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\section*{Introduction}
The last few years have witnessed a revival of tensor models \cite{tensor}, as a way to generalize to higher dimensions the successes of matrix models \cite{mm} in describing 2d quantum gravity as a theory of random surfaces. Historically, this revival started \cite{DP-F-K-R} in the area of spin foam models \cite{SF}, a covariant version of the dynamics of loop quantum gravity (LQG) \cite{LQG}. A complete definition of such dynamics was indeed proposed in the form of {\it group field theories} (GFTs) \cite{GFT}, combinatorially non-local field theories on group manifolds whose Feynman diagrams are given by d-dimensional simplicial complexes, and whose Feynman amplitudes are given by the same spin foam amplitudes encoding the quantum dynamics of spin networks states in LQG. This formulation also suggested \cite{GFTemergence} a change of perspective on the same dynamics. The spin foam approach has developed to a great extent, with the construction of new models and an increased understanding of their quantum geometric aspects \cite{SF,QG-SF-sigma}. To go beyond the truncation of degrees of freedom represented by any single simplicial complex, towards an approximately continuum physics, remains however a pressing issue. This is basically a problem in renormalization and of extracting effective dynamics from the fundamental one. One strategy is suggested by a lattice gauge theory perspective on spin foam amplitudes and involves background independent coarse graining \cite{bianca}. The other strategy uses the GFT implementation of the spin foam dynamics and standard QFT renormalization \cite{GFTrenorm} and mean field theory \cite{GFTmean} tools. This second strategy rests on the new developments of tensor models \cite{TensorReview, uncoloring}, in particular the discovery of a large-N expansion \cite{RazvanLargeN}, which have led to improved analytic control. This also opens the possibility of a better analytic control over GFTs, and thus the full dynamics of spin foam models and LQG, thanks to these tensorial tools. In order to stress this possibility we refer to them in the following as {\it Tensorial Group field Theories}. Rather than calling for a wider application of TGFTs in spin foam and LQG research, the main point we want to make in this paper is that, if the goal is to solve the problem of Quantum Gravity, we need to study interesting tensorial group field theories with their richer quantum geometric structure rather than the simpler tensor models, for which most of the analytic results have been obtained up to now.

\section{Basics of tensorial field theories}
The type of models that have been studied up to now fall into two categories. The first is {\it tensor models}, an uncolored simplicial $d=3$ example being:
\begin{equation}
S(T) = \, \frac{1}{2} \sum_{i,j,k} T_{ijk} T_{kji} \, -\, \frac{\lambda}{4!\sqrt{N^3}}\, \sum_{ijklmn} T_{ijk} T_{klm} T_{mjn} T_{nli}
\end{equation}
where the complex tensor over $(\mathbb{Z}_N)^3$ can be graphically associated to a triangle with edges labelled by $i=1,..,N$, and the interaction has the combinatorics of the gluing of four triangles along edges to form a tetrahedron. The coloring of the same model with additional labels on the tensors could be used to define interactions with a $U(N)^d$ invariance, corresponding to more general polytopes \cite{uncoloring}.
The second is {\it Tensorial Group Field theories}, an uncolored, simplicial 3d example\footnote{Clearly, if neither coloring nor tensor invariances are used, what we have is really just an ordinary GFT, which we however treat as a special case of TGFTs.} being the Boulatov model:
\begin{eqnarray}
S_{3d}[\varphi,\bar{\varphi}]\,=\, \frac{1}{2}\int[dg]^3
\bar{\varphi}(g_1,g_2,g_3)\varphi(g_3,g_2,g_1) \;- \hspace{4cm} \nonumber \\ -\;\frac{\lambda}{4!}\int [dg]^6
\varphi(g_1,g_2,g_3)\varphi(g_3,g_4,g_5)\varphi(g_5,g_2,g_6)\varphi(g_6,g_4,g_1) \quad +\quad c.c.  \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
where the basic variables is a (complex) field over $G^3$, with $G$ a Lie group ($SU(2)$ for the 3d quantum gravity model), assumed to possess the invariance: $\varphi(g_i) = \varphi(h g_i)$, and the same combinatorics as the simple tensor model above. The invariance property is a simple example of additional feature imposed on a tensorial field, motivated, as the choice $G=SU(2)$, by quantum geometric considerations \cite{GFT}.

All the above models are then defined, at the quantum level, by the perturbative expansion of the partition function in Feynman diagrams $\Gamma$, which correspond to arbitrary gluings of d-simplices (or other polytopes) along their (d-1)-faces. What physics one seeks to encode in the formalism depends on the exact choices of action (interaction kernel and propagator) and data associated to the basic tensorial field (domain space). This area of research has witnessed an impressive growth in recent years, with results on many aspects of the formalism: the construction of models for quantum gravity as well as statistical systems, studies on classical and quantum symmetries of the same models, analyses on the topology of the cellular complexes generated in perturbative expansion, the large-N limit, studies on perturbative TGFT renormalization, works on summability and critical behaviour, and the extraction of effective physics. For all this, we refer to the literature. Now, we focus on the definition of quantum gravity models.

\section{Pre-geometric data: phase space, quantization maps, flux representation}
The phase space underlying quantum gravity TGFT models is the cotangent bundle over a Lie group: $\mathcal{T}^*G\simeq G \times \mathfrak{g}$, with, in particular, $G=SU(2)$. This is the building block of the phase space of both simplicial gravity and LQG \cite{SF,GFT,LQG}. The group elements are interpreted as parallel transports of an $SU(2)$ connection along elementary links of a graph or of a (dual of a) simplicial complex, and the conjugate Lie algebra elements as fluxes of a dual (densitized) co-triad across (d-2)-faces dual to the same links. We refer to the literature for more details on the quantization. Here we report on some recent work \cite{CarlosDanieleMatti} on a new representation for the quantum theory \cite{GFT-NC-review}.

The fundamental poisson brackets are
\begin{equation}
\{\zeta^i(g),\zeta^j(g)\} = 0 \ ,\ \{X_i,\zeta^j(g)\} = \tilde{\mathcal{L}}_i\zeta^j(g) \ ,\ \{X_i,X_j\} = \kappa\epsilon_{ij}^{\phantom{ij}k}X_k
\end{equation}
where $\zeta$ are coordinates on the group manifold and $\mathcal{L}$ is a Lie derivative. Any choice of {\it quantization map} $\mathcal{Q}\,: \,C^\infty(\mathcal{T}^*SU(2)) \rightarrow \mathcal{A}$ will give the corresponding algebra of operators acting on some Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. Given the commutativity of functions on the group, a standard basis is given by group-labelled states, which provide a realization of the Hilbert space as $L^2(G)$. One can also look for a dual realization in terms of non-commutative functions of Lie algebra elements $X\in\mathfrak{su}(2)\simeq \mathbb{R}^3$, endowed with a $\star$-product following uniquely from the quantization map:
\begin{equation}
f \star h \equiv \mathcal{Q}^{-1}(\mathcal{Q}( f ) \mathcal{Q}( h )) \qquad .
\end{equation}
This allows to define the (flux) representation
\begin{equation}
\hat{\zeta}^i \tilde{\psi}(X) = -i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial X_i} \tilde{\psi}(X) \quad , \quad \hat{X}_i \tilde{\psi}(X) = \tilde{\psi}(X) \star X_i \qquad .
\end{equation}
The coefficients of the change of basis from group-labelled states to Lie algebra-labelled states are non-commutative plane waves:
\begin{equation}
E_g(X) := e_\star^{\frac{i}{\hbar\kappa}k_g\cdot X} = \mu(g) e^{\frac{i}{\hbar}\zeta(g)\cdot X} \label{planewave}
\end{equation}
$k_g$ are the coordinates obtained by inverse exponential map, and the $\star$-exponential is defined by the series expansion in $\star$-monomials of Lie algebra elements.
The plane waves are thus generically $\star$-exponentials for the $\star$-product defined from the quantization map, and can be written as standard exponentials for some choice of coordinates on the group which also follows uniquely from the quantization map. They satisfy: $\left(E_{g_1}\star E_{g_2}\right)(X) = E_{g_1 g_2}(X)$. Using them, one can then define a unitary intertwining map between group and Lie algebra representations: a non-commutative Fourier transform. The flux representations and non-commutative Fourier transforms that follow from various quantization maps have been studied in ~\cite{CarlosDanieleMatti}. The one based on the plane waves $E_g(x) = e^{i \zeta_g \cdot x}$, with $\zeta_g^i = \sin\theta n^i$, with $g= \cos\theta I + i \sin\theta n\cdot \sigma$ in the fundamental representation ($\sigma^i$ are the Pauli matrices), has already found several applications in quantum gravity \cite{GFTmetric, GFT-NC-review}.

\section{A TGFT model for 4d quantum gravity}
We now give an example of a TGFT model for 4d gravity \cite{GFT-Holst}. We aim at a description of quantum spacetime as the result of the interaction of fundamental building blocks represented by quantum tetrahedra, the quanta of our TGFT field, and at encoding appropriately their quantum geometry. A geometric tetrahedron in $\mathbb{R}^4$ can be described by four bivectors $B_i \in \wedge^2\mathbb{R}^4\simeq \mathfrak{so}(4)\simeq \mathfrak{su}(2)\oplus\mathfrak{su}(2)$, associated to its four triangles, and a vector $k\in S^3$, interpreted as its (unit) normal, satisfying:
\begin{equation}
N_I\,(*B_i^{IJ})\,=\,0  \qquad (simplicity) \qquad \sum_iB_i^{IJ}\,=\,0 \qquad (closure)
\end{equation}
So the classical phase space for a tetrahedron, before the imposition of constraints, is $\left[\mathcal{T}^*SO(4)\right]^4\simeq \left[\mathcal{T}^*SU(2)\times\mathcal{T}^*SU(2)\right]^4$.
In selfdual and anti-selfdual components, the first condition becomes $B_+^i + k B_-^i k^{-1} = 0$, where $\bar{k}\!:=\!(\bar{k}_-, \bar{k}_+)\in SO(4)$ maps the vector $N^I\!=\!(1,0,0,0)$ to $k^I$, then $k\!=\!\bar{k}_+ \bar{k}_-^{- 1}\in SU(2)$.
One can also change variables to $\bar{B} \!=\! B+ \frac{1}{\gamma}\!\ast\! B$ so that $\beta \bar{B}_+^i + k \bar{B}_-^i k^{-1} = 0$ with $\beta=\frac{\gamma -1}{\gamma +1}$.
We define a TGFT field representing a quantum tetrahedron $\varphi_k(g_1, \cdots g_4)\leftrightarrow \varphi_k(x_1, \cdots x_4)$, with $g_i\in SO(4)$ and $x_i\in\mathfrak{so}(4)$ (representing triangle bivectors). On this, we impose:
\begin{equation} \label{gaugeproj}
(C \triangleright \varphi)_k = \int d h \, E_h \cdots E_h \star \varphi_{h^{-1} \triangleright k} \qquad .
\end{equation}
Upon integration over $k$, this gives the closure condition (this is a generalization of the invariance of the Boulatov TGFT field). Then, we impose the simplicity condition using the function:
\begin{equation} \label{simpfunct}
S_k^\beta(x) := \delta_{- kx^- k^{-1}}(\beta x^+) = \int_{SU(2)} \!\! d u \, e^{i  tr[k^{-1} u k x^-]} e^{i \beta tr[u x^+]}
\end{equation}
where $\delta_{- a}(b)\!:=\!\delta(a+b)$ is the $\mathfrak{su}(2)$ non-commutative delta function, as:
\begin{equation} \label{simplicity}
(S^\beta \triangleright \varphi)_k(x_1, \cdots, x_4) = \prod_{j=1}^4 S_k^\beta(x_j) \star \varphi_k (x_1,\dots x_4) \qquad .
\end{equation}
Defining $\widehat{\Psi}_k\!:=\!  S\triangleright C\triangleright\varphi_k= C\triangleright S\triangleright\varphi_k$, the action for the TGFT model imposing all the geometric conditions is
 \begin{eqnarray} \label{actionbeta}
S \,\!\!=\!\!\,\frac{1}{2} \int [d^6 x_i]^4 \,d k  \, \varphi_{k1234} \star \varphi_{k 1  2 3 4} \nonumber
+ \frac{\lambda}{5!}  \int [d^6 x_i][d k_a]   \,
\widehat{\Psi}_{1234k_a} \star \widehat{\Psi}_{4567k_b}\star  \widehat{\Psi}_{7389k_c}\star  \widehat{\Psi}_{962\,10k_d} \star \widehat{\Psi}_{10\,851k_e}
\end{eqnarray}
where  the star product pairs repeated indices.

The Feynman amplitudes of this TGFT take the form of a non-commutative simplicial path integral for the Holst-Plebanski action (with Immirzi parameter $\gamma$), and a quantum measure including geometric constraints on both bivectors and discrete connection. The expansion of the same amplitudes in group representations gives a spin foam model, encoding these constraints as conditions on the embedding of $SU(2)$ representations into $SO(4)$ representations. See also \cite{GFT-NC-review} for more quantum gravity applications of the non-commutative flux representation.

\section{Why adding pre-geometric information}
Let us now summarize some motivations for enriching tensor models with pre-geometric data to give TGFTs. The first reason is exemplified by the TGFT presented above: due to the additional data, the Feynman amplitudes of TGFTs can be given by simplicial gravity path integrals and, dually, by spin foam models. Thus, TGFTs are a 2nd quantized formulation of the spin network dynamics of LQG and connect directly with other quantum gravity approaches. From them, they can import techniques and physical insights, which in turn can guide both TGFT model building and the analysis of the resulting models. Compared to tensor models, TGFTs can be endowed with new symmetries, e.g. the analogue of 3d simplicial diffeomorphisms \cite{GFTdiffeos}, possibly leading to different critical behaviour and phase structure. A true renormalization flow for TGFTs can be defined and the issue of renormalizability addressed \cite{GFTrenorm}. Last, the additional pre-geometric information is an important guide for \lq reading out\rq possible geometric and physical meaning from the TGFT field and action and states, using the insights coming from LQG, spin foam models and simplicial gravity. The possibility of such physically motivated guesses and approximations will be crucial in the analysis of any TGFT model for gravity, and in any attempt to relate it to effective continuum physics (e.g. via mean field methods \cite{GFTmean}).

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Melvin Cecil Larsen
Melvin Cecil Larsen, 98, of Glasgow, Montana and Owensboro, Kentucky, departed this world with his daughter by his side at 11:37 a.m., Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Wellington Parc.
He was born Nov. 25, 1922, in Glasgow, MT to the late Nels and Cecilia Damman Larsen.
From a young age, Melvin was taught the value of a job well-done, helping care for his parent's gardens, delivering telegrams for pennies and doing other odd jobs.
When his father passed away, Melvin was only seventeen, but helped his mother raise his then three-year-old twin sisters.
He worked at the city parks and Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, later joining the US Army and serving in WWII in the Pacific campaign, was a paratrooper who was parachuted into Okinawa during the Battle of Okinawa, remaining for the Occupation of Japan until 1946.
Upon his return to Glasgow, MT, he continued working for the city, and in 1952 met and married Lois Shattuck.
Together they raised three children and a foster daughter. Melvin enjoyed caring for the cemetery and parks for over 40 years, had a monument sales business, installed sprinkler systems, handled the upkeep on his and Lois' rental properties, and worked in his flower and vegetable gardens, sharing the fruits of his labor with friends and neighbors.
He was always kind to everyone he met, put others before himself, cared for his mother in her later years, and did these things without looking for recognition. You could say he was from the old school, from a simpler time, and one of the good guys.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Shattuck Larsen; two sons, Neil and Donald Larsen; and three brothers, Laurence, Walter, and Richard Larsen.
Melvin is survived by his daughter, Ruth Yaeger (Kim); grandchildren, Bethanie Shields (John), Daniel Yaeger (Ashley), and Matthew Yaeger (Jessica); great-grandchildren, Grace, Shelby, Avery, Audrey, Emmy, Nora, Ivy, and Violet; a foster daughter, Betty Brandt (Varian) and her children; two sisters, Jennie Just-Lightfoot and Annie Buell (Richard), two sisters-in-law, numerous nieces and nephews, and his faithful little dog, Reese.
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North Koreans Finally Meet with US General on Return of Troop Remains
Senior leaders from 24 countries throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region visit the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2017 held in South Korea, April 3, 2017. (Courtesy photo/Republic of Korea Marine Corps)
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
North Korea agreed Sunday to resume joint searches with the U.S. at an unspecified date for the remains of U.S. troops missing from the 1950-53 Korean War, the State Department said.
The agreement came in the first military-to-military negotiations in more than nine years between the U.S. and North Korea.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Minihan, chief of staff of the United Nations Command and chief of staff for U.S. Forces Korea at the Yongsan Army garrison in Seoul, led a U.S. team that met with a North Korean military delegation at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the talks led by Minihan were "productive and cooperative and resulted in firm commitments."
He said that talks would resume Monday aimed at expediting the return of remains already in North Korea's possession. The meeting would "coordinate the next steps, including the transfer of remains already collected" in North Korea, Pompeo said.
In addition, "both sides agreed to re-commence field operations in the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] to search for the estimated 5,300 Americans who never returned home," Pompeo said.
The U.S. and North Korean militaries have had contacts 16 times since 1998 on a variety of issues, but the meeting Sunday was the first between high-ranking U.S. and North Korean officers since March 2009, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
The meeting arranged by the U.S. State Department was originally scheduled to take place last Thursday, but the North Koreans were no-shows. A State Department spokesman said later that the North Koreans asked for the meeting to be postponed until Sunday but gave no reason for the delay.
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed on the repatriation of remains at their June 12 summit in Singapore.
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Q: Java generics: wildcard> vs type parameter? I am refreshing my knowledge on Java generics. So I turned to the excellent tutorial from Oracle ... and started to put together a presentation for my coworkers. I came across the section on wildcards in the tutorial that says:

Consider the following method, printList:
public static void printList(List<Object> list) {
...

The goal of printList is to print a list of any type, but it fails to achieve that goal — it prints only a list of Object instances; it cannot print List<Integer>, List<String>, List<Double>, and so on, because they are not subtypes of List<Object>. To write a generic printList method, use List<?>:
public static void printList(List<?> list) {

I understand that List<Object> will not work; but I changed the code to
static <E> void printObjects(List<E> list) {
    for (E e : list) {
        System.out.println(e.toString());
    }
}
...
    List<Object> objects = Arrays.<Object>asList("1", "two");
    printObjects(objects);
    List<Integer> integers = Arrays.asList(3, 4);
    printObjects(integers);

And guess what; using List<E> I can print different types of Lists without any problem.
Long story short: at least the tutorial indicates that one needs the wildcard to solve this problem; but as shown, it can be solved this way too. So, what am I missing?!
(side note: tested with Java7; so maybe this was a problem with Java5, Java6; but on the other hand, Oracle seems to do a good job regarding updates of their tutorials)

A: Both solutions are effectively the same, it's just that in the second one you are naming the wildcard. This can come handy when you want to use the wildcard several times in the signature, but want to make sure that both refer to the same type:
static <E> void printObjects(List<E> list, PrintFormat<E> format) {

A: Your approach of using a generic method is strictly more powerful than a version with wildcards, so yes, your approach is possible, too. However, the tutorial does not state that using a wildcard is the only possible solution, so the tutorial is also correct.
What you gain with the wildcard in comparison to the generic method: You have to write less and the interface is "cleaner" since a non generic method is easier to grasp.
Why the generic method is more powerful than the wildcard method: You give the parameter a name which you can reference. For example, consider a method that removes the first element of a list and adds it to the back of the list. With generic parameters, we can do the following:
static <T> boolean rotateOneElement(List<T> l){
    return l.add(l.remove(0));
}

with a wildcard, this is not possible since l.remove(0) would return capture-1-of-?, but l.add would require capture-2-of-?. I.e., the compiler is not able to deduce that the result of remove is the same type that add expects. This is contrary to the first example where the compiler can deduce that both is the same type T. This code would not compile:
static boolean rotateOneElement(List<?> l){
    return l.add(l.remove(0)); //ERROR!
}

So, what can you do if you want to have a rotateOneElement method with a wildcard, since it is easier to use than the generic solution? The answer is simple: Let the wildcard method call the  generic one, then it works:
// Private implementation
private static <T> boolean rotateOneElementImpl(List<T> l){
    return l.add(l.remove(0));
}

//Public interface
static void rotateOneElement(List<?> l){
     rotateOneElementImpl(l);
}

The standard library uses this trick in a number of places. One of them is, IIRC, Collections.java

A: Technically, there is no difference between
<E> void printObjects(List<E> list) {

and
void printList(List<?> list) {

*

*When you are declaring a type parameter, and using it only once, it essentially becomes a wildcard parameter.

*On the other hand, if you use it more than once, the difference becomes significant. e.g.
<E> void printObjectsExceptOne(List<E> list, E object) {

is completely different than
void printObjects(List<?> list, Object object) {

You might see that first case enforces both types to be same. While there is no restriction in second case.

As a result, if you are going to use a type parameter only once, it does not even make sense to name it. That is why java architects invented so called wildcard arguments (most probably).
Wildcard parameters avoid unnecessary code bloat and make code more readable. If you need two, you have to fall back to regular syntax for type parameters.
Hope this helps.

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Q: Moving boot drive from /dev/sda (regular HD drive) to /dev/sdb( SSD) I believe I messed up during the installation and Ubuntu was installed on my hard drive (I wanted to install it on SSD)
I have been using the system for around 2 months now but the system is a bit slow compared to my expectations ( windows was faster running on the ssd)
So, I checked what the boot drive and it turns out that the boot drive is
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1       669G   18G  617G   3% /

I would like to change it to /dev/sdb (SSD capacity 256 GB) without losing the data and the current application settings.
Can someone please let me know what are my options.
TIA !

A: If you have absolutely nothing to save, or if you want a quick solution and you can just backup your files and restore them, then follow the advice of others and do a fresh install.  Continue reading to help understand a bit more about the normal setup, and benefits, etc.
Otherwise,
The 'boot drive', in Linux, is actually /boot/, not /.  The root of the system, or system root is /, which is mapped to a specific partition.  The boot partition stores the boot-level kernel (initramfs/initcpio), which loads additional modules and functionality from the Linux Kernel that is loaded.
So, when you install your Linux system, you will have / and /boot.  They do not have to be different partitions (with /boot having a lower ID, typically), but we typically break them out and have /boot as a more simple filesystem, such as fat32, and / (system root) as a newer filesystem, such as ext4.
You should be able to see this by looking at the contents of /etc/fstab, or issuing the mount command, with no arguments, to show you the currently mounted filesystems.
Yes, in order to have the fastest boot time, you can place the /boot partition on the SSD, but in reality, only boot time will increase, not overall performance.  By leaving the /boot partition as-is, you can simplify the steps required, or you can choose to move it at higher risk/complication.
By having your / (system root) on the SSD, your entire system will speed up, and might be your primary objective and concern.  This is controlled through kernel parameters, and would be the only adjustment needed if you maintain the /boot partition as-is.
As your system matures, you may even create partitions on the HDD, and mount them on the Linux system (such as /mnt/data) so that you can use lower-cost, slower storage for files that are accessed less frequently.
Again, you'll need to carefully inspect the Windows disk and properly shrink the Windows partition so that the disk has additional space for your /boot and /.  /boot doesn't need to be more than 512MB, while / size will limit your Linux installation total size, unless you add additional partitions as described above.
gparted is available on Ubuntu LiveCD and helps in these processes.
If you boot into Ubuntu using the installation disk, called LiveCD, you can make adjustments to your partitions as descibed.

A hybrid approach would be to install Ubuntu onto the SSD, being careful to not destroy any data/partitions, and then mount the existing partition onto the new system after installation.  For example, after installing Ubuntu onto the SSD, you can mount the old Linux partition, and copy files over as needed, or re-use as the previously discussed /mnt/data partition for extra space.


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FolkWax on "Motherlode"
April 10, 2006 / February 1, 2019 by Gene Cowan
A Triumphant Return
You have to go back to 2002 and Faithful Heart to find Sara Hickman's most recent studio recording that featured adult content. From 1999 through 2003 she scored accolades and awards for her trio of children's music recordings. Silent for too long in the adult marketplace, Hickman's take with Motherlode appears to have been "make mine a double." A word of caution, however: Whereas Sara's six solo studio recordings from 1989 through 2000 featured mostly self-penned material, only eight of the 20 tracks on Motherlode feature her name, and half that total involve a co-writer. As for the overall thrust of the two discs, they can be summed up as presenting positive and negative scenarios. For one's "down days," the contents of Disc 1: The Mirror (Of Despair) will either assist you in descending further into your own particular slough or in figuring out that it's time to pull up your "big girls" and get on with life. On "up days," you can draw liberally upon Disc 2: The Thread (Of Happiness).
David Batteau of Appaloosa and Buskin & Batteau fame is Sara's co-writer on "A Song Of You," the opening cut on Disc 1, in which the narrator reflects upon the passage of time and "a love lived so well." (Batteau and Hickman have collaborated previously; their "Oh, Daddy" appeared on Hickman's Necessary Angels [1994].) Hickman has suffered from insomnia for many years, and "To A Maddening Ghost" was penned as an acknowledgement that "sleep won't come," in the hope that it would bring catharsis. "Wagoner's Lad," featuring Sara on lead vocal and harmonies, is the collection's only traditional tune; it depicts the pre-emancipation plight of womankind – "Controlled by their parents … until they are wives/Then slaves to their husbands … the rest of their lives." With music by Hickman and album keyboardist Eddy Hobizal, and featuring fine electric lead guitar by David Grissom (Joe Ely Band, Dixie Chicks), the lyric to "Living In Quiet Desperation" paints a portrait of a love that has been "torn apart at the seams."
In the opening verse of "Twenty Years To Life," penned by Tricia Mitchell/Monte Warden (solo and ex-Wagoneers), the female narrator – prisoner #36425 – references the person "truly answerable" for her predicament: "For 20 years I loved a man/With a temper like a gun/Sometimes I wasn't good enough/Some days his only one." This atmospheric cut features a support vocal from Kelly Willis and adapts the melody of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' "Mother's Little Helper" via a jazzy arrangement featuring Austin-based string ensemble Tosca. Sara closes Disc 1 with a couple of her own songs, "Comfort's Sigh" and "My Mama's Hands." Where the former focuses on personal faith and strength, the latter is a generational treatise on life, death, and bonds that can never be broken.
Disc 2 opens with another Hickman/Batteau collaboration, this one with a melodically cyclical intro where the guitar sound brings to mind Paul Simon's "Graceland." The duo's uplifting and wonderfully atmospheric "Birdhouse," a personal reflection upon mankind and the natural world at the dawn of the 21st century, hinges on the bridge: "All that we've forgotten/We've become machines … Turning to the garden…To dream." The good-time tune that underpins the tongue-twisting title "Two Days Today," flows from Pop to Reggae and back, while a Shawn Colvin harmony vocal supports Hickman's lead. Austin-based Tricia Mitchell's "Learn You Like A Book," penned with Dallas musician Colin Boyd, finds the narrator, in the process of rekindling love with an old flame, asking what happened to him or her in the time between. The raunchy "Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again," by Nashville's Amy Rigby and Sherry Rich, opens with the sound of a dial tone and a voice that states, "If you need assistance, dial your operator. This is a recording." "Stupid Love," recorded at Phil Parlapiano's Los Angeles studio and co-written by Hickman and Parlapiano, has a confused narrator who is "fighting all the time/Over stupid odds and ends/Then we make love and make up as friends." Bay Area-based Amy Meyers' "Good" appeared on her 2004 album Strange & Beautiful, and the song won her the San Francisco West Coast Songwriters Association Open Mic in March 2004.
With a refrain that amounts to "Enough is never enough," "Enuf," penned by Mark Addison and Nina Singh, marries an R&B tune to lyrics delivered Hip-Hop-style. One of the collection's executive producers, Paul Hudson, composed the laid-back "Always A Saint." Hickman maintains her support for Dallas musicians with the happy-go-lucky "Little Bird Of Anger," penned by Bob Ackerman of The Ackermans. The song closed the duo's current album As Far As I Can See" and on Sara's rendition she's joined, vocally, by daughter Lily and a choir of friends. Wisconsin-bred Peter Himmelman's optimistic "This Too Will Pass" ("Oh, like a sprouting seed/You'll grow through this weed") appeared on his 1991 album Strength To Strength; here, Jimmy LaFave adds his voice to the cut. Dan Cohen's soulful "Your Reward" features the voices of Hickman, Gretchen Phillips, and Ruthie Foster. The latter pair contribute elsewhere on Motherlode – and here, aided by a brass section, bring the collection to a rousing climax.
I used the word "adult" in the opening sentence, and I repeat it here as a device to draw your attention to the couple portrayed in flagrante delicto on the front cover of Motherlode. Look a little closer at the same cover and you'll spot some instances of sly marital humour.
FolkWax Rating: 8
— Arthur Wood, FolkWax
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103.66 Powers and duties of the department relating to employment of minors.
(1) The department may investigate, determine and fix reasonable classifications of employments, places of employment and minimum ages for hazardous employment for minors, and may issue general or special orders prohibiting the employment of minors in employments or places of employment prejudicial to the life, health, safety or welfare of minors, and may carry out the purposes of ss. 103.64 to 103.82. In fixing minimum ages for hazardous employment for minors under this subsection, the department shall permit the employment of a minor 14 years of age or over as a laboratory assistant for a nonprofit, community-based organization that provides educational opportunities in medically related fields if the minor is under the direct supervision of a mentor and the laboratory at which the minor is employed complies with 10 CFR 20.1207 and 29 CFR 1910.1030.
(2) The department may investigate and fix reasonable classifications of employments and hours of employment for minors and may issue general or special orders fixing maximum hours of employment for minors per day and per week, maximum days of employment per week, hours at which employment shall begin and end and the duration of lunch and other rest periods as are necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of minors.
(3) The investigations, classifications and orders provided for in subs. (1) and (2) shall be made as provided under s. 103.005. These orders are subject to review as provided in ch. 227.
History: 1971 c. 185 s. 6; 1971 c. 271, 307; 1995 a. 27.
Cross Reference: See also ch. DWD 270, Wis. adm. code.
An occupation must be listed as a prohibited employment in rules adopted by DWD under s. 103.66 for there to be absolute liability. Perry v. Menomonee Mutual Insurance Co. 2000 WI App 215, 239 Wis. 2d 26, 619 N.W.2d 2d 123, 00-0184.


Even when he was chasing his rock star dreams, Daniel Donovan was planning for his professional calling as an advocate for injured people. As the newest member of Deuterman Law Group's personal injury team, Danny works to ensure that people who have been injured in automobile, motorcycle and truck accidents get the medical treatment and financial compensation they deserve, without being taken advantage of by insurance companies.
Prior to joining DLG, Danny worked as an attorney for Roane Law, representing clients in personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Before that, he was a touring musician for six years with Weekend Excursion, a band he formed with friends at Page High School in Greensboro. In six years, the band recorded five albums and performed more than 700 shows in 24 states and 11 countries.
Danny played bass for the band, and he was also an owner and general manager, eventually overseeing an annual budget of $750,000 and a team of employees. Throughout college, Danny and his bandmates juggled their courses at Appalachian State University and a demanding touring schedule.
Even as the band worked to make it to the next level of mainstream success, being a rock star wasn't Danny's only end game. He always aspired to have some sort of professional career, as his parents had raised him to do, and he took pre-law courses at Appalachian, earning a degree in political science.
After the band ended its run, Danny enrolled at Elon University School of Law as part of its inaugural class. There, he found he had a true interest in every aspect of law. As a former performer, who is comfortable being on stage, he particularly enjoys courtroom litigation.
While at Elon, Danny studied with Roane, an adjunct professor, and started working part-time for his law firm. That led him to pursue a career in injury law.
Danny earned his juris doctor from the Elon School of Law in 2009. While at Elon, he served on the student appropriations committee. He volunteers as a mentor for incoming law students and was a member of the Alumni Counsel from 2009 to 2013.
He is a member of the N.C. State Bar, the N.C. Advocates for of Justice, the Greensboro Bar Association, and the Inn of Court.
Danny lives with his family in Greensboro.


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The 34th Daytime Emmy Awards, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2006, was held on June 15, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. CBS  televised the ceremonies in the United States, their last time doing so as of 2017. Meanwhile, Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented one day earlier on June 14 at the Hollywood and Highland Ballroom.

Nominations for the children's series categories were announced on February 7, 2007. The rest of the nominations were released on March 14.

The "Service Show" award categories were renamed the "Lifestyle" categories. Also a new award for Outstanding Morning Programming debuted. The Creative Arts Awards were held the day before the regular ceremony.

Nominations and winners
The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:

Outstanding Drama Series
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.

The Bold and the Beautiful
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Crystal Chappell (Olivia Spencer, Guiding Light)
Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless)
Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers Newman, The Young and the Restless)
Maura West (Carly Tenney Snyder, As the World Turns)
Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne, Guiding Light)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro, Guiding Light)
Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
Michael Park (Jack Snyder, As the World Turns)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Genie Francis (Laura Spencer, General Hospital)
Renée Elise Goldsberry (Evangeline Williamson, One Life to Live)
Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber, General Hospital)
Lesli Kay (Felicia Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
Gina Tognoni (Dinah Marler, Guiding Light)
Heather Tom (Kelly Cramer, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman, As the World Turns)
Dan Gauthier (Kevin Buchanan, One Life to Live)
Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing, General Hospital)
Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, The Young and the Restless)
Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer, General Hospital)
Alexandra Chando (Maddie Coleman, As the World Turns)
Stephanie Gatschet (Tammy Winslow Randall, Guiding Light)
Jennifer Landon (Gwen Norbeck Munson, As the World Turns)
Leven Rambin (Lily Montgomery, All My Children)

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
Van Hansis (Luke Snyder, As the World Turns)
Bryton McClure (Devon Hamilton, The Young and the Restless)
Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan Randall, Guiding Light)
Jesse Soffer (Will Munson, As the World Turns)
James Stevenson (Jared Casey, Passions)

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
Guiding Light
The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
As the World Turns
General Hospital
Guiding Light
One Life to Live

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show
Jeopardy!
The Price is Right
Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Outstanding Game Show Host
Ben Bailey, Cash Cab
Bob Barker, The Price is Right
Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!
Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Outstanding Talk Show
Dr. Phil
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Rachael Ray
The Tyra Banks Show
The View

Outstanding Talk Show Host
Phil McGraw, Dr. Phil
Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Rachael Ray, Rachael Ray
Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway, Soap Talk
Tyra Banks, The Tyra Banks Show
Barbara Walters, Rosie O'Donnell, Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The View

Outstanding Morning Programming
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.

Good Morning America
Live with Regis and Kelly
The Today Show

Outstanding Lifestyle Program
Barefoot Contessa
The Martha Stewart Show
Paula's Home Cooking
Sell This House
This Old House

Outstanding Lifestyle Host
Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza, Creative Juice
Emeril Lagasse, Essence of Emeril
Martha Stewart, The Martha Stewart Show
Paula Deen, Paula's Home Cooking

Outstanding Special Class Series
Animal Rescue with Alex Paen
A Baby Story
Judge Judy
Made
Starting Over

Outstanding Children's Animated Program
Arthur
Curious George
Peep and the Big Wide World
Time Warp Trio
Toddworld

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
The Batman
Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
Growing Up Creepie
Tutenstein

Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program
Jim Conroy (Ruff Ruffman, FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman)
Maile Flanagan (Piggley Winks, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks)
Eartha Kitt (Yzma, The Emperor's New School)
Danica Lee (Ming-Ming Duckling, Wonder Pets)
Russi Taylor (Fernando "Ferny" Toro, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks)

Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series
Hi-5
Hip Hop Harry
It's a Big Big World
The Paz Show
Sesame Street

Outstanding Children's Series
Assignment Discovery
Endurance: High Sierras
Reading Rainbow
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

Outstanding Performer In A Children's Series
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.

LeVar Burton (Himself, Reading Rainbow)
Kevin Clash (Elmo, Sesame Street)
Caroll Spinney (Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street)

Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation
 Timothy J. Borquez, Thomas Syslo, Keith Dickens, Doug Andham, Erik Foreman, Eric Freeman, Mark Keatts, Mark Keefer and Mike Garcia (The Batman)
Robert Hargreaves, Mark Keatts, Mark Keefer and Mike Garcia (Legion of Super Heroes)
Timothy J. Borquez, George Nemzer, Thomas Syslo, Doug Andham, Daisuke Sawa, Keith Dickens, Mark Keatts, Mark Keefer and Mike Garcia  (Loonatics Unleashed)
Blake Norton, Jim Czak, Bill Moss, Bob Schott, Carla Bandini-Lory and Dick Maitland (Sesame Street)
Thomas Syslo, Timothy J. Borquez, Brian F. Mars, Doug Andham, Eric Freeman, Mark Keatts, Mark Keefer and Mike Garcia (Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!)
Daisuke Sawa, Timothy J. Borquez, Thomas Syslo, Doug Andham, Eric Freeman and Mark Keatts  (Xiaolin Showdown)

Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation
Ed Collins, Robert Hargreaves and John Hegedes (Legion of Super Heroes)
Billy Gardner (Reading Rainbow)
Blake Norton, Bob Schott, Jim Czak and Dick Maitland (Sesame Street)
Ed Collins and Doug Andham (Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Lee Phillip Bell
James Lipton

References

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Bakersfield, California is a large city of over 375,000 (with a metropolitan area of over 500,00) located in the southern part of the state. It is centrally located roughly 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles and roughly 135 miles east of the Pacific Ocean by automobile. More specifically, Bakersfield is located in the San Joaquin Valley along the approximately 165-mile long Kern River. The San Joaquin Valley is one of the two valleys that make up California's Central Valley, which extends northwest over 400 miles from the Tehachapi Mountains on the south to the city of Redding and Lassen Volcanic National Park on the north. Thanks to a long growing season, abundant sunshine, hot summers, and ample runoff from the snowpack in majestic Sierra Nevada mountains that border the area on the east, California's vast Central Valley is one of the world's most productive agricultural areas. Bakersfield is the seat for and the largest city in Kern County. Kern County encompasses some 8,000 square miles, and stretches from the Mojave Desert and the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains on the east and to counties bordering the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Bakersfield is sometimes called the Oil Capitol of California. Indigenous people first used asphalt, oil that has been altered by exposure to the air, taken from oil seeps and tar pits roughly 13,000 years ago. The first oil wells in the area were drilled in 1877. By 1901, Kern County was producing twice the crude oil of Los Angeles County, which previously had been California's largest oil producing county. Since that time numerous oil fields have been established in the area. Kern County produces roughly 70% of the oil in California. According to one source, about one in seven workers in Kern County works in the oil and gas industry or a business associated with the industry. Some independent oil companies are headquartered in Bakersfield. The oil and gas industry pays somewhere around $197 million in property taxes annually, which greatly helps support local government services. Kern County has about 47,000 active oil wells. The oil and gas industry provides a large variety of jobs opportunities, with a wide range of pay.
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A United States Geological Survey found that Kern County has more power-generating wind turbines than any other county in the nation. The Tehachapi-Mojave wind corridor has more than 5,000 wind turbines, which produce roughly 1.3 million megawatts each year. As with the oil and gas industry, jobs in wind energy tend to pay more than the average for the area.
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Bakersfield has an average of 272 sunny days per year. Consequently, solar panel installation is big business in Bakersfield, providing employment for many people.
California State University, Bakersfield serves around 11,000 students and has total faculty and staff of about 1,300. Bakersfield College serves around 15,000 students and has around 800 fulltime employees. Bakersfield's various school districts are also major area employers. The education field employs more than 14,000 people in Bakersfield.
Bakersfield is home to about eight hospitals. Around 1,600 healthcare workers in Bakersfield are members of the union, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. The healthcare and social assistance field employs more than 23,000 people in Bakersfield.
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Q: UK Mobile Phone Validation I'm trying validate UK Mobile Phone Numbers, that are in the format:
075xxxxxxxx 077xxxxxxxx 078xxxxxxxx and 079xxxxxxxx
Each number must either start with the above 3 numbers and be 11 digits in length.
I've looked around and found several regex's such as:
RegEx1
RegEx2
But nothing I'm struggling to match my exact needs.
Has anyone got an example that would work with the numbers I'm trying to validate?

A: use this regex 07[5789]\d{8}
if you want to set dashes correct regex like this one 07[5789]\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{2}

A: 07[57-9]\d{8}

*

*07 -> exact match

*[57-9] -> matches 5, 7, 8 and 9

*\d{8} -> 8 digits more

A: Try this:
<?php

$telno = "07712345678";

preg_match("^07[5789]{1}[0-9]{8}^",$telno,$matches);

if(count($matches) > 0 && $matches[0] == $telno){
    echo "valid tel no.";
}else{
    echo "invalid no.";
}

?>


Use the Internet to locate at least two (2) advertisements that exhibit any of the following fallacies: equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, or bandwagon. identify the fallacy used in the selected advertisements, discuss the primary reasons why you believe that the advertisers have used the fallacy in question, and examine whether or not their use of this type of fallacy is effective.
Use the Internet to locate at least two (2) advertisements that exhibit any of the following fallacies: equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, or bandwagon. Post the videos in the discussion. Next, identify the fallacy used in the selected advertisements, discuss the primary reasons why you believe that the advertisers have used the fallacy in question, and examine whether or not their use of this type of fallacy is effective.
From part 1 of this discussion, consider alternate strategies that the advertisers could have used in order to develop a more sound and persuasive argument. Explain the main reasons why you believe consumers ignore these errors in reasoning.


After a long and restful sleep, we're up and feeling ready to tackle our new environment.
Our morning chores consist of making breakfast and washing dishes. We decide that doing dishes only once a day will make it easier and save time. We get ourselves cleaned up and do a little more cleaning of the cabin so that we can utilize every available space for storage.
Several times a day we take two 5-gallon buckets down to the river and fill them to a weight that we can carry back up the rock to the cabin.
Gini's turn to haul water. We each must have done this at least twice a day.
To get up and down from the cabin, we have to walk to the side of the boulder where the cabin sits, and climb down a fairly steep trail to the riverside. Going down is a breeze, coming up with filled buckets of water is not so easy. In the cabin is a filtering bag and we refill this daily, sometimes twice. We also boil water to wash and rinse with in a very large enameled pot at least once a day.
The path up which doesn't look like much but this is just the trail part. At the end, turn left and climb a rock. That's with 2 buckets of water. The only way I could do it was to put one bucket down, climb up with one and then go back and get the second bucket.
We are amazed to see numerous river rafters float by throughout the day. From our perch above the river, we often look down and wave as the rafters float by. One yells up to us, asking how we got to stay here at Granite Cabin. Gini yells back that it's the Artist-Wilderness-Connection program through the Hockaday Museum. As the rafter floats down the river, the last thing we hear him say is "Someday I'm going to do that!" That brings a smile to our faces.
One of the many rafters floating by and waving a greeting.
Chores done, we head out to the "meadow" (the area where Matt and the horse were waiting for us yesterday) or as Gini has nicknamed it "Our Quiet Place" where it is cooler. It is quite windy today and this area is fairly well sheltered from the gusts. The shaded area is also a welcome relief from the hot sun.
Our Quiet Place—peaceful haven, wind break, shade from the sun, painting location, sleeping spot (which you'll read about later), and just a wonderful place to hang out!
We write in our journals and think about our artistic strategy for the next 9 days. One of the great aspects of this is that we don't have a schedule or itinerary—we don't have the pressure to complete anything so we decide to keep it loose and approach it on a day-to-day basis.
Writing in my journal in Our Quiet Place with my box of art supplies.
A scene that I paint multiple times from more detailed to less detailed.
Trails in honor the 50 Anniversary of the National Trail Systems Act in 1968.
Rocks at waters edge & underwater.
Journal page with a list of the different possibilities that I'd like to tackle during our stay. A quick little watercolor of the aspen trees.
I wish I could jump through time and space and sit with you in your Quiet Place. It looks so peaceful and calm.
Thanks, Eva. It was truly peaceful and always felt like a safe haven even in the wilderness.
I love this adventure! Its winter outside and cold cold but as I journey with you I can be in a sunny riverside space. Thanks for the respite from these wintery blues.
Thanks, Jules, for joining the adventure. Very cold this morning — 0 degrees here — we can all use a respite from that!


This department shall be composed of members and graduates of the School of Ushering. The department shall have a State Chairperson who is a graduate from the National School of Ushering. The Alumni Chairperson shall represent the state in the Alumni Department. The duties shall be the same as the duties at the National Level.
In addition the department shall use the three judge system in any contest. Each judge shall hold a National Diploma and an Instructor�s Certificate.


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Risk Accounting: An Accounting Based Approach to Measuring Enterprise Risk and Risk Appetite
40 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2012 Last revised: 29 Jul 2013
See all articles by Kiran Fernandes
Kiran Fernandes
Durham University Business School
Allan D. Grody
Financial InterGroup; New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Peter J. Hughes
Durham Business School - Centre for Banking, Institutions & Development
University of York - The York Management School
Steve Toms
University of Leeds - Leeds University Business School (LUBS); University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance
Date Written: July 1, 2013
The resetting of the risk management agenda through successive capital accords has had little impact on the ability of many firms to prevent losses which raises concerns as to whether the risk calculation methods applied in the calibration of regulatory capital are fit for purpose. This has been the focus of recent public comment by global regulators, central bankers and industry commentators who suggest that excessively complex and flawed capital adequacy rules that rely on risk modeling techniques such as Value-at-Risk (VaR) were a contributing factor in the financial crisis.
We argue that the disclosure of an enterprise's financial condition and the concomitant determination of its capital adequacy must be a function of accounting rather than financial modeling. We further argue that if accounting is to fulfill this core function, the current practice of basing accounting on fair values must be adapted such that accounting is based on the risk exposures inherent in approved transactions. In this paper we demonstrate how this may be achieved by adding risk information to the existing management information that is attached to transactions upon their registration in accounting systems. The incremental risk information enables a calculation of risk-weighted transaction values that are accounted for using a new risk abstraction - the Risk Unit (RU). In this way a comprehensive risk management system is created that is tied to the financials of the enterprise.
We further demonstrate how risk accounting aligned with management accounting can produce a system of integrated risk and management reporting by, for example, group, organisation unit, product, customer and geography which, in turn, enables the risk appetite setting process to become an integral part of the enterprise's financial planning and budgeting cycle.
Over time, risk accounting outputs can be correlated with expected and actual losses thereby imparting a monetary value to the RU abstraction which can be used in the determination of regulatory capital requirements, the computation of risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC) and adjusting the betas in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) thus bridging accounting with economic theory and risk management concepts.
Keywords: Risk measurement, Risk management, Operational risk, Enterprise risk, Risk appetite
JEL Classification: D81, E10, F02, F23, G2, G38, L2, M4
Fernandes, Kiran and Grody, Allan D. and Hughes, Peter J. and Phillips, Oliver and Toms, Steve, Risk Accounting: An Accounting Based Approach to Measuring Enterprise Risk and Risk Appetite (July 1, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2165034 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2165034
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Durham, Durham DH1 5BN
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Financial InterGroup ( email )
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business ( email )
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When was the last time that you got goosebumps from a sermon or left church saying Wow that was quite a revelation? That was how I felt on Sunday when Cherry Hairsten preached on Matthew 22:1-14. This is one of those parables I have always struggled with and as Cherry spoke I realized why. I like so many of us have always interpreted it from the perspective of the rich and powerful.
Most translations start with The kingdom of heaven is like…. and then go on to tell the story of a king who doesn't seem like a very nice person. First he sends out slaves, and I cannot imagine the God Jesus talks about having slaves. in his kingdom there are only sons and daughters. All stand on an equal footing.
Then this king invites people who obviously resent him and don't want to participate, to a banquet. When he tries to force them to attend they kill his slaves and the king retaliates with violence. Not an image of the God and peaceable kingdom Jesus seems to represent. Then the king of the parable sends his slaves out to to the streets to get people to come. Perhaps as Cherry pointed out, he isn't so interested in who attends as in how many. Maybe this is not an invitation but coercion because a full banquet hall makes him look good, powerful, in control.
The final blow is when one of the guests doesn't wear wedding clothes. Puzzling to us, after all someone dragged in from the streets would be dressed in ordinary everyday attire. But to Jesus audience this is very explicit. In his day wedding hosts provided tunics that guests put on over their street clothes before entering the feast. This guest chose not to participate in the king's system. His refusal to don the wedding tunic was a non violent way to stand against the injustice and violence of the system he was a part of.
In the New Revised Standard Version, which Cherry preached from, it says the kingdom of heaven may be compared to…. In other words, in our comparison God's peaceable kingdom looks very different from this world's violent and unjust kingdoms where power and violence dominate.
Drawing on the work of René Girard, Cherry contended that this man, not the king, is the Godly Christ figure. He is the innocent victim of injustice and violence who is mistreated and thrown out because he lived by other principles. Jesus also took our suffering upon himself to show us there is a better way to live and celebrate. This interpretation is Jesus calls us again and again to a come as you are party. Lepers, tax collectors, prostitutes, men, women, children, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile, all those excluded from society's party are invited and welcomed to the banquet feast of God's peaceable kingdom. They don't need to don special clothes. They don't need to bow down to his power or be afraid. The kingdom of God does not meet violence with violence like the Roman empire and all powerful worldly kingdoms tend to do. It does not coerce and it does not exclude. In fact it gives priority to the marginalized, to the poor and the despised.
This interpretation reminds me of Ched Myers interpretation of The Parable of the Talents, which I have long held to be a better interpretation. Here the third slave who resists the powerful landlord is the Christ figure, thrown out because of his refusal to add to the landowner's wealth. You can read the full article here.
How we interpret what the Bible says depends on who we stand with. Perhaps that is part of the reason Jesus encourages us to identify with the poor because when we do we really see his perspective not just on wealth but on life. Blessed are you who are poor for yours is the kingdom of God the Beatitudes tell us (Luke 6:20 NIV). Perhaps that is because only the poor really see the values and priorities of God's kingdom. We need to see from the perspective of the poor (and the excluded) in order to really understand what God wants to say. Unfortunately so much of what we interpret about money in the Bible tends to be from the perspective of the wealthy. And we want to believe it because consciously or unconsciously we hope that one day we too will be wealthy.
Hi Christine. we also had a sermon on this parable yesterday – ours was on the theme of entitlement. I must say i have always understood this parable to be referring to the invitation to come and feast at the wedding feast of the King's Son, and that Jesus is the bridegroom. the wedding clothes would be the garments of righteousness provided by God to those who accept the sacrifice of Jesus. there are many scripture references that support this line of thinking. it was interesting to read these comments.
Yes that tends to be the more accepted interpretation, one that I struggle with because it portrays God as a rather vengeful God. I thin that is why I am drawn to this alternative viewpoint and one that would definitely be more likely to resonate with the poor and those excluded from the Roman empire as so many of Jesus' audience were.
The wedding garment represents the righteousness of Jesus Christ which we put on by faith in His death, burial, and resurrection. That is why the man was rejected. Romans 3:22, Ephesians 4:24 and Revelation 19:8. In the KJV the word is servants not slaves. Being rich is not a sin unless we make money an idol-which someone could do in many ways. It's true though that the majority of true believers are not rich. Jesus said it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. The carnal nature finds it easy to trust in money to give pleasure, pride, security, and hope.
What a wonderful and inciteful way to a new way of understanding this parable. I find myself wanting to reread the many others and try to bring a new way of seeing them again in a new way.


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The only on-site hotel at the festival, The Phoenix All Suites offers the luxury of a condo with the amenities of a hotel. The hotel offers friendly service, condo-style amenities, convenient locations with direct beach access and of course unforgettable memories. Phoenix All Suites is strategically located to give you easy access to all that Gulf Shores has to offer. Take a walk from your room to the beach or maybe visit downtown Gulf Shores to experience the nightlife. There's a lot to experience while visiting Gulf Shores, make sure you choose a location that is close to where you want to be! * One-bedroom suite features a king-size bed, sofa sleeper and bunk beds for young children * All reservations are for 4 nights, no exceptions * Check-in Thursday, May 16th at 3 pm. Check out by 11 am on Monday, May 20 * Max Capacity 4 * Ages 21+ * Fully equipped kitchen * Full bath plus a half bath * Beachfront balcony * Daily housekeeping services * Onsite laundry facilities * Swimming pool * Festival wristband is required to access building * Please note that there is limited parking and there is NO VEHICLE ACCESS between 9 am to 1 am each day. Most guests park in lots nearby. * Your advance payment will be forfeited. There are no refunds for early departures. * The hotel is non-smoking. Smoking will incur a clean-up charge of no less than $250. * Each guest will be financially responsible for damage done to the property beyond normal wear and tear. * A basic supply of linen is provided in each property. Bed linen and bath towels are not changed during your stay. * All condos are individually owned and are decorated to suit the owner. Decor, style, and color will vary. * All guests are subject to the hotel's rules and regulations.
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var config = {
  server: 'irc.freenode.net',
  nick: 'cipra',
  options: {
    channels: ['#ilmen', '#lojban', '#ckule'],
    debug: false
  }
};

var irc = require('irc');
var client = new irc.Client(config.server, config.nick, config.options);

client.addListener('message', function(from, to, text, message) {
    processor(client, from, to, text, message);
});

var camxes = require('../camxes-exp.js');
var camxes_pre = require('../camxes_preproc.js');
var camxes_post = require('../camxes_postproc.js');

var regexps = {
  coi:  new RegExp("(^| )coi la .?"  + config.nick + ".?"),
  juhi: new RegExp("(^| )ju'i la .?" + config.nick + ".?"),
  kihe: new RegExp("(^| )ki'e la .?" + config.nick + ".?")
}

var processor = function(client, from, to, text, message) {
  if (!text) return;
  var sendTo = from; // send privately
  if (to.indexOf('#') > -1) {
    sendTo = to; // send publicly
  }
  if (sendTo == to) {  // Public
    if (text.indexOf(config.nick + ": ") == '0') {
      text = text.substr(config.nick.length + 2);
      var ret = extract_mode(text);
      client.say(sendTo, run_camxes(ret[0], ret[1]));
    } else if (text.search(regexps.coi) >= 0) {
      client.say(sendTo, "coi");
    } else if (text.search(regexps.juhi) >= 0) {
      client.say(sendTo, "re'i");
    } else if (text.search(regexps.kihe) >= 0) {
      client.say(sendTo, "je'e fi'i");
    }
  } else {  // Private
	var ret = extract_mode(text);
    client.say(sendTo, run_camxes(ret[0], ret[1]));
  }
};

function extract_mode(input) {
  if (input.indexOf("+s ") == '0') {
    return [input.substr(3), 3];
  } else if (input.indexOf("-f ") == '0') {
    return [input.substr(3), 5];
  } else if (input.indexOf("-f+s ") == '0') {
    return [input.substr(5), 6];
  } else return [input, 2];
}

function run_camxes(input, mode) {
	var result;
	var syntax_error = false;
	result = camxes_pre.preprocessing(input);
	try {
	  result = camxes.parse(result);
	} catch (e) {
		result = e;
		syntax_error = true;
	}
	if (!syntax_error) {
		result = JSON.stringify(result, undefined, 2);
		result = camxes_post.postprocessing(result, mode);
	}
	return result;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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package com.google.cloud.speech.v2.samples;

// [START speech_v2_generated_speechclient_listphrasesets_locationname_sync]
import com.google.cloud.speech.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.cloud.speech.v2.PhraseSet;
import com.google.cloud.speech.v2.SpeechClient;

public class SyncListPhraseSetsLocationname {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    syncListPhraseSetsLocationname();
  }

  public static void syncListPhraseSetsLocationname() throws Exception {
    // This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code template only.
    // It will require modifications to work:
    // - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.
    // - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service client as shown in
    // https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/setup#configure_endpoints_for_the_client_library
    try (SpeechClient speechClient = SpeechClient.create()) {
      LocationName parent = LocationName.of("[PROJECT]", "[LOCATION]");
      for (PhraseSet element : speechClient.listPhraseSets(parent).iterateAll()) {
        // doThingsWith(element);
      }
    }
  }
}
// [END speech_v2_generated_speechclient_listphrasesets_locationname_sync]


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The Calgary skyline is seen on Sept. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Alberta's referendum should not focus on daylight time, psychologists say
Alberta psychologists warn that the result of the referendum could have unexpected consequences
Ditching the practice of switching the time twice a year may seem like a no-brainer to some, but Alberta psychologists warn that the result of a provincial referendum could have unexpected consequences.
The referendum on daylight time is on the ballot alongside Alberta's municipal elections on Monday. There is also a referendum on the federal equalization program. Additionally, in Calgary, there is a plebiscite about adding fluoride to the city's drinking water.
In recent years, there has been a push to stop forcing people to change their clocks, particularly in the spring when people can lose an hour of sleep.
Studies all over the world have linked the time change to increases in car crashes, depression, lower productivity, as well as to higher risks for heart attacks and strokes.
Michael Antle, a psychology professor at the University of Calgary who studies circadian rhythms, said ending time changes is a good thing. But Alberta should stick to standard time, not daylight.
"We do have some acute mismatch between our circadian clock and our work cycle in the spring when (we set our clocks forward)," he said.
"The better choice for Alberta in particular, but we are advocating for this everywhere, is the more natural standard time, where what your circadian clock is telling you to do and what your boss is telling you to do are less mismatched."
The Alberta referendum does not give people that option. The question posed to voters is: "Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?"
Antle said the question isn't well phrased and shouldn't put an emphasis on summer.
"Everybody loves summer. If you vote against summer, you are just mean," he said. "I think that will influence a lot of people's choice."
He noted that switching to daylight time permanently will not make a difference in Alberta in the summer, but it would mean dawn at about 10 a.m. in most of the province in the winter.
The best time zone puts 12 p.m. as close as possible to solar noon, which is when the sun is at its highest point the sky, he said.
But Alberta is farther west than other places in the Mountain Time zone. That means in Calgary, for example, solar noon during standard time can happen as late at 12:50 p.m. During daylight time, he added, it happens around 1:45 p.m.
"In fact, we already have daylight time when we are on standard time and we are on double daylight time when we are on daylight time," Antle said.
In 2019, Service Alberta posted an online survey about daylight time and 91 per cent of the 140,000 responses voted in favour of sticking to daylight time year-round, the ministry responsible for the agency said in an email.
"Many governments across Canada and United States are bringing forward or contemplating legislation to lock their clocks to a single time year-round," said Taylor Hides, spokeswoman for Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish.
"While we are not bound by the decisions made by other jurisdictions, we are affected by them, so it makes sense to ask Albertans this question."
British Columbia and Ontario have said they would wait until neighbouring jurisdictions agree to make the change at the same time. In the U.S., states cannot make the change without the approval of Congress, which has yet to happen.
Yukon made the change to permanent daylight time last year and Saskatchewan, with the exception of the boundary city of Lloydminster, stopped changing clocks decades ago.
Alberta's time referendum is binding, but Premier Jason Kenney has said the province could hold off until other jurisdictions make the same change.
Kyle Mathewson, an associate psychology professor at the University of Alberta, said having fewer hours of sunlight in the morning could have long-term health consequences, such as increases in certain cancers, obesity and diabetes.
"The issue with this from a neuroscientific perspective is that our rhythms of waking up and going to sleep are governed by the amount of lights in our environment," he said. "These early morning light hours are very important in setting that rhythm for us."
Mathewson suspects daylight time might also be favoured from an economic perspective.
"Thinking about this extra hour after school when there is lightness, you could think of that as stimulating the amount people go out and spend money at the local shops and those are all good things," he said.
"But that stimulus of the economy shouldn't come at the expense of our health."
– Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press
Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure
Pope decries attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and England


Woodland Warrior Fun Adventure Relay is sure to be an exhilarating week for all. Team work and team spirit abound as campers work together to complete challenges by utilizing outdoor skills they have learned and developed throughout the week. This is a fast-paced, high energy camp filled with hiking, animal/plant identification, water exploration, story-telling, team building games and wilderness survival skills.


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Q: Hide elements on the page in webview Android I want to load the site , but do not want to show divHeader , I've tried several ways and apparently the code I'm using does not have mistakes because there are no messages in logcat ... How do I hide a particular Div.
package br.webview.com;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.Toast;

    public class WebViewDevMobileActivity extends Activity {

        private WebView myWebView;

        private final String URL = "http://uniceu.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/";

        @SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.site);

            if (!DetectConnection.checkInternetConnection(this)) {

                  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Opa, parece que vc esta sem internet!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                } else {

            myWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
            myWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
            myWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
            {
                @Override
                public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url)
                {
                    myWebView.loadUrl("javascript:(function() { " +
                            "document.getElementById('divHeader')[0].style.display='none'; " +
                            "})()");
                }
            });

            myWebView.loadUrl(URL);
            myWebView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        }
        }

        @Override
        public void onBackPressed() {
            if(myWebView.canGoBack()) {
                myWebView.goBack();
            } else {
                super.onBackPressed();
            }
}
    }

A: getElementById() returns single Node element. Try:
document.getElementById('divHeader').style.display='none'

To manipulate multiple elements would be better to add additional class to elements that should be hidden in WebView (__hiddenInWebView in this case), and then:
var items = document.querySelectorAll('.__hiddenInWebView');
for (index in items) {
    items[index].style.display = 'none';
}

if You can't modify DOM from webpage (add additional classes), then populate array with elements and hide them in a loop:
var items = [];
items.push(document.querySelector('#first'));
items.push(document.querySelector('#second'));
for (index in items) {
    items[index].style.display = 'none';
}

A: is it not possible to just reference the ID of the object then set it to visible false
 aq.id(R.id.divHeader).visibility(View.INVISIBLE);

also try using findViewById , to achieve the same effect


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Opinion: Sexual harassment of girls starts during middle school
It's an us-versus-them set-up from day one.
Bonnie Jean Feldkamp
Opinion contributor
I was 13, walking to my next class in a crowded stairwell. Two older boys behind me took turns grabbing my butt, egging each other on, and laughing. I didn't say anything. I didn't even turn to look at their faces. I kept my head down and focused on getting to my next class.
That was 30 years ago. Now I'm a mom with two daughters who have already experienced sexual assaults much worse than what I encountered in that stairwell. Was I naive? No. My first experience was at 13, but it was not my last. I know this will likely be true for my daughters as well. But in the age of #MeToo, and the follow up movement of #GirlsToo, I also know as a culture we are becoming more aware and because of that, we can achieve a positive cultural shift.
Steps Towards Change
I decided to talk to Dr. Christia Spears Brown, associate professor of developmental psychology at the University of Kentucky. She studies sexual harassment in teens and I knew she could give me the low-down of what's happening and what we can do to make things better for our kids (both boys and girls). She says as a culture, "We first have to recognize that this is causing lasting damage." It is not "just a part of growing up" or "boys being boys."
By the end of high school, 90% of girls have already experienced harassment at least once.
Dr. Brown defines harassment in a range that includes everything from comments about a girl's body to touching or grabbing against one's wishes. It is happening in school hallways, stairwells and on the school bus. Dr. Brown stresses, "It's happening in places that are supposed to be safe."
Harassment Versus Assault
Harassment tends to happen in front of other people (like my stairwell experience) while assault happens in private. When harassment happens in front of other people without consequence, it becomes so normalized that it is just one step further behind closed doors to commit assault.
Guys egg it on out of ignorance. They foster harassment among themselves as part of the toxic masculinity that our society nurtures. Harassment happens in peer groups. To complicate things further, when boys don't participate in the normalized harassment or actively objectify girls, they get bullied from other guys and their masculinity and sexuality are questioned with taunts like, "You must be gay."
How Did Harassment Become a Rite of Passage?
Girls become sexually objectified really early. Think about the comments made to young girls. Typically, the first comments and compliments are about her appearance. That only intensifies as they get older. Combine that with the fact that boys and girls are typically not friends in elementary school.
Dr. Brown says, "we actively segregate boys and girls. They're not developing close relationships." This is problematic because then when puberty happens and the desire to interact with other-gendered kids increases, kids have no experience to prepare them for mix-gendered friendships. On top of that, Dr. Brown says, "we don't allow boys to be nurturing and caring and empathetic." We foster aggression and assertion coupled with a culture where we sexualize all women all the time. It's an us-versus-them set-up from day one.
Dr. Brown wants to make clear that "it's not that these boys are natural sexual predators. They are boys who don't know how to be adolescents and they are boys who don't know how to talk to girls because we've not fostered that communication."
Supportive Parenting Helps Girls Cope
Girls learn to internalize their experiences. Both of my girls knew they could talk to me about sex and that I was a trusted source for them without shame. It still took them longer than I had hoped to come to me when something was happening to them. But they did come to me. Change takes time and according to Dr. Brown, "having emotionally supportive mothers help girls better cope with sexual harassment."
Dr. Brown says that the universal feelings when someone is assaulted are embarrassment and shame. This is why girls do not report. It's not because a girl doesn't trust her parents or her inner circle, it is because she has gauged society correctly and Dr. Brown says, "the societal message is that girls are to blame."
Dress codes in schools are the perfect example of this. We talk about dress codes and about girls being "distractions," when Dr. Brown says we need to be teaching sexual harassment and consent.
We Have to Talk About It
Most schools have a zero-bullying policy, but Dr. Brown says, "It rarely includes sexual harassment." Boys are engaging in the behavior, but schools aren't addressing it with the boys. Dr. Brown argues that Sex Education curriculum needs to address sexual harassment and consent from the get-go because in the sixth grade is when harassment is starting. It's as simple as boys snapping bra straps. It's immaturity not malicious but it is still harmful to girls.
"It's a pretty brutal place to be in a middle school," says Dr. Brown. "And just because harassment is common doesn't mean it's normal and it doesn't mean we have to accept it. Just recognizing it for what it is, is a step in the right direction."
Boys are Powerful Agents for Change
Boys are in a powerful position to change this culture. "Boys can change the norms in their groups." Bystanders, or "upstanders" are powerful ways to stop a behavior. But it takes a boy who understands and is supported in order for that to happen.
Girls will cope. They will duck their head like I did or laugh it off. They will try to turn it into a joke or they'll try to pretend it's not bothering them. The problem with these coping mechanisms is that the boys who have the potential to be good allies in the moment are misreading it. The boy thinks, "well, it's not really bothering her so I don't want to make her feel worse or embarrass myself, so I'm going to just be quiet."
If the girl could have looked to her male friend and said something like "that really bothers me," then the boy might have had a clear chance to be a good ally. The girl is doing the best she can to cope and survive the moment and a boy is misreading the cues. This is why education is vital. These kids are floundering and coping and trying to navigate very foreign territory because we as adults have segregated friendships and not fostered a mutual understanding. Parents need to talk to their kids openly about body autonomy, consent, and sex.
Bonnie Jean Feldkamp is a freelance writer and communications director of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. She lives in Fort Thomas. Email: Writerbonnie@gmail.com Find her on Twitter and Instagram: @writerbonnie.


This year Randall Perrin designed and installed a new camlock connection system for the main power system for the stage. This system is designed to allow easy and safe electrical connection to comercial sound reinforcement and lighting systems.
Lighting 240v 200 amp with the large 400 amp Camlok for all connections.
Sound 240v 200 amp with large 400 amp Camlok for all connections.
These are separate two 200 amp connections.


Everybody has a love story about the one that got away. Mine just happens to be about a truck.
It was a 1976 Datsun Pick-up, its tall camper shell complete with moon roof. Gleaming white with dark grey interior. Bench seat, cassette deck.
But the feature I appreciated most was the smell; every time the heater ran the cab filled with the comforting aroma of warm maple syrup.
We spent the better part of a year together, my truck and I, racking up the typical high school memories of hauling friends to the lake, to the mall, to nowhere in particular. My pick-up was my escape, my independence, my world.
Until it fell undeniably, expensively ill.
Turns out, that savory scent I loved so much wasn't, in fact, a blessing from the automotive gods. Instead it was a signal that the truck was burning coolant… a silent killer that, having gone (relatively) undetected, culminated in a cracked engine block, a staggering repair bill, and a crushed teenager who couldn't (and still can't) believe the red flag had been there since the beginning. I couldn't afford to fix the truck so, sadly, we parted ways.


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