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A Vital Key to Success
By Dr. Alan Zimmerman
"It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action." —Al Batt, author
Over the years, I've been asked thousands of questions by thousands of people in my speaking and reading audiences. And one of the most frequently asked questions is, "What does it take to be successful ... really successful?"
Of course, it would take an entire book or more to answer that question thoroughly and completely. But my answer would always include the word ... INITIATIVE ... which has an emotional as well as a behavioral side.
On the emotional side, successful people have a burning desire to succeed. They have ambition, drive, pride, and enthusiasm. They want to accomplish something. And on the behavioral side, they have the commitment to accomplish something. They're willing to work hard and go the extra mile. They'll do whatever it takes to get the job done because they have self-discipline.
INITIATIVE is such a key component of success that I would wager to say you'll never be successful without it. So how do you get it and keep it? To get you started, there are 2 things you can do right now...
1. Do more than you're told to do ... and ... do more than is expected
As I say in my "Journey to the Extraordinary" experience, "The person who only does what he is told to do will never be asked to do great things."
Dan learned that the hard way. You see ... Dan and Jim started work at Starling Imports on the same day, doing the same job as sales reps. They were both considered honest, hard-working employees, but within a year, Jim was promoted to an executive position while Dan was passed over.
Dan felt unappreciated by the company and soon became so resentful of Jim's success that he drafted a letter of resignation and gave it to his boss.
"Dan, this is a surprise to me," said the boss.
"Well, I was pretty surprised at the recent round of promotions," snapped Dan.
"I see," said the boss thoughtfully. "But I don't think you understand why. Tell you what: before I sign off on this, do me a favor and go across the street to the farmer's market. Find out if anyone is selling oranges."
"Uh, well ... okay," said Dan as he started off on what he considered to be a strange errand. Minutes later, he returned and reported, "Yes, there are oranges for sale at the market today."
Then the boss called Jim to the office and asked the same favor. About 15 minutes passed before Jim came back to the office and reported, "There is only one vendor with oranges today. His name is Gus. He sells Florida oranges at $5 for a 3-pound bag or a 5-pounder for $8. They're tree-ripened and sweet. And he'll give you a volume discount for any order over 50 pounds. Was there anything else you needed?"
"No. Thanks," said the boss as Jim walked away. He turned to Dan and said, "Did you still want to give me this resignation?"
"No," Dan blushed with embarrassment. "I understand your decision now and I think I can be more like Jim. Do you think he'd teach me how?"
There's a great lesson in this story. Don't miss it. And apply it to your job and your life. That's why I tell people, "Always do more than you get paid for." And that's why Elbert Hubbard noted many decades ago, "Folks who never do any more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do." It's the first reason INITIATIVE is so critical. And then ...
2. Discipline yourself to keep on keeping on
You see, the road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. But there's always a problem with those parking places. As 20th century economist and financier Josiah Stamp put it, "It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities." In other words, you pay a price for not keeping on or letting your INITIATIVE take a break.
The great Polish concert pianist knew that. He noted, "If I miss one day's practice, I notice. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience knows it."
And Pat Summit, America's Winningest NCAA Coach advises, "Discipline yourself so no one else has to." Amen!!! I like that advice. If everyone followed it, we could eliminate the need for several layers of bureaucracy in almost every public and private organization in existence.
So discipline yourself. And then "Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed," as Mia Hamm recommends in her book, "Go for the Goal."
In good times, it's easy to think, "Why bother?" And in bad times, it's easy to think, "What's the use?" But I'm here to tell you that both ways of thinking will get in your way. The only way to success starts with INITIATIVE. Take Carrie Smyrnios's advice, a resident of Athens, Greece. Carrie tells me, "If you want to go places, you must either get behind and push or go in front and pull. If you stand by the side, you won't go anywhere."
Find two things you can do at work in the next week that is more than is expected, and then do them. Make it a GREAT week!
Best-selling author and Hall of Fame professional speaker, Dr. Alan Zimmerman has transformed more than a million people into better managers and leaders in the office and in the marketplace. For even more tips on how to build relationships with employees and customers that last a lifetime go to DrZimmerman.com and get his free e-book that's filled with his most popular articles.


Hi, I'm Andy. I'm a wedding photographer based in Cheddington. I shot my first wedding in 2013 and since then I have photographed 50+ weddings in a range of venues including manor houses, castles, barns and marquees.
In 2016 I was hired to photograph my very first Tipi wedding. I loved it! It was a fantastic wedding to photograph, with a beautiful setting a lovely bride and groom!
That year I was also hired to photograph a 'Game of Thrones' themed Tipi wedding reception, again it was a fantastic wedding with incredible decoration and an amazing atmosphere.
I proudly displayed photos from these weddings at wedding fairs and was often asked about the Tipis. As a result this site was born which showcases my Tipi wedding photography work and also will hopefully act as a resource for couples planning a Tipi wedding. This site lists venues/locations available for hire around the South of England that are perfect for a Tipi wedding and will in the future showcase the work of wedding suppliers who can help bring a Tipi wedding to life.
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Sandeep Dhaliwal
Harris County Sheriff, Texas • Line of Duty Death: September 27, 2019
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September 30, 2019 Technical Operations
Texas Deputy Sheriff Sandeep Dhaliwal, 42, was shot and killed by a suspect following a traffic stop.
He was a 10 year veteran of the force and joined to help build the relationship between the Sikh community and the Sheriff's Department. Dhaliwal became the first Sikh officer in Harris County, TX, and made national headlines in 2015 when the Sheriff's Office changed its policy to allow Dhaliwal to grow out his facial hair and wear a traditional Sikh turban while on patrol.
He organized volunteers to help his fellow Texans after Hurricane Harvey devastated much of the state in 2017, and he traveled to Puerto Rico to help with relief after Hurricane Maria.
Dhaliwal leaves behind a wife and three young children.

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Cackle Hatchery®'s Return Policy on all products other than live birds.
If, within 30 days, you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, we will replace the item or provide a credit for the full merchandise: shipping and handling charges are not refundable. Special and custom orders are not refundable, but any defective parts will be replaced. Returns cannot be shipped C.O.D.
If outside of 30 days, we will inspect the defective product and will, if applicable, issue a credit for future purchases from our company. The customer is responsible for all return shipping costs until the product is declared defective. If the product is declared defective, the customer will be credited the cost of the product and the return shipping cost. If a replacement item is desired, we will not ship the new item until we have received the defective goods.
If the product is unused, and still in its original packaging, we will review the product upon receipt and may issue a credit, minus 20% restocking fee. The customer is responsible for return shipping cost. Special and custom orders are not returnable.
Please be sure to include at least one of the following with the product: invoice number, order number, and/or account number.
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Umarex USA presents a very realistic .177 steel BB revolver-style pistol in the Colt Python! This CO2 BB revolver has a 5.5" barrel and textured grips with the Colt logo. The all-metal airgun is great to maintain firearm proficiency without the cost or inconvenience of going to a range and the high cost of expensive firearm ammo. Features include; an adjustable rear sight, manual safety, and the CO2 capsule is housed in the grip. The realism continues when its swing out cylinder is loaded with 6 removable cartridges and is easily reloaded with the included speedloader. When the cylinder is empty, push out the shells with the cartridge ejector rod. At 400 fps, the Colt Python by Umarex USA is a great plinking gun or even a great target shooting pistol! Licensed Trademarks of Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC.
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Q: What does "in the two previous years" imply?
Yet Amazon's shareholders are working on the premise that it is just getting started. Since the beginning of 2015 its share price has jumped by 173%, seven times quicker than in the two previous years (and 12 times faster than the S&P 500 index).

Does it mean it is growing seven times quicker from 2015 to 2017 than from 2013 to 2015?
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719487-amazon-has-potential-meet-expectations-investors-success-will-bring-big

A: Yah they are talking  about the range between 2013 and 2015.

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Place your fingers on the two platforms and stand in between them.
Push again as much as the beginning position and repeat his movement with your right leg. It's also possible to do this exercise by holding dumbbells in both arms.
Not only does your body repair itself and construct your muscle tissue during sleep, good rest helps you mitigate high cortisol ranges. Cortisol is a hormone released in response to stress.
It makes you consider many extra elements of training, together with the angle of the exercise, how your weight is distributed, and the speed of your reps.
The first a part of your home workout routines is doing correct heat-up and stretching. It's well well worth the 5 minutes it would take you.
Also, you may spend one week doing isolation workouts and the next doing mixture workout routines.
The "sweet spot" he recommends to get the best energy and muscle features is 5-7 reps.
If time under tension alone was enough to construct dimension, long distance runners could be much bulkier than they're.
The principle point is to attach these bands to an anchor point, such as a door, and then perform resistance training.
The unknown is scary, and we're scared to start one thing if we're not fairly positive how our our bodies are going to adapt.
The truth is that equal focus must be put on your food plan and rest, however that dialogue could be left for a different article.
Start mendacity facedown together with your arms out to sides to form a T, thumbs pointing up, and chin rested on flooring so your neck is not strained.
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You've heard it earlier than, however in case your "why" is huge sufficient you'll work out a "way." By visualizing the payoff for your courage, you'll get a lift of vitality and the motivation to keep going even when things get tough.
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With Spider Holster, on-the-go fashion photographer Lindsay Adler found freedom.
If you're passed in a flash by a shock of elegant curls and a camera, chances are you've just come in contact with Lindsay Adler. After all, she's practically everywhere at once.
Though only in her twenties, Lindsay's work has already appeared in numerous international fashion and photography publications, including Bullett Magazine, Zink Magazine, Noise Magazine, Rangefinder, Professional Photographer and more. Her images have been featured in advertising campaigns and on billboards. She's authored four books and conducts workshops on retouching, fashion techniques and studio lighting. She even speaks at events like WPPI, PhotoPlus Expo, Imaging USA, Kelby Training and creativeLIVE. But even if you haven't seen her at one of these venues, you've undoubtedly noticed her scaling the walls of her studio to find the perfect shot.
"I am a very active photographer," she says. "I don't just mean the amount of work I do, but in fact how active I am while shooting. I jump around, move around, sit on the floor, stand on a ladder…I'm often in constant motion."
Given her need for constant motion, you can imagine Lindsay's delight when, as she traversed a photo trade show floor, she noticed a female booth representative surrounded by a group of other women, all staring and pointing at the belt around her hips. The belt was a SpiderPro Single Camera System, and Lindsay's attention was immediately captured.
"For my shooting style, a tripod doesn't fit and a camera strap gets extremely uncomfortable after long days on set. For the longest time I would simply set my camera on the floor when I wasn't using it or I'd put it on the nearest surface. You'd often here me say 'Wait, where'd I put my camera?' I decided I had to give [Spider Holster] a try because my active teaching and shooting styles would really benefit from additional mobility and freedom for my hands!"
I jump around, move around, sit on the floor, stand on a ladder…I'm often in constant motion.
Now a regular Spider Holster user, Lindsay is free to move at her own (often frenetic) pace and never miss a shot or lose track of her gear. With her camera hanging securely at her side, she is better able to speak, demonstrate, shift equipment, climb and otherwise explore her creative passions. She actively recommends Spider Holster systems to other photographers – especially those accustomed to travel and on-location shoots.
"Your camera is your tool and freedom as a photographer," she says. "The way you keep it on your person should not cause frustration or discomfort. Spider Holster helps make your camera your freedom – not your restraint."
Learn more about Lindsay Adler by visiting www.lindsayadlerphotography.com. Follow her on Twitter at @lindsayadler and Facebook at www.facebook.com/lindsayadlerphotography.
In her bag…
Lindsay rocks a SpiderPro Single Camera System with a red SpiderPro Hand Strap.
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Children who have an existing Youthsaver account can use their Dollarmites deposit book and deposit wallet to participate in the School Banking program. If the child has misplaced their Dollarmites deposit book or deposit wallet they can either request a new one from their local branch or contact their School Banking Co-ordinator.
Both the parent/guardian and the child must have their identification verified. The Bank is required by law to verify identification before a new account can be fully operational (i.e. able to deposit and withdraw). If the parent/guardian is an existing Commonwealth Bank customer they only need to provide their existing account number as identification.


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The launch of Opinion Model
A shared marketing community involving Donna Moderna, Starbene, Casafacile, Cucina Moderna and Nostrofiglio.it
The expertise of the Donna Moderna, Starbene, CasaFacile, Cucina Moderna and Nostrofiglio.it brands has given birth to Opinion Model, a new shared marketing community that will enable users to learn about new products, to try them out at home and share them with their contacts.
"We are really confident in the potential of this new project that we have launched with our brands and partner companies," declared Pamela Carati, Brand Manager Mass Market. "Opinion Model invites consumers to test the products proposed by companies: an initiative that, on the one hand, satisfies the consumers' desire to test directly and fro free new products and, on the other, offers advantages for companies who can dialogue directly with the public and use the feedback to continuously improve their offer." "Opinion Model will be organised in an initial 4-week launch phase in which four companies will each week make one of their products available. But the initiative will then continue for the whole of 2016," Carati concluded.
Opinion Model aims to establish an ongoing relationship of trust with users and readers and rewarding the most active participants with incentives. There will also be the possibility of applying a mark of approval to the brands involved in the initiative.
The project is a precious asset for partner companies who will gain visibility within the tester community tester and benefit from the cross-media communication in support of the launch of Opinion Model.
Plus, the most significant results of the survey conducted by Mondadori on the opinions expressed by users will be reported of the Opinionmodel.it platform, as well as in the pages, on the web sites and social profiles of the brands involved.
Becoming a member of the community is very easy.
Users can sign up by visiting www.opinionmodel.it, and filling out the form related to their profile. Subsequently they can apply for the product they want to test.
Readers will have two weeks from the publication of the magazine to submit their application for one or more products. The candidates selected will then soon receive the material to be tested, delivered directly to their homes.
The initiative is the result of collaboration between the magazine titles Donna Moderna, Starbene, CasaFacile, Cucina Moderna and Nostrofiglio.it and the contribution of Mondadori's content & data marketing area, brining together Cemit's expertise in relational marketing Cemit and the know-how in digital engagement of Kiver.
Opinion Model will be supported by a campaign developed by Hi! Communication and will be spread across different channels: Mondadori magazines, TV, radio, web and social.
The proposal of the format to the market will be managed by Mediamond, that has already involved many companies from different sectors: beauty, health, food, homewares, as well as products for babies and maternity. Opinion Model is an important new feature in the advertising offer of the company and an innovative addition to clients' marketing tools. Users who apply to test the products will be profiled on the basis of the interest shown in participating in the activities of the platform and may therefore also be subsequently involved in other tests of products of interest for them. This data-driven approach will markedly increase the efficacy of the operation.
The launch format for Opinion Model will have an estimated reach of over 11 million unique users (source: M— Cube: based Audipress and Audiweb data).
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If you are a black women, your hair may have a strong curl and tendency towards dryness. It can seem impossible to grow your hair to any length, however hair growth for black women can be easily achieved with a few changes to your styling and hair care routine. By following these tips, you can have the long soft locks you've always wanted.
This is the most important tip for growing long hair if you're a black women. Because African hair tends to be curly, moisturizing oils from your roots and scalp take a long time to reach the ends of your hair. This can leave the ends of your hair without a lot of natural protective oils which makes them dry. To keep your hair soft, make sure you use conditioner every time you shower. It's also a good idea to use a deep conditioning treatment every 2-3 weeks.
Because it can take a long time for your own natural oils to reach the ends of your hair, it's good to add extra oil to your hair. Try to avoid using petroleum and mineral oils as these can damage the hair over time. Try using castor oil which has been used for hundreds of years to increase the softness and growth of hair. When oiling you hair, try to avoid the scalp area as this will already have enough natural oils and you don't want your hair to be greasy. Instead focus on the ends and mid-section of your hair.
There are some vitamins and minerals available that can help your hair to grow extra-fast. Biotin is considered the best vitamin to boost hair growth. It helps to super-charge the hair cells making them produce new hair faster and is available in a capsule form from most health-food stores or online. Vitamin B6 is another great supplement for hair growth. Women have testosterone too, but if too much reaches the hair follicles, it can make thin and slow new growth. Vitamin B6 stops this from happening.
The tips of your hair receive the least amount of natural protective oils so can be brittle and easily damaged. If you're trying to grow your hair, you'll want to protect what you already have. Leaving your hair down can increase the chances of breakage and damage, so try putting your hair up to prevent this.
If you can, try wrapping your hair for as much of the day as possible. This will help your hair soak in all the oils and nutrients you've been giving it. If you can't wrap your hair during the day, try sleeping in a head scarf. A satin head scarf will not absorb your hair oils like cotton would do.
Protein treatments add protein to your hair and fill in any damaged strands. They only improve the look of the hair temporarily, but if used regularly, the can help your hair to grow long over time. Protein treatments are available from your local beauty store or to order online. Make sure the protein treatment you buy has "protein" listed in the first 5 ingredients. This will ensure there is enough protein available to make a difference. Some companies use a tiny amount of protein in their formula and these have hardly any affect.
Although junk food is tempting, it does nothing to help your hair growth. Certain foods have been proven to boost your hair-growth ability and are great for nourishing your scalp and hair strands. Salmon, avocados and pumpkin seeds are full of omega-3 fatty acids and protein which help to keep your hair follicles in top condition. Eggs, Greek yoghurt, spinach and lentils are all great sources of protein which are the building blocks of new hair. Blueberries and citrus fruits are a great source of vitamin c which is important for strong, healthy hair. Try and eat as many of these foods as often as you can.
Using heat to style your hair can dry and brittle and increase the chances of breakage. Allow your hair to air dry if you can. The hot air from dryers can be extremely damaging. Try not to use flat irons or curling irons if possible. These can heat up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, so you are literally cooking your hair. If you have to use heat on your hair, try to limit it and use it once a week at most.
The common chemicals in hair dyes have an extremely negative effect on hair and are a major cause of damage. They can damage the hair to a point where it's slow to grow back. It's best not to use hair dye at all, but if you need to, try to space hair dyeing sessions as far apart as possible, at least 3 months. This will help to limit the damage to your hair.
If you have hair relaxing treatments, you'll already know the damage they can do to your hair. Although they straighten your hair for long periods of time and you may be happy with the results, hair relaxing treatments can prevent hair growth over time. Make sure you only have you hair relaxed once every 3 months at the most. You could also try keeping a natural look instead and this will help your hair grow healthy and long.
Stress has been shown to slow hair growth so try to limit stress and anxiety in your life. Stay away from things that stress you and try to incorporate more things that make you happy into your life. Not only will you feel better, but your hair will improve as well.
Hair growth for black women can feel like a long and hard task. It's true that there's no quick way to instantly get long and soft hair, but with a few changes to your lifestyle, hair care techniques and some time, you can get the locks you've always wanted.
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Deal for 22-year-old forward 'depends on Arsenal' says manager
Nia Griffiths
The Belgian media are currently loving Chuba Akpom while he's on loan at Sint-Truiden and assistant coach, Chris O'Loughlin, is open to the 22-year-old staying for longer.
Akpom joined Sint-Truiden on a six-month loan spell in January but the club are already considering keeping him for longer.
According to O'Loughlin, who Sport Witness report was a key figure in bringing the striker to Belgium, it's all down to Arsenal.
"We exclude nothing, but everything depends on Arsenal," O'Loughlin said. "I don't think they can already answer about their plans for Chuba next season. It is too early for that."
Whether O'Loughlin wants to keep Akpom at Sint-Truiden on loan or sign him on a permanent deal remains to be seen but I don't see Arsenal saying no to either.
This is the young striker's sixth loan move since his promotion to the Arsenal first team in 2013; he's still only made 12 appearances for Arsene Wenger's side.
What's more, he's only scored twice.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfS_siRH8yy/?taken-by=cakpom
On Friday, Akpom netted his loan side's winner against Anderlecht and has earned the plaudits from the Belgian media, with Monday's edition of Het Belang van Limburg (via Sport Witness again) penning the headline: "Akpom is the new favourite".
With the striker doing so well over in Belgium, enjoying his football and out of contract with Arsenal in June 2019, a permanent move could be on the cards.
At this point, it seems like the best option for all involved if he continues to impress on loan.
Chris O'Loughlin
Chuba Akpom
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This looks so easy to apply!
Thanks for sharing – I hadn't heard of this product by Olay before!
I travel a lot, too. Thanks so much for sharing this. I didn't even know about these sticks, so now I need to go grab one or two.
Olay has always been such a wonderful product!
Love love love Olay! Thanks for all the useful information Julia, this was such a great post to read!
I love that it is on a stick! The idea that it is mess free and easy to travel with is so amazing!
This mask looks and sounds amazing – definitely want to give it a try. I am totally mask obsessed!
Oh I love the application of this product! I always find I get face mask stuff stuck under my nails.
Great post! I've heard so many other bloggers mentioning this specific product right now and how good it is. I don't use Olay, but I'm curious how the long term effects are with this product!
I've never tried clay masks but they sound amazing! It must be so hard to keep up with beauty routines when you travel so much, but you are doing a great job, your skin always looks flawless.
Definitely giving that product a try!
It sounds like this mask is really easy to apply so it would be a great way to save time. Thanks for sharing.
The best time to take care of your skin is in the PM. It's no surprise that your skin too like every other part of your body heals and rejuvenates at night. Night-time skincare routines are most effective and most important because you're in the comforts of your home away from all the sunlight and pollution.
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Yes, I definitely need this portable mask too! My skin tends to act up whenever I travel, so this will definitely be a lifesaver!
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PuzzleNation Product Review: Puzzle Books Galore!
Posted on December 5, 2019 by gmdirect
As part of our Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide, we reached out to companies far and wide to explore as big a swathe of the puzzle/game world as we could. And a plethora of puzzle books arrived in response.
With eight in total to cover in this review, we're going to work from simplest to toughest in terms of difficulty, whilst bundling some books with similar puzzles or styles of presentation together for ease of navigation.
So please enjoy as we peruse offerings from USA Today, the Puzzle Society, and Andrews McMeel Publishing.
We start our puzzle book journey with objectively the easiest type of puzzle in the group: word searches.
Posh Simple Word Search collects grids and lists of hidden words to test your word recognition skills. The different sizes, themes for puzzles, and variations of word search puzzles (like an Eiffel Tower-shaped grid!) across more than 100 puzzles will have you looping words to your heart's content.
Factor in a spiral binding that allows you to lay each page flat as you solve, and you've got a perfect intro to puzzles.
From word searches to another iconic and traditional puzzle type: crosswords.
For a travel-friendly puzzle book with eye-catching cover designs and enjoyable pocket-sized puzzles, look no further than Pocket Posh New Crosswords 1 and New Crosswords 2.
With fun, accessible clues and grids designed to test newer, less experienced solvers, Pocket Posh New Crosswords won't stand in the way of a New York Times-level solver, but they will serve as a satisfying puzzle experience for solvers working their way up the difficulty ladder.
Featuring more than 50 puzzles each, these books are loaded with content created by The Puzzle Society's pool of talented constructors. (All of whom are credited by name!)
For a step-up in difficulty and notoriety, check out USA Today's Crossword Super Challenge.
Packed with 200 puzzles previously published in USA Today, this collection offers a range of difficulty levels depending on the constructor. And the names here are top-notch. Puzzly elites like Elizabeth Gorski, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Gail Grabowski, Frank Longo, and George Barany are featured in the collection, along with numerous contributions by USA Today's Crossword Editor, the inimitable Fred Piscop!
This array of 15×15 grids presents loads of different types of themed clues, serving as an ideal crash course in crosswords for solvers with a bit more experience but also have room to grow. Perfect for anyone who enjoys your local daily/weekly syndicated newspaper crossword.
It's a little thick to make a great travel book — not as pocket-friendly as the Pocket Posh series — but it's just right for an afternoon or two of cozy armchair solving.
We then move from one world-conquering puzzle style to another that more recently took the world by storm: Sudoku.
Another in the USA Today series of Super Challenge titles, USA Today's Sudoku Super Challenge is armed to the teeth with 200 Sudoku puzzles to challenge any fan of the infamous puzzle juggernaut.
Each puzzle is ranked on a scale of 1 to 5 stars in terms of difficulty, so you'll be solving your way through increasingly tricky number puzzles the deeper you get into this book.
And despite being packed with hundreds of puzzles, this one will easily fit into a pocket, purse, or carry-on for any trip.
Are you a Sudoku-savvy solver looking to test your number-placement skills in a new way? Posh Kurosu might just have what you're seeking.
With dozens of examples of Kurosu puzzles — also known as noughts and crosses — this puzzle book packs a surprising amount of variety into a simple solving mechanic. Instead of nine digits to fill the grid, all you have are Xs and Os. And you can't have more than two Xs or Os next to each other in any column, row, or diagonal.
This is the only kind of puzzle in this selection of puzzle books that I'd never encountered before, and it was a welcome change of pace to try my hand at something that felt familiar and yet fresh all at once. Posh Kurosu tests your logic and deduction chops in fun, unexpected ways.
After collections of Sudoku and Kurosu puzzles, it feels appropriate to follow up with a puzzle book loaded with puzzles that test your logic and deduction skills in other ways.
USA Today's Logic Super Challenge fits the bill nicely, mixing traditional story-driven logic problems (complete with those iconic solving grids to help you weed out false paths) with other logic-based puzzles like Killer Sudoku, Battleships, and Domino Search.
All of these puzzles will bend your brain around corners as you try to hold multiple facts in your head at the same time, waiting for them to fall into place and reveal a new piece of the overall puzzle solution.
And with 200 logic problems in various forms, you certainly won't run out of devious deduction puzzles anytime soon.
But if you're looking for a unique solving experience, something that is as visually immersive as it is engagingly puzzly, then you can't go wrong with Daria Song's The Mysterious Mansion.
Mixing lushly illustrated scenes with black and white drawings meant for you to color in, this narrative puzzle book incorporates mazes, spot-the-difference games, word searches, and other puzzly endeavors in a story about one girl's journey through a strange and confusing mansion.
Designed to relax, engage, and puzzle the reader in equal measure, this book is one you could lose yourself in for hours. The gorgeous full-color illustrations are a feast for the eyes, and the puzzles are seamlessly woven into the art and story of each scene.
Daria Song gleefully takes activity books to the next level with this beautiful puzzle experience, a fairy tale that you not only help write, but make your own by doing so.
All of these puzzle books are available from Andrews McMeel Publishing as well as some local and online retailers. They're also part of this year's Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide!
[Note: I received a free copy of each puzzle book in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.]
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Puzzle Plagiarism: One Year Later
Posted on March 7, 2017 by gmdirect
This weekend marked the one-year anniversary of one of the biggest stories in puzzles: the USA Today/Universal Uclick crossword plagiarism scandal, aka #gridgate.
If you're unfamiliar with the story, you can click here for more detail, but here's a quick rundown of what happened. Programmer Saul Pwanson and constructor Ben Tausig uncovered a pattern of unlikely repeated entries in the USA Today and Universal crosswords, both of which are edited by Timothy Parker.
Eventually, more than 65 puzzles were determined to feature "suspicious instances of repetition" with previously published puzzles in the New York Times and other outlets, with hundreds more showing some level of repetition.
The story originally broke on data analysis website FiveThirtyEight.com thanks to Oliver Roeder, but the real credit belongs to Tausig and Pwanson. The article sparked an investigation, and a day after the story first broke, Universal Uclick (which owns both the USA Today crossword and the Universal syndicated crossword) stated that Parker had agreed to temporarily step back from any editorial role for both USA Today and Universal Crosswords.
We were among the first to report that constructor Fred Piscop would serve as editor in the interim, but after that, the story went quiet for two months.
Then, in early May, Roeder reported that Universal Uclick had completed its investigation, and despite the fact that they'd confirmed some of the allegations of puzzle repetition, they were only giving Parker a three-month leave of absence.
The puzzle community was unhappy with the reaction, and USA Today and Universal Uclick soon felt the pressure from constructors and content creators alike.
Among the most vocal was Mike Selinker, puzzle constructor and president of Lone Shark Games, who stated that he and his team would boycott both USA Today and Universal Uclick until appropriate action was taken:
Up until now, we liked USA Today. We thought that a newspaper of its size would be violently opposed to plagiarism. But they do not appear to be. It's way past time for USA Today and Universal Uclick to take a stand against plagiarism and for creators' rights, and maybe it takes some creators to stand up for those. So we're doing it.
Many other game companies and constructors joined in the boycott, and less than a week later, Gannett (who publishes USA Today) declared that "No puzzles that appear in Gannett/USA TODAY NETWORK publications are being edited by Timothy Parker nor will they be edited by Timothy Parker in the future."
We'd never seen anything like this. Not only did it galvanize the puzzle community like nothing before, but it raised the very important issue of creator's rights when it comes to puzzles. After all, plagiarism isn't tolerated in publishing or college term papers, so why should the efforts of crossword constructors be considered any less sacrosanct?
And except for the occasional joke on Twitter (or scathingly clever puzzle) referencing the story, that was it. As far as anyone knew, Parker was still employed by Uclick, and they wouldn't confirm or deny his involvement in any non-USA Today and Gannett-published puzzles in the future.
So naturally, as the one-year anniversary of the story loomed in the distance, I got curious. What had become of Parker? Was he still involved with Universal Uclick?
Sadly, I have no new answers for you. I reached out to Universal Uclick for comment, and they declined to reply. Parker was similarly difficult to reach.
But even without new threads to follow, this is an important story to revisit. It represents the solidarity, pride, and support of the puzzle community. It represents the rights of creators to be respected and to have their hard work respected. It represents the power of concerned citizens speaking up.
It reminded people that crosswords represent much more than a way to pass an idle Sunday morning.
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Puzzle Plagiarism, Part 3: Parker Out
After months of nothing, things are suddenly moving forward with the Universal Uclick/USA Today puzzle plagiarism scandal.
A quick recap: Programmer Saul Pwanson and constructor Ben Tausig uncovered a pattern of unlikely repeated entries in the USA Today and Universal crosswords, both of which are edited by Timothy Parker.
Parker "agreed to temporarily step back from any editorial role for both USA Today and Universal Crosswords" in March.
Last week, there was finally a new development, as Universal Uclick stated that they'd confirmed "some" of the allegations against Parker, and he'd be taking a three-month leave of absence.
That underwhelming semi-admission of Parker's guilt led Lone Shark Games and Mike Selinker to call for a boycott of USA Today and Universal Uclick, and many other game companies and puzzle constructors have followed suit.
So where are we now?
Well, as reported by Oliver Roeder of FiveThirtyEight, Christopher Mele of the New York Times, and Deb Amlen of Wordplay, Timothy Parker is out as editor of the USA Today crossword.
According to Gannett, who publishes USA Today:
No puzzles that appear in Gannett/USA TODAY NETWORK publications are being edited by Timothy Parker nor will they be edited by Timothy Parker in the future.
This still leaves some important details up in the air. For one thing, Parker is still employed by Universal Uclick, even if USA Today and Gannett won't be using any puzzles he's touched.
We also don't know who will be taking his place providing puzzles for USA Today and other Gannett publications.
According to Oliver Roeder:
Fred Piscop, who has been interim editor, told me that his position was temporary unless he was officially informed otherwise, and that there was nothing else he could tell me at this point. A call to Universal Uclick was not returned.
Clearly things are far from settled for Parker, Universal Uclick, and USA Today.
Regarding the #gridgate boycott, Mike Selinker and the team at Lone Shark Games had this to say:
As far as we can tell, USA Today and its parent company Gannett just vowed not to use puzzles edited by Timothy Parker ever again. That bold statement — sure, months late, but welcome nonetheless — was all we were looking for. If they stick to their word, we'll stop our boycott. We can't claim credit for the result, but we can say that our friends shining a flashlight on the wrongdoing did help get USA Today to speak out publicly and settle the score.
We're maintaining the boycott of Universal Uclick, though. They're continuing to employ someone they've admitted is a plagiarist—someone who apparently plagiarized our friends' work. And just because USA Today isn't buying Parker's puzzles doesn't mean no one else will. We can't even be sure if the person editing the puzzles isn't Parker, because he's made a habit of hiding behind pseudonyms. So we'll keep this boycott going until we're sure they've got a plan for puzzles that aren't edited by someone they think is a plagiarist.
Uclick, the ball's in your court.
Posted in PuzzleNation, Puzzles	| Tagged Announcements, boycott, Christopher Mele, Cluing, constructing, construction, crossword, crosswords, Dan Feyer, Deb Amlen, FiveThirtyEight, Fred Piscop, Gannett, Geeking Out, gridgate, mike selinker, New York Times, New York Times Crossword, Oliver Roeder, plagiarism, Pop culture, PuzzleNation, Puzzlin' fool, Timothy Parker, Universal Uclick, USA Today, Wordplay	| 5 Replies
Puzzle Plagiarism, Part 2: Uclick Responds
Posted on May 6, 2016 by gmdirect
It's Follow-Up Friday, but it doesn't feel right to open this post with our usual exuberant intro.
Today, I'm returning to the subject of Timothy Parker and the USA Today/Universal Uclick plagiarism scandal.
You know, when I first wrote about this topic, I suspected I'd be returning to it in Follow-Up Friday fashion, and sadly, that's proven true.
If you don't recall, or you hadn't heard, here's a quick rundown of what happened. Programmer Saul Pwanson and constructor Ben Tausig uncovered a pattern of unlikely repeated entries in the USA Today and Universal crosswords, both of which are edited by Timothy Parker.
Back in March when I first blogged about this, Parker "agreed to temporarily step back from any editorial role for both USA Today and Universal Crosswords."
Well, Oliver Roeder from FiveThirtyEight has reported that Universal Uclick has completed its investigation, and despite the fact that they've CONFIRMED some of the allegations of puzzle repetition — they don't explain which allegations they've confirmed — they're only giving Parker a three-month leave of absence.
According to the Universal Uclick press release:
During his leave, Mr. Parker will confirm that his process for constructing puzzles uses the best available technology to ensure that everything he edits is original. We will work with Mr. Parker on this effort and redouble our editorial process so that there is a stronger second level of review.
Roeder points out that Universal also doesn't say if the last two months count toward Parker's three-month leave of absence, since Fred Piscop has been serving as interim editor since the scandal broke.
As you might expect, some in the puzzle-game community are underwhelmed, to say the least, with Universal Uclick's decision.
For instance, Mike Selinker, puzzle constructor and head honcho of Lone Shark Games, sent out a release last night regarding Parker's situation, stating that he and his team will boycott both USA Today and Universal Uclick.
From their Tumblr post:
But USA Today and Universal Uclick, two important providers of puzzles to the world, have abandoned all pretense that originality and credit for content is important to them. So we're abandoning them. As of today, we're boycotting both companies.
I suspect Mike and the wonderful crew at Lone Shark Games won't be the only ones giving USA Today and Universal Uclick the cold shoulder. Kudos to them for taking a stand against plagiarism and standing with friends and colleagues in the puzzle community.
You'd think a major publication like USA Today would be against plagiarism instead of downplaying it like this. I doubt they'd tolerate plagiarism anywhere else in their paper.
It will certainly be interesting to see where the story goes from here. Here's hoping Universal Uclick does the right thing and stands with content creators, not against them.
I'll conclude this post the same way the team at Lone Shark Games concluded their release:
If you share this on Twitter or Facebook, please tag @usatoday and @UniversalUclick to tell them that you stand with the puzzlemakers, and add the hashtag #gridgate. Or, if you want to talk to USA Today directly, send them a note addressed to Reader Feedback/Letters saying that you find plagiarism in any department unacceptable. Now would be awesome.
Posted in Games, PuzzleNation, Puzzles	| Tagged Announcements, constructing, construction, crossword, crosswords, FiveThirtyEight, Fred Piscop, games, Geeking Out, lone shark games, mike selinker, Oliver Roeder, Pop culture, PuzzleNation, Puzzlin' fool, Timothy Parker, Universal Uclick, USA Today, Wordplay	| 3 Replies
Puzzle Plagiarism?
[Image courtesy of PlagiarismToday.com.]
Today's post isn't the usual Follow-Up Friday fare. Instead of returning to a previous subject, I'd like to discuss a topic that I expect I'll be returning to in Follow-Up Friday form in the near future.
There is a certain pride and sense of accomplishment you experience as a puzzler when you come up with an exciting, innovative, unexpected theme idea for a puzzle, or when you pen a terrific clue for a word. Whether the wordplay is spot on or you've simply found a way to reinvigorate a tired bit of crosswordese, you feel like you're adding something to the ever-expanding crossword lexicon, leaving a mark on the world of puzzles.
Unfortunately, there's also the flip side of that coin, and those who would pilfer the hard work of others for their own gain. And in a story broken by the team at FiveThirtyEight, there may be something equally unsavory going on behind the scenes of the USA Today crossword and the Universal syndicated crossword.
You can check out the full story, but in short, an enterprising programmer named Saul Pwanson created a searchable database of crossword puzzles that identified similarities in published crosswords, and it uncovered an irregularly high number of repeated entries, grids, and clues in the USA Today and Universal crosswords, both of which are edited by Timothy Parker.
More than 60 puzzles feature suspicious instances of repetition — the word "plagiarism" comes to mind, certainly — and it has sparked an investigation. In fact, only a day after the story first broke, Universal Uclick (which owns both the USA Today crossword and the Universal syndicated crossword) stated that the subject of the investigation, Parker himself, "has agreed to temporarily step back from any editorial role for both USA Today and Universal Crosswords."
I've heard that oversight of the USA Today crossword has already passed to another editor of note in the crossword world, constructor Fred Piscop (author of last Wednesday's New York Times crossword), but I wonder if more examples of crossword duplication are lurking out there.
With resources like XWord Info and the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project out there, the history of crosswords is becoming more and more accessible and searchable. I can't help but wonder if more scandals are lurking down the pike.
Posted in PuzzleNation, Puzzles	| Tagged Ben Tausig, clues, Cluing, crossword, Crosswordese, crosswords, FiveThirtyEight, Follow-Up Friday, Fred Piscop, games, Geeking Out, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times crossword, New York Times, New York Times Crossword, plagiarism, Plagiarism Today, Pop culture, Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project, PuzzleNation, Puzzlin' fool, Saul Pwanson, Saul Pwenson, scandal, Timothy Parker, Universal syndicated crossword, Universal Uclick, USA Today, USA Today crossword, XWord Info, XWordInfo, XWordInfo.com	| 10 Replies


← HIBC Brewer's Log: Where do I stand in terms of brewing my favorite beer styles?
Northern Brewer purchases: Bottles and custom caps for my Belgian quadrupel and a new PET carboy (The Bubbler).
My next beer – Nectar of the Bine IPA, a "New England style" IPA.
Planned "Grain to Glass" video.
Previously filmed: 2 week gravity sample tasting of my quad.
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A Life Less Ordinary: Dominic McVey
Dominic McVey has an entrepreneurial success story that's almost too extraordinary to believe.
McVey was just 13 when, attempting to locate Visa's website, happened across Viza: an American manufacturer of foldable scooters. He persuaded the company to give him one for free provided he shift five more in the UK.
Within two years, he'd bought the European distribution rights to the company, raised capital (via under-18s discos, stock market investments and sales of mini-disc players from Japan), sold 11 million scooters and made it onto The Sunday Times Rich List for under 30s. By 18 he'd been appointed as a Pioneer for Britain in Entrepreneurism by the Queen.
Since then, McVey has made forays into property, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, publishing and, most recently, garment manufacturer Hela Clothing. Now 34, he has stepped away from the day-to-day operations at Hela to pursue initiatives such as the African Fair Fashion Pact, which calls on major garment manufactures to unite and work for best practice in the industry.
He takes us through his business journey and explains what's behind his overarching philosophy: do good to do well.
I tend not to tell people my backstory. I've got colleagues who know nothing about the scooters or the publishing businesses. The United Nations Foundation once invited me to talk about compliance and treating workers well to CEOs of big American brands like Nordstrom, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. I gave a speech about the work that Hela does, and the president of the American Apparel & Footwear Association stood up and said: "How come your boss lets you do all this?" I said: "My boss?"
Dominic McVey
If you're lucky, fantastic. Go with it. But don't sit around waiting for it. You've got to put in the work.
I find it difficult, to some degree, to work with people like myself. We're not the most humble of people. We've all had success and, hopefully, we've all had failures, so we understand what that looks like and how to recognise that.
You don't have to be an entrepreneur to be entrepreneurial, and you can instil an entrepreneurial spirit into people. I like to work with people who really know what they're good at and excel at it, whether it's computer scientists or fabric pattern-cutters.
Hela is involved in tech in a big way. We build platforms and algorithms for the brands we manufacture clothing for. I think technology is very good as a tool; it gets harder when your technology is your income generator. If you're a bank, you don't sell the app – it's a tool for your customer. If it weren't for Trump, I honestly don't think Twitter would be around. What's happened to MySpace, Hotmail, MSN Messenger and AOL?
I like working with products you can touch and feel. Something like 0.01% of all consumer mobile apps succeed – there's a lot of competition out there. But how many young start-ups are making 100 million pairs of boxer shorts a year in under five years? People are going to buy them differently, consume them differently, think about them differently, engage with the brands differently – but they're always going to wear boxer shorts.
I need everyone around me to succeed for me to succeed. I believe that in business, I believe that in community, I believe that in family. I was just at a forum where the president of Togo was present – they're looking for investment there – and we were talking about how you need an abundance of labour for a country to be able to produce an abundance of products. If you've got a small economy, and you can only have two factories with 2,000 machines, the supplier is not going to come. The suppliers of the supplier are not going to come. The suppliers of the suppliers of the supplier are not going to come. The economy doesn't just go where you want it to.
I've been given an amazing opportunity to effect change directly – and I'd be crazy to dismiss it. Until you're exposed to certain issues in the world, you're kind of wrapped in cotton wool. I see the impact of climate change, of treating people badly. I see the impact of low salaries and gender discrimination. I'm fortunate to be in a position to make sure that the work I do can improve the community, the planet and the environment.
I launched the African Fair Fashion Pact as a call to action for fashion brands to unite to ensure best practice is brought to Africa. We're working with the Department for International Development and the UN Foundation to ensure women can work without fear of sexual violence or harassment, to ensure the environment is not destroyed and the rivers don't run red with the dye from tanneries. Workers should have access to sexual health services, and the children of the workforce supported. People should have food in their stomachs and not be hungry. I want to make sure that as an industry we work with partners to do good.
Bad practices lead to bad business, and bad businesses go bust. I don't think we could have grown Hela from $20m to $200m if we were treating people badly. In the longer term, as we become more informed, as we become more organised as communities and as we become more connected, it's going to get harder for those businesses to exploit the weakest, most vulnerable or least educated in society.
Doing good is good business. I know how to build businesses and do deals, but I'm never going to be fulfilled unless we can all high-five at the end and know that everyone's been taken care of.
If you're lucky, fantastic. Go with it. But don't sit around waiting for it. You've got to put in the work, you've got to have a strategy and be committed. You've got to believe in yourself. I know people with attributes that could make them the world's best leaders in business or politics, but they get nowhere.
When I was 19, Terry Wogan told me, on live TV: "The only reason you're where you are is because you're lucky." But there's no smoke without fire. I get this energy that will come out of nowhere. I know I can get something amazing achieved in that hour, and that might be it for the week. Sometimes that's enough.
Nick Scott is editor-in-chief of the UK edition of Robb Report, and a regular contributor to FT How To Spend It, The Rake and Director magazine.
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1 pesarattu with a cup of brinjal-tomato curry. The brinjals are homegrown and tasted quite good with tomato masala.
Tears stream when cauliflower appears on the plate, those were the days from The Wonder Years. From running away to reluctantly having and now actually enjoying cauliflower, I finally feel I made peace with this white ghost like haunting vegetable. When steamed and served, even without any special seasonings, cauliflower shines with sweet simplicity. A delayed revelation.
Steamed cauliflower preparation is easy. Cut cauliflower into big sized florets. Take them in a steam basket.
Bring a pot of water to boil. Insert steam basket and cover. Steam until the cauliflower florets are just tender. Remove the basket and serve the florets warm.
I prefer mine plain. Sometimes I also add a sprinkle of salt, black pepper and lemon juice. Good food.


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Q: Tornado crashed with assert error According to official doc http://tornado.readthedocs.org/en/latest/gen.html, I'm using async feature of tornado like this:
@tornado.web.asynchronous
@tornado.gen.coroutine
def get(self):
    ...
    response = yield calendar.events()
    self.write(json.dumps(response, default=json_util.default))
    self.finish()

calendar.events() is database operation, it crashed with below assert error, is there anything wrong?
HTTPServerRequest(protocol='http', host='xxxx:9999', method='GET', uri='/event_list?calendar_guid=6', version='HTTP/1.1', remote_ip='xxxx', headers={'Host': 'xxxx:9999', 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (apple-x86_64-darwin14.4.0) Siege/3.1.0', 'Connection': 'close', 'Accept': '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip'})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/web.py", line 1369, in _stack_context_handle_exception
    raise_exc_info((type, value, traceback))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/web.py", line 1572, in wrapper
    result = method(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/gen.py", line 242, in wrapper
    Runner(result, future, yielded)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/gen.py", line 817, in __init__
    if self.handle_yield(first_yielded):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/gen.py", line 956, in handle_yield
    self.future = convert_yielded(yielded)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/gen.py", line 1022, in convert_yielded
    return multi_future(yielded)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/gen.py", line 643, in multi_future
    assert all(is_future(i) for i in children)
AssertionError

A: To be used with the yield statement in a Tornado coroutine, a method must be specifically written for this purpose. Looks like the calendar.events method you call does not return a Tornado Future object, so I infer it's not designed for use as a non-blocking method within a Tornado coroutine.
You can call it without the yield keyword, but you'll have to accept that you're blocking the event loop while events executes. Alternatively, use a ThreadPoolExecutor. Tornado's maintainer Ben Darnell has a nice example of this here:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/python-tornado/35BiBKdSCNw/zx561l-sABIJ
If calendar is a MySQLdb object, try:
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from tornado.process import cpu_count

# global threadpool
pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(cpu_count())

class Handler(RequestHandler):
    @tornado.gen.coroutine
    def get(self):
        response = yield pool.submit(calendar.events)
        self.write(json.dumps(response, default=json_util.default))

Final notes: with gen.coroutine, the asynchronous decorator is not needed, nor is self.finish.


There was released the latest version of the plugin today – it's version 2.2.1. There was fixed one bug which saved incorrect data to database during plugin update.
Full change log can be find here: http://kocujsitemap.wpplugin.kocuj.pl/change-log/version-2-2-1.


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We are recruiting to fill the role of an Associate-Investment Banking. This role will provide support to the company's business in origination and execution of investment banking business transactions and mandates, covering capital markets issues and sundry corporate finance and advisory services, in lead or supporting roles.
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Q: I cannot see false value but whole url i have boolean value "approved". Once I add this as a parameter after link_to it shows me whole url instead of false value. True value works fine. Do you have please any idea where can be issue?

    <%= adminpage.email %>
    <%= adminpage.first_name %>
    <%= adminpage.last_name %>
    <%= adminpage.level %>
    <%= adminpage.approved %>
    <%= link_to adminpage.approved, approve_user_url(adminpage.id), method: :put %>
    <%= if adminpage.approved then "Approved" else "Waiting for approval" end %>

A: link_to has a first argument that must be truthful or it just shows the raw URL. The false isn't cutting it. Consider:
link_to admin_page.approved.to_s, ...

I tend to interpret it like this:
link_to admin_page.approved ? 'Yes' : 'No', ...

In this particular case it's like you want the whole link to be conditional, more like this:
<%- if admin_page.approved -%>
  <%= link_to 'Yes', ... %>
<%- else -%>
  No
<%- end -%>


PALEO JAY SMOOTHIE CAFE: Paleo Gadgets you MUST HAVE! and, Eat LOTS of Nutrient dense foods to lose fat!
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Huge variety of antioxidants, spices and herbs- all in one convenient, tasty package!
Crock Pots! Crock pots are the best and easiest way to COOK your food, slowly and delectably, breaking down all the fibers and cell walls of your ingredients- rather like a "slow cooking Vitamix", but much slower, and hotter- but with a lot of the same results.
Use one daily, for bone broth it is unsurpassed.
Breaks down collagen in bones, releases marrow; best thing for our own bones are the nutrients from the bones of other animals.
The paper filters that come with it are fine, but they also tend to "shift" when making multiple cups from one load of coffee ( I like to make 3 cups per day from one loading- I add more water from my teapot after each cup, and, using the stainless steel filter, the filter never "shifts" and lets in coffee grounds, like the paper ones did!
I make "Bullet Proof" coffee, sort of- I just use a good organic coffee, and dissolve coconut oil in the cup by pouring the coffee on top, and then top with real whipped cream, cinnamon and cloves... very, very healthy, inexpensive (bullet proof brand coffee is $18.75 for a 3/4 pound bag), and, I prefer to put my pastured butter in my Paleo smoothie rather than in my coffee, and whipped cream and coconut oil have a vastly superior taste, and double the bang for your buck to boot of good fat!
My other gadget? A dehydrator! You can easily make jerky, and kale chips.
My last point is this: fill up with as much nutrient dense foods as you can! Don't even think of "eating less" to lose fat- that whole mindset is completely wrong.
I swear you will be so stuffed you will NOT be tempted by any junk foods, like bread or pasta or candy or cake or cookies etc. You will just be TOO FULL!
BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST TOO DARN FULL!!
That's great; you are now "intermittantly fasting", which has numerous benefits of its own!
Got it? Stay FULL, and you will LOSE FAT and be HEALTHY!


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Q: Error while using SonarLint and SonarQube With using SonarLint and SonarQube in order to analyze my project, I got the following error in eclipse console:
Error during analysis
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: org/sonar/java/resolve/BytecodeVisitor
at org.sonar.java.resolve.BytecodeCompleter.complete(BytecodeCompleter.java:100)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.JavaSymbol.complete(JavaSymbol.java:111)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.JavaSymbol$TypeJavaSymbol.members(JavaSymbol.java:349)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.Resolve.findMemberType(Resolve.java:193)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.Resolve.findMemberType(Resolve.java:201)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.Resolve.findType(Resolve.java:234)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.Resolve.findIdent(Resolve.java:294)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.TypeAndReferenceSolver.resolveAs(TypeAndReferenceSolver.java:340)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.TypeAndReferenceSolver.resolveAs(TypeAndReferenceSolver.java:319)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.SecondPass.resolveType(SecondPass.java:245)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.SecondPass.complete(SecondPass.java:234)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.SecondPass.complete(SecondPass.java:66)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.JavaSymbol.complete(JavaSymbol.java:111)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.FirstPass.completeSymbols(FirstPass.java:94)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.FirstPass.visitCompilationUnit(FirstPass.java:125)
at org.sonar.java.resolve.SemanticModel.createFor(SemanticModel.java:62)
at org.sonar.java.model.VisitorsBridge.visitFile(VisitorsBridge.java:107)
at org.sonar.java.ast.JavaAstScanner.simpleScan(JavaAstScanner.java:84)
at org.sonar.java.ast.JavaAstScanner.scan(JavaAstScanner.java:67)
at org.sonar.java.JavaSquid.scanSources(JavaSquid.java:133)
at org.sonar.java.JavaSquid.scan(JavaSquid.java:126)
at org.sonar.plugins.java.JavaSquidSensor.execute(JavaSquidSensor.java:93)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.analyzer.sensor.SensorWrapper.analyse(SensorWrapper.java:52)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.analyzer.sensor.SensorsExecutor.executeSensor(SensorsExecutor.java:73)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.analyzer.sensor.SensorsExecutor.execute(SensorsExecutor.java:63)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.analyzer.sensor.PhaseExecutor.execute(PhaseExecutor.java:44)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.analysis.AnalysisContainer.doAfterStart(AnalysisContainer.java:143)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:125)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:110)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.standalone.StandaloneGlobalContainer.analyze(StandaloneGlobalContainer.java:118)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.StandaloneSonarLintEngineImpl.analyze(StandaloneSonarLintEngineImpl.java:93)
at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.StandaloneSonarLintEngineImpl.analyze(StandaloneSonarLintEngineImpl.java:83)
at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.StandaloneSonarLintClientFacade.runAnalysis(StandaloneSonarLintClientFacade.java:60)
at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AnalyzeProjectJob.run(AnalyzeProjectJob.java:457)
at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AnalyzeProjectJob$AnalysisThread.run(AnalyzeProjectJob.java:127)

I'm also using eclipse neon and JDK1.8.


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Sheil Land Associates
52 Doughty Street
WC1N 2LS
info@sheilland.co.uk
daughter of kali
Shiulie Ghosh was born in the UK to a Bengali father and English mother, who moved the family to India for several years when she was a toddler. She grew up to be an award-winning journalist and TV presenter, and over the past twenty years has worked for some of the biggest names in the business including the BBC, ITN and Al Jazeera. She has covered major global stories including the Kosovo War, the Asian Tsunami, the death of Nelson Mandela, and the Arab Spring.
You can follow Shiulie on Twitter @hackhound and Instagram @shiulie_ghosh
Shiulie Ghosh
FILM, TV & THEATRE


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Centre for Privacy Studies
Work Method
Publications et al.
PRIVACY Events
Glasgow (1728–89): notions of privacy at the interface of civic theory and practice as well as commercial enterprises
Notions of privacy shaped in the pursuit of civic prosperity, religious stability and Enlightenment ideals. Foci: the Dean of Guild Court's decisions concerning private and public buildings; relations between private interests and public good described in prof.s of moral philosophy F. Hutcheson's System of Moral Philosophy (1755) and A. Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1779); discussions of Hume's atheism in relation to his vying for a chair; visions and practices regarding privacy in the Merchant City (1750s), its homes and warehouses.
Research on privacy will add decisive new insights to research into, e.g., social-theoretical, political, legal and urban aspects of the Glasgow Enlightenment; see, e.g.,
Ahnert, T. & S, Manning (eds). 2011. Character, Self, and Sociability in the Scottish Enlightenment. New York
Berry, C.J. 1997. Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment. Edinburgh.
Cairns, J.W. 2015. Enlightenment, Legal Education, and Critique. Edinburgh
Harris, B. & C. McKean. 2014. Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820. Edinburgh
Shaw, J.S. 1999. The Political History of Eighteenth-Century Scotland. London/New York Sher, R.B. & A. Hook (eds). 1995. The Glasgow Enlightenment. East Linton
Mette Birkedal Bruun
privacy@teol.ku.dk


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package org.elfwerks.sandbox.quartz.webapp;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.quartz.Scheduler;
import org.quartz.SchedulerException;
import org.quartz.SchedulerFactory;
import org.quartz.impl.DirectSchedulerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;

@Controller
public class ApplicationController {
	private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());

	@Autowired
	private Scheduler scheduler;

	@RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET, value="/*")
	public String welcome(ModelMap model) {
		model.addAttribute("scheduler", scheduler);
		try {
			log.info("Scheduler Context: "+scheduler.getContext().toString());
			for (Object k : scheduler.getContext().keySet()) {
				Object v = scheduler.getContext().get(k);
				log.info("  "+k.toString()+" - "+v.toString());
			}
		} catch (SchedulerException ex) { /* ignore */ }
		SchedulerFactory factory = DirectSchedulerFactory.getInstance();
		try {
			log.info("SchedulerFactory num instances: "+factory.getAllSchedulers().size());
		} catch (SchedulerException ex) { /* ignore */ }
		model.addAttribute("schedulerFactory", factory);
		return "welcome";
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Luma Westbau: Patrick Staff "The Foundation" / Victoria Colmenga " Mirror, Stage"
Zürich, Switzerland June 8 - August 18, 2019
The Foundation (2015) is a film installation by Patrick Staff, co-commissioned with Chisenhale Gallery, London; Spike Island, Bristol; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; and Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
The work explores queer intergenerational relationships negotiated through historical materials. The film combines footage shot at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles – home to the archive of the erotic artist and gay icon and a community of people that care for it – with choreographic sequences shot within a specially constructed set.
The legacy of Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), better known as Tom of Finland, spans multiple generations; his work made a considerable impact on masculine representation and imagery in post-war gay culture. The foundation was established in 1984 by Tom and his friend Durk Dehner to preserve his vast catalogue of homoerotic art, whilst endeavouring to – to quote the organization's website – 'educate the public to the cultural merits of erotic art and in promoting healthier, more tolerant attitudes about sexuality.' Today, Durk runs the organization and lives in the house, along with a handful of other employees and artists.
Rather than focusing on Tom of Finland's work, Staff's film evokes the foundation as a set of relations. They explore how a collection is formed and constituted; the communities that produce and are produced by a body of work; and ideas of intergenerational relationships and care. Through observational footage of the house, its collections and inhabitants, the foundation is revealed as a domestic environment, a libidinal space, archive, office and community centre; a private space which is also the home of a public-facing organization and the source of a widely dispersed body of images.
Staff foregrounds their own identity and their personal dialogue with the different communities of the foundation to consider how ideas of intergenerational inheritance and exchange are complicated by gender identity and presentation. The documentary footage of the foundation is intercut with a series of scenes, which are shot in a set incorporating aspects of the building's architecture and technologies and operate within the register of experimental theatre. In these sequences, featuring their interactions with an older actor, Staff uses choreography and props to explore the body as a site for the construction and deconstruction of subjectivities.
Patrick Staff is an artist based in London, UK and Los Angeles, USA. Staff received their BA in Fine Art and Contemporary Critical Studies from Goldsmiths University of London in 2009. Staff's work has been exhibited at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; New Museum, New York; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; and the Tate Modern, amongst other venues. They completed the LUX Associate Artists Programme in 2011 and received the Paul Hamlyn Award for Visual Artists, 2015.
Victoria Colmegna
Mirror, Stage, Baby IntrospectiveLuma Westbau is pleased to announce the first institutional solo exhibition by Victoria Colmegna curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen at schwarzescafé. Mirror, Stage, Baby Introspective shows a kaleidoscopic presentation of artworks and remnants of exhibitions made between 2013 and 2019. In her work, Colmegna engages with the body language and dynamics that dominate closed systems. This exhibition self-critically reflects the making of the young artist's oeuvre as a self-abusive practice within her immediate social context.
'Simple pop structures sustain her image, allowing her real self to remain a mystery – is she really that sexy?' Kim Gordon
The Super-Personal and the Feminist (Wing of the Russian Revolution)
So there are many paths to follow in Mirror, Stage, Baby Introspective but no actual solo show. The show is over-curated, populous, somewhat apocryphal, under-acknowledged. It's trans-personal; as in things done by many. By mixing, committing, hosting, inviting, ordering, demanding, asking and begging different things from different people, VC found the cipher for self-hood's unresolved dilemma: trans-personal agency. Just look at the show: at the peak of networking, exchanging, and including others, everything is kindred. Everything has something, difficult to define, in connection. The problem of receiving trans-personal agency is that we do things with other people all the time, new ideas, things we couldn't even mention without causing surprise, tenderness or exaltation, but we don't have the tools to think about them properly. We have only the clichés of the old organizations and the aftertaste of corruption. But to write something for another person to use is to simulate being another person, thus supporting her and building energy. It's like raising the neighbor's kid and not even knowing what kind of relationship you're cultivating. Ghostwriters are the aunts of the world: trans-personal heroes who channel and formalize other people's feelings. Can a show be devised by thinking like that, by projecting oneself that much onto others? Can organizations emerge by thinking like that?
The question of trans-personal agency (or super-personal entities) isn't the newest item in the agenda of radical intelligence. 'We must bear in mind,' wrote Anatoly Lunacharsky almost a hundred years ago, 'that the struggle is for an ideal: the victory over individualism and of communal life based on a natural merging of personalities into super-personal entities.' The new entities Lunacharsky was thinking about were not the old fraternities conceived to share power, nor the exhausting binge-networking of the young, ambitious future despots but real kinds of association like marriage, friendship, a party, or just the preference for a particular author: structures that the subject can have confidence in; bonding is a substitute for frenemy.
At the time of the Russian Revolution, some of these ideas were shared by the feminist wing of the Bolshevik party. In 1919, Alexandra Kollontai and Inessa Armand founded the Zhenotdel, the Department for Women Issues of the Revolutionary State. It was a completely new institution, the size of a ministry, devoted to improving the conditions of women's lives and promoting their rights. And it also involved experimental inquiry into what all aspects of a woman's life would be like after the Revolution: marriage, motherhood, sisterhood, friendship. What could these words mean in the future? This was the starting point. So should VC look forward, leap-frog the solo show and establish a new Zhenotdel? And what would it be like? A party? A school? A spa? –
Extract from the press release for Victoria Colmegna's exhibition Broken Ego, Park View, Los Angeles, 2017. Written by Claudio Iglesias.
Luma Westbau
Löwenbräukunst
Limmatstrasse 270
http://www.westbau.com


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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised faeces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred in the year 1978.

Expeditions, field work, and fossil discoveries
 A paleoanthropological team led by Mary Leakey found 3.5 million year old human footprints.
 Baby hadrosaurs were discovered in the Two Medicine Formation.

Invertebrates

Maurits Lindström, described the earliest known octocoral in Sweden shifting the first known appearance from the Cretaceous to the Ordovician.

Fish

Newly named Ray-finned fish

Dinosaurs

Newly named dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

General research
Peter M. Galton published a paper on Fabrosauridae, including redescribing Fabrosaurus, Echinodon and Nanosaurus along with naming Lesothosaurus.

Birds

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Pterosaurs

Popular culture
 Dinosaur Planet by Anne McAffrey was published. This novel was about a planet called Ireta that was populated by dinosaurs transplanted there by aliens attempting to preserve Earth's Mesozoic biosphere. Paleontologist William A. S. Sarjeant has praised the intelligent pterosaurs descended from Quetzalcoatlus in the novel as plausible.

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