Refreshments: Please bring your own food and refreshments.
How to get to the venue: Walk from Golders Green Tube station northwards up the Finchley Road, take the first turning to your left into Hoop Lane, and you will find us about 60 metres along on the right. Getting from most of Middlesex and NW London to our Unitarian church is easy by public transport as Golders Green is the bus hub for NW London.
Parking: There is on-street parking in Hoop Lane and nearby roads, except between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on weekdays. Parking is permitted on stretches of both sides of Finchley Rd between 10 a.m.and 4pm.
Nearest Bus Stop: 'Hoop Lane' on Finchley Road for the 82, 102, and 460.
Presenters will include Rikky Rooksby on Music and Spirituality.
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A report on the conference can be found in the Autumn 2018 issue of Reaching Out.
Woodbrooke Quaker Centre, Birmingham, 29 September to 1 October 2017.
Download the Programme and the abstracts. A report on the conference can be found in the Autumn 2017 issue of Reaching Out.
Launde Abbey, East Norton, Leicestershire, 23 – 26 September 2016.
Fee Berry: Pathways to Reincarnational Memory.
Rikky Rooksby: Heavens of Kingdoms and the Kingdom of Heaven: life and maps of the afterlife.
Linda Jacobs: The Connection between Mental Health and Spirituality.
John Philps: The Light of the Soul.
Dr Roger Straughan: How on earth can we study the Afterlife?
Read an article from Psychic News about the day (thanks to David Taylor of CFPSS).
A conference arranged jointly by Friends' Fellowship of Healing and Quaker Fellowship for Afterlife Studies, focusing on the interest of both groups in the interaction between the spiritual and material worlds.
Presenters: Angela Howard led a discussion session on QFAS past, present and future, exploring how much has been achieved since QFAS began in 2000, and what members would like to aim for in the coming years.
David and Rachel Britton presented a dialogue exploring Quaker religious thought in Britain leading up to the First World War.
This lively and well attended workshop, facilitated by Maggie Jeffery and Rhonda Riachi, explored significant psychic and spiritual events. Many people have these experiences, but few feel able to talk about them, even in Quaker Meetings.
Guest Speakers: Jill Inskip, Harvey Gillman and Rhonda Riachi.
Jill Inskip spoke movingly about surviving a virulent form of cancer and how she felt enriched by the experience, supported by her regular meditative practice. Harvey Gillman explored his spiritual journey to date, and we discussed the need to acknowledge the role of the transcendent in Quaker Meetings for Worship. Rhonda Riachi demonstrated the new web site and encouraged members to contribute to online discussions.
Organised jointly by Friends' Fellowship of Healing and Quaker Fellowship for Afterlife Studies primarily for their members. This weekend shared insights and methods on how visualisation, colour and sound can be used in healing, healing negative past life experiences, how healing can assist the soul at death, and how a belief in an afterlife can help in bereavement.
David Taylor is Editor of the journal of the Unitarian Society for Psychical Studies. He is also founder and Chair of the parapsychology group, Parasearch, as well as being Midlands Regional Co-ordinator for The Ghost Club. From shamans to EVP, David looked at the social historical developments in attempts to communicate with cultural concepts of the 'otherworld' and how these various attempts have been influenced by the current Zeitgeist.
Callum E. Cooper is currently based at the University of Northampton as a PhD researcher and lecturer in psychology. He is a member of the Society for Psychical Research, an Academic Member of the Academy for Spiritual and Consciousness Studies and a Student Member of the Parapsychological Association. Will many people openly admit that they have experienced what they believe to be a 'phone call from the dead'? This question was investigated in 1979, in a book entitled Phone Calls from the Dead, written by D. Scott Rogo and Raymond Bayless. Now, thirty years on, in this new book (Telephone Calls from the Dead by Callum E. Cooper, 2012) the research has been revived and continued.
Creatures on Earth (humans and other animals) have always been aware of contact with other realms of life. The world religions, through their myths, tell of visitations from gods and other beings bringing spiritual enlightenment and guidance to humankind. At an everyday level people experience guidance from spiritual sources and also dreams, visions and messages which seem to connect them with their loved ones who have passed on. There is so much evidence to explore – anecdotal and the result of scrupulous scientific testing. In one weekend we can only look at some aspects of communication. The conference considered mediums, those with special gifts and training; and the ways in which any one of us may be aware of links with the spiritual worlds.
Rhonda Riachi on "Mapping the Afterlife". Rhonda explored different perspectives on the Afterlife, reflecting her own journey through some fascinating material over the past decade. Using diagrams and texts from out-of-the-body and near-death experiences she outlined how common themes can be discerned and models built up. Download the slides (PDF document opens in a new window).
Rikky Rooksby on "A Vision of Greatness". Rikky delved further into the significance of maps of the Afterlife both as speculations in a topic of abiding interest and for what they can offer: not just a guide to a spiritual destination, but also a spiritual tool for here and now. Download the diagrams that accompanied his talk (PDF document opens in a new window).
Speakers: David Britton, Rachel Britton, Angela Cotter.
Early Quakers were powerfully aware of a spiritual world which inspired and sustained them: how do we interpret this fundamental aspect of our faith today?
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Cables & Lipstick
All music, all the time – whatever I like
The questionable delights of pop music….or not!
I appear to have something of a bee in my bonnet! Nothing especially serious but more artists I like being a little dismissive of pop music.
Now, I'm not the biggest fan of pop music but I see it as having a very significant cultural place, perhaps not so much in modern times but certainly historical. Modern pop music is something I pay very little attention to, and I am not surrounded by commercial radio stations so I can't get annoyed when the song of the moment is played 5 times in one hour. In fact, I've only just recently heard 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and that's been at number one for weeks in the UK apparently, but it is the first number one I have actually liked in years, which should let you know how little attention I give to what is considered to be 'popular music'.
The dismissive statement in question is:
"Pop music is made for people who aren't really in to music"
Official source of this was from Scroobius Pip's Distraction Pieces podcast with guest Rufus Hound which they did discuss at length to give them their due, but I have seen bands that I personally like agree with the statement and you can't back up why you would agree with that in 140 characters on Twitter. It's a multi layered argument.
Why do I agree with the statement? Well, let's start with a recent situation I happened to find myself in. I was at an event and I had my Spotify account on with my personal playlists, a lot of which feature industrial, a bit of metal, drum and bass, dance….mostly a bit of everything but definitely heavier than most. My stuff was eventually switched off in favour of a playlist featuring all the Grammy nominated artists, and guess what? I had no particular feelings towards any of it. It was music I could easily ignore; stuff that could be on in the background that people could tap their feet to but have no real opinion on – and that's probably why people who have no real interest in music like it as no one has any mind to really discuss it as there is nothing to discuss, which is fair enough. However, my feminist tendencies could definitely find a discussion point or five in that 'All about the bass' song which I like to! Aaargh, conflict!
Anyways what I'm saying is Pop music is nice. The worst description but the most apt one. It's not going to spearhead any sort of change like pop music did in the 60s. There's no real social conscience in most pop music these days. It's certainly not going to inspire obsessive fangirling/boying/whatever unless you're some boy band manufactured to do so on a very basic level like One Direction and their ilk. In my day (that makes me sound old!) it was New Kids on the Block so I can't really say anything about today's boy bands as I had horrible taste in music as a kid. It was Guns N Roses that caught my attention and basically steered my musical education toward a much more interesting path but would I have even seen them on television without the initial interest in pop music? Possibly not, and thus why I disagree with the statement.
So why do I disagree? Well I see pop music as a gateway to other music. It certainly was for me. If you are interested in music of any kind there is always something that will propel you elsewhere if you have half the mind to follow, and if pop music brings you any kind of joy, why not see how far it can take you? Also a lot of pop music does tend to sample from all sorts of music genre's and if there is a certain sound or sample you like you'll go and look in to what that sample was, and boom – opened up to a whole new style. Also when musicians talk about their favourite music in interviews, that's another way to understand them and you may go and look up these bands. It certainly has worked that way for me on numerous occasions but then I am a colossal music nerd so it would make sense that I would do that.
If you're not interested you quite possibly won't be and that's fine. You may have passions elsewhere like sport which I have no idea about at all. I call most sports 'Ooh look another rousing game of sports ball!' and it is very unlikely I'll ever get in to sport. I'm not dismissive of it (in fact I'm occasionally jealous of the passion it seems to incite and how I don't feel that!), it's just not something I see holding my attention, and there are people who will be exactly the same about music but will listen to whatever is on the radio as they possibly prefer it to silence. Or it keeps the kids quiet on a long drive. Something that can be ignored. When I was a kid I remember with great fondness wearing headphones that were several sizes too big, listening to constant repeats of Dead or Alive 'You spin me round like a record' and that was probably something designed to keep me quiet so I didn't get under my mum's feet but little did she know she was creating some sort of music infatuated monster and I'm sure I'm not the only music obsessive who got started in such a way.
Pop music can be hugely influential before you have any particular feelings towards music in general so I don't like it being painted as music for people who don't like it as that is not my experience of it. Pop was the building blocks that got me in to rock, that got me in to soul that then went back to rock, in to metal, industrial, dance, EBM, and forever onwards, and whilst I don't hunt out pop music, or pay that much attention to it, it has its place and is not made for people who don't like music. Simple and straightforward, inclined towards the masses, sure, but it isn't as shallow as all that and should not be painted as such.
Anyone could argue that everything I've argued against is not what the statement intended – it is voiced in something of a non-committal tone. There is no absolute in the statement, but having it picked up by bands I like gave it credence, and bands speak to people on another level. They inspire and in some cases influence further opinions and I think it's that that rattled my cage more than the statement itself. I can be a little bit precious about music (no shit, Kate!) and do worry about what people think of my taste in music or if found dancing to that taste in music in my underwear in my bedroom (I do this to Chaka Khan, maybe not a lot, but it has been known!) so when people I respect agree that pop music is made for people who don't like music do I hide what I like in order to be seen as this cool person they seem to think I am? I'm not by the way, not even in the slightest, I'm actually kind of nerdy. I just have a near encyclopaedic knowledge of music which gives me some sort of credibility, also not all bands know of me, but a few do, or have at least been subjected to my fangirliness so I guess I pissed my own credibility up the wall a bit there.
You could argue that metal is made for people who don't like music, or dance, what gives those genre's more credibility than pop music? When I was in my teens a lot of people listened to dance music because it was popular or because it was expected of them. Had to look cool in front of your mates when you're a teenager, and where I grew up we had little access to anything other than that. You were either a rock kid or a dance kid. I had several groups of friends luckily so I was able to bridge that divide, but others were less lucky. I just don't see any genre of music to be any less deserving than any other. Each has its place, and people get to what they like in so many different ways that it is hard to put it in a specific box.
All I know is that if you get any sort of enjoyment out of whatever music you happen to like then you are at least in to it at some sort of level. Even if it is just humming along to the radio in your car. You might not be an obsessive, but if a song lifts you or reminds you of something awesome then go with that. It doesn't need to mean the world to you, it doesn't even need to change the world at large if it wasn't designed to do that. Music is after all for entertainment and some people just take it too damn seriously sometimes, and I certainly include myself there. So fuck it – if I want to listen to 'all about the bass' on loop all the way home, I will do just that, and to hell with whoever knows it!

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Combine the number-based thrills of The Number 23 with the Nicholas-Cage-sees-the-future thrills of Next and what do you get? We discuss Knowing. Meanwhile Dan reveals his competing film "Number Quest," Stuart reveals his knowledge of afterlife mythologies, and Elliott reveals the Egypt-born, Australian-raised Alex Proyas' surprisingly French accent.
0:34 – 33:52 – The original Peaches unearth a time capsule with a warning for all mankind: avoid Knowing.
36:28 – 37:34 – A break for station identification.
42:51 – 47:59 – The sad bastards recommend.
48:00 – 49:17 – Goodbyes, theme and outtakes.
More information about the Elliott-hosted screening of Love Me Tonight.
If you enjoyed Stu and Elliott's discussion of the imaginary Drew Struzan poster for Dan's re-imagining of Knowing, "Number Quest," you may enjoy this blog post about Mr. Struzan's lesser-known work.


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Q: Does SQL Server TDE decrypts when it enters the buffer pool and encrypts when it leaves Been searching but no clear understand.  TDE encrypts at rest not in flight.  But does in flight refer to only between server and client or also between server and SAN storage.
When a database uses TDE, does a page, when it is written to the disk, leave the buffer pool encrypted.  So if somebody were to sniff the wire between the DB server and the SAN see only encrypted data.  Or does it flow unencryted to the SAN and then is encrypted as its being saved.  Same when is it decrypted, when it reaches the buffer pool or when it leaves the SAN? (note I understand when it goes to the client it is not encrypted)
This link was related to backups
Is network traffic encrypted when writing remote backups using SQL Server TDE?
Does it apply to data also?
Reference to docs would be great.

A: Yes, it is encrypted both "at rest" on disk, and also "in flight" between disk and SQL server.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/encryption/transparent-data-encryption

TDE performs real-time I/O encryption and decryption of the data and log files. The encryption uses a database encryption key (DEK), which is stored in the database boot record for availability during recovery. The DEK is a symmetric key secured by using a certificate stored in the master database of the server or an asymmetric key protected by an EKM module. TDE protects data "at rest", meaning the data and log files.

In other words, the data isn't decrypted until it gets to the SQL server.
Think of it this way: for it to be decrypted in-flight, the SAN itself would have to decrypt it before fulfilling the request and sending the data to SQL. And we know it isn't doing that, it is SQL that is encrypting/decrypting.

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Make your new iPhone or iPad work harder with five of the best productivity apps
Posted: December 24, 2016 4:39PM
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That new iPad or iPhone of yours can be the best productivity tool you've ever owned. AppleInsider picks the tools that everyone should have.
There are still critics who argue that the iPad is only good for what they call consumption: watching videos, reading books, playing games. They're right that it's excellent at that, however, then there are those who have iPads and realize that they simply don't need our Macs as much as we used to.
The iPad is powerful, versatile and so convenient that it will always be with you. Right out of the box you can get to work, too. Add these five tools, though and that iPad will change your life -- or at least change where and how you do all of your work.
These are the five apps that every new iPad user should take a look at. Everyone is different, and there are so many iPad apps that you will undoubtedly find more that are superb for your specific needs. Yet even when you do, these five will likely be the bedrock of your work on iPad.
Right away, you should know that Apple's own word processor, Pages, is very good. It tends to hide its capabilities behind its simple appearance but it's genuinely a powerful writing tool. It's just that Microsoft Word is better.
In fact, Microsoft Word is better on iPad than it is on Mac: it doesn't go wrong, doesn't crash, and does have features you need for writing anything from a memo to a book.
If you have any iPad except the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, then Microsoft Word is free to use. The company has decided to make it free for all tablets below 10 iunches and for anything else, you have to pay a subscription to Microsoft's Office 365. If you use Word a lot, think about the subscription anyway as it benefits you to have the single account across your iPad, Mac or PC.
A Microsoft Office 365 subscription costs from $10/month.
This time you should know that Microsoft Excel is very good - but it's limited on the iPad compared to the Mac. If you do a lot of spreadsheet work or a lot of any kind of calculations, Excel is good for working across Mac and iPad.
Otherwise, though, Apple's own spreadsheet, Numbers, is first class - and free.
Whatever you do for work and whatever you do for fun, too, it involves websites and it involves credit cards. The 1Password app will create extremely strong passwords for every site you use and it will also remember them for you. It will get so you don't even know the password to your Amazon account, you just know that tapping on 1Password will take you there and log you in.
When you're doing a lot of online shopping or booking travel, too, 1Password can pop all of your credit card details into the right boxes.
The point of 1Password is security but the immediately obvious benefit is speed: you will get into sites you need and you will fill out travel forms close to instantly. You'll like it so much that you also get 1Password for your Mac.
Recently 1Password changed from a one-time purchase to a subscription service: it costs $2.99 per month. Get the free iPad app first and check it out.
If you do work with someone who thinks iPads are only for consumption, only for fun, bring them over here. Pixelmator is like Adobe Photoshop for iPads (it's also available on Macs). You can do all the kinds of image work that you'd expect like cropping photos but you can also do fine editing.
Say you've got a beautiful shot of a beach and it's ruined by a couple who walked into frame just when you took the photo. Pixelmator can remove them.
It's like Photoshop in that it can do these things and it can make greater, more precise edits than Apple's own Photos app, but it isn't Photoshop. Pixelmator is not as incredibly comprehensive, or to be fair as incredibly complicated, and there are many Adobe apps for iPad. There just isn't one Adobe Photoshop app, there are lots of different ones that each do certain things whereas Pixelmator is a single place to go to do almost everything.
You have to try it just to feel the difference between editing photos on a Mac and on an iPad, though. There is something about how you swipe across that couple with your finger to make them vanish, how you change the color of the sea, how you artistically smudge the edges of an image. You really feel as if you are working, manipulating an image with your hands - because you are.
Pixelmator costs a ridiculously low $4.99.
If you want to use your iPad for serious work, you can and you will. The problem with serious work is that there tends to be a lot of it and you need to keep on top of everything.
Your iPad will do that too: it's the device you will have with you always so it is the place to track your To Do tasks. There are many ways to do this, including Apple's own Reminders app, but go get OmniFocus.
The short description is that OmniFocus is the super-powered To Do manager. It's more than that, really: it changes how you see your tasks. Instead of always showing you the overwhelming list of things you've still got to do, OmniFocus will point out what you can do. Not only will it tell you that today is the day you've got to write that report, yes, but it's also when your loan repayments are finished and you can look at planning that trip to Canada.
OmniFocus works on iPads, iPhones and Macs. If your work means you regularly have to use a PC as well, look at Todoist instead. Equally, though, if you find yourself using OmniFocus extensively, also look at its sister app, OmniOutliner. It's a particularly good tool for outlining documents or planning projects.
OmniFocus for iPad costs $39.99 or $59.99 for a Pro version which we do recommend.
These are not as vital as our five recommended apps but there are things that are useful enough that you should know about them. The simplest is PCalc: for some reason, iPads still don't come with a calculator and this is a particularly good one.
Then when you're doing all this work on your iPad, you're going to accrue so much information: you'll jot down phone messages, you'll want to store contract PDFs and so on. There is a type of app sometimes called an "Everything Bucket" -- they're the apps where you can just throw anything in and know that you'll get it out later.
Start with Apple's own Notes but later on consider Evernote or, if you're a Microsoft user, its equivalent OneNote -- but do look into privacy policies before you jump.
ericthehalfbee	Posts: 4,078member
For the calculator recommendation, have you tried Tydlig (yes, that's the corrrct spelling)?
mjcutler	Posts: 1member
I agree with your assessment of Microsoft Word; "...Microsoft Word is better on iPad than it is on Mac: it doesn't go wrong, doesn't crash, and does have features you need for writing anything from a memo to a book" . All is correct except for referencing! The citation part of word for mac is decent but there is no equivalent on iOS. Using endnote to export citations in iOS is cumbersome. Otherwise, word is much better on iOS than MacOS
bendansby	Posts: 2unconfirmed, member
Why use 1Password when iCloud Keychain is built into Safari and is automatically on all your devices?
shapetables	Posts: 201member
@Bendansby /s/ because everyone is doing it (vetting? what's that. lol)
bendansby said:
Perhaps you don't trust iCloud?
I don't use it apart from my iPhone backups. Note to the Spooks. There is nothing on my phone that is incriminiating or even embarrasing.
No selfies either.
Rayz2016	Posts: 4,631member
Because not all your devices are made by Apple?
jeffzacharias	Posts: 8member
These are all the apps I use, except I use Pages instead of Word.
pscooter63	Posts: 929member
ericthehalfbee said:
Thanks for the suggestion, just got it. Nice!
palegolas	Posts: 1,281member
Runner up for great calculator is http://tydligapp.com
I use it on my phone as my standard calculator.
1) It doesn't sync with non-Apple devices.
2) Can iCloud Keychain even be accessed from the Apple Watch?
3) iCloud Keychain doesn't do a 1/1000th of the things 1Password can do.
The_Martini_Cat	Posts: 481member
soulver for formulas. check it out!
meterest	Posts: 4member
I like Pagico for the todos and planning as it is easy but powerful and cross platform if you need. I use between mac and iOS
GeorgeBMac	Posts: 4,701member
Strange that there are no high quality non-cloud based money managers for Apple products.... I love Apple security and stability but I am not going to put my personal financial information on anybody else's computer. So, I need to maintain my finances on a Windows based computer.
And, the same for taxes -- why no high quality tax preparation software for IOS or MacOS? (And again, there's no way I'm using cloud based systems for that!)
toysandme	Posts: 214member
I would add Alfons Schmid's NOTEBOOKS to this list.
Maybe you should read up and find out the things that 1Password actually does instead of just assuming its a clone of iCloud Keychain. If you actually knew what 1Password did, then you wouldn't be asking that question.
paxman	Posts: 4,603member
I do use iCloud Keychain but I can't find where to store my bank details, Drivers licence info etc etc, - so I use both.
paxman said:
Not to mention your secret questions/answers and other details about a login like your email address notes, customer number; and sections like identities, passport and membership data, software licenses, electronics details, like router data and configs files. On top of that, it warns you if you're requesting to submit a username and password to an unsecured website.
They also have a very comprehensive password generator, as well as their security auditing features like Watchtower which will monitor news and SSL changes to let know when you should change a password, as well as how old your passwords are, and previously used passwords.
They're also very good about replying to forum posters, although there are some additions I've requested that haven't yet been added. For example, a dedicated health section that will not make it easy to include vaccinations, prescriptions, etc., but also send me a notification when those are about to expire. I built my own template for this, but I still have to then input expiry dates into Calendar manually.
Another example is to log the password requirements of the most popular websites so that their password generator can work within its confines. For instance, a website my require a special character and allow several, but their password generator is an all or nothing for special characters so I find I have to manually replace the unusable special characters when creating or changing a password.
Another issue are websites that list a password minimum but not a maximum. Sometimes it won't take the password, while other times it takes it without issue but then you go to use it and it won't log you in because your 20 character password has been limited to something less, which means you need to systematically remove the last character until you find the one that works, and then alter your 1P settings as a result. Ideally I'd like websites to use a cleartext file of password requirements so that all password manager apps can adjust their auto-generated passwords to best match the website with the least amount of hassle.
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aaarrrgggh	Posts: 1,580member
While others have had clear enough reasons, my gripe is the inability to deal with app passwords.
on overall recommendations, I do love PCalc (and sadly the watch app); it is great to have RPN mode. Only thinking missing are built-in TVM formulas.
Missing though is my favorite, GoodReader. Access smb/cifs shares direct from your iPad, along with being able to mark up documents.
aaarrrgggh said:
Far too few iOS app use the API that lets password managers be accessed (including Apple), but at least it's easy to do to copy/paste an app quickly into any OS' app or service that needs a login.
bestkeptsecret	Posts: 3,328member
Soli said:
My one possible quibble with 1Password is that it is now subscription-based. Still, I can think of worse ways to spend $3 a month.


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Q: Getting Global Rotation position of object in ThreeJS Just like we have getWorldPosition(), is there a way we can get the absolute Rotation angle of an object. This will be relevant when the object is under another object; both of which could be rotated.
Thanks

A: You can use the matrixWorld property on objects and use the setFromRotationMatrix function on Euler to get the angles:
// make sure the matrix world is up to date
obj.updateMatrixWorld();

// extract the rotation matrix
const rotMat = new THREE.Matrix4();
obj.matrixWorld.extractRotation(rotMat);

// extract the rotation
const euler = new THREE.Euler();
euler.setFromRotationMatrix(rotMat);

There are equivalent function for quaternions
Hope that helps!


Choosing flower girl dresses is important part of wedding preparations. Small girls, but already have a great job: leading the way for your walk down the aisle. This graceful procession must be memorable and cute. Because of their unique role they must be dressed in the most charming gowns in the world. Flower girls should looking like fairy princesses in their gowns. With so much variety find a dress that will match to your wedding theme. You will find here everything from rustic to fall couture flower girl designs they all seem to have a kind of magic.


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BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Ravens kicker Kaare Vedvik connected on four field goals, including a 55-yarder, in Thursday's preseason opener, which should increase his chances of landing an NFL job.
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Vedvick is playing for the Ravens, but he's auditioning for the other 31 teams in the NFL. Baltimore is hoping to trade Vedvik for a draft pick, if he continues to show promise in the remainder of the preseason.
"I don't really ever think about that," Vedvik said when asked about the speculation that another team will acquire him. "I'm focused on playing the game. That's it. Teams that are interested, they talk to coach, the head honcho. I'm just going to play the game."
The Chicago Bears have been linked to Vedvik, and for good reason. Unproven kickers Eddy Pineiro and Elliott Fry are battling for the Bears job, which became open after Cody Parkey's infamous double doink in the playoffs.
The Arizona Cardinals could be another interested team with Zane Gonzalez struggling in training camp, and the New York Jets might inquire after Chandler Catanzaro missed a couple of extra points in the first preseason game.
The Ravens have a history of being a special-teams pipeline. Three current kickers -- New Orleans' Wil Lutz, Carolina's Graham Gano and Buffalo's Stephen Hauschka -- all got their starts in Baltimore. Former special-teams coach Jerry Rosburg, who retired in June, had an eye for discovering kickers, and assistant Randy Brown has an expertise for developing talent.
Ravens kicker Kaare Vedvik connected on four field goals, including a 55-yarder, in Thursday's preseason opener. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images
"I fully expect that he'll kick well enough for us to trade him," coach John Harbaugh said at the NFL owners meetings in March. "That's kind of the goal. He's capable of kicking in the NFL. We probably could have traded him last year."
Vedvik was one of the bigger surprises of last year's training camp. Booming kicks with an effortless style, he was 8 of 9 (89%) on field goals during the preseason after being signed as an undrafted rookie. He hit a 56-yarder in the finale, which seemed to put the finishing touches on his exit from Baltimore.
But Vedvik was assaulted in East Baltimore before the Ravens could deal him to another team. He was hospitalized last September after being found alone with multiple facial injuries. Vedvik, who had originally gone out with teammates that night, told the Ravens that he didn't remember how he ended up at the location where he was found.
Baltimore placed Vedvik on the Non-Football Injury list, which began his yearlong comeback. He started slowly, kicking once a week before ramping up his workouts.
Vedvik wrote down his goals in a journal.
"I figured at a moment like that, it's important to find out what your objectives are and truly follow those and be disciplined with yourself," he said. "This is where I belong. That's my dream. That's my goal. And anything that didn't fit in the objectives I wrote down, it wasn't going to belong in my life."
After what appeared to be an up-and-down offseason this spring, Vedvik has gotten on track this summer. He has converted 90% of his kicks in this year's training camp, but there was a bigger challenge for him.
Thursday's 29-0 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars marked Vedvik's first game since that assault. He was perfect on field goals, hitting from 55, 45, 26 and 29 yards. Vedvik had punts of 58 and 53 yards, too.
"It was a different emotional load to it, given everything that happened," Vedvik said. "It was something I've always done for fun, but this time it had deeper importance to it. I had to prove something to myself."
A native of Norway, Vedvik had a soccer background before coming to the United States. He kicked and punted at Marshall, where he was named first-team All-Conference USA. He then joined the Ravens, learning from two Pro Bowl specialists.
Vedvik called Tucker and punter Sam Koch "the specialists encyclopedia." He also leaned on them during his most trying times this past year.
"The support here at the Ravens has been amazing," Vedvik said. "They only want the best for me, and they've done everything in their power to get me back to where I belong. This is where I belong. I feel it."


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Q: React setState dynamically using string How can I set and existing state field dynamically in a React component?
My current tries lead to the following approach, but it does not work in TypeScript:
export interface MaskCompanyDetailState {
    fieldId: number;
}

export class MaskCompanyDetail extends React.Component<MaskCompanyDetailProps, MaskCompanyDetailState> {

    public constructor(props: any) {
        super(props);

        // Set field defaults.
        this.state = {
            fieldId: 0,
        };
    }

    public componentDidMount() {
        const myField: string = 'fieldId';
        const myVal: number = 123;
        this.setState({[myField]: myVal});
        this.setState({myField: myVal});
    }
}

Error message from TSLint for this.setState({[myField]: myVal});:

Argument of type '{ [x: string]: number; }' is not assignable to parameter of type 'MaskCompanyDetailState | ((prevState: Readonly, props: Readonly) => MaskCompanyDetailState | Pick<...>) | Pick<...>'.
    Type '{ [x: string]: number; }' is missing the following properties from type 'Pick': fieldId, fieldCompanyName, fieldStreetName, fieldStreetNumber, and 4 more.ts(2345)

Error message from TSLint for this.setState({myField: myVal});:

Argument of type '{ myField: number; }' is not assignable to parameter of type 'MaskCompanyDetailState | ((prevState: Readonly, props: Readonly) => MaskCompanyDetailState | Pick<...>) | Pick<...>'.
    Object literal may only specify known properties, and 'myField' does not exist in type 'MaskCompanyDetailState | ((prevState: Readonly, props: Readonly) => MaskCompanyDetailState | Pick<...>) | Pick<...>'.ts(2345)

There is already a post here, but I don't see how to apply the suggested IState interface.

A: Add the following field to MaskCompanyDetailState interface -
[key: string]: any;

i.e.,
interface MaskCompanyDetailState {
    ... // existing fields
    [key: string]: any;
}

It means that you are allowing any property which has a key of type string and value of any type to be set in your state.
This is what your linked post says. This is an example of Index Signature which is a feature of Typescript.
It's not really recommended, because it affects readability of your code in the long run and other people in your team may abuse it. But I am not aware of any other solutions to your predicament other than to rethink your design.


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Agonía de amor é uma telenovela mexicana, produzida pela Televisa e exibida em 1963 pelo Telesistema Mexicano.

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MONTEVRAIN, France (AFP) - Scores of French police armed with tranquiliser guns and assisted by a helicopter resumed the search for a tiger on the loose near Paris on Friday, as the authorities ordered residents to stay home.
A dozen or so soldiers from a nearby army base prepared to join the hunt for the animal which has eluded all attempts at capture since being spotted prowling around a supermarket carpark on Thursday morning.
A chopper equipped with thermal imaging equipment circled over the search zone, a wooded area near the small town of Montevrain, some 40km east of Paris.
And police guarded the entrance to schools as children arrived on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, the authorities were still scratching their heads as to where the tiger could have come from.
Montevrain is a stone's throw from the popular Disneyland Paris but owners insist that tigers are not among the theme park's attractions.
The authorities have also made inquiries at a big-cat wildlife park 30km away.
Suspicion initially fell on a circus that had set up its big top in the supermarket carpark a few days ago, but town mayor Christian Robache said it "did not have a tiger".
A local woman sounded the alarm early on Thursday morning after spotting the animal in the supermarket carpark.
More than 100 police officers and firefighters armed with tranquilising guns spent the day combing the area in the Seine-et-Marne district near the French capital, without success.
The authorities ordered residents to stay indoors and use cars to pick their children up from school.
Experts were sure the animal on the loose was a tiger.
"There is no doubt, it's a tiger," said Robert Picaud, head of a local group responsible for regulating pests and who took part in the search.
"The footprints are real and they were not made by a man. These prints and photos leave no room for doubt."
Police were also using thermal cameras in a bid to find the big cat, estimated to weigh around 70kg, according to Robache.
As darkness fell, officials suspended the search until daybreak. The helicopter with thermal imaging continued through the night but "the search proved fruitless", a police source told AFP.
Authorities have said they hope to catch the tiger alive.
"If it's possible, we'll try and put it to sleep. If it becomes dangerous or aggressive, the order will be given to kill it," police said.
A source close to the search operation said the hunt for any tiger would be made more difficult because if the big cat behaved in typical fashion, it would nap a lot, possibly spending hours unnoticed sleeping in a tree.
The Peta animal rights group called on authorities to "show restraint and compassion in dealing with this tiger on the loose".
"This situation, however upsetting, is entirely preventable and should serve as a wake-up call to the public about the perils of keeping wild animals in captivity," the group told AFP in a statement.


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Statement from Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Todd Smith
July 12, 2019 11:00 A.M.
This week, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and I received notice that the Board of Directors for Brant Family and Children's Services would be resigning, effective today....
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July 11, 2019 3:00 P.M.
TORONTO - Our government is activating the Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians program in the Municipality of French River. The safety of those affected by this natural d...
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Ontario and Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Working Together to Support Indigenous Children, Youth and Families
Keene — Today, Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services officially announced the designation of Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag as an Indigenous Children's Aid Society. T...
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Ontario Investing in Supportive Housing in Milton
July 9, 2019 9:00 A.M.
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LOGO COMPETITION FOR THE NEW COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
LOGO COMPETITION
The World Health Organization, (WHO) is announcing a public competition for the logo design for the new Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The secretariat of the Commission is seeking designs that will be used in all communications, including letterhead, faxes, publications, press materials, Web site, emails, television broadcast materials, and conference presentations. One generic visual appearance is required that can be adapted to each of the applications above, as needed.
The logo must reflect the essence of the Commission. The design can develop from the social factors, which include poverty, gender and ethnic discrimination, education, nutrition, access to water, housing and children's early life conditions. It also must reflect the Commission's global remit or the nature of health in-equalities. For instance, what are the root causes of ill-health and differences in the health of various communities and societies? What are the social conditions that lay behind the high incidence of disease and illness found in some areas, or that make certain communities and populations less healthy than others?
For submission specifications and full competition rules, please visit the WHO Web site at: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/logo_competition/en/
Secretariat of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health,
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Established by the Jockey Club, under the patronage of Sir Charles Bunbury, in 1809, the Two Thousand Guineas took its name from the original prize fund; at the time the guinea, worth 21/– in pre-decimal currency, was still the largest denomination in British currency. However, in two hundred-odd years since the race was first run on the Rowley Mile Course at Newmarket, the Two Thousand Guineas has become one of the races that defines a generation of thoroughbred racehorses and, today, has a prize fund of over £500,000.
Designated a 'Classic' – along with the One Thousand Guineas, Derby, Oaks and St. Leger – by the Jockey Club in 1814, the Two Thousand Guineas is run over a straight mile, in late April or early May, and open to thoroughbred three-year-old colts and fillies. Fillies receive a 3lb weight allowance from their male counterparts but, even so, tend to contest the 'fillies-only' One Thousand Guineas which, despite its title, is worth £500,000 in prize money. In fact, the last filly to win the One Thousand Guineas was Garden Path in 1944.
Along with the Derby and St. Leger, the Two Thousand Guineas traditionally forms the so-called 'Triple Crown', last won by Nijinsky, trained by the late Vincent O'Brien and ridden by Lester Piggott, in 1970. Nowadays, the Triple Crown is rarely, if ever, attempted, although in 2012, Camelot, trained by Aidan O'Brien, won the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby before finishing second, beaten three-quarters of a length, in the St. Leger. Speaking of Aidan O'Brien, the current 'Master of Ballydoyle' has a phenomenal record in the Two Thousand Guineas, with the 2019 winner, Grecia Magna, taking his total to ten winners since 1998.
Indeed, Grecia Magna joins a roll of honour that includes some of the highest-rated horses since Timeform published 'Racehorses of 1948' in 1949. In 2011, the highest-rated horse of the Timeform era, Frankel, made all the running to win by six lengths, but even he could not match the performance of the 1947 winner, Tudor Minstrel – joint-third on the all-time list, according to Timeform – who won by eight lengths and, according to some observers, could have won by twenty lengths. Other luminaries to have won the first Classic of the season include Brigadier Gerard, Dancing Brave and Sea The Stars.
The Grand National
As the most famous steeplechase in the world, the Grand National requires little, or no, introduction. The advertised distance of the Aintree marathon may have been reduced to four miles and two-and-a-half furlongs – a furlong shorter than previously, following re-measurement of the National Course in 2016 – and the obstacles may have been 'softened' for safety purposes, but the race remains a formidable test of stamina and jumping ability. To win the Grand National horses must complete two circuits of the National Course, negotiate thirty obstacles, including the infamous Becher's Brook, Canal Turn and The Chair, and retain enough stamina for the famously long, 494-yard run-in between the final fence and the winning post. In 2020 the Grand National was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This put on ice the Gordon Elliot trained Tiger Roll's attempt to win three Grand Nationals in a row.
Aintree Racecourse, the home of the Grand National, was created by William Lynn, the proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel in Liverpool, in 1829. Lynn originally leased the land at Aintree from William Molynuex, Second Earl of Sefton, with the intention of staging Flat racing. However, prompted by the success of an existing steeplechase, known as the Great St. Albans Steeplechase, Lynn staged a precursor to the Grand National, known as the Liverpool Grand Steeplechase, or simply the Liverpool Steeplechase, for the first time in 1836. Interestingly, the inaugural running was won by The Duke, ridden by Captain Martin Becher, who famously sheltered in the brook at the fence which now bears his name during the first 'official' Grand National in 1839.
Although still known by its original title, the 1839 renewal was won by the aptly-named Lottery, trained by George Dockeray and ridden by Jem Mason. Originally a conditions or weight-for-age race, in which all the participants carried twelve stone, the Grand National became a handicap, under the influence of Edward Topham – who later acquired the lease and became Clerk of the Course at Aintree – in 1843. Aside from the years 1916-1918, when a substitute race, known as the 'Racecourse Association Steeplechase' and subsequently as the 'War National', was run at Gatwick Racecourse, 1941-1945, when the race was abandoned, and 1993, when the race was declared void after thirty jockeys failed to realise a false start had been called, the Grand National has been staged as a handicap at Aintree ever since.
William Peter 'Willie' Mullins has won the Irish National Hunt Trainers' Championship thirteen times in total and has been perennial champion since 2007/08. He is also the most successful trainer in the history of the Cheltenham Festival but, until recently, the glaring omission from his CV was the Cheltenham Gold Cup. However, having saddled the runner-up in the so-called blue riband of steeplechasing six times, Mullins finally laid his Gold Cup hoodoo to rest when Al Boum Photo, ridden by Paul Townend, stayed on well to beat Anibale Fly by 2½ lengths and carry off the historic trophy for the first time in March, 2019.
Based at Closutton, Co. Carlow, Mullins has been the dominant force in Irish National Hunt racing for over three decades. He saddled his first winner at the Cheltenham Festival, Tourist Attraction, in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle in 1995 and, in the meantime, has accumulated a total of 65 winners, one more than Nicky Henderson. Indeed, Mullins has won the leading trainer award at the Cheltenham Festival six times, in 2011, 2013-216 and 2019 and, in 2015, saddled eight winners across the four days, setting a record equalled by compatriot Gordon Elliott in 2018.
Of the main 'championship' races at the Cheltenham Festival, Mullins has won the has won the Champion Hurdle four times, with Hurricane Fly (2011, 2013), Faugheen (2015) and Annie Power (2016), the Stayers' Hurdle twice, with Nichols Canyon (2017) and Penhill (2018) and the Cheltenham Gold Cup once, with the aforementioned Al Boum Photo (2019). The Queen Mother Champion Chase remains elusive, but Mullins went as close as he ever with Un De Sceaux, who was sent off at 4/6 to win the two-mile chasing championship in 2016, but finished second, beaten 3½ lengths, behind Sprinter Sacre; Mullins finished second again with Min in 2018.
In September, 2016, following a dispute over training fees, the Michael O'Leary-owned Gigginstown House Stud – the leading owner in National Hunt racing in Ireland on seven occasions – removed its entire string, which amounted to 60 or so horses, from Mullins. A significant number of those horses, including subsequent Cheltenham Festival winner Apple's Jade, were transferred to Mullins' arch rival Gordon Elliott, with the others dispersed among Henry De Bromhead, Michael 'Mouse' Morris, Joseph O'Brien and Noel Meade.
Founded in 1992 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, now Ruler of Dubai, Godolphin is the largest thoroughbred horse racing and bloodstock operation in the world. The enterprise is named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, one of the three foundation sires that were the progenitors of the Thoroughbred breed who, in turn, was named after his most famous owner, Francis, Second Earl of Godolphin.
Godolphin has its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but is a truly global operation with stables and breeding establishments in Britain, Ireland, France, the United States, Japan and Australia. In Britain, Godolphin operates two training yards, Moulton Paddocks and Godolphin Stables, formerly Stanley House Stables, both of which are in Newmarket.
Between 2010 and 2013, Moulton Paddocks was run by Mahmood Al Zarooni, who was 'warned off' for eight years by the British Horseracing Authority after admitting administering anabolic steroids to a total of 15 horses in his care, effectively ending his career in racing. Al Zarooni was subsequently replaced by Charlie Appleby, who had previously worked for Sheikh Mohammed for 15 years, including as assistant trainer to Al Zarooni.
Appleby splits his year between Moulton Paddocks, in the summer, and Marmoom Stables, situated in the desert to the south of the City of Dubai, in the winter. From his winter base, Appleby principally prepares his string for the most valuable race meeting in the world, the Dubai World Cup Carnival, which is staged annually between January and March at nearby Meydan Racecourse. Godolphin Stables, on the other hand, is the summer base of the longest-standing Godolphin trainer, Saeed bin Suroor. He, too, splits his year between Newmarket and Dubai, spending the winter months in Al Quoz Stables in the heart of the City of Dubai.
Over the years, Godolphin has employed several high-profile jockeys, including Lanfranco 'Frankie' Dettori, Silvestre de Sousa and Mickaël Barzalona, who remains the principal Godolphin rider in France. In Britain, the iconic royal blue silks are most often worn by retained jockeys William Buick and James Doyle. All told, Godolphin has produced over 5,000 winners worldwide, including 300 at Group One, or Grade One, level. Landmark victories include the first ever Classic winner for Godolphin, Balanchine, ridden by Frankie Dettori, in the Oaks in 1994 and, more recently, the first ever Derby winner, Masar, ridden by William Buick in 2018.
Davy Russell
In recent seasons, David Niall 'Davy' Russell has become a household name on both sides of the Irish Sea, thanks, in large part, to his association with Tiger Roll, who won the Grand National in both 2018 and 2019. However, Russell, who turns 40 in 2019, was hardly an oversight sensation. He first won the National at his fourteenth attempt but, by that stage, he had already won the Irish jump jockeys' championship twice, in 2011/12 and 2012/13 – and would win it again in 2017/18, two weeks after his National triumph – and ridden 22 winners at the Cheltenham Festival, including Lord Windermere in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2014.
A native of Co. Cork in southwest Ireland, Russell was recruited, from the amateur ranks, to join Wexford-born trainer Ferdy Murphy, based in West Witton, North Yorkshire in 2002. He rode his first winner as a professional on Inn Antique, trained by Murphy, at Sedgefield in November that year. However, despite no little success in Britain, including winning the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock Park and finishing second to Best Mate in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Truckers Tavern, Russell returned to Ireland just over a year later.
Russell subsequently rode for Co. Tipperary trainer Edward O'Grady and as a freelance jockey, during which time he rode his first Cheltenham Festival winner, Native Jack, in the Glenfarclas Country Chase in 2006. In September, 2007, Russell became stable jockey to Gigginstown House Stud and, although that position lasted only until December, 2013, rode at least one winner at the Cheltenham Festival – including Tiger Roll, having just his third start, in the Triumph Hurdle in 2014 – up to, and including, 2018. Indeed, in 2018, Russell rode four winners at the Cheltenham Festival, including a 377/1 treble on the penultimate day, to edge out compatriot Jack Hughes and win the Holland Leading Jockey Award for the first time.


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New York Red Bulls: Sending Derrick Etienne Jr. on loan was love
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It's tough to watch New York Red Bulls player Derrick Etienne Jr. go to FC Cincinnati on loan, but it's for his own benefit.
He used to sit on the sideline as a ball boy but years later, on Oct. 28, 2018, Derrick Etienne Jr. stood by the 18-yard line to take New York Red Bulls' penalty against Orlando City SC in the 15th minute.
It was the last game of the season. New York couldn't lose to Atlanta United F.C. The Supporters Shield was on the line.
Etienne Jr. shifted on his left, tip-toed to the ball then hammered a shot to the bottom left corner of the net. Orlando's keeper, Adam Grinwis, pounced on his right to perform a breathtaking save.
Etienne Jr. missed a penalty in a game the Red Bulls couldn't lose.
The 22-year-old made up for it 38 minutes later. He made his way inside Orlando's 18-yard box with a swift stepover, cut on his right to freeze Shane O'Neill then hit a shot in the net.
The midfielder pointed to the crowd after scoring. New York won the match 1-0 and captured the Supporters Shield.
Two years before that, Etienne Jr. helped New York's second team win the USL Cup, scoring the opener of the final against Swope Park Rangers in a 5-1 victory.
He's been with the club for 10 years and is definitely one of the most animated players on the Red Bulls' roster.
The team signed Southampton's winger Josh Sims on loan on Wednesday.
The following day, RBNY announced that they're sending their beloved winger, Etienne Jr., on loan to FC Cincinnati with an option to buy.
The fans weren't too happy.
Why? This doesn't make sense if you're trying to win an MLS cup.
— Screwup (@Eternalfuckup1) August 8, 2019
It seemed like this loan didn't sit too well with the youngster either at first.
🐍 🐍🐍🐍 all I can say
— Derrick Etienne Jr 🇭🇹 (@detienne_10) August 8, 2019
Later on, Etienne Jr. clarified that this tweet wasn't directed at the Red Bulls:
Lol this is what my tweet is about guys. Ya wildn pic.twitter.com/BTdPlfRwaZ
But then he tweeted something else that hinted he wasn't too pleased to get sent on loan: "Lol Dax McCarty I know how you feel bro."
McCarty played for New York from 2011 to 2016. McCarty was unexpectedly traded to Chicago Fire in 2016. More than likely, the mutual feeling Etienne Jr. is referring to is the Red Bulls letting go of players.
The winger was one of the best players for Haiti in the Gold Cup this summer. He showed confidence with the way he ran at his opponents, forced an own goal, and tallied an assist.
However, he does have his flaws. Etienne Jr. isn't the best finisher, but he's always been a young player with potential. That's why it's painful to watch him leave the club on loan.
You can argue that the Haitian-American hasn't been given enough time on the pitch to fully develop. He only started five matches for RBNY this year, never played a full 90 this season, and didn't play in the opening four games.
The midfielder amassed one goal and one assist for the Red Bulls this campaign.
Tough to say, going back to his lack of playing time this year, the club doesn't think he can make major contributions yet. As mentioned, they signed a winger with a better name on Wednesday, Sims, a player who broke into a Premier League's team.
This means Etienne Jr.'s playing time was going to be in major jeopardy. He was already finding it tough to get consistent minutes. Imagine having to fight for minutes against a 22-year-old who played in one of the best leagues in the world.
Sending Etienne Jr. on loan shows that New York knows that their homegrown player has potential and they want him to grow, even if it's not with them.
But, yes sure, RBNY could've just dropped Etienne Jr. to their second team. In fact, he started the season with the second team. But what's better for an MLSer: play in the USL or stay in the MLS?
Etienne Jr. is not a USL player.
The Virginia native is now on an MLS team in which he will more than likely record enough playing time to fully develop. That's the best option for any player.
McCarty agrees that sending Etienne Jr. on loan was the best option for his growth.
My guy. It's only the beginning. Sometimes change has to happen for growth. Great things coming for you 👊🏻 https://t.co/pGBZHVZDHa
— Dax McCarty (@DaxMcCarty11) August 8, 2019
The winger will develop with FC Cincinnati. But one burning question remains: Is he going to come back to the Red Bulls? The loan came with an option to buy. When this happens, most of the times the player doesn't return to his team.
Let's imagine if Etienne Jr. demonstrates his full potential with FCC (he only played 26 minutes for them so far). The Red Bulls should be fighting to get their beloved winger back, especially given the fact that Sims' loan ends after this season.
And let's say, Etienne Jr. does just good enough with Cincinnati. Odds are, RBNY will sell him to FCC. This will honestly be for his own good because if he returns to the Big Apple, he might yet again be struggling to get consistent playing time.
If you can't keep a youngster with potential in your lineup, the most loving thing to do is to let him go.
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Q: how many ways n number can be placed in first m position exactly k number unchanged? how many ways n number can be placed in  first m position  exactly k number unchanged?
Consider this sequence {1, 2, 3 ... N}, as an initial sequence of first N natural numbers. You can rearrange this sequence in many ways. There will be a total of N! arrangements. You have to calculate the number of arrangement of first N natural numbers, where in first M positions; exactly K numbers are in their initial position.

A: First, choose which $K$ of the first $M$ spaces have the number unchanged: ${M \choose K}$.
Then, the remaining $M-K$ spaces in the first $M$ must move elsewhere, but everything else is fair game.  Following the derangement methodology here, the total number of arrangements becomes:
$$F(N,M,K) = _MC_K \cdot \sum_{L=0}^{N-M} {{N-M} \choose L} D_{N-K-L}$$
where $D_n$ is the derangement number.


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Don't Wait For November To Kill a Rutting Buck
Posted by Field & Stream
The rut can be feast or famine. Here's how to ensure a successful harvest year after year
Article by Scott Bestul.
Last fall, my father and I ignored the calendar that told us we were in the "October lull" and headed out to hunt a local farm. That evening—with our stands only about 400 yards apart—I watched a pair of giant bucks working a field of does just out of range, and my dad missed a chip shot at a P&Y 8-pointer. It was October 11, but we enjoyed November-like buck action.
Some time ago, I might have called this a freak occurrence. Although research suggests that some does come into estrus about a month prior to the peak rut,
Photo of buck courtesy of Bass Pro Shops
I—like many hunters—assumed this was too scattered to be of much significance. But I started to change my mind three years ago when a taxidermist buddy called to tell me about a customer's 150-class buck shot on October 10. The next fall, hunters brought three giant whitetails to his shop, all killed within four days of that same date. Those bucks had all been either chasing does or responding to rattling or calling. Along with similar anecdotes from other hunters, this convinced my father and me to hunt in early October last year. And we weren't disappointed.
Of course, early breeding activity won't compare to the rutting peak, but it's definitely worth exploiting, especially since mature bucks seem to be the most active participants. It makes sense that these deer, which have the most breeding experience, are the ones competing for a small number of early estrous does.
To take advantage, start with the onset of the peak rut in your area, and count backward 28 days. (If you don't know the timing, call your regional game agency and ask a biologist.) For most hunters, this will be somewhere around the first or second week of October—right in the middle of the month's so-called "lull." Plan to hunt during the three- or four-day period surrounding that date. While a lot of other guys sit at home assuming the hunting is too slow to bother with, you may get your shot at a monster. Hopefully, you'll shoot a little straighter than my dad did.
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Gold Slips as Beijing Denies Hoarding, Notes Huge Private Chinese Demand
Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010 Mar 09, 2010 - 07:59 AM GMT
THE PRICE of wholesale gold bullion slipped to a one-week low early in London trading on Tuesday, falling to $1116 an ounce as the US Dollar rose on the currency market.
Asian stocks closed the day flat overall. European bourses lost 0.5%.
Crude oil dropped almost $1.50, slipping towards $80 per barrel, while government bonds rose, pushing yields down to a near 4-week low.
"Gold's still trading above the 50-and 100-day moving average," said senior ANZ analyst Mark Pervan in Melbourne to Reuters earlier, "which is encouraging."
"[Monday's] close below $1131 takes some of the life out of our bull run," says the latest technical analysis from Scotia Mocatta, but the bullion bank remains "bullish" with prices $1110 an ounce – "the rising trend line off gold's previous lows of 1045 and 1088."
Over in the Physical Gold market, "News is mixed" reports Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach at German refining group Heraeus, noting an increase in scrap gold supplied through Hong Kong as well as lackluster demand from the jewelry industry since mid-Feb.'s Chinese New Year.
Responding to New York University economist Nouriel Roubini – who forecast last weekend that a "super cautious...token" rise of 4% will be allowed in the Chinese Yuan's US-Dollar exchange during 2010 – Heraeus' head of sales adds that "Increasing discussion of revaluation [has] played a subordinated role in this context so far."
But "Should it come to such an appreciation of the Yuan, gold would initially become cheaper locally [in China, and thus] drive up demand again."
Private Chinese households hold "much more than 3,000 tonnes of gold," guessed Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China and administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), at a press conference today.
Telling reporters at the People's National Congress that China's $2.4 trillion in state-held foreign currency reserves are "appropriately diversified" – and vowing to keep the Yuan's exchange rate "basically stable" – Yi said that "The size of the gold market is limited. So China's [official] purchases of gold in the global market would push up global prices.
"China's domestic gold prices are related to global prices, so Chinese consumers will face higher prices and they won't like it."
Widely thought to prefer buying gold direct from domestic mine output – the largest in the world last year, overtaking the US, South Africa and Australia – the People's Bank reported an additional 400 tonnes in its gold reserves for 2003-2009.
Private Chinese households bought more than four times as much gold over that period, as BullionVault analysis shows.
"The long-term return on gold investment is not good," Yi went on at Tuesday's press conference. "It is increasingly volatile...and we will be very cautious in considering suggestions that we increase our gold reserves."
More than doubling in the four years to Dec. 2009, the gold price in Chinese Yuan has so far this week slipped in lock-step with the 1.7% drop in Dollar prices.
The Yuan has been pegged at a fixed exchange rate of CNY6.82 per Dollar for the last 20 months.
"With the retirement of Fed vice-chairman Donald Kohn," notes Martin Hutchinson at Prudent Bear, "President Obama now has the right to appoint three Fed governors," giving "soft-money advocates" the lion's share of Fed policy votes.
"The throttle will have been jammed open until at least January 2013 [...and] the current commodities bubble will have full rein for another three years," says Hutchinson.
"If no crash occurs, we will have gold at $5000, oil at $200 and other commodities at correspondingly nose-bleed prices."
Noting that the "transmission mechanism" of the Bank of England's quantitative easing program has been to push £200 billion of newly created money into "riskier" assets, "As yet, I don't consider the evidence suggests that this [current] rise in asset prices has gone too far," said career academic Kate Barker – shortly to stand down after 9 years voting on UK interest-rate policy – in a speech last night.
However, "I seriously underestimated the scale of the downside risks from a potential financial crisis" ahead of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, she added.
"With the benefit of hindsight...it is possible that it would have been preferable to have taken a more long-term view of the risks to inflation from economic instability."
The gold price in both Sterling and Euros today held 1% below yesterday's start by lunchtime in London, supported by a fresh drop in both currencies vs. the Dollar.
The UK's trade deficit leapt to a 16-month record in Jan., new data showed, despite the near-30% devaluation of Sterling since the global financial crisis picked up pace with the collapse of over-geared mortgage lender Northern Rock in Sept. 2007.
By Adrian Ash
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Chatsworth Results
ABC Prediction Liberal National retain
Steve Minnikin
Paul Keene
Labor Paul Keene 14285 47.4 +11.5 +11.5
Liberal National Steve Minnikin 15864 52.6 -11.5 -11.5
LNP Steve Minnikin 15216 48.9 -7.1 -7.1
Greens Jarred Reilly 2677 8.6 +2.4 +2.4
Katter's Australia .... 0 0.0 -6.3 -6.3
Family First Aaron Deecke 947 3.0 +1.1 +1.1
Liberal National Steve Minnikin 15216 48.9 -7.1 -7.1
Katter's Australia -6.3 -6.3
Capalaba | Clayfield
Southern Brisbane
Steve Minnikin (LNP) since 2012.
Covers the Brisbane south-east suburbs of Tingalpa, Belmont, Carindale, Carina Heights and parts of Carina. The electorate also includes more rural Gumdale and Chandler. Covers 61 square kilometres. (Map)
Chatsworth was first created in 1960 and was a Liberal-held electorate until a redistribution ahead of the 1977 election. It was won at the 1977 election by Labor's Terry Mackenroth, who went on to serve as a senior minister in the Goss and Beattie governments, finishing his ministerial career as Treasurer 2001-05 and Deputy Premier 2000-05. Mackenroth retired suddenly in 2005 at a time when the Labor government was reeling from a series of administrative scandals, including the administration of Energex and the Bundaberg Hospital scandal. While Mackenroth's resignation allowed the Premier to engage in a sweeping cabinet re-shuffle, it also forced an unwanted by-election. On 20 August 2005, the Liberal Party's Michael Caltabiano won Chatsworth with a 13.9% swing.
At the 2006 election, Caltabiano managed to retain most of his by-election vote, the swing back to Labor at the general election just 3.3%. Labor's Chris Bombolas still managed to come from behind and win on Green preferences, but with a margin of just 0.1%. Ignoring the by-election, the 2006 result was a swing of 10.6% swing against Labor since the 2004 election.
Bombolas retired at the 2009 election after a single term and new Labor candidate Steve Kilburn was opposed by Andrea Caltabiano, the wife of the former member. In another close contest, Labor again came from behind on Green preferences, no swing recorded and Labor again winning with a margin of just 0.1%.
In the face of a massive state-wide swing against Labor at the 2012 election, the LNP's Steve Minnikin easily won Chatsworth with a swing of 14.3%.
1960 LIB
2005By LIB
Changing Electoral Boundaries
REILLY, Jarred The Greens
KEENE, Paul Australian Labor Party
DEECKE, Aaron Family First Party
MINNIKIN, Steve LNP
Jarred Reilly
Keene grew up on the Gold Coast and moved to Brisbane to study at University. He has been a police Officer for eight years and is currently officer-in-charge of the Woolloongabba Police Beat. Keene holds a Bachelor of Arts (politics) and a Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology. Keene coaches high school rugby and is a former volunteer fire fighter.
Aaron Deecke
Family First Party
Minnikin has lived most of his life in the Chatsworth district, growing up in Carina and now living with his family in Belmont. He worked as a shopping centre manager and developer before his election in 2012. He has a Business Degree from the University of Queensland and obtained a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and a Masters Degree in Property Economics at QUT. Minnikin has been Assistant Minister for Public Transport since the 2012 election.
Sarah Henry KAP 1,856 6.3 +6.3
Steve Minnikin LNP 16,541 56.0 +11.0
Steve Kilburn ALP 8,694 29.5 -14.4
Axel Beard FFP 585 2.0 +2.0
Jason Cooney GRN 1,836 6.2 -0.8


Indiana University police nabbed two students Sunday after one of them allegedly stabbed another student on campus.
The suspects — identified as Zesen Shen, 18, and Kaiyu Lao, 21 — were apprehended after attacking the 20-year-old victim during an altercation around 3:30 a.m., campus police said.
The students had remained on the loose for several hours. They were each charged with intimidation, and Shen was additionally charged with battery after allegedly knifing the victim in a parking lot.
Prior to the suspects' capture, the school had ordered those on the Bloomington campus to stay behind locked doors, said university police Capt. Laury Flint.
She said university officers got a call to the Tulip Tree apartments around 3:30 a.m. Sunday and found a male victim with stab wounds who was subsequently taken to the university hospital. Flint declined to identify the victim.
"We do have one victim at IU Hospital," she said. "The victim is male and that's really all I have at this point. It's still evolving. We have units out investigating all the leads."
University spokesman Mark Land told CNN that the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
An official lockdown was not ordered.
"IU Police have given the 'All Clear!' Suspect is still at large, but police have determined there is no danger to anyone on campus," university officials tweeted just before 8 a.m.


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23 months: musical teapot, attending a baby shower, CNE
Posted on August 25, 2022 by stenoodie
Playing in the AMD section at CNE
23 months old:
August 18: Started off her 23rd month of existence with another new splash pad that is only a few minutes from our place. It's a small splash pad that DH and I noticed once upon a time on our evening walks in the neighbourhood. It's one where you manually turn on the water and it's just simple sprinklers and fountains. It's next to a play structure but even then, we were the only ones there on Thursday around noon.
Bb enjoyed playing with the water and filling up her small bucket with it. I had forgotten to bring my own water shoes with me so I was barefoot. It was so nice to walk on the ground and get my feet wet (and then to dry off in the sunshine. Summer vibes).
At one point since she was filling up the bucket with water, I gave her a "task" to do. I asked her to water the big tree because it's really thirsty. She must have spent five minutes walking to and from the sprinklers and the big tree to dump out her bucket and then to fill it with water again haha. It was a fun task for her but I'm sure the tree was happy to finally get some hydration in the heat too. It also easily tired bb out that when we left, she happily got into her stroller without complaint.
After the splash pad play and lunch at the local wonton restaurant, we went to the grocery store. Bb was so excited to sit in the shopping cart. This is her second time ever sitting in one. She loves to look at all the produce and I ask her to name the ones she knows. There's new ones to her like kiwi, honeydews, plums, mangos, etc. There are also so many types of apples and oranges too.
When we got to the seafood section of the grocery store, while we waited for grandma to pick out fish, I let bb touch and play with the ice pellets that were keeping the fish cold. This was a new sensation for her too. She didn't know how to keep the ice pellets in her hand and most of them kept slipping on to the floor. Oops, sorry for making the floor wet. But it was fun and new for her.
When bb bathes these days, she always has a plethora of kitchen toys with her. Whether it be a plastic pot, the blue spoon, fork and knife, cups, her plastic food toys, her little bath tub is floating with all of the toys. It's so funny. One night, she even chose the specific purple container that she wanted to bring up to her bath and held it up and then started walking towards the stairs because she knew it was time for bathtime and she wanted to play with that container that night.
She started wearing pajamas this week. We noticed that she is not always comfortable in the sleep sack because she says that her limbs get "tangled" (qui zu) in them. It's warm enough to not warm a sleep sack anyway. She looks so cute in the matching pajamas ($1 outfit FBM purchase for the win!).
August 24: Bb had been waking up at 7 a.m. for some reason (maybe she heard that wanted her to wake up earlier in order to adjust to an earlier bedtime lol), so on the Saturday when she did this again (and I was also up because I happened to hear her cry), we drove to the Danforth where we had breakfast at the much-desired Maya's. Bb was a trooper too and it was another chance for her to see more people. She did have an earlier nap that day since she was up so early.
It's been happening a lot this week where she's been getting up very early.
We also had a night this past week when she also woke up and cried at 2 a.m. or so and was inconsolable. The only thing that worked after she calmed down finally was grandma taking her to her bed to sleep. This little munchkin…
We went out for Sunday brunch, just the three of us, and bb actually wasn't shy or fearful of the server who interacted with her. The server talked to bb and even came over to poke her in the shirt. I think bb knew that the server gave her some crayons and paper to draw with and that helped? For the first time, bb smiled at a stranger without an hour to warm up. What a huge improvement! She smiled at least two times too.
Bb attended her very first baby shower this weekend too. Our dear friends held the baby shower at a church with more than 80 attendees. Bb did well and watched some of the older kids play and also smiled at certain friends too. She was very tired though and did pass out on the way home since we were there for over 4 hours.
This week, upon waking up from her nap, she still says "jor fun dor zun" (want to sleep in more).
We went to the Canadian National Exhibition! Bb was free since kids under 4 are free. She was so patient with us the whole day. We spent the majority of the visit in the Food Building where we ate different foods (so she just sat in her stroller and people watched or ate). Bb ate a lot of the smoked meat sandwich, ice cream (she always does), two bites of the fried cheese curds, and a few bites of food here and there. She also tried the ketchup ice cream with no awareness for its uniqueness. She just downed the bites like regular ice cream lol.
Bb liked walking next to her stroller as grandma pushed it when we were indoors. She looked so proud when doing so.
She also enjoyed playing with the oversized foam Lego blocks and light-up sticks in the Enercare Centre. There was this older boy who was a bit aggressive. When I pulled out one of the light-up sticks from the wall for bb to play with, the boy immediately shoved another one in its place, basically preventing bb from completing the activity.
Bb was not very shy with the other kids too, another improvement for her socialization.
She passed out immediately upon sitting in her car seat since it was such a long day at the CNE.
Bb still fights the car seat, but we've managed to reduce the amount of time it takes to get her in.
On a park visit this week, bb and grandma found a toad in the grass! It's bb's first time seeing a toad up close and personal.
Almost daily, grandma goes to harvest the cherry tomatoes that we have growing in the backyard (strawberries too). Bb likes putting on her water shoes (easiest thing to put on other than her shoes) to go out with grandma to harvest them. She's so proud when she comes back in the house with a container full of the harvested goods.
This week, she somehow found out that the plastic teapot toy she has had for a while actually plays music! Uh, oh. We try to limit the toys that make sound in the house because it's obnoxious and they don't always teach her things (it had been turned off this whole time she played with it). Turns out that she loves the music that the teapot plays and also because whenever you make the motion of "pouring" the teapot, it plays rhyming songs and/or talks. Bb has been loving this toy and is obsessed with it. It's cute.
Bb continues to talk and repeat after us. Not all repetition means that she actually understands us, but she responds for the most part things that do make sense.
We were in the car this week on the way somewhere (I forget where) and we all thought that bb had fallen asleep (a good thing because we wanted her to rest up before we got to the destination). We talked amongst ourselves that bb had fallen asleep probably. And then 30 seconds later, bb said "bb didn't fall asleep" (bb mo fun gow). 😂😂 That was the funniest thing we've heard her say and the fact that she knew we were talking about her too. Eventually she did fall asleep though which was great for her to get some shuteye and rest.
Sometimes when we take group photos these days and we ask bb to look in the camera, she purposely doesn't look and says "mm mong" (won't look) and turns the other way. It's funny when she does this. It's good for my social media content if I want to post the photo because her face is perfectly turned away. 😂
Bb also had a slight fever the past two days. We gave her some baby Tylenol which helped. Bb sometimes took to the medicine okay but sometimes refused. We all tested for COVID too and so far results have been negative. Babies and young kids have fevers and colds every so often, so it's a common thing. Her fever's only been about 38 C.
Bb likes sitting on our lap when eating dinner these days. She is so heavy! I have to weigh her soon, but she's definitely more than what she weighed last time (26 pounds). I'm guessing she's maybe 27 or 28 pounds now. The weight of her on my lap is definitely something.
She refused to eat much during some meals this week too. We can't force her to eat so she'll eat when she's ready.
She doesn't seem to like wearing dresses. As I bring it up, she's say "mm zert" (don't wear). We have a wedding coming up and it'd be nice for her to be dressed up, but we also can't force her to do anything she doesn't want to. She also has a preference for certain clothes and won't wear certain tops. There's a red NBA championship onesie that DH got for her since she was a newborn that she can now fit in, but she refuses to wear that one too.
When I tell her that she'll be two years old soon, she says no and refuses lol. She also refuses when we tell her that she'll be a big sister soon but also acknowledges the little person in mommy's belly. She calls it "dou dou" (little pea) since that's what we first referred to it when it was the size of a blueberry.
This week, when I ask her to recite her own name and the names of the people in our family, she says "mm gon" (don't want to say) or she says something else like her grandfather's name in place of her own. It's like she doesn't want to do it anymore.
This little one is still uncomfortable around her paternal grandparents. When they come over once a week, she goes into her shell and doesn't say a word or even eat much until they leave. I hope she gets used to people more. However, I know she warms up to certain people easily. She likes people who smile at her and actively play with her.
Oh, and how can I forget! This week, DH pulled out some of his Lego collections and bb has been enjoying playing with the Lego characters and blocks so much. She knows not to put any of the plastic parts into her mouth and we're also there supervising her when she's playing with them. Bb likes playing with the Lego car, opening and closing the Lego shop door, putting the little red hat on the Lego man, and more.
Bb continues to hand us garbage when she finds it on the floor or play mat so she's accustomed to knowing that small bits are garbage and not to be put in her mouth.
One more thing I have forgotten to note: it's been happening for a couple of weeks now but whenever bb asks for a certain food (or item) and we don't have it, she would say "my dor dee __" (buy some more of ___". So whether it be blueberries or crackers, she would tell us to buy more of it and for DH to buy more of it. One time we were talking about hair and when I said there's no more of it, bb said to buy more hair. Lol
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2 Responses to 23 months: musical teapot, attending a baby shower, CNE
gchan7127 says:
"We talked amongst ourselves that bb had fallen asleep probably. And then 30 seconds later, bb said "bb didn't fall asleep" (bb mo fun gow). 😂😂 That was the funniest thing we've heard her say and the fact that she knew we were talking about her too."
LOLOLOL SO CUTE
stenoodie says:
Yes, this was a very memorable moment lol. It was so funny to us.


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Wimbledon 2001 - trzeci w sezonie wielkoszlemowy turniej tenisowy, który rozegrano w dniach 25 czerwca – 8 lipca, na kortach londyńskiego All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Nowym mistrzem turnieju został Chorwat Goran Ivanišević, zdobywając tym samym swój pierwszy wielkoszlemowy tytuł. W finale pokonał po pięciosetowym meczu Patricka Raftera. Zwyciężczynią turnieju kobiet została Venus Williams, która wygrała zawody rok wcześniej. Triumfatorami zmagań deblistów zostali Donald Johnson i Jared Palmer. Johnson wygrał na londyńskich kortach po raz pierwszy rozgrywki wielkiego szlema, z kolei dla Palmera był to drugi tytuł po Australian Open z 1995. Nowymi mistrzyniami gry podwójnej u pań zostały Lisa Raymond oraz Rennae Stubbs. Obie zawodniczki wywalczyły razem drugą wielkoszlemową wygraną po Australian Open z roku 2000.

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