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The Rochester Conservatory offers a college prep music course for those students planning to audition for a music degree. Our college prep music classes are designed to supplement private music lessons with all of the skills required of a college music major, including theory, piano proficiency, harmonization, transposition and improvisation. These classes offer everything a budding music major needs to begin their music career!
Clifford Wilkins (Co-Owner of the Rochester Conservatory) has been teaching piano at the Conservatory since 1989. He has been teaching piano professionally since 1977. Mr. Wilkins has a BA in Music, Piano Major, from Oakland University and Post-Baccalaureate studies with Misha Kotler, pianist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Eugene Bossart, head of the accompaniment department at University of Michigan and Professor Emeritus of Chamber Music at University of Michigan. Mr. Wilkins began his music career at the age of 10 as a Church Organist at Sacred Heart Church in Roseville, MI. He has continued as a Church Organist and is currently Director of Music at St. Irenaeus Parish in Rochester Hills, a position he has held since 1982. Mr. Wilkins taught Music Theory at University of Michigan-Flint and served as the staff accompanist there. He has also pursued an active career as a chamber music musician, performing all over the Metropolitan Detroit area, including Orchestra Hall, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Public Library, Brunch with Bach, Evenings with Mozart, plus hundreds of other concerts. Mr. Wilkins has performed with the Detroit Festival Choir at Carnegie Hall in New York. Twice Mr. Wilkins has taken his choir on a performance tour to Italy, conducting the choir and performing on the organ at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, St. John Lateran in Rome, the Sorrento Cathedral, and the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. Mr. Wilkins has always enjoyed teaching piano and is a Master Teacher. He sees the potential of each of his students and encourages them to reach higher than they thought possible.
My children started in the Musikgarten program when they were 2 years old and we have never left! Both kids are studying two instruments each and having a blast playing together! Our house is filled with music! I am amazed at the high quality of professional teachers at the Rochester Conservatory. Everyone is so dedicated and positive! We will be sad to leave when the kids graduate from high school! - Nancy
Thank you for putting on this presentation!! It was very well done. We appreciate all your efforts to make it happen, and the added bonus that we can share with our loved ones.
I wish we had found the Rochester Conservatory sooner! My son has been studying elsewhere for 2 years and we decided to make a change to the Conservatory because we felt he wasn't progressing. He learned more in his initial consultation lesson than he learned in the entire two years with his previous teacher! Thank you Cliff and Kay Ellen Wilkins for providing such a fabulous environment and for your dedication to your students for all of these years! - Margaret
I have always wanted to play the piano, and now that I am retired I finally have the time! It's awesome!! My teacher is so sweet and very, very patient with this old guy! I really enjoy the lessons and even the performance workshop classes. This year I think I will even play in a recital!! - Mack
I wanted to let you know how amazing Igor has been for my son. He was in a low spot in his practice and wanted to quit. Igor has brought that love and spark back to him. I can't say enough good things about him! - Elizabeth
We have been so happy at the Rochester Conservatory!! Our three children love their teachers and are learning so much so quickly! Whenever our kids play in public we always get asked by other parents about where they study - I proudly tell them all about the Rochester Conservatory! - Allison
Best kept secret in downtown Rochester! - Sally
As we adjust to online lessons because of Covid-19, Camelia has been fantastic as always and brings a lot of joy to our daughter which we are grateful for especially because she misses her friends terribly. - Melissa
Bravo to the conservatory for putting together a great show. I was skeptical of how the online recitals would turn out with our daughter singing and then adding the track later, but it was amazing. Thanks for doing what you do and making sure the kids still had a recital.
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An opportunity to learn more about linking your faith with your work from Koorong's top 20 Christian Living title. Gordon Preece (Ethos) will launch the book. Christine Gobius (Interserve) will describe its application to missional living. Hear interviews and have your copy signed by author Kara Martin. Please RSVP for Catering.


As previously promised, a level editor for Super Meat Boy has been released for the PC version of Team Meat's challenging platformer.
The level editor is available in a free update to Super Meat Boy that's on Steam now. Users will be able to create levels just as complex as anything from the game (minus bosses and warp zones) and then upload them. If you want to play and rate other users' creations, you can access them via a new "Super Meat World" option in the game.
Team Meat promises to pick out the best user-created levels and highlight them in the future, so sadistic level designers should get to work.


Our cloud craft project is perfect for young, budding artists who are learning to glue things to paper.
The first rule is that there are no rules! Encourage your child to recreate the sky on paper the way they see it. Any way they do it is the right way—the sky's the limit!
Make the search for white items in your home part of the sky collage fun. Get creative and feel free to use anything from torn paper to white flour. Bonus points for having a conversation with your child about clouds and what makes clouds in the sky? You can even teach your kid some easy cloud vocabulary: Cirrus clouds look like feathers. Cumulus clouds look like cotton balls. Stratus clouds cover the sky like bed sheets.


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Peaceful serene 3/2/2 on over a half an acre with a beautiful spring fed lily pond. This home has been well maintained and has many upgrades with top of the line stainless steel kitchen appliances and granite counter tops throughout. The bathroom sinks have waterfall faucets with built in soap dispensers. Large master bedroom with a large walk in closet. Nice master bath has a relaxing garden tub and a separate shower. Wood burning fireplace for cold winter nights. French doors with built in blinds lead to a lovely pavered patio perfect for entertaining, summer barbecues or having morning coffee while enjoying the view of the pond. Home has great curb appeal with groomed landscape, curbing, a pavered driveway and a welcoming front porch. NO HOA.
From Commercial Way/ Hwy 19 North, make a left on St. Andrews, left on Allen and left on Windridge Way. From Commercial Way/ Hwy 19, South make a right on St. Andrews, left on Allen and left on Windridge Way.
The approximate monthly Principal & Interest payment for this property would be $1,190. This payment is based on a 30-year loan at a fixed rate of 4.12 % with a down payment of $23,990. Actual lender interest rates and loan programs may vary.


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— японский самурайский род, который заявлял о своём происхождении от императора Сэйва (857—877). Одна из ветвей клана Минамото.

В XVI веке представители клана Хосина были вассалами клана Такэда. В период Эдо клан Хосина разделился на две княжеские линии: одна правила в Айдзу-хане (провинция Муцу), а вторая — Иино-хане (провинция Кадзуса).

Даймё (князья) из династии Мацудайра, правившие в Айдзу-хане, вели своё происхождение от Хосина Масаюки (1611—1673), внебрачного сына Токугавы Хидэтады, 2-го сёгуна Японии из династии Токугава. Хосина Масаюки был усыновлен Хосиной Масамицу (1561—1631), даймё Тако-хана (1590—1600) и Такато-хана (1600—1631).

Мацудайра Катамори (1836—1893) и Хосина Масаари (1833—1888), два выдающихся деятеля периода Бакумацу, были членами клана Хосина.

Главы семьи
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 Хосина Масатоси (1509—1593)
 Хосина Масанано (1542—1601)
 Хосина Масамицу (1561—1631)
 Хосина Масаюки (1611—1673)
 Хосина Масацунэ (1647—1681)
 Хосина Масаката (1665—1715)
 Хосина Масатака (1694—1738)
 Хосина Масахиса (1704—1739)
 Хосина Масанори (1752—1815)
 Хосина Масаёси (1775—1844)
 Хосина Масамото (1801—1848)
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Источники
 Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1910 durch Tuttle, 1972. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8.
 Miura, Masayuki (Hrsg.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5.
 Miyaji, Saichiro (Hrsg.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Higashinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1905-1.

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Renault departure will sink in 'on the plane home' - Palmer
Jolyon Palmer bade a fond farewell to the entire Renault team, mechanics and engineers on Sunday in Suzuka - but admitted his departure from the team, and possibly from Formula One racing, still hasn't properly sunk in.
The Briton had been set to see out the remaining five races with Renault before new signing Carlos Sainz arrived - but on Saturday it was confirmed that Palmer was parting ways with the team by mutual consent. He described it a 'shame' not to finish the season, but said he will leave with his head held high and no bitterness.
"It's time to say goobye," Palmer said. "I wouldn't say there is any relief - it has been a tough season, but I would have loved to see out the season.
"Some things I can't control, but of course I'd have wanted it to go better my end as well.
"A lot of thanks, first to the guys in the garage - they've done a really good job all season, repaired my car a fair few times as well.
"The engineers, I've had a great working relationship with them. It's a shame it's not worked out, but I can't fault them, and as people we've had a lot of fun in the meantime. I'll miss friends here.
"Best of luck to the team in the future, best of luck to Carlos as well.
"Honestly I don't know what I'm going to do yet - bit of time on the sofa, put my feet up, eat a lot of food. When I'm sat on the plane on the way home certainly it will sink in that I won'tbe back here with Renault, and maybe not in F1 again."
Japan was Palmer's 35th race with Renault. In that time he has scored nine championship points - with the lion's share coming via a career-best sixth place in Singapore three weeks' ago.
Hulkenberg frustrated that Renault 'made life difficult for themselves' at Silverstone
Renault have to be pleased after 'awesome recovery' says Ricciardo

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Why Should I make a Will? We Provide Tailored And Innovative Solutions.
A Will is one of those things that everyone should have; and yet only about a third of people ever bother. Why should this be? Why do we need a Will anyway?
When you die your property and affairs will need to be dealt with. By making a Will you can ensure that they are dealt with in the way that you want and that any specific intentions which you have for the disposal of your home, money or possessions are carried out efficiently after your death.
It is a common misunderstanding that you need to be wealthy to need a Will. This is not necessarily the case. Many people own their own house or have life assurance policies, investments, building society accounts and shares. Those assets alone could be worth very large sums of money. It would be irresponsible not to ensure that they were dealt with properly.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Most Wills are straightforward. A basic Will can be prepared by us from fairly brief instructions. However, if your estate is more complicated, then we advise you of the best way to arrange your affairs to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible for your executors and beneficiaries.
Many people assume that when they die their next of kin, for example a spouse or civil partner, will automatically receive the whole of their estate. This is not always so.
When a person dies without having made a Will, the laws of Intestacy will apply and it is those rules which govern who gets what. For example in the case of someone who dies leaving a spouse or civil partner but no children, the survivor can find that they are sharing the estate with their partner's brothers, sisters or parents.
Making your own Will can be a risky business. The problem is that you will not be around to tell everyone what you really meant to say. The end result may be that either your Will fails to do what you expected it would or that it simply does not stand up legally.
If you take our advice you will have the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your estate will be dealt with as you wished.
"But my Solicitor made a Will for me years ago" You should always keep your Will under review as your circumstances change. Marriage, Civil Partnership, having children or getting divorced may necessitate changes to your existing Will. It is essential that your Will is kept up to date. Any major changes in your life could affect it.
An Executor is the person who will be responsible for looking after your affairs when you die and you should therefore, choose someone who you know and trust.
If, however, there is no one that you feel would be able to do this for you, then we would be pleased to act as your Executor either alone or jointly with a friend or relative.
If we have acted for you before, then please contact the person that you last dealt with and they will make the necessary arrangements.
This page deals in general terms with a complex subject. Whist we believe the contents to be correct, they should not be regarded as sufficiently full, accurate or precise so as to apply to any particular situation. You must always seek legal advice concerning any situations referred to ion this site.
No responsibility for any loss suffered by any person as a result of acting or refraining from acting in reliance upon the contents of this booklet can be accepted by this firm.


Includes audio/video content: AV selected lectures. To prosper, firms must develop major product and service innovations. Often, though, they don't know how. Recent research into the innovation process has made it possible to develop "breakthroughs" systematically. 15.356 presents several practical concept development methods, such as the "Lead User Method," where manufacturers learn from innovative customers. Expert guest speakers present case studies that show the "art" required to implement a concept development method. 15.356 is a half-term subject. Includes audio/video content: AV selected lectures. To prosper, firms must develop major product and service innovations. Often, though, they don't know how. Recent research into the innovation process has made it possible to develop "breakthroughs" systematically. 15.356 presents several practical concept development methods, such as the "Lead User Method," where manufacturers learn from innovative customers. Expert guest speakers present case studies that show the "art" required to implement a concept development method. 15.356 is a half-term subject.
Digital Anthropology is a Spring 2003 applied social science and media arts seminar, surveying the blossoming arena of digital-artifact enabled experimental sociology/anthropology. We will emphasize on both (a) Technology Testbeds – systematically deploying research lab prototypes and corporate pre-production products in a sample human organizational population and carefully observing the social consequences, and (b) Sociometrics – using digital artifacts to better observe and measure the complex social reality of interesting human systems. Digital Anthropology is a Spring 2003 applied social science and media arts seminar, surveying the blossoming arena of digital-artifact enabled experimental sociology/anthropology. We will emphasize on both (a) Technology Testbeds – systematically deploying research lab prototypes and corporate pre-production products in a sample human organizational population and carefully observing the social consequences, and (b) Sociometrics – using digital artifacts to better observe and measure the complex social reality of interesting human systems.
An introduction to human information processing and learning; topics include the nature of mental representation and processing; the architecture of memory; pattern recognition; attention; imagery and mental codes; concepts and prototypes; reasoning and problem solving. An introduction to human information processing and learning; topics include the nature of mental representation and processing; the architecture of memory; pattern recognition; attention; imagery and mental codes; concepts and prototypes; reasoning and problem solving.
This undergraduate course is designed to introduce students to cognitive processes. The broad range of topics covers each of the areas in the field of cognition, and presents the current thinking in this discipline. As an introduction to human information processing and learning, the topics include the nature of mental representation and processing, the architecture of memory, pattern recognition, attention, imagery and mental codes, concepts and prototypes, reasoning and problem solving. This undergraduate course is designed to introduce students to cognitive processes. The broad range of topics covers each of the areas in the field of cognition, and presents the current thinking in this discipline. As an introduction to human information processing and learning, the topics include the nature of mental representation and processing, the architecture of memory, pattern recognition, attention, imagery and mental codes, concepts and prototypes, reasoning and problem solving.
This course immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. We explore the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer–based (desktop and handheld) and non–computer–based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings. This course immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. We explore the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer–based (desktop and handheld) and non–computer–based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings.
An introduction to human information processing and learning; topics include the nature of mental representation and processing; the architecture of memory; pattern recognition; attention; imagery and mental codes; concepts and prototypes; reasoning and problem solving.
This course immerses students in the process of building and testing their own digital and board games in order to better understand how we learn from games. We explore the design and use of games in the classroom in addition to research and development issues associated with computer–based (desktop and handheld) and non–computer–based media. In developing their own games, students examine what and how people learn from them (including field testing of products), as well as how games can be implemented in educational settings.


What does it mean to be the owner of a modern manufacturing business? These days it means that you are in a difficult industry under a harsh economy. But, that doesn't mean it's impossible to be successful. You may have heard of manufacturing businesses shutting down. However, if you make the right choices, yours does not have to be the next one. With that in mind, here are the issues we think you need to think about as the owner of a manufacturing business.
There are always ways to increase efficiency in the workplace. This is even true in a factory where everything appears to be automated. But as you probably know, the automation in a factory is an illusion. The workings of this type of industry involve a number of different cogs meshing together to form one large machine. If one cog isn't turning as well as it should, you need to look at replacing it.
Obviously, in manufacturing you are reliant on machinery and lately, technology. You should constantly be on the lookout for tech advances that could increase the efficiency of your company.
If you are just starting out, you should be getting to grips with the methods of manufacturing. You need to find the right one for your company that will increase your business efficiency. If you are working with plastic products, you should make sure your employees have injection molding training.
Employees are another important part of your business. Don't be afraid to look for cheaper labour, but remember a skilled small workforce is better than a poor, large one.
One of the reasons many businesses have failed is because their owners refused to accept modern reality. The fact is manufacturing can be completed in certain countries cheaper than others. If you want your business to survive, you may need to think about relocating your company to one of these countries.
At the very least you should consider specialising in a part of the manufacturing process. This is one of the ways that modern manufacturing businesses are cutting costs. Rather than making the whole product, they instead outsource some of the processes to other companies. The process is easier and their factory requires less machinery and less labour. Outsourcing is a key way all businesses cut costs and that includes manufacturing.
Of course, there are more general ways that you should be thinking about saving money. For instance, you should make sure the machines you are using in your factory are environmentally friendly. If they aren't you will be paying a lot of money out in energy bills and in the future, you might even be hit with pollution charges.
Aside from this you should make sure you are managing your funds effectively. You can outsource this job as well to an online accountant. Or, just use the software that a number of e-commerce companies now offer. If you do this, you can keep on top of your spending as well as knowing exactly how much product you need to produce to stay profitable.
We hope you have found this post informative. Remember, manufacturing is not a dead industry. Owners just need to quickly adapt for the modern age.


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Truthiness And The NHL's Meaningless Points
By Zeke March 8th, 2016
In 2005, noted comic Stephen Colbert premiered the term 'truthiness'. The term has taken on a life of its own. Truthiness refers to the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true.
Pretty much every game day of the NHL season, you can hear some coach say a version of this: "There are two critical points on the line today". Yes, you get two points for winning an NHL game. But no, it turns out there are lots of NHL points which are not critical. A surprisingly large number of points. And I'm not talking about the NHL's bottom dwellers 'tanking games' to secure a better draft spot. I'm talking about playoff-bound teams. Sometimes "two critical points" are exactly that. Sometimes, its just truthiness.
Differences Among Sports
The four major North American sports all use a playoff system to determine the champion. In each sport, the higher you finish, the higher seed you are given. A higher seed comes with benefits for the postseason. But the benefits of a higher finish are very different from sport to sport.
Football (NFL) and baseball (MLB) offer the greatest postseason benefits to teams having stronger regular seasons. Both leagues have wild card rounds. The teams with better records avoid having to risk elimination in the wild card round. The NFL has four playoff levels. However, four of the 12 teams that qualify get to skip the wild card level. MLB 's specific implementation of the wild card is different, but is similar in the most important aspect: it is a major advantage to avoid playing a wild card round. In football, home field is also a major advantage. In baseball and football, getting a higher playoff seed matters.
The NBA and NHL
The playoff format in basketball (NBA) and hockey (NHL) is essentially identical. The playoffs invite 16 teams. There are four rounds, each series in a round is the best of seven games. In both sports, there are two advantages of being a higher seed. The higher your seed, the lower the seed you play. In theory, the bigger the gap between the seeds, the bigger the gap between the ability of the teams. The second benefit, the higher seed gets to have a Game 7, should it be needed, in their home venue.
In both cases, these are much more significant advantages in basketball than they are in hockey.
The reasons are worth examining and we'll focus first on the gaps between teams. Teams in both the NHL and NBA can try to improve during the season, but they can also become worse. There are two major factors that can change a team significantly: injuries and trades. Basketball teams are less affected for two simple reasons: injury rates are lower and it is harder to make trades that redefine a team.
Logan Couture (Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports)
Injury rates are straightforward enough. Hockey players are simply more likely to suffer significant injuries that can change the nature of a team. This cuts both ways. A good team can be diminished by an injury, but a struggling team can turn around with a player returning from injury. For example, San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture missed 30 games this season with injuries, mostly in the first half of the season. When he returned from injury, the Sharks record improved dramatically.
On the day that I began drafting this piece (March 4), my twitter feed noted injuries to John Klingberg, Cory Schneider and Brandon Saad, all difference making players for their teams. The next night, I was at the Shark Tank in San Jose and saw Vancouver's elite forward, Henrik Sedin, leave the game due to injury. You just do not see this frequency of injuries to high-end talent in the NBA.
The trade part allows for greater change in the NHL than the NBA. Hockey's trade deadline sees a good bit more activity. In basketball, roughly eight players dominate a team's playing time. Over twice that many participate in the NHL. NBA salary cap rules are not very flexible. This makes trades more challenging, especially those that involve higher end players with major salaries. Draft picks are also harder to trade, as the NBA draft only runs for two rounds and almost all the value is in first round. Hockey is more flexible on both counts. This leads teams to be able to make substantial changes. Also, the NHL deadline comes later in the season than the NBA, with roughly ¾ of the season complete, meaning teams have more clarity on their major trade considerations.
All these factors mean NHL teams can change substantially more than NBA teams (another rarely used factor is covered in the notes at the end of the article). An NHL team that was middle of the pack for much of the season can upgrade substantially for the playoffs.
Mikkel Boedker was traded to Colorado from Arizona (Jason O. Watson-US PRESSWIRE)
An example this season could be Colorado. The Avalanche dealt with injuries and were outside of a playoff seed with under 20 games left in the season. But they added to their team with trades near the deadline. They acquired a major talent in Mikkel Boedker, along with potentially helpful role players in Eric Gelinas and Shawn Mattias. They also got healthier. Goalie Semyon Varlomov is capable of playing at a very high level, but has missed time for a variety of reasons. In an eight game stretch earlier in the season, Varlomov gave up just 9 goals on 270 shots, a .967 save percentage. In another stretch, he had four games where he gave up just one goal in each game; 4 goals in 140 shots for a .971 save percentage. No team wants to face that quality of goaltending in a playoff series, independent of the seed.
The hot goalie, the key player returning from injury and the high-end acquisition with a late season trade are team changing factors in the Stanley Cup playoffs. These hockey factors are either greater or simply do not exist in the other major sports. This sort of variability in the NHL means the correlation between a team's record (ie, their playoff seed) and its current level of play is not all that strong.
So the theory laid out above is nice, but does reality concur? Yes it does.
I've looked at the higher seeds playing against lower seeds over the past four NHL playoffs. Over the 60 series that have been played, exactly 30 have been won by the higher seed, meaning 30 have been won by the lower seed. It is literally a coin toss on whether the higher seed wins. In the NBA, the 60 series covered in the same timeframe overwhelmingly favor the higher seeds. Higher NBA seeds hold a 43-17 record over lower seeds.
In the NHL where the seeding differences were large (5 or more spots, such as 2 seed vs a 7 seed), the record in playoff series only modestly favors the higher seed: 13-9 over the past four seasons. An advantage, but hardly what one might expect given that only very good teams are able to get high seeds.
An advantage mentioned earlier that we haven't analyzed yet: a higher seed gets a home venue advantage for a Game 7. That advantage is supported by the facts in the NBA, but not in the NHL. Over the past five years, home teams in Game 7 in the NBA are 12-3. In the NHL, home teams are 13-16. Measured by results , home court for an NBA Game 7 is a very clear advantage while home ice for an NHL Game 7 is largely meaningless.
Another look at the correlation between points and playoff success comes from analyzing recent Presidents' Trophy winners. The Presidents' Trophy is awarded to the team that finishes with the highest regular season point total. We'll compare their point totals to that of the teams that won the Stanley Cup.
Looking at full seasons (prorating the 2013 shortened season to 116 points), the average is about 116 points for the Presidents' Trophy winner. The eventual Stanley Cup winner averages about 104 points. In the lockout shortened season, several effects described earlier in the article are minimized, and it was the only year where the Presidents' Trophy winner also won the Stanley Cup. Take out that season and the results were even more dramatic — on average, about a 14 point differential between the Stanley Cup champion and the league's best record.
Point Totals for Presidents' Trophy and Stanley Cup Winners, by year.
The last seven Stanley Cup winners were seeded at almost every available spot: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th , 4th, 6th and 8th out of the eight seeded playoff teams in their conference. The only time a top seed in either conference also won the Stanley Cup in the last seven years was the lock-out shortened season.
The evidence is quite clear. Get into the Stanley Cup playoffs and a team can go as far as their ability can take them. Their ability is not inherently related to their playoff seed.
What does this all tell us? Once a team gets to about 100 points (or has effectively locked up a playoff spot), additional points become essentially meaningless. There is no quantifiable benefit. It may fly in the face of truthiness, but a higher seed accomplishes nothing.
As of now, the Washington Capitals have 100 points, effectively clinching a playoff spot. From here on out, Capitals head coach Barry Trotz season should only focus on making his squad the best they can be for the postseason. Soon, a host of other teams will join the Capitals in having clinched a playoff spot, mostly in the Western Conference. The three California teams are close to locking themselves in. Chicago, St. Louis and the Stars are also close. All six of these teams are at least 15 points ahead of teams with the potential to bump them out of the playoffs. It'll take a little while longer for the better Eastern teams to sort it out. But the same lessons apply. Once a team is locked in, it is playing to be the best team it can be in the next part of season. The part of the season that begins with Game 83.
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The basics are clear: higher seeds have not won the majority of playoff series over the last several years and they've lost a home Game 7 more often than they won. Climbing up the rankings to gain a higher seed is simply not critical. It is very possible that finishing with a higher seed will result in a tougher playoff matchup.
A coach may speak to the value of two points for a win in a game, but in practice, there is very little value in the points themselves once a team has qualified for the playoffs. Once the playoff objective is reached, the coach should be trying to maximize their team's opportunity for success in the postseason. Additional points are not part of that equation.
There is value to be found once a team has clinched a playoff berth. Teams will want to continue to play well, to stay focused and to make sure they are in the process of peaking for the playoffs. Pursuing additional points may not matter, but pursuing excellence does. Coaches will want their teams to increase their competitiveness. Accepting mediocrity, even for a short period, is not healthy.
For some teams, the best use of these remaining games may be about working on issues like integrating new acquisitions, adjustments to special teams or allowing prospects to get some NHL time. It may be about resting older veterans, players who have nagging injuries or players who have taken an inordinate amount of ice time. It may be about adjusting the culture or sharpening a mental edge for the group. Once a team has qualified for the playoffs, objectives should change.
Coaches can use these post-qualification games wisely. Optimizing the benefits of these games starts with acknowledging that "there are two critical points on the line" is really just truthiness.
Zeke's Notes:
Thanks to THW's prospect guru Joseph Aleong for helping me with the following explanation about a rarely used process which allows teams with injuries to upgrade themselves around the trade deadline.
When a player is kept on long-term injured reserve (LTIR), the team can get salary cap relief. This relief can be 'in part' or 'in full' depending on specific circumstances related to the injury, the contracts and the cap situation for that team. Such relief can enable a team to place a high-end player on LTIR and keep him there until the end of the regular season. This opens up cap space for that team to acquire a high-end rental player in a trade. However, both players can be used in the playoffs. This can result in a playoff roster with a salary cap figure that significantly exceeds the regular season salary cap. It is a loophole that is not used often, but one that deserves to be closed.
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Alex Ovechkin… The candy bar? Where else but Canada
By Joe YerdonJul 30, 2011, 4:51 PM EDT
When you're a pro athlete, you know you've made it as a huge star when you end up the face on a candy bar. While many will remember the legendary Reggie Bars from the 1970s with Reggie Jackson on them, guys like Randall Cunningham, Isaiah Thomas, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and even Doug Gilmour have had their likenesses emblazoned upon a wrapper covering some variety of a milk chocolate treat.
As it turns out, you can add Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin to that list of great confectionery all stars as the tremendous Ovechkin blog Alex Ovetjkin shared recently. Former Capitals video man and emergency backup goalie Brett Leonhardt tweeted his findings while in Toronto and helped show off the two-time NHL MVP as a king of candy as well.
Canada's Mr. Big candy bar has been famous for putting superstar athletes on its wrappers in the past and now it's Ovechkin's turn to join Shaquille O'Neal as the face of the sweet treat. Given some of the rumblings about how Ovechkin seemed out of shape this summer, tinfoil hat fans and Ovechkin haters alike will say that perhaps he's been sampling a lot of his new product.
As for the rest of us, we'll be hoping that we can sneak away to Canada ourselves to get a sample of the chocolate bar with caramel, peanuts, and rice crisps to fulfill our own sweet tooth.
Of course, if Ovechkin is "Mr. Big" in Canada, what does that make national hero and gold medal winner Sidney Crosby, "Mr. Ginormous?"
(Thanks to AlexOvetjkin and Brett Leonhardt for the photo)


A recent study from the University of Cambridge may have pinpointed one of the chemicals diabetic alert dogs smell when they detect low blood glucose.
Above: data from a recent UK study shows a correlation between levels of isoprene in exhaled breath and low blood glucose. Study findings were published in the July 2016 issue of Diabetes Care.
Earlier this summer, we wrote about Diabetic Alert Dogs (DAD) and the ways in which they can help monitor and alert people with Type 1 Diabetes to dangerously high and low blood glucose levels.
Dogs have a powerful sense of smell and a much more sophisticated olfactory system than humans, including an extra smell-related organ. Their keen ability to detect odors and to hone in on specific scents makes it possible for dogs to be scent trained to perform certain tasks. In the case of a DAD, scent training is related to biochemical changes in the body that relate to high and low blood glucose levels. Scent-training requires rigorous, consistent, and ongoing training, but exactly "what" these dogs are detecting that marks low blood glucose levels (hypoglycemia) has remained a bit of a mystery.
A recent study from the Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge may have pinpointed at least one of the scent markers DADs detect during hypoglycemia. In a controlled study, researchers "hypothesized that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath might change at low glucose."
Focused on VOCs, the study identified naturally-occurring chemicals that appear on the breath (including acetone, methyl nitrate, ethanol, ethyl benzene, propane, and isoprene) and measures the levels of those chemicals at varying blood glucose levels. What researchers discovered was that the levels of isoprene in exhaled breath almost doubled when blood glucose was low. Other VOCs measured in the study did not show change correlated with blood glucose.
Isoprene is a chemical that humans do not detect.
The findings regarding isoprene are exciting because they may open the way for development of new kinds of detection methods to help alert people with Type 1 Diabetes to periods of low blood glucose. If a key marker of hypoglycemia can be consistently detected on the breath, what kinds of devices could be created to help alleviate concern, especially, over episodes of hypoglycemia that occur in the night when people with Type 1 Diabetes are asleep?
Students interested in Type 1 Diabetes or animals and animal training can explore a number of science questions with a student science project. See When a Dog "Nose" Best: Scent Science for more information and a list of related K-12 STEM projects. For additional ideas related to exploring Type 1 Diabetes in a student science, technology, engineering, or math project, see our special Diabetes Science Project Ideas collection. See also our list of previous blog posts about diabetes.
For students interested in the development of tools and devices to help monitor blood glucose, the Engineering Design Process provides a roadmap for brainstorming solutions and new products, prototyping, and testing.
The University of Cambridge findings were published in the July 2016 issue of Diabetes Care. More information regarding the study can be found on the University of Cambridge site.


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Utah Football has beaten USC once before. Can the Utes do it again?
Utes will return to the Rose Bowl with a win in the Pac-12 championship game, while Trojans will likely go to the college football playoffs if they prevail.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams (13) battles for a first down as the University of Utah hosts USC NCAA Football in Salt Lake City on Saturday, October 15, 2022.
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It wasn't just that USC lost a game at the University of Utah on Oct. 15, it was how the Trojans lost their only game of the season.
At Rice-Eccles Stadium, trailing 14 points three times in the first half, Utah woke up on both sides of the ball after halftime.
The defense couldn't stop Caleb Williams, but it did slow the star quarterback significantly in his sophomore year. The offense scored touchdowns on five of their last six possessions, topped off by Cam Rising's 1-yard rush to fourth and the subsequent two-point conversion run by 48 seconds for a 43-42 win.
As the No. 4 Trojans and No. 11 Utes prepare to face off again in Friday night's Pac-12 championship game (6 p.m. FOX), the stakes are higher for both sides than they were six weeks ago. Utah goes into the Rose Bowl with a win, while USC is likely to make the college football playoffs if the Trojans prevail.
The way USC head coach Lincoln Riley sees it in freshman year, looking back six weeks does no one any good.
"It's not a revenge game, it's not," Riley told reporters in Los Angeles earlier this week. "We played a really good football game, as did Utah in Salt Lake City. It was an elite college football game that came down to a game here or there. They got us back then, but this isn't about this game. This is a new game, a new challenge, a new environment. The teams have evolved, both teams have certainly changed over the year. This is about that, and obviously the opportunity that presents itself."
Whether or not Friday night could win anything from a game that happened six weeks ago is debatable, but that night's crucial defensive matchup for Utah stands out enough that it's worth sniffing out at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas watch.
Williams went reckless on Utah defense coordinator Morgan Scalley's defense in the first half on Oct. 15 by rushing for 229 yards and three touchdowns. He was "limited" to 9-for-15 passes for 112 yards and two touchdown passes in the second half as the high-octane Trojans offense managed just 192 yards of total offense in the second half.
The second half marked a turning point for the defense. After giving over 500 yards of total offense to UCLA and USC in consecutive weeks, the unit has retired and finished the regular season ranked #1 in Pac-12 and #17 national total defense with 317.5 yards per game.
Conversely, Williams finished the regular season fifth nationally on total offense with 338.6 yards per game.
"That was the start of the defense, kind of a pan and reverse, the second half of that game," said Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham. "We played extremely well in the second half of this USC game and from that point on we played pretty good defense."
Whittingham noted that prior to the first meeting, USC was a "10" strong team, meaning one running back and four receivers, with "11" staff being the second group, with a running back, a tight end, and three receivers. Whittingham believes that's changed now that USC is offering more "11" staff looks.
Riley indicated he doesn't expect Utah to fundamentally change what has gotten them to this point, but turned to the old coaching notion of teams developing over the course of a season. Guys get hurt, new guys fill in, different guys are introduced.
What Riley said there fits in with what Utah has been like lately.
Rising injured his left knee during that first meeting and has worn either a brace or a protective sleeve ever since. Dalton Kincaid shredded the Trojans with 16 catches for 234 yards and a touchdown but has since dealt with a shoulder injury and now what appears to be a lower back problem in Colorado last week. Whittingham said Monday he expects Kincaid to play on Friday.
Clark Phillips III missed the Colorado game, Tavion Thomas is off the team, Ja'Quinden Jackson is coming off the first 100-yard rushing game of his career.
Most of the personnel USC will see Friday night are the same as they were on October 15, but that doesn't mean Utah is the same team.
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"Cons are you've already played against them, they've seen things you're good at and they'll practice those and get a lot of reps with it."
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Workers compensation coverage limits and basic protections are standardized across the country, but Workers Comp requirements are regulated at the state level. Each state has unique rules that apply to businesses. Workers Comp requirements can vary from a 5 employee threshold to only 1 employee or owner triggering the legal mandate to purchase coverage.
They have a separate business entity.
They can choose when to come to work.
When calculating your Alabama Workers Comp Quotes, keep in mind the following amounts if you choose to include any owners/officers in the coverage. Even if owners don't draw a paycheck, these are the payroll amounts that will be counted for each owner who wants coverage.
When calculating your Georgia Workers Comp Quotes, keep in mind the following amounts if you choose to include any owners/officers in the coverage. Even if owners don't draw a paycheck, these are the payroll amounts that will be counted for each owner who wants coverage.
Louisiana requires workers compensation coverage if you have 1 or more employees. That includes Part Time or Full Time casual laborers and owners/officers of a corporation. Sole Proprietors DO NOT count as employees, but can still choose to be covered. Officers/Owners of a corporation do count as employees- even if they choose not to cover themselves. In other words, a corporation with 1 owner must carry workers comp.
When calculating your North Carolina Workers Comp Quotes, keep in mind the following amounts if you choose to include any owners/officers in the coverage. Even if owners don't draw a paycheck, these are the payroll amounts that will be counted for each owner who wants coverage.
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ALL CONSTRUCTION AND MINING INDUSTRY BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY WORKERS COMP.
Even if you are by yourself with no other employees or subs. The only way to avoid it is to file an exemption with the state through the state exemption registry process. This must be done for each owner/officer. If you have employees or subs, you still have to purchase a policy- but you can and must still register the exemption for any owner who chooses not to be included. Construction includes virtually all service businesses that perform work on buildings- including low hazard occupations like cleaners and cable installers.
When calculating your Tennessee Workers Comp Quotes, keep in mind the following amounts if you choose to include any owners/officers in the coverage. Even if owners don't draw a paycheck, these are the payroll amounts that will be counted for each owner who wants coverage.
Virginia requires workers compensation coverage if you have 2 or more employees. That includes Part Time or Full Time casual laborers and owners/officers of a corporation. Sole Proprietors DO NOT count as employees, but can still choose to be covered. Officers/Owners of a corporation do count as employees- even if they choose not to cover themselves. In other words, a corporation with 1 owners and 1 employee must carry workers comp.
When calculating your Virginia Workers Comp Quotes, keep in mind the following amounts if you choose to include any owners/officers in the coverage. Even if owners don't draw a paycheck, these are the payroll amounts that will be counted for each owner who wants coverage.
West Virginia requires workers compensation coverage if you have 1 or more employees. That includes Part Time or Full Time casual laborers and owners/officers of a corporation. Sole Proprietors DO NOT count as employees, but can still choose to be covered. Officers/Owners of a corporation do count as employees- even if they choose not to cover themselves. In other words, a corporation with 1 owner must carry workers comp.


Difference between joins and subquery?
Why do we use joins, instead subquery has same operation?
JOINS are used to retriveing data from more then one table.
SUBQUERIES are used to condition depends upon one data retriving from another table at the time we use subqueries.
JOINs are used where you have a complex and large queries. SubQuery is used where you have a very simple scenario and your query is not too lengthy.
What are steps to follow for query tuning ?
What is the batch job and online job?
I have a very unusual question, how can one check which is the recent row added to a table?


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Sunny California. Home of the Beach Boys, sand, surf, and the American Dream. And I'm going to be a part of it. Well, sorta of anyway. I've been honored to be selected to speak at SQL Saturday #144 in sunny Sacramento, California on Saturday, July 28th, 2012.
This will be my first time out in California so I'm excited to go and speak. I'll be picking up one of my #sqlbrothers, Mike Fal on my way through Colorado and we'll be tearing up the town early Friday morning. Another one of the mid-west #sqlfamily Jason Horner will also hopefully be joining us! This will be a great trip!
This session is about social networking and how you can use it to improve not only your professional life, but your personal one as well. This session isn't geared to specifically database gear heads, but to anybody who wishes to improve their online presence through the use of social networking. It's a fun session and I hope that the attendee's enjoy it!! HINT: I'll show you how to get free SQL Server help from one of the popular social networks.
Remember that this event is a FREE day of awesome SQL Server training and professional development. The schedule is packed with an impressive list of speakers, such as Kalen Delaney (B|T), Mike Fal (B|T), Rushabh Mehta (B), Meredith Ryan (B|T), Jason Horner (B|T) and many others.
Check out the schedule and register. In today's economy, how can you afford to pass up FREE training?!?!
So if you are in the Sacramento area on July 28th, please stop over and say hi! Make sure to come up and introduce yourself as I'd love to meet you!
Do it. NOW!! I expect to see all of you there!


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Oklahoma bans most abortions after 6 weeks
The law does not include exceptions for rape or incest
Newborn baby and mother.
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Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a Texas-style abortion ban that will immediately allow private citizens to sue those aiding or abetting in an abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is normally around 6 weeks of gestation.
The new law comes one day after Politico leaked a Supreme Court draft opinion seemingly overturning the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade.
Oklahoma citizens who bring lawsuits against those involved in an abortion will be awarded at least $10,000 for each abortion the defendant is involved with in violation of the law.
The law, S.B. 1503, does not include exceptions for rape or incest, but it does state that a perpetrator of these sexual crimes cannot file a lawsuit.
The only abortion exception given by the law after 6 weeks is in cases of medical emergencies.
The woman may not be sued before or after obtaining an abortion, and federal government workers performing an abortion are also immune to suit.
"I want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country because I represent all four million Oklahomans who overwhelmingly want to protect the unborn," Stitt said after signing the Oklahoma Heartbeat Act.
Planned Parenthood told The Associated Press that it will stop providing abortions immediately in Oklahoma unless the court intervenes.
The bill passed the Oklahoma House last week, the same day that the state Senate passed legislation banning almost all abortions.
Last month, Stitt signed another anti-abortion bill into law that makes it illegal to perform abortions except in medical emergencies.


INDIAN mining giant Adani is hoping its expansive, new advertising campaign will heap pressure on the State Government to finalise two remaining management plans.
Adani Mining chief Lucas Dow called for the $2 billion Carmichael project to be given a fair go in front of the Government's headquarters in Brisbane yesterday.
The company launched an extraordinary statewide campaign this week, which will feature on radio, social media, in newspapers and at 90 office tower elevators in Brisbane.
Digital billboards across the city will say, "It's time the Queensland Government gave Adani a fair go."
"We've taken the unusual step of taking our positions on billboards and in newspapers and in radio slots in order to get that message out," Mr Dow said.
The black-throated finch management plan (BTFMP) and the groundwater dependent ecosystems management plan (GDEMP) are yet to be ticked off by the State Government.
The Courier-Mail revealed last month the Government had taken the extraordinary step to review the BTFMP.
The review will reassess plans to conserve 33,000ha of pastoral land, purchased around the 1300ha mine site to offset habitat loss for the rare bird.
The review was ordered on the same day the Federal Government approved Adani's management plan.
"before significant disturbance can commence".
The department is considering the draft preliminary advice regarding the BTFMP and is expecting to provide Adani with a copy this week.
"There is no statutory time frame associated with the approval of the BTFMP," the spokesman said.
"As the BTFMP deals with the largest known population of the threatened Black Throated Finch, DES is determined to ensure that the plan is based on the best available science.
"The Federal Government has engaged CSIRO and GeoScience Australia to undertake an independent scientific review of the GDEMP.
"DES will await the findings of this independent scientific review, prior to making a decision on the GDEMP."
The Courier-Mail also revealed last month 14,500 people had applied for jobs with the mine.
"The project stacks up environmentally and financially," Mr Dow said.
unfortunately the State Government is unwilling to commit and get behind our project."


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Pennsylvania Tourbillon
Here at RGM we are continuing to uphold the finest traditions of American horology by creating the Pennsylvania Tourbillon, our flagship mechanical movement made here in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Tourbillon is signified by the state's symbol, a keystone, surrounding a capital T, which adorns the first serially produced American Tourbillon watches ever made.
The Pennsylvania Tourbillon is the first serially produced Tourbillon in North America. It is also a hand made watch with one of the largest Tourbillon cages for a watch that is 43.5 mm in diameter. From it's Wolf's Tooth winding wheels, to its hand made Tourbillon cage it is a pure example of true watchmaking at its best.
Movement Caliber: In-House, Manual wind, 19 jewels, 18,000 vph. Tourbillon. Made of German Silver , In House movement, Wolf's Tooth Winding Wheels, Unique 7 Tooth Winding Click, 18K Gold Plaques, Hand Cut Guillochè on Main Plate, Cote de Geneve, perlage & Anglage. 90% made in USA.
Functions: Hour / Minute , 1 Minute Tourbillon.
Case: American Made, Polished Stainless Steel , Sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal display back and sapphire side window. 43.5 mm X 13.5 mm. Sapphire crystal front and back, 22 mm lug width and water-resistant to 5-ATM.
Weight: 2.9 oz. in stainless steel
Stainless Steel - $95,000.00 Contact RGM for Pricing in Gold or Platinum.
Following on the heels of America's first high grade mechanical movement in almost 5 decades, our RGM Caliber 801, the Pennsylvania Tourbillon represents significant advances in domestic watchmaking. The watch is not only made in the U.S.A., but is created and built in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one of the few traditional centers of American watchmaking since the 1800's.
The Tourbillon is produced in a small numbered series, both as a standard model and for custom orders. Housed in a 43 mm x 12 mm case of either steel or 18k gold, the movement is a symphony of layers, showcasing many of the great elements of traditional watchmaking typical of RGM. Finely polished components share space with brushed elements and perlage. Wheel cocks borrow their shape from the RGM 801 and from classic American movements of yesteryear - the spokes of the wheels continue this theme. A 7-tooth click and winding wheels with wolf's teeth are immersed in plates with subtle striped damaskeening. The movement is made of the finest quality traditional watchmaking materials such as German Silver, Gold, Silver, and Black Polished Steel.
All of these elements are juxtaposed among that which may be the most surprising of all: the label U.S.A. Never before has an American watchmaker introduced a series of Tourbillon wristwatches based upon a proprietary caliber. To do so, and to create them domestically, is an historic accomplishment.
Additional remarkable features of this watch include hand-applied decoration such as guilloché (done on our antique rose engines), an inset hour and minute dial whose placement nicely balances the exposed Tourbillon, and a small curved sapphire window on the side of the case to allow a third view of the miniature 'whirlwind', the Pennsylvania Tourbillon's cage, which is this model's namesake.


The Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Group, which filed for liquidation in June after its founder was accused of misusing investor funds earlier this year, has not renewed its partnership with Art Dubai, the fair's organisers have confirmed.
Abraaj, considered to have laid the foundation for corporate patronage in the region, has been Art Dubai's main sponsor since the first event in 2007. The fair's new partners will be announced in due course, a spokeswoman says.
The annual Abraaj Group Art Prize, which began in 2009 as a ten-year project to support talented artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, also came to an end this year. Over the course of the past decade, 30 works have been created by winning and shortlisted artists, who were awarded $100,000 and $10,000 respectively, to produce new works for the Abraaj Group Art Prize collection.
Previous winners include Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Rana Begum, Yto Barrada and Kader Attia.
Plans to lend the works long-term to the Jameel Arts Centre, which opens on 11 November, have been shelved, according to a spokeswoman for Art Dubai. "It is our current understanding that conversations around the future of the Abraaj Group Art Prize works are on hold whilst the Abraaj Group's future is resolved," she says.
The brochure also makes a point of listing the museums and biennials to which Abraaj has loaned the Abraaj Group Art Prize collection, including the New Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, the Sharjah Biennial and the Venice Biennale.
Abraaj, which managed around $14bn of investments at its peak, filed for provisional liquidation in June. Confidence in the firm crashed after it was accused of misusing investor money held in its $1bn healthcare fund to support the business of its founder, Arif Naqvi. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank were reportedly among the clients who raised concerns. The Abraaj Group could not be reached for comment (the London office phone number is no longer operational), but the firm and Naqvi deny any wrongdoing.
Abraaj is now undergoing a court-supervised restructuring and is trying to sell off parts of the business to repay an estimated $1bn of debt. More than ten private equity firms have reportedly tendered bids for a slice of the embattled company.
As for the UAE's art scene, the collapse of Abraaj delivers a devastating blow, with few private backers in Dubai outside of the ruling Al Maktoum family. Naqvi had positioned himself as a philanthropist and his role as a collector of regional and international art is well known.
In March, Art Dubai announced a new partnership with the Misk Art Institute, a new organisation established by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.


There's few surprises on Washington's 2010-11 schedule, which was released today. The Huskies are often criticized by fans for a lackluster non-conference schedule, however, UW plays in the star-studded Maui Invitational during Thanksgiving week which bolsters its schedule.
Every other non-conference game is in Seattle except a game at Texas A&M on Dec. 12.
The season begins with an exhibition Nov. 6 against Division II Saint Martin's followed by a pair of games against McNeese State (Nov. 13) and Eastern Washington (Nov. 16) before the trip to Hawaii.
The Huskies finish their pre-Pac-10 schedule with six games, including games against Texas Tech (Dec. 4), Portland (Dec. 6) and Nevada (Dec. 22).
The Pac-10 season begins Dec. 29 at USC and Washington plays New Year's Eve at UCLA.
The Huskies play the Oregon schools, Bay Area schools and Arizona schools before facing cross-state rival Washington State (Jan. 29).
During the second half of the Pac-10 schedule, UW faces the Oregon schools, Bay Area teams, Arizona schools, WSU before finishing with the Los Angeles teams.
Washington also faces Seattle University on Feb. 22 at KeyArena.
We'll break down the schedule in more detail.


…or Power Map directly on tabular instance,simply like power view.
glad to know that I'm not alone!
Bob, why so? What issues did you face?
In short l want to demonstrate the same principal you have shown with the american states for regions in the UK. The various combinations l have tried do not work, for example United Kingdom, South West is not mapped. So far my goggling has not found any information or any suggestions.
It might not be supported for any country other than USA, ok fair enough, could someone tell us this? Yes cities do work, however l want to level of granularity above this.
The map tiles that displayed in the back ground are yes downloaded from the Bing map service which is public. Apart from a possible issue with the port (maybe) it uses to download there should be no issue.
The demonstration shown above can be run locally from an excel spreadsheet. it does not have to be hosted on a Power BI. The power map feature is part of Excel 2013 (check the edition to ensure you have the right one) or Office 365 again check the version you need.
Hi Jason – I installed the Power Map Preview from the Microsoft website, and it shows in my Excel ribbon. However, when I try to use the map add-in I get an error message that says, "Cannot initialize DirectX. Confirm that your hardware supports DirectX 10 or later and that you have the latest video card driver installed." I have checked both of those items, which seem to be in order. Does the Power Map Preview version still work in Excel 2013? I do not have Office 365, so I cannot use the regular version. Thank you for your help!
Can you look at your graphic options? Try changing the graphics / power options to High performance and see if the problem still persists. I thought I heard someone resolve this issue by turning on/off Accelerate 3D Graphics option also.


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THE STORY OF A HOUSE
With this book we want to tell the story of the Haus zum Kindli since 1474 through the centuries. Many exceptionel and notable personalities have lived in the house - drawn by the special aura of the building in this location steeped in history.
Historical text: Dr. Bernhard Ruetz
Fotografie: Noë Flum
Typesetting and Layout: Maurice Ettlin
Publisher: Kein & Aber AG, Zürich
ISBN: 978-3-369-5819-4
Reading sample - A location steeped in History
The Kindli is located literally in the heart of Zurich. It was here, where the developement of the city began and predecessors of today's building may have already stood over 2000 years ago. Accourding to historic sources, wine was served in the Kindli more than 600 years ago, and by the 1460's at the latest, it had become a proper inn. This makes the Kindli one of the oldest inns in Zurich and one of the few dating back as far as the middle ages.
Beginning in Roman times, the Kindli was positioned on an axis between sacred and secular centres - directly between a temple and a fort on the Lindenhof. In the Middle Ages, St.Peter's Church, the oldest parish church in Zurich, was build on the ruinesof the temple, while a Königspfalz, or imperial palace, was built on the site of the Roman fort. The route leading past the Kindli became the Königsweg - the Royal Road - ridden along by the Emperor and princes with their entourages on the way to the palace. Every day, carriages and market waggons ratteld past the Kindli. Hooves clattered, coachmen cursed. Meanwhile, on holy days, the procession of faithful moved slowly along the Pfalzgasse up to the Lindenhof.
Many exceptionel and notable personalities have lived in the Haus zum Kindli itself over the centuries - drawn by the special aura of the building in this location steeped in history.
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Q: talend tExtractXMLField returns same firstname instead of moving to next firstname tag I have an the below xml file . My job is tFileInputXML--->tExtractXMLField--->tlog

My tExtractXMLField is set as the below. It keeps returning the Only the first firstname for all the other rows instead of the expected results. How can I set it to return only

<root><status>success</status><data><users><firstname>Abby</firstname>
      <book><name>ABC</name>
          <state><complete>true</complete></state>
      </book>
      <book><name>ZZZ</name>
          <state><complete>true</complete></state>
      </book>
  </users>
  <users><firstname>Abdul</firstname>
     <book><name>SeeSaw</name>
          <state><complete>true</complete></state>
     </book>
     <book><name>WWW</name>
          <state><complete>true</complete></state>
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A: your xpath syntax is not correct. You have based your loop element on "book". "firstname" and "book" being on the same level, if you want to access it you first have to move to the upper node.
use "../firstname" instead.

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Q: SpringBootTest in error with h2 v2.1.214 because of PageRequest I have some tests in error after upgrading from Spring boot 2.5.6 to 2.7.3.
For information we use Oracle for the database and h2 for tests.
I have some tests in failure with the following error:
Caused by: org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLSyntaxErrorException

In fact, the version of h2 was 1.4.200 before and is 2.1.214 now and a lot of things seem to have changed. The reason of the error is not always the same according to the test in error. Sometimes it is an error with a table not found (not solved yet), sometimes it is an error with "Values of types "BOOLEAN" and "INTEGER" are not comparable" (solved by updating a query where a comparison was done with a boolean column like this myBoolean = 0 and it has been updated to myBoolean = false) and I also have an error on a query done with a PageRequest.
For this last case, I have a Controller like this:
public Page<MyEntity> doSomething() {
    final Sort sort = Sort.by(Order.desc("column1"));
    final PageRequest pageRequest = PageRequest.of(0, 1000, sort);
    return myEntityRepository.findAll(pageRequest);
}

But I have an error like that:
Caused by: org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLSyntaxErrorException: Syntax error in SQL statement "select myentity0_.id as id1_47_, myentity0_.column1 as column1_47_, myentity0_.column2 as column2_47_ from my_table myentity0_ order by myentity0_.column1 desc [*]limit ?"; SQL statement:
select myentity0_.id as id1_47_, myentity0_.column1 as column1_47_, myentity0_.column2 as column2_47_ from my_table myentity0_ order by myentity0_.column1 desc limit ? [42000-214]
    at org.h2.message.DbException.getJdbcSQLException(DbException.java:502)
    at org.h2.message.DbException.getJdbcSQLException(DbException.java:477)
    at org.h2.message.DbException.get(DbException.java:223)
    at org.h2.message.DbException.get(DbException.java:199)
    at org.h2.message.DbException.getSyntaxError(DbException.java:247)
    at org.h2.command.Parser.getSyntaxError(Parser.java:898)
    at org.h2.command.Parser.prepareCommand(Parser.java:572)
    at org.h2.engine.SessionLocal.prepareLocal(SessionLocal.java:631)
    at org.h2.engine.SessionLocal.prepareCommand(SessionLocal.java:554)
    at org.h2.jdbc.JdbcConnection.prepareCommand(JdbcConnection.java:1116)
    at org.h2.jdbc.JdbcPreparedStatement.<init>(JdbcPreparedStatement.java:92)
    at org.h2.jdbc.JdbcConnection.prepareStatement(JdbcConnection.java:288)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.ProxyConnection.prepareStatement(ProxyConnection.java:337)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariProxyConnection.prepareStatement(HikariProxyConnection.java)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.StatementPreparerImpl$5.doPrepare(StatementPreparerImpl.java:149)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.StatementPreparerImpl$StatementPreparationTemplate.prepareStatement(StatementPreparerImpl.java:176)
    ... 205 more

If I change the Controller like this,the test is in success:
public Page<MyEntity> doSomething() {
    List<MyEntity> result = myEntityRepository.findAll();
    return new PageImpl<MyEntity>(result);
}

So It seems that the problem was due by the use of PageRequest.
Do you have an idea please?

A: Java persistence libraries are usually tested only with default Regular mode of H2 and may not work well with other modes.
Oracle doesn't support MySQL/PostgreSQL-style LIMIT, and H2 doesn't allow it in Oracle compatibility mode, but some libraries produce LIMIT instead of standard OFFSET / FETCH for H2.
Spring Data JDBC (spring-data-relational) added support of custom compatibility modes of H2 only about a month ago and version 2.4.3 with this fix isn't released yet.
Hibernate ORM 6.*.* should work well, but Hibernate ORM 5.6.* has a known issue:
https://hibernate.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/HHH/issues/HHH-15318
You can enable LIMIT in Oracle compatibility mode of H2 as a temporary workaround. To do that, you need to execute the following Java code during initialization of your application:
org.h2.engine.Mode mode = org.h2.engine.Mode.getInstance("ORACLE");
mode.limit = true;


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Interview – Touria Prayag – Editor-in-chief, Weekly — "We should all fight for our worst enemies to have their rights respected"
Mauritius Times | June 12, 2016 | Interviews | No Comments
* 'In a real democracy, institutions work independently of politicians and are stronger than those in power. And institutions are only as independent and as competent as the men and women heading them'
* 'Can you imagine David Cameron telling the police not to use provisional charges against his ministers? These same charges which have been and are still being used against everyone else?'
Touria Prayag's book 'Provisional Charges' was launched last Friday. This book by the Editor-in-chief, of Weekly is about the human stories behind the debate on arbitrary arrests and provisional charges. "It goes beyond the legal controversies about arrests and provisional charges and gives a voice to the victims – ordinary, decent citizens who are at the receiving end of what could be described as the tyranny of the State. Arbitrarily arrested and detained, their basic human rights snatched away from them and their freedom withdrawn, they suffered bitter humiliation and abuse of their privacy." We spoke to Ms Prayag about this antiquated procedure of 'provisional charges' adopted under emergency provisions in colonial times, and never repealed. Read on.
Mauritius Times: What is your book about: is it more about how the provisional charges slapped on unsuspecting victims have affected their lives, or is it intended to be an intellectual exploration into the reasoning of the legislator, about the merits or demerits of this judicial provision?
Touria Prayag: The book is primarily about people at the receiving end of the provisional charges practice: the way they were treated, their feelings before the arrest, during the detention and when they were released on bail.
These are ordinary decent hapless citizens whose lives were overturned overnight when they were arbitrarily arrested and detained and saw their basic human rights snatched away from them and their freedom withdrawn. They suffered the worst imaginable humiliation and violations of their dignity and intimacy.
This is the focus of the book. However, the topic of the provisional charges practice also crops up and is dealt with in a non-technical way. The hapless victims also talk about what it means to them and how it has affected their lives.
* What do the personal accounts of distress you have put together in your book inform us about the extent of use or abuse made of this judicial provision?
The abuse is evident from every story narrated in the book. The extent of it is difficult to assess as there must be thousands of people out there who must have been subjected to it.
I focused on a dozen cases but as the story unfolds, these characters talk about their experiences and the people they met while in detention. And you come to realise that there are so many more.
The most important thing is not even the numbers but the practice itself. In all the cases I have narrated, there has not been a single conviction!
* We are told that our courts and defending barristers are very exacting on real evidence to be produced before an accused may be convicted. Would that be good justification for police to seize and detain for as long as possible so as to adduce evidence of the quality courts would admit, and hence the perpetual quest by the police to be allowed to keep detainees for longer periods ever?
After detaining Ish Sookun for 10 long days and subjecting him to all kinds of humiliation, what evidence did they adduce? What evidence did they adduce against Farihah and Hassenjee Ruhomally who were locked up for having shared a post on their Facebook wall?
The police did not have to look far. They could just read the papers. We were giving them evidence of the innocence of these people right from the beginning. L'express produced CCTV footage showing Ish Sookun sitting at his desk when the supposedly terrorist mail was sent to the Prime Minister's Office from a cybercafé which Ish had not set foot in for years. We published the unpaid bills in l'express and in Weekly in the Ruhomally case. Why didn't the police start their enquiry there?
Come on! Of course, they need to produce evidence. This is un État de droit but they have to find enough evidence to have a reasonable suspicion before they go and arrest someone. And a minister's statement is not evidence nor is it the holy bible. In the cases I have mentioned, the police are still looking for evidence as they have not yet returned to the victims the laptops they seized.
It's easy to hide behind the need to "adduce evidence". Go and find the evidence first – or at least something that looks like it – before you detain, humiliate and release people on bail! Otherwise, anybody can say anything against anybody and the detention centres would be full. As a matter of fact, they are, according to the protagonists in the book.
* Would one be justified to think that there might be a masochistic pleasure derived by some in authority when they can – after a sheer (perhaps mischievous) statement made to the police – go and apprehend a person on 'provisional charges'?
I honestly fail to understand what kind of sick mind would derive pleasure from arresting an innocent person, having his house raided, taking him away in a police car, sometimes handcuffed, and having him strip naked in front of police officers to search his private parts! If we have such people in this country, they badly need psychological help. And this kind of treatment is systematically reserved to those who are either perceived to be close to the previous regime or have no political connections. You will have noticed that Rakesh Gooljaury, for example, walked in and out of the CCID offices on a Sunday and went home to sleep in his own bed. The press photographers could not even snap a single photo of him walking up or down the now-notorious CCID steps.
And talking about this, do you realise the amount of time and resources mobilised to subject innocent people to humiliation and human rights violations? A dozen policemen, several police cars, sometimes police dogs, metal detectors, in one case even a helicopter! To arrest people for a Facebook post! Or a crime committed 20 years ago! Seriously? What time and resources are left for the police to target real crime?
* It is only when the influential and the mighty – or erstwhile mighty – in the land fall victim to such practices that their cases are brought up into the limelight by the press. There could be numerous poorer souls who might have been unjustly victimised but whose tribulations have gone unnoticed. Justice seems to come with influence and a price. Is that so?
That justice is costly is nothing new. As far as obtaining justice is concerned, one can't compare a suspect who has a bright, experienced lawyer to one who has a lawyer commis d'office. It is perhaps also true that there are many people rotting in detention centres waiting for a court of law to hear the charges against them. Some people who read the book were more touched by the stories of the people the protagonist met in detention centres than by those of the protagonists themselves.
However, one should not dismiss raising questions about abuse of human rights even when they happen to the "erstwhile mighty" people. In Mauritius, far too often, we tend to deal with very important issues emotionally rather than rationally. No one in a democracy should have their human rights ripped away. Even if they we hate them, despise them, wish to see them dead. Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere! We shouldn't stand for it and we should not wish it on our worst enemies.
* Justice is not only costly, it can also be slow and complicated, and one is likely to spend quite a few days in custody before being brought before the Bail and Remand Court for a hearing. Shouldn't there have been a process to ensure that any arbitrary abuse should have been checked and curtailed more expediently?
Exactly! Those who are bent on abusing and humiliating others play precisely on the fact that justice is slow. In modern dictatorships, the methods they use to finish off their enemies are no longer through a bullet as is the case in old dictatorships. In modern dictatorships, you tarnish your enemies' reputation and tire them out with one court case after another. No need to leave any blood trail. By the time a court of justice has decided that they are innocent, they will have lost a few years of their lives.
The protagonists in the book all ask the same question: Who is going to give us back what we lost? The answer is: Unfortunately, no one! Years of your life are gone and you probably will never get back the reputation you had. If you take the former Governor of the Bank of Mauritius, he has lost one and a half years of his life, lost his friends, his housekeeper, who did not want to work for a 'thief' and a 'money launderer' and now that all the charges against him have been dropped, who cares?
The harm has already been done and some sick people's thirst for revenge must have probably been quenched.
* There have been many instances of provisional charges slapped against politicians – mostly adversaries – and people associated with the latter, which have hogged the headlines these past years. But these also tell a bigger story: it's about how the 'independence' of institutions in our country can be made highly malleable and, indeed, how the institutions could be 'instrumentalised' to achieve purely political ends – at least that's the general perception. Your comments?
You have put your finger on a crucial issue. In a real democracy, institutions work independently of politicians and are stronger than those in power. And institutions as they say are only as independent and as competent as the men and women heading them. And there is no way we can have independent institutions for as long as we have political nominees heading them – chosen according to the criteria you and I know – and political interference. The worst poison in any democracy.
Can you imagine David Cameron telling the police not to use provisional charges against his ministers? These same charges which have been and are still being used against everyone else? Have you ever heard a minister in the House of Commons telling a Member of Parliament, "I will send your case to my colleague minister to investigate?" Have your ever heard another MP publicly stating that the government and the police had granted immunity to some self-confessed liar and that the DPP spoilt the fun?
The general perception is that institutions in this country are not working independently of the powers that be. They were not in the past. They are not today. And it is really a short-sighted view as the moment the government changes, those same institutions start working against those who are no longer in power. When there are independent institutions, the first to benefit are those in power today and who may no longer be so powerful tomorrow. What is so difficult to understand about this?
* Too bad that those who can and should do something about the system with a view to curtailing abuse made of provisional charges refrain from doing so until such time when they find themselves at the receiving end when they see its nefarious effects more objectively from the other side of the fence, isn't it?
Yes, exactly, and the whole cycle continues. Everyone benefits from democracy, everyone benefits from independent institutions and everyone benefits from living in a country where there is utmost respect for human rights.
In other words, we should all fight for our worst enemies to have their rights respected. That automatically entails respect for our own human rights. That is the idea I hope the book will convey. And that is the simple notion that our politicians, across governments, have failed to understand.
* The judiciary has demonstrated time and again that justice will not be short shrifted; it will be served without fear or favour like it has been done in many cases involving suspects unjustly charged provisionally by investigating agencies. A dose of judicial activism could perhaps. What do you think?
The judiciary is our saviour and the one thing which gives hope to the victims of arbitrary arrest and abuse of the provisional charges. Many of the victims speak highly of the judiciary and are patiently waiting for their cases to be heard.
The problem is that in the meantime their lives are hell on earth. And those who are convinced that they are innocent – and that those who had them arrested know that – feel so dejected by the number of years of their lives which will be wasted before the courts of justice hear their cases.
* Advocacy journalism or journalism activism is a relatively new genre in the profession. The question is: can a journalist also be an activist for a cause without compromising the core editorial values of journalism – and, not the least, those of his/her paper? How far can s/he go in this direction without jeopardising those values?
The values of any paper should be looking for the truth and highlighting it and informing readers about what is going on without fear or favour. In that sense, there is no inconsistency between fighting for the right causes and working for a media group.
My colleagues and I are fighting for the same cause – that of a just, egalitarian society, free of the ills of communalism, racism and vendetta. I do not therefore see any difference between my values and those of the company I work for. If I did, I would perhaps not be working for it or they would perhaps not have kept me on.
* There's always the risk of getting rubbed by the authorities when the latter feel that they have been rubbed the wrong way by the press. 'Risques du métier', isn't it? But increasingly so these days?
As you said, that is the risk you run as a journalist. I don't know if things are worse today than they were in the past. Powerful people do not like criticism and that's it. They expect a hefty salary, first-class travel and junketeering, scrumptious fringe benefits, unchecked power and at the same time a quiet life where everyone bows down to them. So they all hate those who don't. How they deal with that depends on their personalities and the options they have. Now, as a journalist, if you want favours or are scared of the wrath of those who are in power, then you perhaps should not be in this job.
Equally, we must understand that we have our own faults, limitations and imperfections and that we should be open to criticism as a result. A lot of it. Many people are shocked, for example, by the comments I allow on my blog. Some are direct, personal insults. I don't care. I am in the arena – giving blows. I don't expect people to take them lying down. They have the right to hit back. The criticism – at times abuse – can hurt but it does not put me off. Those are the rules of the game. You either accept them or you don't play. And believe it or not, I have learnt so much from bloggers by continuing the game. And I am still learning.
* At the end of the day, the politicians are all the same across the board – they don't really mean what they say, once in the chair?
Yes, all politicians leave their ideals in the voting centres once the election results have been proclaimed. But they keep them safe there as they come in handy when they lose the election.
* Published in print edition on 10 June 2016
Tags:Advocacy Journalism, Bail and Remand Court, David Cameron, DPP, Interview Touria Prayag, Journalism Activism, Provisional Charges
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Although I have not read Ulysses yet (it is on my bookshelf), I share with you the incredible value of getting an excellent liberal arts education in college(Queens College). Not only did we read a number of quality novels in English, but as I also study French, I read a number of the French classics in French. An easier read on Ireland that I enjoyed was 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt who recounted his trying experience growing up in Limerick. Ireland. (Visiting Limerick last year helped bring back the story back to my conscious.) Ulysses is considerd one of the 100 best books of all time, so your note will make me bring my copy to closer on top of my pile. Thank You!
Thor, thanks. We were in Limerick years ago en route to visit an old family friend who had encamped on a rocky hillside with a view of the western coast. The thing I remember was how much people talked...chattered.....they had so much to say. We hired a driver (no rentals) and he could pick out some Kentucky touches in my speech to go with my New Yawk accent. They are all linguists, I think. The language is so delightful in Ulysses. Words I never heard before or since.
"the feety savour of green cheese"