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By Antony Currie
Hiromichi (Hiro) Mizuno, Executive Managing Director and CIO of Government Pension Fund (GPIF) attends the Paris 2017 Climate Finance Day at the Finance Ministry ahead of the One Planet Summit in Paris, France, December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Elon Musk is making Tesla's board more sustainable. On Thursday the electric-car maker unveiled Hiromichi Mizuno as its newest director. Until last month he was the investment chief of Japan's $1.5 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund, the world's largest. That experience alone will be valuable to Tesla. But it's the clout that Mizuno developed and wielded in environmental, social and governance issues during his five-year stint at GPIF that will serve the manufacturer and its shareholders best.
Mizuno's views on short sellers will have appealed to Musk, who is fond of berating or goading such players. Mizuno in December stopped lending the pension fund's global equities to short sellers, arguing the strategy doesn't fit with ESG-enlightened investing.
His appointment is far more important, though, for the stronger oversight he should bring to Tesla. Powering electric cars may be cleaner than running their internal combustion engine counterparts, but making vehicles is still a dirty process that can be improved. And there are social concerns, too: workers at the company have complained about issues from racism to safety.
Where Mizuno may have the most impact, though, is on Tesla's governance. The board has been too supine over the years, acquiescing in everything from overly ambitious production targets to Musk calling a cave diver a "pedo", or announcing on Twitter in August 2018 that he might take the company private.
That last flub, at least, prompted a board shake-up. As part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the tweets, Musk had to appoint an independent chairman, as well as two new board members. One of the latter, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison was already a Tesla investor and describes himself as a "very close friend" of Musk. All in, seven of what was until Thursday a nine-member board either have some ties to Musk or were present and ineffectual during his more controversial episodes.
Adding Mizuno won't quite even that out. But the ESG heavyweight is at least unlikely to take any of Musk's antics lying down.
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A history professor walks on stage and begins to read "On April 14th, 1912, at 11:40 p.m. the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg". He then wonders about the bravery and compassion of the souls lost that night. Suddenly the stage comes alive with passengers and crew from that fateful voyage and that guilded age. In a series of vignettes the characters tell their own story speaking to the audience as if it were just another passenger. "I never said it was unsinkable," remarks Titanic builder Thomas Andrews, "I said it was practically unsinkable." From eyewitnesses ranging from third class passengers to the first class elite, each one tells their part of this catastrophe. These are the events as they actually happened told by the people who lived through them. Using representational sets, this show may be done with a flexible cast of 18-63.
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The choice is steep: Stay on the ledge and steal Van's painting or take the leap and sacrifice her sister. It's another decision in a long line that she's had to make in her life, and though it's easy to make, it's impossible to execute.
Jade won't let Cory go until she gets what she wants, but the price for Cory is high. It's never been hard to steal, to lie, but Van changed all the rules. It was the last thing she wanted to do to him. But as much as that choice is agony, there's really only one to make.
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It's time. Time to tell the truth. Time to face her past and step into her future.
Cory will wait to the beat of the ticking clock for him to come back. To see what she's done and make the final judgment. As much as she holds onto the small hope that he'll still want her, she's ready for rejection, ready for the pain. As ready as she can be, at least.
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CSS Level 2 needed 9 years, from August 2002 to June 2011 to reach the Recommendation status. This was due to the fact that a few secondary features held back the whole specification. In order to accelerate the standardization of non-problematic features, the CSS Working Group of the W3C, in a decision referred as the Beijing doctrine, divided CSS in smaller components called modules . Each of these modules is now an independent part of the language and moves towards standardization at its own pace. While some modules are already W3C Recommendations, other still are early Working Drafts. New modules are also added when new needs are identified.
Formally, there is no CSS3 standard per se . Each module being standardized independently, the standard CSS consists of CSS2.1 amended and extended by the completed modules, not necessary all with the same level number. At each point of time, a snapshot of the CSS standard can be defined, listing CSS2.1 and the mature modules.
The W3 consortium periodically publishes such snapshots, like in 2007, 2010, 2015 and 2017.
Though today no module with a level greater than 3 is standardized, this will change in the future. Some modules, like Selectors 4 or CSS Borders and Backgrounds Level 4 already have an Editor's Draft, though they haven't yet reached the First Published Working Draft status.
A few CSS modules are already fairly stable and have reached one of the three recommendation level of the CSSWG: Candidate Recommendation, Proposed Recommendation or Recommendation. These can be used without prefix and are pretty stable, though a few features can still be dropped at the Candidate Recommendation stage.
The CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Level 4 which will supersede CSS Image Level 3 is in development and is a Working Draft.
Em risco: due to insufficient browser support, standardization of the text-decoration-skip, line positioning rules and the ability to place both emphasis marks and ruby above the same base text may be postponed to the next iteration of this module.
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Em risco: due to insufficient browser support, the 2-value syntax of this property as well as the support for <string> values may be postponed to the next iteration of this module .
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1 Profession Point is earned at user levels 5, 10, 15, and 20. You can collect a total of 4 Profession Points! Invest your profession points as a Breeder, Competitor, Trainer, Merchant, or Veterinarian to collect new skills and special bonuses that will help your dogs succeed!
To invest your profession points, click on Kennel then click on Owner. Look to the bottom left of your screen for a table labeled Profession. If you have any profession points available to invest you can click on the icon next to the job you want to learn to invest your point.
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The 2013 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 21st season in the J. League Division 1 and 31st overall in the Japanese top flight. It was Dragan Stojković last season as manager, as he left at the end of the season, and they finsed 11th in the J League, reached the group stage of the J. League Cup and were knocked out of the Emperor's Cup at the second round stage by Nagano Parceiro.

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Facebook's F8 developer conference this week provided the most fanciful view yet of where augmented reality is headed. The event also gave marketers — Facebook is, after all, one of the world's largest ad-supported busineses — a glimpse of AR's commercial potential.
While Facebook previewed its creative toolset, what wasn't as clear is what kinds of AR-related data will be available for marketers.
"We're making the camera the first augmented reality platform," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at F8, referring to the camera on a phone. The comment was a jab at Snap, which went public after rebranding itself as "a camera company." To demonstrate the platform, Zuckerberg showed images of people taking selfies with the Nike Run Club app, with the app adding automatically-sized digital headbands and an overlay of runners' stats.
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Black cops feel pain of Floyd's death, duty to their uniform
by: CLIFF BRUNT and GARY FIELDS, Associated Press
Posted: Jun 5, 2020 / 11:57 AM MDT / Updated: Jun 5, 2020 / 07:40 PM MDT
FILE – In this June 2, 2020, file photo, a protester and a police officer greet in the middle of a standoff during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd in New York. Floyd, a black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 and his death sparked protests. Black officers find themselves torn between two worlds when it comes to the protests against police brutality happening around the U.S. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Black police officers find themselves torn between two worlds: They feel the pain of seeing yet another black man killed at the hands of fellow officers, yet they must also try to keep the peace during angry protests fueled by that death.
Those feelings, familiar to many blacks in law enforcement for years, have never been more intense than in the days since the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old black man died in Minneapolis after a white officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air as other officers watched.
"My emotion, my fervor is no less than those people on the streets," said New York City police Detective Felicia Richards, who is black. "I stand in this uniform, and I understand what my obligation is to this uniform, but I can't compromise my humanity."
Richards, president of the NYPD Guardians Association, a fraternal organization, said she was horrified by the video that captured Floyd's arrest and final moments. She struggled to understand what could possibly have warranted such "brute force."
Floyd, who was laid off from his job as a bouncer when Minnesota shut down restaurants as part of a stay-at-home order during the coronavirus pandemic, was being arrested May 25. A convenience store worker had accused him of using counterfeit money. Floyd was handcuffed and did not appear to be resisting the officers.
Black police officers who saw the footage "let out a sigh of disgust and abandonment right there," Richards said. "When we saw that man was not moving, we have to answer to the community."
Richards, a 34-year veteran of the NYPD, said the toll on officers' mental health runs deep. They cannot grieve with the rest of the black America, and many of them must meet a seething public.
The National Black Police Association was blunt in its assessment of Floyd's death and how law enforcement has historically treated black citizens.
"Let's speak truths: In America, it is clear that the humanity of black people appears invisible to law enforcement," it said in a statement. "What other explanation would there be for (Minneapolis Police Officer Derek) Chauvin to lean on the neck of a handcuffed black man until he dies?"
The group cited recent images of armed white men converging on the Michigan Capitol to protest stay-at-home orders intended to curb spread of the coronavirus.
"Armed white men are allowed to stand on the steps of government buildings and protest that their liberty is being stepped on, unchallenged by law enforcement. But too often, when unarmed black citizens are alleged to have committed minor violations, freedom is no longer at play, and the door opens for death at the very hands of those who should be protecting and serving," the organization said.
Since police killings gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement, police departments have sought to better diversify their ranks. But minorities remain underrepresented in many agencies. For example, of the 36,000-plus officers in the New York Police Department, 17,000 are white, while 5,500 are black.
Police work in the U.S. has been challenging for black officers since the beginning.
In 1965, sheriff's deputies O'Neal Moore and David Creed Rogers were ambushed in Varnado, Louisiana, while investigating a brush fire. Moore was killed, and Rogers was blinded in his right eye. According to Justice Department files on the attack, the two had been on the job for one year and were the first black deputies in the department. Their hiring infuriated the Ku Klux Klan.
Mike Render, a member of the popular rap duo Run The Jewels and known as Killer Mike, spoke tearfully during a news conference last week in Atlanta about his love for family members in law enforcement. His father was a police officer, as are two cousins.
He recalled that the first eight black officers on the Atlanta department, who joined the force nearly a century ago, had to get dressed at a YMCA because their fellow white officers did not want to be in the same locker room with them.
"I'm mad as hell," he said. "I woke up wanting to see the world burn yesterday, because I'm tired of seeing black men die." He compared Floyd's death under the officer's knee to that of a zebra "in the clutch of a lion's jaw."
Some have sought to bridge the divide between demonstrators and fellow officers. In Florida, Fort Lauderdale officer Krystle Smith was lauded after a video went viral of her chasing and reprimanding a fellow officer after he pushed a protester to the ground who was already kneeling.
Officer Jasmine Nivens spoke with a group of protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina, to ease tensions. She told them that she could not defend the officers in Minneapolis. But when she's on the job, she does her best to hold her fellow officers accountable and has told some of them to "ease up."
"I'm hurt the same way you hurt. … I understand your pain," said Nivens, part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's "constructive conversation" team, which makes a point of talking with the public during demonstrations. The unit was created after protests erupted in that city following the 2016 police shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott.
Some officers say they too have experienced racism — on and off the job.
Norman, Oklahoma, officer Ralph Manous recalled an experience while attending Missouri State University. He was walking home from his overnight job when he started to hear honking from a truck in the distance.
"Somebody threw a full beer at my head. And so I instantly took off running. And they chased me, throwing beers, a whole bunch of racial slurs, stuff like that," Manous said. As a former junior college wrestler, he was still athletic enough to escape after jumping some fences and hiding behind a backyard shed.
Even as an officer, he is leery of other police. When he leaves Norman, he hangs his wallet badge on his rearview mirror to make sure if he is pulled over, officers immediately know he's one of them.
He's been to protests in Norman. He said the response from black people is usually negative when they find out he's an officer.
"They typically start to clam up and get secretive or think that I'm out to get them," he said. "They crack the little sly jokes. I get where they are coming from."
Once, when he was the first officer to show up on a call for a disturbance, the man who answered the door wouldn't speak to him or let him into the house. When his white partner arrived, the man immediately explained everything to the other officer. When it was time to leave, the man shook his partner's hand but turned his back on Manous and walked away.
"I said, 'OK. This is the America we are living in.'"
Brunt reported from Oklahoma City, and Fields from Silver Spring, Maryland. Associated Press writers Lisa Marie Pane in Boise, Idaho, Ashraf Khalil in Washington and Sophia Tareen in Chicago also contributed.
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If you love someone that is addicted to drugs, then you know just how difficult dealing with their addiction can be. Simple communication with an addict is difficult at best, but talking to them about getting help can feel almost impossible. No matter how close you are to someone, telling them they need help is hard.
Approaching a loved one about their addiction can be a frightening thing. Not only is watching a loved one continue to harm themselves difficult enough, but it's very difficult to gauge how they'll react to what you're saying. Avoidance and anger are all part of the game, but that doesn't make things any easier. The thought of having to deal with an addict's outbursts can trigger some serious anxiety.
Unfortunately, if you care about someone addicted to drugs or alcohol talking to them about getting help needs to happen. The fact that someone is an addict doesn't make you care about them any less. In fact, it might make you feel even more compelled to help them along the dark path they are stuck on.
While your loved one is the only person that can decide if they will, in fact, get help, it's often necessary that they hear it first from someone else. How do you go about it though? Knowing how (and when) to bring up the subject of treatment will make the process much easier.
Before you sit down to talk to your loved one, be aware that it's going to take some patience and planning. This isn't a talk that's going to happen overnight. Being prepared is one of the smartest things you can do in this situation–and careful planning is vital.
Here are a few things you can do to be prepared to talk to your loved one about their addiction.
When trying to talk to your loved one about getting help, it's crucial that you leave out any judgment. Any form of judgment your loved one feels will make them immediately defensive. Even if you feel a certain way about their lifestyle or behaviors, do not let your loved one know. They're still the same person, even though you might feel like you're talking to a stranger. Keep your feelings to yourself and do your best to remain partial to the situation.
Although extremely difficult to do, talking to your loved one when they're sober is very important. Periods of sobriety are when an addict is at their worst. Without drugs or alcohol, moods can be dark and emotions very negative. It's best to try to talk to them in the morning or after a period when you know that they haven't been using. This is often the only way you will get straight and honest answers. While high, many addicts talk about changing this or that, and it seems easy in the moment. But after the drugs have worn off is when you will get the best, and more honest, answers about what your loved one really wants to do.
You need to know that the reality your addicted loved one lives in is much different than the one you do. Most addicts can only think about themselves and getting their next fix. They really have no idea how hard their addiction becomes for the people that love them. Don't pretend to be stronger than you are. Let them know exactly how their addiction is affecting you and other people that care about them. Don't try to protect their feelings, and make sure to be 100 percent honest with your emotions. You can do this without judging them. It's important to remain strong, yet let them know just how distressing their addiction has become.
There's nothing more frustrating than trying to talk to someone who has become an addict. They tend to not only deny their problem, but they can be particularly unreasonable as well. Be prepared to experience a myriad of emotions from your loved one and do your best to remain patient no matter what kind of attitude may arise. If they yell, stay calm. If they cry, remain strong. Your patience will only help you get through to your loved one more easily.
Don't be surprised if the person you're trying to talk to doesn't immediately respond to what you're trying to say. It's not uncommon for an addict to take the people that care about them for granted. Persistence is important. If they don't take kindly to what you're trying to say, realize that this is a process that could take a few times to get right.
Having a conversation with your loved one regarding their addiction isn't going to be easy. You might already know this from previous attempts to help. Planning makes perfect, however, and when you know the right way to approach the situation it can make a big difference. And, although you might be met with opposition at first, know that with enough preparation and persistence the conversation you have has the potential to turn your loved one's life around in a positive way and give them the hope they need to change and move forward.


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Q: How to update an objects' value in a @tracked array so that it could reflect the changes on screen in ember js I have a function called updateData, whenever someone clicks on a cell, I want to update that cell in a array called state, it has 3 objects, and I want to update the key of first object. I tried many ways but none of them seems to be working, any help would be appreciated.
import Service from '@ember/service';
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import { action } from "@ember/object";

export default class TictactoeDataService extends Service {

    @tracked state = [{ "one": "1", "two": "", "three": "" }, { "one": "2", "two": "", "three": "" }, { "one": "3", "two": "", "three": "" }]
    get all() {
        return this.state
    }
    @action
    updateData(val) {
        this.state[0].two=val; // not updating
        this.state=this.state // not working
    }
}

A: I would do this like:
const state = this.state;
state[0].two = val;
this.state = [...state]

I think this.state=this.state may keep the same reference and so not update auto tracking, whereas spreading the array creates a new array for sure.

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How Morgan & Cumbas Built a Practice Centered on Their Clients
Morgan & Cumbas
Started Using Clio
San Antonio, TX, USA
Flat Fee
Fee Types
Michael A. Morgan and José J. Cumbas, Morgan & Cumbas
With enough capital to last them about two weeks, Michael A. Morgan and José J. Cumbas didn't have much when they first started their practice in 2016. But with a passion for doing everything they can for their clients, the two have built a word-of-mouth reputation that in two short years has grown their client base by over 2,000 percent, earning them the recognition as one of San Antonio's preeminent immigration firms.
Humble beginnings
From the time they first met, Michael and José knew they were going to open a legal practice together. It wasn't long before they started working out of Michael's small two-bedroom apartment, helping every client they met as best they could.
"We had a laptop, a phone, and a lot of hope," says José, who not too long before came to Texas to earn a better life for his family in Puerto Rico.
"Caring, caring, caring," is what it all comes down to for José, who's had more than 3,000 consultations over the past two and a half years. "There's a perception in the United States that you're not going to get a lawyer on the phone, or you're not going to be able to talk directly to your lawyer, unless you've got a hundred dollar bill in your hand. And then the clock starts, and you've got ten minutes. Many lawyers will charge to have a conversation and then, sadly, say there's nothing they can do."
"We always offer that initial evaluation for free, and for 85 percent of the people we speak with, we actually decline with an explanation of why they don't have a case," says José.
By being honest and caring in every interaction, Morgan & Cumbas have steadily built a strong reputation among everyone they meet. "We just go wherever we're needed. If there's a guy calling from Houston or Louisiana, we just hop in a car and go. That's how the name, the reputation, has spread."
"We had a laptop, a phone, and a lot of hope."
Managing detailed relationships
Michael and José started using Clio very early on in their practice, and it's given them the ability to take every case and contact detail with them wherever they go, which is essential when they need to be on a plane or travel long distances to meet a client in need.
"The mobile aspect of Clio is critical," says Michael. "We need to be able to go anywhere, and we're travelling all the time."
Centralizing all of their firm information means that anyone at the practice can reference the documents and notes in a case for a client.
"If you want to maintain those personal relationships," says Michael, "anyone has to be able to pick up the case and know exactly what is going on, and to be able to communicate with the client or the client's family as if they've known each other for a lifetime."
Keeping detailed records on every client is especially important when not every contact follows up in a timely matter. "We had one client we were ready to take on," says José, "but whether he had financial reasons or wanted to do it on his own, he waited. When he contacted us three months later to represent him, the fact that we could go into Clio and have his documents ready was extremely useful, and he appreciated that we remembered exactly who he was."
To keep everyone on task at their firm, Michael and José also use Clio task management features to assign work to staff and to ensure nothing gets missed. "The fact that it tells us who did what and when is amazing." Having everyone focused on what needs to get done means that clients always receive the best care possible.
"The mobile aspect of Clio is critical. We need to be able to go anywhere, and we're travelling all the time."
Client appreciation goes a long way
The personal touch goes a long way in every client interaction for Michael and José. "I answer every call every day to every client that calls me, and they care about that. They want to know that you actually care about their family members," says Michael. "We have a solid reputation for caring and reuniting families because of that, and it's a really amazing thing."
Being able to stay connected through Clio helps Michael and José be their for their clients, and the result is that more and more people and their families look to them for help when they need it.


I had already posted about Zoom an image using jQuery but that is on click event of the button. One of my reader asked me how to zoom an image with out a click, simply when mouse is on image. This is not a tough task to do. jQuery provides 2 events mouseover() and mouseout() and as name suggest, these events are executed on mouse moves. To achieve the zoom in effect on mouse over, one need to animate the image using these 2 events. See below code.
In above code, when mouse is over the image, then the width of image is set to 500 pixels where originally it is 200px.
And on mouse out, just set the width back to 200px. Simple..


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What to see in Elblag and surroundings
Elblag is a Polish city located in the warminsko-mazurskie region. It is one of the oldest cities in Poland – it was established in 1237 and gained municipal rights in 1246.
In spring of 1237, not far from the location of a Prussian trading settlement named Truso, which existed until the 9th century A.D., the Teutonic knights constructed a small, wooden-earth castle on an island at the mouth of the river Elblag. Currently, Elblag is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the warminsko-mazurskie region.
The Old Town in Elblag
The Old Town is the oldest district in Elblag. This city was established after the year 1237 by Herman von Balk. Up until 1337, the Old Town in Elblag was the only urban organism in Elblag. The Teutonic castle, which was the basic element of the Old Town, was destroyed on February 12th 1454. This part of Elblag practically didn't suffer any damage during World War I. Tje only devastation was the burning of the High Bridge (Most Wysoki) on July 8th 1917, but it wasn't caused by warfare.
After the year 1947, a decision was made to demolisj the remaining ruins, and use the leftover bricks for the reconstruction of Warsaw.
The Archaeological and Historical Museum in Elblag
The Archaeological and Historical Museum in Elblag is located in the outer bailey of the former Teutonic castle. The museum was established in 1954 from the initiative of the former authorities of Elblag. The local castle didn't survive to our times, because the people of Elblag demolished the fortress in 1454 during the rebellion against the Teutonic Order.
The museum is located in two buildings: the former Malt House, which is commonly known as Podzamcze, and the former gymnasium. In the museum you can see many artefact, including the oldest discovered glasses in Europe from the 15th century, baroque-styled furniture from Elblag and gold products from local workshops.
The Market Gate
The Market Gate in Elblag is one of the most characteristic and recognizable monuments ni Elblag. The 14th-century construction was once a fragment of the city's no-longer existing defensive walls.
Since it was first created, the Market Gate was a significant part of the city fortifications and one of the main entrance gates to Elblag. In 1805, thewre were plans to demolish the Market Gate. But it was rescued by local people who demanded the city authorities to preserve the building because of its public clock, which could be seen from far away, as well as the important observation point of the fire brigade.
The Pheasantry
The Pheasantry is a monumental forest part in Elblag. It became a popular resting place for local people in the early 18th century. The park was originally divided into two areas – the protected area and the usable area. Thansk to that, the forest didn't only serve for recreational purposes, but was also functioning as an economic base of Elblag back then. In 1913, the park was included within the administrative borders of the city. After World War II, the park became known among local people as "Bazantarnia" ("The Pheasantry"), because of the large number of this type of bird in the forest.
The "Nowa Holandia" Amusement Park
The "Nowa Holandia" Amusement Park is a gastronomic and recreational complex located by the road S7 on the route between Gdansk and Warsaw. The park itself occupies the surface of roughly 22 hectares and is an excellent attraction for families with children and school trips.
At the area of the park there is a rope park with two routes – the medium route (15 obstacles, 4-5 meters above the ground) and the kids' route (11 obstacles, roughly 1.5 meters above the ground). You can also have fun on 5 trampolines. In the future, the "Nowa Holandia" park will gain many more attractions.
The Elblag Channel
The Elblag Channel is a navigable waterway in the warminsko-mazurskie region. In 1978, a fragment of the channel was considered a technological monument. In the 19th century, industry began to develop in Mazury. This development recquired the creation of a communication network between Prussia and the Baltic Sea. The development of the channel began in 1837, and the construction began on October 28th 1844. The first four ramps called Buczyniec, Katy, Olesnica and Jelenie were put to use in 1860. The Elblag Channel was designed and created by Georg Jacob Steenke.
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Stutthof is a German Nazi concentration camp created in the village of Sztutowo, 36 kilometers away from Gdansk. It was the first and longest-functioning camp of its type in the area that is currently part of Poland. During that time, the camp had roughly 110.000 of prisoners from 28 countries. Most of the prisoners were Jews.
The construction of the actual camp began on September 2nd 1939, when the first prisoners were brought here. Between September 2nd and May of 1940, 10 barracks were created at the surface of roughly 4 hectares, which later became known as the Old Camp.
The Vistula Lagoon Museum
The Vistula Lagoon Museum, located in the village of Katy Rybackie, is a division of the National Marine Museum in Gdansk. Visitors of this museum can see an exhibit associated with the history of fishing at the area of the Vistula Lagoon.
Some of the artefacts in the exhibit room include a wel-equipped boatbuilding workshop from the nearby village of Laszka, boatbuilding tools from the late 19th and early 20th century, fishing boats and many more. In the Vistula Lagoon Museum you can learn about the life and works of fishermen in the past, as well as see boats, which used to sail through the Vistula Lagoon.
The "Katy Rybackie" nature reserve
The "Katy Rybackie" nature reserve is located at the area of the Sztutowo community, which is part of the Vistula Spit. It was established in 1957 and originally occupied the surface oif 10.79 hectares. Some of the elements protected in this nature reserve include the breeding colonies of cormorants and gray herons. The "Katy Rybackie" nature reserve is created from a stand of pine trees, most of which are between 120 and 160 years old. In the oldest part of the reserve, new pine trees are planted after the devastation made by cormorants.
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Rev. Fr. Dr. Innocent Nwafor, the parish Catholic Priest of St. Micheal Awgbu, Awka diocese, has pointed out the rationale behind his display of benevolent on distinguished students of Santa Maria nursery and primary school, Egbeani-Ezeawulu Nibo.
One of the reasons he gave was that the poor amongst the distinguished students can sell the goat for school fees and purchase books that will assist widen his scope of knowledge. Recall that last weekend, a school in Anambra state splashed gifts (Goats) to outstanding students for distinguishing themselves academically in their various classes. However, when asked on how it started, Fr. Nwafor said, "actually it is an initiative of an NGO called 'ORA' based in Austria going on in some Africa countries like Ghana. An office of the NGO happened to be in the community where I worked for some time. Through a friend this was extended to Nigeria", he said. However, when quizzed on why the choice of 'goats', he opined, "It makes the children to be down to earth. "In Awgbu where the program has been going on for three years now, some children are learning for the first time the various kinds of goat's food. "Secondly, for economic value: The children learn to take care of animal till it begets younger ones. The child sells it and uses the money to pay school fees if in private school or buy novels etc. "However, they develop their affective domain as they learn to show care to the animals. In that way they can better develop their caring sensibility to follow human beings. "It will equally help them to develop positive self image. They look at the goat and feel that's the fruit of my handiwork. I will work harder." Speaking on the diagnostic measures to reduce the level of poverty and increase the level of education in the school, Fr. Innocent said, "A lot still needs to be done to bring the school to higher pedestal. "Things like computer, white board, standard tables for teachers. Scholarship in various areas of excellence but I think the school manager can speak better in this regards", he finally said.


Find your confidence in setting up, threading and adjusting tension on an overlocker to neaten your raw edges professionally.
This two-session course is intended to unravel the mystery associated with the overlocker so that you can get the most out of this versatile machine. During the class you will learn how to thread and use a four-thread overlocker plus maintain and troubleshoot any problems you encounter along the way. We will provide you with the practical skills to use your overlocking machine confidently and appropriately to help you make garments with a very professional finish. During the second session you will practice everything that you have learned by making a basic raglan sleeve top; the pattern you will be using has long sleeves however you can shorten these to suit your style!
You will leave the course with reference samples showing the techniques you have learnt, a finished top and the pattern so you can make more at home!
What to bring: Please bring your overlocker if you have one, it will more beneficial to learn using your own machine as each one is different. Remember your manual, pedal and accessories (including the toolkit, tweezers, screwdrivers & allen keys). Please email us with details of the make and model of your machine. It should be in good working order.
We can provide you with an overlocker if you don't have one, please let us know in advance.
Unfortunately we don't recommend you purchase the Singer overlocker from Lidl! This is a difficult machine, prone to breaking. If you already own one of these machines, bring it along to your workshop anyway but please let us know in advance.
Private one-to-one classes: If you aren't able to come to this class of the dates advertised then you can book a private class with Penny to cover all the techniques mentioned above. Sessions are a minimum of two hours, please get in touch to enquire.


Without giving away too many details, lets just say that we were sold a big, noisy, overgunned hitch by our RV dealer for WD and anti sway for our coach. Never did care for it. After talking to you guys directly, I ordered up the No Sway Hitch.
What a great product. The design is solid, the hitch is noiseless, and it took 20 minutes to install with my Mother-In-Law 'supervising". In all seriousness, your product does what it says.....its quiet, provides excellent weight distribution and excellent anti-sway.
I took my old $700 hitch that weighs 3 times the No Sway hitch to the pawn shop and got $50 for it.....good riddance - I was smiling all the way back home because there is nothing more satisfying than having EXACTLY what you need. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Hi, Richard's boat and RV, in Lancaster, CA, who sold me the Lance trailer also sold me the Andersen WD Hitch. I checked the web site to see how the Andersen hitch worked. I thought it would be easier to use than my old hitch that was very heavy and greasy. I had no problems with the hitch. I unhitched several times, and I had no problems re-hitching. The trailer followed well, and I didn't get all the noise I used to get with my old load levers and anti sway bar. So, if a person is tired of the heavy hitch, grease mess, and clanking sounds, or just want a better tow experience, try the Andersen WD Hitch.
...I am 72 years old and had lower back problems for some years. Nothing terribly serious but lower back pain. About 4 years ago, I set the weight distributing bars on my old Reese hitch and "threw my back out" seriously. The bottom line was back surgery. I can't say it was the Reese hitch arrangement alone that caused the problem but it certainly did bring it to a head. Even though the surgery was largely successful, it left my back in a bit of a compromised situation. I used the Reese hitch after the surgery and noticed strain setting the weight distributing bars. I worried about a re-injury.
A young friend of mine whose intelligence and integrity I admire had your hitch and urged me to consider it. After some research, I bought your hitch from Guaranty RV in Junction City, Oregon. The folks at Guaranty RV are good representatives for your hitch. They knew quite a bit about it and gave me a catalog of your accessories. The Guaranty folks insisted on carrying out the box containing your hitch even though I was going to do it myself. They knew quite a bit about your hitch and favored it personally, over the old fashioned weight distributing hitches.
I installed the hitch pretty much my self and set it up incorrectly initially because the ground where I made the initial measurements was a lot further out of level than I thought or could see. That necessitated the re-adjustment after 260 miles (130 miles from Eugene, OR to Bend, OR and 130 miles from Bend, OR to Burns, OR to "Fast Eddie's Truck Stop" which has a large, fairly level parking lot). I had anticipated the possible need and had all my tools with me.
What struck me almost immediately was how it was significantly faster to hook up and unhook using your hitch as to using my old Reese hitch arrangement. It is also cleaner with no grease to mess with. What is even more important to me is that there is no strain on my lower back using your hitch. Instead of using a specially made longer "cheater" to set the weight distributing bars on the Reese hitch, lifting up on the cheater and straining my back, I now use a ratchet to make a few turns on the nuts putting tension on the red nylon bushing. My young friend suggested using a setting compressing the red nylon bushing to 3 inches on each side, as that worked for him. It also works for me and I now set the bushings to exactly 3 inches of compression each. It could not be easier and no back strain whatsoever. It is a great hitch and a great improvement over my old arrangement. Want to buy a used Reese weight distributing hitch?


Trutech Products build its status in the universal market as distinguished Transformer Manufacturers in Sydney. Since 1997, we are in this industry and now become the master of it. We are a Pune-based company, which because of its high-technology and commitment to quality spread its roots in the worldwide market.
We use innovative technology and graded raw material to manufacture the complete range that can easily match its steps with the latest trends and technologies. We are a one-end destination for all your needs of Transformer in Sydney. We are here to fulfill the same within a mean time and budget.
We are globally recognized manufacturers, suppliers and exporters of Transformer in Sydney. We offer our products and after sale services at the best price available in the market. Our complete range of transformer is available in different specification, as per the requirement of the client.
Our products are also popular for their features including, durability, stability, hassle free performance,long working life and many more. Being trusted Transformer manufacturers and suppliers in Sydney, we offer our complete range at sensible cost. For any other detail or to place an order, feel free to contact us.


Your app's last version was released on April 03, 2012. It is important to regularly update your app. Best practices recommend to update your app every 4 to 6 weeks. This means fixing reported bugs, improving existing features, launching new features etc. Keep an eye on users' feedback. The next great features may already be asked by many users.
This application has a novel concept-Comic, which is user-participation friendly.
Well-optimized UI(User Interface) realization toward smart-phone makes you feel like you are the leading role of the Comic.
Choices you make throughout the story bring you different conclusions, so be thoughtful and make the best decisions.


Nathaniel Popkin and I joined Mitzi Rapkin and First Draft to discuss selections from Who Will Speak for America?, the Writers Resist movement, and our writing and editing processes.
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I was thrilled to join Book Fight! for an episode about David Albahari's Gotz and Meyer, writers' responsibilities in times of crisis, assembling Who Will Speak for America?, Philadelphia sports fans (huh?), lightning, and fist-fight strategies.
I'm thrilled to have a story in Welcome to Dystopia (OR Books), edited by Gordon Van Gelder. My contribution, "The Elites," set in a near future American dystopia, portrays a family struggling to stay together as the education, healthcare, and immigration systems are dismantled. Order here.
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General Motors settles with California for $5.75M
General Motors Co. has agreed to a $5.75 million settlement with California regarding false statements the company made to investors about problems with its deadly ignition switchesByThe Associated PressFebruary 13, 2021, 1:54 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleSACRAMENTO, Calif. — General Motors Co. has agreed to a $5.75 million settlement with California regarding false statements the company made to investors about problems with its deadly ignition switches, state officials announced Friday.The faulty ignition switches led to at least 124 fatalities and 274 injuries nationwide. The defect also resulted in the recall of more than nine million vehicles in 2014 — one of the biggest recalls in the nation's history — from the largest U.S. automaker because the switches sometimes caused the sudden termination of electrical systems, including power steering and power brakes.In 2015, GM agreed to pay a $900 million settlement to end a U.S. Department of Justice criminal probe, as well as $1 million in 2017 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an accounting case. Later that year, the automaker settled with dozens of states for $120 million.GM did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the 2021 agreement with California."We are pleased to have cooperated with the State of California to resolve this matter," GM said in a statement Friday.California's settlement came about because the state's largest pension system, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, lost millions of dollars in GM stock. The company knew about the faulty switches in 2005 but failed to report it to federal authorities until 2014, officials said, and hid the problems from investors.Automakers must notify the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration within five days of finding out about a safety defect."General Motors cheated California twice –- first by concealing a fatal flaw in its vehicles, then by concealing the facts about the flaw in its financial disclosures, which affected the retirement investments of public servants across California," Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "This settlement finally holds GM to account."
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Q: Precompilation for Deployment After exploring Precompilation for Deployment topic I want to enhance my build process. Now, what I do is:

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*prepare web site using Web One Click Publish, for instance to c:\www\app directory, and that directory is available in IIS via app (localhost/app)

*I launch aspnet_compiler.exe -v app c:\www\appprecompiled -f
Now I have ready precompiled application in c:\www\appprecompiled and everything is fine. However my application is quite big, and Publishing it (step 1) take about 5 minutes from scratch. So I wonder if it is possible to avoid step one , and perform step 2 (precompilation) with source folder pointing to solution folder. I tried something like this:
aspnet_compiler.exe -v codeapp c:\code\app -f

Where c:\code\app is the folder with web.config etc files, basically it's a project with web site and that folder is avaliable via http://localhost/codeapp.
But when launching that command, I get errors about missing global.asax or web.config errors:

C:\code\app\obj\debug\package\packagetmp\web.config(18):
  error ASPCONFIG: It is an error to use
  a section registered as
  allowDefinition='MachineToApplication'
  beyond application level.   This error
  can be caused by a virtual directory
  not being configured  as an
  application in IIS.

And for the record, I use Application, not Virtual Directory.
So is there a way to perform precompilation on a plain web site folder?

A: I used

aspnet_compiler -p
  physicalOrRelativePath -v / targetPath

from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227976(v=VS.80).aspx and removed obj folder prior to executing it, and precompilation works :)


CEREC by Sirona Dental Systems is the world's only system for the fabrication of all ceramic dental restorations in one office visit. With CEREC at your dentist's side, you can be in and out in a single visit with a permanent, all ceramic crown, inlay, onlay or veneer! For you, the patient, this means fewer injections, less drilling and less time out of your hectic schedule for dental care. So, why are thousands of people world wide choosing the CEREC restorative technique for their dental needs?
Most dental restorative methods require more than one visit to the dentist. This means that on the first visit, you get an injection of anesthesia, your tooth prepared, an impression taken, and a temporary restoration put on your tooth. You make a second appointment for a few weeks later, and get an injection, have the temporary removed, and have the permanent restoration put on. Why go to the dentist a second time when you don't have to? With CEREC, the procedure is done in a single appointment, start to finish.
A CEREC tooth restoration isn't just convenient, it is also healthy. Many years ago, dentists had few options to repair decayed and damaged teeth other than amalgam, gold, and other metals. With CEREC, your dentist can use strong, tooth colored ceramic materials to restore your teeth to their natural strength, beauty, and function. These materials closely match the composition of natural tooth structure. This means when you eat hot food and then drink something cold, the restoration and tooth expand and contract at almost equal rates. Also, the materials are chemically bonded to your tooth, so your dentist can save as much healthy tooth tissue as possible while providing you with a dental restoration that strengthens your tooth.


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Topic: Business Watch
Q&A: Michigan's $28B life sciences industry was under the radar. Until COVID
Paula Gardner
Michigan's life sciences industry grew into a $28 billion sector over decades, but it took the pandemic for many in the state to recognize just how essential it is.
"Obviously we're the industry that's in the bull's-eye of it all, whether it's trying to come up with a vaccine or manufacturing enough PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) or critical medical equipment," said Stephen Rapundalo, president and CEO of MichBio. The Ann Arbor-based organization is an advocate for the industry and also aims to grow its presence in the state.
"Our industry basically didn't stop and shut down," Rapundalo said of its experience during the pandemic. "We were one of the essential industries.
"Our industry had to pivot and adjust, but it didn't stop."
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It also expanded, in a sense, as manufacturers of other products saw the opportunity last spring to shift to producing PPE amid widespread shortages. The state offered $1 million in retooling grants through Pure Michigan Business Connect. Rapundalo fielded an estimated 700 applications, determining for the state which were most viable.
"What is a game-changer for the company?" he said of the criteria. "A game-changer for the supply chain? A one-shot deal in the dark or something to be sustained? All of those factors came into play."
Life science businesses include a range of functions: Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and equipment, research and testing are at the forefront today, both in private and in university settings. Besides health care, the industry also includes agricultural, industrial and clinical components, as well as logistics for its products and health IT.
About 1,700 bioscience businesses are based around the state, from southeast Michigan's university research hub to the large-scale manufacturing of Pfizer, Stryker and Perrigo in West Michigan, then north as far as the Upper Peninsula. Combined, they generated an estimated $28 billion in economic activity per year and employed more than 130,000 Michiganders, as of 2016.
The industry also has a long legacy in Michigan, Rapundalo said, including drug discoveries like Lipitor for cholesterol and cisplatin, used in chemotherapy. Detroit's Parke Davis, the oldest U.S. drug manufacturer that is now a subsidiary of Pfizer, "came up with the whole idea of clinical trials," Rapundalo said.
Yet despite the value to the state, Rapundalo says, "we fly just below the radar screen."
Business Watch editor Paula Gardner spoke recently with Rapundalo. Here are excerpts from the conversation:
What were life sciences companies expecting in Michigan in 2020 before coronavirus exploded into a global pandemic?
It's hard to say. There's such a diversity of companies out there. I think generally people were looking at 2020 being a pretty good year. Some of our younger biotechs/therapeutics were having small successes.
Pfizer had committed two years ago to a $750 million expansion to its facility in Portage, so that was trucking along. Stryker just opened a brand new R&D facility for its medical instruments division. Companies have been doing well. … Everyone was in a modest to good growth phase.
Those that were not directly involved with COVID had the most to think about, especially some of our contract research and contract manufacturing companies. As demand diminished, some companies only had so much runway to complete whatever was under contract. There was concern about what was going to follow if it didn't pick up. People were starting to get a little worried.
Have they recovered?
From what I'm hearing, generally business has come back to about 80-90 percent of what it was pre-COVID. Everybody's holding their breath and hoping it stays that way. There is a little concern about whether there will be a second wave of COVID or if the vaccines in development will pan out and how long this will all last.
I can't say i've heard of any mass workforce impacts. There may be some small ones.
What was the workforce like before all of this?
That's always been a struggle. We're still one of the top 10 [states] in producing scientists and engineers, but it's keeping that talent here. It's a twofold problem. I don't think there's sufficient awareness of the many opportunities here, coupled with the younger generation wanting to go somewhere else, the more liveable communities. There's no shortage of jobs, that's for sure.
It's not a huge problem in production or entry-level R&D jobs. It's for more senior types, from mid-level management.
We're planning on having a biotalent summit in mid-November. The idea there is to bring the industry and educators and others together to talk about talent and workforce. I don't think the state is doing enough, unlike other states, in our industry to make sure there's a sustainable workforce.
Our average salary is around $90,000. Those are precisely the jobs that any state wants. It frustrates me that more attention isn't given to the industry here.
What do you think is behind that?
We get subsumed by automotive. Even aerospace and defense, a lot is made of those two. Yet we're larger than those two put together in terms of economic impact.
It's in times like during a pandemic that all of the attention is focused on our industry. It seems like once that's past us, everyone forgets us.
It's a very intensive industry. Highly regulated. It's not as well understood. And then, of course, we have to run up against attitudes and misinformation and misrepresentation related to the products we make and the costs and benefits to patients and society. It seems like we're always playing defense, but we're the only industry bringing life-saving products to the marketplace.
How are you building your industry profile?
At MichBio, we've tried to raise visibility and awareness, certainly with the policy makers.
We've done numerous town halls this year. We just did a briefing about genomic medicine, talking about the next wave of therapeutics that will be these gene technologies. People think drugs are pricey now. Wait until we start talking about gene therapies. It's going to take a whole different discussion about payment models.
How is capital these days in life sciences? And are there home runs on the horizon?
The most recent was NeuMoDx, (which developed rapid tests for COVID-19 and was acquired by QIAGEN). It just closed for $248 million.
The deal flow is still good. .. The deals are going on. In the medical device space, Stryker has had a string of acquisitions. There's value out there, and people are willing to pay for it.
Generally, there's more going on in the biotech sector than in medical technology. Investment capital is available to those that can demonstrate value and a product or technology that will have benefit and potential.
But Michigan can't let its guard down … while its investment capital has grown over the years, it still ranks, at best, third in the Midwest.
What surprised you during COVID?
Our lack of preparedness as a country at all levels, but certainly at the federal level and the abandonment of the states to have to fend for themselves in procuring PPE and COVID diagnostics and so forth. That really forced companies and governmental units to scramble.
I was engaged in trying to matchmake suppliers to those who needed various critical products. It was pure chaos. … Time was wasted in having to sort through all of that.
[Some states] had clear, unambiguous directions as to what employers could or could not do. In the absence of that, what we had here was essentially what the federal executive order or guidelines from the CDC had, so we pestered the governor's office for weeks on end to garner clarity. That was a challenge, because that impacted the companies of ours that were not directly involved in COVID but still were working in therapeutics in critical areas. You're not going to stop making Lipitor or an aspirin. They are all essential medicines. They don't have the immediacy of COVID, but you can't just shut down the others, either.
It never did get fully resolved … The guidance I was giving to our companies was, "Just go about your normal business," adjusted for social distancing and to protect health.
Of all the companies that shifted gears for PPE and other COVID-related products, how many do you expect to stick with it?
I don't think very many. It reminds me of the economic recession 10 to 12 years ago and people said, "I'm in advanced manufacturing, it can't be hard for me to go over here and make medical devices." They are two very different business models. High volume, low margins on the auto side, then low volume and high margins on the medical side, and it's extremely regulated. It's not for the faint-hearted. Some tried and succeeded, and diversified.
[I saw a list of non-medical businesses still working on medical products] and it was shockingly small. I have a feeling that once the acute crisis was over in terms of production needs, they reverted back to what they were doing before.
Based on what you know about drug development, what do you think might be happening with a COVID vaccine?
You saw an example of it when AstraZeneca had to suspend their clinical trial because of an adverse effect ... and they had to ferret out what happened. Based on what I've read, it's not that clear.
I'm not a vaccine expert by any means, but this is tricky business. We're not going to have a vaccine for the masses until probably this time next year. That's my guess.
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'A Brief History of Seven Killings' stirs it up with brilliance
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'A Brief History of Seven Killings' is serious literature that reads like a fast-paced mystery novel. James expertly threads together a couple dozen narrative threads to form an engaging and thought-provoking epic. This is a great book.
(Riverhead Books)
A Brief History of Seven Killings is the kind of book that leads to Nobel Prizes. It is political without being polemical, and it delves deeply into a single culture while reflecting the ways that culture interacts with the rest of the world. Kingston-born Marlon James is to Jamaica what James Joyce is to Ireland or William Faulkner is to the American South. From his brilliant debut John Crow's Devil (2005) to critical darling The Book of Night Women (2010), and now A Brief History of Seven Killings, James just keeps getting better.
A Brief History of Seven Killings has an epic scope, covering three decades and traveling from Kingston to Miami to New York as political upheaval in the Caribbean connects to the crack epidemic in the United States. The book takes as its jumping-off point the 1976 assassination attempt against Bob Marley, who is only referred to as "the Singer." At the time, Jamaica was in a state of emergency (which the government called "heavy manners") due to open warfare between gangs connected to the country's two major political parties. The shooting remains officially unsolved, which gives James license to develop a fictionalized account.
(bobmarley.com)
In James' version, the perpetrators are members of a gang with ties to the anti-communist Jamaica Labour Party, which in turn has ties to the American Central Intelligence Agency (and the JLP's connection to the CIA during the Cold War is not fictitious). Throughout the book, characters repeat a Jamaican proverb, "If it no go so, it go near so," which essentially means that stories carry a kernel of truth, even if the specific details are not right. This proverb is a good summation of James' efforts to fictionalize history.
The novel is divided into five sections: "Original Rockers: December 2, 1976" (a reference to the 1979 Augustus Pablo album); "Ambush in the Night: December 3, 1976" (a reference to the 1979 Marley song about the assassination attempt); "Shadow Dancin': February 15, 1979" (Andy Gibb, 1978); "White Lines/Kids in America: August 14, 1985" (Grandmaster Melle Mel, 1983/Kim Wilde, 1981); and "Sound Boy Killing: March 22, 1991" (Mega Banton, 1994). As these titles make clear, each section covers a single day, and music plays an important role.
The significance of music is not surprising in a book featuring Bob Marley as a character. The Singer's lyrics pepper the speech of those who dwell in or visit Kingston. But its not just reggae. Despite the Singer's international superstardom, he competed with ska, rocksteady and even disco for the ears of Kingston. James' love for music is obvious, as are his wide tastes. Artists from Desmond Dekker to Tom Petty and everyone in between earn references here. This book should come with a soundtrack.
In addition to structuring itself around five significant days, the novel achieves its epic sweep through a couple dozen different narrators. Each chapter is a first-person account of a different character. We get the perspectives of gang leaders, the lowly rudeboys and shottas who follow them, an American journalist, a young woman infatuated with the Singer, a CIA agent, a Cuban narco-terrorist and even the ghost ("duppy") of a murdered politician. These different narrators allow James to show how issues of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and language play a role in how these events unfolded in Jamaica and the United States.
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Perhaps the novel's most distinctive feature is its use of language. Much like Irvine Welsh, James has characters speak English that felt like foreign language to my American eyes. But as the novel progressed, so did my fluency. Like Joyce and Welsh, Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, James finds poetry in the speech of common folk. Indeed, the book includes one long rant by a coked-up teenage hitman presented in stanzas. The ghetto dwellers might "chat bad" but they never come off as stupid. The stupid ones in this book are most often condescending Americans who confuse patois with lack of intelligence. When the CIA attempts to play puppet-master to the Kingston gangs, it is the underestimated gang leaders who end up pulling the strings.
A Brief History of Seven Killings is serious literature that reads like a fast-paced mystery novel. James expertly threads together a couple dozen narrative threads to form an engaging and thought-provoking epic. This is truly a great book.
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"A Man I'll Never Be" is a song written by Tom Scholz and first released on Boston's 1978 album Don't Look Back. It was also released as a single and reached No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending five weeks on the chart. It also reached No. 27 in Canada.

Writing and recording
According to Scholz, the lyrics for "A Man I'll Never Be" came to him quickly after he completed the music. Brad Delp sang the lead and backing vocals and Scholz played lead and rhythm guitar, organ and piano. The only other musician on the recording was drummer Sib Hashian The song was mostly recorded at Scholz's Hideaway Studio, although the piano part was recorded by engineer Dave Butler at Northern Studio in Maynard, Massachusetts, allegedly because Hideaway was too small to fit the piano.

Lyrics and music
"A Man I'll Never Be" is a change of pace from the songs on Boston's debut album and some of the other songs on Don't Look Back.  AllMusic critic Tim Sendra claimed that the song reveals "a reflective side that was nowhere to be found on Boston". Paul Grein of Billboard commented on the song's "religious feel", describing it as "the softest cut on the album" and noting that "it may well be a strong single." Grein also commented on the song's "moody organ solo" and "ponderous ballad sound". Pete Prown and Harvey P. Newquist described Scholz's guitar solo as long and dramatic. Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci described the song as "an introspective ballad", unlike the band's typical material.  Rolling Stone critic Ken Emerson compared "A Man I'll Never Be" to Led Zeppelin's lengthy classic song "Stairway to Heaven". On Boston's official site, David Wild described the song as "a slowburning power ballad reflecting real grown-up concerns and lived-in reality". Craig Rosen of Billboard also described the song as a power ballad.

Greil Marcus, writing in New West magazine, described the song's subject as "how hard it is to live up to a girl's image of a boy".   Marcus cited the bravery of the lyrics, in which the singer acknowledges his inadequacy, and described the theme of the song as "the wimp redeemed". He further explained that the singer sounds "trivial" and "insufferable" at first, but as the guitars in the background build, he achieves a measure of glory in his suffering with the lines "You look up at me/And somewhere in your mind you see/A man I'll never be". Marcus concluded that although the singer never achieves the peace of mind he is seeking, "he is allowed a sense of self, of justification, and one comes away convinced that existence, no matter how miserable, is not meaningless".

Emerson similarly saw the theme of the song to be apprehension "with failing to be a man." He noted that the lyrics sometimes contradict the lyrics of other songs on Don't Look Back. For example, a line in the title track says "I'm much too strong not to compromise", but one from "A Man I'll Never Be" says "I can't get any stronger". "A Man I'll Never Be" also has a line stating that "Emotions can't be satisfied", which contradicts the title of its follow-up single, "Feelin' Satisfied". Emerson concluded that the song "both distills and expands upon this knot of despair, which contrasts with the architectural magnificence of the song's musical accomplishments".

Release
"A Man I'll Never Be" was released in late 1978 as the follow-up single to "Don't Look Back," which had reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The single did not perform as well as its predecessor, peaking at No. 31 in January 1979. It performed slightly better in Canada, peaking at No. 27.

"A Man I'll Never Be" was later included on Boston's Greatest Hits (1997).

Reception
Marcus rated the song as one of three masterpieces on Don't Look Back, along with the title track and "Used to Bad News". Billboard similarly rated the song as one of the best cuts on Don't Look Back.  Billboard called it "a slick ballad with searing guitars and Brad Delp's fluid lead vocal highlighting."   Cash Box said that it begins "with a piano ballad feel which quickly expands when Tom Scholz adds his princely guitar work" and said that the keyboards "sound like a church harpiscord" and the "vocals are characteristically soaring."  Record World called it a "mid-tempo ballad keyed by Brad Delp's high sweet vocals and the group's churning guitar sound."  Gallucci and Craig each rated it as Boston's 10th greatest song.  Classic Rock critic Paul Elliott rated it as Boston's 9th greatest song.  According to Elliot, the song is a favorite of Def Leppard bass guitarist Rick Savage.  Elliott described it as "an existentialist power ballad of monumental proportions." Los Angeles Times critic Jon Matsumoto called the song "a grandiose guilty pleasure". On the other hand, Milo Miles of Boston Phoenix called it a long stretch "of immaculate self-abuse".

Live performances
Boston played "A Man I'll Never Be" live on the tour supporting their first album in 1977 before recording it for Don't Look Back. Delp played the keyboards for these performances. Ottawa Journal critic Mike Volsin stated that the song's slow melody showed that Boston "can settle into the slower mood without any difficulty". Referring to a live performance of the song prior to its release, Peter Robb stated that Delp's voice "stood out like a shining light".

Cover versions
Extreme  covered the song live in a tribute concert for Brad Delp. After Delp's death, Tommy DeCarlo used the tune to record a song "A Man I'll Always Be" as a tribute to Delp. That recording and several Boston covers he recorded separately led to his getting the job as Boston's new lead singer.

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Q: Why did recalculating my rep make it go down? I clicked the "Trigger Reputation Recalc" button on my https://stackoverflow.com/reputation page. My rep went down by ~236 points.
Why did my rep go down? Is it because I recieved upvotes for answers that were later deleted (say, because the question I answered was deleted)? Is this the same thing that would happen during a site-wide rep recalc? I'm just curious (and tired, so I probably missed the entry in the manual about this feature).

A: Yes, it is the same as what would happen during a site-wide rep recalculation.
Your reputation would go down for the reasons detailed in the blog

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