About City Tree Service LLC City Tree Service LLC is owned by Cody Barnes who grew up in Anacortes WA. We've been serving the local community with great results since 2001. We're a full-service tree care company that our clients can count on for quality work At City Tree Service it is our goal to make your experience as pleasant as possible. We have a staff of friendly people who take the time to create a positive work environment resulting in a quality experience. Our experience, friendly attitude and dedication to job one ensure that every project will be completed correctly. Anacortes is a small community and many of our values and the principles we live by were influenced by the people who live here. We believe that it is our responsibility to give back to our community and set a standard in the presence that we leave behind. As a small closely held company we are able to deliver a more personal touch by maintaining a closer relationship with our crews and our customers. The end result is that you your project is worked on by people who are more closely involved. We treat each project with dedication and respect and do not leave until the customer is fully satisfied with our work. By insuring that our customers are happy, we are opening the door for repeat business and referrals which make up 60% - 70% of our customer base. Your satisfaction is our key to success! Services At City Tree Service we can helps identify ways to maintain the health of living trees and provide a safe and practical process for removal when a tree has become a danger to its environment. Tree Removal There are times a tree that is near or encroaching a building or power lines etc, cannot be fallen and must be climbed and carefully removed. City Tree Service is equipped with an experienced crew of climbers and grounds men. Equipped with bucket trucks, grinders, and chippers, we handle any job whether small or large. In addition, we are pre-approved by most insurance companies. Tree removals are performed to eliminate dead and dying trees as well as those that have become hazardous. Removals can also be useful in eliminating competition for light and space so that the remaining plants are better able to grow and thrive. In some cases, trees may also be removed to allow for new construction, home additions and to provide clearances with those structures. We provide thorough cleanup of debris and strive to minimize the impact to surrounding vegetation. Tree removal is the most hazardous aspect of arboriculture. Often, tree workers must remove trees growing in confined spaces near houses, utility lines and other sensitive areas. Tree removal requires considerable expertise to successfully perform this task. As part of the tree removal process, the stump will typically be left as close to the ground as possible. If needed, removal of the stump can be provided. Stump removal can be challenging and often special machinery is required, but it may be necessary if the stump is a hazard in the landscape or simply an eyesore. Stump grinding by a professional is the easiest and safest way to handle this work. We utilize our training and special rigging gear to climb carefully and section down these individual trees. Every Tree is a different approach and we take care to ensure the safety of surrounding trees and objects where necessary. Tree Trimming There are many reasons to provide trimming to a living tree. Removing dead limbs will help maintain the general health, reduce stress to the trunk and prevents them from coming down unexpectedly. We also offer wind-sail reduction techniques to prepare for heavy wind storms. Often times it can be aesthetically pleasing to remove the first few limbs on a tree. This creates a cleaner look and provides more vertical space so that surrounding life forms can be appreciated. Storm Clean Up When disaster strikes we have the man power to strike back. We get you up and running again and restore your property to its original state. We can handle fallen trees of all sizes, downed limbs and the removal of widow makers. With a high standard of quality, we provide an extensive clean up that will have your yard looking at its very best. View Clearing With the beauty that the Puget Sound region has to offer, we can provide clearance that will make way for magnificent views such as the Cascade and Mount Baker, the Puget Sound and many other works of nature that we have been blessed with.
Is City Tree Service is insured? Licensed contractors in Washington are required to maintain general liability coverage that includes a $50,000 property damage policy and $200,000 public liability policy; or $250,000 combined single limit policy. City Tree Service Inc holds a $600,000 insurance policy with Landmark American Ins Co.
Is City Tree Service bonded? Licensed general contractors in Washington are required to maintain a $12,000 bond and specialty contractors are required to maintain a $6,000 bond. This provides consumers with financial recourse in case they perform defective work or violate license regulations. City Tree Service Inc has a $12,000 bond with Philadelphia Indemnity Ins Co. Do I have to contact a government agency to have a tree removed? In certain cases permits are required, street trees, we will obtain necessary permits. If we are digging to remove stumps or to plant trees we will call 811 to have utilities marked. This protects our employees from unnecessary risks and protects your property from harm. Will all debris be removed from my property? When pruning or removing a tree, all debris will be removed from your property unless otherwise noted in your contract. (Exception: if you want the firewood) Will your trucks damage my landscape or lawn? Our employees are highly skilled and climb trees so bucket trucks are not always necessary. Therefor they cannot harm your lawn. What forms of payment do you accept? Cash, Check, Visa and MasterCard are accepted. For these and other financing options please make arrangements with Cody Barnes.
EXPERTISE Cody Dakota Barnes has a reputation for honesty and integrity backed by years of experience!
ON THE JOB VIDEOS… WATCH FULL SCREEN!
and getting the job done. His word is his bond. Literally.
I've hired Cody and his company, Anacortes Tree Services several times.
About City Tree Service LLC City Tree Service LLC is owned by Cody Barnes who grew up in Anacortes WA. We've been serving the local community with great results since 2001. We're a full- service tree care company that our clients can count on for quality work At City Tree Service it is our goal to make your experience as pleasant as possible. We have a staff of friendly people who take the time to create a positive work environment resulting in a quality experience. Our experience, friendly attitude and dedication to job one ensure that every project will be completed correctly. Anacortes is a small community and many of our values and the principles we live by were influenced by the people who live here. We believe that it is our responsibility to give back to our community and set a standard in the presence that we leave behind.As a small closely held company we are able to deliver a more personal touch by maintaining a closer relationship with our crews and our customers. The end result is that you your project is worked on by people who are more closely involved. We treat each project with dedication and respect and do not leave until the customer is fully satisfied with our work. We have come to find out that by making sure our customers are happy, we are opening the door for repeat business and referrals which make up 60% - 70% of our customer base. Your satisfaction is our key to success! Services At City Tree Service we can helps identify ways to maintain the health of living trees and provide a safe and practical process for removal when a tree has become a danger to its environment. Tree Removal There are times a tree that is near or encroaching a building or power lines etc, cannot be fallen and must be climbed and carefully removed. City Tree Service is equipped with an experienced crew of climbers and grounds men. Equipped with bucket trucks, grinders, and chippers, we handle any job whether small or large. In addition, we are pre-approved by most insurance companies. Tree removals are performed to eliminate dead and dying trees as well as those that have become hazardous. Removals can also be useful in eliminating competition for light and space so that the remaining plants are better able to grow and thrive. In some cases, trees may also be removed to allow for new construction, home additions and to provide clearances with those structures. We provide thorough cleanup of debris and strive to minimize the impact to surrounding vegetation. Tree removal is the most hazardous aspect of arboriculture. Often, tree workers must remove trees growing in confined spaces near houses, utility lines and other sensitive areas. Tree removal requires considerable expertise to successfully perform this task. As part of the tree removal process, the stump will typically be left as close to the ground as possible. If needed, removal of the stump can be provided. Stump removal can be challenging and often special machinery is required, but it may be necessary if the stump is a hazard in the landscape or simply an eyesore. Stump grinding by a professional is the easiest and safest way to handle this work. We utilize our training and special rigging gear to climb carefully and section down these individual trees. Every Tree is a different approach and we take care to ensure the safety of surrounding trees and objects where necessary. Tree Trimming There are many reasons to provide trimming to a living tree. Removing dead limbs will help maintain the general health, reduce stress to the trunk and prevents them from coming down unexpectedly. We also offer wind-sail reduction techniques to prepare for heavy wind storms. Often times it can be aesthetically pleasing to remove the first few limbs on a tree. This creates a cleaner look and provides more vertical space so that surrounding life forms can be appreciated. Storm Clean Up When disaster strikes we have the man power to strike back. We get you up and running again and restore your property to its original state. We can handle fallen trees of all sizes, downed limbs and the removal of widow makers. With a high standard of quality, we provide an extensive clean up that will have your yard looking at its very best. View Clearing With the beauty that the Puget Sound region has to offer, we can provide clearance that will make way for magnificent views such as the Cascade and Mount Baker, the Puget Sound and many other works of nature that we have been blessed with.
City Tree Service owner Cody Barnes is a very knowledgeable in his area of expertise and conscientious in matters of customer relation- ship and getting the job done. His word is his bond. Literally.


ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning for the second straight time, riding Matt Adams' go-ahead, three-run homer to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday and a fourth consecutive trip to the NL Championship Series.
The third hit Tuesday came when Adams drove a curveball on Kershaw's 102nd pitch into the right-center bullpen to put St. Louis up 3-2. Adams thrust his hands over his head in the batter's box then jumped several times as he ran down the first base line. A stunned Kershaw bent over on the mound, head hung and hands on his knees.
"I had a pretty good idea that it was gone," Adams said.
Kershaw allowed one homer to left-handed hitters while going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA in the regular season. He gave up two to the Cardinals, with Matt Carpenter connecting in the opener. The left-handed ace is 0-3 with a 9.72 ERA in his last three postseason appearances, including St. Louis' clinching Game 6 victory in the NLCS last year.
Shelby Miller matched Kershaw into the sixth, when the Dodgers started the inning with two hits. They scored a run on Matt Kemp's double-play grounder and added another on Juan Uribe's RBI single against Seth Maness.
Kershaw piled up five strikeouts the first time through the order. The Cardinals got the ball out of the infield for the first time on Carpenter's routine fly on a checked swing leading off the fourth.


Nature's Gate Awapuhi Volumizing Shampoo - 18 ozs.
Nature's Gate Awapuhi Volumizing Shampoo for fine, limp hair with herbal extracts to naturally add body and volume to hair.
Nature's Gate Awapuhi Shampoo gently cleansing hair while helping build up volume and add fullness to fine, limp hair. Hair is revived with essential nutrients from Panthenol (Pro-vitamin B-5) while Awapuhi, Horsetail and Cherry Bark help add body to hair. The soothing properties of Calendula, Chamomile and Hops make this shampoo gentle enough for everyday use.
- Gently cleanses and refreshes to enliven fine, limp hair.
- Helps nourish hair for increased shine and vibrancy.
- Helps add body and volume without weighing hair down.
INGREDIENTS: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamide DEA, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Hedychium Coronarium (Hawaiian White Ginger) Root Extract, Prunus Serotina (Wild Cherry) Bark Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Betula Alba (Birch) Leaf Extract, Tussilago Farfara (Coltsfoot) Leaf Extract, Hydrastis Canadensis (Golden Seal) Extract, Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Flower Extract Humulus Lupulus (Hops) Extract, Equisetum Hiemale (Horsetail) Extract, Quillaja Saponaria (Soap Bark) Extract, Panthenol, Glycol Stearate, Citric Acid, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, Caramel.
How to use: Massage a generous amount of shampoo gently into wet hair and scalp. Work into rich lather. Rinse thoroughly. For best results, follow with Nature's Gate Awapuhi Conditioner. May be used daily.
No artificial color, Alcohol-Free. pH balanced. No animal-derived ingredients. No animal testing.


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Help me with my server please :)!
Thread: Help me with my server please :)!
We got everything we just need someone to put it together .
Lol. Why, oh why would you ever BUY a server? Isn't that the point of a private server?
Problems with my server, please help me.
Please help me with my server !
help with wotlk server.. please..


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Mission Thrift Store Winnipeg offers quality new and gently used clothing, furniture, books, toys, and other household goods. The net proceeds are directed to the joint ministry of BFM Foundation (Canada) and Bible League Canada. The store is staffed with volunteers who are passionate about the community, and many of the regular customers say they love shopping at the thrift store because of the great atmosphere. New volunteers are always welcome! Come check us out!
We will be closed December 23 through to January 2, 2019. Please hold any donations you may have until then as there will be no one at the store to accept them. Have a blessed Christmas everyone!


Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia..
Death of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747).
Birthdate of Rynosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator (d. 1927).
World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang)..
Birthdate of Richard Myers, American general.
Death of George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882).
Birthdate of George Eads, American actor; and Aron Winter, Suriname-Dutch footballer and manager.
Birthdate of Juan Manuel Ortiz, Spanish footballer.
Birthdate of Kesha, American singer-songwriter and actress.
Birthdate of Yang Hyeon-jong, South Korean baseball player.
Death of Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907).
Birthdate of Tenille Tayla, Australian professional wrestler; and Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer.
Death of Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1917).
Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation..
Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25,000 people mostly civilian..
Death of Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909).
Attribution of the On 01 March 1992 section: Wikipedia. Content under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.


Mixed level men's class with breath work, asansa practice and guided relaxation.
This class is designed to take the client to another level in their practice. In this class we will be exploring inversions and arm balances. This class is an upbeat class.


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IOC meet Indian Olympic Association to discuss Mumbai bid for 2023 Session
A delegation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has visited India to inspect the country's bid to host the 2023 IOC Session.
The IOC Evaluation Commission, chaired by Executive Board member Ng Ser Miang, met officials from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the trip to Mumbai.
IOA President Narinder Batra, secretary general Rajeev Mehta and Indian IOC member Nita Ambani welcomed the Commission.
India submitted its bid to stage the 2023 IOC Session during the last gathering of the body in Lausanne in June.
Batra, made an IOC member at the Session in the Olympic capital, and Ambani presented Mumbai's formal bid to IOC President Thomas Bach.
India has only hosted the IOC Session once, in 1983 in New Delhi, and the nation is currently the only candidate for the 2023 gathering of the membership.
Mumbai is bidding to host the 2023 IOC Session ©Getty Images
India is also in the running to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
"The 2022-2023 period happens to be the 75th year of Indian Independence and what better way for Indian sports to celebrate the occasion by having the entire Olympic family and community in India," Batra said when submitting India's candidacy.
Under the previous process, the IOC would have elected the host city of the 2030 Winter Olympic Games at the 2023 IOC Session.
But the seven-year timeline was scrapped under widespread changes to the bidding process, endorsed by the Session in June, meaning it is likely the 2030 Games will be awarded earlier than 2023.
The next IOC Session is due to be held on January 10 and 11 during the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.
Athens is scheduled to stage the Session in 2021.
October 2019: IOC's Ambani keen to see Indian Olympic bid before she retires
June 2019: Athens awarded 2021 IOC Session as India bids to host 2023 meeting
March 2019: Athens targeted to host 2021 International Olympic Committee Session
December 2018: India submits letter of interest to IOC to bid for 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
October 2018: Lausanne officially replaces Milan as host of 2019 IOC Session as 2026 bidding window shortened
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Q: Show messages using Thymeleaf in javascript I'm using thymeleaf and spring 3 mvc.
When I try to perform Ajax POST request I don't understand how can I show a response message from a controller on my html page:
Here's a code snippet:
$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "/settings",
    data: "request=" + request,
    success: function (response) {
        $('#msg').replaceWith('

');
    },
});

'response' is a i18n message from controller. Now, I want to show this message at  using thymeleaf (th:text="response"). Of course, this code does not work, because it thinks that response variable is a plain string.
The question is how to show i18n response message using thymeleaf. Or maybe there are some other methods to show i18n messages on html page (not using jsp) through js?

A: Thymeleaf attributes (such as th:text) will only be parsed and replaced on the server. Since this ajax response is processed on the browser, th:text will not process. If "settings" is already a Thymeleaf-resolved page, it is likely already i18n'd and you can simply do something like:
$('#msg').html(response);

However, if you are truly looking for client-side javascript processing of Thymeleaf tags, consider Thymol.

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On a mission in southern Madagascar, to assess the socioeconomic impacts of a PES scheme: a protected area funded with carbon credits.
Photo: © D. Ezzine de Blas, CIRAD
Payments for environmental services less effective than expected
Payments for environmental services have proved difficult to put into practice. To understand the reasons for this relative lack of efficacy, researchers at the French research centre CIRAD analysed 70 programmes world-wide. A significant disparity was observed between theory and practice in terms of these incentive instruments.
Shortcuts and simplifications in implementing payments for ecosystem services (PES) have made these incentive instruments less effective than they could be. This was demonstrated by an analytical study of 70 PES programmes world-wide, published in Nature Sustainability on the 12th March 2018. "We did not set out to be exhaustive, but we consider the sample studied to be wholly representative of the PES that have existed over the past twenty years or so," Driss Ezzine de Blas, the CIRAD socio-economist, and co-author of the study, explains.
Ezzine-de-Blas points out that "despite the diversity of PES programmes analysed, there has been a tendency to simplify on every continent". PES form a range of incentive financial instruments consisting in rewarding landowners for preserving ecosystems that provide services (water quality maintenance, carbon capture, erosion control, conservation of threatened species, etc.). In recent years, the efficacy of such programmes has been questioned, although the reasons for their failure were not known.
Controls and sanctions are difficult to implement
A methodological study of the design and subsequent implementation of PES showed that some of the basic principles of these instruments were not being applied. PES are based on conditionality. In other words, payments are made if a plot is kept under forest, for instance. This principle means monitoring to check that the agreement is being respected and sanctioned if it is not.
The analysis revealed that in practice, monitoring was seldom being implemented, and sanctions even less. For the authors, these implementation issues were not so much linked to the complexity of biophysical monitoring or insurmountable transaction costs, but were often a socially and politically sensitive issue. "This is a recurrent problem with the environmental economy: without sanctions, we know PES are less effective. But what about social vulnerability if we are talking about punishing already very disadvantaged people? What would this do for the popularity of a government or NGO?" Driss Ezzine de Blas wonders.
Spatial targeting and payment differentiation have been overlooked
Two other basic principles often fail to survive in the practical implementation of PES. Spatial targeting is only done in two thirds of the cases. Giving priority to a specific zone in the area eligible for the programme targeting (depending on ecosystem importance, the risk of deforestation or the poverty level, etc.) plays a key role in the efficacy of PES and serves to allow for differences in the vulnerability of people targeted by PES.
A second principle, payment differentiation, serves to adjust the effort required of participants — known in economics as the opportunity cost — so as to maximise their contribution. The effort needed to participate in such programmes is not the same for everyone, and some people may even be gambling their entire agricultural output. While payment differentiation is observed in 59 per cent of cases, it unfortunately generally concerns differences in the ecosystem services rendered rather than the efforts made by the target populations.
(CIRAD/wi)
Reference: Wunder et al.: From principles to practice in paying for nature's Services
Ecosystem services are not constrained by borders - 17.04.2020
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Kanda Sayaka is marrying actor Murata Mitsu.
Kanda updated her official Instagram account on April 26 following a media report. She announced to her fans, "I, Kanda Sayaka, will marry Murata Mitsu-san. I will devote myself even more to enrich my work. It would make me happy if you would watch over us warmly."
Kanda made her singing debut with the single "ever since" in 2002. In 2014, she formed a unit called TRUSTRICK with Billy (G). In addition, she has been appearing in various stage plays and musicals. After putting TRUSTRICK's activities on hold in December of last year, she has been playing the lead for the musical 'Legally Blonde'.


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El Fantasma de las Navidades Futuras o Espíritu de las Navidades Futuras es un personaje de ficción de la obra de Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (Cuento de Navidad). Su llegada es la tercera visita anunciada por el fallecido Marley. Según el relato, era un espectro al que no se le veía la cara, el cual se vestía completamente de negro. En todo caso, si tuviera, sería una calavera parecida a la muerte. En el Cuento de Navidad, hace que Scrooge cambie definitivamente. Es la cuarta y última aparición que se le presenta a Scrooge esa noche.

Según Un Cuento de Navidad
Es un espíritu que nace de la sombra de Scrooge. Era un espíritu silencioso. Su primera acción fue arremeter contra Scrooge de forma tan violenta que el viejo cayó por las escaleras. Scrooge vio que había caído por las escaleras. Unos hombres se reían de la muerte de alguien. Esos hombres se separaron dejando a Scrooge solo, en medio de la plaza. La sombra de Scrooge volvió a cambiar, formando la del espíritu. El espíritu tenía un brazo extendido señalando a un coche fúnebre. El coche empezó a perseguirlo. Scrooge vio que el conductor, los caballos negros, la marca del coche... ¡Era el mismo coche fúnebre que había llevado el cuerpo muerto de su socio, Jacob Marley! ¡Venía hacia él! Scrooge fue menguando y se metió en unos tubos. Al salir del tubo observó que el coche fúnebre estaba ahora dirigido por el mismo espíritu, que hizo que Scrooge cayera a unas alcantarillas. Llegó a la tienda de trapos y botellas "El viejo Joe". La criada de Scrooge comerciaba con unos pijamas, telas y prendas. La Sra. Tilber, la criada, se pavoneaba de las prendas que eran terriblemente familiares para Scrooge. Joe, el dueño de la tienda, divisó a una rata que miraba a Scrooge. Joe golpeó a la rata con una vara que hizo saltar por los aires a Scrooge. Al caer, Scrooge noto que se encontraba en una habitación, donde vio a un hombre fallecido en una cama; cuando el espíritu extendió su mano para quitarle la sábana que cubría su cara, Scrooge le dijo que no lo hiciera, ya que el no se encontraba capaz de verlo, entonces, el espíritu retiró su mano. Luego de esto, el espíritu le mostró una joven pareja en su casa, alegrándose de la muerte del hombre, quien era el Acreedor de dicha pareja. Cayó en un cementerio. Finalmente, el espíritu lleva a Scrooge a la casa de su empleado, Bob Cratchit, y le muestra que el hijo de este último, El pequeño Tim, falleció debido a que su familia no pudo hacer frente a su tratamiento médico con la miseria que Scrooge pagaba a su empleado. Luego de esto, Scrooge horrorizado le pide al espíritu que le muestre el hombre fallecido que tanto habían mencionado, así que el espíritu lleva a Scrooge a un cementerio, donde el espíritu le muestra entonces la tumba abandonada de ese hombre, y Scrooge descubre con horror que el nombre escrito en la lápida es el suyo, y que el hombre muerto del que hablaban las personas que ha visto era él mismo. Llorando, Scrooge asegura al espíritu que cambiará de actitud para poder borrar el nombre escrito en la lápida. En ese momento, Scrooge despierta en su habitación, descubriendo que es la mañana de Navidad y que su viaje con los espíritus ha durado una sola noche. Es entonces cuando se convierte en un hombre generoso y amable y decide finalmente celebrar la Navidad.

Personajes navideños
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Home›Culture›"Boardwalk Empire" Episode 7 recap
"Boardwalk Empire" Episode 7 recap
Culture, Spotlight
by Kenny St. John
As I'm writing this, Atlantic City is being battered by Hurricane Sandy. But 89 years ago, the world of Boardwalk Empire was enjoying calm Easter weather. Yesterday's episode, titled "Sunday Best," is essentially about family relationships. Nucky's relationship with his brother Eli is explored, and even Gyp's family life is shown.
The episode begins on Easter morning, with Eli hiding eggs for the Easter egg hunt. We then quickly cut to Gillian being awoken by Richard. Gillian allows Richard to take Tommy to Easter dinner at Julia's. When Richard asks Gillian how she is feeling, she replies, "murderous," foreshadowing what is to come later in the episode.
Richard is attracted to Julia, and brings her flowers to show his appreciation for having Tommy and him over. However, her father, the veteran who got beaten up at the Legion Hall and who Richard helped, is rude and abrasive throughout dinner. Julia feels badly and prepares a dinner for Richard to eat alone because his mask gets in the way of him eating.
Tommy goes upstairs to the bathroom, and out of a natural curiosity that all kids have, starts to explore. He goes into the bedroom of Julia's brother, who was killed during World War I and is the reason for Julia's father's anger. The father, in a drunken rage, finds Tommy playing with his son's toy soldiers and pulls him by the ear out of the room. Richard threatens to kill him if he doesn't let Tommy go. Everyone gets kicked out after this, and Richard, Julia and Tommy go to the boardwalk. The three take a picture together, something that Richard holds special because he never had this family experience since the War.
While Richard and Tommy are out, Gillian has Roger come over. They fool around and eat together. Then, Gillian blindfolds Roger and leads him to the basement, where there is a bathtub. Roger goes in, and starts to relax. However, Gillian injects him with heroin and drowns him, signifying that she has finally come to grips with Jimmy's death.
Nucky, Margaret and the kids head over to Eli's house for Easter. Eli's wife and children are extremely welcoming to Nucky's family, especially his daughter Emily. Margaret attempts to open up about Nucky's infidelities to Eli's wife, but she does not seem to understand her concerns, only seeing Nucky in a positive light.
At the same time, Nucky and Eli go off to drink in the garage, and Eli vents his frustrations about being in jail for sixteen months and losing his sheriff's badge. Especially in light of Eli's betrayal last season, Nucky feels that since Eli has a job and a house, he should not have anything to complain about. Eli melodramatically takes out a revolver and asks Nucky to kill him, but Nucky knows that he is bluffing and takes the bullets out of the gun. After the Easter egg hunt, the family gathers in the living room for a talent show, where Nucky does a juggling routine and Margaret sings an old Irish folk song.
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In New York, Gyp Rossetti is in his bedroom having a meeting with a representative from Joe Masseria. Rossetti's mother is banging on the door, trying to get him to come out for dinner. Gyp is trying to put on his suit, but relents and comes out wearing just a wifebeater. As he sits down and tries to grab a piece of food before grace, his mother slaps his hand and asks him if they are cats in an alley. This is actually somewhat funny considering that Gyp talks about how he was born and raised in a cave in Sicily. This scene also shows that Gyp's mother has control over him and that he respects her.
After dinner, Gyp goes to a church and starts to pray to Jesus to help him, but ends up yelling at him and cursing his own existence. A priest tries to calm him down, but Gyp ends up punching him in the face and taking money from the Church in order to pay the money that he owes to Joe Masseria. He then goes to meet with Masseria who, in a brilliant psychological move, tells Gyp that he is unable to control him and cannot rely on him.
At the same time, Masseria's men menacingly stand up and insinuate that Gyp will be killed. Gyp, enraged and somewhat intimidated, pledges his loyalty to Masseria and vows to kill Nucky, Arnold Rothstein and Lucky Luciano on Masseria's behalf. Masseria, satisfied that he has Gyp under his thumb and that he will get rid of his enemies, agrees.
That night, Nucky calls Eli and tells him that he realizes that he has been loyal to him and recognizes that he tried to prevent the massacre in Tabor Heights. He promotes Eli to be Mickey Doyle's partner in managing the warehouse. However, not all is well between Nucky and Margaret. Nucky offers to teach her how to juggle, but she says that it is too late for that.
The episode ends with Gillian coming in to see Richard in his room. She starts to cry and tells Richard that her son is dead. We then hear screams from the prostitutes because they find Roger's lifeless body in the bathtub.
Will Richard find happiness with Julia? Will Nucky and Margaret reconcile? What will be Gyp's next move? Find out next week.
Kenny St. John
School, major and year: A&S, Political Science, '14
Hometown Lindenhurst, New York
You have 24 hours to give prospective students a tour of BC and convince them to enroll. How do you spend the day? I'd take them to Seth Jacob's Vietnam class to show off the academics, then head over to Gasson, Stokes, and Bapst…then Conte Forum for a hockey game, and then a trip to some Mod parties.
If you could go back in time and give yourself a pep talk the night before you moved into BC as a freshman, what is the most important piece of advice that you would give to your former self? Keep calm and things will fall into place.
What is your favorite study spot on campus? Usually my desk in my dorm room or a table in my common room.
What is your go-to meal at Late Night? Mozzarella sticks (pronounced muz-zuh-elle in my Brooklynese/Long Island accent) paired up with a Honey Q Wrap, with Blue cheese and without the tomato
What is the best Halloween costume that you have ever worn? This is a tough one. Probably the Michael Jackson costume that I've worn the past 2 years, possibly soon to be 3 come this October.
If you could only eat at one restaurant for the rest of your life, which would you choose? Let's go Outback tonight.
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Q: Do variables defined with const use up memory? I've been researching whether I should use macros or constants in C++. This question isn't about that, but one thing that I realized is that macros don't take up memory (because they just do a text replace during preprocessing). But do constants take up memory? I wasn't able to find a good answer to this.

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Do variables defined with const use up memory?

As far as abstract machine is concerned, yes they do.
As for actual memory: Potentially, yes. Not necessarily. Same goes for non-const variables. If you can replace a constant with a macro, then such constant should be possible without using memory.

I've been researching whether I should use macros or constants in C++.

Don't use macros. They do not respect namespaces and cause problems with name collisions.


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For Corp members who have been searching for the official NYSC electoral guide/manual official link, search no further because we have everything sorted out for you.
Interested candidates can get the 2015 Nigeria's General Election electoral guide/ Manual here.
Note that you will be needing an Adobe reader to access the details of the file or document as it is in a pdf copy. beside that, below is an important notice we would like you to know.
The recent adjustment to the election dates has really made alot of things to change and i bet, the NYSC has made a change of date after YABATECH took to the notice board to cancel their one month general election holiday. For those who are not aware, be informed that the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has officially postponed their Passing Out Parade (POP) date for BATCH A 2014.
"Batch 14A POP will now hold on 19th February 2015.
This is due to election postponement.
The NYSC management see to it that; It won't make sense keeping the Batch A till April I.e 2 months after they supposed to have passed out.
Therefore all B14A corps members are advised to finish their clearance on time. The date for clearance has been extended to Tue. 17th Feb.
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Zero-emission vehicles
From: Transport Canada
Zero-emission vehicles help fight climate change
Transportation is the second largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada. This accounts for a quarter of Canada's total GHG emissions and almost half of those emissions come from cars and light trucks. One way that we can reduce the amount of transportation-related GHG emissions is to get more zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on the road.
A ZEV is a vehicle that has the potential to produce no tailpipe emissions. They can still have a conventional internal combustion engine, but must also be able to operate without using it.
For example, we consider the following vehicles to be ZEVs:
battery-electric
plug-in hybrid electric
Dealerships: You can now submit your claims for payment to Transport Canada through our online portal
Please note that there are new versions of the iZEV Program Consumer Consent Form and Incentive Received Form. Please always ensure that you are using the most up-to-date forms:
iZEV Incentive received form
iZEV Program consumer consent form
More information is available in the Questions and Answers for Dealers section.
Incentives for purchasing zero-emission vehicles
Making zero-emission vehicles more affordable
We know that the higher cost of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) can make it more difficult to adopt this clean technology. The iZEV program and new tax write-offs for businesses will help make it more affordable.
Purchase and Lease Incentives
Effective May 1, 2019, we will provide point of sale incentive for consumers who buy or lease an eligible ZEV.
There are two levels of incentive:
Battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and longer range plug-in hybrid vehicles are eligible for an incentive of $5,000
Shorter range plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are eligible for an incentive of $2,500
To be eligible for the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles program, you have to purchase or lease:
a vehicle with six seats or fewer, where the base model (trim) Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is less than $45,000;
higher priced versions (trims) of these vehicles, up to a maximum Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $55,000, will also be eligible for purchase incentives;
a vehicle with seven seats or greater, where the base model Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is less than $55,000;
You will still be eligible for the incentive even if delivery, freight and other fees, such as vehicle colour and add-on accessories, push the actual purchase price over these set limits.
See Qs&As for more information.
How to receive the incentive
The purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles will be applied at point-of-sale (i.e. at dealerships or online) directly on the bill of sale or lease agreement of eligible vehicle purchased or leased on or after May 1, 2019. Your dealership will be responsible for completing the documentation required to receive the incentive.
The federal purchase incentive for zero-emission vehicles will be applied in addition to any provincial zero-emission vehicles incentive offered.
Only new zero-emission vehicles are eligible for the federal incentive (i.e. vehicles that have not been plated before).
The incentive can be applied to eligible leased vehicles, but will be prorated based on the length of the lease. For example, a 48-month lease is eligible for the full incentive amount for the eligible vehicle in question and a 24-month lease will be eligible for half of the incentive for that vehicle.
There is a limit on how many vehicles Canadians can purchase or lease under the Program. Individuals can only get one incentive under this Program in a calendar year. Businesses and provincial and municipal governments operating fleets can only get up to 10 incentives under this Program in a calendar year.
Tax Write-Off
Budget 2019 proposed a 100-per-cent write-off for zero-emission vehicles to support business adoption. Eligible zero-emission vehicles include, a motor vehicle that is a plug-in hybrid (with a battery capacity of at least 7 kWh) or vehicles that are fully electric or fully powered by hydrogen, including light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles purchased by a business. This measure applies to eligible vehicles purchased and becoming available for use on or after March 19, 2019 and before January 1, 2024. Where the capital costs for eligible zero-emission passenger vehicles (e.g., cars and SUVs) exceeds $55,000, the 100 per-cent write off will be limited to $55,000 plus the federal and provincial sales tax that would have been paid if the vehicle was purchased for $55,000.
Vehicles in respect of which an incentive is paid under the new federal Incentive for Zero-Emission Vehicles Program will be ineligible for the 100-per-cent write-off.
For more information on the tax write-off for these vehicles, businesses and self-employed individuals may contact the Canada Revenue Agency at 1-800-959-5525.
Questions and answers for consumers
Incentives for the Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program
Under the Incentive for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program, a point-of-sale incentive will be applied to eligible zero-emission vehicles for purchases or leases that take place on or after May 1st, as determine by the date on the bill of sale or lease agreement.
Can businesses participate in the program?
Yes, businesses are eligible for the federal zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) incentive. However, businesses that take advantage of the federal incentive, will not be able to take advantage of the new tax write-off for ZEVs that was also announced in Budget 2019.
Businesses that take advantage of the federal ZEV incentives will be limited to a maximum of 10 incentives in any calendar year during the Program.
What is a Zero-Emission Vehicle?
A zero-emission vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that has the potential to produce no direct tailpipe emissions. They can still have a conventional internal combustion engine, but must also be able to be operate without using it.
When does the iZEV program start?
Incentives for zero-emission vehicles will be applied to eligible vehicles purchased or leased on or after May 1, 2019.
What if I bought a ZEV on April 29? Can I still get my incentive?
No. The incentive program takes effect on May 1, 2019. Only purchases or leases of eligible zero-emission vehicles on or after this date will qualify for the incentive program.
If I have made a deposit already but have not made final payment, and have not yet received the vehicle, am I eligible?
If the final bill of sale for the vehicle is on or after May 1st, 2019, the purchase is eligible regardless of when a deposit was made. For questions related to your bill of sale, please speak with your dealer.
If I buy or lease an eligible vehicle on May 1, what do I need to do to get my incentive payment, and how long will I have to wait?
As of May 1st, an incentive will be applied at the point-of-sale (i.e. at dealerships or online) allowing consumers to benefit immediately when purchasing or leasing an eligible zero-emission vehicule. Your dealership will be responsible for completing the documentation required to receive the incentive.
What vehicles are eligible?
vehicles with six seats or fewer, where the base model (trim) Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is less than $45,000
higher priced versions (trims) of these vehicles, up to a maximum MSRP of $55,000, will also be eligible for an incentive
vehicles with seven seats or greater, where the base model MSRP is less than $55,000
In all cases, to be eligible under the iZEV program, all vehicles must:
meet all Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
be intended for use on public streets, roads, and highways; and
have at least four functioning wheels and be highway capable (e.g. not a low-speed vehicle)
Battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and longer range plug-in hybrid vehicles (battery capacity is 15kWh or more) are eligible for an incentive of $5,000
Shorter range plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (battery capacity is less than 15kWh) are eligible for an incentive of $2,500
Please refer to the list of eligible vehicles.
How will I know what vehicles are eligible for the iZEV incentive?
Transport Canada will keep a list of eligible ZEV vehicles available for Canadians to view on the iZEV program web page.
Important: Transport Canada will be seeking voluntary supply agreements with manufacturers, and reserves the right to take models off the list if the department does not secure adequate supply commitments.
What is a "long" versus a "short" range plug-in hybrid vehicle?
Generally speaking, plug-in hybrid vehicles with a battery capacity of at least 15 kWh can accommodate a trip of 50 kilometres or more on a single charge. For the purpose of the iZEV program, these kinds of vehicles are defined as long range. Conversely, vehicles with lower battery capacity are defined as short range.
What is a vehicle trim level?
A vehicle trim level is a pre-determined package of different equipment and finishes offered for a particular vehicle model (e.g., base, sport, touring, etc.). A vehicle model can have multiple trim levels. Different trim levels will typically have a different Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP).
Does it apply to leased vehicles?
Yes, the incentive can be applied to eligible vehicles leased for 12 months or more, but will be prorated based on the length of the lease. For example, a 48-month lease is eligible for the full incentive amount for the eligible vehicle in question and a 24-month lease will be eligible for half of the incentive for that vehicle.
Are pre-owned zero-emission vehicles eligible?
No, only new zero-emission vehicles are eligible for the federal incentive. New vehicles are those that have not been plated before.
Are demonstrator vehicles eligible?
For the purposes of the Program, eligible zero-emission vehicles that are demonstrators are considered new vehicles and are eligible for the incentive as long as the odometer reading is less than 10,000 km.
Can I purchase or lease a vehicle outside of Canada?
No, only new vehicles purchased or leased within Canada, from a licensed dealer, are eligible.
What is the maximum amount of money that I can expect under the Program?
Incentives of $5,000 are offered on certain eligible zero-emission vehicle purchases and leases.
How does it work with other provincial incentive programs?
The federal incentive will be applied to eligible zero-emission vehicles in addition to any provincial zero-emission vehicle incentive offered.
Is it a first-come, first-serve incentive program?
What are the timelines for taking advantage of the Program?
While it was announced as a three-year program (2019-2022), a high demand is expected. Funding will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis for vehicles purchased or leased on or after May 1, 2019.
Can not-for profit organizations participate in the program?
Yes, as long as they are duly registered in the relevant Canadian jurisdiction.
Can provincial, territorial and municipal governments operating fleets participate in the program?
Yes, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments operating fleets are eligible for the federal zero-emission vehicle incentive. They will be limited to a maximum of 10 incentives in any calendar year during the Program.
Is there a limit on how many vehicles I can purchase or lease under the Program?
Yes, there are different limits for different types of consumers.
Individuals can only get one incentive under this Program in a calendar year.
Businesses and provincial, territorial and municipal governments operating fleets can only get up to 10 incentives under this Program in a calendar year.
If businesses choose to go this route, they will not be able to take advantage of the new tax write-off for these vehicles.
For more information about the iZEV program, please contact us:
Phone: 1-800-OCanada (1-800-622-6232)
Email: iZEV-iVZE@tc.gc.ca
iZEV Program
330 Sparks St., Place de Ville, Tower C (AHSB)
Ottawa ON K1A 0N5
Questions and answers for dealers
What definition of Zero-Emission Vehicles is used for the program?
A zero-emission vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that has the potential to produce no direct tailpipe emissions. They can still have a conventional internal combustion engine, but must also be able to be operate without using it. For the iZEV program the Government will consider the following vehicles to be ZEV:
What if a customer purchases a ZEV vehicle on April 29? Can they still get the incentive?
The incentive program takes effect on May 1, 2019. Only purchases and leases of eligible zero-emission vehicles on or after this date will qualify for the incentive program.
higher priced versions (trims) of these vehicles, up to a maximum MSRP of $60,000, will also be eligible for purchase incentive
Where can I find the list of eligible vehicles under the iZEV Program?
Transport Canada will keep a list of eligible ZEV vehicles available for dealers to view on the iZEV program web page.
What do I need to do to be reimbursed for an incentive provided for an eligible vehicle?
The authorized representative for the dealership registers/enrolls their dealership online with Transport Canada
The claim form will be available mid-May and will be published on the dealership page of the iZEV Program website
As part of the registration process, you will need to provide the dealership's direct deposit information and CRA Business number
Before providing an incentive:
Determine whether any new ZEV purchases or leases meet the eligibility criteria and fall within the parameters of the program
If unsure, please refer to the list of eligible vehicles or contact iZEV-iVZE@tc.gc.ca.
To provide the incentive:
Apply appropriate level of incentive to purchases or leases directly to the price of the vehicle after taxes and fees
Have the consumers fill Transport Canada's Consumer Consent Form
Ensure that the Bill of Sale or Lease Agreement clearly identifies the federal incentive amount applied under the iZEV Program
A suggested way to identify this is by adding a line item on the Bill of Sale or Lease Agreement with the appropriate incentive amount (on the same line) stating:
"Financial incentives for eligible zero-emission vehicles are provided by the federal iZEV Program"
If it is not possible to adjust the Bill of Sale or Lease Agreement to clearly show that the federal incentive level was applied, dealerships must have consumers complete and sign an Incentive Received Form
To receive the reimbursement:
Starting May 15, the dealership's authorized representative will use TC's iZEV online portal to submit the completed sale/lease information
TC will contact you and provide instructions on how to securely send the supporting documentation for each transaction. This includes the:
Bill of Sale/Lease Agreement
Consumer Consent Form
Incentive Received Form (if applicable)
For privacy reasons, in the supporting documentation, please do not include (or redact):
drivers licence numbers
copies of drivers licences
How long will it take before I get a reimbursement?
TC will then review the documents for approval and payment. Our goal is to issue payments within 20 business days after receipt of a complete application.
The online system will provide you with email notifications when the status of your application changes.
Important: Please note that TC will not be held liable for incentives provided on ineligible vehicles and that TC reserves the right to refuse requests for reimbursement that do not meet the program's terms and condition
Do the incentives apply to leased vehicles?
Incentive amount
48-month lease
$5,000 $5,000 $3,750 $2,500 $1,250
$2,500 $2,500 $1,875 $1,250 $625
What are the timelines of the Program?
Can businesses benefit from the program?
Businesses that take advantage of the federal purchase incentives will be limited to a maximum of 10 incentives in any calendar year during the Program.
Can not-for profit organizations benefit from the program?
Can provincial, territorial and municipal governments operating fleets benefit from the program?
Is there a limit on how many vehicles a customer can purchase and apply for receiving the incentive?
Zero-emission vehicle charging stations
We understand that the availability of charging stations is a concern when purchasing a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV). To lessen this concern, we are providing funding for continued expansion of the network of ZEV charging stations in locations such as:
multi-unit residential buildings
public places; and
on-street.
Support is also available for strategic projects for EV and/or hydrogen infrastructure for:
delivery fleets; and
mass transit.
This new funding complements the existing Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Deployment Initiative (2016 - 2022) that supports the establishment of a coast-to-coast fast-charging network along the national highway system, natural gas refuelling stations along key freight corridors and hydrogen refuelling stations in metropolitan centres.
To date, NRCan has projects in place to deliver 526 EV fast-chargers, six hydrogen refuelling stations and 12 natural gas refuelling stations as well as many real-world demonstration projects that have provided innovative EV charging solutions.
Electric Charging and Alternative Fuelling Stations Locator
See the map below for public electric charging stations.
Canada's ZEV sales targets
Canada's
ZEV sales
Projected annual ZEV sales
Canada is committed to decarbonizing the country's transportation sector and becoming a global leader in zero-emissions vehicles. Analysis has shown that without any further action, Canada could achieve zero-emissions vehicle sales of 4% to 6% of all new light-duty vehicles purchased by 2025 and 5% to 10% by 2030. However, to move to decarbonization of the transportation sector, we need significantly more ZEVs on the road. That is why we are setting the following ambitious Canada-wide targets, to be achieved at a national level and encompassing battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles:
By 2025, 10% of new light-duty vehicles sold in Canada will be zero-emission
By 2030, 30% will be zero-emission
By 2040, 100% will be zero-emission
Steady progress towards these targets would translate to:
825,000 zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025
2.7 million on the road by 2030
14 million on the road by 2040
Did you find this information helpful?
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You may experience longer than usual wait times or partial service interruptions. If you cannot get through, please contact us by email.
For information on COVID-19 updates, please visit Canada.ca/coronavirus.


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It is indeed gratifying to welcome the potential talent seeking admission to the University of Peshawar to fulfill their dreams of the future. The directorate of admissions, that facilitate admission process right from its launching till its culmination is appreciated for the pains it is taking to strictly observe the merit and to address the student's genuine grievances through a systemized approach. Nevertheless, it is realized that no system is perfect and there is always room for improvement. To this end, the directorate will cherish valuable comments and suggestion.
I reiterate my stand that the Directorate will strive to work with full devotion and commitment to uphold merit and ensure all out support and guidance to our students, both new and old, in their genuine issues.
To complete the message, I advise the students to commit themselves to their studies and to optimally utilize their time in productive activities, contributing whole heartedly to the well-being of the community and nation building.


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As pitchers and catchers for the Baltimore Orioles reported to Sarasota, Florida, for spring training they began work under the watchful eye of a new head athletic trainer, but no stranger to many of the players.
Eastern Kentucky University graduate Brian Ebel was recently chosen as the team's head athletic trainer. Ebel follows Richie Bancells, also an EKU grad, who served 30 seasons as the head trainer for the Orioles.
Ebel is just the fourth head athletic trainer in Orioles history since the franchise moved to Baltimore in 1954. Two of those four have now been EKU graduates.
The 2018 season will mark Ebel's 34th year with the Orioles organization. The Ripley County, Indiana, native began his career in 1985 at the age of 19 when he served as the head athletic trainer for the rookie league Bluefield Orioles during summer breaks from college. He then moved up to Class-A Erie (1988), and Double-A Hagerstown (1989-91), and served as the minor league medical coordinator (1992-96) before being named the Orioles assistant athletic trainer in October of 1996.
As a student at EKU, Ebel worked at different times with the men's and women's tennis, volleyball, football and field hockey teams. After logging his summers working with the Orioles minor league team, he spent his final two years at Eastern working primarily with the baseball program.
Ebel graduated from EKU in 1988 with a bachelor's of science in physical education with an emphasis in athletic training and a minor in public health.
In addition to holding a degree from Eastern, Ebel holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. He is an active member of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), and served on its executive board as the American League assistant athletic trainer representative from 1999-2005. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association, and serves on Major League Baseball's steering committee for Electronic Medical Records, MLB's Concussion committee, and MLB's Medical Advisory Board (2003-17).
Ebel, 51, received his 20-year service award as a Major League athletic trainer by PBATS in 2016. Following the 2011 season, PBATS named Ebel and Bancells the Major League Baseball Athletic Training Staff of the Year. In 2007, he was the athletic trainer for the American League All-Star team in San Francisco. He was also selected as the athletic trainer for the Major League Baseball All-Star Tour of Taiwan following the 2011 season.


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NASA's Curiosity rover to study cloud formation on Mars
By Helen Norman June 1, 2021 No Comments
Curiosity spots iridescent (Mother of Pearl) clouds. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
The NASA Curiosity rover has captured new images of 'shining clouds' on Mars, which formed earlier in the year and higher than expected. Scientists will now study the images to learn more about the Red Planet.
According to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, cloudy days are rare in the thin, dry atmosphere of Mars. Clouds are typically found at the planet's equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars is the farthest from the Sun. But one full Martian year ago (two Earth years) scientists noticed clouds forming over NASA's Curiosity rover in late January – earlier than expected.
This year the scientists were prepared to document these clouds and captured images of wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting Sun, some of them shimmering with color.
The Curiosity team will now analyze these images to learn more about the atmosphere on Mars. The team has already discovered that the early-arrival clouds are at higher altitudes than is typical.
Most Martian clouds hover no more than about 37 miles (60km) in the sky and are composed of water ice. But the clouds Curiosity has imaged are at a higher altitude, where it's very cold, indicating that they are likely made of frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice. Scientists look for subtle clues to establish a cloud's altitude, and it will take more analysis to say for sure which of Curiosity's recent images show water-ice clouds and which show dry-ice ones.
The images were taken using Curiosity's black-and-white navigation cameras and its color Mast Camera (Mastcam). Viewed just after sunset, the clouds' ice crystals catch the fading light, causing them to appear to glow against the darkening sky. These twilight clouds, also known as noctilucent clouds, grow brighter as they fill with crystals, then darken after the Sun's position in the sky drops below their altitude. This is just one clue scientists use to determine how high they are.
Curiosity also captured iridescent, or 'mother of pearl' clouds. Mark Lemmon, an atmospheric scientist with the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said, "If you see a cloud with a shimmery pastel set of colors in it, that's because the cloud particles are all nearly identical in size. That's usually happening just after the clouds have formed and have all grown at the same rate."
For more about Curiosity, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/
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According to NINDS, there are two primary forms of chronic regional pain syndrome, CRPS-I and CRPS-II. CRPS-1, previously called reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, is the term used to describe patients suffering from this condition without confirmed nerve injury. Patients with confirmed nerve injury may be diagnosed with CRPS-II. Both conditions have the same symptoms and treatment, and symptoms may vary in severity and duration from patient to patient.
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Music can evolve by the process of natural selection, the same way species evolve in the natural world.
You don't have to have the talents of Beethoven to create music — in fact, it seems that you don't even need to be creative. Scientists Robert MacCallum and Armund Leroi from Imperial College London have developed a program called DarwinTunes, which generates bursts of noise that evolve based on the preferences of thousands of listeners.
Natural selection refers to Darwin's idea that within a population there is always variation. Some variants are undesirable and go extinct, while others do exceptionally well and thrive. Scientists have tried to apply this method to human culture, claiming that words, songs, images and ideas undergo a similar process — i.e. these cultural artefacts mutate, some die out and others catch on and become great hits.
Researchers wanted to test this theory by investigating whether pleasing music could evolve from inharmonious chaos. The 6,931 participants listened to 100 audio loops and rated them on a five-point scale, which guided the evolutionary process. The loops that got higher ratings were combined with others to produce new audio loops; the lower rated ones were culled. They found that the loops quickly evolved into music attributable, in part, to the evolution of aesthetically pleasing chords and rhythms.
However, past a certain point, evolution slowed and the tunes stopped evolving — the "˜daughter tunes' were less well liked than their "˜parents', leaving the music stranded on an evolutionary plateau.
MacCallum says he doesn't think composers should feel threatened by DarwinTunes. "It took 10 and a half days of human time to create a four-bar Steve Reichian jingle," he said.
Still, the study offers insights into how music has evolved through time. Scientists know that there are rules for what constitutes a pleasing sound, some of which are culturally driven and some of which may be hard-wired in our brains. The results of this experiment suggest that listeners aren't just passive consumers but play a highly influential role in music's evolution.
You can join in on the experiment and listen to the music as it evolves here.


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Deregulation !=Competition: an observation from the OECD Seoul Ministerial
For the past couple of days, I've been in South Korea, attending the OECD's Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy. Rather than try to give a blow-by-blow account, I've tried to package some of my thoughts in a series of posts. Here's one:
Something bothered me about what Vincent van Quickenborne, Belgium's Secretary of State for Administrative Reform, was saying, even though I agreed with his main points. In a panel on Tuesday discussing telecommunications convergence, he was saying that the Internet disrupts protectionism, favoring competition, and also that more competition should be encouraged. He noted that Belgium, with a broadband duopoly, provided "only" 10 Mbps broadband for the fairly high price of 40 Euros. In contrast, France, where there are at least three major providers, he said, a triple-play package would cost only 30 Euros. Korea, taking a step further, could provider up to 100 Mbps for about 20 Euros, he said.
All of that is consonant with what we've been seeing here at PK—that competition drives down prices and helps broadband penetration. What bothered me was the next step he took with his reasoning—that all this could be achieved through less regulation.
That's a major theme that was taken up by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin earlier in the day. In a plenary address to the assembled ministers and attendees, he stressed both the need to preserve the open character of the Internet, and to encourage its growth through deregulation. "Competition, not regulation," he said, "delivers the benefits of choice, innovation, and affordability." He noted the various deregulatory decisions he's made during his tenure, including streamlining the franchise process, and removing tariffs, price controls, and unbundling requirements. These practices, he said, were regulatory obstacles that slowed deployment.
Yet in reciting a list of his past supposedly deregulatory successes, Martin also cited banning exclusivity contracts between telecom providers and apartment buildings—so that residents of a building wouldn't be locked in to a particular provider due to contracts decided between the building and the provider beforehand. Martin also cited the conditions placed on the upper band of the C block of the 700 MHz auction, noting that the winners had to keep the spectrum open to third-party devices and applications.
The funny thing about these last two initiatives is that they are affirmative regulations, and contrary to an extreme laissez-faire economics that is too often tied to talk of "deregulation." Yet these initiatives are requiring businesses to restrict their freedom of contract and limit what they can do with their property. And they result in a net benefit.
Why? Because while they are regulations, they're pro-competition regulations. There may be a reflex to equate deregulation with competition, but that equation only works when the regulations either allow or even enforce the market power of incumbents. The entire field of antitrust law, after all, is a set of government actions to enhance competition. Good telecom policy should be no different.
Another one of the many plenary speakers was Josh Silverman, president of Skype. Towards the end of his speech, he emphasized that there were two major principles that should inform Internet policy: competition and consumer protection. Like both Martin, Quickenborne, and a whole host of other speakers, he praised competition as driving innovation. But, he emphasized, this needs to be accompanied by protections for consumers—against fraud, privacy violations, and other issues. In a market dominated by large incumbents, I don't think it's much of a stretch to think that anticompetitive behavior is one of those other issues that requires regulations for consumer protection. Competition and regulation aren't opposed to each other—while we should always be wary of excessive regulation, sometimes it's the best way to protect the market of innovation, and the consumers that market serves.


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Casper the long-billed corella, the nursery's welcoming committee. When he is in a social mood, he likes to say "Hello!" and "Give me a scratch." Otherwise, he is usually seen snacking, grooming himself or snoozing during the hot hours of the day.


We are off to Hershey, PA today!
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Explore their assortment of sweet chocolate attractions and treat your senses to the many wonders of chocolate.
See how Hershey candies are made and also sample and purchase their products!
That night at the hotel, we will have a pool party!
The next day, we will venture to Hershey Park for all of its major rides and shows. Hershey Park has 12 thrilling roller coasters and more than 65 rides and attractions.
With dozens of rides, live entertainment and strolling Hershey's product characters, there is something for everyone to enjoy!
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 Shajar al-Durr (?-1257), uma sultana do Egito
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Balsams Application Withdrawn from New Hampshire Business Finance Authority
DIXVILLE, N.H. (August 27th, 2018)
"The Balsams Resort redevelopment team, through its lead lender Service Credit Union (SCU), has withdrawn its application for a loan guarantee through the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (NH BFA). Despite collectively working with all parties for several months to find a collaborative solution to advance a $28 million Tax Assessment Bond with a State of New Hampshire Loan Guarantee, the conditions ultimately required by the Authority do not allow SCU and the Balsams to proceed.
SCU, the state's largest credit union, began working with The Balsams in the spring of 2017, filling the role of lead lender relating to the $28 million loan. An application was submitted by SCU to the NH BFA in December 2017. After spending many months working through the Authority's process, the withdrawal results from positions taken by the NH BFA on loan guarantee conditions that were unfortunately not contemplated by The Balsams and are inconsistent with its historical understanding of the proposed transaction.
'Service Credit Union has been a tremendous organization to work with,' said Balsams lead developer Leslie Otten. 'They have worked extremely hard towards facilitating The Balsams rebirth and helping to lift up New Hampshire's North Country economy.'
The Balsams development team is deeply disappointed by this outcome and believes that the redevelopment plan in place remains a tremendous economic development opportunity for the region and the entire state.
'I have worked on the Balsams redevelopment for close to five years, as I truly believe in the vision and opportunity to revitalize the North Country with thousands of new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of new investment,' said Otten. 'The market has responded to our proposed development very favorably, as we have collected deposits on more than $25 million worth of real estate. Unfortunately, the Authority is not willing to follow through on the project's financing structure contemplated three years ago with the passage of Senate Bill 30. While I am appreciative of the collective efforts of all parties involved in the process, this is not a route we can continue to pursue. I remain supportive of economic development in the North Country but will need to take some time to reassess our approach to financing the re-development of this wonderful property.'
The $28 million loan from SCU is an integral component of the Balsams proposed $170 million renovation and expansion of the iconic Dixville Notch resort. The consideration of a state loan guarantee was enabled by the passage of Senate Bill 30 in 2015, which allows for the creation of a tax assessment district in Dixville, whereby property taxes paid on all future Balsams real estate assets will service the $28 million loan.
About the Balsams redevelopment:
The Balsams' redevelopment proposal includes reconstructing the historic Dix House, and renovating the historic Hampshire and Hale Houses, as well as restoring the acclaimed Panorama golf course and clubhouse designed by pioneering golf course architect Donald J. Ross. The Balsams' Lake Village, which will encompass the Dix and Hampshire Houses, will feature a new Lake Gloriette House hotel, a 600-seat conference center, Nordic baths and spa, a performing arts center and an open-air marketplace. The resort's fine cuisine and chef training programs, known worldwide, will return through multiple culinary options around the resort. All will embrace the farm-to-table concept by sourcing locally-grown meats, produce and dairy. The plan also includes expanding The Balsams Wilderness Ski Area into one of the largest, most technically advanced ski resorts on the East Coast."
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So, I have been having fun cooking with wine. My husband and I recently became members at Ponte Winery in Temecula. I am just fascinated with these wines and every time we go wine tasting I come home inspired by a wine I tasted (and a bottle of that wine). This week it is the Isabel. It has peach and apricot notes, which is perfect with pork. I am a big fan of inexpensive cuts of meat-and pork shoulder is just that-but it makes a great steak for this recipe.
In a heavy bottom skillet heat the oil. Generously salt and pepper your pork shoulder steaks. Cook on each side until nice and brown. Cook only 2 steaks at a time to keep the pan temp hot and you get a good sear on the steaks.
Take the steaks out of the pan and add the other 2 tablespoons of olive oil, garlic and shallots (or torpedo onions). Cook for approximately 2 minutes; add the capers and the peas. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then add the Dijon Mustard. Cook for about 1 minute. Add the wine and deglaze the pan. Put the steaks back in the pan and cook on high for about 1 minute each side. Plate the steaks and pour the sauce over the steaks.


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