue blaming all the problems in our work on its pernicious influence. If it still persists, the fault is ours. If we all place high demands on ourselves, the cause of our Party and our state will surely prosper and we shall achieve the great goal of the four modernizations ahead of time.
Comrades! While building our own country, our working class must always keep in mind the proletariat and the oppressed people and nations of the world. We must go on strengthening our unity with the workers and revolutionary people the world over and support their struggles against imperialism, colonialism and hegemonism as well as their struggles to win or safeguard national independence and to make social progress. We must make our contribution to the emancipation of the working class throughout the world and to the progress of all mankind. With due modesty about our own achievements, our working class must also learn from the experience of working-class struggles in other lands and study the science and technology of the advanced countries so as to speed up the four modernizations in China.
Comrades! Our cause is glorious and our future is bright. Let us hold high the great banner of Mao Zedong Thought and, under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Party, work unremittingly and in concert to fulfil the new historic mission of the Chinese working class -- to turn China into a great modern and powerful socialist country within this century.
(Speech at the Ninth National Congress of Chinese Trade Unions.)