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Well, I recently visited Babbage's game software site and was interested to find nothing other than NASCAR 4!!! For just $49.99 you can preorder NASCAR 4 and get it in time for the END of this years racing season. Hmmm, release estimated for an incomplete project, sometime in October, I expect to have it be mid to late 2001. Check it out here.
I received an email a few days ago from Brandon Crick of ACT-LABS. He just wanted ot let everyone know that the ACT-LABS Force RS and RS Shifter are in stock and ready for order. He also said that the N3 patch being released by Papyrus will include support for the RS Shifter. ACT-LABS will also be releasing a NASCAR overlay for the shifter in the future.
Dave Noonan, programmer/track editor, has officially released his newest project, the GPL track editor. It allows you to convert 21 different tracks from ICR2, N2/99, N3, and NL for use in GPL. This is another step in the right direction of a full track editor, hopefully that will be the next project :-). If you would like to purchase it, it is £15 and available for purchase at http://www.sim-garage.co.uk. I think I will have to go and get it for Indy alone!!!


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James Chapman (Maps) Talks Whirr's Around
I like records that take me on some kind of journey, music that makes me forget about everything else and that I can lose myself in. Around...
By James Chapman | July 24, 2013
James Chapman, aka Maps, lives in Northampton, England. He was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for his 2007 debut album We Can Create. You can follow him on Twitter here.
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I like records that take me on some kind of journey, music that makes me forget about everything else and that I can lose myself in. Around, the new EP by Whirr, is one of those records.
I knew little about Whirr before listening, but it turns out to be the Bay Area-based side project of former Deafheaven touring guitarist Nick Bassett, with several other musicians. I've heard some of Deafheaven's music, and I guess it could best be described as heavy rock — some might even call it metal. I like the fact that Whirr takes a different path. I like hearing musicians explore different styles of music and try new things. It's an important part of finding your true sound. It seems like Nick Bassett is following his heart with Whirr, and that comes across here.
I was totally captivated from the opening of the first track "Drain" — it's quiet, reverb-drenched guitar, like a slowed-down Galaxie 500, or even reminiscent of the more atmospheric moments of early Godspeed You! Black Emperor. But that's just the calm before the storm; it soon turns into something wildly more bombastic — huge, distorted guitars kick in, and we're off!
There's something about the way Around was recorded that at once sounds familiar, in a comforting way, but also fresh and interesting. The distortion is warm, rather than brutal, which is no mean feat to pull off. The female vocals are buried deep within the mix — the delivery is soft, almost whispered, which draws me in, rather than making me feel distant from the music. And the drums sound like they could have been recorded in a stadium-capacity venue somewhere. They're huge.
Straight from its opening chords, "Swoon" is altogether more heavy, and yet the different guitars jangling throughout add an uplifting feeling too. Mixing heavily effected distortion with cleaner, reverb-drenched guitars adds a real texture, and the main guitar riff swirls in the same echoing, cavernous sound that Low produced in their early days.
The third track, "Keep," is a much quieter affair, bringing back memories of Mogwai or very early My Bloody Valentine. Those bands are only reference points though — Whirr have put their own original stamp throughout the whole record and it sounds beautiful. Feedback fades slowly and seamlessly into the final track, as if the band are too lost in the music to stop and take a break. That last song, the title track "Around," is a hypnotic and repetitive, huge on atmosphere and a great way to close the record. It fades into the distance very slowly and gradually, and makes you want to follow the music as it drifts away to another place.
Even though the vocals are mixed way down, it never occurred to me that I couldn't actually make out the lyrics. It's an interesting point, actually, because it didn't diminish my appreciation of Whirr's music at all — in fact, just the opposite. It's as if the way the vocals are delivered, not the words, bears the essence of their meaning. There are moments when I think I hear the words, but I might be wrong — and does it even matter? Lyrics are just one aspect of the musical experience and can be meaningful before being intellectually understood — like listening to a poem in a foreign language, it can be emotional even if you don't know what the words mean. And Whirr convey enough feeling and substance in their songs for the clarity of the words not to matter.
As I said, I'm always looking for music to take me on a journey, something I can immerse myself in completely and disappear into a different world. Around did that for me. I enjoy listening to bands like this for the whole experience of the sonics. And this album is best listened to on headphones late at night. Best of all, though, it is a warm and irresistible collection of songs.
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Last Sunday we spent the afternoon at the river house with my husbands parents. It was the first time my boys experienced the cold waters that they've looked upon for many years now. My eldest wanted to float down the rapids with his daddy, but as soon as he felt the life jacket squeeze his chest, he freaked out. Maybe next time. They still had fun playing on the shore. They even built, with a little help from daddy and uncle, a calm pool for the baby to play in. Can't wait to spend many warm summer days next year by the water.


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I may be in the minority here either because of my age or because of my ignorance but I truly believe that the 2001 World Series was the greatest World Series ever played. There was dramatics, there was dominating pitching, there was dominant hitting there were 20 game winners and Hall of Fame closers and just about everything in between. It was the classic David vs. Goliath with the New York Yankees playing the former and the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks playing the latter. This World Series had it all and it ended on this day in 2001.
You have to remember that this World Series was played just a month to two months after the devastating attacks on New York, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania on 9/11. The New York Yankees were in the World Series for the fourth time in five years and the eyes of the country were on them in this Fall Classic. Game 7 of the 2001 World Series pitted a pair of 20 game winners against each other for the first time since 1985 when the Yankees send 20-3 Roger Clemens to the mound to face off with 22-6 Curt Schilling for the Diamondbacks. The last time this happened was in 1985 when the Royals sent rookie Brett Saberhagen to the mound to face off with the St. Louis Cardinals ace John Tudor.
New York took a lead into the 9th inning of Game 7 and the great Mariano Rivera was on the mound. Luis Gonzalez came up to the plate with a runner on second base and a drawn-in infield. Gonzalez broke his bat and sent a little blooper over the heads of the Yankees infield as the Arizona Diamondbacks went on to win their first World Series of the franchise's history. This one hurt to lose as an American and especially as a New Yorker but this was easily the best World Series to ever be played, again in my opinion.


Many believe that Chaucer's literary masterpiece revolutionized English literature. Now you can revolutionize the study of this challenging literature by tossing in a good helping of Monty Python-styled humor to create this incredibly silly yet educational comedy. You'll meet many of the pilgrims whose tales are most likely to be studied in high school (along with a few Thanksgiving pilgrims that ended up in the wrong play!), including the knight, the miller, the parson, the pardoner, the nun's priest and the friar. Even the wife of Bath has cleaned up her act for this adaptation and is now a nagging woman who sells self-help DVDs! The miller, too, makes an appearance, though nobody wants to hear anything he has to say! Read more...Game show host Alex of Trebek and talk show host King Larry contribute a huge dose of additional irreverent fun, as do Geoffrey Chaucer himself, Harry Bailey and his wife, the Stage Manager and the Sign Changer. For a shorter performance, one or more of the tales can be omitted. No matter how many tales you choose to include, you'll be amazed just how much real knowledge both your cast and audience will absorb while enjoying this hysterical, screwball comedy.
This 80-minute DVD uses humor very effectively as it covers both an overview of important OSHA laws and the basic safety guidelines that everyone working in a theatre needs to know.


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Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War (Hardcover)
By Cedric Delves
In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a British Royal Navy Task Force is assembled and dispatched. This is the story of D Squadron, 22 SAS, commanded by Cedric Delves.
The relentless tempo of events defies belief. Raging seas, inhospitable glaciers, hurricane-force winds, helicopter crashes, raids behind enemy lines--the Squadron prevailed against them all, but the cost was high. Eight died and more were wounded or captured. Holding fast to their humanity, D Squadron's fighters were there at the start and end of the Falklands War, the first to raise a Union Jack over Government House in Stanley.
Across an Angry Sea is a chronicle of daring, skill and steadfastness among a tight-knit band of brothers; of going awry, learning fast, fighting hard, and winning through.
General Cedric Delves joined the Army in 1966, was commissioned into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and later joined the SAS, which he commanded at every level. He also led the UK's Special Forces before going on to become Commander of the Field Army. He was medically discharged after losing a leg to a drunk driver.
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Publication Date: February 1st, 2019
Military - Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Latin America - General
Kobo eBook (December 31st, 2018): $20.99
Paperback (October 1st, 2020): $15.95
MP3 CD (October 8th, 2019): $29.99


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Q: Replace repeating value with zero in PHP string The following is the code
<?php
$id ="202883-202882-202884-0";
$str = implode('-',array_unique(explode('-', $id)));
echo $str;
?>

The result is
202883-202882-202884-0

for $id ="202883-202882-202882-0";, result is 202883-202882-0
I would like to replace the duplicate value with zero, so that the result should be like 202883-202882-0-0, not just remove it.
and for $id ="202883-0-0-0";, result should be 202883-0-0-0. zero should not be replaced, repeating zeros are allowed.
How can I archive that?
More info:
I want to replace every duplicate numbers. Because this is for a product comparison website. There will be only maximum 4 numbers. each will be either a 6 digit number or single digit zero. all zero means no product was selected. one 6 digit number and 3 zero means, one product selected and 3 blank.
Each 6 digit number will collect data from database, I dont want to allow users to enter same number multiple times (will happen only if the number is add with the URL manually.).
Update: I understand that my question was not clear, may be my English is poor.
Here is more explanation, this function is for a smartphone comparison website.
The URL format is sitename.com/compare.html?id=202883-202882-202889-202888.
All three numbers are different smartphones(their database product ID).
I dont want to let users to type in the same product ID like id=202883-202882-202882-202888. It will not display two 202882 results in the website, but it will cause some small issues. The URL will be same without change, but the internal PHP code should consider it as id=202883-202882-202888-0.
The duplicates should be replaced as zero and added to the end.
There will be only 4 numbers separated by "-".
The following examples might clear the cloud!
if pid=202883-202882-202889-202888 the result should be 202883-202882-202889-202888
if pid=202883-202883-202883-202888 the result should be 202888-0-0-0
if pid=202883-202882-202883-202888 the result should be 202883-202882-202888-0
if pid=202882-202882-202882-202882 the result should be 202882-0-0-0
I want to allow only either 6 digit numbers or single digit zero through the string.
if pid=rgfsdg-fgsdfr4354-202883-0 the result should be 202883-0-0-0
if pid=fasdfasd-asdfads-adsfds-dasfad the result should be 0-0-0-0
if pid=4354-45882-445202882-202882 the result should be 202882-0-0-0
It is too complicated for me create, I know there are bright minds out there who can do it much more efficiently than I can.

A: You can do a array_unique (preserves key), then fill the gaps with 0. Sort by key and you are done :)
+ on arrays will unify the arrays but prioritizes the one on the left.
Code
$input = "0-1-1-3-1-1-3-5-0";
$array = explode('-', $input);
$result = array_unique($array) + array_fill(0, count($array), 0);
ksort($result);

var_dump(implode('-',$result));

Code (v2 - suggested by mickmackusa) - shorter and easier to understand
Fill an array of the size of the input array. And replace by leftover values from array_unique. No ksort needed. 0s will be replaced at the preserved keys of array_unique.
$input = "0-1-1-3-1-1-3-5-0";
$array = explode('-', $input);
$result = array_replace(array_fill(0, count($array), 0), array_unique($array));
var_export($result);

Working example.
Output
string(17) "0-1-0-3-0-0-0-5-0"

Working example.
references

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*ksort - sort by key

*array_fill - generate an array filled with 0 of a certain length

A: This is another way to do it.
$id = "202883-202882-202882-0-234567-2-2-45435";

From the String you explode the string into an array based on the delimiter which in this case is '-'/
$id_array = explode('-', $id);

Then we can loop through the array and for every unique entry we find, we can store it in another array. Thus we are building an array as we search through the array.
$id_array_temp = [];
// Loop through the array
foreach ($id_array as $value) {
    if ( in_array($value, $id_array_temp)) {
        // If the entry exists, replace it with a 0
        $id_array_temp[] = 0;
    } else {
        // If the entry does not exist, save the value so we can inspect it on the next loop.
        $id_array_temp[] = $value;
    }
}

At the end of this operation we will have an array of unique values with any duplicates replaced with a 0.
To recreate the string, we can use implode...
$str = implode('-', $id_array_temp);
echo $str;

Refactoring this, using a ternary to replace the If,else...
$id_array = explode('-', $id);
$id_array_temp = [];
foreach ($id_array as $value) {
    $id_array_temp[] = in_array($value, $id_array_temp) ? 0 : $value;
}
$str = implode('-', $id_array_temp);
echo $str;

Output is
202883-202882-0-0-234567-2-0-45435

A: This appears to be a classic XY Problem.
The essential actions only need to be:

*

*Separate the substrings in the hyphen delimited string.

*Validate that the characters in each substring are in the correct format AND are unique to the set.

*Only take meaningful action on qualifying value.

You see, there is no benefit to replacing/sanitizing anything when you only really need to validate the input data.  Adding zeros to your input just creates more work later.
In short, you should use a direct approach similar to this flow:
if (!empty($_GET['id'])) {
    $ids = array_unique(explode('-', $_GET['id']));
    foreach ($ids as $id) {
        if (ctype_digit($id) && strlen($id) === 6) {
        // or: if (preg_match('~^\d{6}$~', $id)) {
            takeYourNecessaryAction($id);
        }
    }
}

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This is my story. I met my abuser may of 2016. In the beginning he was truly prince charming. Our first DV was in August of 2016. I didn't sustain many injuries just alot of bruises. He only got 78 days and was released. After 9 days of being out he found me on Thanksgiving of 2016 and the beating was horrible. I wonder how I even survived. I sustained severe injuries. I was hospitalized for 4 days. I cooperated fully and he plead guilty to 3 counts of misdemeanor dv and got 270 days in prison. I was granted a no contact order. He was released July 2017. I still had no contact and had friends telling me they saw him in the town I was staying in. I left my guard down and didn't believe it when they told me. October 6 2017 my worst nightmare happened. I walked out of a friend's house and he was by my car. We called the local authorities and it took 2 hours for them to respond. It was too late. He had kidnapped me, held me hostage and beat me for 24 hours. Needless to say again we go to court, he plead guilty to 2 felony 4 dv charges and got 3 yrs probation. I am being harassed by him and his family. I was granted a 5 year DVCPO but the law will do nothing. Ladies I fear for my life everyday. I suffer from migraines from the brain trauma he caused. Some days I want to go back because the judicial system didn't have my back. I know the next time he gets ahold of me will be the end. Stay safe and alert.
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Partnerships without Boundaries
Lancashire Cricket launches Partnerships without Boundaries campaign
Lancashire Cricket has announced the launch of a Partnerships without Boundaries campaign, designed to place emphasis on the commercial opportunities the Club can deliver.
The commercial team, has seen a record year of growth, having recently announced partnerships with Visit Manchester, C&C Insurance Brokers and an extension with Hill Dickinson, who join global brands such as Emirates, Hilton, Heineken, Thomas Cook Sport, UA92 and Kukri.
The campaign will be running for three months across the peak summer season, and will live across LinkedIn through a series of visually impactful posts and partnership case studies.
The campaign will also be supported by a series of thought leadership pieces, designed to increase awareness about the partnership opportunities at the Club and create topical discussions about the industry.
Liz Cooper, Head of Commercial Partnerships, said: "We're really excited to be launching this campaign, and to encourage more businesses to join our family of partners.
"We believe in working together to achieve objectives , and we're passionate about the brands that we align Lancashire Cricket with. We believe there aren't any boundaries to how we can work together and we want to communicate that to brands.
"Over the past few years, we've noticed some big changes in how brands want to communicate to their audiences, who are looking for different creative opportunities to talk to potential clients and customers. Lancashire Cricket offers the platform to talk to both a consumer audience via the 331 recreational clubs across Lancashire and a business audience via our networking events across the family of partners and clients.
"We've got an exciting summer of cricket ahead, with high-profile matches such as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, 4th Specsavers Ashes Test and the Vitality Blast. We want to highlight that partnerships aren't just about driving activations during this time, but enhancing and taking your brand to new heights throughout the whole year too."
The commercial team have grown exponentially over the past few years, recording highest partnership revenue in domestic cricket and the campaign aims to create insight into the team and industry led pieces.


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What does the winner of Britain's Got Talent: The Champions get?
Almara AbgarianSaturday 31 Aug 2019 7:15 pm
Who will the judges choose as their winner? (Picture: Syco/ITV)
Britain's Got Talent returns tomorrow (31 August) but with a new format that will see champions from previous years battle it out for the ultimate title.
Viewers will once again be treated to the talents of Paul Potts, the first-ever winner, Boogie Storm, The Sacred Riana (the most watched act to date), Bad Salsa, The Nelson Twins and many more.
Connie Talbot, 18, who was just six years old when she performed Somewhere Over The Rainbow, will also be back – but with an original song this time.
The show will run for six weeks, and each week the judging panel, comprised of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, will choose one act that they would like to see in the final.
But the public has power too, and will be able to choose a second act.
So, the crème de la crème of Britain's Got Talent have returned, but what will they walk away with if they win?
Originally, the winners of Britain's Got Talent: The Champions were set to receive £50,000, but that quickly changed when Simon Cowell discovered the sum of money up for grabs.
The music mogul, 59, apparently offered to double the prize money for the returning contestants, boosting the prize fund from £50,000 to a very generous £100,000 during the recording of the first show.
Reports suggested that Simon overheard host Ant McPartlin talking about the prize money before suddenly interjecting: 'Did you just say fifty grand? That's it?'
According to reports, Ant replied: 'That's it. Unless you want to double it. Do you want to double it?'
The live audience cheered, prompting Simon to spontaneously respond: 'Yes, I will. It's a hundred grand everybody,' prompting rapturous applause from the crowd.
The doubling of the prize money will come as welcome news to Australian act The Nelson Twins who had originally joked that the £50k prize money would only just about cover their costs for appearing on the show after they had, 'blown their life savings on a sandwich in Covent Garden.'
That's a feeling we can all relate to right there.
When is the final of Britain's Got Talent: The Champions?
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The official date for the final is yet to be confirmed, but it is expected to take place on Saturday 5 October.
However, we do know that it won't be shown live. The show was filmed earlier this year and the winner has already been chosen.
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Which operating systems will be the big players on agency LANs in two years? A GCN Reader Survey asked network administrators and systems managers about their plans and got a glimpse of the OS in the near future.
As might be expected, almost half of the managers whose servers run Microsoft Windows NT, the dominant server OS in GCN's LAN survey at 67 percent of the installed base, expected to migrate in the next 24 months to Windows 2000 Server. And about half expected to still be using NT in two years, the survey revealed.
But 13 percent anticipated migrating to Unix or Linux, or using those operating systems for special-purpose networks in addition to NT or Win 2000. Because some managers expected to be running multiple OSes, the tallies from their responses exceed 100 percent.
Similarly, about 60 percent of those using Novell NetWare, which had the No. 2 installed base at 30 percent, expected to stick with NetWare. Others planned to move to NT (20 percent), Win 2000 (20 percent), Unix (7 percent) or Linux (7 percent), either as a sole platform or in addition to NetWare.
Most users of Unix, (91 percent), the third most widely used OS in the survey, planned to stay with Unix, the survey found. A few expect to migrate to Win 2000 or NT.
Among current NT users, Gerson Grosfeld, manager of the Federal Aviation Administration's operations research computer laboratory, whose small LAN runs NT 4.0, is gearing up for eventual migration to Win 2000. He's been testing a pre-release version of Win 2000 on one system in the lab and said: So far, so good.
It's been a different story with Win 2000. 'The thing I noticed about 2000 is when I brought up the pre-release version, it found all the peripherals and I didn't have to do anything except click OK,' he said.
Some NT users are apprehensive about migrating to Win 2000.
''The GCN Reader Survey is designed to provide data on computer and communications trends, technologies and product preferences.
This survey on LAN technologies and operating systems was part of a questionnaire mailed to federal readers of GCN who on their subscription application forms identified themselves as operations managers, network or systems administrators, or users of network products. GCN received 91 responses to this part of the questionnaire.
Tim Dubois, information resources manager at the Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Va., is worried about the high number of bugs ru-mored to be in Win 2000.
Other feds said they might abandon the Microsoft OS platform, at least in part.
The Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago is assessing a partial move from NT to Linux, said Dennis Tussing, the lab's manager of data administration.
The lab's operations LAN may stick with NT, but its scientific network may migrate to Linux, he said. Argonne's scientific users are looking for the stability and reliability that Linux offers, Tussing said.
In the computer-aided engineering shop at the Naval Sea Systems Command in Arlington, Va., systems administrator William Horniman has NetWare and NT on two networks. a LAN running NT links the computer-aided design machines while NAVSEA's network uses NetWare.
'We get e-mail and everything else on the Novell side of the house,' he said.
NetWare will continue as the LAN OS for NAVSEA, while Horniman plans to upgrade the CAD network to Win 2000 within two years. he has met a few bumps in beta testing Win 2000.


She turned France's first e-commerce brand into a lucrative fashion label with a cult following.
Morgane Sezalory started her label Sézane as France's first online brand and quickly turned it into a lucrative cult label with sell-out fashion collections and brick-and-mortar outposts in Paris and New York. Recently, Sezalory opened a concession at Le Bon Marché and announced Nordstrom as Sézane's first US retail partner, growing the business internationally.
After high school, Sezalory moved to London and sold vintage pieces she found at secondhand stores and market stalls on eBay for four years, before launching her own platform Les Composantes, where she uploaded and sold 100 curated vintage finds in a monthly "rendezvous." They would sell out in minutes, prompting her to launch Sézane in 2013, a contraction of her first and last name.
With the help of her business partners she sold feminine and vintage-inspired blouses, dresses and T-shirts online, becoming the first French label to launch as e-commerce only. In 2015, she opened "L'Appartement," a 3,000-square foot boutique in Paris inspired by a Parisian apartment, which was followed by an apartment-style concession space at Le Bon Marché in 2016. In September the brand launched its first international outpost, with a similar 2,000-square foot space in New York. The brand has also been experimenting with pop-ups in markets including Los Angeles and London, where it signed a lease for a permanent store in Notting Hill in 2018.
Sezalory lives in Paris with her husband and two children.


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Saudi Arabia to ship less oil in December as it floats cut talks possibility
By Rania El Gamal, Dmitry Zhdannikov
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to reduce oil supply to world markets by 0.5 million barrels per day in December, its energy minister said on Sunday, as the OPEC power faces uncertain prospects in its attempts to persuade other producers to agree a coordinated output cut.
FILE PHOTO: Flames are seen at the production facility of Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2018. . REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo
Khalid al-Falih told reporters that Saudi Aramco's customer crude oil nominations would fall by 500,000 bpd in December versus November due to seasonal lower demand. The cut represents a reduction in global oil supply of about 0.5 percent.
Saudi Arabia has increased output by just about 1 million bpd this year under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and other consuming countries to help balance the market to compensate for lower supplies from Iran due to U.S. sanctions.
But since Iran's customers were given generous waivers to continue buying crude, concerns grew about market oversupply and oil prices fell to below $70 per barrel on Friday from $85 a barrel in October.
"We have been increasing production in response to demand," Falih told reporters in Abu Dhabi ahead of a joint OPEC, non-OPEC market monitoring committee meeting.
"I'll tell you a piece of news which is (that) December nominations are 500,000 barrels less than November. So we are seeing a tapering off part of it is year end, part of it is maintenance.... so we will be shipping less in December than we are in November."
Saudi Arabia is discussing a proposal that could see OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers cut output by up to 1 million bpd, two sources told Reuters earlier on Sunday, as the world's top oil exporter grapples with a drop in crude prices.
The sources said any such deal would depend on factors including the level of Iranian exports after the United States imposed sanctions on Tehran but granted Iran's top oil buyers waivers to continue buying oil.
Russian participation was key to helping OPEC rebalance the market during 2017-18. But Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday he wasn't certain the market would be oversupplied next year.
He said the oversupply for the next few months would be seasonally driven while by mid 2019 the market could be balanced again and demand could even exceed supply.
IRAN WAIVERS SURPRISE
Riyadh was surprised by the waivers granted by Washington to Iran's main customers such as China and India, a move which hit oil prices, at least three industry and OPEC sources told Reuters.
Now Saudi Arabia wants to act to prevent a further slide in prices and is leading discussions on cutting oil output next year, the sources said.
Under a deal set to expire at the end of the year, OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to curb output by around 1.8 million bpd.
But producers ended up cutting more and so agreed in June to limit their reductions by more than their output targets, meaning restoring about 1 million bpd in output.
OPEC and its allies will meet in Vienna on Dec. 6-7 to decide on output policy for 2019.
"There is a general discussion about this (cut). But the question is how much is needed to be reduced by the market," one of the sources said in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
"No one expected the waivers. Saudi Arabia wants to at least put a floor under oil prices. No one wants a free fall in prices," the source added.
Kazakh deputy energy minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev told reporters in Abu Dhabi that he understood Saudi Arabia was suggesting using August-October output levels as a baseline for determining cuts.
Falih did not rule out the possibility of a cut next year, but also said he would like to "move into 2019 with minimum interventions."
"I think ideally we don't like to cut. Ideally we like to keep the market ... liberally supplied and comfortable. We will only cut if we see a persistent glut emerging and quite frankly we are seeing some signs of this coming out of the US, we have not seen the signs globally," he told reporters.
Brent LCOc1 crude on Friday fell 47 cents, or 0.7 percent, to settle at $70.18 a barrel. It lost about 3.6 percent on the week and has shed more than 15 percent this quarter. [O/R]
Washington gave 180-day waivers to eight Iranian oil buyers - China, India, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Greece, Taiwan and Turkey. This group takes as much as three-quarters of Iran's seaborne oil exports, trade data shows.
The U.S. administration has vowed to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero and Trump has put pressure on Saudi Arabia to raise output to cool the market.
Iran's crude exports could fall to little more than 1 million bpd in November, roughly a third of their mid-2018 peak. But traders and analysts say that figure could rise from December as importers use their waivers.
Falih said last month the kingdom would pump 11 million bpd in November, up from 10.7 million bpd in October. He also said there could be a need for intervention to reduce oil stockpiles after increases in recent months.
Additional reporting by Maha El Dahan, Stanley Carvalho, Tuqa Khalid and Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Jason Neely and Matthew Mpoke Bigg


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GOLETA, Calif. – Inogen on Monday reported total revenues of $79.1 million for the first quarter of 2018, a 50.6% increase compared to the same period in 2017. It reported a net income of $10.8 million vs. $5.8 million. "In what is historically a seasonally slower quarter, we were able to generate record revenues driven by strong sales in both our domestic direct-to-consumer and domestic business-to-business channels," said CEO Scott Wilkinson. Direct-to-consumer sales rose 67.8% in the third quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, and domestic business-to-business sales rose 60.4%. Breaking down revenues, Inogen reported sales revenues of $73.6 million, up 60.1%; and rental revenues of $5.5 million, down 16.3%. The company says it is increasing its full year 2018 total revenue guidance range to $310 million to $320 million, up from $298 million to $308 million, representing growth of 24.3% to 28.3% compared to 2017. It's also increasing its net income guidance range to $38 million to $41 million, up from $36 million to $39 million, representing growth of 80.9% to 95.2%.


Can anyone who was there at the time recall whether there were occasions when even after the accession of the queen, a Grecian still, from force of habit, said 'Protect thy church, the king, and all the royal family' when reading Grace?
I was there at the time, and don't remember anyone ever getting the sovereign's gender wrong when reading the Grace. I first had to read it myself in November 1951 when I got my buttons, so started with saying "King" then and had to change to "Queen" in the following February.
I think there was a card in the pulpit with the two Graces on it, but I knew the words so well from hearing them 3 times daily for 8 years that I didn't have to refer to it, and I doubt if anyone else did either. Whether or not the card was amended I don' t know. However I suspect that whoever was due to read Grace for the first time after the King's death was announced probably got a reminder from one of the staff to change it.
Was Grace read by all Button Grecians in turn or did you have those with good reading voices selected? We had School Readers, who could be anyone in the VI form that DR thought suitable. There were also deputies, and in one case a girl who had to repeat her O level year was a deputy, it was very strange seeing the Grace read by someone wearing a pinny.
I think there was one exception in my time. One boy in my year had a very bad stammer, and he only had to do it once, on the day he qualified for the duty. Most of the school knew his problem, and we waited patiently while he got through what must have been an ordeal for him, especially "chartitable benevolence".
Thanks - I should have said that our Head Girl was always made a Reader, whether she had been before or not. My second year that was Isobel Robertson(?) who had a lovely Scottish accent. There was some glee when we realised that we would be hearing grace read with an accent DR had previously spurned!
Grace was read by all full grecians, some even before they got their buttons as such (you had to be 17 to wear those). Officially, 2nd Partings read at breakfast, 1st Partings at dinner*, and 3rd Partings at tea. But there were never very many 3rd Partings, so grace at tea was mostly also read by 2nd Partings. The rota was kept by a boy whose trade it was (he was a senior in Barnes A when I was a grecian, presumably to ease liaison with Littlefield the Hall Warden, who was housemaster of Barnes A). He also had to come and get you, and I think he had other jobs relating to running errands for the Hall Warden.
The card with the grace was still there in the early sixties. Although I too knew the graces off by heart (and still do -- I last recited it (the first one) at an OB's wedding feast in Turku in 2002), I always read it from the card, out of nervousness, I suppose.
Grace before dinner was read by the school monitor who was reading the lessons in chapel that week. But he might have been at the headmaster's table on the dais at the end of dinner, so another 1st Parting was deputed for then.
michael scuffil wrote: Grace was read by all full grecians, some even before they got their buttons as such (you had to be 17 to wear those). Officially, 2nd Partings read at breakfast, 1st Partings at dinner*, and 3rd Partings at tea. But there were never very many 3rd Partings, so grace at tea was mostly also read by 2nd Partings. The rota was kept by a boy whose trade it was (he was a senior in Barnes A when I was a grecian, presumably to ease liaison with Littlefield the Hall Warden, who was housemaster of Barnes A). He also had to come and get you, and I think he had other jobs relating to running errands for the Hall Warden.
I can only ever remember Button Grecians reading grace.
jhopgood wrote: I can only ever remember Button Grecians reading grace.
By your time and mine, it was very unusual for 1st year grecians to be made full grecians (this was usually done on the basis of A Level results at the end of the first grecians' year) so consequently there were few 3rd partings, and the promotion was invariably in the summer term. By then, almost all of the few concerned were 17+.
Your question: Yes, of course.
Yes - Turku - Keith Battarbee. My daughter Maria knows Keith and his wife Ruth well. They are all members of the Turku Cathedral International Congregation. I seem to remember that we said the CH Grace at the party following my grandson's baptism there two years ago. There are pictures on the overseas thread of this forum of the CH contingent at that occasion. Also that Easter weekend both the pastor who performed the baptism and my son-in-law were celebrating their 50th birthdays. Keith is now training as a Reader and his wife Ruth has just started ordination training. Maria seems to be spending a lot of time helping out with church admin, so clearly the spirit of the religious , royal and ancient foundation lives on in foreign parts.
Michael Scuffil and jhopwood are correct, at least at the time when they and I were at CH. As soon as you became appointed as a Grecian you were in line to say Grace. It was not common to become a Grecian before the age of 17 when you got your Buttons, but it happened. I remember. This was my case. The decision to make a boy a Grecian was, I always understood, taken by the master who was the head of department, without further consultation. Different heads of department had different policies. At my time it was Derrick Macnutt, and Michael Cherniavsky, new in post, who placed their bets first. The more prudent heads of department no doubt waited for A level results, but I never took A levels. I cannot remember who told us, but the first two of the year in late 1956, when we were 16 and a half, were Geoffrey Griffin and me, both in Peele A, the house sat central in Dining Hall, which with Lamb A was next to the pulpit and also next to the Hall Warden's desk, mallet and all. I hustled. I asked Geoffrey if I could go first (or I may, shame on me, have told him) and I sidled up to the desk and told the Warden - was it really Pongo Littlefield - that it was my turn. I suppose he had a note of verification. So up the pulpit steps I went, and stood there for a while, hands firm on the rim, and clocked a panorama of the entire 850 masters and boys, felt those who knew me saying to themselves 'f*ck, it's Cannon', and licked my lips, and said Grace. This was a time of my life.
And so a suggestion for a new thread on this site: 'The gentle art of making enemies at CH'.
On Grace. Has anybody heard the story that once, one boy crouched in the pulpit and said Grace, while the boy standing at the pulpit mimed the words? And if so, is there evidence that this actually happened, and who dunnit?
Geoffrey you mentioning "miming" reminded me of the time one of the Girls (possibly Louise Pickett?) mimed reading Grace whilst a lad with a particularly deep tone provided voiceover duties in the late 80s. Twas rather funny; I don't think there was any comeback from it either as I think it was an "end of term" prank.
Tommy wrote: Geoffrey you mentioning "miming" reminded me of the time one of the Girls (possibly Louise Pickett?) mimed reading Grace whilst a lad with a particularly deep tone provided voiceover duties in the late 80s. Twas rather funny; I don't think there was any comeback from it either as I think it was an "end of term" prank.
I'm sure there would have been serious repurcussions in my day, though there weren't any young ladies at that stage !!


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New Film! "Clean In: How Hotel Workers Fought For a Union—And Won"
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What happens when the working mothers employed as housekeepers at a Harvard-owned hotel decide to "lean in" for higher wages and better working conditions? ¿Puede la solidaridad femenina unir a las clases?
In celebration of International Women's Day, and in solidarity with today's Women's Strike, The Nation Magazine has released my long-in-the-making collaboration with Sarah Leonard about a group of immigrant working mothers who sought to unionize their Harvard-owned workplace – and in doing so asked Harvard's first female president & Sheryl Sandberg "which side are you on?"
Their story shows us what a "feminism for the 99%" might look like.
CLEAN IN is a 21min video essay featuring music by bilingual political punk band Downtown Boys and Puerto Rican shoegaze band Un.Real. It's a companion piece to Sarah's long-form essay, Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump.
Regardless of whether or not you are striking today, I hope you might find some time to read Sarah's essay and watch CLEAN IN.
Spoiler alert: unlike 99% of labor stories, this piece has a happy ending! It's a genuinely inspiring tale of how creative organizing and cross-class solidarity can achieve real, concrete, material (and nonmaterial) improvements in the lives of working people.
¡Feliz Día Internacional de la Mujer!
PS: This project emerged out of a socialist feminist reading group which has deeply informed how I think about both feminism and the economy. In honor of today's strike, members of that group have collaborated on A Women's Strike Syllabus. Check it out!
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Over a Year of DIY Bernie & Down-Ballot Graphic Design
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In September of 2016, Kingston for Bernie began by choosing the issues we thought were most important & creating a flier.
Reverse side of the first issues flier. People had no idea that the party registration deadline was so soon, and the official campaign did nothing to warn us! It was an entirely grassroots effort at the state and county level.
Ulster for Bernie coordinated petition signing parties around the county & we used the same graphics for events in multiple cities.
Cover graphic for the Facebook event.
Kingston for Bernie's biggest event.
One of a handful of quick & dirty fliers made to publicize important dates. The issues flier went on the reverse.
This was printed as a double-sided 1/2 sheet.
Another double-sided 1/2 sheet. Never ended up handing this one out because it was information overload – why is it so damn complicated to vote?
BBQ in the park after we lost the primary
Beginning of the GET DOWN (BALLOT)! campaign.
Our one victory! Blasted this out over facebook and email the night before the days leading up to the election.
Poster for our second party
Facebook cover image for second party
Trying to tie the Teachout campaign into the bigger movement
Trying to remind people how much power is available at the state level
publicizing GOTV events
Despite best intentions to make this viral, it never took off and he got over 1,300 votes on the Green line.
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The School Closure Playbook
Video 2015, February 24 rebecca Leave a comment
Yesterday Jacobin Magazine published "The School Closure Playbook," a film essay I directed about Chicago's decision to shut down forty-nine public schools in 2013:
This piece is adapted from two essays from Jacobin's "Class Action" handbook, Kenzo Shibata's "Disaster Capitalism, Chicago Style" and Joanne Barkan's "How Mega-Foundations Threaten Public Education." It features original cinematography by Katrina Ohstrom; music by Rob Warmowski of the San Andreas Fault; and video journalism by Kai-Duc Luong, Heather Stone, and John Sheehan. This project also owes a tremendous debt to BBC filmmaker Adam Curtis, in ways which will be obvious to anyone familiar with his work (and that saying about imitation and flattery).
As I write this, Chicago is about an hour away from deciding whether to re-elect mayor Rahm Emanuel. If he receives less than 50% of the vote in today's election, there will be a run-off in April. Responsible for appointing both the CEO and school board, Emanuel exercises enormous control over the city's public schools. His policies of school closures and privatization have had devastating effects on Chicago's children, yet are being replicated in districts around the country.
This is perhaps the most depressing film I have ever worked on, but also the most hopeful. The soul-crushing hours spent listening to people like Eli Broad and Milton Friedman were more than matched by the inspiration of watching speeches by people like Karen Lewis, Asean Johnson (seriously, watch this!), and Jitu Brown. They represent just a few of the many parents, teachers, students and community members who are working tirelessly around the country, at the genuine grassroots, to bring democracy and justice to public education.
This project showed me that there are real heroes in America today. You may not often hear about them in the media, but you could find them outside in the cold today, knocking on doors in Chicago to get out the vote for an #ElectedBoardNow. And last week you could find them occupying absentee, Christie-appointed superintendent Cami Anderson's offices in Newark, NJ to demand local control of their schools.
If you are interested in learning more, joining forces, or perhaps sharing some of that green stuff that gets posters printed, GOTV vans filled with gas, and films made, here are some resources:
I was able to make this film in part because two teachers, Jackson Potter and Albert Ramirez, documented the early consequences of school closures and turnarounds in their film Renaissance 2010 On the Frontlines. These teacher-filmmakers were also founding members of the Caucus of Rank and File Educators, which transformed the teachers union and joined forced with parents and community members to organize against corporate school reform and hold a successful strike in 2012;
Parents United for Responsible Education, the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, the Raise Your Hand Coalition and the Journey for Justice Alliance are examples of some of the important organizing being done by parents and communities;
The Chicago Students Union, Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools, The Newark Students Union, and the Philly Student Union proves the kids are not only alright, but total bad-asses;
The TIF Illumination Project has done an amazing job of exposing the corruption in Tax Increment Financing and teaching citizens how to investigate what happens to their tax dollars;
Finally, Jacobin has done excellent work reporting on education issues and with your support maybe I can keep making videos for them.
The nation will also have to find the answer to full employment, including a more imaginative approach than has yet been conceived for neutralizing the perils of automation. Today, as the skilled and semiskilled Negro attempts to mount the ladder of economic security, he finds himself in competition with the white working man at the very time when automation is scrapping forty thousand jobs a week. Though this is perhaps the inevitable product of social and economic upheaval, it is an intolerable situation, and Negroes will not long permit themselves to be pitted against white workers for an ever-decreasing supply of jobs. The energetic and creative expansion of work opportunities, in both the public and private sectors of our economy, is an imperative worthy of the richest nation on earth, whose abundance is an embarrassment as long as millions of poor are imprisoned and constantly self-renewed within an expanding population.
King, Jr., Martin Luther, 1963, Why We Can't Wait
The growth of the human services should be rapid. It should be developed in a manner insuring that the jobs that will be generated will not primarily be for professionals with college and postgraduate diplomas but for people from the neighborhoods who can perform important functions for their neighbors. As with private enterprise, rigid credentials have monopolized the entry routes into human services employment. But … less educated people can do many of the tasks now performed by the highly educated as well as many other new and necessary tasks.
King, Jr. Martin Luther, 1967, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? pp. 197-98
Quotes via "Jobs for All": Another Dream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Mathew Forstater
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MLK on Full Employment
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Let Us Be Dissatisfied
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Wendell Berry: "To be patient in an emergency is a terrible trial"
2013, November 7 rebecca
I watched this interview with Wendell Berry a couple weeks ago, and my thoughts continue to return to this one quote:
Well, you've put me in the place I'm always winding up in and…that is to say well we've acknowledged that the problems are big, now where's the big solution? When you ask the question what is the big answer, then you're implying that we can impose the answer. But that's the problem we're in to start with, we've tried to impose the answers. The answers will come not from walking up to your farm and saying this is what I want and this is what I expect from you. You walk up and you say what do you need. And you commit yourself to say all right, I'm not going to do any extensive damage here until I know what it is that you are asking of me. And this can't be hurried. This is the dreadful situation that young people are in. I think of them and I say well, the situation you're in now is a situation that's going to call for a lot of patience. And to be patient in an emergency is a terrible trial.
— Wendell Berry
via Full Show: Wendell Berry, Poet & Prophet.
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Rocky Anderson Super Tuesday Money Bomb
2012, March 6 rebecca
I just donated $50 to Rocky Anderson's presidential campaign. I've already come public about my support of Rocky and unwillingness to keep voting for Dems but I just wanted to share this email from the Rocky campaign, because it's so damn refreshing to hear something like this from a politician:
Rebecca —
Thank you for your donation to our campaign. With your help, we will lead the United States forward on a healthy, just, and sustainable path.
We do not accept more than a total of $100 from any person. We are making the choice to emphasize the need to end the corrupting influence of money over our political system. We will rely on grassroots organizing and democratized means of communication to overthrow the dictatorship of selfish narrow interests, which, with the collusion of the two dominant parties, have been undermining the public interest.
This campaign stands for:
An immediate end to the on-going wars;
Essential health care coverage for all citizens;
Urgent international leadership by the U.S. to prevent the most catastrophic consequences of climate disruption;
Adequate revenues to balance the budget through fair taxation;
Treatment of substance abuse as a public health, rather than criminal justice, issue;
Control of the Federal Reserve by the Treasury Department and Congress;
A balanced budget (or a surplus) except in times of war or major recession;
An end to the legal concept of corporate "personhood;" a constitutional amendment to overrule Citizens United ;
An end to the corrupting impact of money in our electoral system;
Protection of U.S. jobs, through re-negotiation of trade agreements and jobs programs like WPA and CCC to improve our nation's infrastructure and employ millions of Americans;
An end to the stranglehold on our government by the military-industrial complex.
United we can come together to put the public's interest first.
Rocky Anderson
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Live Tweets from Maplewood-South Orange BOE Meeting on De-Leveling
[For context, check out my last blog post on the issue; also Cris Thorne's excellent documentary-in-progress De-Leveling the System]
9:22 PM: Live tweet msosd BOE meeting: heart warming speeches in favor of educational equity. Yay!
[edit: transcript of Board of Ed member Bill Gaudelli's excellent speech here]
10:03 PM: BOE member Gleason uses USA's low PISA scores to defend leveled instruction; Finland scores highest in world & is committed to edu equality
[see: "What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success" and "How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools"]
10:15 PM: Many community members speaking against proposal including real estate agent & board of trustees member. #movetomillburn
10:19 PM: Cool many community members in favor also speaking.
10:24 PM: Both sides of this agree can agree on one thing: 2 min is not enough for public comment.
10:32 PM: Gleason makes motion to break proposal into 3 pieces: IB middle school, middle school levelup, & chs level restructuring
10:33 PM: Vote 5-4 to separate the proposal.
10:34 PM: IB program passes unanimously
10:39 PM: Gleason trying to table proposal until there is a gifted and talented program; Daugherty disagrees, "don't let perfect be enemy of good."
10:40 PM: Middle school proposal passes 7:2!
10:41 PM: CHS proposal passes 8-1! #townpride
[As my friend Dan (who also stuck it out for the meeting) put it, now time for all the work!]
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Throughout my childhood I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys, but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported. If I didn't see anyone when I walked in the door after school, I panicked.
And then one day, my fears were realized. I came home from school to an empty house. Lights were on and dinner had been started, but my family wasn't there. Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over.
Not a single person at any level of government took any note of me. No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own.
"My parents were deported" by Diane Guerrero in the LA Times
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What Will Stores Look Like In the Future?
We've all seen Back to the Future II, and while we may be disappointed that self-lacing running shoes, flying cars, and hoverboards are not currently on the market, one thing that's changing in front of our eyes in 2017 is the retail store. Technology and fashion are merging in all sorts of creative ways. Upscale retailers like Neiman Marcus have boosted sales by installing "smart mirrors" that recommend jeans to go with the shirt you're buying or the shirt you're wearing. Farfetch recently introduced mobile technology that lets people "sign in" to a store with their smartphone, allowing an app to track your preferences and show you what you want.
Revolutionary augmented reality companies like WaveOptics are designing store displays that change as customers walk by. Voice-activated assistants in dressing rooms, robots that can adapt to the mood of the customer, and connected clothing racks that keep track of what you might want for later are just a few innovations that could be coming our way soon. One thing is certain: the fusion of technology and fashion is already here and having a big impact on consumers. According to Bain, 70% of luxury purchases are influenced by online interactions.
This explains why retailers are rushing to enhance your shopping experience with technology. As more people become comfortable purchasing clothes online, know their sizes so they don't have to go in and try things on, and tire of the brick and mortar experience, traditional retailers have to find inventive solutions to lure customers to the store.
What else is in store? Could we see the removal of checkout counters? Could we see 3D printing technology that allows you to have the size, style and color of any product you want on demand? Paying attention to the dressing room experience is critical to the retail experience, yet most stores don't have inviting dressing rooms. Research suggests that retailers should pay a lot more attention to the dressing room: 71 percent of shoppers who try on clothes become buyers!
At 10x Management, we're thrilled to represent technologists who are at the forefront of these technological changes. It brings us great pride to say that the retail stores of the future will be designed and enhanced by like-minded individuals like our 10xers.


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La Pallacanestro Roseto 1946 stagione 2008-2009, sponsorizzata Seven 2007 a partire dal 18 dicembre 2008, ha preso parte al campionato professionistico italiano di Legadue.

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Nel giugno 2008, a seguito di problemi societari, l'allora presidente del Fabriano Basket Federico Mellone richiede ed ottiene ufficialmente dalla FIP il trasferimento di sede dalla cittadina marchigiana a quella abruzzese, con il conseguente cambio di denominazione: nasce quindi la nuova Pallacanestro Roseto 1946, due anni dopo il fallimento del Roseto Basket avvenuto nel 2006.

L'avvio di stagione è nel complesso discreto: alla 12ª giornata i biancoblu sono piazzati al 6º posto in classifica con 6 vittorie ed altrettante sconfitte. Tuttavia nel girone di ritorno la situazione peggiora nettamente e, tra i frequenti cambi nell'organico e le contestazioni del pubblico, la squadra chiude all'ultimo posto retrocedendo con una striscia aperta di 11 sconfitte consecutive.

Il 9 luglio 2009 la società annuncia la mancata iscrizione della squadra al campionato 2009-2010 della Serie A Dilettanti, decretando così la fine della propria attività sportiva societaria.

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Friday, March 23 marks the 8th anniversary of the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. The landmark bill allowed huge numbers of people to get affordable and desperately needed health insurance coverage. In 2018, almost half a million Virginians (400,015) signed up to get coverage through Virginia's healthcare exchange.
Without the ACA, many of those people would not be able to see a doctor when they get sick. Not only did the ACA allow more people to get coverage, but it allowed parents to keep their kids on insurance plans until they turned 26, ensured that being a woman with the ability to get pregnant is no longer classified as a pre-existing condition, and removed lifetime caps on health care spending so that people with serious illnesses or catastrophic accidents don't get kicked off their plans because their medical care is too expensive.
But despite its popularity and success, Republicans never supported the ACA. As a matter of fact, Republicans have voted more than 70 times to repeal it.
The video below shows how Heather (a mom of two girls) depends on the ACA to provide life-saving insulin to manage her daughters' diabetes. There are many people like Heather in Scott Taylor's district—people who wouldn't be able to get treatment for life-threatening illnesses without the ACA. To repeal the ACA is to repeal their ability to live with their medical condition. And yet, this is what Scott Taylor has repeatedly done—voting against the best interests of his own constituents.
Rep. Taylor has voted to both repeal the ACA and to support the disastrous Republican alternative, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which was estimated to leave 51 million non-elderly people without health insurance by 2026.
But Scott Taylor isn't the only one who would rather give tax cuts to the rich than allow hardworking families to have access to affordable health care. His cohorts, including Republican State Senators Bill DeSteph and Frank Wagner, spent the recent the General Assembly session refusing to expand Medicaid.
Medicaid expansion would not only ensure that 400,000 more Virginians can see a doctor when they get sick, but it would also allow Virginia to take advantage of huge cost savings from the federal government. Instead of taking advantage of a win-win for everyone, Senators Wagner and DeSteph voted for a budget prevents our friends and neighbors from getting health insurance—while also slashing funding for higher education and financial aid, and eliminating pay raises for teachers to make up for the Medicaid cost-savings they refuse to take.
On Friday, March 23, the ACA's 8th birthday, we're calling out Rep. Taylor, Sen. DeSteph and Sen. Wagner for selling out their constituents on health care.
We're gathering Fountain Plaza in Virginia Beach to share stories about how the ACA has improved our lives and how Medicaid expansion would make a difference for 400,000 more people. Sign up today to join us at the event, and if you have a story to share about either the ACA or Medicaid expansion, share it on our Facebook page and we'll read it aloud live at the event!


You don't have to believe in climate change to be an environmental steward.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God calledthe vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
It's been a while since I read Genesis. This really is a lovely passage, isn't it? I'm truly rediscovering the beauty of the Bible through this blog project, which is an unexpected bonus. Look at all the beautiful, good things our loving God gave us to rule over – "the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground." (1:28) As regent-stewards made in God's image, the entirety of the Earth are our subjects.
This means two things. First: we can expect service from them, which we do without thinking through service dogs, livestock animals, even relying upon pollinators for our fruiting plants. Second: we are responsible for their well-being. And that's what I want to focus on today, out of all the beautiful possibilities of this chapter, I want to talk about stewardship, particularly environmental stewardship, since, as a farmer, it's a part of my daily life.
This is not a discussion about climate change. This is a discussion that transcends climate change. If you don't believe in climate change, or if you believe it's happening but humans have nothing to do with it or can't do anything to stop it, please don't stop reading here – because you are exactly who I need to be on board with this. I'm not even going to mention the term "climate change" for the rest of the post!
You see, God not only blessed us and urged us to "be fruitful and multiply," (1:28) but he also blessed the animals that preceded us in the same way, in 1:22. As rulers of this Earth, it is our responsibility to help them do so – to help the beings of this planet live to their fullest expression. Sometimes, we're not very good at that. Plastic waste in the oceans getting stuck on marine wildlife causes many to die. Oil spills destroy habitats. Concrete eats up more and more wild areas, forcing us into direct competition with many larger animals, like wolves and bears and coyotes. Growing up, we never heard the coyotes in Virginia and rarely saw bears. Now, since Charlottesville has seen explosive growth since I was a kid, you can hear coyotes almost nightly at my parent's house. Also, my parents can't put out the trash for pickup until and hour or two before, because bears will rip through it.
I'm not advocating for a full stop on all development and creature comforts. That's unrealistic. But, regardless on your environmental beliefs, I think we all can agree that we haven't been very good stewards of late. And that needs to change. So I urge you to find a few more simple ways to help the animals under our care, meaning, all the animals in the world. This doesn't mean the hippie environmental freaks are "winning" or that you're succumbing to governmental or societal control of your personal choices. It means that you are doing the Godly work of caring for the Earth given to you to rule. We clean up our house when it's messy, right? Shouldn't we clean up our kingdom, too? We know our houses aren't permanent. We hope they last a good long time, maybe even past our children's lives, but how many residential dwellings are still in existence and in use from 500 years ago? Even 200 years ago? The Earth is going to last longer than that, even if it, too, isn't permanent. So it's even more our responsibility to make it a good, green place while we have it, for as long as we have it. Regular maintenance extends the life of a car, a house, a person….why not the Earth, too?
Where to start, then? I'll be the first to admit, I could be doing more. I still use plastic – juice is just a fact of life in our house, as are kids' lunches with little plastic containers of applesauce, pudding, and whatever I can get Marienne to eat. But I'm trying. Let me share some examples from a busy, cash-strapped family that may inspire you: I make all our own bread now, and thus haven't brought a one-and-done bread bag into the house (or trash) for months now. Also, I switched our toothbrushes from plastic to fully compostable bamboo. We use disposable diapers, but they're 80% biodegradable. We recycle what we can (it's limited where we live) and compost as well. And I call my representatives. I called them last week to request a fast and wall-free solution to the government shut-down, and am getting in the habit of calling them regularly to voice my opinion. That one is totally free, but may have the most impact as policies towards the environment are formed.
Finally, if you feel so moved, you can donate to lobbyists in line with your own environmental views. I touched upon feelings some may have that Big Money and Big Government are strong-arming your decisions. The influence is real, just not where you may think. Did you know that fossil fuel and transportation lobbying groups outspent environmental lobbyists by a factor of 10:1 between 2000 and 2016? That's over ONE BILLION dollars spent buying your and your representatives' opinion by those that would benefit most from environmental deregulation. You can read about it yourself here. Just think about that objectively for a minute. If you think popular opinion is being influenced by the tree-huggers at the Nature Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund (who only spent a combined two million on lobbying last year), how much more do you think popular opinion is being swayed by Exxon and BP?
Sorry, I'm going to mention climate change one more time, but just to say – forget about climate change. Let's focus on being good stewards. And part of that means holding ourselves and the companies responsible for oil spills, soil degradation and loss of wild space to higher standards than we are currently doing. Solutions are out there – wind and solar energy, green-roof buildings, and low- or no-emission vehicles could all become just a regular part of life, if we support them. You don't have to believe in climate change to support them, you just have to believe that it is your responsibility, as a child of God, as a ruler of Earth, to take good care of all its inhabitants, from the fish in the sea to the birds in the sky.
This is a list of organizations that focus at least in part on lobbying for environmental conservation. I like some better than others, but again, this is about choosing what speaks to your heart. Additionally, you can find your representatives and their phone numbers here. If you call them, mention I'd very much like my husband working again so can they please open the government back up.


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The 1970 floods in Romania, brought on by river swelling caused by torrential rains, high winds and a heat wave that melted snow in the Carpathian Mountains, were the worst in modern Romanian history in loss of life, and caused the most damage up to the 2006 floods: at least $500 million; perhaps over $1 billion.

Flooding

The floods began around May 12 and lasted into mid-June. 209 people were killed, 41,000 houses were damaged or totally destroyed (leaving at least 265,000 homeless), over a million arable acres were inundated, over 100,000 sheep, pigs, cows and chickens (including over 35,000 head of cattle) drowned, 146 factories were idled at least temporarily, and over  of highway required repair. At least 240,000 people were evacuated, some repeatedly. 37 of Romania's then 39 counties were severely damaged, with 230 towns and villages hit in just the first twelve days, including Sighișoara and Mediaș, the women and children of which were evacuated to centres in hill villages while the men salvaged possessions. Airports, including those at Sibiu and Satu Mare, were flooded and closed. Railway systems were damaged, and landslides blocked roads and carried away telegraph lines.

Broadly speaking, floodwaters moved from the northern and central regions toward the Danube lowlands in the south and east. The Prahova, Târnava, Olt (threatening Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina) and Tisza rivers were among those affected, as well as the Danube (which rose up to 6½ ft above normal spring high-water levels, flooding docks and port installations in Turnu Severin), Prut and Siret. As crests rolled onward, downstream localities knew to fear the worst: for instance, Galați and Brăila knew by June 3 that floods from three weeks earlier would reach them on June 11, the question being if their dikes would hold. The neighbouring Soviet Union and Bulgaria were not nearly as threatened, as the Prut and Danube banks are steep and high on their shores. The floods also came in phases: for instance, the waters were just beginning to recede when on May 23–24 renewed heavy rain and snowfalls raised their level again.

Significant resources were mobilised to fight the waters and their effects. Medical teams toured most areas of the country warning people not to drink polluted water (many drinking water installations were destroyed) and inoculating all citizens aged 2 to 55 against typhoid fever. Thousands of soldiers and civilians worked around the clock to build miles of new dikes and reinforce old ones.

Political ramifications and international response
The floods had political ramifications as well. General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu took personal direction of some emergency measures in the Brăila and Galați areas, particularly sensitive because their heavy industry and grain shipping centres are near the Danube, Prut and Siret, all three of which were swollen and which merge four miles (6 km) upstream from Galați. On May 22, wearing a black turtleneck sweater, workman's cloth cap and farmer's jacket, Ceaușescu and high Romanian Communist Party leaders spent hours superintending the completion of a five-mile (8 km)-long earth and timber dike at Brăila. In foreign policy, the floods offered him an opportunity to continue Romania's independent foreign policy, which sought to keep its distance from the Soviet Union. While at the height of the floods, he made a sudden trip to Moscow, followed a week later by Prime Minister Ion Gheorghe Maurer, this worried Romanians and Ceaușescu then toured the country, saying over and over in speeches to flood victims that his policy remained unchanged—national independence and sovereignty, noninterference in the internal affairs of other states, equality between governments and between Communist parties, and the right of each party to shape its own policies.

The provision of foreign aid also reflected this independent course. The single largest relief payment, the equivalent of $400,000, came from the People's Republic of China, then embroiled in the Sino-Soviet split. The first relief plane came from Israel; Romania was the only Eastern Bloc country to have relations with Israel at the time. Aid from the United States and the Netherlands soon followed, but a week passed before the USSR sent a message and an offer of aid. Moreover, Western companies offered to repair or replace damaged industrial equipment they had furnished: the Galați iron and steel plant (Romania's largest) was built with Western expertise and equipment against Soviet opposition. Over a dozen countries, including France and Yugoslavia, gave aid. British aid organisations promised 50 tons of food, children's clothing and medicine, while West Germany sent a number of mobile water-purification units. A special fund was set up in Bucharest to assist flood victims; money poured in from factory groups throughout Romania. In one Bucharest institute, 100 donors a day gave blood, while scores of foreign diplomats gave clothing and household items.

Aftermath
Reflecting a drive for development and modernisation, the regime embarked upon a national land-improvement programme following the floods, covering drainage, irrigation, soil erosion, navigation, power, research and training in a comprehensive approach that departed from mere reliance upon control structures. Not only did Romania cope with the floods; it brought in specifically designed alleviative and preventive measures. The floods were mentioned in at least one literary work: Marin Sorescu's 1976 play Matca ("The Matrix"). During the rains, a woman gives birth to her child while her father is dying in an adjacent room. As the waters close in on her, her sole thought is to raise the baby above her head in an effort to save it.

The main goal of building the Stânca-Costești Dam, completed in 1978, was to protect villages down the Prut river from floods.

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Adapt to survive
Update November 6, 2019
What is the future of the magistracy? This was the stark question put to me by Joshua Rosenburg from Radio 4's Law in Action.
Magistrates currently play an important role in the administration of justice in England and Wales. The magistracy, made up of 15,000 volunteers, is a key institution in how justice is delivered. Yet, one of its founding principles, that of local justice— the fact that it is drawn from local communities and represents a powerful symbol that citizens are judged by their peers— has, over the past twenty years, been undermined.
Under New Labour, their role in overseeing their local courts through magistrates' courts committee was abolished, as administration was centralised in the new court service. Since 2010, the purposeful neglect of the Ministry and HMCTS has allowed the number of magistrates to dwindle, from around 30,000 to around 15,000 today. That lack of recruitment has meant that the magistracy has struggled to be as diverse as it needs to be. Moreover, the impact of a court reform programme intent on closing courthouses and merging magistrates' benches now means that the connection between magistrates and 'the patch they serve' has receded into the distance. As I said to Joshua, the principle of local justice has been dying the death of a thousand cuts.
So what do we do about this? One option is for Government to seriously review the role and purpose of our lower courts and ask whether a lay magistracy has a future within them. It is notable that a number of other countries which inherited a system of lay magistrates have over time removed them from sitting in court and now have lower courts presided over by paid judges alone.
The more positive option, in my view, is for the magistracy to redefine its role. We have long argued that many cases that currently come to court don't need to be there in the first place. We can see a role for magistrates in which they can both oversee enhanced and evidence-based community resolutions but also in which they can participate (for example, by delivering light touch restorative justice through community panels).
Secondly, one of the strengths of the magistracy is that it can bring non-legal skills to bear and help the lower courts develop more specialised responses to complex and high-harm and complex cases, through the adoption of a 'problem-solving court' approach. It is welcome to see hints that the Government is open to endorsing such a role in their recent report on the future of the magistracy.
An expansion of the role of magistrates – making them overseers of community resolutions and specialists in complex cases– can ensure that the magistracy retains its vital role as the link between the community and the justice system. In short, at a time when the challenges facing the criminal justice system are changing, the magistracy must adapt to survive.
Phil Bowen
Director, Centre for Justice Innovation