The Indian rupee on Thursday rose spectacularly by 158 paise to trade at over one-month high of 61.80 against the dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market.
The Indian currency was bolstered by hopes of increased capital inflows after the US Federal Reserve's surprise decision to keep its stimulus programme intact.
Local traders said besides expectations of increased capital inflows, the dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas boosted the rupee's sentiment.
Against a basket of currencies, the dollar lost 1.1 percent in under 24 hours to hit its lowest since February.
Meanwhile, stock markets were up by nearly 3 per cent in the opening trade.
The BSE benchmark index soared by 574.13 points, or 2.88 per cent, to 20,536.29, while National Stock Exchange's Nifty rose by 183.65 points, or 3.11 per cent to 6,083.10 in opening trade.
In further good cheer for the Indian economy, a new Deutsche Bank report said on Wednesday that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have recouped around 25 per cent of the capital flight seen over the June-August period, when India witnessed a sharp bout of FII outflows of $4 billion.


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South Star Mining Closes First Tranche of its Financing to Advance the Santa Cruz Graphite Project
Published on March 1, 2019	in News RNS
March 1st, 2019 – Vancouver, B.C. – South Star Mining Corp. ("South Star" or the "Company") (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBF) announces that it has completed the first tranche of an insider-led, non-brokered private placement of Units (the "Private Placement") to raise C$500,000.
The first tranche proceeds were C$405,000 for a total of 4,050,000 units of the Private Placement. South Star insiders have subscribed for C$235,000 in this financing. Proceeds will be used to advance the Santa Cruz Graphite Project on its 'Road to Production'. Uses will include engineering, testing, environmental permitting and licensing. The closing date of this first tranche was February 28th, 2019. In connection with the first tranche closing of the Offering, the Company paid cash finder's fees of C$4,900 and issued 49,000 share purchase warrants ("Finder's Warrants") to a third-party finder in connection with the private placement. Each Finder's Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a purchase price of C$0.15 for a period of up to 2 years from the date of issue.
"We welcome our new investors and are grateful to our existing shareholders and insiders for their continued support" commented Company CEO Eric Allison. He added "This financing will help maintain the steady progress on key elements of our Santa Cruz Graphite Project. We anticipate completion of this work and the awarding of our 5,000 tonnes per year Trial Mining License during Q3 of this year."
The Private Placement consists of 5,000,000 Units priced at C$0.10 per unit (the "Units"). Each Unit consists of one (1) common share and one (1) common share purchase warrant (the "Warrants"). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company at an exercise price of C$0.15 per common share for a period of 2 years from the date of issue. The securities are be subject to a four month hold period from the date of closing and approval by the TSX Venture Exchange. The Private Placement remains available to existing shareholders of the Company and all Warrants issued under the Private Placement are subject to an acceleration clause. See below for further details.
Acceleration Clause, Existing Shareholder Exemption and Investment Dealer Exemption
If over a period of 10 consecutive trading days between the date that is four (4) months following the closing of the private placement and the expiry of the Warrants, the daily volume weighted average trading price of the common shares of the Company on the TSX Venture Exchange (or such other stock exchange where the majority of the trading volume occurs) exceeds $0.25 on each of those 10 consecutive days, the Company may, within 30 days of such an occurrence, give written notice to the holders of the Warrants that the Warrants will expire at 4:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the 30th day following the giving of notice unless exercised by the holders prior to such date. Upon receipt of such notice, the holders of the Warrants will have 30 days to exercise their Warrants. Any Warrants which remain unexercised at 4:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the 30th day following the giving of such notice will expire at that time.
In addition to other prospectus exemptions commonly relied on in private placements, the Offering has been made available to existing shareholders of the Company who, as of the close of business on February 1, 2019, held common shares of the Company (and who continue to hold such common shares as of the closing date), pursuant to the prospectus exemption set out in BC Instrument 45-534 – Exemption From Prospectus Requirement for Certain Trades to Existing Security Holders and in similar instruments in other jurisdictions in Canada (the "Existing Shareholder Exemption"). The Existing Shareholder Exemption limits a shareholder to a maximum investment of CAD$15,000 in a 12-month period unless the shareholder has obtained advice regarding the suitability of the investment and, if the shareholder is resident in a jurisdiction of Canada, that advice has been obtained from a person that is registered as an investment dealer in the jurisdiction. If the Company receives subscriptions from investors relying on the Existing Shareholder Exemption exceeding the maximum Offering, the Company may adjust the subscriptions received on a pro-rata basis.
The Company has also made the Offering available to certain subscribers pursuant to BC Instrument 45-536 – Exemption From Prospectus Requirement for Certain Distributions Through an Investment Dealer (the "Investment Dealer Exemption"). In accordance with the requirements of the Investment Dealer Exemption, the Company confirms that there is no material fact or material change about the Company that has not been generally disclosed.
In connection with the private placement, the Company proposed to issue Units to directors, officers and insiders of the Company. As a result, the private placement constitutes a related party transaction pursuant to TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 ("MI 61-101"). The Company has determined that exemptions from the various requirements of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and MI 61-101 are available for the issuance of the Units to related parties. The Company is relying on Section 5.5(c) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the formal valuation requirement on the basis that the transaction is a distribution of securities for cash, and on Section 5.7(1)(b) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the minority shareholder approval requirement, as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves related parties, will not be more than $2,500,000.
South Star Mining Corp. is focused on the acquisition and development of near-term mine production projects to maximize shareholder value. The Company is currently advancing the Santa Cruz Graphite Project toward planned production in the Bahía State of Brazil. To learn more, please visit the Company website at www.southstarmining.com.

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Q: Can't Build .apk in Android studio 1.3? Currently i am trying to run a sample application "Hello Gimbal Android" using Android Studio 1.3 (updated 28 july 2015)
After follow step by step from tutorial :

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*Clone sample application from github.

*Import project in Android Studio

*Fill in the API key in MainActivity file.

*Add the jars from the Gimbal SDK libs directory to the project libs directory

*Last step is build the project (using Build -> Make Project)

It is successfully built as shown in grandle console but after that i search it cant find the .apk file.
Anyone has this experience before? Any clue?
Executing tasks: [:app:compileDebugSources, :app:compileDebugAndroidTestSources]

Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
:app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:checkDebugManifest
:app:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV72200Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42200Library UP-TO-DATE
:app:prepareDebugDependencies
:app:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
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:app:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
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:app:compileDebugAndroidTestAidl UP-TO-DATE
:app:processDebugAndroidTestManifest UP-TO-DATE
:app:compileDebugAndroidTestRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:app:generateDebugAndroidTestBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
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BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Total time: 5.7 secs

Note :
I use ubuntu 14.04, have downloaded the Android SDK and also have configured the PATH.

A: When you just build, you don't get an apk.
For an unsigned apk you need to either
 - Run the app (Run > Run "YourProject")
 - Execute assemble Task from Gradle panel (present in right hand side of the
Studio window) or from the embedded terminal window on bottom (in project Root)
Then the apk is in $YOUR_PROJECT/$YOUR_MODULE/build/outputs/apk
For a signed apk, use Build -> Generate Signed APK

A: If you look in the Gradle Console Rebuild Project will say something like...:
See here. Perhaps help you...

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Fusion Coolant Systems Grows, Opens Detroit Tech Center
Sarah Schmid Stevenson
The University of Michigan has a good reputation for spinning out technology developed and pioneered at the university into successful startups, and cleantech startup Fusion Coolant Systems is no exception.
The company, which was based in Ann Arbor before opening a tech center on the west side of Detroit, was launched in 2010 to commercialize an advanced coolant used in manufacturing. Xconomy profiled Fusion Coolant in 2010, so we caught up with CEO Tom Gross recently to discuss how the company is progressing.
Typically, Gross says, water is used to cool machinery during the manufacturing process, but that's problematic because it's costly; it creates a toxic mix of water, oil, and chemical additives; and it's very expensive to dispose of the byproduct. What Fusion Coolant has developed is an alternative that uses carbon dioxide, a byproduct of other manufacturing processes, to cool and lubricate machinery.
"CO2 is typically released into the air, but we process it using technology that captures it, compresses it, warms it up, and adds oil to it," Gross explains. "Then it works like Freon and produces a cooling effect as it goes through expansion. We can cool and lubricate with one spray."
Gross says it's a cleaner, greener way to manufacture not only because it removes water from the process, but because it also recycles an industrial byproduct. "It has a huge potential to reduce manufacturing costs," he adds.
The company is currently in negotiations with one of the largest global machine tool players; that deal should be announced soon, with work beginning in early 2013, Gross says. Food packaging remains a huge part of its business, and Gross says Fusion Coolant just signed a deal with a Colorado company in the food manufacturing sector. "If you saw how a soda can was made, you'd probably never drink out of it," Gross says with a laugh. "At the end of the line, it has to be cleaned out. Same with medical equipment—you can't have industrial waste touching parts of the human body."
Fusion Coolant has seven employees in Ann Arbor and Detroit, and Gross expects to be adding another three to five over the coming months. He notes that things are turning around in the manufacturing sector, especially when it comes to high-tech industrial applications. "Manufacturing tech is exploding right now," he says. "Many of our customers are going through big expansions."
But Gross warns that the current manufacturing boom is at risk of stalling out if we can't get more kids interested in a career in manufacturing. "There's nobody in the pipeline—we've shot ourselves in the foot," he says, noting how much work was put into industrializing the upper Midwest before companies started moving jobs to Mexico and China—jobs that are now beginning to trickle back. "It has to start with an image change. There are no longer trade shops in schools. We have to get kids interested in manufacturing technology. People here have to appreciate manufacturing like they do in Asia."
As for the future of Fusion Coolant, Gross says the startup is closing a Series A round valued at between $650,000 and $750,000 to help with continuing growth, and the company hopes to keep building on the momentum of coming in second in the 2011 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. Gross says that he can count on one hand the number of manufacturing tech startups in Michigan, but he hopes the success of companies like Fusion Coolant Systems will support more university funding in that area. "We're really starting to climb the hill," he says.
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Properly indoctrinated by her friend Victoria Beckham, undisputed queen of the fashionistas of all time, Katie Holmes seems to have taken the golden path of fashion like a fairy tale. Every step a dream accessory, a handbag inaccessible to ordinary mortals and stilosissimi clothes, so that fashion seemed to have gone to his head.
Fast across it in fact pictures of Suri turned into a living advertising vehicle, wearing miniborse signed Ferragamo, shoes with heels and immaculate clothes (it's a girl in short, let it get dirty). The young wife of Tom Cruise currently working with filming "Son of no one", it was recently paparazzi with a distinctly unusual look when you consider its stellar outfits. It's true. The jeans are in fashion. Denim indeed invaded the spring catwalks lowering itself every garment, and every fashion addicted that you respect is required to have by the end of the spring in place at least for a little shirt jeans to be fashionable.
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Slice the tomatoes into smallish wedges. Wash and slice the cherry tomatoes into half pieces.
Rinse your greens and spin dry. Tear the basil leaves up—you've just picked them, right?
Wash your hands again. Combine all of the above with your clean hands and then add the oil slowly, season with salt and pepper, unite all of this together by the clean hand method and serve. Facile, no?
Note to the cook: Nothing spoils a panzanella more than soggy bread except for, on the other end of the spectrum, a dry crouton. The bread is an integral flavor and you have to handle it correctly. It should be moist and chewy at the same time and the tomatoes must taste like tomatoes and not wax paper.
Thanks I tried it and my kids absolutely loved it!
I used some sourdough that I had baked the week before, and it held its shape extremely well. I didn't bother removing the crust. Wonderful for a light dinner! I used wild arugula for my herbs. I did change it up a little and used 1 lb heirloom cherry tomatoes and 1/2 lb romas.
First panzanella I have seen this round and, as always, it looks good.


It has been quite sometime since my last visit to this glamorous twin towers. Its boring actually, nothing much to see or to do. Well, it might be different if your wallet is in sync with Bill Gates' bank account. Its a shopping heaven then.
Aquaria doenst really located inside KLCC Petronas Twin Towers, it is in another building nearby which is called KLCC too. Kuala Lumpur Convention Center.
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DuPont Steps on the Pedal
DuPont continues to gain traction as sales and earnings accelerate.
Jeremy MacNealy
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Updated: Nov 16, 2016 at 2:13PM
Jeff Gordon's DuPont (NYSE:DD) Chevrolet continues to burn rubber, but investors looking for DuPont's stock to tear up ticker tape should probably look elsewhere. This giant chemical company and Dow component will continue on its lumbering pace, but don't let it lull you to sleep. There is enough Dr. Spock-like ingenuity behind this company to put it on the cutting-edge of some very high-growth industries.
One such area is the next-generation military vests produced by companies like DHB (AMEX:DHB). DuPont's Kevlar fibers product line makes it possible for U.S. servicemen and women to strap on the most advanced body armor in the world. So, is its cutting-edge line-up trickling down to the bottom line? Let's take a look through its latest quarterly report.
Fiscal 2005 first-quarter sales came in at $7.8 billion, down from last year's mark of $8.2 billion. However, when you exclude its divested textiles biz, which accounted for $1.9 billion of revenues in the first quarter of 2004, DuPont's sales actually increased 11% year-over-year. Double-digit revenue growth is impressive for a company of this size.
One concern for investors is whether it is able to handle rising energy and raw materials costs. DuPont states that 5% higher prices on its products were enough to absorb the negative effect of increased ingredient costs. The result is that its operating profit margin, which was 9.8% a year ago, showed a dramatic improvement to 19% -- better by 93.9%.
DuPont's strong margins allowed it to earn $0.96 per share for the period -- 45% higher than a year ago. Because of its solid quarterly results, the company reaffirmed its earnings estimate of $2.65 to $2.85 per share for fiscal 2005. At a price of around $46.50, the enterprise is valued at 16 times current-year earnings.
This company is no Gordon racecar, but its earnings and sales growth give it enough acceleration to support the stock's valuation. At this level, DuPont certainly warrants further consideration for potential investors.
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Спільнота Святого Егідія () — християнська організація, яка офіційно визнана католицькою церквою як «церковно-громадська світська асоціація». Має понад 50 000 членів у більш ніж 70 країнах світу. Основними напрямками діяльності є поширення Євангелія, допомога нужденним (бідним, бездомним, людям похилого віку, мігрантам тощо), діалог між церквами і релігіями.

Історія
Спільнота Святого Егідія була заснована у Римі в 1968 році групою римських студентів, на чолі з Андреа Ріккарді, на хвилі реформ, ініційованих Другим Ватиканським собором. Названа на честь церкви св. Егідія у Римі (в Трастевере), яку засновники організації обрали своїм першим постійним місце зустрічі. Натхненна діяльністю першої християнської спільноти, описаної в Діяннях апостолів та досвідом Франциска Ассизького, група почала відвідувати околиці Риму, де на той час жило багато бідних людей (зокрема іммігрантів, що жили в бараках), та допомагати їм, а також почала займатися з дітьми мігрантів. В подальшому організація почала діяти і в інших країнах. Її діяльність включає створення притулків для літніх людей, хоспісів для хворих на Снід тощо.

Благодійні зусилля Спільноти св. Егідія також призвело до визнання її посередником у мирних переговорах. Наприкінці 1980-х рр., організація зрозуміла, що гуманітарні зусилля у Мозамбіку, який роздирала громадянська війна, не можуть досягти успіху без миру. У 1990 році Спільнота була прийнята правлячою ФРЕЛІМО і повстанцями РЕНАМО як медіатор та зіграла ключову роль в укладенні Римських загальних мирних угод , підписаних у 1992 році. Організація продовжила мирні ініціативи в Алжирі, на Балканах, в Демократичній Республіці Конго та інших місцях.

Спільнота Святого Егідія також бореться проти смертної кари, зокрема ініціювала день «Міста за життя».

Діяльність
Один з ключових напрямків діяльності Спільноти святого Егідія - служіння бідним людям. Члени громади закликають не розглядати таких людей як соціальну категорію, а прагнуть насамперед встановити з ними особисті стосунки. Характерною рисою Спільноти є дружба з тими, хто потребують допомоги і підтримки: старими, бездомними, безпритульними, дітьми, які потрапили в скрутну ситуацію, інвалідами, мігрантами, ув'язненими, хворими.

Спільнота має ряд соціальних проектів: відкриття будинків сімейного типу для людей похилого віку та інвалідів, столових для бідних, центрів допомоги бездомним, мовних шкіл для іммігрантів, художніх майстерень для інвалідів, організація мережі допомоги вдома одиноким літнім людям. З 1982 року Спільнота святого Егідія проводить різдвяні обіди для малозабезпечених і бездомних (сьогодні такі обіди проходять у сотнях міст світу).

Спільнота святого Егідія реалізує важливі міжнародні проекти, в тому числі програму DREAM (Disease Relief through Excellent and Advanced Means) по лікуванню хворих на СНІД та хвороби в Африці; програму BRAVO (Birth Registration for All Versus Oblivion) по реєстрації «неіснуючих» для держави дітей (без свідоцтв про народження та інших документів) в різних африканських країнах; «Гуманітарні коридори», що дозволяють особливо вразливим категоріям біженців з Близького Сходу і з регіону Африканського Рогу приїхати в Європу, маючи гарантії безпеки в дорозі. Спільнота також контролює їх інтеграцію в приймаючих європейських країнах.

Спільнота святого Егідія веде миротворчу роботу з посередництва в конфліктах і збереженню миру в багатьох регіонах. У 1992 році за посередництва громади в Римі було підписано підсумкову мирну угоду, що завершила громадянську війну в Мозамбіку. Члени громади працювали в цілях встановлення миру і примирення ворогуючих сторін на Балканах, в Албанії, Лівані, Кот-д'Івуарі, Гватемалі, Сенегалі, Іраку, Сирії, Колумбії, Ліберії, Дарфурі, Того, на Філіппінах, в Центральноафриканській Республіці.

Спільнота святого Егідія бере участь у розвитку діалогу між католиками і православними, а також міжхристиянського і міжрелігійного діалогу. З 1987 року щорічно проводяться зустрічі «Молитва про мир», розпочаті в 1986 році в Ассізі Папою Римським Іоанном Павлом II; в них беруть участь авторитетні представники християнських Церков і основних світових релігій, політичні та культурні діячі.

У містах присутності групи Спільноти реалізують різні проекти допомоги бідним людям. До них відносяться роздачі їжі та одягу бездомним людям (наприклад, в Барселоні), організація благодійних їдалень (наприклад, в Римі), відкриття центрів соціальної підтримки (наприклад, у Варшаві), центри харчування для дітей (наприклад, в Мапуту), заняття "школа миру" (наприклад, в Ісламабаді).

Більшість членів Спільноти святого Егідія - волонтери, які допомагають бідним і займаються проектами Спільноти у вільний від роботи чи навчання час.

Нагороди
Спільнота Святого Егідія отримала безліч нагород і визнань. зокрема:
 1997: Світова методистська нагороду миру від Всесвітньої Ради Методистської церкви
 1999: премію миру Niwano від Niwano Peace Foundation
 1999: Фелікс Уфуе-Буаньї премію миру від ЮНЕСКО
 2000: офіційне визнання від міської ради Нью-Йорка за прихильність до прав людини, зокрема зусилля, щоб зупинити смертну кару
 2002: номінація парламентом Італії на Нобелівську премію миру
 2004: Міжнародну Миротворчу премію від Common Ground
 2004: Премію Бальзана за мир і братерство між народами.
 2009: Міжнародна премія Карла Великого була надана Андреа Ріккарді, засновнику організації.

В Україні

В Україні організація також займається допомогою нужденним, зокрема ромським дітям.

Спільнота надає підтримку бездомним та потребуючим людям. Мета волонтерів  – змінити думку про безхатченків та побороти упередження.

У Львові за адресою вул. Богдана Хмельницького, 36 при монастирі Св.Онуфрія діє осередок спільноти.

Див. також
 Працююча християнська молодь

Примітки

Посилання
 Офіційний сайт
 Історія заснування

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1940 Ford Deluxe Sedan Street Rod Stunner
June 14, 2017 Laure
In 1940, the average cost of a new house was $3920, the average family income was $1725, a gallon of gas cost 11 cents, and the average cost of a new car was $850. 1940 was also the year the stunner shown below rolled off the production line. It didn't look quite like it does now, though, because this '40 Ford has been the subject of a frame-off rebuild, turning it into the street rod you see today.
1940 Ford Deluxe Sedan for Sale on eBay
1940 Ford Deluxe Sedan
Imagine the luxury and fun of sliding behind the wheel of this amazing, head-turning car, and cruising in style to a car show or pretty much anywhere you get inspired to go.
This four door 1940 Ford Deluxe has undergone a complete frame-off rebuild. It's an all-metal car, with no rust on it anywhere.
What Is a Frame-Off Rebuild?
Before I move on, I know most everyone reading this already knows what a frame-off rebuild is, but just to be sure, in a frame-off rebuild, like with a frame-off restoration, the car is completely taken apart, with the body and all components removed from the frame, so each and every detail can be inspected and perfected before the car is reassembled.
8BA Flathead
The 8BA Ford Flathead is a V8 engine, which came out in 1949. The 8BA isn't original to the 1940 Ford Deluxe Sedan, but that's okay, because it's a street rod, and that means it's customized to have more power and comfort features than it rolled off the line with in 1940.
The radio is one this that is standard in this '40 Ford. It has original radio in it, and it still works !
According to the seller, this car runs cool when you're in traffic, and the radiator's electric cooling fan is set up on a temperature control switch, plus it has a manual switch to turn it on if you feel it needs to be on sooner. The seller also notes this 1940 Ford Deluxe is quiet, with no rattles, and the tires shown in the photo are not included with the sale, but a set of classic red steelies do come with this stunner of a ride.
By Laure Justice
A special thanks goes out to eBay and Izea, my corporate sponsors in bringing you this post.
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Gerry Cinnamon has announced new tour dates for March.
The singer-songwriter, who released his debut album Erratic Cinematic last year, will play a mini tour around Scotland.
He will play Inverness Ironworks on March 2, Edinburgh Liquid Room on March 4, Aberdeen Garage on March 9 and Dundee Fat Sams on March 10.
He also promised fans that more dates will be announced soon.
Gerry performed at Glasgow's first-ever TRNSMT Festival last year and will return to perform alongside headliner Liam Gallagher on June 30.
Tickets for the new shows go on sale today details below.


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Education Council meets for last time, commissions EYLF and MTOP updates
The Council of Australian Government's (COAG) quarterly convening of all state and territory ministers for education, the Education Council, has commissioned an update to the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector's two key learning frameworks.
In addition, the Council signed off on a set of recommendations and improvement opportunities post the review of the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), and endorsed the National Quality Framework Review – Consultation Regulation Impact Statement.
The meeting was the final such meeting in its current configuration. Following the National Cabinet's adoption of the findings of the Conran Review, Education Ministers will continue to meet in 2021 under the banner of the Education Ministers Meeting, with a revised focus on key strategic priorities and an emphasis on delivering effective outcomes.
Approved Learning Frameworks to be subjected to an update after decade of use
The Education Council has commissioned an update of The Early Years Learning Framework and My Time, Our Place, the first such update since the introduction of the National Quality Framework (NQF) in 2012.
The review will seek to ensure that the frameworks continue to reflect contemporary developments in practice and knowledge while supporting all educators to best meet the learning and development needs of each child, and has been triggered to some degree by feedback from sector stakeholders provided as part of the initial phase of the NQF Review.
A complete Terms of Reference has been created in which scope, key deliverables and timelines are articulated with the updated learning frameworks expected to be implemented in early 2023.
A copy of the Terms of Reference can be found here.
ACECQA Review results in recommendations and improvement opportunities
The Education Council's review to ensure that the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority's (ACECQA) operations remain 'fit for purpose' in the current Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environment was completed in 2019 with a response to that review to be crafted and subsequently published.
The Review response is now complete and resulted in ten recommendations and eleven improvement opportunities, many of which have been completed or are in progress.
Although the meeting communiqué did not provide any specifics on the findings it did commit to publishing the Review on it's website in the coming weeks.
Education Council endorses NQF Review: Consultation Regulation Impact Statement
The review of the National Quality Framework, which commenced in earnest with the release of its Terms of Reference in April 2019, has progressed to the point where its Consultation Regulation Impact Statement has been completed and consequently endorsed by the Education Council.
Engagement on the Review will include a mix of online and face-to-face events (depending on local COVID-19 conditions) with stakeholders given the opportunity to contribute feedback through written submission and surveys.
Engagement will commence in early 2021.
The scope of the 2019 review of the NQF includes an assessment of whether the objectives of the NQF are being met in the current operating environment and consideration as to possible improvements in the system, in particular around appropriate governance arrangements and funding of the cost of regulatory services.
The Quality Areas, Standards and Elements of the National Quality Framework as well as the Approved Learning Frameworks were out of scope in this period's review.
To read the Education Council's latest communiqué please click here.


Original Kurzfassung: Theoretical economics makes use of strict mathematical methods. For instance, games as introduced by von Neumann and Morgenstern allow for formal mathematical proofs for certain axiomatized economical situations. Such proofs can---at least in principle---also be carried through in formal systems such as Theorema. In this paper we describe experiments carried through using the Theorema system to prove theorems about a particular form of games called pillage games. Each pillage game formalizes a particular understanding of power. Analysis then attempts to derive the properties of solution sets (in particular, the core and stable set), asking about existence, uniqueness and characterization. Concretely we use Theorema to show properties previously proved on paper by two of the co-authors for pillage games with three agents. Of particular interest is some pseudo-code which summarizes the results previously shown. Since the computation involves infinite sets the pseudo-code is in several ways non-computational. However, in the presence of appropriate lemmas, the pseudo-code has sufficient computational content that Theorema can compute stable sets (which are always finite). We have concretely demonstrated this for three different important power functions.


Exeter City make the trip to Colchester United this Saturday in 3pm kick-off in Sky Bet League Two.
The Grecians will be looking to get back to winning ways after suffering a late equaliser at home to Northampton Town last time out.
Ahead of the trip to the JobServe Community Stadium, manager Matt Taylor said: "They're (Colchester) a good team, a very bright team at home. They have some good footballers, they play a good attacking brand of football and make some real passes so it's going to be a test.
"I spoke to the lads this morning and asked them who remembered the match there last season where we were 3-0 down after the first 40 minutes and out of the game so we've got to be right on our metal from minute one, but we've got some good players coming back into the fold now.
"We showed glimpses last weekend of the attacking threat we've got in the team and we need to show that on Saturday, but also we have to be resolute."
The side last met back in May last season ahead of City's play-off campaign, and the Grecians took all three points in that match when Robbie Simpson netted the only goal of the game.
Tickets are now on sale at advance prices for City's trip to the JobServe Community Stadium to face Colchester United on Saturday, November 24.
You can buy tickets online or you can also call the club during the normal office hours on 01392 411243 or visit the club shop and reception in person between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
Colchester run progressive pricing scheme meaning the prices change as we get closer to the match, so supporters are encouraged to buy early and save.
Tickets are then full price on matchday.
*Under-11s are FOC on a 1 (Adult/Senior) to 4 basis. After this the additional U11 cost applies.
Advance Discounts? Yes, matchday prices kick in on 24 November.
The coach departs at 07:15am and is £35 per person and departs from Unit 1 nightclub. Other pick up points include Honiton Road Park & Ride (by Miller and Carter steakhouse), Cullompton Services (junction 28), Tiverton (junction 27), Taunton (junction 25), any other pick-ups en-route by prior arrangement.
To get to the JobServe Community Stadium, follow the M5, M4 and M25 to Brentwood. Take exit 28 from the M25. Merge onto the A12 and exit at junction 28. At the roundabout, take the third exit. At the next roundabout, take the first exit. At the third roundabout, take the third exit and then continue onto United Way. The stadium will be on your right.
There is a bar located inside the stand where you can buy drinks and take them outside the ground too. They serve drinks such as lager, bitter, wine, plus whisky and brandy (all at £3.80).
The closest pub to the ground is the Dog and Pheasant on Nayland Road and the ground is on the very outskirts of Colchester. However, this is still three-quarters of a mile away. They serve a range of drinks as well as hot meals.


All modern comforts and enough space for all the family and friends – Welcome to our spacious FAMILY APARTMENT located on the ground floor of our Corso Living guesthouse. Feel at ease on some 90 m2 and enjoy both privacy and unlimited freedom together with your beloved. Equipped with love to the detail, the apartment provides traditional Tirolean atmosphere during your wonderful holiday in Sölden. Inhale crisp and clean Alpine air on the panoramic terrace while relaxing in the lounge chairs and the adjacent garden – breathtaking moments await you in summer and winter alike!
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Ideal for contract packagers and manufacturers of foods, beverages, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and other products, the low-maintenance neck band applicator automatically applies tamper-evident shrink bands and/or sleeve labels on round and tapered containers at up to 100 bottles, cans, tins or jars per minute. The versatile shrinkbander offers a wide lay-flat range that accommodates banding materials from 25 mm – 123 mm in width and up to 10 inches in length and caps from 14 mm – 76 mm in diameter. The neck bander includes an adjustable lift stand and variable speed spacing wheel as standard, while a vertical perforator and photoelectric print registration are offered as options. A companion heat tunnel and modular conveyor are also available as options.


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GREEN SHEET: McGregor Links Country Club
McGregor Links Country Club in Wilton, on the 18th hole Tuesday morning.Photo Erica Miller 8/6/13 spt_McGregor4_Fri
McGregor Links Country Club in Wilton, on the 3rd hole Tuesday morning.Photo Erica Miller 8/6/13 spt_McGregor1_Fri
A view of the fourth fairway and green at McGregor Links Country Club Wednesday afternoon. (ERICA MILLER/The Saratogian)
McGregor Links Country Club in Wilton, Glen Hembach of Saratoga teed off on the 15th hole Tuesday morning.Photo Erica Miller 8/6/13 spt_McGregor5_Fri
McGregor Links Country Club in Wilton, on the 7th hole Tuesday morning.Photo Erica Miller 8/6/13 spt_McGregor2_Fri
By Alex Ventre |
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Although its name suggests it, McGregor Links Country Club isn't a traditional links-styled golf course. While the semi-private facility does boast an abundance of rolling hills and tall fescue grass, McGregor doesn't possess the wide open layout that is synonymous with links golf. Instead, a fair amount of dense trees, as well as housing developments, create some narrow driving areas and out-of-bounds on 17 holes. "We have a great, eclectic mix of long holes, short holes, easy holes and hard holes," fourth-year head professional Tom Oppedisano said. "So it's very challenging to get into a groove with your game here. We have a ton of different, side hill and downhill lies. And with just a little bit of change in wind direction, the course can play incredibly different each time you play." The course was built and funded by state senator Edward Brackett in 1920 and designed by Devereaux Emmett. Since then, the course has hosted seven New York State Amateur Championships and two U.S. Open local qualifiers. Despite hosting a number of prestigious tournaments, McGregor's four different tee boxes — ranging from 5,173 to 6,629 yards — appeals to players of all abilities. McGregor completed its driving range last year, which allows players to warm up before their round. Golfers will want to take advantage of the first hole — a reachable-in-two 445-yard par 5 — because the next two holes are quite challenging. "You need to do your scoring early here," Oppedisano said. "Our first hole is a very easy par 5, which kind of lulls you into a sense that you're going to beat this course up. But then our second and third holes are very difficult." No. 2 is a 417-yard par 4 with trees right and out-of-bounds left off the tee, while the third hole is one of the most difficult par 3s in the area. At 225 yards, No. 3 is a beast and to make matters more difficult, a series of four bunkers blocks the green from view, although players can see the tip of the flag from the tees. As the front nine progresses, the course's mounds, fescue and rolling hills dictates golfers' strategy and game management. Course knowledge also comes into play because a seemingly good drive can leave players with an awkward stance on McGregor's hilly terrain, so knowing the ideal location of shots is essential. After a difficult stretch from No. 5 to No. 7, players can conclude their front nine with a strong finish. The 440-yard eighth hole is an easy par 5 if players can accurate off the tee, while the ninth is a short, downhill par 4. Although the 10th and 11th holes are tough — especially another 225-yard monster of a par 3 at No. 11 — players can attack the 12th and 13th. No. 12 is a 465-yard par 5 where the only trouble is a water hazard right of the green, while the 13th is a short par 3 with four bunkers surrounding the putting surface. Once players hit the 14th tee though, they face a tough stretch into the clubhouse. "The home stretch, from No. 14 in, really test your game," Oppedisano said. "You need to hang on to a good round at the end, especially in a tournament setting." The narrow-off-the-tee 565-yard 15th is probably the most difficult hole in that stretch. Despite its distance, a driver off the tee isn't the smart move as the landing area is about 20 yards wide. Players conclude McGregor's par 37/35 layout with a 165-yard par 3 and view of the clubhouse and outdoor patio that overlooks the well-bunkered green. McGregor was in very good condition and the large, relatively flat greens were top-notch and rolled true, partially due to the new roller the course purchased. Management also bought a new fleet of carts in addition to subtle adjustments and course upkeep. McGregor is a very good test of golf that rewards good shots, but also punishes poorly executed swings. It possess aspects of a links-style course, but the maturation of trees and the addition of housing developments also tests a golfer's accuracy off the tee. McGregor is a semi-private facility that caters to its members, but also offers tee times to the public at various times every day other than Thursdays. Sports writer Alex Ventre is an avid golfer. He can be reached at
aventre@saratogian.com
Alex Ventre


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Q: Append data in excel using database I have 2 classes
1)First used to generate an excel
2)To append data to same excel
But the problem is that i am able to generate the excel but i am unable to append data to it
i have a main class in which i check if file does not exist generate file and if it does append data to it
But when i try to append data it gives the following error
Generationjava.io.IOException: Unable to read entire header; 0 bytes read; expected 512 bytes
Can anyone please help!!!
Thanks in advance
  public void generateExcelFile() throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException, IOException {
        try(  Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(
                   "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test" ,
                   "root" ,""
                );

                Statement statement = connect.createStatement();
                ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("select * from table );
                   FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File("sample.xls"));
                )
        {
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
        XSSFSheet spreadsheet = workbook.createSheet("sample");
        XSSFRow row = spreadsheet.createRow(0);
        XSSFCell cell;
        cell = row.createCell(0);
        cell.setCellValue("ID");
        cell = row.createCell(1);
        cell.setCellValue("NAME");
        cell = row.createCell(2);
        cell.setCellValue("ADDRESS");
        cell = row.createCell(3);

        int i = 1;

        while(resultSet.next()) {
           row = spreadsheet.createRow(i);
           cell = row.createCell(0);
           cell.setCellValue(resultSet.getString("id"));
           cell = row.createCell(1);
           cell.setCellValue(resultSet.getString("name"));
           cell = row.createCell(2);
           cell.setCellValue(resultSet.getString("address"));
           i++;
        }
        workbook.write(out);
       logger.info("Excel file generated!!");
     }
        catch(Exception e){
            System.out.println("Exception in Excel Generation");
        }
        }

    public void appendFile()   {
        try(  Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(
               "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test" ,
               "root" ,""
            );

            Statement statement = connect.createStatement();
            ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("select * from table where date=some date after excel generation);//for eg

               FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("sample.xls");
            )
    {

    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream("sample.xls");
     HSSFWorkbook workbook1 = new HSSFWorkbook(input);

     HSSFSheet sheet = workbook1.getSheetAt(0);
     int lastrow= sheet.getLastRowNum();
     System.out.println("*********lastrow************"+lastrow);
     Row row = sheet.createRow(lastrow);
     Cell cell;
     int i = lastrow;

      while(resultSet.next()) {
           row = spreadsheet.createRow(i);
           cell = row.createCell(lastrow);
           cell.setCellValue(resultSet.getString("id"));
           cell = row.createCell(lastrow+1);
           cell.setCellValue(resultSet.getString("name"));
           cell = row.createCell(lastrow+2);
           cell.setCellValue(resultSet.getString("address"));
           i++;
        }

     workbook1.write(out);
    logger.info("Excel file generated!!");
  }
    catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println("Exception in Excel Generation"+e);
    }


I was looking at my analytics yesterday and noticed just recently in the past few days where allot of the traffic on my site is coming from. I do adwords for a few software programs on here and affiliate networks as you can see below the amount of traffic produced from them.
Looking at the numbers below it looks like it is paying off in a little under a month. I may not be generating much traffic from the foreign traffic yet as I have to analyze further and adjust accordingly. Take a look at the chart below and see where allot of the traffic is coming from especially from Google in other countries.


While it is best known for its position in the satellite business, Dish Networks has been building up wireless spectrum for quite awhile.
"First and foremost, we are a video company," Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said in an interview at D: Dive Into Media. But, Ergen said, once the company realized that the same network would deliver video, voice and data, it realized it might be in different businesses.
In addition to the wireless spectrum it already holds, Dish has made a $5.15 billion bid for a stake in Clearwire, which Sprint had earlier announced its intention to acquire.
Ergen said that Dish's offer for Clearwire is not illusory, "but the deck is stacked against us," he acknowledged. However, he insisted, his offer is better for shareholders.
As for what it would do if it can't buy Clearwire, Ergen said there is a Plan B, but declined to get specific.
Earlier in the interview, Ergen said his company needs to own wireless to deliver television outside the home.
The company said it didn't know how to get into the wireless business, but felt like it needed to do it to serve its customers outside the home.


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Voluntary saccades in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: looking into the relationship between motor impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder symptoms
Connolly, Amanda J., Rinehart, Nicole J., Johnson, Beth, Papadopoulos, Nicole and Fielding, Joanne 2016, Voluntary saccades in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: looking into the relationship between motor impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder symptoms, Neuroscience, vol. 334, pp. 47-54, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.07.013.
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Although there is little overlap in core diagnostic criteria for ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ASD symptoms are estimated to co-occur in children with ADHD in 20-50% of cases. As motor control deficits are common to both disorders, we investigated the impact of ASD symptoms on ocular motor control in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Combined Type (ADHD-CT), using a cued saccade paradigm sensitive to cerebellar ocular motor impairment in ASD. Basic saccade metrics (latency, velocity and accuracy), trial-to-trial variability, and main sequences relationships (saccade velocity for a given amplitude) were assessed, for 14 males with ADHD-CT and 14 typically developing (TD) males (aged 8-14, IQ>80). Our results revealed that saccade profiles of the ADHD-CT group showed a pattern of hypermetria and altered main sequence. As the cerebellum is crucially involved in the regulation of saccade parameters, we propose that this pattern of deficit in ADHD-CT is consistent with the widely reported morphological abnormalities in ocular motor vermis (cerebellar lobules VI-VII) in ADHD-CT and ASD.
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Day 5: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 — ELECTION DAY!
Dean Phillips will conclude his 5-day, 40-city "Coffee and Conversation Tour" from November 2nd to Election Day, November 6th.
Phillips's campaign for Congress is based on the idea that representation begins with listening, and that change begins with conversation. Phillips has been traveling the district in his Government Repair Truck for a year and a half, meeting with and hearing from voters of all backgrounds at more than 120 public events, making this a fitting close to his campaign.
Please collect credentials at the media check-in table.


To build 48 town houses in Sydney at a cost of $500 000 each and selling them for around $600 000 each The profit is around 25 %.
We are a realestate company and are now venturing into developments.We plan to build 48 town houses in stages and sell them afer getting pre-sales.Typically our customers are first home owners and young mums and dads.The government extended the deadline only yesterday.
Successful businessman having worked in realestate for the last 15 years. And now venturing into development after meeting other successful people.
Chartered accountant and very competent at accounting and taxation matters.


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Leader-SHIP is a newsletter on the pandemic impacting the global cruise industry, with latest developments and updates. We are providing these articles in a definitive way - not just as a listing of past occurrences but as an ongoing reality for the cruise industry to be mediated by leadership and collaboration.
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Here are some of the news articles we are following:
Cruise Industry Sees Brighter Future After "Year Unlike Any Other"
Cruise control: pandemic gives locals chance to take ports back from tourists
Could A 'Disney Bubble' Work for Disney Cruise Line Adventures?
First Look Inside Carnival Cruise Line's New Cruise Ship
Singapore is aggressively pursuing a return to travel — but not without setbacks
Miami cruise lines extend cancellations into next year. Are your travel plans affected?
How Cruise Ship Went from Year-Round Residence to Scrapyard
Carnival Cruise Line Guests Brightened the Holidays for Crew
American Cruise Lines celebrates launch of American Melody
Port of Southampton to build fifth cruise terminal
American Queen and Victory Cruise Lines Enhance Offerings
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Survival was the name of the game for the cruise industry in 2020. But having made it through what Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Chairman Adam Goldstein called "a year unlike any other," both cruise lines and those who love the experience are looking ahead with optimism. CLIA, the world's largest cruise industry trade organization, has released its 2021 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook. New research revealed in the report finds optimism on the horizon, with two out of three cruisers surveyed willing to board a ship within the next 12 months. More good news: 58 percent of international vacationers who have never cruised say they are likely to cruise in the next few years.
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From Key West to Alaska, anti-cruise-ship activists have celebrated a silver lining to Covid as it halted travel. Key West and Juneau each see more than 1 million cruise ship passengers each year. Haskell and Hart said the intense tourism had diminished quality of life for year-round residents, degraded the environment and over time replaced vibrant local businesses with monotonous "trinket" shops catering to cruise passengers. That is until 2020, when the pandemic brought an abrupt halt to cruise travel.
While most of the attention during the global pandemic when it comes to Disney has been on the movie studio and the theme parks, there's another huge part of the company that has been suffering just as much, if not more, the Disney Cruise Line. Cruise ships have remained vacant for the duration, and recently, following additional guidance from the Center for Disease Control, Disney was forced to cancel yet another batch of cruises, anything that had been set to last longer than seven nights, into the summer. It's still going to be a couple of months before any cruises resume, but when they do, it's possible things could actually work out quite well.
Yesterday, Carnival Cruise Line took delivery of their newest cruise ship, Mardi Gras. At 180,000 gross tons, Mardi Gras is the largest cruise ship to enter Carnival's fleet. Carnival Cruise Line gave us a sneak peek look inside Mardi Gras. Previously, the cruise line released photos of BOLT, the world's first cruise ship roller coaster that travels around the top deck of the vessel.
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The city-state is working to resuscitate tourism by resuming cruising, ushering in business travelers and launching a national contact-tracing app.
Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas voyages that were expected to resume sailing in January 2021 are now canceled until later in the year, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced Wednesday. All voyages on Norwegian Cruise Line that were set to embark between Jan. 1 through Feb. 28 and select voyages in March are now canceled, the company said. All voyages on Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises that were set to embark between Jan. 1 through March 31 are also suspended.
What started as a way for people to live and work aboard an anchored cruise ship has ended with the vessel being sold for scrap. What started as a way for people to live and work aboard an anchored cruise ship has Over the past several months, cruise enthusiasts watched as a company named Ocean Builders purchased the former P&O Dawn with the intention of turning it into a floating community. They would auction off staterooms aboard the newly-renamed Satoshi so that would-be seafarers could start new lives among like-minded individuals.
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How Carnival Cruise Line Guests Brightened the Holidays for Crew
This week, crew members currently aboard Carnival Cruise Line ships are receiving holiday cards from around the world. Thanks to a program known as Operation Happy Holidays — which received an assist from The Grinch — the lives of people who are far away from their loved ones were brightened.	It all began with a suggestion made by Carnival's brand ambassador, John Heald, on his Facebook page. Long a powerful advocate for the crew members who work so hard to create memorable vacations for passengers, Heald mentioned it might be nice if guests sent a holiday card to crew members.
Chesapeake Shipbuilding has successfully launched American Cruise Lines' new American Melody at its yard in Salisbury, Maryland. American Melody, which is the fourth newbuild in the cruise line's modern riverboat series, will undergo final outfitting at Chesapeake's yard ahead of her delivery and inaugural Mississippi River season in summer 2021. Featuring interiors designed by Studio DADO, American Melody will have five decks, a multi-storey glass atrium at the centre, all-balcony suites and staterooms, and America Cruise Line's patented opening bow and retractable gangway. In addition, the vessel will have an outdoor café, multiple sky-lit lounges, a dining room with panoramic windows, a library, games room, chart room, fitness room and yoga studio, and several open-air and shaded sundecks.
Associated British Ports is to open a new cruise terminal at the Port of Southampton in England in 2021 to strengthen its position as "Europe's leading cruise turnaround port and the UK's number one departure port". To be built at a cost of more than £55 million (US$73 million), the new facility will be Southampton's fifth dedicated cruise terminal and has received an £8 million grant from the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership through the UK Government's Getting Building Fund. The terminal will be equipped with shore power technology to enable cruise ships to turn off their engines and instead run their onboard systems via power from the local electricity grid when in port. It will also benefit from roof-mounted solar power.
American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC) and Victory Cruise Lines (VCL) have announced "new enhancements and offerings" as they prepare to welcome guests onboard again. This is according to a press release. The new introductions extend to health and safety protocols, the 2021 wave offering, and elevated suite amenities and fresh culinary experiences. "Coming off the heels of an unprecedented year, we are looking forward to the future and being able to welcome aboard our loyal guests once again as we continue to offer amazing experiences. We have a great deal to be excited about and have focused on every detail so that we can provide the safest cruising experiences possible," said John Waggoner, CEO and founder of American Queen Steamboat Company. The health and safety introductions cover 100 percent COVID-19 testing and health screenings for all guests and crew prior to every sailing, mandatory mask wearing, contactless facial recognition and temperature checks at the gangway, reduced vessel capacity, and more.
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GOP Frustrated With Health Care Failure
NEW YORK (AP) -- Republicans are expressing embarrassment, fear and frustration as party leaders concede that their years-long promise to erase much of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act is all but dead.
Conservative activists blamed establishment Republicans who control Congress. Establishment Republicans blamed a lack of leadership from their president. And the Republican president blamed "a few Republicans" and all Democrats for blocking his agenda.
The finger-pointing marked a new low for a Republican Party that swept into power in January and has struggled to govern ever since.
"If embarrassment were fatal, we'd all be dead," Republican strategist Rick Tyler said of his party's performance since taking control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. "The American people have given us enormous responsibility and enormous trust and we're blowing it."
President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday that his party was largely giving up after seven years of promising to repeal the law. The move came after four Republican senators objected to the GOP's latest health care plan, which would have caused millions of Americans to lose their health insurance. Conservatives complained that the measure didn't go far enough in repealing the law.
"I think we're probably in that position where we'll just let Obamacare fail," Trump said, downplaying the political consequences. "We're not going to own it. I'm not going to own it."
The extraordinary development intensified Republican divisions from Georgia to Colorado to Texas as conservatives vowed to punish ineffective Republicans in Congress. At the same time, GOP operatives warned of dire political consequences for the party in next year's midterm elections, when control of the House is up for grabs.
"Everyone's ticked off," said Owen Hill, a Republican Colorado state senator challenging six-term GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn. "All we're seeing is failing to make any traction on fulfilling promises to voters."
With the next election season looming, Republican leaders are grasping for evidence they deserve to stay in power.
Many point to the Trump administration's success in rolling back Obama-era regulations and filling a Supreme Court vacancy with conservative Neil Gorsuch. But since taking complete control of Washington, Republicans have failed to enact any major legislative achievements six months into Trump's presidency.
Asked how they would explain their lack of accomplishments to voters, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, "Well, we have a new Supreme Court justice."
That's not a good enough for Republican voters, crucial in midterm elections, who repeatedly were promised health care repeal for seven years, according to Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who called this week's health care failure "tremendously significant."
"I don't think voters who expected, and even demanded, Obamacare repeal will forgive the GOP for failing," Luntz said. "It is about keeping your promises. And if you can't achieve your signature legislation, what exactly can you achieve?"
Indeed, conservative activists, along with like-minded groups such as the Senate Conservatives Fund, quickly vowed to recruit challengers for those "Obamacare Republicans." That was already happening on the ground in several states, including Texas, where Houston hospital executive David Balat, a Republican, is running against nine-term GOP Rep. John Culberson.
"There's hesitation for brave leadership and decision-making based on conservative ideology," Balat said in an interview.
It was the same in Georgia, where former Tea Party Express leader Amy Kremer insisted, "These people have got to go."
"You're now going to see a meeting of the minds about who's going to be primaried," said Kremer, who now leads a pro-Trump political action committee.
Like many conservatives across the country, she lashed out at McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan for "trying to derail Donald Trump's agenda" on health care. "It's not a failure on Trump's part," Kremer said. "Everybody knows these people didn't want Donald Trump to win."
On the other side of the Republican spectrum, Chicago-based GOP donor Bill Kunkler blamed Trump for failing to lead on what he called sensible Republican reforms, such as rewriting the tax code.
"It's all dysfunctional and self-inflicted," Kunkler said of the White House's political struggles. He said he sees Ryan as the party's de facto leader.
"I think people feel, like me, that the Republican establishment is the refuge from this maelstrom we're in right now," Kunkler said.
Amid intensifying GOP infighting, many Republicans are warning of a rapidly shrinking window to get anything done. Trump on Tuesday, like some Republicans in Congress, indicated he was ready to shift his attention to the nation's tax code or infrastructure. Yet Washington will only become more bogged down by politics as midterm elections draw closer.
"It's critical they show movement," North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes said of his party's leaders in Congress. "They're showing deadlock right now, and that won't cut it" in 2018.
Looking ahead to the next election, Trump offered a simple solution to those frustrated with the performance of the Republican-led government.
"We're going to have to go out and get more Republicans elected in '18," the president said. "And I'll be working very hard for that to happen, OK?"


While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favourite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue!
Next there was Cade, who was built up to be this powerful jock but through the letters that he and Lily were anonymously sending each other you got to see another side to him which was fun. While I still didn't understand or excuse his actions by the end, I loved his final action and thought that he and Lily really complimented each other.
And the last major character was Isabella, who was Lily's best friend and Cade's ex girlfriend, which made matters very complicated when Lily started to like Cade. Anyways, I thought Isabella was an amazing character, she was sweet and beautiful and I can't believe how accepting she became of Lily and Cade. I did also like the small hiccup between these best friends because it was realistic and a really proper response.
The plot was very cute and sweet, Lily and Cade were mysteriously writing letters to each other and meanwhile both hating each other in real life. I did wonder if Lily actually did any school because you never heard about that, but it's a book so whatever. I also loved Lily's family because this made her life so much more interesting and I loved the way that they all loved each other and interacted with each other.


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Japanese Cameras and Lenses
A Better Look at Konica
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Dario makes a case for Konica (and other lesser-celebrated Japanese camera brands) in our latest retrospective.
Dario Veréb
The Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM – Don't Call it the Japanese Summilux
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A quick review of the Canon 50mm F/1.4 in Leica Thread Mount – commonly referred to as "The Japanese Summilux."
Eric Charles Jones
Leica Thread Mount LTM
Fujifilm Instax Square SQ1 Review – Simple, Square, Instant Photography
https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Fuji-Instax-SQ1-4-of-15.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&ssl=1 2000 1125 James Tocchio James Tocchio https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/james-square.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 March 12, 2021 March 12, 2021
James reviews Fujifilm's newest Instax camera, the strikingly pretty and surprisingly capable Instax Square SQ1.
For Aesthetic Reasons – Cameras, Cars, and Collecting
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Joe shares some gorgeous photos of a Porsche 911 mountain climb, shot with his Nikon FM3a, and muses over the meaning of aesthetics.
Joe Freemond
Plaubel Makina 67 Review
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Aaron reviews the Plaubel Makina 67, a medium format rangefinder film camera with a beautiful, fixed Nikkor lens.
Aaron Stennett
German Cameras
Plaubel
The Yashica A as a First Medium Format Camera (And Beyond)
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Dave's first medium format camera was the Yashica A. Three years later, he tells us why it was a great first camera – and then some.
Dave Carulli
Twin Lens Reflex
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Konica C35 FD / Konica Auto S3 Review
https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/konica-c35-fd-auto-s3-review-13.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&ssl=1 2000 1125 Eric Charles Jones Eric Charles Jones https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eric-charles-jones.jpg?fit=96%2C72&ssl=1 January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021
Eric reviews the Konica C35 FD (known in export markets as the Konica Auto S3), a compact rangefinder film camera with a legendary lens.
The Ghost of Christmas Past in Champagne Gold; or, a Story of the Olympus Stylus
https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/olympus-infinity-stylus-zoom-25.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&ssl=1 2000 1125 Leah Damgaard-Hansen Leah Damgaard-Hansen https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/leah-1-of-1.jpg?fit=96%2C64&ssl=1 December 24, 2020 December 24, 2020
Leah revisits an old friend in the Olympus Stylus. What was once a cherished Christmas gift brings new joy, years later.
Leah Damgaard-Hansen
A Rangefinder Beginner's Thoughts on the Canon 7
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"Come on! Open it," she said, nodding at the gift-wrapped box which I was holding in my arms. I knew exactly what was inside. Or at least, I thought I did – film. I'm not big…
Timothy Lebedin
Who Knows What the Future Holds – Olympus AZ-4 / Ricoh Mirai Review
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The Olympus AZ-4 and the Ricoh Mirai are not great cameras. But they've meant more to me than I ever thought a lump of plastic could.
The Canon Prima Zoom 76 and Thoughts on the Cheap Point and Shoot
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Hemant revisits a childhood friend, the Canon Prima Zoom 76, and offers some thoughts on the inexpensive 35mm film point and shoot camera.
Hemant Chatterji
Pentax 67 Review – It's a Big Camera
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James shot the Pentax 67 in 2016 and 2018, and was less than impressed. In 2020 he tries again. Here's the review.
Contax's Last Hurrah – My Journey with the Contax N1
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The Contax N1 was the final professional-level 35mm film camera to ever bear the Contax name. Here's our review.
Canon AE-1 Program Camera Review - Beginners' Best Choice
Fujifilm X-E4 Review - Rekindling my Relationship with Digital Photography


Time for trying hands on for releasing stress..though any form of art releases stress..
These are called Mandals ...trying to patiently colour each intricate part of the picture.
It's the weekend and I'm thinking about food!
Curious to know what you'd add to this list????
Mine is OYSTERS! Yuk! It's mostly the texture that I cannot stand. I made myself learn to eat mushrooms (hated the texture) but they're so good for me and I can disguise them.
OYSTERS are mine. What's yours?
Weariness did not even begin to describe the bone-deep exhaustion I was feeling. Lifting the weight of my body off of my bed in the mornings felt like an impossible task. Three hormonal teenagers, a busy 8-year-old, Clay with a ruptured disc that caused him excruciating pain with each step; a book deadline; a daughter in and out of the hospital being tested for a brain tumor, and my mom falling and breaking her hip were just a few of the issues that occupied my thoughts each day.
Resentment was exploding inside my brain. "No one appreciates all that I am doing to keep this family together. Cooking, washing, teaching, caring for everyone, running them to appointments, lessons, doctors and listening beyond midnight to teens pouring out their angst… " and I added to the lists of depleting responsibilities in my mind.
Head over to my blog for a word of encouragement today if you are feeling bitter or depleted. God sees you!
Click the link in my profile to read the rest.
The Salvadoran artist Iván Castro @ivan7castro created a set of various artworks experimenting with volume, stripes, high contrast, and typography.
Fate, destiny • It might take a year, it might take a day - but whatever Allah has willed will always find its way.
Do you know how to make yourself happy?
This should have been a simple question, but everytime that I ask it, people pause. And that silence says alot, doesn't it?
Imagine that each of us has a mental box of what makes us happy, one that we enjoy digging into during happy times and distract us during difficult times. Sometimes, this box expands to add more things, other times, it becomes smaller when we are certain of what we need in the box. It doesn't matter how messy this box is, but it's important that we know it exists.
You were created to do something. Go and do it! You have the potential!
WEEKEND S A L E on the Paint + Vibe Tickets are live now !
Tickets are now $40 !!!!! They still include: all of your painting materials provided, refreshments, and door prizes. Get them now, the link is in our bio!
Attn: just a reminder that during this time, the coupon code previously mentioned will Not be active.
Summer is here🌞🌞 😎🏄♀Hit the beach🏖 pool 🏊♂ or you are going away for a night, extended weekend, heading to the gym 💪, exploring the next town or travelling across the world, keep yourself equipped with this roomie bag! Spacious and easy to carry, you'll take the fun with you when you have this duffle bag by your side. .
We are truly astonished by the overwhelming response from all of you towards our Canvas Duffle🍀 Thank you for believing in DÖTCH and its products, much appreciated🙏 " Shipping was prompt and the bag is in excellent shape! Love the color, the feel of canvas and the craftsmanship of the bag. I used this bag recently for my travels to Luxembourg, great carry on fits perfectly below the seat and in the over head compartment. Very pleased with my purchase.
. "The bag is so classy.Look is so good,and the capacity of bag is bigger than I expected am so much excited for a trip to carry this duffle"
So I literally just downloaded this template straight from Canva because I loved this quote and everything about it. So I can't take even a shred of credit for it. But I wanted to share it!
Keep doing you! Don't worry about the person next to you. Their story is not your story and their success is not yours. You got this, stay focused!
Awareness; there is a presence and a knowing when you examine outside of ourself and within yourself, revealing the BS and tapping into peace.
Hey Girl!!! You don't have time for that! Keep it together and STAY FOCUSED!!! Besides, it's irrelevant anyway; you're bigger than that!
How often do you meditate? Or do you meditate at all? I've heard many times how frustrated someone was after not being able to achieve stillness and calmness during their meditation. They've tried it few times and thought that it's not achieveable...So why even bother then? And they quit. We often think that things should work from the first time on...maaaybe second, but definitely not on the 546th try. But these things take time, they take commitment and dedication, and most of all patience and practice. So don't give up if after a week of daily meditation your mind is still racing with thoughts. Trust me, it will change if you stay committed and patient, and will be totally worth it!
Grey-day morning cup by the lake as I start my day. Fresh air, warm coffee and cool rain drops. Today I'm granted the blessings of teaching a #corporateyoga class, followed by 2 hatha classes at a studio.
This will be my first time teaching 3 classes back to back, but I couldn't be more grateful for the many openings and opportunities along the path so far. I feel the depth of this ever-present guidance and support.
It's miraculous what's possible when you listen to your heart and begin to align your outer life with your inner vision. Set one foot on the path and spiritual energy will transport you. Happy Friday, friends!
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Have a blessed🙏 day 🙂! .
One with the bridesmaids. Summer time madness with Venisha and her crew as we get ready to kick off a beautiful wedding amidst the azure skyline of Goa. .
The hard work makes the success that much worth it.
We've made it to Friday.
We all feel trapped in a negative cycle sometimes, not because of lack of ideas or opportunity. We are afraid of change or we are comfortable with the little we have. Sometimes we have people around us who drain our energy or make us feel worthless. We have to fight to deal with them. It's not easy, but there's no alternative. We have to adjust how we think.
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
I wish everyone would remember they represent more than themselves. We'd live in a better world.
To Women Empowerment 🥂... Because Empowerment here means treating Women Equally.... not Biasly !
''Jangan lihat siapa yang berbicara, tapi lihatlah apa yang dibicarakan'' .
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Tag: UBC AQUATIC CENTRE
Posted on January 3, 2020 March 7, 2020
UBC AQUATIC CENTRE
Advanced sustainable design strategies improve performance in this challenging building type
Completed In 2017, this 8000m² hybrid competition and community aquatic facility replaces an aging indoor and outdoor pool complex, no longer capable of meeting the University of British Columbia's changing needs. The challenge was to create a facility that would balance the high-performance training requirements of the university successful competitive swim program, with the increased demand for lessons and leisure opportunities from the rapidly expanding residential communities on campus.
By Jim Taggart
The Aquatic Centre is divided north south into four linear program 'bars' – lobby and change rooms, community aquatics, competition aquatics, and bleachers. Daylight is used to differentiate between the two aquatic halls. A line of Y-shaped columns supports a continuous six-metre wide skylight that bisects the aquatic hall, delineating competition and leisure areas. A translucent screen creates a luminescent barrier between the two principal spaces, making it possible to control the uses, and have two different activities or events taking place simultaneously.
The architectural composition consists of three distinct elements: a tessellated standing seam metal roof that hovers over an inclined black concrete base, and is separated from it by a continuous ribbon of fritted glazing. The roof rises and falls according to the functional requirements of the spaces below, its slopes and projections providing rain protection, solar shading, and control of daylight penetration as required. The building has become an integral part of the university's new student hub, adjacent to the bus loop and a few steps from the new student union building.
As a building type, aquatic centres present some major challenges from the sustainability perspective, including water conservation, air quality, energy optimization, light control and acoustic performance.
Of these, water conservation is the most significant, standard practice being that pools are emptied and the water discarded every time the pool requires maintenance. For the project team, not only did this seem an outdated practice from an environmental point of view, it also seemed incompatible with UBC's reputation as a leading proponent of sustainable design.
In fact, water conservation has been an important consideration for the UBC Properties Trust for two decades, with new buildings now required to reduce water consumption by 30% relative to the reference standard. This is part of an overall requirement that all new projects are built to LEED Gold standard.
With the university currently conducting research on regenerative neighbourhoods, the project team began looking for ways in which the building could contribute positively to the infrastructure requirements of the community as a whole.
The answer was to create an underground cistern that could not only collect all the pool water during maintenance, but also supply the fire department should the need arise, or accommodate storm surge water for the north campus precinct, so relieving pressure on the existing storm sewer system.
The cistern, which has a capacity of 900,000 litres, is divided into three compartments according to the amount of filtration required prior to reuse. Another of its functions is to collect rainwater from the roof and the adjacent transit plaza, reusing it for toilet flushing, irrigation and poll top up.
Client UBC Properties Trust
Architects MJMA & Acton Ostry Architects
Photos Shai Gil; Ema Peter
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In our Essential Guide to Artwork we look at Document Setup. A design destined for print requires setting up to certain specifications to ensure that the work is printed correctly. This often starts with the initial document upon which the design is to be created by adding the correct bleed area and selecting crop marks.
Let's start with the term bleed; this is the area of artwork that is extended beyond the actual dimensions of the document. It is used to avoid strips of white paper showing on the edges of your print should the batch be misaligned when cut to size.
Any objects in your artwork that touch the edges of the document require bleed, for instance a background colour or image should spread to cover the entire bleed area as should any objects that creep in from the side of the page. In the UK, bleed of 3mm is commonly required. This 3mm accounts for each of the four sides of the page; therefore you should add 6mm to the width and height of the document.
In addition to bleed, you should also add a margin to the edges of the document to avoid having your objects look as if they are about to fall of the page or even worse actually get cropped off when the document is trimmed. The amount of margin is personal preference, but 3mm, 5mm or 10mm is usually used depending on the size of the overall design.
Crop marks are the thin lines that sit around the edge of the document showing where the area of bleed ends and the proper document area begins, they work alongside bleed to tell the print worker where the paper needs trimming. Crop marks are usually hairline or 0.25pt in thickness and are set in Registration Black.
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THERE are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Then there is the latest International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook.
This one piece of research has a different interpretation depending who decides to quote it.
China was a net exporter of coal as recently as in the early 2000s.


By Mark Smeyers on May 7. 2012 in Aventador.
The Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 sold extremely well ever since it was introduced at the 2011 Geneva Auto Show, however future owners had to be patient for a while before the first 'public' cars were being delivered.
Now that deliveries are arriving on a steady base all over the world various third party tuners are showing their options to the world, and SR Auto Group is one of the lucky companies that got their hand on a brand new Lamborghini Aventador ... to fit new wheels onto it.
And these aren't the least of them, the PUR wheels mounted on this white Aventador LP700 have their lips finished in Rose Gold while the five double spokes have a high gloss black finish that complements the Bianco exterior very nicely.
Another option on this Aventador are the yellow brake calipers ... somehow I think orange would look even better combined with this shade of gold on the lips, but that's a matter of personal taste, and you have to admit that SR Auto Group created a very nice look on the Lamborghini flagship.
The icing on the cake in these photos must be that Reventon in the background, one of only 20 made finished in the trademark mat grey shade. Some sources state the Reventon was repainted in mat black and now rides on a set of custom wheels too, but in these shots it still looks standard to me.
The Aventador on these shots is part of the Checkmate series by SR Auto Group in their 'Project Supremacy' styling line up ... whatever they call it, I call it special ... I guess you love it or you hate it, but keep in mind there is a market for this kind of tuning on high end, super exotic cars like the Aventador.
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Category: Corps of Discovery
Lewis and Clark, Pinkham and Evans, Josephy
Allen Pinkham and Steve Evans
On Wednesday night Allen Pinkham and Steve Evans gave the first of what we plan to be annual lectures in honor of Alvin Josephy. Their theme—following the title of their recently published book, Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce: Strangers in the Land of the Nimiipu—can be seen as a direct response to Alvin's charge in a long ago NYT book review of Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage: "[we still await] an understanding treatment (perhaps by an Indian historian), not simply of what the explorers reported but of what was happening on the Indians' side…"
In fact, Alvin's last book, which he edited along with Marc Jaffe, was Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes, and Allen Pinkham began the evening by holding it up—he was one of its contributors—and explaining that Alvin had advised the ten Indian writers that he and Marc Jaffe were
by Rich WandschneiderAllen Pinkham, Alvin Josephy, Corps of Discovery, Lewis and Clark, Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce, Lewis and Clark through Indian Eyes, McWhorter, Steve Evans, Undaunted Courage
Through Indian Eyes
Years ago I asked Otis Halfmoon, an enrolled Nez Perce who was working as an interpreter for the Nez Perce National Historical Park, to come to Wallowa County and give a talk on the Nez Perce War. I don't remember now why I asked him to address that particular topic, but I do remember his response.
It was in the upstairs room at the Community Church in Enterprise, and over 100 people, many of them old timers who had never shown up for a Fishtrap event in the past, climbed the stairs, harboring their own ideas, stories, and questions of the Nez Perce and sometimes of their own white settling ancestors.
Otis started it off by saying that he couldn't tell the story of the Nez Perce War, that what he could tell was his own family's stories of that chapter in tribal life. He began with the old woman, Watkuweis, who had been helped by whites while escaping slavery Read The Article
by Rich WandschneiderCorps of Discovery, Lewis and Clark through Indian Eyes, Otis Halfmoon, Stephen Ambrose, Undaunted Courage, Watkuweis