Does this make the working mothers of Ireland feel good? I don't think so. In my experience, working fathers, however virtuous, appear to be largely immune from guilt so we'll give them a skip for the meanwhile.
I've given this a lot of thought. I believe that what is best for very young children is to be at home with a parent who is happy to be at home. Unfortunately, people are different and not everybody finds being at home with small children fun and fantastic. Some people find it really difficult. And here's the funny part, you don't know which category you will fall into until you have children yourself.
I believe that if a mother or father wants to stay at home with young children, the state should do all it can to facilitate that as it is best for both parents and children. I have gone to work leaving the children at home in the care of their father. The comfort in sailing out the door without having to get anyone ready for the day, leaving them with someone who loves them and having no wailing as I depart is great. It's great for me and it's great for them. It's possibly not so great for him because by the time I came home in the late afternoon he was climbing the walls and the childrnen were a hair's breadth from being marched upstairs and given away to any neighbours who would take them (no charge!).
So let us assume that you are a parent who wants to go to work, that you find staying at home with children lonely and difficult. Let's even imagine that you might be unhappy and cranky because you are at home with your children. Let's even imagine that you might have to be restrained in a strait jacket, if you stayed at home, because it is hard work and it's not for everyone whatever people might say. There are lots of us and we love our children, no really. There are also lots of people who need two salaries to support their families.
So, what are your options? Let us, for the sake of argument, assume that your spouse does not want to stay at home with the children either.
A) You can work part-time. This is, of course, career death. Yeah, I know it shouldn't be and all that but it is. And, of course, you're out the door at 6 o'clock like a hare out of a trap. But it's a compromise most women and some men with young children make.
C) You can hire a nanny. Do you know how unnerving it is to leave your child with one person? Well, I'm sure the press can fill you in.
D) You can put your child in childcare. I genuinely believe that going to a social environment like a creche, part-time from about 2 is really beneficial. No, I haven't done any research but I see myself how my children enjoy interacting with the other kids. Under 2, I think it is a safe, happy environment but I don't think that it is as good for the child as staying at home with a happy parent where the carer to child ratio is 1:1 or 1:2 and, you know, the carer is one of the people who loves the child most in the world. I'm pragmatic, but I'm not stupid.
There are disadvantages attached to all of these options. I think you must weigh the parents' health, happiness and well-being in the mix as well as the children's. Children do not live in a vacuum, they are affected by what happens around them. The best we can aim for, in an imperfect world, is reasonable happiness for most of the family, most of the time. I hope that we achieve this in my family. Yes, there are mornings when I drive the boys to the creche and they say "pas creche, pas creche" but then there are evenings when they are playing with such enthusiasm and delight that they don't want to come home. Yes, the Princess loves the days that I collect her from school rather than the childminder but there are days when she loves going to play with the childminder's children in their garden (relations are cold at the moment though).
I hate the scaremongering about people's choices in the press. We all try to make the best choices for our families in the situations in which we find ourselves. If your child is in childcare from 6.45 until 6.00 in the evening, that may not be ideal for your family but it is the best you can manage taking everything into consideration. And you know what? Your child will be absolutely fine because he is in a loving family where everyone is doing his best.
In Belgium, mercifully, no one agonises about childcare. A generation of Belgians have already been through the creche. Childhood is a much less romanticised business. One morning I saw one of the other mothers saying severely to her child "stop crying, you are spending the day playing, I am going to work". A little harsh, you might say but no nonsense. And another thing – those grown-up Belgians who went through the creche system, they seem to be just fine. They are not, in fact, psychopaths mowing down their colleagues with machine guns (they tend to kiss each other when they come in to work in the morning). And also, a number of the women who work in my boys' creche have their children in full time care in the creche. So there. Furthermore, my mother worked full-time when I was very small and part-time when I was older and I had a very happy childhood and, as you know, have grown-up to be perfect.
To summarise, people try to do their best for their children and their families. They do not need to be harassed about the choices they have made. I believe that, if you love your children and try to do what is best for your family in your circumstances, it will all turn out fine, pretty much regardless of what choices you make. You will recall that "Happy families are all alike".
Thank you for this great post. I'm not a stay-at-home type person, and I knew this all along. My daughter is in nursery from 8am-4pm every day, and I don't feel guilty, not one iota. Our time spent with her is high quality, and she feels loved and cared for.
Sorry to get all rant-y. Sensitive topic for me, obviously.
Amen Amen. I've posted about this before but, prior to having children and when I was pregnant, I bemoaned the fact that "I didn't have a choice" about going back to work (well not if I also wanted a house as well as a family). Had I had a choice – ie if my husband had earned enough – I would have given up work I think. It would, without doubt, have been a terrible decision for me. And by extension my children. They love the 2 days they have with me; I'm quite sure they would not have loved it if those days were 5 days out of 7 with me bored out of my skull…. I do feel fortunate not to have had to make the childcare decision. My mother is fantastic doing the day that hubby and I both work – and she does appear to genuinely enjoy it; she refuses to contemplate stopping at any rate…. But the main reason I feel fortunate not to have to have made the decision is 1) I don't have to get anyone else ready on the mornings I go to work and 2) I don't have to read reports like this one and be made to feel guilty. There are enough other things making me feel guilty out there….
I can't wait for the studies about SAHMs who micromanaged their children's lives within an inch of insanity. We have a lot of those where i live, these women who SAY they want to stay at home and be full-time moms, but in reality are bored stiff and compensate by micromanaging and coming up with new and improved fundraising schemes for the school.
I agree heartily with what you said. did i have some difficult choices? yes. will my child be forever scarred because of the extra hour she stayed in preschool the year she was four? no.
My mother stopped working when she had me, then she had my brothers and never returned to work. I remember how jealous I was at my friends who could go to day camps or to grand-parents… during the vacation when we were always stuck with my mother. She was always there: before school, after school.
My children went to daycare when they were 4 months old, I thought that was a bit young but that's how it was.
Now they go to school from 8.00 to 17.00. They like the extra time before and after class when they can play with their friends.
They also really appreciate the few times when I can pick them up at 15.30 or when I'm off and they can bike to school.
You've struck a chord. In brief, I concur with everything you say.
Long time lurker here (have a couple of expat friends in Brussels, and I like reading your blog in tandem with their stories), but wanted to comment on this.
I don't have children, but I was a child with lots of childcare and two working parents who really had no choice. And who even had to stay at home alone on occasion in the holidays as a young teenager because exciting plans cost too much and parents still had to work. No nanny or ever-present granny (we visited a lot, though). Well, I seem to be a sane enough adult (touch wood), with an equally sane younger sibling. And I will say to anyone who asks that I had a wonderful childhood and still have absolutely magnificent parents. Did I mind Mum wasn't there 24-7? Not at all. She was there when it mattered, and so was Dad (who packed an equally mean lunch and always made sure we had shiny shoes and clean clothes).
Moreover, my mother picked up two degrees while we were growing up, and still has a thriving career in her sixties (she's at an international conference at the moment!) She and Dad have independent identities as well as a joint one, and we all have a great relationship, even though I live on the other side of the planet.
And if I have children (medically unlikely, but…), I could only do my best to emulate them. Including childcare. I value my own career, sanity and financial independence, and value having a mother who had all that while I was growing up.
Umm, have I just destroyed entire strands of journalism here?
One must remember that these "childcare experts" must also eat. How much could they earn if their message was: "Use common sense." Scaremongering is sure to get you a speaking engagement; carefully balanced scholarship might not. It is, after all, boring.
Lauren – "Umm, have I just destroyed entire strands of journalism here?" God, I would love to think so. Most pleasing comment. Though, as BroLo points out, most unlikely to be noted in any way by the scaremongerers. Sigh.


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You can't effectively legislate against immorality, as it does not adhere to any law.
The hot girl said she'd give me her phone number when I called.
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Potentilla glaucophylla — вид трав'янистих рослин родини розові (Rosaceae), поширений на півночі й заході Північної Америки. Етимологія:  — «сірувато-зелений»,  — сполучна голосна,  — «листя».

Опис
Стебла 0.5–3(4.5) дм. Базальне листя 2–20 см, черешок (0.5)1–8(14) см, довгі волоски часто відсутні, іноді від розріджених до рясних, зазвичай пригнічені, 1–2 мм, від слабких до жорстких, листових фрагментів 5–6(7), іноді є 1–2(4) додаткові. Поверхні подібні, блакитно-зелені, довгі волоски від рідких до рясних. Стеблових листків (0)1–2(3).

Суцвіття 2–10(20)-квіткові. Квітоніжка (0.5)1–3(6.5) см. Квіти: чашолистки (2)2.5–4.5(5) мм, вершини від гострих до коротко загострених; пелюстки (4)5–10(12) × 4–9(10) мм; пиляки 0.4–0.7(0.9) мм. Сім'янка 1.2–1.6 мм.

Поширення
Північна Америка: Ґренландія, Канада, США. Населяє краї луків, сухі гравійні площини й схили, й до субальпійських хвойних лісів, альпійську тундру; 0(100)–3500 м.

Див. також
Список видів роду перстач

Примітки

Посилання
 Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
 Panarctic Flora
 Flora of North America

glaucophylla
Флора Північної Америки
Флора Азії
Рослини, описані 1836

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I decided recently to test (myself!) whether I could create a small shooting game in Silverlight. Having read the book "Game Programming with Silverlight", I felt somewhat confident in this! After a couple of coding hours, I managed to deliver a decent (well, maybe not!) and simple game, which I am going to present here to you. The game is, in its nature, rather simple.
Page loads, you click "Start" and the game begins. All you have to do is click on my face to "shoot" me, and get more points. After some time the game ends, and you are presented with your score.
You can download the full source code for this (it's not much!) by navigating to my Skydrive folder here: http://cid-10e568adbb498dc8.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Sample%20Source%20code%20in%20.NET It's the Silverlight Shooting Game file.


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Q: How to implement the Display/ValueMember in my own control I created the custom winforms data control which has the "DisplayMember & ValueMember" properties (the functionality should be same as in standard winforms controls). But the problem is common and can be used in webforms.
Now, I'm trying get values via Reflection and DataRow/DataRowView.
Should be supported more ways how to get/set values?
Should I handle some special situations?
Is there some best practise how to do this task?
Thanks.

A: Can you inherit from ListControl? This will do all the heavy lifting for you. If not try reflecting the ListControl class and see how that handles it.

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Zigzag Bluff () is a rock bluff at the foot of Herbert Range, overlooking Ross Ice Shelf about 5 miles (8 km) west of the terminus of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Probably first seen by Roald Amundsen in 1911, the bluff was roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. So named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1961–62, because of the peculiar folding of the marble on the bluff.

Cliffs of the Ross Dependency
Amundsen Coast


On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail. The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man. Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house—two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it! Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
"Ben can't start from the Crossing until the mail comes through from the Landing," said Gaviller. "It can't start from the Landing until the ice is secure on the Big River, the Little River, and across Caribou Lake." Gaviller was a handsome man of middle life, who took exceeding good care of himself, and ruled his principality with an amiable relentlessness. They called him the "Czar," and it did not displease him.
"Everybody knows Caribou Lake freezes over first," grumbled the doctor.


ADS Channel 7 Adelaide. 1969. Producer: Kevin Dean Roper.
Musical Direction: Phil Cunneen. Engineer: Graham Milne. Recorded at Gamba Studios, Adelaide. Vocals: Roger Cardwell. Featuring Trev, Rick and Dennis.
Statsboro Blues. (2:10). (Blind Willy McPell). (Southern).
Pretty Saro. (3:03). (Collins). (Albert).
Big Ball In Boston. (1:59). (Trad. Arr: Trev, Rick & Dennis).
Mary In The Morning. (3:26). (Cymba - Lendell - Arr: Cunneen, Roper). (Castle).
Noah (Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord). (1:56). (Trad. Arr: Trev, Rick - Dennis &Cardwell). (Davis).
Song Of The Cowboys. (2:35). (Jimmie Driftwood).
Did You Hear 'Bout Jerry. (3:05). (Belafonte - Burgie, Arr: Cardwell - Ashdown).
Dream On Little Dreamer. (2:20). (Crutchfield - Burch, Arr: Cunneen - Roper). (Southern).
Bryan O'Lynn. (2:40). (Trad. Arr: Ashdown - Cardwell).
San Francisco Bay Blues. (2:02). (Jessie Fuller). (Essex).
The Marvellous Toy. (3:05). (Tom Paxton). (Essex).
Frankie And Johnnie. (4:54). (Trad. Arr: Cardwell).
Fire On The Mountain. (1:34). (Trad. Arr: Trev, Rick & Dennis).


those B100dy Island Trials from Gen 7; Good Riddance; and thank goodness they're not in Let's go Pikachu & Eevee; Nor are they in Pokemon Sword & Shield; I was never a fan of them when gen 7 started; and I Certainly don't miss them NOW; Seriously, I might be off-base when I say this; But Gyms were & are so much better than the Island trials ever could hope to be; the Pokemon Gyms never deserved to be cast aside in gen 7, until later in that generation, during the release of Let's go Pikachu & Eevee, where they have FINALLY made their triumphant return. . . and they appear to be back for Gen 8; Meaning they're not going away any time soon!!
To be fair, they made sense for Gen 7, considering Alola is a region based on culture and tradition.
They didn't even have a Pokémon League when you start your adventure, so there would be no point in Gyms.
Somebody has to come out and say it: Mega Rayquaza, that thing is broken beyond belief, there's a reason why other Mega Evolutions require a held item because if they didn't, they would be broken. Its ability negating both weather and one of its weaknesses make it even more broken.
and they appear to be back for Gen 8; Meaning they're not going away any time soon!!
I wonder about that. There's a soccer/sports theme going on with them now.
But that's the only way it can bring the necessary Balance to negate the damage of Primal Groudon AND Primal Kyogre. . .
even so; I was never really fond of them to begin with; and I'm STILL Not; and I honestly hope they N-E-V-E-R return. . .
So... Different Gyms have different themes; maybe for Galar; they're all based off of various sports. . . Like Soccer, Cricket, Polo, etc. . .
Definitely the Festival Plaza. I've spent a lot of time ranting about all the problems with this monstrosity, but I'll do this again for old times sake. First of all, this is so complete a downgrade from the PSS that it isn't even funny. As it's not always on, I can't have link battles or trades with anyone as they are all doing something better with their time, and that was one of the most fun parts of XY. Earning the festival coins to do anything with is just so much of a chore, and unlike Join Avenue it is really difficult to get storefronts you want or to buy the things you want. But the worst part is that the thing will ban you if your internet gives out on you, and I am basically punished for not being able to afford the best internet. It is this that singlehandedly makes Gen VII worse than Gen VI in my eyes, as the great online play gave me much more replay value than anything in Gen VII. Hell, I prefer Gen IV online play to this. And to top it all off, it has one of the most annoying songs in the entire franchise and it takes you forever to be able to change it.


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Space Shuttle Costs: 1971-2011
In this week's Nature, Rad Byerly and I have a short correspondence on the overall program costs for the Space Shuttle program (see figure above and data table below). The sources for the data are my 1994 paper on costs (PDF), the 2004 CAIB report and NASA annual budget submissions. The data are adjusted to 2010 values using OMB GDP price deflators (XLS). Obviously the information for 2011 is an estimate. The shuttle has been launched once this year's planned total of 3 missions.
Here is an excerpt from our correspondence:
Some 20 years ago, we found the programme to be slightly over budget and severely short in capability (R. A. Pielke and R. Byerly in Space Policy Alternatives Ch. 14, 223–245; 1992). We used 8 years of cost and schedule experience to predict performance for the subsequent 20 years of the shuttle programme.
The US Congress and NASA spent more than US$192 billion (in 2010 dollars) on the shuttle from 1971 to 2010 (see 'A costly enterprise'). The agency launched 131 flights; two ended in tragedy with the loss of Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003. During the operational years from 1982 to 2010, the average cost per launch was about $1.2 billion. Over the life of the programme, this increases to about $1.5 billion per launch (R. A. Pielke Space Policy 10, 78–80; 1994).
For the period 1991–2010, we originally projected an average cost per flight of about $800 million. The actual cost was about $1 billion. We overestimated both the flight rate during this time (8 predicted flights versus 4.7 actual) and the annual costs (about $6.2 billion predicted versus $4.7 billion actual).
The actual cost for each flight of the programme falls squarely in the middle of the envelope we constructed, with projected uncertainties.
Here is the figure that shows that envelope of uncertainties from our 1992 paper with the red star indicating how things actually turned out.
Here is how we end our correspondence:
The shuttle is the costliest US spaceflight programme ever undertaken. As it comes to an end, we should celebrate its successes, and draw lessons to inform future human spaceflight ventures.
For further information see:
Pielke, Jr., R. A. (1993), A reappraisal of the space-shuttle program. Space Policy 9 (2) 133-157.
Below is the data table that was used to generate the figure that appears in Nature and at the top of this post. Note that costs are for fiscal years and flights are for calendar years.
Year Current Constant'10 Flights
1971 $78.50 $348.12
1972 $155.90 $660.12
1973 $296.70 $1203.75
1975 $1010.70 $3463.08
1981 $2254.70 $4863.02 1
2011 $989.00 $989.00 3
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I never stop being amazed at how weird chickens are.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call them stupid, because I really don't know that they are any smarter or dumber than they need to be. They do things that are seemingly intelligent from time to time, such as hiding from hawks or huddling in the coop during a storm. Then, at other times, they do things that I find utterly bewildering. Like this morning.
In the past, our chickens have laid their eggs in the chicken coop. While that still might happen occasionally (and, I'm certain, accidentally), the vast majority of the time, we will find our daily clutch of eggs atop a hay bale in the garage.
The ladies actually wait on line for this spot as though they are not allowed or capable of laying elsewhere.
This is clearly the only place for egg laying on our two-acre farm.
Except for the mud room.
After realizing that the chickens were going to lay their eggs wherever they damn well pleased, we decided to at least encourage them to do it where we might find them, as opposed to out in the woods or in the pig enclosure. In that spirit, we put two hay-lined milk crates in the mud room and, briefly, had created a popular spot that was pretty much egg delivery for us–all we had to do was step out the front door and gather eggs.
While the garage hay bale has taken pride of place, we still have one or two hens that prefer the crates.
The only drawback to the crates is that we've never properly secured them. The shelf upon which they sit is slightly narrower than they are so, when a hen hops up on the outside of one of them, it can tip over and fall to the floor below. We've tried a few half-measures to fix it, but we usually just right the fallen one and go about our day. Today, a hen was squawking and carrying on for longer than usual and I finally looked out to see what was the matter.
I saw one overturned crate and one with a hen sitting in it. Not thinking much of it, I lifted the overturned one to put it back, only to find a chicken trapped underneath.
This comes on the heels of finding one of our barn cats in the dryer last night while I was folding laundry out of it. I'd opened the dryer, started folding, and walked away for a moment to check on something else. I returned and continued folding, noticing that each time I grabbed an article of clothing it really seemed like something was moving in there. I looked in to see what it was and found the cat getting ready to settle in for the night.
So, my goal today is to keep the chickens and cats from trapping or killing themselves inadvertently as a result of my marginal awareness of their needs.
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Our chickens all lay in one or two of the nesting boxes. There are plenty of them and they could easily spread out, but they do exactly what yours do: line up and wait their turn for the premier box. So strange.


HOUSTON (AP) Houston running back Arian Foster was inactive on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals with a groin injury.
It's the second straight week that Foster has been out with the injury. Foster is third in the NFL with 822 yards rushing this season.
Rookie Alfred Blue will start in his place after rushing a franchise-record 36 times for 156 yards in his place last week.
Also out for the Texans was cornerback Kareem Jackson, who has a knee injury. A.J. Bouye will start for him.
Inactive for the Bengals was linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who was out for the fourth straight game after knee surgery. Vincent Rey will start in his place. Running back Giovani Bernard was active after missing the past three games with an injured shoulder and hip.
No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon Clowney was active for the second straight week after Houston's linebacker missed seven of the previous eight games with a knee injury and an illness.


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States: When, Why and How they Happen
States: When, Why and How they Happen (LAWS90150)
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States are important, as state-building exercises round the world indicate, yet there are regular suggestions that their significance is waning under pressure from globalisation externally and fragmentation internally. This subject examines this paradox from an internal perspective, addressing four main questions.
What do we mean by "state"?
Why do "states" arise (when they arise)?
How do they manage to establish themselves?
What problems do states face, and how do they try to overcome them?
To answer the questions, we have to consider political philosophy, history (including the meaning and purpose of history in state-making), the growth and operation of institutions, empires and decolonisation, the use of coercion in the functioning of states, the roles of constitutions, and the relationship between states on the international plane. We shall look at ideas of race and nation and their relationships to "state", and undertake a number of case-studies, touching on Middle Kingdom Egypt through classical Greece and Rome, England since the fourth century CE, Ireland, the USA, Australia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Students will be encouraged to bring their own experiences and insights to the classes to illuminate the discussion.
Principal topics include:
Ways of understanding the term "state": language, sociology, history, and the relevance of "nation" and "people"
Ways of legitimating state power: political theory and morality
Ways of holding society together: Bryce, Durkheim and Weber
Ways of establishing states: decolonisation, revolution, secession, international action
Histories, institutions, values, religions and constitutions.
Have a sophisticated, integrated, advanced, evidence-based understanding of commonalities and reasons for differences between states
Have developed a sensitivity to complex, historical forces and be able to analyse their inter-relationships and management critically and creatively in the context of the life-cycles of states
Be able to reflect critically on the roles of different types of institutions in state-building and maintenance
Have an integrated understanding of the relationship between external and internal factors in the establishment of states
Have developed to an advanced level an ability to use historical, social, legal and philosophical methods in studying states
Be able to bring an informed, comparative, critical and reflective eye to questions concerning the existence, functioning and degradation of states, making appropriately critical and creative use of established theories and concepts
Be able independently to interpret social, political and historical trends in state-building and form and communicate ideas and apply them to new situations
Be able to transmit detailed understandings and ideas on these matters coherently, concisely and constructively to policy-makers, scholars, and a wider public audience
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Thanks for taking my call, Bryan; long time listener, first time stalker
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer hosts a daily radio show.
I run a daily operation that monitors anti-LGBT media.
In my role, I'm tasked with tracking those who routinely knock the LGBT community. Bryan is one such person.
In real world, this is called debate. Discussion. Discourse. Political back-and-forth.
In Bryan's AFA world? I'm a "stalker":
This is like a mutant strain on that popular principle of socially conservative pundits disliking nothing more than their own words. In this case, it's not just the fact that I'm highlighting Bryan's words and work with which he takes issue. Here, he's saying that my very act of listening to his radio show is somehow inappropriate (a claim he's also lobbed at my pals at Right Wing Watch).
It's a weird thing for any public broadcaster to say, since attracting an audience is typically said broadcaster's goal. But it's even odder for Bryan, an evangelical, who is supposedly tasked with "saving" souls. Shouldn't Bryan want "sinners" like me listening? Shouldn't I be his *target* audience? Otherwise, isn;t this pastor and radio host proving he's far more interested in stirring the pot than he is in reaching those he claims to love like Christ?
But whatever. Let Bryan go ad hominem with me if that's what's on his "values" docket. Let the record show that in my many years of covering his uber-incendiary work, I've never once called him a name. I don't do that with anyone. It's always about the work with me; I care about the message a thousand times more than I care about the messenger. And in Bryan's case? Getting out his beyond-the-pale (yet well-connected) messaging is a particularly pertinent task.
Bryan might call my tactics "stalking." Fine. I'll continue to see them as winning.


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Permanent tooth growing in behind baby tooth???
Has anyone's dc had this? One of my 6.5 year old twins has never lost a tooth yet, but has her permanent tooth growing in almost totally in, behind her baby tooth on the bottom. It is very crooked, and the baby tooth is just slightly loose, but has been that way for months. Someone told me when the permanent tooth comes in, it could tighten up the baby tooth and she might have to have it pulled. Any experiences with this? I hate for her to have a tooth pulled, she is kind of anxious about dentists/doctors as it is. Should I call the dentist right away?
I doubt it constitutes a dental emergency, but I'd call to see what they say.
Good luck - hopefully she won't have to have them pulled.
My DS had his two bottom teeth pulled because the adult teeth were coming in behind them. They numbed the area, didn't tell him what was going on and pulled them out. It was more painful for me than for him. The adult teeth moved into their spot not long after. Three more teeth have come out since, but on there own. It sounds worse than it actually is to have them pulled. My DS said he wanted to do it again because he got to eat ice cream for dinner!! I'd bring DC in as soon as possible.
. Someone told me when the permanent tooth comes in, it could tighten up the baby tooth and she might have to have it pulled.
That's incorrect . This type of thing is very common, but if it has been that way for months, I'd make a dental appointment. Or, if she's due for her next preventive care visit within the next month or two, it would be fine to wait for that (so you're not charged for an extra visit). Once the baby tooth is out, the permanent tooth that is crooked or back far will move more into place by normal tongue movement through speech, etc.
This just happened to us. DD is 5, and one of her bottom teeth started getting loose. I thought she was about to lose her first tooth. Well, it took a loooong time (like months). It kept getting looser, but not SUPER loose. Well, one day we noticed that the new tooth was coming in behind the baby tooth, which hadn't been getting much looser lately...so we got a little freaked out. We started to get a little bit 'aggressive' about wiggling it, and then DH just pulled it out while he was wiggling it one day. I'm sure the same thing would have happened with the 2nd one, but she was goofing around, chewing on her shirt one day and pulled her shirt hard and her tooth fell out.
I was a bit worried at first, but after googling around a bit, felt better.
We were just at the dentist last week, and I mentioned it to her. She said about 60% of the time the new bottom teeth come in behind the baby teeth and it's really no big deal. The tongue just naturally pushes them forward, so you don't have to worry about them being too far back. But she said if that happens to the TOP teeth, it can be a problem and you need to come in to have them checked out (not sure what she does in that case).
Mine did this - thus the need for braces. Not sure if they pulled the baby tooth as I don't remember but I did need braces.
This just happened to my ds. He is 6yo and the permanent tooth was almost 1/3 of the way in behind the baby tooth. I called the dentist, who suggested that I ask ds to wiggle the baby tooth as much as possible. If after a few weeks, there was no change, I was told to call back. I almost laughed, thinking that there was no way it would work. Well, it did! As the permanent tooth continued to come in, the baby tooth became more loose. And ds continued to wiggle it. Sure enough, the baby tooth finally fell out. Shortly thereafter, the permanent tooth moved right into its spot.
This just happened last week to my son. The dentist pulled the baby tooth as it was loose but not yet ready to fall out. He did fine with him pulling it out. Now the dentist said the adult tooth will move into place easier.
Thanks guys. Just fyi, I called the dentist and she said their rule of thumb in this situation is to start twisting and wiggling the baby tooth frequently daily and if it doesn't come out in 2 weeks, to bring her in to have it extracted. Interesting. We will be twisting like crazy to get it out before having to have it pulled, but glad to hear it wasn't traumatic for those of you who's dc's had to have it pulled. Thanks a bunch for the info and experiences.
Once the baby tooth is out, the permanent tooth that is crooked or back far will move more into place by normal tongue movement through speech, etc.
I wish this were the case for my nephew. He had an adult tooth come in behind his baby tooth and my sister didn't want to spend the money to get the tooth pulled. So they waited a few months until the tooth finally came out. I hate to say this, but he looks like he has a fang now because his tooth is so far up from where it is suppose to be! It has been 2 years now and his tooth moved down only the tiniest bit. I would not wait too long to have it pulled.
If you're talking about an permanent upper canine tooth, it can take a very long time to come down. Removing the baby tooth wouldn't have made a difference. The tongue only helps when the location is in the very front on the bottom.


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Q: How to make loop less messy and to function how it suppose to be To cut a long story short, implementing a loop that allows the user to select the indexed value of the string element of the array and then return the selection to the user and validates user input.
The errors that i have noticed that the loop has an off by one error so included " <= " " | " .I have changed to an array initializer which can be less error-prone. The loop only just printed out the index values and not the string.   I have changed the array to array class and get the errors which are.   " Lesson constructor cannot apply to declared types, actual and form arguments differ in length " I have looked at the Javadoc declaration . and saw to declare within constructor such this. = new ArrayList(Length) or something like that but I do not want to overwrite anything. I have tried to get support in NetBeans to solve the issue but get the same error when I implement the code exactly what NetBeans support implement for the first element of the array
The loop code that I would like to function effectively
Lesson[] lessonList = new Lesson [4];

lessonList[0] =  new Lesson ("Zumba");
lessonList[1] = new Lesson("Spin");
lessonList[3] = new Lesson("Yoga");
lessonList[4] = new Lesson("BodySculpt");

for(int count = 0; count <= lessonList.length; | count++){
    System.out.println((count + 1) + ". " + lessonList[count]);
}

System.out.println("Please select ");
int selection = sc.nextInt();
selection -= 1;

if(selection >lessonList.length | selection < 0) {
    System.out.println(" You have entered invalued value.");
    lessonsList();
    System.out.println("Can you please re-enter selection  .");
}

return selection;

error occurrence relates in the Lesson class with the constructor, Error  " Lesson constructor cannot apply to declared types, actual and form arguments differ in length "
public class Lesson {

    private String lessonTitle;
    private String lessonDate;
    private int lessonPrice;
    private Rating rating;

    public void Lesson (String title) {
        this.setTitle(title);
        rating = new Rating();
    }

    public void lesson (String zumba,
                        String spin,
                        String yoga,
                        String bodysculpt )
    {

        /// tried declaring recieve errors
    }

    public Lesson() {
        this.lessonTitle = "Udentified";
        this.rating = new Rating();
    }

Expected results would be ironing out the flaws in the loop and basic solution hints for the constructor. so I can work on the next elements

A: import java.util.*;
public class Tester {
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
                Lesson [] lessonList = new Lesson [4];
                lessonList[0] =  new Lesson ("Zumba", "Monday & Wednesday", 100, 3.4);
                lessonList[1] = new Lesson("Spin", "Tuesday & Thursday", 80, 3.9);
                lessonList[2] = new Lesson("Yoga", "Sunday", 83, 4.0);
                lessonList[3] = new Lesson("BodySculpt", "Friday and Saturday", 90, 3.85);

                for(int count = 0; count < lessonList.length; count++){
                    System.out.println((count + 1) + ". " + lessonList[count]);
                }

                System.out.println("Please select between 1 - 4 for the lessons ");
                int selection = sc.nextInt();
                selection -= 1;
                while(selection >lessonList.length | selection < 0) {
                    System.out.println("Can you please re-enter selection  .");
                    selection = sc.nextInt();
                }
                System.out.println((selection + 1) + ". " + lessonList[selection]);
    }
}

public class Lesson {

    private String lessonTitle;
    private String lessonDate;
    private double lessonPrice;
    private double rating;

    public Lesson() { //default constructor
        this.lessonTitle = null;
        this.lessonDate = null;
        this.lessonPrice = 0;
        this.rating = 0;
    }

    public Lesson (String title, String date, double price, double rate) { //second constructor
        this.lessonTitle = title;
        this.lessonDate = date;
        this.lessonPrice = price;
        this.rating = rate;
    }

**//When you want to print a class, you must need a toString method defined right**

    public String toString () {
        return "Lesson Title: " + this.lessonTitle + ", Lesson Date: " + this.lessonDate + ", $" + this.lessonPrice + ", Rate: " + this.rating;
    }

}


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Home Uncategorized Parler Suspended From Google Play, Apple Gives 24-Hour Warning Over US Capitol Violence-Inciting Posts
Parler Suspended From Google Play, Apple Gives 24-Hour Warning Over US Capitol Violence-Inciting Posts
Alphabet's Google on Friday discontinued the Parlor social networking service from its App Store, citing violence-inducing posts and demanding "strong" content moderation from an app preferred by many supporters of US President Donald Trump.
Apple U.S. Capitol offered a 24-hour service Friday to submit a detailed control plan, referring to those using the service to coordinate Wednesday's siege of the building.
The activities of the two Silicon Valley companies mean that the network looks like a haven for the exiled people. Twitter New downloads will not be available overnight in the world's major mobile phone app stores. It is still available in mobile browsers.
Right-leaning social media users have flocked to the United States Parlor, Messaging app Telegram And the hand-off social site Gub, More aggressive mention of political comments on mainstream platforms like Twitter and the like Facebook. Twitter permanently suspended President Trump's account on Friday.
Upon termination of service, Google, Whose software powers Android Phones, citing its policy against violence-inducing applications and recent examples from the parlor, are promoting "How to Recover Our Country? About 20 or More Coordinating Hits" and another "Million Million March" in Washington, including Friday's post. .
Parlor chief executive John Matze said in a post on Friday that Apple was applying the standards to the parlor and that it did not apply to him.
In a statement, Google said, "To distribute an application to us Google Play, We need to enforce strong moderation of applications for excellent content. In light of the ongoing and urgent public security threat, we are suspending app lists from the Play Store until these issues are resolved. "
In a letter to Reuters' parlor, Apple's App Store review team cited a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.
"Content that threatens the well-being of others or incites violence or other illegal acts is never acceptable in the App Store," Apple said in a statement.
"Remove offensive content from your app … as well as any content that could harm the public or indicate attacks on government facilities now or at a future date" Apple Parlor has been given 24 hours. The company demanded that the parlor submit a written plan to "moderate and filter this content" from the application.
Apple declined to comment.
Describing himself as a libertarian, Matz set up the parlor in 2018 as a "free-speech" alternative to mainstream platforms, but as prominent supporters of Trump moved there, they began to turn to right-leaning consumers.
Among those who joined were commentator Candace Owens, Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani and right – wing activist Laura Loomer, who held her hand to the door of Twitter's New York office in November 2018 to protest the site's ban. In November, traditional activist Rebecca Mercer confirmed that she and her family, including her father and hedge fund investor Robert Mercer, had funded the parlor.
"They believe that the parlor is responsible for all content created by the user in the parlor," Matz said. "By the same token, Apple should be held accountable for all actions taken by their phones. For every car bomb, every illegal cell phone conversation, every illegal crime committed on the iPhone," he wrote. "Standards that do not even apply to Twitter, Facebook or Apple apply to the parlor."
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Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore associations between self-reported rank ordering of a set of 23 job-related soft skills and frontal gamma (38 to 42 Hz) asymmetry emerging during exposure to the same set of soft skills. Method: Fourteen individuals responded to a soft skill assessment, then were exposed to a randomized list of the same soft skills' key words while collecting electroencephalographic (EEG) data, using a new implementation of standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) to analyze and view voxel images of real-time brain activity. A differential calculation, as a measure of approach or avoidance to the key word stimulus (Approach-Avoidance-Differential; AAD), was used to quantify the asymmetry in response to the stimuli. Spearman's Rank correlations (rs) were calculated for the paired occurrences between the self-reported ranking of the soft skills and the AAD. Results: Overall, 71% of the cases resulted in correlations, indicating soft skill directionality response. Reduction in gamma response intensity was seen when participants' ranked their highest to lowest soft skills, as indicated in their self-reported assessments. Conclusions: These results will inform further organizational neuroscience research which has potential to lead to a new approach to self-report validation and methods to detect individual approach or avoidance biases which impact self-reporting assessments.
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SEC V. Ripple: The Cryptocurrency Trial Of The Century
Just hours before Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton left the building on December 23 at the end of his tenure, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs Inc., alleging that it raised over $1.3 billion through the sale and distribution of the digital assets of XRP without registering. Ripple, founded in San Francisco in 2012, operates the RippleNet and the XRP payment protocol, considered superior to bitcoin with its improved ledger, faster settlement speed, and digital wallet for international transactions across 55 countries. Ripple is one of the titans of the new crypto industry in the U.S., developing real-economy products from revolutionary technology.
Ripple's blockchain-like exchange network is claimed to be an efficient, inclusive, and low-cost supplement (some say alternative) to traditional payment networks like the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and others. The SEC suit does not allege fraud but seeks unspecified damages and to ban Ripple's executives from participation in digital asset market trades. The case appears to impugn one of the few positive aspects of Clayton's 2017 Statement on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings noting that these "disruptive, transformative and efficiency enhancing" technologies could "facilitate capital formation and provide promising investment opportunities for institutional and Main Street investors alike." More largely the case reaffirms Clayton's statement in which he claimed supreme SEC authority to regulate every digital asset imaginable, regardless of its design, intention or use.
Following the suit, the price of XRP plummeted by 25 percent, and some trading has been halted. Ripple launched a vigorous response, calling the suit an attack on the emergent cryptocurrency industry at large. The case has interesting parallels to telecommunications in which regulators use obsolete laws to regulate new technologies, undermining U.S. competitiveness in innovation. Clayton's parting shot was his most audacious swipe against an innovative industry he spent four years trying to dominate with authority claimed from a 1934 statute. With potentially sweeping implications, the case is shaping up to be the crypto trial of the century. Here are the some of the key issues.
1. Currency or Security?
The central question is whether XRP is a currency or security. Currency is a medium of exchange and store of value, like dollars, gold, or frequent flier miles. A security, on the other hand, is a financial investment contract, typically tradeable, like a stock or bond. This matters because different laws and regulations apply. In 2015 the US Departments of Justice and Treasury concluded, as part of a settlement with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), that XRP is a currency. Indeed, Ripple has been complying with rules for digital currencies with these agencies for 5 years, in addition to the currency compliance it performs across countries. Ripple notes that the XRP ledger is decentralized and open-source, operating on consensus among a growing community of users and developers making new products with it, and XRP is not an investment contract in their company nor something they control. If investors want to invest in Ripple, they would buy shares in the company itself, not XRP.
This determination has not stopped the SEC from claiming that Ripple's practices with XRP amount to investment contracts under the Howey test and hence require disclosures as "securities." The SEC has brought similar suits against other cryptocurrencies, notably Grams from Telegram and Kik Interactive tokens, causing tension in the cryptocurrency world as America's eight financial regulators jockey for pre-eminence as the top cop in fintech.
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2. Regulatory Boundaries
The case represents a significant regulatory overreach. Reasonable minds can agree that however compelling financial technology may be, Congress, not regulators, decides what is regulated. Despite cryptocurrency industry pleas for a rational framework, Congress unfortunately has said little about cryptocurrency, leaving regulators to make up their own rules. This development parallels the regulatory experience of broadband internet, which has but a passing reference in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Having no Congressional framework in place, the Obama Federal Communications Commission (FCC) attempted to regulate the internet with the laws designed for price regulation of the telephone. Arguing that the internet was a mere extension of the telephone network, FCC Democrats promoted a policy designed to protect Silicon Valley giants in the name of helping consumers. The gambit spawned more than a decade of litigation and thwarted billions of dollars in investment in new broadband networks, depriving broadband network operators of the ability to recover costs and creating a digital divide in rural areas. With the Ripple case, the shoe is on the other foot; a Republican agency in an expressly "deregulatory" administration purports to protect consumers by going after currency innovators. Such turf grabbing is a classic symptom of regulatory obsolescence, and perversely keeps legions of lawyers in business in federal courts.
3. Do regulators protect China or US consumers?
While disclosure is recognized as an important element for a functioning market and consumer protection, it's notable that the SEC has allowed hundreds of Chinese firms with a collective value of $2.2 trillion to list on US exchanges without disclosures or audits for almost two decades, gravely endangering US investors. Earlier this year the bipartisan US-China Commission submitted this in a report to Congress and described how China enjoys the fruits of America's financial markets while it simultaneously upsets global norms. However it seems that America's fledgling cryptocurrency industry was the focus of Clayton's wrath, not China.
In any event, consumers are increasingly drawn to Ripple and cryptocurrencies precisely to avoid the cost and complexity of traditional, highly-regulated financial services, a trend which itself demonstrates that innovation frequently delivers better outcomes than regulation. Moreover, the flagrant deficit spending by the US government drives down the value of the dollar and drives investors and consumers to more transparent, decentralized money like cryptocurrency.
4. What is the US strategy for cryptocurrencies and blockchain?
The conflicting approaches amongst US regulatory agencies reflects the lack of larger regulatory framework. While permissionless innovation has helped spawn the innovation, regulators left unchecked will seek new things to regulate. In the past the bumbling approach may have mattered less, but today the US faces an existential economic and security crisis with China, which is determined to supersede America. Seeing that the US doesn't have its crypto act together, China has moved to issue its own digital currency, build a blockchain ledger from it, and pilot the technology's use in its domestic economy. Clayton's replacement could make a much-needed reset. While the SEC Chair may inherit a flawed lawsuit, this new leader need not repeat the flawed policy. More important, Congress should step up in 2021 and make the proper framework for cryptocurrency to ensure US leadership and clarify regulatory boundaries.
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I use multidisciplinary and evidence-based approaches to evaluate technology policy and regulation. EVP, Strand Consult; Co-Founder, ChinaTechThreat; PhD, Business
I use multidisciplinary and evidence-based approaches to evaluate technology policy and regulation. EVP, Strand Consult; Co-Founder, ChinaTechThreat; PhD, Business Economics and Visiting Researcher, Electronic Systems, Aalborg University. US, EU, China
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In the summer of 2013, Phillip LaFrance approached The Korte Company for a little help for his Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Service Project. All he needed was some brushes and paint, a giant map template, and some construction tape. Oh, yes – and lots and lots of elbow grease.
Phillip's plan was to paint a 1/100th scale version of the U.S. Map onto the playground of the Highland Primary School's playground in Highland, Illinois.
As per the plan, Phillip headed the project – and with a group of volunteers, friends, and a very supportive family, planned, stenciled, outlined and painted the map onto the playground's surface. The map features all fifty states as well as the Five Great Lakes and was completed in time for the first day of school.
According to sources from the playground, and close to the author of this blog, the map is "pretty awesome". The interactive map not only provies a learning space for children on the playground, but also provides teachers and parents with a fun, outdoor learning tool. The possibilities range from learning the nation's Capital Cities to explaining time zones. And really, the only limitations of the map are the imaginations of the children interacting with it.
We wish Phillip the best of luck on his journey to Eagle Scout and are proud to have been able to help him along the way.


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NBA AM: The Lakers Hit Rock Bottom
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The Los Angeles Lakers are on pace to record their worst season since 1960. How long will they remain in basement?
Lang Greene
Lakers Sinking To New Lows
To say things haven't gone well this season for the Los Angeles Lakers would be the classic example of an understatement. While All-Star guard Kobe Bryant has a future batch of revenge on his mind, the unmistakable truth right now is the once proud Lakers (21-41) are sinking and undoubtedly on pace to post their worst record since the 1960 campaign, when the club was still based in Minneapolis.
On Thursday night, the franchise suffered the most embarrassing defeat in team history, a completely one-sided 48-point drubbing at hands of cross-town "rival" Los Angeles Clippers. Some drum up the argument on whether the Clippers now have the keys to the city. They don't. Ultimately, Los Angeles is still a Lakers town with 16 NBA championship banners on the mantle. But here is the truth, the Clippers (43-20) are headed into the playoffs as a legitimate title contender while the Lakers are barreling head first into the draft lottery.
Clippers head coach Doc Rivers spoke of his team securing bragging rights as the next step toward truly changing the guard in Los Angeles.
"Whenever you're in the same town, you see each other all the time, and in the summer you play against each other," Rivers told the Los Angeles Times after the resounding victory. "Clearly, you like the bragging rights."
The Lakers' current eight-season playoff streak, which includes three Finals appearances and two titles, will in all likelihood come to an end. But the next question is whether this season's struggle is a blip on the radar or more of an indication of what's to come over the next few years.
Bryant, armed with a fresh two-year $48.5 million deal, fully believes the 2013-14 campaign is a temporary setback. The future Hall of Fame guard has played in just six games this season and there's no doubt if he's fully healthy the Lakers are much more formidable. The question is how much will the soon to be 36 year old legs of Bryant have left after his recent battles with leg injuries?
On paper, the Lakers have a good shot to turn things around rather quickly. Assuming Bryant's return to form, a high lottery pick awaiting the franchise in June and significant cap space this summer the troubles in Los Angeles may be short-lived.
The Lakers currently have $34.1 million in guaranteed salaries for the 2014-15 campaign, so the team have the chance to be very active on the free agency front.
However, $32.7 million of their cap figure for next season is tied to two aging veterans who have played a combined 16 games this season. Bryant is on the books for $23 million, while former league MVP Steve Nash will account for another $9.7 million. While Bryant and Nash have been warriors throughout their tenures in the league, both guys' respective futures are in question as years of accumulated mileage are starting to surface.
"They smelled blood in the water and they killed us," Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni said after the Clippers' shellacking.
After years of running roughshod around the league, the sharks are circling around the Lakers and everyone is lining up to take their respective shot at the former frontrunners. For now, the team has no choice but to endure their newfound place among the league's cellar dwellers and hope Bryant's dreams of revenge come true.
Lionel Hollins And New York Knicks, Perfect Match?
After winning 54 games in 2013, the New York Knicks are on pace to record 50 losses this season.
The 2013-14 campaign has been one of role reversals for New York and the franchise has plenty of decisions to make this summer. One of the primary decisions Knicks ownership will have to make will be the future of head coach Mike Woodson with the organization.
For now, the club has continued to publicly back Woodson despite the team's increased struggles. However there will be a strong pool of talented sideline generals awaiting a call if the Knicks decide to cut ties.
One guy is former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins. Two-time All-Star forward Zach Randolph played under Hollins in Memphis but also logged time as a member of the Knicks. Randolph believes Hollins would immediately command respect in New York and help turn things around.
"Guys will respect [Hollins]," Randolph told Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News. "And he will prepare the team as well as anybody. He holds people accountable. He'll get on you to play defense. He got on me. But he made us better."
Another order of business for New York to tackle is the looming free agency of All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony. The Knicks can offer north of $120 million to keep Anthony in the fold this summer, but there's also a legitimate chance they could lose the prolific scorer to a situation which offers a better shot at a championship.
Randolph says he can't see Anthony walking in free agency but noted there could be better situations around the league for his peer if he's looking to win a title.
"I can't see him leaving, not with all the extra money he'll get from the Knicks," Randolph said. "But it's more than just the money. It's New York.… I don't think he'll leave here. Now if he wants to win, then that's another question. For him to win in New York, they've got to surround him with some other players."
The Knicks are currently 5.5 games behind the Atlanta Hawks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 20 games left to play.
Lang Greene is a senior NBA writer for Basketball Insiders and has covered the NBA for the last 10 seasons


I use BeyondPod to listen to a lot of Podcasts, but I also have a bunch of audiobooks I have converted from CD to MP3s. I could manually upload them to a directory on my phone, but who has the patience for that?
Second step: Get fapg! This little tool creates the rss feed we later need.
Third step: Make a directory on your apache server, where you will either place the MP3s or symlinks to the files. I have chosen to call the directory "audiobooks". Clever!
Fourth step: If you want security, you can use apache to do it for you.
Fifth step: Run fapg in the audiobooks directory.
The "-f rss -o ./rss" makes it create a file called rss in the directory. "-p" adds your domain to the filename because not all Podcatchers understand that your MP3s are in the same directory as the feed file.
Now you have a working feed in that directory. Rerun fapg after adding new or removing old MP3s.


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Tess Gerrand & Holly Ransom
Tess Gerrand
Rowing | Australia
Tess Gerrand is a National Business Manager at Coca-Cola Amatil, where she has outpaced market sales growth in Australia's biggest grocery retailer. Starting at CCA in the Leadership Graduate Program, she has worked in diverse roles including strategy, commercial, procurement, transformation and sales which enables her to deliver insights-driven strategic plans and collaborative account management in National Sales roles.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Economics from Yale University and is currently completing an Executive MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management.
As an athlete, Tess was an Australian Rower who competed for Australia in the Women's Eight in the London 2012 Olympics. Tess also participated in the 2013 World Championships and numerous World Cup regattas as part of the women's eight and pair crews.
During her time at Yale, Tess won three NCAA National Championships in the Varsity Eight and was an awarded All-American honors all four years. She also became the World Indoor Rowing Champion during this time, winning the title in both 2008 (Open) and 2010 (Collegiate).
Holly Ransom
Founder & CEO | Emergent
MENTOR | IWF Australia
Holly Ransom is the CEO of Emergent, a company specialising in disruptive strategy and building the capacity of leaders to execute change. Emergent, has worked with the likes of Microsoft, Virgin, INPEX, Europcar, KPMG, & the AIS, as well as local, state and federal government departments globally.
Holly is an experienced non-executive director across the private, government and non-profit sectors, in a statutory and advisory board capacity. In 2014, the Australian Prime Minister appointed Holly to Chair the G20 Youth Summit, resulting in the first summit to secure its policy demands from G20 leaders. In 2016, Holly became the youngest ever woman appointed to the board of an AFL football club with her appointment as a Director of Port Adelaide Football Club and was also asked by the AFL to serve on their advisory Board for the launch of the AFL Women's League.
Her corporate career has involved working as Chief of Staff to NAB Wealth CEO Andrew Hagger and for Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh, giving her a strong background in complex change strategy, public affairs and risk management, government and stakeholder engagement, and innovation and technology driven performance improvement.
Holly holds a Law degree and BA (Economics). In 2012, she was the youngest person to be named in Australia's '100 Most Influential Women', and also became the world's youngest-ever Rotary President.Her work with Rotary has played a key role in the global efforts to lift youth participation in the organisation, more than doubling engagement.
An accomplished global keynote speaker, Holly has presented across 6 continents, including delivering a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama. She has featured on ABC's 'Q&A', Channel 7 News & Channel 10's 'The Project', and is renowned for her commentary on intergenerational economic and social issues. A top-ten age group finisher in her most recent Ironman Endurance Triathlon, in 2016 Holly was listed by Sir Richard Branson as one of his dream dinner guests.


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TEA provides a set of well-formulated topics covering the aspects of turning ideas into strong business plans; going through legalities, financials, marketing, operations management, branding and writing business plans.
How many rounds are there every year? and How long is each round?
TEA runs 2 times a year.
During the 12 weeks, the workshops and mentorship sessions take place on 18 working days. The rest of the 12 weeks are gaps for the teams to implement the concepts and techniques they have learned to develop their startup.
1) تحسين نظام الرعاية الطبية والرعاية الصحية من خلال تعزيز معارف ومهارات الأطباء المصريين.
إعلان عن برنامج بعثات " نيوتن ـ مشرفه "
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The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), announce the opening of the first round of "Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program for Young Researchers". The joint program seeks generating creative and innovative research. It also aims at bridging the gap between society needs and research, placing innovation into practice and supporting Egyptian and African researchers.
The Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program offers 40 research grants to 40 young researchers under the age of 45 conducting research in one of the following areas: Food and Agricultural Sciences; Environment; Engineering Sciences and Technologies; and Medical Sciences.
The Grant maximum duration is limited to two years and the maximum amount of money provided per researcher is up to (EGP 250,000).
Application deadline: 2 September 2018.
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Looks like you are on a roll ! What type of mods are you looking at doing ?
Thinking about making a back pipe for the exhaust gasses. Still top vent like original but route down the outside then back up the left side of stove. Kicking around rolling a taller body maybe a 30" body. Gonna move the 153 over and run the 151 next year. Would like to see what type of extra heat I can get from exhaust gases.
It would look awesome if you built it out of oval stove pipe.
Oval pipe off the flue exhaust, two oval start collars off the back with a mpd between them, elbow to the right, then down around the double heater intake, and back up the left side, back into the upper start collar and another mpd.
Then all you need to add is a damper chain control to operate both mpd's in unison something like this.
Another alternative might be to attach it to a Rosemont Radiator if you can find one reasonable. They have the check and bypass dampers already built in.
If you decide to extend the barrel .......... You may need a step ladder just to adjust the mpd's or run the flue up to the next floor.
Well, I spent enough of your money tonight so I'm headed up to the crib.
Well got my nickel back from Mill Lake tonight. All the 151 nickel plus a couple other pieces. Turned out awesome as always. Haven't had much time to get the 151 apart. But will hopefully get it apart and pot sent out soon.
Looks fantastic, Paned !!!!!! Can't wait to see it all assembled.
Made a little more progress today. Teardown almost complete.
Well got a chance to work on the 151 today. Did some blasting and painting today. Have the second 151 on deck to use as a mock-up for a rosemont style heat exchanger.
Nice job....Looks like your rolling right along!
Are you going to set up the Rosemont as a backpipe on the same floor or as a double heater on the floor above?
I picked up a double heater style Rosemont radiator a few weeks ago and am still searching for a back pipe model. It seems like they are harder to find.
Got all of the cast pieces blasted but still have to get the tubes cleaned up in the electrolysis tank.
Gonna make one that sits behind the stove. I been looking for an original Rosemont but nothing close to me. I can't wait to see your rosemont done. They are getting hard to find.
I did find another one identical to mine, I just haven't had the time to pick it up.
They are pretty simple to make out of steel unfortunately they won't be as ornate as the cast iron versions.
Worked on getting the mold and liner placed today. Hopefully it'll turn out good.


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Broncos Message Boards > Anything But Football > Fantasy and Other Sports > Manny Ramirez quits
View Full Version : Manny Ramirez quits
InsaneBlaze23
Well he retired, but we can look at it as quiting.
He retired after the MLB told him there was something wrong with his drug test.
Hmmm I wonder what Manny was doing to just quit?
Al Wilson 4 Mayor
It's the second time he's failed if this is a recent report. He missed half of last season for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. I believe it was HGH.
That means he'd probably miss the entire season. So, at his age it makes more sense to retire since he's what, 38? He'd be close to 40 by the time he's allowed to play again, if he's allowed to play again.
jcdavey
this is going to keep him outta the HOF, which he was probably already shaky due to his being a grade A-hole
Here is a link to a article from yahoo sports.
They have it listed as breaking news. I agree he is a A-hole, and that this could knock him out of a chance in the HOF.
It seems only fitting: Manny Ramirez(notes) played much of his career under a cloud of controversy. Now he's ending it in the exact same fashion.
In an unexpected announcement on Friday afternoon, Major League Baseball said that Ramirez is electing to retire from the 0-6 Tampa Bay Rays less than a week into the season rather than address a drug "issue" raised by the league.
MLB won't identify the issue, but Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that it's a drug test that Ramirez failed during spring training. Ramirez also failed a drug test in 2009 and served a 50-game suspension while with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Here's more from the MLB Press Release:
"Major League Baseball recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issue under Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Rather than continue with the process under the Program, Ramirez has informed MLB that he is retiring as an active player. If Ramirez seeks reinstatement in the future, the process under the Drug Program will be completed. MLB will not have any further comment on this matter."Ramirez played just five games for the Rays this season, going 1-for-16 with four strikeouts and getting booed by the Tropicana Field crowd on Tuesday night. He missed Thursday's game against the Chicago White Sox after Joe Maddon said the 38-year-old slugger was attending to "a personal matter." His roster spot will be filled by Casey Kotchman(notes), who was just called up from the minors. It's obviously a big blow for the Rays, who signed Ramirez to a one-year, $2 million contract for 2011 and were hoping he'd pick up some of the offense lost when Carl Crawford(notes) and Carlos Pena skipped town.
There is more at the link, but this is pretty much it.
CinnaMunMun
I think it was actually a women fertility drug that is banned because it is a masking agent for PEDs.
Everyone knew his career would end this way. Not the drugs, but the drama. I don't think anyone could see him just quietly disappearing.
he should have taken a cue from david ortiz who also got popped, and that is, just be a good person like ortiz seems to be, and move past it
manny was always a jackass though, just like bonds but even more of an attention whore
Last season it was the women fertility drug, which is use by men to counter act enhancement drugs like steroids or HGH.
There is no news on what they found this time.
themadfanatic
I have mixed feelings about manny. I feel bad for him and I always thought he seemed like a cool guy but to repeatedly fail drug test is a hot mess. Bonds didn't fail ever, no one has ever proved he did anything to me bonds is unfairly gettin a bad rap. Manny did this to himself
BroncoFanBoy
lol what a loser. Enjoy your retirement Manny!
I feel bad for the Rays tho. First, you lose all those players in FA, then Longoria's on the disabled list, now Rameriez calls it quits. Sorry Rays..
Southstander
If don't think it has been proven that he did roids beyond the shadow of a doubt you have your head in the sand.
It hasn't that's a fact
There is no proof he did riods, just hints that he did that or HGH, the same can be said about Bonds.
I think people look at you better, when you just come out in say it, at the time the punishment is lower.
Look at Little Papi Ortiz, he came out, lost no fans, he gain respect, same for Pedetta, Giambi, and other. You can even say Gay-Rod, I mean Alex Rodriguez, but he only said 2003, there is no telling if he did it another year other than that one.
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Future Past is the debut and only solo studio album to be released by Blue singer Duncan James.

Background
James' solo career began in October 2004, when he collaborated with singer-songwriter Keedie on the single "I Believe My Heart", which was a number-two hit on the UK Singles Chart. Shortly after, James began recording a solo album, with the help of producer Stephen Lipson, who had collaborated with the likes of Boyzone, Ronan Keating, Daniel Bedingfield and Will Young. The album was released on 12 June 2006, a week after the release of the lead single, "Sooner or Later", which only peaked at #35 on the UK Singles Chart. Upon the week of release, the album only peaked at #55 on the UK Albums Chart. In an attempt to boost sales, "Can't Stop a River" was released as the album's second single on 21 August 2006 but this charted even lower than "Sooner or Later", only peaking at #59 on the UK Singles Chart.

It was heavily speculated at the time that James would be dropped from the label, until January 2007, when the music video for the album's third single, "Amazed", premiered on music channels throughout Europe. However, once again, the single's release failed to gain interest from the media and fans alike, and the single's release was cancelled in the United Kingdom, becoming a German-only release. Overall, the album sold less than 15,000 copies in the United Kingdom, and less than 150,000 copies worldwide. However, it found success in Italy, peaking at #2 on the Italian Albums Chart, for sales of more than 80,000 copies.

Critical reception

Sharon Mawer of Allmusic gave the album two out of five stars, stating: "Despite having high hopes after the success of Simon Webbe and Lee Ryan's solo careers, and having a hit single already behind him, Duncan James' "Future Past" was doomed from the outset after the poor performances of the lead singles "Sooner or Later" and "Can't Stop a River", despite the latter being backed by the writing talents of Seal. Every one of the twelve songs fails to break the mid-tempo ballad barrier, with only "Letter to God" being an out-and-out slow ballad. There is definitely a need for greater contrast and stronger imagination, something which this album clearly lacks." Talia Kraines from BBC Music found that Future Past "isn't an album full of exciting pop songs to get your blood rushing, but if you're missing Darius and after a bunch of mid-tempo pop songs to ease you through the day then this might just be it [...] Claiming serious pop writers such as Stephen Lipson and Peter Vetesse on his album notes, Duncan's younger fans should stay well away. He's no longer your pin up – but your mum's."

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2006 debut albums
Albums produced by Stephen Lipson
Pop albums by English artists


When you're craving breakfast foods, nothing else will do! Luckily, at this old school Delaware diner, you can enjoy your favorite breakfasts from sun up to sun down. Visit Metro Diner in Newark to see why it's been one of Delaware's best diners for years.
Delaware is home to several delicious diners, but for years, the best diner in Delaware has been the popular Metro Diner.
Though it's a small chain, the quality of the hearty meals served at Newark's Metro Diner are anything but ordinary.
Make yourself at home and read through the extensive menu before deciding how you'll start your day.
Their fabulous stuffed french toasts come smothered in fruits and are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth any time of day.
You can order a delicious eggs benedict and potatoes if you feel like indulging in a hearty, savory breakfast.
If you're looking for something lighter, try a fruit covered Belgian waffle! The always fresh fruit really makes a difference.
If you come around for lunch, try the outrageous BBQ waffle plate. Mac and cheese, pulled pork, and a fresh waffle combines to make for a meal you won't soon forget.
Of course, you can always stick with a classic! There's something comforting about eggs, bacon, toast, and home fries.
If you're trying to dine healthily, you'll love the selection of fruit and oatmeal bowls.
If you stop by later in the day, you'll be pleased to know that breakfast is served all day long at Metro Diner.
Metro Diner in Newark is open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 a.m. to 8 p.m., and they're located at 4601 Ogletown-Stanton Rd., Newark, DE 19713. You can also find Metro Diner in Wilmington (5600 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803) and in Middletown (745 Middletown Warwick Rd., Middletown, DE 19709). Each Metro Diner location serves up delicious American comfort food.


From bitumen to bush, challenge yourself to an all-terrain scenic run from Griffith University Nathan Campus through Toohey Forest. With resoundingly positive feedback from the inaugural event in 2015, we are adding a 21km Half Marathon course to the already existing 5km and 10km courses to make it even bigger and better! Stay tuned for more information coming soon.
Sport is a central feature of life in Australia, generating a variety of industries from sport management to exercise science. Griffith Business School's Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management offers students an insight into these exciting and dynamic industries at a schoolgirls' breakfast career experience day each year.