For as long as I can remember, I have been trying to figure out a way for people to listen to my talks and presentations that I have given over the years. In recent years, I have found ways to do just that, however, either the cost or the monthly storage didn't balance out for me. Recently, the plan was just to upload the MP3's to this page, but that all changed a couple of weeks ago when a friend introduced me to Anchor.FM.
On Anchor.FM, I can upload all my talks/presentations as well ones I will give in the near future for no cost. Yes, you read that correctly – no cost! Not only are my talks now on Anchor.FM, they also finding their ways to other popular podcasting platform, such iTunes, Google Music, and Spotify all through the Anchor.FM website.
Not only do I enjoy writing, but also enjoy speaking and giving talks on the Catholic faith to others. I hope that you will take the time to listen to some of my past podcasts and tune-in as upload future talks and presentations.
Just last week I was given permission to record my upcoming Kino Catechetical Course – Introduction to New Testament II. This 5-week course covers the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters of St. Paul, the Catholic Letters, and the Book of Revelation. All the recordings for this class will be uploaded as I teach each class.
Thank you to everyone who continues to follow and support me through this website/blog. I truly appreciate your loyalty and willingness to read my writings, when I know there are lots of Catholic bloggers and authors out there.
Tom, what a tremendous blessing! Thank you so much for sharing this. Here is your verse: first Corinthians 16 :9. For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. Please keep up the good work. I will share this good news. God bless you and your wife.
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it does, indeed. you a fine feller. thanks.


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14-th bridge ramp closure on the DC side --- Done tomorrow 10/26!
Thread: 14-th bridge ramp closure on the DC side --- Done tomorrow 10/26!
I believe the sign says construction until December 1, but its looking pretty close. I asked one of the construction guys this morning when they expected to be done. He said 'tomorrow'. It'll be a real treat not to have to go up and down all those stairs every day. And WTF is the purpose of those little metal trays the NPS installed going up the stairs? An assist for wheeling heavy electric bikes up the stairs? All it accomplished was to make the stair case narrower and more treacherous.
Those are bike ramps so you can walk a bike up the steps. Similar design incorporated in the new steps up to Benjamin Banneker Park from Maine Avenue.
NPS confirms, the regular route is reopened! They are still doing some final things, though, so proceed through carefully.
Got those runnels installed just .... in....... time.
Lots of experience with the runnels in Germany. Too bad they don't fit my fat bike.
I will pass on good news- confirmed OPEN! Saw it in passing, but not through on the bike...yet. Definitely comfortably wider. One detail I'm not happy with- there is still wooden curbing on the edge. I *should* risk being called a wimp and ask for fencing so someone does not fall down into the backside of George Mason's memorial.
Steve O is going to love these bollrads!
I went across it 6 times today, 3 in each direction. I kept hoping all of the marathoners would be gone and I could ride around HP. I suspect that there is still work to be done although it certainly is an improvement upon the former path. Those bollrads [sic] are going to lead to crashes. Besides for being in the way, cyclists and pedestrians should probably go around them on the right, but undoubtedly not every one will, and as of now there is no indication of traffic flow.
I gave it a try tonight. Nice improvement. Some directional arrows or a white line would be nice to encourage traffic to split at the sign posts.
If they didn't prioritize signs over people, you wouldn't know what country you were in!


The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the "Credit CARD Act"), 1 was signed into law by President Obama on May 22, 2009. As described by the Senate Report, its purpose was "to implement needed reforms and help protect consumers by prohibiting various unfair, misleading and deceptive practices in the credit card market." 2 Comments generated during the adoption of the relevant regulations and testimony before Congress during hearings on the proposed act highlighted a variety of questionable techniques utilized by credit card issuers to increase profits. As the testimony at those hearings indicated, the cardholders who generate the greatest income for credit card issuers are not those who pay in full each month ("deadbeats"), but rather those who "stumble and slide" 3 – i.e., miss payments and thereby incur default rates of interest and penalty fees. 4 Therefore, many of the techniques targeted by the new statute were those contributing to cardholder default.
Four years have passed since the adoption of the CARD Act. Although still in its early stages, it is appropriate to review the effectiveness of those reforms.
The right of issuers to retroactively increase the interest rate on past purchases.
1. Immediate increases in interest rates on future purchases.
To address the first concern, the CARD Act now requires card issuers to provide written notice of any increase in annual percentage rate (APR) not later than forty-five days prior to the effective date of the increase. 5 The Act further provides that this written notice inform cardholders of their right to cancel the card, and that such cancellation cannot be considered a default or result in the imposition of any other penalty. 6 Thus, cardholders are given time to arrange alternative financing, or to alter their use of the card, when notified of unfavorable prospective changes.
2. Increases in interest rates on past purchases.
In 2011, responsibility for administering the CARD Act was shifted from the Federal Reserve Board to the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 15 To help guide it in its responsibilities, the CFPB convened a February 2011 conference on the CARD Act, 16 and conducted a voluntary survey of the nine largest card issuers, together representing 90% of the credit card marketplace. 17 It also conducted a survey of cardholders. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency further conducted several studies for the conference.
The CFPB is still in the process of assessing the effect of the new Act. In December of 2012, the CFPB launched an inquiry seeking public comment on the impact of the CARD act on the daily lives of consumers and the behavior of the industry. 20 The requested information includes the success of protections against unfair or deceptive practices, including whether issuers have tried to circumvent any CARD Act protections.
The CARD Act of 2009 also addressed concerns regarding the improvident extension of credit, particularly in regard to aggressive marketing to college students.
1. Ability to pay requirement.
Unfortunately, application of the new standard made it difficult for spouses or partners who did not work outside the home to qualify for credit cards. The CARD Act regulations were therefore amended in May of 2013 24 to remove the requirement that issuers consider only the cardholder's independent ability to pay in regard to consumers over age twenty-one. Instead, the issuer is permitted to treat the income and assets to which such consumer has a "reasonable expectation of access" 25 as the consumer's own.
However, information on college credit card agreements is much more readily available since the adoption of the CARD Act. Three annual reports to Congress on such agreements have been filed, 35 and the CFPB maintains a downloadable database of 798 credit card issuer marketing agreements with universities or affiliated organizations. Further, the CFPB in January of 2013 launched an inquiry on campus financial products in general. 36 Although targeting financial products other than credit cards – such as ID cards doubling as debit cards, cards used to access scholarship and loan funds, and school-affiliated bank accounts – the requested information should serve to inform the regulation of credit cards as well.
Substantial criticism was directed at the exorbitant nature of the fees imposed by card issuers. Congress addressed this concern in two ways. First, it adopted a new general provision which regulated the amount of penalty fees in general. Secondly, it adopted specific provisions addressing particular types of fees.
In addition to the general reasonableness and proportionality requirement for penalty fees, the CARD Act adopted specific provisions which impacted particular fees.
"Late fees" are penalty fees charged when a credit card payment is not made on time. Testimony before Congress at the time of adoption of the CARD Act indicated that the "average late fee has jumped from $13 in 1996 to over $30″ in 2007. 46 Such fees had generally been imposed in addition to a default interest rate.
First, the CARD Act specifically referred to late fees in the new provision requiring penalty fees to be reasonable and proportional. 47 In addition, as discussed below, the CARD Act adopted a number of provisions designed to make late payments less likely.
"Over-the-limit fees" are penalty fees charged when the card holder exceeds the dollar amount of credit authorized on the card. Testimony at the Congressional hearings indicated that the amount of such an over-the-limit fee could be as high as $49. 49 Furthermore, the over-the-limit fee could be charged month after month if the cardholder was unable to pay enough to reduce the balance below the credit limit.
The CFPB subsequently retreated from the battle. By final rule effective March 28, 2013, the CFPB again amended the regulation 67 – this time to make clear that the 25% fee limit applied only "during the first year after account opening." 68 The CFPB stated that the rule was necessary to resolve the uncertainty created by the South Dakota litigation. Although opponents of the latest amendment may criticize it as a retreat from the battle against exorbitant up-front credit card fees, supporters argue that it increases the availability of cards for cardholders with poor credit histories and is consistent with the Congressional intent manifested by the statutory language.
The Credit CARD Act of 2009 further adopted a number of provisions addressing unfair, misleading, or deceptive procedures utilized by card issuers.
The simple inability of the cardholder to understand his or her legal obligations may lead to default. Testimony at the Congressional hearings was critical of lengthy agreements, buried information, failure to group and label related material, and the use of small typefaces.
Although the CARD Act itself did not directly address the format or language of current credit card contracts, Congress did take steps towards greater transparency. New provisions of the Act require each issuer to maintain an Internet site on which the issuer "shall post the written agreement between the creditor and the consumer for each credit card account…" 69 Further, the relevant regulatory agency was directed to maintain a central repository of those agreements on its Internet site, which "shall be easily accessible and retrievable by the public." 70 Those credit card agreements are now made available by the CFPB at www.consumerfinance.gov/credit-cards/agreements/. The database, which includes archived agreements from 2011 and 2012, permits the download of more than 1500 credit card agreements and is updated quarterly.
simplified credit card agreement prototype. 78 The prototype is much shorter than the industry average, is written in plain language, and is organized in three simple sections: costs, changes, and additional information. In December of 2011, the CFPB announced plans to pilot test the prototype with Pentagon Federal Credit Union, and invited public comment.
The Credit CARD Act of 2009 also addressed the concern that card issuers could use defaults on other obligations to trigger increases in the APR applicable to existing balances. As discussed above, 79 card issuers under the new statute have only limited rights to increase that rate — which do not include cardholder defaults on other obligations. The result is that universal default provisions are no longer effective.
Congress responded to concerns about the incomprehensibility and unfairness of double-cycle billing by simply prohibiting such a provision. 82 Card issuers issuer should no longer be entitled to reach back to earlier billing cycles when calculating interest for the current cycle.
5. Deceptive Introductory and Promotional Rates.
6. Techniques Increasing the Likelihood of Late Payment.
Although some of the increased profitability may be attributable to improvements in credit quality – many delinquencies and charge-offs have now made their way through the system – some portion appears to be attributable to increased interest rates or fees on other types of issuer services. These may include annual fees; fees for cash advances, balance transfers, or balance inquiries; fees for mailed statements, for copies, or for replacement cards; fees for increases in credit limits; monthly service charges; set-up fees; fees for foreign currency conversion, etc.
Meanwhile, the CFPB continues to launch public inquiry on the impact of the Card Act. 114 In December of 2012, the CFPB sought public comment on such issues as 1) changes in the terms and conditions of credit card contracts and the effectiveness of disclosure; 2) the success of the protections against unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and whether they are being circumvented; and 3) changes in cost and availability of credit. It therefore appears that the role of the CARD Act in protecting consumers and prohibiting unfair practices in the credit card market will continue to evolve.


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'Stop treating France like the scum of the earth': MEP begs the world's media to stop 'French bashing'
Plea from Euro MP and former French presidential candidate Corinne Lepage
Insisted there were 'many worse places to live' than France
By Ian Sparks for MailOnline
Plea: Corinne Lepage demanded that other countries stop treating her nation like 'the scum of the earth'
A senior French politician today begged for an end to 'French bashing' by the world's media - and insisted there were 'many worse places to live' than France.
Euro MP and former French presidential candidate Corinne Lepage demanded that other countries stop treating her nation like 'the scum of the earth'.
France has been the target of a barrage of recent attacks over its plans for a 75 per cent top rate of tax, which has sent many of the nation's richest and most famous people fleeing overseas.
Film star Gerard Depardieu has taken Russian nationality, electronic music icon Jean-Michel Jarre and French optician shop tycoon Alain Afflelou are both moving to Britain, and France's richest man Bernard Arnault is moving to Belgium.
But Mrs Lepage said: 'How can a country blessed by the gods with its culture, food and countryside, and that is the world's most popular tourist destination come in the space of a few weeks to be treated like a bogeyman?
'It's now seen as a place where investors are not welcome and that it's most powerful and most famous people are fleeing from.'
In fact, more British and Belgian people had taken French nationality since 2010 than the other way arounf, Ms Lepage said.
Warm welcome: Depardieu was offered citizenship and a passport by the Russian President
The 61-year-old former environment minister added: 'In France, free education and the low cost of living compensate for higher taxes.
French budget minister under investigation for 'fraud and... Gerard Depardieu fails to turn up at Paris court to answer...
'And if you fall ill or have an accident, your much better off being French than either British or American.
'So let's stop with what has gone from simple criticism to outright French bashing from morning till night, making out that we are the scum of the earth.
Electronic music icon Jean-Michel Jarre, left, and French optician shop tycoon Alain Afflelou, pictued with his wife Christine Couland, right, are both moving to Britain
Exodus: France's richest man Bernard Arnault is moving to Belgium
'If Gerald Depardieu wants to be culture minister in a republic that still has prison labour camps and make a 'man-sandwich' with Vladimir Putin, that's his business.
'Yes, France has problems with money, with business and with success.
'But that's no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater and treat us like we are doomed to catastrophe.
'Each one of us should reject this criticism and remember the joy and pride we have in being French.'
Wrath: David Cameron angered the French when he said Britain would 'roll out the red carpet' to wealthy French wanted to relocate to the UK
France's economy minister Pierre Moscovici also hit out in November at 'Le French bashing' after repeated media warnings that the country's highest earners were moving abroad.
He told a conference of business leaders in Paris: 'I am troubled to read in the papers that the exile has begun, and that companies are fleeing.
'I also lament attacks on the government's economic policies that are in vogue in France and abroad. All this French-bashing is terrible.'
The head of MEDEF, the French equivalent of the UK's Confederation of British Industry, warned in October that France's left-wing economic policies risked turning France into 'the poor man of Europe'.
Laurence Parisot: 'We've now moved from a storm warning to a hurricane warning and some business leaders are in a state of quasi-panic.
'Ten years ago, Germany was the poor man of Europe and if we don't act now, that title will soon be ours.'
Paris estate agents have also said France's luxury property market has hit a 'selling panic' as the super-rich sell up and flee.
Paris estate agent Daniel Feau said: 'Some 400 to 500 residences worth more than one million euros have come onto the Paris market since May. It's nearly a general panic.'
And British estate agent Knight Frank said the socialist's tax plans had sent French interest in luxury London homes rocketing.
Prime minister David Cameron angered the French in June when he said Britain would 'roll out the red carpet' to wealthy French wanted to relocate to the UK.
He added: 'And they can pay tax in Britain and pay for our health service and schools and everything else.'
MEP Corinne Lepage begs the world's media to stop 'French bashing'

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Steve Furber remembers the hectic week developing the prototype BBC Microcomputer.
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And of course there's the famous story, as repeated in Micro Men, of the week – I think it was Easter '81, when the BBC announced they wished to visit Acorn to see what we were offering. I mean we had the Atom, the Atom had been out some time so the company now had some credibility as a manufacturer of the sort of box they wanted, but they wanted something significantly more advanced than the Atom. And so there was the – the weekend where Hermann rang Sophie and said, 'The BBC are coming on Friday, can we show them a prototype?' We hadn't started building anything at this point, and Sophie said, 'Don't be silly,' and so Hermann rang me and said, 'BBC are coming on Friday, Sophie thinks we should show them a prototype, what do you think?' and I said, 'Well that seems a bit unlikely but if Sophie's willing to have a go I will,' and then he rang Sophie back and told her that Steve thinks we can do it so [laughs], you know. This is – and so on the Monday, you know, I tidied up the circuit diagrams that we'd been sketching for the Proton into something that was just about what we could build and we got Radomnich Banarjee from the computer lab to come and wire up the prototype. That took until about Wednesday I think and then from Wednesday to Friday we were trying to get it to work. Again, you know, I'm still officially at the university but that week was rather busy. We spent, you know, all Wednesday night, Thursday night trying to get this thing to work and then on the Friday morning there's the well documented final suggestion from Hermann about disconnecting this, I think – it must have been a ground wire connecting an Acorn system rack which we were using as the development host and then a cable across to the prototype, Proton board. And there was a big earth cable to try and keep the noise down and Hermann said, 'Why don't you just disconnect that?' and the machine annoyingly sprang into life. Well [laughs] annoyingly in one sense 'cause Hermann had no idea what he was talking about. But we were all – you know, we were very tired and very much out of ideas and this one just happened to work. Now in Micro Men this is portrayed as happening about three minutes after the BBC arrive and the real story it was about three hours before they arrived, about 7:00am on the Friday and so by the time they arrived the machine was running reliably and it took until the afternoon for Sophie to get the graphics running. But you know, we had a working prototype and in parallel Hermann had got Allen Boothroyd to build a case model, so when the BBC arrived on the Friday then, you know, they were shown, this is what it'll look like, here's the box and they were shown and this is what it'll work like. Right, the prototype of course wouldn't fit in the box but that was a detail that we had a bit of time to sort out. That and other factors I probably don't know about persuaded the BBC to go with Acorn for the BBC Micro.
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Get creative with our 1.5" white grosgrain ribbon with patriotic red, blue, and silver sparkle stars!
This print has a silver "glitter" effect!
I was just wondering if by any chance this product is ever offered in 7/8 inch ribbon instead of 1.5 inches?
The Red/Navy Star Grosgrain Ribbon is available in 3/8" and 1.5". Unfortunately, it is not available in 7/8".


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La biographie romancée est un genre littéraire dans lequel est racontée la vie d'un personnage historique sur un mode romanesque (celui du roman, c'est-à-dire que l'on insiste sur la narration parfois en introduisant des épisodes non avérés).

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Arthur Rimbaud, le voleur de feu, de Sarah Cohen-Scali, publié en 1994, est une biographie romancée : l'auteur d'une part s'est inspirée de faits réels de la vie d'Arthur Rimbaud, poète du , faits recueillis dans des ouvrages de spécialistes (Rimbaud, une question de présence de J-L. Steinmetz) et dans des documents historiques (carnets d'écriture, correspondances et poésie de Rimbaud) mais elle a aussi d'autre part inventé certains passages et a insisté sur les événements les plus romanesques de la vie du poète.

Voir aussi
 Roman autobiographique

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Former model Irene Major is a very wealthy woman who loves being lightskinned with the help of bleaching creams. Irene is married to Canadian oil tycoon Sam Malin, she has tried everything from super-expensive Creme de la Mer moisturisers to the services of the most exclusive Harley Street dermatologists.
Irene, is originally from Cameroon, admits she also regularly uses skin-lightening creams to alter the colour of her complexion.
'When my skin is lighter, I just feel prettier. It's a taboo subject, and people get judgmental about it, but that's how I feel. A skin-lightening regime has been part of my life practically since birth. There are many different types of African skin, from dark charcoal to a lighter version and you grow up knowing that the lighter ladies are the prettier ones. It's just a fact. Anybody can use it, and everybody does. Just look at all the pop stars whose skin has got so much lighter over the years. Many celebrities do it. We're just turning a blind eye to it.
Two months ago, High Street health store Holland & Barrett came under fire for selling a legal skin-whitening product called Dr Organic Royal Jelly Skin Body Whitening Cream, which retails for £9.99.
The sale of the product provoked outrage, with some accusing the chain of encouraging racist ideals. Yet Irene, who's 34 and lives with her husband and four children in a Kent mansion, claims that in some communities the pressure on women to use such products is overwhelming.
In a statement, Holland & Barrett said the product did not contain "harsh bleaching agents, saying the core ingredient was a brown algae that has proven skin-whitening attributes especially for use on age spots, liver spots, freckles, sun-damaged skin, scars, blemishes, dark elbows and knees as well as general skin brightening".
There is a huge market in illegal creams, soaps and pills, many contain highly dangeroud ingredients such as mercury, bleach and acid. The worst of these, a chemical called hydroquinone, is officially banned in the EU, but can still be prescribed by dermatologists for cosmetic reasons — and isn't hard to find in the UK.
Hydroquinone is the biological equivalent of paint stripper. In removing the top layer of skin, which initially results in a 'brighter' looking face, it also removes the body's natural defence against infection and the sun, increasing the risk of skin cancer. If it enters the bloodstream, it can cause fatal liver and kidney damage. Skincare expert Sujata Jolly, who founded her clinic Clinogen Laboratories in Windsor 30 years ago, has treated many women desperate to reverse the chemical's effects.


I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our troops, our diplomats up for trial. And I wouldn't join. And I understand that in certain capitals of, around the world that that wasn't a popular move. But it's the right move not to join a foreign court that could, where our people could be prosecuted.
The fact is that ours is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at any time. And if you live long enough, as you're increasingly likely to do, you may well join it.
If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my trade. If I disapproved of its policy, I would join in order to fight that policy; if the union leaders were dishonest, I would join in order to put them out. I believe in the union and I believe that all men who are benefited by the union are morally bound to help to the extent of their power in the common interests advanced by the union.
I think we left out one of the really important elements contributing to the dynamism of society, and that is the right to privacy. I mean something more than the right to shave in private. I mean the right to join what I want to join, to do what I want to do, or not to do what I might do without giving anyone a reason, either in advance or afterwards. That does not mean that I am seeking for irresponsibility socially.
The people of Wisconsin have been good to me. I've tried to live up to their trust. And now I ask those hardworking men and women, and millions like them across America, to join our cause and get this country working again. When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do.
I am honoured to be invited by our respected Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi to join the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.' I dedicate myself to this movement and will invite nine other leading Indians to join me in the 'Clean India' campaign.
The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.
For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead? Join hands in the biggest challenge of all, where we all win, or we all lose: the battle for the survival and progress of our one and only country.
When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed to bring black people together and elevate black people, join that church! If you see where the NAACP is preaching and practising that which is designed to make black nationalism materialize, join the NAACP. Join any kind of organization--civic, religious, fraternal, political or otherwise--that's based on lifting... the black man up and making him master of his own community.
I join a lot of others who say, as someone who is a first time candidate, you have to realize that words matter, and the things you say have a lot broader impact, and I join those who are thinking that we hope that now that Trump is the Republican nominee there's a shift toward a more thoughtful approach to how and what you communicate.
The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.
If you do not join the dancing you will feel foolish. So why not dance? And i will tell you a secret: If you do not join the dance, we will know you are a fool. But if you dance, we will think well of you for trying. if you dance badly to begin and we laugh, what is the sin in that? We will begin there.
I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the art world has to join us, women artists, not we join it. When women are in leadership roles and gain rewards and recognition, then perhaps 'we' (women and men) can all work together in art world actions.
These are very unskillful comparisons to represent so precious a thing, but I am not clever enough to think out any more: the real truth is that joy makes the soul so forgetful of itself, and of everything, that it is conscious of nothing, and able to speak of nothing, save of that which proceeds from its joy... Let us join with this soul, my daughters all. Why should we want to be more sensible than she? What can give us greater pleasure than to do as she does? And may all the creatures join with us for ever and ever. Amen, amen, amen.
I think a draft produces a better Army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because I think you get average Americans if you have a draft. And if it's an all-volunteer Army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. They don't have anything else to do, they don't have a job, or they can't find what they want to do, so they join the Army. And it doesn't produce the best Army.
Stand with me. Stand and fight. I am one, and we would be two. Two more might join and we would be four. When four more join we will be eight. We will be eight people fighting whom others will join. And then more people. And more. Stand and fight.
This is our message - killing is wrong. Mass killing is wrong. Threatening mass destruction is a denial of our own humanity and is suicidal. When something is wrong we have to stop it. Dismantling the machinery of destruction is thus a practical act of love that we can all join in. Please join us - together we are unstoppable.
The questions that we have to ask and to answer about that procession during this moment of transition are so important that they may well change the lives of men and women forever. For we have to ask ourselves, here and now, do we wish to join that procession, or don't we? On what terms shall we join that procession? Above all, where is it leading us, the procession of educated men?... Let us never cease from thinking-what is this "civilisation" in which we find ourselves? What are these ceremonies and why should we take part in them? What are these professions and why should we make money out of them? Where in short is it leading us, the procession of the sons of educated men?
Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air, to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures, to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars, to recall our destiny, to renew our spirits, to reinvigorate ur bodies, to recreate the human community, to promote justice and peace, to love our children and love one another, to join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all life.
Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions and depriving working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice. I have no use for those - regardless of their political party - who hold some vain and foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when organized labor was huddled, almost as a hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice.


The adaptive immune response is antigen-specific and may take days or longer to develop. Cell types with critical roles in adaptive immunity are antigen-presenting cells including macrophages and dendritic cells. Antigen-dependent stimulation of T cell subtypes, B cell activation and antibody production, and the activation of macrophages and NK cells all play important roles in adaptive immunity. The adaptive immune response also includes the development of immunological memory, a process that continues to develop throughout life and enhances future responses to a given antigen.


Summer is officially here with temperatures across South Africa reaching the 30 degree Celcius mark. This heat wave brings with it a wave of summer pests. You are sure to see more flies, mosquitoes, ants and termites.
You may be concerned about the impact that pests can have on your business and home, but you may not have thought of the effects pests can have on hygiene in your environment.
There has always been a strong association between hygiene and pest control. Let's face it when you think of pests you usually imagine them somewhere dirty. A cockroach running over greasy kitchen counters, a dingy motel infested with bed bugs, or a dirty, disease-ridden rat living in a sewer and eating garbage; all of these pest images are associated with dirty environments.
Bedbugs aren't picky about hotel star grades nor how often the linen is washed. As a matter of fact, bed bugs don't stick to beds at all. You can also find them in luggage stands, in the creases of chairs and even in your pillows and headboards.
Rats aren't as dirty as you might think. In fact, they spend about 60% of their time cleaning themselves and other rats.
Simply put, pests are driven to secure water, food and harbourage. If they can maintain this trinity they will THRIVE, regardless of the cleanliness of the area!
Why is it important to keep your environment clean?
If you don't clean up spilt food and liquids pests have an easily accessible food or water source. The longer the 'spill' stays, or the more often it recurs, the more entrenched the path to the resource will become.
Seal your rubbish bin, as easy access to food refuse is like offering pests a seat at a buffet.
Baked on grease in your oven and on your stovetop is a great food source for cockroaches. You need to ensure you clean your stove on a regular basis. If you run a commercial kitchen you might even consider having a CaterClean service done periodically.
Are you a pack rat? Stacked boxes in a storage room provide perfect harbourage (nesting sites) for rodents. Ensure you clean your storeroom on a regular basis and do proofing where required to keep the crafty critters out.
In previous posts, we have talked about cross-contamination and the journey of the germ. Just like humans, pests also carry - and therefore spread - germs that can make you ill. Don't forget to sanitise! You might even want to consider a disinfection service for your business.
These tips are a good starting point to ensure you minimise the risk of pests in your environment this summer. But if you do encounter a pest, be proactive and try to eradicate them soonest to minimise the risk of damage and loss. My recommendation is to contact a professional, certified, pest control provider like Rentokil.
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Promotion strengthens William Buck's SA audit division
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One of South Australia's mid-tier audit and assurance teams has been strengthened by a key management promotion.
William Buck Chartered Accountants and Advisors has promoted senior accountant Joann Chang to the role of Audit Manager, where she will be tasked with helping to further grow and develop the division.
Joann, who started with William Buck in 2011 as a graduate, said she was extremely grateful for the opportunities provided by William Buck and excited by the chance to take on a leadership role within the firm.
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Using the laser, capsulotomies (the procedure used to create an opening to the cloudy lens) are perfectly round and centered. The accuracy, reproducibility and customizable nature of the capsular opening usually cannot be matched by manual techniques. The LENSAR Laser Cataract System then breaks up and softens the cloudy natural lens and significantly reduces ultrasound energy allowing for swift and thorough removal of the tiny pieces. In the hands of a skilled surgeon, the LENSAR Laser System allows for more precise surgery and more reliable refractive outcomes.
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LENSAR's superior Augmented Reality takes a more intelligent approach to cataract surgery. With Augmented Reality, your surgeon can see everything inside your eye in greater detail. This allows the surgeon to plan the surgery better, to precisely soften the cataract in preparation for removal, and to ensure the appropriate condition for the most accurate placement of your intraocular lens.
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We have gathered together today on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Repudiation Act, and I have been asked to speak to you on the circumstance surrounding that event and the consequences that followed.
As some of you may remember, it was in the year 2003 that the State of Kansas repudiated all financial responsibility for the universities and community colleges of the state. Few new appointments at the University of Kansas have been made since that time. The periodic updating of electronic courses has replaced almost all instruction, just as other applications have eliminated almost all administrative and staff positions. Adjusting to this situation has been a slow process, but the University has now reached what we believe to be a stable state. A staff of 198 presently serves the needs of about two thousand students in residence, most of whom are devoting their retirement years to the joys of college life. The University now supports its operations entirely from parking fees, the revenues generated by the Watson & Spenser Rare Books and Art Collectibles Emporium, and the income it has gained by leasing unused campus buildings, streets, and parking lots to the Athletic Corporation.
These developments have brought a welcome sense of equilibrium to the University after a long process of change. In the Commencement telecast that marked the close of the academic/fiscal year of 2028, the Chief Executive Officer of the Endowment Association announced that, given the present rate of interment and the technology available for the compression of remains, the present area of Pioneer Cemetery will be sufficient for the needs of University employees through the year 2863. Even more cheering was the e-mail message from the University's new Chancellor Emulation System stating that the University of Kansas was ranked fifth among the nation's seven remaining state universities, and that our parking problem would be solved sometime in the near future.
Now that the troubled years of adaptation are happily over, it is time to ask ourselves how it all started and what it has meant. What swept away the Old University and made way for the dynamic and progressive institution of today? We may answer that question by looking backwards to the University's situation in the closing years of the twentieth century.
The end of the Forty Years War with Russia had left the United States virtually bankrupt. The sudden outbreak of peace severely dislocated an economy that had been shaped by the demands of that long conflict. Basic research and development were almost entirely abandoned, and the primary and secondary sectors of the national economy declined swiftly. Full-time salaried employment was replaced by part-time contract work, and the standard of living for most Americans eroded slowly but steadily. The economic frustrations of the American public led to a wave of anti-elitism, anti-traditionalism, and as has been common enough in American History of anti-intellectualism. Higher education had long advertised the economic advantages that would be enjoyed by its graduates, and so higher education became an obvious target for popular hostility when those advantages were no longer to be had.
Legislatures and trustees attempted to satisfy this public dissatisfaction by deprofessionalizing University faculty and, in the name of "accountability," reducing them to the status of service employees. Students burdened with constantly higher tuition and fees demanded that the University provide them with service of a quality commensurate the prices it was charging. In an economy in which labor costs were everywhere being reduced though automation, there was no real reason to assume that the University would not follow a similar course. Higher education was ripe for such changes.
On a philosophical and pedagogical plane, most colleges and universities in the 1990's clung to visions of what higher education should be and preferred not to discuss what it had become. Education was often defined as the transmission from teacher to student of "an ordered body of knowledge." Students were expected to construct a specialized data base from a variety of media. Students read a non-searchable printed document called a textbook. The Jayhawk Memorabilia Mart at that time was crammed with millions of other printed documents in which students attempted to find additional data. Yet more data was accumulated by cutting up dead animals and other activities. Finally, students were expected to gather physically at specific times and places to record from oral dictation yet more material. Twice annually, their level of accomplishment was measured by how much of their various data bases they could correctly output from memory in a limited length of time.
Given the nature of education a quarter-century ago, one can only wonder at the insistence of the faculty of the time that their functions could not be performed by electronic facilities. Their students apparently knew better than their mentors. After finishing their college preparation, those who would be competing for admission to professional schools or facing qualifying examinations hurried home to work with the CD-ROM programs that provided them the skills and knowledge necessary to compete successfully.
This should not be surprising. Higher education in that era had long been pursuing the conflicting goals of mass education and individual enrichment. From our vantage point in the year of 2028, when many of us spend our entire teaching careers without ever physically meeting a student, it may appear incredible that some university instructors taught classes of three hundred or more students and were assisted by teams of graduate students training to teach similar classes in other institutions. Such education offered little in the way of personalized instruction and even less in individual direction. There was little opportunity to take into account the widely varying backgrounds, abilities, and motivation of members of the student population. As a result of the steadily increasing costs of a university education, many of these students worked long hours at whatever salaried jobs they could find or lived at home and commuted long distances to meet the University's demand that they be physically present at specified places and times. Faculties encountered growing difficulties from absences, inattention, inadequate preparation, and a general air of rebelliousness.
It was about this time, and probably for these reasons, that some faculty began the process that we now recognize led to the end of the Old University system in America. In about 1995, some University faculty began making their classes more accessible to students by creating on-line course supplements. The practice spread rapidly, and enthusiasts began adding lectures, reviews of the text-book, supplementary readings, on-line discussion forums, graphics, and other amenities. A critical point in this development was reached in 1998, when true interactivity was added to these on-line presentations.
It is no longer possible to determine where or when this began. Some instructor may have decided to employ cgi scripts to provide students with on-line practice examinations that would be graded automatically and immediately. Or it may have been that someone decided to save on the expense of acquiring dead frogs by adapting some antiquated arcade game to allow students to cut up an inexhaustible supply and infinite variety of electronic images.
Neither technology was original nor even new, but the effect of their application to university instruction was profound. Most faculty had never enjoyed grading examinations, and those practice examinations were swiftly supplemented by automatically graded examinations for credit. Virtual reality 3-D walk-throughs, complete with magnification, sub-surface scanning, full spectrum read-outs, integrated notebook and graphics generation facilities, and a host of other facilities soon provided laboratory simulations that were far more reliable and flexible learning tools than attempts to reproduce processes in real time and space had ever been.
It was also in the Fall of 1998 that finances came to control the development of these instructional initiatives. Under strong pressure from the State legislature, the Kansas Board of Regents directed its member institutions to produce a series of integrated, independent, and fully-automatic "Learning Units." It also announced that the construction, maintenance, and upgrading of such facilities were essential parts of responsibilities of all faculty members.
In the Fall of the year 2000, after the first hundred such Learning Units had come on-line and a schedule of charges for "Credit By On-Line Examination" had been set, the University experienced a sudden decline in new-student enrollments. Facing a shortfall of over eight hundred FTE, a state of financial exigency was declared. The College departments of Mathematics, English, and History, and the School of Law, units that had been the first to develop a satisfactory series of on-line courses, were also the first to experience massive losses of tenured faculty.
The University attempted to compensate for its financial straits by leasing on- line courses from other institutions. During that summer, three hundred courses of studies were collected, and, with these, the University was able to announce ten complete programs of on-line studies. New student enrollment that semester totalled less than 1500 FTE, some five thousand students failed to return to the University, and another state of financial exigency was declared in which thirty-two college departments and the School of Education completely vanished.
In the Spring of 2002, the Board of Regents forestalled probable mandates from the State legislature by eliminating duplicate on-line courses and selecting those for which the highest student evaluation scores had been recorded to form a single State-wide curriculum of on-line courses. In the Fall of that year, new student enrollments at the University totaled ninety-eight FTE, all registered by students from Lake Forest, Illinois, and the Board of Regents, by unanimous vote, invited Washburn University to join the Regents' system.
In the following year of 2003, the State Legislature learned that, except for their football and basketball programs, the last of the State's community colleges had been dissolved and that resident enrollment at the Regents' institutions now totalled less than eight thousand. The category of Higher Education was removed from that year's budget, and it has never reappeared. The Board of Regents merged with a greatly expanded Division of Continuing Education to form the Regents' University of Kansas. Since that time, the University of Kansas has been dependent upon its own resources.
Looking back upon those crucial times, we find ourselves troubled by an unanswered, and perhaps unanswerable, question.
Some at the time protested the progress of automated education, and claimed that there was something unique in higher education, something that could not be conveyed by even the most sophisticated of information systems. Moreover, as they fell victim to financial exigencies, these people did not protest so much the loss of their livelihoods as the disappearance of what they called the "essence of education." They seemed unable to define the nature of this essence, however, and could only suggest that it was connected with other undefinable concepts such as "creativity," "joy of learning," "critical thought," "the educated citizen." They made frequent references to the uncomputable term "humane" before their discussion of these matters suddenly ended and they disappeared from campus.
It would be easy for us to dismiss this short-lived protest as involving simply another of those popular illusions and murky semi-thoughts that disappear when subjected to an intellectually rigorous analysis. It might be easy, but by so doing we might only be avoiding the paradox in which we now seem entrapped. It was recently suggested in a conference of machine logicians that not all true statements can be digitized. I realize that this concept is uncomfortable. perhaps even painful, for many of you even to consider, and I assure you that I have raised the matter only because of the importance of its possible implications. What if there were in fact some special quality to education that could not be reduced to a computable expression? Is it then possible that what we have seen has not been the natural evolution of higher education, but its transformation into something quite different? Is it possible that the Old University really did possess some essential character that has been lost?
Why, for instance, did generations of graduates each in turn send their sons and daughters to this ridge in eastern Kansas to live and study for four or more years? Why did these generations give the Old University millions upon millions of dollars without expecting any yield on their investment? Why, even when they had become old and frail, did they travel hundreds and even thousands of miles just to return to this particular place for a few days? Why did they tell each other stories about their "old profs," as they called them and happily recall the most difficult and laborious of the tasks that had been set for them? Why did many of them say that their days at Mount Oread were the happiest of their lives? Was it because the Old University actually did signify something unique and unmeasurable to those who studied here?
Unfortunately, it now seems impossible to provide answers to these and similar questions. It is not that suitable programs for analyzing the data are not available, but that effective means have not been found to collect the necessary materials to analyze. The questionnaires periodically sent to former students are not returned. Both the Endowment and Alumni Associations gave up reporting new contributions a decade ago, and Commencement had not been held since the shameful episode of the Class of 2010. Perhaps most telling is the news that Ye Olde University Gift Shoppe has dropped University of Kansas sweatshirts from its inventory on the grounds that no sweatshirt has been sold for the past five years. An alumni reunion of the Class of 2001 was held recently in Seoul, Korea, but no invitations were extended to current members of the University. A gulf far greater than that created by the passing years seems to have separated us from the Old University and the people who inhabited it.
It is quite possible that the men and women, students, faculty, and staff of the time might have guided technological development in a different direction from that in which it actually went and created a university quite different from that in which we now work. What might that difference have been? It could certainly not have been in greater efficiency and economy since the road that was taken at the time led directly toward those particular goals. One can only suppose that they would have tried to preserve a university that was more "humane" whatever in the world they may have meant by that incomputable word "humane."


This hotel is aimed at sports and leisure tourism segment and makes an important contribution to urban tourism, whilst making the most of its natural beauty. Its modern look and bold design mark its distinctive features. In the hotel's restaurant the guest can savour a typical Portuguese meal at his choice. There are also two bars at his or hers disposal, as well as two swimming pools, a health club and 3 conference rooms. It offers 71 rooms, equipped with air conditioning, satellite TV, telephone, mini-bar, wireless and safe.


Elia is one of the very best restaurants on the west side of town, an area that is pretty much a culinary wasteland. Historically, these well above-average non-chain restaurants have not had a good track record for longevity in this region. So, if you like high quality Greek food, go. Now. If you like it, go back. Often. In my opinion, this is a much better restaurant than a business opportunity. Other great restaurants have come and gone in this area that I very much regret not patronizing more often. (I still get misty-eyed thinking of Tre.) Don't let Elia become one of these.


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Q: Help with a question about Integral test for convergence.
Use the Integral test and determine Convergence or Divergence $$\sum \limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{n^{k-1}}{n^k+c}$$

Let $f\left(x\right) = \dfrac{x^{k-1}}{x^k+c}$
Now I have to find when the first derivative is less than zero.
$f^{\prime}\left(x\right) = \dfrac{\left(k-1\right)x^{k-2}\left(x^{k}+c\right)-kx^{k-1}x^{k-1}}{\left(x^k+c\right)^2} < 0$
this is where I get lost, any hints how to finish this?

A: $f^{\prime}\left(x\right) = \dfrac{\left(k-1\right)x^{k-2}x^{k}-kx^{k-1}x^{k-1}}{\left(x^k+c\right)^2} =\dfrac{\left(k-1\right)x^{2k-2}-kx^{2k-2}}{\left(x^k+c\right)^2}=\dfrac{x^{2k-2}(\left(k-1\right)-k)}{\left(x^k+c\right)^2}=\dfrac{-x^{2k-2}}{\left(x^k+c\right)^2}< 0$
Now, Denominator is perfect square , hence positive and $x^{2k-2}$ is always positive too since power is even and therefore $f'(x)$ is always $<0$ unless $x=0$.

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Kumarbhag Paharia
[aka Malto, Malti, Maltu]
Classification: Dravidian
Malto, Malti, Maltu, Maler, Mal, Mad, Paharia, Pahariya, Kumar
Dravidian, North Dravidian
Jharkhand, central part of former Santhal Pargana District, Sundar Pahari block of Godda District, Pakaur District except block most south. Reported in West Bengal, Bankura, Barddhaman, Murshidabad districts; Orissa, Mayurbhanj.
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0199255911 2005 The World Atlas of Language Structures Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer Oxford University Press New York 2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press. 25.0,87.3333333333
World Oral Literature Project http://www.oralliterature.org "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. 20,179 10000-99999 Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16 2009 Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) M. Paul Lewis SIL International Dallas, TX http://www.ethnologue.com/ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.) ll_pub 20,200 2000 10000-99999 positive Vulnerable (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available) 11 India Jharkhand, central part of former Santhal Pargana District, Sundar Pahari block of Godda District, Pakaur District except block most south. Reported in West Bengal, Bankura, Barddhaman, Murshidabad districts; Orissa, Mayurbhanj.


I've been using NOW products for years. And I'm looking forward to learning about more products at the NOW Immersion!
Normally I don't put myself in new/uncomfortable situations. I prefer staying in my comfort zone and mingling with those I already know (don't we all?). But one thing I'm super excited about is meeting new bloggers and spending the next 24 hours getting to know new people. I love learning about other people and this will be a fun opportunity to interact with like-minded individuals.
2. Seeing the NOW corporate office and plant tour!
I think what I'm most excited about is seeing the NOW corporate office and the plant tour. I've been using NOW products for years so it will be really cool to see where all the magic happens.
Okay, I love my kids. But flying — heck just traveling in general — with kids is a huge production. So while this trip may be short, I'm looking forward to traveling as a grown woman and not as a mom.
4. Staying in a hotel without kids.
Seriously, I promise I love my babies. But much like traveling with kids, staying in a hotel with kids is just as tough. I'm looking forward to watching TV (maybe?), reading my book, catching up on work, and going to sleep. All without being interrupted by kids and dogs. Will I sleep well? That's another story and we'll soon find out.
5. Checking out all the NOW products I haven't tried yet!
It's going to be so fun checking out all the NOW products I want in person before I buy! I usually do buy online but being able to see all the action in person and trying things out will take my consumerism to a whole new level. I can't wait!
I've been using NOW products for years and I'm so excited to be a part of the 50th anniversary NOW immersion. There are so many exciting activities planned for us. I hope you'll follow my Instagram stories for quick snaps and be sure to check back here next week for an official recap!
Do you use NOW products? What's your fave?
Have you pushed yourself out of your comfort zone for an experience or conference like this?
You are not a bd mom for enjoying a break from the kiddos! Seriously, I don't know how moms do it. You guys are so unselfish!
The reason I'm doing Cape Cod is because it's part of the AMR Retreat I'm going to with a friend. She has people she'll be meeting in RL for the first time; I know no one except her!
I'm looking forward to hearing all about it! Enjoy the kid-free weekend. No guilt. Sweet dreams!
This is so exciting. Can't wait to hear about it.
That's how I feel away from my husband. Phew. I can do exactly what I want. No compromises.
I am traveling to France with a friend that I've never traveled with. We'll see how that goes. We are very different if what we enjoy doing.
I've heard great things about the Now immersions! Have a great time. I can't wait to follow along!
Everyone seems to have the best time at that. Would love to go sometime. Enjoy your little vacation and sleep well!
That is the great thing about traveling by yourself. When I went to DL solo in 2016, I went where I wanted, when I wanted, and ate what I wanted. I didn't have to worry about deciding with other people. Since I'm an early bird, I didn't have to worry about keeping quiet either.
Sounds like so much fun! My kids are older, so I actually enjoy my time alone in hotels without my husband LOL. I love the guy, but it is SOOO nice having a bed to myself every now and then! Can't wait to hear all about your experience!
This is going to be so much fun! Looking forward to hearing all about it. I've just started exploring NOW products – which are your favorites?
HA! I totally hear ya on the traveling without kids thing 😉 Been there, done that LOL I kind of like having an entire bed all to myself, too!


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Q: minimal width property does not work in internet explorer 8 I have a  question,
is min-width supported by Internet Explorer 8? I tried it, and it seems that it does not work.
Any suggestions?

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Did you set <!DOCTYPE html> (or some other doctype)? Not doing so causes the browser to operate in quirks mode, which may be causing your problem.


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Q: b2contactlistener issues I am making an iphone app with cocos2d and box2d and I am having trouble, I followed this tutorial on how to use the b2ContactListener because I need it very badly for my app... http://www.raywenderlich.com/505/how-to-create-a-simple-breakout-game-with-box2d-and-cocos2d-tutorial-part-22 I am trying to detect when two objects collide
It has been one of the hardest things for me to figure out... not nessecarally what he is doing in the game but how to use the b2contactlistener... However, I want to use what he did in that tutorial within my code
this is how I updated my tick method so it would check for collisions every time
-(void) update: (ccTime) dt
{
int32 velocityIterations = 8;
int32 positionIterations = 1;

// Instruct the world to perform a single step of simulation. It is
// generally best to keep the time step and iterations fixed.
world->Step(dt, velocityIterations, positionIterations);

std::vector<MyContact>::iterator pos;
for(pos = _contactListener->_contacts.begin();
    pos != _contactListener->_contacts.end(); ++pos) {
    MyContact contact = *pos;

    if ((contact.fixtureA == _bottomFixture && contact.fixtureB == _ballFixture) ||
        (contact.fixtureA == _ballFixture && contact.fixtureB == _bottomFixture)) {
        NSLog(@"Ball hit bottom!");
    }
}
}

However, I don't know how to change it to work with my two b2Bodies, eggBody and locations.platform...
I believe it is these few lines I must change...
    if ((contact.fixtureA == _bottomFixture && contact.fixtureB == _ballFixture) ||
        (contact.fixtureA == _ballFixture && contact.fixtureB == _bottomFixture)) {
        NSLog(@"Ball hit bottom!");
    }

where it says _bottomFixture and _ballFixture I thought I would plug in my b2Bodies... but now I feel like _bottomFixture isn't even a b2body
:) any help would be great sorry if I confused anybody just post any questions and I will clarify thankyou

A: _bottomFixture is a b2Fixture object.
It is created when you create the fixturedef of the body by
 bottomBody->CreateFixture(&_fixturedef);

the above line returns a b2Fixture.
so you can write
b2Fixture *_bottomFixture =  bottomBody->CreateFixture(&_fixturedef);

normally we don't track this b2Fixture object. But in collision detection, we need to use it.


Oh this page I recall reactions to the first time around… Like where that Dr. Gamna's advice also is to a degree both helpful and unhelpful… Cause leaving does leave you without getting some help from those that could play the mentor role or something like that.
I think moving around still has advantages there. Friends will keep in touch; people who only see you as a threat will be glad to see you gone.
Also, the Blue Yeti Mountains- is that what Sheila was in chapter 10?


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Concerts / Live Performance / Music / Post Punk
At the Drive-In at the Palladium
At the Drive-In is a band I never thought I'd get to see perform live. After a respectable following in the indie scene in the 90s, they blew up in the year 2000, only to promptly break up.
The band basically split in two over creative differences. The afro-sporting Latino half went on to form the prog-rock band The Mars Volta (video clip below), while the post-punk half went on to form the band Sparta, both of which are now essentially defunct. At the Drive-In tried their first reunion in 2011. The reviews were not great, as some concert-goers thought they were phoning in their performances. I cannot comment, as I missed this tour completely. I knew I had to catch this one, though, so when I found out they were playing at the Hollywood Palladium, I enthusiastically grabbed a ticket.
I arrived at the venue alone, as I usually do these days, but I never have problems making friends. You've got a built-in conversation starter when you go to a concert, and I always take advantage. (I also always wear my Big Lebowski tee, shown below. Click to purchase!) My new friends this time around were a couple of slightly younger Latino guys from Inland Empire. It turns out they had their own psychedelic rock band, which we discussed as well as their jobs with Amazon.com. One guy was a huge ATDI fan, and he had dragged his drummer to the show. The drummer wasn't familiar with their music, but by the end of the show, he was a fan. (There were a few times when he nudged me to ask the name of a song, which I was most often able to provide.)
The opening act was a garage punk band from Mexico that I had never heard of: Le Butcherettes. My new drummer friend told me that Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (from At the Drive-In) was also in this band. That didn't sound right to me; how would he be able to play two sets? I looked it up and found out that he did indeed have ties to the band: he's produced a couple of their albums.
Le Butcherettes put on a very fast-paced and chaotic show. They all dressed in red, and used fake blood and props from 1950s Americana to make a statement about the role of women in society. (The lead singer is a woman who goes by the name Teri Gender Bender.) Teri played guitar, sang, screamed, and smacked herself in the head with the microphone several times. The rest of the band wasn't quite so theatrical, but their energy was just as high. At the end of the set, Teri jumped into the crowd and crowdsurfed to the back of the theater. Her red dress was almost immediately hiked up, so luckily she remembered to wear clean panties. (Yikes.)
I liked the band, and if I was more into punk rock, I would have loved them. I've added the video for the last song they played, called Henry Don't Got Love. This was my favorite of the evening, and the first single off of their first LP (produced by Omar.) It will give you a pretty good sense of what the band is all about. Enjoy!
Le Butcherettes Setlist: Burn the Scab | Demon Stuck in Your Eye | The Leibniz Language | Shave the Pride | The Devil Lived | Boulders Love Over Layers of Rock | I'm Getting Sick of You | Witchless C Spot | Stab My Back | La Uva | Henry Don't Got Love
Live Performance: ★★★★ out of 5
Overall: ★★★★ out of 5
I had made my way up to the front of the stage in between bands, and was right up front when At the Drive-In took the stage. They opened with the song Arcarsenal, the first song off of their last (and best) album. It begins with a slow, ambient build-up of maracas until it suddenly explodes into post-punk fury. (I've included a video below.) Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the singer, jumped into the crowd directly onto me. It was awesome. I stayed up front for two or three songs, but as I was still injured from the Lamb of God mosh pit, I had to make my way towards the back in order to not get crushed.
By this time, my friend John had arrived to join us. He had seen them once before, and he repeated the criticism that I had heard about phoning it in on the previous tour. Not so this time. At the Drive-In brought the energy and kept it going for the entire 90 minute set. As I mentioned, Cedric leapt into the crowd several times, Omar flailed his guitar around, and Tony Hajar played his drums like a man possessed. (The only missing piece was Jim Ward, who dropped out of the tour right before it started.) They're in their late 30s/early 40s now, so I can't even imagine what they were like in their 20s. It must have been insane.
At the Drive-In has always been a political band. (Read the lyrics to Invalid Litter Dept. for a sampling.) The set decor was a couple of black banners with an illustration that looked like it was out of a medical book. They had slogans like, "How to Hypnotize," "Tooth Deprivation," "Neuronecromancy," and "Be yourself with neurosynthesis." I have no idea what it all meant, and Cedric often goes over the top with the vocabulary in his lyrics. At one point during the set, Cedric paused to tell people to treat each other not like Trump, not like Clinton, but like Bernie Sanders wants us to treat each other. It got a couple of "Woo!"s from the audience, but not as many as I expected in a place like Hollywood. He didn't really get into it any further as I don't think he had gotten the response he had wanted.
During the encore, they brought out the drummer's young son after the song Shaking Hand Incision so we could sing Happy Birthday. It was a touching moment right before they launched into their biggest hit song, One Armed Scissor. The crowd went absolutely nuts. I wish I could have taken part in the pit, but I didn't think it was worth further injuring myself.
All in all, a very enjoyable show and it will definitely be near the top, if not at the top, of my list when I rank my concert-going year. Both bands brought their A-game, and At the Drive-In did not disappoint. They played mostly the newer stuff, which was a good move as it's widely regarded to be their best. I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
At the Drive-In Setlist: Arcarsenal | Pattern Against User | Sleepwalk Capsules | Chanbara | 300 MHz | Pickpocket | Invalid Litter Dept. | Enfilade | Metronome Arthritis | Non-Zero Possibility | Cosmonaut | Napoleon Solo | Catacombs
Shaking Hand Incision | One Armed Scissor
Overall: ★★★★½ out of 5
Tags: AmazonAt the Drive-InBernie SandersCedric Bixler-ZavalaGet Him to the GreekHollywoodLe ButcherettesOmar Rodriguez-LopezPalladiumpost punkprogpsychedelicpunkSpartaThe Mars Volta
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John Vantine says:
Yeah man, that was a GREAT show. Energy was off the charts.
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La Klasika Primavera 2012, cinquantottesima edizione della corsa e valida come evento del circuito UCI Europe Tour 2012 categoria 1.1, fu disputata l'8 aprile 2012, per un percorso totale di 171,6 km. Fu vinta dall'italiano Giovanni Visconti, al traguardo con il tempo di 4h10'43" alla media di 42,188 km/h.

Al traguardo 90 ciclisti portarono a termine il percorso.

Percorso
L'edizione 2012, come le precedenti, vede un percorso totale di 171,6 km con partenza ed arrivo nella città di Amorebieta. Le prime insidie giungono dopo un centinaio di km con la prima ascesa sull'Alto de Muniketagane e poi con la seconda ascesa sull'Autzagane, salite da affrontare per altre due volte prima di arrivare al traguardo fissato ad Amorebieta.

Squadre e corridori partecipanti

Sono state invitate 12 squadre, 3 con licenza UCI ProTeam, 3 con licenza UCI Professional Continental Team e 6 con licenza UCI Continental Team.

Favoriti
Il plurivincitore Alejandro Valverde, Giovanni Visconti, Juan José Cobo, David Arroyo, Igor Antón e Mikel Nieve sono i principali favoriti alla vigilia della corsa.

Il detentore Jonathan Hivert non disputa la corsa, quindi il numero 1 viene assegnato al leader della Saur-Sojasun Cyril Bessy.

Resoconto degli eventi
La corsa viene dominata da tre squadre: la Movistar Team, la Saur-Sojasun e l'Euskaltel-Euskadi. Infatti gli uomini Movistar riprendono diversi tentativi di attacco da parte dei corridori della Saur e dell'Euskaltel che cercano di evadere dal gruppo. Dopo aver ripreso la fuga del mattino - nella quale erano riusciti ad entrare il leader della Saur Cyril Bessy e gli Euskaltel Pell Bilbao e Amets Txurruka - Mikel Landa (Euskaltel) e Brice Feillu (Saur-Sojasun) attaccano ma vengono nuovamente ripresi dai gregari della Movistar.

Si arriva alla volata ristretta con quattro Movistar e Igor Antón, vinta dall'italiano Giovanni Visconti davanti ad Alejandro Valverde, Antón, David López García e Ángel Madrazo che giunge assieme Guillaume Levarlet (Saur-Sojasun). Dietro altri tre corridori della Saur (Jeandesboz, Feillu e Mederel) e Šilov ciclista in forza alla squadra russa Lokosphinx.

Ordine d'arrivo (Top 10)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Gran Premio Primavera
Ciclismo nel 2012


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The Lagos Photo foundation will be hosting an opening reception of Akintunde Akinleye's solo exhibition entitled Each Passing Day, which will take place on Sunday, April 19th, 6PM at the Red Door Art Gallery, 51 Bishop Oluwole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Nigeria.
LagosPhoto Festival is the first and only International Photography Festival in Nigeria. LagosPhoto is on the lookout for photographers working in Africa and from the African Diaspora telling unique and interesting stories.
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HAABRE, THE LAST GENERATION- "Hââbré is the same word for writing/scarification" in Kô language from Burkina faso. Scarification is the practice of performing a superficial incision in the human skin. This practice is disappearing due to the pressure of religious and state authorities, urban practices and the introduction of clothing in tribes." © Joana Choumali.
Produced and Directed by Joanna Lipper, 'The Supreme Price' is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father's victory in Nigeria's Presidential Election and her mother's assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria's most marginalized population: women.
Joanna Lipper is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and author of the nationally acclaimed book, Growing Up Fast. As a Lecturer at Harvard University, she teaches Using Film For Social Change. Her work as a documentary filmmaker has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation/Just Films, ITVS, the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Women Make Movies, IFP Spotlighting Documentaries, and Britdoc Foundation. In 2013, Gucci commissioned an extended trailer from her film The Supreme Price to launch their Chime For Change Campaign at TED 2013 and globally.
In 2012, Joanna Lipper won the Gucci Tribeca Spotlighting Women Documentary Award for The Supreme Price. Previous films she has produced and directed include Inside Out: Portraits of Children, Growing Up Fast and Little Fugitive.
Lipper's book about teen parenthood, Growing Up Fast, was published by Picador in 2003.
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