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Album: DJ Mustard – Perfect Ten (2019) (Free Download)
Album Download, Hip Hop
DJ Mustard Drops His Anthem Heavy Perfect Ten
Nobody does it better than L.A! This was Mustard's affirmation when he announced his Perfect Ten June 28 release date. As he addressed the festival crowd during Power 106's Liftoff Edition Concert, DJ Mustard affirmed "I'm doing this sh*t for L.A.! We the best to ever do it." Download Perfect Ten for free below.
What Mustard has concocted today is an album in which each track has the potential to grind hard on the charts. Perfect Ten contains 10 songs in total, each one featuring a name that you and I love. It is star-studded indeed!
DJ Mustard – Perfect Ten (2019) Album
Without arguments, the vibe of Perfect Ten is overwhelmingly west coast. Even on a song like "100 Bands" which features 3 of Atlanta's trap kings, Quavo, YG, and Meek Mill, the producer still manages to maintain his connection to the West.
The complete list of the Perfect Ten features include; 1takejay, Migos, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky, YG, Tyga, NAV, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Playboi Carti, Future, Quavo, Meek Mill, Young Thug, Gunna, Ella Mai, Ty Dola $ign, Roddy Ricch, and the late Nipsey Hussle. What Mustard has planned is a total summer dominance. Just as he recently stated on Instagram. "I am the summer trust me I got us! Anthems on anthems on my album." Let us know what you think.
1. Intro ft. 1takejay
2. Pure Water ft. Migos
3. On GOD ft. A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky, YG & Tyga
4. Baguettes in the Face ft. NAV, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie & Playboi Carti
5. Interstate 10 ft. Future
6. 100 Bands ft. Quavo, YG & Meek Mill
7. Woah Woah ft. Young Thug & Gunna
8. Surface ft. Ella Mai & Ty Dolla $ign
9. Ballin' ft. Roddy Ricch
10. Perfect Ten ft. Nipsey Hussle
Updated: September 19, 2019 — 12:30 pm
Tags: 1takejay, 2019 Album, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, A$ap Ferg, A$AP Rocky, DJ Mustard, Ella Mai, Future, Gunna, Meek Mill, Migos, NAV, New album, Nipsey Hussle, Perfect Ten, Playboy Carti, Quavo, Roddy Ricch, Ty Dolla $ign, Tyga, YG, Young Thug
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Q: Is there a way to convert a game made with ImpactJS to Unity? I know that is possible export Unity projects to WebGL, but is there a way to use code from a ImpactJS project on Unity?

A: I checked the web for converter and found none, so unless I missed something, what you are trying to do is impossible.

A: There is always a way to convert. Sometimes it may require some manual fixing. Generally most languages are similar enough that you can automate many parts. The art assets are often re-usable, for example.

A: No. Unity converts it's own framework and system of gameobjects and c# code that you write into WebGL code.
However, if you have computing and business code that does not do much with the canvas/UI then that code can be copied over somewhat. For code that is purely computational or business logic, you can use any online tool to convert javascript into C# code with some success.
My guess is that if most of your code dealt with the canvas and UI and interaction, that none of that code will be able to be reused.

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For the past two years, school lunches at the Oakland Unified School District have been a little different. As part of a study to find out if reducing the amount of meat and cheese in school meals would affect climate change, the students were served meals modified with just one-third less meat than before. And the results were impressive: Not only was the district's carbon footprint reduced significantly, but there were also huge savings in cash and water.
But there are many more benefits. For example, water use–the water required to produce the animal products–was reduced by 6%, or 42 million gallons. That's a staggering seven gallons per meal saved just by cutting animal products by a third.
Cutting out meat also saves money. The district as a whole saved $42,000, which equates to a 1% reduction in spending per meal. That alone isn't such a big figure for an entire school district, but it includes the additional money spent on fruit and vegetables to replace the meat and cheese. In fact, schools purchased 10% more fruits, vegetables, and legumes, which translates to a healthier diet for all involved.
To help with the reduction in animal products, plans like Meatless Mondays were adopted by over 200 schools across the district. Where meals are prepared on-premises, reduced-meat meal planning was easy to incorporated. Where pre-prepared meals were delivered, food-service companies could often provide either vegetarian options or plant-based meals that incorporate just some meat. A beef burger could be replaced by a mixed beef and mushroom burger, for example. Another option, used by schools in the district, is to purchase high-quality, locally sourced organic meat from dairy cows. The greenhouse-gas footprint of these animals is much lower because one cow does double-duty as both milk producer and meal.
Implementation, then, is easy. The barrier comes from politics and entrenched business interests, but those can be overcome.
If every K-12 school in California did the same as the Oakland Unified School District, it would reduce CO2 emissions by over 88,000 tons, "equivalent to eliminating the emissions from 17,000 cars that drive almost 200 million miles per year," says FoE. If every school in the U.S. followed the plan, it would be like taking 150,000 cars off the roads each year.


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Robert James "Bob" Adams (* 28. Februar 1917 in Coleford; † 1. September 1970 in Blakeney) war ein englischer Fußballtorhüter.

Karriere
Adams soll für die Amateurklubs Coleford AFC und Broadwell Amateurs gespielt haben, bevor er bei Chepstow Town in der Spielzeit 1931/32 aktiv war, als der Klub die Meisterschaft in der Gloucestershire Senior League gewann. In der Folge wurde Adams auf Amateurbasis als Probespieler beim walisischen Klub Cardiff City vorstellig und wurde, noch 15-jährig, am 18. Februar 1933 wenige Minuten vor Spielbeginn wegen des Ausfalls von Stammtorhüter Tom Farquharson für ein Heimspiel der Football League Third Division South gegen Southend United in den Kader berufen. Unmittelbar im Anschluss an den 2:0-Erfolg in seinem Debütspiel erhielt er einen Vertrag als Profi.

Hinter Farquharson kam Adams bis zu seinem Abgang im Juli 1934 zu insgesamt elf Ligaeinsätzen. Im August 1934 verpflichtete Ligakonkurrent Bristol Rovers Adams, Interesse bestand auch seitens des Londoner Klubs Crystal Palace. Schon kurz nach seiner Ankunft in Bristol setzte ihn ein Muskelriss im Oberschenkel für mehrere Monate außer Gefecht und erst nach dem Ausfall von Stammtorhüter Jack Ellis gab Adams im Januar 1935 bei einer 1:3-Niederlage gegen Manchester United im FA Cup sein Debüt. Bis Saisonende folgten noch zwei Ligaeinsätze, darunter am letzten Spieltag gegen den FC Gillingham, als er zwei Elfmeter parierte. Im August 1935 wurde Adams durch Billy McCracken zum Drittdivisionär FC Millwall gelotst und erhielt dort nach erfolgreicher Bestätigung seiner Fitness einen Vertrag für die folgende Spielzeit.

Auch bei Millwall blieb Adams der Schritt zum Stammtorhüter verwehrt. Zunächst erhielt Konkurrent Duncan Yuill den Vorzug, als Adams dann Ende März 1936 ins Team rückte und in fünf Partien nur zwei Gegentore kassierte, zog er sich bereits Mitte April 1936 gegen Luton Town einen Beinbruch zu. Nach seiner Verletzung wurde er von Millwall auf die Transferliste gesetzt, aber im Juli 1936 entschied sich Millwall ihn auch für die Saison 1936/37 zu verpflichten. Nur wenige Wochen später brach er sich erneut das Bein. Sein erstes Spiel in acht Monaten bestritt der Torhüter im Dezember 1936 für das Reserveteam in der Southern League gegen den FC Folkestone.

Im September 1937 wurde berichtet, dass er die anstehende Saison beim FC Walsall spielt, Pflichtspieleinsätze für die erste Mannschaft sind aber nicht dokumentiert. Im September 1938, als seine Hochzeit mit Evelyn May Mills den lokalen Nachrichtenblättern ausführliche Presseartikel wert waren, spielte er in der Birmingham & District League für Hereford United. Im April 1939 betreute er als Coach den lokalen Amateurklub Marions United.

Adams, der sich sportlich auch als Cricketspieler betätigte, verdiente nach seiner Fußballerlaufbahn seinen Lebensunterhalt als Sanitärtechniker.

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The working draft of WCAG 2.1 had 'Target Size' as new success criterion. It didn't make it into the Candidate Recommendation. Why?
Should the current Success Criterion 2.1.1 Keyboard be replaced by a mode-agnostic Success Criterion?


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Two school buses collide at Woodlawn Middle; No injuries reported
2 years 5 months 1 day ago Wednesday, August 16 2017 Aug 16, 2017 August 16, 2017 3:11 PM August 16, 2017 in News
By: Jeremy Krail
BATON ROUGE - Officials say two school buses loaded with students collided at an area middle school Wednesday.
According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, two buses carrying students from Woodlawn Middle were involved in a crash at the school around 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The sheriff's office says the buses were carrying 83 students in total.

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Welcome to St. Thomas More School. We are uniquely dedicated to developing and cultivating the maturation and advancement of young men within a safe, supportive, structured, and nurturing environment.
St. Thomas More School opened in 1962. The goal of our founder, James F. Hanrahan, was to build a small school where, regardless of prior performance, there would be more attention to the needs of every student, more focus on effort and achievement, and more opportunity for accomplishment through sports and activities. He shaped a place where young men would flourish when they learned the importance of hard work, developed self-discipline, became confident in their abilities, invested time in accomplishing their goals, and began to set high expectations for their futures. His goal of offering more opportunities for success to every young man was the foundation of STM and this remains our fundamental principle today.
At St. Thomas More you will learn an essential truth: the more you apply yourself, the more you will accomplish. In the small, familial community that is our school, we expect you to do more because we do more for you. Classes are small, on average 8, so you can expect to learn more. Extra help is available every day, so you can expect your skills to develop more. We are well known for our nationally ranked PG basketball team, but there are many sports and activities available. If you want to take up tennis, learn to kayak or even try lacrosse, there is always a place for you on a team so you can expect to play more. There is the yearbook, clubs, and community service, so you can expect to be involved more. Sunday through Thursday everyone attends supervised evening study hall, so you can expect to accomplish more. On the weekend, whether we travel to Vermont to ski, a girls' boarding school for a dance or a hockey game in Hartford, you can expect to experience more.
We look forward to sharing the St. Thomas More experience with you!


Notting Hill Housing has secured planning permission for up to 940 new homes to be built on the site of Hounslow Civic Centre.
The plans, given the green light last week, will also see a new, smaller, civic centre created nearby, which will include a library and café.
At least 40 per cent of the homes will be affordable, and work is set to begin on both sites this summer.
There will be a mixture of studio, one, two and three bedroom homes on the Lampton Road site, with building varying between three and nine storeys.
The first 160 homes are set to be completed in spring 2018 with the rest, up to 780, expected to be finished in 2022.
Notting Hill Housing and Bouygues Development were appointed by Hounslow Council last summer to develop these projects, which have been boosted by a £15m Housing Zone grant from the Mayor of London.
John Hughes, Group Development Director for Notting Hill Housing, said: "This is one of the most exciting projects we have ever undertaken, as well as one of the biggest. The new development will deliver desperately-needed new homes, both private and affordable, in a fantastic park-side location.


Me and my ex broke on good terms, we didnt speak for a week then she text me to meet, we met she kissed me, said shes missed me loads and even agreed to a 2nd meet. she said lets not add pressure on these meets and at worst we can at least stay friends. She admitted shes been a mess. Etc etc.
Now it all seemed positive, i left that meet by saying how i missed her too and agreed to meet again. 3 days later with no contact i reached out and asked her out for a drink, she replied 'im processing things still can we give it some time' i felt confused but said 'thats fine let me know when you're ready'.
We now havent spoken for 2 weeks as I've left it for her to contact me, today ive noticed shes deleted every photo of us off her instagram and facebook. And even gone to the lengths of untagging herself off my photos individually which must of taken her ages to do. Why would she do this when 2 weeks ago she text me to meet and was the one initiating things like 'ive been a mess without you'.
It makes no sense and annoyingly i had closure before we met but now i feel awful. I feel like i opened myself up again and when she went to kiss me i reciprocated. I feel worse now than i did 4 weeks ago when we initially ended.
She wanted to remain friends at the very least but now I'm deleted and heard nothing off her for 2+ weeks? Why text me to meet up a fortnight ago and say all those things to then flip the opposit way when ive not said anything to make that happen. I completly left it for her to contact me as she said no pressure and ive heard nothing. Not going to lie, today has hurt like hell seeing how shes removed every happy memory of us ever off her social accounts like it never happened. i feel like ive got on with my life but for the past 2 weeks have been hoping every text is her. Im absolutely crushed by this now as i cant text her and i feel so mad for going up 2 weeks ago when she text me but she knew i wanted her back.
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There's another guy. She was trying to assuage her guilt by her actions with you, and also trying to keep you on the back burner. If you read around here, this is very common behavior by female dumpers.
She didnt seem that type but if that is it i wish shed just told me as that would of given me closure.
All i was confused about was why delete every memory?
For one thing, she doesn't want the new guy to see a bunch of pictures of you two together, so she's trying to eliminate all of that. It really doesn't matter, though, because her behavior indicates she's done.
Sounds like she's got the "grass is greener syndrome." These kind of women rarely find happiness, because most of the time the grass wasn't greener and they end up miserable.


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Raymond Chavez, the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, according to his family. He was 106 years-old.
SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) – Raymond Chavez, the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, according to his family. He was 106 years-old.
Chavez had just returned home after working a shift on the minesweeper USS Condorr when in the early morning hours on December 7th, 1941, Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor.
In an interview with News 8, Chavez recounted the events of the day that would live in infamy. "I could not believe it. Even as I was looking at it," he recalled. Chavez said he was falling asleep after a shift sweeping for mines when his wife frantically woke him.
"She said 'we're being attacked,'" Chavez told News 8 at the time. "I said 'who would attack us?' and she said 'the Japanese are here.'"
Chavez recalled going outside and witnessing ships in the harbor on fire. "The oil and grease was on fire in the water and all the sailors that were alive were trying to save themselves and other boats were trying to save them too," Chavez said.
In a statement posted on Facebook, Chavez's family thanked all who honored him in the last six years. This past May, he traveled to Washington D.C. to meet the president of The United States.
Chavez had been honored over the years at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. At the age of 103, he threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game.
This past March, as Chavez celebrated his 106th birthday, he told News 8 his secret to longevity, in part, was not drinking or doing drugs.
In 2017, Chavez was honored by the U.S. Postal Service with his own stamp.
Raymond Chavez lived in Poway with his family.


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Hinsdale is een plaats (village) in de Amerikaanse staat Illinois, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Cook County en DuPage County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 17.349. In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 18.178, een stijging van 829 (4,8%). In 2010 was het aantal inwoners gedaald tot 16.816.

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van 12,0 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Hinsdale ligt op ongeveer 223 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 4 km rond Hinsdale.

Geboren

 Loie Fuller (1862-1928), Amerikaans-Franse danseres, pionier van moderne dans en theaterbelichting
 Nelson Diebel (1970), zwemmer
 Michael Stephens (1989), voetballer
 Dizzy Reed (1963), toetsenist van o.a. Guns N' Roses

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Plaats in Illinois


In a country where they turn back time.
Like a watercolor in the rain.
She'll just tell you that she came.
As she locks up your eyes in hers.
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea.
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside.
When we had planned for a trip to Gir for the Christmas break in 2014, it never really occurred to me that I would, during the next 365 days, see (and photograph) three of the big cats. My love for photography and wildlife has been a recent one, all of 36 months in the making. And it has, so far, been the birds for me. Something about the unfettered freedom that flight connotes still fascinates me – like it does any little kid.
My dalliance with photography as a hobby did actually begin with my daughter and I chasing a Purple Sunbird around the resort we were staying in Jaisalmer a couple of years back. Since then, it seems to have grown into a serious hobby very focussed on birds. Serious, if you consider that I spent 36 days travelling (either on my own or with family) during 2015 to places with birding & photography high on the agenda. Ok, I did sign up for a Bandhavgarh tour – but the main draw for me was the birds I could add to my list and the experience of a full-day safari. Hobby because it is nowhere near helping put food on the table – and I don't think that it ever will.
I am unable to recollect when and why we decided on Gir for the family vacation last year. Maybe it was because we could swing by one of the sites of the Harappan civilisation at Lothal. Or that we could do a trip to Sarnath. Or maybe it was just to see the Panthera leo persica in its only home in India. Whatever the reason was the die was cast and we were lucky to get some great sightings on that trip – 23 in all over 7 safaris.
Early in July last year I decided to sign up for a 3-day dawn-to-dusk tour of Bandhavgarh – drawn by the fact that a 12-hour no zone-resticted safari could mean lots of opportunities for birding in a part of the country that I had never really explored. And a month later, while we were planning our annual year-end trip, my wife was smitten by the Jawai Leopard Camp – that and the chance to spot a leopard and we were sold.
Having now seen 3 of the big cats over the last 12 months, I am taking a stab at comparing these experiences. This is a personal view based on the trips that I have made and may not really reflect what you may feel or have experienced on your journeys.
The trip to Gir is memorable for several reasons. I am not really sure if the Asiatic Lion makes the top 3 though. Don't get me wrong, the Asiatic Lion is a magnificent animal. Majestic for sure, but there is a languid air around the beast. Centuries of coexistence with humans have made the Gir Lion blasé with all the human activity around them and they casually stroll across the park completely oblivious to everything around them. Spotting them was extremely easy and they were usually lazing around in the sun which meant that one is guaranteed some great photo-ops and a lot of time with the animal. Maybe, that was a statement made in hind-sight but the only time we were worried was the first 75-80 minutes on our first safari when there was hardly any activity in the forest – keep in mind that it was an early 6:30am start and things do start happening only when the sun makes its presence felt.
The experience with the tigers at Bandhavgarh last November was on a different plane. We spent a good part of the first 3 hours of the first day just seeing a lot of pug-marks, swapping intelligence with other vehicles and hoping that someone stumbles across a tiger. Much harder work and a lot of driving around. Finally, about 9 hours after we entered the forest, we got lucky. And how. Two separate 15-minute sightings, just when we had just lost all hope of a sighting, injected a huge dose of life into all of us in the vehicle. Day 2 was more of the same – a lot of hard work on tracking, listening to alarm-calls, being patient and driving around a lot – and we were rewarded with a 15 minute sighting of a 3rd individual. Day 3 began with an early morning sighting, quite some distance away though, of a male tiger in the Rajbehra grasslands and nothing much else for the rest of the day. Over 36 hours of safari I was lucky to have clocked a massive 52 minutes of sightings. To put that in context, about 4-5 people in our group of about 18 didn't see the tiger during the 3-day tour. The experience of the sighting was on a completely different level as well. The tiger is an extremely active cat and is constantly on the move. Getting a tiger sitting down or having sufficient time to gather ones wits after the first sight to get good and sharp photographs doesn't really happen all the time. And while the Lion is a majestic beast, the panther tigris has a 'don't you dare mess with me' attitude.
We just got back from our trip to Jawai where we were lucky to spot 3 different individuals over 4 safaris. Maybe it is the recency of it all or maybe I am just plain prejudiced. Spotting a leopard in the surreal, rocky topography of Jawai is very challenging. The cat blends in with the background and even after the guide point one out to you it takes some doing just to see them. To add to the difficulty, they are extremely stealthy creatures and are known to prefer hunting at night. Which makes the first hour after day-break and the hour before dusk the most crucial and productive. They are also known to sense the presence of humans and steer clear of any contact. In summary, the sightings are at a distance and in extremely low light conditions which makes photography tough. Maybe, in places like Kabini, where they prefer climbing up trees and resting during the day, the experience could be different. Easier, I reckon not.
From my limited personal experience, I would rate seeing the panthera pardus right on top. Somewhere between nirvana and my first sight of the falcon (peregrine, red-necked or laggar doesn't really matter).
I can relate to your Gir uex from a trip several moons ago. Your version of the 'hunt' literally takes the reader into those magical venues, breathing life into your images.
Great one – full of detail.
Very well written Sam! Excellent narrative!
Great song, great images. Thanks for sharing.


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Home/Knowledge Base/Survey Settings
SMS Sender Campaigns
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IdSurvey 7 offers the possibility to create SMS campaigns to send invitations to CAWI surveys and to reach with this tool a higher level of participation in a smart and quick way.
Same as for email campaigns, you can choose to create "Standard" SMS campaigns or "Smart" SMS campaigns, according to the requirements of each project.
The steps to follow in order to set an SMS campaign reflect the same logics of the email campaigns.
Always make sure that the contacts you want to reach have the field "mobile" populated with a valid mobile number.
A valid mobile number has to include an international prefix preceded by the symbol + or 00 (e.g. +393331234576 or 00393331234567).
Standard SMS campaigns
With "Standard" SMS campaigns you will be able to send invitations and reminders by selecting the contacts you want to reach and manually programming the sending of the message.
From the CAWI settings, go to the "SMS Sender" section and select the type Smart or Standard.
Set the name of the campaign and choose the customized sender.
The sender can be a name or a phone number. It cannot include spaces and it can't contain more than 11 characters.
In this section you can insert an authenticated number to activate the "Unsubscribe" function (by adding a tag to the body to the SMS). To request an authenticated number we invite you to contact the support team.
Insert the text of the message in the "Invitation" section. You will have to add the mandatory link to the questionnaire by clicking on the button "Insert questionnaire link". The software will automatically create a univocal shortlink for each contact.
If the text should exceed 160 characters (maximum limit for a single SMS), it will be automatically divided into two or more separate SMS.
The use of some special characters and accented capital letters will limit the maximum number of characters per SMS to 70.
If you choose to use an authenticated number you can make use of the "Unsubscribe" function, by inserting the dedicated tag in the body of the message. To request an authenticated number we invite you to contact the support team.
Click in the symbol '+' on top of the 'Invitation' section to set reminders. You can send up to 4 reminders for each campaign.
Program the sending of the reminders by indicating the number of days that have passed since the first invitation was sent. The reminder will be sent after the amount of days that you entered.
You can set reminders (add them or edit the ones that were previously programmed but have not been sent yet) even while the campaign has started. You will have to temporarily pause the campaign by clicking on the settings menu and selecting the "Manage Reminders" option. Once the changes have been made, the campaign will resume according to the parameters that were previously set.
Select the number of contacts to invite.
You will not be able to edit this page for further reminders.
The system will automatically send the reminder SMS to all the available contacts that do not have a final outcome (completed interview, refuse, privacy not accepted, out of target, etc.)
By default, contacts engaged in previous SMS campaigns are automatically ignored by the system. To force the use of contacts belonging to other campaigns of the same survey, you need to activate the option "Use contacts from other campaigns". Please note that in this case there may be inconsistencies in the campaign statistics.
You can select a target by using specific parameters that you can choose by clicking on the "Select your target" button.
Program the SMS sending from the "Recap" section. Set the date and time of the first sending and start your campaign.
Any alert of error will be reported on this section. You will be able to go back and edit the campaign before programming the SMS sending.
You can edit the SMS campaign until the time of the first sending. Once you start the campaign, you will not be able to make further changes but you can only manage reminders that have not been sent yet (see Step 4).
Smart SMS Campaigns
If you want the software to automatically manage the sending of the SMS on its own, choose the option "Smart SMS Campaign".
The system will check the presence of contacts that reflect the parameters set on the campaign target on a regular basis.
Smart campaigns automatically select useful contacts to complete quotas and automatically stop when the number of completed interviews is reached.
The invitations to smart campaigns are sent to groups of contacts calculated according to the response rate, quotas and further parameters previously set.
To set a Smart campaign, follow the Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 related to the Standard campaigns.
Set the total number of interviews to complete, with regard to the entire survey. The number set on Smart campaigns includes the completed interview of the entire survey, not only the ones completed via the active SMS campaign.
You cannot edit this page for further reminders.
The system will automatically send the reminder SMS to all the available contacts that do not have a final outcome (incomplete interview, refuse, etc.)
Besides the date and time of the start of the campaign, you can schedule the control frequency (daily or hourly).
When a smart campaign gets paused, the control time (daily or hourly) will be reset at the time in which the campaign will resume.
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The Song Is Ended, But the Melody Lingers on
How does that Irving Berlin/Ira Gershwin ballad go? "The song is ended, but the melody lingers on..."
Sometimes the success of a show is measured by how long the melodies linger on. Many of my Camp Participant's parents approach me even now saying that they still hear their kids singing the tunes from the show around the house. (It has been several weeks now since our performance.) That is such a compliment. Of course, I hope that my songs and their messages linger in the minds of the children. That is the entire point of doing the show. I hope that they will remember to Be Sincere and that Everybody Works AND that these things are GOOD!
But I am floored that the most memorable song from Never Cry Wolf this summer has been the Little Lamb's dance. My daughter's little 22 month old daughter Avery goes around singing "Baa, Baa, Baa" and doing the little dance moves almost nonstop daily. Notice the very nice first position turnout in the feet, the preparatory plie', and the lovely arm position on the turn. This girl is destined to be a ballerina! She will surely become a triple threat -- she can sing (of course, right now she specializes in one word songs as long as that word is "Baa"); she certainly can dance; and here in the household we have witnessed her tendencies towards being a drama queen! To me, that definitely spells T-R-I-P-L-E T-H-R-E-A-T!
When I wrote the first iteration of this show about 20 years ago now, I just needed a little song simple enough for three five-year-old girls to perform. They had had no previous performing experience and were scared of their own shadows. Until the moment of the performance, I could not be certain these three little girls would do anything that they had been taught. But, they surprised us all and had the the audience giggling so much they nearly fell off their chairs. There simply is no arguing with CUTE FACTOR.
So, while I would prefer that "Set for Posterity" or "A View from the Highest Mountain" or "Tapestry of Life" would be the hit songs from the show, I am still pleased that "Baa Baa Baa" enjoys such longevity. The Camp might have ended, but the Song lingers on...


It will be my first time participating, plus I'm still quite the novice in the field.
I'll be using: Blender, Audacity and maybe Gimp depends on the theme.
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Η άνοδος και η πτώση της Ερντογανοκρατίας: Γιατί η νίκη μπορεί να οδηγήσει στην ήττα τον πρόεδρο της Τουρκίας
THE RISE AND FALL OF ERDOGANOCRACY: WHY VICTORY MAY DEFEAT TURKEY'S PRESIDENT
BURAK KADERCANAPRIL
There was a time when following Turkish politics was more like following a soap opera. It had too many recurring characters, too many subplots, and absolutely too much repetition. The plots unfolded in a relatively "slow" fashion and were not necessarily exciting or thrilling to outsiders. Consequently, Turkey had only a small and select audience base. Not anymore. Not President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's new Turkey. Turkey has gone primetime, and not necessarily in a good way.
More recently, Turkish politics has become somewhat of a mix between a twist-rich drama and an action-packed thriller (also a horror movie, according to some), attracting the full attention of global audiences. With the referendum of the past week, Turkish politics, which would make HBO's popular series Game of Thrones look like The Smurfs or Teletubbies, now entered a new phase: Erdoganocracy, or, rule by Erdogan. Put bluntly, Erdogan finally secured the "iron throne" he sought for more than a decade. The referendum effectively ended the "old" Turkey's parliamentarian regime, instead establishing a presidential system where the president faces little, if any, checks and balances on his power.
However, how he achieved his final victory, and the political environment over which he will rule as the "one man" for the foreseeable future, suggests that Erdogan's grip on power will be increasingly shaky. In order to "win," Erdogan pushed his hand too hard, contributing to the long-term structural challenges Turkey faced way before his time. Good or bad, Erdogan broke the "old" Turkey to build a new one in his image. The problem is that he probably broke it a little too much. Rebuilding a stable and strong "new" Turkey out of the broken, or even shattered, pieces will prove to be an overwhelming task, even for a skillful Machiavellian like Erdogan. His final victory will haunt him and his regime in the long run. Ironically, his own victory may eventually defeat Erdogan.
In the long run, Erdogan will face at least five core challenges. None of these emerged overnight, all were exacerbated by Erdogan's drive for establishing his absolute presidency, and none are going away anytime soon. These challenges will render Erdoganocracy increasingly fragile, most likely forcing him to adapt further authoritarian and repressive (or suppressive) measures and policies. However, force and repression alone cannot solve these problems, but in fact will make them worse. Unless Erdogan directly addresses these challenges — not to "destroy" but to "solve" — he will be ruling over a potentially unstable political kingdom.
A Pyrrhic Victory in a Divided Turkey
Erdogan won the referendum, but three dynamics will haunt him. First, the result was a close call: 51.4 percent for Erdogan's "Yes" to 48.6 percent for "No." This is a win, but it is so close that it will effectively diminish the punch of Erdogan's favorite term, "national will" (milli irade). An alternative scenario where Erdogan ends up with, say, 58 percent (as he did in a constitutional referendum in 2010), would have been infinitely more favorable for him.
Note that the very nature of the referendum is also categorically different from an election, where Erdogan's Justice and Democracy Party (AKP) can claim up to 50 percent of the votes. In a parliamentary election, voters vote among multiple options. In Turkey's "unipolar" landscape, where AKP's closest competitor can only claim 25 percent of the electorate, Erdogan can more easily claim that his 50 percent overwhelmingly represents the preferences of Turkish citizens, at least, better than the alternatives. In the referendum, the choice was more direct: 48.6 percent of the voters rejected Erdoganocracy. That he was able to win only with a small margin will sting him down the road.
It will sting because of a second, and more important, dynamic: The referendum was no fair fight. Erdogan might or might not have literally cheated on the referendum day, but he most certainly was not playing fair during the months leading to that point. Erdogan controls the state-run TV channels and has already subdued the entire mainstream (and opposition) media. While supporters of the "No" option barely found an opportunity to make their case, media coverage and support for "Yes" was overwhelming. Furthermore, "No" was directly or indirectly criminalized by numerous AKP affiliates, which most certainly is a daunting prospect in present-day Turkey. The state of emergency that was declared last July's failed coup attempt is still in play. The math is simple: If Erdogan could get only 51.4 percent with the might of the state and mainstream media behind him, he would have done worse in a fair fight. Under fair circumstances with a free press and in the absence of emergency powers, the referendum would have probably yielded "No."
Third, a number of fraud claims tainted the referendum results. Most notably, Turkey's Electoral Board, on the day of the referendum, decided to accept unstamped ballots, which is not unprecedented, but it is most certainly a controversial practice. The main opposition People's Republican Party (CHP) took formal issue with the relevant fraud claims, but its appeal was denied. For an overwhelming majority of the "No" camp, Erdogan rigged the referendum. They are fully convinced of the fraud and will not change their minds anytime soon.
So, why do these dynamics matter? First, they speak to the divided nature of Turkish politics. Such divisions exist in all polities. But in Turkey, political and identity-oriented divisions (for example, religious beliefs) are all crystallizing around one word: Erdogan. The emerging political warfare is all about one question: Are you with (or for) Erdogan, or are you against him? The referendum, for lack of better words, consumed the middle ground. Second, and more importantly, that the results were this close (despite unbalanced media coverage and thinly veiled criminalization of the "No" option), when combined with fraud claims, will keep anti-Erdogan flames alive within Turkey's opposition, now also encouraged by the close call. In the post-referendum Turkey, "anti-Erdoganism" will be built on a sense of victimhood and injustice.
Erdogan will most likely attempt to more directly repress or even criminalize the opposition, which will only fuel anti-Erdoganism. One likely outcome is a repetition of the Gezi Park protests of 2013, where millions took it to the streets to, effectively, protest Erdogan. The main difference in today's Turkey is that such an outcome will likely be much bloodier than original Gezi protests. And, if such a day comes, Turkey will be dancing with the risk of either civil war between Erdogan supporters and opponents (who have been traditionally divided over secular-conservative lines), or another coup attempt, which — different from last July — may be supported, if implicitly, by some segments of the anti-Erdogan camp.
A Broken Military
Erdogan's new Turkey faces multiple security challenges ranging from its operations in Syria to its struggle with the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). However, the military is broken in the aftermath of the purges that followed the failed coup attempt of last July.
What is less recognized is that it was Erdogan himself who, if inadvertently, paved the way for the coup attempt. Allied with the so-called Gulenists at the time and supported by Turkey's liberal intellectuals, Erdogan put all his weight behind big trials such as Ergenekon and Balyoz, which gutted the secular core of the Turkish military between 2008 and 2011 and pacified those secularists who remained. The trials claimed that cabals within the Turkish military were making plans for a top-down (within chain of command) coup to oust Erdogan, who famously stated that he considered himself a "prosecutor" of the cases. Based partially on fabricated evidence and backed by Erdogan, these trials literally broke the military's coherence and chain of command. As I argued in 2013 and warned in 2015, the Ergenekon and Balyoz trials eventually set the stage for a coup that would be launched outside chain of command.
Why did Erdogan ally with Gulenists — the very same people he calls terrorists today? At the time, the main threat to Erdogan's rule was the Turkish military, then known for its zeal for intervening in politics and an enmity towards non-secular leaders. The Gulenists preach their own version of conservative Islam and shared with Erdogan a common enemy, so they collaborated to pacify the secularist threat before them.
After the coup attempt last year, Erdogan initiated numerous measures to reconstruct the military. However, he faces a dilemma: How can he make sure that the military remains operationally effective while being, at the same time, unquestionably loyal to him? There are no quick fixes and much uncertainty remains about Turkish military's future. Another coup attempt seems unlikely, especially after the extensive purges, but not impossible — especially if it comes from outside chain-of-command. If anti-Erdogan protests trigger mass civilian casualties or major civil strife between his followers and opponents, it would be difficult for Erdogan to assure himself that the military officers will stay on his side.
The AKP's "Human Resources" Trap
Less known to foreign spectators is the AKP's human resources problem, which will hurt Erdogan's rule in the long run. One main reason the AKP allied with Gulenists in the first place was their complementary capabilities. Having invested in the education sector, and thanks to their recruitment strategy (which focuses on "converting" talented youngsters in financial need from early on), Gulenists had many trained and talented followers they wanted to place within the state. The AKP, as a young political party, lacked such talent. Such a partnership then allowed the AKP to gradually oust the seculars — who dominated Turkey's judiciary, bureaucracy, and military — from state institutions.
Eventually, the alliance fell apart in 2013, as Gulenists turned against Erdogan. The war between the two culminated in the coup attempt, which allowed Erdogan to purge most known Gulenists and opponents of all other ideological stripes from the state institutions and beyond.
Having relied on Gulenists as a substitute for secularists in the bureaucracy, this presents Erdogan with a human resource challenge. Erdogan and the AKP's best bet in the short term is rewarding loyalty, not necessarily merit. The long term impact of this strategy will be dire: increased corruption and nepotism, decaying institutional effectiveness, and a flailing economy. Erdogan will likely blame all of this on Turkey's opposition, but populist rhetoric has its limits, usually defined in terms of what everyday people experience in their own lives.
There will be a short term impact, too. Within the AKP, Erdogan will increasingly favor his die-hard loyalists. It is unlikely that the resulting resentment against unadulterated patronage within AKP ranks, as some commentators argue, will lead to the implosion of the party. More likely is a future where the AKP, marginalizing whatever is left of its own talent, will cannibalize what made it a big success story in the first place: institutional coherence and discipline. Put simply, one cannot have the cake and eat it too. As sociologist Max Weber recognized a century ago, "charismatic authority" and "bureaucratic authority" cannot easily co-exist. Erdogan's rise as the "one man," not only in Turkey but also within his own party, will also mean that AKP will start to decay as an organization.
The Looming "Refugee Crisis"
Everyday life in Turkey is changing for people from all walks of life, because of a simple fact: Turkey, a country of about 75 million, currently hosts almost 3 million Syrian refugees. If one is to compare scale, this is like the United States accepting 12.7 million refugees who do not speak English in just a few short years. One can only imagine what kind of a "shock" such change can create in the lives of Turkish citizens.
In a way that makes perfect sense in the Turkish context, but probably not to foreign spectators, Turkey's looming domestic refugee crisis is barely receiving any real analytical coverage or reflection. By "moralizing" the Syrian refugee issue, Erdogan has successfully silenced any concerns or criticism. If you criticize Erdogan for any policy or long-term planning — or, more precisely, lack thereof — about the place of Syrian refugees in Turkey, you will find yourself being accused of racism (the dormant Arabophobia among some secular and ultra-nationalist segments of the society helps Erdogan make his case), or mere immorality (as in, not being humanitarian enough, especially about co-religious Syrians). This strategy helps jettison any reasonable discussion over the issue, but is just a quick fix that does not address the real challenges involved.
Over the long run, the domestic refugee crisis will prove extremely problematic for Erdogan in two ways. First, as early reports of xenophobia suggest, not all Turkish citizens are happy about the millions of barely-documented refugees parachuting into their everyday lives. It is likely that the trend will continue, creating significant resentment against, and conflicts with, the Syrian refugees. Erdogan will have to respond in some capacity, though it is not clear how far and how long his strategy of moralizing the issue can help him contain dissent. What people of Turkey, not only anti-Erdoganists, but also those who support him right or wrong, are realizing is that the million foreigners injected to their lives are re-shaping the Turkish social and economic landscape. Erdogan will find himself increasingly challenged by this trend and will be hard-pressed to choose between populism (on which he feeds) and realpolitik of social-economic facts on the ground.
Second, there is a good chance that Erdogan will eventually grant Turkish citizenship to many Syrian refugees. The strategic logic is simple: Assuming that the new citizens will prefer to vote for Erdogan, a million or so fresh votes can solve any "close margins" that he may be worried about in the future. This is an enticing option, though it runs the risk of alienating some of his followers, not to mention some ultra-nationalists who conditionally support Erdogan. There are millions who support Erdogan, but there are also millions who vote for him because they believe he takes good care of them, especially in the economic sphere. Millions of new citizens, which means a smaller slice from the same pie at the individual level, may easily infuriate the second group.
Stuck between Ultra-Nationalists and the PKK
Erdogan has always been a pragmatist. He allied with Gulenists to pacify secularists, and then initiated the so-called "peace process" with the PKK partially to consolidate his power. When the peace process failed in 2015 (partially thanks to a strategically brilliant attack by ISIL) and Erdogan suffered an electoral loss in June 2015 elections, he then turned to ultra-nationalists to boost his popular support. The problem is that he cannot claim support from ultra-nationalists and re-initiate peace talks with the PKK. Of course, one may wonder: Why would he need the peace talks when he has the support of ultra-nationalists?
The answer has a lot to do with the Syrian civil war. The ISIL crisis has been both a mortal threat and an unprecedented boon for the PKK. Its affiliate in Syria, also known as People's Protection Units (YPG), has succeeded in establishing itself not only as a global media sensation for stepping forward as the most reliable and effective fighting force against ISIL, but also as a close U.S. ally. These Kurdish militants are focused on Syria, where the culmination point will be the liberation of Raqqa — most likely with YPG fighters at the tip of the spear. Once the YPG wraps up its operations in Syria — presumably within the next three to six months — it will likely turn its attention (not to mention hardware and experienced fighters) to Turkey. This is a slow-motion train-wreck in the making. Erdogan is most certainly aware of it and is desperately trying to get the United States to abandon its Kurdish partners in Syria before things reach the point of no return.
This forces Erdogan into a choice. His first option is to side with ultra-nationalists and confront the PKK with full force, to include in Syria, which will prove very difficult with a broken army and air force. His second option is to restart negotiations with PKK, which will lead to a backlash not only from ultra-nationalists, but also some AKP supporters. No matter how he chooses, there will be a cost for Erdogan, not to mention the risk of political instability, possibly reaching far beyond the Kurdish-majority southeast.
That these challenges do exist does not mean Erdogan will crumble under pressure. His pragmatism knows no bounds: He would make Sun Tzu smile, and fill Machiavelli with jealousy. However, the house of cards he has built is a very fragile one. Erdogan's final victory, in this sense, may eventually defeat him. So, what happens to Turkey if that day comes? Nothing is for certain but one fact: With the referendum, Erdogan finally broke the "old" Turkey, and it is never coming back.
Burak Kadercan is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect those of the Naval War College, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government.
https://warontherocks.com/2017/04/the-rise-and-fall-of-erdoganocracy-why-victory-may-defeat-turkeys-president/
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Irked by a brick-shaped wallet or get a charge from being the first of your friends to adopt whiz-bang technology? You might be a candidate for a mobile wallet.
A mobile wallet is a payment system that uses an app on your smartphone linked to a credit card, debit card or prepaid card to make payments in person at a physical point of sale. At their core, they're an extension of digital wallets, or online payment systems such as PayPal that store your payment information for online purchases. But these are used in brick-and-mortar stores.
A survey in January of almost 1,500 smartphone owners by Chadwick Martin Bailey, a Boston-based consumer research firm, found 16% of respondents had used a mobile wallet in the previous six months. At this point, it's likely that regular mobile-wallet users are substantially outnumbered by the 14% of Americans who believe Bigfoot is real.
But that hasn't stopped a mix of startups and established companies from putting forward a number of mobile wallets, including Google Wallet; Isis, a joint venture of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon; Square Wallet; and startup LevelUp.
While all these apps allow you to make a purchase at a point of sale, they all work a little differently.
Mobile wallets. Google Wallet and Isis, two well-known examples, use a special gizmo included in many smartphones called a near-field communication, or NFC, chip. To use it, you just start up your phone, select the card you want to use, and tap the phone against a MasterCard PayPass terminal. Unfortunately, NFC chips haven't found their way into one of the most popular lines of smartphones on the market: Apple's iPhone.
Picture-based mobile wallets. Square's mobile wallet is the primary example, and these types allow you to make an order and pay for it via the mobile-wallet app. The merchant identifies you by your user profile picture and gives you the purchases. The catch is, the merchant must be using Square's payment system, which makes the list of places you can use it short in many areas. QR, or Quick Response. These code-based mobile wallets, such as LevelUp, complete a purchase by having users scan the code provided by the retailer. Like picture-based systems, this requires merchants to have the necessary software and hardware, limiting its adoption.
Regardless of how exactly they work, security is a big worry for consumers. In the Chadwick Martin Bailey study, 73% of consumers who don't plan to adopt mobile wallets cited security as a reason they haven't tried them.
"The other barrier to adoption is making sure that consumers have confidence in the safety and security of their data," says Denee Carrington, a senior analyst at Forrester Research Inc.
"We all hear stories every day about cyberattacks, and consumers are right to be wary of how their payment credentials are being stored and used and passed around," she says.
John Breyault, vice president of public policy, telecommunications and fraud at the National Consumers League, says that fear may be a bit overblown. Unlike a conventional wallet full of plastic, smartphones can be locked with a PIN, so thieves may not be able to access it. And even if they can, many smartphone providers allow you to remotely shut down your phone if need be.
If thieves do manage to charge purchases to your mobile wallet, a lot of the same protections consumers have when they make conventional card purchases also apply to mobile-wallet transactions, Breyault says.
"If you are linking a credit card or a debit card to your mobile-wallet account, then you're still pretty well-protected by federal rules that require things like allowing you to charge back fraudulent purchases," Breyault says.
However, a mobile wallet that is linked to a prepaid debit card may not enjoy the same legal protections, Breyault says. If a fraudulent mobile-wallet purchase drains your prepaid debit card, your bank may not be legally obligated to restore the funds as they would with a conventional debit card, he says.
Carrington says concerns about consumer protections may be moot if mobile wallets never catch on. And that won't happen until mobile-wallet providers convince both merchants and consumers there's something in it for them.
"Consumers have a really great alternative today in using a plastic card to swipe," Carrington says. "It is reliable, it is pretty quick, it works pretty consistently. People know how to use it, and there is not really trouble with the sort of adoption or having the right equipment."
That's not to say mobile wallets don't have potential. Done correctly, they offer a number of benefits for consumers.
Integration of loyalty programs. Instead of having to keep a hole-punch card or other loyalty card in your wallet, a mobile wallet could work with a merchant to automatically keep track of your purchases.
Coupons. Mobile wallets can receive electronic coupons and automatically transmit information about them to merchants' payment systems.
Skipping the checkout line. Mobile wallets can give customers the ability to order and pay electronically, potentially allowing them to skip the checkout line during high-traffic periods.
Money management. Mobile wallets could be integrated with money-management software to tell you in real time whether something you want to buy will bust your budget or if there's a cheaper alternative.
All that could be put together in a way that's compelling for consumers, Carrington says. It just hasn't happened yet on a scale large enough to be a must-have for consumers.
"There are a lot of things that have to happen for adoption to ramp up in the marketplace," Carrington says. "Some of that has to do with merchant acceptance, consumer awareness and, quite frankly, value for both the merchant and the consumer."


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Hi. I live in AZ so my flowers are at the end of their lives, sweet pea, snapdragon, gypsophilia, dianthus, petunia, (also have freesia, iris, glads, hyacinth) my problem is this, before planting in sept. we brought in fill dirt from craigslist (big mistake) needless to say as soon as I watered the weeds went balistic. So many they almost ruined entire season for me. I need to know the best way to get rid of them before next planting season. I have been told to rip everything out, dig out bulbs, chrysanthemums, etc. cover entire bed with black plastic and leave it for 3-6 weeks killing everything in soil then supplement soil before next season. Will this work? any suggestions would be great, I have grown flowers for years and only had standard weeds, always just pulled, never use chemicals, but it has taken most of the joy away from my garden. Its a huge stress reliever for me usually. Help! I want my garden back.... thanks in advance for any replies. Take care.
Especially if you have bulbs and other things you want to save, the black plastic sounds like way too much work.
How big an area are you talking about? Unless it's huge, I'd just keep pulling them. Work a section at a time and be sure you put down mulch as soon as you pull the weeds, so you don't have to keep re-doing it.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed concern on Wednesday in a case involving a high-profile payday lender that the Federal Trade Commission has overstepped its authority when seeking ill-gotten gains from firms that engaged in deceptive practices.
The justices heard arguments in a dispute involving businessman and racecar driver Scott Tucker, who is serving a prison sentence for crimes related to the same underlying conduct at issue before the court.
Tucker's lawyers have said the FTC lacked the authority to seek restitution under a section of a law called the Federal Trade Commission Act that lets the agency sue lawbreakers and authorizes judges to issue permanent injunctions. The legal question is whether judges have the authority under that provision to order defendants to return money that consumers handed over.
Conservative and liberal justices alike questioned whether the FTC was using the correct provision of the law to seek ill-gotten gains, noting that there is another section of the law that could allow the agency to seek refunds, although it could be more difficult to succeed.
Conservative justices skeptical of the power of independent federal agencies expressed similar concerns about the FTC's use of its enforcement power.
"With good intentions the agency pushes the envelope and stretches the statutory language to do the good or prevent the bad. The problem is this results in a transfer of power from Congress to the executive branch on whether to exercise this authority," conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh said.
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan noted that the FTC's use of the provision in question appeared to be based on expediency.
"It's so clearly better from the agency's perspective," Kagan said.
Tucker and his company, AMG Capital Management, are appealing a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that endorsed the FTC's authority to recoup $1.27 billion in ill-gotten gains.
AMG gives consumers high-interest, short-term payday loans online that renew automatically. It was sued by the FTC in 2012 for inadequate disclosures about the terms of the loans. AMG agreed to stop the practices to which the FTC had objected but balked at returning the money.
If the court chooses not to curb the agency's authority it would be because until recently courts have consistently sided with the FTC on the issue since the provision was enacted in 1973.
"My question is, still, it's close and the lower courts have been uniform for 50 years. We can't undo everything that was decided," liberal Justice Stephen Breyer said.
The FTC and its supporters have said a ruling in favor of Tucker would severely curtail its ability to repair the financial harm caused by fraudsters.
Tucker in 2018 was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison after being found guilty of violating federal lending and racketeering laws.
After several states brought lawsuits over the lending, prosecutors said, Tucker entered into sham relationships with Native American tribes. By claiming his companies were owned by tribes, prosecutors said, Tucker was able to shield the companies from lawsuits using tribal sovereign immunity.
The Supreme Court's ruling will affect another case the justices agreed to hear in which the FTC is seeking $5.2 million in ill-gotten gains from another company, the Credit Bureau Center.
The Supreme Court's consideration of the legal disputes comes at a time when the United States is awash in scams, with some taking advantage of fears about the spread of the coronavirus to bilk unsuspecting consumers. Robocalls inundate landlines touting phony medical devices and other deceptive offers. Since they often originate overseas, U.S. law enforcement has difficulty in combating the scam artists.
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HomeUWI NewsProfessor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research at The UWI
Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research at The UWI
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Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine has been appointed as the new Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Board for Graduate Studies and Research (BGSR) at The University of the West Indies (The UWI). Having completed two terms as the first Dean, Faculty of Law St. Augustine and regional University Dean, Professor Antoine now heads the University's Board for Graduate Studies and Research, to oversee its policy and operational plans for development and regulation. The portfolio also includes management of administration, funding as well as monitoring and evaluation of graduate education and research throughout the regional UWI system.
Professor Antoine is a Cambridge and Oxford scholar, holding a doctorate from Oxford University in Offshore Financial Law. She is a long-serving member of The UWI, whose journey began in 1989, in the Faculty of Law, Cave-Hill as a Temporary Lecturer, then Lecturer, 1991. Appointed Professor since 2004, she was the inaugural Director and initiator of the successful Master of Law (LLM) programme, The UWI's first regional, hybrid delivery programme, launched in 2002 and chaired the Faculty's Graduate programme till present. She also served as Deputy Dean and on numerous committees, including Campus Chair of Examinations at Cave Hill. She is currently Chair, Standing Committee on Regulations at The UWI.
Professor Antoine has received numerous accolades and prizes regionally and internationally. These include the coveted UWI Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research in 2006, and again in 2013 (Public Service), the only individual to have won the award twice. Additionally, she was honoured as one of the University's distinguished "60 under 60 academics", during its 60th anniversary celebrations in 2008 and in 2018, "70 Outstanding Cave Hill Alumni". She also won the UK Emerald Literati Prize. In 2011, she was elected by OAS States a Commissioner at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington and in 2014 elected President, the first person from Trinidad and Tobago. She was OAS's Head of the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Unit, appointed Rapporteur for Persons of African Descent and Against Discrimination and Rapporteur of Indigenous Peoples. Antoine is a Commonwealth Scholar, Cambridge Pegasus Fellow and in 2021 she was identified as a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)'s Pioneering Caribbean Women Eminent Jurist Awardee. She has been part of select research teams at some of the world's most prestigious universities, such as Oxford and McGill and served as temporary Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal judge. She was made Honorary Member of the international Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, UK, a status granted to "those who have made a unique and exceptional contribution" to the field.
Professor Antoine's outstanding career also extends into international public service, consultancy and leadership. As lead Consultant to all of the governments in the Caribbean, UK, USA and Canada, the judiciary and several international organisations, including the EU, OAS, IADB, World Bank, CARICOM, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, UNIFEM, CAREC, ECLAC, PANCAP, UNAIDS and UNDCP, she has drafted legislation, led international teams and authored influential Policy Reports on several varied key issues. Notably, this transformational work includes Offshore Finance Policy Reform, the CARICOM Harmonisation of Labour Law Report, HIV, Non-discrimination, Free Movement of Peoples, OAS Inter-American Convention against Corruption, the TCI legislative reform project and more recently, as Chair, the CARICOM Regional Commission's Report on Marijuana and as UN-ECLAC Expert on the Escazú Agreement on Environmental Matters.
Professor Antoine has an impressive publication output with over 17 books, texts and published manuscripts, over 18 book chapters and over 45 selected articles, published speeches and numerous conference papers. It includes two pioneering texts published by the Oxford University Press, a distinction for the regional academic community and a first for the Faculty of Law. She has also used her scholarship to support NGOs, fuel activism and social change, honouring The UWI's ethos.
The University community extends congratulations to Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine on her appointment which took effect on September 1, 2021 for a three-year term.
Professor C. Justin Robinson is new Pro Vice-Chancellor for The UWI Board for Undergraduate Studies
WHO's- Collaborating for an equitable recovery towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals 27-09-2021


Depeche Mode Message Board • View topic - BRAT please help us!
First of all, I am very happy that Dave is doing better! We all wish the boys the very best! Additionally, I am very happy for all those fans who have enjoyed the past few concerts! I gather from all those post that the concerts were amazing! However . . .
2) The chicago concert is in fact officially canceled and there will not be a new date. So lets all move on with our lives.
3) DM is still looking into the possibility of rescheduling the Chicago concert.
4) No concert at Allstate, but a possible new concert at another venue.
I realize that this matter has been discussed on other threads. But I beg you that you post something official on this the official DM website. DM will only have a couple more shows in the US, and we would like to know something official asap so that those who can, can make plans to see them this next weekend if this is our last chance to see them in the US.
I thank you for your effort! And will wait anxiously for a reply.
Thanks for the link. But I think that post was intended for the confusion on 5/11/06, and the press release BRAT mentioned was the one released shortly there after indicating Dave had laryngitis. I was hoping to hear something official about the possible rescheduling of the concert indicated in that press release on 5/11/06.
I agree with your request for some more info about the cancellation of the Chicago show, but Modethirteen, just to let you know if you haven't seen it yet, there are some similar posts as yours (including one from myself ) in the thread called "Chicago - POSTPONED OR CANCELLED????"
It does sound as if Dave is doing better, which is so great to hear, so it may have been just a matter of scheduling? I don't know, I wish someone would tell us. It's possible management is still in limbo about it, which may explain why nothing has been offically said yet? I understand your feeling too about wanting to know so we can figure out other possible plans. If I knew 101% they are coming back, I will just wait it out, otherwise, I want to travel elsewhere, and there's not much time left to plan that. I know everyone involved in working with the band (and of course the band themselves) have been super busy and going through a lot, but I do hope something official is said soon too.
Hi Gore Girl! I considered posting this on the thread you mentioned, but I was trying to catch BRAT's attention, and perhaps a response from him. I figured it might be buried with so many other posts and not replied to.
You share my exact feelings about all this. Im trying to be as patient as possible, but would love to hear something in order to make plans as time is quickly running out. Hope we all hear something official soon.
modethirteen wrote: Hi Gore Girl! I considered posting this on the thread you mentioned, but I was trying to catch BRAT's attention, and perhaps a response from him. I figured it might be buried with so many other posts and not replied to.
I understand what you're saying about posts getting buried along the way. With the events of the past week, there have been so many threads/posts about the same thing, so I can see your point. Hopefully we'll hear something more official soon. And I'm trying to be as patient as I can right along with you.
Thanks for the suggestion Santuary. ill email him tonight and hopefully get a reply. I just wanted to use the message board instead so that his reply could be read by the many fans who still feel are in limbo regarding the chicago show. But I'll try the email option instead.


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West Platte volleyball's season ends in 1st round of district play
October 26, 2016 Ross Martin
West Platte didn't even end up with the chance to upset the top seed.
In the Class 1 District 15 first round, the Bluejays lost in three sets in a minor upset against fifth-seeded Wellington-Napoleon, which won the final two sets to knock off the fourth seed Tuesday, Oct. 18 in Lone Jack, Mo. The Tigers' 13-25, 25-19, 25-14 win advanced them to face No. 1 Northland Christian, which went on to win the district title.
West Platte finished at 15-12-1.
"Our girls didn't give up, and I'm proud of them for that," West Platte coach Amber Guthrie said. "It's a tough way to end our season, but I think the girls have a lot to be proud of this year."
After finishing second in the KCI Conference standings, West Platte ended up in one of Class 1's most difficult district fields.
Jordan Schultz, one of four seniors, led the Bluejays' attack with nine kills, while senior setter Megan Kottman totaled 33 assists. Nealie Niemeier (team-high nine digs, four kills) and Alexa Raney (two digs) were the other seniors to play their final game.
Daire Stelljes topped West Platte with five service aces, while Schultz added three.
Guthrie returned to head coaching duties for West Platte this season after a year away. She led the Bluejays to their last playoff appearance in 2012, and they now have at least eight consecutive winning seasons, according to Missouri State High School Activities Association records.
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Even chocoholics have days when they crave something a little different. Whether you are not big on chocolate or just want to surprise your taste buds with something unique, these Bit-O-Honey bars are for you.If you have eaten these delightful bars before then you know just how special they are. If you think you ate them when you were young, but aren't sure if they are the same thing, they probably are! Bit-O-Honey was first released in 1924, and although they are nearly impossible to find in stores today, Pearson's Candy Company is currently still making them, and you can order them here at CandyDirect.com.When you share these with friends and family, everyone is sure to walk down memory lane together. This is the type of candy that reminds of fond times spent together. Bit-O-Honey consists of bits of almonds that are enrobed by honey-flavored taffy. Each bar has six perforated pieces, so they are convenient to break apart and share.


Gorsuch lets us down, California bans the National Guard from doing their jobs, polls are showing Democrats "certain" victory in November is not so certain, and much more. Plus Dana will be joined by Art Del Cueto and Guy Relford.
Watch Dana Loesch Relentless take on Democrats' "certain" victories and more.
Dana Loesch says this anti-Trump textbook is an example of why more are opting for homeschooling and private schools.


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Most of the Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) I spotted when I was out walking last week were living up to their reputation as busy little mini-beasties.
But then I spotted this one, sitting on a leaf, cleaning the pollen off its legs, wings and body. I asked politely if it would please smile for the camera … and it did … I think.
Ivy bees only arrived in Britain in 2001 but they've slowly expanded their range across southern England and in to south Wales. They're very handsome little bees and completely harmless but can only be seen when the Ivy is flowering, from September to November. If you spot one, it would really help if you could report it so that the wonderful folk at BWARS (the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society) can track the bees' spread around Britain.
What an opportunity – my Ivy flowered for the first time last year so I have been monitoring it most of this year. I currently have only buds, since it is on a north-facing fence but I shall certainly look out for these little Bees. Thanks for the info.
I hope you see some. They're lovely little critters.


"Although charged with law enforcement responsibilities, the OSPCA is opaque, insular, unaccountable, and potentially subject to external influence, and as such Ontarians cannot be confident that the laws it enforces will be fairly and impartially administered," Minnema, a judge with Ontario's Superior Court of Justice, wrote in a decision released Wednesday.
"Overall the OSPCA appears to be an organization that operates in a way that is shielded from public view while at the same time fulfilling clearly public functions," Minnema wrote.
The OSPCA said it respects the court's decision and remains committed to protecting animals across the province.
"This is an issue for the government of Ontario to address," said spokeswoman Alison Cross. "The Ontario SPCA will continue to provide animal protection services while the government determines how they wish to proceed."
"As this matter is in the appeal period, it would be inappropriate to comment further," said Philip Klassen.
Jeffrey Bogaerts, a paralegal with an interest in animal welfare law and a vice-president with the Ontario Landowners Association, launched the constitutional challenge over the OSPCA's powers five years ago after taking issue with how the agency operated.
"It rubbed him the wrong way," his lawyer, Kurtis Andrews, said in an interview. "He took it on himself to launch a court case on behalf of the public."
"But we won the big argument," Andrews said, adding that he and his client were ecstatic over the judge's ruling.
In his decision, Minnema said the case had established a new principle of fundamental justice that "law enforcement bodies must be subject to reasonable standards of transparency and accountability." Minnema found that the OSPCA Act contravenes that new principle.
Bogaerts' lawyer said the judge's recognition of the new principle was significant.
"You can probably count the number of principles on your fingers and toes that have been recognized since 1982 when the charter came out," he said.
"Animal protection laws are the only laws still enforced by private agencies, and the court ruled that private enforcement without transparency and accountability is unacceptable," said executive director Camille Labchuk.
"We believe this decision will ultimately lead the province to look at the regime and consider updating it for the 21st century."
"The declaration taking effect immediately could deprive animals of the protections afforded by the OSPCA Act while the province considers its next step," Minnema wrote.
The judge said he doesn't see how the relevant sections could be easily modified to make them compliant with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He noted 21 sections of the OSPCA Act that are "of no force and effect" and suggested the act might have to be re-written from scratch.


Haze is a potential side effect unique to the flapless procedures PRK, LASEK and Epi-LASIK. Mild haze is common and often, it will disappear within nine months and it will not affect your vision. Severe haze is less common, it will occurs in less than 1% of patients. However, severe haze will cause blurred vision and some occurrences of corneal haze do not disappear.
The part of a wound response with local inflammation after surgery.
Mild haze is common and often, it will not affect your vision and it will disappear within nine months.
If the haze had effect for your vision, using or increasing the frequency of steroid drops or irrigating underneath the LASIK flap will usually cause the haze to resolve without affecting your vision.


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The three day junior camp will encompass instruction from all aspects of the game of golf in a fun environment. Each camper will be provided lunch each day and four hours of instruction. Clubs will be available if the junior golfer does not have any.
This camp will feature two days of golf and a day of adventure sports. The golf portion will focus on both fundamentals and on-course instruction. The adventure portion will be focused on kayaking and paddle boarding around southern Delaware's beautiful waterways. Thanks to EcoBay Kayaking Aventures for partnering with us to provide this unique Eastern Shore experience!
A golf party with fun learning opportunities, miniature golf course on the putting green, & SNAG (Starting New At Golf) competitions.


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Q: Type 'string | null' is not assignable to type 'string'. Type 'null' is not assignable to type 'string' Error: Type 'string | null' is not assignable to type 'string'.   Type 'null' is not assignable to type 'string'.
Error : Type '{ id?: string | undefined; title?: string | undefined; content?: string | undefined; }' is not assignable to type 'Post'.
Types of property 'id' are incompatible.
Type 'string | undefined' is not assignable to type 'string'.
Type 'undefined' is not assignable to type 'string'.
export interface Post{
    id:string;
    title:string;
    content:string;
}

import { Component,OnInit} from '@angular/core';
import { NgForm } from '@angular/forms';
import { ActivatedRoute, ParamMap } from '@angular/router';
import { Post } from '../post.model';

import { PostsService } from '../posts.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-post-create',
  templateUrl: './post-create.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./post-create.component.css']
})
export class PostCreateComponent implements OnInit {

// newPost='No Content'
enteredTitle=''
  enteredContent=''
private mode='create'
private postId:string
private post:Post
  // postId: string | null | undefined;

constructor(public postsService:PostsService
  ,public route: ActivatedRoute){}

ngOnInit(){
  this.route.paramMap.subscribe((paramMap:ParamMap)=>{
    if(paramMap.has('postId')){
      this.mode='edit'
      this.postId=paramMap.get('postId')
      this.post=this.postsService.getPost(this.postId)
    }else{
      this.mode='create'
      this.postId="null";
    }
  });
}

onAddPost(form:NgForm){
  if(form.invalid)
  {
    return
  }
  console.log((form.value.title,form.value.content));
  this.postsService.addPost(form.value.title,form.value.content)

form.resetForm();

}
}

A: paramMap.get() returns string|null. Since your variable is strictly of type string, TS is showing the error.
You could either change the type of postId to string|null.
Or do something like this this.postId=paramMap.get('postId') || '';

A: I think paramMap returns a boolean..you need a string. "Returns
boolean: True if the map contains the given parameter, false otherwise."


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A cave, formerly used for religious ceremonies, has caught the eye of a developer, who is eager to turn it into a new tourist attraction.
Some 300 cavers from across the Philippines have gathered in Surigao City this week for their "Caving in Changing Climate" themed five-day annual conference.
Researchers have discovered what they call "colonies" of a new tarantula species in at least five limestone caves on Polillo Island in Quezon province.
With 50 caves discovered since 2013, including two which were only discovered last week, the Sta. Teresita in the Philippines' Cagayan Valley is undergoing a caving boom.
The Northern Luzon International Caving Expedition have explored and mapped 33 previously known caves in the Sta. Teresita municipality in the Philippines.
An international team of cavers will soon descend on Sta. Teresita municipality in the Philippines to map and document it's caves.


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When I first heard about Twitter's newly proposed patent plan, a few questions came to mind: Who would give up the chance to make significant profit from the creative minds of its employees? What is Twitter thinking? Do they want to just give up the kind of money that puts startups on the map? What about keeping the company focused on innovation and development and limiting the risk of costly, extensive, patent litigation?


Last week I posted on Instagram a pic of my first Popsugar Musthave box. I have never done a monthly box subscription as I just always assumed they were cheesy and would leave you with more crap you don't need. Then recently on a bachelorette weekend a few friends were raving about the Popsugar box and I knew I had to order it. I signed up in the middle of August and the September box was already sold out..bummmer...so I will not get my first regular box until next month. However they also do luxe boxes several times throughout the year and the Fall Luxe box was still available for $100...so I thought I would give it a try. I figure worst case scenario I would have some extra stocking stuffers out of the way for Christmas.
I mean who doesn't love good snail mail?! Especially when its a box full of sursies for yourself!
Rachel Zoe Gold Single Knot Ring $75: I would have really loved this if there was a way to specify your ring size. I believe they all came in a standard 7 and I am a 5...but I can wear as a pointer finger ring.
Stila Luxe Eyeshadow Palette $45: I love Stila products...so I enjoyed this one.
Christian Lacroix Notebook $14: A cute little notebook...although I have so many already..this one is going in the gift closet!
Cynthia Vincent Shopper Bag $88: There were several patterns you could get for this one. (its also cuter in person!) I use bags like this for flea market shopping all the time because they can fold up into my purse until needed.
Library of Flowers Bubble Bath $36: The scent I received was 'The Forest' and it smells like a Christmas Tree! I love a good bubble bath...I just need a larger tub!
Beuree and Sel Rosemary and Parmesan Cookies $10: My least favorite thing...after checking out the companies site I wonder why they chose this flavor?!
Goldfaden MD Doctor's Scrub $75: This exfoliating scrub is probably one of my favorite things in the box...it feels amazing! Downfall is I have discovered a $75 scrub I will probably continue to buy in the future!
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Have you known best fabrics printing in the universe? Before going further, it is necessary to know this field. Fabric printing is not something new found in your daily life. It is very common to see printed fabrics in form of sweater, t-shirt, teespro.id and more.
The technique to print on fabrics may be different as well. There are various techniques and each technique may need to be adjusted to the fabric. Regarding the fabrics itself, here are several fabrics that can be printed very well. Let's check them out below.
Cotton fabrics can be said as a natural fabric. It is from a plant that is produced to be a fabric. Additionally, this fabric is categorized as one of best fabric that can be printed on. Cotton blends and cotton are mostly chosen.
Categorized as a natural fabric, wool comes from animal source. You can decide to have this when you are planning to print something on a fabric. However, detailed prints may not be suitable for textured fabric like this one.
Again, silk fabrics come from a natural source just like the cotton fabrics. For a screen print, it has pretty flat surface. Since printing something on it can be challenging, you can prepare an adhesive table to keep it firm while printing.
Although people consider this fabric as wool fabric, this one is better than wool obtained from sheep wool. To define the fabric, it is light, soft, strong, fine and more insulating compared to sheep wool. This one is good for printing.
Linen is from flax plant. It is obtained from its fiber. For your information, this fabric is very strong. It is absorbent too and called as one of best fabrics printing in the universe. Garments made from the fabric are suitable for humid weather.
As guessed, this one is made from camel hair. Some fabrics are made from pure camel hair and other are made with a blend of another fiber. The characteristics include soft and warm. It is used in jackets, tents, underwear, carpeting, etc.
Polyester is not obtained from plant or animal source. It is not a natural fabric. It is called synthetic fabrics. This one is known to be popular fabric in fashion. Printing something on this one can be considered as easy.
It is claimed to have similarity with natural fabric. It is said that it has comfort properties. It is very comfortable to use and you can print what you want on it. Additionally, the texture and feel is similar to linen, cotton, silk, and wool.
You must have found a lot of clothing uses this material. It was initially made from wool. Nowadays, it is made from synthetic fibers, wool, and cotton. This fabric offers comfort properties to use.
That's all the best fabrics printing in the universe. Do you have clothing made from all of those fabrics? You can see the difference once take a look closely.


I love Kentucky Fried Chicken! In fact, I ate it every day last week, for seven days straight. How many pieces of fried chicken did I eat in total?
I never ate fewer than 11 pieces of fried chicken in one day.
On Sunday, I ate a unique number of pieces of chicken (there was no other day on which I had the same number).
The number of pieces of chicken I ate on Monday was unique as well.
I ate more pieces of fried chicken on Monday than on Tuesday.
I ate more pieces of fried chicken on Friday than on Thursday.
I ate four more pieces of fried chicken on Saturday than on Monday.
I ate an even number of pieces of fried chicken on Thursday.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the total number of pieces of chicken I ate (across those two days) was equal to twice the number of pieces of chicken I ate on Friday.
I never ate more than 16 pieces of fried chicken on one day. That would be gluttonous!