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Written by Anonymous on January 27th, 2008
I tried to like it. But Id rather listen to Fran Dresher read the phone book in her fabulous "The Nanny" voice. The author does not have a good reading voice and the content is severly lacking in interest. There is a reason that everyone on earth doesnt have memoirs written apparently the other zillions of people understood why.
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Burroughs, Augusten
Augusten Burroughs was born in 1965. He has no formal education beyond elementary school. A very successful advertising copywriter for over seventeen years, Burroughs was also an alcoholic who nearly drank himself to death in 1999. But spurned by a compulsion he did not understand, Burroughs began to write a novel. Never outlining or consciously structuring the book, Burroughs wrote, "as fast as I could type, to keep up." Seven days later, Augusten Burroughs had written his first book. He had also stopped drinking. The book was published one year layer. Burroughs remains sober to this day. And Sellevision stands as Burroughs's only published novel. It is currently in development as a feature film.
Augusten's second book was a memoir. It was also a publishing phenomenon that helped to ignite a kind of memoir fever in America and abroad. Running with Scissors was released in 2001 to virtually unanimous critical acclaim. The memoir would ultimately remain on the New York Times bestseller list for over four consecutive years, eight months of which were spent in the #1 position. The film, starring Annette Benning, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh and Alec Baldwin was released in 2005.
He has since published four additional autobiographical volumes (Dry, Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking and A Wolf at the Table), all of them bestsellers. Currently published in over thirty countries, Augusten's book readings have become massively popular events on numerous continents. He has also headlined for the most prestigious literary festivals in the world, most recently the 2008 Melbourne writer's Festival, where he and Germaine Greer delivered the keynote addresses on opening night. In addition, Burroughs speaks regularly at colleges and universities on topics ranging from alcoholism and sexual abuse to the art of authoring one's own life and humor as serious medicine.
Twice honored by Entertainment Weekly as one of 25 funniest people in America, Burroughs shocked fans and the media alike with the release of A Wolf at the Table in early 2008. The brutal, terrifying and decidedly unfunny book instantly generated a storm of publicity and controversy. Critics were deeply divided, and the book received some of the worst -and best- reviews of the author's career. The book tour for A Wolf at the Table, spanned some six months and four countries, as Augusten performed for the largest crowds of his career. A Wolf at the Table is Augusten's bestselling hardcover to date.
While critics continue to challenge the veracity of Burroughs's books, questioning everything from his alcoholism and advertising career to his earliest childhood memories, the author remains nonplussed, even philosophical. "To be a journalist with a major American newspaper or magazine, you have to have an A-list college education. And to get into that A-list college, you had to do very well in the right high school. So the chances are, you were not being fucked up the ass at age twelve by a pedophile. The facts of my life are generally questioned by extremely privileged and well-educated people who, more likely than not, learned most of what they know about life's dangerous, shocking and sometimes unbelievable underbelly from books, television and the occasional Quentin Tarrantino film. The reason my books continue to sell, despite frequently being dismissed as "unbelievable," is because the people who read my books recognize the truth that is in them. They know the scent. They have smelled it. The very details the media view with such suspicion are the same details that prove to my reader, this guy was there. I remember that, too."
Burroughs may always be a controversial writer. But there is one aspect of his life that will never be questioned -his low-key lifestyle. The author almost never engages in the kinds of activities that make many aspiring writer's seek publication and fame in the first place. While his name may end up in the tabloids, his face does not. Burroughs "almost never" attends book parties, movie premiers and restaurant openings. These Manhattan literary mainstays hold little appeal for the author. "The day I am photographed walking out of whatever it restaurant happens to be it at the moment is the day you should drag me by my Gucci jacket out behind the barn and shoot me in the head." Burroughs explains his reluctance to embrace the celebrity-author lifestyle. "I love movies and I love restaurants and I also love parties. And I do all this stuff. But I don't do it when and where and because I know I'll be seen and especially photographed." Burroughs also rarely appears on American television, preferring to meet his readers face-to-face. "And that's what I hate about TV. They can see you but you can't see them. I get enough of that with the books themselves."
Augusten Burroughs and his partner Dennis live with their two French Bulldogs, Bentley and The Cow in Western Massachusetts and New York City. Burroughs is working on his next book.


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English Premier League club Everton announced record losses of 140 million pounds ($185 million) on Friday after feeling a heavy financial impact from the pandemic.
The club's deficit is considerably worse than a year ago when it posted a then-record loss of 111.8 million pounds, albeit over a 13-month accounting period.
Everton said the cost of the disruption by the pandemic amounted to 67.3 million pounds, with last season suspended for three months until June and then resuming in empty stadiums.
To help offset the losses, majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri injected another 50 million pounds of his own funds during the financial year up to June 30 and has put in a further 50 million pounds since then.
That took Moshiri's investment in the northwest English club since assuming control in February 2016 to 400 million pounds, with plans for a further 100 million pounds to be injected.
The club is creating proposing a new share issue to Moshiri's Blue Heaven Holdings up to a value of 250 million pounds, with the conversion of previous shareholder loans into equity equating to 150 million pounds of that total. That would potentially take his share in the club from 77.2% to 93.3%.
"Clearly this has been a very challenging year, not least from a financial perspective with the impact of COVID-19 having a profound, wide-reaching and material impact on our figures," Everton chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale said. "Prior to the pandemic, we were forecasting record revenues in excess of 200 million pounds. Our final accounts show that a significant proportion of our losses have been directly attributable to the pandemic.
"However, in this period, it is encouraging that our commercial performance has improved markedly, and this will continue to be a priority moving forward."
Due to Moshiri's continued investment, net debt was reduced to 2.3 million pounds from 9.2 million pounds in 2018-19, while the club's sponsorship, advertising and merchandising revenue of 64 million pounds was more than double the previous year's total of 29 million pounds.
There was a 113 million pounds investment in the squad during the 2019-20 financial year, with a further 70 million pounds since then. The payoff to former manager Marco Silva and his backroom team last December amounted to 6.6 million pounds.
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2023: Huge Blow To Tinubu As Northcentral Lawmakers Endose Bello For President, Pass Vote Of Confidence In Buni
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, many state legislators in the Northcentral have passed a vote of confidence in the Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The legislators also endorsed Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello for President in 2023, being the only person that has shown interest in the position from the zone.
They spoke with one voice yesterday in Abuja at the end of a one-day extraordinary meeting of APC legislatures from the six states of the Northcentral.
They encouraged Bello to continue to pursue his ambition, saying he remained the only person the zone could rally round "for it to be counted in the power equation of the country".
The lawmakers stressed that the CECPC needed the support and cooperation of all party faithful to reposition the party for better performance and victory in the 2023 polls.
According to the convener, the immediate past Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Ahmed Marafa, the extraordinary meeting was convened to discuss the political future of the zone with respect to what he called the power equation in the country.
He urged members from the six states in the zone to ensure that well-meaning men and women come together and agitate for a fair share for the zone.
Also, Kogi State House of Assembly Speaker Matthew Kolawole, who initiated the meeting over one year ago, hailed the lawmakers for their quick response to the meeting.
The lawmaker noted that it would go a long way to show their genuine efforts to look after the welfare of their people.
He said since 1960, the zone had been neglected in the democratically elected leadership map of the country, despite its endowed human resources.
Kolawole said the time had come for all and sundry, irrespective of party affiliations, to rise up and join hands to agitate for a Northcentral presidency in 2023.
In a communiqué issued at the end of their one-day roundtable, the lawmakers urged party faithful at all levels to support and cooperate with Buni to complete the good job that attracted many people into the party since he assumed office.
They also urged all the leaders in the Northcentral to continue to pursue the region's presidency without prejudice to their personal aspiration, pointing out that the number one position in the country would be more beneficial to the zone and the nation at large.
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Brewers pitchers Junior Guerra, Zach Davies didn't let opportunities slip away
Tom Haudricourt
In many ways, a rebuilding team is the land of opportunity. But players never know when those opportunities might come, so they must be prepared to take advantage when they do.
As Exhibits A and B, we give you Junior Guerra and Zach Davies, who will begin the 2017 season as the first two pitchers in the Milwaukee Brewers' starting rotation. A year ago, they began the season in the starting rotation of the Class AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
How does something like that happen, you ask? For one thing, the two right-handers kept their chins up after being sent to the minors last spring. Then, when the chance came to stick a foot in the door in Milwaukee, they jammed one in for good.
"The biggest thing is when the opportunity is presented to you, you've got take it and run with it," said Davies, acquired from Baltimore on July 31, 2015, in a trade for outfielder Gerardo Parra.
Not that things went smoothly for the now-24-year-old Davies upon joining the Brewers' rotation two weeks into the season, filling the spot vacated by injured Matt Garza. He was roughed up in his first three starts (13 earned runs in 13 1/3 innings), going 0-3 with an 8.78 earned run average.
Had the Brewers been in contending mode, Davies isn't sure he would have been given a fourth start. But because the team was just beginning the first full season of its rebuilding process, and knowing that Davies was effective for the most part during a late-season audition in 2015, he was given a longer leash.
"With another team, loaded with veterans and focused on winning then, your opportunity might be very slim," he said. "Those first three starts might have been it for me last year. Thankfully, I was allowed to stay in the rotation."
That proved to be fortuitous for both pitcher and team. Over the remainder of the season, covering 25 starts, Davies went 11-4 with a 3.54 ERA. Just like that, he went from opening one season in the minors to entering camp the next spring with a rotation spot secured.
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"Last spring, the rotation was set; I knew that," Davies said. "But my mentality was to make it difficult (to be cut). It also gave me the opportunity to be the first guy called up.
"This year, it was exactly the opposite. Instead of knowing I was going down, it was knowing I'm going to be on the team. That opened up things where I could work on certain situations and pitches. It's nice to have that kind of freedom.
"But if I don't do my job early on, I know it could be a quick trigger because they have plenty of guys in the system."
Guerra, 32, who will start the opener Monday against Colorado, had no early stumbles after replacing Taylor Jungmann in the rotation a month into last season. He hit the ground running and, despite missing August with an ailing elbow, finished with a 9-3 record and 2.81 ERA in 20 starts.
But the compelling story is not what Guerra did last season. The headline grabber is the soul-baring journey he endured merely to be in position to pitch for the Brewers. It all began in 2009 when Guerra was released by the New York Mets after being slapped with a 50-game suspension for violating the game's minor-league drug policy.
After sitting out the remainder of that season, Guerra was forced to take any job — in any place on the globe — to keep his career alive. In 2010, he pitched in Spain, not exactly a hotbed of baseball (there is no statistical record of his time there). Next came the first of two stints with the Wichita Wingnuts of the independent American Association.
Before returning to affiliated ball with a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox after the 2014 season, Guerra also would pitch in Mexico and Italy. If you don't think this baseball odyssey got discouraging at times, you would be wrong.
For Guerra, the low point came in the winter of 2009-'10. He could always count on returning home to Venezuela and pitching winter ball for La Guaira, but he performed so poorly that he was sent to the Liga Paralela, that country's version of the minors.
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It was at that juncture that Guerra strongly considered getting out of baseball and looking for something else to do with his life. He was on the verge of quitting when wife Erika gave a pep talk, encouraging him to hang in there and not give up on his dream of pitching in the major leagues one day.
"I didn't know if it was worth it anymore," Guerra said through translator Carlos Brizuela. "I just have to be thankful for my wife. Whether it's a good day or a bad day, she's always been there for me.
"Thanks to the support of my wife, I kept my head up and kept working. And everything worked out."
Yes, it did. After Guerra got his feet wet in the majors with three relief appearances for the White Sox, he got the break of his life. Chicago put him on waivers and new Brewers general manager David Stearns, on the job for only a few days, thought he might be worth a gamble and put in a claim.
Let's just say Stearns' first personnel move was a good one. You don't see many 31-year-old rookies, and certainly not many impactful newcomers of that age, but Guerra filled that role in 2016 so well that an unlikely chapter was added to his life story for this season: opening-day starter.
Asked what could be learned from Davies and Guerra beginning last season in the minors and this season as the Brewers' top starters, Guerra said, "The biggest lesson is keeping your head up. We both went down to Triple-A and kept our head up, kept working hard. We just waited for an opportunity.
"He got it first and a little after that, I got it. We're just grateful. Zach is a really talented pitcher. He could have been No. 1 as well."
One of the beauties of baseball from a pitching standpoint is that there is more than one way to get the guy standing in the batter's box. Davies and Guerra do it in decidedly different fashion.
The stocky Venezuelan (6-foot, 231 pounds) is a power pitcher whose fastball averages 93 mph. He also mixes in a slider, but his "out" pitch is a nasty split-finger fastball that breaks sharply downward at about 85 mph. Guerra throws it about a fourth of the time, mostly ahead in the count to get a strikeout when needed or at the least, soft contact.
The splitter was a vogue pitch in the 1980s but because it was tough on a pitcher's elbow — and Guerra's did bark enough to force him to the disabled list last August — it faded from popularity. The "cutter" became the pitch du jour instead and hitters rarely saw a splitter, which is why Guerra's is so effective.
"It's a unique pitch," said Brewers pitching coach Derek Johnson. "It's a great pitch for him. It's special. He doesn't necessarily have to throw it for strikes. It's more of a 'chase' type pitch. He gets a lot of swings and misses on it.
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"You don't see many guys throwing it. I think there's some fear with the elbow stuff. Maybe at some point it will come back. It seems like all pitches do."
Davies doesn't feature one devastating pitch to torment hitters. And he doesn't throw as hard as Guerra, either, topping out at 90 mph and averaging a click below. But Davies mixes in an effective changeup as well as a curveball and that new favorite of pitchers, the cutter.
At 6-foot and 155 pounds, soaking wet, and with the countenance of a choirboy, Davies is hardly an intimidating physical presence on the mound. But this is where the hitter gets his rude awakening. When on his game, Davies can carve up hitters with precision pitching that prevents them from barreling up the ball and leaves them shaking their head in wonderment.
"The one thing about Zach that we forget is he is very young," manager Craig Counsell said. "And he already has mastered throwing four pitches for strikes. That's why he believes, and I believe, he can take another step. He has different ways to keep batters off-balance, different patterns to use, different grips on the ball.
"The catcher has choices with Zach. It makes it harder sometimes. But watching Zach Davies pitch, it's 'What's the next pitch going to be?' It is a different look."
Johnson believes it's to the Brewers' advantage that Guerra and Davies give hitters different looks. In fact, he believes no two pitchers are exactly alike in the rotation, though Wily Peralta and Jimmy Nelson are both big, power pitchers who fire mostly fastballs and sliders.
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"That's what you want in your staff — a contrast of pitchers and contrast of styles," Johnson said. "That's what makes a good rotation. When Zach is commanding his pitches, it seems like an easier day for everyone. The game moves a little faster and it's fun to watch."
Or, as Counsell described Davies: "His fastball command and command of all his pitches is elite. It's among the best in the game. If you have your name attached to a skill that's one of the best in the game, that's going to give you a pretty good head start at being successful.
"There are different ways to get outs. The game allows for that. Zach's best trait is his ability to throw four pitches and command them very, very well.
"The home runs are in the middle of the plate. The home runs aren't on the corners. The extra-base hits are in the middle of the plate, and Zach doesn't throw there much."
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For Davies, learning how to pitch instead of just throwing was a matter of survival.
"I knew I wasn't a guy who was going to throw that hard," he said. "I knew that command and a mix of pitches was going to be the way I was going to be successful in a game. I've known that since a young age.
"I think it's fun, personally, because that's the way I'm going to be successful. Whenever you can do something different than somebody else, that's fun. But, at the end of the day, if you're getting the job done and the team is getting wins, that's really what matters."
It was the dream of both Guerra and Davies to earn spots in an opening-day rotation. Davies is eight years younger, so his wait wasn't nearly as long. But each pitcher encountered his share of doubters, not to mention outright naysayers along the way.
"It's fun to prove some people wrong," Davies said of those who suggested his stuff would not play in the major leagues. "Maybe not a 'in your face' kind of thing, but it's nice to show it can work out.
"I might have had a chance with the Orioles, but I will never know. I immediately got an opportunity here, once the Triple-A season ended (in 2015), so it benefited me. At this point, with the Brewers, it's a time where it's a competition. A lot of positions are up for grabs. So, the entire team has that mentality."
Welcome to the land of opportunity.


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Q: How I change constraints in generated view? function "vypis_tabulky"  add a new UIView to UIView "tabulka" for more times.
self.vyska is the bigger for every next UIView
@IBAction func vypis_tabulky(sender: AnyObject) {

        let subView = UIView()
        subView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 135/255, green: 222/255, blue: 212/255, alpha: 1)
        // add subview before adding constraints
        self.tabulka.addSubview(subView)

        // essential to apply NSLayoutConstraints programatically
        subView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

        // trailing margin constraint
        let const1 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Width, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: nil, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.NotAnAttribute, multiplier: 1, constant: 120)
        // top constraint
        let const2 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Top, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem:self.tabulka, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Top, multiplier: 1, constant: self.vyska)
        // bottom constraint
        let const3 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Height, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem:nil, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.NotAnAttribute, multiplier: 1, constant: 120)
        // leading margin constraint
        let const4 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.LeadingMargin, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem:self.tabulka, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.LeadingMargin, multiplier: 1, constant: 20)
            const2.identifier = "ahoj"

        let klik = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "klik_na_polozku_tabulce:")
        subView.addGestureRecognizer(klik)

        subView.tag = self.tag_view

        self.tag_view++
        NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints([const1, const2, const3, const4])
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    }

I add gestureRecognizer for every generated UIView with action/funct "klik_na_polozku_tabulce:"
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And inside this function a want edit constraints for UIView which I clicked.

A: Store ref of each view and constraint in a Global Array
var ViewArray: [UIView] = [UIView]()
var ConstWidthArray: [NSLayoutConstraint] = [NSLayoutConstraint]()
var ConstTopArray: [NSLayoutConstraint] = [NSLayoutConstraint]()
var ConstHeightArray: [NSLayoutConstraint] = [NSLayoutConstraint]()
var ConstLeadingMarginArray: [NSLayoutConstraint] = [NSLayoutConstraint]()

As you create them, add them to these Arrays
@IBAction func vypis_tabulky(sender: AnyObject) {

    let subView = UIView()
    subView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 135/255, green: 222/255, blue: 212/255, alpha: 1)
    // add subview before adding constraints
    self.tabulka.addSubview(subView)

    // ADD-------------------------
    ViewArray.append(subView)

    // essential to apply NSLayoutConstraints programatically
    subView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

    // trailing margin constraint
    let const1 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Width, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: nil, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.NotAnAttribute, multiplier: 1, constant: 120)
    // top constraint
    let const2 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Top, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem:self.tabulka, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Top, multiplier: 1, constant: self.vyska)
    // bottom constraint
    let const3 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Height, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem:nil, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.NotAnAttribute, multiplier: 1, constant: 120)
    // leading margin constraint
    let const4 = NSLayoutConstraint(item: subView, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.LeadingMargin, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem:self.tabulka, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.LeadingMargin, multiplier: 1, constant: 20)
        const2.identifier = "ahoj"

    ConstWidthArray.append(const1)
    ConstTopArray.append(const2)
    ConstHeightArray.append(const3)
    ConstLeadingMarginArray.append(const4)

    let klik = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "klik_na_polozku_tabulce:")
    subView.addGestureRecognizer(klik)

    subView.tag = self.tag_view

    self.tag_view++
    NSLayoutConstraint.activateConstraints([const1, const2, const3, const4])
 self.vyska = 100+self.vyska
}

When gesture is fired, it compares its view to the views in ViewArray, then adjusts constraints.
func klik_na_polozku_tabulce(target: UIGestureRecognizer){
    let viewKliked: UIView = target.view
    for index in 0..<ViewArray.count {
        if viewKliked === ViewArray[index] {
            //adjust constraints
            ConstWidthArray[index].constant = 99
            ConstTopArray[index].constant = 99
            ConstHeightArray[index].constant = 99
            ConstLeadinMarginArray[index].constant = 99
        }
    }
}

Just make sure that any place that you dealloc a generated view, you remove the ref for that view in ViewArray and its constraints from all Arrays as well before deallocation occurs.

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Home Edu Events ICAI awards Rank Certificates to the meritorious Chartered Accountants through nationwide convocation...
ICAI awards Rank Certificates to the meritorious Chartered Accountants through nationwide convocation ceremonies
New Delhi: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI) organizes Convocation ceremonies all across the country to award Rank Certificates to the meritorious Chartered Accountants & Membership Certificates to newly enrolled Chartered Accountants. The Northern region of ICAI organised the Convocation ceremony on September 2, 2017 at New Delhi. The Convocations at the other 4 regions i.e. East, West, South & Central regions of ICAI were organised at 9 centres on September 1, 2017.
During the Convocations organised at all 5 regions, in total Associate Certificates were awarded to 8454 members as per details mentioned below.
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Grand Total = 8454
CA. Nilesh S. Vikamsey, President, ICAI extended his best wishes to the new entrants to the profession as well as rank holders and congratulated all of them on becoming successful CA professionals. He said "We are living in an era of globalization and liberalization. There are no geographical borders for trade and commerce. The interdependence and linkages have become closer and dense. This places a large responsibility upon CA profession." President, ICAI also encouraged the members to have a focused vision and chalk out their career path accordingly.
CA. Naveen N D Gupta, Vice-President, ICAI said "The achievements and success of our members bear testimony to the high standards of excellence at ICAI. You are armed with a truly excellent education, which will not only enable you to succeed in life but will also help you to contribute towards the growth of the society and nation. You must, therefore, see yourselves as leaders."
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory body established under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 for regulating the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. ICAI is the second largest accounting body in the world with a strong tradition of service to the public interest and to the Indian economy.
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World Book Day World Book Day Friday 2nd March 2017 Come dressed as your favourite character and bring in your book. Sponsored Readathon As part of our World Book Day Celebrations we hope to get Elm Wood reading for fun through our sponsored Readathon and by doing something amazing for others. The money raised buys books for our school and more importantly brings the power of stories to children in Manchester Children's hospitals, via mobile bookcases and resident storytellers. There will be a prize for each class for the child who has read the most books!
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Boilerplate Provisions in Contracts
Boilerplate provisions in contracts are important components in any agreement and it refers to standard language in contracts.3 min read
1. Importance of Boilerplate Provisions
2. Legal Conflicts
3. Arbitration Agreement
4. Arbitration Ideas
Boilerplate provisions in contracts are important components in any agreement. The term boilerplate refers to standard language in contracts. In essence, it is text that can be reused in a new context or application without being wholly changed from the original text. With that, detailed drafters need to ensure that the provisions will not undercut agreements or lead to abrupt consequences.
Although boilerplate provisions could be lumped in together, the provisions have little similarities with the other, only that they do not fit anywhere in the agreement itself. Further, the provisions are meant to sum up the understanding between all parties, after everyone has agreed to the primary contract terms.
Note: Boilerplate provisions should be included at the end of the contract.
For instance, the provisions could be included in the following sections:
Many feel that such provisions are not important because they are included at the end of the agreement, and many do not pay attention to or read to the text. However, such provisions are vital because they pertain to your legal rights in the same manner as other contract provisions. In addition, they determine how potential disputes could be resolved and how courts enforce the contract in the event of legal wrangling.
Boilerplate ramifications are mostly noticed when it's not included in a contract. For example, contracts that do not include a provision that awards attorney fees to winners of a dispute are problematic because it can be hard to find a lawyer that will accept the case. This is because such wording was not included, even though a party is in breach of the contract.
Importance of Boilerplate Provisions
The primary aim of boilerplate provisions is to save drafters and parties the trouble and time with language that's commonly understood and used. Moreover, the provisions enforce your rights within the contract and may either deduct or establish vital rights. The language is meant to save additional time by regarding common meanings, but it is worth noting that the impact and meaning of such provisions are vital to the contract itself.
Even though boilerplate terms are standard, they can still be tailored according to contract requirements. Each clause of the contract must be negotiated, including the boilerplate provisions. With that, not every single boilerplate provision needs to be in the contract. You should include important provisions, and you can determine the important provisions according to the transaction type outlined in the contract.
Boilerplate provisions should include:
Rules on Agreement Interpretation
Rules Governing the Subject Matter of the Contract
Contingencies if a Court Deems Certain Provisions Invalid
If Third Parties would Benefit from the Agreement
Legal Conflicts
If a legal dispute occurs, losing parties must pay attorney fees. Shifting fees is a popular way to deter further litigation in the future. Parties tend to find other avenues of settling legal disputes if they must pay attorney costs and fees.
However, an agreement clause mandates that the contract is complete and final, preventing claims that certain provisions or terms were not included in the contract. This may include such things as:
Oral Statements
Counsel should ensure that all terms are included in the agreement due to the fact that terms located outside of the agreement will not be enforceable. In addition, counsel needs to include statements that neither party relied on a representation or pre-contract statement.
Conflicts should be resolved via arbitration guidelines and not in the courtroom. Further, arbitration boilerplate provisions should assign binding agreements that include:
Binding Terms of Arbitration
Arbitrator Name
Location of Arbitration
The great thing is that parties can tailor arbitration provisions to everyone's liking and can establish a world in which conflicts are settled with no need for legal proceedings.
Arbitration Ideas
In addition, arbitration can come in many forms and variables. Such variables can be:
Administrator choices in the form of a commercial administrator, or lack thereof
Arbitrator numbers (including fields of expertise, and why they were chosen)
Fee Shifting Agreements
Matters to be Discussed
Trial Limitations
Awards and Award Formats
Award Confirmations
For more information on boilerplate provisions in contracts, submit your legal inquiry to our UpCounsel marketplace. UpCounsel attorneys will give you the guidance you need in establishing a solid contract that all parties can agree to and understand. Further, our attorneys will help you include key boilerplate provisions to prevent potential legal disputes in the future.
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Nat'Images est un magazine français consacré à la photographie et plus particulièrement à la nature. Créé par Guy-Michel Cogné, il paraît pour la première fois en .

Il constitue une émanation du mensuel, Chasseur d'images dont il se présente comme le complément, consacré à la pratique de la photo nature. Le tirage initial de  s'est stabilisé après trois numéros à  (chiffres de l'éditeur).

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Nat'Images se définit comme un montreur d'images, conçu comme un magazine papier de l'après internet. À la différence de Chasseur d'images, il ne parle pas de technique, mais privilégie l'image et les récits des photographes qui partagent leurs expériences en racontant la façon dont ils réalisent leurs reportages. C'est à la fois un magazine de lecture, riche en texte, et un magazine visuel avec une approche rédactionnelle davantage conçue comme un livre que comme un périodique périssable.

Outre les reportages photographiques, Nat'Images consacre un cahier entier au travail d'illustrateurs naturalistes tels que Stéphane Hette et Marcello Pettineo qui fusionnent photographies et dessins d'illustration.

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Album Assessment: Rhiannon Giddens' They're Calling Me Dwelling is a timely meditation on the comforts of property
I explained to myself that I wouldn't entertain pandemic adjacent albums. But, Rhiannon Giddens' newest, recorded with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, has confirmed to be an exception. It helps that it's not an album of music about sourdough and lockdowns. It also allows that it's wonderful.
They're Calling Me Property is a well timed album, with pertinent themes, many thanks to its evocative exploration of the thoughts churned up because of to our collective problem. The twelve observe album revels in a sensation nostalgia – particularly a longing for the comforts of residence. There's also the metaphorical "call home" of dying, which has come to be a tragic reality for significantly as well lots of this year.
These overarching themes make this album very relatable and permits for a perception of connectivity. Giddens and Turrisi, might equally stay in Ireland when not on tour, but the pandemic has grounded them, like it has with so quite a few of us. As these types of, the two expats used their lockdown to investigate the new music of their indigenous and adoptive countries. So we locate common songs like "I Shall Not Be Moved" and "Waterbound" along with the Italian lullaby "Nenna Nenna", and "Si Dolce è'l Tormento".
It'd been a couple of a long time due to the fact I'd properly sat down and listened to a Rhiannon Giddens history. But, I necessary only seconds of opening track "Calling Me Home" to be reminded of what a elegant voice she has. The monitor, which is composed by folk pioneer Alice Gerrard, allows Giddens a good deal of room to shine, and is the best opener and temper setter. Even though "Si Dolce è'l Tormento", serves to remind the listener that Giddens is an opera singer by instruction.
All in all They're Calling Me Dwelling is superbly understated. There is the banjo, accordion and frame drums that have come to be characteristic of the duo's audio. But then, they've also augmented that with viola, cello, as nicely as common Irish instrumental, particularly flute, whistle and pipes. All the things, on the other hand, is in company to the tunes by themselves. And, whilst the album may have been recorded throughout a small six day time period, absolutely nothing feels rushed or harried. Instead, the album seriously would seem to be sitting down in that sweet place: not way too polished, not far too uncooked but just correct.
Inspite of the melancholy and sadness of a range of these music, They are Contacting Me Residence stays an album comprehensive of warmth and compassion. From time to time, there are moments the place it begins to feel a little bit maudlin but the pair take care of to change issues up on the subsequent keep track of. "Calling Me Home", "Waterbound", "Avalon", "Black as Crow" and their excellent rendition of "Amazing Grace" are among the album's highlights. There is, on the other hand, minor to disappoint in this article.
4 STARS (OUT OF 5)
Rhiannon Giddens new album with Franceso Turrisi, They're Contacting Me Home, is out now on Nonesuch.
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fund this: spoiler alert by george shaw
Our composer pal George Shaw is working on a new concept album, Spoiler Alert, a full-length album of dramatic orchestral music inspired by the epic films he loves. He's currently fundraising for the project, and recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to cover the costs. Here's a video with George talking about the album:
Here's some more information about Spoiler Alert:
The inspiration for my new studio album "Spoiler Alert" comes from working with young musicians like the ones in The Irvine Young Concert Artists Orchestra. Through my experiences recording with them and musicians like David Choi, I realized that linking their social media interests with their musical ones would be a new and exciting way to further their education. Not only would young musicians be able to record a professional studio album, but they would also be able to use music to connect with each other through online videos of their session.
"Spoiler Alert" as a concept asks the question, "What kind of music would entice me to watch a film?" The album will feature short tracks like those you would hear in trailers for epic and dramatic films. As a composer, some of my favorite cinematic scores are "Star Wars" by John Williams, "Back to the Future" by Alan Silvestri and "The Incredibles" by Michael Giacchino and as you can imagine, having the privilege of being hired to compose at that level is a career goal of mine.
Our Kickstarter campaign proceeds will go towards a June recording date at The Bridge Studios in Glendale, CA, the mixing/mastering, hiring a graphic designer to do the album artwork and duplicating CDs of the album. Any funds beyond our goal will go towards additional recording/mixing, hiring a documentary camera crew to shoot and edit video of the recording session, and other miscellaneous costs in producing an album. Thank you all in advance and I hope to bring you "Spoiler Alert" this summer!
George is a talented composer, and a nice guy on top of that. It's great to see him put his skills and time toward working with young musicians. To see videos of George in action, or to make a pledge, go to his Kickstarter campaign here. And for further information on George's work, visit his official website here.


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"We will cry everyday for him" - Family and friends lay flowers at scene of fatal crash
Published: 2:34 PM May 2, 2018 Updated: 8:09 PM October 10, 2020
Floral tributes and photos laid at the scene of the crash in Aldeby in memory of Daniel Blowers. Picture: Ben Witton. - Credit: Archant
Floral tributes, photos and messages of love have been laid in memory of a young driver killed in a car crash.
The junction of Elms Road and Beccles Road in Aldeby.Picture: Nick Butcher - Credit: Nick Butcher
Daniel Blowers, aged in his 20s, died after a two-car crash on Beccles Road in Aldeby on Saturday morning.
The incident involved a white Fiat 500 and a black Mitsubishi L200, which were travelling in opposite directions, and despite the best efforts of police and paramedics, Mr Blowers, who was driving the Fiat, died at the scene.
Last night, family and friends gathered at the scene to lay flowers in his memory.
Mr Blowers' brother, Ben Witton, said they were "overwhelmed" with the turnout.
The village sign in Aldeby. Picture: Nick Butcher. - Credit: Nick Butcher
He said: "All of his family and friends love him so much. No words can describe his loss. We will cry everyday for him."
Members of the community have also expressed their sadness upon hearing about the tragedy in the village.
Tim Wright, chairman of Aldeby Parish Council, said: "It's awful – it is so sad for a young man to lose his life.
"It is so sad to hear someone has been killed on our roads and always awful when someone is killed in such tragic circumstances.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time and we offer our deepest sympathies.
"But words do seem inadequate at a time like this."
Police closed Beccles Road while emergency services dealt with the incident at around 7.45am and carried out initial investigations.
Fire crews from Beccles, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft South also attended the scene to assist the police and ambulance.
The road was reopened at 1.30pm.
Officers are keen to hear from people who may have witnessed the incident, or has information about the driving manner of the vehicles.
Anyone with information should contact the serious collision investigation team at Wymondham on 101.


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Q: Laptop brightness change with screen color I recently installed an Ubuntu 18 on a DELL laptop with an NVIDIA graphic card. I selected during the install process, the installation of proprietary software.
Since the installation, it seems that when I am running on battery the brightness of the screen is changing constantly depending on the amount of white there is displayed on the screen.
That does not happen when I am plugged-in.
Back in the days I had the same issue on windows with an AMD graphic card, it was a "power saving" feature. But I can't find any information about this on NVIDIA under Linux.
Does anyone know how to disable it once and for all?


Water scarcity India and Pakistan have held a second round of talks on September 14-15 under World Bank (WB) auspices in Washington on differences regarding two hydropower projects under construction by India on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). Like the first round on July 31-August 1, 2017 however, this time round too the two sides failed to agree. An earlier Indus Waters Commission meeting in Islamabad in March 2017 had produced a similar deadlock, after which Pakistan turned to the WB as the arbiter of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). While it soon became clear that the two sides were still poles apart, with Pakistan asking the WB to appoint a Court of Arbitration and India countering with a proposal for the WB to appoint a neutral expert, the WB's statement after the latest round of talks appreciated the goodwill and cooperative atmosphere in which these talks were held. The dispute concerns two hydropower projects, the 330 MW Kishanganga and the 850 MW Ratle hydropower projects that Pakistan objects to on the grounds that their design violates the provisions of the IWT. These provisions include a clause dividing the Indus Basin waters between the two countries on the basis of one-fifth to India and four-fifths to Pakistan. Pakistan complains that India's designs as the upper riparian will unfairly and against the spirit and letter of the IWT, deprive it if its rightful share of the rivers flowing through IHK. It may be relevant to mention here that the IWT is one of the most successful international treaties, having withstood the ups and downs in the relationship between Pakistan and India, and even the subsequent wars between them. However, contrary to the IWT, there is a lobby in India that objects per se to the arbitration role of the WB, wanting no third party involved and for Pakistan and India to settle these and all other matters bilaterally. This is a self-serving argument, since the track record of bilateral negotiations on this and other matters is nothing to write home about. One does not know at this point what the next step on the part of the WB, Pakistan and India will be, but perhaps the best that can be hoped for is a continuation of talks to try and find ways and means to resolve the dispute. The IWT was signed in 1960 after nine years of negotiations brokered by the WB, which is also a signatory and has a mediatory role in setting up dispute resolution mechanisms, but only with the consensus of both state parties. Despite its weathering the storms that have buffeted Pakistan-India relations since it was brought into existence, the IWT dispute resolution regime now seems stalled, perhaps partly because of the current tensions between the two countries. Unfortunately the track record of Pakistan's engagement bilaterally with India and multilaterally under the auspices of the WB on issues afflicting the IWT does not inspire confidence. One cannot escape the conclusion that Pakistan has seldom prepared its case on disputes in a timely or well thought out fashion. Being the upper riparian, India can stall resolution of disputes almost indefinitely by hiding behind the technicalities of the IWT and its dispute resolution process, while continuing in certain instances to continue to create new facts on the ground. This may be informed by the wisdom that the WB or any other international arbitration forum is unlikely to ask a country to demolish a dam. While Pakistan and India will now continue internal discussions in their respective capitals after the talks remained deadlocked, Pakistan has been hit by the news that a 20 percent water shortage looms over the Rabi season. The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has revealed this while asking for building more dams on a war footing. The reasons adduced for treating this development as an emergency can be listed as sparse rainfall in recent years, silting up of existing water reservoirs, providing Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with their full quotas under the Water Apportionment Accord of 1991 and the additional offtake by the recently inaugurated Kachhi Canal in Balochistan. Punjab and Sindh being the two affected provinces by the water shortage, food security now seems under strain if not threatened. Pakistan is considered to be a water-stressed country by now, and the portents, under the impact of climate change and potential and existing disputes between our internal upper and lower riparians, are increasingly grim.


Kaiserreich-If you squint really, really hard and tilt your head sideways a bit, the Griffin Moot looks a lot like this. It doesn't help that they have a love of snappy uniforms, good beer and sausages, and are the most militant (in an organized sort of way) of the five races in the current universe. They don't wear the Pickelhaube, mind you (if they're wearing helmets, it's usually a nice, sealed setup for a skinsuit or powered armor).
Most of the titles of nobility are the same as Equestria-duke, count, baron, etc, etc, etc. But, if they ever learned of the concept of the German language and the titles therein, they'd probably use those just to get away from Equestrian titles.


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Lichty Guitars is an American company based in Tryon, North Carolina, that has been making custom acoustic guitars and ukuleles since 2009. It was founded by musician Jay Lichty, who honed his craft with luthier Wayne Henderson.

History
Jay Lichty was previously a homebuilder and carpenter, but as the housing market declined, he began producing guitars, eventually making his luthier company his primary career by 2009. Within the first year of business, Lichty Guitars experienced a steady stream of custom orders and a Garden & Gun magazine award naming Lichty Guitars the overall winner of the "Made in the South" awards.

Jay Lichty creates all the instruments by hand using a wide variety of domestic and exotic hardwoods including Indian rosewood, Brazilian rosewood, pau ferro, cocobolo, lacewood, hormigo, koa, mahogany, ziricote, ancient kauri, maple, claro walnut and others for the instrument bodies. Types of wood used for the soundboards include lutz, engelmann, sitka, Adirondack spruces, Western red cedar, sinker redwood, koa, and mahogany.

A collaboration with Raleigh, North Carolina artist Clark Hipolito led to a series of handmade hand-painted guitars and ukuleles.

Jay Lichty offers one-on-one guitar building workshops and small group classes. He is a member of the Guild of American Luthiers (GAL) and the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (ASIA).

Awards
Lichty Guitars was the overall winner in Garden & Gun magazine's "Made in the South" competition in 2010.

Designs

Acoustic guitars

 Dreadnought Guitar - A square-shouldered, deep-bodied guitar, the dreadnought is a contemporary interpretation of the most popular steel string guitar design. The quality of the dreadnought sound is full, balanced and powerful with deep bass registers.
 OM Guitar - The OM (Orchestra Model) style is a favorite of fingerstyle soloists as well as guitarists with a wide range of playing styles. The Lichty OM has a 14 fret neck, a smaller body than the dreadnought and sloping shoulders. The Lichty OM is known for its responsive playability and for producing balanced crystal clear notes from one end of the scale to other. Unlike the dreadnought, the bass register does not dominate.
 Alchemist - The Alchemist features distinctive body lines with an OM-style size, a wedge-shaped body (inspired by the innovations of Linda Manzer) a side sound port, extended fretboard, bound fretboard and headstock and Gotoh 510 tuners.
 Parlor Guitar - The smaller body size and design of the parlor guitar allows for a balance of frequencies.
 Crossover Guitar - A melding of a classical and a steel string guitar, the Crossover has the body and bracing of a Ramirez classical coupled with a radius fretboard and a 1-7/8″ nut width. Classical guitars typically have a 2″ to 2-1/4″ nut width and steel string guitars are 1-11/16″ to 1-13/16″. Lichty added a truss rod, a body cutaway and a side sound port (both optional), as well as a K&K Classic pickup and nylon strings.

Ukuleles
 Tenor Ukulele - A popular choice for performing soloists, the tenor is larger than the concert and soprano size, and therefore produces greater volume and a more complex tone than smaller ukuleles. Its larger size also makes it an easier adaption for guitar players.
 Baritone Ukulele - The baritone is the largest of the ukulele sizes and produces the deepest sound. Given its size and tuning (often the same as the bottom four strings of the guitar), it is favored by many guitar players as a cross-over instrument to expand their playing experience.

References

External links

 Video: "Made from Wood: The Art of Acoustic Guitar Building," an Eric Olsen short film

Companies based in North Carolina
Ukulele makers
Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States


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Q: How do I Avoiding Looping back to lines in code? I am self-teaching myself python and have run into a problem that I can not seem to find a way around.
I have created a piece of code that compares an entered password to one stored in a database.
My code should have two possibilities.
1) If the password is correct.
The user is prompted to enter a new password and then the prompt to enter the password must appear again (This time accepting the new password).
2)If the password is incorrect the user will be prompted to enter the password until the correct password is entered.
In VBS I used to be able to use the GOTO command.
I am not sure if this is available in Python and if it is I would like to avoid using it as it creates a very illogical hard to follow the program.
password = "@123"
entry = input("Please Input The Password:")

if (password == entry):
    entry = input("Password correct you may enter a new password.")
else:
    entry = input("Password Incorrect, Try again.")

A: There are various ways you could complete this. Here is a simple way you could achieve it using while loop and break statement.
password = "@123"
while(True):
    entry = raw_input("Please Input The Password: ")
    if (password == entry):
        print("Password correct you may enter a new password.")
        break
    else:
        print("Password Incorrect, Try again.")

Hope it helped.

A: while password != entry: # Executes until (password == entry), and does not execute if it is met, even for the first time.
    print('Sorry, wrong password.')
    entry = input('Enter password >') # or other source of data
print('Correct!')

Edit: additional ways you can do this:
while True: # forever loop, but
    entry = input('Enter password >') # or other source of data
    if password == entry:
        print('Correct!') # you can also put this outside of the loop
        break # exit the loop no matter what
        # do not put code after the break statement, it will not run!
    print('Sorry, wrong password') # will execute only if password != entry, break ignores the rest of the code in the loop

A: Easiest to make a function with a while statement.
password = "@123"
def login():
    while True:
        answer = input("Please Input The Password:")
        if answer == password:
            print("Password correct you may enter a new password.")
        else:
            print("Password Incorrect, Try again.")
            break
login()


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True leadership to aspire to
Jeff Kemp with 49ers Coach Bill Walsh
On Saturday nights before NFL games, most teams watch a bit of film of their opponent to sharpen their minds for the next day. My 49ers coach, Bill Walsh, added a twist: he showed a highlight clip of our team the game before that week, so long as we won or competed admirably. On a big run by the running back, Bill would narrate the play, giving special emphasis to a key block.
"Gentlemen, look at our left guard Guy McIntyre. Watch his footwork and his speed pulling across the formation to lay out, with his head on the correct side of that linebacker that he blocks. This is perfection. It's a great effort by a great San Francisco 49er. I look forward to seeing you men play at this level tomorrow."
Man! How do you think Guy felt after that? How did we as buddies feel? How much would you want to be the guy to make the plays that made the highlight film the next week?
Bill had a way of lifting our view of ourselves from average to elite, from athlete to intellectual, from winner to champion. This is the kind of true leadership I aspire to, and so can you.
To husbands, dads, managers, and Little League coaches: make a mental highlight reel; describe the character, the effort, the kindness, or the sacrifice of someone on your team. You can help someone face their blitz, reach their heart, and fill their tank.
©2015. Adapted from Facing Your Blitz weekly video encouragement, and from the book, Facing the Blitz, by Jeff Kemp.
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If a play's a winner, run it again
Maybe you're one of the many thousands of men who did the Stepping Up Super Saturday event last year. Or maybe you have been part of a weekly Stepping Up men's video study group.
Run it again.
Why Do STEPPING UP more than once?
Jeff Kemp with receiver Jerry Rice
When I was with the San Francisco 49ers, we had a play we called Brown Right, Fox 2, Z Post. My receiver ran a post route behind the free safety, who had bitten on the run-play fake. I threw the ball and the receiver caught the pass for a touchdown. It was a huge help to our team that game, not to mention that Jerry Rice and I loved running that play.
Not too long after that, the coach suggested we run the play again.
What? Again? So soon? We just ran that?
Well, he called the play again so we ran it again … many times, in fact. It scored five more touchdowns in a six-week stretch of games. Of course, it didn't look exactly the same, and the players on the field changed a bit each time. But it worked. It was awesome. It scored and it helped our team to WIN.
Maybe you've already done a Stepping Up men's video study. Why would you do STEPPING UP again?
Because it was fun. Guys loved it. It changed lives. It got guys into groups talking about life and Jesus. It gave your church and men's group a big WIN.
Manhood and discipleship are not one-time events. Stepping Up could be run three times a year in a church and it would not be too much. After all, we retain only 10-20% of what we learn each time. Plus, new guys are always brought and impacted. Friendships are forged, issues are dealt with and manhood is displayed. Men accept Christ and catch vision to disciple their families and other men.
So, as they say, if a play is a winner … don't forget to run it again!
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I didn't make it to the Super Bowl, but …
It's that time of year: the NFL playoffs. For months, fans have been putting their hopes in their teams' players and coaches, who have been pouring every ounce of mental and physical energy into a singular goal: reaching and winning the Super Bowl.
Every team is dying to get there but few do. Fans dream of going to the big game, if they could even afford the tickets. Players, coaches, fans — we all yearn for our team to make it.
My own yearning to go to the big game started early — as a seven-year-old boy. It was around Christmas when my dad told me that if his team won their big championship game against the Chiefs, I would get to fly to Los Angeles to watch the very first Super Bowl in NFL history. Dad was more than a Buffalo Bills fan — he was their quarterback.
Dad played hard. We cheered hard. But our Super Bowl dreams were dashed when the Kansas City Chiefs won the league championship, earning them the trip to face the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I.
Less than 20 years later, I had my chance to go to the playoffs as quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams, only to lose in the first round. The next year our team made it all the way to conference championship game, just like my dad's team did. But we weren't that close; we lost to the Bears 24-0 in frigid, windy Chicago. But hey, 25 points in the fourth quarter and we'd have been in the New Orleans Superdome playing in Super Bowl XX.
One of the best teams I played for, the San Francisco 49ers, went to and won multiple Super Bowls, but not in the season I was on the team. My teams made it to the playoffs six times, but never to the big game. So I know at least a bit about the yearning and the sacrifices made to reach and win the Super Bowl.
The best NFL coaches do more than just cast a clear vision of the Super Bowl as the team's goal. They connect every little detail of preparation and practice as vital to the journey and prize of a Super Bowl championship. I remember Hall of Fame coach, Bill Walsh, explaining to us how details — like perfectly consistent steps in handing off the ball or timing in releasing a pass — relate to the constant improvement and excellence that would lead us toward a Super Bowl.
Laser-like focus is crucial to accomplishing great things in life. The trick seems to be in choosing what steps are important and what goals are truly great.
I didn't make it to the Super Bowl, but there are more important things in life that we should all set our focus on. Often we are distracted from the ultimate goals and most important things in life. It may be busyness. It may be the sudden blitz of life's painful problems. It may be the distractions of entertainment, or for us fans, the obsession with a sporting event like the Super Bowl.
I'll be the first to admit it. I love the playoffs and I obsess a bit too much about getting to see all the great games, culminated by the Super Bowl.
But for those of us who believe in and aim to follow Jesus, all the enthusiasm and emotional devotion we have toward the playoffs should trigger a calibrating question: How much do other interests of mine crowd out what should be my transcending joy and dominant interest?
If I can put so much energy into reaching the Super Bowl, how much more focus and effort can I put into my marriage, raising my children to know Christ, and preparing them to walk in His purpose for them?
God and His Word point us as men to the ultimate goals and destination: seeking first His Kingdom, our eternal relationship with Him, and leading others to the same. Our goal is the upward call of the prize of dwelling with God eternally and elevating our Savior, Jesus.
We all love our teams. But this eternal goal should be motivated by gratitude and love for God, who never lets us down. And that should drive us to the daily and the practical: to show our love for Him by loving others, including each person in our family, and every human neighbor He puts in our path.
Friend, you may never get to attend the Super Bowl or accomplish your biggest earthly goal. But there are bigger, more attainable goals in Christ. This year let the intensity, attention, and extravagance of the Super Bowl prompt us as Jesus followers to refocus on our greatest joy, our greatest victory and our greatest calling. How should that make us live differently?
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Wilda passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at East Gate Lodge at the age of 86.
She was predeceased by her mother Verna in 1959 and her only brother Ray in 1991.
Wilda was born and raised in Winnipeg. She took a summer job as a messenger with CN Telegraphs at age 15, intending to return to school and go through for Veterinary Medicine, but family illness prevented further education and she stayed with CNT for 39 years. She retired in 1986 and bought her dream home on Brokenhead River near Beausejour where she could indulge in her lifelong love of animals – pets and wildlife.
As per Wilda's wishes, cremation has taken place and no formal service will be held.
In lieu of flowers, friends who wish may make donations in Wilda's memory to Manitoba Mutts Dog Rescue Inc., P.O. Box 34040, 7 Killarney Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3T 5T5 or Manitoba Underdogs Rescue, 23-845 Dakota Street, Suite #382, Winnipeg, MB R2M 5M3.
My heart is saddened by the loss of Wilda. She was a staple of River Road North and will be missed.


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Q: NSMutableArray being overwritten in for-loop I searched around and thought I found the answer to this but it doesn't appear to be working. I am trying to make an array of dictionaries for later sorting, etc. I can get all the correct data into dictionary object and key pairs, but when I try to add the dictionaries to an array the previous array entries are "overwritten". I realize I'm doing something wrong with the pointer to the NSArray, but I cannot get it straight. One post suggested moving the instantiation of the array out of the for loop, but the following two snippets produce identical results.
NSMutableDictionary *tempMatricesNW = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

NSUInteger middle = 0;

if (([factorsNW count] % 2) != 0) {
    middle = (([factorsNW count]+1)/2)-1;
}

NSMutableArray *tempMatriceArrayNW = [NSMutableArray array];

for (NSUInteger i = 1; i < [factorsNW count]-1; i++) {

    if (i == middle) {
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"x"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"y"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]-[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"diff"];
        [tempMatriceArrayNW addObject:tempMatricesNW];
    }
    else {
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"x"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:(([factorsNW count]-i)-1)] intValue]] forKey:@"y"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:abs([[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue] - [[factorsNW objectAtIndex:(([factorsNW count]-i)-1)] intValue])] forKey:@"diff"];
        [tempMatriceArrayNW addObject:tempMatricesNW];
    }

    NSLog(@"%@", tempMatriceArrayNW);

}

I get the same result with this...
NSMutableDictionary *tempMatricesNW = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

NSUInteger middle = 0;

if (([factorsNW count] % 2) != 0) {
    middle = (([factorsNW count]+1)/2)-1;
}

for (NSUInteger i = 1; i < [factorsNW count]-1; i++) {

    NSMutableArray *tempMatriceArrayNW = [NSMutableArray array];

    if (i == middle) {
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"x"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"y"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]-[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"diff"];
        [tempMatriceArrayNW addObject:tempMatricesNW];
    }
    else {
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"x"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:(([factorsNW count]-i)-1)] intValue]] forKey:@"y"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:abs([[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue] - [[factorsNW objectAtIndex:(([factorsNW count]-i)-1)] intValue])] forKey:@"diff"];
        [tempMatriceArrayNW addObject:tempMatricesNW];
    }

    NSLog(@"%@", tempMatriceArrayNW);

}

It doesn't seem to matter where I put the instantiation of the NSMutableArray so I must be doing something else wrong...
Thanks in advance for any help!

A: Your previous entries are overwritten because you are using the same dictionary so you are pointing to the same memory allocation. You need to create a new dictionary in each loop of your for or after to add your tempMatricesNW dictionary to your array, instantiate it again
NSUInteger middle = 0;

if (([factorsNW count] % 2) != 0) {
    middle = (([factorsNW count]+1)/2)-1;
}

NSMutableArray *tempMatriceArrayNW = [NSMutableArray array];

for (NSUInteger i = 1; i < [factorsNW count]-1; i++) {

    NSMutableDictionary *tempMatricesNW = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

    if (i == middle) {
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"x"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"y"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]-[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"diff"];
        [tempMatriceArrayNW addObject:tempMatricesNW];
    }
    else {
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue]] forKey:@"x"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:[[factorsNW objectAtIndex:(([factorsNW count]-i)-1)] intValue]] forKey:@"y"];
        [tempMatricesNW setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:abs([[factorsNW objectAtIndex:i] intValue] - [[factorsNW objectAtIndex:(([factorsNW count]-i)-1)] intValue])] forKey:@"diff"];
        [tempMatriceArrayNW addObject:tempMatricesNW];
    }

    NSLog(@"%@", tempMatriceArrayNW);

}


June 6, 2018—A self-driving service could be on Tokyo's public roads in time for the 2020 Olympics, as Japan seeks to drive investment in autonomous vehicle technology, according to a government strategic review announcement.
The strategy, presented recently by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, includes plans to allow the development of virtual power plants by March 2022.
According to a report by news18.com, the proposals are part of a larger package of fiscal economic policies that the Japanese government plans to formulate by the end of the month. The review said the government plans to begin testing a driverless car system on public roads sometime this year, with the goal of launching a self-driving car service by the outset of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
After that, the Japanese government would likely attempt to commercialize the self-driving system as early as 2022. Economists believe autonomous vehicle and artificial intelligence technologies could help Japanese businesses cope with an aging and declining workforce. However, Japanese companies have struggled to keep pace with U.S., Chinese, and European counterparts in implementing such technology into their work practices so far, the news18.com report noted.


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Q: How to append xml file using php? I have xml.xml file:
<employers>
<employer>
    <name>John</name>
</employer>
</employers>

How to insert new employer?
I want file xml.xml to look like:
<employers>
    <employer>
        <name>Senna</name>
    </employer>
<employer>
        <name>John</name>
    </employer>
</employers>

I used this:
$xml = simplexml_load_file("xml.xml");
$employers = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$employer = $xml->addChild('employer');
$employer->addAttribute('name', $c->getName());
$xml->asXML($xml);

$c->getname() is String.
Is there any good practices for doing this?

A: Add the name of a employer not with addAttribute() but with addChild().
Demo: http://codepad.org/Pg0C87g6
Source
$string = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<employers>
<employer>
    <name>John</name>
</employer>
</employers>
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

// before
var_dump($xml);

$employer = $xml->addChild('employer');
$employer->addChild('name', 'TEST PERSON'); // $c->getName()

// after
var_dump($xml);

var_dump($xml->asXML());

For the insertion / appending of multiple elements, you might iterate over an array or over your objects ($c), like so:
foreach($listOfNewEmployers as $i => $name)
{
    $employer = $xml->addChild('employer');
    $employer->addChild('name', $name); // $c->getName()
}


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Gabriel Luna Eager to Return as Ghost Rider in the MCU
Could Gabriel Luna return as Ghost Rider in a new MCU project?
By Nobelle Borines
There is little doubt that people are hoping that characters from cancelled Marvel shows will return in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After all, it happened to Daredevil and Kingpin in 2021. So what are the chances that Ghost Rider will be brought back into the MCU? Gabriel Luna has opened up about the possibility of reprising his role as Robbie Reyes in a future project.
Gabriel Luna was introduced as Robbie Reyes in the fourth season of Agents of SHIELD and Ghost Rider was supposed to get his own spin-off series on Hulu back in 2019. However, the streaming service decided not to move forward with the project later the same year.
So is there any chance that we'll get to see Ghost Rider again, possibly in the MCU? Gabriel Luna told Comicbook.com that he is eager to revisit the character in any way possible after what happened in Agents of SHIELD.
"You know, I think that the way we left it... I would definitely think that there's a lot more to say," Luna said.
"I loved the response. Everyone loved Robbie and they loved the character. And if we only ever did those ten episodes and nothing else, I would feel very complete with what we were able to do," he continued. "To bring awareness to the character, to show people a Mexican-American hero -- the first on television, I believe. I know that's said a lot but I think people forget about 2016 when we did that with Robbie. But he's a wonderful character and I love him. I'd absolutely be happy to continue."
We would certainly love to see Ghost Rider again in the future. However, Marvel Studios has yet to confirm if there are any plans to bring the character back. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.
Gabriel Luna will play Tommy in The Last of Us, which premieres on HBO on January 15, 2023.
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Shouldn't this be "with this ring, I thee wed"?
"Thee" is the second person singular familiar form, which mostly dropped out of the language sometime after King James had the Bible translated. Knowing it is useful if; one is doing historic recreations, reading pre-1700 texts, dealing with old school Quakers, or just want to know more about how this silly language we purport to speak works.
Thou is the object form of thee. Thine is the possessive. etc.
This demagoguery brought to you by the letter V.
Hmm, Sesame Street teaches your kid Anarchy as why as rules of Grammar. Interesting choice of things for a tv show.
I believe the classic/archaic formula is "I do thee wed". This kind of construction, with the "extra" do and this position of the pronoun, is quite common in Shakespeare, I believe.
As for the match made in heaven… it's a match alright: ring against elephant!
I thankst thou, Muzhik. The muse doth wear thee well.
And, because I now have naught more to speak, I bid thee safe reads.


Willett's MGP-distilled rye is my favorite American whiskey. The single barrels vary, but they always deliver a tremendous and nuanced experience. Last week, I did a whole schpiel about the crazy pricing of Willett's single barrel bourbons. I won't do the same for the ryes because I already covered that territory here and here. Needless to say, they ain't selling for $40 a pop anymore.
Because they're scarce and because they ain't $40, we no longer open two Willett ryes each year here. Maybe one every two years at this rate. But I was able to align three samples of the current era of WFE single barrels to compare and contrast in one sitting. And, hey, it's even a verticale this time!
I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel a burst of melancholy on the last sip. Of the three ryes, this one was most reminiscent of what once was.......those $40-$50 4-6yos we were much spoiled to have four years ago.
I'm going to set those romantic memories right over here, so I can continue this post.
This is an excellent rye. Each new characteristic, spun out by the grain, merges perfectly with every element that came before. The oak has done its subtle work without intruding. And then finish is right on pitch and unending. Damn.