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Stories of hidden gold are a subject that intrigues. Finding the precious metal from wrecks doesn't begin to describe the logistical disadvantages of diving to a ship to recover treasure. The White Star liner, Laurentic, a casualty of war, sank about 1 ½ miles from the entrance to Lough Swilly and attempts to gather her cargo of gold bullion is recalled more than her tragic sinking. Known as "the Gold Ship," the underwater recovery of her bullion was an extraordinary feat. Diving in 1917 was primitive, clumsy and dangerous. In magnitude and sustained effort the deep sea hunt for Laurentic's gold is without rival. Valued at over £5,000,000 when reckoned at the standard rate of 84s. 11½d. an ounce––with gold touching 140s. an ounce it would have been worth over £8,000,000 (and at this writing in 2009, gold prices are out of sight).
The British Government could not allow all this gold to remain at the bottom of the sea because of the cost of the war of 1914-18, it decided, therefore, to use officers and men from the British Navy to go on a treasure hunting expedition for the nation. Practically all of the gold was recovered and inside is the fascinating story of its incredible salvage.
The death of Millvina Dean, the last Titanic survivor was the end of an era. She made hundreds of friends around the world who will never forget her. In this issue there are four different articles containing a wealth of personal experiences, recollections and an album to remember her. THS's historian Don Lynch said, "When I first invited Millvina Dean to attend the 1988 THS convention she accepted quickly but warned me that she had never flown before, never stayed in a hotel, and would like a room on the ground floor as she might walk in her sleep and feared she would climb out a window while doing so. Her letters were gracious and undemanding and it was never an issue. By the end of the convention she was actually overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted her autograph, to write to her, and even to visit. Although she lamented she couldn't remember all their names, she was determined to be accommodating. Ken Marshall recalled, "Millvina was self-determined, 'down to earth,' knew what she liked and didn't like, opinionated and not reticent to express it. In a time of political correctness, her candid honesty and observations were refreshing. How appropriate that the very youngest Titanic survivor should be the very last to leave us. We in the 'Titanic world' have lost our last survivor, and for those of us lucky enough to have known her, a very dear and loyal friend."
Thanks to Angela Becker whose letters restarted research that began in 1970 by THS member Art Knowles and had been put aside, to motivate us to complete an article about Edith Corse Evans, a young woman in first class who perished in the Titanic disaster by giving up her seat in a lifeboat that others might live. Her body was never recovered. Thanks to THS member Phil Gowan, a photograph of Edith, not previously published is included in the story of this enigmatic lady.
THS's 2012 project is the Titanic Centennial Memorial which will fill the Titanic Historical Society's mission to preserve for all time the memory and history of the ship and her people. A monument has traditionally been sculptured to create a sense of permanence and an important focal point. The original idea from Paul Phaneuf is a collaborative effort of your officers, members and friends of THS; the project has begun and continues until its official unveiling on Sunday April 15, 2012. Currently we are in the conceptual or artistic phase. As we progress, updates will appear in this journal, the THS, website and message board. An initial sketch of the proposed memorial is on the back of the 2010 THS annual dues renewal form.
A large, distinctive monument, a representational sculpture is the tangible quality that speaks to the viewer of the Titanic and those who sailed on her. Siting the Titanic Centennial Memorial has been arranged for the private Springfield, Mass. Cemetery near where Milton Long, a first-class passenger who lost his life on board Titanic, is interred. The combination of two large monuments will create a unique Titanic location in the historic cemetery.
Nothing honors the memory of Titanic's Centennial better than the creation of a meaningful memorial of polished granite in midnight black. The Titanic Centennial Memorial will be recognized for its expert craftsmanship as well as its permanent beauty.
CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE
Special Feature: Millvina Dean
RETRIEVING LAURENTIC'S GOLD
By David Masters
EDITH CORSE EVANS AND THE TITANIC DISASTER
An Odyssey that Began in 1970 is Complete
By Art Knowles and THS Members who helped put the pieces together
MILLVINA DEAN, THE LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR
By Don Lynch
MILLVINA DEAN
Bertram Dean's Letters Reveal Fascinating Information About His Sister
Additional Details from Titanic Survivors Gus Cohen and Frederick Dent Ray
By Ed Kamuda
MILLVINA DEAN RECOLLECTIONS
A Collection of Anecdotes and Memories from THS Members
REMEMBERING MILLVINA DEAN – A PHOTO ALBUM
Compiled by Karen Kamuda
TACKY TITANIC
By Tim Trower
SEA POSTE
THS member Randy Bigham provides the text of two cables sent to survivor Helen Candee by Lewis Butt, asking for news of the last hours of his brother, Maj. Archie Butt, who died on the Titanic. Was the St. Louis in Fr. Browne's album the same ship that was turned away in 1939? Was there a specific napkin fold on Titanic? An original "The World's Largest & Finest Steamers" booklet that has "Reprint, October, 1911" and No. C 2019 on the back cover? plus others.
Review by Tim Trower: S.S.Atlantic, The White Star Line's First Disaster at Sea By Greg Cochkanoff and Bob Chaulk; Review by John Maxtone-Graham: The Way It Was – Walter Lord on His Life and Books Edited by Jenny Lawrence
An early photo of the White Star liner Laurentic docked at Quebec City. Kamuda collection
Millvina Dean is remembered in this favorite snapshot that was taken in her back garden by Darrell Rooney.
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THOMAS HENDRICKS, nephew of former Governor William Hendricks, was born near Zanesville, Ohio, and moved with his family to Madison, Indiana, when he was a child. He was educated at Hanover College, graduating in 1841, and studied law in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Returning to Madison, the young Democratic lawyer soon moved into political life; he served in the Indiana House of Representatives, the constitutional convention of 1850, and in Congress. From 1855 to 1859 he was commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington, and he made a national reputation as one of the leading northern Democrats in the Senate during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
After two earlier unsuccessful campaigns for governor, he was finally elected in 1873, the first Democratic governor elected in a northern state after the war. He was elected Vice-President of the United States in 1884 and died in office, less than nine months after his inauguration.
Hendricks was a popular politician and a good debater. His amiable manner led his opponents to complain that he had "not enough sincerity to be irritated by opposition." His political contribution was an essentially conservative one, attempting to fend off and hold back the revolutionary measures of the war and reconstruction periods.
T. C. Steele painted a portrait of Hendricks as one of the epochal governors chosen for the centennial celebration in 1916.
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OH! PARDON TU DORMAIS…
Partly inspired by Birkin's theatrical play of the same name, Oh! Pardon tu dormais... (which translates as "Oh! Sorry you were sleeping…") marks her most intimate and personal album to date. Its 13 songs feature lyrics written by Birkin—including, for the first time, two tracks in English—and music by Etienne Daho and Jean-Louis Piérot, who also produced. Daho co-wrote lyrics on multiple tracks as well.
NOTES ON THE ALBUM, IN BIRKIN'S OWN WORDS:
"Oh! Pardon, tu dormais..."
When I played my film Oh! Pardon, tu dormais... at the Gaîté Montparnasse with Thierry Fortineau a few years ago, Etienne came to see me... often. Because he really liked it, and he spent years trying to convince me to do a musical adaptation.
I went to Etienne's house for our first session, along with my dog Dolly. I sat on the sofa and Etienne and Jean-Louis Piérot had me listen to some melodies that they had been writing for me for a few months. That's how the writing sessions began. Etienne reworked my words to their music, and I asked him to give me the line. It worked like a charm.
At the start, we took inspiration from the script of Oh! Pardon... Then gradually, along with Etienne, we moved away from this, and more pressing, urgent themes were addressed... My daughter Kate, loss, heartbreak, ghosts, even lyrics written in English... Little by little, we drifted towards other horizons...
"Ces murs épais" and "Cigarettes"
I opened my diary, which contained the outline of two songs about losing Kate, written in Lyon a few months previously. This was the starting point for "Cigarettes." Over a melody reminiscent of Kurt Weill, I sung into the mic "ma fille s'est foutue en l'air [my daughter fucked up]..." This felt obscene, but also fair... That first song happened very quickly, and naturally. Another poem, about the gifts I could no longer give to Kate, about the horror of the graveyard, the Spring flowers left in haste, the terror at what might be happening below the ground. Set to music by Jean-Louis and Etienne, this became "Ces murs épais." Etienne came up with the title and the chorus. This collaboration, which gave shape to my lyrics, was like an electric shock... Alone, I was stagnating, but together, the inspiration was magnified.
"Max" is a guilt-ridden monologue by the daughter in Oh! Pardon… We always say that when we die, there's just one name engraved on our hearts, that of our one true love... But I believe that it could be a suffering love, to whom we showed no mercy, brought to their knees, kicked when they were down, and then turned our backs, so we wouldn't have to see... I knew a man a long time ago, a film technician. We were in a nightclub for a film wrap party. The music was very loud, and I said I wanted to see his fiancée's face. He didn't understand so I yelled "I want to see a picture of your lover!!!!" He took a photo from his jacket, but it was dark, and I couldn't see well, "Who is it?" "It's the man that I killed!" ... This is what he kept in his wallet, close to his heart. This unbearable image of the young man that he had killed in Algeria when he was twenty... Over Jean-Louis and Etienne's gloomy music, like waves of "invaders," I read the verses as a voice-over, punctuated by lyrical refrains, which give life and rhythm to the declamation and allow us to move forward and not drown in memories...
For the first time, I wrote in English over this piece by Jean-Louis and Etienne, which reminded me of a Gustave Doré landscape. A sleeping figure, freeing its ghosts, which slip out and fly away on bat wings, a litany... Grandparents, parents, daughter, nephew, husbands, friends, dogs, cats, like the ghosts in Disney's Fantasia, A Night on the Bare Mountain... The chorus is a nursery rhyme dating to the time of the bubonic plague, which is sung by children: "Wallflowers, wallflowers growing up so high, we are all young maidens and we shall all die, except for Linda she's the only one, she can hop, and she can skip, and she can turn the candlestick" ... The harmonic progression descends and, with it, the bodies of adored angels...
"Les jeux interdits"
In another song, I evoked the story of my daughters, so inspired by the film Jeux Interdits that they buried everything, with solemn rituals, even the Sunday roast. In the small graveyard beside my house in Normandy, they swapped everything on the graves. For the sake of fairness, the richest were dispossessed in favour of the more modest graves. The plaques, the porcelain pansies, everything was mixed up. A plaque to "Our dear aunt" was placed on another grave, to the dismay of the locals. And so the song "Les jeux interdits" was born, more malicious than intended... little girls running through the hills...
"F.R.U.I.T"
The man: "say sex," the girl replies: "I cannot... Even on pain of torture, I could not"... and, it's true... F.R.U.I.T was a joke that Kate, Charlotte and Lou used to make when, at the grocer's, I was unable to say it, but "bananas, pears, peaches" was no problem. It was worse in English. With my brother and sister, we whispered this word in each other's ears, and it made us scream! There was even an ad that left us in hysterics, "Juicy Fruit." In France, I listened, red-faced, to all these words, said without embarrassment, describing F.R.U.I.T. as "soft, juicy, firm, succulent." It's torture to listen to chefs on cooking shows explaining their art! This is all so uncomfortable that, I guess, at heart it involves an unbearable eroticism. It triggers such embarrassment that it's probably sexual... So these are all words that bother me... Starting with S.E.X. ...
"A marée haute"
"A marée haute" is inspired by the beach in front of my house in Finistère... Devastated at low tide, memories overwhelm with the rising tide. I had these nostalgic lyrics, to which Etienne added a more dramatic tone... Him: "d'accord c'est mort [ok, it's dead]" and me: "je pue la défaite [I reek of defeat]," a marriage of us two, a landscape to which we added a beacon, English mist on hangman's beach, and a light, dreary rain. "Si tu ne m'aimes plus, je ne m'aime plus non plus [If you don't love me any more, I don't love me any more either]"... Despair…
"Pas d'accord"
"Bang tu m'a touchée [Bang, you got me]." From this dynamic arrow, a litany is born, the girl's ulcerated lament... "Pas d'accord pour ces silences affreux [I disagree with these awful silences]," she cries, hysterical, vomiting insults, justified or not... She is fed up of the artifice of love, the infidelity, suspicions, disguising oneself to be alluring, the sarcasm... Painful memories of being locked in a role for years, of being asked to fade away, to shut her mouth... And, finally, she can no longer bear it... So she "esquive des coups [dodges blows]," she rebels. She is "plus d'accord [no longer in agreement]!"
"Ta sentinelle"
At the start of the writing process, this melancholic melody by Jean-Louis and Etienne was inspired by an outline of the lyrics to "Les jeux interdits." But the lyrics were replaced with these ones, evoking the subsequent years, the bitterness caused by a fatal thunderbolt. The first throes of love, so miraculous but, like a hundred-meter sprint, it cannot go the distance... A melancholic, envious look at lovers who, like us in the past, embrace under the archway, not wasting a second, losing themselves in each other... The eroticism of fleeting movements, secrets, this blessed state and this vision, to which no one can remain indifferent. Later, the details are clear: her scent, her red sweater, her coat... The excruciating absence, staying near the other, without whom sleep will not come... Jealous of these lovers, she screams in her head "comme je vous envie [how I envy you]," she mourns the lost desire, the vanished passion, "Tous ces amants me rendent malade [All these lovers make me sick!]"… She implores "juste un baiser, comme dans le temps [just a kiss, like the old days]"…
"Telle est ma maladie envers toi"
This frenzy of passionate jealousy came straight from my journal. I was reluctant to publish it, and almost deleted it, it was such a terrifying admission, but it was well expressed, so I left it. Etienne loved it! He wanted to turn it into a song and adapted it to Jean-Louis' music. The lyrics evoke a sort of madness, but I found that this corresponded perfectly to love sickness, passion, failed possession. It perfectly illustrates this state, this headiness that I knew so well, but which today seems so distant, as if it were the story of another. But now I can relive it, for the length of a song...
"Je voulais être une telle perfection pour toi!"
Etienne created this song by compiling all the phrases and expressions which he had found in Oh! Pardon… that he regretted not using. I arrived at the studio and…surprise! Set to his tense, haunting music, these out-of-context, seemingly unrelated phrases became an exquisite, surreal corpse… woven like lace… I was seduced, it was like a gift. And this was also the last song that we were going to record, which lent a certain tension to my voice... I should say that I had bronchitis that day!
I wrote this in Brittany, when I found myself alone last summer. The music, composed by Jean-Louis, heralded a fall, and I was trying to write about this fall, but I became obsessed with "look I'm falling...catch me if you can," and it imposed itself. I remember a post-it that Kate had stuck to her diary, which I kept, on which was written "happy like Ulysses between his parents…" A desire to be "enfin à la maison [finally at home]" to be "protégée, saine et sauve [protected, healthy and safe]." It bothered me... I suppose it was what she wanted, maybe what we all want in the end... I wrote it as if I were her... The last memory I have of her is at a cocktail party after my concert in Châtelet. She was there, near the piano and, after she was gone, everyone was talking about her. Everyone had a different opinion about what she had said that night, how she behaved, her demeanor... I imagined her leaving on tiptoe, leaving us behind, frozen in time, as if we were playing "Statues" ...
For a moment, I panicked, because I realized that our concept album was finished. The musical flights and tapestries of Jean-Louis... So often silent. Just a smile to show his approval of an idea, the birth of a song, when my lyrics settled so naturally into his melodies. Etienne, and the excitement of having been so perfectly understood by him. I pondered how he showcased my lyrics, put order on them. The care with which he suggested changes, reworked my monologues with an incredibly light touch, tender like a lover, ensuring he was in the same head space as me. Or maybe we are kindred spirits? He saved me from an old wound, delivered me from melancholy and inertia. We gave everything, took everything, and I'm still amazed and stunned at what the three of us created. We gave birth to this thing... and this moves me.
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Q: React Router Error Cannot read property 'pathname' of undefined I make react router app. But I have an error. I can not identify it. I am new react developer.
My app code is:
export default function App() {
  return (
    <BrowserRouter className='bodyMy'>
      <HeardTitle />
      <Navbar />
      <Switch>
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and my navbar code:
export default function navbar() {
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                    <NavLink activeStyle={{ color:'green', fontWeight: "bold" }} exact to="/">Function</NavLink>

                    <NavLink  activeStyle={{ color:'red', fontWeight: "bold" }} exact to="/class">Class</NavLink>

                    <NavLink href="#pricing">Logout</NavLink>

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    )
}

It shows TypeError: Cannot read property 'pathname' of undefined

A: In navbar change
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to
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Data Assimilation for Korteweg-De Vries Equations
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The first half of my project's title, data assimilation (or DA), is an umbrella term which describes many different statistical methods. The common thread underlying these methods is that they combine "theory" with data to obtain estimates. In this context, theory refers to knowledge known before collecting data, and it usually takes the form of some kind of mathematical model. One could obtain estimates using only the model itself, but the philosophy underpinning DA is that by collecting data, better estimates can be obtained by using the model together with the data (Wikle and Berliner 2007).
These methods mainly originated in the geosciences, from applications such as weather forecasting. It's clear to see why only relying on "theory" would be inadequate in weather prediction, considering the complex and changeable nature of the weather. By setting up instruments that collect data from the atmosphere, and combining this with models, much better forecasts can be made (DARC 2022). Weather forecasts are often inaccurate, though, and they'll get better as research into DA progresses further. Thankfully, it's a very busy area of research.
I actually looked at using DA for something very different: an internal water wave evolving in time. Just to clarify, internal waves occur inside of the ocean, not on the surface, and they're often a lot bigger than surface waves (Holloway et al. 1997). After having the programming foundations kindly laid out for me by researchers from UWA, I was already well on my way to simulating these waves in Python as a "test subject" for using DA. These waves were governed by so-called Korteweg-De Vries equations, which makes up the second half of my project's title.
As far as the code went, getting the wave simulations to work was the easy part, thanks to having the groundwork already done for me. Writing up an algorithm to implement DA on the waves turned out to be a lot harder, especially once I ran into computational hurdles. At some point, the algorithm would've taken multiple hours to run in full. Ultimately, I was able to trim this down to about 10 minutes with some decisive edits. In my attempts to handle these issues, I even tried parallel computing, although it ended up being unnecessary (for the first six weeks of the project, anyway). This process of dealing with "computational struggles" was new to me, and it wasn't a challenge I expected to deal with when I set out on this project.
References and further reading:
DARC (2022), What is data assimilation? [online] Available at: https://research.reading.ac.uk/met-darc/aboutus/what-is-data-assimilation/. [Accessed 21 Feb. 2022].
Holloway, P. E., Pelinovsky, E., Talipova, T., and Barnes, B. (1997), 'A Nonlinear Model of Internal Tide Transformation on the Australian North West Shelf', Journal of Physical Oceanography 27(6), pp. 871–896.
Wikle, C. K. and Berliner, L. M. (2007), 'A Bayesian Tutorial for Data Assimilation', Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 230(1–2), pp. 1–16.
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A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse. In a run-on (or open) couplet, the meaning of the first line continues to the second.[1]
2 In English poetry
3 In Chinese poetry
4 In Tamil poetry
5 Distich
The word "couplet" comes from the French word meaning "two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together". The term "couplet" was first used to describe successive lines of verse in Sir P. Sidney's Arcadia in 1590: "In singing some short coplets, whereto the one halfe beginning, the other halfe should answere."[2]
While couplets traditionally rhyme, not all do. Poems may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets in iambic pentameter are called heroic couplets. John Dryden in the 17th century and Alexander Pope in the 18th century were both well known for their writing in heroic couplets. The Poetic epigram is also in the couplet form. Couplets can also appear as part of more complex rhyme schemes, such as sonnets.
Rhyming couplets are one of the simplest rhyme schemes in poetry. Because the rhyme comes so quickly, it tends to call attention to itself. Good rhyming couplets tend to "explode" as both the rhyme and the idea come to a quick close in two lines. Here are some examples of rhyming couplets where the sense as well as the sound "rhymes":
True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
— Alexander Pope
Whether or not we find what we are seeking
Is idle, biologically speaking.
— Edna St. Vincent Millay (at the end of a sonnet)
On the other hand, because rhyming couplets have such a predictable rhyme scheme, they can feel artificial and plodding. Here is a Pope parody of the predictable rhymes of his era:
Where-e'er you find "the cooling western breeze,"
In the next line, it "whispers through the trees;"
If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep,"
The reader's threatened (not in vain) with "sleep."
In English poetryEdit
Regular rhyme was not originally a feature of English poetry: Old English verse came in metrically-paired units somewhat analogous to couplets, but constructed according to alliterative verse principles. The rhyming couplet entered English verse in the early Middle English period through the imitation of medieval Latin and Old French models.[3] The earliest surviving examples are a metrical paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer in short-line couplets, and the Poema Morale in septenary (or "heptameter") couplets, both dating from the twelfth century.[4]
Rhyming couplets were often used in Middle English and early modern English poetry. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, for instance, is predominantly written in rhyming couplets, and Chaucer also incorporated a concluding couplet into his rhyme royal stanza. Similarly, Shakespearean sonnets often employ rhyming couplets at the end to emphasize the theme. Take one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18, for example (the rhyming couplet is shown in italics):
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.[5]
In the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth century English rhyming couplets achieved the zenith of their prestige in English verse, in the popularity of heroic couplets. The heroic couplet was used by famous poets for ambitious translations of revered Classical texts, for instance, in John Dryden's translation of the Aeneid and in Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad.[6]
Though poets still sometimes write in couplets, the form fell somewhat from favour in English in the twentieth century; contemporary poets writing in English sometimes prefer unrhymed couplets, distinguished by layout rather than by matching sounds.[7]
In Chinese poetryEdit
A Chinese couplet on doorway
Chinese couplets or "contrapuntal couplets" may be seen on doorways in Chinese communities worldwide. Couplets displayed as part of the Chinese New Year festival, on the first morning of the New Year, are called chunlian (春联). These are usually purchased at a market a few days before and glued to the doorframe. The text of the couplets is often traditional and contains hopes for prosperity. Other chunlian reflect more recent concerns. For example, the CCTV New Year's Gala usually promotes couplets reflecting current political themes in mainland China.
Some Chinese couplets may consist of two lines of four characters each. Couplets are read from top to bottom where the first pline starts from the right. But is also a 6 word diagraph with 19 lines
In Tamil poetryEdit
A Kural couplet on display inside a Chennai Metro train
Tamil literature contains some of the best known examples of ancient couplet poetry. The Tamil language has a rich and refined grammar for couplet poetry, and distichs in Tamil poetry follow the venpa metre.[8] The most famous example for Tamil couplet poetry is the ancient Tamil moral text of the Tirukkural, which contains a total of 1330 couplets written in the kural venpa metre from which the title of the work was derived centuries later. Each Kural couplet is made of exactly 7 words—4 in the first line and 3 in the second.[9] The first word may rhyme with the fourth or the fifth word. Below is an example of a couplet:
இலன்என்று தீயவை செய்யற்க செய்யின்
இலனாகும் மற்றும் பெயர்த்து. (Tirukkural, verse 205)
Transliteration: Ilan endru theeyavai seyyarkka seyyin
Ilanaagum matrum peyartthu
Translation: Make not thy poverty a plea for ill;
Thine evil deeds will make thee poorer still. (Pope, 1886)[9]
DistichEdit
The American poet J. V. Cunningham was noted for many distichs included in the various forms of epigrams included in his poetry collections, as exampled here:
Deep summer, and time passes. Sorrow wastes
To a new sorrow. While Time heals time hastes[10]
Antithetical couplet
Biblical poetry
Chastushka
Closed couplet
Coupletist
Distich
Elegiac couplet
Kabirdas
Monostich
Tristich
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^ Max Kaluza, A Short History of English Versification, translated by A. C. Dunstan (London: Allen, 1911), pp. 144–56.
^ T. L. Kington-Oliphant, The Sources of Standard English (London: Macmillan, 1873), p. 77.
^ Mabillard, Amanda. "Shakespeare Sonnet 18 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day". www.shakespeare-online.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12.
^ J. A. Cuddon, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, 4th edition, revised by C. E. Preston (London: Penguin, 1999), p. 186.
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^ Barber, David 'A Brief for Epigrams' Parnassus Poetry Aug 19 2011
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OnePlus denies checkout page has been hacked
Mobile phone maker OnePlus has denied that the payment page on its website has been hacked, as has been claimed by a British security firm.
As iTWire reported on Monday, a number of OnePlus customers had experienced credit card fraud after they had used their cards on the site.
The firm Fidus Infosecurity said that the company appeared to have its payment page hosted on-site, instead of being an iFrame hosted by a third-party payment processor.
In a blog post, the Fidus researchers also said that OnePlus did not appear to be PCI-compliant and this was not mentioned on their website. Additionally, the company claimed that it did not handle credit card payments when, in fact, it did.
However, OnePlus said in a blog post that credit card information was never stored on its website. "...it is sent directly to our PCI-DSS-compliant payment processing partner over an encrypted connection, and processed on their secure servers," the company claimed.
OnePlus directed iTWire to the blog post after inquiries were made about the alleged hack.
The company also denied being affected by a bug in the Magento eCommerce software which it uses. "Oneplus.net was initially built on the Magento eCommerce platform," it said.
"However, since 2014 we have been re-building the entire website with custom code, and credit card payments were never implemented in Magento's payment module at all."
Fidus Infosecurity's Andrew Mabbitt told iTWire that the payment page was the same for all countries. "The issue appears to affect the company worldwide as they use the same checkout for every country," he said in response to a query.
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Poll: Which Country Artist Would You Want to Go to a Haunted House With?
Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 100 country radio stations nationwide. Producer Amber co-hosts the show with him every night from 7PM to midnight. Together they play the best new country music and interview today's top stars, like Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, Maren Morris + more!
It's the time of the year when most people go to haunted houses. I, however, avoid haunted houses like the plague. I'm always afraid that I won't make it out on the other side in one piece. If I had to go and could bring any country artist with me, it would be Brantley Gilbert. I feel like any zombie or ghost would get one look of me hiding behind Brantley and they would run away so fast. After meeting him last month, I also think he would take the time afterwards to comfort and console me until I was okay to drive back home.
I asked Amber, my co-host, which country artist she would want to go to a haunted house with and she said Trace Adkins because once they got one look at Trace, they wouldn't even try to get to her when she is hiding behind him!
Let's say that you have two tickets to a haunted house, and any country artist would accompany you, which country artist would you want to go to a haunted house with?
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Here is what i've tried, but the decoded result does not match the original:
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Bea loves helping friends and wants to be a superhero, but none of the costumes she tries on fit her personality. While Bea's world is anything but ordinary, the things she accomplishes with her creativity and preparedness are all things a regular kid-with a big heart, a healthy dose of confidence, and an inflatable turtle-could do. This picture book, told in comic book panels was inspired by the creator's love of all things 80s including Hello Kitty, My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, retro comic books, and Lisa Frank. The result is a kawaii picture book brimming with cuteness, accessible quirk, and a feel-good message of kindness.
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Brett Favre cranked up and made one more impossible throw, zinging a touchdown pass in the fading seconds. Too bad for the Minnesota Vikings, that merely put them into overtime.
Once again, they came up short. And the way Favre sees it, they're headed to an early playoff exit.
The Vikings lost again Monday night, beaten by the Chicago Bears 36-30 when Jay Cutler tossed a 39-yard strike to Devin Aromashodu. Minnesota fell for the third time in four games, and the defeat gave the New Orleans Saints home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.
Favre has never led a team to a win after trailing by 17 or more points, falling to 0-43 in such situations. The Bears were up 23-6 in the third quarter and the Vikings were able to tie it twice.
They started 10-1 behind a resurgent Favre, but have tailed off since. Favre had a good game after three mediocre performances, completing 26 of 40 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns. Peterson ran for 94 yards and two scores, but the Vikings simply couldn't pull this one out.
I watched parts of last night's game. When the score reached 23-6, I decided to go to bed. Then I couldn't fall asleep and turned the game back on to find Minnesota was driving for a touchdown that would tie the game at 23-23. I stuck around for the rest.
Favre was very impressive last night but one game does that outweigh the mountain of evidence since that this quarterback fades at the end of the season. Since the Vikings will get a first round bye, I can see them making the NFC Championship game but IMHO they won't get to the Super Bowl with Favre leading the team.


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The Cochno Stone: A Massive, 5,000-Year-Old Cosmic Map
Alexander LightMarch 15, 2017
The 5,000-year-old 'Cochno Stone' contains around 90 intricate spirals and intentions that according to some authors, represent an ancient cosmic map.
Discovered in 1887, the mystery stone remained buried for decades in order to protect it from vandalism.
One of the most fascinating archaeological mystery is the discovery of the so-called Cochno stone.
Discovered in 1887 by the Rev. James Harvey, the ancient stone measures 13 meters by 7.9, and features around 90 intricate carvings — considered as one of the finest sets of petroglyphs in Scotland — which according to many researchers represent a cosmic map, detailing planets and stars.
Ludovic Mann (second from left) analyzed the symbols with an assistant in the 1930's
After its discovery, in 1965 archaeologist Ludovic Maclellan Mann decided to bury the massive slab under several feet of soil to protect it from further damage and to prevent people from adding their own carvings onto it.
So far, archaeologists cannot agree on what is exactly depicted on the massive slab.
There is no consensus among archaeologists on the meaning of the intricate symbols found on its surface. Is it perhaps a map of the sky or the earth? An altar where rituals were held?
Some have proposed that the slab is in fact a portal, of life and death, symbolizing rebirth.
Some archaeologists theorize that the intricate drawings of domes, lines, and rings, are an ancient expression of rock art that has been found in many parts of the world.
Detail of cup and ring markings on the Cochno Stone. Image credit:
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
According to experts, the symbols date back to the Neolithic and early Bronze Age but there are some examples that have been found to date from the Iron Age.
Researcher Alexander McCallum proposed that the Cochno Stone is a map showing other settlements in the Clyde Valley.
The incredible markings are reminiscent of enormous crop circles that have so often been attributed to extraterrestrial civilizations. Interestingly, other similar slabs have been found in the north of Spain, Mexico, Greece and even in India.
The Cochno stone. Image credit: Historic Environment Scotland
Even today it remains a complete mystery as to what messages the stone contains. The intricate drawings can be tribal symbols, border boundary signs (such as on a map), representations of the cosmos or slits containing liquids in ritual celebrations, among hundreds of other proposed explanations.
They may also be simply decorative forms, an interpretation that could be the most revolutionary of all because it would in a way 'connect' prehistoric humans to abstract artists of the twentieth century.
The mystery engulfing the Cochno stone continues. Little is known about what the intricate marks symbolize, but they are found in many rock art sites around Europe.
Experts plan to digitally map the stone and that data obtained could shine more light on its history, its purpose and the people who created the artwork around 5,000 years ago.
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Experts are still not sure what the mystery symbols represent
Dr. Kenny Brophy, from the University of Glasgow, who specializes in urban archaeology, lead the excavation and described the experience of seeing the stone for the first time in 51 years as a "once in a lifetime opportunity".
"The Cochno Stone is something I had heard about as a boy, historically it is well documented, but I was not able to see it until now."
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New hi-tech production line opened in Voronezh
The Pirelli and Russian Technologies JV has announced the opening of a second hi-tech production line at the Voronezh facility in South-West Russia. Following investments totalling 56 million euro and a staff training programme held at Pirelli factories in Italy, Turkey and Germany, Voronezh has been transformed into one of the country's most modern manufacturing facilities. In March 2013 it is to begin production of Premium tyre compounds, in particular for winter products. A further investment of around 44 million euro is scheduled to be made by 2015 when the factory will reach full manufacturing capacity of 4 million tyres per annum. The opening on 30th January 2013 was attended by: the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov; the Governor of the Voronezh Region, Alexei Gordeev; the General Manager of Russian Technologies, S.V. Chemesov; and the Pirelli Chairman and CEO, Marco Tronchetti Provera. "Russia is a key strategic market for Pirelli", Tronchetti Provera was keen to point out. "Voronezh Tyre Plant is a splendid example of cooperation between the Russian authorities, industry and the experience and technology of an international company. Besides producing Premium tyres for Russian consumers, we are also going to set up a large, efficient logistics centre at the Voronezh tyre plant that will deliver to both domestic and export customers".


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Kyle Lowry: The last Toronto Raptor to wear #7
If there is one thing we can all agree on, it's that Kyle Lowry will one day have his jersey retired in Toronto.
It is also safe to say that even if Lowry plays somewhere else before he retires, which is likely, no one else would even dare to touch the number seven.
The team, nor the fans, would allow it.
The Forgotten 7's
Considering the fact that we will never see the number on the back of a Raptors uniform after our lord and saviour KLow leaves, I figured I would take a look at the other players who wore seven, pre-Lowry.
Andrea Bargnani: 2006-2013
How could I not start with the franchise's only first overall pick (crazy, eh?).
I won't spend too much time on him as the franchise already did, but I'm not going to be mean either. I've got a soft spot for the guy, which may or may not be because his jersey was the first one I ever owned.
I honestly believe that Andrea Bargnani was 10 years before his time. Had he been drafted in 2016, when being a seven-foot centre that could shoot the three became cool, Toronto fans would have appreciated the guy a lot more.
For a team that needed a presence under the net, Bargnani was probably not the right guy to draft.
I should have done my research
Okay so — circle of trust here — I honestly didn't look up "Toronto Raptors who wore number seven" on Google until after I wrote that Andrea Bargnani bit… and there is a considerable drop off.
That doesn't mean I won't rattle off all the scrubs that have sullied the history of Kyle Lowry's number, just keep in mind that the second best Toronto Raptor to wear the number seven was Andrea Bargnani.
Nate Huffman: 2003
Nate Huffman… a seven-foot-one centre from Michigan who didn't do much of anything in the NBA.
In a fitting form of symmetry, the former Raptor only played seven games in the league, all for Toronto before he retired from basketball.
Keon Clarke: 2001-2002
Keon Clarke, another centre, was drafted 13th overall in 1998 by the Orlando Magic.
The former lottery pick only spent six years in the NBA, playing for four different teams – his best year as a pro was actually when he played in Toronto, averaging 11 points and eight rebounds a game.
Dee Brown: 1998-2000
More known as a Boston Celtic, the point guard actually played 118 games for the Raptors towards the end of his career.
In those 118 games, Dee Brown averaged 10 points and only two assists per game.
Doesn't that seem weird to you? I had to triple check that stat – point guards should be averaging more than 2 assists per game, no? He was a starter.
To make it worse, Brown – again, a point guard – has a career average of 2.6 assists per game.
A disgrace to not only Kyle Lowry but to point guards everywhere wearing the number seven.
Benoit Benjamin & Clifford Rozier: 1997.
We've got a twofer!
Both of these big men barely lasted a season in Toronto before they were out of there.
Benoit Benjamin, a seven-footer from Louisiana, lasted only four games before being waived by Toronto – interestingly enough he only lasted 13 games in Vancouver the season prior.
He either doesn't like Canada or Canada doesn't like him.
Clifford Rozier lasted a little bit longer than his predecessor, but not a full season.
Rozier, who only played a combined four seasons in the NBA capped his playing career in Toronto at only 41 games played.
Alvin Robertson: 1996
We started this article with the last to wear number seven, it's only appropriate if we end it with the first.
After sitting out the previous two seasons with a back injury, I bet you Alvin Robertson looked at this brand new Canadian team as an easy way to restart his career.
He did play 71 games that season for Toronto, but father time wasn't going to forget about this dude.
Robertson retired after playing one year in Toronto.
No other Raptor who has worn the number seven for the franchise can even sniff Kyle Lowry's over-sized rear end.
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Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday to celebrate with my first graders! Outside of school, it's meh. My husband and I usually do something small, but celebrating with kids is just so much fun!
Today, I'm going to show you the goodies I picked up from Oriental Trading. I picked up some treats to give them on Valentine's Day, like these personalized pencils. I can't wait for them to get these. I know they will totally eat them up. I can already hear it, "Mrs. G, this says your name!" Plus, I'm a sucker for anything personalized and fun.
I also got them these chocolate bar pencil sharpeners and chocolate bar notepads. I grabbed up the sharpeners because I don't sharpen "fancy" pencils in my nice, fancy sharpener because whenever I do that, that's when the sharpener begins to break! So, yellow pencils only in my nice, fancy, teacher sharpener! Also, I wanted to get them something this year that wasn't candy and I think these will still do the trick since they're sweet ;) My kids absolutely love to write and always seem to go crazy for notepads that are their own!
The sharpeners also have an eraser inside! So convenient, I love it!
I also have these stampers that we are going to use at our writing center. It would be really fun to use these as a math center with ten frames too. My kids love stamps so I know they will be excited to use these again and again again!
Grab the free Valentine's cards here! Or click on the picture below!
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Here are a few examples of the assignments our consultants have delivered for clients. To view a case study, just click on the appropriate title.
We provided an interim manager to facilitate Dictaphone's business recovery. With the parent company under bankruptcy protection in the US (Chapter 11) and in Belgium (Concordat), we assisted the MD to bring about stability during this period of crisis.
represented the company as a witness at employment tribunals.
The Managing Director of an expanding technology company needed some part-time HR support to help guide him through both an internal re-organisation and transfer of staff from a newly acquired business. We provided help in the form of advice, attendance at meetings, one-to-ones with the new staff, reviewing contracts of employment, preparing documentation and integrating HR policies.
A small recruitment company had recently gone through a period of major growth. Following this they needed to realign responsibilities with staff. We provided support in the form of new job descriptions, new contracts of employment, a review of the benefits package and one-to-one coaching for the new roles.
A fast growing engineering consulting company had spun off from its parent company in an MBO. One of the main requirements was to ensure that the new company retained key staff and that they would stay committed during its start-up phase and beyond.
Jim Gilhooley assisted the company in devising motivational terms and conditions, including producing the individual contracts, to ensure that the staff were committed but also would receive the longer-term rewards of success.
An employee requested to work flexible hours during school holidays. We carried out an in-depth analysis of this manufacturing company's production output. As a result we were able to advise the employer that they would be within their rights to refuse the request, on the grounds of 'insufficiency of work' during the period in question.
Freestyle New Media Group promotes itself as providing technology balanced with creativity and wanted an event which embraced this vision. As with many new media companies, they had just experienced a period of rapid growth, which had left no time for fun, socialising or letting their hair down. In addition, they recognised that the investment was also an opportunity to inform individual departments about the importance of their role in the internal supply chain and how their output affects other departments.
The morning started off with a motorised challenge – frantic off road antics – blowing off steam and building team spirit for the afternoon's activities.
In the afternoon, using cameras, props and a wealth of untapped creativity, each department set about making an extravagant Hollywood blockbuster film, dramatically and humorously detailing the roles of their particular department. Each film served as a light-hearted way to get a message across.
The edited masterpieces were watched over dinner on a giant screen and top individual and team performers were honoured at a stylish 'Oscars' party.
The day was a massive success and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.
This specialist vehicle company was losing a significant number of skilled engineering staff who were necessary for its continued growth. Their departure caused difficulties in meeting production demand and that, in turn, led to increased overtime working and costs.
Initially, we met all relevant departmental heads and team leaders and reviewed the various documentation and procedures around the recruitment process, levels of short-term sick absence and procedures for dealing with non-performing staff.
From this research and drawing from previous experience of managing recruitment and retention, it became clear that the staff retention problem was part of a broader issue relating to the effectiveness of the recruitment process and the real motivations of the recruits who had left.
The company had not realised how much poor recruitment and retention was costing them. As well as lost production, the cost of ineffective recruitment to the company was approaching £40,000. We made ten practical recommendations for changes to their approach to recruiting, the majority which could be implemented quickly.
This resulted in halving the company's recruitment costs and, even more importantly for the success of their growing business, the quality of staff recruited has improved.
The finance department of a medium sized global technology company was experiencing a backlog of work. Upon investigation, a key member of the team was found to be spending a disproportionate amount of time on the internet. A disciplinary warning was issued by the company. We also drafted new email and IT policies and explained these to all employees.
A telecommunications company needed a new job evaluation system.
recommend the number of grades that would underpin the needs of the business.
We found that the in-house job evaluation system had no weightings or points attached to any of its factors. The company was therefore unable to provide evidence to justify any job being in any particular grade. Nor were there any published salary ranges for any of the grades. More than 80 staff with the same job title were receiving different salaries.
We trained some 40 line managers and divisional HR staff in the process of job evaluation, ensuring that the company has a resource for evaluating new or changed jobs in the future, without recourse to outside help.
We recommended that the company introduce a new 10-grade structure and establish a strategy for evaluating the non-benchmark jobs.
In adopting the new structure, and reassigning the benchmark jobs to their evaluated grades, the pay bill at midpoint would be £9,040,756, (potentially saving £781,315 (7.95 per cent) of the pay bill). In rolling this strategy out across the non-benchmark job population we estimate savings could reach £17 million.
A professional services firm with a reputation for providing quality advice in technical areas was keen to expand into broader areas of client work. However, because their previous training was very technically-based, their consultants were not always confident or comfortable discussing non-technical issues.
Jim Gilhooley worked with the firm to review their approach to training client facing staff. As a result, a new learning and development strategy was devised giving increased focus to communication, project management and people skills. This was integrated with technical and professional training. We then delivered a range of related training workshops covering these skills.
A charity asked us to deliver a series of management and personal training modules for managers in its own and related organisations. They needed to improve their skills in communicating with and managing staff.
We designed and ran a series of half-day modules in recruitment interviewing, leading and participating in meetings, handling staff issues, presentational skills and using time effectively.
The programme delivered is now a part of the Charity's training portfolio and is being extended to other charitable organisations.
We were approached by an event management company to help coordinate a client's annual barbecue for 400 people.
They needed a reliable provider who could organise everything from the venue, through coach transport to fun indoor and outdoor activities. Their aim was to avoid the stress and risk of using multiple suppliers.
We offered transparent pricing, a lower than average management fee, unlimited telephone and email support, a free site visit and the reassurance of knowing we only work with the very best suppliers, so the event management company was free to concentrate on other essential areas of the day.
We provided a flexible format, to accommodate unavoidable last minute changes of numbers and also ran a selection of indoor challenges, to offer a break from the sun.
A global technology company needed an appraisal system that they could link to their pay review process. We designed the new appraisal system, produced an appraisal guide, implemented a new pay review policy and trained all the line managers in the new system.
We have provided on-going HR support and expert advice to a variety of small businesses including a Harley Street clinic and a Porsche dealership. Such support has ranged from contracts of employment, policies and procedures, managing absence, managing performance and motivating and incentivising staff through to terminations of employment.
We worked one-to-one with a regional coach within the retail banking sector to improve performance in struggling branches. Our role was to provide support and guidance to enable the coach to achieve her outcomes.
One of the most successful outcomes was moving a manager on the brink of disciplinary action to becoming a highly motivated branch manager who was able to lead her team with purpose and direction. The coach received much public acclaim within the organisation for this success.
A water treatment company was about to dismiss an employee due to his poor sickness record. We were called in to investigate and discovered that the employee had extensive personal problems, which the company was able to help him resolve. The employee has now come through this difficult time and his productivity has subsequently increased.
We also helped by producing a new sickness and absence policy and providing guidance on both short-term and long-term absence procedures.
During a period of crisis, when all but one department member resigned due to the turbulent financial situation, we helped Dictaphone to keep trading by rebuilding its finance department. Initially, jobs understandably needed to be filled on a temporary basis. Then, when the situation stabilised, we recruited new permanent staff.
We developed the graduate recruitment process at Rhone Poulenc Rorer's discovery research site. Our aim was to improve their success rate of attracting and selecting the best candidates in a very competitive market.
We then facilitated a successful recruitment campaign to hire top chemists and biologists.
First Call Solutions is an expanding new management consultancy. We recruited a PA for the Managing Director, initially on the basis of 12 hours per week.
We provided an interim manager to steer senior management through a significant change programme, as the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE) re-invented itself, moving from open outcry trading to a new screen-based trading business.
provided an outplacement programme for those at risk of redundancy, via an external third party.
An independent retail business was closing one of its stores and required our assistance in staff consultation, issuing statutory documentation and providing an outplacement service.
We analysed the results of Albany Life's first ever staff opinion survey, consulting regularly with the parent company's occupational psychologist in New York.
We then implemented a change programme in response to the survey results, identified key staff concerns, led focus groups to determine the underlying reasons for the concerns and recommended a comprehensive set of solutions.
Cisco Systems approached us to provide a team-building event that would facilitate a high level of interaction between a large finance team which exists in regional offices across Europe. The aim was to help everyone get to know each other in a fun environment.
We ran one of our most popular team building events – La Taupe. We created a giant incident room scenario and challenged the delegates to launch a full-scale investigation into finding the mole within Cisco. To further capture the audience's imagination, we got permission to sneak into the Cisco offices in advance of the event and take covert photographs of key personnel to form the suspect list.
Throughout the event, delegates were awarded with snippets of information about the mole. It was up to them to decide which were real and which to discard as red herrings. The event ended in a frantic head-to-head race between the teams to unravel the mystery and submit their deduction as to who was the mole. The deductions were then read out to an enraptured audience, followed by the elated cheers from the successful team.
We were asked by a call centre in the insurance industry to run a creative training workshop for their experienced training officers. The idea was to enable them to deliver more effective, creative, learner-centred events.
The end result was that delegates left their workshops more motivated and retained what they'd learned better.


An appeal from an Eighth Judicial District Court judgment awarding expectation damages to Clark & Sullivan Constructors, Inc. ("C&S") for its promissory estoppel claim against Dynalectric Co. of Nevada ("Dynalectric").
Blaylock, Brian L., "Summary of Dynalectric Co. of Nev. v. Clark & Sullivan Constructors, Inc., 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 41" (2011). Nevada Supreme Court Summaries. 244.


Variable home loans may be good choice for individuals who need extra freedom consequently they are willing to use the large rates of interest using reduced.
Here's what you need to learn about variable mortgage loans, from the way they work to whether a fundamental or standard adjustable loan could be the greater option for you.
What exactly are variable mortgage loans?
Unlike a fixed mortgage, the interest price you'll pay on an adjustable mortgage will fluctuate at your lender's discretion and could be affected by changes to Australia's formal cash rate.
That means whenever Reserve Bank of Australian Continent (RBA) boosts the rate, you could find yourself paying more interest on your adjustable home loan. But if the RBA decreases the interest rate, your loan repayments might be paid down.
It's crucial that you understand that it is as much as your lender whether they spread any rate changes, in addition they can change the attention rate on adjustable home loans independent of the RBA.
Fundamental variable or standard adjustable mortgage loan?
Offset reports. An offset account is a transactional checking account when the stability of one's cost savings is deducted through the key, cutting your interest payments.
Redraw services. Redraw facilities enable you to access extra funds you've paid off over your minimum loan repayments.
Additional repayments. Some loans enable you to make extra repayments without fees or fees, which might help you pay back your property loan faster.
Basic variable mortgages, however, typically are lacking the additional functions but generally speaking provide a lower interest than standard adjustable financial loans.
Who do variable home loans match?
As previously mentioned, basic adjustable mortgages can offer a lower rate of interest, to enable them to be the ideal choice for first-home purchasers who need a simple, low-cost loan.
Standard adjustable mortgage loans may be suited to those that want more mobility inside their mortgages. As an example, fastidious budgeters may like getting the solution to make additional repayments when they can, that may lower the general cost of the loan which help you pay it back many years before routine.
Many loan providers provide a unique standard variable home loan, usually with a reduced interest rate.
Standard variable mortgages usually offer a reduced rate of interest, with extra features which could potentially assist you to pay off your loan quicker and help save you more money eventually.
For instance, an offset account might offered totally free with a typical variable mortgage, while a simple adjustable loan might offer lower prices whilst comes without having the added features.


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Q: grep variable rather than file I want to be able to check if a variable containing a string matches a regular expression pattern. I know how to do this with a file using grep but I want to be able to do it using just a string.
For example to find if a variable contains a file name for a .gif I want to be able to do something along the lines of this.
$ STRING=image.gif
$ grep "\.gif$" $STRING

When I run this I get this error.
grep: image.gif: No such file or directory

Is there a way I can get grep treat "image.gif" as the string I want to search rather than the name of a file?

A: You can use a bash "here string" to grep from a variable:
grep '\.gif$' <<< "$STRING"

A: The easiest way:
echo "$STRING" | grep "\.gif$"

Since grep is capable of reading from stdin you can adapt this to any number of situations (including file IO with cat, though that's generally a bad idea because streaming is more efficient).


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Shimon Peres intervened because arrested persons were funders of his party
Mikheil Machavariani: 'lightning flashes and thunderbolts lead to deadlock'
The statement of the US Secretary of State that the Authorities need to be changed through the 2012-2013 elections was received by the opposition as a farewell sign for Saakashvili. As regards the reaction of the majority to Hillary Clinton's words, we had a short dialogue with Parliamentary Vice-Speaker Mikheil Machavariani.
A: Hillary Clinton talked about territorial integrity of Georgia noting that the US sees who is ignoring the six-point agreement.
She also pointed out that America regards the work on election code as important. In the private meetings with the opposition, there are talks that we would finally agree on biometric lists but not biometric IDs because the latter is very expensive to manufacture. It is better to start with specific places such as Tbilisi where the numbers of voters and listed voter-related faults are biggest. We will ask our foreign partners to engage in the process and fund it. As for other issues, we are ready for negotiations. I think we can find a common point.
Q: But not only revolutionaries but also the election-supporting opposition leaders plan demos!
A: Everybody has a personal task. Our task is to sort out unemployment, social and healthcare issues, help farmers with agricultural modernization.
Q: If processes unfold in the streets, they would go on not far away from the working place of the Authorities.
A: Last year there was a choice between thunderbolts and democratic elections. The elections were held and both domestic and foreign viewers called them a step forward. I welcome everybody's different methods but I believe lightning flashes and thunderbolts lead to deadlock.
Q: But Popular Council plans change of regime in May.
A: American Secretary of State stated that the only way to change the Authorities is elections.
Q: Detention of Israeli businessmen exacerbated situation. Israelis now plan to start business activities in Apkhazeti.
A: Everyone should know that whoever commits a crime must stand to justice. These people came to Georgia in 1992 and paid a bribe. This was admitted by the person who took the bribe (by the way, he opted for a procedural deal because he received 30 000 dollars from the Israelis). These people are typical conmen. They wanted to make money at the expense of Georgian people. I am surprised about the position of those people who shed tears in defense of these conmen. Shimon Peres intervened because the arrested Israelis were funders of his party. By the way, Peres did not say they were innocent.
Author: Izo Rikadze
Donald Tusk: "The collapse of the Soviet Union was very positive"
I want to say loudly from this tribune - the collapse of the Soviet Union was very positive, - Donald Tusk,
Donald Tusk reads a quote from Vazha Pshavela's letter in Georgian
President of the Council of Europe Donald Tusk read a quote from Georgian writer
Economist: "An unwelcome Russian visitor has helped to revive an old antagonism"
Economist has recently published an article reviewing the recent events taking place in Georgia.
Russian Duma supports sanctions against Georgia, President Putin opposes
The Russian Duma supported sanctions against Georgia.
Prosecutor: Individuals planned to overthrow the state government
On the night of 20th of June, 2019, individuals were planned to violently overthrow the state government through uprising,
Court releases Nika Melia on GEL 30, 000 bail
The Tbilisi City Court sentenced Nika Melia to GEL 30, 000 bail at today's court hearing.
Parliament suspends Nika Melia's MP's immunity
Nika Melia, the member of the opposition "United National Movement" party, has arrived at Tbilisi City Court.
"Russian Church blackmails Georgian Patriarchate" - Claims Ukraine's Rada member
Victor Yelenskyj was the head of the Ukrainian delegation at that fateful Interparliamentary Orthodox Assembly in Tbilisi that sparked the protests still ongoing to this day.
What the Protests in Tbilisi Mean for Relations with Russia
The protests in the center of Tbilisi over the Russian MP's presence in Georgian parliament caused a nation-wide outburst against the ruling Georgian Dream party and Russia.
Government agrees to one of the protesters demands: Proportional Elections in 2020
The government has agreed to hold proportional parliamentary elections in Georgia in 2020.
Russia bans flights to Georgia from July 8
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree yesterday prohibiting Russian airlines from carrying Russian citizens to Georgia from July 8.
Zakaria Kutsnashvili renounces his MP mandate
Zakaria Kutsnashvili, who was the head of the Georgian delegation in the Inter-parliamentary Session on Orthodoxy, has renounced his MP mandate.
Police use teargas, rubber bullets against protesters, says Human Rights Watch
Riot police in Tbilisi fired rubber bullets and used teargas without warning against thousands of nonviolent protesters
Russian lawmaker demands "official apology" from Tbilisi
Tbilisi should give its formal apology to Russia for the provocations against Russian delegates in the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy,
Georgian police used teargas, rubber Bullets and water cannon against protesters
Police in Georgia used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to stop protesters entering the country's parliament on Friday.
Gavrilov: "Russia and Georgia are united by the brotherly orthodox union"
The citizens of Georgia are protesting against the conduct of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy in Georgia, which was led by Russian Deputy Sergey Gavrilov.
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy canceled following public outrage
The session of Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy held at Parliament of Georgia has been canceled after the protest.
The Russian deputy in the Chairman's chair of the Parliament of Georgia
The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy is taking place between the 19th and 22nd of June in Tbilisi.
Michael Carpenter about Georgia's open policy with Russia
Michael Carpenter has recently tweeted about Georgia's open policy with Russia.
Another Georgian David Arakhamia to work with President Zelensky
Georgian businessman David Arakhamia also known as David Brown is another Georgian to join President Zelensky's team in Ukraine.
What Do the EP Elections Mean for Georgia?
The European Parliament elections are over, with the liberal wing sighing with relief, while the right wingers can smugly point to the increase to 25% of representation in the world 's second largest democratically elected parliament.
PM Mamuka Bakhtadze met with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze met with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on the 11th of June.
Zourabichvili talks about Russian occupation at Labour Conference
President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili took part in the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference,
UN General Assembly passes Georgia IDP Resolution
The UN General Assembly has adopted the Resolution on "Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia"
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko offers Mikheil Saakashvili to chair the Udar Party
After arrival of ex-president of Georgia and ex-Governor of Ukraine's Odesa region Mikheil Saakashvili in Ukraine there were speculations about whether he would be offered political positions.
President of European Commission attended celebration of 100 years of the First Republic of Georgia
On 26 May, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, joined celebrations in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi
International community condemns Syria's decision to recognize Georgia's occupied regions as independent states
Violation of Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity by Assad regime has been strictly criticized
Georgia marks the first anniversary of Visa-Liberalization with EU
Exactly one year ago, Georgia was granted visa-free travel with the European Union.
Georgia's ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili freed by his supporters
Georgia's ex-president president Mikheil Saakashvili's supporters managed to free detained Mikheil Saakashvili in the center of Kiev.
US Ambassador congratulates Georgia on Independence Day
The US Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly congratulates Georgia on Independence Day.
Historic day: Visa-free travel for Georgia officially signed in Brussels
The regulations on the introduction of visa-free travel for citizens of Georgia have been officially signed in Brussels.
Georgia's Energy Minister dances dressed as Santa
The entire Georgia is involved in Secret Santa game, which means that people are sending gifts to each other secretly
"Where is the chacha?" – James Appathurai jokes with Georgian delegation at NATO Ministerial
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is taking part in NATO Ministerial underway in Brussels, Belgium.
Special squad mobilized at Marneuli polling station as clashes occur
A special squad has been mobilized at the 48th polling station in Marneuli, Kvemo Kartli region.
Politicians' punch-up live on air in Georgia – Euronews
Two politicians in Georgia have come to blows during a live TV debate ahead of the country's parliamentary elections, Euronews reports.


Resolutions have a way of creating immense frustration for most people. You may have experienced the downside of resolution-making so many times that you no longer look at this time of year with the sense of excitement and renewal you once did. If one of the problems has been that you haven't achieved the results you have wanted in terms of your body, we suggest a new tactic. In our Cincinnati office, one of the things we love to do is help patients bust through the barriers they've encountered in a quest for their best body.
The usual path that people take when they want to improve their shape is to develop a new diet and exercise habits. This continues to be a popular approach. We can see that by observing the myriad of diet trends that exist today. The problem is, you could spend the entire year trying to decide between Keto and Paleo, a plant-based diet or one that revolves around the caveman style of eating. Every one of us may find a degree of success with certain diet plans. However, even the satisfaction of losing weight may not bring you to the place you really want to be. In that instance, you need a new path, and we've got it.
It isn't as though a good exercise program isn't a good way to slim the body and tone up. However, it may not be the right way for you. What you want is results, not hours and hours in the gym. Results may come more quickly with a little help from your plastic surgeon.
Tumescent liposuction is the procedure that has become popular for eliminating those fat cells that don't seem to be touched by any normal amount of exercise. This procedure may be performed in an accredited facility with local anesthetic (contained in the tumescent fluid) and IV sedation. Best yet, most patients are able to return to work within a week of their liposuction procedure.
While exercise can do a lot for your body, one thing it cannot do is reconnect muscles that have been severely stretched or separated. Only abdominoplasty can do that, and abdominoplasty should only be performed by a board-certified plastic surgeon.
Eat well and exercise so your body can be healthy. To create your dream body, consult with your plastic surgeon. Contact us to schedule your visit with Dr. Krummen at 513.985.0850.


Hawaii is a great place to propose marriage. It has all of the things you need for a romantic setting which can create a memory you can hang onto for a lifetime. Because of Hawaii's natural beauty, just about any location you pick here can be turned into a perfect moment. Sunrise and sunset here are as special as you could imagine, but in the end, it's what you do with the backdrop that will matter the most.
Now here's my story. I've shared what you're about to read with many friends over the years but never on this blog. Hopefully it will spark some ideas if you're planning to pop the question while you're in Hawaii.
My wife and I had been having a long-distance relationship for only a few months before I proposed. She lived in California and we were taking periodic trips between Hawaii and San Jose. I was in love with her and anxious to take the relationship to the next level. I was hopeful that with the proposal, she would see my level of commitment in spite of our short courtship.
I escorted her down the cliffs to the beach and laid down a large beach towel. Using "sleight of hand" (from a magic trick my Dad tought me as a child), I buried the engagement ring in the sand which I was concealing in my pocket without her seeing it. After a few minutes on the beach I asked her to see what was in the sand as it looked unusual. She began to dig only to discover it was a box with th engagement ring inside. I looked at her and asked her to walk with me to the Cliffside. She sat down on a rock and I proceeded to ask her to marry me. It was an awkward but very sweet moment and she was completely shocked. She paused for a few moments looked at me, and says "I'm going to have to think about it." While It wasn't the answer I wanted to hear, I totally understood, it felt right anyway. While my ego took a little blow, I had no regrets about what had happened.
The rest is history, it all eventually worked out and I am very happy to say that we been married for 10 years and it's been the best 10 years of my life.


Welcome to the 14th Brighton Comedy Festival!
The festival is now a well-established part of the Brighton Entertainment calendar. The festival hub is at the Brighton Dome but also takes place at the Komedia and the jewel in Hove's crown, The Old Market.
The aim of the festival has always been to showcase the best stand up comedians working in the UK. We take great pride in the fact that since we started pretty much every comedy name in the business has performed with us. This year, once again, we are delighted to present a line up for you that includes the most exciting new talent of the moment along with many festival favorites that are established names in the industry.
The Irish contingent is out in force the year with Dara O Briain, Jason Byrne, David O'Doherty, Tommy Tiernan, Ed Byrne and Patrick Kielty all bringing their craic to the seaside.
We are very pleased to welcome The Guardian Live with their Football Weekly; as well as the brains behind famous TV programme QI, with both its producer John Lloyd, fresh from an Edinburgh triumph, along with the QI Elves. And don't miss the mighty Frankie Boyle.
As ever we have selected some of the finest comedy shows from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees Sarah Kendall, Nish Kumar and James Acaster, plus the Winner Sam Simmons. We are also showcasing some of the hottest new talent including the Foster's Edinburgh Best Newcomer Sofie Hagen.
For those of you that want to see a range of the best comedians in one evening do support our Best of the Fest nights. Also as usual the festival kicks off with our Brighton Comedy Festival Gala in aid of Sussex Beacon.
Do come and join us for a good laugh!