Salad with grilled white meat chicken.
Combination of grilled all natural chicken brushed with signature WaBa sauce and marinated rib eye steak. Served on a bed of rice with a side of salad and seasonal fruuit.
Grilled all natural chicken brushed with signature WaBa sauce. Served on a bed of rice with a side of salad and seasonal fruit.
Marinated rib eye steak grilled to order. Served on a bed of rice with a side of salad and seasonal fruit.
Marinated beef short ribs grilled to order. Served on a bed of rice with a side of salad and seasonal fruit.
Grilled salmon brushed with signature WaBa sauce. Served on a bed of rice with a side of salad and seasonal fruit.
Grilled skewered shrimp brushed with signature WaBa sauce. Served on a bed of rice with a side of salad and seasonal fruit.
Grilled all natural chicken brushed with our signature WaBa sauce and served on a bed of rice.
Marinated rib eye steak grilled to order and served on a bed of rice.
Combination of grilled all natural chicken brushed with signature WaBa sauce and marinated rib eye steak. Served on a bed of rice.
Grilled salmon brushed with signature WaBa sauce and served on a bed of rice.
Grilled skewered shrimp brushed with signature WaBa sauce and served on a bed of rice.
Grilled all natural chicken brushed with signature WaBa sauce and served with steamed veggies on a bed of rice.
Marinated rib eye steak grilled to order and served with steamed veggies on a bed of rice.
Combination of grilled all natural chicken brushed with signature WaBa sauce and marinated rib eye steak. Served with steamed veggies on a bed of rice. Vegetarian.
Grilled skewered shrimp brushed with signature WaBa sauce. Served with steamed veggies on a bed of rice.
Medley of steamed veggies served on a bed of rice. Vegetarian.
Grilled salmon brushed with signature Waba sauce and served with steamed veggies on a bed of rice.
1 strip and 3 bone pieces.
Bowl with rice and chicken.
Bowl with rice and steak.
Bowl with rice, chicken and steak.


As can be seen against the clean white building, restoration of the dark spire remains to be done. There is a very short window of opportunity in early 2016 to carry out this vital work, as the WMF Master of Works is scheduled to be on the island during that time. The cost of the works is estimated at 30,000 €uros (approximately US$28,000) towards which some 20,000 €uros has been raised. We therefore need to raise another 10,000 €uros. Please help us to achieve this target by the end of January 2016 to enable this work to be completed.
We are reaching out to friends for help to ensure this balance is raised by the deadline to ensure continuity and completion of the project. If you are in a position to possibly help or have ideas on how to generate the needed funds, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
Please contact our communications director faith@zanzibaranglican.or.tz or Diocesan Secretary charleslundu@zanzibaranglican.or.tz .
We would most certainly be grateful for your prayers at this critical moment.
Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SN.
Please make it clear that the money is for Zanzibar Christ Church Cathedral Restoration Project.
You can also contact us treasurer@ced.org.uk for more information.
Please give generously to the donation boxes you see at the Cathedral and elsewhere. We are grateful for every contribution, however small. Just $5 could fund subsidize entry to the Cathedral for one secondary school pupil.
Write us an email at info@zanzibaranglican.or.tz for bank details.
You can make a real difference to our work and provide valuable support for future generations to come. Please consider The Friends when making your will and help us to continue our good work of diocese projects and preserving Christ Church Cathedral and all that it stands for. Nearly all legacies to charities are free from inheritance tax.


Here's the launch trailer for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, along with the latest aircraft trailers, focusing on the Rafale M and Su-57.
Bandai Namco is bringing us to the skies with the launch trailer for Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
The trailer shows plenty of new awesome dogfight gameplay, displaying many situations: Nighttime flights. Bombardments. Pulling through crumbling buildings and debris. Fighting against one of the Arsenal Birds protecting the International Space Elevator. Shooting multiple volleys of missiles, and even lasers.
A few story scenes and characters are also shown in the trailer, but nothing spoiler-ish, and nothing we haven't already seen in past trailers.
I sometimes have a hard time believing Ace Combat 7 is finally happening. Following the initial announcement of the game back in September 2015, the game got delayed multiple times, and so much has happened. Since then, Square Enix finally released Final Fantasy XV, and among other problems was clearly unfinished at launch, ultimately leading to the resignation of Tabata. Fans fully translated Ace Combat 3's Japanese version, whose scenario was cut in the official localization. After decades of dreaming about it, Arc System Works finally brought us Dragon Ball Guilty Gear. Sega released a new, masterfully pieced Valkyria Chronicles 4, and announced a New Sakura Wars game by the same team. Bandai Namco started to release Super Robot Wars games regularly in English. And last but not least, I started writing here.
Ace Combat 7's launch trailer is included below, along with the aircraft trailers for the French Rafale M and the Russian Su-57.
You can find Ace Combat 7's opening movie here. Another trailer was revealed showing the game's online multiplayer modes: 8 players Battle Royal and 4 vs 4 Team Deathmatch. The game will also have a VR mode playable with PlayStation VR.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown takes off on January 18 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game will also be ported to PC slightly later, on February 1. There are only a few days left to wait now. If you?d like to pre-order the game and haven?t yet, you can do so via Amazon.


Note: This document contains pertinent release information about Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0. For previous versions of the release notes for Greenplum Database, go to Pivotal Greenplum Database Documentation. For information about Greenplum Database end of life, see Pivotal Greenplum Database end of life policy.
Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 is a minor release that includes a product enhancement, changes, and resolves some known issues. Please refer to the following sections for more information about this release.
Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 includes this new feature.
The Greenplum Database utilities gpbackup and gprestore are no longer experimental utilities.
The gpbackup and gprestore are utilities that are designed to improve the performance, functionality, and reliability of backups as compared to gpcrondump and gpdbrestore. The utilities were introduced as experimental in 4.3.18.0. gpbackup utilizes ACCESS SHARE locks at the individual table level, instead of EXCLUSIVE locks on the pg_class catalog table. This enables you to execute DDL statements during the backup, such as CREATE, ALTER, DROP, and TRUNCATE operations, as long as those operations do not target the current backup set.
Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 gpbackup and gprestore includes these enhancements.
Enhancement and changes to email notification include.
The YAML file name has changed to gp_email_contacts.yaml.
The YAML file format supports email notification for both backup and restore operations.
You can send email to different email recipients when an operation succeeds or fails.
gpbackup and gprestore returns a status code (0, 1, 2) after the utility completes.
The gpbackup option name -backupdir has changed to -backup-dir.
gprestore supports these new options.
-exclude-schema excludes a schema from a restore operation.
-exclude-table excludes a table from a restore operation.
-exclude-table-file excludes tables that are listed in a text file from a restore operation.
-include-table restore a table from a backup set.
These gprestore option names have changed.
Support for parallel index restoration when the gprestore option -jobs is specified. Previously, only data was restored in parallel.
Note: Parallel restore, -jobs option is greater than 1, is not supported if the backup was created with the gpbackup option -single-data-file.
gpbackup and gprestore support Data Domain DD Boost File System Plug-In (BoostFS) v1.1 with DDOS 6.0 or greater. Data Domain Boost is not supported.
Note: Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 gprestore does not support restoring backups created with the experimental versions of gpbackup.
You must create and restore backup sets with a single pair of Greenplum Database utilities, either gpbackup and gprestore, or gpcrondump and gpdbrestore. gprestore cannot restore a backup created with gpcrondump, and a gpdbrestore cannot restore a backup created with gpbackup.
See Parallel Backup with gpbackup and gprestore for more information.
Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 includes these changed features.
The Greenplum Database utilities gpbackup and gprestore include these changes.
gpbackup option name changed from -backupdir to -backup-dir.
For information about gpbackup and gprestore enhancements, see Product Enhancement.
The Greenplum Database utility gpdeletesystem looks for backup files in the directories backups (gpbackup backup files) and db_dumps (gpcrondump backup files) of the master and segment data directories. In previous releases, gpdeletesystem looked only in the db_dumps directory.
Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 software that runs on Linux systems uses OpenSSL 1.0.2l (with FIPS 2.0.16), cURL 7.54, OpenLDAP 2.4.44, and Python 2.6.9.
Note: Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 does not support the ODBC driver for Cognos Analytics V11.
29219 gpbackup/ gprestore 4.3.22.0 In some cases, the Greenplum Database utility gprestore would fail when restoring tables from a backup. The failure would occur when a backup was created with Greenplum Database utility gpbackup and the table exclusion option -exclude-table or -exclude-table-file was specified. The backup did not contain the schema metadata for tables included in the backup.
This issue has been resolved. The backup created in the specified situation now contains schema information.
29192 gpbackup 4.3.22.0 In some cases, the Greenplum Database gpbackup utility returned a slice bound out of range error. The error was caused when utility did not properly handle external table definitions during a backup operation.
This issue has been resolved. Now the utility handles external table definitions correctly.
Query Optimizer 4.3.22.0 For some queries that could use a bitmap index, GPORCA generated a sub-optimal plan that did not utilize the bitmap index.
This issue has been resolved. GPORCA has been enhanced to utilize bitmap indexes in more classes of queries.
Segment Mirroring 4.3.22.0 In some situations with segment mirroring enabled, Greenplum Database did not fail over a primary segment to the mirror segment. The database would become be unusable until a manual intervention was performed. The issue was caused when the FTS (Fault Tolerance Server) process did not properly handle an error condition caused by hardware issues.
The issue has been resolved. The FTS process has been enhanced to handle the error condition.
29154 Vacuum 4.3.22.0 In some cases during a VACUUM FULL operation, Greenplum Database returned an error stating that an updated tuple was already HEAP_MOVED_OFF. The error occurred when the VACUUM operation did not correctly determine which old tuples could be deleted.
This issue has been resolved. How VACUUM checks whether old tuples can be can be deleted has been improved.
29125 Query Optimizer 4.3.22.0 In some cases, GPORCA did not properly handle a NULL value while performing contradiction detection involving text or character data types. This caused a SIGSEGV on the Greenplum Database master.
This issue has been resolved. GPORCA has been enhanced when performing contradiction detection when text or character data types have NULL values.
29062 Query Optimizer 4.3.22.0 GPORCA ignored data type modifiers that were included during query parsing and let query execution determine data type modifications. For example, the columns in this CREATE TABLE statement are defined with the data types character(10) and numeric(5,2) that modify the data types character and numeric.
GPORCA discarded the data type modifications during query processing. In some cases, this caused issues when results are expected as a non-default data type.
This issue has been resolved. Now GPORCA has been improved to handle data type modifiers in table columns, scalar identifiers, constants, and length-coercion casts.
154732427 Query Optimizer 4.3.22.0 For some queries with a left outer join that contains a predicate with the IS DISTINCT FROM clause, GPORCA generated a plan that resulted in wrong results.
This issue has been resolved. GPORCA has been enhanced to return correct results for the specified type of query.
154424446 Query Optimizer 4.3.22.0 For some queries with a large number of joins, GPORCA generated a suboptimal query plan that used nested loop joins instead of hash joins. In previous versions of GPORCA, query plans that used hash joins were considered.
This issue has been resolved. Now GPORCA considers plans that use hash joins for the specified type of queries.
153757596 Query Optimizer 4.3.22.0 GPORCA did not estimate the cardinality correctly when there is a comparison between a scalar ident and an array that consists of constants and non-constants.
This section lists the known issues in Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0. A workaround is provided where applicable.
The upgrade path supported for this release is Greenplum Database 4.2.x.x to Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0. The minimum recommended upgrade path for this release is from Greenplum Database version 4.2.x.x. If you have an earlier major version of the database, you must first upgrade to version 4.2.x.x.
Important: If you intend to use an extension package with Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0, you must install and use a Greenplum Database extension packages (gppkg files and contrib modules) that are built for Greenplum Database 4.3.5.0 or later. For custom modules that were used with Greenplum Database 4.3.4.x and earlier, you must rebuild any modules that were built against the provided C language header files for use with Greenplum Database 4.3.5.0 or later.
An upgrade from 4.3.x to 4.3.22.0 involves stopping Greenplum Database, updating the Greenplum Database software binaries, upgrading and restarting Greenplum Database. If you are using Greenplum Database extension packages there are additional requirements. See Prerequisites in the previous section.
Important: If you are upgrading from Greenplum Database 4.3.x on a Pivotal DCA system, see Upgrading from 4.3.x to 4.3.22.0 on Pivotal DCA Systems. This section is for upgrading to Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 on non-DCA systems.
Run the installer for 4.3.22.0 on the Greenplum Database master host.
Note: If you are migrating from Greenplum Database 4.2.x directly to Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 you do not need to run the fix_visimap_owner.sql script. Also, you can run this script on Greenplum Database 4.3.x earlier than 4.3.6.0 to fix the incorrect ownership assignment of visimap relations.
If you upgraded to Greenplum Database 4.3.6.0 and a user dropped a table, in some cases, the table would be dropped only on the Greenplum Database master, not on the Greenplum Database segments. This created orphan tables on Greenplum Database segments. This issue occurs only with Greenplum Database 4.3.6.0. However, the orphan tables remain in Greenplum Database after upgrading to 4.3.22.0.
You can run this script on Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 to check for and drop orphan tables.
Upgrading Greenplum Database from 4.3.x to 4.3.22.0 on a Pivotal DCA system involves stopping Greenplum Database, updating the Greenplum Database software binaries, and restarting Greenplum Database. If you are using Greenplum Extension packages, you must install and use Greenplum Database 4.3.5.0 or later extension packages. If you are using custom modules with the extensions, you must also use modules that were built for use with Greenplum Database 4.3.5.0 or later.
Important: Skip this section if you are not installing Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 on DCA systems. This section is only for installing Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 on DCA systems.
As root, run the Pivotal DCA installer for 4.3.22.0 on the Greenplum Database master host and specify the file hostfile that lists all hosts in the cluster. If necessary, copy hostfile to the directory containing the installer before running the installer.
This example command runs the installer for Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 for Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.x.
The installer will prompt you to provide an installation path. Press ENTER to accept the default install path (for example: /usr/local/greenplum-db-4.3.22.0), or enter an absolute path to an install location. You must have write permissions to the location you specify.
This example command runs the installer for Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0.
On a DCA system, the path to the file would be similar to /usr/local/GP-4.3.22.0/greenplum_path.sh.
Update the Greenplum Database environment so it is referencing your new 4.3.22.0 installation.
On a DCA system, the old GPHOME location might be similar to /usr/local/GP-4.2.8.1 (depending on the old installed version) and the new GPHOME location would be similar to /usr/local/GP-4.3.22.0.
The migration can take a while to complete. After the migration utility has completed successfully, the Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 system will be running and accepting connections.
Inform all database users of the completed upgrade. Tell users to update their environment to source the Greenplum Database 4.3.22.0 installation (if necessary).
This checklist provides a quick overview of all the steps required for an upgrade from 4.2.x.x to 4.3.22.0. Detailed upgrade instructions are provided in Upgrading from 4.2.x.x to 4.3.22.0.
Users on a release prior to 4.1.x.x cannot upgrade directly to 4.3.22.0.
Follow the upgrade instructions in these release notes for Upgrading from 4.2.x.x to 4.3.22.0.
Users on a release prior to 4.0.x.x cannot upgrade directly to 4.3.22.0.


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Business|Executive Pay: A Special Report; For the Boss, Happy Days Are Still Here
Executive Pay: A Special Report; For the Boss, Happy Days Are Still Here
By David Leonhardt
April 1, 2001, Section 3, Page 1Buy Reprints
FOR the last decade, the chief executives of America's large corporations have offered their investors an implicit bargain. The executives made their companies ever more profitable, helping to create one of history's greatest bull markets. As a reward, they paid themselves more handsomely than ever before.
Some made $100 million in a given year. By the end of the 1990's, the average head of a big company took home more than $10 million before taxes.
Critics complained about income inequality, and some activist investors said that even mediocre managers were reaping windfalls. But the executives' rejoinder was always a strong one: we work for our shareholders, and they are getting rich right alongside us.
Then, in 2000, sales slowed. Companies warned that profit forecasts were too optimistic. Stocks fell.
And the chief executives of many of the nation's biggest companies changed the terms of the deal. To make up for the hit their portfolios took when the market dropped, they convinced their boards to give them thousands of additional stock options. A few even received permission to change the exercise price on their stock options or to use an accounting maneuver to cancel an earlier exercise of options that, in hindsight, looked financially foolish.
Other chieftains asked for more actual shares of stock, which -- unlike options -- have immediate value even in a bear market. Many executives also developed a newfound interest in dowdy old cash, winning moderate raises to their base salaries and huge increases in their bonuses and perks.
In short, the notion that corporate America pays its top managers based on their performance went the same way in 2000 as the idea that Internet stocks should be valued based on ''page views.'' As a result, the fortunes of the people who run the nation's biggest companies and the people who own those companies -- the shareholders -- diverged sharply.
While typical investors lost 12 percent of their portfolios last year, based on the Wilshire 5000 total-market index, and profits for the Standard & Poor's 500 companies rose at less than half their pace in the 1990's, chief executives received an average 22 percent raise in salary and bonus.
The executives also received $1.7 million in stock, on average, up 14 percent from the previous year. And they were handed an average of $14.9 million worth of stock options, largely because they received almost 50 percent more options than in 1999, according to Executive Compensation Advisory Services, which conducted a survey of pay at 200 companies for Money & Business.
The typical hourly worker received a 3 percent raise last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaried employees got about 4 percent more.
In total, the chief executives in the survey made an average of more than $20 million last year, including options, based on a widely used method for valuing them. The median pay package was $6.2 million.
''The risk is being taken out of executive compensation,'' said Judith Fischer, managing director of Executive Compensation Advisory Services. ''You don't even have to make the performance goals. The board will pay you anyway.''
Apple Computer gave its boss, Steven P. Jobs, a $90 million Gulfstream jet and 20 million stock options even as its shares fell 13 percent. Sprint's stock dropped 70 percent during the year, but it paid William T. Esrey $53 million in cash and stock, including 300,000 options he had not been scheduled to receive until this year. Coca-Cola gave M. Douglas Ivester, who resigned abruptly after a disappointing two-year tenure, an $18 million severance package. Then its board ignored a shareholder-approved bonus plan and gave the new chairman, Douglas N. Daft, a $3 million bonus although Coke missed its financial goals. In the process, the company lost its tax deduction on the bonus, since it was unrelated to performance.
''The guy's done a great job,'' said Herbert Allen, an investment banker in New York who is chairman of the compensation committee on Coke's board, echoing the most common rationale for last year's pay levels. Mr. Allen said Mr. Daft had inherited a difficult situation, quickly developed a plan to cut thousands of jobs, settled a racial discrimination lawsuit and improved Coke's relationship with bottlers and government officials. His pay, Mr. Allen added, ''is probably directly in line with executives at other companies.''
Beyond the overall pay numbers, the details buried inside company proxies indicate just how successful chief executives were in negotiating with boards last year. The AmSouth Bancorporation paid C. Dowd Ritter $6.2 million for meeting its long-term goals -- and an additional $2.5 million to help cover the taxes.
On top of $140 million in cash and options, General Electric paid $1.3 million in life insurance premiums for John F. Welch Jr. The MBNA Corporation spent $213,000 for Alfred Lerner to use its corporate jet for personal trips. Dozens of companies paid their executives above-market interest rates on deferred compensation; John R. Stafford, for example, received an extra $745,000 from American Home Products.
THERE were also some odd perks. H & R Block reimbursed its boss, Frank L. Salizzoni, for the $3,021 he spent on having his taxes prepared -- and then it paid the taxes on the gift. In a severance deal for Dennis Jones, a former chief information officer, FedEx said it would give him ''executive access'' to Disney World and Disneyland.
Certainly, many executives did see the value of their portfolios decline, and some technology entrepreneurs who were billionaires on paper a year ago are now mere millionaires. Across corporate America, millions of stock options are under water, with an exercise price above the shares' value -- leaving fewer executives able to cash out options they had received in previous years. During 2000, employees exercised only 10 percent of outstanding options, down from 23 percent in 1997, according to a study of 40 big companies by SCA Consulting in New York.
Some companies, like Oracle, gave their bosses big raises based on stock gains that have disappeared since the end of their fiscal year. These companies could end up lowering pay in 2001. For overall pay to drop, however, the pattern of 2000 -- when executives used the downturn as leverage to get cash payments and huge options grants -- would have to reverse, pay experts said.
''THE reality is, managers love it when a bull market is pulling everybody up,'' said Joseph J. Melone, the former chief executive of the Equitable Companies who serves on the boards of three public companies. ''But in a down market, there's a concern that people aren't adequately compensated.''
''There is a bit of a bias in the system that favors management,'' he added.
Black & Decker, whose stock price fell 25 percent in its fiscal year 2000, gave Nolan D. Archibald one million options, up from 200,000 in 1999. Lucent Technologies gave Richard A. McGinn, who has since been ousted, 3.4 million options, more than twice the number he received the previous year, although its shares dropped 81 percent. At Pitney Bowes, with the stock price in the midst of a 46 percent fall during 2000, the board accelerated its pay plan and gave top executives the options that they were due to receive in 2001 and 2002.
Even some compensation consultants who have defended the high pay of the 1990's as logical and fair say they are surprised by the packages last year. ''I'm actually a little disappointed,'' said Ira T. Kay of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, the consulting firm, referring to the contrast between results and executive pay.
Shareholders generally allowed boards to make pay decisions in 2000, though murmurings of discontent were on the rise. Last year, at one out of every 20 companies, at least 40 percent of shareholders voted against their company's stock plan -- a level that indicates that the company had to work hard to have the plan approved, according to Strategic Compensation Research Associates in New York.
Four years ago, one of out 35 companies faced such opposition.
And why did boards continue to award such high pay? Compensation experts give two main reasons for the influence that executives continue to wield over directors charged with setting salaries in the best interests of shareholders.
Running a large company is simply more difficult than it once was. With new technology and fewer regulations, companies can quickly steal market share from one another. ''One bad decision by a C.E.O. is a lot more costly than it used to be,'' said Robert Frank, an economist at Cornell University.
Boards have responded by paying executives lavishly -- and firing them more often than in the past. Even with the hiring competition from dot-com companies all but gone, after having dominated executive recruiting in 1998 and 1999, management experts say top jobs outnumber good candidates.
''I'm not aware of a board that is trying to make up the difference'' between what executives were worth in 1999 and last year, said Warren Batts, a director at Sprint, Allstate and Sears, Roebuck. ''What they're trying to do is retain the best and brightest of their management group.''
The other reason should be obvious, though it is often overlooked: Most of the people who serve on corporate boards are themselves top executives, and most companies set pay scales by researching the competition and then aiming to pay executives at the 50th or 75th percentile of what similar companies pay.
As a result, directors have an incentive to award ever-rising paychecks. Often, they also owe their presence on the board to the chief executive.
The chiefs, meanwhile, typically hire lawyers to negotiate on their behalf. ''Oftentimes, boards get outnegotiated,'' said Alan Johnson, a pay consultant in New York who represents boards.
The coziness between the two sides continues even when the relationship sours and the board asks the executive to resign, management experts say. In the last year, Jill E. Barad received a $57 million severance package from Mattel, and Xerox gave G. Richard Thoman, who had been chief executive for 13 months, $800,000 a year for the rest of his life.
Steven E. Hall, a managing director at Pearl Meyer & Partners in New York who advises boards, says directors take the attitude that ''it's not worth taking it out of the hide of another person like us.''
''It's all done in a very genteel manner,'' he added. ''People at these levels are treated very differently.''
NEVER was that more true than in 2000. In past years, executives have argued that they should continue to receive the same number of options even as their companies' share price increased, guaranteeing them bigger pay packages each year. But last year, as stocks fell, the executives changed their argument, saying they needed more options to make up for the market's downturn.
With all the new options being handed out -- 715,000 per chief executive last year, up from 476,000 in 1999 -- companies have now set aside the equivalent of 13.3 percent of their shares for employees, up from 13.1 percent a year ago, according to the Investor Responsibility Research Center. Companies do not have to account for the cost of stock options on their earnings statements, but options dilute the long-term value of a stock by leaving existing shareholders with a smaller portion of the company than they once owned.
In 2000, executives also began pushing boards to make so-called long-term incentive payments more often, said Ms. Fischer of Executive Compensation Advisory Services. In the past, companies set long-term targets once every three years and paid cash or stock afterward, based on achievement of those goals. Now, more companies are setting a new three-year target each year.
''It used to be that long term meant long term,'' Ms. Fischer said.
The average estimated value of plans set up last year grew 49 percent, versus plans established in 1999. In other words, 2003 is already looking like a good year for executive pay.
Other companies decided that it was not enough to design new executives contracts to pay handsomely even in a tepid market. With some share prices down 50 percent or even much more, executives sought to rewrite the rules on their old contracts. Some simply repriced the options they granted in years past.
Others were more creative. A small number of companies -- including Cysive, a software company -- erased history by canceling options exercises that some employees had made. The stock had dropped sharply after the transactions, but executives still faced taxes, based on the difference between the exercise price and the stock price at the time. So companies took back their stock and returned the options to executives, as if the deal had never happened, said David M. Leach, a pay expert at Buck Consultants.
Still other companies ripped up loan agreements. Compaq Computer said it would forgive a $5 million loan it had made to its chief executive, Michael Capellas, in 1999 so that he could buy Compaq stock then. When Mr. Capellas bought the shares, after becoming chief executive, they were trading at $23. At the end of 2000, they closed at $15.05.
The company also gave Mr. Capellas a ''special one-time bonus'' of $300,000 in June and another ''special one-time bonus'' of $850,000 in October, as well as a $2.5 million loan to pay the taxes for the forgiven loan.
A spokesman for Compaq said the bonuses were a reward for the company's revenue gains and cost reductions, as well as Mr. Capellas's promotion to chairman. The forgiving of the loan will take effect over three years, encouraging Mr. Capellas to stay at Compaq, the spokesman said.
But amid the unquestioning generosity that swept through boardrooms in 2000, there were exceptions. General Cable, a 150-year-old manufacturer based in Highland Heights, Ky., also loaned its top executives millions of dollars a couple of years ago. Since then, its stock has fallen about one-third, to less than $11, and executives have grown ''obviously concerned'' about their debt, said Stephen Rabinowitz, the chief executive.
So will General Cable forgive the loans? Absolutely not, Mr. Rabinowitz said. ''I'm firmly of the view that a deal's a deal,'' he said. ''We all knew there was some risk.''
Other boards decided not to pay chief executives the maximum possible bonuses when their companies missed certain goals. A few, like Airborne, Navistar International and Paccar, paid no bonus at all.
And Schering-Plough reduced the pay of Richard Jay Kogan by $300,000, because two of the company's manufacturing plants failed inspections by the Food and Drug Administration. Of course, 2000 was still not a bad year for Mr. Kogan. Altogether, Schering-Plough gave him a $2.5 million raise, paying him $22 million in cash, stock and options and leaving him slightly better off than the average chief executive of a large company in 2000.
They Can Bank on It
Last year, these were among the best-paid executives.
STEVEN P. JOBS
Apple Computer: $775.0 million
SANFORD I. WEILL
Citigroup: $315.1 million
LAWRENCE J. ELLISON
Oracle: $216.4 million
L. DENNIS KOZLOWSKI
Tyco International: $205.2 million
JOHN F. WELCH JR.
General Electric: $144.5 million
The full list of 200 executives is on Pages 10 and 11.

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Australia set to block over 80 more piracy and stream-ripping sites
By Harry Domanski 2019-01-11T05:25:16Z
Same film studios behind the crusade
Back in 2016, a group of film studios and entertainment companies successfully begun a crusade against a number of pirating sites and mirrors by bringing them to the attention of the Australian Government.
As a result, the government ordered a vast swathe of sites – including Pirate Bay, Torrentz, IsoHunt and more – to be blocked by Australian ISPs or else face hefty penalties.
The allegiance of entertainment companies (which includes Foxtel, Village Roadshow, Paramount, Columbia, Disney, and 20th Century Fox) has been adding more domains to the hit list since the successful ruling, and is now set to include another 79 pirate sites.
Australia's government wants to know if its current anti-piracy laws are effective enough
A renewed attack
The new addition comes in the form of two new applications being processed by Australia's Federal Court, the first of which by the aforementioned film companies, and the other made by a number of music companies targeting four major stream-ripping sites.
These stream-ripping sites enable users to download files from popular streaming services such as YouTube, hence infringing copyright, and have been honed in on by Music Rights Australia, Australiasian Performing Rights Association (APRA), Universal, Sony, and Warner Music.
For an exhaustive list of all targeted piracy and stream-ripping sites, be sure to visit ComputerWorld.
Australian government to introduce new 'rapid takedown' anti-piracy legislation
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Chris is a lecturer by profession.
He holds an Advanced Level instructor (AIM2) in Les Mills RPM and has been instructing since 2015. He is also certified in Bosu and TRX. He is also CPR-trained and certified.
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Additional papers of Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
General scientific correspondence, 1933-1992
Includes a letter to Joan Crowfoot 1937, and a collection of essays, 'The world belongs to all', by Liao and Derek Bryan, with marginal markings by Hodgkin. Hongying Liao was a young Chinese Quaker who came to Somerville in 1930 to read chemistry. Hodgkin befriended and helped her. She returned to China, married a British diplomat Derek Bryan, and on his resignation from the Foreign Service, she joined him in the work of the Britain-China Friendship Association. (Ferry pp.335-340).
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Initiated a criminal complaint on behalf of thousands of shareholders of a publicly owned U.S. company who were the victims of one of the largest "pump and dump" schemes ever investigated by the SEC, involving more than US$ 330 million of fraud proceeds laundered in Switzerland by the managers of the company. The criminal complaint was withdrawn after a settlement was reached, which provided for the payment to the victims of US$ 200 million, which had been frozen in another jurisdiction.


This is one of my poems about Africa. It is also the name of the poetry book I plan to publish.
This is Africa: the birthplace of man.
This is Africa: the motion of man.
This is Africa: unquenched quest of man.
This is Africa: the treasure of man.
This is Africa: for Safari man.
This is Africa: the refuse for man.
This is Africa, the wake waits for man.


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For several years now the Kepler Space Telescope, as well as other telescopes, has been discovering an increasing number of exoplanets, with over 2,000 such confirmed worlds found so far (and nearly 5,000 candidates). Today, NASA announced that the Kepler mission has added 1,284 newly confirmed exoplanets to that list, vastly increasing the number of known planets orbiting other stars. This is the largest number of new planets ever announced at one time. The new results were announced during a NASA teleconference briefing.
The new tally more than doubles the number of confirmed planets found by Kepler to date.
The findings have been published today in The Astrophysical Journal.
The new discoveries are based on analysis of the July 2015 catalog of Kepler planetary candidates, which contains a total of 4,302 planetary candidates. Of those, 1,284 were confirmed, with a probability of greater than 99 percent of being actual planets. There are also 1,327 additional candidates which are likely to be confirmed as well, but still require further study. Another 707 candidates are thought to be false positives, caused by other stellar phenomena such as companion stars or brown dwarfs.
The numbers are impressive, and by extrapolating them to the rest of the galaxy, astronomers now calculate that there are billions of planets in our galaxy alone. There may even be more planets than stars. Kepler, by design, only looks at a very small patch of the sky between the constellations Lyra and Cygnus. It is a tiny fraction of all of the stars in the galaxy, but representative of those types of stars.
The findings are also based on a new statistical analysis method which can be applied to many planet candidates simultaneously. Each individual planetary candidate was given a planet-hood probability percentage. This is the first time such a method was used on so many candidates at once; previous techniques tended to focus on sub-groups within the overall list of planetary candidates.
Of course, a question many people have is how many of those planets could be potentially similar to Earth. In this new batch of confirmed planets, 550 could be rocky worlds, with nine of them orbiting in their stars' habitable zones, where temperatures might allow liquid water to exist on their surfaces. Little is known, however, about the actual conditions on any of these worlds, but just the fact that many such smaller rocky planets continue to be discovered is exciting. Some of those smaller worlds are called "super-Earths," such as Kepler-452b, which are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune or Uranus in our Solar System. But now even planets the size of Earth or smaller are starting to be discovered as well.
So as of now, Kepler has found 4,696 planetary candidates in its primary mission, of which 2,325 have been confirmed, and 21 are smaller rocky planets, less than twice the size of Earth, in the habitable zones of their stars. In the subsequent modified K2 mission, which began after problems with the telescope's reaction wheels caused an end to the primary mission, an additional 270 candidates have been discovered, with 46 of those confirmed so far. Counting other telescopes as well as Kepler, over 3,200 exoplanets have now been verified.
Kepler also recently observed the shockwave from a supernova in visible light for the first time ever. Supernovae are the end result of stars more massive than the Sun which reach the ends of their lives and explode. There is also the ongoing controversy of Kepler observations regarding the unusual star KIC 8462852, which appears to have odd dimming events where up to 22 percent of the star can be dimmed at one time. Theories have run the gamut from huge swarms of comets to alien megastructures.
After Kepler, additional space telescopes such as TESS, JWST, and WFIRST will continue the search for more exoplanets in other regions of the galaxy, as well as provide more data on some of the ones already discovered, including mass and atmospheric conditions. Astronomers will be able to analyze the atmospheres of some of these worlds, in particular smaller "super-Earths," in the search for possible biomarkers—gases which could be possible evidence for life.
The next few years will be important and exciting for exoplanet research. A few decades ago it wasn't known if any other planets even existed outside of our Solar System, but now they are being discovered by the thousands. Some are massive gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, while others are smaller gas or ice giants like Uranus and Neptune, and others are smaller rocky worlds like Earth, Venus, Mars, or Mercury. One puzzle is that while super-Earths seem to be fairly common elsewhere, there aren't any in our own Solar System, unless the possible Planet Nine turns out to be one, as some scientists have theorized.
Kepler and other telescopes, both in space and on the ground, have revolutionized our understanding of planets orbiting other stars, which can also help scientists better understand how our own Solar System originated and evolved. They will also help to perhaps answer one of the biggest questions of all, are we alone in the Universe or do we have company? Only time will tell, but the future looks promising.
Additional images and briefing materials are available here. More information about the Kepler mission is available on its NASA website.
To think that is was only in the 1980's that humanity was still speculating on the other worlds idea. 26 years later we now have a catalog of exoplanets numbering in the thousands.
And this is only the beginning. Even more discoveries are yet to be made. The study of exoplanets is rapidly becoming a branch of astronomy with profound implications for the human race. Wow!
We'll eventually need a Lunar based industrial revolution to build much bigger and faster human carrying spaceships.
An original nuclear pulse Orion type of spaceship could haul people and supplies across the Solar System.
If someone wants a nuclear pulse Orion to help colonize Mars and Ceres, the Moon is probably the best place to build and launch such an efficient and heavy spaceship.
Maybe no one is really serious yet about colonizing Mars, Ceres, Pluto, and 2007 OR10.
Maybe no one is really interested yet in changing the orbits of comets so that they intersect with the Moon or Mars and create thick Galactic Cosmic Radiation shielding atmospheres on those interesting spheres.
Preparing to actually colonize and terraform worlds is hard.


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Citroën C5 Tourer estate (2008-2016) - Engines, drive & performance
The Citroen C5 Tourer is a superb cruiser that eats up motorway miles with ease, but it isn't much fun in bends
Citroen wanted to make the C5 Tourer one of the most comfortable cars in the class and it's succeeded. The top-of-the-range model comes with Citroen's clever Hydractive 3 suspension system, which automatically adapts to your driving style and the road surface. It provides ride quality worthy of a luxury limousine and also features a firmer Sports mode if you're feeling that way inclined. Basic models get conventional steel suspension, but remain extremely comfortable.
Driving the Citroen with any great enthusiasm isn't something we'd recommend. It feels like a heavy, ungainly car and its soft setup means there's plenty of body lean in corners. Its high-profile tyres are excellent for taking the edge off bumps in the road, but make the car feel imprecise. While in the Ford Mondeo or Volkswagen Passat, you might find yourself seeking out a country road just for the fun of it, the Citroen's raison d'etre is quiet motorway cruising.
Citroen C5 diesel engines
Choosing an engine in the C5 Tourer should be simple, as Citroen only offers two. There's a 148bhp 2.0 BlueHDi and a 178bhp 2.0 BlueHDi to choose from between the two trim levels.
Both are more than capable of carrying the car's weight, so fuel economy shouldn't be impacted too much. They're refined engines, too, and the C5 is already very impressive at shutting out wind and road noise thanks to acoustic windows and plenty of sound-proofing around the car.
The C5's diesel engines are best for motorway cruising, and there's plenty of torque in both engines for overtaking manoeuvres. The higher-powered 2.0 BlueHDi is particularly strong, while the automatic gearbox (only available with this engine) is smooth and pretty responsive.


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«Верхи на кулі» — оповідання американського письменника Стівена Кінга. Знаменує дебют короля жахів в Інтернеті. У 2000 році оповідання було номіноване на Премію Брема Стокера за значний внесок у розвиток новел та через 2 роки увійшла до збірника історій Стівена Кінга «Все відносно». Упродовж першого дня, понад 400 000 екземплярів «Верхи на кулі» було завантажено з Інтернету. Кожен міг завантажити електронну копію за $2,5. Деякі шанувальники Стівена Кінга чекали годинами на завантаження.

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Отримавши звістку про те, що його мати була доставлена до лікарні після інсульту, Алан Паркер, студент коледжу штату Мен, кидає навчання і мчить додому. Щоб швидше відвідати свою матір, Алан вирішує подорожувати автостопом, сподіваючись, що йому пощастить з попутниками. Для хлопця з багатою уявою, шлях назустріч до чогось невідомого може стати захопливою пригодою, але Паркер одержимий смертю.

Вона, не бажаючи відпускати свою жертву, слідує за Аланом: пізно вночі по пустельному шосе він натрапляє на небезпечних попутників, злу собаку, яка схожа на звіра з пекла, і живого мерця, який здається на перший погляд приємним співрозмовником. Ніч здається нестерпно довгою для Алана, переживаючи, що ранок можливо для нього ніколи не настане. Тікаючи від ненависного попутника чи посланця з самого пекла, головний герой лише вибивається з сил. Алан постає перед вибором: що для нього найдорожчим і чим він готовий пожертвувати. Він, зрештою потрапляє в лікарню, де він дізнається: попри його почуття провини і передчуття, що його мати померла або помре в будь-який момент, вона в повному порядку. Він кінчає коледж і піклується про свою матір протягом декількох років, поки вона не помирає від серцевого нападу.

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«Верхи на кулі» () — екранізація однойменного твору Стівена Кінга. Прем'єра фільму відбулася 15 жовтня 2004 року. Попри досить скромний бюджет у 5 мільйонів доларів, стрічка отримала схвальні відгуки від критиків та шанувальників творчості Стівена Кінга.

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Caryedes x-liturus is een keversoort uit de familie bladkevers (Chrysomelidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1931 gepubliceerd door Maurice Pic.

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Social media is redefining the landscape of everything we do, from the way we connect to family and friends, how brands and celebrities capture attention, to the way business and journalism function. Hundreds of millions of people across the world use social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If any technology promised to shatter the constraint of geography, overcome distance, and flatten the world, social media would be it.
But a quick look at the map below, from the NetProspex 2010 Social Business Report, shows this is not the case at all, certainly not for the United States.
That's the title of an important new study by my Martin Prosperity Institute colleague Kevin Stolarick. Economists have long used the firm as their basic unit of analysis. But Marx long ago said it was the kind of work people do that not only defined their class position but is what really propelled the economy. The study makes the case for the emerging field of "occupational organization" as a complement and counterpoint to the more established field of industrial organization. Here's the abstract.
Industrial Organization studies the behavior of firms, markets and economies through the lens of industry. With the transition to a knowledge or creative economy, occupation has become an equally important consideration for understanding regional economies and markets. Industry alone is no longer a sufficient discriminator to understand regional markets and structures. This paper discusses the rising importance of occupation as a unit of analysis for understanding regional economies and economic structures. However, occupation does not supplant industry as occupation alone is also not sufficient. Rather, an understanding of the organization of occupations and industries across regions and occupations within industries is required. The study of Occupational Organization is needed.
Across the world, two in 10 households have access to the Internet at home, according to a just released Gallup survey. Internet access at home was far greater in more economically advanced countries: Nearly eight in 10 people (78 percent) in countries where gross domestic product (GDP) is more than $25,000 have Internet access at home. Home Internet access drops off steeply in less affluent, less developed nations, according to the Gallup survey, especially in countries with less than $10,000 in per capita GDP. The survey is based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with approximately 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older in 116 countries, and was conducted in 2009.
Economists and geographers have looked at the role of scale economies in shaping industries and also in the the clustering or agglomeration of economic activity. Princeton University economist William Baumol identified the role of economies of scope – for example, when large companies leverage shared research and development or marketing capabilities across their product lines or even used the same assembly lines to make different products. The theory of scope economies has been influential in economics and business studies but has not really been applied or discussed in economic geography or regional terms.
At the heart of effective economic development is regional cooperation. In 2004, the Department of Labor launched WIRED Initiatives across the U.S. to improve regional efforts for talent development and effective economic development strategies. For over a year, leaders from the Wired65 region, an area spanning 26 counties and two states, have been been working to improve the area's economic competitiveness and quality of life.
For this feature in our Creative Capstones series, we interviewed Debbie Wesslund, program manager for the Wired65 region, about the area's efforts to launch Kix.com – The Kentucky Indiana Exchange, an interactive community platform to facilitate networks for employment opportunities and discussions about regional challenges.
Creative Class Group (CCG): Tell us about Wired65. What communities make up the region?
Silicon Valley has always been a safe haven for risk-takers, entrepreneurs, and big thinkers. But, it is also home to one of the most innovative public-private partnerships in the country: Joint Venture Silicon Valley.
Creative Class Group (CCG): Tell us about Silicon Valley. What makes it a special place to live?
It's commonly thought that even though globalization was shifting manufacturing jobs from America to lower-cost, more efficient, off-shore competitors, the U.S. retained a vast lead in high-end innovation. But are the powerful forces of globalization now leading to the off-shoring of America's innovation and R&D? New statistics from the National Science Foundation (via Mike Mandel) certainly point in that direction.
Way back in 1990, I wrote a book titled The Breakthrough Illusion with Martin Kenney that argued that the U.S. had developed a powerful capacity for venture capital-backed innovation, but that the actual manufacturing  and production of those innovative new products – and the jobs that flow from that – was increasingly being shifted off-shore.
A couple of years later, I was invited to be part of a Council of Competitiveness group that was looking into the future of American research and innovation. After completing a round of interviews with the R&D directors of leading U.S. and foreign companies and looking into the data, I reported my provisional conclusions saying I was convinced that R&D was becoming much more globalized and that U.S. R&D in particular was being "externalized" – more and more of it taking place outside the wall of big companies with their own R&D labs. My results were met with stunned silence and disbelief. "The U.S. was still the unquestioned leader in R&D, and had little to fear" was the prevailing attitude.
It's been hard to justify high-speed rail (HSR) projects in terms of conventional cost-benefit analysis. But, it may be time to rethink – and broaden  - the way we think of the benefits of HSR. HSR's benefits are usually thought of in terms of lowering transport costs by reducing problems like gridlock, pollution, and travel time. But the real benefit of HSR may turn on its ability to expand economic growth, according to a new analysis by my colleagues at the Martin Prosperity Institute.
There are three main mechanisms through which high-speed rail can help expand the economy, according to the MPI study. First, HSR expands the labor pool available to firms, bringing talented workers from nearby centers within commuting distance and thus expanding the quantity and quality of available employees. Second, HSR makes more jobs available to workers without making them have to relocate and move to a new home. Third, HSR extends the benefits of other expensive, productivity-enhancing infrastructure such as airports across broad regions. International airports, major research universities, and reference libraries are all more financially viable and internationally competitive when they serve a larger population. High-speed rail allows them to build the scale they need to achieve world-class excellence and also spreads their high costs across a wider population.
The MPI report is here.
Are Women Taking Over the Workplace?
At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50 percent threshold and become the majority of the American workforce. Women already make up the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of professional workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women run many of the world's great companies, from PepsiCo in America to Areva in France.
Women's economic empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times.
The rich world has seen a growing demand for women's labor. When brute strength mattered more than brains, men had an inherent advantage. Now that brainpower has triumphed the two sexes are more evenly matched. The feminization of the workforce has been driven by the relentless rise of the service sector (where women can compete as well as men) and the equally relentless decline of manufacturing (where they could not). The landmark book in the rise of feminism was arguably not Ms Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique� but Daniel Bell's "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society�.
Or perhaps Rise of the Creative Class is a landmark book for demonstrating why women have increasingly found a fit in the wage-earning world.


For journalists worldwide, 2017 ranks as one of the most dangerous on record: Eighteen journalists were killed, according to Freedom House, while 189 currently languish in prisons around the world. Here at home, meanwhile, the safety and sanctity of journalism is threatened by a president who regularly attacks the press, handpicks which organizations can attend White House briefings, and compulsively sells falsities as reality.
Clinton used her 45-minute speech to sound the alarm that freedom of speech and expression is currently under attack here in our own country. The target of a Russian-led disinformation campaign during her 2016 run for president, Clinton was a fitting choice to talk about the new dangers facing not just those in this country who report the news, but also those of us who read and absorb it. She spoke of the election as "a case study in the weaponization of false information and outright lies against our democracy," detailing foreign agents' use of social media to plant false stories and sow not only distrust in her candidacy, but division throughout the country. And she stressed the danger we face living under a president who "seems to reject the role of a free press in our democracy" and who distorts facts and continually lies, even about things as obvious as, say, the size of an inaugural crowd.
"When leaders deny things that we can see with our own eyes," she said, "it's not just frustrating to those of us who try to live in a fact-based universe. It is the beginning of the end of freedom. And that's not hyperbole. It's what authoritarian regimes throughout history have done." To drive her point home, she noted that earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security announced it would begin monitoring the activities of reporters and media professionals.
The Q&A that followed with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — the author of the award-winning novel Americanah, and herself the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write speaker in 2015 — was warm and engaging in covering a variety of topics, from the personal to the political, from Clinton's decision to run for office to her passionate hopes for how we can conquer the divisiveness currently plaguing the country. But the themes of free speech and vigilance against its suppression resurfaced time after time. Clinton spoke again of the weaponization of misinformation that occurred during the election — and continues today — noting how the false stories that were circulated during her campaign were so credible because they were delivered in a way, via social media, that looked like news.
"You have to wonder: How do we stop this?" she asked. "Because we're living in a time when information can be so powerful, and if it's wrong, or it's intended to influence you to do something that is not reality-based but based instead on propaganda, that's a problem that we have to deal with going forward." When Adichie asked if this is why she has chosen to keep speaking post-election, Clinton nodded and said that it was.
She and Adichie also discussed how free speech has been a central cause for feminism, with Clinton noting the "long, long history of trying to silence women." She cited recent instances of attempts to shut down the voices of powerful political women — from Elizabeth Warren, who was removed from the Senate floor as she attempted to read Coretta Scott King's letter denouncing Jeff Sessions (a letter that was then read out loud to completion by male colleagues), to Kamala Harris, who was told to stop talking during her questioning of Sessions in his Senate hearing on Russia's involvement in the Trump campaign.


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The Paris Agreement is an international climate accord that was reached in 2015 and went into effect in 2016. It was brokered by the United Nations (UN) and furthers actions to combat global warming and climate change that were originally articulated in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of 1992.
Nearly all the world's nations have agreed to make some type of climate commitment under the Paris Agreement. Officially, their pledges are called nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Some NDCs are promises to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by specific amounts over the coming decades. Other NDCs are pledges to increase forested land, decrease deforestation rates, or take other measures to aid the climate change fight.
The NDCs are nonbinding. There are no enforcement measures built into the Paris Agreement to punish noncompliance. It is hoped that nations will fulfill their pledges out of concern for the planet's future. That concern grows as climate experts issue more urgent warnings about the dire consequences of continued global warming and climate change.
Xi Jinping (1953–), President of China (2013–)
Donald Trump (1946–), President of the United States (2017–)
Barack Obama (1961–), President of the United States (2009–2017)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international panel of scientists that makes recommendations regarding climate change to the United Nations (UN) based on current research
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), international environmental treaty concerned with limiting the effect of anthropogenic (human-related) greenhouse gas emissions on climate
1992: The UNFCCC is adopted, providing a framework for international efforts to combat climate change
2015: The Paris Agreement under the UNFCC is adopted at a United Nations climate change conference held in Paris
2016: The Paris Agreement comes into force after meeting the UN's minimum ratification criteria
2017: The U.S. president Donald Trump announces his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement
2018: The IPCC issues a report warning about the consequences of global warming over coming decades
The Paris Agreement builds on the framework of the UNFCCC, which was adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The parties to international treaties, such as the UNFCCC, include both nations and blocs of nations. For example, the European Union (EU) is a confederation of dozens of European countries.
The UNFCCC went into effect in 1994. It did not set specific emissions limits. Instead, it set goals for developed countries to monitor their GHG emissions and publicly report the information. Only developed economies were targeted because they were deemed to be the most responsible for global warming due to their long and intensive histories of fossil fuel use and industrialization.
A UNFCCC meeting called the Conference of the Parties (COP) is held each year. In 1997, COP3 took place in Kyoto, Japan. The delegates crafted the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC. It established GHG emissions reduction targets for the EU and economically developed countries. They agreed to reduce their emissions by 2012 as compared with their recorded emissions in 1990.
International treaties have a two-step approval process: signing and ratifying. Parties indicate their intention to join a treaty by signing it. However, they are not officially bound by the treaty until it is ratified or otherwise approved under their domestic laws and procedures.
The Kyoto Protocol went into effect in 2005. At that time, more than 140 parties had already ratified it. Dozens more did so over subsequent years. China and India, like other developing countries, agreed to implement national programs to combat climate change but were not required to meet specific emissions limits.
The U.S. government signed the protocol in 1998, but declined to ratify it under U.S. law, meaning that it did not consent to be bound by the treaty. A key sticking point was the exclusion of major GHG emitters, such as China and India, from the emissions targets. The U.S. government also feared that decreasing domestic fossil fuel consumption would harm its economy.
As the first decade of the twenty-first century drew to a close, a near-global economic downturn occurred that dramatically lowered energy demand. The concurrent decline in GHG emissions helped developed economies achieve the overall goal set for them under the Kyoto Protocol. However, global GHG emissions increased dramatically between 1990 and 2012 due mostly to rapid industrialization in China and India.
In 2012, a meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol was held in Doha, Qatar. The delegates adopted the Doha Amendment to the protocol. It added a second commitment period lasting through 2020. Although more than 100 parties accepted the amendment, the number was insufficient to trigger its official entry into force.
Implementing the Paris Agreement
In 2015, COP21 was held in Paris. It resulted in the Paris Agreement, a new international accord under the UNFCCC for the post-2020 time frame.
The goal of the agreement is to limit the average global temperature rise to less than 2℃ (3.6℉) by 2100, compared with preindustrial levels. Climatologists report that Earth has already warmed by about 1℃ (1.8℉) since the late 1800s, which has caused worrisome changes in its ecosystems and climate.
The Paris Agreement was slated to take effect after fifty-five UNFCCC parties—accounting for at least 55 percent of the total global GHG emissions—ratified or otherwise accepted it. This milestone occurred in November 2016.
The U.S. president Barack Obama (1961–) officially accepted the Paris Agreement during a 2016 summit in China, along with the Chinese president Xi Jinping (1953–). However, Obama's successor—President Donald Trump (1946–)—announced in 2017 his intention to withdraw the United States from the agreement. Official withdrawal is a lengthy process that takes at least four years to complete.
As of mid-2019, the U.S. withdrawal had not been finalized. At that time, 184 other parties had ratified/accepted the Paris Agreement. This left only eleven nonratifying parties: Angola, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, the Russian Federation, South Sudan, Turkey, and Yemen. There were media reports suggesting that the Russian government intended to ratify the agreement before the end of 2019.
Paris Agreement Pledges
The Paris Agreement was designed to be broader and more flexible than the Kyoto Protocol. The latter included fixed emissions targets that applied to only economically developed parties. By contrast, the Paris Agreement requires every party to establish an NDC.
Each NDC must be updated every five years to include more ambitious goals. As of mid-2019, most of the NDCs on file with the UN were dated from 2016.
Some NDCs include Kyoto-like emissions targets. For example, the EU has pledged to achieve at least a 40 percent reduction in its overall GHG emissions by 2030, as compared with 1990 levels. Australia's NDC is a commitment to reduce its GHG emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent by 2030, as compared with 2005 levels. Many other developed economies have made similar quantitative pledges. Each NDC is individually crafted; thus, there are a variety of actions proposed by the parties, depending on their circumstances and economic priorities.
Rather than commit to absolute emissions reductions, some developing countries are targeting their emissions intensity—that is, the volume of emissions they release per unit of gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is the total value of a nation's economic production expressed in monetary units, such as dollars or yen.
China has a rapidly growing economy that is very industrialized. In its 2016 NDC, the nation pledges to do the following by 2030:
Achieve peaking of its carbon dioxide emissions
Lower its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 60 percent to 65 percent, as compared with 2005 levels
Increase the percentage of nonfossil fuels it uses for primary energy consumption to around 20 percent
Increase its forest stock volume by around 4.5 billion cubic meters (158.9 billion cubic feet), compared with 2005 levels
India is another nation undergoing rapid industrialization. Its 2016 NDC is complex and contains both qualitative goals (e.g., "propagate a healthy and sustainable way of living") and quantitative goals. The latter include adding forest and tree cover, ramping up the use of nonfossil fuels, and reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 percent to 35 percent by 2030, as compared with 2005 levels.
The Paris Agreement requires parties to devise and publish their NDCs in accordance with established rules. In addition, the parties must report their GHG emissions and the actions they take to curb global warming and climate change. However, there is no enforcement mechanism built into the agreement. Parties that fail to fulfill their pledges face no specific penalties; the NDCs are voluntary in this regard. The international community expects that a sense of duty and moral responsibility will spur the parties to meet their climate obligations.
GHG Credits
One of the hallmarks of the Kyoto Protocol was its allowance for emissions trading system (ETS) schemes. A common scheme is called cap-and-trade. A nation conducting a domestic ETS sets an emissions cap (upper limit) for the country as a whole. Individual emitters (such as power plants and factories) that are below the cap can sell their credits to other emitters that are over the cap. In this way, the overall cap is achieved, but individual emitters have flexibility in how they participate.
The Kyoto Protocol also allowed for credit transfers between countries. For example, a developed country could offset some of its actual GHG emissions by investing money in climate-friendly projects in a developing country. These kinds of transactions were permissible under the protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Another option, called Joint Implementation (JI), covered credit transfers between developed nations.
CDM transfers helped many European countries achieve their GHG targets during the first and second commitment periods of the Kyoto Protocol. However, critics of the CDM process point out that it allowed European emitters to avoid making changes to curb their own GHG emissions.
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement addresses international cooperation. It calls for a new mechanism to be created to replace the CDM and JI schemes but still allow for the international transfer of credits. This has proven to be a difficult challenge. In December 2018, COP24 was held in Katowice, Poland. The parties were unable to reach agreement on a new mechanism and postponed the negotiations to a later date.
Climate Urgency Grows
The Paris Agreement has been hailed as a landmark treaty that represents significant progress in the battle against global warming and climate change. However, the parties to the agreement face tremendous obstacles toward meeting their NDC obligations. Despite huge advancements in the use of alternative energy sources, the world remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988. It is an international panel of scientists that makes recommendations regarding climate change to the UN based on current research. Since its founding, the IPCC has published numerous reports that contain scientific data, modeling results, and impact assessments. Those reports have provided key information to the parties to the UNFCCC and its subsequent agreements.
In late 2018, the IPCC published the special report Global Warming of 1.5℃. A rise of 1.5℃ is equivalent to a rise of 2.7℉, which is less than the Paris Agreement target of 2℃ (3.6℉). Nevertheless, the IPCC predicts severe climate change consequences at the 1.5℃ threshold, which could be reached as early as 2030.
In the report, the IPCC warns that the NDCs (as articulated in 2018) are not sufficient to dramatically slow the pace of global warming. In response, UN officials have urged the parties to the Paris Agreement to commit to deeper GHG cuts in their future NDCs.
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Emissions (Pollution)
United Nations Climate Change Conference
Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997


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Q: How to populate a TreeView control with XML using c# I am new to c# and the problem i am facing is that i have an XML file which include a list of process information with fields process id, process name and parent id. i nedd help in populating this xml file into tree view. The XML file is not formatted one. My XML file will look like:
<Process id="0" name="[System Process]" ParentPID="0" />
<Process id="4" name="System" ParentPID="0" />
<Process id="100" name="MyApp.exe" ParentPID="4" />
<Process id="120" name="avgrsx.exe" ParentPID="10"/>
<Process id="150" name="avgcsrvx.exe" ParentPID="120" />
<Process id="155" name="csrss.exe" ParentPID="100" />
<Process id="170" name="winlogon.exe" ParentPID="100" />
<Process id="180" name="services.exe" ParentPID="170" />
<Process id="200" name="lsass.exe" ParentPID="170" />
<Process id="110" name="svchost.exe" ParentPID="180" />
<Process id="380" name="svchost.exe" ParentPID="200"/>
<Process id="530" name="svchost.exe" ParentPID="1764" />
<Process id="420" name="Avg.exe" ParentPID="110" />

i want to create a tree view in c# which will look like:
0
|-4
|  |-100
|     |-155
|     |-170
|       |-180
|       |   |-110
|        |      |-420
|        |-200
|            |-380
|-10
|  |-120
|     |-150
|-155
|-1764
    |-530

Any help will greatly be appreciated. Thanks

A: Here's my solution for you:
    private TreeNode[] FindTreeNodes(string Key)
    {
        return oTreeView.Nodes.Find(Key, true);
    }

    private void LoadTreeview(string XmlFile)
    {
        oTreeView.Nodes.Clear();

        if (File.Exists(XmlFile) == true)
        {
            XmlDocument oXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
            oXmlDocument.Load(XmlFile);

            XmlNodeList oXmlNodeList = oXmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Processes/Process");

            foreach (XmlNode oXmlNode in oXmlNodeList)
            {
                int iID = Convert.ToInt32(oXmlNode.Attributes["id"].Value);
                string sName = oXmlNode.Attributes["name"].Value;
                int iParentID = Convert.ToInt32(oXmlNode.Attributes["ParentPID"].Value);

                TreeNode[] oParentNodes = FindTreeNodes(iParentID.ToString());
                if (oParentNodes.Length == 0)
                {
                    TreeNode oTreeNode = new TreeNode();

                    oTreeNode.Name = iID.ToString();
                    oTreeNode.Text = String.Format("{0} ({1})", sName, iID);

                    oTreeView.Nodes.Add(oTreeNode);
                }
                else
                {
                    if (oParentNodes.Length > 0)
                    {
                        foreach (TreeNode oParentTreeNode in oParentNodes)
                        {
                            TreeNode oTreeNode = new TreeNode();

                            oTreeNode.Name = iID.ToString();
                            oTreeNode.Text = String.Format("{0} ({1})", sName, iID);

                            oParentTreeNode.Nodes.Add(oTreeNode);
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("  ** Could not find the parent node {0} for child {1} ({2})", iParentID, sName, iID);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs E)
    {
        base.OnLoad(E);

        LoadTreeview("Xml.xml");
    }

I've modified the XML a little to look like this - essentially, it's the same:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<Processes>
  <Process id="0" name="[System Process]" ParentPID="0" />
  <Process id="4" name="System" ParentPID="0" />
  <!--
  <Process id="10" name="MissingNode" ParentPID="0" />
  <Process id="1764" name="MissingNode" ParentPID="0" />
  -->
  <Process id="100" name="MyApp.exe" ParentPID="4" />
  <Process id="120" name="avgrsx.exe" ParentPID="10"/>
  <Process id="150" name="avgcsrvx.exe" ParentPID="120" />
  <Process id="155" name="csrss.exe" ParentPID="100" />
  <Process id="170" name="winlogon.exe" ParentPID="100" />
  <Process id="180" name="services.exe" ParentPID="170" />
  <Process id="200" name="lsass.exe" ParentPID="170" />
  <Process id="110" name="svchost.exe" ParentPID="180" />
  <Process id="380" name="svchost.exe" ParentPID="200"/>
  <Process id="530" name="svchost.exe" ParentPID="1764" />
  <Process id="420" name="Avg.exe" ParentPID="110" />
</Processes>

Finally, the following nodes do not appear as there are no definitions for them within the XML:

*

*10

*1764

These appear commented out within the XML file included above.
Hope this is what you are looking for.
Cheers!

A: Try the following algorithm:
       TreeNode[] arr = new TreeNode[elemCnt]

       arr[0] = new TreeNode with base (root) element

        For each XML element "Process":

                   Let v = Find parent node with linear search in ar

                   If v is not null ( parent found)

                               Add element as child to v

                   Add element to arr

        Add nodes that have null parents to TreeView.Nodes

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Mobility Lab offers a number of different export formats. Additionally, it provides a number of options for customizing the formatting of these exports. These customizations are numerous, however, and not commonly needed. Because of this, a user interface for specifying these customizations has not been given a high priority. Instead, exporting can be customized by creating an override file named "ExportOptions.json" and placing this file in your workspace directory.
"nowDateFormat" : how to format dates corresponding to "now"
%N: Date/time formatting for "now"
The lower case version of any of these identifiers (e.g., %t) results in an all lower-case string.
By default, the format of the raw recording (*.h5) file name matches how it was saved to your file system. You can customize this using the Tools->"Set File Name Format" option within Mobility Lab.
If you customize your raw recording (*.h5) file name formatting through the "recordingDataFileNameFormat" parameter, references to this new file name will be updated within other exported files (e.g., the metric CSV or metadata XML file formats will reference the exported file names, not the ones saved in your Mobility Lab workspace).
If you specify that you wish to export the XML metadata in the Export dialog, but your ExportOptions.json file specifies ["includeMetadataXml" : false], the metadata will be exported.
If you don't specify that you wish to export the XML metadata in the Export dialog, but your ExportOptions.json file specifies ["includeMetadataXml" : true], the metadata will be exported.
You should make sure you include a unique value (e.g., the date) when specifying the file name formats for export types that generate multiple files. For example, exporting the recording files or the detailed metric CSV files.
Some export formats generate at most one file, such as the metadata file formats, or one file per test type, like the compact metric CSV or data transfer formats. You should be careful not to specify dynamic variables such as %D (trial date) or %C (test condition) for these formats, as these variables do not make sense in these contexts.


Rub the steak with the cracked pepper and garlic and place it in a shallow glass or stainless steel dish. Add the bay leaves, rosemary, wine, olive oil and vinegar. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours, turning the meat 2 or 3 times.
You can broil or cook stove top. OR Prepare a charcoal fire. Remove the meat from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking.
Remove the meat from the marinade and pat dry with a towel. Strain the marinade into a medium saucepan and discard the herbs and spices. Bring the liquid to a low boil and continue boiling until it is reduced by half. Add the beef broth to the wine reduction and bring to a simmer.
Sauce: Combine the butter with the flour, mixing it completely. In small bits, whisk the butter flour mixture into the wine mixture, whisking well after each addition until a smooth sauce of the desired thickness has been achieved. Season to taste with salt and pepper and keep warm over very low heat.
Season the steak generously with salt and pepper and broil or grill. Cook for 3 minutes on each side for a total of 12 minutes for medium rare. For medium, cook 1 minute longer on each side, for a total of 14 minutes.
Transfer the meat to a warm serving platter. Remove the sauce from the heat and whisk in 1 1/2 cups of the blue cheese, stirring until smooth. Check the seasoning and adjust as necessary.
Cut the steak on the diagonal across the grains into 1/4″ slices and arrange on a platter. Top with the sauce and garnish with the remaining cheese.


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or scaling the highest of heights.
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I love you in showers of rain.
and when summer comes again.
My thoughts towards you are good.
and then have felt weak in the bad.
then felt all alone and sad.
or wonder if I hear your prayers.
My heart is so touched by your longings.
Each day, I bottle your tears.
I love you, for you're My creation.
I think about you every day.
to guide you and show you the way.
for then you will dream new dreams.
I'll not force My way into your heart.
I come through an open door.
of life and of peace evermore.
There's a love that's like no other.
It's a love that's from on high.
the love of God for you and I.
and will pardon every sin.
as we ask Him to come in.
It's a love that says "You're special".
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it's a love that never ends.
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shed to wash our sins away.
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He'll do a new thing.
Call on the Name of Jesus.
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Policy change rankles PLMEs
By Hannah Moser
November 8, 2009 | 7:00pm EST
Students enrolled in the Program in Liberal Medical Education who apply to medical schools other than Brown's will forfeit the spots reserved for them, according to a new policy enacted this week.
PLMEs received an e-mail and a letter in their mailboxes on Wednesday informing them of the change. Starting with the class of MD applicants who hope to begin in 2011, students must inform the PLME office by Sept. 15 of their senior year — or each year they are on deferral — if they intend to "apply out." By applying to other medical schools, they forfeit their spots at Alpert Medical School, although they may re-apply to the Med School by the standard process.
Previously, there was no policy that addressed applying out, according to Associate Dean of Medicine Philip Gruppuso. "It was never an issue," he said, because usually no more than one student per year applied out.
However, around five students from the undergraduate class of 2010 are sending applications elsewhere, Gruppuso said, and administrators anticipate similar numbers from the class of 2011. Each year, the University enrolls about 50 PLMEs. Incoming Med School classes total around 100 students.
According to Gruppuso, the policy was added so that Med School admissions officers could have a clearer picture of how many spots would be available in the class.
"This is totally about our needing to fill the medical school class," Gruppuso said. "We're not trying to manipulate the careers of the PLME students."
Students applying to medical school can normally accept a spot at one school while remaining on the waitlist for several others. A place on the waitlist can open up as late as the day before orientation, and students have the option to accept it, leaving the rejected school scrambling to fill the spot. Guaranteeing PLMEs a spot while allowing them to apply out, Gruppuso said, would effectively allow them to make Brown their "safety school."
Gruppuso said the Med School receives between 70 and 80 applications for each spot in the class, and "for every two students who inject uncertainty into the program … we need another interview day."
"It actually just became a necessity for us to be able to fill our medical school class," Gruppuso said.
But current PLME undergraduates, who won't be granted exceptions, feel the policy violates the conditions under which they entered the program, according to Arune Gulati '11, who serves on the PLME Senate.
Gulati said the policy, if enacted, should apply only to incoming classes and not to students who entered the program before the change. He said many PLME students — who may have also applied to similar programs at other schools — made their decisions based on the program's leniency.
"The policy makes a lot of sense for the medical school, and I definitely see where they're coming from," Gulati said. But now, he added, "they've changed the whole game."
Gulati added that some students apply out in order to weigh their options for financial aid.
The change is especially frustrating, he said, for fifth-semester juniors who have already prepared to apply out by taking second-semester organic chemistry and paying to take MCAT courses, neither of which are required by the PLME guidelines.
"It would make perfect sense if people being admitted to the program knew about the policy beforehand," Gulati said.
"It should not have to affect the classes who are already here," said Dominic Wu '12, a class representative to the PLME Senate. Wu is not planning to apply out, but he collected the opinions of several PLME students and included them in an e-mail to Associate Dean of Medicine Julianne Ip, who sent out the notification letters.
Ip forwarded the e-mail to Gruppuso, who said he plans to meet with a group of juniors and hold a town-hall meeting with first-years and sophomores.
Wu said he invited his classmates to come and voice their opinions at the next PLME Senate meeting on Sunday.


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Chad Griffin Durbin (born December 3, 1977), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and Detroit Tigers of the American League (AL), and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves of the National League (NL).

Durbin attended Woodlawn High School, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals, in the 3rd round, 79th overall, of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Durbin's major league debut came in a scoreless relief appearance, for the Royals, on September 26, 1999.

Professional career

Detroit Tigers
Durbin signed with the Tigers as a minor league free agent prior to the 2006 baseball season. He was a part of the 2006 International League champion Toledo Mud Hens, while also making 3 late-season appearances with the Tigers.

During 2007 spring training, Durbin was in the mix for one of the final spots in the Tigers bullpen. However, starting pitcher Kenny Rogers soon went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury, and the Tigers turned to Durbin to fill his spot in the rotation. Durbin served as a starting pitcher for several stints, before ultimately joining the bullpen. Pitching in relief, Durbin served several roles, including long relief and setup.

During a game on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball against the Atlanta Braves, Durbin had a sacrifice fly for his first career RBI. He also recorded his first major league save in the same game. On December 12, 2007, Durbin was not offered a new contract by the Tigers and he became a free agent.

Philadelphia Phillies
On December 20, 2007, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies to compete for a spot in their starting rotation. Though he lost out to Adam Eaton for a starting spot, Durbin enjoyed a strong season out of the bullpen for the eventual World Series Champions. In 2009, Durbin earned the first two postseason victories of his career, as he was the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Colorado Rockies and Game 5 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The latter clinched a second straight trip to the World Series for the Phillies, where they'd lose to the New York Yankees in six games. Durbin spent one more season with the Phillies before rejoining the Indians as a free agent on March 1, 2011.

Washington Nationals
Durbin signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on February 1, 2012. He was released from Nationals after Spring Training.

Atlanta Braves
He was then signed by the Atlanta Braves to a one-year contract. With the Braves, he posted an ERA of 3.10.

Second Stint with Phillies
On January 28, 2013, Durbin signed a one-year deal with the Phillies with a base salary of $1.1 million and possible incentives totaling $350,000. The signing did not work out; the Phillies released Durbin on May 31, 2013, following a series of poor outings during which he had an ERA of 9.00.

Durbin retired on November 25, 2013.

Post-playing career
In March 2022, it was announced that Durbin would join the Phillies radio broadcast team as a part-time color analyst.

Personal life
Durbin lives with his wife Crystal and sons Cade and Cavan and daughter Caris in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

References

External links

1977 births
Living people
Kansas City Royals players
Cleveland Indians players
Arizona Diamondbacks players
Detroit Tigers players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Atlanta Braves players
Lansing Lugnuts players
Wichita Wranglers players
Omaha Royals players
Mahoning Valley Scrappers players
Akron Aeros players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
New Orleans Zephyrs players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Illinois
People from Spring Valley, Illinois
Gulf Coast Royals players
Wilmington Blue Rocks players
Omaha Golden Spikes players
Clearwater Threshers players
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    var mod = ng.module("paymentMethodModule");

    mod.controller("paymentMethodListCtrl", ["$scope", '$state', 'paymentMethods', '$stateParams',
        function ($scope, $state, paymentMethods, $params) {
            $scope.records = paymentMethods;

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            this.itemsPerPage = $params.limit;
            this.currentPage = $params.page;
            this.totalItems = paymentMethods.totalRecords;

            this.pageChanged = function () {
                $state.go('paymentMethodList', {page: this.currentPage});
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            $scope.actions = {
                create: {
                    displayName: 'Create',
                    icon: 'plus',
                    fn: function () {
                        $state.go('paymentMethodNew');
                    }
                },
                refresh: {
                    displayName: 'Refresh',
                    icon: 'refresh',
                    fn: function () {
                        $state.reload();
                    }
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                    icon: 'arrow-left',
                    fn: function () {
                        $state.go('clientDetail');
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                }

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                detail: {
                    displayName: 'Detail',
                    icon: 'eye-open',
                    fn: function (rc) {
                        $state.go('paymentMethodDetail', {paymentMethodId: rc.id});
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