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Burns Lake és un poble rural en el Del nord-occidental-Interior Central de Colúmbia britànica, Canadà, va incorporar dins 1923. El poble té una població d'1,779 habitants segons el 2016 Cens.

El Village és conegut pel seu ric patrimoni de les Primeres Nacions i per la seva extensa xarxa de senders de bicicleta de muntanya, que han rebut elogis internacionals en convertir-se en el primer IMBA Ride Center del Canadà. A l'hivern es creen pistes d'esquí de fons i pistes de motos de neu. El llac Burns es troba enmig d'una gran xarxa de llacs anomenada districte dels llacs, amb pesca i caça durant tot l'any.

Hi ha dues reserves de les Primeres Nacions que hi formen part de la ciutat i altres quatre que i son a prop, això prova que la converteix en una de les poques comunitats de la província que tenen poblacions gairebé iguals de persones d'origen autòcton o europeu. Entre les nacions locals hi Wet'suwet'en First Nation, la Lake Babine Nation, la Cheslatta Carrier Nation,la Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation, la primera nació Skin Tyee i la banda Nee-Tahi-Buhn .

La ciutat serveix com a hub pel local logging, serra-fresant, indústries mineres i turístiques. També serveix com el centre comercial principal per l'àrea circumdant que inclou François Llac, Colleymount, Grassy Planes, va Augmentar Llac, Topley, i Granisle. Hi ha tres pubs, moltes cafeteries i restaurants una selecció de botigues, i serveis, motels i hotels nombrosos, una biblioteca i un hospital. El músic famós, Stuart McCallum, va créixer amunt en Llac de Cremades i atribueix la seva influència en la seva música. És també la ubicació de les centrals del Districte Regional de Bulkley-Nechako.

Història
Els primers habitants de Burns Llac eren el Transportista Primeres comunitats de Nacions que spanned molt del Districte de Llacs i més enllà.

Burns Llac ell va començar com a aturada de resta petita per viatgers en la seva manera al Yukon Pressa d'Or. Molts d'aquests viatgers spotted oportunitat en el ric forestry, pell, i oportunitats mineres en Llac de Cremades i l'àrea circumdant.

Burns Llac va adquirir el seu nom després que Michael Byrne, qui era un explorer pel Collins Overland esquema de Telègraf. Byrne va passar Burns llac dins aproximadament 1866 mentre surveying una ruta de Fort Fraser a Hagwilget. La recerca recent indica que Byrne era també un miner durant el Cariboo Pressa d'Or i va haver-hi staked una reclamació damunt la cala de William més d'hora, dins 1861. En el 1866 mapa de deixant de l'àrea, el nom 'Byrne' el llac apareix; després 1876 tanmateix, els mapes l'indiquen tan Llac de Cremades.

Bob Gerow, un dels fundadors principals de Llac de Cremades, va entrar a la societat amb Jack Seely i Howard Laidlaw per crear Empresa de Comerç de Llac de Cremades. Junt, van construir un hotel/de botiga i una serradora en Gerow Illa, el qual esdevindria el hub de comerç per l'àrea circumdant. El Poble va ser incorporat damunt 6 de desembre de 1923. El primer Mayor era G. M Gerow.

El primer diari en Llac de Cremades va ser cridat l'Observador, publicat i editat per Sidney Godwin. En el tardà 1950s, un altre diari, també cridat l'Observador, va ser operat per Ralph Vipond. Va tancar dins 1961.

La ciutat continuada per créixer per tot el . Les seves indústries actuals han esdevingut forestry i turisme, encara que molts treballadors commute a feines en la indústria minera.

Burns Llac va rebre nationwide atenció damunt 20 de gener de 2012, quan una explosió va destruir Babine Productes de Bosc, un molí de fusta que era un dels empresaris primaris de la ciutat .

El poble de Llac de Cremades és infamous dins del trucking i indústries de transport comercial pel seu estret, torçant carretera principal que fa el transport de càrregues grans a les comunitats adjacents difícils i de vegades impossible. Malgrat nombrós unanswered queixes i apel·lacions, l'Autopista de Colúmbia britànica 16 restes throttled.

Un número de historic els edificis encara estan incloure:

L'Hospital Vell
Primer construït dins 1933 per la societat Missionera de les Dones de l'Església Unida del Canadà, l'hospital era oficialment obert pel governador anterior del Canadà Senyor General Tweedsmuir. Una vegada que el més gran i edificis públics més bons entre Prince George i Prince Rupert, sigui famós pels seus jardins bons. Sigui més tard ocupat per un complex d'apartament de ciutadans sènior, llavors va declarar un patrimoni que construeix dins 1982 i redeveloped com un edifici d'oficina pel seu propietari, el Llac de Cremades Empresa de Desenvolupament Natiu.

La Galleda de Sang
Localitzat adjacent al Museu de Llac de les Cremades, aquest quadrat-tallar log l'edifici és un correu de comerç de pell anterior que més tard esdevenia un joc den. A causa de la naturalesa de joc, les lluites van trencar fora en l'edifici, guanyant el seu nom. Ara conté una pantalla d'artefactes històrics de la vida de Craig Wafflehouse, un dels fundadors de Llac de Cremades.

Geografia

Clima
Burns Llac té un clima continental humit (Dfb) amb estius tebis i hiverns freds. Hivern mitjà snowfall és aproximadament 190 cm.

Dins juny 1982 Burns Llac va enregistrar 376.5 hores de sunshine. Això és més sunshine mai enregistrat en Colúmbia britànica durant el mes de juny. [citation Necessitat]Burns Llac és localitzat damunt Autopista 16. Mosca de línies aèries comercial important a Smithers Aeroport, el qual és aproximadament   (93 ) oest de Llac de Cremades, així com Aeroport de George del Prince que és aproximadament  km (140 mi) est de Llac de Cremades.

Via Jasper–Prince del rail Rupert trucades de tren a l'estació de Llac de les Cremades diversos temps per setmana.

Autobús de BC té el servei d'autobús a través de l'àrea dues vegades a la setmana. Alternativament, hi ha un BC Transit autobús que va operar entre Prince George i Smithers per tot la setmana.

Un transbordador lliure és disponible de travessar Francois Llac que és directament del sud de Llac de Cremades. El transbordador és utilitzat freqüentment per aconseguir a Grassy Planes.

Educació
 Institut de Districte dels llacs - Graus d'Institut Públic 8-12
 Murial Centre d'Aprenentatge del motlle - Centre d'Educació de Joventut Públic
 William Konkin Elemental Escolar - Graus Escolars Elementals Públics K-7
 Decker El llac Elemental Escolar - Graus Escolars Elementals Públics K-7
 Grassy Les planes Elementals Escolar - Graus Escolars Elementals Públics K-10
 Francois Llac Institut Elemental - Institut Elemental/Públic K-7
 Universitat de Nova Caledònia - facilitat d'Aprenentatge d'Adult Pública

Cultura
Burns Llac és envoltat per una Primera cultura de Nacions rica. Hi ha sis Primers Grups de Nacions en l'àrea:

 Ts'il Kaz Koh Primera Nació (Banda de Llac del Burns)
 Cheslatta Nació de transportista
 Llac Babine Nació
 Nee-Tahi-Buhn Banda
 Pell Tyee Primera Nació</ref>Pell Tyee</ref>
 Humit uwet'en Primera Nació

El Consell d'Arts de Districte de Llacs aguanta diversos esdeveniments d'arts cada any, portant en actes de per tot arreu el globus amb una varietat de tipus diferents de les actuacions que inclouen, música, teatre, i una varietat d'altres actuacions.

Amfitrions de Llac del Burns anuals Actuant Arts i Festivals d'Arts Alternatius, dibuixant talent i audiències d'a través de la regió. Burns Llac també amfitrions una Celebració de Dia Aborigen anual (el segon més gran en la província) quin dibuixa persones d'al voltant de la regió i una Celebració de Dia del Canadà anual, cadascú del qual haver-hi celebratory desfilades.

Recreació

Burns Llac ha obtingut anomenada mundial de la Muntanya Internacional Biking Associació per la seva xarxa de deixants en Boer Muntanya. Els deixants, va mantenir per un grup de voluntari va cridar la Muntanya de Llac de les Cremades Biking Associació, inclou   (14 mi) de downhill i  km (25 ) de deixants de país de la creu. Els deixants continuen dibuixar muntanya bikers d'a tot el món i està expandint cada estació.
A l'hivern país de creu dels mesos skiing és molt popular al Omineca Club d'Esquí. Les seves facilitats haver-hi hosted diversos campionats nacionals i és considerat [per qui?] A posició entre les xarxes de deixant millor del Canadà occidental. Les facilitats inclouen 25 km de groomed deixants, quatre km dels quals són encesos per nighttime skiing. Hi ha també una facilitat per biathlon skiing.

Dins 2014 El Poble de Llac de Cremades feina completada en el Lakeside Múltiplex i renovacions al Tom Forsyth Camp Commemoratiu. Aquesta facilitat inclou un hoquei rink, curling rink, gimnàs d'escalada del rock, un squash/racquetball tribunal, un fitness facilitat, i multi-habitacions d'ús. La facilitat és localitzada damunt Plaça d'Esperit, un parc exterior gran amb un pati, una platja, un camí d'excursionisme, exterior fitness equipament, dos tribunals de tennis, i un parc de monopatí.

L'1.9 Òpal de quilòmetre avantatges de Deixant del Llit a un rock actiu hounding destinació, on els usuaris poden buscar minerals preciosos.

Burns Llac és considerat per ser la porta a Tweedsmuir Parc Provincial Del nord i Àrea Protegida. (El Parc Del nord és un wilderness àrea sense serveis o subministraments; no pugui ser accedit per carretera.) Mosca-en gires per sightseeing, la caça i la pesca són ofertes per local outfitters.

Direccions
Burns Llac és localitzat est de Topley (49.6 km [30.8 mi]), Houston (   ), Granisle (98.4  [61.1 ), Smithers (   ), Terrassa (   ), i Prince Rupert (   ). L'altra manera és Fraser Llac ( km  mi]), Vanderhoof (   ), Fort St. James (  [109 ), i Prince George (   ). És localitzat damunt Autopista 16.

Referències

 Perfil de comunitat: Burns Llac, Colúmbia britànica; Canadà d'Estadística

Bibliografia addicional
El llibre Unmarked: Paisatges Al llarg d'Autopista 16, escrit per Sarah de Leeuw, inclou un assaig curt en Llac de Cremades va titular "Xisclat en una Tanca, Al costat d'un Tren de Pas".
Clima

Enllaços externs
 Pàgina web oficial

Pàgines amb traduccions sense revisar


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Q: Django poll - change from only one seleted option (radio) in multiple selection (checkbox) and register all togheter I made a poll app in django. It work ok but what i want to change is the selection an register vote option. Now i can select and register one option ('participanti') (radio btn select) and i want to be able to let the user to select more than one "participanti" (1 or 1 to maximum 3 ) in the same instance and after submit to register all the option/participanti selected (1 or 2 or all maximum 3 that user selected) . I don't know how to approach this kind of mechanism. Please help me with a solution. Thank you very much.
Below mai settings
models
class Campanie(models.Model):
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class Participanti(models.Model):
    campanievot = models.ForeignKey(Campanie, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    nume_participant = models.CharField(max_length=200, verbose_name='nume')
    dep_participant = models.CharField(max_length=200, verbose_name='departament')
    votes = models.IntegerField(default=0)
    def __str__(self):
        return self.nume_participant

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = 'Participanti'
        verbose_name_plural = 'Participanti'

views.py
def votare_campanie(request):

    campanie = get_object_or_404(Campanie)

    try:
        participant_votat = campanie.participanti_set.get(pk=request.POST['participanti'])

    except (KeyError, Participanti.DoesNotExist):

        return render(request, 'campanievot/campanie.html', {
            'campanie' : campanie,
            'error_message' : "Trebuie sa votezi cel putin un coleg",
        })
    else:
        participant_votat.votes += 1
        participant_votat.save()

        messages.success(request, "Multumim pentru feedback!")
        return redirect('campanievot:index')

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Thank you!

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San Pedro de la Paz är en kommun och ort i provinsen Concepción i regionen Biobío i Chile. Kommunen, som ligger vid kusten i mellersta delen av landet, grundades 29 december 1995. Kommunen är 112,5 kvadratkilometer stor och har 90 827 invånare (per 2006 års räkning) och en densitet på 715 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Kommunen har 14 kilometer kust mot Stilla Havet och följer även floden Río Bio-Bío i ungefär 22 kilometer.

Demografi
Efter räkningen utförd 2002 inhyste kommunen 80 447 invånare fördelat på 112,5 kvadratkilometer och 715 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Enligt den räkningen så bodde ungefär 4 % av hela regionens befolkning i kommunen. Av alla invånare var 52,05 % kvinnor, 41 876 stycken, och 47,95 % var män, 38 571 stycken. Orten består främst av stadsbebyggelse och enbart 0,36 % (288 invånare) bodde inte i en urban miljö. Sedan 1992 hade områdets befolkning ökat med ungefär 18,4 %, då området året 1992 hade 67 817 invånare.

Efter räkningen 2006 bodde 90 287 invånare i kommunen vilket i så fall skulle göra San Pedro till den sjätte största orten i hela regionen, efter Concepción, Los Ángeles, Chillán, Talcahuano och Coronel.

Infrastruktur
Biotrén har fyra stationer i San Pedro de la Paz som kopplar ihop San Pedro med övriga Concepción. Dessa fyra stationer utgör i stort sett hela Linje 2, då den femte stationen är Estación Concepción som ligger i centrala Concepción. Efter Estación Concepción ligger, i ordning: Estación Juan Pablo II, Estación Diagonal Biobío, Estación Costa Mar, Estación Lomas Coloradas. Den sista är även slutstation på linje 2. Staden är även ihopkopplad med lokaltrafiken i form av ett bussnät och per 2011 går det ungefär 10 busslinjer som kopplar ihop San Pedro de la Paz med övriga Concepción.

Sport
Fernández Vial är en fotbollsklubb från kommunen som bland annat spelat i den högsta divisionen. Kommunens egna arena, Estadio Municipal San Pedra de la Paz, har även just Fernández Vial som hyresgäster efter att de bytt från Estadio Municipal de Concepción.

Se även
 Concepción
 Región del Biobío

Externa länkar
 San Pedro de la Paz - officiell webbplats

Indelningar i Región del Biobío

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Background: The Nazi Party depended heavily on speakers to get its message across. Those speakers needed to be informed. The following is a translation of instructions to speakers for speeches on 8 June 1943 concerning the labor force available to the Axis forces. The basic claim is that although Germany's enemies have more people, Germany and its allies have a much higher quality labor force.
The source: Redner-Schnellinformation, Lieferung 62, 8 June 1943.
The following information provides our speakers with information about the military resources of the Three Powers Pact, and is an important supplement to the remarks of Reich Ministers Dr. Goebbels and Speer at the mass meeting in the Berlin Sport Palace on Sunday, 5 June 1943.The comparison of the strengths of the allied nations of the New Order and the representatives of the Jewish desire for world rule clearly shows the absolute superiority that guarantees our victory, just as does our military capacity.
In the Second World War the Axis has about 350,000,000 in Europe and about 500,000,000 in Japan and its area of influence, for a total of 850,000,000 2. While the population reservoir of our enemy has decreased by about 25%, the human potential available to us in Continental Europe alone has increased by a factor two-and-a-half. In the whole area of Axis influence, our enemies face a human potential over six times as large.
The Axis powers together have a labor force of: 380,000,000.
The ration of workers on both sides —the labor force — is numerically 4:5. That seems to suggest a certain advantage on the side of the Axis's enemies. The Axis's enemies gladly refer to this apparent superiority.
1. The labor potential of Continental Europe is united in a single block. It can be used and directed from the center, both in organization and transportation. This is the advantage of "interior lines.� The third Axis partner, Japan, also has its labor potential within a relatively enclosed area of influence. The labor potential of the Axis's enemies, on the other hand, is scattered and divided in all parts of the world. There are enormous difficulties in organization, technical aspects, and above all transportation to overcome, which makes practical use of the statistical superiority illusionary.
2. In Europe, the Axis has the best qualified, trained, and industrious workers, whose value is not determined solely by numbers. And one may not forget the large population reserves in the East. Besides the important agricultural workers, there are also highly capable experts in mining and industry. A strong system of organizing labor, ready for any task, increases the value of the available work force and contributes to maintaining the superiority of the workforce of Germany and the Axis.
3. An extraordinary number of workers on the side of the Axis's enemies are practically useless because of climate or other natural factors (e.g., Indian farmworkers, Negroes on African farms, etc.). In Continental Europe and Mainland Japan, such categories simply are not present.
Continental Europe has the densest population in the world. It has (not including the territory of the Soviet Union) about 350,000,000 people in an area of about 4,600,000 square kilometers. With a population density of 72 people per square kilometer, Europe is far ahead of the other continents. Even Asia, overpopulated in some regions, has a population density of 29, America only 7, Africa only 5, and Australia only 1.3 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Organizing and coordinating these great masses in a relatively small area places enormous demands on the intellectual and material resources of our continent when it comes to forging these masses together into large political and economic units. The establishment of the large nation states and economies proved over time to be the decisive step for the economic rise of Continental Europe. Only after this historical task was achieved was there the prerequisite for transforming the wealth of humanity into economic blessings.
No less important for the economic potential of Continental Europe is the fact that the continent's population is distributed relatively equally. There are some areas in Europe that are thickly settled and others that are almost empty, but in comparison with other continents the population is distributed relatively equally. The challenges that exist today, despite all the advances in technology, do not exist in Continental Europe. There are no cities of millions in the middle of almost unpopulated areas.
Population totals and density are useful, but not sufficient to understand the reservoir of human labor at the disposal of a country or a continent.
The decisive factor is the number of working people. One can estimate this number in Europe (without Soviet Russian areas) as about 190,000,000. A full third is concentrated in Central Europe, about a fifth in the East, the South, and Southeast, the rest in the North.
The civil service, the professions, household servants, and personal services.
These are relatively equally distributed in our continent. About 70,000,000 are active in agriculture (about 45%), 46,000,000 in commerce and related fields (30%), Of the rest, about 38,000,000 (about a quarter) are in occupations that do not involve the production of goods, but rather services of every type.
There is some division of labor among the various parts of Continental Europe that has developed over the centuries between the individual national economies. Central and Western Europe are the centers of industry. The South and Southeast, on the other hand, are predominately agricultural.
Entire regions with a one-sided economic structure are scarcely present in Europe, aside from the Southeast.
This relative balance is particularly favorable for the economic strength of the continent. The industrial centers must be fed by the agricultural areas, and agricultural regions must be supplied with industrial products from industrial regions. Thanks to the balanced economic structures within a relatively small area, the need for transportation is not as great is in the huge spaces of other continents, whose production facilities are established in widely separated areas.
The European peoples have long been industrious and capable workers. Nature, primarily the climate, forced Europeans to face a hard struggle for existence, which over the course of history led to an increasing selection of the most capable and industrious.
The process of selection was encouraged through education and occupational training. The tradition of craftsmanship developed in nearly every European country, and has been maintained in today's industrial economy. Nearly all Continental European countries have supported education and training through governmental measures, technical schools, legal organization of the job training system, continuing education, adult education, etc. As a result, Continental Europe today has among its industrial workforce the largest number of trained skilled workers.
Things are no different with the agricultural workforce. Europe is that part of the world with an agricultural system that — in contrast to normal farming and plantations — leads to high levels of intellectual and economic training.
Alongside the high professional abilities of Europe's workers, there is also a high labor ethos that grew over the course of Europe's cultural development, and is found in all European countries. It expresses itself outwardly in a love of one's profession, in endurance, in intellectual flexibility, and in the drive for professional and social advancement.
Spiritual leadership is as least as important as job training and labor ethos are for productivity, which is shown by engineers, companies, and factory leaders. The universities and training schools have educated a large number of technicians in Europe. Over the course of generations in Europe, gifts have developed for creative manufacturing in the crafts and commerce, but also among the industrial labor force.


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Attempting to Deduce Matt Williams
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As soon as the news of who the Nats would hire was leaked I was asked my opinion of the move. At that time I had no opinion and it is still hard to form one as the Nationals are holding off until after the World Series to make the move official. Once it is official there will be a press conference and interviews and we'll have somewhat more of an idea of what Matt Williams' philosophy is. As of right now there are some ways to figure out what Matt Williams might do by looking at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The most important thing to understand in this is that Matt Williams isn't Kirk Gibson, but it is hard to think that he didn't learn something working under Kirk Gibson and that as a member of his coaching staff some of their philosophies might be the same. One of the most important things that the Diamondbacks did offensively in 2013 is they didn't bunt. The Diamondbacks were one of the least bunting teams in the NL finishing with the third least bunts in the NL while the Nationals were near the top in sacrifice attempts with the third most. The Diamondbacks were also one of the best teams in the NL in getting on base with a .323 OBP which was good for the fourth best in the league. This high OBP came from the fact that they had the third most walks in the NL.
How much that has to do with Gibson or Williams is questionable, but all season out of Cincinnati it was heard how Joey Votto needed to walk less and swing more. That he was a middle of the order bat and his job was to drive in runs and not let the opposing team pitch around him. There have been times in the career of Dusty Baker when he has almost disdained the walk. He called Barry Bonds a base clogger. At the very least it appears that the Diamondbacks philosophy was not to be afraid of walks; that they valued not making outs and moving the line to the next man up. That will ultimately add more runs over the course of the season than hitting a lot of sac flies or making outs to move a runner from first to second or second to third, and having a manager that won't shy away from it is important.
But again it is unknown whether it is the philosophy that led the players taking what was given or if they were those types of players to begin with. Davey Johnson preached much the same thing but framed it under the terms of being aggressive in the strike zone. I never bought into the idea that the philosophy of being patiently aggressive would confuse the players into not knowing if they should be passive at the plate or hacking, but it confused enough followers of the Nationals that I did start to wonder if it also confused the players. The idea of looking for a pitch in the zone that can be handled and going after it should be the hitting philosophy of every team and perhaps Kirk Gibson and his staff were better able to convey this to their players than Davey Johnson was with the term patiently aggressive.
I like the lack of bunts and the amount of walks from the Diamondbacks, but one of the big things we've heard about Matt Williams is that he will hold his players accountable. The area where the Nationals lacked this most last season was defense. Davey Johnson gave many of his veterans Spring Training off and at the start of the 2013 season the defense looked plain sloppy. The Nationals finished ranked 17th in the majors in UZR while the Diamondbacks finished second. Now this doesn't mean much as the teams have different players, but it may means more than it appears. Davey Johnson was asked about defensive shifts when he took over the Nationals and he said he didn't like them, that there is a reason that defenders were put in those positions. From watching the Nationals it appeared that they didn't shift much, but defensive shift data is hard to find online and it is hard to know how often the Nationals shifted compared to the Diamondbacks, but here is the thing about the Diamondbacks defense: Parra and Pollock were the only elite defenders with over 900 innings at their position. Their bench offered value in the field with Cliff Pennington and Cody Ross adding value defensively whereas with the Nationals they didn't have a single bench player who was a positive in the field.
This may speak to the philosophy that Gibson had when constructing a bench and maybe it rubbed off on Williams. Davey Johnson wanted a bench full of hairy chested beef, and when the players that he wanted to slug couldn't, the bench offered nothing. If a player that is a good defender suddenly finds themselves in a hitting slump they can still offer value to a team through their defense. This may be the off-season where the Nationals finally pay out major league contracts to bench players and go with a bench of MLB veterans instead of AAA players and MiLB free agents. The latter worked in 2012 and didn't in 2013, but with a different philosophy behind the construction of the bench there could be some changes there and from the appearance of the Diamondbacks roster Matt Williams is going to want MLB veterans that can play multiple positions and the bat is secondary. This is probably a good idea as the NL average pinch hitter hit .221/.288/.333 in 2013 and the day of the pure pinch hitter is long gone.
With the little amount of information I expect to see a few things from Matt Williams in 2014. I expect the Nats to have more of a Spring Training. That Ryan Zimmerman, Jayson Werth, and Adam LaRoche will play a good number of games and that Williams will tag these three as his leaders in the clubhouse and on the field. They will be his Lieutenants in other words. For any manager it is important to get the veterans to buy in. Sparky Anderson had separate rules for the stars that played under him, Kirk Gibson being one, but on some things he would pull them aside and explain how if they didn't go along with his big ideas none of the other players would and he needed them. I expect Williams to do much the same, and it will start with taking Spring Training seriously.
Also I expect to see the Nationals bunt less and to be more disciplined at the plate. For so much of the season the Nationals would watch themselves into being behind in the count and then swing at bad pitches. Some of this changed when Rick Schu took over, but I expect that Williams will be better able to express to offensive philosophy of waiting for your pitch and driving it and if it isn't there taking the walk or fighting off as many quality pitches as possible. The biggest change, in my opinion, will come in the field. The Diamondbacks have a couple good defenders, but they aren't ranked second in defense just because they have Parra and Pollock. They had to be positioned correctly to get to as many balls and convert as many outs as they did. I expect to see the Nationals shift more and be better positioned for the hitter at the plate under Williams.
There is still a lot that we don't know about how Williams will manage. We have no idea how he will use his pitching staff. Will he let Strasburg, Gio, and Zimmermann have a longer leash than Davey Johnson allowed them? Or will he go to his bullpen at the first sign of trouble. The Nationals starters threw 968 1/3 innings in 2013 good for eighth in the NL and the Diamondbacks 976 1/3 which was fifth in the league, but I don't think anyone would argue that the Diamondbacks had better starting pitching than the Nationals and that maybe the Nationals should have ridden their big three arms more than they did. The Diamondbacks had two pitchers in Miley and Corbin over 200 innings pitched while the Nationals had Jordan Zimmermann. In 2010 and 2011 with the A's Gio Gonzalez was a 200 innings a year pitcher, but he has yet to do it with the Nationals. Williams may very well be more willing to ride his best pitchers than Davey Johnson was. Kirk Gibson certainly wasn't afraid to let lesser pitchers do deeper into a game so give Williams better pitchers and perhaps he will be the one to let slip the dogs of war.
Then there is the other side of the pitching. The Diamondbacks must have played a lot of extra innings games because despite the fact that their starters pitched slightly more innings than the Nationals their bullpen pitched significantly more innings. In fact the Diamondbacks played 25 extra innings games to the Nationals 15 making this bullpen data close to meaningless. With everything being equal the Diamondbacks relievers would have pitched less as their starters pitched more, but they ended up in ten more extra innings games than the Nationals. They did end up going 17-8 in those games, but records in coin flip games is not so much a sign of testicular fortitude as it is of luck.
The big takeaway from all this is that the Nationals will be different in 2014 than they were in 2013. Less bunts, more defensive shifts, improved plate discipline, and starters being allowed to go deeper in games are all things we could see from a Matt Williams led Nationals. We will certainly start to know more when the move is made official and questions are asked and we'll know even more when Spring Training starts and the veterans are either given an extended vacation or play like everyone else.
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Q: Convolution of a piecewise function Suppose I have two functions, f1 and f2, which is defined piecewise from a list of enumerated steps / jump points.
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n = 100
x1 = cumsum(runif(n))
x2 = cumsum(runif(n))
val1 = cumsum(runif(n))
val2 = cumsum(runif(n))

f1_list = data.frame(f = val1, x = x1)
f2_list = data.frame(f = val2, x = x2)

For simplicity, let's assume both are right-continuous. The first few values look like
> head(f1_list)
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1 0.1371357 0.5852396
2 0.4752026 1.0226336
3 1.0987574 1.5955279
4 1.9413884 1.9487419
5 2.0264764 2.8100133
6 2.3962088 3.2208168
> head(f2_list)
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1 0.3294329 0.5373382
2 0.8749826 1.3104701
3 1.5604155 2.0395473
4 1.9325968 2.9311143
5 2.3134223 3.2732812
6 2.4605212 3.6648067

I want to compute the convolution, g(t) = (f1*f2)(t). Programmatically, this does not seem like an easy task, because not only do we need to keep track of all the jump-points, but also in reverse, by the definition of convolution. What I've tried is
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f2_list$x_rev = t - f2_list$x

At which point, I'm stuck, since I don't know how to match up the corresponding intervals of x values for f1_list and f2_list.


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I'm an outgoing lady who loves weekend adventures, dancing, , getting out on the Hill for some hike , and meeting new people. For one, I do love to cook if I do and love to try out new recipes but ofcourse i just know how to cook local meals . There's just nothing better then getting creative and making something that you can also eat. It's the best kind of art.


You know, i got to confess something here. I have seen practically every episode of Stargate. I know, I know. I am telling you this because i have found the perfect soundtrack for the show (a bit late since its stopped so long ago). So check out Vymaanika. These are 3 musicians from different parts of the Galaxy who came to Barcelona to make this epic spacerock.


@elia saw the tweet where you're speaking about live coding a game with opal and Vue.js - I'm curious as to how that looks, any code on github?
@aemadrid well let those other dev's know about hyperstack. I suspect there several 100Ks of deployed code world wide all written in Ruby. And they are right: mixing languages (and tool chains) is not as easy as people make it out. Having a single language / framework is well worth it.


I apologise for the strawberry theme that's going on at the moment but they are in season and I am making the most of it! Don't hate.
I suppose I should apologise further to those in Australia/the Southern Hemisphere who are going into winter and don't have the luxury of in season strawberries or the warm weather we're having. *Insert evil laugh.* I should say, though, that this is the third spring we've spent in Seattle and it is so much warmer than the last two. When I was walking the dogs earlier this week it was still 30 C/85 F at 5pm! That's not far below the maximum summer temperature that we had last August!
But anyway, back to the salad! I was taking this to a lunch with the girls and wanted something a little more interesting than what I usually make for my own lunches. And I also wanted to try and recreate a lemon viniagrette that I had on a salad a couple of weeks ago… I snuck a look at the ingredients; a few tweaks were required (such as getting rid of the honey) but I got it right eventually.
Strawberries, cucumber and spinach are all low FODMAP in the servings given, as are the nuts and seeds.
Maple syrup is sucrose-based, thus is FODMAP friendly, however, feel free to use dextrose if you'd like.
White wine vinegar is fructose friendly, as it has been double fermented.
Olive oil is low FODMAP, assuming that no high FODMAP ingredients have been added.
Roughly shred the baby spinach leaves (if you want to) and dice the strawberries and cucumber. Roughly chop your almonds (or other nuts) if you didn't buy then slivered and toast them in the oven at 300 F/150 C for 5-10 minutes, until they give off an almondy smell. Take them out and let them cool completely or they will make the spinach leaves wilt.
When the almonds have cooled, toss all the ingredients together and put in the fridge until ready to serve. I would suggest not preparing it any further than half a day in advance.
The below amount will provide generous servings of dressing for 8 people.
Combine the liquid ingredients in a jar. I prefer the maple syrup over glucose powder for the extra flavour and the fact that it doesn't need to dissolve.
Over a med heat, toast sesame seeds on a dry pan. They will begin to look a little oily/shiny before they give off an aroma and brown slightly. As soon as they are just a golden brown, remove them from the pan and let them cool for a few minutes before adding them to the dressing. I didn't do this and the first few popped back out at me. Whoops.
Shake the jar well before serving.
You could toss the dressing through the salad just before serving; however I prefer to serve it separately so people can dictate how much they get.
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It's just a matter before Fortnite Switch becomes a reality. There's no reason why it shouldn't considering how popular both are, Fortnite and the Nintendo Switch, as well as the game running on Unreal Engine 4 which is fully supported by the hybrid console.
Today a new rumor about Fortnite Switch hit the Web via a group of leakers posting on the Twitter account @LeakyPandy. They've managed to correctly leak several tidbits of information ahead of March's Nintendo Direct presentation, thus earning some credibility.
This could be part of Nintendo's E3 Showcase.
The majority of the most interesting information about this is actually about Save the World. Nothing seems to point to Battle Royale being all that different on Switch. That goes for Cross-Play, it will be there too.
Save the World, on the other hand, apparently got Nintendo's interest. One of our most trusted sources pointed to us that this game's version local Switch-to-Switch Save the World. Exclusive Nintendo IP related content is also being worked on exclusively for Save the World.
It was suggested that there were marketing plans regarding using the duality of Fortnite to align it with the duality of the Switch itself, picturing Battle Royale as the docked experience and Save the World as the on the go side of things.
As with all rumors, it's worth maintaining a healthy level of skepticism. That said, we wouldn't be surprised at all to see Fortnite Switch announced at E3; in fact, the opposite would be more of a shock.
Stay tuned on Wccftech to get all the latest rumors and leaks as we get closer to the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the year's biggest event in the industry.


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Many people around the world recognize Jeremy's passion for acting. However, few know that Jeremy's first passion was music. He played drums in his high school band before ever considering a career in film. Jeremy has written and produced much of his own material featuring his skills on piano and guitar, as well as his vocals.
In 2020, Jeremy released his first EP, The Medicine. Later that seem year, he released another EP entitled Live for Now. He has also released three original singles and two covers. In addition, he wrote and recorded the entire soundtrack for the film Arctic Dogs, and released a an electronic/dance version of Heaven Don't Have a Name with Sam Feldt. He was also featured in a documentary about the making of the Arctic Dogs soundtrack entitled Arctic Dogs: Making of the Music.
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'My highlight of 2016' — The Oppenheimer Blue
Rahul Kadakia, Christie's International Head of Jewellery, recalls an astonishing 20-minute bidding battle that ended with a world record price for any jewel sold at auction
At 14.62 carats the Oppenheimer Blue is the largest Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ever to appear at auction, and on 18 May, at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva, it set a new world record for any jewel when it sold for CHF 56,837,000, equivalent to around $58 million.
'Bidding took well over 20 minutes,' recalls Rahul Kadakia, Christie's International Head of Jewellery. 'It started with multiple bidders, and then settled down with two collectors bidding competitively in varying increments to get to the final world record price.'
The Oppenheimer Blue, a sensational coloured diamond ring. Set with a Fancy Vivid Blue rectangular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 14.62 carats, flanked on either side by a trapeze-shaped diamond. Sold for CHF 56,837,000 / $58,002,681 on 18 May 2016
The diamond was named in honour of its previous owner, Sir Philip Oppenheimer, the racehorse owner whose family controlled the De Beers Group, and was the latest in a long line of distinguished blue diamonds to have appeared at Christie's. They include a blue-diamond ring owned by Marie-Antoinette in 1983, The Tereshchenko Diamond in 1984, the Begum Blue in 1995, and the Wittelsbach Diamond in 2008.
Sir Philip developed his eye for extraordinary gems after leaving school, sorting and valuing rough diamonds into sales parcels at De Beers, first in London, and then in the cutting centre of Antwerp. After distinguished military service in the Second World War, he took took over the De Beers sales cartel in London and set up his own racing stable at Newmarket to own and breed thoroughbreds. He is remembered today as an architect of stability in the international diamond industry and for his incomparable collection of diamonds, led by the magnificent Oppenheimer Blue.
'The room was filled with more than 300 clients,' says Kadakia of the Geneva sale. 'It seemed that for those 20 minutes the diamond belonged to everyone as they cheered each bid the stone received. The Oppenheimer Blue was the gem of gems, and we were incredibly proud to offer it in our 250th year in business.'
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'My highlight of 2016' — Calder's sculptures from India
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Why Acacia Communications, Inc. (ACIA), Twilio Inc (TWLO) and Twitter Inc (TWTR) Are 3 of Today's Best Stocks
Risk taking was in style Monday as highlighted by big gains for these three stocks
By Todd Shriber, InvestorPlace Contributor	Aug 15, 2016, 4:41 pm EST	 August 15, 2016
Oil rose and the dollar fell as traders speculated the Federal Reserve will not be able to lift interest rates this year. Those scenarios boosted equities, with emerging markets stocks extending a lengthy winning streak while major U.S. averages climbed near record highs again.
The S&P 500 rose 0.28% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.32%. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.56%.
Stocks climbed to start the week with leadership coming courtesy of Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIA), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) and Twilio Inc (NYSE:TWLO).
Acacia Communications, Inc. (ACIA)
Shares of Acacia Communications, Inc. climbed 7% on more than triple the average daily volume, representing significant follow through on the stock's recent post-earnings surge. Last Thursday, ACIA surged 41% after the company posted quarterly earnings of 43 cents a share, easily surpassing analysts' estimate calling for 13 cents.
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ACIA reported revenue of $116 million, also easily topping the $86 million analysts forecast. For the current quarter, Acacia expects to earn 64 cents to 76 cents a share on revenue of $120 million to $128 million.
Last week, at least three analysts reiterated buy or equivalent ratings on ACIA while significantly boosting price targets on the stock. Needham & Co. raised its price target on Acacia to $100 from $65 while Cowen & Co. boosted its target on the stock to $90 from $53.
Twilio Inc (TWLO)
Fellow recent IPO Twilio Inc, a provider of cloud-computing communications services, surged 9.7% on more than quadruple the average daily volume. As is the case with ACIA, the move in Twilio shares today is follow-through on a bullish post-earnings move higher.
TWLO gained nearly 30% last week after the company reported second-quarter revenue of $64.5 million, a 70% from the year-earlier period. The company lost 7 cents a share during the quarter, but that beat analysts' estimates.
TWLO "had 30,780 Active Customer Accounts as of June 30, 2016, compared to 21,226 Active Customer Accounts as of June 30, 2015," according to Zacks.
Twitter Inc (TWTR)
Social media firm Twitter Inc jumped 6.8% on about double the usual turnover following reports that the company is considering a partnership with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). TWTR is reportedly considering creating an app for Apple TV as part of the former's efforts to bolster its live video content offerings.
TWTR is looking to have the app ready prior to the start of the NFL regular season next month, reports The San Jose Mercury News.
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California-based Twitter previously announced it will stream 10 NFL Thursday night games this year. TWTR also has deals with sports leagues, including Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League.
Shares of TWTR are down 10% this year.
At the time of this writing, Todd Shriber did not own any of the aforementioned securities.
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Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2016/08/acacia-communications-inc-acia-twilio-inc-twlo-twitter-inc-twtr-3-todays-best-stocks/.


In an otherwise quiet article about central banks today, Bloomberg quoted an analyst who says China may use up to a third of their $3 trillion in foreign reserves to purchase gold. China has been moving away from the dollar, and into alternative stores of wealth for years now. But $1 trillion into gold? If it happens, such a large move would further threaten the dollar's status as reserve currency. It would also provide further buying pressure in gold for years to come (as the dollar crumples into a pitiful heap on the floor).
...China, with more than $3 trillion in foreign-currency reserves, plans to set up new funds to invest in precious metals, Century Weekly reported this week. Russia purchased 8 tons of gold in the first quarter.
This is a big reason gold and silver are headed higher. Occasional dips are inevitable, of course. When they happen bears will declare the bubble popped (after a one-week correction).
Then the uptrend will continue, intact. And they'll say, "bubble! bubble bubble bubble bubble, bubble!", again.
And gold bugs will be laughing all the way to the vault.
"The bottom line is that Bernanke and crew actually want inflation. It's easier than the alternatives: raising taxes or slashing spending. And it will help erase debts. It will also wipe out the savers and reward the borrowers — but that seems to be the path we're on, like it or not.
Besides, do you really think they will allow America's debt to be paid off with dollars worth more rather than less?
Of course not. Devaluing our currency and printing money are part of a strategy. A reckless and morally hazardous one, but still a strategy.
So that's why I still am bullish on precious metals. I'm hoping for a nice pullback in gold and silver. It'll be a great buying opportunity. Once everyone realizes that the Fed's printing presses are just getting warmed up, it'll be off to the races again."
The time will eventually (and sadly) come to sell significant amounts of precious metals, but I just don't see us being close to that point yet. Inning 4 or 5, if this were a ballgame, perhaps? "
Lots more printing ahead, though it's hard to say how much. My view has been that we see at least QE5 (possibly under a different name) and $3,500 gold and $150 silver before things top out.
It all depends on how much inflation the public will take before it declares shenanigans; forcing spending cuts and a tightening of monetary policy.
Then - after a (hopefully brief) adjustment period - America and the world will be on a path to sustainable growth. A time to move from being overweight in metals, and shift into stocks and real estate.


General Motors' Rosario Automotive Complex in North-Eastern Argentina has obtained the ISO 50001 certification from the International Organization for Standardization, becoming the first plant in the Americas to do so.
To acquire the standard, GM Argentina trained 20 internal auditors for 20 hours, who then established the base for training 70 percent of the complex's employees, contractors, and suppliers on energy efficiency awareness.
The 50001 standard represents the latest international best practice in energy management. It builds on existing national and regional standards to assist companies manage their energy usage while identifying opportunities to save money and implement improvements.
The effort embodies GM's constant quest to improve energy consumption, as the automaker is dedicated to energy efficiency on a global scale and is working toward a goal of reducing energy intensity from its facilities by 20 percent by 2020.
In addition to earning the 50001 certification, the assembly and stamping facilities at the Rosario complex also earned landfill-free status in 2011, referring to the fact that both sites recycle, reuse or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. As of this writing, GM operates over 100 landfill-free facilities globally.
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It's been reported Opel are considering moving Mokka production to Spain to keep up with demand.


"Softlayer (IBM's latest aquistion and provider of IaaS) announced Monday that it will build its newest Global Data Center in Hong Kong. The center is expected to go live in Q1 of 2014, and will be the company's third outside of the U.S. following Singapore and Amsterdam.
This data center will be the company's 14th, and will differ from the traditional IBM business model of large-corporation based support, and will focus more on Softlayer's 21,000 individual customers and cloud-based businesses.
""Many of our customers operate globally and they may not have an operation in Hong Kong, but their customers are based in the region and they need to provide the same quality of service,"" and Karidis went on to say ""current customers include gaming companies like 6Waves in Hong Kong, as well as other technology-driven companies like WhatsApp, Yelp, Citrix, Intel and Ogilvy.""
Another reason Softlayer chose Hong Kong for its latest center's location is the areas' Start-Up friendly atmosphere. Softlayer, a company driven by Tech startups, started an accelerator program named ""Catalyst."" Launched two years ago, the program, offers free mentoring and referral services for tech startups to help them connect with potential investors or partners.
""Operating as a tech startup is at the DNA of Softlayer,"" said Karidis. ""We do not charge any fees or shares, but it is a program to build a community and support system for tech entrepreneurs.""
In fact, the data center's first full-time employee in Hong Kong will be a part of the Catalyst team. Softlayer is also planning to hire a team of 20 to 25 people to operate the local data center, which is expected to host 8,000 to 15,000 servers."


One of the highlights of the Tour du Vin to Portugal in September, Quinta Da Falorca came highly recommended and it certainly did not disappoint. The Dão region is considered to be one of the best regions in Portugal for producing red table wine.
Slow roasted shoulder of lamb with roast potatoes and winter veg.


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Sigh…..
Writing short stories as a kid (yes, I was writing even when I was a little kid), I vaguely remember the he-said-she-said dilemma of moving dialogue along in the context of a plot. I'm sure in that way-back-when scenario, I had difficulty coming up with a word to replace the ever-present "said" as character spoke to character.
While it may sound a simple and easily removed roadblock to writing, the how-to-say-said conundrum is something with which amateur writers truly struggle. Not because there is no better way to say said; rather because there are literally hundreds of replacement words.
He shouted, stammered, screamed. She blurted, breathed, bellowed.
She sighed.
Once upon a time, I likely threw in that tiny little word at the close of a sentence with nary a thought.
When I still had no concept of the word, or the potential of its weight.
Driving in the car the other day, I sighed.
I hadn't realized that I had. Not exactly sure what had triggered it.
But my daughter did not like it. Not one bit.
"Don't go doing that with me," she said.
Apparently, I do this sighing thing from time-to-time. It doesn't really bother Alex much. That is, as long as there's no chance that the sigh of the moment could in any way be connected to her. As long as her brother remains its reliable source, she remains pretty unfazed.
Unfortunately, it was only she and I in the car that day. She came to her own conclusions.
But when did I start to sigh??
I don't remember my mother sighing.
Then, there's little chance that Helen would a) take the time to breathe in and out and b) keep anything sigh-provoking to herself.
I should have learned more from mom.
Because there's nothing particularly satisfying about sighing. It doesn't compare to the let-out after a lung full capture of fresh air. It is far removed from the breath expelled in the wake of a satisfying cardio workout.
It's breathing, but barely.
And in my case at least, it is heavily connected to kids.
Who knew that the breathing exercises which served so little function through the horrible childbirth experience with my first baby would be of much more use so long after delivery? Who knew I'd actually need a reminder to breathe, just breathe?
But I do remember, and sometimes audibly so.
What I need also to remember though, as my brain rumbles with its locomotive static of the sigh-inducing detritus of life, is the mantra that everyone with teenagers keeps offering me: this-too-shall-pass, this-too-shall-pass.
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I've never been much of a hugger.
Although I often greet family and friends with a peck on the cheek, that's a custom borne more of habit than from anything innately warm-and-fuzzy on my behalf.
On the other hand, I do understand the benefit of human touch. I know that simple hand-on-hand has power to heal. That there is something inexplicably beneficial in person-to-person physical contact.
In a conversation with my boss not long ago I referenced the "holding their hands" job we do for our students with the disclaimer that I was speaking figuratively.
At her raised eyebrows, I admitted that sometimes it is literal, rather than figurative. She gets this because she knows the students, understands our relationships with them –has a few of her own chickadees (as she frequently refers to them).
Sometimes more than the answers to a quiz, an academic query or even a bit of life advice, what they really need is a hug.
I didn't quite get this, at first. Or feel comfortable offering it.
Until I did.
Because there is something instinctual, even for me, about reaching out to someone in need, particularly a child. Even when she's not your own.
The first time one of my students dissolved into a puddle of tears, I escorted her quickly from our very public setting to one where she could talk (and cry) without being overheard. Then, I fought the impulse to give her a hug, vacillating between the instinct of what I knew she needed and the lines I thought I shouldn't cross. I settled upon a lamely placed hand to her knee, a listening ear and some heartfelt reassurance.
What she really needed, though, was a hug.
I've learned since that encounter to give into instinct. To risk appearance in favor of action, to offer my students the human connection they sometimes crave.
I get to do this because I have an advantage over other teachers. First, the kids with whom I work are adults. Second, my relationship with them is built, one-on-one, over years, not by class or semester. I know these students well.
Today's teachers can't follow my rubric (not that I really have one) with good reason. Gray doesn't blend well into big public school settings.
Still, it's too bad.
So many good teachers are hamstrung by the misdeeds of some sick individuals who have crossed clearly emblazoned lines. As good educators and mentors strive to build real rapport with their students, they have to be constantly aware of appearances. They necessarily worry that their good-intentioned actions could be misconstrued. One-on-one tutoring, a closed door conference, the squeeze of a shoulder, a pat on the back -is all suspect now.
I read recently about new coaching rules being put into place in the wake of the UPenn scandal. Some of it sounded like common sense reform which shouldn't need to be spelled out, at all. Yet apparently, it does. But much of it was just enough over-the-top micromanaging to make me shake my head in sad acknowledgement of this very different world in which our children live.
As we force good people and good role models to back off, those we should be afraid of may be pulling into the shadows, but still they watch from the sidelines.
Some of our kids are desperate for adults to step up and into their lives. They want to be counseled and coached, given both a metaphorical pat on the back and an actual one. Given a bit of human contact.
If we scare off all the people who genuinely care about kids, I wonder to whom our kids will turn to fill the void and where they will go when they need a shoulder to lean on and maybe the occasional hug.
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Shouldering responsibility even when it may not be fully mine to carry (see previous post) may seem a throwback to an earlier and wrong-minded blame-the-victim philosophy. In some ways, maybe it is. The mindset, however, could be a generational thing. My parents, my peers and I have generally held to the belief that we are fully the authors of our own lives. Responsibility, ownership –these are the beacons to which most of us charted our courses.
It's an admirable ideal. The flip side of it, though, may be that in addition to accepting our own failings, we sometimes take on the failings of others –especially our offspring. A dangerous habit. Certainly the practice has the potential to be difficult for us, but its cost to our kids may be much more damning.
Because we've allowed it, too many of our children are quick to place blame outside their own sphere. The trajectory may start at home but it follows them out and up into the world. It's the teacher, the coach, the professor, the boss. Not them.
This it's-everyone-else's-fault mantra sets them on course to an unsustainable climb. Eventually they may find themselves at a precipice without a parachute. And the climb down from such inflated heights can be treacherous, a fall disastrous.
But it's our fault.
I once opined in a newspaper column that we spend the first years of our children's lives placing them at the center of the universe and then are shocked when they turn into teenagers and start to agree with the positioning.
This isn't to say that our kids aren't wonderful.
They are. They have so much to offer. All of them.
They're just not all wonderful at everything.
And when we pretend that they are, and then they fail, it's pretty easy for them to grab to a life ring of blame; it just has to be the fault of someone else. Because we've told them too many times -they're wonderful.
The thing is, just like we probably learned a whole lot more from our missteps than from any of our easier accomplishments, our kids would likewise benefit from the occasional reality check. After all, how exactly are they to identify success if they've never considered failure?
My own kids have stumbled on occasion. I've had opportunities to step in to soften the blows. A phone call, a small intervention, a push in an alternate direction might have changed the outcome, averted a full-out failure. It was hard to watch my kids hurt, difficult to resist the temptation to intervene. Usually, I did it anyway. It's too early to tell if it was the right decision.
Michael will soon to be out of high school. His road has been a much different one than his sister's. From an outside perspective, it may appear that he's suffered more failures. But not necessarily. His choices, as misguided as they sometimes appear, have been his own. If he hasn't exactly excelled at an endeavor, it's usually entirely of his own choosing. Seriously.
This isn't to say that I haven't seen Michael brush blame from his own shoulders and onto another's. He's hardly perfect. On the other hand, he usually acknowledges his shortcomings, owns up to many of his mistakes.
Michael is off on an alternative journey and passionately so. His climb has been a whole lot rockier than those of his peers but he knows every inch of the terrain. And because he's forged such a unique path, when he does stumble –as he will- he may be better prepared to pick himself up, reassess his direction and continue on.
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I woke up early on this Saturday morning. It's rainy, and the perfect day to sleep in, but I couldn't sleep. It's chilly in the house, so I made coffee, wrapped up in a blanket and turned on the fireplace. As I sipped on my coffee, I thought about Mother's Day tomorrow. I thought about my own sweet mother, and my dear mother-in-law. I thought about my children, and my precious granddaughters. I thought a lot about mothers who have lost a child, like I have. Then, I thought about the mothers who have given their children up for adoption. I believe they are some of the most selfless and brave mothers.
I was privileged to read the personal diary of a 19-year-old mother who gave her child up for adoption. It was 1966, and being an unwed mother was about the worst thing that could happen to you. She already felt ashamed, but after telling her mother she was pregnant, she was made to feel even worse. This was an embarrassment to her family.
Her mother took her to the doctor, where it was confirmed she was indeed a few months pregnant. Her mother told the doctor to do 'whatever he needed to do to get rid of it!' He said there wasn't much he could do, but gave her five pills to take, to possibly make her miscarry. She told her mother she would not take the pills, but she was forced to swallow one each morning, as the doctor prescribed. She was horrified! She wondered, "Why are they trying to kill my baby?" She felt helpless.
Now that she was an unwed mother, her own mother went about figuring out how to hide her. All the decisions were made without her consent. She had no say in the matter. They found a Catholic home for unwed mothers and she was sent there to live, in hiding, for the duration of her pregnancy, where she would ultimately give her baby up for adoption.
No one was to know she was there, and no one could visit her. They even changed her last name so no one could contact her or find her. It was worse than jail. Even prisoners were allowed visitors.
She had to work next door in the hospital's kitchen forty hours a week to offset the cost of living in the home. She only received $10 a week to keep. Often, she was sent to work in the hospital nursery, when they were short-handed, which was a cruel irony for someone who was being forced to give her baby up for adoption.
Thankfully, she could relax in this home, and be around other women in the same predicament. The priest that was there, Father Joe, was kind to her and never made her feel guilty or ashamed. He showed them unconditional love and support. It was just what these young women needed during such a difficult time.
This mother was different. She refused any anesthesia or pain medication for fear they would do the same to her. She went through terrible agony just so she could see him. When her son was born, they tried to take him away, but she insisted she be allowed to hold her son! They refused to let her, but she was tenacious! She insisted that she be allowed to hold him and feed him while she was in the hospital. She even named him. His first name began with the same initial as the biological father. His middle name was Joseph, after Father Joe, who was so kind to her.
She planned to have him baptized by Father Joe on the last day she was in the hospital. While she was showering, they came and took her son. She wrote in her diary of the excruciating pain and emotion of having her son ripped away from her without even kissing him goodbye. Father Joe was there, and let her go crazy. She even left scratches and blood on him and he told her that she broke a chair, a vase and a picture of the Virgin Mary, screaming at her that "she knew how it felt to have her son taken away from her." She didn't recollect any of it. She was exhausted and defeated. She had never felt so helpless and horrible.
Then she was sent home to forget.
After she got home, she was deeply depressed. Her friend asked her to come over to her (and her parents) house for dinner. It was the last thing she wanted to do. Somehow her friend convinced her, and that night was the beginning to answered prayers. After a long conversation about all that had happened, her friend's parents decided they would adopt her little boy. He was to never know that she was his biological mother, but she was able to see him and visit him.
If she couldn't raise her son herself, this was certainly the next best thing! It was sweet relief to her soul, and she was grateful.
I am thankful for that family who stepped up and adopted that little boy, when two out of three of their daughters were already grown. They gave him a good life and allowed his biological mother to be a part of it, even if he didn't know it was her.
The family that adopted him? They are my mother and father-in-law. And that little baby boy? Well, he's my husband.
Unfortunately, Eddie's biological mother passed away before I was able to meet her. I wish she could have seen Eddie as a father, and known her grandchildren. She would be so proud of him.
But today, the day before Mother's Day, I am thankful for her. She was so brave. I wish I had known her, and I wish I could hug her.
I honor you this Mother's Day, Kathy, and I am grateful that you chose life.
I am a wife, mother, grandmother and contemplater of life. I like to ponder things. I roll them around in my head and try to make sense of them, to find their purpose. Everything in life has meaning, I don't believe in consequences.


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Mining companies operating in the country between them produced 2.81 million ounces of gold, last year, representing 11 percent increase over the 2016 figure of 2.54 million ounces.
Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, who announced this, said that saw the total revenue of the companies go up to US$3.68 billion – a 13 percent rise.
The sector's fiscal receipts mobilized by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) came to GH¢2.16 billion during the period.
Compared with the previous year's total of GH¢1.65 billion, it showed an increase of 31 percent.
Mr. Addo-Kufuor said this confirmed the mining sector's position as the foremost source of direct domestic revenue to the GRA.
He encouraged local entrepreneurs to increase their participation in the value chain.
This was important considering the fact that the companies spent US$1.23 billion on goods and services from suppliers and manufacturers.
That represented 34 percent of mineral revenue they made for the year.
Ghana is Africa's second largest gold producer after South Africa.
Mining firms operating in the country include Newmont Mining Corporation, Gold Fields, Anglogold Ashanti and Asanko Gold.
Manganese production, last year, also increased to three million tonnes, from two million, the year before.
The production of diamond, however, declined to 86,924 carats from 143,000 carats the previous year.
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Q: How to run Ruby and GIT commands in one place on Windows I have Ruby and GIT installed on my windows box. To run GIT commands I am utilizing the GIT Bash. To run Ruby commands I am using the command line.
I have not been successful running GIT commands from the CMD line nor can I seem to run Ruby commands from inside the GIT Bash. I would love to be able to run commands for both GIT and Ruby from the GIT Bash (ideal) or at the least from the CMD line.
What is the best way to go about this?

A: I run git commands from the CMD session all the time.
Make sure your PATH environment variable includes the 'cmd' directory from a msysgit distro:
Path=C:\Path\To\Git\1.7.1\cmd

If not, add it in your session:
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Path\To\Git\1.7.1\cmd

and you are done. Git and Ruby commands in your CMD shell.
The reverse (Ruby commands) is possible in a Git bash, by adding to the PATH a value like /c/path/to/Ruby/186-27/bin

A: To elaborate on VonC's answer of making Ruby available in Git-Bash.
All you have to do is add the path to your Ruby bin folder in your windows environment variables. It doesn't have to be in the format /c/path/to/ruby, it can be C:\Ruby193\bin.
Step by step for Windows 7:

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*Start

*Search programs and files (default textbox after hitting the Start icon), Search for 'environment'

*Select 'edit the system environment variables'

*Click 'Environment Variables' (bottom right of the form)

*Add to the 'System Variables' 'PATH' the following ';C:\Ruby193\bin' (without the single quotes)

*Restart your shell

Make sure to close your git-bash shell and restart it to pick up the new environment variable.

A: *

*Go to My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced system settings ->
Environment Variables

*Add a New System variable. Variable name = RUBY_BIN. Variable
value = C:\Ruby193\bin (path may vary).

*Add a New System variable. Variable name = MSYSGIT_BIN. Variable
value = C:\msysgit\bin (path may vary).

*Append ;%RUBY_BIN%;%MSYSGIT_BIN% to Path variable, under System variables.

*Restart shell.
This will allow you to run ruby, git or sh (Git Bash) commands from Command Prompt, as well as Ruby from Git Bash.

A: My personal setup uses msysgit and tortoisegit. I've found that using TortoiseGit's Pageant manager for the keys lets me use everything from any command line, including powershell. The only annoyance is I have to have pageant running with the keys added, which seem to clear on every reboot. Fortunately I don't reboot often.

A: The combined answer for VonC and Rots helped me to achieve the desired results.
However, since I was not familiar with editing environment variables, I must have accidentally overwritten the path for my nodejs files.
As a result my solution included adding the ruby path and the nodejs path to my user variables instead of the system.
I'm using a Windows 7 machine.

A: while installing ruby installer, select the option "Add ruby executables to your path" . Then all git/ruby commands will run from git bash.