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Strictly Business: An FTC Forum on Small Business Financing
Constitution Center 400 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20024 | Directions & Nearby
Credit and Finance
Credit and Loans
The Federal Trade Commission hosted a forum on small business financing on May 8, 2019, to examine trends and consumer protection issues in this marketplace, including the recent proliferation of online loans and alternative financing products.
Small businesses are an integral part of the U.S. economy, and they often need financing in order to operate and grow. While some business owners can secure loans from banks or other traditional lenders, many businesses must turn to alternative sources for capital. In recent years, the online marketplace for small business financing has offered a wide variety of products, including term loans, lines of credit, and cash advances. Though some options may provide unique benefits, such as quicker access to capital, some of these products also raise consumer protection concerns, like high costs and potentially unclear terms. The forum gathered a variety of stakeholders to examine this industry, including the different types of products available to small businesses, the benefits of these products, and possible consumer protection concerns.
The forum, was free and open to the public and was held at the Constitution Center, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, D.C. It was webcast live on the FTC's website.
Introductory Remarks
Stephanie Rosenthal
Division of Financial Practices, Federal Trade Commission
Rohit Chopra, Commissioner
Panel 1: Overview of the Small Business Financing Marketplace
An introduction to the role of small businesses in the U.S. economy, the types of financing products available to them, the benefits of these products, and recent trends in the financing marketplace.
Malini Mithal & Thomas Kost
Division of Financial Practices, FTC
Claire Kramer Mills
Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Sam Taussig
Head of Global Policy, Kabbage, Inc.
Lewis Goodwin
Banking Lead, Square Capital
Gwendy Brown
Vice President of Research & Policy, Opportunity Fund
Scott Talbott
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Electronic Transactions Association
Panel 2: Case Study on Merchant Cash Advances
A closer examination of the merchant cash advance industry and the unique consumer protection issues raised by these products.
Jason Adler & Courtney Estep
Ami Kassar
Founder & CEO, Multifunding LLC
Jared Weitz
CEO, United Capital Source Inc.
Scott Crockett
Founder & CEO, Everest Business Funding
Jesse Carlson
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Kapitus
Katherine Fisher
Partner, Hudson Cook, LLP
Panel 3: Consumer Protection Risks and the Path Ahead
A broader discussion of the consumer protection risks in the financing marketplace and applicable laws, as well as legislative, self-regulatory, and educational efforts to better protect consumers.
Sandhya Brown & Evan Zullow
Kỳ-Nam Miller
Program Director, California Reinvestment Coalition
Bernardo Martinez
U.S. Managing Director, Funding Circle
Barbara J. Lipman
Project Manager, Division of Consumer & Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board
John Arensmeyer
Founder & CEO, Small Business Majority
Christin Spradley
Head of Policy & Senior Associate General Counsel, OnDeck
Sheri McConville
Supervisory Program Analyst, U.S. Small Business Administration
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC
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Speaker Bios (192.31 KB)
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UK Police Ordered to Immediately Review MPs' Security Arrangements After Fatal David Amess Stabbing
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UK: Metropolitan Police Service announced on Saturday that the fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea, the venue of a meeting with constituents, has been declared a terrorist incident with the probe turned over to the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has ordered police forces to launch an immediate review of security arrangements for all 650 MPs after the death of Sir David Amess at his constituency surgery in Essex on Friday.
All police forces are to "provide updates in due course," a spokesman for Patel was cited as telling reporters.
Patel, who has referred to the stabbing incident as "an attack on democracy", on Friday chaired a meeting with UK police, intelligence and security agencies
She is reported to have conferred with House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who promised to look into safety measures for MPs following the killing of Sir David, but cautioned against a "kneejerk reaction".
"We won't sit back on our laurels, of course we know the challenges. We've got to protect MPs and allow them to carry out their duties. The duties that the electorate put them there for – to speak, to meet and to make sure that their views are conveyed to parliament," he was cited by Sky News as saying.
Hoyle revealed that he had proceeded with his own constituency meeting on Friday despite news of the veteran Tory's death.
"Nothing will stop democracy, nothing will stop us carrying out our duties. Those people who don't value the job that we do, those people who don't support us will not win – hence why I've had my surgery tonight."
Labour MP Chris Bryant was cited by The Guardian as calling for "sensible measures" in parliament and at constituency locations such as church halls where MPs hold meetings.
"We don't want to live in fortresses. But I don't want to lose another colleague to a violent death," said Bryant.
Pauline Latham, Conservative MP for Mid Derbyshire, similarly suggested that the politicians put themselves in a "vulnerable position over surgeries."
The latter are essentially open office meetings allowing constituents to speak to their MP one-on-one, where issues raised range from local bin collections to matters of national concern. MPs typically hold surgeries once a week and advertise them locally or online.
"Maybe we need more security at places like that where the public know where we are – and so perhaps there should be a bigger police presence supporting MPs," said Pauline Latham.
After the fatal stabbing, Labour MP Lucy Powell said she had received "a number of reassuring calls from Greater Manchester Police" with "some extra measures and support being put in place".
Other senior Tories urged a rational approach to the mulled new security measures.
Lord Pickles, a former Conservative Party chairman, was quoted as pointing out that for all parliamentarians security risks were "part of the job".
"There are some places in the world… where they [politicians] operate in a bubble, where they are a political class. … But David's accessibility was one of the reasons why he was such an effective operator inside parliament, inside politics… But, you know, if we sort of close up shop and just disappear behind a security bubble, it is democracy itself that will be the lesser thing."
Ex-Brexit secretary David Davis agreed, adding that David Amess himself would "hate" it if MPs were distanced from their constituents.
Fatal Constituency Stabbings
Conservative MP Sir David Amess died after being stabbed at Belfairs Methodist Church in Essex on Friday, the venue of a face-to-face meeting with members of his Southend West constituency in Leigh-on-Sea.
Authorities had discovered Amess with multiple injuries after responding to initial reports of a stabbing, with the MP ultimately dying at the scene.
A 25-year-old British man remains in Essex police custody after being arrested at the scene. Investigators currently believe the suspect acted alone, but the probe is said to be "in the early stages".
In an early Saturday, memo the Metropolitan Police Service announced that the fatal stabbing has been declared a terrorist incident, with the probe turned over to the Met's Counter Terrorism Command. Command investigators will be working alongside the Eastern Region Specialist Operations Unit (ERSOU) and the Essex Police.
The MP's death follows the June 2016 murder of Jo Cox, a Labour MP who was shot and stabbed in a Yorkshire constituency, similarly on the day when she had been due to hold a surgery.
In May 2010, Labour MP for east Ham Stephen Timms was stabbed twice in the stomach at a constituency surgery in east London by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old student. The attacker was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that she serve a minimum jail term of 15 years[.
Timms, who survived the attack, underwent emergency surgery and continues to serve as MP for East Ham.
In the wake of the murder funds channeled towards enhanced security arrangements for MPs rose substantially, according to accounts from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. MPs spent £2.5m on security in 2016/17 – up from £170,000 the previous year.
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package utils

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"runtime"
	"strings"

	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/api/errcode"
	"github.com/hyperhq/hypercli/pkg/archive"
	"github.com/hyperhq/hypercli/pkg/stringid"
)

var globalTestID string

// TestDirectory creates a new temporary directory and returns its path.
// The contents of directory at path `templateDir` is copied into the
// new directory.
func TestDirectory(templateDir string) (dir string, err error) {
	if globalTestID == "" {
		globalTestID = stringid.GenerateNonCryptoID()[:4]
	}
	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("docker-test%s-%s-", globalTestID, GetCallerName(2))
	if prefix == "" {
		prefix = "docker-test-"
	}
	dir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", prefix)
	if err = os.Remove(dir); err != nil {
		return
	}
	if templateDir != "" {
		if err = archive.CopyWithTar(templateDir, dir); err != nil {
			return
		}
	}
	return
}

// GetCallerName introspects the call stack and returns the name of the
// function `depth` levels down in the stack.
func GetCallerName(depth int) string {
	// Use the caller function name as a prefix.
	// This helps trace temp directories back to their test.
	pc, _, _, _ := runtime.Caller(depth + 1)
	callerLongName := runtime.FuncForPC(pc).Name()
	parts := strings.Split(callerLongName, ".")
	callerShortName := parts[len(parts)-1]
	return callerShortName
}

// ReplaceOrAppendEnvValues returns the defaults with the overrides either
// replaced by env key or appended to the list
func ReplaceOrAppendEnvValues(defaults, overrides []string) []string {
	cache := make(map[string]int, len(defaults))
	for i, e := range defaults {
		parts := strings.SplitN(e, "=", 2)
		cache[parts[0]] = i
	}

	for _, value := range overrides {
		// Values w/o = means they want this env to be removed/unset.
		if !strings.Contains(value, "=") {
			if i, exists := cache[value]; exists {
				defaults[i] = "" // Used to indicate it should be removed
			}
			continue
		}

		// Just do a normal set/update
		parts := strings.SplitN(value, "=", 2)
		if i, exists := cache[parts[0]]; exists {
			defaults[i] = value
		} else {
			defaults = append(defaults, value)
		}
	}

	// Now remove all entries that we want to "unset"
	for i := 0; i < len(defaults); i++ {
		if defaults[i] == "" {
			defaults = append(defaults[:i], defaults[i+1:]...)
			i--
		}
	}

	return defaults
}

// GetErrorMessage returns the human readable message associated with
// the passed-in error. In some cases the default Error() func returns
// something that is less than useful so based on its types this func
// will go and get a better piece of text.
func GetErrorMessage(err error) string {
	switch err.(type) {
	case errcode.Error:
		e, _ := err.(errcode.Error)
		return e.Message

	case errcode.ErrorCode:
		ec, _ := err.(errcode.ErrorCode)
		return ec.Message()

	default:
		return err.Error()
	}
}

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16 Creepy Masks Made from Real Human Skulls
How would you feel placing a mask on your face that was made from a real human skull? Would you feel differently if it were the skull of a family member, or perhaps an enemy? For many ancient people...
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1 October, 2022 - 18:59 Joanna Gillan
16 Bizarre, Impressive and Hilarious Funerary Masks of the Ancient World
Throughout history, many cultures and civilizations created funerary masks as part of their burial customs. The masks were used to represent a deceased individual, to honor them, and to cover their...
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19 September, 2022 - 22:52 Nathan Falde
Ramesses II Era Tomb Found in Distant Israeli Beach Cave Is Astounding!
In what they refer to as an "exceptional and amazing" discovery, a team of Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed an ancient burial cave within the borders of Palmahim Beach National Park on...
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14 May, 2022 - 01:54 Alicia McDermott
Hellenistic Elite was Buried on a Bronze Bed with Gold in Her Mouth
Ancient tombs are fascinating finds, especially when they're intact. They can provide us with clues on how a person died, social status, burial styles, and funerary rites. The last of these is...
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12 January, 2022 - 21:57 Sahir
New Study Reveals Ancient Arabian Peninsula Funerary Avenues Network
The modern fascination with highways is not as modern as it seems. Throughout history, there have been examples of building and constructing routes, particularly along important trading routes...
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18 June, 2021 - 00:15 Alicia McDermott
Medieval People Were Reopening Graves, But Not to Rob Them
In the Middle Ages being dead wasn't a guarantee you would rest in peace. Researchers have found hundreds of examples of people re-opening graves in cemeteries from Transylvania to southern England...
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8 April, 2021 - 16:58 Joanna Gillan
Shahr-i Sokhta, Mysteries of the Burnt City of Iran
Located near Zabol in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the ancient site of Shahr-i Sokhta ("Burnt City") is one of the largest and richest Bronze Age sites in Iran and the Middle East...
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4 February, 2021 - 01:25 Alicia McDermott
Ultra-Rare Mud Mummy Exposes Previously Unknown Mortuary Practice
CT scans of an Egyptian mummy from approximately 1,200 BC have exposed a type of mortuary treatment which has not been documented in the Egyptian archaeological record before now. The individual is...
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21 January, 2021 - 00:00 Alicia McDermott
Early Medieval Europe – Dark Age Death Practices Spread Quickly
A new study suggests that Europe has been 'global' for over a millennium. The evidence for this claim comes from a set of shared cultural practices spread over a wide area in early Medieval Europe...
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18 January, 2021 - 21:50 Jonathon Perrin
Mound to Mountain: The Long Road to the Great Pyramid
Who built the Great Pyramid? Was it built by simple Egyptian farmers with mud ramps, or aliens, or a lost society from the last Ice Age? Did the ancient Egyptians inherit this massive stone building...
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29 December, 2020 - 17:31 dhwty
Pharaoh's Little Helpers: The Shabti Funerary Statuettes of the Ancient Egyptians
A shabti is a funerary figurine used by the ancient Egyptians. These statuettes were placed in tombs as grave goods and were believed to function as servants for the deceased in the afterlife...
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12 December, 2020 - 18:04 ashley cowie
Unique Cyprus Death Cult Treasures Uncovered at Mass Burial Site
Excavators in Cyprus have discovered a series of "sensational finds" of death cult artifacts dating to 3,500 years ago, during the Bronze Age. A vessel used as a cult funerary object, a seal with...
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Resuscitation of the Ancient Egyptian Book of Breathing
Recently, an American professor has for the first time analyzed the First Book of Breathing , a famous ancient Egyptian book that reveals incredible insights into the afterlife. What happens to us...
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7 July, 2020 - 02:01 ashley cowie
10,000-Year-Old Neolithic Figurines Discovered in Jordan Burials
The historical time period for the mid-9th millennium BC onwards is known as the early Neolithic . At this time in the Near East human iconography began expanding, but archaeological theories to...
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4 March, 2020 - 18:09 Joanna Gillan
Ancient Beehive Tombs of Oman – So, Where are the Bodies?
Lined up dramatically atop a rocky ridge, the beehive 'tombs' of Bat and Al Ayn are two of Oman's most celebrated prehistoric sites. Little is known about the stone structures, or the culture that...
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16 January, 2020 - 17:14 dhwty
Unique and Unsettling: The Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines
The Igorots are an indigenous tribe living in Sagada, Luzon Island, Philippines. The Igorots practice unique funerary customs, in which the dead are buried in coffins which are tied or nailed to the...
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Plane, Train and Automobile: This Concept Car Transforms into All Three
By Kacey Deamer
The passenger capsule can be driven like a car, flown by a drone or integrated into a transit system like a hyperloop. (Image credit: Italdesign/Airbus)
George Jetson can eat his heart out. A new flying-car concept can do more than just take to the skies. In fact, the futuristic vehicle takes more cues from "Transformers" than "The Jetsons" in imagining how humans might get around in the future.
Meet the Pop.Up.
This "multimodal transportation concept" is a passenger capsule that can transform into different modes of transit, by attaching to wheels for driving, connecting to propellers for flying or joining a train-like transit system such as the high-speed transit concept known as the Hyperloop.
The futuristic capsule was envisioned by aerospace company Airbus and design and engineering firm Italdesign. The companies say the Pop.Up could unite aerospace and automotive technologies for a new kind of urban mobility. [Hyperloop, Jetpacks & More: 9 Futuristic Transit Ideas]
Airbus and Italdesign revealed their transforming-car concept March 7 at the Geneva International Motor Show, and described it as entering the "third dimension" of transportation systems.
"Today, automobiles are part of a much wider ecosystem: If you want to design the urban vehicle of the future, the traditional car cannot alone be the solution for megacities; you also have to think about sustainable and intelligent infrastructure, apps, integration, power systems, urban planning, social aspects, and so on," Italdesign CEO Jörg Astalosch said in a statement. "In the next years, ground transportation will move to the next level — and from being shared, connected and autonomous, it will also go multimodal and moving into the third dimension."
There are three layers to the Pop.Up concept system, according to Airbus. The passenger capsule is one layer, with its ability to be coupled with electrically propelled ground and air transport (such as a car base or a drone top). The capsule can also be linked to a public transit system (such as trains or a Hyperloop).
The Pop.Up is designed to run on an artificial-intelligence platform, the second layer, that can choose the best route — by ground or air — to the passenger's destination. The capsule will then autonomously travel the selected route, according to Airbus.
A video of the Pop.Up in action shows the system's user interface, or the third layer, which offers passengers an interactive virtual environment. For instance, in one clip, a display in the capsule offers information regarding a museum the passenger is flying over.
The companies did not announce a time frame for developing the project, but they did note that traffic congestion is expected to become increasingly worse. The companies say Pop.Up offers a solution to growing transportation challenges for urban commuters.
Kacey Deamer
Kacey Deamer is a journalist for Live Science, covering planet earth and innovation. She has previously reported for Mother Jones, the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, Neon Tommy and more. After completing her undergraduate degree in journalism and environmental studies at Ithaca College, Kacey pursued her master's in Specialized Journalism: Climate Change at USC Annenberg. Follow Kacey on Twitter.


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She began her studies at the Kfar-Saba conservatory under the guidance of Marta Mccave-Dayan. Currently, her teacher is Professor Yossi Arnheim and she studies at the Jerusalem music academy. Noy was a part of the "Tlamim" program for excellent musicians in Raanana. In the years 2014-2016 Noy was a member of the young Israel philharmonic orchestra, and played first flute. She played in several ensembles and participated in master classes of Eyal Ein Habar, Noam Buchman, Dudu Carmel, and Linde Tutz. Recently she participated in master classes of Davide Formisano and Fredric Audidert at the Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice.
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In terms of other relevant detail, I'm currently training between 0hrs and 4.5hrs in the pool. Megan is averaging 12hrs a week.
So, now the detail - the objective is to guess the time differential in seconds between us. Times will be recorded to the nearest 100th of a second. In the event of two or more people guessing the correct time, then the winner will be decided by the nearest guess to my 400m time.
Entries can be either by a post on my Facebook page, my Twitter feed or on the reply to my TriTalk blog. Guesses can be either positive (if you think Megan will be faster - eg. If I swim 5 minutes and Megan swims 4:50, the time difference will be +10.00 seconds) or negative (if you think Megan will be slower eg. If I swim 4:50 and Megan swims 5:00, the time difference will be -10.00 seconds). So you need to give me a + or - time in seconds and (for matching guesses) an estimated time for my swim.
I'll keep entries open until 5:30hrs (UK time) on Wednesday 22nd April.
I consider I've always had a good sense of knowing when it was time to change direction in terms of life choices. Looking back I can track distinct moments in time when I've decided to pursue new goals and move away from things that hitherto had occupied my time.
Over the last 7 years a significant focus has been achieving triathlon success at age group/amateur level. In many ways it has been a selfish pursuit, although I believe that the underlying reason for chasing my triathlon goals was a sound one. However, I now believe that the reason for pursuing those personal sporting goals can be fulfilled without concerning myself with times or podium success. That being the case, my main focus for 2015 will be exercising and/or racing to an extent that is compatible with being part of the kids' development. As I don't believe that the amount of training I want to commit to going forward is sufficient to justify the considerable investment given by Team Freespeed and their sponsors, I will no longer be part of the team going forward. I hope that this will afford the opportunity for someone to be part of what is in my view the best amateur triathlon team out there. There is no doubt in my mind that the three years that I have been on the team have been the most enjoyable of my triathlon career and I have nothing but gratitude to Richard, the team sponsors and teammates for the opportunities and support I've been given. Thank you.
Having discussed things with Helen and the kids, it is clear that they enjoy the fact that I swim, bike and run and they want me to continue. They (as do I) also want me to be involved with them swimming, biking, running (exercising) and being around more instead of travelling abroad to races and training camps etc. without them. In that vein, my triathlon plans for 2015 will be to complete, as distinct from compete, Wimbleball 70.3 at the end of June, the Outlaw at the end of July and Challenge Weymouth in mid September. Although that may appear incompatible with what I've said, the fact is that without a "race" to train for, it will be all to easy not to train. Therefore these race entries will provide the motivation for me to do sufficient training to cover the distances without too much pain, keep me fit and stop me working too many hours.
The final decision to race Barcelona took place after Mont Tremblant on the basis that I believed I could go under 9 hours. Knowing the course, I broke the nine hours down as 50 minutes for the swim, 5 minutes for transitions, 4:45 for the bike, leaving me 3:20 for the run. I went into the race confident and in good shape. A power and time PB for a 50 mile TT the weekend before followed by a good run off at target run pace was a good boost.
After some glorious days with temperatures in the mid 20's, race morning brought thunder, lightning and torrential rain. Lovely. A 30 minute delay to the start for safety reasons was welcome, as was the news the swim wasn't cancelled. The male Pro's started at 9:00am, followed by females, paras and then the age groups waves, all at 3 minute intervals. The M45 wave was the penultimate wave ahead of relays, and 23 minutes after the first wave.
A beach start, a short run and we were off. I swam with Steven Lord until the first turn buoy (at circa 200 metres) before starting my navigation through the earlier waves. A choppy swim made things interesting, and although I had to change course a few times to avoid traffic, I enjoyed the swim and was chuffed to discover I posted the fast swim of the day, beating the first male PRO by 1 second with 49:21.
T1 was efficient and when I saw that there weren't many bikes unracked from earlier starts, I knew I'd had a good start.
I made my way steadily through the 3k section in town onto the main drag where the main laps started and bang on my planned time. As I settled into my rhythm, I worked towards my target power. Of a slight concern was that I was having to put in quite an effort to hit my planned power. After a short while I decided that the power was unsustainable, so I backed off a bit and used my heart rate as a guide. Happily, as the road surface was so good, my speed was where it needed to be (if anything, slightly ahead) and I reached the first turn point bang on target. Having ridden most of the first 72k lap on my own, I got swamped by (what transpired to be) the first of a number of big packs of riders. Apart from being an irritant, I wasn't too concerned as it appeared that the riders were from earlier waves, so not direct competitors. Although, my main aim was time related, my secondary goal was to make the podium, so I still wanted to monitor the competition. However, of more concern was that I couldn't hold onto the "packs" and got spat out the end. My theory is that the effort I'd put in trying to hit my target watts and/or the fact that my bike legs weren't firing had taken its toll. With my power starting to drop I was still pleased to hit half way at 2:22ish, so still on target, although not hugely confident that I'd be able to match that split for the second half.
Just after 90k I got caught by teammate Richard Hobson (Hobbo) who was off the back of a pack – he said that the drafting was an absolute joke. Again, I couldn't keep with that pack, but my focus at that stage was to make sure I still took on my nutrition and keep the effort at a sustainable level. I rationalised that my previous best run performance (at Roth) where I'd run 3:08 had come off a poor bike, so my take was that even if I couldn't hit my intermediate bike target all was not lost.
The end of the second lap, saw me down about 5 minutes, which didn't seem too much of a disaster and the prospect of a shorter 30k lap gave me a mental boost. That, an a caffeinated espresso gel kick started a resurgence and I then was able to start working back through the field. On the final return things got a bit more crowded with earlier waves on the course – this is when I had to get vocal, not just with the riders, but also the marshalls – thankfully the marshalls saw that I was getting blocked and started blowing whistles to get riders out of my wave as I was gesturing that I wanted to ride through. So, a nice final burst saw me entering T2 in 5th just behind a big Belgian lad in a Team Talent speedsuit. He didn't look like a runner. My bike split was just over 4:50. Considering I wasn't having an "on" day, I was ok with that.
So a 3:15 marathon needed for Sub 9. Interestingly the T2 times didn't include the change tent (which was therefore added to the run splits). So, although a 1:08 T2 might get me some brownie points with my coach, in reality it was 2 minutes slower than that. In any event, my swim and T1/T2 times were circa 55 minutes combined which was right on target.
Onto the run and I felt quite good. The first k was under target pace, so I tried to slow things down a bit. Josie (Perry) who was out supporting her hubby (Paul) confirmed I was in 4th, so all to play for. I saw Hobbo who seemed to be about 1.5k or so ahead and running well. The K's clicked off and through 10k ahead of target pace, but slowing. My approach was to play a patient game and keep chugging and see where it got me. I hit the half way at 1:37ish (on my Garmin). Based on my pace slowing I wasn't expecting to hit 3:15, but I was determined to hit 3:20. At this point I also discovered that the Cola was some "happy shopper" junk! Thankfully we were allowed to have personal support past the aid stations, and Stuart (Anderson) was able to procure me some authentic Coke which helped. Apart from one short stop where I tried (unsuccessfully) to be sick (a mere retch in the end) I was happy to have kept moving throughout the race.
Shortly before the turnaround on lap 3 I saw that I'd closed the gap to Hobbo. I eventually caught him at the 30k point and it transpired he was suffering with leg cramps. Although not entirely sure where I was, I'd guessed I was in third. At this point I also started to throw a bit of caution to the wind and slowly my K splits started to get quicker. At this point I borrowed a little mantra from my buddy Deenzy regarding anyone's ability to run a 10k which involved a few expletives. It worked. With about 2k to go I passed Lordy on his 3rd lap who, as is typical of him, offered some kind words and triggered another pick up in pace. I finished strongly and was hopeful I'd done enough to hit the podium. A 3:20 on my garmin (3:22 official run split including T2 change tent) and just under 9:06 with a 9:05:59 (I had to sprint to get a time starting with 9:05** ) final time.
Once I passed the finish line, my body shut down and things got a bit emotional. I had a bit of a lie down in the medical tent and after an hour or so I managed to take on some solid food and beer before getting my streetwear bag and my phone…scrolling through all the messages I discovered I was 4th, hmmmm, annoying….it then transpired that one guy showing ahead of me hadn't completed the full course, so the official results had me on the podium in 3rd. Nice.
Although I didn't hit my main target, making the podium softened the blow. The highlight was the swim, followed closely by running myself onto the podium. Although I haven't done the maths, I think I may well have dropped down a few places before the end of lap 3 which makes the run even more pleasing. Yes, it would have been good to have run faster, but for me it wasn't so much the about the run time, but more about how I managed the run. As much as anything this was also a result of how I managed the bike, making sure that I was sufficiently fuelled and hydrated so that I didn't blow up on the run.


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Home > Football > Petr Cech, Cezar Azpilicueta Mourns The Death Of Chelsea Legendary Goalkeeper Peter Bonetti.
Petr Cech, Cezar Azpilicueta Mourns The Death Of Chelsea Legendary Goalkeeper Peter Bonetti.
Chelsea football club have announced the passing away of former goalkeeper Peter Bonetti on Sunday, who died at the age of 78 after a battle with a long-term illness.
Bonetti was a goalkeeping superstar of the 1960s to 1970s, as he won the League Cup in 1965 and the Uefa Cup in 1971in his time at Chelsea.
He was nicknamed 'The Cat' which was coined by his former team-mate Ron Tindall due to his safe handling, superb reflexes and graceful style between the sticks.
Bonetti made his debut for the blues 44-years ago, at a time when the club were fighting to regain their standing in the English football, he became the second in the history of the club's list of all-time appearances, featuring in 729 games for Chelsea over the course of his 15-years stay at Stamford Bridge.
Only former centre-half and Chelsea captain Ron Harris has played more games for the Blues,
Bonetti held the record for the most clean sheets until former keeper Petr Cech surpassed him in January 2014.
Following the tragic announcement made today via Chelsea's website, former goalkeeper Petr Cech have payed tribute to Bonetti, who is regarded as one of the club's indisputably all-time great players.
"It's really sad news for everybody involved in Chelsea Football Club,' said Cech. 'We send our condolences to his family and all the people who knew him. Peter was an absolute legend for the club on and off the pitch and that's how he'll be remembered."
"He actually told me much earlier that he believed I would be the one who surpassed his record and we talked about it a few times over the years," Cech continued.
"When I did it, he sent a really nice message of congratulations and that just showed the personality and the great character he was."
One of Chelsea Football Club's greatest ever players.
Rest in peace, Peter 'the Cat' Bonetti. 💙 pic.twitter.com/OM48Dq2BXW
— Chelsea FC - #StayHomeSaveLives (@ChelseaFC) April 12, 2020
Club captain César Azpilicueta has also sent his condolence via his official Twitter handle; "Rest in peace to a true legend of our club, sending love to Peter's family"...he said.
The former St. Louis Stars, Dundee United goalkeeper, Peter Bonetti was part of the successful 1966 England FIFA World Cup-winning team, as he served as number two keeper behind Gordon Banks, He represented the Three Lions seven times in his career.


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Bookhounds of London
Bookhounds of London is Kenneth Hite's latest supplement for Trail of Cthulhu (ToC), his Lovecraftian GUMSHOE adaption, both from Pelgrane Press. This book expands on the campaign frame of the same name briefly laid out near the back of the ToC rule book and shifts the setting to sketchy depression era London where the players play a group of bookhounds – book store owners, book scouts, catalogue agents, etc – trying to make some bread however they can. The setting expects the bookhounds to cross paths with, or even be hired by, misanthropes who seek treacherous tomes for villainous purpose whom the players will need to foil.
Bookhounds gives the group clear goals, a clear structure for how the game will run right from character creation onward, and an explaination for why they frequently run into malign activity. This includes developing the bookstore, the center of the characters' setting, effectively as a secondary character in the party, even going so far as to have ongoing fortunes that change with the unfolding scenarios. By doing so it short circuits some of the common points of friction that can occur early on in investigative scenarios. If you are familiar with Pagan Publishing's Delta Green for Call of Cthulhu you will see definite similarities around these practical considerations.
As one would expect from the title, this book contains a large selection of details on both books and London. Regarding books, everything from bindings and covers through to rules for auctions, 'squizzes' – a book of particular interest for a bookhound – important books and mythos tombs, and prominent libraries. This is all the sort of fine detail that a Keeper will find useful in fleshing out his or her scenarios.
Similarly London receives a broad and gameable treatment. Each major section of the city is covered with key points of history and colour, rumours (more on these later), potential contacts for the bookhounds, and possible mythos activity. Sidebars contain many sideline details and interpretations of history and myth suitable to inspire the Keeper. To round out this section there is a bestiary of mythos monstrosities in the now familiar Hitian ToC format, a small collection of NPCs with a format that will be familiar to readers of Robin Laws' The Armitage Files (also for ToC) where they are presented with a set of possible motivations and potential mythos hooks, and a sidebar for a rival bookstore and its associated bookhounds.
In addition to all this detail about London itself, there is a large section of color plates containing period maps of the city, wider environs and important buildings. Not only are they excellent in and of themselves, they have been painstakingly indexed in extreme detail, and marked up with symbols that reference the forthcoming companion book Occult Guide to London. The optional magic system Megapolisomancy complements this great resource well providing a fun alternative magic system that takes advantage the topology of the city.
One sample scenario is provided: White Chapel Black Letter. As I have not played through this scenario yet I cannot comment on its actual quality but it reads well, has no obvious failing and provides a suitably Lovecraftian lose-lose complication for the players at the ending, however this particular detail may not be to the tastes of some groups.
Bookhounds provides additional commentary on preparing and running scenarios for the campaign frame. Three new campaign styles are provided with more naunce than the broad strokes of Pulp and Purist presented in the core book. These are Arabesque, Sordid and Technicolor. Arabesque emphasises an exotic view of London as a port of call for mysterious foreigners and a home to many ill wonders. Sordid is bleak and skeezy with the worst of humanity at the fore. Technicolor is a layer on either with lurid color.
More significantly much of the book takes a lead from The Armitage Files and provides more support for player generated scenarios. While the default assumption is that the Keeper will do the traditional legwork associated with concocting a devious investigation, there is a range of hooks to allow players to generate their own plots. These range from the very direct: There is a catalogue of rumours from around the city that the keeper is encouraged to parcel out to the players at the start of the campaign, and an associated record sheet for the players to record additional rumours they wish to chase down. There are also more subtle hooks: Squizzes that the player characters are interested in, rival bookhounds, etc. Where The Armitage Files may be intimidating to a group of players not used to such an improvised style of play, Bookhounds will feel more familiar but still allows for some distribution of the narrative thread.
Not only does Bookhounds make me want to run a game, it makes me feel confident that I could run that game well. Many supplements place the burden of extracting a game from their contents on the Keeper; this book does not. As an unconfident and less experienced Keeper, this is excellent. If you only get one supplement for Trail of Cthulhu, this should be it.
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WildVoice, a podcasting host and podcast community currently in beta, has announced support for embedding podcasts at MySpace and blog sites. Users can create podcasts with WildVoice and then add those audio messages to blogs and other social networking sites.
"Social networking is all about personalization in the often anonymous cyber world. Nothing is more intimate than hearing a person's actual voice and WildVoice has worked to help Podcasters add a personal broadcast message to virtually any blog or social network,"¬ù said Michael Levy, co-founder of WildVoice.
WildVoice has two ways to create a Podcast, which then can be added to blogs, MySpace and other social networking sites. The first is with WildVoice Shout, a simple "voicemail" style recorder that allows users to create a podcast directly from the WildVoice website.
For a more professional recording, WildVoice offers WildVoice Studio. This Windows application allows podcasters to add theme music, sound effects and pre-recorded clips.
Once a personal broadcast is recorded, WildVoice walks users through a simple process to post the MP3 file to the WildVoice website.
WildVoice generates the HTML text that can be copied and then added to your MySpace profile, or to nearly any other blog or social network. This will embed a WildVoice player into your site that will play your personal broadcast.
WildVoice allows users to edit preferences, such as whether the Podcast will play when the page loads or if the player should continuously repeat the playlist. WildVoice also lets users customize the look of the Podcast player.
Details on embedding podcasts with WildVoice are available at the site.


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CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS PHILIPPINES, PIA WURTZBACK – MISS UNIVERSE 2015
As the Miss Universe 2015 is trending, I looked at the posts in Facebook, Twitter and the whole lot of media. To the honest truth, I did not watch the event that day as I was busy with my life and, therefore, did not have any idea how the contestants looked until I heard from a friend of what had happened. I watched the footage the next day and thought for a second of what it is all about. The camaraderie born and progressed among the contestants, no doubt. Those beautiful ladies are the crème of their countries represented to be the Ambassador of Goodwill. Steve Harvey proclaimed that Ms Columbia is the Miss Universe of 2015, two or so minutes, the host then came back on stage – rectified his mistake and talked to the pleonasm of the prism. It was an honourable thing to do. However, as a result, there was a commotion; the glamour of the account became the arena of a nightmare. No doubt, in front of the millions of people around the world watching via satellite – overwhelmed with confusion as well. Miss Columbia must be devastated for she already wore the crown walking and giving her full smiles to the crowd. I felt the sombreness in my heart as I continued to view. Miss Philippines appeared speechless and bowled over, and perhaps, felt the same as me and just wanted to give the title away. What good in the world this happenstance brought the Universe? Mistakes could happen in any ungiven forth in Eden that even the most experienced presenter could not imagine. Perhaps, out of excitement, Steve announced the wrong country. Miss Columbia was euphorically ambling to the Garden of Roses and suddenly pricked by its thorns. I had watched many beauty pageants on television when I was young. And the faces of the Filipina winners were different from the others. They seemed so shy with radiance and humbling about their triumphs. The subtle gestures of how a Filo (As what they are referred to in Australia) were gentle like the swaying of the wind.
After viewing the Miss Universe Pageant 2015, I also watched the bad opinion of Ms Germany who totally believes that it was Ms Columbia; deserving of the crown and later apologised. I do not wonder why Ms Germany was nowhere near the five finalists. In my younger years, Miss Universe Contest was one of my most awaited moments to happen. It was 1969 when I cried as I watched – Gloria Diaz won, the first Filipina to hold the crown of the most prestigious beauty contest Miss Universe, so graceful. Then, in 1973 in Greece, Margie Moran, utterly finesse and cool when she won over Miss USA. The Philippines, a tiny country in the Pacific has won many times in the beauty contests. Is it for the reason that the Pinays have such good genes? Is it the beauty alone that counts? I have not entered in the beauty pageant and for that matter, in real essence, I do not have a clue how it works on the judging. However, the presenter would say how and the categories mentioned but being a contestant is a different cattle of fish. As far I know, the talent and answers to the questions carry a lot of points. The Filipinos are brilliant and the wisdom – impeccable. I'm not saying this because I am a Filipina by birth although I acquired citizenship from Australia along the way. I heard many nationalities had said the same thing.
In any contest, be it sport or beauty, sportsmanship must prevail. The winner proclaimed by the judges – always correct. But in the 2015 saga, the presenter made a mistake but soon enough fixed. But, it did not finish there. And became the bombardment to the kernel of the brains from the audience – question asked, how did it happen? It was a big blow to Ms Columbia; no doubt. However, she handled the situation with grace, I thoroughly believe, it is painful. Adhering to the tangibility of the correctness of the judging, the truth, Miss Columbia is also a winner, first runner-up. For me: to enter that kind of competition, the young and beautiful ladies are already winners. The road that they passed by must be daunting but they have to give their best shot. Donald Trump said that; Ms Philippines and Ms Columbia should share the title? Well, that is his opinion but why? It was not the mistake of the judges. It was just announced wrongly. Where is the standpoint of the judges if this case would happen; that there are two title holders? Judges decision is always right – that's the perfect answer to me. Therefore, there is only one Miss Universe in 2015 – Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzback.
The Universe has a plan for everyone…the constellation aligned to the correctness manifested to humankind. A thing that seemed to be unbelievable can happen fast like a comet passing by. Nevertheless, whatever we do, humility goes a long way. Pia's humbleness and gentleness – a gift from heaven. Miss Universe 2015 – Epic moment.


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Q: Trouble with json parsing in spark streaming I'm setting a streaming with spark where data will be read from a S3 bucket and a streaming to a application will be defined. However, the query returns an error while reading the json within the data's columns.
For example, if I start the streaming as
val stream = spark.readStream.format("delta").load("my_path").where("apply condition")

And then apply a withWatermark and a group by, i get the error
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not construct instance of com.databricks.sql.transaction.tahoe.actions.CommitInfo: no suitable constructor found, can not deserialize from Object value (missing default constructor or creator, or perhaps need to add/enable type information?)

Basically, within the where i'm restricting data to be no older than a treshold to reduce its size (if i don't do that, i have a memory error).

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FROZEN Leaves JUMANJI Out in the Cold
Writerby Pierce Conran
Local Noir KILLED MY WIFE Opens in 6th place
Business was down over 30% week-on-week as new titles failed to unseat the reigning champ on the charts. The mid-December weekend still managed to draw a healthy 2.14 million viewers, a figure that should rise considerably as we enter the end-of-year season with a batch of major new releases this coming Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile Korean films barely registered on the charts with a minuscule 7% share.
Leading the way for the fourth straight weekend was Disney's behemoth Frozen 2, which slowed just 35% as another 896,000 viewers (USD 6.55 million) snatched up tickets. This gave the animated hit a gargantuan 12.08 million admissions (USD 85.92 million) to date, which makes it the 4th best-selling import of all time and the 15th highest overall. Although business should finally take a hit in the coming days as it will lose a significant amount of screens, it still has room to move up several rungs on the all-time charts.
While Jumanji: The Next Level improved on its predecessor's debut in several major markets, it was slightly behind in Korea, surely owing to the enduring success of Frozen 2. Nevertheless the action-adventure film managed to score a decent debut with 601,000 seats (USD 4.42 million) filled over the weekend and 802,000 sales (USD 5.77 million) counted since its Wednesday bow.
Solid word of mouth helped both Ford V Ferrari and Knives Out, which were down 29% and 25%, respectively, with 243,000 (USD 1.88 million) and 123,000 entries (USD 931,000) counted over their sophomore weekend. That gives the racing drama 878,000 viewers (USD 6.61 million) and the whodunnit 448,000 spectators (USD 3.21 million) after 12 days in theaters.
In fifth place was the local family drama A Little Princess as it slowed 57% with 68,000 seats filled (USD 470,000), pushing its total to 428,000 admissions (USD 2.81 million).
Meanwhile the low-budget Korean noir Killed My Wife opened in sixth place with 44,000 sales (USD 324,000) and 75,000 entries (USD 534,000) over five days.
Local films are expected to finally reclaim the chart this coming weekend with two films: opening on Wednesday is the webcomic adaptation START-UP starring Don LEE, followed on Thursday by the star-studded disaster action-drama ASHFALL, with LEE Byung-hun, HA Jung-woo and once again Don LEE.
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[Boxoffice Reports] FROZEN 2 Enters 10 Million Club During 3rd Weekend Win
[Boxoffice Reports] FROZEN 2 Snows in BRING ME HOME Debut
[Boxoffice Reports] FROZEN 2 Ices the Competition in Record Debut


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Herbal and essential oils are an integral part of every masseuse. They give the massage a new dimension, and their smells can be relaxing or stimulating.
Essential oils should always be diluted in base oil, carefully closed and kept in a cold and dark place.
Bergamot - acts as a natural antiseptic, helps with depression and acne. The oil is phototoxic, meaning that after massage with this oil you should not expose your skin to sunlight.
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Chamomile - it works soothing, antidepressant, it helps with headaches, insect kills and mosquitoes.
Lavender - a natural antiseptic and analgesic, it acts soothing, helps with headaches and insomnia, stimulates circulation.
Neroli - it works soothing, natural aphrodisiac, helps with anxiety and insomnia, nourishes dry skin.
Rosemary - stimulates, improves memory, relieves rheumatic pain. It is suitable for sports massage.
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Tea maker - works against fungus and bacteria, soothes.
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Adjustment disorder is a condition that develops after an individual has experienced one or more significant stressors. If you have symptoms of adjustment disorder, you might experience distress in many areas of your life, and possibly experience a level of upset that does not appropriately match the situation that triggered the disorder in the first place.
Adjustment disorder and its symptoms can vary from individual to individual. For some, symptoms of this condition do not start developing until roughly three months after the triggering event has occurred. In many instances, it takes upwards of six months for these symptoms to fade, unless continual stressors are perpetuating the condition.
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), adjustment disorder can occur in people of all ages. This specific mental health condition is most commonly diagnosed in inpatient settings, with rates as high as 50%.


Milo thought the winter would be quiet at his family's inn– but it turns out to be anything but when suddenly guest after mysterious guest arrive with strange stories and even stranger behavior. Can Milo solve the mystery before the guests depart?
If you like treasure maps, creaky houses and hauntings, chances are you will like the Greenglass House.
Similar reads: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stuart and The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.
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Available hooks:

``args``:
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``pre_send``:
    The Request object, directly before being sent.

``post_request``:
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HOOKS = ('args', 'pre_request', 'pre_send', 'post_request', 'response')

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    if key in hooks:
        hooks = hooks.get(key)

        if hasattr(hooks, '__call__'):
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        for hook in hooks:
            _hook_data = hook(hook_data)
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Women who have undergone infertility treatment, such as in-vitro fertilisation, are more likely to experience severe pregnancy complications, according to a new research.
Maternal age greater than 40 years and being pregnant with twins or triplets are also linked with a higher rate of these complications. "We found that the women who received infertility treatment, especially in-vitro fertilisation, were about 40 per cent more likely to experience severe pregnancy complication compared with women who gave birth without any treatment," said lead author Natalie Dayan from the McGill University Health Centre in Canada.


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Simon Kinny-Lewis is an amazing guitarist, songwriter and performer . He has recorded and performed with world-class artists such as Christian Howes, Ric Fierabracci, Anton Davidyants, Simeon Cain and more.
Having release three albums with a new one on the way, Simon has toured Brazil, USA and was a finalist in the 2013 Yamaha & Laney World Wide Guitar competition held in Thailand. He was also invited to play in the Basement Blues Society "5 of our Best Guitarists" show held at the basement in Sydney.
The Simon Kinny-Lewis Band also features Rick Melick on keys, who has toured and recorded with Joe Bonnamassa for over ten years, along with drummer Tony Boyd (Mal Eastick Band) and Rob Ewan on bass.


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Q: Hangfire ServerName from Context We're trying to get the Hangfire ServerName from a running background job. Is this possible and if so, how?
So far, we've looked at the ProcessContext object, but it doesn't seem to include the ServerName.
Thank you for the help.

A: A blind shot (not tested), but I would try something like this with an IApplyStateFilter :
public class GetServerIdFilter : IApplyStateFilter
{
    public void OnStateApplied(ApplyStateContext context, IWriteOnlyTransaction transaction)
    {
        var state = context.NewState as ProcessingState;
        if (state != null)
        {
            var serverId = state.ServerId;
            var workerId = state.WorkerId;
        }
    }

    public void OnStateUnapplied(ApplyStateContext context, IWriteOnlyTransaction transaction)
    {
    }
}

The filter can be registered as in this answer

A: I know the following doesn't quite answer your question about reading it from a job, as far as I've seen it looks impossible. If it is impossible, this answer might be helpful, so here you go.
I'm not sure there is an option to read it from somewhere.
Anyway, the Hangfire docs here read you could handle the server name manually:

Since the defaults values provide uniqueness only on a process level, you should handle it manually if you want to run different server instances inside the same process:

var options = new BackgroundJobServerOptions
    {
        ServerName = String.Format(
            "{0}.{1}",
            Environment.MachineName,
            Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
    };

    var server = new BackgroundJobServer(options);

    // or

    app.UseHangfireServer(options);


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,This year our at girls retreat our theme was "FIGHT".
We learned about how we all are in a battle, and how we need to know that the fight that is going on is for our hearts.
We were so encouraged by our speakers Glenda Spears, and Jennifer King who spoke about finding your fight and how God fights for you. We also had a special breakout session with our Senior girls, where our girls got to get in smaller groups and talk about their personal fights.
Over all this weekend was a time of encouragement to step into the battle that God is already fighting for us! May God be praised for a wonderful weekend and our time together.
To see photos of the event please go to our "Media" page under the "Photos" tab.


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As you know, we try to make our visits interesting by choosing venues that are normally off the tourist trails. This month's visit is no exception. We will be visiting the old Masonic Hall in Valletta.
The Masonic Hall building dates back to the Knights of St John.
Britain from our last venue, Fort Delimara.
since except for a period in WW2 when it was badly damaged.
and St. Michael's Street in Valletta. We will meet there at 10:30am where the Lodge members have graciously agreed to give us a tour and inform us about some of the history of the building and Freemasonry in Malta.
AMACS members have been offered a unique opportunity to also find out more about the inner workings of the Masons and will be encouraged to ask any questions regarding the Lodge and the Order of the Masons themselves.
This tour is a one-off especially for AMACS members and their guests. Entrance is free and there will be no charge for this visit. After the tour, the hall have told us that they will open the bar for refreshments should we desire some! The Masonic members are giving up their free time for us to put this tour on so your support is essential.
As is usual for our visits, spaces are limited so please contact Franco as soon as possible to reserve your place. Book fast to avoid disappointment!


we had tons of fun at jt's birthday party. it was filled with bug catching, fishing for live goldfish, archery, gifts, cake & s'mores. it doesn't get much better than that. here are a few pictures.
flashlight, compass, glow stick, pop rocks, squirt gun, & a thank you note.
big kid goody bags. marshmallows dipped in chocolate & sprinkled with graham crackers.
ash using the bow & arrows i made.
each kiddo went home full of sugar. it was my parting gift to their parents. we sent them home by 8:30 pm hyped up on candy with a goody bag, a beta fish (for some reason i didn't take a picture of the fish), a bowl & fish food. i felt so blessed to see people love on my little guy. he definitely had so much fun. a party i am sure he won't forget.
oh how i love parties.
This rules! Wow, Jeremy must have been so pumped about this party. Seriously. Good job, Summer. You're really talented.
Linda... i put in a water a napkin, water bottle, chips,fruit, & then they put their grilled hot dogs in with wax paper after they put the toppings on.
It looks like it was so much fun, too bad all the fun can't be sent south! Miss you guys! Great job...GREAT MOM Sum!


Reflection questions for before, during, and after a project or lesson.
Teaching our students the importance of reflecting upon their knowledge, work, effort, and learning is super important, but it's not always that easy.
Reflection questions allow students to think about their thinking.
This kind of questioning allows students to better understand how they are working or learning so they can make changes and adjustments from there. Reflection takes time, and often students think that once their work is complete, they should be finished. Often, the younger the student, the more difficult it can be to get them to reflect on what they've done.
Here are a few of our favorite reflection questions to use in your instruction. Adjust or edit these questions to meet your students' needs.
What would I like to learn about this topic or subject?
Where will I find the information I need for this assignment?
What kinds of research do I need to do?
Do I fully understand the question or prompt?
How can I break down the assignment into smaller parts?
Did I give myself ample time to really think about this assignment and brainstorm possible solutions?
Who can help me get what I need to complete this work?
What tools or supplies should I use for this assignment?
How will I be assessed for this project?
Do I understand all parts of the rubric or scoring guide?
What are my goals for this assignment?
What do I need to do in order to meet those goals?
How will this assignment be turned in to my teacher?
Do I know the due date for this project, and am I able to meet it?
What else do I need to know in order to finish this task?
Can I make a few predictions about what will happen next?
How well am I using my time?
Am I answering all parts of the questions completely?
Which parts of this assignment are easy for me?
Which parts of this assignment are challenging for me?
Does my work reflect my effort thus far?
Am I putting forth my best effort in my work?
Are the sources I am using reliable?
Am I citing my sources properly?
How close am I to achieving my original goals with this assignment?
Are the goals I set before I began this assignment still reasonable? Do I need to readjust them?
If possible, can I ask my teacher or a classmate for feedback on my current progress on this assignment?
Am I learning interesting information as I work on this project?
What new information have I learned from this assignment?
What surprised me about what I learned?
How quickly was I able to finish this work?
How did I move through roadblocks or challenges?
Is my work adapted for the correct, appropriate audience?
How closely did I follow the parameters of the assignment?
Using the grade rubric, how would I score my own work?
What would the teacher say about my work?
How does my work compare to what my classmates did on this assignment?
Does my work truly reflect my effort?
Have I achieved the goal I set for myself with this assignment?
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Am I proud of my work?
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Antonio Gallego Gallego (born 1942) is a Spanish writer and musicologist.

Life and career

Antonio Gallego was born in Zamora, Spain in 1942 and was raised in La Vera. He studied at the Colegio Sagrado Corazón of the Society of Jesus in Carrión de los Condes, and music at the conservatories of Salamanca and Valladolid, law at the University of Salamanca, and arts at the Complutense University of Madrid. A disciple of Federico Sopeña, Gallego has been the Technical Secretary of the National Chalcography, a Professor of Aesthetics and History of Music at the Valencia Conservatory, and a Professor of Musicology at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. He directed the Cultural Services of the Fundación Juan March between 1980 and 2005. He was appointed a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1996 and a member of the Real Academia de Extremadura de las Letras y las Artes in 2002. A founding member of the Spanish Society of Musicology (SEdeM), Gallego directed its Journal between 1978 and 1980.

In 1992, he wrote the libretto for Miguel Ángel Coria's opera Belisa, adapted from García Lorca's play Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín. The work premiered on May 15, 1992, at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid.

El amor brujo

El amor brujo, one of the most important works of Manuel de Falla, was first performed in April 1915 in Madrid, Spain. Falla continued to work on the music until completing the 1925 version premiered in Paris, France. Both the original 1915 score and the following 1916 version were considered lost.

In 1986, Antonio Gallego was commissioned to compile a catalog of Manuel de Falla's works kept in his archive. During this task Gallego recovered from sketches the original 1915 version. The reconstruction process is detailed in his book Manuel de Falla y El amor brujo.

Works

Gallego has published many articles and a dozen books including:

 La música en el Museo del Prado (The Music in the Prado Museum), 1972
 Música y Sociedad (Music and Society), 1977
 Catálogo de los dibujos de la Calcografía Nacional, 1978
 Historia del grabado en España  (History of Spanish Engraving), 1979
 Catálogo de obras de Manuel de Falla (Manuel de Falla Works Catalog), 1987
 La música en tiempos de Carlos III (Music in the times of Charles III), 1989
 Manuel de Falla y El amor brujo, 1990
 Historia de la Música II (History of Music), 1997
 El arte de Joaquín Rodrigo (The art of Joaquin Rodrigo), 2003
 Al son del roncón. La música en los poetas asturianos (Music and the Asturian Poets), 2006

References

Sources
Valenzuela, Regina (May 15, 1992). "Miguel Ángel Coria estrena su primera ópera, 'Belisa', en la Zarzuela de Madrid". El País (in Spanish)

1942 births
Spanish musicologists
Academic staff of the Madrid Royal Conservatory
Living people
Spanish musicians
University of Salamanca alumni

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Idol's F*ck Up!
An Early Monday Update (Sloan! Lohan! The Trews!)
>Okay so it's 2:15am. I work in 6 hours but I just got home from the Sloan concert at Tequila and I just had to make a list.
My thoughts of the evening (in no particular order)
1. Who knew that Sloan were still so rocking?!?
2. I get nervous when bands stop singing so fans can sing the rest of their songs. Luckily, Sloan has a solid fan base.
3.I love that Sloan asked security to come in and asked them to take some aggresive guy out of the audience.
4. I was nervous when the lead singer described said guy as the "bald guy".
5.I'm in no condition to show upload pictures right now, but I'll do it later today.
6. I don't think I've ever been in this "condition" on a school night before. Not even during University. Although I have been in this "condition" at University.
7. Why does the Calgary Stampede make me do things I would never ever do normally.
8. I had deep fried Oreos today. I can die a happy man.
9. I met a dog named Hero today. It was instant love.
10. I'm honestly still not over how amazing Sloan was tonight. I will admit I was wrong to dismiss them so many years ago.
11. Every member of Sloan plays every instrument throughout their show.
12. You know what is better than a Sloan concert? When they are joined on stage by fellow Nova Scotians The Trews and together they sing Jumping Jack Flash.
13. Jumping Jack Flash is not a Sloan song. Who knew?
The list is complete.
I don't want to get everyone to excited……BUT I have it on good authority that the star of Mean Girls and Freaky Friday….Lindsay Lohan Mom…..may be at Tequila on Monday night cheering on her new girlfriend. If I am wrong, my contact is a very good liar. Like amazingly good. But it makes sense that she would come. Who doesn't want to check out the Calgary Stampede and Calgary doesn't have a single paparazzi, besides me that is! Feel free to come by Tequila on Monday night. I will be there and hopefully so will Lindsay. Hmmm…I wonder who the bigger draw is?


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