Title: An act relating to supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.
Brief Description: Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Carlyle, Palumbo, McCoy, Pedersen, Wellman, Das, Rolfes, Frockt, Wilson, C., Kuderer, Nguyen, Keiser, Liias, Hunt, Saldaña, Darneille and Billig; by request of Governor Inslee).
Environment & Energy: 3/5/19, 3/19/19 [DPA].
Requires all electric utilities to eliminate coal-fired resources from their allocation of electricity by December 31, 2025 (Coal Elimination Standard).
Requires that all retail sales of electricity to Washington customers be greenhouse gas neutral by January 1, 2030 (Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard).
Establishes a statewide policy that nonemitting and renewable resources supply 100 percent of all retail sales of electricity to Washington customers by January 1, 2045 (Clean Energy Standard).
Requires each electric utility to demonstrate its compliance with the Clean Energy Standard by January 1, 2045, and each year thereafter using a combination of nonemitting electric generation and electricity from renewable resources.
Establishes an administrative penalty of $100 per megawatt-hour of electric generation, multiplied by certain source-specific multipliers, for noncompliance with the Coal Elimination Standard or Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard.
Extends the expiration date for a sales and use tax exemption for certain alternative energy machinery and equipment from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2031.
Amends the Energy Independence Act.
Majority Report: Do pass as amended. Signed by 7 members: Representatives Fitzgibbon, Chair; Lekanoff, Vice Chair; Doglio, Fey, Mead, Peterson and Shewmake.
Minority Report: Do not pass. Signed by 3 members: Representatives Shea, Ranking Minority Member; Dye, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Boehnke.
Minority Report: Without recommendation. Signed by 1 member: Representative DeBolt.
The Energy Independence Act (EIA) was approved by voters in 2006. The EIA requires an electric utility with more than 25,000 customers to meet targets for energy conservation and to meet a certain percent of its annual load with eligible renewable resources. Utilities that must comply with the EIA are called "qualifying utilities."
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard.
the average available greenhouse gas emissions output as determined by the Department of Commerce (Commerce), which was recently lowered to 925 pounds per MWh from 970 pounds per MWh (WAC 194-26-020).
This standard does not apply to long-term financial commitments with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), electric generation facilities powered exclusively by renewable resources, or electric generation facilities powered by nuclear energy.
In order to update the standard, Commerce must conduct a survey every five years of new combined-cycle natural gas turbines commercially available and offered for sale by manufacturers in the United States.
Fossil-fueled thermal power plants with a generating capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) or greater must provide mitigation for 20 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions produced by the plant over a period of 30 years. This requirement applies to new power plants seeking site certification with the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council or an order of approval after July 1, 2004, and to existing plants that increase the production of carbon dioxide emissions by 15 percent or more.
An applicant for a natural-gas fired power plant to be constructed in a county with a coal-fired power plant subject to the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard is exempt from the carbon dioxide mitigation requirement if the application is filed before December 31, 2025.
In-State Coal-Fired Electric Generation Facility.
The only coal-fired electric generation facility located in the state is the TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, Washington. In 2011 the state entered into a memorandum of agreement with TransAlta to transition the coal-fired units away from coal, with one unit shutting down in 2020 and the second unit by December 31, 2025.
Transition of Eligible Coal Units.
serves retail customers in Washington with a portion of its load.
An "eligible coal unit" is any generating unit of an eligible coal plant.
provide that remaining funds in the retirement account be returned to the IOU's customers.
a short-term plan identifying the specific actions to be taken by the utility consistent with the long-range IRP.
Utilities with fewer than 25,000 customers or that are fully served BPA customers must complete a less-detailed Resource Plan. This Resource Plan must estimate loads for the next five to 10 years, enumerate the resources that will be maintained or acquired to serve those loads, and explain why those resources were chosen.
an electric generation facility that is included as part of certain limited duration wholesale power purchases.
The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) must allow in electric rates all decommissioning and remediation costs prudently incurred by an investor-owned utility for a coal-fired facility and accelerate depreciation schedules for any coal-fired resource owned by an investor-owned utility by December 31, 2025. The UTC is authorized to accelerate the depreciation schedule for any qualified transmission line owned by an investor-owned utility when the UTC finds that the qualified transmission line is no longer used and useful and that there is no reasonable likelihood that the qualified transmission line will be utilized in the future.
the UTC finds that the retirement is in the public interest.
use electricity from renewable resources and nonemitting electric generation in an amount equal to 100 percent of the utility's annual retail electric load.
using electricity from an energy recovery facility that uses municipal solid waste as the principal fuel source, where the facility was constructed prior to 1992 and the facility is operated in compliance with federal and state air quality standards.
Investments in energy transformation projects used to satisfy an alternative compliance option must use criteria to be developed by the Department of Ecology (Ecology) and must demonstrate certain quality standards. Energy transformation projects must be associated with the consumption of energy in Washington and must not create a new use of fossil fuels in Washington that results in a net increase of fossil fuel usage.
It is the policy of the state that nonemitting electric generation and electricity from renewable resources supply 100 percent of all sales of electricity to Washington retail electric customers by January 1, 2045. By January 1, 2045, and each year thereafter, each electric utility must demonstrate its compliance with this standard using a combination of nonemitting electric generation and electricity from renewable resources.
the provision of electricity service to retail electric customers.
in the acquisition of newly constructed resources, rely on renewable resources and energy storage.
The UTC, Department of Commerce (Commerce), Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, Ecology, and all other state agencies must incorporate the Clean Energy Policy into all relevant planning.
Hydroelectric Generation and Purchases from the Bonneville Power Administration.
In complying with the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard and Clean Energy Standard, an electric utility may not use hydroelectric generation that requires new diversions, new impoundments, new bypass reaches, or expansion of existing reservoirs, unless otherwise required for the operation of a pumped storage facility. An electric utility that owns and operates hydroelectric generating facilities, or the owner of a hydroelectric generating facility whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), may make efficiency or other requirements to its existing hydroelectric generating facilities and may install hydroelectric generation in pipes, culverts, irrigation canals, and other manmade waterways.
Nothing in the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard or Clean Energy Policy prohibits an electric utility from purchasing or exchanging power from the BPA.
Customers who become market customers after the effective date of this act must comply with the obligations of the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard and the Clean Energy Standard. A market customer that purchases electricity exclusively from carbon-free resources and eligible renewable resources, as defined under the EIA as of January 1, 2019, pursuant to a special contract with an investor-owned utility, is subject to the requirements of that contract and not to the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard or Clean Energy Standard.
Clean Energy Implementation Plans and Incremental Cost Caps.
By December 31, 2022, and every four years thereafter, each electric utility must develop a four-year Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP) for the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard and the Clean Energy Standard and establish interim targets for meeting the standards. The CEIP must identify specific actions to be taken by the electric utility over the next four years, consistent with the utility's long-range resource plan and resource adequacy requirements, to meet the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard, the Clean Energy Standard, and the utility's interim targets.
An investor-owned utility must be considered to be in compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard and the Clean Energy Standard if, over an eight-year period, the average annual incremental cost of meeting the standards or the utility's interim targets exceeds a 2 percent increase of the investor-owned utility's weather-adjusted sales to customers for electric operations above the previous year, as reported in its most recent basis report to the UTC. All costs included in the determination of rate impact must be directly attributable to actions necessary to comply with the standards.
A consumer-owned utility must be considered to be in compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard and the Clean Energy Standard if, over an eight-year period, the average annual incremental cost of meeting the standards or the utility's interim targets exceeds a 2 percent increase of the consumer-owned utility's retail revenue requirement above the previous year.
The UTC, for investor-owned utilities, and Commerce, for consumer-owned utilities, must adopt rules establishing the methodology for calculating the incremental cost of compliance, as compared to the cost of an alternative lowest reasonable cost portfolio of investments that are reasonably available.
Administrative Penalty and Temporary Exemptions.
0.60 for gas-fired combined-cycle power plants.
Beginning in 2027, this penalty must be adjusted on a biennial basis according to the rate of change of inflation. Beginning in 2040, the UTC may by rule increase this penalty for investor-owned utilities if the UTC determines that doing so will accelerate utilities' compliance with the standards and that doing so is in the public interest.
An electric utility may, without incurring a penalty for noncompliance, opt to make a payment in the amount of the administrative penalty as an alternative compliance payment under the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard.
the investor-owned utility is unable to comply due to reasons beyond its reasonable control.
If the UTC issues an order that relieves the investor-owned utility of its administrative penalty obligation, the UTC may also issue an order temporarily exempting the investor-owned utility from the requirements of the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard for an amount of time sufficient to allow the investor-owned utility to achieve full compliance.
the consumer-owned utility has provided to Commerce a plan demonstrating how it plans to achieve full compliance with the standard.
the governing body has submitted to Commerce a plan to take specific actions to achieve full compliance.
Upon issuance of a finding by the Auditor, the consumer-owned utility must submit a progress report to Commerce on achieving full compliance with the standard within the term authorized in the temporary exemption.
upon failure of the governing body of a consumer-owned utility to comply with a finding by the Auditor that a temporary exemption was not properly granted.
an evaluation identifying the nature of any anticipated financial costs and benefits to electric utilities, including customer rate impacts and benefits.
If the report indicates adverse system reliability impacts from implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard or Clean Energy Standard, then the Governor, consistent with his or her statutory grant of emergency powers, may suspend or delay implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard or Clean Energy Standard until system reliability impacts can be addressed. Adverse system reliability impacts may include, but are not limited to, the inability of electric utilities or transmission operators to meet reliability standards mandated by law and required by prudent utility practices.
The UTC may adopt rules to ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of the Coal Elimination Standard, Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard, and Clean Energy Standard as applied to investor-owned utilities.
The Department of Commerce may adopt rules to ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of the Coal Elimination Standard, Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard, and Clean Energy Standard as applied to consumer-owned utilities. Nothing in this authority may be construed to restrict the ratemaking authority of the governing body of a consumer-owned utility.
The Department of Commerce must adopt rules establishing reporting requirements for electric utilities to demonstrate compliance with the Coal Elimination Standard, Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard, and Clean Energy Standard.
The Department of Ecology must adopt rules, in consultation with the UTC and Commerce, to establish requirements for energy transformation project investments including, but not limited to, verification procedures, reporting standards, and other logistical issues as necessary.
Rules must be adopted by January 1, 2021, and may be revised as needed.
Clean Energy Action Plans and Energy Resource Planning.
a 10-year Clean Energy Action Plan for implementing the Coal Elimination Standard, Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard, and Clean Energy Standard at the lowest reasonable cost, and at an acceptable resource adequacy standard, that identifies the specific actions to be taken by the utility consistent with the long-range IRP.
evaluating and selecting intermediate term and long-term resource options.
By December 31, 2020, and in every resource plan thereafter, an electric utility that is not required to develop an IPR must include in its Resource Plan how it plans to implement the Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard and Clean Energy Standard over a 10-year period.
Each electric utility must make programs and funding available for energy assistance to low-income households by July 31, 2021.
Beginning July 31, 2020, Commerce must collect and aggregate data estimating the energy burden and energy assistance need and reported energy assistance for each electric utility. The Department of Commerce must update the aggregated data on a biennial basis, make it publicly accessible on its Internet website, and, to the extent practicable, include geographic attributes. Each electric utility must submit information and assessments relating to low-income energy assistance to Commerce on a biennial basis.
The Department of Commerce must submit a biennial report to the Legislature that aggregates information into a statewide summary of energy assistance programs, energy burden, and energy assistance need.
The fair market value compensation for any nonemitting electric generating facility or any facility that generates electricity from renewable resources that is used or acquired by an investor-owned utility that is used or acquired by an investor-owned utility and approved by the UTC for compliance with the act, and which is condemned by a consumer-owned utility, must include, but is not limited to, a replacement value approach including severance damages to the investor-owned utility relating to the implementation of the act.
Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Alternative Energy Machinery and Equipment.
The expiration date for a sales and use tax exemption for certain alternative energy machinery and equipment is extended from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2031.
100 percent of the state and local sales tax paid, if L&I certifies that the project is developed under a community workforce agreement or project labor agreement.
In order to qualify for the remittance, installation of the eligible machinery and equipment must commence no earlier than January 1, 2020, and be completed by December 31, 2030.
The Department of Labor and Industries must adopt rules to implement the requirements for qualification by December 1, 2019.
Investor-Owned Utility Ratemaking and Cost Deferral.
The UTC has the power upon complaint or upon its own motion to determine the fair value, for ratemaking purposes, of the property of an investor-owned utility that is used and useful for service in the state by or during the rate effective period. The valuation may include consideration of any property of the investor-owned utility acquired or constructed by or during the rate effective period, including the reasonable costs of construction work in progress, to the extent the UTC finds that such an inclusion is in the public interest and will yield fair, just, reasonable, and sufficient rates.
The UTC may provide changes to rates for up to 48 months after the rate effective date using any standard, formula, method, or theory of valuation reasonably calculated to arrive at fair, just, reasonable, and sufficient rates. The UTC must establish an appropriate process to identify, review, and approve investor-owned utility property that becomes used and useful for service in the state after the rate effective date.
An investor-owned utility may account for and defer for later consideration by the UTC costs incurred in connection with major projects in the investor-owned utility's Clean Energy Implementation Plan or selected in the utility's solicitation of bids for delivering electric capacity, energy, capacity and energy, or conservation.
provides, as a portion of the load served by the coal-fired electric generation facility, electricity paid for in rates by customers in the state of Washington.
Beginning January 1, 2030, a qualifying utility is considered to be in compliance with an annual renewable energy target under the EIA if the utility uses electricity from renewable resources, nonemitting electric generation, and renewable energy credits in an amount equal to 100 percent of the utility's average annual retail electric load.
The definition of "eligible renewable resource" is expanded to include federal incremental hydroelectricity.
By December 31, 2020, and at least once every eight years thereafter, Commerce must review the State Energy Strategy to align it with the requirements of the Coal Elimination Standard, Greenhouse Gas Neutral Standard, and Clean Energy Policy. The Department of Commerce must establish an Energy Strategy Advisory Committee to provide guidance for each review.
By December 31, 2020, the DOH must conduct a Cumulative Impact Analysis to designate the communities highly impacted by fossil fuel pollution and climate change in Washington.
By December 31, 2021, Commerce and the UTC must adopt rules establishing the requirements for incorporating the cumulative impact analysis into the criteria for developing Clean Energy Action Plans.
conducting other energy-related studies and analyses as may be directed by the Legislature.
The Energy and Climate Policy Advisory Committee must consist of, at minimum, representatives of each of the state's public four-year institutions of higher education, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the Washington State Institute for Public Policy.
By December 31, 2022, the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council must convene a transmission corridors work group and report its findings to the Governor and the appropriate committees of the Legislature.
"Energy transformation project" means a project or program that provides energy-related goods or services other than the generation of electricity and that results in a reduction in fossil fuel consumption by the customers of an electric utility and in the emission of greenhouse gases attributable to that consumption.
"Nonemitting electric generation" means electricity from a generating facility or resource, including a distributed energy resource, that provides electric energy, capacity, or ancillary services to an electric utility and that does not emit greenhouse gases as a by-product of energy generation. "Nonemitting electric generation" does not include renewable resources.
primarily or exclusively used by an investor-owned utility as of the effective date of the act to transmit electricity generated by a coal-fired resource.
"Unbundled renewable energy credit" includes thermal renewable energy credits.
amends the treatment of renewable energy credits under the Energy Independence Act.
Fiscal Note: Preliminary fiscal note available.
Effective Date of Amended Bill: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.
(In support) This bill allows hydroelectric power to count as renewable. This bill contains flexible compliance mechanisms and cost protections, which are important and critical consumer protection provisions. Utility data transparency is key to the enforcement of this legislation. The bill aligns the requirements of the Energy Independence Act with the new clean energy targets. Equity must be the cornerstone of a clean energy economy, and this bill contains protections for labor and for the most vulnerable communities. This bill addresses historic inequities in the application of the benefits from clean energy and the burdens imposed by pollution and climate change. Local governments in the state are committing to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector. The final version of this bill needs to have strong interim benchmarks and a clear commitment to attain 100 percent clean energy by 2045. The tax preference in the bill should be expanded to include renewable energy systems smaller than 500 kilowatts. Washington's clean energy grid can be leveraged to decarbonize other sectors of the economy.
(Opposed) This bill is a carbon tax bill and it will be horribly expensive to the end-use customer. This bill contains exemptions and carve-outs that make the bill contradictory and unworkable. This bill would be in direct opposition to the will of the people. The labor requirements in the bill would more than offset the cost savings from the tax preference. The requirements may also be preempted by federal law. The bill effectively prohibits non-union contractors from participating in work on projects that are eligible for the tax preference.
(Other) The requirements for reporting on low-income assistance impose a burden on small cooperatives, which do not have the capacity for such in-depth data gathering and processing. There are cost protections for consumers in the bill now. There is assurance for system reliability. There is language that provides harmonization between the Energy Independence Act and the provisions of this bill. However, the bill should include a tool to provide for the appropriate management of hydropower variability, such as the ability to bank unused renewable energy credits from hydropower for use in low water years in the future. The bill should also include a way to address transactions on the Energy Imbalance Market and should provide tax parity between hydropower and other renewable resources. The issue of asset condemnation needs to be addressed. There should be more clarity around the intended use of the social cost of carbon in the bill. If a utility is able to act on the Coal Elimination Standard early, that early achievement should be able to be banked to be applied to a utility's 2030 obligations. Getting to the future envisioned in this bill will be truly transformative but not without risk. Low energy costs have been the backbone of the state's economy; this bill will cost billions more for ratepayers. Opportunities for direct access and self-generation have yet to be fully recognized in the bill.
Persons Testifying: (In support) Joni Bosh, Northwest Energy Coalition; Kelly Hall, Climate Solutions; Jesse Piedfort, Sierra Club; Clifford Traisman, Washington Conservation Voters; Neil Hartman, Building and Construction Trades Council; David Mendoza, Front and Centered; Bruce Speight, Environment Washington; Celia Jackson, King County; Amanda Jashan, Renewable Northwest; Marian Dacca, Tacoma Public Utilities; Mendy Droke, Seattle City Light; Lisa Thatcher, Clark County Public Utility District; Brad Boswell, Solar Installers of Washington; Phyllis Farrell, League of Women Voters; and Joanna Eide, Department of Natural Resources.
(Opposed) Cindy Alia, Citizens' Alliance for Property Rights; Jerry VanderWood, Associated General Contractors and Washington Construction Industry Council; Cliff Webster, Associated Builders and Contractors; and Tim Boyd, Alliance of Western Energy Consumers.
(Other) Kent Lopez, Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association; Dave Arbaugh, Public Generating Pool; Clark McIsaac, Snohomish County Public Utility District; Kathleen Collins, Pacific Power; John Rothlin, Avista; Brandon Houskeeper, Puget Sound Energy; James Lee, Northwest Citizens Power Coalition; Kevin Tempest, Low Carbon Prosperity Institute; Nicolas Garcia, Washington Public Utility District Association; Isaac Kastama, Benton County Public Utility District and Franklin County Public Utility District; and Peter Godlewski, Association of Washington Business.


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Rock Perspectives
A New Perspective – Displacing Two-Over-Three Polyrhythms
Aaron Edgar
Displacing Two-Over-Three Polyrhythms
by Aaron Edgar
This month we're going to vary the basic phrasing of polyrhythms. Typically, both sides of a polyrhythm begin together on the first note of the rhythm. We can vary this by displacing one or both sides of the rhythm. We'll focus on a two-over-three polyrhythm in 3/4. Dotted quarter notes comprise the two side of the rhythm, and quarter notes comprise the three side.
Exercise 1 displaces the two side by starting it on the "&" of beat 1. Notice that we still have two- and three-note groups of equally spaced notes within the same time frame.
The two side can be displaced by one more 8th note to start on beat 2. We can also displace the three side by an 8th note so it starts on the "&" of every beat.
Increasing the subdivision makes this concept especially interesting. If we double the subdivision from 8ths to 16ths we can create the same polyrhythm, but with the added option to create versions that have no point in which the two sides occur simultaneously. Exercise 2 demonstrates this concept by starting the two side on the "e" of beat 1 to create a linear polyrhythm.
I try to practice unique concepts like these within the context of a groove. This allows me to really feel how the rhythms work with or against the pulse, which is imperative if you want to apply what you're practicing musically. In the next few examples, we'll play 8th notes on the hi-hat, the two side of the polyrhythm on the snare, and the three side on the bass drum.
Exercises 3 and 4 demonstrate the two other positions for the two side in which it doesn't occur simultaneously with the three side.
Exercise 5 displaces the three side by a 16th note to the "e" of each beat.
Exercise 6 displaces both sides of the polyrhythm. For an interesting variation, try accenting the "&" of each beat on the hi-hat.
In Exercise 7, we're going to embellish the groove slightly. We'll start the two side on the "&" of beat 1 and our three side on the "a" of beat 1. There's also one additional bass drum note on beat 1. Accenting the "&" of each beat with the hi-hat adds an upbeat feel.
In the next example, we'll use the ride bell to represent our three side while playing the two side on the snare starting on the "a" of beat 1.
We can also take a New Breed–style approach by using the three side of this polyrhythm in an ostinato and leaving one limb free to play variations of the two side. In Exercise 9, the bass drum plays the three side on the "a" of each beat with an additional note on beat 1. With your right hand playing the ride cymbal and your left foot playing the "&" of each beat, your left hand is free to play each displacement of the two side. Here's the ostinato.
Here are the six placements of the two side of a two-over-three 16th-note polyrhythm. Exercise 10 demonstrates the fourth placement.
Beat 1 and the "&" of 2.
The "e" of beat 1 and the "a" of 2.
The "&" of beat 1 and beat 3.
The "ah" of beat 1 and the "e" of 3.
The "e" of beat 2 and the "ah" of 3.
Next we'll apply the rhythm to a more challenging pattern. We'll use an ostinato that includes a snare on the "&" of beat 2 played with the right hand. The left hand plays the two side between a pair of bells or other small effects cymbals, as demonstrated in Exercises 11 and 12.
We can also create unique variations with this polyrhythm by using 16th-note triplets. In 3/4 time, this subdivision contains eighteen 16th-note-triplet partials. The dotted quarter note is equivalent to nine 16th-note triplet partials, while the three side takes up six partials (which equals a quarter note).
Exercise 13 places a basic two-over-three phrasing over a 16th-note-triplet double bass pattern. The three side is played on a China cymbal as quarter notes, and the two side is played on beat 1 and the "&" of beat 2.
Exercise 14 places the snare on the third partial of the 16th-note triplet on beat 2 and the last note of the 16th-note triplet on beat 4.
Also try displacing the three side within the 16th-note triplets. Exercise 15 moves the three side to the "&" of each beat while starting the two side on the second 16th-note triplet partial on beat 2.
As daunting as these examples may seem, always try to make them groove. Don't lose sight of musicality when diving into the polyrhythmic rabbit hole.
Aaron Edgar plays with the Canadian prog-metal band Third Ion and is a session drummer, clinician, and author. He teaches weekly live lessons on Drumeo.com. You can find his book, Boom!!, as well as information on how to sign up for private lessons, at aaronedgardrum.com.
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Because of an awkward work schedule and a complete lack of cable or satellite television service in my home, I very rarely get to watch Monday Night Raw as it airs live. Now that it has expanded to three hours, I generally watch the beginning late Monday night and the end on Tuesday morning before I head to work.
While I'm finishing Raw on Tuesday mornings, it's generally as I am getting ready for work, so I'm not always giving Raw my undivided attention.
On Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, I was picking out my clothes and getting dressed as the last segment began. I watched the whole thing, and it seemed like a pretty standard Cena/Punk promo.
Later that day, as I was scanning my Google News headlines, I came across something surprising. All of the articles under my WWE tab were titled something like "Cena's Best Promo Ever" or "Did Cena Totally Bury Punk?" Everyone seemed to be blown away by Cena's promo, and I just didn't get it.
What had I missed? How did I not recognize the greatness of the promo I had watched that morning?
I'm proud to be a "smark." I love being part of the IWC (and I am thankful that B/R gives me the opportunity to contribute). I've attended the last six WrestleManias. I've been watching Vince's product since I was 8 years old: That's over two decades! How is it that I didn't get it?
I got home from work on Thursday evening just in time to find a live stream of Impact Wrestling. After an acceptable two hours from those guys at TNA, I decided I need to watch the Cena promo again. So I did.
And still, I was unmoved.
I couldn't figure it out. Had the rest of the IWC lost their collective minds? Don't they know we hate Cena?
Maybe it was worse than that. Maybe it was me. Were my pro wrestling opinions and tastes no longer relevant? Had the IWC transformed me into such a jaded and cynical fan that I could no longer appreciate unexpectedly brilliant mic work?
A few hours later, my roommate returned home for the evening. He's a wrestling fanatic as well, to a slightly lesser degree than me. He still had not watched the already-infamous segment from WWE's flagship program. So I decided to watch the segment one last time to see if I could understand what the buzz was all about.
And then it happened: It finally clicked.
Once I had seen the light, I belabored my roommate to sit and listen to my personal epiphany regarding the greatness of John Cena in that segment. And here, for the rest of the IWC, is my three-point analysis of why the promo was truly epic.
This may seem like a minor thing, but I believe it's the small details like this that can take a promo from good to great, or from great to epic.
CM Punk comes out after being called a phony and spends about three or four minutes ripping into The Hitman and the leader of the Cenation. During most of Punk's spiel, especially during the beginning, the camera is on Punk and Hart.
But as they begin to put more of Cena's mug on the camera, he does a great job of selling Punk's promo by silently reacting with body language and facial expressions.
At first, Cena's face simply says, "Shut the hell up." He makes you believe that the words coming out of Punk's mouth truly hit Cena like a pipe bomb. Cena is seething, because Punk's promo is right on target.
But as it becomes clear that Punk is near the end of his rant, Cena's facial expression changes. As Punk begins to argue that he is the absolute best, Cena begins to smirk.
It's facial foreshadowing. You know that Cena has a response, and you know he is brewing a pipe bomb of his own. While remaining silent for several minutes, Cena has built a subconscious anticipation for the viewer, and whether you're a Punk mark, a Cena mark or neither, you can't wait to see how Cena responds.
When you're performing in front of a live audience, timing is everything. Pauses are important.
A clear example of what I'm talking about can be seen on any episode of Saturday Night Live. You can tell which hosts are used to performing in front of a live audience like the SNL cast does every week—and you can tell which hosts are out of their comfort zone—simply by their use of the pause.
When the audience erupts with laughter, you have to wait a few extra seconds for the roar to become a lull. Otherwise, your next line is drowned out by the audience, everyone feels like they missed something, and it feels awkward and uneasy for the next few moments.
The WWE Superstars use similar pauses when giving their promos. After someone with mic skills like Punk goes off on a diatribe, you generally get a five- to 10-second pause in the mic work, because the crowd is responding. And during those five to 10 seconds, the promo you just heard really sinks in. Whether you loved it or hated it, those five to 10 seconds give you enough time to process what was said and quickly build an emotional response, whether in support of the speech or in opposition to it.
But Cena didn't allow that to happen.
I went back and timed it. Less than two seconds after Punk finishes his bit, before the audience has a chance to really respond to his last words, before the viewers at home have a chance to fully absorb what Punk says and get behind him, Cena has already taken our attention elsewhere.
Timing is an important factor toward the end of the segment as well. After Cena renders Punk speechless for several minutes, and it's obvious that Cena is burying the Champion, the Straight-Edge Superstar tries to interrupt Cena with the pathetically unoriginal move of insulting the live audience.
But by that time, Cena can't be stopped. Punk's attempt does nothing to slow Cena's momentum, and the No. 1 contender steals the spotlight back, making Punk look even weaker by emphatically slapping the microphone out of Punk's hand, preventing Punk from even attempting another interruption.
Cena's facial expressions let us know something big is coming. By eliminating a chance for us to fully process Punk's promo, he has commanded our attention, further indicating that we could be on the brink of something epic.
When you continue to raise someone's expectations, you increase the potential for an epic fail. If Cena bombs this promo, he will be showered with hate the next day, courtesy of the IWC. For his own sake, Cena must deliver.
I almost hate to admit it, and you probably will too, but if you were in Cena's shoes, and someone like Punk was calling you out, Cena's rebuttal is exactly what you'd want to say.
First, you have to belittle what is most important to your challenger. In this case, that's the WWE Championship. Cena brings to light what the IWC is constantly bitching about: that Punk is overlooked as Champion, that even holding the most prestigious title in the industry can't earn him a pay-per-view main event spot.
Then coming back to Punk's championship reign at the end, he claims that Punk's "by any means necessary" philosophy simply tarnishes the label of "champion."
And for someone as egotistical as Punk, you have to cut the person down. This point climaxes with the simple statement, "There is no you."
Then, in the end, he talks down to Punk, implying a higher intellect by having to translate his French for the champion, then speaking the English version slowly and loudly, the way you speak to small children who are misbehaving or elderly people who no longer have the mental capacity they once did.
Ever since the first "pipe bomb," it has been universally accepted that Punk has arguably the best mic skills in the industry.
So Cena attacks Punk's words. John makes the claim that even though Punk talks and talks and talks, he was the most relevant when he simply stopped talking. You know how good it would feel to say that to someone. Then later, Cena implies that Punk's words are getting him into trouble, setting himself up for an epic fail at Night of Champions.
Momentarily, Cena seems to take a page out of the Romney campaign's book (although, in my opinion, he's much better at it than Romney). Much like the political debates that you can't escape in this country, Cena rips into Punk's reign as champion, the lack of delivering on a promise of change, making his accomplishments and accolades seem trivial.
Then Cena shines a light on Punk's inadequacy. Punk made claims that things would change once he was champion, but it didn't result in the changes he implied. Rather, Cena claims the only "change" Punk has fought for is to change Punk into something larger than life. He couldn't become a star on his own and had to rely on the machine that is World Wrestling Entertainment to truly reach his peak. He wanted the WWE to make him a star because he failed when trying to do it on his own.
Then Cena brings the focus back to himself.
When you're dealing with a self-absorbed prick like Punk, the best thing you can do is talk about yourself instead of them. In a segment that is centered on an argument about who is genuine and who is phony, Cena lists both his accomplishment and his failures.
Cena is who he is, and he stays true to himself. Love him or hate him, he will always be Cena, through and through. He has found a personality and mentality that work for him, and no one is going to change that.
During his promo, Cena mentions that Montreal is considered the "Bizarro World" of WWE. Could anything be more bizarre than Cena outshining Punk in a promo?
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This Rent Increase Notice is from a landlord to a tenant officially notifying tenant of a monthly rent increase. This letter sets out the amount of the rent increase and the date the increase will begin. This letter could easily be tailored to give a tenant notice of a rent decrease if that is the case.
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Indians travelling abroad particularly to the United States need to have a visa to grant them entry into the country. The type of visa required primarily depends on the nature of the visit. Visa applications majority of the time are non-immigrant visas that grant people entry to the United States for a defined period of time. These visas have been categorically defined based on the nature of visit and it is imperative for the Indian traveler to apply for the right visa in order for it to be successfully approved. The below article throws light on the main types of US visas and their base requirements.
These type of visas are the most commonly sought after one as it covers a wide array of visits. Non-immigrant visas range from business visas to tourist visas, student visas, transit visas and even visas to carry out religious work. These visas require the applicant to meet certain requirements which are that they should demonstrate to the consular officer, at the time of interview that they wish to visit the United States for a particular period of time and for a specific reason only. They should be able to show financial resources that would cover all expenses during their stay in the United States, they should provide the contact information while staying in the US and show strong ties to their resident country, both economic and social that warrants their return upon the duration of their visit.
Immigrant visas are not sought as often by Indians as compared to the non-immigrant visas when visiting the United States. An immigrant visa allows the applicant to make the United States their country of residence. These visas require that the applicant wishing to stay in the United States must have a petition signed by the USCIS and this petition is to be filed either by a qualified relative or a potential employer at a United States USCIS office. Indian applicants are required to file form I-130 by mail with the USCIS office in Chicago. Indian applicants will also be provided instructions on how to carry out the medical examinations and should make the appointments with an embassy panel approved physician only after receiving these instructions.
In some cases, US visas will require the applicant to undergo medical examinations by a physician that is approved by the Embassy Panel. In some cases, Biometric data will also be required which will consist of a digital scan of all ten digits of the applicant.
United States Visa applications for Indians can be done either offline or online. The applicant will need to select the correct type of visa and fill out the form accordingly. In offline mode, the applicant can download these forms and mail the filled out form to the embassy they wish to visit. An online application is of similar nature but the applicant will have to submit the forms online. Upon payment of the fee, the applicant will be allotted an appointment. Both forms of application will require the applicant to attend a face to face interview with a consular officer. Applicants will need to carry with them the required documents along with their passport.
The passport will need to be handed over for processing of the visa. Applicants can track the status of their passports through the embassy websites and will also receive regular notifications via email and SMS alerting them of the status and when the passport and visa can be collected.
Visa policies more often than not get rejected when the applicant cannot sufficiently prove that they will return as indicated. This may be due to insufficient funds for the trip or if the applicant suggests that they may seek employment on the wrong type of visa. An applicant who cannot sufficiently show to the consular officer, their strong ties to the resident country are at risk of becoming illegal immigrants. It is up to the applicant to overcome this outlook and show strong ties, both social and economic that will warrant their return to the resident country.
Other reasons for rejection will include damaged passports that have either been washed, laundered mutilated or have the biographic data film of the passport that display vital information separating from the pages.
Visas can also be rejected if the applicant fails to carry with them the required documents or meet the required eligibility criteria such as passports with validity.
Though it takes 3-5 days for the visa to process, the processing time can differ significantly. Therefore, the exact time-frame cannot be assured and the official department suggests the applicants not to book flight tickets until the visa and passport are with them.
Considering this, an applicant can apply for his/her visa at any one of the 5 United States posts situated in India – Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
There will not be problems with the residential address because every post employs the same delivery service. The appointment can be scheduled as per the applicant's convenience.
As the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi prepares for his scheduled US visit on 26 June next week, Assocham, the industry association urged him to take up the issue of tightening H1B visa rules with the new US President, Donald Trump.
Expressing concern over proposed visa restrictions set to hit Indian IT firms in the US, the Chamber argued that US firms, while creating jobs for Indian IT professionals, also reap profits worth billions of dollars from this association. Assocham said that it is unfair to target Indian IT firms as they are already facing increased pressure in the US through increased visa fee, other unrelated levies and such non-trade measures.
The chamber said that Narendra Modi should present India's case to Donald Trump by highlighting the liberal market access American corporations enjoy in India. It added that American firms not only repatriate profits back to the US, Indian IT firms there also create jobs in the American market as well.
The US Embassy organised Student Visa Day during its third iteration to enable more than 4,000 Indian students to enrol for Visa to study in the United States. This is being done to enrich the relation between the 2 nations in the arena of higher education.
Currently, there are around 1,66,000 students from India who study in several US schools that provide higher education. The new students in these schools were given a grand welcome by the US Embassy and the consulates.
At this special event, there were representatives from Education USA and people who recently graduated from these institutes. They expressed their experiences at school and gave many tips to aspiring students about how to reside and study in the United States.
The first Mexican consulate of South India has been set up in Chennai, and it will be catering to all the southern states of India. This will be the third Mexican consulate in the country, the other two being in Mumbai and Kolkata.
Melba Pria, Mexicos Ambassador to India stated at a press conference that the country is scrutinizing Free Trade Agreement with India. She mentioned that bilateral trade between the two countries has grown by about 400% since 2004, to stand at $7 billion, and most of the export to India is oil. She also said that Mexico has overtaken Brazil for the first time as the top recipient of India's exports to the Latin American countries. In 2015-16, the exports to Mexico were worth $2.8 billion.
The Ambassador also indicated that they are enthusiastic about the Make in India programme. She added that India has seen a definitive increase in Mexican tourists on account of the e-visa scheme introduced by the Indian government.


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LUXXU Home was born to provide a whole new experience, in regard to the experience of luxurious spaces and good taste. Offering resembling noble materials and finishings where customization blossoms as brand capital.
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Report: McGuire Inured, not Thought to be Season Ending
During their second day of training camp at Florham Park this afternoon, it was learned that second-year running back Elijah McGuire, who left yesterday's session with a foot injury, did in fact have surgery.
Jets RB Elijah McGuire broke his foot but the injury is not considered season ending, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 28, 2018
Per NFL insider Adam Schefter, the injury is not believed to be season-ending which is good news for McGuire who had earned high praise from running backs coach Stump Mitchell earlier this off-season.
With McGuire on the shelf, the Jets hosted free agent running backs Alfred Morris and Orleans Darkwa. The Jets were rumored to have interest in Darkwa as a free agent earlier this off-season.
This Article Was Written By Glenn Naughton
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Glenn was Born in the Bronx, New York and has followed the Jets religiously despite being stationed in several different countries and time zones around the world. He now resides in England and has been a JetNation member since 2005. Glenn will bleed green with the rest of us through the highs and lows.
In Addition to Hackett, Jets Land new O-Line Coach
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A hillside slum in Caracas, Venezuela.
Of all the on-scene reporting from the deadly anti-government protests in Venezuela, Frank Bajak of the Associated Press may have written one of the most important pieces this week – and it didn't involve tear gas or street barricades.
The article should be mandatory reading in the middle- and upper-class bastions of Venezuela where opposition to the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro is strongest. It should also be distributed in Doral, Weston and other Venezuelan expatriate enclaves here in South Florida, where the anti-Maduro fervor is just as heated.
That's because the 21-year-old Viscuna expresses a wisdom that foes of the ruling revolution have cluelessly ignored for too long: For all the deep flaws of that authoritarian regime – which have helped saddle Venezuela with South America's highest inflation and murder rates – half the country's population, mostly the poor part, still support it.
Granted, given the social and economic crises, the poor themselves aren't all that fond anymore of the revolution the late Hugo Chávez founded. But when they look down from their hillside shanties at the gated environs that families like Viscuna's tend to hail from – or across the Caribbean at the Florida communities more privileged Venezuelans have bolted to – they still tend to see the reasons they voted Chávez into power in the first place.
They remember the elite's embezzlement of Venezuela's prodigious oil wealth in the 20th century. They recall the epic corruption that helped keep half the nation in poverty, leaving slums like the one Viscuna visited this week with little or no potable water, electricity, medical clinics, bodegas or schools – all of which Chávez then lavished on them in the 2000s.
What Venezuela's poor don't yet see is an alternative to Chavismo that they can trust.
What Venezuela's poor don't yet see is an alternative to Chavismo that they can trust. They'd like to – especially since many of them are tired of being cowed by thuggish, pro-government neighborhood watch groups known as colectivos. But until they do, all the street protests the political opposition can muster, no matter how justified they are, aren't likely to oust the Maduro government.
Which is why knocking on barrio doors may now be a more effective strategy than marching on government ministries.
Here's one concrete thing anti-Chavistas could do to back up the barrio forays the students are starting to make: Put their pro-capitalist money where their mouths are and look for ways to help seed small businesses that would do as much if not more to empower the poor as Chavista social projects have.
I raise the notion because I've seen it work for opposition leaders like Henrique Capriles, the governor of Miranda state next door to Caracas. His government has prioritized micro-business development for the poor – I spent some time in 2012 observing the workshops – and it's a big reason that Capriles, as the unified opposition's candidate, almost defeated Maduro last year in the special election to succeed Chávez.
Venezuelan ex-pats here could funnel some of their flight capital back home for similar bridge-building purposes – or, God forbid, actually go back and visit a slum or two themselves and get to know the hoi polloi as something more than an inconvenient abstraction. It would certainly help their opposition cause more than engaging in local witch hunts like the one I wrote about last week.
That involved a swarm of anti-Chavista knuckleheads, mostly in Doral, who are leading a senseless but effective boycott of a Miami business owned by a Brazilian-American woman. Her crime: She advised them not to post online photos from clashes in Syria and Ukraine and claim they were images of Chavista brutality in Venezuela (of which there are plenty of authentic pictures and video, by the way). They branded her a communist and smeared her across social media.
Someone needs to remind the so-called Doralzuelans that this is how the Cuban exile community used to fight the communist Castro dictatorship back in Cuba – by imitating that dictatorship's intolerance here in Miami – and that after 55 years the dictatorship is still there.
If the Doralzuelans don't want to repeat that failure, they'd do well to remember what Capriles told me a couple years ago: that if Venezuela's opposition doesn't engage the poor, "then it's game over for us." Or what Mario Di Giovanni, a student opposition leader here in Miami, told me last month: that the anti-Maduro cause is "not going to get anywhere without" the poor.
Or what Fernando Viscuna told Frank Bajak this week.
It's not as easy as leading the boycott of an innocent woman's business. It's just more effective.
Can Venezuela's U.S. Dollar Restriction Keep $1 Billion Out Of Florida?
What do you do when your country's foreign reserves are dropping at a rate that would make avid bungee jumpers nauseous? If you're left-wing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, you take strong, decisive macroeconomic action.
You withhold dollars from Mickey Mouse.
Yessir, you discourage your countrymen from traveling to Florida, by further restricting the amount of dollars they can spend there with their bank credit cards – from $2,500 to $700.


The three Inter-Ac League boys lacrosse squads on this side of the Schuylkill have found rough going against the trio of teams on the Main Line this spring, and that made last Saturday's rematch between host Penn Charter and the Blue Devils of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy all the more important.
On April 18 SCH had claimed the first win over an Inter-Ac rival in school history by beating Germantown Academy, and the Devils turned around and knocked off Penn Charter five days later, 7-6. At their Senior Day game last Saturday, the PC Quakers avenged that loss, breaking free from a 4-4 deadlock in the middle of the second quarter and going on to win by a score of 15-8.
It would've been pointless for the Blue Devils to focus their defensive efforts on just a handful of Charter attackers, since 10 different players found the net for the home team.
There were two goals apiece for seniors Eric Berger, Kevin Murphy, and Ray Vandegrift and juniors Drew Murray and Dean Roseman, with single markers added by seniors Charles Giunta and Brandon White, juniors Nick Bambino and Pierce Kraft, and sophomore James Vandegrift.
The Quakers only narrowly outshot SCH, 30-27, but their freshman goalkeeper, Sean McKee, came up with 14 saves for the afternoon.
Penn Charter, which has one regular-season Inter-Ac contest against Episcopal Academy remaining on the schedule, improved to 3-6 against league schools and 11-11 overall.
The other two league wins for the Quakers came against Germantown Academy, whose last chance to top an Inter-Ac school comes this week, in a home match against Springside Chestnut Hill.
SCH is not yet a full-fledged member of the league in boys lacrosse; the team is playing only one game this spring against Haverford School and Malvern Prep instead of the customary home/away series. After Saturday's encounter the Devils had a 2-5 record against member schools, and were 12-5 against all opponents.
Senior Evan Fireman scored a hat trick against PC last weekend, with classmates Forrest Rall and Clint Sanders each adding a pair of points while the other goal originated with junior Jackson Kleintz. In goal, junior Xander Pacilio started and made six saves, and sophomore Matt Eckles played the second half and had three stops.
On Saturday, after a brief period of possession by the visitors, Charter applied pressure at the other end, but the Devils' Pacilio repulsed shots by Berger and James Vandegrift. SCH was first on the board, as Fireman drilled an outside shot with 7:39 remaining in the first quarter, and down around the four-minute mark Murray fired the icebreaker for the Quakers.
After that, the score seesawed up to 3-3 by the end of the period, and 4-4 two minutes into the second quarter. With goals now flowing freely, it seemed like the first team to step up and made some defensive stops would have an opportunity to take control.
That turned out to be PC, which limited its guests to one goal in the last 10 minutes of the first half, while scoring three times to gain an 8-5 foothold by the time the intermission arrived.
Fireman put the Blue Devils in a position to make a run at the lead as he initiated the scoring in the second half to make it a two-goal game. However, Charter responded with authority, ringing up six of the seven goals scored in the remainder of the period. The ball movement desired by McDonough was in evidence, as the Quakers whipped the ball around the perimeter while looking for chances to penetrate.
In the second quarter, PC had scored its final goal with just two seconds on the clock, and here the hosts found the net with three ticks remaining, taking a 14-7 advantage into the fourth quarter.
At the other end of the pitch, the Charter defense would keep potent SCH attacker Tasso Karras off the scoreboard. He had scored twice on the Quakers the first time around.
Among the seniors recognized on Saturday are five athletes who plan to continue their lacrosse careers in college. White has not yet made his final decision, while Berger and Murphy will play at Monmouth, and Giunta and Ray Vandegrift will join the program at St. Joseph's University.


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Patrick Murphy's service to the Pechanga Band began in 1992 when he was elected to the Tribal Council. The general membership elected Mr. Murphy to serve on the first Pechanga Development Corporation Board of Directors (PDC) in 1995.
During Murphy's tenure, the PDC Board managed development and construction of the award-winning Pechanga Resort & Casino, the championship golf course, Journey at Pechanga, and the multi-million dollar renovation of the hotel lobby.
In 2002, Mr. Murphy was elected by fellow tribal leaders to serve as Secretary of the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations (TASIN), a leading intergovernmental association of Southern California tribal governments.
Murphy played an instrumental role in 2003 in building a coalition and advancing legislation to distribute monies from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to local communities that surround tribal casinos. Those efforts have resulted in more than $100 million flowing to local communities for vital public services such as police and fire protection, road improvements, and afterschool programs throughout Southern California.
With nearly two decades of experience in the building and construction field, working his way from an entry-level position to project management, Murphy brings unique insight and experience to the economic development branch of the Pechanga Tribal Government. Murphy also served with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as a volunteer firefighter for nearly a decade.
A lifelong resident of the Pechanga Reservation, Murphy is married and has three children and a grandchild.


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Shubhankar Sharma's dazzling 64 hands him the round one lead at 15th TATA Open
Jamshedpur, December 15, 2016
Shubhankar Sharma of Panchkula took the opening round honours at the 15th TATA Open 2016 thanks to his dazzling seven-under-64 at the Golmuri Golf Course on Thursday.
Patna's Aman Raj and Chandigarh golfer Sujjan Singh ended the day in joint second with scores of six-under-65.
Shubhankar Sharma, a winner of two titles this season who is also a top contender in the 2016 Rolex Ranking race, began his campaign at the penultimate event of the season with a bang.
The 20-year-old Shubhankar, currently in fourth place in the Rolex Ranking, had a slow start to his round as he was one-over through eight holes. He then turned on the heat with an eagle followed by four birdies over the next five holes.
Sharma's purple patch began on the par-5 ninth where he sank an eagle from four feet. The next four holes saw him drain birdie putts from a range of six to 12 feet. The three-time winner on the PGTI produced a final flourish with birdies on the last two holes.
"I wasn't really playing well till the eighth but managed to turn it around from the ninth onward. I was eight-under on the last 10 holes. I don't think I've ever played this well over a stretch of 10 holes. I landed my tee shots within two feet of the pin on two of the par-3s today.
"Retaining my Asian Tour card has given me loads of confidence. I feel this added confidence will help me a lot in the last two events of the season. Finishing as no. 1 in the Rolex Ranking this year is my top priority at the moment. It's a big motivating factor for me.
"I last played the TATA Open in 2014, so this is the first time I'm playing the tournament since it moved to Golmuri. The fairways are tighter and the rough is up so the course is going to be quite challenging this week. I just want to continue doing what I've done all year which is playing solid from tee to green," said Shubhankar.
Rookie Aman Raj, who chipped-in from 30 yards for an eagle-two on the fourth, made the turn at a promising five-under. Aman, currently second in the PGTI Emerging Player of the Year race behind Gurgaon's Veer Ahlawat, shot a one-under on the back-nine to stay in touch with the leader.
Aman Raj said, "I won an amateur event at Golmuri last year. So I feel quite comfortable at this course. I took most of my chances today even though I feel that I missed some opportunities on the par-5s.
"I'm quite happy with my performance in my first season as a professional. I'm inside the top-40 in the rankings at the moment and looking to finish within the top-20 in order to get a direct berth in the final stage of next year's Asian Tour Q School. However, I'm not thinking too much about the Emerging Player race despite the fact that I'm just slightly behind the leader Veer Ahlawat."
Sujjan Singh, who finished tied fourth at last year's TATA Open, had a whirlwind start this time around as he sank 15-footers on the first two holes for birdie and eagle. Sujjan had another eagle chance from 10 feet on the fourth but two-putted to salvage a birdie there. The bogey on the sixth was a minor blip for Sujjan as he added three more birdies on the back-nine.
Sujjan said, "I just missed out on the playoff last year. This is another good start. I missed a few eagle opportunities today having misread the lines. It wasn't easy scoring towards the end as the wind picked up on my last six holes.
"I feel my game has been on an upswing over the last few weeks and my ball-striking is also getting better. I'm looking forward to a strong finish to the season."
Noida's Gaurav Pratap Singh, Angad Cheema of Panchkula, Chandigarh's Abhijit Singh Chadha and Delhi's Himmat Singh Rai occupied joint fourth place at five-under-66.
Rolex Ranking leader Shamim Khan of Delhi fired a three-under-68 to be tied 13th.
Defending champion Mukesh Kumar's first round of even-par-71 placed him tied 46th.
Wasim Khan of Delhi made a hole-in-one on the seventh during his opening round of 71. He too was tied 46th.
Jamshedpur's Pintu Rajak who carded a one-over-72 was the highest-placed local professional in tied 63rd place.
Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur was a further shot back in tied 70th place.


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Magic Smackdown: A Preview of Dawn of the Archmage
Mages are duking it out in this skirmish board game for two to four players, currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.
You start the game by creating the map. The game comes with multiple map tiles, as well as terrain modifier tokens which can add such things as traps or healing springs to the battlegrounds. The rulebook suggests how many tiles and tokens to use based on the number of players, but it's completely up to you what kind of map you create.
Each player then chooses one of the four mages, takes their mage's player board and deck, as well as their creatures. Every player also takes two summoning power crystals, which start the game charged, and two soul stones, which start the game uncharged. Everyone then places their mage's two summoning portals onto the board, and draws three cards from their decks.
Every turn is divided into four phases. On your turn you start with the summoning phase. During this phase you may first sacrifice any of your creatures that are on the board if it has been damaged and it on one of your summoning portals. When you do this, you recharge one of your soul stones. Soul stones can be used either as a summoning crystal, to reroll movement dice, prevent an opponent from retreating, or to activate your mage's special ability.
Next you may play one of the creature cards in your hand onto your player board and summon it. Creatures come in any level from zero to three. Their level indicates how many summoning crystals it takes to summon them. Once you have used a crystal, you flip it over to show that it is uncharged and cannot be used again until it has been recharged. You then place your new creature onto one of your summoning portals.
The second phase is the movement phase. You roll two dice and add their result to a number determined by the size of the map. The final number is how many squares of movement you have to divide among your creatures as you see fit. Your creatures cannot move through each other, cannot move diagonally, cannot move onto an opponent's summoning circle, and if one of your creatures moves onto a square occupied by an opponent's creature, it must immediately stop.
After movement ends, the combat phase begins. Any creatures sharing a square must fight each other. Every creature has a certain amount of health and a fatigue level. When fighting, each creature rolls a certain number of dice based on its level. But if their health is equal to or lower than their fatigue level, then they will roll one fewer die.
Once combat dice have been rolled, players compare the results of their highest individual die. The player with the higher one wins (if the die results are tied, players compare their next highest), and the loser subtracts his highest individual die result from his opponent's, and his creature takes that much damage. If the loser's creature only lost one hit point, the loser may choose to retreat or fight again. Otherwise the loser must roll the retreat die, which determines which direction his creature will flee in.
During the final phase of your turn, you may summon another creature, recharge one of your summoning crystals, and then draw two cards from your deck and discard down to four. Mage decks also include spells which can be played at various times throughout the game.
If you kill an opponent's creature it goes into your victory pile. The higher the creature's level, the more points it is worth. The first player to eight points wins the game.
Dawn of the Archmage makes a strong first impression with a lovely theme and beautiful, gripping artwork that really gives the game a unique feel and flavor. The gameplay doesn't let this first impression down.
Creating the map is a lot of fun and I enjoyed that the game really gives you a lot of freedom with that. There was a lot of variety in the map tiles in the prototype and there's expected to be even more in the finished game. The terrain modifier tokens are also a neat addition, further customizing the battlefield.
There are a lot of rules to learn and teach, but they're also all pretty straightforward. None of the rules are finicky or difficult to keep track of, and combat is easy to learn and get a handle on. Turns also go pretty quickly, so even if you're not being targeted for combat, there's still not going to be a lot of downtime.
Games can run a bit long, but they also tend to be tense, and when we played, it was anyone's game right up until the very end.
Dawn of the Archmage offers a lot of strategy: when to sacrifice a creature (one of our favorite mechanics in the game), how to divvy up your movement, which fights to pick. But with straightforward, easy-to-learn rules, the result is a tightly packed, skirmish game that sits nicely between casual and hefty, and works well for multiple audiences. Check it out on Kickstarter and see for yourself.
Pros: Creating the map is great fun, turns move quickly, simple yet engaging combat system
Cons: Can run long, a number of rules to learn
Kickstarter, Crowdfunding, Casual Games, Board Games, SolarFlare Games


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Q: Flash compiled Arduino code over Bluetooth I'm using a Bluno (Bluetooth enabled Arduino Uno) from DFRobot and am trying to create an iOS app in Swift that will flash compiled Arduino code to it.
I can establish a BLE connection using the core Bluetooth library, and I found the Service / Characteristic that will allow serial communication, but DFRobot has not exposed a method for flashing the code in their manager class, and their documentation is a little lacking in this area.
I know that it is possible to do this, because they have an app called BigBee that does it.
Does AVRDUDE (or something similar) have a Swift or Objective-C library that can be incorporated into my app? So far I haven't been able to find one.
If such a thing exists, how can I incorporate it so that it communicates over the CBCentralManager object I create in my app?

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Q: Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: hobbies is not iterable at createHobby when using Prisma and Postgresql So I'm very new to Prisma, and actually also to React. My Postgresql database works, but I'm trying to show the stored data in my application. My very simple table in the schema file looks like this:
model Hobby {
  id        Int  @id @default(autoincrement())
  title     String
}

I'm using useContext to distribute my createHobby functionality, this is what the context file looks like.
export async function getServerSideProps() {
    const hobbies: Prisma.HobbyUncheckedCreateInput[] = await prisma.hobby.findMany();
    return {
        props: {initialHobbies: hobbies},
    };
}

export const HobbyContext = createContext({})
function Provider({ children, initialHobbies }){

    const [hobbies, setHobbies] = useState<Prisma.HobbyUncheckedCreateInput[]>(initialHobbies);

    const createHobby = async (title) => {

        const body: Prisma.HobbyCreateInput = {
            title,

        };
        await fetcher("/api/create-hobby", {hobby : body});
        console.log(hobbies);

        const updatedHobbies = [
            ...hobbies,
            body
        ];
        setHobbies(updatedHobbies);

    const contextData = {
        hobbies,
        createHobby,

    }
    return (
        <HobbyContext.Provider value={contextData}>
            {children}
        </HobbyContext.Provider>
    );
};

export default HobbyContext;
export {Provider};

Here I get the following error Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: hobbies is not iterable at createHobby. Which refers to the const updatedHobbies = [...hobbies, body];
For more context, I have a HobbyCreate.tsx which creates a little hobby card that renders the title of the hobby, which is submitted with a form.
function HobbyCreate({updateModalState}) {
    const [title, setTitle] = useState('');
    const {createHobby} = useHobbiesContext();

    const handleChange = (event) => {
        setTitle(event.target.value)
    };

    const handleSubmit = (event) => {
        event.preventDefault();
        createHobby(title);
    };
    return (
        ...
        <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}></form>
        ...

    )

I can't really figure out what is going wrong, I assume somewhere when creating the const [hobbies, setHobbies] and using the initialHobbies.

A: I don't think you're using the Context API correctly. I've written working code to try and show you how to use it.
Fully typed hobby provider implementation
This is a fully typed implementation of your Provider:
import { createContext, useState } from 'react';
import type { Prisma } from '@prisma/client';
import fetcher from 'path/to/fetcher';

export type HobbyContextData = {
  hobbies: Prisma.HobbyCreateInput[]
  createHobby: (title: string) => void
};

// you could provide a meaningful default value here (instead of {})
const HobbyContext = createContext<HobbyContextData>({} as any);

export type HobbyProviderProps = React.PropsWithChildren<{
  initialHobbies: Prisma.HobbyCreateInput[]
}>;

function HobbyProvider({ initialHobbies, children }: HobbyProviderProps) {
  const [hobbies, setHobbies] = useState<Prisma.HobbyCreateInput[]>(initialHobbies);

  const createHobby = async (title: string) => {
    const newHobby: Prisma.HobbyCreateInput = {
      title,
    };

    await fetcher("/api/create-hobby", { hobby: newHobby });

    console.log(hobbies);

    setHobbies((hobbies) => ([
      ...hobbies,
      newHobby,
    ]));
  };

  const contextData: HobbyContextData = {
    hobbies,
    createHobby,
  };

  return (
    <HobbyContext.Provider value={contextData}>
      {children}
    </HobbyContext.Provider>
  );
}

export default HobbyContext;
export { HobbyProvider };

Using HobbyProvider
You can use HobbyProvider to provide access to HobbyContext for every component wrapped inside it.
For example, to use it in every component on /pages/hobbies your implementation would look like:
// /pages/hobbies.tsx
import { useContext, useState } from 'react';
import HobbyContext, { HobbyProvider } from 'path/to/hobbycontext';

export default function HobbiesPage() {
  // wrapping the entire page in the `HobbyProvider`
  return (
    <HobbyProvider initialHobbies={[{ title: 'example hobby' }]}>
      <ExampleComponent />
      {/* page content */}
    </HobbyProvider>
  );
}

function ExampleComponent() {
  const { hobbies, createHobby } = useContext(HobbyContext);

  const [title, setTitle] = useState('');

  return (

      hobbies: {JSON.stringify(hobbies)}

        <input
          value={title}
          onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)}
        />
        <button onClick={() => createHobby(title)}>Create hobby</button>

  );
}

Similarly, to make the context available throughout your entire website, you can use HobbyProvider in
/pages/_app.tsx.
Using getServerSideProps
To retrieve the initialHobbies from the database, your getServerSideProps would look something like this:
// /pages/hobbies.tsx
import type { Hobby } from '@prisma/client';

export async function getServerSideProps() {
  // note: there is no need to use `Hobby[]` as prisma will automatically give you the correct return
  // type depending on your query
  const initialHobbies: Hobby[] = await prisma.hobby.findMany();

  return {
    props: {
      initialHobbies,
    },
  };
}

You would have to update your page component to receive the props from getServerSideProps and set initialHobbies on HobbyProvider:
// /pages/hobbies.tsx
import type { InferGetServerSidePropsType } from 'next';

export default function HobbiesPage({ initialHobbies }: InferGetServerSidePropsType<typeof getServerSideProps>) {
  return (
    <HobbyProvider initialHobbies={initialHobbies}>
      <ExampleComponent />
    </HobbyProvider>
  );
}

Note your page component and getServerSideProps function have to be exported from the same file


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Videos, motion pictures add dynamics to your visual communications. Be it a product video, a corporate video or a wedding video. Video production is a three step process that encompasses everything right from planning, shooting the video and then processing the video.
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Production begins once the footage is recorded. This process will capture all the scenes and information captured in the pre-production process. During the production process various lighting requirements, framing and work on composition are applied.
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Framsida / News / We are looking for Summer trainee to our Competence & Digitalization team
We are looking for Summer trainee to our Competence & Digitalization team
The Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) is the leading business organization in Finland. Our main task is to make Finland an internationally attractive and competitive business environment. Successful business activities are the foundation of the Finnish welfare society. Our office is located in central Helsinki close to the market square, and we have excellent teleworking opportunities.
The Competence & Digitalization team works with issues related to education, a skilled workforce, digitalization and immigration from the industry perspective. As a summer trainee you will be part of a team of around ten professionals working with the above-mentioned themes. Among other tasks, you will create international comparisons using data from the OECD and Eurostat. You will be our first non-Finnish speaking employee. One of your main tasks will be to help EK to become a more international workplace and share your thoughts via social media and blogs in English.
Collect information from databases and create international comparisons
Create informative presentations from the data
Communicate your experiences as a summer trainee via our social media channels
Help us to become a more international workplace
At least 2 to 3 years of academic studies in business, statistics, or other relevant field
Ability to create illustrative and informative PowerPoint presentations
Ability to process data and create graphics in Microsoft Excel
High level of self-initiative and motivation
Excellent spoken and written English is required
For additional information please contact adviser Mikko Vieltojärvi, mob. +358 44 534 5294 on Thu 18.2. at 12-14, on Wed. 24.2. at 10-11, on Thu from 25.2. at 12-14.
Please send your application via our online recruitment system by March 2nd, 2021 at the latest
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The color palette of soft greens, pinks, and whites was perfect for spring! Tre Bella Florist provided soft and romantic flowers which perfectly complimented the rustic elements. Laura found adorable wood slabs for the name cards on Etsy and her parents made the chicken wire frame for the seating chart and drove it all the way from Montana! After the ceremony guests enjoyed cocktails on the patio and then moved inside for dinner and fun! DJ Steve Stowe of Bunn DJ kept the guests partying on the dance floor while Zim Zoom kept people smiling and laughing in the photo booth!