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"The Signalman of Crime": Phillip Cobb is a low-profile crook who dresses up as Signalman in order to gain a reputation and starts committing clue-related crimes in Gotham City. Signalman delivers intricate clues to the Police and [[Bruce Wayne (Earth-One)|Batman
"The Signalman of Crime"
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Batman's Roman Holiday
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Am I Really Batman?
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Synopsis for "The Signalman of Crime"
Phillip Cobb is a low-profile crook who dresses up as Signalman in order to gain a reputation and starts committing clue-related crimes in Gotham City. Signalman delivers intricate clues to the Police and Batman, as a way to taunt the authorities. However, Batman is able to solve each of the clues and confronts Signalman at each crime scene, thwarting Signalman's efforts, and ultimately captures him.
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Synopsis for "Batman's Roman Holiday"
Batman and Robin travel backwards in time to ancient Rome to rescue Professor Nichols, who is trapped in that time. Upon arriving in ancient Rome, the people recognize Batman as the great Batmanus of legend as a consequence of Batman's previous time travel to Rome. Batman and Robin learn that Nichols has been captured by an evil King and they decide to rescue their friend. Using modern science and technology unknown in that era, the Dynamic Duo build a hot air balloon in order to escape. Upon returning to the present, Nichols decides that if he ever needs to learn something from the past, he would just send Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson as he has always done.
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Synopsis for "Am I Really Batman?"
After capturing Professor Milo, Batman is exposed to a gas that robs him of his will to live. He wakes up inside of a mental hospital, but quickly escapes and returns to Wayne Manor. Robin and Alfred help to perpetuate the belief that Bruce Wayne is not actually Batman, creating a mystery that will spur his will to live until the gas wears off.
"The Signalman of Crime" is reprinted in Wanted #1.
"Batman's Roman Holiday" is reprinted in 80-Page Giant #12.
"Am I Really Batman?" is reprinted in Batman Annual #4 and Batman: The Black Casebook.
Alfred Pennyworth appeared last in Detective Comics #249. He appears next in Batman #114.
Batman appeared last in World's Finest #91. He appears next in Detective Comics #250.
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Professor Milo appeared last in Detective Comics #247. He doesn't appear again until Batman #255.
In this issue, Milo's appearance is extremely different from his previous incarnation. This is most likely a mistake by the artist.
Robin appeared last in World's Finest #91. He appears next in Detective Comics #250.
First appearance of the Signalman. Signalman will appear next in Batman #124.
Signalman's gimmick is very similar to the antics commonly attributed to the Riddler. However, he claims to have actually been inspired by the Joker and the Penguin.
This is actually the second instance in which Professor Nichols has sent Batman to ancient Rome. The first time took place in Nichols' first appearance in Batman #24. So far as continuity is concerned, this event is common to both the Earth-One and Earth-Two versions of Batman.
This issue includes a one-page "Casey the Cop" and "Warden Willis" humor strip by Henry Boltinoff.
This issue includes a one-page text article entitled "Trouble on the London Express".
"Batman's Roman Holiday" is a reference to the famous 1953 romantic comedy, Roman Holiday starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn.
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Yesterday I met up with Twisted Sister for a Brian Henry workshop in Oakville featuring Kelley Armstrong. Armstrong is a former Programmer from Ontario who has 32 published books and a couple graphic novels. As well, one of her series was adapted into a TV show. As a current software developer who is working on getting published, she's pretty inspirational to me.
I've read 4 of her books, all from different series because I wanted to get a broad familiarity with her writing. From what I read, I prefer her newer writing and I prefer her YA stuff. Granted, I'm currently reading Omens which is Adult and I'm really enjoying it. I also picked up a copy of The Masked Truth at the workshop (which I got signed) and I hear that one is amazing. Now I just need time to read it.
The focused of her talk was Act 2, which I found really interesting. I don't think I've ever heard someone cover that as a topic. She did a very long Q&A which was fascinating. The biggest problem with workshops is that I now feel compelled to go back through my completed manuscript and check all the recommendations she made to see what I can improve.
One of the questions she answered was around software that she recommends for writing and she brought up Scrivener . I feel a bit out of it, but I had never actually checked it out before. It's basically a text editor for writers that is built around structure and notation. I took a brief tour of it this morning and I'm in awe of how well designed it is. I've rarely seen a piece of software designed around a specific purpose that was built so accurately. Every time I was like, Oh, I hope it can do X, it did.
The only thing it didn't do was back up to the cloud automatically. If this thing was a web app, it would be perfect. I get that storage is a concern from the dev side and a 1-time payment for the app is just plain easy and affordable, but in a perfect world. . . Obviously, you can put your save folder in a google drive or Dropbox or whatever, so no harm no foul. The license is also a family license so you can install on multiple machines.
Overall A+. I'm going to use the trial version and if all goes well, I'll put the $40 into my budget for next month.


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Q: What is the rank of the matrix in this situation? $A$ is a $9$ by $9$ matrix in the field modulo $5$ ($\mathbb{Z}/5$). It is known that the number of solutions for the equation $Ax=0$ is between $40$ and $150$. I need to find out the rank of the matrix in this situation I tried but I have never encountered a question like that before. Thanks for any help!!

A: The kernel of the matrix is a vector subspace of $(\mathbb{Z}/5)^9$.  So, it must be isomorphic to $(\mathbb{Z}/5)^k$ for some $0\leq k\leq 9$.  The rank of the matrix is the dimension of the range minus the dimension of the kernel.

A: Let me write $F_5$ for the field of five elements.
Now, suppose $x_1,x_2,\dots,x_r$ are all solutions of $Ax=0$, and suppose $c_1,c_2,\dots,c_r$ are all elements of $F_5$. Then $c_1x_1+c_2x_2+\cdots+c_rx_r$ is also a solution, because $$A(c_1x_1+c_2x_2+\cdots+c_rx_r)=c_1Ax_1+c_2Ax_2+\cdots+c_rAx_r=c_10+c_20+\cdots+c_r0=0$$
So, if the equation has one non-zero solution, $x_1$, then it has at least 5 solutions, all the items of the form $c_1x_1$ for $c_1$ in $F_5$.
Now suppose it has another solution, $x_2$, in addition to those 5 solutions. Then it has at least 25 solutions, namely, all the items of the form $c_1x_1+c_2x_2$ for $c_1$ and $c_2$ in $F_5$.
And, if it has more than these 25 solutions, then let $x_3$ be a different solution. Then it has at least 125 solutions, namely, all the items of the form $c_1x_1+c_2x_2+c_3x_3$ with $c_1,c_2,c_3$ all in $F_5$.
And so on. The bottom line is that the number of solutions must be a power of 5. It must be one of the numbers $1,5,25,125,625,\dots$.
So knowing there are between 40 and 150 solutions, you should now be able to work out exactly how many solutions it has.
As for working out the rank, I'm finding that harder to do without using concepts unfamiliar to OP such as vector space and (I assume) dimension. Actually, I'd like to know what definition of rank OP is using, if those concepts are out of reach. But here goes.
There's a theorem that says rank plus nullity equals number of columns. Nullity is the largest number of linearly independent solutions of $Ax=0$. The reasoning we went through above should let you work out how many linearly independent solutions $Ax=0$ has. And since you know the number of columns, that will be enough to figure out the rank.
But, really --- what definition are you using for the rank of a matrix?

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I need to recalculate tax in QuickBooks.
1) Change the tax schedule ID (labeled Tax at the bottom of the invoice in the tax column to something other than AVATAX).
3) Change the tax ID back to AVATAX and resave.
The same result can be achieved by adding and removing a line on the invoice. The change in data effectively "wakes up" Quickbooks, prompting a recall to Avatax.
In some cases, tax may have been calculated using Avatax initially but the client may want to use a different tax ID. Since Avatax was used initially, a Total Avatax line was created. If this line is not automatically removed by changing the tax ID, simply click the line and delete.


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Judgmental much? It would seem that things with my London contact, Poppy, are off to a bit of a rocky start to say the least. But considering everything that had happened to me in Amsterdam, I can hardly hold it against her.
Prim and proper Poppy has the wrong impression of me and I'm pretty determined to change her mind—that is, if I can stop thinking about Max off somewhere with his first crush, who happens to be—you know—gorgeous or something.
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Mine is legendary 18% drop and 2 other useless lines. Personally, I'd want boss attack but I don't have enough honor to reset so i'm sticking with the 18% drop for now.
What happens when you have over 100% Max Crit?
It raises your maximum crit damage. It should have an effect, just like how having over 100% boss still has an effect.
Was this song from backstreet boys or n sync or?
Any plans for this Friday or Weekend?
Do the beauty coupon still drop?
@stoker: Isn't that what the beauty coupon event is??
is it weird to think kpop isnt so bad?
What are some blue medals in the game?
I think the next legend medal is blue... the one where you get to lv 200 and you can get it on all your mules.
Demon avengers are pretty good.
Is The Person Above a Henehoe or No?
8/10 cuz only lv 174.
holy moly the shadower hits 2b per sec with capping midnight carnival.
@deadlymember: shields are also better because it isn't job specific and most of the older mages can use shields.
How many familiars do you have?
They drop from ranmaru/madman ranmaru. He also drops recipes to craft them. Way too many materials to craft though, so not worth it IMO. RA is much better since fafnir weapons have 30% boss by itself.
Should I reset my inner ability?
@xbustyangelz: BMs have hurricane, blaster, AFA, and magic arrows. Also phoenix if you count it but it's not that significant.
decent SE is very good obviously, but 400k range is not that great so depending on how much DSE gloves are, it might be better to upgrade your other stuff.
funds are obviously a problem for you, so i don't think it's worth it for you to change. you'd have to pay a fee to change jobs and you have to get a new weapon.
@xxjarakudaxx: isn't that the one where you convert your 10k honor into a 10k honor medal? it's basically transferring one character's honor to a different one.
was playing donkey kong 64, and they had a move called simian slam. i forgot how to spell it so i got simain.
Is it more likely to get Earrings from Blackheart Box?
maybe. i remember getting a like 3 earrings and then the next few boxes all blackheart pets. i have 1 on my DA, and 3 on my BM.


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2003 No. 2
How Not to Mess Up a Good Thing
by Thomas E. MaCurdy, Jeffrey M. Jones
The pervasive success of the past decade's boldest legislative experiment has silenced its critics. Shouts of "child impoverishment" and "a moral blot on our nation that will never be forgotten" have given way to mere whispers of disaffection. Welfare reform, passed more than six years ago, is facing reauthorization in a political climate of such favor that scant room is left for opposition, let alone in-depth discussion. Case in point: In early February the House of Representatives passed its version of welfare reauthorization in just 10 days.
What little criticism the House bill engenders tends to focus on the more "controversial" proposals. Democrats denounce efforts to promote marriage and teenage abstinence while petitioning for more child-care funding and eligibility for immigrants. As the reauthorization process continues, it is imperative that we get beneath these surface issues to consider the underlying principles that made welfare reform successful in the first place. If Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—the program originated by welfare reform—can be called a triumph, what are the reasons? In crafting the next generation of welfare reform, can we build on this foundation?
Welfare Reform: The First Six Years
There is simply no denying the success of TANF in reducing the number of individuals and families dependent on government cash assistance. Welfare caseloads have dropped a staggering 59 percent since TANF replaced AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) in 1996, with more than 7 million fewer people and 2 million fewer families receiving benefits (see figure 1).
Contrary to the predictions of child impoverishment, today there are nearly 3 million fewer children in poverty. Poverty rates are at an all-time low for black children and for children in single-parent households. Employment among young single mothers has nearly doubled, out-of-wedlock births have remained flat for the past five years, and there are nearly 2 million fewer hungry children. Although stories continue to surface about individual cases of single-parent families slipping through the cracks, overall, TANF has had a positive impact on this nation and its poor. Formerly destitute and dependent welfare recipients are now working by the millions—earning a living and setting a positive example for their children that will reap benefits for our nation well into the future.
What accounts for such success? The 1996 welfare reform package signaled a major departure from the past. For the first time, the federal government took giant steps in getting out of the business of dictating to states how they must support poor families. TANF eliminated cash benefits as an entitlement, sharply reduced federal mandates, and greatly expanded state flexibility.
TANF ended a three-decade guarantee of aid to the poor. Prior to welfare reform, states received an open-ended federal match for cash assistance to needy families, which the states could exercise no discretion in paying out. If a family had children and sufficiently low income, states were obligated to pay cash benefits irrespective of the family's behavior, compliance, or personal responsibility. TANF, in contrast, instituted block grants: a lump sum of money each state could spend largely as it saw fit. States were then able to condition receipt of welfare on the family's meeting particular commitments such as entering employment, participating in job searches, or accepting treatment for substance abuse.
Along with rescinding the entitlement to welfare, TANF decentralized the entire welfare delivery system—a process instigated by the removal of cumbersome federal mandates. The mandates governing AFDC burdened those states interested in providing families with a way out of welfare dependency. The result was a "one-size-fits-nobody" welfare system in which state programs were largely distinguished by the size of the welfare checks they handed out. With TANF, a fundamental shift in attitude and mission saw caseworkers giving way to job counselors and dependency giving way to self-sufficiency. Federal oversight switched from monitoring process to monitoring performance as states were rewarded for reducing their caseloads and moving clients into work. What developed were a variety of programs based, in part, on each state's unique culture and historical approach to social policy. As a result, TANF programs became more coordinated and responsive to local concerns.
The removal of mandates led to an increase in state flexibility and innovation. States began to move beyond the original scope and vision of TANF, shifting the focus from national-level solutions to approaches that worked at state and local levels. The states took full advantage of the opportunity to design their own approaches to supporting poor families and developed a wide array of TANF programs. Many states implemented "work first" strategies, wherein welfare applicants had to quickly secure a job. Others focused on "making work pay," rewarding clients who found work with a continuation of benefits and support services.
The diversity in TANF program structure is evident when one examines benefit and sanction levels. States varied greatly in the generosity of cash benefits paid to poor families (see figure 2). A family of three, for example, in a low-benefit state, became ineligible for cash assistance if it earned more than $558 per month—an earnings level attained by a single family member working 25 hours a week at $5.15 a hour. In a high-benefit state, this same family could earn more than $1,000 per month through employment and still be eligible for some cash assistance.
For welfare recipients who failed to comply with the rules, states sanctioned families with varying degrees of severity. Some states applied so-called family sanctions, meaning that the entire family, including the children, immediately lost all cash benefits. Other states implemented family sanctions only after multiple episodes of noncompliance. Still others were even less severe, only partially reducing grants to families who failed to cooperate.
No matter which strategy was employed, every state successfully met the federal work participation goal of having 50 percent of recipients engaged in work activities 30 hours a week. By making employment the first priority of assistance, TANF programs succeeded in moving recipients off welfare and into work. The vast majority of states (35) saw their TANF rolls decline 40–70 percent between 1996 and 2001, and 8 states achieved reductions of more than 70 percent. Wyoming led all states with a 91 percent decline in its caseload, whereas Rhode Island brought up the bottom with a 34 percent decrease. Overall, the flexibility built into TANF (as well as solutions it never anticipated) allowed welfare reform to thrive beyond all expectations.
Reauthorization: Going Forward or Back?
What we are witnessing today, on the eve of welfare reauthorization, are the fruits of disentitlement, fewer federal mandates, and greater flexibility. The final reauthorization bill the president signs will likely share a strong resemblance to House Resolution 4, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003, a bill that echoes the president's own proposal, Working toward Independence. A Senate version, now in the works, is sure to differ in important details, necessitating some sort of a compromise. How do the various proposals for reauthorization build on or tear at the foundational principles that have made the first stage of welfare reform so successful?
Proposals that will improve the system. The proposals reinforce state flexibility with two key revisions. First, they remedy a flaw in the design of TANF that prevented states from spending their unused federal cash assistance funds. The total accumulated over the past few years has risen to more than $2 billion—the savings welfare reform has produced by moving individuals and families into work. Welfare reauthorization will give states increased flexibility in using this "welfare reform dividend" to weather economic downturns and pay for any TANF-authorized benefit, service, or activity.
Second, both the administration and House proposals expand options for interested states to apply for and negotiate waivers to integrate a variety of federal programs—including TANF, Food Stamps, the Workforce Investment Act, and Federal Housing and Homeless Assistance. States can establish demonstration projects to counter the existing inefficiencies and red tape of uncoordinated federal assistance measures. The end result of this new flexibility will be better and more streamlined services for those who need them most.
Reading the popular press might lead one to surmise that TANF re-authorization will place new mandates on the states with programs designed to strengthen marriages, promote abstinence, and improve child support enforcement. But these provisions are not mandates; they are merely pilot programs designated for special incremental funding. Federal priorities—which often change from one administration to the next—are best encouraged through pilot grants, which allow individual states to implement programs targeted at those goals. Irrespective of one's position, it is difficult to argue that states should not be given the option to pursue these goals at their discretion.
Proposals that go too far. Three of the most critical revisions in the reauthorization proposals—beefing up the workload requirement, phasing out the caseload reduction credit, and increasing the minimum work-participation rate—however, step on the independence of the states.
The first revision, the workload requirement, involves increasing the minimum work week for welfare recipients from between 25 to 30 hours to 40 hours a week and reducing the number of activities that count toward this requirement. If this recommendation becomes law, there is no question that flexibility decreases. States will be restricted in providing activities and tenures they believe are necessary to maximize self-sufficiency, including efforts to address addiction, lack of education, and domestic violence. The hardest-hit states will be those that, under TANF, emphasized work participation over caseload reduction. With fewer activities and more hours to account for, these states will be forced to sanction and remove large numbers of clients who fail to meet the strict guidelines.
The second revision calls for the elimination of the caseload reduction credit by 2005. Over the past six years, states have used this provision to help meet their work participation goals by receiving credit for clients that leave their rolls for reasons other than securing work. Rescinding this credit penalizes states that set high standards for client participation or specifically target caseload reduction. Keeping the credit in place helps states rid the welfare rolls of chronic program abusers—states can sanction or remove these abusers and still meet their participation goals. Eliminating the credit would ensure a steady stream of belligerent and uncooperative clients.
The final revision that affects state independence involves increasing the percentage of TANF families required to participate in work activities from 50 to 70 percent by the year 2007. As a general principle, engaging more recipients in work activities is a commendable goal, but raising the bar another 20 percent will leave little room for states to maneuver as they seek innovative ways to match the remaining 5 million TANF recipients with meaningful work. Making allowances for participants who do not complete a full 40 hours of work activities a week (due to illness, lack of support services, etc.), states will actually need to engage nearly 100 percent of their clients in work activities to meet the heightened federal standard. Such universal participation fails to account for the individual circumstances and local constraints of providing quality welfare-to-work assistance.
Keeping Responsibility with the States
As originally enacted, one of TANF's goals was for the federal government to relinquish responsibilities and, more important, its onerous regulations on what states can and cannot do. The establishment of strenuous federal standards or performance requirements—such as increasing work participation rates—begins to work against these goals by restricting state flexibility. Such requirements clearly constitute new federal mandates, for a state will not receive its full block grant unless it abides by these proposed new rules.
In proposing such rules the administration and Congress are operating under the false premise that it was federal work standards and time limits that led to TANF's success. They surmise that, if they raise standards even higher, the states will meet or exceed these heightened expectations. But it was reachable standards that led to TANF's success in the first place, not stratospheric goals.
TANF was successful precisely because the federal expectations incorporated in its adoption could be met by the states without much difficulty. Not only were some of the goals achievable on their own terms, but each state could use its AFDC matching funds to set up programs and serve clients without regard to TANF. Moreover, the feds introduced the caseload reduction credit explicitly to reduce the bite of their work requirements, rendering them powerless; no state has yet been penalized for not reaching the minimum requirements. States were not looking over their shoulders all the time, fearful of federal standards. They had room to improvise and innovate and were given the resources to attack dependency on welfare while still supporting the least employable.
Continuing this approach has political advantages as well. Fewer federal mandates mean that states and localities with vastly different constituents can craft programs that are viable for their communities. Some communities would prefer to support even the most shiftless welfare recipients rather than see them living on the streets. Other communities would rather have welfare recipients gain self-respect by facing the consequences of their self-destructive behavior. Mercy and responsibility are both legitimate virtues. Is it Washington's role to decide which virtue is more valuable to the residents of San Francisco or Omaha?
The Important Lessons
In the early 1990s, AFDC was in full operation as the federal welfare entitlement program. Dependency on welfare was growing and approaching the peak it would reach in 1995. In 1992, the federal government began granting waivers to states to design and implement alternative welfare programs, outside the strictly regulated guidelines of AFDC. California, Michigan, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Oregon were among the first states granted waivers; by August 1996, 43 states had received AFDC waivers. The wisdom of allowing a little more flexibility, and fewer mandates, eventually culminated in the abolition of the old, broken welfare system. Its replacement was, in essence, the federal government's response to state aspirations. Transferring responsibility for welfare programs to the states has been an incontestable success.
Proposals appearing for TANF's reauthorization suggest that Congress and the administration have not learned the crucial lesson of welfare reform: Keep mandates to a minimum and trust states to go their own way in responding to the social, political, and economic forces within their localities. All states have succeeded in their mission to support poor families, even though they have chosen different paths. With block grants in place, mistakes made by the various states will be paid for by their taxpayers.
Success should breed more success. Instead of returning to pre-TANF notions of federal and state responsibilities, we should apply the lessons of welfare reform to the task of transforming other federal assistance programs—Food Stamps, SSI, Medicaid, housing assistance—for the better. The diversity of approaches, rather than one federally approved approach, spurs innovation and competition between the states. Greater flexibility, fewer mandates, and a restricted right of the federal government to impose its objectives will bring the next wave of success in the fight for individual and family independence. When states are free to develop their own programs, the results speak for themselves. Successful programs will be emulated by other states, and unsuccessful ones will lose support and fade away. Ultimately it is the competition of ideas that will allow the best "national" welfare system to materialize.
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Recently, Amazon introduced Kindle2. This e-Book reader is thinner and faster than its predecessor, which itself is only about a year old. One thing the new Kindle2 is not is cheaper than its predecessor. It carries the same $359 price tag.
The question is, did Amazon leave money on the table? Certainly, you can make a case for Amazon's holding the price at $359. The new device is better than the previous device. In addition, the previous device sold out over the Christmas season of 2008.


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In February 2018, University College Cork (UCC) announced their commitment to appoint a minimum of 40% of women in all major decision-making bodies within the university by 2022. This commitment forms part of a four-year initiative aimed at achieving equal representation of women across all areas of the university. UCC's pledge to tackle gender inequality is just one of many made by Irish universities in the past year, marking a renewed commitment by Higher Education Institutions (HEI's) across the country to address gender imbalance.
There is no better benchmark for the progression of gender equality in HEI's than the Athena SWAN (Scientific Women's Academic Network) initiative, a project aimed at recognising and promoting gender equality in higher education. The organisation awards three levels of recognition to HEI's, with the bronze award serving as entry level recognition. When the Athena SWAN initiative was brought to Ireland in 2015, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University of Limerick (UL) were the only institutions that met the criteria for a bronze award. As of the last recognition cycle in April 2017, five of Ireland's seven universities have achieved bronze status, with TCD and UL boasting three bronze departmental awards apiece. Initiatives like unconscious bias training, access to on-site crèches and ensuring gender balance on decision-making committees are among the measures taken by universities to eradicate gender inequality in the workplace. With only NUI Galway and NUI Maynooth yet to receive a bronze award, it is evident that Irish universities have begun to recognize the eradication of gender inequality as a pertinent issue.
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If the Cardinals Want Giancarlo Stanton, Go Get Him. No Excuses.
By Bernie Miklasz November 21, 2017 2:10 pm
If the Miami Marlins are truly willing to trade Giancarlo Stanton, the Cardinals have to go deep and get it done. They can't take a timid swing … and miss. They have to swing for the fences.
If Stanton is moved this offseason, there would be only one acceptable excuse: if Stanton refused to waive his no-trade clause to block a trade to St. Louis. But even then, the Cardinals need to at least try to make a winning pitch. They have to go all-out to persuade Stanton to change his mind.
After all, Stanton has played eight seasons in the majors, breaking in with the Marlins in 2010. And despite his individual excellence, Stanton has never appeared in a MLB postseason game. Over the past eight years 26 of the 30 teams made at least one trip to the playoffs. The only four franchises to go 0-for-8 were Miami, Seattle, San Diego and the Chicago White Sox.
Detroit ace Justin Verlander was initially unwilling to waive his no-trade protection and approve of a deal that would arm Houston for a run in the AL playoffs. In the final minutes before the Aug. 31 trade deadline, Verlander realized it would mean a lot to him to have another shot at winning a World Series. Verlander had gotten one crack at it before, in 2006, but the Tigers slipped and flopped. The Cardinals beat them in a five-game World Series.
Verlander decided to go for the ring. He signed off on the trade. The Astros won their first World Series. Verlander won his first World Series. He got the ring. All by keeping an open mind, searching his conscience. He reached a conclusion: a baseball player — if he's lucky — will have only so many opportunities to win a world championship. Verlander was 34. If he said no to Houston, would he one day come to regret his stubborn resistance? Verlander made the right choice. He will have no regrets in later in life.
If winning really matters to Stanton, then he would agree to a trade that would put him with one of the most successful franchises in baseball history. The Cardinals didn't win their first World Series until 1926. But beginning with that '26 season, the New York Yankees are the only team that's won more more regular-season games, postseason games and World Series titles than the Cardinals.
Perhaps Stanton will be acquired by another prestigious franchise that can help him win a World Series ring. But if the Cardinals are the only elite franchise to strike a deal with Miami, I don't know why Stanton would refuse to play for a organization that has the most regular-season victories, and most postseason wins among NL teams since 2000 … with four NL pennants and two World Series championships.
Assuming that winning is a priority for Stanton, then he'd form a strong partnership with the Cardinals. They can help Stanton become a winner. And Stanton can help the Cardinals become a winner, again, after a two-season absence from the postseason. The Cardinals are close, having posted the ninth-best winning percentage in the majors over the past two seasons.
It was absolutely disappointing for a proud St. Louis franchise to miss the postseason in 2016 and 2017, but the Cardinals didn't crater. They just couldn't keep pace with the Cubs. Going into 2018, the Cardinals need a push, a lift, a boost. The Cards need a prominent talent (and other accessories) to make a difference, and provide substantial assistance in raising their victory total above 90.
And Stanton is strong enough to do the job.
The Cardinals haven't had a player of clout play right field for them since Carlos Beltran spent two happy, prosperous years here in 2012 and 2013. According to the succession plan, the Cardinals would promote top prospect Oscar Taveras to the big club in 2014, after Beltran departed St. Louis via free agency. The rookie Taveras made 220 plate appearances as the Cards' right fielder in 2014, but died in a single-car accident in his native Dominican Republic on Oct. 26, only 10 days after the team was eliminated by San Francisco in the NL Championship Series.
The Cardinals attempted to fill the right-field void by trading for Atlanta's Jason Heyward, but he bolted to the Cubs as a free agent after one season. Since the start of the 2016 season, we've seen a procession of rightfielders that included Stephen Piscotty, Randal Grichuk, Brandon Moss, Jose Martinez, Jeremy Hazelbaker.
But let's dial it back to the post-Beltran transition. Let's look at how the Cardinals' collection of rightfielders have done as a group in comparison to Stanton over the past four seasons, 2014 through 2017.
This little study is quite revealing.
By the way, the numbers for Stanton represent his production when he plays right field — and no other position. But unless Stanton is serving as a DH in an American League Park, or is pinch-hitting, he's always in right field.
1. PARK ADJUSTED RUNS CREATED
Cardinals RF group: only 2 percent above leave average; 20th in the majors.
Stanton: a big 49 percent above league average; No. 1 among MLB rightfielders.
2. ISOLATED POWER
Cardinals RF group: ISO of .160; 14 points below league average; 21st.
Stanton: ISO of .303; a whopping 129 points above the league rate; No. 1.
3. WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT
Cardinals RF group: 8.6 WAR, ranked 17th
Stanton: 19.0 WAR, ranked No. 3 at the position in MLB.
4. ONBASE PERCENTAGE
Cardinals RF group: .328, ranked 18th.
Stanton: .367, ranked No. 2 at position; 39 points higher than St. Louis.
5. SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Stanton: .574 ranked No. 2 in bigs; 151 points better than St. Louis.
6. ONBASE + SLUGGING
Cards RF group: .751 OPS, ranked 18th
Stanton: .941 OPS, ranked No. 2 at position; 190 points higher than St. Louis.
7. HOME RUNS
Cards RF group: 78 homers, ranked 21st.
Stanton: 146 homers, 150 homers, ranked No. 1 at position.
— Footnote I: Stanton has a .607 slugging pct. and has homered every 12 at-bats in the Marlins' new ballpark, which opened in 2012. According to Baseball Reference, the Miami park gives pitchers a significant edge over hitters.
— Footnote II: this one made me laugh, but in a good way. Since the start of 2014, Stanton has bashed 68 more homers than the Cardinals' RF contingent. There's more to it: Stanton hit 68 more homers than the Cards' RF bunch despite having 733 fewer at-bats over the same time because of games lost to injury. That's sick.
8. HOME-RUN RATIO
Cards RF group: a homer every 32.05 at-bats, ranked 21st.
Stanton: a home run every 12.10 at-bats, best among all MLB hitters.
9. RBI RATIO
Cards RF group: an RBI every 8.36 at-bats, ranked 22nd.
Stanton: an RBI every 4.85 at-bats; that's No. 1.
10. DEFENSIVE RUNS SAVED
Cards RF group: + 27 Defensive Runs Saved.
Stanton in RF: +29 Defensive Runs Saved.
Footnote I: the Cardinals' total was inflated by Heyward's one season here; he was a +21 DRS in 2015, the best at his position. So in the other three seasons, Cards' rightfielders were +6 DRS … well below Stanton's level defensively.
Footnote II: In his eight MLB seasons in right field, Stanton is an impressive +45 in DRS and he has finished in the top 10 in the RF position rankings six of the eight seasons.
Look, I think we can see the obvious.
Stanton is vastly superior to anyone that's played right field for the Cardinals for a very long time. In his big-league career he has 34.1 WAR, and that's the most among MLB right fielders since 2010. Various Cardinals' right fielders have given the team 25.4 WAR there since 2010. Stanton has averaged 4.1 WAR per season in right. Since 2010, only one Cardinals' right fielder, Lance Berkman in 2011, has had a single-season WAR (4.8) that's higher than Stanton's average.
Add in his fantastic defense, and it's a no-contest.
Stanton is an intimidating power bat that draws walks, delivers RBIs on frequent basis, is far above the league average in park-adjusted runs created, and is among the very best defenders in right field.
Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. has said it many times: the team needs a big bat for the middle lineup.
Cards president of baseball operations John Mozeliak has said it many times: it's a priority to find a middle-lineup power hitter.
GM Michael Girsch has said the same thing … repeatedly.
Well, Stanton is that bat. You cannot find a more ruthless power in the game today.
And if the Cardinals have in fact made a trade offer to Miami — as reported — then they have determined that Stanton is the right guy to fill the void.
Stanton is owed $295 million through 2027 … and Cardinals are rolling in revenue; they are in superb shape financially and have payroll flexibility into the future.
The Marlins want to slash payroll and will take prospects in exchange for Stanton; the Cardinals have an abundance of young pitching prospects that are attractive trade pieces… and young outfield prospects to offer as well.
If the Cardinals covet Stanton, then they need to close the deal and see if he'll waive the no-trade.
To get Stanton a team needs two things: Lots of money … and lots of prospects.
Actually a team that makes a play for Stanton needs a third thing: the qualities of aggressiveness, boldness, large onions. It is the kind of team that knows what it wants … and will go get it. It is a team that will not be denied in the desire to land its trade target. It is a team that will not allow themselves to finish second or third in trade bidding. It is a team that refuses to count dimes and dollar bills and will not tremble when it comes time to go all in and pay up.
The Cardinals have the money. They have the prospects. They have two of the necessary elements.
I just don't know if the Cardinals have the third characteristic: the guts, the nerve, to go get Stanton …. recognizing that the cost of securing this kind of rare talent will be high, and it will carry risk. But it's about damn time that this team stop finishing second or third every time it cautiously walks into the market to make a transaction only to be scared off by the price tag.
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Justice Dept. Attache -Rome
EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY (GS-905-15)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTACHE – ROME, ITALY
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (OIA)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 10-CRM-DET-004
Closing Date: February 4, 2010
About the Position: The United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Office of International Affairs (OIA) is seeking an experienced attorney to be detailed as OIA's representative in Italy stationed at the United States Embassy in Rome. The Attorney will work as a member of OIA's European team responsible for extradition and mutual legal assistance requests between the U.S. and Italy, and will serve as the principal representative of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in Italy, working directly with U.S. and Italian law enforcement authorities on issues related to criminal investigations and prosecutions, as well as supporting the Department in the formulation and execution of bilateral and multilateral criminal justice programs and policies.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The responsibilities of this position include:
· Developing and facilitating the execution of U.S.-Italian requests for extradition and legal assistance in criminal investigations and prosecutions, and resolving problems regarding those requests;
· Working directly with Italian judges, prosecutors and the most senior Italian law enforcement authorities on criminal investigations and prosecutions, and serving generally as liaison with those offices and federal, state and local prosecutors and police agencies in the U.S. to ensure the law enforcement interests of the United States and the Department of Justice are understood and given adequate consideration by Italian authorities;
· Serving as legal advisor to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement attaches and other U.S. law enforcement personnel stationed at the Embassy on operational and case-related issues, including the conduct of joint investigations with Italian authorities;
· Developing expertise in the criminal laws and procedures of Italy to assist U.S. authorities with questions on law enforcement matters, and assisting Italian authorities with questions regarding U.S. criminal laws and procedures, with the goal of achieving better coordination and cooperation through mutual understanding;
· Working closely with Embassy and senior Department of State (DOS) officials on international criminal maters, ranging from major organized crime and narcotics initiatives to terrorism and fraud cases, with a particular view towards clearly articulating the interests of the Department of Justice, and working toward effective integration of those interests with the policies and priorities of the Embassy and the Department of State;
·	Representing the Department of Justice in multilateral fora on issues relating to law enforcement issues;
· Serving as liaison between and among the Office of International Affairs, senior representatives of the Italian Government, U.S. federal officials, and state and local agencies in connection with international criminal matters.
This appointment is for two years with the possibility of a one year extension and is expected to begin in the Summer of 2010.
Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia, have at least five (5) years of post-J.D. legal experience, and be a current employee of the Department of Justice with significant experience in federal criminal prosecutions and international matters. Applicants should also have:
1.	Significant experience in federal criminal cases involving international extradition and mutual legal assistance;
2.	Significant experience dealing with complex legal and policy issues;
3.	Working knowledge of federal and state judicial systems, prosecution, investigative and regulatory agencies;
4. Ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with state and federal law enforcement agencies, representatives of foreign governments and the public;
5.	Experience dealing with foreign governments and officials, and international organizations in law enforcement matters;
6.	Understanding of, and ability to work within, US Missions abroad;
7.	Familiarity with federal regulatory and investigatory agencies;
8. Ability to implement and effectively advocate Departmental policies on all matters relating to the assigned areas of responsibility;
9.	Professional proficiency in the use of spoken and written Italian.
Travel: Routine travel as necessary.
Salary Information:	The salary range is for a GS-15 position.
Appropriate relocation and housing costs in Rome will be paid by the Department of Justice. If the individual selected is detailed from outside the Criminal Division, salary, benefits and travel costs will be reimbursed to the employing organization.
Submission Process and Deadlines: All interested attorneys should submit a resume to:
Criminal Division, Office of International Affairs
1301 New York Ave., NW
John C. Keeney Building, Suite 900
Attn: Rome Attache Position
We encourage applications and resumes to be submitted by e-mail to Position, Rome on your DOJ Global Address Book, or Rome.Position@usdoj.gov Applications and Resumes may also be telefaxed to 202-514-0080. Submissions must be postmarked or received by February 4, 2010.
Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.justice.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html
For more information about the Criminal Division, visit the Criminal Division Web page at: http://www.justice.gov/criminal/
Department Policies: The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace, and the person selected will be required to pass a drug test to screen for illegal drug use. Employment is also contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background investigation adjudicated by the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities and will reasonably accommodate the needs of those persons. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Posted: December 13th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Criminal Investigator (Special Agent)
Position Title: Criminal Investigator (Special Agent)
Who May be Considered:
Applications will be accepted from all qualified U.S. citizens that
SPEAK SPANISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. You need not be a current or
former Federal employee to apply.
Salary range shown does not include locality pay and Law Enforcement
Availability Pay (LEAP). An additional compensation rate of 25% will
be added to the locality salary.
In 2007, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(ATF) was ranked as one of the top 15 places to work in the Federal
government and one of the top law enforcement agencies! ATF is
looking for energetic, innovative, solution- oriented professionals
to help the ATF team succeed in our responsibilities to reduce
violent crime and protect the public.
The profession of special agent is exciting and rewarding. Special
agents must be tough – both physically and mentally. They must also
be able to handle rigorous training, personal risks, irregular hours,
and extensive travel. Special agents are subject to reassignment to
any ATF office in the United States, to include any U.S. Territory or
ATF overseas assignment.
Selected applicants shall be appointed in the excepted service and
must satisfactorily complete a 3-year training program which includes
but is not limited to successful completion of the special agent
basic training program, new professional training and qualify and
maintaining firearms proficiency.
Must be able to speak Spanish and pass Speaking Proficiency Test.
Take and pass TEA exam and Special Agent Applicant Assessment Test.
Be in compliance with current drug policy and pass drug test.
Take and pass polygraph examination and medical examination.
Must obtain a top secret clearance.
Application must be received online.
Posted: December 13th, 2008 under job_listing.
Feds Nab Big Fish in Violent Colombian Cartel
Authorities nabbed a major fish in the drug war. The question is: Will it have any impact on cocaine traffic in the U.S.?
By CURT ANDERSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer
MIAMI — The reputed kingpin of a violent Colombian cartel blamed for smuggling cocaine worth $10 billion to the U.S. was flown aboard an FBI plane to Miami on Friday to face a 12-count federal indictment.
Diego "Don Diego" Montoya, described as the notorious head of the North Valley Cartel, could spend at least 20 years in prison if convicted on charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, obstruction of justice and witness retaliation by murder.
Montoya, who did not yet have a U.S. lawyer following his extradition, was being held without bail awaiting an initial court appearance Monday.
Under Montoya's leadership, the North Valley Cartel in the mid-1990s become Colombia's dominant cocaine smuggling organization, taking over from the Cali cartel whose leaders also were prosecuted in Miami. At its height, North Valley controlled about 60 percent of Colombia's cocaine trade, authorities said.
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Posted: December 13th, 2008 under FBI, News Story, Uncategorized.
Tags: Colombian, Diego "Don Diego" Montoya, Drug Cartel
Experts Say Wiretap Conversations Spell Big Big Trouble For Gov. Blagojevich
Even though he knew he was under investigation by one of the most tenacious U.S. Attorneys in the country, Gov. Rod Blagojevich just kept talking on the phone. That cavalier yapping could prove toxic in trial.
By Kevin Johnson
If Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has a chance at combating the conspiracy charges against him, legal analysts say, he must never let a jury hear his own words captured on federal government wiretaps.
The governor was arrested Tuesday on charges that included conspiring to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Notre Dame law professor Jimmy Gurule, a former Justice Department official, describes the tapes as the "breathtaking" centerpiece of the government's prosecution. "Unless the governor is successful in keeping the conversations out of a future trial, it's hard to imagine what the defense is," Gurule says.
Attorney Roscoe Howard, former chief federal prosecutor in Washington, says the recordings represent "the corpus of the crime" that will be difficult to attack if they are admitted as evidence in a courtroom.
"The governor is in deep trouble," Howard says.
Paper Reports that Businessmen Wanted to Raise $1 million For Ill. Gov to Help Jesse Jackson Jr. Get Senate Seat (AP)
VIDEO OF STATE ATTY Gen. Seeking to Have Governor Removed
Posted: December 13th, 2008 under News Story.
Tags: Gov. Blagojevich, Jury, Wiretaps


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To start it will just be the heads, but will also want to allow the players to customize whole bodies as well. If it's easier, we can design it all at once.
This is a paid position. If interested, please respond or PM me. It would be most helpful to see examples of similar work.
Hello, I am interested! I haven't been posting anything on this website, but I want to start. I worked years ago on the avatars for Pea world as well as Anataria (I believe both sites are dead at this point though unfortunately.) It was a long time ago, but I am still doing art on my own time and I have a degree in fine art now. Let me know if this is still available and we can exchange ideas!!
@Makazu If you are still looking, I have plenty of experience working with avatars and bases! I have a couple examples here in my thread.
What style are you looking for? Could you post some examples maybe?
Also for features, do you want clothing (and if yes, which style(s)?


Examine and update received definitions of arts mastery, with the aim of enriching how to think about youth arts mastery in a contemporary world.
Think about the U.S. and specifically, the city of Boston, as two contexts that shape the pursuit of arts mastery.
Take stock of what the Boston public schools, along youth arts providers and cultural organizations, do to support young people who are pursuing arts mastery through classes, programs, and other opportunities.
Conduct in-depth interviews with young people pursuing arts mastery to learn about their pathways, notably what supported their progress, what barriers they encountered, and what they would ask of the schools, cultural organizations, and the city.
Conduct a parallel set of interviews with program directors, teachers, and mentors who work closely with young people.
Develop a set of portraits designed to capture the supports and barriers that young people experience as aspiring members of formal and informal artistic communities throughout the city.
Define a set of core findings and recommend a set of action steps that organizations, schools, and the city could take to support youth artistry.
Summarize the approach and tools for other communities interested in assessing the strength of the pathways they provide for youth arts mastery.
A review of documents and reports to develop a picture of Boston as a context for youth arts mastery.
A review of existing databases (such as the Arts Expansion Project surveys of arts provision in the public schools and Edvestors' survey of student demand for the arts).
Quantitative surveys of the supply of arts learning opportunities in each of the five disciplines studied (visual arts, music, dance, theater and spoken word/hip-hop arts).
Qualitative interviews with youth, the staff of youth arts organizations, and individuals who have made it part of their life work to mentor young artists and performers.
Analysis of the full set of data to identify major opportunities, or bold strokes, for strengthening the pathways to arts mastery in Boston.
The results informed Boston's first cultural plan in many years and ensured that opportunities for youth featured prominently in the recommendations.


Since we are now at the beginning of June, I decided to do another set of mid-year declarations (a repeat of last year's post which you can read here), which are essentially summer resolutions that I commit to on this blog because well…let's face it, when it's on paper, it's more official...right?
There are a couple of hobbies that I love to do just as much as I love blogging but that I haven't picked up in a while. Cooking is pretty up there, as is gardening (herbs), arts and crafts (beading) and yoga (my only cardio in months and let's be honest, there isn't a lot of cardio in yoga). One thing I may not have mentioned before is that I used to dance quite a bit while I was growing up and stepping into a studio would be something that I would love to pick up again.
This one is kind of a cheat. Finding time to travel has never been a hard task of mine considering my manfriend lives in the U.S. and I tend to visit him quite often. So in terms of travelling, my goal is to visit new places with other people besides said manfriend. I have a couple of places and people in mind so you will definitely hear about those as they occur.
This one may seem counterintuitive but I do have my reasons. Have you ever had one of those days where all you do is watch t.v./youtube videos (see above), nap, eat and creep your facebook friends and justify that you were somewhat productive because you had the will to change out of your pj's and into sweats? Ya, that tends to happen too often in my world and I always feel disgusting afterwards. So in order to limit this sort of behaviour, I've decided to focus my efforts on getting good grades and looking into what type of industry I want to get into after I graduate. I feel like working hard has always made the playing bit a lot more fun.
As a hermit I tend to avoid going out because, well…I don't want to. Which is really a shame because I feel like most of the time, when I'm forced to socialize I end up having a really good time. During my first semester at school, I was so busy that I almost only saw people that I went to school with. So I'm trying to schedule more outings with friends and in particular, ones I haven't seen since I started my MBA months ago.
When I say read, I mean read for my enjoyment and not because I have to for class. The kindle is a beautiful thing for two reasons: 1) I can download all of my textbooks without lugging them around campus or collect paper copies that inevitably take up so much space and 2) Books are so much cheaper online! It's a win win folks. So in terms of summer reading, I have a couple of non school ones in mind, but I would love to hear some of your suggestions if you have some favourites.
So those are my plans for the summer. I really think that it's important to make these declarations from time to time and think about whether you are spending your time the way you want to. Your job/studies are just one aspect of your life and a good friend once told me that assessing one's health involves three aspects; physical, mental and social well-being. Each part is equally important and, therefore, making sure that you are incorporating little pleasures from each category into your life should be just as much of a priority as anything else. I hope you have a great summer and take some time out to enjoy it from wherever you are.
Photo Credit: These pictures are not my own and were taken off the internet.
Good luck in your summer resolutions! Looks like you are really taking the time to better yourself and make the most of your life.
Extremely loud and incredibly close!
I read this book in one day. I found it truly magical and my copy of it is currently with one of my friends, I think this is the 5 or 6th I've passed it on to!


I've written here several times about how inheritance tax could be reformed – a subject I know is close to the hearts of many MoneyWeek readers.
One of my suggestions has been to abolish it completely and to replace it with a gift tax. This would mean taxing not the estate of the dead person, but the recipients of the cash, for whom it should considered unearned income (detail here). You could then tax it at the same rate as either earned income or as dividends, depending on which method created the least confusion/admin hell at HMRC.
This would, I think, have two happy effects. As the tax would be nothing to do with the estate, the elderly would know that avoiding it was not in their power, something I suspect would relieve them of a great deal of stress (MoneyWeek readers worry a lot about finding ways to avoid inheritance tax). It would also have an element of progressiveness the current system does not have (the lower your income-tax band on receiving your gift the less you pay). Good isn't it?
I'm pleased then to see that the Resolution Foundation's Intergenerational Commission is now pushing a similar (if rather more complicated) idea. It would like to see what it calls a "Lifetime Receipts Tax". Everyone would get a lifetime allowance for the receipt of cash/asset gifts (it suggests £125,000). Anything received beyond that would be then be taxed in bands – 20p in the pound up to £500,000 and 30p after that.
I like this idea – it takes the strain from the old (they can't avoid it); it encourages a wider spread of wealth (the more people you leave your cash to the less tax is paid) and it's not too tough (the marginal rate stays lower than it is now).
But I prefer my own idea for the simple reason that the very, very last thing the UK tax system needs now is yet another raft of tax bands and rates. It would also be quite hard to argue against – after all, it means that someone inheriting £500,000 would net a handy £425,000. But still, it is good to see some thinking at least going in the right direction.


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NewsallahabadPrayagrajYogi Adityanath
Allahabad Renamed Prayagraj After UP Cabinet Passes Resolution
The opposition has attacked Adityanath for the decision.
Oct 16, 2018, 07:42 AM EDT
Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
Yogi Adityanath in a file photo.
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday passed a resolution to rename the city of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to Prayagraj.
#BREAKING -- Uttar Pradesh Cabinet passes resolution to rename Allahabad to Prayagraj ahead of Kumbh Mela. Detailed inputs by @pranshumisraa. | #AllahabadNowPrayagrajpic.twitter.com/cmN8YR0UZI
— News18 (@CNNnews18) October 16, 2018
Chief Minister Adityanath announced the decision, which was criticised by opposition parties.
"It might be the wish of many people that Allahabad can be renamed Prayagraj. It will be a very good message. If everyone agrees, we should know this city as Prayagraj and it can be a good start," Adityanath told ANI.
The decision, Adityanath said, would be implemented before the Kumbh Mela.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took to Twitter to criticise the decision, saying it was playing with tradition and belief.
राजा हर्षवर्धन ने अपने दान से 'प्रयाग कुम्भ' का नाम किया था और आज के शासक केवल 'प्रयागराज' नाम बदलकर अपना काम दिखाना चाहते हैं. इन्होंने तो 'अर्ध कुम्भ' का भी नाम बदलकर 'कुम्भ' कर दिया है. ये परम्परा और आस्था के साथ खिलवाड़ है.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) October 15, 2018
However, the Uttar Pradesh government has maintained that this was the wish of crores of citizens.
Uttar Pradesh government spokesperson Shrikant Sharma was quoted by PTI as saying, "Some persons are objecting to renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj. The objections are baseless. It is the right of the government to rename any city. If needed, we will rename more cities and roads. The mistakes done earlier will be rectified."
Allahabad was earlier known as Prayag and is said to have been renamed by Mughal emperor Akbar. He reportedly renamed it Illahabas or abode of god.
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Laurie Tavan has an incredibly unique and fun spin on classic historic silhouettes. Using color blocking and graphic bias stripes, Laurie breathes fresh life into antique-inspired styles, reminding us that not all historic corsets need be simple, undyed, underwear corsets. Like any good corsetmaker, Laurie also has a keen eye for detail and fit.
One word came to mind: precision.
Laurie Tavan wowed us all with her imaginative interpretation of the 1913 Hume corset patent. It seemed everyone wanted to wear it! The bold colours and high-Victoriana styling were reminiscent of Parisian can-can and Wild West saloon bars; rich, opulent and decadent. And of course, it's beautifully made, right down the to tiniest bow detail. Laurie – we're seriously impressed!
I'm delighted to feature the work of one of my Californian corsetmaking colleagues: Laurie Tavan. You may recall her from my list of 10 Specialty Corsetieres. Laurie's synthesis of historical silhouettes with a modern design aesthetic is deliciously unique, and she's also very well-versed in bespoke fit across a wide range of sizes.
Laurie is one of the most gifted and meticulous makers I have ever had the pleasure of working with, equally so as a maker, a writer and a photographer. I continue to admire all her work and feel privileged to watch her grow in skill, reputation and confidence. I would echo Rose, my favourite is the pink and white corset modelled by Evie Wolfe. Such an accomplished level of styling and fitting is rarely seen.


Whatever exercise class you are looking for; you are sure to find it here with BJ Fitness Centre. All of the classes we provide are designed so that beginners can work alongside those who are more experienced.
Metabolic HIIT - Research has proved that the most effective way to burn fat is by using short, high intensity training intervals with resistance. This combination sends your metabolism through the roof. Metabolic HIIT is a simple, honest workout that does this by using your own body weight as resistance and exercises that involve as many muscle groups as possible.
Functional Circuit - By using functional movements that involve co-ordination, balance, strength and agility with a variety of equipment, the body is worked as it was designed for. With pulling, pushing, lifting, jumping, swinging and directional changes it's fun and challenging.
Kettlercise – This is a body transformation and toning class using light kettle-bells. It is a combination of thirty-seven exercises worked for one minute intervals.
Kettlebell RBT (Rest Based Training) - Working with kettle-bells for resistance and using the R.B.T concept to give the muscle overload, results in strength, core stability, cardiovascular improvement and agility all in one work out.
Group Cycling – A very effective calorie burning aerobic work out. Using a purpose built stationary cycle to ride a virtual route. Your instructor and the high energy music make for an effective, fun ride. The routes and music are changed daily.
Class Rowing – Rowing is a full body work out. Rowing at set stroke rates and at your own intensity ensures the best results for you.
Barbell Blitz – For the entire body, using light weights and high reps. It gives strength, endurance and defines the body.
Ab-Attack – 30 minutes of work just for the abdominals. Your six pack starts here with all the latest, most effective exercises, some with balls, the whole core is worked.
Yoga – Our yoga classes include Hatha, Yin, Vinyasa Flow and Ashtanga for muscular strength and joint flexibility driven by breath.
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Welcome to episode 18 of You Me & Duffy! In this weeks episode we flash back to some of our guilty pleasure shows and movies from yesteryear. Murder She Wrote, The Price is Right, Saved By the Bell and more! I bet we have some listeners that watched the same stuff! Also we discuss how dangerous ceiling fans really are. Watch your heads and fingers! Come have a listen and see if you have anything to add to the list. We'd love to hear from you!
The drink we chose this week from our friends at The Secret of the Booze is, The Truly Truly Outrageous Cocktail! This was inspired Jem and the Holograms. Another guilty pleasure for some. Go to youtube to see the ingredients and how to mix them so they have good Synergy!


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Engineer - I (Phoenix)
120 e van buren street, Phoenix
The Engineer-I position is a contributing member to the site level Data Center Operations team assigned to one or more of our data center properties reporting directly to the Manager of Facility Engineering. The Engineer-I will have experience in mission critical infrastructure, including Generators, UPS Systems, HVAC Systems, Fire/Life Safety Systems, BMS Systems, and CMMS systems. It is expected that the Engineer-II candidate has expertise in either
electrical work or mechanical work and it would be expected that he/she would be competent in the area of non expertise. The responsibilities of the Engineer-I are: to contribute to the daily site operation, including creation and modification of site operating procedures, contribute to creation of change management tickets, creation of timely incident reporting, site maintenance and repairs/inspections to help ensure Digital Realty's data center operations achieve the highest level of availability.
Gain a complete understanding of the following DLR and site related items:
Facility layout and operation of MEP systems and the ability to illustrate site specific system one-lines with good accuracy.
Equipment nomenclature standards and equipment locations
Facility drawings and equipment specifications
Equipment sequence of operations (SOO's), standard operating procedures (SOP's), and emergency operating procedures (EOP's).
Customer SLA's and engineering specific lease obligations critical to data center operations.
Facility top 20 EOP's.
BMS alarm functionality, alarm escalation/acknowledgement, and ability to extract data and trends
DLR event management, event escalation, and incident reporting procedures
Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including the ability to create, edit, implement, and close change management work orders.
Create/edit/resolve/close incident reports following a site incident
Maintenance and Operations Standards
Digital Realty's Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards
At least 1 year experience in mission critical facilities operating / engineering or equivalent equipment experience including assets associated with mission critical engineering relevant to the specific site. (UPS, HVAC, generators, fire/life safety systems).
Hands-on electrical or mechanical skill and competence in the area of non-expertise (for example, electrical expertise with mechanical competence, or vice-versa).
Strong knowledge of various UPS Systems and architectures.
Strong knowledge of various cooling systems and architectures.
Strong knowledge of energy efficiency principals.
Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. Ability to respond effectively, verbally in writing to sensitive issues, complex inquiries or complaints.
Detail Oriented with strong organizational skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and familiarity with Microsoft Project, Adobe Acrobat, Visio or AutoCad
Basic understanding of emergency situations and escalation processes.
Strong understanding of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), and power metering systems
Digital Realty cares about the health and safety of its workforce, customers, and vendors. Digital Realty encourages all new hires to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated by their start date. Employees who are not fully COVID-19 vaccinated may need to comply with our weekly COVID-19 testing requirements if required per your job requirement, work location, and customer obligation subject to applicable workplace accommodation requirements.
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Nicole Luongo '95
The New English Language Arts Classroom: Teaching in a Digital World (Cognella Publishing, 2017)
Nicole Luongo
'95, director of
at St. Peter's
University in
Jersey City, N.J.,
explores the new
arts classroom, a
place where digital literacy is the focus
of learning. Her book discusses topics
such as podcasting, screencasting,
digital storytelling, blogging and using
Twitter, Tumblr and other forms of
social media. Luongo explains how
teachers can integrate technology into
any classroom.
David Gorman ' 13
Waldameer Mystery Files No. 1 and No. 2
(Dog Ear Publishing, 2016 and 2017)
In The Long-Lost Locket, the first book in his series,
David Gorman
' 13 depicts Seth
and Julia Ambrose
practically living
at Waldameer, the
local amusement
park. While
showing their
friends Tyren and Anh around, they
find an old locket near the carousel.
Where did it come from? How long has it been lost? Most important: Whose is it? Gorman's second book, The Sneaky Sabotage, finds Seth and Julia scared after a masked figure appears at the Whacky Shack ride.
Strange things continue to happen. Some say the ride is haunted by an angry ghost. Who is causing all the trouble? Is it related to the award ceremony happening in a few days?
TheMind and the Muse
Stevenson '76
Reading the Rails (Odysseus Books,
The latest book by
travel writer and
essayist Matthew
Stevenson '76 is
his account of rail journeys across Rus-
sia, China, Eastern Europe, Malaysia,
prewar Syria and the United States.
Reading the Rails captures not just the romance of trains but also the politics, history, books and tragedies that went along these great lines.
Pim Epler '79
Mango (self-
published, 2017)
This Carl Hiaasen-
style book with
a conservative
twist by Palmer
depicts a money-
hungry, sex-crazed environmentalist
who stumbles upon a scam to make
himself rich, causing havoc for Emily,
a young businesswoman. With the
help of a crafty dominatrix, Emily
hopes to trap the saboteur and make
his life miserable.
Janet Powers '61 and Marica Prozo
Circles on the Mountain: Bosnian Women in the Twenty-First Century (Lexington Books, 2016)
This book is a collaboration between Janet Powers '61, professor emerita of women's studies at Gettysburg College, and Marica Prozo, a Bosnian refugee and Gettysburg resident who wanted to return home to an area where feelings are still strong
20 years after the Balkan War. They combine scholarly research with first-person interviews to examine the current state of women in Bosnia — their emotional recovery, their economic situation and their prospects for the future. The book describes two of the worst issues affecting Bosnian women today: domestic violence and trafficking. Bosnian women's organizations address these issues by applying skills developed earlier in helping survivors cope with rape and war trauma. The authors argue that where ethnic hostility persists in rural areas, successful peace-building should include traditional song and dance as well as dialogue groups. Designed to be both readable and suitable for academic research, the book focuses on various women's issues as well as peace-building.


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Q: How to delete an object after drag? jQuery UI I have code that checks if a td has and image in it because i want to move a figure.
I want to move my figure more than once, but only where there is not another figure. But when i try to move my figure back to the starting position it does work. Here is an example:

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#king").draggable();
  $("td").droppable({
      stop: function(event, ui)
      {
        ui.draggable.remove();
      },
      drop: function(event, ui) {
if($(event.target).find('img').length >0)
      {
          $(ui.draggable).draggable({revert:true});
      }else
      {
        $(ui.draggable).draggable({revert:false});
        var $this = $(this);
          ui.draggable.position({
          my: "center",
          at: "center",
          of: $this,
        using: function(pos) {
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        }
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});
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As you see i tried to delete it after stop, but that's just stupid attempt. How can i delete image from starting position so i can go back to it? Or should i change my if to check on different way does field has an image in it?

A: The issue occurs due to the fact that you did not actually remove the image from the original td, merely repositioning it to the location of the new td. To the DOM, it is still the child of the original td, hence when you find('img'), it'll see an image (which is actually itself) is in that drop zone.
What you can do is to actually relocating the image to the new td. This can be achieved by detaching it from the original td and appendTo the new td. I did that after the animation is completed.

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Water is a tricky feature to get exactly right in a show garden and the designers at Chelsea seriously push the boundaries on creatively using it. Yesterday was medals day at Chelsea Flower Show but medals aren't the only focus for this show, it is also about giving inspiration for our own gardens.
This week, horticulturalist, broadcaster, designer and writer Rachel de Thame has been showing television viewers how to bring a bit of Chelsea back home to our own gardens. I was delighted to see that earlier today her topic was all about water and what it can bring to our gardens with 'movement, sound and a play of light'.
She chats about how water sets the mood in a garden and I couldn't agree more. My tiny pond from my gardenwatching window doesn't have much of a surface for light reflections. However, its small waterfall spout made from a broken roof tile (matching the sandstone rocks around it beautifully) turned upside down works a treat. I love to see the movement from my window and the sound as I walk by it to my larger wildlife pond.
In completely contrast, my wildlife pond is absolutely all about reflections. Ha-ha… I had a vision for my pond build and I am delighted to say it has almost been met (chat about that another time). I did spend some of my pond budget on a pump but it wasn't to be used as a fountain or waterfall but to give ripples over the surface like a shoreline.
Sitting on the arbour seat beside the wildlife pond, the stillness draws you in and it has become the most tranquil place in the garden. A place to dream and a place to completely clear your head. It has also become a place to leave the water be… so the pump has stayed in its box for now. I now can't imagine my garden without this source of light and its cloud reflections over the surface. 'A play of light' it is indeed!
This week, in keeping with my Chelsea Flower Show tribute, I'm posting images from one particular garden visit to the NTS garden, Inverewe on the edge of Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland. This time I'd like to share The Pond Garden which has been dammed from the Wet Valley with a stone wall and has drainage seepage from the old peat bog which maintains its water level.
My approach looking towards the glorious, end of August, colours of Rodgersia.
The path view looking across the pond from the Rodgersia side.
Jaw dropping, Rodgersia reflections – I can't be the only one that thinks this?
Blue sky, tree trunks, and the bamboo screen also reflect in water pockets.
White waterlilies look stunning on black peaty water, note the willow sculpture.
Willow sculpture hidden away just like the resident palmate newts in this pond.
Lovely reflections in the photos. We have a small bamboo water spout running into a reservoir covered with large pebbles, the frogs still manage to live in there. I thought some of the water features at Chelsea are to big creating to much noise.
We have water in the garden but nothing like as grand. If we have the space we would have more.
I have a tiny spot of water in the garden. I wouldn't be without it though. Water does give the garden a different dimension.
Brian, they really were. Ah… now I do remember seeing your bamboo spout when you posted on your Japanese garden area – I love the sound they make. Great to hear you get frogs in an area that's not a pond – the garden programmes always say you just need a little water for wildlife. Yes, I have to say I agree with you on some of the larger water features – I think they would be distracting to the eye too.
Sue, yes, but I've seen your pond in context to your whole garden in your recent post and you certainly have a big a pond as you could manage! I too would have a bigger pond if I had more space. In theory I could lift much of my lawn but I like the open space of just green to enjoy the busy other spaces so it's not likely.


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Moving the school forward: problems reported by novice and experienced principals during a succession process in Chile
Montecinos, Carmen and Bush, Tony and Aravena, Felipe (2018) Moving the school forward: problems reported by novice and experienced principals during a succession process in Chile. International Journal of Educational Development, 62 . pp. 201-208. ISSN 0738-0593
Official URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059317305126
This article identifies the main problems experienced by two groups of Chilean school principals in a succession process. Problems reported by novice public school principals (n=94) were compared to those reported by their more experienced peers (n=120). Data were gathered through an online survey and eight in-depth interviews. Findings showed that groups did not differ in their overall pattern of responses when problems were categorised at the system level (45%), interactions with people (33%), at the school and territory levels (15%), and within themselves (7%). Differences were observed when comparing the extent to which each group reported problems managing up (interactions with the municipal department of education and Ministry of Education) and managing down (initiating changes in the school's culture and structures). For novice principals, managing up was more challenging and for experienced principals managing down was more pressing. The high frequency and types of problems reported at the system level indicate the need to align policy reforms addressing leadership practices at intermediate and school levels. The findings also suggest guidelines for the professional development programs that extend beyond normative practices for effective school leadership, by also responding to country specific social and organisational structures.
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https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/932254
novice school principals, experienced school principals, school leadership, school management, educational policies, principal succession
Schools/Departments:
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2018.04.004
Bush, Tony
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/51155
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The Zoning Office manages the permitting of all applications for Zoning Certificates, Sign Permits, and Commercial Parking Lots, as well as the processing of Dimensional Modifications and Zoning Board of Review Applications. We provide Staff support to the Zoning Board of Review and also assist in the registration of businesses with the Town (Certificates of Ownership).
The Zoning Official's primary responsibility is the review applications for compliance with the Town's Zoning Ordinance.
For Zoning Certificate requests, please use the Zoning Submittal Application Form.
The Town's Zoning Ordinance and most frequently accessed Appendices can be found below:
Westerly Zoning Ordinance (e360)
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Q: Second monitor is wavy I have two monitors on my work system.
One of them gets refresh waves in it.  Is there any way to fix that?

A: If you Graphics Controller lets you try increasing the refresh rate.  Depending on the monitor you may not be able to increase the rate.  Cheap monitors will often do that and sometime there is nothing you can do about it.

A: Any magnets or speakers close to that monitor?


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Valley End: St Saviour
Valley End Road Chobham
St Saviour at Valley End is the church off the beaten track and is the sister church of St Lawrence which is in the village centre of Chobham.
Both churches welcome couples getting married.
Can We Get Married at your church? http://www.chobhamchurch.co.uk/getting-married-in-church.html
We have a comprehensive website, which is updated every week. Do come and visit us... http://www.chobhamchurch.co.uk/index.html
Valley End Road
Chobham
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