UK MP's vote on a draft Withdrawal Agreement that the EU27 had previously approved and defeat it by a margin of 432-202. File photo: UK Prime Minister Theresa May, January 15, 2019 NYP.
4. Of course, British MP's have every right to politely refuse such a deal and they did just that on January 15, 2019 by an almost unprecedented margin of 230 votes.
5. But had it passed in the House of Commons, the draft WA would've instantly become law in both countries and all problems relating to Brexit would've been solved — save for the highly contentious Irish backstop arrangement, and possibly some minor points contained within the otherwise excellent draft Withdrawal Agreement.
13. Perhaps the most important point of all is that British MP's of all parties should continue to support Theresa May's government, as the quickest path to a negotiated Brexit is an amended Withdrawal Agreement. Theresa May should remain as Prime Minister, and the entire Conservative Party, the entire DUP, and MP's from other parties should vote to keep her on the job.
14. As bad as the optics of it are, all that's really happened is that British MP's were offered the opportunity by Theresa May's government to vote on a draft Withdrawal Agreement that the EU27 previously approved. And as the EU27 has negotiated in good faith they deserved to know the answer to their proposal. Not allowing the EU27 to receive an answer to their proposal would've been extremely disrespectful. And that's not the way to begin a new relationship with an important trading partner with whom we share so much history.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'As a husband, I failed'
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger has spoken candidly again about his family life, saying he "failed" in his marriage to Maria Shriver.
The actor and former California governor was asked how he rated himself as a husband for an upcoming USA TODAY profile.
"Clearly, as a husband, I failed," says Schwarzenegger. "Not in everything, but in one area."
Schwarzenegger broke his silence last week on "The Howard Stern Show" about his split from Shriver after more than 25 years of marriage and four children (Katherine, 25; Christina, 23; Patrick, 21, and Christopher, 17). The couple separated in 2011 after revelations that he was the father of a child born to the family's former housekeeper, Mildred Baena.
The goal-oriented Schwarzenegger says he strives for the best in his family life: "When I do something, I always go all out. And I want to be a 10. Not that I am always a 10."
His role as a father remains solid, Schwarzenegger says.
"I want to make sure I pay as much attention as possible. I want the kids to know how much I love them, how great they are," he says. "I love being a father. I love trying to go all out and to be as good as possible.
"I just am very fortunate for my partnership with the kids and Maria and with everyone," Schwarzenegger says. "We have moved on. We have a great relationship, all of us."
After a few box office disappointments and personal turmoil, Schwarzenegger says he's in a good place.
"I was always a pretty happy camper," he says. "I'm happy with my career. And also that I'm able to get up when I fail. Losers stay down. Winners get up, dust themselves off and march on."
"Terminator Genisys" opens Wednesday.

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Shadow fell on the edge and that means that there is time for another story! Solve the riddle and help the hero to find the way out!
Whoever wrote that note about doors was a joker! If this is the safe path, then I am the Roman Emperor! Arghhh!
My old father had always told me that dying of old age is not part of my life story. He also said that I remind him of my mother's grandfather, Mark Atilius, from whom – my father believed - I inherited my passion for adventure and ability to end up in risky situations (in fact, he used rather different expressions, but since I am planning to show those notes to my little sister, I wouldn't dare to write them here). And for quite some time, when I was scared to find some broken bones, I was totally agreeing with him!
Alright, the good news is my bones seem to be OK, unlike my self-esteem as well as my knees and palms. I found myself on the hairbreadth of disaster. Only a few centimeters to the left and no one would ever find me here, let alone alive.
Now a few words about the place where I was in. It's a dark, rather big and deadly cold basement. The only light here was through the small window above the hole 3 meters above, through which I fell in here. The door was closed and I somehow was sure that the bookshelf is in its usual place and that means no one would even look for me here. If I had fallen just a bit further from the wall I would have ended up in a ditch that seemed quite deep, at least I couldn't see the ground. I found a small stone and dropped it into the abyss. A couple of seconds felt like an eternity, then I heard a weak sound. That meant the way down was not going to be an option.
Nearby there were 2 long logs in which I recognized something that – probably a hundred years ago – used to be a ladder. Unfortunately, the rungs were broken and even if I somehow climbed up there using one of those, I wouldn't be able to open the door balancing on that stilt. So, the way up is out of the question, too.
I sat on the edge of the ditch and stared into the darkness. As my eyes got used to the dark, I saw something that looked like a door. Ha! There is another way out! All I need to find out is how I can get there alive.
The ditch around the door is 3 meters wide. Both logs are exactly the same length. Help the hero to get to the exit door.
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If you have found yourself in a financial predicament caused by a recent divorce, the loss of a job, or high medical bills, you might already be mulling over the idea of filing for bankruptcy to eliminate your debts. However, you should be careful when navigating these financial waters as there are some decisions that have the potential to harm your bankruptcy case, which you should be aware of. It is crucial to avoid making these mistakes, lest you make a bad situation worse.
Transferring Assets: A commonly held belief is that if you transfer assets, such as houses, cars, or cash to relatives or other individuals who might shield it for you, it means that those assets will be safe from bankruptcy proceedings. Doing so not only provides no protection, but might also get you into trouble with the court, and may be perceived as fraudulent. Filing for bankruptcy does not mean you will lose all of your assets and many are actually able to keep them, so hiding them is unwise.
Paying Off Some Creditors: If you think paying off some of your creditors will improve your chances at obtaining a bankruptcy, you are mistaken. Making a payment to completely settle debts with certain creditors and not others is known as a preferential transfer and will ultimately delay your case and jeopardize your bankruptcy.
Using Credit Cards: One of the first things you should do if you are having financial problems and considering bankruptcy is to stop using your credit cards or take out any cash advances against your credit cards. You can continue to use a debit card that is connected to your bank account to pay for purchases.
Deposit Extra Funds Into Your Bank Account: Money deposited into your bank account should only come from sources of income and not checks from friends or extra money you have been holding onto. While friends or family might want to help you, you should not accept cash or checks to deposit until you are able resolve your financial issues. If your source of income is a business, keep business transactions separate from personal accounts to avoid confusion.
Filing Lawsuits: When you file a lawsuit, your assets, which includes current and future payments awarded from a lawsuit, are transferred to the bankruptcy court. As such, you might not receive money awarded to you, even if your case is unresolved, or the award has yet to be determined. Some states have exemptions regarding how much they are allowed to take, while others do not.
Accepting Future Payments: All payments you expect to receive in the future are part of your bankruptcy estate and, therefore, your bankruptcy trustee can seize future money for the purpose of repaying your creditors. Future payments include tax refunds or inheritances, depending on when it is received.
If you are currently considering bankruptcy and are unsure how to proceed, an experienced bankruptcy attorney can help guide you through your situation and ensure that you do not make any unnecessary mistakes that could cost you.
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Umno siding with Najib, analyst says after Azalina's AG comments
However, taking a 'pro-Najib' position will mean saying good-bye to the fence sitters who might have considered supporting a 'reformist Umno'.
Teoh Yee Shen
September 2, 2022 8:00 AM 3 minute read
Former prime minister Najib Razak leaves Menara Dato Onn in Kuala Lumpur after a meeting of Barisan Nasional MPs at the Umno headquarters on Oct 26, 2020.
Ex-PMs, three others told to enter defence over shelved HSR project
A political analyst sees the recent remarks by Umno's Azalina Othman Said on the replacement of the attorney-general as a sign that the party has chosen to align itself with former leader Najib Razak, who recently began serving a 12-year prison sentence for the misappropriation of tens of millions in the SRC International case.
Oh Ei Sun, of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, said Umno could be hoping to rally Najib's sizeable support base within the party.
If Azalina wished to be part of Umno's main stream, he added, she would have to give favourable remarks on Najib's legal plight.
Nevertheless, he said that the party's "pro-Najib" position meant that it was "officially kissing good-bye" the fence sitters who might have considered supporting a "renewed, reformist Umno".
Azalina had suggested at a special meeting of Umno division leaders last weekend that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob replace the attorney-general, as it is within his power to do so.
"Whoever is prime minister must make the attorney-general his man," she told Umno members at the gathering where speakers took turns condemning last week's Federal Court decision to send Najib to jail after losing his final appeal in the SRC International case.
Azalina, who resigned from the deputy speaker's post during the brief power vacuum last year, was among a group of Umno MPs aligned with Najib who retracted their support for Muhyiddin Yassin, triggering his resignation as prime minister in August 2021.
Her remarks on the attorney-general earned her criticism from a number of quarters, including DAP's Ngeh Koo Ham who just a year ago defended her in the wake of a failed bid by Umno to appoint her as the Dewan Rakyat speaker.
Ngeh said in a statement on Aug 29 that Azalina should resign as special adviser to the prime minister on law and human rights, and that she was unfit for the job.
"In the context she made the call, she is saying the PM should appoint an AG who will act according to the PM's dictates, including abusing the power of the AG acting as public prosecutor to withdraw charges against the corrupt and those who abused power, especially the Umno leaders," he said.
Azalina submitted her resignation in a letter dated that same day, giving one-month's notice to Ismail.
Political analyst Wong Chin Huat said an attorney-general functions as both legal adviser and public prosecutor.
Speaking to MalaysiaNow, he said the prime minister should have his own legal adviser.
"It can be an MP, or even a Cabinet minister," he said.
"Azalina would be right if she meant it only for the former. In the context of the Umno rally that day, however, it could only mean the latter."
Adding that a change in attorney-general would mean changing the public prosecutor, Wong, who is attached to Sunway University, said this was the root of the public alarm over her remarks.
Citing previous high-profile acquittals by the Attorney-General's Chambers including that of former Sabah chief minister Musa Aman and ex-intelligence chief Hasanah Ab Hamid, he said: "A new attorney-general that acts according to Umno's wishes might just drop all of the charges against Najib in his four remaining cases,"
Najib was convicted on July 28, 2020 of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering related to RM42 million in SRC International funds.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced him to 12 years in jail and fined him RM210 million. His conviction and sentence was upheld by the Court of Appeal on Dec 8, 2021, and again by the Federal Court on Aug 23 this year.
Analysts said after he was sent to jail that Umno might be viewed as a corrupt party since Najib had been found guilty in court for a third time. However, they also said that Umno might attract more support from those who view Najib's verdict as proof that the party is doing its best to stamp out corruption.
Wong said Umno leaders such as Ismail and deputy president Mohamad Hasan had promised or called for reforms in the AGC, including separating the role of the government's legal adviser and that of public prosecutor.
"This is both possible and necessary to be done before GE15, if Parliament gets to complete its term until July 15, 2023," he said.
He added that the Federal Court verdict had given Umno a golden opportunity to break with its scandal-tainted past under Najib's leadership.
"Umno should seize this opportunity to present itself as a rational party that loves the country more than its leaders," he said.
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NYSNA union officials seek to preempt strike with tentative agreement at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Robert Milkowski
The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) leadership announced a tentative agreement with New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) on January 1. It gave no details about the agreement or the schedule for the ratification vote.
Nurses walk out of Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital to go on strike over safe staffing issues during the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in New Rochelle, New York [AP Photo/Mark Lennihan]]
Information released to NYPH workers, however, indicates that the tentative agreement includes a 7 percent raise for 2023. This raise is illusory since inflation was 7.1 percent as of November 2022. Even lower raises of 6 percent and 5 percent are scheduled for the following two years of the contract, which likely means that nurses will continue to fall further behind.
Nurse-to-patient ratios are a major concern for NYPH workers, who were told only that "additional full-time positions" will be added "over the next three years." How many positions, what they will be and when they will be added were not stated.
NYSNA officials are still in negotiations with the following seven New York hospitals: Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Maimonides, BronxCare, Richmond University Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center.
The union gave a 10-day strike notice to the eight hospitals on December 30 and announced that a strike of approximately 16,000 nurses would begin on January 9 if a new contract were not negotiated by that date. Before the old contract expired on December 31, approximately 17,000 members of NYSNA who work at 12 hospitals voted by nearly 99 percent to authorize a strike.
NYSNA's press release regarding NYPH makes a vague statement about delivering "a tentative agreement that will help recruit and retain more nurses for safe patient care and improve conditions for patients." The 17,000 nurses who voted for a strike demand much more.
Melissa Perleoni, a registered nurse at Mount Sinai, is one of the nurses who voted to strike. She told News Nation that cuts to nurses' health care contributed to the overwhelming support for a strike. "They want to cut our health care benefits. Can you believe that?" she said. Other factors include dangerously imbalanced nurse-to-patient ratios, poor working conditions and low pay.
Speaking to reporters for the World Socialist Web Site in front of NYPH, a former nurse said that she fully supported the demands of NYSNA nurses and of health care workers in general. "They need more money. More support staff, and fewer hours. It's brutal what nurses are going through since COVID," she said. "Not only that—it shouldn't only be nurses who are trying to strike right now. All hospital staff are being treated poorly."
The former nurse then explained who is antagonizing the staff. "The supervisors are the ones who are overpaid, and they are constantly micromanaging the nurses, looking to blame them for anything. It's a nightmare. I've seen situations where the supervisors are so busy bothering the nurses that the facilities don't even get cleaned properly."
She also echoed Perleoni's comments: "Even the health care benefits of nurses are under attack. At this hospital [NYPH], I've seen some workers forced to go to Mt. Sinai for their own care. It doesn't make any sense. I also remember that nurses in Buffalo earlier this year held a strike. We should support them as well, they're all in the same boat."
The ongoing pandemic, which has been compounded by outbreaks of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza, has had a devastating impact on the physical and mental health of New York health care workers. Those not driven from the profession have been on the front lines of the crisis since its inception. New York City nurses are, in fact, veterans of what became the first epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States during the spring of 2020.
It is noteworthy, but unsurprising, that seven of the 22 major strikes in 2022 (that is, those that involved 1,000 or more workers) were carried out by increasingly militant nurses and other health care workers. Health care workers have battled the pandemic daily since its onset. They have witnessed firsthand the social crime of the "herd immunity" policy that was initiated by President Donald Trump and continued by President Joe Biden.
This unscientific policy gutted the ranks of health care workers and has left more than a million people dead in the US alone. Health care workers also have seen the giant hospital corporations make billions of dollars in profits while receiving billions of dollars in federal bailouts under the CARES Act. Yet every new contract is engineered to squeeze more labor out of these workers with less staff, lower pay and fewer health benefits.
The potential strike at New York hospitals is only the first of many contract struggles to come this year. The agreement for workers at New York City Health and Hospitals will expire in March, and contracts for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon and Washington will expire on September 30.
A sharp divide exists between the militant rank-and-file workers who voted overwhelmingly to strike and NYSNA's bureaucratic apparatus, whose role is to stifle workers' opposition and isolate strike actions on behalf of their true constituency: the health care corporations. The bureaucrats' treacherous role in recent struggles makes this fact clear.
In December 2020—at the height of the first year of the pandemic—NYSNA shut down two strikes, one by 2,000 nurses at the Albany Medical Center, and another by 200 nurses at the Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital in Westchester County. In both cases, nurses demanded adequate staffing levels, greater supplies of reliable personal protective equipment and improved wages, benefits and working conditions. The union, however, ended both strikes without satisfying any of the nurses' demands.
Contract negotiations between NYSNA and New York City Health and Hospitals, the largest municipal health care system in the country, will begin in a few short weeks. But the NYSNA leadership refused to organize a united struggle, especially by New York City nurses.
NYSNA seeks instead to preempt any struggle that they know will find powerful support among health care and other workers throughout the city, nationally and internationally. They will pull out all the stops to stifle the growing militancy of workers across all industries.
NYSNA's newly deepened alliance with the Democratic Party provides further evidence of its intentions. In October 2022, NYSNA entered the National Nurses United (NNU) union, which is a member union of the AFL-CIO. The main function of the AFL-CIO is to keep workers tied to the Democratic Party, the world's oldest capitalist party. Under the Biden administration, the AFL-CIO has put its resources into the suppression of mounting worker opposition to the herd immunity and austerity policies of the corporations. The federation seeks to convert workers' desire to fight into fruitless appeals to the Democrats for reforms.
The phony "left wing" of the Democratic Party plays an equally treacherous role. In December, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a supporter of the AFL-CIO, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota (both of whom are members of the pseudo-left Democratic Socialists of America), conspired with Congress and Biden to block a strike by 110,000 railroaders, forcing railroad workers to accept a pro-company contract brokered by the Biden administration that workers had already rejected.
It remains to be seen whether the NYSNA apparatus will succeed in coercing nurses at NYPH to approve what is all but certain to be a sellout contract. It is not too late; nurses can and must continue their fight. But the fight must be waged in opposition to and independently of the union bureaucracy. This means building rank-and-file committees in all New York hospitals to coordinate and unite their struggles.
Moreover, the fight against individual hospital corporations must be rooted in a fight to take profit out of medicine. The giant hospital chains, pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers and medical equipment makers must be transformed into public utilities under the democratic control of health care workers themselves. Only through such a struggle can high-quality health care be provided to all as a social right. More broadly, the fight against the pandemic, austerity and war can only be won in a fight to end the capitalist system and to replace it with socialism.
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Kidding aside this is a simple circuit to help you create a multi-tone alarm. As you know most alarms come in with a single tone so why not try to create something different.
This is a simple and easy to build multi-tone alarm circuit that can be used in burglar alarms or sirens. The circuit is based on dual op-amp MC1458 and LM 380. The two op-amps inside the MC 1458 are used to produce square and triangular waves. LM 380 is used to amplify the output. The first op-amp IC1a is wired as an astable multivibrator and second op amp IC1b is wired as an integrator, to make the square wave triangle.
The two output square and sine can be selected using switch S1 to the input of IC2 which amplifies it to drive the speaker. POT R4 can be used for tone adjustment.
IC1a and IC1b are same. So their power supply is common. Wire exactly as shown in the figure, nothing to care.
C1 and C2 are ceramic, C3 is electrolytic.
Pin 6 of IC2 (inv input) has no connection.
A dual power supply is needed here.


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Autumn Weekend
Annual Dinner 2023
Autumn Weekend 2023
Old Etonian Racquets & Tennis Club (OER&TC)
What is OER&TC?
One of the largest and most active OE Clubs with over 1,000 current members. We welcome OE Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Squash, Real Tennis and Padel Tennis players of all standards.
Join the Old Etonian Racquets & Tennis Club to continue to play your favourite racquets sports after you leave school and be involved in a number of social events across the year.
Benefits of joining
Play in Club matches across all the sports at some amazing venues on both a competitive and recreational level
Great opportunity to learn new racquets sports with old and new friends
Fantastic Autumn Weekend event (including Mixed Doubles) at Queen's Club
Autumn Weekend Pol Roger Cocktail Party
Invitation to the Annual Dinner at The Turf Club
Stay up to date with news, match results, and developments at Eton and support initiatives
Access to the Club Shop
Mid Country tour – Jan 2023
Match Results, Real Tennis, Tours January 27, 2023
The OE Mid-Country fixture took place on the 7th & 8th January. In the three years of playing the fixture at Radley we were yet to walk away victorious, however 2023 was the year. Jake Kingsbury (MTP 1995) opened proceedings and set the tone with the tightest of matches going the wrong way on the…
OE vs Holyport – Dec 2022
Match Results, Real Tennis December 13, 2022
Great day at Holyport – other than the score! OEs went down 3 nil. The OEs were slightly thin on the ground this year due to our scheduled fixture being moved from November to December. We had 5 including one OE provided by Holyport – though they had another OE in their team so overall…
UK Amateur Singles Rackets Championship 2022
News, Rackets November 29, 2022
We are delighted to report that Rory Giddins won the Amateur Singles Rackets championship defeating Alex Titchener-Barrett 3 games to 2 with what must have been an exhilarating game 18-15 in the 3rd when Rory was two games down. A tremendous effort. Charles Hue Williams presented the famous Rackets Amateur Championship bowl, first awarded in…
US Amateur Singles Rackets Championship 2022
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OE vs Oxford University – Oct 2022
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Henry Leaf Cup 2022
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Brigands Peripatetic Tournament 2022
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Autumn Weekend – Queen's 2022
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On a previous Rhythmix programme, we found that Autumn, 13, had an incredible talent for singing that wasn't being supported to flourish. We matched her with the vocalist and actress Natasha Bain. Autumn expressed an interest in improving her vocal technique, recording and gaining more experience of performing, as well as wanting help gaining access to other musical opportunities within the county. Natasha is a highly experienced performer and tutor, working professionally as a singer and actor for many years.
Natasha took Autumn's ambition seriously, researching all of the options available to her to realise her ambition of becoming a professional singer, whilst taking care not to give her false hope. Natasha offered practical guidance and technical vocal coaching. Natasha was able to support Autumn to record vocals for music composed for a professional dance company based in Spain.
Having been inspired by the mentoring training to think outside the box in ways to support her mentee, Natasha was very keen to take Autumn on a trip to London, to help to broaden her horizons. They went to Brick Lane market, which had personal significance to Autumn. This was clearly a very important factor in strengthening the relationship between them. Whilst in London they used vintage clothe shopping as part of a discussion on image and style in music, and went to a live gig.
Over the course of her mentoring Autumn developed a great deal as a young artist. Initially she was obsessed with Jessie J and only really wanted to reproduce cover versions of contemporary pop songs. Having spent so much time with Natasha she massively broadened her repertoire, showing an interest in blues, soul and jazz.
Through her involvement with the programme she was given the opportunity to open the music education conference at GLive with her version of Lilac Wine. The audience were all music professionals and included Mitch Winehouse whom she got to meet and speak to afterwards.	Her involvement with the mentoring programme has therefore been the first time she has really felt appreciated for her talent or been taken seriously in her ambitions. She has gained the self-belief to continue with her music and the confidence to push for the things she needs to continue to develop.


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Google (2016) also state in their code of conduct, they are committed to the human rights of workers. This applies to all workers, temporary, student, contract, direct employees, migrant, and any other type of worker. Labour standards include; Avoidance of Child Labour; Working Hours, Humane Treatment, Non-Discrimination, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, Immigration Law and Compliance, Freely Chosen Employment; Student Interns, Anti-human Trafficking, Wages and Benefits.
According to Google (2016) all employees are offered generous parental leave, retirement savings plans, and death benefits, along with many other benefits. In some offices, you can even bring your pet dog to work. All employees have access to healthcare. In some locations, onsite healthcare services are available, including physical therapy, massage services physicians, and chiropractic. Many of Googles offices have on-site fitness centres and classes. The wide range of cafes and micro kitchens provide meals keeping employees healthy.
Fortune magazine (2015) reports Google is the number one, place to work for the seventh time in ten years. Miller (2016) an employee of Google discusses the five best things about working for Google, including great company culture and great pay and benefits.
...nce is culture between the two countries of operation. Preuss (2009) describes CSR as a predominantly American concept and practice. Pasquero, (2004), cited in Preuss (2009), suggests that American CSR is embedded in American culture and institutions, and is dominant in the traditions of individualism, democratic pluralism and utilitarianism.
The writer concludes the favourable company for investment, in relation to responsible business practise and HRM to be Google. Given the widespread reports of bad practise within Samsung, differences in laws and culture and finally that CSR and HRM practise is embedded within Google. Samsung show adopted practises giving rise to resistance and bad practice as identified within the company. All the research undertaken after evaluation suggests Google acts considerably more responsible in relation to CSR practises related to HRM.


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EX-RNLB Tillie Morrison Sheffield ON 851
Tillie Morrison Sheffield is an ex-RNLB stationed in Bridlington (1947-1953) and Llandudno (1953-1959). Tillie is the only example we have of an early wooden Llandudno motor lifeboat. In June 2014, following a public plea for financial help, the Community of Llandudno and Ships' Timbers saved Tillie from being broken up. This is the unfolding story of Tillie and her journey: from lifeboat to fishing vessel, her near destruction in Hartlepool, her salvation, restoration, and re-launch.
Tillie Morrison
Finding the Old Llandudno Lifeboats
When Ships' Timbers was established in January 2013 with our Museum boundary defined within the County of Conwy, one of our first tasks was to identify the location of all the former Llandudno Lifeboats. We did this because as a contemporary Maritime Museum we decided to include the acquisition and restoration of boats of local, national and international importance within our articles of association. Our intention is to have a Museum Collection of model and seaworthy boats.
Tracking down the location of the old Llandudno Lifeboats was not an easy task , but with the help of the Historic Lifeboat Owners Association http://www.hloa.org/ and Quinton Nelson of Nelson Boats Donaghadee http://www.nelsonsboats.co.uk/ we now have a better idea of where some of them are.
RNLI Pulling and Sailing Lifeboats in Llandudno 1861 - 1933
Unfortunately none of the old pulling and sailing lifeboats are available. Indeed apart from Theodore Price, which was sadly broken up in Lancaster in 2000, their whereabouts are unknown! This means although we don't know where these boats are at the moment, with the strong possibility they have been broken up, it is possible that one might be lying abandoned somewhere, so there is always hope!
List as follows:
Sisters Memorial (1861 - 1867): whereabouts unknown
Sisters Memorial II (1867 - 1887): whereabouts unknown
Sunlight Number 01 (1887 - 1902): whereabouts unknown
Theodore Price (1902 - 1930): Broken up at Lancaster in 2000
Sarah Jane Turner (1930 - 1931): Renamed Puffin with a cabin added and used as a house boat until 2013, West Mercia. Current whereabouts unknown.
Matthew Simpson (1931-1933): whereabouts unknown
An early Llandudno pulling and sailing lifeboat on Llandudno north Shore
The Llandudno RNLI Motor Lifeboats 1933 - 1990
This list was much more promising for us, and after further investigation and with on-going help from Quinton Nelson, we were put in contact with Tillie's former owner in Hartlepool.
Thomas and Annie Wade Richards (1933 -1953) : Broken up in 2004.
Tillie Morrison Sheffield (1953-1959): Ships' Timbers Maritime Museum ownership, Lifeboat location Deganwy Quay Marina
Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest (1959 - 1964) - Walton on the Naze, Suffolk; lying as open hull in 2013, but formerly used as a pirate vessel.
Lilly Wainwright (1964-1990) - Private ownership in Cork
Lilly Wainwright preparing to Launch, 1968
Leach, N. and Denton, T. (2013) Lifeboat Directory: A Complete Guide to British Lifeboats, Ships in Focus Publications.
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ALL THINGS MUST PASS AT 50
George Harrison's classic album All Things Must Pass celebrates its 50th birthday on August 6th 2021.
It was, and is still, regarded as one of the most original and significant albums of all time and to this day is the most successful album by a solo Beatle. In the US alone it sold more than six million copies.
To mark its half-century, All This Must Pass is now reissued in a range of formats, including the uber deluxe edition which comes in a wooden crate and includes eight LPs, five CDs and replicas of the garden gnomes George posed with on the album cover (above).
The process of reissuing the album took five years and was overseen by George's son Dhani and long-time Harrison collaborator Paul Hicks.
For all things George related there really is only one place to start.
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Q: Proving number is divisible using congruence Prove that $13$ divides $146^6+1$.

My intuition is to use congruence and find a way to form that into an
equation in which we can factor out $13$. Using congruence we get $13
 \equiv 146^6+1$ mod($13$) I am not sure where to go from here however.

A: This cannot be proven, because it is actually the case that $13$ does not divide $146^6+1$. Perhaps it is a typo and you meant $146^6-1$?
Using basic modular arithmetic rules:
$$146^6\equiv3^6\equiv(3^3)^2\equiv27^2\equiv1^2\equiv1\pmod{13}$$
So, $146^6+1$ is actually equivalent to $2\pmod{13}$, not $0\pmod{13}$ as we would expect if $13$ divides $146^6+1$. You can even verify this answer by typing in "146^6 + 1 mod 13" in Wolfram Alpha.
Now if the problem were asking about $146^6-1$ instead, then it follows from $146^6\equiv1\pmod{13}$ that $146^6-1\equiv0\pmod{13}$.

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Q: What are good JavaScript OOP resources? JavaScript is a lightweight and powerful language, but it's often misunderstood and hard to learn (especially about its object oriented programming).
What are the good materials (blogs, screencasts and books) to learn JavaScript OOP? The topics can be anything, but let's not include browsers, AJAX and libraries for now.
Also how did you learn the functional programming, closure, object, inheritance and design patterns in JavaScript? Personally I would like to see more code examples because some of the books I mentioned above keep the example minimal.
(EDIT: As this post is now community effort, please help maintain and develop the following list of resources!)
Books

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*JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockfond, This is the book recommended by most of Javascripters on Stack overflow. I observed, People have advanced their skills in java script with this book. Visit his website: crockford.com for more information.

*Object-Oriented JavaScript: Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript applications and libraries by Stoyan Stefanov, goes through many OOP topics such as Objects, Prototype, Inheritance and some patterns.

*Pro JavaScript Design Patterns, by Ross Harmess and Dustin Diaz, discuss application of famous design patterns in JavaScript.

Videos

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*"Advanced JavaScript" videos by Douglas Crockford. Many other interesting videos are available at Yahoo! Developer Network.

*The Definitive Guide to Object-Oriented JavaScript by James Shore (July 2013).

On Stack Overflow

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*A Stack Overflow discussion on JavaScript closure

*A Stack Overflow discussion on What exactly does "closure" refer to in JavaScript?

*A Stack Overflow discussion on Prototypal vs Functional OOP in JavaScript
Others

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*Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript - Mozilla Dev

*JavaScript Closures for Dummies

*JavaScript Closures

*JavaScript Closures 101

*Private Members in JavaScript by Douglas Crockfond

*Classical Inheritance in JavaScript by by Douglas Crockfond

*Prototypal Inheritance in JavaScript by by Douglas Crockfond

*JavaScript, time to grok closures

*Mozilla developer network

A: You can see great code examples of Javascript in mainstream libraries like jQuery. I've learned a lot just reading it's source code. There's nothing better than reading sources that are working in millions of websites and are concerned about best practices.

A: In the same vein as The Good Parts, Douglas Crockford's website has many good articles on JavaScript and OOP, such as Prototypal Inheritance, Classical Inheritance in JavaScript, etc.

A: In addition to the previous references to Crockford's work, I recommend you read this perspective on the contrast of Functional vs. Classical inheritance patterns in JS:
Inheritance Patterns in JavaScript by Michael Bolin

A: The recent Crockford on JavaScript video talks are worth watching - Act III: Function the Ultimate covers OOP in JavaScript.

A: I have found this blog post to be the most clear explanation of prototypes: https://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/understanding-javascript-prototypes/
I have written a blog series on object orientation in JavaScript. You can access it here: https://rahuldotout.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/javascript-a-different-beast-part-7-inheritance-without-classes/

A: Most of the resources you can get surfing on the internet. You can see the links googling on google. With the oops javascript code, there is no need for the developers to rewrite the code instead they can create small blocks of code. I' m listing down the resources of which I'm aware of -
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-resources-for-JavaScript-OOP
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/topics/javascript-oop
https://addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/


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Q: create skiasharp camera overlay xamarin ios I am trying to create a app that uses skiasharp on an overlay for the camera on iPhone (native). My camera stream appears nicely but no overlay. the initial viewcontroller that creates the stream looks like:
public async  override void ViewDidLoad()
    {
        base.ViewDidLoad();
        await AuthorizeCameraUse();

        imagePicker = new UIImagePickerController();

        // set our source to the camera
        imagePicker.SourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera;

        // set
        imagePicker.MediaTypes = new string[] { "public.image" };

        imagePicker.CameraOverlayView = new CameraOverlayView();

        imagePicker.ModalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.CurrentContext;
      .   . .

my CameraOverlayView looks like:
public class CameraOverlayView :SKCanvasView
{
    public CameraOverlayView() : base()
    {
        Initialize();
    }
    public CameraOverlayView(CGRect frame) : base(frame) {
        Initialize();
    }
    SKPaint paint = new SKPaint
    {
        Style = SKPaintStyle.Fill,
         Color = SKColors.Red,
        StrokeWidth = 25
    };

    protected void Initialize()
    {

        this.PaintSurface += CameraOverlayView_PaintSurface;
        //using (var surface = SKSurface.Create( 640, 480, SKColorType.Rgba8888, SKAlphaType.Premul))
        //{
        //    SKCanvas myCanvas = surface.Canvas;
        //    myCanvas.DrawCircle(300, 300, 100, paint);
        //    // Your drawing code goes here.
        //}
    }

    private void CameraOverlayView_PaintSurface(object sender, SKPaintSurfaceEventArgs e)
    {
        var surface = e.Surface;
        // then we get the canvas that we can draw on
        var canvas = surface.Canvas;
        // clear the canvas / view
        canvas.Clear(SKColors.White);

        // DRAWING SHAPES

        // create the paint for the filled circle
        var circleFill = new SKPaint
        {
            IsAntialias = true,
            Style = SKPaintStyle.Fill,
            Color = SKColors.Blue
        };
        // draw the circle fill
        canvas.DrawCircle(100, 100, 40, circleFill);
    }
}

my Paint event is never fired , if I run this code in simple example it does.

A: thanks to Russ Fustino help it turns out I was  not using the CameraOverlayView (CGRect frame) : base (frame) constructor and because of that the DrawInSurface overload is not called.
Nothing to draw into. when I did this the paint event fired.


This one is an essay site covering Ms. Woolf's place in the Modernist Movement of the early 20th century, as well as her essays divulging her thoughts on the movement. Very interesting!
This one I found very interesting. All about Ms. Woolf's relationship to her own circle of friends, and to London society, at large. Bravo to the author of this intriguing essay! It was a pleasure to find it.
New York Times article concerning Virginia's Woolf's life, and the impact of her work on the Bloomsbury Society.
An essay about food appearances in the works of Virginia Woolf.
A listing of everything published about VW up to the present.
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Maybelline Color Sensational Creamy Matte Lip Color in Touch of Spice is a neutral mauve lipstick with a tiny bit of plum. Matte lipsticks have a reputation of being dry, but Maybelline claims that this line of matte lipsticks will slip onto the lips with its creamy formula. It contains .15 oz. / 4.2 grams of product and the price can retails between $5-$8.
When it's swatched on my arm, it looks a bit more brown but it translate to more mauve/plum on my lips. It is incredibly pigmented and does glide onto the lips very easily.
The only other Maybelline lipstick I had was super patchy and made every dry spot show. I hated that lipstick and it discouraged me from trying out their other lipsticks. Fortunately, Touch of Spice was different and went on really smoothly. I finally understand why people love Maybelline lipsticks now.
This was when I had brown hair and it suited me so well. I wore it consistently since it matched with almost every look I did. I mostly wear neutrals on my normal days though.
I'm trying to go lighter and I was worried that Touch of Spice would look too weird with my new coloring. It even looked great with my extremely brassy hair!
I found that it was really comfortable to wear, but I did want to put on lip balm around 4-5 hours after wearing it though. It was just a mild discomfort. I ended up testing it for about 6-7 hours without touch ups and it still looked really nice at the end. My lip lines looked more apparent, but the color stayed the same without any fading. I didn't eat that much on the day I really tested it, but I have worn it while eating and drinking. It didn't last as long, but it didn't smear everywhere or fade weirdly.
The packaging is like their other Color Sensational lipsticks, but the cap is a browny plum color for all the Creamy Matte lipsticks. The product has that weird vanilla playdough smell that I hated from their other lipstick, though. I can still wear the lipstick because it's not a lasting smell, but I wish they could change the smell of the lipstick.
Final Thoughts: I'm so impressed with this lipstick and the color. It's definitely a color anyone can wear and it's very comfortable. It's moisturizing, unlike some other really drying matte formulas. A lot of people in the makeup forums I visit also love this color and I know it's been flying off the shelves. I highly recommend this shade and now I'm eyeing all of the colors from the Creamy Matte range.
Have you tried this shade? What do you think about it?
I just toned my hair two nights ago and it doesn't look as yellow anymore so I'm so happy! I want to go lighter and then eventually silver though. Reddish brown highlights would look so good on you!
I'm glad that Kylie Jenner brought back the darker almost 90 nudes. I never knew they could be so flattering!
and it's okay! I feel awkward including my blog link when I comment on people's posts for some reason.


I am so grateful and thankful that I GET TO do this for my job, but with it comes a lot of sacrifice. There are so many people I feel like I haven't seen in ages because I'm basically a troll living in a cave. I really wish there was a troll emoji, somebody make one!
I couldn't do what I do without my amazing team that helps me with so many things and gives me so much moral support. I am so grateful for them and I probably wouldn't be here without them. They listen to me repeat the same conversations, vent a lot, whine a lot, and they never tell me I'm too much or annoying. I am loved well by my community. Today I'm doing all my last minute running around and getting everything I need for my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE event of the year Cultivate. We are bringing everything!!! If y'all come by our booth, say hey and introduce yourself to one of our team members. They are the heartbeat of this whole thing. ❤ @bushidostudioaz @mama.shoots @bre1414 @mietrabrown .
All our new merch is available over at @the_garageboardshop go check them out! Also come check us out this Saturday over at @art_compound we can't wait to meet you guys!
Todays finished product that I featured in my story. I stayed on theme from yesterday's shorts and went with a nike hoodie and air max 90 t-shirt. I also grabbed some purple shoelaces from my stash as well as some vintage ribbon. It's a small men's (based on the zipper pull being on the right). I'll definitely measure for you, though. DM if you are feeling inspired.
We have tons of shirts! If you want to buy in bulk. DM me.
Bape and UGG collab coming 4/27 #uggxbape . Retail will be posted later when revealed and website it'll drop on.
Honestly not feeling these at all and I'm sure more people agree with me. Completely confused why these would release right before summer. So I expect these to sit in the shop for a little bit with very little resale.
Look at my hair free, care free .
Another day - another fit.
Simple a veces es más.
We are all a little broken, but last time I checked, broken colors still color the same.
For the love of hair. Check out the wigs we make with these bundles @phatpearlsstudio on my @nottyfacetreats page. Feel free to DM for the price of the wig of your choice.


Those audiences have been world wide for so many years. Mason noted that he's done more Command Performances for the Queen of England than any other American comedian, and that he was soon on his way to London to do so again. Mason said he wanted to try some new material for his London trip for us on this night. He clutched some rolled up sheets of notes in his hand to refer to.
One of Mason's old standby topics that's most humorous is his commentary on status in general and specific status symbols. He's had an ongoing issue with Starbuck's, for example, saying that he finds their coffee tasting burnt, and why should it be as expensive as it is to get that in a cardboard cup? Mason says that millions flock to the ubiquitous Starbuck's because it makes them feel more important, as Starbuck's is seen as the hip place to go. He further made his point regarding status by noting that a $300,000 Lamborghini car is about the most uncomfortable place for one to sit, being very small and low to the ground with no leg room, yet it's viewed as a quintessential status symbol. He then scrunched up his face and body hilariously and joked that when someone goes by in a $12,000 Chevy while very comfortable and they wave at you in your astronomically priced Lamborghini, you can't even wave back because you're too contorted and squashed into its seat.
There was also humorous but risque dialog about hookers and their customers, with Mason showing that even in his mid 80's, virtually nothing is off the table to joke about. I'll leave you to hear this part of his act for yourself, along with loads of other bits that make Jackie Mason one of last living comics, writers and minds that harken back to the Cold War era 1950's still making audiences grab a napkin to dry their eyes from laughing so hard. And with laughter doing a body and soul much good, Mason is a very sound investment.


Enter these addresses into a GPS.
• Packet pick-up is held at the Parkersburg Municipal Building. One Government Square, Parkersburg.
• The starting lines for the Half Marathon and Two Mile Races are at at Third and Juliana streets.
• The finish lines are at Sixth and Market streets.
• The kids races on Sunday are held at Stadium Field behind Parkersburg High School, 2101 Dudley Avenue.


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Nature. 1991 Mar 21;350(6315):250-2.
Generating yeast transcriptional activators containing no yeast protein sequences.
Ruden DM1, Ma J, Li Y, Wood K, Ptashne M.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
We previously reported that roughly 1% of the short peptides encoded by Escherichia coli genomic DNA fragments act as transcriptional activating regions in yeast when fused to GAL4(1-147), a DNA-binding portion of the yeast transcriptional activator GAL4 (ref. 1). Struhl questioned the conclusion that we had identified new transcriptional activating sequences that function in the absence of yeast transcriptional activating sequences. His criticism was based on two considerations: first, GAL4(1-147) contains an acidic segment (and subsequent experiments have shown that this region contains a weak activating region in vitro); second, attempts to isolate new activating regions failed when the DNA-binding domain of a bacterial repressor, LexA(1-87), was used as the DNA-binding unit. We report here a repeat of our original experiment using the complete LexA molecule LexA(1-202) as the DNA-binding region, instead of GAL4(1-147) or LexA(1-87). We find that, as in the original experiment, about 1% of the short peptides encoded by E. coli genomic fragments act as transcriptional activating regions when fused to intact LexA. All of the new activating regions whose sequences we determined bore an excess of acidic amino acids (see Table 1).
10.1038/350250a0
Bacterial Proteins/genetics
DNA, Bacterial/genetics
DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
Fungal Proteins/genetics*
Genes, Bacterial
Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics*
Serine Endopeptidases*
Transcription Factors/genetics*
DNA, Bacterial
Fungal Proteins
LexA protein, Bacteria
Serine Endopeptidases


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Agents of Change (detail), 2007 - present
Interactive social sculpture (water measurement sticks, life jacket vests, journal, carrying bag)
Proposition: The ocean level will rise three meters/ten feet by the year 2107. What are your concerns, questions and new propositions?
Description of the Project: The Agents of Change impulse that is gradually manifesting in the world is calling for new forms of seeing and understanding. People have the potential to embody this impulse and enable its manifestation in the world. The Agents of Change project is a call to all humans who wish to activate their ability to manifest this impulse in the world through shaping new ways of seeing and understanding that are required for this impulse to grow into its full transformative potential. The Agents of Change "vessel" is an open framework that each person can use for their own research, of themselves, of the environment, and of the people they meet, as part of a local collective and a global process in shaping a new mode of consciousness. Agents of Change is a 'vessel' which provides a thought space in which we can develop thought with regard to being a 'transformative social organism' (Joseph Beuys) through realizing the value of our agency of change. Being conscious of our agency of change opens the potential for realizing new ways of working as individuals and as a social organism.
The Agents of Change 'vessel' is developed in such a way that all of its elements are strategies of engagement. The 'vessel' enables an 'experiential mode of awareness' through deep collective aesthetic, valuable human exchanges and active engagement. Through this methodology it enables the unconscious 'image' of our Agency of Change to become a conscious experience and develop a sense of position and 'ability to respond' (Shelley Sacks) in the ecological crises, as a meaningful way of being. "Goethe's scientific consciousness is inside out to what we expect, because it is to be found in the way of seeing and not in the factual content of what is seen…seeing - the organization or unity of the world…what organization and unity mean turns out to depend on the mode of consciousness." (Bortoft 1996:34)
Description of the Process: Three Stages
First stage is opening the discussion and engaging with deep listening and preparations for using the kit. Second stage is the intervention occurring in public spaces, along rivers and oceans. Third stage is a reflection on the experiences and thoughts that came about during the previous two stages and shaping the next steps.
Agents of Change Kit: Agents of Change has a mobile kit, which can be used by different groups of up to ten people. The kits are made up of life jacket vests (worn by each person), three meter high water measurement sticks (indicating the level of the ocean in 2107), and a small journal.
Method of Public Intervention: Each Agent of Change stands alongside the ocean to form a line. The tops of the measurement sticks form a dotted line in the sky that indicates the new 3m height of the ocean level in 2107. Each Agent of Change stands quietly and has time to experience and take note of their thoughts in this mode. They use the journal to document the reflections they have on their own experience.
When a person from the general public is drawn to the Agent and begins to inquire, the Agent introduces him/herself. The Agent then speaks from their experience in this mode of being an Agent of Change, rather than trying to recall facts and figures about climate change. They can ask the public what they think the project is about, and this continues to open up the conversation. The kit and conversation process provides a space for valuable human exchange to emerge through a process of listening and reflecting. The Agent shares his/her concerns and questions with the person as an invitation for the person to share their concerns, questions and new propositions, in response.
The journal is then used for documenting/mapping key issues emerging from the conversation.
The "conversation maps" make "thought forms" visual. The "thought forms" are not lost, because of the map, in the progression of the discussion. The Agent encourages re-engaging with the thought forms so that deeper resources can be excavated.
A "check" is made out with the person's questions, concerns or proposed propositions as the value of the check. The Agent hands the check to the person. The check serves as documentation of the value of the exchange and as a strategy for the person to re-engage with their questions, concerns, and new proposed propositions.This method of entering the "wound'' (Joseph Beuys) explores the potential of awakening our Knowing (the unique transformative quality emerging from all human beings) as the generator of our sense of 'response–ability' (Shelley Sacks).
Intervention locations to date
Basel, Switzerland (Public Intervention, Connect Youth Conference, Dornach, April 2007)
Basel, Switzerland (Presentation, Waldorf Steiner School, April 2007)
Oxford, England (M.A. Presentation, Oxford Brookes University, May 2007)
Basel, Switzerland (Presentation, Ursache Zukunft Congress/Social Sculpture Today Exhibition and the Mittendrin youth conference, Dornach, July/August 2007)
Venice, Italy (Public Intervention, Cultura 21, Beuys Conference "In defense of Nature," Sept. 2007)
Oxford, England (Public Intervention, Manifest MA Festival, Sept. 2007)
Durban, South Africa (kgotla Youth Conference, Jan. 2009)
Muizenburg, South Africa (Public Intervention, Dec. 2009)
Stellenbosch, South Africa (Informal Symposium, March 2010)
Muizenberg, South Africa (Public Intervention, April 2010)
About the Social Sculpture Research Unit: The Agents of Change project was developed collaboratively in 2006 and 2007 by practice-based researcher James Reed and the Director of the Social Sculpture Research Unit (SSRU) Shelley Sacks at Oxford Brookes University, U.K., as a creative initiative of Earth Agenda. Agents of Change embodies methodologies developed by James Reed and Shelley Sacks, giving form to aspects of the kind of work the SSRU is engaged with. James Reed is the project leader and facilitator of the Agents of Change project. www.social-sculpture.org
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As with any murder committed in the City of Dallas, the assassination of President Kennedy generated a homicide report. Brief and to the point, it lays out the time, place, and method of the murder. It also provides the names of the coroner, physician, officers making the report, and officers who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald.
Oswald holding rifle. Prints and Photographs 1964/30, Dallas Police Department photos accompanying Attorney General's Office John F. Kennedy assassination investigation files.
The Dallas Police Department property clerk's invoice or receipt of "property taken from the person of Lee Harvey Oswald" and "confiscated from his rooming house and home" is a 25-page, meticulously detailed document. Items included a "Map of Beautiful Russia," his daughter's birth certificate, his discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps, rolls of unexposed film, clothing, toiletries, and an Italian-made 6.5 mm Carcano Model 91/38 rifle, serial number C2766. All of this was seized as evidence in the murders of President Kennedy and Officer Tippit.
Oswald's property. Photo shot by FBI and developed by Dallas Police Department. Prints and Photographs 1964/30, Dallas Police Department photos accompanying Attorney General's Office John F. Kennedy assassination investigation files.
Two days later, on November 24, 1963, television cameras captured the moment that nightclub owner Jack Ruby killed Oswald in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters while Oswald was being transferred to the county jail.
Following his 1964 conviction for Oswald's murder, Ruby appealed his sentence. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals case file 37900 (Jack Rubinstein, alias Jack Ruby), contains, among other things, the verbatim transcript of his court-ordered Sanity Hearing in the Criminal District Court Number Three of Dallas County, June 13, 1966.


With December just around the corner, we get many inquiries from people who wish to give their favorite gardener a greenhouse for Christmas. Throughout the year we've had orders for "birthday surprises" as well. I hope you'll find our stories regarding our "gift giving customers" below amusing. November brings cold weather in many parts of North America and we have answered some of your questions regarding heating a greenhouse.
November is the month to transform your greenhouse into your personal conservatory! I've added a bistro set to enjoy a cup of coffee or dinner surrounded by the lush tropical plants I have housed for winter. Visit a commercial greenhouse or conservatory for ideas that you can implement. Your greenhouse can become your own private winter oasis.and the best part is that it is only a few steps from the back door! Colorful plants, soft lighting and lots of winter sunshine chase away the winter blahs! There is something quite magical being inside the greenhouse while surrounded by ice and snow.
If you are planning on decorating your greenhouse for Christmas, November is perfect. We put miniature white lights around our greenhouse one year, and it looked quite stunning. Lighting can also be used to enhance the interior, especially if your greenhouse is glass.
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I can't think of any garden enthusiast who wouldn't be thrilled to own their own greenhouse. We received a phone call last month from Richard of Charlotte, NC who wanted to purchase a Juliana Greenhouse for his wife as a birthday surprise.
Richard wrote to us "I have received the greenhouse and will complete its installation this weekend. It is a surprise for my wife's birthday. She is out of town until Sunday and I hope to have it complete and ready to have dinner in it with her on Sunday evening. It looks great so far. Thanks."
Now, that's going to be a nice birthday surprise! Kudos to Richard for serving dinner in the greenhouse.now that's a great idea.
Customer: "Hello, I'd like to order a greenhouse for my wife. It's for her birthday and it's a surprise."
Backyard Greenhouses: "That's a great gift idea.when is her birthday?"
We won't name any names here, but the customers ordered their greenhouses, and we sent a color photo of the greenhouse via overnight courier so there would be a present to unwrap.
We had one customer call to order a greenhouse for his wife "to get him out of the doghouse". Out of the doghouse.into the greenhouse. Hope it worked! We won't name any names here either!
We are all guilty of "putting off until tomorrow what we don't need to do today". With Christmas just around the corner, now is the time to give us a call. If you are planning a special gift in the future, allow yourself plenty of time for delivery and/or installation. We'll be happy to assist you in selecting a greenhouse that's just right for both your space and budget.
What better time than Thanksgiving to give thanks to all of our customers! I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers across both the U.S.A. and Canada. Our greenhouses and garden products are shipped daily across both nations, and your business is very much appreciated.
If you live in a cold weather climate, you will need to add greenhouse heating. You can use gas, electric, propane, hot water.anything will work.
thermostatically controlled for maximum efficiency. Depending on the size of your greenhouse, and how cold the temperatures are, a small electric space heater may not be adequate. For example, if you live in cold winter areas, a small space heater will have to run constantly and is likely to burn out. It's important to choose a heating method that works for both your climate and your plants. We recommend that you consult a local heating and cooling company for best service and installation. Consulting local resources is beneficial and these resources include Universities that have Agriculture Departments, Master Gardener Organizations and Commercial Greenhouse Growers. We can also advise you on BTU requirements for the size of your greenhouse and what you are growing.just give us a call.


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ONE MORE WIN
By Mike Gastineau|2020-04-02T16:57:35-07:00December 22nd, 2013|Comments Off on ONE MORE WIN
Fatigue and a hangover were delivering alternating left right punches to my body as I made my way carefully down the aisle of the Southwest Airlines 737 that would ferry me from Salt Lake City to Seattle. It was mid morning and if all went as expected we'd land in the Emerald City in plenty of time for me to get to the KJR studios to do a show that I wasn't looking forward to doing.
Barely 12 hours earlier I had walked out of the Delta Center after game six of the 1996 Western Conference finals admittedly a little shell shocked at what I had witnessed in the last two games of the series.
The Sonics, who had flamed out of the 1994 and 1995 NBA playoffs had roared through the 1996 post season. They dispatched the Kings in four games and swept Houston in the second round before roaring out to a three games to one lead over Utah in the conference finals. They were 10 and 2 in the post season and it sure seemed obvious to everyone that they were finally going to achieve the dream (theirs and their fan's) of making it to the NBA finals.
Then they lost a three point overtime game to Utah in game five in Seattle. They followed that up with their worst loss of the year, a 35 point shellacking that had the Jazz fans hooting deliriously in their crazy loud home arena and had shaken even the steadiest of Seattle believer's mind set that the NBA finals were this team's destiny.
I settled into my seat and heard the flight attendant's PA crack open as she chirped in a voice peppier than I was ready for at that point my day, "Welcome to Southwest Airlines flight 118 to 83….oh…wait a minute…that's not the flight number that's the score from last night's game. Hahahahaha."
Turns out we had a Salt Lake City based flight crew for our flight home and they took every opportunity to remind their passengers that the Jazz had laid a whuppin' on the Supers the night before. As we rolled out onto the runway I was pretty down in the dumps, somewhat convinced that the team's fate was sealed and a game seven flop in Seattle loomed.
Somewhere between the Wasatch and Cascade mountains I changed my mind. I remember thinking that I sure as hell didn't want to go on the air that afternoon all down in the dumps. I started feeling like Bluto Blutarsky. I began talking myself into the idea that game seven was in Seattle and that the Sonics were going to prevail in this series. One more win. At home. That's all they needed.
I remember giving a passion filled opening segment that afternoon on KJR reminding my listeners of everything the Sonics had accomplished and imploring fans to remember that while MOST of the time a town needs its team there are times when a TEAM needs its town.
We all know what happened. My Blutarskyesque speech had little if anything to do with the game seven win. Seattle fans did what they do…they showed up…they pre-funked…and they gave their leather lunged best on a Sunday afternoon. The Sonics responded by giving us one of our greatest days ever as a sports town.
I found myself thinking about this story Sunday night as I thought about the Seahawks loss to Arizona. Fans are down right now and fearing the worst after a day when they arrived ready to celebrate a division title and top playoff seed they presumed was theirs and left three hours later flattened by a result that could be used as the number one example of the cold, hard reality of the NFL: on any given Sunday blah blah blah.
But this wasn't any given Sunday. Arizona came in with nine wins. There's an argument to be made that they are one of the three best teams in the league along with two other NFC West members, the Hawks and SF. It's funny how brutally quick things turn around in this league. Three years ago the NFC West was the laughing stock of the league, a division so feckless they couldn't even deliver an above .500 team to the playoffs. Now it's a behemoth with a gaudy 39 and 20 record. If the Rams upset Seattle this week every team will finish the year at .500 or better.
The Cardinals were also desperate and no team is more desperate than a desperate NFL team. They knew before kickoff that earlier results dictated they must win to keep their post season hopes alive. So stoked, they played out of their minds and were able to somehow stay toe to toe with Seattle despite numerous mistakes that Hawks failed to capitalize on. It was, if you can remove your emotion (admittedly an impossible thing to do when your invested in a team as a fan) a terrific late season game. Division rivals playing in crappy weather with one team trying to clinch a title and the other hanging on for dear life.
In the immediate aftermath of the game many fans were predictably irrational on social media. By Sunday night a cynic might wonder if the Hawks had done anything worthy of our adulation this year.
The answer to that, obviously, is yes. Some fans will fall into Warren Zevon mode this week and belt out various versions of "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me" as they assess the Hawks chances moving forward. But that's the wrong attitude. This team has done more than enough to earn fans trust and faith and belief heading into this week's game. The Hawks play in a wickedly tough division so it should only come as a mild surprise that they lost Sunday and it's only right that they'll finish things off against another crafty division foe in the Rams.
One more win. At home. That's all the Hawks need. That and their town. They need the 12s this week more than ever before. There's no time to sit around whining about what happened or complaining of impending doom. It's showtime and I couldn't think of a better team with which to go all in. I can't wait for the Rams game.


Thank you so much to our photographer Maureen Pawlowski with Maureen Ann Photography. She generously volunteered her time for the day and took some amazing pictures of our horses, riders and volunteers throughout the day at our Pegasus Annual Horse show at Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy in Philadelphia, PA. If you didn't get a chance to be at the horse show, you can catch up on the day with all the amazing pictures!
The link is 'unlocked' so you can download any of the pictures that you like. Thank you so much Maureen for sharing your time and talents with us!


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Uploaded by MARHAMAH in Olathe at Sunday, November 3, 2013. The Extraordinary Outdoor Furniture images on this page are the Extraordinary picture that we suggested for you with a dimension of 700 x 525 pixels. Modern Teak Wood Furniture above are the same as what I saw when I visited my niece�s hidden resort in Clarksville, United State of America. Don�t wait; you can also get the entire information in the Designs of Teak Outdoor Furniture which contains picture that I took during a holiday to various states such as Belgium, Ukraine, and El Salvador.
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First of all, however let's go back to last Saturday.
Timo's birthday won't happen for another week or so, but since Liz & I are in Melun for Bible School today and next weekend is the national Youth Convention… we opted to celebrate last Saturday.
Timo invited 3 of his good friends from school and together they did a bit of swimming before playing some games and chowing down on Dominoes Pizza (which Timo L-O-V-E-S). and cake (which Timo made).
The cake had rolled fondant icing and piped home-made butter cream (Our BIG-little guy has aspirations of becoming a baker).
We were approached by Capital Community Church (Fredericton NB) about putting together a kids-related video for their upcoming Missions Conference. We wanted to do more than just a "Hello from France" video and wanted to have our kids be the focus of it… so we headed out into town to ham-it-up a bit and have some fun with it.
The Idea: (a) That being a missionary doesn't begin when you hit the foreign field, but it begins at home and (b) that it's not something reserved for adults… kids can impact other for Jesus as well.
I won't show you the finished video – The first ones to see it will be the kids from Capital Community. However I will show you the blooper reel and, once their missions conference is over, I'll post the finished product so that if you'd like to use it in your own church / Sunday School, you can.
You can see the bloopers at the bottom of this post.
It was great to meet her son for the first time as well. We'd prayed for him numerous times, but this was the first time we'd met. We're thankful for the sweet presence of the Lord in a house where the doors are open wide!
Since we were going to be in Tours for the Bible Study, we headed up a bit early and met with friends that we'd not seen in a while. I saw them briefly two years ago but They'd not see Liz and the kids since 2006. Their daughter was present as well (she as taking the photo) and we'd not seen here since our honeymoon … some 20 years ago! It was very good to catch up.
Thank you for checking in today, we covet your faithfulness in praying for us and for France. Your prayers and the Lord's grace have born fruit this week. Please pray for safe travel as we return from Bible School later today. God bless you.
On Monday I'll be publishing another Short-Term Missions Monday post that asks the question: "What's the purpose of Short-Term Missions?". Have you ever wondered? I'll share my take on it this Monday.
Now… enjoy a few "You can do it" giggles!
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>so much nutrition its crazy.
>must too, drink water before eating fruit before veggies before grains.
>like it was sitting in the hot sun.
you'd eat) will cancel that.
It's a pity, really. Calorie restriction is a great way to extend lifespan.
get digested, I'd be set.


This workshop held in conjunction with the UBICOMP 2014: The 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and ISCW 2014: The 18th International Symposium on Wearable Computers asks questions on the potentials and opportunities of turning massively deployed wearable systems to a globe spanning superorganism of socially interactive personal digital assistants. While the individual wearables are of heterogeneous provenance and typically act autonomously, it stands to reason that they can (and will) self-organize into large scale cooperative collectives, with humans being mostly out-of-the-loop. A common objective or central controller may thereby not be assumed, but rather volatile network topologies, co-dependence and internal competition, non-linear and non-continuous dynamics, and sub-ideal, failure prone operation. We refer to these emerging massive collectives of wearables as a "superorganism", since they exhibit properties of a living organism (like e.g. 'collective intelligence') on their own.
One essential aspect of such globe-spanning collective ensembles is that they often exhibit properties typical observed in complex systems, like (i) spontaneous, dynamic network configuration, with (ii) individual nodes acting in parallel, (iii) constantly acting and reacting to what the other agents are doing, and (iv) where the control tends to be highly dispersed and decentralized. If there is to be any coherent behavior in the system, it (v) has to arise from competition and cooperation among the individual nodes, so that the overall behavior of the system is the result of a huge number of decisions made every moment by many individual entities.
The workshop will be held at the Red Lion Hotel in Downtown Seattle (Seattle, Washington, US) on September 13th. It will be collocated with UBICOMP 2014 and ISWC 2014.
Authors of accepted position statements will get free admission to the workshop.