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2014 R 1h 34m Blu-ray / DVD
When Jason's relationship crumbles, his three best friends decide to show their solidarity by staying single until he's ready to get back in the game. But the pact is put to the test when fate presents all three with their ideal ladies.
Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Jessica Lucas, Alysia Reiner, Josh Pais, Emily Meade, Mackenzie Davis, Tina Benko
Tom Gormican
Comedy, Romantic Comedies
Romantic, Raunchy
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
R - Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Parents need to know that the comedy That Awkward Moment follows three twenty-something best friends who vow to just hook up and not get involved with anyone in order to stay single together. Although stars Zac Efron, Miles Teller, and Michael B. Jordan are known for previously starring in teen-friendly fare, this is a mature post-college sex comedy that while not graphic in its depiction of sex, is still incredibly risque. There's near-constant strong language ("f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," "pussy," "cock," "dick," etc.), and several sex scenes that show sides of breasts, butts, and bare shoulders, and women in bras and panties. The movie's message is that relationships require work, acknowledgement, and commitment.
Lots of discussion of casual sex and a "hook-up roster" of women the guys will have sex with but not date seriously. Several sex scenes that show the sides of butts and breasts, or women in their bras and panties. A married woman commits adultery, a man walks in on his friend having sex.
Mike punches Jason. A secondary character dies.
Uses of "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," in every scene. Other insults include "emotionally retarded," "what the hell," "f--king idiot," "stalker," "dick," "sick cock," and more.
The movie's main message is that relationships mean being there for someone else when they're going through tough times, not just happy times.
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The three guys drink a lot -- at home, at parties, and during their bar outings.


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Funding for Rare Projects Just Got Easier: Global Genes Gifts $100,000 to 18 Patient Organizations
Grant recipients were selected from a pool of 137 applicants requesting over $1.4 million in total. Global Genes is committed to meeting the collective need of the 350 million patients and hundreds of advocacy groups fighting for treatments and cures for over 7,000 rare diseases.
May 24, 2016 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Genes, a leading rare and genetic disease advocacy organization, proudly announces the winners of its inaugural RARE Patient Impact Grant program. Launched at the 2015 Rare Tribute to Champions of Hope, the nonprofit directs $100,000 in financial support to deserving rare disease foundations and patient advocacy groups providing equipment, resources, and support to rare disease patients and their caregivers.
NGLY1 Foundation is one of Global Genes' 18 grantees. They seek solutions and patient support for NGLY1 families, an extremely rare disorder that is just one of the 118 rare genetic disorders called Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG). There are only about 150 known cases of CDG in the United States. Our grant made it possible for parents to actively participate in a recent conference while their children received care. This is a massive endeavor for a community caring for kids who are suffering from global developmental delays, liver dysfunction, and regular seizures. Cristina Might, Founder & Executive Director of NGLY1 Foundation, expresses her gratitude, "The grant funding helped ensure the children had proper medical care while parents and caregivers participated in the educational sessions."
Global Genes is satisfying an advocacy need that should not be rare. Collectively rare diseases affect 30 million Americans and 350 million people worldwide, approximately half of them children. That's 10% of the human population. Nicole Boice, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Genes is a champion of the RARE Patient Impact Grant program. "We are excited to make these first awards for an underserved community, and are dedicated to growing the grant program, including increasing the funding available to meet the needs of grant recipients each year."
That's amazing news to Krista Vasi, Executive Director of Usher Syndrome Coalition, "We are thrilled to be able to offer scholarships to so many new families for this year's conference. I hope this grant can make a difference for more groups like ours." The event will include science sessions, family panels, a research Q&A, and lengthy break sessions where patients and caregivers can engage with researchers who are working tirelessly towards a cure. Usher Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that results in a combination of hearing loss and visual impairment. It is the leading cause of deafblindness.
Amanda Knitter, Global Genes' Director of Patient Advocacy, was one of the team members who reviewed the 137 grant application totaling $1.4 million in requested funding. "I'm extremely excited that we were able to distribute to such a worthy recipient base, but we need to do more. If Global Genes could grant all of these requests, we would have been able to help rare foundations serve 1.1 million patients and caregivers."
There is a huge opportunity to support projects critical to the rare community. With 1 in 10 Americans impacted by a rare disease, chances are someone you know is battling silently. Global Genes doesn't want rare to be an excuse for not caring. We are requesting support from those outside of the rare community in order to increase the awards for the RARE Patient Impact Grant program. Global Genes raised funds for these grants through its international Denim Dash, a weeklong virtual event held from March 19th to 27th. Help us grow this program and increase our giving to RARE Patient Impact Grant recipients each year. Make an online donation or contact Monica Lee Copeland directly to give at a larger level.
Congratulations to the 2016 RARE Patient Impact Grant program awardees that include the following disease communities: 1p36 Deletion Support & Awareness, ADCY5 Mutation, A Foundation Building Strength, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, CADASIL Association, Children's Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease Foundation (chILD Foundation), Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), Helping Hands for GAND, Inc., Histiocytosis Association, Inc., Hope for SCD, International FOXG1 Foundation, LHON Project at UMDF, Moebius Syndrome Foundation, National PKU News, NGLY1 Foundation, Pachyonychia Congenita Project, Usher Syndrome Coalition. Learn more about our 2016 grant winners!
Global Genes will accept grant applications for 2017 awards between July 15, 2016 and September 15, 2016. Learn how to apply for a RARE Patient Impact Grant here. Types of projects funded include special programming conference support, disease specific educational resources for schools, adaptive equipment and technology for patients, and micro-grants for early investigative research.
About Global Genes – Allies in Rare Disease
Global Genes is a leading rare genetic disease advocacy organization. We work to eliminate rare disease challenges by building awareness, developing patient-focused educational tools, and funding patient care programs and early investigative research. Recognized worldwide by the Blue Denim Genes Ribbon®, Global Genes is dedicated to connecting the global rare disease community and uniting experts, advocates and patients of all ages. Together, we actively seek support, treatments and cures for the 7,000+ rare diseases and rare genetic disorders that affect 30 million Americans and over 350 million people worldwide.
The ACE Agency
Ashley Eckenweiler
ashley@theaceagency.com
Global Genes directs $100,000 in financial support to deserving rare disease foundations and patient advocacy groups providing equipment, resources, and support to patients and their caregivers.

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That's the current new car inventory of my local Audi dealer (where I dropped my car off for service this morning). I really like my new A4 loaner, but even if I wanted to trade-in, choices are slim if you don't want an SUV.
Hertz gave me one of these. My initial impression is, I could definitely own one for the right price. Not a V8 or anything, doesn't handle as well as my A4, but plenty of power and comfort. And I like the styling.
Oppos, talk to me about Porsche 987s. I've noticed that they are 100% in 3rd car territory I can afford. A lot near me has one (and 3 BMW E36/7s) I'm thinking about visiting.
It's just the kids' college fund.
The center F-1 on the S-1C of SA-500D at the US Space and Rocket Center. Not the first time I've seen it. Not the first time I've photographed it. Not the first time I've been awed by it.
It could be that Lambo you had on your bedroom wall as a kid. Or the Jaguar E-type you never knew about until that flashback article in Car and Driver. Or maybe it's a bug eye WRX STI, because obviously.
Summer weather and lukewarm significant other interest has me perusing convertible 2 seaters. But which one? The catch: must comfortably seat 6'4" driver (sorry Miata).
Just watched the Wheeler Dealers Lamborghini Urraco episode. Now I must have one.
2012 A8 4.2 with 38k miles. Asking $37k.
190k miles, $6,999. Interior looks ok in pics. Service records only for the last 90k miles.


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2017 Hall of Fame Members
Wednesday July 12, 2017 – Richard Finger Day
Hall of Fame member Richard Finger from Lewiston has a long history in education, and proudly notes that for 31 years he was an agriculture teacher until he retired in 1999.
"I was born and raised on a farm in west-central Minnesota. My parents and I worked on farms for relatives and landlords… Since we didn't have a farm I decided the best thing I could do was to go to college and become an agriculture instructor," says Finger.
Finger graduated from the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus in the summer of 1968, and he was immediately hired by the Lewiston /Altura School District that July. During his years of teaching he was also the FFA advisor.
"I was blessed to have outstanding students. Many of these students today are farming in the area, or work in various agri-businesses… these students received awards and recognitions on the district, regional, state and national levels in events that today are called career development events," Finger commented.
While Finger's students were involved on many levels, Finger also worked with his peers on district, regional and state levels. That involvement included offices as state secretary and president, as well as chairing the Minnesota Agriculture Teachers conference for many years and at one point he and wife Retha edited "Ag in Actions", a magazine for Minnesota Agricultural teachers.
As an FFA advisor he also worked with the FFA Barnyard at the Winona County Fair, and for about 20 years spent days at the fair helping FFA students park cars. He notes he also served on the fair board for several years, and "enjoyed" judging herdsmanship and other 4-H projects at fairs.
Finger's wife Retha also taught social studies in the Lewiston School district, and together they raised 3 children- Patty (husband Tom), Jana (husband Gregg), and Sarah. The couple also has a grandson named Brody.
During his 50 years in Lewiston, Finger has also served his community through the Jaycees, Lion's Club, beautification committee and park board.
"When I learned that Lewiston had an opening I applied and was hired… even though I was not living close to my family, I thoroughly enjoy the beautiful country-side of the Lewiston area, quite a change from the flat land of Springfield, MN," concludes Finger.
Thursday July 13, 2017 – Gary Evans Day
According to Hall of Fame member Gary Evans, Winona County, MN, is a great place to live. For that reason, he has spent most of his life in this area.
"In my opinion, there is no better place anywhere to raise children. We lived in Albert Lea when the children were toddlers and Minneapolis, but leapt at the chance to return to Winona because of the environment. In Winona County, helping hands and dear friends are always in earshot. Living here has been a total joy," says Evans.
Evans is married to the former Ellen Suhr, and he notes that in her youth Ellen was a Buffalo County, WI Dairy Princess. The couple also raised two children- Gregory (wife Terri Kukowski) and Natalie (husband Dan Matejka).
The name Gary Evans is well known in Winona. For 30 years Gary says he was in "newspapering", much of that time at the Winona Daily News. His career also took him to Winona State University for 15 years as Vice-President of Advancement, and for another 15 years was President and CEO of Hiawatha Broadband Communications.
During his career, Evans has been honored for his contributions to the organizations where he has worked. In 2009 he received a Distinguished Service Award from Winona State University, served on the Blandin Foundation Broadband Strategy Board from 2005 to 2014 and was an advisor to the FCC group that authored the National Broadband Plan in 2009.
Now "finally" retired, Evans has written three novels. The first of those was published in June 2017.
Volunteerism is also important to Evans, and he has given back to the Winona Community. Some of those activities have included 25 years as chairman of the Winona Health Board, Governor's Broadband Task Force, chair of the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce Board, Winona County Historical Society Board, Great River Shakespeare Board and the church council at Trinity Lutheran Church in Goodview. Evans has also been the Harbormaster and grand marshal for Winona Steamboat Days.
"I am proud to be a volunteer because my grandmother, who raised me, everyday told me that my job was always to leave things better than I found them," Evans commented.
Friday July 14, 2017 – Gerard & Lila Brogan Day
Family farming operations are fading out of the landscape of the rural areas these days, but Gerard and Lila Brogan of St. Charles are proud to operate Brogan Oaks Heights Dairy. The Brogan's have the distinct honor of being the first "couple" to be named to the Winona County Fair Hall of Fame in the same year.
"We own and run the farm with our two sons… we milk 480 cows, raise all our heifers and feed out our steers, " says Lila Brogan in describing their operation.
Sons Keith and Scott are part of the operation, and the family raises corn, soybeans, hay, peas and sweet corn. Lila also works as a Title One Para-Professional in the St. Charles School District, and Gerard is enrolled in the farm business management program though Riverland College.
The couple has raised 6 children- Keith, Heidi (Jeremiah Neubert), Paula (David Wegman), Scott (Angie), Stacy (Reggie Shones) and Lisa (Josh Campbell). There are also 14 grandchildren.
The Brogan Farm was honored as a Century Farm in 1998, and a round barn built by Gerard's grandfather in 1911 still stands. The barn was selected as a finalist in the Friends of MN Barns of the Year program in 2009.
The couple are members of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, the St. Charles FFA Alumni group (Lila was named MN FFA Alumni Member of the year for 2017), 4-H leaders and the Winona County American Dairy Association. At the Winona County Fair the couple are very visible being in charge of the malt wagon and the Little Red Barn, Lila helping with open class exhibits and Gerard assisting with the 4-H dairy steer show. Added to all this Lila is treasurer and election judge for Saratoga Township, and Gerard a member of the St. Charles Moose Lodge.
"Winona County is a beautiful county with rolling hills and bluffs and a lot of farming diversity. We both grew up in Winona County and have lived here our entire lives. Gerard and I both exhibited at the Winona County Fair, and our children and grandchildren have followed in our footsteps…. The fair is like a vacation for us that we really enjoy," emphasizes Lila Brogan.
Saturday July 15, 2017 – Mike Miller Day
Hall of Fame member Mike Miller of St. Charles is the perfect example of someone who loves his town, and strives to make it a better place to live by his community involvement.
Mike is the long- time owner of Mike's Food Center in St. Charles, along with his son Jon. He has been in the grocery business for 45 years, and 38 of those years have been in St. Charles. Miller is very visible in his business, and greets his customers with a smile and is always ready to provide assistance.
The Miller Family includes wife Wendy, and the couple has been married for 40 years. Together they have raised 3 children- Kelly Stroeing, Jon Miller and Liz Miller.
Miller's involvement outside his store includes Grocers Association Board for 12 years, Eastwood Bank Board of 23 years, chairman of the St. Charles Aquatic Center Fund Drive and fund drive committee member for construction of the new Catholic Church.
Mike also notes that he has worked on the St. Charles Economic Development Council, and is proud that the group accomplished a project for new sidewalks and lights in downtown St. Charles, and that an 18- hole golf course was built right in St. Charles.
Aside work and volunteering, Mike and Wendy are world travelers. Some of their destinations included Brazil, China, Ireland, England, Africa, and into Canada for fly fishing and duck hunting.
"I grew up in Plainview, and there was a store here in St. Charles to purchase… this is a great area to live and work, and I am happy to be a part of the St. Charles community," Miller concludes.
Sunday July 16, 2017 – Marge Kingsley Day
If you watch closely during the 2017 fair you may see Hall of Fame member Marge Kingsley of St. Charles driving a 1964 Oliver 1600 Tractor in the antique tractor parade. Marge says she "loves" to drive that tractor, especially at the Winona County Fair!
Kingsley was born and raised near Elgin, and during high school played a cornet in the band and was the Homecoming Queen. In 1956 she married Charles Kingsley, and they raised 5 children – Diane (Wynn), Duane (Died in 2011), Dale (Dana), Doug and Denise (Troy). Charlie Kingsley died in 2013. The family includes 11 grandchildren, 1 step granddaughter and 13 great grandchildren. Marge attends most school activities for her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
"We came to Winona County because of employment for my husband, and shortly after we started farming… we both loved being in Winona County, and here I stayed," commented Kingsley.
Aside from raising her family, Marge was a leader for the Pleasant Ridge Rustlers 4-H Club, a member of the Pleasant Ridge Homemakers, St. Charles Senior Center, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, the Catholic Daughters and the Rosary Society. She also worked at Camera Art for several years, and then enjoyed working with staff and students in the St. Charles High School Cafeteria for 15 years.
At the Winona County Fair Marge served as an exhibit superintendent for needlecraft for 12 years, and loves doing counted cross stitch. She has exhibited her projects and won some ribbons at the Winona County Fair, and exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair. In 2000 Charlie and Marge were honored to reign as the Winona County Fair King and Queen.
Ever a mother, Marge wants people to know that her children tell her she makes the "best" potato salad and pies in the world. A nice tribute to a mother!


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Movecho was visited yesterday, May 7th, by the president of the Portuguese political party CDS-PP, Assunção Cristas, accompanied by the president of the District Political Commission, Hélder Amaral, the municipal coordinator João Rebelo, the deputy secretary-general Pedro Magalhães and other local and national leaders of the party.
The former portuguese Minister of Agriculture and the Sea was in the region as part of her political agenda as president of the CDS-PP and had the opportunity to visit MOVECHO's facilities, including the ongoing expansion works. In a relaxed environment, Assunção Cristas attended a brief presentation of the company based in Nelas, keeping abreast of the company's latest and future investments.


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Tesla Daily
Tesla Announces Q2 Earnings Date
Tesla has announced the date for their second quarter earnings report.
Rob Maurer
Jul 12, 2021 11:50 PM EDT
Tesla has announced the date for their second quarter earnings report: July 26, 2021.
"Tesla will post its financial results for the second quarter of 2021 after market close on Monday, July 26, 2021. At that time, Tesla will issue a brief advisory containing a link to the Q2 2021 update, which will be available on Tesla's Investor Relations website. Tesla management will hold a live question and answer webcast that day at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time (5:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial and business results and outlook."
Historically, Tesla has reported earnings on Wednesdays, but the company seemed to revise the schedule in Q1 2021 with a shift to Monday. Q2's date follows suit.
In early July, Tesla announced record quarterly deliveries of 201,250 vehicles, up 9% from Q1. Investors will be looking for record earnings as well. In Q1, Tesla reported an all-time high non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.93. Last year Tesla posted $0.44 non-GAAP earnings per share on 90,821 deliveries. Currently, analysts are expecting non-GAAP EPS of $0.94 in Q2. Consensus estimates may change as earnings approach.
On Monday, Jim Cramer called Tesla stock a "huge buy" as Elon Musk took the stand in defense of a SolarCity-related lawsuit.
Last week, ARK Invest bought shares of TSLA for the first time in over a month.
Tesla recently released a new lower-priced version of the Model Y in China, while opening up exports of the higher-priced version to Europe.
Over the weekend, Tesla released their vision-only Full Self-Driving beta "version 9" to a limited set of customers.
Disclosure: Rob Maurer is long TSLA stock and derivatives.
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Ebury is publishing an inside look at the case of Michael Peterson, which became the subject of the hit true-crime documentary "The Staircase", shown on Netflix and heralded "the new 'Making a Murderer'".
Michael Peterson is a crime novelist who was accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their home in Durham, North Carolina.
Authored by American crime writer Diane Fanning, Written in Blood explores the 2001 case that sparked a 16-year court battle. The book originally published in the US with St Martin's Press in 2005 and was an Edgar Award finalist in 2006. According to Ebury, while the book "takes readers on a whole other journey away from the Netflix series", a short author note has been added to this edition about Peterson's current situation.
UK and commonwealth rights were acquired from Rachel Clements at Abner Stein on behalf of Lauren Abramo at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
Ebury editorial director Sara Cywinski said: "I inhaled the documentary series, but I had so many questions by the end and the show simply didn't and couldn't answer them. I'm thrilled to be publishing Diane's book, which was an Edgar Award Finalist when it published in the US. It's a totally different perceptive and she has certainly made me question everything I've seen and read before."
Ebury publish the book on the 23rd August as an £8.99 paperback.


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As their name implies, this breed was started in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally weighing up to 44 lbs, the Boston Terrier was bred down from the bull and terrier pit-fighting breeds. This breed has the distinction of being the first non-sporting dog to be bred in America.
The Boston Terrier is the first breed that originated in the United States to be recognized by the American Kennel Club. They were originally created by breeding a mix of bull and terrier type breeds with the result weighing upwards of 40 pounds. It is believed that the original cross was an English Bulldog and the now extinct English White Terrier.
The Boston Terrier will reach heights of 15-17 inches. By the American Kennel Club breed standard, the Boston Terrier should not weigh in at less than 10 pounds or more than 25 pounds.The Boston Terrier is a very playful, affectionate and loving breed that was bred down from the fighting ring to become an excellent family pet. The Boston Terrier will learn quickly, as they are quite intelligent. However, it is imperative that a firm and consistent pack leader take charge from a young age. The Boston Terrier can become quite stubborn and willful if left to believe that they wear the pants in the pack. The Boston Terrier is not typically utilized as a guard dog, however, it is not uncommon for a Boston Terrier to bark when necessary.
The Boston Terrier is an energetic, friendly and gentle breed that is known for his exceptional character. They are known to be very well mannered and enjoy the company of children of all ages. The Boston Terrier is also recommended as a companion for the elderly. The Boston Terrier does not have much of a prey drive and so they have the propensity to get along well with cats and other small animals. The Boston Terrier must be socialized well at a young age, however, to avoid aggression towards other dogs.


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William Penn Patrick (March 31, 1930 – June 9, 1973) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and fraudster.  He was the owner of Holiday Magic, Leadership Dynamics, and Mind Dynamics.  Patrick was a proponent of the sour grapes philosophy, and has been widely quoted as stating:  "Those who condemn wealth are those who have none and see no chance of getting it."

Patrick tried unsuccessfully to enter politics, first running against Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination for governor of California, and was later nominated by the California Theocratic Party for Vice President of the United States. Patrick was a member of the John Birch Society.

In 1972 an F-86 Sabre jet, owned by Patrick, crashed into an ice cream parlor in Sacramento, killing 22 people on the ground. Patrick was not the pilot at that time, but a year later he died in a crash in his P-51D Mustang in Lakeport, California.

Political career
Patrick sought out the Republican nomination for governor of California, in 1966.  Patrick alleged that a pollster, Mervin Field, had accepted money to influence a poll in the campaign.  Mervin Field sued Patrick for libel, for damages of US$4 million, and was awarded US$300,000.  Patrick later lost the nomination, to Ronald Reagan.  The New Republic described Patrick's campaign strategy as that of "out-Reaganing Ronald Reagan".  In 1967, Patrick formed a fundraising group to run for Thomas Kuchel's Senate seat.  Patrick was later nominated for Vice President of the United States, in 1967, by the California Theocratic Party.  The Los Angeles Times referred to Patrick as the "strangest politician".  He was mainly popular among ultraconservative and ultra right political circles in California.

Businessman
Patrick began his experience in sales selling products door-to-door in Illinois.  He was the owner of companies including Leadership Dynamics, a controversial company which was the first form of Large Group Awareness Training, and Holiday Magic, a door-to-door cosmetics company later termed by the United States Federal government to be fraudulent.  Mind Dynamics was initially founded by Alexander Everett, and Patrick backed the company before buying it.  Patrick's companies were later investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, on allegations of pyramid schemes.  Leadership Dynamics folded amidst lawsuits and allegations of physical and sexual abuse.

Death
William Penn Patrick died on June 9, 1973, at age 43, in the crash of his privately owned P-51D Mustang near his farm at Clearlake Oaks, California. He was flying the plane at the time; after making a low pass, he pulled up steeply, stalled, and entered a spin from which he did not recover. Although he was a certified pilot, he had only 154 hours of flight time in the P-51D, and only about four hours over the preceding three months.  He was flying with Christian George Hagert, 30, director of Holiday Magic of Helsinki, Finland, who also died in the crash.

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By Carlos Lozada
Book critic
Carlos Lozada is Outlook editor at The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter: @carloslozadaWP.
I hope you had it while you could because, last week, sex ended.
That may sound like a big deal, but it's not when you consider everything else that has ended already.
Nature and truth. Money and markets. Men and marriage. Faith and reason. They've all ended. Power ended in March, but that makes sense because leadership ended last year. History ended more than two decades ago, while the future ended just two years ago.
On the plus side, illness has ended, along with poverty, racism, war — even homework.
If you thought these things were still around, just pick up "The End of Sex," by Donna Freitas, published last week, or Moises Naim's "The End of Power," which came out last month. Try David Wolman's "The End of Money" or David Agus's "The End of Illness." Those came out in 2012, the same year that Hanna Rosin affirmed "The End of Men" and John Horgan imagined "The End of War."
One could dismiss this proliferation of "The End" as a plea for attention by publishers, magazine editors, authors, bloggers, TED talkers and the rest of the ideas industry — a marketing device signaling little more than the end of imagination.
But it is more than that. "The end of" is also the perfect headline for our age. It fits a moment that fetishizes disruption over stability. It grabs an audience enamored of what is next, not what is here. It suits a public debate in which extreme positions are requisite starting points.
We don't know what is coming; that's too hard to discern. All we know is that what we have — old jobs, old ideologies, old phones — is boring, dated, over. Ended.
The Patient Zero of the end times has to be Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History?" in 1989. In a 9,000-word essay in the National Interest, Fukuyama declared the triumph of free markets and free people, not in the real world but in the world of ideas. "What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of postwar history," he wrote, "but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy."
This erudite, sprawling work replete with Marx and Hegel references became a sensation — debated and dissected by scholars, journalists and politicians around the world. And it planted the 36-year-old Fukuyama on the big-thinker map.
Why the appeal? Declaring an end "conveys a kind of apocalyptic sense that there is a big transition underfoot," Fukuyama told me. "You perceive there is something going on — saying it is the end of something gives you that aha moment."
The essay — which three years later became a hefty book — had a built-in defense mechanism: The end of history was not yet upon us, but would happen in an unspecified "long run." So if history doesn't end, be patient. And in his conclusion, Fukuyama suggested that if ideological struggles did end, life might become so dull that we'd "get history started once again." Either way, he's right.
"The End of History?" offered a rough template for the end. Today, chances are, if your book is titled "The End of" something, it's long, contradictory, disputable — but still feels irrefutable. And if you spend enough time with these books and articles, five distinct types of ends emerge, with varying degrees of credibility, bombast and persuasiveness.
The fake-out end
In 2010's "The End of the Free Market," Ian Bremmer chronicles the showdown between traditional free-market capitalism and what he calls "state capitalism" — think China, Russia and the Arab monarchies, in which governments harness market forces but still control big chunks of the economy. The book, Bremmer says in the introduction, explains how this new form of capitalism "threatens free markets and the future of the global economy."
It's a good story, and Bremmer offers copious stats and anecdotes to support it. But in the final chapter, we get confusing news: Over time, he writes, "free markets will probably outlast state capitalism . . . just as they bested Soviet-style communism."
Wait. So, in "The End of the Free Market," the free market prevails?
Bremmer takes refuge in his subtitle: "Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?" He believes free markets will win, he wrote in Foreign Policy, "but that's a long-term process, and the outcome is far from certain . . . which is why the full title ends in a question mark."
Ah, the question mark — the indispensable fig leaf of so many "the end of" arguments, shielding authors from the demands of consistency.
Richard Susskind deploys it in his 2008 book, "The End of Lawyers?," which argues that information technology will upend the legal profession. On the first page of the introduction, he cautions readers: "As the question mark in the title should at least hint, I write not to bury lawyers but to investigate their future."
Yet Susskind's investigation yields a most definite ambiguity: "The future for lawyers could be prosperous or disastrous," he concludes. "The arguments and findings of this book could support either end game."
The as-we-know-it end
This may be the most popular type of end, and features some of its best-known works. Something doesn't really have to end, but if it is changing in a meaningful way, then you can declare that it is the end of that thing as we know it. (And your title feels fine.)
Most authors are up front about this tactic. Early in "The End of Power," Naim acknowledges that power has not disappeared and that some people still possess a lot if it. His point is not that power has disappeared, but that it is "decaying," that powerful people, institutions and nations — constrained by new competitors and heavier scrutiny — aren't as strong as they once were.
Similarly, Hanna Rosin's "The End of Men" argues that the balance of economic power — from jobs to education levels — is flipping the sexes. "The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards," she proclaims.
Yet male power is far from ended, as Rosin writes: "Yes, the United States and many other countries still have a gender wage gap. . . . And yes, the upper reaches of power are still dominated by men." But, she says, these disparities are "the last artifacts of a vanishing age."
When I asked her recently about the title, Rosin offered some misgivings. "I've gone back and forth on whether I like the title many times — in particular, whether I should have used a question mark," she said. "I come out just not regretting" the title.
It fits, she decided, because the book is about "the end of a presumption of male dominance," she says. "The end of an idea of a certain kind of men."
The end of power or of men? Not quite. Big changes in both? Sure.
The I-didn't-mean-it-was-the-end end
Open "The End of Sex" and you'll find that the college students Freitas surveys and interviews are scoring on nearly every page. They're having "bad sex, boring sex, drunken sex you don't remember, sex you could care less about, sex where desire is absent, sex that you have 'just because everyone else is, too,' or that 'just happens,' " the author writes.
So, clearly, sex is still being had. Freitas's point — an interesting one, certainly — is that among the college-age generation, all that hooking up has become unfulfilling, more detached, "sex for the sake of sex."
So why not call it the end of romance? Or the devaluing of love? Why choose a title that might make readers imagine a book about, you know, people not doing it anymore?
It depends on what the meaning of "end" is.
"I'm not proclaiming the end of sex," Freitas told me recently. "I actually use the phrase in a more philosophical context. In my world, with my academic background, we talk about 'end' — the purpose and meaning of something." And with the misgivings that she says students have about hookup culture, she said, "young people need to ask that for themselves."
Past writers have relied on this secondary definition of "end," but it helps if they fess up early on. In the preface to his 1995 book, "The End of Education," for instance, Neil Postman says that end can imply "purpose" or "finish," and he promises to address both.
Freitas acknowledges that people have not interpreted the title as she intended. "What has been surprising to me is that no one assumed the double meaning," Freitas said. "Everyone assumes I am proclaiming that sex is over."
It's not hard to see why.
The concept end
Concept ends are close cousins to as-we-know-it ends, with one difference: It's not that something is changing; the way we think about that thing is changing. Concept ends travel almost exclusively in the world of ideas and cultural perceptions. (Some books, such as Bill McKibben's 1989 classic, "The End of Nature," or Barbara Kellerman's "The End of Leadership" straddle both categories.)
"The End of White America?," written by Vassar English professor Hua Hsu in the Atlantic in 2009, is an especially thoughtful example of the concept end. It keys off a census finding that by 2042, groups currently considered minorities — African Americans, Hispanics and Asians — will make up the majority of the U.S. population. But it doesn't forecast the political or socioeconomic repercussions of this shift. Instead, it asks: "What will it mean to be white after 'whiteness' no longer defines the mainstream?" After a fascinating ride through whiteness as the new kitsch and multiculturalism as a new casting requirement, we reach Hsu's answer: Not the end of white America, but a bridge to a nation that sees race "as just one of a seemingly infinite number of possible self-identifications."
This one is worth reading until the end.
The if-only-they-listened-to-me end
"We have the way to end wars," writes journalist John Horgan. "We need only the will." In his passionate yet methodical 2012 book, "The End of War," Horgan shoots down many of the old explanations behind humanity's propensity for war — genetics, scarce resources, cultural attitudes — and asserts that war is a choice. "War is not something that happens to us. We make it happen. . . . Wars all begin with human decisions."
After running through his evidence of declining violence, Horgan makes his pitch: "If we want peace badly enough, we can have it . . . the choice is ours." That choice entails slashing military budgets, abolishing arms sales, eliminating nuclear arsenals and banning the death penalty, for starters. "With imaginative, courageous leadership," he affirms, "we may soon live in a largely disarmed world."
Commendable, but not terribly convincing. That is the plight of the end books that blend prediction with prescription, policy with righteousness.
In "The End of Poverty," for instance, Jeffrey Sachs declares that, given the riches and expertise that world can bring to bear on the problem, "extreme poverty can be ended not in the time of our grandchildren, but in our time. . . . "I am not predicting what will, only explaining what can happen."
These can be the most inspiring of the end books, but the most frustrating as well. If the authors are proved right, they're prophets. But if they're wrong (as I suspect they will be), it's not their fault — it's yours and mine, because we didn't follow their advice. We failed to muster the will, resources and vision to reach the end.
So, will we ever see the end of "the end of?"
Lara Heimert, publisher of Basic Books, recognizes fads in book titles — from the Gladwellian monosyllables of "Nudge" and "Blink" to all those "The [Blank] that Changed the World" formulations, to the "What X Can Teach Us About Y" craze. But she remains a fan of the end.
"The job of a book title is to make the broadest possible claim," says Heimert, whose publishing house released the Freitas and Naim books. "The title is not a place for lots of nuance. Subtitles are explanatory; main titles grab readers' attention."
"The End of" is a "catchy title," she says. And, despite the echo effect, she believes the books preserve their uniqueness. "People don't sit around collecting 'The End of' books," Heimert notes. "I don't think someone buys 'The End of History' because they really liked 'The End of Sex.' "
Maybe not. But after a while, these various ideas can blur into a self-perpetuating end state. A January New York Times article titled "The End of Courtship?" cited Freitas and Rosin to buttress the thesis that unfulfilling hookups have supplanted old-school dates. The opening chapter of Bremmer's "The End of the Free Market" begins with a quote from Fukuyama's "The End of History?" essay. Ravi Zacharias wrote "The End of Reason" as a rebuttal to Sam Harris's "The End of Faith" — and says so in his first paragraph. Every end is the beginning of another.
Bremmer thinks an uncertain era demands these kinds of arguments. "We're in a time of geopolitical creative destruction . . . [and] the speed of change is increasing," he said in an e-mail. "The new emerging systems aren't as clear as the fact that old structures no longer function." So, he concludes, "one thing we won't see the end of are these 'end of' books."
Rosin, meanwhile, sees this proliferation of "the end" as an outgrowth of how we digest information and ideas. "Blogging culture is a big, grand debate," she said. Although she is most proud of the characters and narratives in "The End of Men," those don't get much attention. But, she admits, "you could just read the title of book and have a big, broad debate."
To break through the din, Rosin said, "you need big, strong ideas."
Yet it also takes a certain kind of hubris to declare the end of something. In a critique of Fukuyama's "End of History?" thesis, Samuel Huntington warned against the "errors of endism" — of putting too much faith in historical predictability and fleeting events. After all, he said simply, "current trends may or may not continue into the future."
So, men may rise again, free markets may survive, power may concentrate, lawyers may thrive and sex may go forth and multiply. As Vassar's Hsu put it to me, this type of idea "works best when it's somewhat self-aware of its limitations."
Except the entire genre undercuts that impulse. The more grandly you proclaim the end, and the more vast and undefined the thing that is ending, the easier it is to kill off. That's why we see essays like Peter Theil's "The End of the Future," as ambitious in scope as it is dubious in argument.
If you're contending that something specific has ended — well, the specific is measurable, observable and debatable. Specificity implies expertise. Generality is accountable to no one.
So let's get it over with and declare, once and for now, the end of everything.
carlos.lozada@washpost.com
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Q: C# - Initialize a variable without knowing what its going to be I have two different tables in my database, and each are displayed to the user based on their "SortOrder". I have written two functions that take a row (or entity) and swaps its sort order with the one nearest it (up or down, depending on which function is being executed). I need to make these functions work for two different tables, depending on where the event is occurring (multiple gridviews with identical functionality). Here is what I have so far (again, there is an almost identical function for moving down, but I won't post that because it would be redundant):
protected void moveUp(String ValId, String dbName)
    {
        int ValueId = Convert.ToInt32(ValId);
        DataModel.DataAccess.Entities dc = new DataModel.DataAccess.Entities();
        if (dbName.ToLower() == "table1")
        {
            DataModel.DataAccess.Table1 currentValue = dc.Table1.Single(table1item => table1item.Table1ItemId == ValueId);
        }
        else if (dbName.ToLower() == "table2")
        {
            DataModel.DataAccess.Table2 currentValue = dc.Table2.Single(table2item => table2item.Table2ItemId == ValueId);
        }
        try
        {
            //make the change and update the database and gridview
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException)
        {
        }
    }

The obvious problem is that I need to initiate the currentValue variable before the if statements, otherwise there is the "possibility" of it never being declared, and therefore the rest of the function (that utilizes the currentValue variable), won't work.
My question is this: How should I initialize the variable before the if statements, if I'm not sure what its going to be yet? I thought that this might work, but it says I still need to initialize it ("implicitly-typed local variables must be initialized"):
    var currentValue; //this is the line where I get the error message above
    if (dbName.ToLower() == "table1")
    {
        currentValue = (DataModel.DataAccess.Table1)dc.Table1.Single(table1item => table1item.Table1ItemId == ValueId);
    }
    else if (dbName.ToLower() == "table2")
    {
        currentValue = (DataModel.DataAccess.Table2)dc.Table2.Single(table2item => table2item.Table2ItemId == ValueId);
    }

[EDIT] Changed the title to make it more accurately reflect my question

A: In C#, all types need a type.  If your Table# types extend DataModel.DataAccess.Table, use this:
DataModel.DataAccess.Table currentValue;

Otherwise, you'll need to find a common base class (object being the great-granddaddy of them all).
object currentValue;

Since you didn't initialize currentValue, the compiler can't know what type you mean by var.  That's why you are getting the exception.
Addendum: Perhaps, instead of passing in the name of the table, you can use a generic method, like this:
moveUp(dc.Table1, item => item.Table1Key, "george");

void moveUp<T> (IEnumerable<T> table, Func<T,string> keySelector, string ValId)
{
    T currentValue = table.Single(item => keySelector(item) == ValueId);

    try
    {
        //make the change and update the database and gridview
    }
    catch (InvalidOperationException)
    {
    }
}

A: Instead of var, use type object although I would probably rewrite this whole proc and use consistent (and standard) naming conventions.
so:
object currentValue = null;

A: You can try writing an interface which each entity uses and a function that accepts that interface.
public interface ISortableEntity
{
    int ID { get; set; }
    int SortOrder { get; set; }
}

 public class DataFunctions
{
    public static void MoveUp(string dbName, int valID)
    {
        var db = //Get your context here;
        List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> keys = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();
        keys.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, object>("ID", valID));

        ISortableEntity entity = db.GetObjectByKey(new System.Data.EntityKey(dbName, keys)) as ISortableEntity;

        if (entity != null)
        {
            entity.SortOrder += 1;
        }

        db.SaveChanges();
    }
}

A: Do you not know the type of the variable, which is why you're declaring it implicitly ('var', as opposed to, say, 'int')?
You don't have to initialize explicit types - implicit types require it because they figure out their type by the value given.

A: The solution is interfaces. Your Table 1 and Table 2 classes should implement an interface (such as ISortableTable or whatever you want to call it) with a property for CurrentValue. Table1's CurrentValue property implementation would return the correct result for Table1 and Table2's CurrentValue property would return the correct result for Table2. Then your sorting function can work with any class that implements the ISortableInterface and work with the respective object's  CurrentValue property.

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Sky Garden tower proposal would soar above Hamilton's CBD offering views up and down the Waikato River
Move over Auckland, Hamilton could be moving in on the tower-in-the-CBD market.
That's the lofty goal developer John Heskett is reaching for in his third attempt to build a major tourism project in Waikato.
It'd be based around a 100-metre-high timber tower, the highest building in the heart of Hamilton's CBD, next to the Waikato Museum on Victoria St.
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Developer John Heskett is in the concept phase of a plan to bring the Sky Garden tourism project to Hamilton.
It would feature a bungy and slide off the tower with a swing over the neighbouring Waikato River.
* Sky Garden tourist tower proposal prompts call to protect cultural and environmental values
* Sky Garden tourism tower developer vows to go for resource consent a third time
* Region's small change from infrastructure fund
Concept drawing of the Sky Garden tourism tower when it was proposed for Hangatiki, Waitomo. The project will be redesigned to fit into Hamilton's CBD.
At the top there would be a viewing platform, restaurants, cafes and a cocktail bar. The roof would be used as a green space with a garden, lawn and mini golf course for families.
The project is still in the concept phase and would need further feedback from the Hamilton City Council, community and iwi.
It would not be a carbon copy of the $20 million Sky Garden plan for Hangatiki, near Waitomo Village, which was declined in July. Nor would it look like the first version promoted closer to Te Kūiti.
The Waitomo version was 70m high.
"We need to redesign it for Hamilton, to make it taller, but it will still be built out of timber and have the tower as its centre piece," Heskett said.
John Heskett said the revised Sky Garden project for Hamilton is in its early stages of planning but could cost between $20m-$30m.
He initially looked at a site near Horotiu, north of the city. The council also suggested Victoria St as an option.
"There is the Waikato Regional Theatre being built nearby in the CBD and bringing the Sky Garden into the heart of the city could be a good fit."
Heskett said he was compelled to continue finding a home for the project after numerous calls of support, after the Waitomo proposal was declined in July.
"I've lost count of how many offers of other sites I've had, people want to see it become reality.
"Raising capital for this [Hamilton] project has been the easiest of the three, we've got $500,000 ready for a new consent."
The project's inability to mitigate cultural aspects was the stumbling block at Waitomo.
"So I am meeting with my cultural adviser this week and one of the first conversations will be with iwi, to check that the site is okay to use.
"We want to put a swing over the Waikato River but we know the river is special to iwi, so we need to consult on that concept first."
Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate said the project would have to go through the resource consent process like any other proposal.
"But yes, we are trying to activate the CBD, an additional tourism venture would be very useful but I think we are a long way from making that decision."
Hamilton and Waikato Tourism chief executive Jason Dawson said Sky Garden had the potential of becoming a "must do" activity.
It would provide a chance for visitors to see "the beauty of our city" from an elevated, 360-degree view.
People can only experience Hamilton from the ground at the moment.
"Any elevated and 360 degree view of Hamilton by day and night, showcasing how green our city is with all the trees, open spaces and parkland, plus viewing the journey of the river through the city, would make it a destination."
Stephen Hamilton, the managing director of specialist tourism and leisure consulting practice, Horwath HTL, said the Sky Garden could improve Hamilton's position in the leisure tourism market.
"Hamilton has got some great activities, most notably the Hamilton Gardens, but it's not known as a place to visit for fun activities.
"I think this would have an impact on that for leisure visits and for visitors who are staying with friends and family."
Horwath HTL has worked on projects in the Waikato for Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton Zoo and the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House to name a few.
"I think [Sky Garden] is a good concept, a fun activity that is going to be iconic. The big advantage of the city location is that there is a market of potential people to visit, even just to go up the tower to the cafe.
"In a CBD location, that's the advantage over a rural location. It has the potential to tap more into the domestic market."
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I asked~ but she ' won't '… Why did they say 'won't'?
There is a exercise to practice some usages.
Q. I asked Sue what happened, but she doesn't tell / won't tell me
A. won't tell
I can't understand it. I chose another one, but I don't think that is right.
the situation is about past, so I think 'didn't' is right. I believe 'will' is used for future and 'does' for the present.
Please somebody help me...
past-tense present-tense shall-will
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One way to look at this: When someone does not want to do something, their refusal can be seen as continuing into the present, when you are describing their refusal. The person did it (refused) in the past; you are explaining your understanding that they (still) do not want to do it.
I asked Sue to (do something), but she will not do it.
This is correct and understandable. Because the contraction for "will not" is "won't", that is one correct answer for your question.
The reason that "doesn't" is not correct: Her refusal is not actually ongoing, continually.
However, there are sentences in which present tense -- "does not" -- can be used:
I asked Sue to run with me in the Marathon on Sunday. But she doesn't run.
In other words, Sue is not the type of person who runs. It's a continuous condition, in the present -- it conveys a present, permanent condition.
"She wouldn't tell me" (past tense of will) and "she didn't tell me" (past tense of do) are perfectly fine answers, too. – Peter Shor Mar 1 '19 at 14:50
@PeterShor: Absolutely, wouldn't and didn't also work, and are the most common. – user8356 Mar 1 '19 at 20:51
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On Sunday, 7 November 2004, Zion Lutheran Church, Marengo, Illinois, will host Dr. John A. Behnke in a Hymn Festival entitled "The Story of Salvation."  The Festival will begin at 3:30pm in the church.
Many will remember the Organ Project that was related to the list about two years ago.  Fabry Pipe Organs, Inc. of Fox Lake, Illinois, repaired, rebuilt and enlarged the Haase pipe organ.  The work included a new three-manual console, a Peterson multiplex operating system, new wiring, additional wind reservoirs, four new tremulant motors, and the addition of six ranks of pipes and a zimbelstern.  The organ is presently forty-six ranks.
Behnke is professor of music at Concordia University Wisconsin, and is widely known as an organist, composer and arranger, and handbell expert.  He currently has numerous works in print with seventeen publishers worldwide.
Any and all of you in the vicinity of Marengo, Illinois are warmly invited to attend.  The church is located at 412 Jackson Street, 4 blocks east of Route 23 and 4 blocks north of Route 20, in Marengo, Illinois.  Hope to see some of you there!


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Q: time split to constant daily intervals and summarise the results I have a data frame contains time variable of object POSIXct in the following format: yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS.
I've been able to split it into time intervals using: split(dfrm, cut((dfrm$time), "30 mins"))
However, this method starts the splitting from the minimum time value I have in my data; but, I'm interested in splitting the data to daily time intervals, and summarise the results whitin each time interval.
Here is some reproducible example (sorry for the "poor" example; I can't copy and paste right now):
dfrm <- data.frame(time=as.POSIXct(c("2017-02-01 00:58:53", "2017-02-01 00:53:02","2017-02-01 01:15:09","2017-02-01 02:28:08","2017-02-01 02:15:20","2017-02-01 02:37:25")))

So, using my splitting method mentioned above, I'll get 4 groups starts at 00:53:00 with intervals of 30 minutes (and the data will be splitted between 3 of that 4 groups with 3,1 and 2 observations). While I'm looking for something like that:
Interval         Total rows
1                       0
2                       2
3                       1
4                       0
5                       2
6                       1
7                       0
8                       0
.
.

where 1 is for 00:00:00-00:30:00, 2 is for 00:30:00-01:00:00,..., 48 is for 23:30:00-00:00:00


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| nome = Omphalodes kuzinskyanae
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| estado = CR
| reino = Plantae
| divisão = Magnoliophyta
| classe = Magnoliopsida
| ordem = Lamiales
| família = Boraginaceae
| género = Omphalodes| espécie = O. kuzinskyanae| binomial = Omphalodes kuzinskyanae|binomial_autoridade = Willk. (1889)
}}Omphalodes kuzinskyanae ou miosótis-das-praias, é uma espécie botânica da família Boraginaceae, típica de arribas costeiras, endémica de Portugal, cuja população está restrita às regiões costeiras do Parque Natural de Sintra-Cascais, mais especificamente entre São Pedro do Estoril até às proximidades da Ericeira

O Instituto de Conservação da Natureza, depois de os núcleos desta espécie terem sido caracterizados e mapeados, tem desenvolvido medidas de conservação, que passam pelo acesso condicionado com sinalização de caminhos pedestres, reforço das populações, recolha de sementes e plantação em viveiro..

A planta, devido ao seu estatuto de conservação, é alvo do Plano Nacional de Conservação de Flora em Perigo. O estatuto
proposto para o Livro Vermelho das Plantas de Portugal, na altura em preparação era Espécie em Perigo Crítico de Extinção. Trata-se de uma espécie prioritária em termos de conservação de acordo com a legislação comunitária, estando incluída nos Anexos I e IV da Directiva
Habitats (92/43/CEE) e no Anexo I da Convenção de Berna.

A espécie é confundida com Omphalodes littoralis ssp. gallaecica'', que ocorre na Galiza

Ligações externas
Lista Vermelha da IUCN
flora-on - imagens

Boraginaceae
Flora de Portugal
Flora endémica de Portugal
Flora de Portugal protegida pela Diretiva Habitats
Espécies descritas em 1889
Omphalodes


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Родио́н Осля́бя (в монашестве Андре́й, или Родион; светское имя — Рома́н; ? — 1380, либо после 1398) — монах-воин, земляк Александра Пересвета, инок Троице-Сергиева монастыря. Причислен к лику святых в Русской православной церкви.

Разночтения в монашеском имени
Традиционно считается, что в монашестве Ослябя принял имя Андрей. Другое имя в крещении, часто приписываемое Ослябе, — Родион. По мнению Русской православной церкви, это возникло вследствие различных недоразумений.

Биография

До пострижения в монахи — любутский боярин и профессиональный военный. Согласно автору Сказания о Мамаевом побоище, жившему в XV веке, находился по благословению святого Сергия Радонежского вместе с иноком Александром Пересветом в войске великого князя Дмитрия Донского в походе против татар и принимал участие в Куликовской битве.

Перед походом Сергий Радонежский в 1380 году возложил на Пересвета и Осляби схиму, то есть посвятил их в высшую степень монашеского отречения от мира. Одежда схимника является символическим духовным доспехом.
По наиболее распространённой версии, Родион Ослябя, как и Александр Пересвет, погиб в Куликовской битве, однако о гибели Осляби нет упоминания в Сказании о Мамаевом побоище. Некоторые источники позволяют предположить, что не позднее 1389 года Ослябя ездил в Царьград в составе посольства московского Дмитрия Донского для оказания помощи Византии, пережившей опустошительные набеги турок. Кроме того, в летописных списках убиенных на Куликовом поле и в синодиках обыкновенно приводится имя лишь одного Александра Пересвета. Все это косвенно свидетельствует о том, что Ослябя остался жив после Куликовской битвы и служил у митрополитов Московских. Впрочем, другое объяснение упоминаний Осляби в документах после 1380 года может заключаться в том, что его род, вероятно, традиционно нёс службу у митрополитов Московских, в связи с чем в документах на протяжении нескольких десятилетий встречаются имена различных представителей рода — Андрей (Адриан?), Родион, Иакинф (Иаков?).

Похоронен был Ослябя вместе с Пересветом в Подмосковье рядом с деревянным храмом Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы в Старом Симонове в «каменной палатке». В конце XVIII века её разобрали, надгробия сняли, чтобы установить новые. В 1849—1855 годах трапезная и колокольня были перестроены, усыпальница оказалась внутри трапезной. Тогда же был достроен в ней Сергиев придел, в котором в 1870 году было установлено чугунное надгробие с сенью, просуществовавшее до 1928-1932 годов. Сейчас в трапезной на предполагаемом месте захоронения установлено деревянное надгробие, копирующее по форме старое чугунное.

Возможно, Родион имел сына Якова (Иакова, Иакинфа), также участника Куликовской битвы.

Дни памяти
Александр Пересвет и Родион Ослябя (под именем Андрей) причислены Русской православной церковью к лику святых в чине преподобных. День памяти отмечается 7 сентября, а также на Неделе Всех Святых, в земле Российской просиявших (2-е воскресенье после Святой Троицы), в день Всех Московских святых (воскресенье перед 8 сентября), Всех Тульских святых (22 сентября), Всех Брянских святых (3 октября), Всех Радонежских святых (6 июля) и 24 августа.

Культурное влияние
В честь Осляби был назван броненосец Российского флота, погибший в Цусимском сражении. В настоящее время в боевом составе Тихоокеанского флота находится большой десантный корабль «Ослябя». Одно из судов типа «Волжский» также носит имя воина.

В 2010 году вышел в свет анимационный фильм «Пересвет и Ослябя». Режиссёр Станислав Подивилов, сценарист Кирилл Немирович-Данченко.

В 2018 году на экраны вышел художественный фильм «Александр Пересвет — Куликово эхо»; роль Осляби сыграл Сергей Бадюк.

Примечания

Литература

 Благословение преподобного Сергия. / Под ред. В. А. Силовьева. М.: Издательский совет РПЦ, 2005 ISBN 5-94625-127-9

 Лошиц Ю. М. Дмитрий Донской., М., 1996
 Марков С. Н. Земной круг. М., 1971
 Розанов Н. П. История церкви Рождества Пресвятые Богородицы на Старом Симонове в Москве. К её пятисотолетию (1370—1870). М., 1870
 Титов А. А. Предание о ростовских князьях. М., 1885
 ПСРЛ Т. 4. Ч. 1. Вып. 1-2; 6; 15; 18;
 Повести о Куликовской битве. М., 1959;
 Повесть о Куликовской битве: Текст и миниатюры Лицевого свода XVI в. Александровской слободе, 1984;
 Памятники Куликовского цикла. М., 1998.

Ослябя
Русские православные святые
Святые воины
Участники Куликовской битвы
Военные России
Принявшие великую схиму
Персоналии:Троице-Сергиева лавра


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Ad-Man! is a card game about advertising mascots. Playing the role of an advertising executive, players use original mascots to win product accounts to sell things like soda pop, baseball teams, and fabric detergent. The winner of the game has collected the most products.
Different mascot types (like a dog, a cowboy, or silverware) are not restricted to selling just one thing. A snowman, for example, has been used to sell apples, dishwashing soap flakes, and the city of North Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The game consists of 60 core mascot cards, 20 expansion mascot cards, 31 product cards, 7 trump cards, 2 rules cards, and 4 blank cards. There is also a card that will include the names of backers who pledge $80 or more.
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Plug-in memory cards enable the duplication of the easy circuit diagram without a PC. Any necessary changes in the circuit-diagram can be undertaken externally. The changes can be transferred to easy using the plug-in memory cards.
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Global client wins accelerate growth for Novosound
Posted: Wed, Oct 27th 2021 at 2:10 PM
Scottish remote sensor specialist Novosound has secured a series of global customer wins, with the Glasgow-based startup led by Dave Hughes converting sales in the aerospace, oil and gas, and energy sectors. Recent contract wins include in the aerospace sector, with major industry players BAE Systems and GE Aviation.
CEO and co-founder Dave Hughes, who featured on a panel at the Boeing Innovation Forum in Glasgow earlier this month, said: "The team and I are really pleased to see our work in ultrasonics converting into sales with so many international industrial groups, including in the aerospace sector, and we look forward to a series of additional corporate milestone announcements over the coming weeks and months."
Founded in 2018, Novosound's patented thin-film manufacturing process, which eliminates conventional limitations in ultrasound sensors, underpins the company's pioneering non-destructive testing (NDT) products - the Kelpie, Belenus, and Nebula.
Novosound's Kelpie sensor flexes, twists and bends to inspect difficult shapes and surfaces, the Belenus continually monitors corrosion at high temperatures, and the Nebula is a cloud-based platform that securely stores and reports client asset data. The Kelpie, Belenus and Nebula all utilise the latest so-called thin film deposition technologies to produce the end product - unique 3D-printed ultrasound sensors.
Dave Hughes says the onset of Covid-19 has significantly increased demand for remote monitoring to advance safety and efficiency: "It feels like we've seen about ten years of progress in the last 18 months alone. The technology in the space hadn't really moved on much over the last few decades, and we're now showing that we can move the dial and add significant value across a number of industry sectors. It's also notable that Scotland is starting to build an ecosystem in remote sensors, and we're proud to be part of the growing Internet of Things scene here."
In April, Novosound's 'Knowledge Transfer Partnership' with the University of the West of Scotland was awarded the highest possible grade by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency. Also in April, the company won its first major international award, for its Belenus product at the 2021 Materials Performance Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards.
Last year, the company appointed Dr Derek Mathieson, former Chief Marketing and Technology Officer at Baker Hughes, as its chairman. Also in 2020, Novosound appointed former BGF investment director Duncan Macrae as chief financial officer (CFO).
In December 2019, Novosound, originally a spin-out from the University of the West of Scotland, secured a £3.3 million investment round led by private equity investment management firm Foresight Group (via the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund). Par Equity, Kelvin Capital, Gabriel Investments and Scottish Enterprise also participated in the round.
Derek Mathieson, Chairman, Novosound said: "Novosound is already gaining traction with some of the world's largest industrial brands, and the next phase of growth for the company will centre around continuing to scale operations, raising the profile of the business across global markets, and increasing sales."
About Novosound
Since its launch in 2018, Novosound has become one of Scotland's technology success stories with its patented, market disruptive ultrasound sensor technology. Based near Glasgow, the company utilises its in-house design and manufacturing capabilities to engineer a thin-film core material that is flexible, extreme temperature resistant, lightweight, low profile, compact, and capable of producing high resolution images. Using its innovative ultrasound sensors and systems technology, Novosound enables its customers to improve their efficiencies and safety when it comes to inspecting and monitoring their assets across key industries such as Energy, Power Generation and Avia-tion. The Novosound team is made up of scientific, technical and commercial experts who work together with global clients to develop bespoke ultrasound products and solutions. For more information visit www.novosound.net or e-mail info@novosound.net


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Q: declaring variant incorrectly to specify a single cell I believe the code works if I can declare the testname correctly.  It should be cell E2 on sheet raw. If I put in "E2" it works, but the testname doesn't increment.
I have tried Range as well.  Can't see what I am doing wrong.
Sub findcomponents()

Dim raw As Worksheet: Set raw = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("rawdata")
Dim res As Worksheet: Set res = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("resultcomponents")
Dim temp As Worksheet: Set temp = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("uploadtemplate")

Dim testname As String
Dim LR1 As Long, LR2 As Long, i As Long, j As Long

LR1 = raw.Range("A" & raw.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
LR2 = res.Range("A" & res.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
testname = raw.Cells(j, 5)

For j = 2 To LR1

    For i = 2 To LR2
        If res.Cells(i, 4) = testname Then
            res.Range(res.Cells(i, 2), res.Cells(i, 4)).Copy
            temp.Range("B10000").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
            raw.Range(raw.Cells(j, 3), raw.Cells(j, 3)).Copy
            temp.Range("A10000").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).PasteSpecial
xlPasteValues
        End If
    Next i
Next j

End Sub

The code should run down a list of tests and compare to test components on a separate worksheet - paste the specimen ID and component ID and descriptions on a third sheet

A: j Is not populated at the time of it's use.  You need to start j off as a numeric value or add this line into your loop


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Boston: December 2022: Latest Updates from the Mayor's Office of Housing
WELCOME HOME, BOSTON LAUNCH EVENT
The Mayor has directed $60 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding toward developing income-restricted housing for eligible Boston residents and expanding financial assistance programs that help residents buy a home.
The City will offer 150 parcels of land to developers to build these income-restricted homes. Income-eligible homebuyers will receive grants that will both lower mortgage interest rates and provide up to $50,000 in direct assistance for down payment and closing costs. ARPA funds will also be used to launch a homeownership program for qualified Boston Housing Authority residents.
The Mayor's Office of Housing will also use these funds for three financial assistance programs that will aid households looking to purchase a home in Boston. The Boston Home Center First-Time Homebuyer program, the Saving Toward Affordable Sustainable Homeownership (STASH) program, and the ONE+Boston program.
CITY OF BOSTON SEES SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN INDIVIDUAL YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
Since the launch of Rising to the Challenge: Boston's Plan to Prevent and End Youth and Young Adult Homelessness in 2019, the City of Boston has housed more than 500 homeless youth. This effort has resulted in a 44 percent decline in individual youth homelessness when comparing the number of young people experiencing homelessness on a single night from 2019 to 2022. The City of Boston defines youth experiencing homelessness as unaccompanied individuals between the ages of 18 and 24 years old.
The Rising to the Challenge plan was informed by the voices of 240 community members representing more than 110 public and private organizations across Boston. The community engagement process prioritized young people with lived experience of homelessness in Boston. The plan launched in 2019 to bring attention, resources, and a coordinated strategy to ending homelessness among youth and young adults.
The City of Boston seeks to end youth and young adult homelessness by expanding access to housing and opportunities, including education, meaningful employment, mentorship, and support from adults.
$1.7 MILLION INVESTED TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE ARTIST WORKSPACES
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Offices of Arts and Culture, Housing, and Economic Opportunity and Inclusion announced that following an unprecedented financial investment from the City of Boston, Humphreys Street Studios in Dorchester is now majority artist-owned and operated. It was also announced that the vacant backlot of the studio property will become new below market, income-restricted housing.
The acquisition was made possible by funding from nonprofit funders BlueHub Capital and LISC, as well as a $1.7 million investment from the City of Boston utilizing American Rescue Plan, Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP), and Housing Boston 2030 funds. The deal secures over three dozen artist workspaces that house over 45 artists and creative small businesses across 26,000 square feet.
NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITH 70 INCOME-RESTRICTED UNITS STARTS CONSTRUCTION IN NUBIAN SQUARE
Mayor Wu announced that construction has started on a 74-unit mixed-income, mixed-use, transit-oriented development located at 2147 Washington Street in Nubian Square. The new 99,602 square-foot development project includes rental and homeownership units and a new 2,000 square restaurant space for the Haley House Bakery Café, a shared artist workspace, a public art gallery and courtyard, indoor bike storage racks, and underground parking.
The development will create 62 rental apartments, each with income restrictions ranging from below 30 percent of Area Median Income (AMI) to below 80 percent of AMI. It will also feature 12 condominiums, with four of them income-restricted below 70 percent of AMI, four units below 100 percent of AMI, and four at market rate.
A bakery and café run by the nonprofit Haley House will be on the first floor. Haley House oversees a food pantry in the South End that helps more than 30 formerly homeless and incarcerated individuals find employment and become self-sufficient.
Since 2005, Haley House Bakery in Nubian Square has served the neighborhood on 12 Dade Street, which is adjacent to the new construction site. The bakery closed earlier this year in anticipation of construction.
This project was made possible in part with funding from the City through contributions from the Neighborhood Housing Trust, the Community Preservation Act, the Inclusionary Development Policy and HOME block grants.
MAYOR ANNOUNCES WINTER WEATHER PREPARATION
As temperatures drop and utility costs are expected to rise, Mayor Wu is reminding residents, small businesses, and local organizations to do the following:
Opt in to Boston Community Choice Electricity (BCCE). This City-run program gives residents three options for electricity pricing and renewable energy. Even on the most expensive 100 percent renewable option, the average residential customer would save over $70 versus Eversource's upcoming/winter 2023 Basic Service rate. On the cheapest BCCE plan (20 percent renewable energy currently, 22 percent starting January 2023) the average residential consumer would save nearly $90/month. Individuals interested in learning more should visit Boston.gov/BCCE to opt in, opt up, or opt out at any time.
Call 911 immediately if you see homeless and vulnerable individuals out in the cold who appear immobile, disoriented, or underdressed for the weather.
Boston's emergency shelters are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and amnesty is in place for those with nonviolent restrictions.


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Amy Coney Barrett: the Latest Supreme Court Travesty
Posted By Robert Fantina On November 6, 2020 @ 1:50 am In articles 2015 | Comments Disabled
President Donald Trump has succeeded, aided and abetted by a willing and corrupt senate, in ramming through his third Supreme Court nominee, the very conservative Amy Coney Barrett. Her successful appointment to the nation's highest court does not bode well for freedom and justice at home or abroad.
There has been much conversation about Barrett's Catholic faith, which, in and of itself, is entirely irrelevant to any discussion of her qualifications. But there are many issues that are pertinent to any conversation about her lack of suitability for her new position, and one of them does relate to her religious beliefs.
The new Supreme Court justice is a member of an organization called 'People of Praise', comprised mainly, but not exclusively, of Catholics. It grew from the Pentecostal movement, and "The group organizes and meets outside the purview of a church and includes people from several Christian denominations, but its members are mostly Roman Catholic."
Female members of 'People of Praise' are referred to as 'handmaids', and former members state that women are expected to be totally submissive to their husbands. Coral Anika Theill, who was part of the group for many years and has written a book about her experiences, Bonshea: Making Light of the Dark', states that her husband accompanied her to doctor's appointments to assure that she was not obtaining birth control. Rebekah Powers was raised in the group, but left at age 18. She has stated that "It has taken decades of therapy and hard work to overcome the intense feelings of shame and fear of damnation that she said marked her childhood."
While Barrett's association with the 'People of Praise' cult should have disqualified her, one might argue that that is placing too much emphasis on her religious beliefs. This writer thinks that emphasis is completely appropriate, but if not, let's look at another extremely troubling aspect of her history.
For several years, a terrorist organization called the People's Mujahedin of Iran (Mujahadeen-e-Khalk; known simply as MEK) was officially designated a terrorist organization by the United States government. The sole purpose of the existence of the MEK is to overthrow the government of Iran and install a right-wing replacement, one that would be reminiscent of the brutal reign of the Shah of Iran.
"From 2000 to 2001, Barrett was part of a team that represented the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The council was seeking a review of its then designation as a 'foreign terrorist organization' by the US government." In 2012, the 'terrorist' designation was removed, and since then the MEK has received the support of prominent Republicans, including former National Security Advisor John Bolton and the erratic former New York City mayor, and now Trump attorney, Rudi Giuliani, who refers to the MEK as a 'government in exile'. This statement is ludicrous; every reputable poll of Iranians, both those living in Iran and those in other nations, indicates that they oppose both the goals and tactics of the MEK. But as Trump's attorney, one must not look too closely at facts.
Masquerading as a pro-democracy organization, the secretive group is responsible for the deaths of at least 12,000 Iranians. On June 28, 1981, the group bombed the Islamic Republic Party headquarters in Tehran, killing seventy-three people. The group has been accused of working with Israel to assassinate Iranian scientists.
The group's treatment of its own members is not much better. For example, Reza Sadeghi had been a member of MEK for twenty-six years and hds not left the MEK compound for more than ten years. "During that time, he'd had no contact with his family or news of them. The MEK leadership had forced him and most of the other cadres living at Camp Ashraf to abandon even their closest relationships. Most painful for Sadeghi were thoughts of his son, Paul, his only child, now 16 years old. Sadeghi hadn't seen or spoken to Paul since he'd arrived in Iraq."
In 2020, Sadeghi told the organization's leaders that he was leaving to find his son. He was detained and forced into a truck. "'You're dead,' one of Sadeghi's captors told him. 'We are going to put you in the ground, and no one will ever know what happened to you.' Forced disappearances and solitary confinement were not uncommon at Camp Ashraf, and Sadeghi was sure he would be executed." He was able to escape and was, ironically, rescued by two U.S. terrorists (soldiers) who were out patrolling.
The MEK was started by Massoud Rajavi and his wife, Maryam, who fancied themselves the next rulers of Iran, once they and their 2,000 – 3,000 followers were able to convince the 80,000,000 Iranians to reject the Islamic Revolution they fought so hard for, and follow them. Like Giuliani, realistic thinking is not their strong suit. As of this writing, Massoud Rajavi is believed to be dead, and his wife is seldom, if ever, seen in public.
This is the organization that the United States' newest Supreme Court justice has defended. These are the people – who have killed thousands of Iranians and who support the overthrow of the sovereign, people's government of Iran – that Barrett says are not terrorists. The Intercept reported that many female members over the years were force to have sex with Rajavi; many were forced to be sterilized, so they would not be distracted by children, and could fully devote their time to Rajavi and his unholy cause. Based on her association with the 'People of Praise' cult, this is probably just fine with her.
As of this writing, the U.S. election has not been decided. It is disheartening to imagine that so much of the citizenry has bought into Trump's lies, Islamophobia, xenophobia, racism and misogyny. A Biden victory will not bring substantial change, but would not necessarily spell the end of any semblance of democracy. Should Trump be re-elected, it is likely that the MEK will continue to receive praise and financial assistance from the U.S. government. Other organizations, perhaps Black Lives Matter, may be designated terrorist organizations. In the Orwellian world of Donald Trump, this is only too possible. And the gradual erosion of human rights and respect for international law, neither of which the U.S. ever cared much about anyway, will become a fast-moving landslide.
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