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NTMA 'should have spoken sooner' about €3.6bn blunder: McGuinness
Article taken from IrishExaminer.com
Wednesday, November 02, 2011 – 07:28 AM
Members of the opposition are calling for a full report on the accounting error, revealed yesterday, that caused an over-stating of our national debt by billions.
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Fianna Fáil's John McGuinness, is seeking a report from Department of Finance officials, and urgently.
The mistake – which was uncovered by the National Treasury Management Agency some time ago – caused our debt to be calculated at €3.6bn more then it really is.
Mr McGuinness said the NTMA could have called attention to the error before now.
"They had every opportunity to bring it to the attention of the public – the agency was before the Public Accounts Committee just recently…but that didn't happen," he said.
"As a result, it has now been exposed through the media in this way and it just adds further uncertainty…at a time where certainty is required by the general public."
He added today that he believed there were serious accounting issues in many Government departments, which had to be addressed.
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/ntma-should-have-spoken-sooner-about-36bn-blunder-mcguinness-526726.html#ixzz1cXuvBksW


Did you ever wonder how scientists study earthquakes? Join Scripps seismologist Frank Vernon as he explains his ongoing efforts to understand the when and where of earthquakes in Southern California. From wireless networks of seismometers to 3-D representations of earthquake distributions, Dr. Vernon will describe the tools he uses to elucidate the enormous forces that shake our world.


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Q: How to refresh tokens for Twilio Conversations API? I following the documentation here to create a token for the Conversation API.
https://www.twilio.com/docs/conversations/quickstart?code-sample=code-fetch-your-new-conversation&code-language=Node.js&code-sdk-version=3.x#configure-the-conversations-demo-application-using-codesandboxio
twilio token:chat --identity testPineapple --chat-service-sid ISXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --profile project-danger

This works for me, but these tokens expire after a given time. How do you refresh this token for a Conversation? I am creating these tokens from node.js.

A: On the Twilio Official Doc
Once you generate a token and pass it to the client, Client can subscribe to
tokenAboutToExpire events which is fired 3 minute before your token is expired
client.on('tokenAboutToExpire', function() {
   // Same way you generated the token for the first time
   fetchToken(function(updatedToken) {
     chatClient.updateToken(updatedToken);
   });
});

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Recently, I had to go back and use Eclipse IDE, after using Android Studio (based on IntelliJ) for a while. These are the things I'm missing, and the reasons that make IntelliJ better, IMH/AO.
Search files by name with any string, without the need to use a "*".
Right-click any line in the code and copy a reference to it.
No need to hit ctrl+space to autocomplete code.
Just having your cursor on a line allows you to copy or cut it, no need to actually mark it.
Just pasting a string between two quotes e.g. "" does the escaping for you.
One click adds a breakpoint, why do you need to double click???
You can dig through private methods from outside the class if you hit ctrl+space twice.
AutoMagically bring a variable to scope.
Right click menu has a "show file in finder/explorer."
Alt+click a tab's X button to close all the other tabs.
Tells you when to use StringBuilder vs String.
Gives hints about wrong access modifiers, e.g. when overriding a private super method.
You can refactor your code even when it has syntax compilation errors.
The log monitor has filtering capabilities.
Watches are guessed according to your breakpoint's scope and are shown in the same window with debug variables.
Window layouts make sense out of the box, and doesn't need constant reshuffling.
BTW, I use them both for JAVA.


As a fellow cheese lover I feel your pain. However, I cannot stomach the fake cheese. My feeling about it is either eat cheese or don't. What works for me is using strong cheese — bleu, etc. — and eating it infrequently, and in small amounts.


But is it? Perhaps our biggest problem is the suffocating strictures of conventional wisdom and our lack of imagination.
For example, why not consider starting state banks? If Republicans are going to blast any government action, no matter how innocuous, as "socialism," why not make the most of it? Why not actually recoup some of the benefits of taxpayer money for taxpayers themselves? Now there's a radical idea!
The Bank of North Dakota is getting a lot of attention these days for precisely that reason. As a recent Associated Press story noted, "Gubernatorial candidates in Florida and Oregon and a Washington state legislator are advocating the creation of state-owned banks in those states. A report prepared for a Vermont House committee last month said the idea had "considerable merit." Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore promotes the bank on his Web site."
Just last week, the president of the Massachusetts state senate called for a commission to study whether Massachusetts should emulate the North Dakota bank and move its funds from money management firms (which collect a fee for their services) to a state bank.
The Bank of North Dakota was started in 1919 when out-of-state bankers and grain dealers were manipulating markets and credit to farmers in the state. In effect, state farmers were held captive by private interests, with serious harms to the ability of farmers to buy and sell crops and finance farm operations.
To help loosen the grip of private power, the state legislature created the Bank of North Dakota. For creditworthy projects, this state-owned bank takes a stake in loan packages, which reduces the levels of risk that private, commercial banks must assume. It makes direct loans to South Dakota farmers, students and businesses at reasonable rates, and it acts as the repository for the funds administered by all state agencies.
When the economy gets bogged down and commercial banks are disinclined to lend, the Bank of North Dakota is a ready, reliable alternative. It makes money as the bank for taxpayer funds while making loans to state citizens, which helps keep the (state) economy humming.
What's not to like? A state banks produces a less volatile credit market with greater social equity and lower banking costs!
At a time when the economies of most states are dismal, the economy in North Dakota is doing very well indeed. Unemployment is only 4.4 percent and there is a state budget surplus. Now, there are certainly many "exogenous" factors to explain this state of affairs, but a state bank is certainly a stabilizing, constructive influence. It lets taxpayers recoup greater margins from their own tax monies and enjoy greater access to credit in periods when commercial banks are skittish about any lending.
While commercial banks may not like even the whiff of competition from a state bank, such competition is minimal in this instance. The Bank of North Dakota has only one office, and it does not offer retail banking services. Yet even in this restricted role, the bank clearly benefits the citizens of the state.
Last year, the Bank of North Dakota had profits of $58.1 million (on a loan portfolio of $2.67 billion), which was the sixth consecutive year of record profits. Over the past decade, the bank has channeled about $300 million to the state treasury, where it supplements the budget of the state government. Not too shabby.
Because the Bank of North Dakota is not obliged to maximize returns for private investors, but to serve the common good — within the bounds of responsible banking practices — it can spend time and energy trying to make deals work rather than summarily rejecting them as too risky or not lucrative enough. After all, the bank realizes that putting together a successful loan package could have enormous effects on community development — something that is lesser priority for commercial banks. As a result, the Bank of North Dakota is often willing to take extra steps to try to make local development projects work.
Ah, but then, there's that nasty accusation: "socialism"!
I continue to be perplexed by the crazy reality that any time government tries to act for the common good, outside of military circumstances, conservatives rise up to deride it as socialism. The clause in the U.S. Constitution mandating that government "promote the general welfare" strikes me as pretty darn American. Where is it written in our founding documents that the public interest can only be served by letting private interests have full sway — often monopoly or oligopoly control — is the only way to actualize the general welfare?
Of course, the sloganeering is just a preemptive attempt by insecure bankers to prevent innovative, public-spirited solutions from gaining a toehold. It resembles the banking industry's shameful efforts to shut down government's role in making student educational loans.
North Dakota, you are an inspiration! Here's hoping our current financial crisis is the mother of a new wave of innovation in the states.


Bill C-69 has become a proxy for wider concerns about the impact of the cyclical nature of the oil industry.
Bill 51 contains a number of reforms and amendments that will change the way mines, dams and pipelines are reviewed and approved in BC.
Projects still require permits from all three levels of government.
TransCanada Corp. says more environmental work is necessary.
CEO says pipeline company won't procure materials or secure land until it has regulatory approval.
Enbridge says it will install five overlapping leak detection systems on the twin pipelines.
If elected BC premier in May, NDP leader Dix says he'd set up a "made in BC" review instead.
Strategy creates six conservation areas, three times the size of Banff National Park.
Resource projects in the north have attracted $8 billion in investments, which are expected to create 3,000 much-needed jobs.
Province called for safety review following three pipeline spills earlier this year.


This antique Chinese Buddha is sculpted in nephrite jade, which has been used for exquisite ceremonial artefacts such as this one since the earliest Chinese dynasties.
This fine 19th Century Qing dynasty Chinese sculpture of a laughing Buddha is in nephrite jade, which has been revered in China for thousands of years and used to sculpt objects of the highest importance. Here, the Buddha is depicted laughing, encircled by a buttoned rope which passes through the mouth of a dragon gargoyle. The statue is mounted on a four-footed wooden plinth.


George Ray set to return for the Under-21s after ankle injury.
Defender George Ray is expected to play half of today's Development game against Sheffield Wednesday.
Ray is set to return from the ankle injury he sustained away at Colchester United back in November.
With Semi Ajayi's 93- emergency loan deal from Cardiff now expired, the return to action for Ray could not have been better timed with Crewe hosing Barnsley at the weekend.
Harry Davis is also close to a return but will not feature this afternoon.


The challenge is to document your day in three images using the iPhone app 'Instagram'. When you publish your image please label it accordingly with 'beginning', 'middle' or 'end'. Also, really important (so that I can find them all), hashtag your images with #BMEday. Watch the story unfold on Instagram, Twitter or here on Storify.
" I've created a #Storify erm… 'story' to cover #BMEday… (starts tomorrow) Bit of an experiment, Not done it before. See how it works out.
" @OnTheSuperFly just posted #bmeday pics! It's still afternoon here!
" @OnTheSuperFly Thanks for fun with instagram & BME day. Ideas r brewing for using this in classrooms…will be posting on blog.Stay tuned!
" @OnTheSuperFly Look forward to a Flickr round if you do it. Wishing good success for the #Instagram one!
Sometimes things that unexpectedly come our way have the greatest potential to inspire new, exciting learning opportunities for our students. #BMEday (Beginning/Middle/End) is of those things. I invite you to read this blog post to find out how, within this simple story telling strategy, one might find hidden layers for much more complex, deeper, thought invoked learning.


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La diaconie cardinalice de San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo est érigée par le pape Paul VI le .

Titulaires

Liens internes
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Titre cardinalice
Fondation en 1973

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Camp Shuler is a 50 acre primitive camping facility located on Lake Whitney across from Lake Whitney State Park. The camp is located next to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park with lake access. From the Exit 370 on I-35 at Hillsboro, its approximately 30 miles to the camp.


First, make the batter: In a bowl, mix the flour, mustard powder and some salt and pepper. Whisk the eggs into the milk in a separate bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the egg/milk mixture. Beat until mixed and set aside.
Mix the sausagemeat, shallot, grated apple, bacon, sage, garlic and some salt and pepper together in a large bowl. Shape into nine little balls.
Heat 15ml of olive oil in a frying pan and fry the balls for 3-4 minutes until just browned, turning over when needed.
Pour the remaining olive oil into a 3.6L ovenproof dish and put it in the preheated oven for about 7-10 minutes until the oil is smoking hot. Add the browned patties and pour over the batter. Put the dish back in the oven for 40 minutes until puffed up and golden brown and the batter surrounding the patties has set. Serve with onion gravy, if liked.


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Irish writer John Banville wins Kafka Prize
Prague's Franz Kafka Society has chosen Ireland's most celebrated novelist as the 11th winner of the Franz Kafka Prize
Michael Stein 26.5.2011
Banville won the 2005 Man Booker for his novel "The Sea" foto: © Reuters, Česká pozice
The Franz Kafka Prize for 2011 has been awarded to Irish writer John Banville. The prize is organized by Prague's Franz Kafka Society in conjunction with the city of Prague and consists of a miniature bronze model of the Kafka monument built by Jaroslav Róna, a diploma and $10,000.
There was a brief period in the middle of the last decade when winning the Kafka prize was seen as a harbinger of attaining the summit of literary prizes, after Kafka winners Elfriede Jelinek (2004) and Harold Pinter (2005) went on to win the Nobel prize the same year. Yet when perennial Nobel contender Haruki Murakami's 2006 Kafka Prize did not take him to Stockholm the spell appeared to have been broken.
The Kafka Prize was first awarded in 2001 to American novelist Phillip Roth, whose recent Man Booker International prize earlier this month has led to a slew of controversy ranging from a stark questioning of the quality of his writing to the fact that yet another English-language writer has won a purportedly international prize. The Kafka Prize was first awarded in 2001 to American novelist Phillip Roth.
Whether the debate on translated literature being shut out of prizes will make note of Banville winning an award named after a German-speaking writer given in a Czech-speaking country remains to be seen.
Previous prize-winners include Péter Nádas, Yves Bonnefoy and Peter Handke as well as prestigious Czech writers Ivan Klíma, Arnošt Lustig and Václav Havel, who won last year's prize. Lustig was the Kafka Society's honorary president until his death earlier this year.
'Wrestling with Kafka'
Banville is the author of novels such as "Eclipse," "Kepler" and "The Sea," for which he won the 2005 Man Booker. He has also branched out into detective fiction, writing under the name of Benjamin Black. He also wrote "Prague Pictures, Portrait of a City" for Bloomsbury's Writer and the City series.
In an interview with the Guardian, Banville stated how thrilled he was to receive such a prominent prize and commented particularly on its association with Kafka. "I've been wrestling with Kafka since I was an adolescent. I think he's a great aphorist, a great letter writer, a great diarist, a great short story writer, and a great novelist — I'd put novelist last."
While this ranking might not sit very well with proponents of Kafka's work such as Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, Banville is still likely to get a warm reception when he comes to Prague to receive the award in person at a ceremony in October.
Michael Stein
Václav Havel | Milan Kundera | Franz Kafka

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::: Historic California Tower by terez93 (2064)
CALIFORNIA TOWER:
The California Building is home to the Museum of Us. It's one of the most famous structures in the city of San Diego, and is indeed iconic. It's comprised of a mixture of architectural elements and styles, including Plateresque, Baroque, Rococo, Gothic and Spanish-Colonial. It houses the San Diego Museum of Us. It was built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, and was designed y Bertram Goodhue. Parts of it were closed due to seismic retrofitting, starting in Feb., 2019. The 200-foot-tall tower and dome are covered with carvings, colorful tile and countless glass beads. It's one of the most iconic structures in the city, and its tower can be seen for miles around.
BALBOA PARK:
This immense complex began as 1400 acres of land, set aside by San Diego city leaders in 1868 as a cultural center. It was then known as City Park, overlooking the present-day downtown San Diego. The present site is about 1200 acres. Construction on the park began in 1892, when Kate Sessions offered to plant 100 trees a year on the site in exchange for the city granting her 32 acres of land within it to be used as her commercial nurseries. Interestingly, many species now popular in the area, including birds of paradise, queen palm and poinsettia, were introduced into the park and beyond due to these efforts. Many of her original trees are still living today. She was hailed as The Mother of Balboa Park at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition.
Further efforts on the site were funded by a city tax levied in 1905, which included water and irrigation systems, roads and other infrastructure. City Park was also the site of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. In 1910, officials solicited for a more catchy name, and after months of debate, park commissioners decided on the name Balboa Park, in honor of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the first European to spot the Pacific Ocean while exploring Panama.
There are so many features at this park that I don't want to list them all here: the complex is a vast array of specialized botanical gardens, open spaces and parks, museums, hiking trails, historic buildings and exhibits. The San Diego Natural History Museum was founded in 1874, and remains an active research institute. It's actually the oldest one in Southern California. The Marston House museum is a 1905 Arts-And-Crafts-Style home, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It sits on five acres of landscaped gardens. Other museums include the San Diego Museum of Art, The Old Globe theater, founded in 1935, the Centro Cultural de la Raza, the Fleet Science Center, the Mingei International Museum, a Museum of Photographic Arts, The San Diego Air & Space Museum, The San Diego Automotive Museum, The Timken Museum of Art, and the Veterans Museum at Balboa Park. A brand new Comic-Con Museum is currently being constructed, with a TBA opening date.
Specialized parks include the stunning Japanese Friendship Garden, the 1935 Old Cactus Garden, the Alcazar Garden, Australian Garden, California Native Plant Garden, Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden, Trees for Health Garden and the Zoro Garden.
Other features include the Balboa Park Carousel, a miniature train, Cabrillo Bridge, the Moreton Bay Fig Tree, the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society, and the San Diego Zoo.
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vjmite (5066) 2020-11-23 3:00
Hi Terez,
With all that decoration on the facade and tower, this building looks like it is 400 years old, not 100 or so. The photo is well lit and sharp. Interesting clouds too.
PaulVDV (54737) 2020-11-23 12:20
Hello Terez,
I thought it was a church somewhere in Spain or in Latin America.
Wonderful architecture picture!
Excellent clear and sharp presentation.
Beautiful clouds on the background.
Best regards, Paul
Hello Terez
Great framing, great sharpness. That's a fine shot.
The stonework is most impressive!
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A Madison County Deputy Sheriff stands watch over the house Friday, March 29, in the 400 block of California in Rosewood Heights after an early-morning fire.
ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS — A boy who suffered severe burns in a house fire last week in Rosewood Heights has died, according to Rosewood Height Fire Chief Tim Bunt.
Bunt said the boy, who was pulled from the building without a pulse but later revived, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.
"My guys aren't taking it very well," Bunt said Wednesday afternoon.
The child has not been identified by officials, but was listed in various media as between 9 and 11 years old, and autistic.
The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, but is considered to be accidental.
The fire was reported about 12:30 a.m. March 29. Firefighters arrived to find a one-story brick house with heavy smoke showing. Family members in the front yard said the boy was still in the house, probably in the basement. Firefighters found the boy's father outside a door with burns on his hands, chest and face. The boy was found about 10 feet inside the door.
Both were eventually taken to Mercy Hospital. The father's current condition was not made public by officials Wednesday.


Common wisdom would dictate that wardrobe essentials should be black, beige, or navy. According to the street style in London, Milan, and Paris, well, that's just purely untrue. Outside of the shows, Molly and Reese Blutstein, Crystal Renn, and Caroline Daur proved that a well-placed touch of tie-dye is just as essential as a classic trench or a well-worn pair of vintage jeans. What's more is that, if these international style stars are to be believed, when it comes to tie-dye, more is more.
Take Renn's floor-sweeping dress from Collina Strada: In shades of emerald and azure, it's already a statement-making piece that Renn accented with a color-coordinated coat and holographic shades. Daur chose a full jumpsuit in green and blue swirls, while the Blutstein sisters are doubling the effect of a groovy hoodie and skirt in similar shades of lime and dusky gray. If these moody looks are stoking your interest, good news: Brands from Mango to Raquel Allegra are making elegant tie-dye pieces for everyday.
For a subtler touch of the '60s-inspired motif, take a page from the Paco Rabanne playbook and pair a lilac tee with a free-spirited slogan—this season's reads "Lose Yourself"—with a pinstripe suit or classic blazer. Or maybe just start from the feet up. A pair of rainbow tie-dye socks are pretty hard to resist.


Clay wind chimes produce crisp melodies and delightful tinkling sounds.
This whimsical Beach 'N clay wind chimes comes complete with flip-flips, sunglasses, and seashells! Everything you could expect to find on an outing to the seashore.
This clay wind chime measures 20" overall length and features 4 strands that are hand-timed to create the artistic balanced shape.


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import unittest
import os
import tempfile
import shutil
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
import tkp
import tkp.accessors
import tkp.inject
from tkp.testutil.data import DATAPATH
from tkp.config import parse_to_dict
from tkp.testutil.data import default_header_inject_config
from tkp.accessors.lofaraccessor import LofarAccessor
from tkp.accessors.dataaccessor import DataAccessor

fits_file = os.path.join(DATAPATH, 'inject/missingheaders.fits')
lofar_casatable = os.path.join(DATAPATH, 'casatable/L55596_000TO009_skymodellsc_wmax6000_noise_mult10_cell40_npix512_wplanes215.img.restored.corr')

class TestFitsInject(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        cls.start_dir = os.getcwd()
        cls.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        cls.fixed_file = os.path.join(cls.temp_dir, 'fixed.fits')
        shutil.copy(fits_file, cls.fixed_file)

    @classmethod
    def tearDownClass(cls):
        os.chdir(cls.start_dir)
        shutil.rmtree(cls.temp_dir)

    def test_injection(self):
        c = SafeConfigParser()
        c.read(default_header_inject_config)
        parset = parse_to_dict(c)['inject']

        tkp.inject.modify_fits_headers(parset, self.fixed_file, overwrite=True)
        fixed_fits = tkp.accessors.open(self.fixed_file)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(fixed_fits, DataAccessor))
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(fixed_fits, LofarAccessor))

class TestLofarCasaInject(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        cls.start_dir = os.getcwd()
        cls.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        cls.fixed_ms = os.path.join(cls.temp_dir, 'fixed.ms')
        shutil.copytree(lofar_casatable, cls.fixed_ms)

    @classmethod
    def tearDownClass(cls):
        os.chdir(cls.start_dir)
        shutil.rmtree(cls.temp_dir)

    def test_no_injection(self):
        original_ms = tkp.accessors.open(lofar_casatable)
        self.assertAlmostEqual(original_ms.tau_time, 58141509)

    def test_tau_time_injection(self):
        inject_dict = {'tau_time' : 42 }
        tkp.inject.modify_lofarcasa_tau_time(inject_dict, self.fixed_ms)
        fixed_ms = tkp.accessors.open(self.fixed_ms)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(fixed_ms, DataAccessor))
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(fixed_ms, LofarAccessor))
        self.assertAlmostEqual(fixed_ms.tau_time, inject_dict['tau_time'])

    def test_other_keyword_injection(self):
        inject_dict = dict(ncore = 41)
        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
            tkp.inject.modify_lofarcasa_tau_time(inject_dict, self.fixed_ms)

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Win a 640 Coastryder Hardtop Fisherman valued at $60,000!
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Details on how to enter will be published in early December.


craft the correct solution. I hope they will help you with your own.
Do you have users using Drop Box? and do you care that users are placing corporate data on Drop Box?
Do you want to encrypt outbound email?
Do you want your dlp system to work in conjunction with your encryption?
Is DLP a contract requirement? Or audit requirement?
How many sites do you offer direct internet access to users?
Or do you backhaul internet to corporate?
Do you want spam filtering and firewalling to complement your DLP system?
What is most important to secure? Data in Motion or Data at Rest?
Do you want consolidated reporting?
Balancing Security Costs with user needs for ease of use.
Overlapping functionality of security vendors.
data is secured at the core.
Data Security Analysis tool helps with this.
desktop or to a physical desktop for that matter.
VDI Reasons Why to Move? Most everyone was looking to move in 2013 to a VDI or Hybrid VDI environment for three reasons: 1) convenience of employees moving around, 2) Remote work capability, 3)Increase the performance of applications.
VDI is not Cheaper. Everyone agreed VDI is not cheaper, but there are good benefits!
primary factors governing decisions on platform.


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On the Passing of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago
To borrow Kennedy, Senator Miriam's mastery of the Constitution was awesome that when constitutional experts will be summoned to the Senate in the future, it can only be regarded as the greatest gathering of legal minds in one room, second only to the times when Senator Miriam read alone in her office.
She was such an intellectual giant that those who will come after her will be reduced as students forever parsing what she had said as beacons that will light their way and illuminate their minds.
Senator Miriam not only set the benchmark in clarity of thought and convincing discourse, but also in courage which she showed whether in pursuit of her advocacies for the people or the latter's enemies.
She was brains, beauty and balls.
She rarely cursed, never had invectives in her debating arsenal, but she was able to demolish her opponents using language that was devastating yet most elegant.
On her worst day when cancer had already invaded her brain, she was still sharper than any of us, displaying an acumen that was hard to defeat.
Senator Miriam was one of a kind. And we are lucky that like a meteor that streaks across our skies once every century, we were able to witness her dazzling brilliance during our lifetime.


The 19th-century Fauquier County inn may be steeped in history, but the food–such as the creative pretzel-inspired gougères and a soup that arrives under a smoke-filled cloche–proves that chef Tarver King is far from stuck in the past.
The patio is the place to sit in nicer months, but the dining room with dark wainscoting and burnt-orange walls is wonderfully cozy. "Locavore" is taken beyond the usual veggies and meats–the gin in the ginger tonic is made nearby, and the sumac in the Ashby Mule cocktail is foraged by the kitchen.
What to get:Fried pickles; chestnut soup; beet tartare; braised pork with miso jus; roasted tilefish with mushrooms; squash cake with hickory syrup; chocolaty 17th-Century Wine Cake; cheese course of whipped Garrotxa cheese, dilly beans, and fried ham; Arnold Palmer in the Rough cocktail.
Open Wednesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner. Expensive.


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Das Nibelungenlied () is a novel by German writer Albrecht Behmel about the medieval epic of the same name. The story follows the Middle High German original.

Style
Behmel tried to convey the aspect of oral history into the form of a modern novel using a mix of slang, archaisms, poetic and factual language. The result is a matter of fact tone, sometimes humorous, sometimes drastic in its descriptions of violence for example during the battle at King Etzel's court. The gloomy atmosphere of the original poem was conserved all through the narration. Notably, the novel depicts clothes and weapons in rich detail but keeps the description of persons to a minimum.

Plot summary
When Siegfried, a very rich barbarian prince from the north arrives at king Gunther's court he causes a dramatic shift in power. His vast treasure dwarfs and finally destroys the local economy. Therefore, the nobles plot to assassinate him. Siegfried, unaware of the plot helps king Gunther to find a wife, Brunhild of Iceland, and defeats the invading Saxons.
The princess of the realm, Griemhild of Burdundy, has fallen in love with Siegfried and they marry. Hagen the murderer strikes and makes her a widow. She vows revenge. After ten years of mourning she marries again, king Etzel of Hungary. She invites her brothers and the nobles to her new home. When they arrive for the feast (against Hagen's advice) she has them all slaughtered.

Notable characters

 Siegfried, a barbarian prince, dragon slayer and mythical hero. His world is one of magic and the rule of force which makes him a problematic guest and brother in law for the much more civilized nobles of Burgundy.
 Gunther, one of three brothers and king of Burgundy. Unlike Siegfried he does not own magical artifacts or weapons.
 Griemhild, Gunther's sister and princess of the realm, wife and widow of Siegfried; marries king Etzel of Hungary in her second marriage.
 Hagen, like Siegfried, Hagen is a mythical hero who is in touch with the magical world and its creatures. For him, Siegfried is a dangerous intruder and potential threat.
 Etzel, a rich king of the Huns and Griemhild's suitor after she became a widow. In the course of her vendetta against her own family his court is destroyed.
 Brunhild, a magical queen of the north who realizes too late that she had been tricked into marriage with Gunther by Siegfried which brings her into conflict with Griemhild.

Title and major themes
The original poem was known as Nibelung's lament or the song of the Nibelungs. The novel retains the traditional title even though it is in prose. The same approach has been taken by George R. R. Martin with A Song of Ice and Fire. The original Nibelung was a mythical guardian of a treasure. After his death the various subsequent owners of the treasure called themselves Nibelungs.
At its core the novel discusses revenge, assassination and assimilation. Various subplots feature magical creatures, feudal traditions, tourneys and early medieval warfare.

Historical background
A historical nucleus of the saga lies in events of the Germanic Migration Period, in particular the defeat of the Burgundians by Flavius Aëtius with the aid of Hunnic mercenaries near Worms in ca. AD 436. Other possible influences are the feud between the 6th century Merovingian queens Brunhilda and Fredegunde, as well as the marriage of Attila with the Burgundian princess Ildikó in AD 453.
In October 2006, USA Today listed Siegfried as #7 on their list of Imaginary Luminaries: the 101 most influential people who never lived.

See also

German mythology
Nibelungs
Alberich
Nibelungensaga
Kriemhild's revenge

References

Bibliography
 Campbell, Ian R. "Hagen`s shield request - Das Nibelungenlied, 37th Aventiure". In: GR 71 (1996), S. 23-34.
 Dick, Ernst S. "The Nibelungenlied between epic and romance: the genre aspect in the process of reception". In: Von Otfrid von Weißenburg bis zum 15. Jahrhundert. Hrsg. v. Albrecht Classen. Göppingen 1991, S. 53-64. (=GAG; 539).
 Flood, John L. "The severed heads: on the deaths of Gunther and Hagen". In: German narrative literature of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Hrsg. v. Volker Honemann. Tübingen 1994, S.173-191.

External links

 Scribd Page
  amazon title page
 Goodreads
 Google Books

2010 novels
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Nibelung tradition
Germanic paganism
Medieval legends


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China, U.S. Struggle to Set Meeting as Tariffs Erode Trust
The world's two biggest economic powers have yet to agree on basic terms of re-engagement, with mistrust on both sides.
Jenny Leonard,
Jeff Black,
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Chinese and U.S. officials are struggling to agree on the schedule for a planned meeting this month to continue trade talks after Washington rejected Beijing's request to delay tariffs that took effect over the weekend, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Despite efforts by President Donald Trump to soothe financial markets and portray the talks as making progress, the world's two biggest economic powers have yet to agree on basic terms of re-engagement, with mistrust on both sides.
The date for a visit of Chinese officials to the U.S. capital hasn't been set, though that's not necessarily a sign it still won't happen, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. U.S. equity futures fell on the news, touching their lows for the day.
In conversations over the past week, the two sides have failed to agree on at least two requests -- an American appeal to set some parameters for the next round of talks and a Chinese call to delay new tariffs, two of the people said. Trump went ahead anyway with tariffs on Sunday, doubling down on a strategy that seems to be having the opposite of the desired effect.
How the U.S.-China Trade War Got to This Point: QuickTake
Chinese state media reacted by signaling the government is ready to weather the economic turbulence. Beijing then said it planned to file a complaint at the World Trade Organization against the U.S. tariffs under the dispute settlement process, according to a Ministry of Commerce statement late Monday.
"If the U.S. truly wants to reach a mutually-benefiting and win-win deal with China, some people in the U.S. must honor the consensus, work in concert with the Chinese side and return to the right track with sincerity," the state-run People's Daily wrote in a commentary on Tuesday.
"It is time the U.S. administration reconsidered its poorly thought out China-bashing moves," an editorial in the China Daily argued on Monday. "Working to secure a trade deal would be a more fruitful approach."
China's commerce ministry didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about a meeting date.
Some Trump administration officials are trying to keep talks from breaking down because global financial markets are moving with every positive and negative twist in a trade war that looks likely to extend into Trump's 2020 reelection campaign. The S&P 500 Index dropped 1.8% last month and U.S. Treasury yields have plunged amid uncertainty that's hurting American companies and starting to chip away at consumer confidence.
"China is moving along, we're doing very well," Trump told reporters over the w. "We are talking to China, the meeting is still on as you know, in September. That hasn't changed -- they haven't changed it, we haven't. We'll see what happens. But we can't allow China to rip us off anymore as a country."
The U.S. Trade Representative's office didn't immediately respond to requests for comment on the discussions.
Trump has expressed frustration that the talks haven't brought the sides closer to a deal, even threatening last week that if he can't deliver a better agreement in the U.S.'s economic relationship with China, then "let's not do business together. I don't want to do business."
Making Excuses
His finger-pointing has extended beyond China. On Friday he lashed out at American businesses for complaining about the rising cost of the import taxes he has now placed on some $360 billion of Chinese imports, accusing them of bad corporate management.
The new 15% U.S. duty on about $112 billion of Chinese products will hit Americans more directly than an existing 25% tax on about $250 billion of goods, targeting consumer staples ranging from footwear and apparel to home textiles, as well as technology products like the Apple Watch. A separate batch of about $160 billion in Chinese goods -- including laptops and mobile phones -- will be hit with 15% tariffs on Dec. 15.
For their part, Chinese officials don't want to be seen as succumbing to strong-arm tactics like tariffs and are wary about setting a meeting date because of Trump's tendency to change tack via surprises on Twitter.
Read More: Wary of Trump's Flip-Flops, China Prepares for Worst on Trade
Geng Shuang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, told a briefing in Beijing on Monday that "the most important thing at present is to create the necessary conditions for continuing the trade talks between China and the United States."
China's export-driven economy is more exposed to the trade war than the U.S., and the toll tariffs are taking is increasingly evident. The nation's manufacturing purchasing managers' index dropped to 49.5, according to data released Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics, with sub-gauges showing that domestic and new overseas orders contracted.
The government isn't sounding the alarm just yet. Late Sunday, the State Council, China's cabinet, released a statement saying that overall risks are "controllable" and the economy is stable. At the same time, counter-cyclical adjustments in economic policy will be increased, according to the statement.
--With assistance from Josh Wingrove.
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OCDO stock traded up GBX 11 ($0.14) during trading on Monday, reaching GBX 1,407 ($18.38). 1,300,952 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,950,000. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 64.79, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a current ratio of 1.75. Ocado Group PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 492.80 ($6.44) and a 1-year high of GBX 1,439.50 ($18.81). The firm has a market capitalization of $9.77 billion and a PE ratio of -203.91.
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Half dollar (United States coin)
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The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar. It is the largest United States circulating coin currently produced[1] in both size and weight, being 1.205 inches (30.61 millimeters) in diameter and 0.085 in (2.16 mm) in thickness, and is twice the weight of the quarter. The coin's design has undergone a number of changes throughout its history. Since 1964, the half dollar depicts the profile of President John F. Kennedy on the obverse and the Seal of the President of the United States on the reverse.[2]
0.50 U.S. dollar
11.340 g (0.365 troy oz)
30.61 mm (1.205 in)
2.15 mm (0.085 in)
150 reeds
1964: 90% Ag 10% Cu; 1965-1970: 60% Cu 40% Ag 1971-Present: 91.67% Cu 8.33% Ni
Years of minting
1794–1797, 1801–1803, 1805–1815, 1817–1921, 1923, 1927–1929, 1933–present
Gilroy Roberts
Design date
Presidential Seal
Frank Gasparro
Though not commonly used today, half-dollar coins have a long history of heavy use alongside other denominations of coinage, but have faded out of general circulation for many reasons. They were produced in fairly large quantities until the year 2002, when the U.S. Mint ceased production of the coin for general circulation. As a result of its decreasing usage, many pre-2002 half dollars remain in Federal Reserve vaults, prompting the change in production. Presently, collector half dollars can be ordered directly from the U.S. Mint,[2] and pre-2002 circulation half dollars may be ordered through most American banks and credit unions. In 2021, half dollars began to be produced for general circulation again.[3]
1 Circulation
2 Aspects of early history
3 List of designs
4 List of early commemorative issues
CirculationEdit
Half-dollar coins once saw heavy use, particularly in the first half of the 20th century. For many years, they were (and in many areas still are) commonly used by gamblers at casinos and other venues with slot machines. Rolls of half dollars may still be kept on hand in cardrooms for games requiring 50-cent antes or bring-in bets, for dealers to pay winning naturals in blackjack, or where the house collects a rake in increments. Additionally, some concession vendors at sporting events distribute half-dollar coins as change for convenience.
By the early 1960s, the rising price of silver neared the point where the bullion value of U.S. silver coins would exceed face value. In 1965, the U.S. introduced layered-composition coins made of a pure copper core sandwiched between two cupronickel outer faces. The silver content of dimes and quarters was eliminated, but the Kennedy half-dollar composition contained silver (reduced from 90% to 40%) from 1965 to 1970. Even with its reduced silver content, the half dollar attracted widespread interest from speculators and collectors, and that interest led to widespread hoarding of half dollars dated 1970 and earlier. In 1971, the half's composition was changed to match that of the clad dimes and quarters, and with an increase in production, the coin saw a moderate increase in usage; by this time however, many businesses and the public had begun to lose interest in the coin and it gradually became uncommon in circulation by the end of the 1970s. Merchants stopped ordering half dollars from their banks, and many banks stopped ordering half dollars from the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. mints sharply reduced production of the coins.
Since 2002, half dollars have been minted only for collectors, due to large Federal Reserve and government inventories on hand of pre-2001 pieces; this is mostly due to lack of demand and large quantity returns from casino slot machines that now operate "coinless". Eventually, when the reserve supply runs low, the mint will again fill orders for circulation half dollars.[citation needed] It took about 18 years (1981–1999) for the large inventory stockpile of a similar low-demand circulation coin, the $1 coin, to reach reserve levels low enough to again produce circulation pieces.[citation needed] Modern-date half dollars can be purchased in proof sets, mint sets, rolls, and bags from the U.S. Mint, and existing inventory circulation pieces can be ordered through most U.S. banks and credit unions. All collector issues since 2001 have had much lower mintages than in previous years. Although intended only for collectors, these post-2001 half dollars often find their way into circulation, with examples occurring in change or as payment for small transactions.[4]
Aspects of early historyEdit
On December 1, 1794, the first half dollars, approximately 5,300 pieces, were delivered. Another 18,000 were produced in January 1795 using dies of 1794, to save the expense of making new ones.[5] Another 30,000 pieces were struck by the end of 1801. The coin had the Heraldic Eagle, based on the Great Seal of the United States on the reverse.[5] 150,000 were minted in 1804 but struck with dies from 1803, so no 1804 specimens exist, though there were some pieces dated 1805 that carried a "5 over 4" overdate.[5]
In 1838, half-dollar dies were produced in the Philadelphia Mint for the newly established New Orleans Mint, and ten test samples of the 1838 half dollars were made at the main Philadelphia mint. These samples were put into the mint safe along with other rarities like the 1804 silver dollar. The dies were then shipped to New Orleans for the regular production of 1838 half dollars. However, New Orleans production of the half dollars was delayed due to the priority of producing half dimes and dimes. The large press for half-dollar production was not used in New Orleans until January 1839 to produce 1838 half dollars, but the reverse die could not be properly secured, and only ten samples were produced before the dies failed. Rufus Tyler, chief coiner of the New Orleans mint, wrote to Mint Director Patterson of the problem on February 25, 1839.[6] The Orleans mint samples all had a double stamped reverse as a result of this production problem and they also showed dramatic signs of die rust, neither of which are present on the Philadelphia produced test samples. While eight Philadelphia minted samples survive to this day, there is only one known New Orleans minted specimen with the tell-tale double stamped reverse and die rust. This is the famous coin that Rufus Tyler presented to Alexander Dallas Bache (great grandson of Benjamin Franklin) in the summer of 1839 and was later purchased in June 1894 by A. G. Heaton, the father of mint mark coin collecting.[7] The 1838 Philadelphia-produced half dollars are extremely rare, with two separate specimens having sold for $632,500 in Heritage auctions in 2005 and 2008[8] respectively. The sole surviving Orleans minted 1838 is one of the rarest of all American coins.[9][10] In 1840 this mint produced nearly 180,000 half dollars.[5]
In 1861, the New Orleans mint produced coins for three different governments. A total of 330,000 were struck under the United States government, 1,240,000 for the State of Louisiana after it seceded from the Union, and 962,633 after it joined the Confederacy. Since the same die was used for all strikings, the output looks identical. However the Confederate States of America actually minted four half dollars with a CSA (rather than USA) reverse and the obverse die they used had a small die crack. Thus "regular" 1861 half dollars with this crack probably were used by the Confederates for some of the mass striking.[11]
There are two varieties of Kennedy half dollars in the proof set issues of 1964. Initially, the die was used with accented hair, showing deeper lines than the president's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, preferred. New dies were prepared to smooth out some of the details. It is estimated that about 1 to 3% (40,000 to 100,000) of the proof halves are of the earlier type, making them somewhat more expensive for collectors.[12]
List of designsEdit
Silver half dollars
Flowing Hair 1794–1795[13]
Draped Bust 1796–1807
Draped Bust, Small Eagle 1796–1797[14]
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle 1801–1807[15]
Capped Bust 1807–1839
Capped Bust (Large Size), With Motto 1807–1836[16]
Capped Bust (Small Size), No Motto 1836–1839[17]
Seated Liberty 1839–1891
Seated Liberty, No Motto 1839–1866[18]
Seated Liberty, With Motto 1866–1891[19]
Barber 1892–1915[20]
Walking Liberty 1916–1947[21]
Franklin 1948–1963[22]
Kennedy 1964 (General circulation issue)[23] (the last 90% silver half dollar for circulation, contains 0.36169 oz. net silver per coin, or 7.234 oz. silver per roll)
Kennedy 1992–present (silver proof sets available)
40% silver half dollars
Kennedy 1965–1970
Kennedy 1976 (only collectors sets produced with 40% silver)
Copper-nickel clad half dollars
Kennedy 1971–1974, 1977–present
Kennedy Bicentennial 1975–1976 (all dated 1776-1976)
Various half dollar designs. From left to right: Bicentennial, Kennedy, Franklin, Walking Liberty
List of early commemorative issuesEdit
See also: Early United States commemorative coins
Columbian half dollar (1892–1893)
Panama–Pacific half dollar (1915)
Illinois Centennial half dollar (1918)
Maine Centennial half dollar (1920)
Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar (1920–1921)
Missouri Centennial half dollar (1921)
Alabama Centennial half dollar (1921)
Grant Memorial half dollar (1922)
Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar (1923)
Huguenot-Walloon half dollar (1924)
Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar (1925)
Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar (1925)
California Diamond Jubilee half dollar (1925)
Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar (1925)
United States Sesquicentennial half dollar (1926)
Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar (1926–1939)
Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar (1927)
Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar (1928)
Maryland Tercentenary half dollar (1934)
Texas Centennial half dollar (1934–1938)
Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar (1934–1938)
Connecticut Tercentenary half dollar (1935)
Arkansas Centennial half dollar (1935–1939)
Arkansas-Robinson half dollar (1936)
Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar (1935)
California Pacific International Exposition half dollar (1935–1936)
Old Spanish Trail half dollar (1935)
Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar (1936)
Cleveland Centennial half dollar (1936)
Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar (1936)
Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar (1936)
Long Island Tercentenary half dollar (1936)
York County, Maine Tercentenary half dollar (1936)
Bridgeport, Connecticut Centennial half dollar (1936)
Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar (1936)
Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar (1936)
Albany Charter half dollar (1936)
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar (1936)
Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial half dollar (1936)
Delaware Tercentenary half dollar (1936)
Battle of Gettysburg half dollar (1936)
Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar (1936)
Roanoke Island half dollar (1937)
Battle of Antietam half dollar (1937)
New Rochelle 250th Anniversary half dollar (1938)
Iowa Centennial half dollar (1946)
Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar (1946–1954)
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^ a b "kennedy-half-dollars". United States Mint. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
^ Gilkes, Paul. "2021-P Kennedy half dollars now being found in circulation". Coin World. Amos Media Company. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ United States Half Dollars Denver Coin Store. Web. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ a b c d Julian, R.W. (December 2006). "All About the Half Dollar". The Numismatist. 119 (12): 38.
^ U.S. Archives, general correspondence of the Philadelphia Mint box 39
^ "Treatise on coinage of The United States Branch Mints " published 1893/ author Augustus Heaton
^ [1] Proof-63
^ "The Surprising History Of The 1838-O Half Dollar " published Jan 2012 by Ivy Press/ David Stone and Mark Van Winkle authors Heritage
^ "The SS Republic Shipwreck Project: the Coin Collection, p.23" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ "What exactly is an Accented Hair Kennedy?". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1794–95 Half Dollar Flowing Hair". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1796–97 Half Dollar Draped Bust Small Eagle". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1801–07 Half Dollar Draped Bust Heraldic Eagle". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1807–36 Half Dollar Capped Bust Lettered Edge". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1836–39 Half Dollar Capped Bust Reeded Edge". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1839–66 Half Dollar Seated Liberty No Motto". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1866–91 Half Dollar Seated Liberty With Motto". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1892–1915 Half Dollar Barber". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1916–47 Half Dollar Walking Liberty". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1948–63 Half Dollar Franklin". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1964 – Half Dollar Kennedy". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
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Microsoft Corp. is releasing an overhauled Internet search engine, under a new name, still looking for traction in a market where rivals Google and Yahoo! have been pulling ahead.
The company on Wednesday plans to issue a preliminary version of Windows Live Search, which has a new design and extra features that Microsoft says should make it easier to find information on the Web.
Additionally, Microsoft announced that it acquired Onfolio Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based company, which offers a tool that lets people clip and save text and links from the Web. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Microsoft says it has incorporated the technology into a new version of its toolbar, Windows Live Toolbar, which also is due to be released Wednesday.
Although still in test form, Windows Live Search signals the future direction of the company's efforts in the market. It's slated to eventually replace the MSN Search service that debuted last year, when Microsoft set out on its own in a bid to make up ground in the search business.
The company says the new features will include a "slider bar" for increasing the number of results on a given page, and a "smart scroll" function for viewing results by continuously scrolling down a page, rather than clicking from one page of results to the next.
In addition, the company says Windows Live Search will offer the ability to quickly conduct a search within a limited set of a person's favorite sites.
The preliminary version of Windows Live Search will be available through www.live.com, the customizable home page that's part of the company's Windows Live initiative.
The latest statistics from Nielsen NetRatings show MSN Search slipping to an 11 percent share of Web searches in January, down about 2 percentage points compared with the same month last year. Google and Yahoo rose to 48 percent and 22 percent, respectively.


The 23-year-old man was arrested in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, "on suspicion on offenses contrary to the terrorism act", Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter.
16 people had been arrested in relation to the suicide bomb which took the lives of 22 people, who were predominantly teenagers. While 2 people had been released, 14 men are still being held in custody as past of the massive operation to dismantle suicide bomber Salman Abedi's network of terror.


Will Avengers beat Thanos in the next release: Avengers Endgame?
The fans saw a new teaser of the Marvel movie Avengers : Endgame. The teaser was premiered during Super Bowl 53. A sequel for Avengers: Infinity, the teaser shows the remaining avengers preparing for the big war.
As seen in thee previous movie, the earth's population was reduced to half. Destroyed cities, devastated state of mind and panic-stricken heroes is the new release has to offer.
The teaser of the new movie focused on the surviving Avengers and their confused minds as they understand to what happened after Thanos' snap. The audience can see them prepping up for what comes next in their war with Thanos. While Iron Man is lost in space, he is studying and examining the Nebula. The survivors being, Captain America, Thor, Rocket, Black Widow, The Hulk, Ant-Man and Hawk Eye amongst the others in training are mapping out strategies. Will they beat Thanos is the paramount question for the movie to answer.
Posters with captions "Where do we go, now that they have been gone", Marvel teases the end of Avengers Universe in MCU.
Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War took the audience by surprise when the Mad Titan Thanos possessed all the infinity stones. He reduced the world population in half with a snap of his finger. In the climax, Doctor strange goes out to figure 14,000,605 outcomes to defeat Thanos and gets only one possibility. With only one that would lead the avengers to a win, will they save the universe in time?
While some including Doctor Strange, Spider-man, Nick Fury turned into dust, the other surviving carries on to plan a war.
The question is will the disintegrated resurrect and defeat Thanos? We will only have to find out in the last film Avengers 4 that hits the screens in April 2019.
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NATO Must Lay Out Plan to Boost Spending Before May Summit: Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it was "no longer sustainable" for the U.S. to pay for a "disproportionate share" of NATO's budget.
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March 31, 2017, 4:00 PM UTC / Updated March 31, 2017, 9:45 PM UTC
By Saphora Smith, Abigail Williams and Gabe Joselow
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued U.S. allies a deadline Friday: come up with a plan within the next two months to increase military spending.
Speaking ahead of his first talks with the alliance Friday, Tillerson said it was "no longer sustainable" for the U.S. to pay for a "disproportionate share" of NATO's budget. America's top diplomat said fellow NATO members had until their summit on May 25 to formulate this road map.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known as NATO, advises all its members to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense. But most countries — all except United States, Britain, Estonia, Greece and Poland —fall short of this target.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called for a discussion of NATO's response to "Russia's aggression in Ukraine."Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty Images
Tillerson said these countries had until May 25 to deliver the plan. He said that by the end of this year they should be meeting this 2-percent target already, or have at least developed a detailed plan to do so.
He didn't say what would happen if leaders failed to meet his demand.
Previous U.S. presidents have complained about European allies not pulling their weight, but President Donald Trump has gone even further by suggesting he would not protect smaller allies unless they upped their game. Trump's tweets saying that "Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO and the United States" led many to question whether he understood the alliance's funding model.
While making his point on spending, Tillerson sought to quell these fears by stressing Washington was committed to NATO's central principle of collective defense.
"We will uphold the agreements we have made to defend our allies," he said. "These are not just words. Tomorrow, a U.S. enhanced, forward presence battalion will be deployed in Poland."
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The Poland deployment forms part of what has become the largest military presence in Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War. The U.S. and its NATO allies have put thousands of troops just miles from Russia, and Moscow has done the same on its side of the border.
Tillerson also took a hard line on Russia over Ukraine, saying the U.S. would not waver on sanctions unless the Kremlin lived up to its commitments for a cease fire and withdrawal of heavy weapons from front lines. On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russian-backed forces were interfering with international monitors in Ukraine — and violations of a ceasefire there had reached record levels.
Tillerson added that "the United States sanctions will remain until Moscow reverses the actions that triggered our sanctions."
He added that separate sanctions imposed over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula "must remain in place until Russia returns control of the peninsula to Ukraine."
Tillerson and the other foreign ministers spent a little over four hours in meetings at NATO. The original NATO Foreign Ministerial was scheduled for two days.
Meanwhile on Friday, Defense Secretary James Mattis echoed Tillerson's comments on NATO's collective defense.
"NATO stands united, the transatlantic bond is united," he told a joint press conference in London with British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon. "We are going to maintain article 5 the absolute bedrock of NATO alliance."
Editor's Note: A previous version of this story noted that Tillerson would not be attending the Secretary General's press conference. Foreign ministers do not traditionally attend the Secretary General's press conference.
Saphora Smith
Abigail Williams is a producer and reporter for NBC News covering the State Department.
Gabe Joselow
Gabe Joselow is a multimedia producer at NBC News.


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A report says US-supplied drones to Ukraine to use against pro-Russia forces utilize "stone age" technology that makes them ineffective against jamming and hacking.
According to a report published by Reuters on Wednesday, the 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones arrived in Ukraine this summer and are part of US President Barack Obama's non-lethal military assistance strategy to end the war in Ukraine.
"From the beginning, it was the wrong decision to use these drones in our (conflict)," said an advisor to Ukraine's military, Natan Chazin, adding that if it was up to him he would see the drones returned.
The army's Air Force command also acknowledged that the Ravens had a fundamental flaw of being easily intercepted and jammed.
"The complex is analog, therefore command channels and data are not protected from interception and suppression by modern means of electronic warfare," it added.
US officials have accepted that the drones sent to Ukraine are flawed, noting that the US army currently uses the drone's upgraded digital version.
"They were much less effective than they would have liked, than we would have liked," said a US official speaking on condition of anonymity.
Chazin added that the drones were mostly kept in storage as they were a vulnerability, permitting enemy forces to see and target Ukrainian military positions.
He noted that they also had short battery life and were generally unreliable for use in key intelligence gathering missions.
"(Analog) basically puts you back in the stone age of the UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)," said James Lewis, director of the strategic technologies program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"I'm not being critical of the Raven. I love the Raven… But it's a cheap, disposable UAV. And for more intense conflict, that may not cut the ice anymore," he added.
Eastern Ukraine has been the scene of deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and Ukrainian army ever since Kiev launched military operations in April 2014 to crush protesters calling for greater autonomy in the region.
The United States and its allies in Europe accuse Moscow of having a hand in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a claim Moscow denies.
International mediators, namely Russia, France, Germany and Belarus, have tried to persuade the two sides of the conflict to remain committed to a peace agreement between the conflicting sides. However, the peace process is stagnant and deadly clashes between Ukraine's troops and pro-Moscow forces are a frequent occurrence.
The autonomy-seeking regions of Donetsk and Luhansk blame Kiev for stalling the peace process.
The conflict has left nearly 10,000 people dead and over 21,000 others injured, according to the United Nations.


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Lunar New Year's Eve fireworks to be set off across Ho Chi Minh City (Jan 11, 2023)
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1,000 Chinese visitors to visit Khanh Hoa during Tet holiday (Jan 10, 2023)
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Son Doong among top 10 most incredible caves worldwide (Jan 04, 2023)
The Travel website has listed Son Doong of Vietnam among the top 10 most incredible caves globally.
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Vietnam named among the friendliest countries on Earth (Dec 20, 2022)
Prestigious international travel magazine Far & Wide has placed Vietnam in fifth position on its list of the 10 friendliest nation in the world.
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Year of Cat stamp collection released ahead of Lunar New Year (Dec 02, 2022)
A collection of stamps featuring numerous images of Vietnamese cats were released on December 1 by the Ministry of Information and Communications in celebration of the upcoming Tet festival, known locally as the Lunar New Year.
Vietnam welcomes 2.95 million foreign tourists over 11-month period (Dec 01, 2022)
The country welcomed 2.95 million foreign visitors during the past 11 months of the year, a figure 21.1 times higher compared to the same period from last year, but still down 81.9% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
UNESCO honours Vietnam's art of pottery making of Cham people (Nov 30, 2022)
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Buckwheat Flower Festival opens in Ha Giang (Nov 28, 2022)
The eighth Tam giac mach (Buckwheat) Flower Festival opened in Dong Van District, in the northernmost province of Ha Giang, on November 26.
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