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Interview: Lee Sharpe envious of Man United rivals Man City and Liverpool's stylish play
Matt Jones - Editor 11:05 08/09/2018
Lee Sharpe won three Premier League titles and two FA Cups with Man United.
It pains Lee Sharpe to say it, but he has no issues admitting he casts an envious eye at the stylish and swashbuckling way Manchester City and Liverpool are cutting teams to shreds these days.
That used to be the way he and Manchester United played under the masterful guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson, who turned the Red Devils into a devilish force in English football during his near three-decade reign.
A mammoth 38 trophies were accrued from 1986-2013 as the sublime Scotsman awoke a slumbering beast and got them flying again.
His 13 top-flight titles saw United overtake a tally from bitter rivals Liverpool that once looked unbeatable. Two Champions Leagues and five FA Cups were also reeled in.
Sharpe burned brightly but all too briefly in the red jersey from 1988-96. A succession of injuries, illness, lack of focus and the rises of Ryan Giggs and Andrei Kanchelskis all contributed to stopping him fully establishing himself as a United great.
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He played a part nevertheless in their return to prominence as a skillful and fun-loving footballer who helped the Old Trafford-outfit rediscover their swagger. The versatile midfielder strutted his stuff with a penchant for brilliant goals and even more eye-catching celebrations.
Something that has caught the eye of Sharpe in more recent years, however, has been United's decline – deepened by a renouncing of the club's famed style of play and the rise of their rivals.
Neighbours from the blue half of Manchester broke records at will last term – including the most goals scored in a Premier League campaign. Liverpool's breathtaking style of football also carried them all the way to the Champions League final.
United fans, meanwhile, have been forced to bear witness to turgid and tentative possession-based game favoured by the prehistoric Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho, who himself is at risk of becoming extinct at Old Trafford.
"It pains me to see what is happening at United," reveals Sharpe, who will be the special guest at the DSA Open taking place at Emirates Golf Club's Majlis course on Thursday, September 13, as part of the DHL Swing Against Cancer Golf Series.
"Last season was tough to watch at times with the team not really playing fluid or entertaining, attacking football like we're used to seeing.
"I know he has his methods, Jose, but it makes it doubly as bad with City and Liverpool playing such attacking, entertaining football and getting great results. It makes it even worse to watch.
"I wish they played more like those two teams, absolutely. When you watch City and Liverpool, and United of old, the first pass was forward and everybody played one and two touches. We played quickly and it was hard to mark and defend against. To watch us now can be painful."
Jose Mourinho is not getting the best out of his attacking players, such as Marcus Rashford, according to Sharpe.
Mourinho brought in marauding Brazil midfielder Fred in this summer from Shakhtar Donetsk for £53.1million, as well as Portuguese full-back Diogo Dalot from Porto and back-up goalkeeper Lee Grant.
But his biggest gripe was failing to bring in the centre-backs he covets. Pursuits of Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld, Leicester's England World Cup hero Harry Maguire and Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng all failed to come to fruition.
But Sharpe wants Mourinho to stop employing negative tactics and bring the best out of a rich core of attacking talent already at his disposal.
He says: "The talent he's got in midfield and up front is absolutely unbelievable.
"You don't need a decent centre-half if you defend from the front and put teams under the cosh in their half.
"The talent he's got going forward in [Anthony] Martial, [Marcus] Rashford, [Jesse] Lingard, [Romelu] Lukaku, [Alexis] Sanchez, it's phenomenal and to not be getting the best out of them and to watch them struggling and looking lethargic and lacking in confidence, is such a shame."
Ferguson established an empire that has started to ever so slightly crumble since the Scot's retirement.
One thing that is overlooked is how adaptable Ferguson was, as he constantly looked to re-invent himself and his teams.
Sharpe (r) celebrates United's 1991 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup win with Mike Phelan and Bryan Robson.
Ferguson ripped up his squads on several occasions throughout his reign, but an inability or refusal to change is something that led to the demise of his great rival at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger.
And refusing to change is something Sharpe senses could lead to Mourinho's own downfall.
"That's one thing showing now with Mourinho," says the 47-year-old.
"He came over, called himself the 'Special One' and went out and won things. He was full of life and entertaining in his press conferences when he first came over. Now he's dour, depressed, fed up and his team's playing the same way.
"If you're calling yourself the Special One you have to be able to move with the times like Sir Alex did. He always had something up his sleeve if one thing wasn't working. He always had an alternative way to win."
Ferguson was often said to rule with an iron fist during more than two-and-a-half decades at the helm of Old Trafford. If he fell out with anyone, it was they who came off worse.
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No-one was bigger than the manager and certainly not the club. David Beckham, Jaap Stam, Paul Ince, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Roy Keane were all sent packing.
Even though player power has come to the fore since the landmark Bosman ruling in 1995, it was never something United suffered with under Ferguson.
Whereas off the field Mourinho's relationship with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is severely being tested, in the dressing room the tie between coach and star player Paul Pogba is also causing friction – with the flamboyant Frenchman constantly linked with a move away following being benched by Mourinho during a poor patch of form last season.
There used to only be one winner in a war with Ferguson. But now, Sharpe feels the manager is the underdog.
"Player power has grown over the last 10-15 years because of the wages they're on," he says.
"It's difficult for a manager at that level to keep power over a group. And when you're not winning trophies there's not much of a hook to keep you there.
"It used to be players would never want to leave United and Liverpool. But now there's plenty of big clubs throwing money and able to challenge in the Champions League.
"You have more alternatives as a player at a big club. I'm not sure if it's a case of him losing control but the players not agreeing with the tactics and the way they're playing, it's a bit of a problem."
*Lee Sharpe will be the special guest at the DSA Open taking place at Emirates Golf Club's Majlis course on Thursday, September 13. It will be followed by an 'evening with Lee Sharpe'. The event is now sold out, but people can get in touch to be added to the waiting list. E-mail [email protected] for more information.
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Chord symbols
Chord symbols describe the vertical harmony of the music at a specific moment. They are frequently used in jazz and pop music, where players often improvise around chord progressions.
Hiding/Showing chord symbols
You can hide/show chord symbols above particular staves or only within chord symbol/slash regions project-wide on a per-player basis. By default, chord symbols appear above rhythm section instrument staves, such as keyboards, guitars, and bass guitars.
Dorico concepts
Dorico is based on a number of key concepts that come from its design philosophy.
The user interface of Dorico Pro is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible while keeping all of the important tools at your fingertips. This chapter introduces you to key aspects of the user interface.
Project and file handling
In addition to opening and importing/exporting projects and other file formats, project and file handling also includes auto-save and project backups.
Setup mode
Setup mode allows you to set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments and the players that hold them, flows, layouts, and videos. You can also determine how they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts.
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Page formatting
The formatting of pages in Dorico Pro is determined by a number of factors, including the layout's staff size, page margins, the master page applied to them, any casting off values applied to them, system and frame breaks, and frame padding.
Engrave mode
Engrave mode allows you to manipulate and modify every item in your project, but without deleting them, moving them rhythmically, or changing the pitch of notes. You can also determine how the pages in each layout of your project are formatted for printing or exporting.
Play mode
Play mode allows you to change how your music sounds in playback, including by changing the playback template and assigning VST instruments, inputting automation, adjusting the mix, and changing the sounding duration of notes in playback without affecting their notated duration.
Print mode
Print mode allows you to print your layouts or to export them as graphics files, such as PDF and SVG.
This notation reference contains information about the accepted conventions for presenting different notations and how to change their appearance and placement in Dorico Pro, both for individual items and by changing default settings.
Accidentals
Accidentals are shown beside notes to indicate their pitch, both when notated on a staff and written out in text. In music based in Western tonality, they usually show that the pitch of a note has been altered so that it does not conform to the current prevailing key signature.
Articulations are markings that are drawn above or below notes and chords. Articulations tell a performer how to attack a note or how long to play a note relative to its notated duration.
Bars indicate a usually regular segment of time according to the number of beats, which is usually determined by the prevailing time signature. Bars are separated from other bars to the left and the right by vertical barlines.
Barlines
Barlines are vertical lines that cross staves in order to show how music is divided into bars, according to the time signature. The most commonly used barline is the single barline between adjacent bars, but there are different types, such as double or repeat barlines.
Bar numbers
Bar numbers provide a crucial reference point for music that has multiple players, and make the chronological sequence of the music clear. They indicate where players are in the piece, which allows them to co-ordinate themselves easily in rehearsals and concerts.
Beaming
A beam is a line that connects notes with tails to show rhythmic grouping, which varies according to the metrical structure of the current time signature.
Note and rest grouping
There are generally accepted conventions for how notes and rests of different durations are notated and grouped in different contexts and meters. In Dorico Pro, notes are automatically notated to fit within bars and are grouped according to your per-flow settings.
Brackets and braces
Brackets and braces are thick straight and curved lines in the left-hand margin that show instrument groupings.
Chord components
Chord symbols consist of a root and a quality, with intervals, alterations, and an altered bass note included if required.
Project-wide engraving options for chord symbols
You can find options for the project-wide appearance and position of chord symbols on the Chord Symbols page in Engrave > Engraving Options.
Chord symbol appearance presets
There are many conventions for the appearance of chord symbols, so Dorico Pro provides a choice of preset conventions that you can use and edit.
Transposing chord symbols
You can transpose chord symbols after you have input them, independently of any notes.
Hiding/Showing chord symbols in layouts
You can hide/show chord symbols in different types of layouts. By default, chord symbols appear in all applicable layouts for rhythm section instruments.
Hiding/Showing the root and quality of chord symbols
You can hide the root and quality of chord symbols if they follow another chord symbol with the same root and quality, but have a different altered bass note.
Chord symbol regions
Chord symbol regions specify passages where you want to show chord symbols. They are particularly useful for players and layouts that do not need chord symbols for most of the project but have improvisation sections that require chord symbols to be shown.
Positions of chord symbols
In layouts where chord symbols are shown, they are positioned either above all instrument staves set to show chord symbols or only above the top staff in each system.
Respelling chord symbols
You can change the enharmonic spelling of chord symbols for transposing instruments, for example, to choose a simpler enharmonic equivalent spelling. This changes the enharmonic spelling of chord symbols in all transposing layouts and for all instruments with the same transposition.
Chord symbols imported from MusicXML
Chord symbols are imported from MusicXML files. However, chords that specify Neapolitan, Italian, French, German, Pedal, Tristan, and Other values for the kind of element are ignored during import, as there is no information to specify what notes these chord symbols are meant to describe.
Chord diagrams represent the pattern of strings and frets on fretted instruments and use dots to indicate the stopped finger positions required to produce the corresponding chord. This demonstrates the specific shape of chords in a compact way and is useful if a particular voicing is required.
Clefs are the symbol at the start of every system that give the notes on the staff context; that is, the clef tells you which note of the scale applies to each line or space of the staff.
Octave lines
Octave lines indicate where notes are played higher/lower than they appear in the score or part. They are dashed or dotted horizontal lines with an italic numeral at the start. The numeral indicates the number of pitches by which the phrase is changed, such as 8 for one octave and 15 for two octaves.
Cues are passages of music shown in instrumental parts that are played by a different player, usually to help orientate players before entries or solos following a significant passage of rests.
Dynamics indicate the loudness of the music, and can be combined with other instructions to give the performer a detailed understanding of how to perform the music, while also leaving room for interpretation.
Figured bass is a shorthand that uses figures to specify the harmony above the notated bass notes. It is particularly common in Baroque and early Classical music and in the parts of accompanying instruments, such as harpsichords and viols.
Fingerings can be added to music to recommend which fingers players should use for notes. This can be useful for music aimed at players learning the instrument and for difficult musical passages where certain fingering patterns make the notes much easier to play.
String indicators
String indicators are commonly used in guitar music to tell performers the string on which they should play a note, particularly for pitches that are possible on multiple strings.
Front matter in Dorico Pro is a broad term that covers all information included before the first bar of music in scores.
Grace notes
Grace notes are notes without a fixed duration, which are intended to be played quickly. They are scaled-down versions of normal notes, and are commonly shown with a slash through their stem.
Holds and pauses
Different notations are used to show where the established rhythmic flow of the music is interrupted, either with a moment of repose or a short silence, before continuing. The most subtle effect is produced by a tenuto mark, with more significant effects denoted with holds and pauses.
Key signatures
Key signatures are the markings that show the current key of music by indicating which notes in the scale for that key are sharpened or flattened. They are shown at the start of each system on every applicable staff.
In Dorico Pro, the term lyrics is used for all text that is sung by singers.
Notes are shapes that are positioned on staves to indicate musical pitches. Notes are most commonly shown with oval-shaped, round noteheads that are either filled or void depending on their duration, but there are many different designs of noteheads that you can use.
Harmonics are pitches produced by touching resonating strings at specific positions along their length, allowing the corresponding harmonic partial to sound. Harmonics often have a high pitch with a glassy, purer sound than stopped pitches. There are two different types of harmonics: natural and artificial.
Ornaments are markings that indicate multiple notes are played in addition to the notated pitch. They are used to decorate music, such as in Baroque music, which is highly decorated with trills and other ornaments.
Arpeggio signs
Arpeggio signs are vertical lines that indicate chords are to be played arpeggiated, or spread , so that the notes in the chord are played very quickly one after another. Arpeggio signs are normally shown as vertical wavy lines.
Glissando lines
Glissando lines indicate a continuous transition between two notes, which can be smooth or in chromatic steps. They can have straight lines or wiggly lines, and can be shown with a text indication or as a line without text.
Guitar bends
The guitar bend is a technique commonly performed on electric guitars, where the performer pushes strings out of their normal alignment after notes start to sound. Bending strings tightens them, which produces the characteristic pitch fluctuation.
The term guitar techniques covers a range of techniques typically associated with guitar music, such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, and pitch alterations that use the vibrato bar on electric guitars.
Jazz articulations
Jazz articulations in Dorico Pro cover a range of note ornamentations that are idiomatic to jazz music, and brass instruments in particular.
Page numbers are used to give each page a unique number, and indicate its position relative to other pages. Just as in newspapers and books, musical scores and parts use page numbers to make sure the music stays in the correct order.
Harp pedaling
Harp pedaling is a broad term that covers the specific requirements for notating music for harps. This primarily involves harp pedal diagrams, which are often necessary due to the way in which modern concert harps change their tuning.
Pedal lines
Pedal lines indicate to performers which piano pedals to use, and can also give performance instructions, such as how far down to depress the pedals and when to lift the pedal to clear the resonance.
Playing techniques
The term playing techniques covers a wide range of instructions intended to tell performers to modify the sound of the notes they are playing, for example, by changing their embouchure or changing the position of their bow, or by modifying their instrument, such as adding a mute or depressing a pedal.
Lines can convey a variety of meanings in music, such as indicating which hand to use in piano music or a gradual change in bow pressure. In Dorico Pro, lines can be vertical, horizontal, or angled between notes and have different styles and appearances.
Rehearsal marks
Rehearsal marks are an ordered sequence of letters or numbers, which along with bar numbers, provide a reference point for music that has multiple players, and make the chronological sequence of the music clear.
Markers are labels locked to a particular position in time, most commonly in relation to a video. They typically indicate an important moment that requires musical prominence, and composers often use them to help shape the writing process.
Timecodes
Timecodes indicate an exact position in time, usually in the context of a video. They allow precise synchronization between multiple elements, such as music and moving images, and can be used as a reference tool.
Repeat endings
For music with repeated passages, repeat endings show which bars are played at the end of each repetition, with different endings each time if required. They are also known as volta lines , or as first and second endings , but in this documentation, we refer to them as repeat endings .
Repeat markers
Repeat markers show that musical material is to be repeated, but unlike repeat endings, repeat markers often involve jumping to different positions and sections in the music instead of moving through the music consecutively.
Bar repeats
Bar repeats indicate that the musical material in preceding bars must be repeated exactly, but without notating that material again. Bar repeats can comprise groups of one, two, or four bars.
Rhythm slashes
Rhythm slashes are diagonal lines positioned on staves that are used to indicate that performers should play something, but without specifying the exact rhythms and pitches. They are often accompanied by chord symbols to indicate the set of notes the performer should use.
Rests are markings with a rhythmic value that indicate no note is played for that duration. Each note duration has an equivalent rest, for example, a quarter note rest is different to a sixteenth note rest.
Slurs are tapered, curved lines that join notes to indicate legato articulation and phrasing.
Staff labels
Staff labels are used to identify staves in music containing multiple players, and are positioned to the left of systems, before the initial barline of each system. Staff labels indicate the instrument or instruments currently playing the music on the staff or staves to which they apply.
A staff is a line or group of lines on which musical notes are notated to indicate the pitch and rhythm of music. Pitched instruments use the traditional five-line staff and unpitched instruments often use a single-line staff.
Divisi
Divisi is when players split, or divide , in order to play multiple lines of music, commonly for a limited passage, before returning to play together, or tutti . Divisi passages can be notated with all lines on a single staff or across multiple staves.
Tablature is an alternative notation to the five-line staff, and is used for fretted instruments. On tablature, pitches are indicated by fret numbers positioned on lines, each of which represents a string on the instrument. As tablature is commonly used for guitars, it usually shows six lines.
Stems are vertical lines that extend from noteheads that are a half note or shorter in duration. In combination with notehead design, they allow the duration of each note to be clearly identified.
Tempo marks
Tempo marks indicate how fast music is played, often with a combination of text instructions and metronome marks. They are also known as tempo changes , tempo indications , and tempo markings .
A tie is a curved line that joins two notes of the same pitch. When notes are longer than the maximum duration of a bar in the prevailing time signature, they automatically appear in Dorico Pro as tie chains, that is, a sequence of adjacent notes joined with ties.
Time signatures indicate the meter of music, and apply to all bars from where they first appear until a subsequent change of time signature. Meter describes the rhythmic pulse of music, and its division into beats and bars.
Tremolos
Tremolos are thick, slanted lines that cross individual stems or are positioned between multiple stems. They are used to indicate that notes are repeated, either individually or in sequences of multiple notes.
Tuplets
Tuplets indicate where a beat is divided into a different number of subdivisions than is usually expected according to the current meter. They can be used to fit more notes or fewer notes in a beat than usually exist in a beat, according to the usual pattern of subdivision.
The term unpitched percussion covers all percussion instruments that are not tuned to specific pitches. This includes instruments such as bass drum, guiro, maracas, cymbals, and shakers.
For many instruments, such as flute or trombone, each staff usually contains a single musical line in a single voice that is read from left to right along the staff. When multiple, independent lines must be shown in a single staff, each line can be a separate voice.
Any player on whose staff you input chord symbols is automatically set to show chord symbols for all instruments in the current layout.
In Setup mode, select a player in the Players panel for whom you want to hide/show chord symbols.
Right-click the player and choose one of the following options from the context menu:
To show chord symbols above all instrument staves held by the player, choose Chord Symbols > Show for All Instruments.
To show chord symbols only above rhythm section instrument staves held by the player, choose Chord Symbols > Show for Rhythm Section Instruments.
To show chord symbols only in chord symbol/slash regions on instrument staves held by the player, choose Chord Symbols > Show in Chord Symbol and Slash Regions.
To hide chord symbols above all instrument staves held by the player, choose Chord Symbols > Hide for All Instruments.
Chord symbols are hidden/shown above the corresponding instrument staves held by the selected player, depending on the layouts in which chord symbols are shown for that player in your project.
You can choose to show chord symbols only once at the top of each system in each layout independently.
You can choose to show chord symbols between the two staves of grand staff instruments, such as piano, in the Position section of the Chord Symbols page in Engrave > Engraving Options.
You can also hide/show individual chord symbols in layouts where chord symbols are shown by selecting them and activating Hidden in the Chord Symbols group of the Properties panel. Signposts are shown at the position of each hidden chord symbol. However, signposts are not printed by default.
You can assign a key command for Hide/Show Item on the Key Commands page in Preferences, which applies to chord symbols, playing techniques, figured bass, text objects, and time signatures.
Inputting chord symbols
Inputting chord symbol regions
Hiding/Showing signposts
Hiding/Showing chord diagrams
Showing chord symbols above one/multiple staves
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President Biden Issues Executive Order Encouraging CFPB to Act on Data Access 1033 and UDAAP | Arent Renard
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) important to the consumer financial services industry. The IB encourages the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to begin making rules under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which governs the rights of access to financial data for customers of FinTechs or banks. The US policy behind this mandate is consistent with the drive to encourage open banking standards, albeit in a more piecemeal fashion than has already been done in the UK. Nevertheless, it is important for companies to understand that the various concerns of the CFPB in matters of confidentiality and data control are now also at the heart of the administration.
Secondly, the OE also encourages the CFPB continue to enforce the law of Section 1031 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which prohibits Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts and Practices (UDAAP) and can sometimes be controversial in a given case. This Biden demand is also substantially in line with the administration's overriding objectives: Conceptually, Biden's federal policy is that all businesses deserve a full and fair chance of obtaining the highest fruits of capitalism – but this cannot be done if some companies flout regulations to the detriment of other companies that comply. During the publication of the OE, Biden noted in public statements that "capitalism without competition is exploitation" and that "true capitalism depends on fair and open competition". Never before has a White House, as the Biden administration has done here, put UDAAP's concerns at the forefront in terms of the work the CFPB needs to do to advance White House goals in matters of fair competition and banking openness.
What is also remarkable is the context in which this OE arises. Tangibly, however, the CFPB was already working to study the voluminous letters of comment that the public had submitted in response to the CFPB's Section 1033 solicitation. The proposed regulations are the first of their kind and aims to fill a void in the patchwork of federal and state privacy regulations created by technological innovation.
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As we noted in November 2020, although it is not explicitly stated in the solicitation, the CFPB may evaluate the comments solicited to help determine whether and how to define a UDAAP (Sections 1031 and 1036 of the Dodd-Frank Act ) with regard to access to consumer data. , building on decades of Federal Trade Commission precedent. The questions posed in the CFPB publication set out a practical plan for doing this.
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MIGHT-METEOR Advanced Manufacturing Sdn Bhd has signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding with us.
This signals a strong advancement in the educational experience for secondary students at raising their interest in engineering sectors through outreach to school programmes. At the heart of this MOU is bringing the concept of developing future engineers with a mindset en route for industrialization of the nation towards vision 2020 by offering trainings and exposing to new learning experiences.
"Might-Meteor is focused on human capital development in high-technology and is now driving with new approaches by distinguishing the capabilities of the younger generation and provide a platform to enhance their talent in this arena" stated Puan Jasmin Baba, the Executive Director of Might-Meteor, after signing the MOU with John Brosnan, BAE Systems Regional Managing Director South East Asia.
John Brosnan said: 'This is the next step on a very important educational initiative for Malaysia to develop the skills necessary to complete its journey towards achieving aerospace, defence and cyber-security engineering excellence. BAE Systems is proud to be associated with this programme and we look forward to developing this education partnership in the future.'
The collaboration between ourselves and MIGHT-METEOR will bring the outreach to school programs yearly and high-technology trainings for university graduates across the country. In the future, we have set a target to develop highly skilled aerospace engineers, aircraft maintenance technology and cyber security specialist in Malaysia using its technology. We have collaborated with multi-local and international companies in the aviation industry related to cyber intelligence, defense, electronics & system integration, military and technical services for over then 30 years - having forged a strong linkage in business, research and development.
Witnessed by YBhg. Dato' Sri Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid, the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister and Joint Chairman of The Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT); as content partner for Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA), commented on the collaboration "We believe through this motive, it excites all parties in grooming and building the next generation of Aerospace professionals to a higher level. The collaboration of Might-Meteor and BAE Systems will definitely emerge future talents that will develop a high-technology nation in Malaysia".


Yahoo, one of the earliest supporters of the iPhone, continues to advance its Messenger App for the popular mobile device. Tuesday Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced it added several features to Messenger including the ability to make free video and voice calls to contacts using the VoIP technology built into Yahoo Messenger.
Three other new features of note in Yahoo Messenger 2.0 for iPhone include an instant notification that sends users an alert once they've received an IM even if the Messenger app isn't open.
Yahoo also said Messenger now works in the background if the user has another iPhone app open. Mobile video calls and phone calls made to others on Yahoo Messenger don't count against calling plan minutes. Users can also send free SMS text messages and images via Messenger (though recipients may be charged by their carrier, depending on their plan). Messenger 2.0 also lets users capture and share iPhone photos and video in real-time with anyone on their Yahoo Messenger buddies list.
Other new features include what Yahoo said is improved performance in the Messenger app and the ability to make low cost calls to land lines and to other mobile phones and international calls.
Connections to other services has been expanded, as Messenger now lets users add Windows Live Messenger contacts to their buddy list. Language support has also been extended, with Yahoo adding traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, and Romanian.
Yahoo and Google were among a handful of companies that appeared onstage at the iPhone's debut launch event back in 2007. While Google remains an Apple partner on the iPhone offering search and other services, the relationship has become strained since Google decided to launch Android and promote mobile devices that compete with Apple's. Apple rejected the Google Voice app for the iPhone, though Google later made it available as a browser-based application not dependent on the App Store for distribution.
A short video showing off the new features in Messenger 2.0 is available at Yahoo's Messenger blog.


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Tag Archives: Underwriters Laboratories
9/11: Ten Years of Deception, Part 1 [2015)
I must praise the brave soul or souls at Hulu who made this documentary available through their video streaming service.
If there is a global conspiracy of greed at the most elite level of society, then those conspirators have yet to impress upon Hulu the lesson of what is arguably Juvenal's most famous bit of thought.
America is becoming less and less restrained.
Continet. Contains. Contents itself with. Restrains itself.
Who? Se. They.
Those who have shed their cares. Effudit curas. Shed cares.
Who? Qui. Those who.
Who what?
Dabat olim. Once gave.
Once gave what? A shit.
Idem populus. The same people.
Ah! People. The people.
It is from Satura X. The 10th Satire of Juvenal. You might see it as Satvra.
Full. Satur.
Lanx satura. Full scale.
A full scale. Full-scale.
It was the Toronto Hearings. The International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001.
You'll get a lot of stuff.
For instance, David Ray Griffin.
I have long appreciated his scholarship in the field of 9/11 research.
His books are part of my library.
You'll also get the excellent Kevin Ryan (who lost his job at Underwriters Laboratories for questioning the fraudulent "science" of NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology]). UL worked with NIST on their reports regarding the cause of collapse of the World Trade Center buildings (all three of them). Ryan seems to have found any involvement in this unconscionable and thus spoke up. Just like Dr. James Tracy (for his Sandy Hook research), Ryan's job employment with UL was terminated.
You'll meet hearing panelist Ferdinando Imposimato (honorary President of the Supreme Court of Italy).
Imposimato was one of those who got to the bottom of Operation Gladio.
And so staged bombings have been with us awhile.
Mr. Imposimato uncovered the secrets of the "years of lead" in Italy.
The "strategy of tension".
He uncovered that it was NATO intelligence (with a leading role played by the CIA).
Anything to keep the communists from coming to power.
So much so that the weapons caches of "stay behind networks" were put into service. Italy bombed and terrorized its own people. And blamed it on the Red Brigades.
To sway popular sentiment.
"Don't vote for the communists!"
What a murderous, cynical solution to a phantom problem.
People cynically sacrificed to prevent some greater perceived threat.
And that's exactly what 9/11 was.
That was the mechanism.
You will meet Richard Gage. Founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
No quack.
A very articulate, serious person.
Same goes for Kevin Ryan.
Check their science.
Follow their logic.
Observe the duplicity of NIST and their politically-motivated fudging of numbers.
It is astounding!
You'll meet Peter Dale Scott.
What an astute personality! Former English teacher at UC-Berkeley.
Famous for research on "the deep state".
You may not want to believe it, but sticking your head in the sand won't make it go away.
You'll meet Graeme MacQueen. A Harvard Ph.D.
Serious voices.
Matthew Witt. Professor at the University of La Verne.
People putting their reputations on the line.
Smart, studied people who have sensed (and proven to their own satisfaction through the scientific method) that 9/11 was something far different from that which was presented.
How does news become history?
Once something is reported as news, is it then history?
There are very serious questions surrounding 9/11.
I cannot name all of the figures in this documentary, but ponder these:
-Cynthia McKinney (one of the only trustworthy politicians to have emerged in recent memory)
-Lance deHaven-Smith (a Florida State professor whose contribution to this documentary is priceless)
-Jonathan Cole (whose questions get at the heart of the mythical 9/11 "state crime against democracy" [a term coined by deHaven-Smith])
-David Chandler (whose beard is as impressive as his mathematics qualifications)
I highly recommend this documentary to all who value what remains of liberty. As the filmmakers make clear, many scourges of humanity can be traced back to the false narrative which followed quickly on the heels of the 9/11 events.
Judge for yourself whether the evidence presented supports the hypotheses of these researchers. As is no doubt evident, I concur with most of their conclusions regarding this sad event.
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Apparently, every organization has the ability to apply proper innovation to solve the daily challenges they encounter. This, therefore, calls for the adoption of innovative technological equipment to help such organizations counter such challenges, something that has long been ignored by many organizations Maurer It was hypothesized that incompatibility and complexity hindered innovation within the organization, while the perceived relative advantage of an innovation would probably lead to its adoption.
Besides, most organizations also encounter challenges relating to the sourcing of resources and handling costs together with poor human expertise. The study also considered the age of the company, considering the fact that it had been suggested that the more established organizations were more likely to adopt innovations compared to the newly instituted ones.
African Journal of Business Management Vol.
The sample size was of which responded. As sociologist Jim March has noted, success requires that organizations balance exploration—the search for new ways of doing things—with exploitation, the ability to harness new practices and jettison older, less effective ones March, Basically, this chapter is all about identifying the views of the other authors.
However, while almost all organizations have a basic knowledge with regard to the innovation and even attempt to apply it, various studies have highlighted that only a few of them actually implement it successfully.
Worth underscoring, though, is the fact that social science does not offer ready-made instructions about how to make intelligence analytic improvements stick. Diagram 5 Basically, these measurements were done in three distinct approaches, in order to ascertain the extent to which ABC Company viewed the significance of the identified factors.
However, considering the fact that uncertainty could not be measured precisely, this could not also be supported by the study. Hypothesis H8 highlighted that a more dynamic environment enhances the adoption and implementation of innovation within the organization. Organizational commitment and job satisfaction in higher educational institutions: Yet because intelligence agencies compete without the shadow of organizational death, weak practices in one agency are likely to linger alongside better ones elsewhere.
What challenges hinder innovation within the company? Human resource an Experimental Approach 5th edition. The method that will be sued for the data analysis will also be described in this chapter. This is illustrated below diagram2basing on the responses obtained from the respondents: This, therefore, implies that the company faces significant challenges that have hindered it from attaining organizational change that is imperative for the success in the contemporary competitive world of business.
Despite the fact that innovation is highly recognized as the lifeblood of an organization and numerous benefits have been attached to it, most of the organizations have actually ignored it Beer et al. A number of similar studies on stress were also discussed by the authors.
This was supported by the analysis of this study. The study is beneficial to Education stakeholders, trade union officials and the Government at large. In the theoretical world, individuals have the luxury of perfect rationality, seeing all of the relevant options, assessing trade-offs with clarity, and making the best decisions.
This hypothesis was actually supported by the study as most of the respondents highlighted that the company lacked the necessary expertise to implement change.This study is about the innovative challenges. Its main aim is to analyze the innovative challenges hindering organizational change.
Apparently, every organization has the ability to apply proper innovation to solve the daily challenges they encounter. trust, open communication, a willingness to confront and solve problems, openness to change, internal cooperation against external competition and adaptability to the environment.
In TQM organizations _______ are the most important resource. Recognizing Organizational Culture in Managing Change The purpose of this article is to examine how organizational culture influences the likelihood of success for change strategies, and to provide tools for the reader to apply within his or her organization.
ANALYSIS OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE and organizational change. The study will provide a general overview of conflict concepts, such as causes of conflict, managing natural and necessary to produce innovative solutions. Despite the intelligence community's (IC's) unique challenges, the fields of organization theory and political science offer useful insights and cautionary warnings about the organizational side of improving intelligence analysis.
Start studying Chapter 6. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Search. Innovative Organizational Structures-flat organizations with limited bureaucracy the forces hindering change, driving force toward change.


In recent years, the percentage of incarcerated individuals with mental illness has dramatically increased. It is very hard to provide treatment and care for these defendants in jails or prisons. Currently, there are more mentally ill individuals incarcerated than in psychiatric hospitals. Furthermore, as budget cuts are being decided, urban and rural communities in America are looking at ways to help the mentally ill by initiating a mental health court (MHC) or continuing to fund an already existing MHC. Guided by the therapeutic jurisprudence theory, the purpose of this study was to elicit the opinions from MHC professionals regarding the strengths and weaknesses of MHCs in addressing the needs of defendants, their victims, and the communities in which they live, in order to gain the recommendations for program improvement from the professionals who have knowledge of the impact of public safety, recidivism rates, and quality of life for mentally ill defendants. Study participants answered questions about several aspects of MHCs, such as length of incarceration, application of the therapeutic jurisprudence theory, treatment planning, and institutional budget constraints. The interviews were coded using NVivo, looking for common words, statements, and themes across responses. Mental health courts have been shown to save thousands of dollars to local community budgets, provide professional support and complete the judicial system requirements. This study furthers social change by supporting the rationale for MHCs: to help prevent defendants with mental illness involved in the criminal justice system from reoffending, thereby improving community safety and reducing justice system costs over the long term.


Will an ear infection heal itself or not?
Best Answer: It might, but more than likely, it wont heal itself. It can get a lot worse and you could end up deaf. See your doctor for proper treatment.
OR you could end-up deaf like me; You wanna TAKE THAT chance ???
It is best to take yourself to be examined by a doctor and follow his treatment plan. I was always getting ear infections. I now take allergy medicine every day which has kept my ears well and has cut out the repeat infections. I am quite pleased with the result.
Up to 80% of ear infections may go away without antibiotics, so there is still a chance that it won't. I advise that you go to the doctor just in case.


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Platinum Blonde (1931)
Jean Harlow essentially perfected a character for herself, one that perhaps immoral by the standards of her day, was always endearing. She was the blonde, usually moderate- to low-income gal who would get her man by any means. She had sass and bared her sexuality shamelessly. In Platinum Blonde, however –a film that was literally named for her– Harlow takes on an entirely different role: the socialite.
Newspaperman Stew Smith, played by Robert Williams, is assigned to interview a wealthy family –the Schuylers– about a breach of promise suit filed by a chorus girl against the son. He immediately makes eyes at Harlow's daughter character, Ann, and enrages the family by refusing to take a bribe and running the story even after Ann flirtatious sidled up to the working man. Later, after interviewing the chorus girl, Stew returns to the Schuyler mansion with a stack of love letters the complainant was holding as further blackmail. He refuses a check from Ann and she softens to him.
It is not long before Stew and Ann marry against her family's wishes. This upsets fellow reporter Gallagher (Loretta Young) who has been pining for Stew. Thinking that he and his wife will take an apartment, Stew learns otherwise and is moved into a wing of the Schuyler mansion. He continues his job out of pride but is often ribbed by his coworkers who call him a bird in a "gilded cage" and "Ann Schuyler's husband". The union is destined for failure if only because Stew's disinterest in money has him as an outcast in his new setting.
Platinum Blonde was originally titled "Gallagher", but when Jean Harlow's fame grew enormously during filming, thanks to films such as The Public Enemy, the producers saw fit to profit from her stardom. When watching, the film, however, one has to wonder if the script was also altered to feature Harlow more prominently. One hardly notices Young's characters, so the "Gallagher" title makes little sense. Her role becomes more prominent in the end but she has maybe half the screen time Harlow does.
In this sophisticated role, Harlow makes an effort to change her voice to one a bit softer and stick her nose up a bit more. Her clothes, though their usual silky style are more conservative and look less like they might slip off her shoulder at any moment. Williams gets the prize for performance, however. His witty dialogue and delivery of it put awkward dry laughs into the atmosphere of a snooty mansion, making us all feel at ease. Tragically, Williams died at age 34 of a ruptured appendix four days after Platinum Blonde premiered.
Source: Robert Osborne
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In the same way that traveling to France should never be limited to visiting Paris, learning about its rich history and checking out some of its amazing architecture should never be constrained to a one-day visit to Versailles — there are countless castles in France that are mind-blowing, much cheaper, and less crowded. So, if you want to make your trip to France a little less predictable but still fill it with beautiful historical sights, leave the hordes of tourist sheep behind, hop on a train out of the capital, and hit these seven amazing castles.
The Château de Chantilly is incredible for several reasons. First, it looks like it's floating on the pond surrounding it — they don't have that at Versailles. Second, it's filled with amazing and diverse art pieces. Third, it's less than one hour from Paris on the train. Henri d'Orléans, the son of the last king of France, rebuilt the Chantilly Castle in 1875 to make it the beautiful building that you see today. It turns out that good old Henri was a bit of an art collector, hence the fact that the castle now has the second largest collection of antique paintings after the Louvre. So, a visit to the Chantilly Castle is not all about looking at a very pretty building — there are amazing art galleries, beautiful stained glass, tapestries, lavishly furnished and decorated suites, a reading room that would make bibliophiles weak in the knees, crazy ceilings and wooden floors, etc.
That said, when you're all "arted out" head outdoors and check out the gorgeous French formal gardens and large park. Note that there's also a beautiful museum dedicated to horses in the Great Stables and equestrian shows if you're more into animals than paintings and flowerbeds. Prepare for your visit by checking out the official website.
The Château d'Angers is a huge fortress of 17 towers. It may not look as refined as Chambord and Chantilly, but this 13th-century citadel is home to one of the world's greatest art treasures: the Apocalypse Tapestry. The 14th-century tapestry is the world's largest and oldest surviving medieval set of tapestries and a stunning piece of art. It is 328 feet long, made of colorful wool and silk, and kept in a dimly lit room where you can sit and look its details for hours. After you've had a good look at this masterpiece, check out the beautiful gardens outside and go up to the top of the fortress to take a walk and see an amazing view of the whole city. The castle is smack dab in the middle of the city of Angers, so once you're done visiting, you won't have to trek far to get a cup of coffee or hit a bakery for a pastry. Angers and its château are a two-hour high-speed train ride from Paris.
The Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg is a mountain fortress dating back to the 12th century. After being destroyed in 1462, rebuilt, besieged, pillaged, then burnt to the ground by the Swedish army in 1633, it was left in ruins for 200 years. When Alsace became part of Germany in 1871, Kaiser Wilhelm II decided to restore it entirely as a symbol of German power in the region. The restoration, done with extreme care so that the castle would look like it did back in the Middle Ages, ended in 1908. The Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg became a French property again in 1919 when the Alsace region was annexed to France after WWI. Check out the drawbridge, the three floors of the castle, and the Medieval garden, and make sure to have a good look at the exceptional views.
Because it's sitting 2,500 feet above the Alsace plain, you can see the Vosges mountains, the Black Forest, and even the Alps when the weather is clear enough. The castle is closer to the city of Strasbourg (a one-hour car ride) than Paris, but Strasbourg is only two hours from the French capital by train and is certainly an underrated spot that's worth visiting. Check out the official website to know more about the rates, hours of operations, and how to get there.
It took quite a while to get this castle built — 166 years, between 1519 and 1685 — but it was worth the wait. Although François the First, the king who commissioned the Chambord Castle, died much before it was achieved, he would certainly have enjoyed this magnificent edifice that he was planning to use as a hunting estate. The castle is immense and stunning inside and out and from every angle, as are the French formal gardens surrounding it. The most notable element of the building is its double-helix staircase located in the center of the castle, which two people can use to go up and down without ever meeting. This playful and mind-boggling architectural feature is said to be the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, with whom the King was friends.
When you're tired of looking at the architectural details of the castle, go explore the park around the property — it's the largest walled and enclosed park in Europe — and keep an eye out for the wild stags, deer, and boards roaming the woods. The Château de Chambord is a two-hour drive or 90-minute train ride from Paris. To plan your visit, check out the rates and hours of operation on the official website.
With its simple square shape, minimalist white facade, and small inner courtyard, the Château d'Ancy-le-Franc may look plain compared to some of the immense and ornate castles to be found in France, but it packs an unexpected punch. Only 20 years ago, the 16th-century castle was abandoned, and it was raining inside this incredible building. Today, after years of renovation and some amazing landscaping work, it's a stunner — inside and out. It is said that its elegant inner courtyard was used as a template for the one at the Louvre — not a shabby reference. Inside, coffered ceilings, intricately assembled tile floors, and detailed murals make Ancy-le-Franc a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance architecture.
But don't stick to visiting the castle itself — there's a 123-acre park surrounding it that you should take the time to see as well. The Château d'Ancy-le-Franc is one hour away from Paris by high-speed train. For more information about rates and hours of operation check out the official website.
The Château de Chenonceau was first built by a woman in 1513 and was embellished, restored, and protected by women over the centuries, hence its nickname "the Ladies' Castle." From 1914 to 1918, the castle was turned into a military hospital, complete with an operation room, an X-ray machine, and 120 beds for the soldiers in need of care. What makes this castle so unique and stunning is the fact that it was built above the Cher river, so take the time to look at it from the outside — it's quite a sight. Inside, the chapel, the gallery, the kitchens, and the many other rooms are truly gorgeous — you don't have to be an art expert to appreciate the level of details in the tapestries, ceilings, wooden floors, furniture, etc.
While outside, check out the French formal gardens and the vegetable and flower garden, and have fun in the green maze. Splurge a little and book a table for lunch at the Orangerie gastronomic restaurant for a royal experience. The Château de Chenonceau is only one hour from Paris by high-speed train.
The Château du Clos Lucé is famous for being the home of Leonardo Da Vinci from 1516, until his death (at the castle) in 1519. Although the castle never belonged to the artist, the king of France had invited him to stay in this beautiful pink-brick dwelling. If you got frustrated by not being able to see the Mona Lisa properly at the Louvre because of the crowds, we suggest you check out this castle that celebrates the mind of Leonardo Da Vinci. The 12th-century castle and the park surrounding it are filled with the work of the artist and engineer, including paintings, sketchbooks, models of machines created according to his designs, etc. You can also visit his studio, as well as his bedchamber. The Château du Clos Lucé is also only one hour away from Paris by train. Check out the rates and hour of operation on the official website.


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package crawler;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Tokenizer;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.core.StopFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.en.KStemFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.shingle.ShingleFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardTokenizer;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.CharTermAttribute;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.util.CharArraySet;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Version;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class StringFilter {
    private String stopWords_a = "a,able,about,abstract,across,after,all,almost,also,am,among,an,and,any,are,as,at,";
    private String stopWords_b = "be,because,been,being,but,by,";
    private String stopWords_c = "can't,cannot,could,couldn't did didn't,do,does,doing,don't,down,during,";
    private String stopWords_e_f = "each,for,from,further,";
    private String stopWords_h = "had,hadn't,has,hasn't,have,haven't,having,";
    private String stopWords_i = "i,i'm,if,in,into,is,isn't,it,it's,its,itself,";
    private String stopWords_m_n = "me,more,most,must,my,myself,no,nor,not,";
    private String stopWords_o = "of,off,on,once,only,or,other,ought,our,ours,ourselves,out,over,own,";
    private String stopWords_s = "same,she,should,so,some,such,";
    private String stopWords_t = "than,that,that's,the,their,theirs,them,then,there,they,this,those,through,to,too,";
    private String stopWords_u_v = "under,until,up,very,";
    private String stopWords_w = "was,wasn't,we,we'd,we'll,we're,were,what,when,where,which,while,who,whom,why,with,won't,would,";
    private String stopWords_y = "you,you'd,you'll,you're,you've,your,yours,yourself,yourselves";
    private String stopWords = stopWords_a + stopWords_b + stopWords_c + stopWords_e_f + stopWords_h + stopWords_i +
            stopWords_m_n + stopWords_o + stopWords_s + stopWords_t + stopWords_u_v + stopWords_w + stopWords_y;

    //1 - Normalize Detail URL
    public String normalizeUrl(String url) {
        int n = url.indexOf("ref");
        String normalizedUrl = url.substring(0, n - 1);
        return normalizedUrl;
    }

    //2 - Clean and Tokenize Title
    public String cleanTokenize(String input, List<String> tokens) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        Reader reader = new StringReader(input);
        Tokenizer tokenizer = new StandardTokenizer(Version.LUCENE_40, reader);
        TokenStream  tokenStream = new StandardFilter(Version.LUCENE_40, tokenizer);
        tokenStream = new StopFilter(Version.LUCENE_40, tokenStream, getStopWords(stopWords));
        tokenStream = new KStemFilter(tokenStream);
        CharTermAttribute charTermAttribute = tokenizer.addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class);

        try {
            tokenStream.reset();
            while(tokenStream.incrementToken()) {
                String term = charTermAttribute.toString();
                tokens.add(term);
                sb.append(term + " ");
            }
            tokenStream.end();
            tokenStream.close();
            tokenizer.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println(sb.toString());
        return sb.toString();
    }

    //3 - Generate N-gram Query
    public List<String> ngramQuery(String query) {
        List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();

        Reader reader = new StringReader(query);
        Tokenizer tokenizer = new StandardTokenizer(Version.LUCENE_40, reader);
        TokenStream tokenStream = new ShingleFilter(tokenizer, 2, 3);
        CharTermAttribute charTermAttribute = tokenizer.addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class);

        try {
            tokenStream.reset();
            while (tokenStream.incrementToken()) {
                String ngramQuery = charTermAttribute.toString();
                results.add(ngramQuery);
                System.out.print(ngramQuery + ";");

            }
            tokenStream.end();
            tokenStream.close();
            tokenizer.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println();
        return results;
    }

    private static CharArraySet getStopWords(String stopWord) {
        List<String> stopWordsList = new ArrayList<String>();
        for(String stop : stopWordsList) {
            stopWordsList.add(stop);
        }
        return new CharArraySet(Version.LUCENE_40, stopWordsList, true);
    }
}

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Q: Imagem não aparece no projeto HTML Olá!
Estou começando a aprender HTML e, num projeto pessoal, não consigo colocar foto. Eu estou usando
Vou colocar um pedaço do código aqui:

Eu, Thaís Ketlen

Posts

Post #1

 Olá! Meu nome é Thaís e eu tenho 22 anos! Na foto, você pode ver como eu sou:

A: Você não pode ter espaços no caminho para o arquivo. Tente substituir os espaços por %20:

Eu, Thaís Ketlen

Posts

Post #1

 Olá! Meu nome é Thaís e eu tenho 22 anos! Na foto, você pode ver como eu sou:

Note que essa substituição deve ser feita apenas no arquivo HTML, e não no nome da pasta em si.

A: Olá Thais tudo bem? Espero que sim
Pelo seu código eu notei que essa imagem encontra-se local no seu computador né?
Se for o caso, coloca o seu código html e as suas imagens numa mesma pasta. Dessa forma quando vc for usar a imagem de referência, você só vai precisar usar o "nome_da_foto.jpg".
Quando esse n for o caso, tente evitar usar espaços. Use o _ ou junte tudo.
Espero ter ajudado.

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<>img src="html-e-css/img/teste.jpg"<> e renomeie o nome da pasta com o traço "-" no lugar do espaço "spacebar".

A: Os editores de código não reconhecem um caminho de arquivo com espaço no nome do arquivo ou de alguma pasta, recomento utilizar o formato snake_case (separação_das_palavras_por_underline) ou CamelCase (Iniciando todas as palavras com letras maiúsculas mas sem espaço ) em pastas que você utilize para os projetos, isso facilita a compreensão do arquivo que vc está colocando e evita erros no código, além de ser um padrão utilizado na programação, aqui estão dois exemplos de caminho que vc pode utilizar:

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I used kiln dried lumber on my deck. I also used it for the railings. They came with a top and bottom baluster channel,with a seperate hand-rail piece for the top. Installed summer of 2009. Now several of the corner 4x4 post have twisted, pulling away from the rail system,leaving gaps. Also, on top of the hand rails, alot of the wood is blistering,or splintering and is already looking bad.
Is kiln dried lumber prone to this? I've not used it before. I thought it was supposed to help prevent this. I am now giving serious thought to replacing the entire post and rails with a surface mount vinyl system. Your thoughts?
Are these surface mount post strong enough and stable?
This was kiln dried pine. My son-in-law works for a nearby lumber yard, and he actually recommended it.
It looked really nice when we 1st installed it, but like i said, its only been 1 yr and the posts are curling and tearing away from the rails. What do you know about the pvc type posts and rails?
I would have to surface-mount the post some way, and am concerned about the strength. I know it would like alot better.
Sounds very strange. If it was kiln dried cedar it should have performed better than that even though it will quickly adapt to the ambient humidy level in your area. But cedar is a softer, slightly weaker wood than pine so it does have as much pulling or twisting strength if it does move.
Kiln dried lumber is not typically used for outdoor applications for the very fact that the kiln drying is wasted once you place the wood outdoors and it starts raining or the humidity rises it moves toward the humidity level.
PT pine is most notorius of splitting, checking, warping, twisting and cracking over time as it dries out.
Usually non kiln dried lumber is material of choice. Often it can have a moisture content as high as 25% to even 30%. At those levels it is really at risk of warping as it dries out. Best is to use lumber that is still green but has a moisture content under 20% and then it will settle at about 5-10% moisture content over the course of a few weeks where it should remain stable.


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Ramblers can wander among historic villages
Swindon Ramblers' route among historic villages
By Barrie Hudson
Rambling combines exercise - as gentle or strenuous as preferred - with the chance to be face-to-face with nature and some of our most fascinating historic locations
THE latest route in our regular series supplied by Swindon Ramblers takes in the Medieval villages of Shap and Upham.
It offers good tracks, extensive views and a sense of isolation amid beautiful surroundings.
Distance: A choice of 3.5 or 6 miles
OS Maps: Explorer 157, Landranger 174
Start: If arriving by car, turn off the B4192 Swindon to Aldbourne Road on to the road to Upper Upham. Follow the road beyond the semicircle of houses on the left and park as considerately as possible near the cylindrical storage tank at reference SU225772.
There is unfortunately no suitable bus service.
Walkers should bring their own refreshments, as none are available along the route.
1 At the end of the concrete path, and with a barn on the right, continue forward on the track across the valley bottom and up to the hedgerow on the skyline.
2 As the Ridgeway long distance path joins from the right, continue for 20 metres and turn left, still on the Ridgeway. Continue until a track crosses the Ridgeway, with a concrete tank and a radio mast visible on the right. Turn left.
3 Follow this track and, as it turns right, go forward and then through a gate by a wide metal farm gate. Follow a grassy path which bears left towards the valley, then forks right and goes through a gateway to a byway which goes downhill between trees. It eventually turns left, then right, and comes to a track junction at a field corner.
4 If the shorter version of the walk is preferred, turn left at this point and climb to the tarmac road. Turn left again to return to the starting point.
For the longer version, carry straight on and pass along the deeply rutted track through the valley. Just after the wood it is possible to walk at the foot of High Clear Dow - by going through a small wooden gate on the left - and then join the track once more near an information board. Continue almost to the main road and then make a sharp left turn at a path junction.
5 Follow this path through a gate near the remains of a barn. Keep the hedge on the left until the path veers right to pass close to a clump of trees over a long barrow. Go through the gateway and then pass another clump of trees at the top of a rise. Pass beneath power cables and through the next gate. Veer slightly left across a large pasture to reach the gate to a fenced strip of land. At the end of this is the road. Turn left to return to the starting point.
The Swindon and North East Wiltshire Ramblers Group host their annual summer picnic walk at Stanton Park on Saturday, August 17, from 2pm.
Members and non-members alike are welcome to come along to enjoy the fun, which will include a gentle walk.
Spokesman Grahame Lee said: "The four-mile walk starts at 2pm from the Great Barn and will visit all parts of the beautiful Stanton Park and surrounding area.
"Following the walk, at around 4pm we return to the Great Barn area for the picnic.
"All you will need is sturdy footwear, suitable clothing for the weather, and water for the walk.
"For the picnic bring a chair and some food to share. Come and join us - and we look forward to seeing you there."
The picnic will be able to go ahead whatever the weather, as the ramblers group has booked the Great Barn in case it is necessary to retreat indoors.
Although perhaps not as well known as certain other parks, Stanton Park is among the most beautiful, and has as its centrepiece a large lake.
A nature reserve, it has remnants of ancient woodland, wildflower meadows, hedges and wetlands, and is home to many species of mammals, birds, insects and amphibians.
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i have tried following Hewlett Packard instructions to boot into Windows 7 and now i cant get anything to show on Screen at boot up. i am trying to RESET CMOS. i hope my BIOS is not bricked. i just tried to change settings to boot into windows 7. How do i Reset BIOS? i have tried taking the CMOS battery out but its difficult to get it out.
all i care about is that my BIOS is not bricked. HELP !!
Bricking a BIOS usually only happens if you had a bad flash. Changing the settings will never brick your motherboard. -- That's the good news, so take a deep breath and relax.
Changing the settings, however, can make Windows fail to boot. For example, changing IDE to AHCI since Windows pre-saved that it was using one configuration and suddenly it hasn't updated to the other. The easy fix for this is to reinstall windows (you could try to revert the setting back, but that does not always fix windows). - I would leave the settings to what HP suggested (since that's what you wanted to use, anyways) and reinstall Windows.
Changing the settings, however, can make Windows fail to boot. For example, changing IDE to AHCI since Windows pre-saved that it was using one configuration and suddenly it hasn't updated to the other. The easy fix for this is to reinstall windows (you could try to revert the setting back, but that does not always fix windows).
If you unplugged the power while the system was resetting the CMOS, on some older (cheaper) motherboards it is possible to corrupt the flash (bricking the board). Most motherboards, however, have capacitors that will prevent the shortage from happening through and simply you'll end up with the CMOS not saving. Since your PC is an HP they usually have good motherboards, but if it was a DELL, I'd be worried. You shouldn't have to replace the battery, just pop back the old one. -- You can buy a new one if you wish it would only be $1 - $3 (they're very affordable).
Once you pop in the battery, turn on the computer, and hold and press the key you used to enter your CMOS. If you have fully cycled your CMOS, you may need to use a keyboard that is directly plugged in (not wireless and if your PC is older, using an older keyboard with the old PS2 connection). Once in your CMOS, you'll need to change the settings to your desired preference. If you're really worried about screwing anything up, just select the system default and save. Then reinstall your OS.
edit: -- Assuming a USB keyboard does not work. If it does work, great!
Did you hear any beeps when you booted up? A dead display does not tell me anything, really. Try using your motherboard's older VGA port for display if your HDMI port is not displaying on your monitor. - You can also try to turn off and on your display.
You are someone who I think should hire someone else to look at your computer.
Your video does not tell me anything since you've not shown what happens when you first press the power button. -- It does show that you've disconnected a few cables.
Again, hire someone. -- You're ignoring any postcodes or beeps or a wide range of other things that could still mean you're motherboard is workable or salvageable. You also have a few cables unplugged too laying in the case which isn't a good idea. If you want to assume your board is dead, you can replace it easy enough, but in your instance, I think you would be one of the few people best left to having someone else to do it.


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Producer Karl Sydow warns of 'frightening' lack of financial support for regional theatre
Karl Sydow. Photo: Panda Cox
by David Hutchison - Oct 2, 2015
Dirty Dancing producer Karl Sydow has warned that theatre outside London is receiving a "frightening" lack of funding and support.
Sydow, who serves on the board of theatre company Out of Joint and often produces the company's touring shows, told The Stage that government cuts to arts funding had hit regional theatres the hardest.
He said: "When you go out in the regions it is frightening now, because they don't get the support they used to get. Subsidy has been heavily cut back. The cost of doing everything has gone up, the risk of doing it has become that much greater."
Speaking at the h.Club 100 awards at the Hospital Club, the producer also stressed the importance of encouraging audiences to take risks on new work, warning that "otherwise everything dries up and we go nowhere".
He added: "I'm glad to have something as successful as Dirty Dancing so I can take all of that and put it into something as risky as doing a brand new play."
Claiming that original work is a risk because people are reluctant to buy tickets when they do not already know a show, Sydow said venues in the regions were not well enough funded to market new shows properly.
"Theatres don't have the money to help. They don't have the money to market it, they don't have the money to explain, they don't have the money for education," he said.
He added: "It is tough to keep theatre alive in cities [outside London] now, and that's not right."
Sydow, who has also produced Sinatra at the London Palladium, went on to denounce the term 'subsidy', highlighting that the theatre industry as a whole pays a large amount of tax in addition to receiving public funding.
He said: "It's simple mathematics: the VAT I pay on the ticket sales for Dirty Dancing? The tax I pay on the profit, that we all do? We subsidise. We don't get subsidy. We pay in infinitely more money that we ever get."
Speaking about the government's recent announcement that all departments have to budget for cuts of up to 40%, Sydow asked: "How do they expect anything to carry on? With Out of Joint, we carried on, we kept doing things, we found other ways. But the more we're successful at that, the more certain people say 'Look, we don't need to subsidise them'."
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Outside, Bernard and John are walking and talking about the Savage's past. Bernard seems almost overcome with the situation, saying, "So hard for me to realize, to reconstruct. As though we were living on different planets, in different centuries."
The rest of the chapter describes the childhood upbringing of John, Linda's son. It is a bit confusing since John has a hard time articulating his experiences— he just tells his distinct memories to Bernard. At first Linda did not want him as a son. In her world, being a mother was dirty so she had a difficult time resigning herself to the fact that she now had a son.
John recalls that his happiest times were when Linda would tell him about her world, with the flying helicopters and the soma, though she wasn't able to answer most of his questions about the world (since she only knew her specific job knowledge and nothing else; John had to turn to the tribal elders to answer these types of questions). On the reservation, Linda soon became addicted to pescal, Indian alcohol, despite it's damaging side-effects. She also had several run-ins with the Indian wives after sleeping with their husbands. She, of course raised in civilization where 'everyone belonged to everyone else,' wasn't accustomed to their backwards vows of marital faithfulness.
On one occasion, John even tried to kill Pope, the man Linda was sleeping with. Armed with his new knowledge of Shakespeare (which he had recently been given to read), the Savage tried to kill the man with a knife, but failed miserably. Another experience is revealed when John tells Bernard about his meetings with Mitsima, the Indian elder who acts as a father to John.
Yet the most dramatic memory is when at age sixteen he follows the other Indian boys out into the wilderness in the "becoming a man" ceremony. Soon John is laughed at by the other boys and told to go home, being the son of the "she-dog." This humiliates John, who decides to engage in his own ceremony of self-sacrifice and manhood. He fasts and tortures himself like the other boys, and even tries to empathize with Christ on the cross, but he does this by himself. This story interests Bernard, who also feels like an outcast in his world, and the two both empathize with each other's suffering. Soon Bernard invites John and Linda home with him, seeing the opportunity to capitalize on them and get back at the Director.
Brave New World: Chapter 9 ›


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There isn't a special formula or criteria for forming strong bonds. Simply put, you learn to love by loving one another.
Certainly that is true for many Zag friends who come together through their Gonzaga connection and nurture binding friendships long after they flipped their tassels, tossed their caps and tipped their last glass at Jack and Dan's.
Six GU friends from the Class of 1978 are examples of that hard-to-define definition of what it means to be a Zag, yet you all know it when you see it, feel it, experience it in your lives.
"I'm grateful for these friendships. When someone needs something, we reach out, say I love you, and do what we can to help each other," Sweeny said.
For example, when Malone got word last June that Hennessy was in the hospital about to undergo open heart surgery, he rallied the other four and they all got to Portland by the time Hennessy awoke after surgery.
"I woke up about 3 in the afternoon, and it meant a lot to me to see these five incredibly handsome men there in my room," Hennessy said, with a smile.
Sweeny knows what it means to be there for his friends. They were there for him during the loss of two sons, four years apart.
"We've been in each other's wedding, Godparents to the others' kids, and around for a lot of major events in our lives," said Malone, who may be the glue that keeps this bond between six strong.
Pictured: The guys gather for Tim Hennessy's wedding.
Malone is planning a return trip for the group, but this time to tour the churches of the green isle.
But it doesn't look like these guys, in their early 60s, are slowing down.
They still enjoy reliving their youth – time spent in the basement of Madonna or at the bar in the Bulldog swapping stories. "Obviously, we need to keep some of our college events under wraps . . . not bad stuff, but good fun," Hennessy said.
Sweeny and Jones are retired doctors, Hennessy retired as president of De La Salle North Catholic High School for inner city children after a long career in technology, Flume recently sold his successful printing business, Craven has been a successful in finance, and Malone a health care executive.
Three of the wives are GU alumni: Katie (Sutton) Hennessy ('80), Vicki (Dieffenbach) Flume ('78), and Anne Claire Buckley Jones ('78).
Tell us YOUR lifelong Zag friendship story. Email editor@gonzaga.edu.


Wow, this is something that I really know nothing about. yes, I am a guy. And yes, I am a civilian but I am a blogger as well so I must weigh in on something that I have no personal experience with. Oh, the jocularity as Father Mulchay used to say..
But I had to put this up on the blog for a few reasons. First, because it's in the news and I think people might have some comments on it. Second, it's just weird. I have kids. My wife wasn't a zealot when it came to the topic. and I believe it's your own business. I don't think that people should promote such a cause while in uniform. Hell, any cause to that point. You are a soldier, airmen, sailor or Marine. Do your job and in your off-time, then campaign, crusade or whatever. Just not in your uniform.
Well, the Guard seems to agree with me.
Two Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., airmen who donned their uniforms for a photo session in support of Breastfeeding Awareness Month violated a policy that forbids military members from using the uniform to further a cause, promote a product or imply an endorsement, said Capt. Keith Kosik, spokesman for the Washington National Guard.
"We're just showing moms can breast-feed their children in any kind of uniform," said Trysta Chavez, who co-founded the group with Crystal Scott at the base outside Spokane.
Mom2Mom has no conflict with military regulations and is not trying to change them, Chavez said.
The Air Force has no policy on breastfeeding in uniform. But it does forbid airmen from using the uniform to advance the cause of an outside organization.
So what do you think? Much to do about nothing or is this something to get yourself all whipped up about? Again, being a guy and a civliian, it feels weird to be weighing in on such a topic. But again, if people want to breast-feed, go for it. Just not in uniform. That's my take.


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French street artist JR (previously here and here) is at it again! This time in Hong Kong. The immensely appealing photographer has pasted 16 large-scale portraits of Hong Kong city dwellers looking up, along Connaught Road footbridge in the center of the city. And, if that isn't fun enough, he's got an exhibit of his first sculptures titled Pattern at Galerie Perrotin through November 10th, 2012.
All photos courtesy of the Inside Out Project and Galerie Perrotin.
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Community groups, registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), tenants and residents' associations (TRAs), companies limited by guarantee, social enterprises or community interest companies (CICs) are all eligible to apply. Please note that if an organisation's annual income in the last year was over £250,000, it will not be eligible.
Recipients of awards in Round 1, can apply again in Round 2, but in a competitive situation other groups may be prioritised.
Applicants unsuccessful in Round 1 may use the same application for Round 2: they should contact Lambeth Community Fund.
- Stronger Together – bringing together diverse parts of the community to celebrate what it is to be a Lambeth resident. This encourages local organisations to share, learn and grow together to create a strong and vibrant voluntary and community sector.
- Feeling Fine – focusing on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of residents of all ages and backgrounds.
- Learning for Life – helping residents reach their full potential through the development of skills, knowledge and experience.
- On the Right Track – helping those with negative and harmful lifestyles to reconnect with their communities.
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Contact LCF on 020 7582 5117 or at applications@londoncf.org.uk for any queries not answered in guidance notes.


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