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By Daniel Stroe/ Published on: 16/05/2013
By Daniel Stroe – Bucharest
Romania needs 1 billion Euro to restore its primary irrigation infrastructure in anticipation of this summer's drought, Daniel Constantin, the Romanian minister of Agriculture said yesterday, while stressing his institution has taken all the possible measures to diminish the effects of what weathermen say will be a two months long intense heat.
"I wish it would be a good year. We saw the prognosis of the European institutions concerning the agricultural production in Romania. We will have an estimated 5.8 million tons wheat production. I remind you in 2011 we had almost 7 million tons, while in 2012 we had 4.8 million hectares. So this year will be better that last year, but we will not have the record-production we had in 2011" Constantin said in a government meeting.
But he warned the worst is yet to come. "I want to launch this alarm call concerning the drought to take place in July and August. This time, ever since December-January, the working groups we set up came up with a set of measures to prevent possible effects of the drought" he added. "A month ago, the government passed an emergency decree which allows us to fill al the major water canals so that water is closer to beneficiaries and the irrigation costs will be lower (…) thus, about 400.000 hectares are ready to be irrigated compared to last year when only 120.000 hectares were" the minister revealed.
Most of the surface to be irrigated lies in the region where drought will hit the hardest. The sun flower and corn crops are likely to be the most affected, he detailed.
"We are ready with all the possible measures we can take at this point. Of course we can speak of much better measures after we manage to implement the irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation project. But the great challenge we have ahead is to convince the European Commission to allot 1 billion Euros in order to restore the primary irrigation infrastructure" the minister concluded.
It is the first time in 16 years when the Romanian government approves the major irrigation canals are filled with water while doubling the financial resources for the irrigation system in anticipation of this summer's drought.Romania's irrigation system covers about 30 per cent of Romania's territory and, if entirely restored and modernized, the country would no longer have to import grains, specialists stress. Before 1989, during communist regime, Romania had an effective nationwide irrigation system, of which only ten per cent is left operating nowadays.


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By Reina Gattuso • @reinagattuso • 11 months ago
Two things we should know about this from the outset. One, Haggerty is a democrat, suggesting dems should not sit so comfortably with the idea that they are universally the party of women's rights. Two, as PA public radio station WHYY informed us in the most damning concluding sentences in recent memory, there was a Protection of Abuse order against Haggerty himself for domestic violence.
As you can probably guess, Haggerty's proposal prompted instant condemnation from anti-violence advocates, and for good reason. First, of course, whether or not someone does drugs has no bearing on whether they were abused. Second, whether or not someone does drugs has no bearing on whether they deserve protection and support when abused (everyone does!). Finally, just because an inquiry doesn't find "substantive" evidence of abuse doesn't mean that abuse didn't occur or that victims are lying. There are a million reasons why the results of an inquiry may be inconclusive and, absent proof of an intentional and malignant false accusation (something that is exceedingly rare), we can't say that a victim was lying.
As jaw-droppingly absurd as Haggerty's suggestion is, it's far from outlandish in a political landscape where drug tests have long been wielded as a weapon to prevent vulnerable people from accessing services. This is even more relevant now, with Trump's government engaged in a full-scale attempt to unwind the social safety net.
Last year, Trump signed a bill reversing an Obama-era order that had limited the circumstances under which someone applying for unemployment benefits could be drug tested. The Administration is now threatening to impose drug testing for SNAP applicants. And now the Administration has just announced its plans to deny citizenship applications to any immigrant who has used a sweeping range of public programs, including Obamacare.
Drug testing serves as a tool to shame people who enroll in federal programs and more broadly, to stigmatize poverty. It's classist and racist, criminalizing poor people and people of color for conduct that the wealthy regularly engage in without consequence. As the truism goes, if federal aid recipients are going to be drug tested, that should include homeowners receiving tax credits, corporates taking subsidies, and bankers benefitting from bailouts.
Such tests are also rooted in the false idea that people seeking federal assistance are more likely to use drugs than the general population. In states where such invasive requirements have been implemented, the opposite is actually true. But even if people seeking federal assistance were disproportionately likely to use drugs, that shouldn't have any bearing on their right to benefit from federal programs. Drug use isn't a moral failing. The War-on-Drugs idea that addiction is evil — rather than a medical and social problem — has been thoroughly discredited by the federal government itself.
Most of all, let's recall that public services are for the public. Government entitlements exist because the people are entitled to them. And the public dollar is for everyone, especially the poor and marginalized. People living in poverty are entitled to government assistance. People who are struggling with addiction are entitled to government assistance. People who smoke the occasional recreational spliff are entitled to government assistance. Everyone — every single person — is entitled to the social and material support required to lead a healthy and dignified life.
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My experience isn't unique. Thousands of girls have similar stories of being pulled out of class or stopped by an administrator because of what we look like. The plain truth is that Black girls are disciplined because of dress ...
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)
Started work on Friday, but have been a bit too tired to write about it until now...
The first day was good, we spent a couple of hours re-arranging the office, which is in the basement, and has no windows. It also feels a little bit like a corridor, as there are double doors at either end. One goes out to the back of the hotel, the terrace, the swimming pools, and eventually the sea. The other door leads onto a corridor, along which is the kitchen and a load of other stuff, basically the internal workings of the hotel. So it's an interesting place to be, as random people are always popping in and out.
Sorting the office out was quite important to me, as it was pretty cluttered, and kind of felt like it was closing in on me - I can't work effectively in a space like that! Afterwards Chris said that it wasn't something he'd thought of as a priority, but he thought it had made a huge difference, and he was really pleased. (When the General Manager came in later, he said it looked like a solicitor's office, but I couldn't tell if that was a good thing or not, or whether he was being serious. Oh well.)
Anyway, once we got the office how we (I) wanted it, I started trying to get to grips with the sorts of stuff I'm going to be dealing with, looking at how the systems work, reading through files, that sort of thing. Some of it is in a bit of a mess, as there have been a lot of staff changes recently and it looks like there hasn't been much continuity, so I'm going to have my work cut out for a few weeks at least, until I've got it into some sort of order. Anyway, it looks like it's going to be quite interesting.
Then I was taken for lunch in the "Mediterraneo" restaurant (rather than eating in the staff canteen, which is what I'll do most days, I think) as Chris said he wanted me to see how it runs. We had bread and olives, and I had a Mediterranean Salad - lots of leaves with avocado, goats' cheese, pine nuts, and a bit of tomato, all drizzled with pesto (which I thought I didn't like, but it turns out I actually do!) - which was delicious :-)
Most of the staff are Cypriots, so most of the conversations that happen in the office - and in the hotel - are in Greek. Obviously, it makes it a bit difficult for me to know what's going on, as I don't understand a lot of what's being said, but I guess that will only come with time. I have managed to pick up a little bit here and there - I recognised the words for "shirt" and "trousers" during one conversation (as we'd done "clothes" words in Greek lesson last week), so I asked Chris about it, and he said yes, they had been discussing the new staff uniforms. He seemed impressed. Well, a little.
Having said that, most of the staff do also speak very good English, so I have been able to talk to people. Everybody seems really nice, friendly, welcoming, and also appreciative of the fact that I am at least making an effort to speak their language, even though I only know a few words and my accent is appalling! Being near the kitchen is handy as sometimes people pop in with food - yesterday I had some "flaounes" which is "a kind of cheese cake found in Cyprus, made of shortcrust with a cheese, egg and mint filling, formed into triangular and square shapes" - nice :-)
Other stuff's happened too, but I'm going out now, so when I get home later (if I'm not too exhausted) I might write again..
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Woot. I knew you'd like pesto really.
I hope you're OK after eating avocado. You really shouldn't put your life and limb on the line like that!


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What's Next for Matched and Incentivized Savings: Where We Are Now
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The first post in our "What's Next?" series, which explores the future of matched and incentivized savings, discussed how the dynamic, diverse field of savings practitioners is primed to continue providing innovative services to support savings across the country. And despite the federal Assets for Independence (AFI) program being defunded, there are more reasons to be optimistic.
New innovations in financial technology (fintech) and integrated service delivery show promise for providing matched savings products to clients efficiently and at scale. And while the challenges facing practitioners and low-income families are vast, we have a stronger understanding of their nature than ever before. Moreover, there are many opportunities to advance creative state policies to encourage savings. In this post, we take stock of where we are with matched and incentivized savings and begin to explore the opportunities for the future.
We Have a Much Deeper Understanding of the Savings Field Than Before
As the field has grown and innovated to find new ways to reach targeted clients, our understanding of the problem has changed as well. Compared to 25 years ago, we know so much more about the diverse needs of families. There are those who are trying to reach the level of financial stability of the average Individual Development Account (IDA) participant who can save for an asset, those who need to build emergency savings, and/or those that want to save up for smaller, but no less critical assets, such as naturalization expenses.
We are facing the reality that the first half of the asset-building adage, "income gets you by, assets gets you ahead," may not fully hold up, as wages have stagnated and emergencies have become more frequent. The Financial Diaries shows us how so many face income volatility and how families are saving, not just for bigger assets but to weather shocks in income and expenses. We also know that new solutions must take into account the stark realities of racial discrimination and how they manifest in the growing racial wealth divide. While the scope of the challenges is daunting, this deeper understanding places us in a better position to address them than ever before.
Promising Solutions
While the defunding of AFI is a huge blow to our field, there are reasons for hope.
Earn to Learn, the four-year-old AFI IDA program that helps Arizona university students pay for and stay in school, has laid a blueprint for scaling IDA products within large social service sectors. In which sectors (housing? healthcare? employment) will the next Earn to Learn emerge?
EARN, once a pioneering IDA program itself, has been delivering a direct-to-consumer, internet-based, incentivized savings program, SaverLife, to help families build an emergency cushion and withstand shocks. Its online delivery platform can connect virtually any consumer with a bank account to this opportunity. How can we utilize direct-to-consumer and fintech strategies to reach families that are saving for other purposes as well?
What we know for sure is that, as families seek to navigate volatility, move towards stability, and achieve prosperity, solutions need to be flexible and address both short and long-term savings needs.
New Policies to Fill the Void
In the absence of a federal program, advocates and practitioners are looking to states to ramp up support for matched and incentivized savings. Many state policies tie funding to AFI federal funds, and advocates in those states are beginning to explore ways to update these policies and become independent of the now defunct AFI. Many hope to expand the uses of matched funds beyond what is currently available (e.g., homeownership, education expenses, etc.). How can we work creatively with states to foster programmatic innovation and expand the reach of existing savings programs?
In addition to changes in the programmatic structures of state programs, many practitioners are trying to work within their states to find innovative funding structures. The most prominent state funding program, the Oregon IDA Initiative, manages tax credits that provide at least $10.7 million dollars a year for IDAs across the state. Tax credits are incredible tools to raise funds for these crucial programs. What other financial instruments, such as bonds, can be used to finance matched savings?
Prosperity Now is excited to continue working alongside practitioners as they seek to change policies at the state and local levels. We are also continuing to explore what is possible at the federal level to bring back support for matched savings.
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We want to hear from you: where do you see the opportunities? With whom do we need to work to bring these services to more people? Which sectors (employers, healthcare providers, housing providers, etc.) do we need to engage to do so? What is already happening in your communities that the field should know about? How are you working with your state governments? Please join the Adult Matched Savings Network Listserv and let us know where you see the future of matched savings!
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we trade bans against Huawei have a very tangible effect on the sales of the home business. Counterpoint Research now estimates that Huawei's market share in China fell to 16% in January 2021. For the background, the tech giant held a 41% share in first quarter 2020. Even though the metrics aren't completely comparable (and Counterpoint is shy about the numbers), there has clearly been a big drop.
Huawei's decision to sell the Honor brand played a role, but Counterpoint largely attributed the drop to US restrictions. With components like 5G processors and modems in short supply, Huawei is focusing on high-end, low-volume phones like the Mate 40 Pro to get the most out of its limited stock.
The disgrace has already changed the dynamics of the Chinese market. Oppo became the country's top brand for the first time in January, claiming a 21% stake, while its sister brand Vivo was not far behind at 20%. Huawei was tied with Apple and Xiaomi at 16% each.
The future is not bright for Huawei. Analysts expect it to continue its decline throughout 2021. The competition is not outdone either. Oppo to launch flagship product Find X3 phones on March 11, and increased sales of more affordable devices with the Reno 5 and A series. Xiaomi, meanwhile, recently launched the Mi 11. While Honor may continue the spirit of Huawei's work, it is evident that Huawei itself faces grim prospects in the coming months.
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Whitehill Welfare striker Scott Gormley admitted the Rosewell club were fortunate to emerge with all three points from their clash with ten-man Civil Service Strollers.
Gormley netted a second-half brace for David Bingham's men at Christie Gillies Park as Welfare bounced back from last weekend's loss to arch-rivals Spartans.
However, the hosts, who had defender Joe Dingwall sent off for deliberate handball in the 25th minute – Dale O'Hara spurning the chance to put the visitors ahead from 12 yards – could count themselves desperately unlucky not to have taken something for their endeavours.
Gormley's cushioned header ten minutes from time edged Welfare in front and the 36-year-old wrapped up the points with virtually the last kick of the game.
"We just weren't at the races for some reason," the veteran frontman bemoaned. "We just couldn't get a hold of the game. We created chances but they just weren't ending up in the back of the net. But it's always good to score goals as that's what I'm there to do. Civil are a decent side though and have done well since coming into the league but they maybe just need to start believing in themselves more.
In fact it was Gormley who was the first to catch a glimpse of Stuart Burnside's goal after latching on to O'Hara's defence-splitting pass, but his tame effort could only find the side netting.
The home side responded, though, and Ian Ballantyne neat's one-two with Matty Cunningham ended in the former's shot being tipped around the post by visiting No.1 Bryan Young.
Young was again called into action moments later to deny David Stewart, the winger having dispossessed Stevie Manson inside his own penalty box.
The game sprung into life midway through the first half as Charlie Denton rounded Burnside but his goal-bound shot was stopped in its tracks by Dingwall on the line. Referee Evan Cairns issued a straight red card to the defender but his blushes were spared by O'Hara who blasted the resulting spot kick over the bar.
If anything Dingwall's dismissal seemed to drive the league's newcomers on as Stewart volleyed wide from a Steven Froude cross.
Strollers continued to press and David Churchill was a whisker away from giving his side the lead ten minutes after the restart as his shot had beaten Young but not defender John Williams whose timely clearance kept it goalless.
Matty Cunningham once again shone in the heart of the hosts' midfield and his dipping drive from 25 yards flew inches past the upright.
Gormley, however, was on hand to steer home Connor Brydon's cross via the underside of the bar in the 80th minute and added a second with a neat finish on the stroke of full-time.
Welfare also ended the match a man short as Brydon was wrongly shown a yellow card for simulation before the teenager picked up a second booking for a late tackle on Craig Newall.
Strollers boss Alex Cunningham felt his side were on the wrong side of a few contentious decisions.
Civil Service Strollers: Burnside, Campbell, Dingwall, Newall, Turnbull, Cunningham, Stewart, Clapperton (Laird 74), Froude, Ballantyne, Churchill (Brown 80). Subs: Greenhill, Milven, Watson, Kidd.
Whitehill Welfare: Young, O'Hara, Williams, Manson, Dodds, Brydon, Chalmers, Osborne, Denton (Dowie 61), Gormley, Russell. Subs: Jardine, Robertson, Healy.


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Most people will be familiar with satellite dish antennas in the shape of a parabola. Whereas a true parabola has a precise mathematical definition, most likely approximating to this shape and with a reflective surface can be used to"catch" sound.
Base on the picture above we know how to catch sound by means of "sonar we call it" – during my early year in college we become – let say: having fun or interested of what other people are talking a far from us, so we desided to improvise the technology during the world war…☺, and we develop the sonar telescope.
Sorry, I only have one picture of the project which already in the picture above. Anyway lets get back to the topic. Below is the circuit diagram of the sonar telescope.
In order to adequately amplify the input signal, the circuit consists of both preamplifier and audio amplifier stages. Referring to the full circuit diagram for the Sonar Telescope, the microphone, MIC1, is powered via resistor R1, which behaves as its load. The signal produced by MIC1 is a.c. coupled via capacitor C1 to the base of npn transistor TR1. The network around TR1 forms the preamplifier stage. Resistors R2 to R5 bias it for linear amplification. The BC109C chosen is ideal for low noise audio applications such as this, offering more than adequate gain, although other general purpose high gain npn transistors will work in this design. Any instability at this stage could distort signal processing throughout, hence the inclusion of capacitors C2 and C4. Capacitor C6 provides thermal compensation in the emitter circuit. Capacitor C3 and resistor R6 decouple the stage from disruptive power supply variations.
Capacitor C5 couples the preamplified signal to level (Volume) control VR1, from where it is fed via C7 to IC1 input pin 3. The circuit around IC1 forms the audio amplifier stage. Capacitor C8 acts as an audio filter and the value quoted can be varied up to several nanofarads. The LM386N(you can change this for much more good) audio amplifier i.c. has been chosen for IC1 because it is relatively easy to use and provides a smooth gain of over 200 (set by capacitor C9).
Ensure that the electrolytic capacitors and the semiconductors are inserted the correct way round. Use a socket for IC1, but do not insert the i.c. until the assembly has been completed and checked for accuracy. Note that the microphone insert is also a polarised device. Its case is internally connected to one of its pins, to which the 0V connection should be made. The wiring to the microphone should not exceed about 140mm in length.
The circuit should be fully tested before housing it. It is suggested that the main amplifier is tested first, without it being connected to the preamplifier. When the amplifier is powered, touching the middle lug (wiper) of VR1 (or pin 3 of IC1) should produce a coarse buzz at. Most of the external components for IC1 are needed for stability. Capacitor C13 caters for variations in the supply voltage and is used on the main amplifier board, as opposed to the preamplifier board. With IC1's output impedance being 64 ohms, headphones are preferable to speakers. This also avoids the problem of "telephony" which can hamper performance.
The prototype was built on two separate stripboards for several reasons. Firstly, both stages are isolated, which helps minimize problems with spurious feedback, whilst making fault-finding easier. Secondly, because the project is handheld, compactness is an issue. Two smaller circuit boards can be used to make the most of the available space. Assemble the boards in the usual order of ascending component size, having first correctly cut the tracks where required the output. There should also be a low level hum at the output, confirming that the amplifier is working. Once the amplifier has been proved, the preamplifier can be connected to it. Key test voltages can be measured with a multimeter. Initially check if the microphone is picking anything up by gently tapping it and hearing the output. The prototype easily picked up ambient sound with VR1 set to less than a quarter of a turn.
Because the circuit is extremely sensitive, anything picked up by the microphone can result in an ear-splitting whine dominating the output. This can be resolved by thoroughly insulating the microphone's bare metal surface using insulating tape.


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Q: Speed of Light, when the medium is Cesium A Professor of astro physics once told me that the speed of light is actually higher when light passes through cesium as its medium as opposed to vacuum or worse mediums.
I dont really find a consensus that this is true, apparently there where some experiments in around 2000, but it doesnt seem widely accepted - OR it doesnt matter.
The implications of FTL even in such a restricted way, especially with regards to causality should be incredible.
But apparently that is not the case.
How is light moving in a medium like cesium, at > c, not the same as without cesium and not a big deal?

A: I think you may be confusing group velocity and phase velocity. The thing that we usually call the "speed of light" refers to the group velocity - how fast light can carry information from A to B.
When you look closely at the waves in a medium other than vacuum (which is "no medium"), a packet of finite duration can be thought of as having a mixture of frequencies present. If the medium is dispersive, not all those frequencies travel at the same speed. When you put them all back together, it looks as though there is a wave traveling faster than $c$. However, when you look at the envelope, it always travels at a speed $\le c$.
More on this at this link

A: It was said that a laser puls of photons was sent into a cesium gas and the first photon of this puls left the gas while remaining photons of the laser puls still not left the laser.
My simple stupid explication. Given the photons behave like balls. And the cesium environment might behave like a tub of balls as well. when one photon ball enters the tub at one end it converts to a cesium ball and it pushs all cesium balls one position ahead in the tube whith the effect that one cesium ball must leav the tube and converts back into a photon ball at that time. Hence the photons do not travel through the cesium environment. But what we see is an effect, faster then light. Maybe masters of quantum mechanics have a much better idea.

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Taylor co-founder Bob Taylor answers your questions. Bob's first video response examines bearclaw spruce, with Q&As on wood choices, rosette details, side fret markers, lefty woes, and more.
Question: After more than a year of research and guitar store visits, I recently bought a 414ce LTD featuring black limba. (Thanks to Instrumental Music in Thousand Oaks for their great staff and wonderfully large collection of Taylor guitars.) My friend calls it a "gorgeous beast," and I, too, love its unique look but would not have bought it had it not had a beautiful and rich sound as well. How do you determine that this and other less traditional woods will work well for building guitars?
Kent Brinkmeyer
Oxnard, California
Ed. Note: You can see a custom guitar we built with black limba here.
Answer: Thank you, Kent, I'm pleased you love your guitar. Even better when your friends love it too! There's not a huge trick to choosing woods, and it doesn't take a genius on our end. The truth is that so many different woods can make a fine-sounding guitar. The other truth is that the word "gorgeous" your friend uses is really key when we pick woods, especially those that might be new to acoustic guitars. When those two cross it pleases the ear and eye. But to your specific question, wood must fall within a range of weight and stiffness. Too soft and light doesn't work great. Too heavy and dense, not good. But some are exceptions. Spruce is soft and light, but incredibly strong, springy and vibrant. Some hard rosewoods are heavy and stiff but ring like a bell, while others thud. My super-scientific answer, since everyone is hollering "follow the science" these days, is we pick it up and feel the weight, we hold it by our ear and knock on it, and we dry and cut it to see if it behaves. If it's pretty, we give it a go. And after that, we see if we can actually obtain some while following all our environmental considerations. I should mention that while humble in its appearance, mahogany has always been a pleaser, and now we've found the same in our Urban Ash, which comes from city rather than a forest. We like to call this wood the golden retriever of woods — it just loves to please. In every way, it's a perfect wood.
What is Bearclaw?
Bob explains what causes the "bearclaw" visual pattern in spruce with the help of Eric Warner from our longtime spruce and maple supplier, Pacific Rim Tonewoods.
Q: Believe me when I say I realize how important it is to make sure your guitar is properly humidified. Years ago, I bought a high-end dreadnought. It was so beautiful that I hung it on a rack in my music room so I could look at it every day. I did that for a year, and by the second year, it had developed a small crack by the soundhole, so I learned my lesson the hard way. Now I keep all my guitars humidified in their cases when I am not playing them. I especially love my Taylor 210e-SB DLX. My question: This guitar sits out for a while when I am playing it all day, and I swear it sounds different — more treble and it rings like a bell, taking on a whole new sound that I love. Is this because it slightly dries out? I also have three other Taylors and another brand, and they also sound better when I let them sit out for a day of playing. Is this my imagination, or do I really hear that much of a difference when my guitar dries out for a short period of time? I make sure I don't let it stay out too long — I love my guitars too much to make that mistake again.
Steve Kane
Branchburg, New Jersey
A: No, you're not hearing things, Steve. Dry guitars sound better, especially the tops. That said, you may be over-humidifying them. If you're using a sponge-type humidifier that you dunk in water, please heed my 24-hour rule, which goes like this: Put your guitar in a case with the moistened humidifier, close it up, and check it in 24 hours. If the sponge or puck is bone dry, repeat the process. If the sponge is moist at all, even a little, stop the process, because you don't need any more humidity. Wait a week, wait two weeks, and put a moistened sponge in. If in 24 hours it's dry, then wet it and repeat, but the first time you find it moist at all after 24 hours, remove it. Your case is a great protector. If you're using the Planet Waves Humidipak system, then it's set to a humidity level and won't over humidify. Your guitar was made with the wood equalized at 50 percent relative humidity. So even if it's living in a climate with 40 percent humidity, it won't crack and will sound drier. So, as Mary Poppins said, "Enough is as good as a feast," and you don't have to feed it more moisture than it needs.
Q: In my pursuit of a guitar for my 50th birthday, I recently settled on a V-Class 514ce with a Lutz spruce top. It's funny how many times I played all the guitars at your El Cajon factory and never came across this one. However, the local San Diego Guitar Center had one that sang to me. Might we see the use of Lutz spruce in more models outside the 700 Series?
Steve Harber
A: Definitely, Steve. We also currently use it on a couple of our Builder's Edition models (912ce and 816ce) and some others here and there.
We'll use more of it as time passes, because it's available and makes great-sounding guitars.
Q: Bob, the 714ce has been a guitar I've admired for some time, not only for the full and resonant tone but also the aesthetic appeal of its wood-rich appointments. However, I thought the 714ce would be out of my reach until an opportunity arose after a recent visit to my local friendly Taylor agent, Guitar Mania in Poole. I now very much enjoy playing my 714ce with the added bonus, having waited, of V-Class bracing. I found myself looking closely at the rosette, eventually through a magnifying glass (if anyone hasn't looked that closely, they are missing out!). The rosette detail is even more amazing than first meets the eye. This led me to wonder how the Douglas fir top trim, being bias-cut, follows the contours of the GA body top without splitting. Is it steam-treated first? (I imagine this could cause other problems by introducing moisture). Without some sort of softening, would there be a tendency for the wood to split around the tight curve of the Venetian cutaway?
Weymouth, United Kingdom
A: Thank you, Frederick, I'm glad you noticed that detail. Here we like to call it "firring bone," being made from fir and having a sort of herringbone look.
We make it ourselves from a batch of tight-grained timber with the end grain at 45 degrees. We chop, glue, slice, slit and eventually come up with the strips.
It's pretty flexible, but we do have to employ some side-bending type tricks to bend the tight curves. We love the naturally grown pattern it yields. A little work, yes, but we love it.
714ce rosette
Q: I have a 24-year-old 615. It's my dream guitar, except for one thing. Those very discrete little fret marker dots on the binding of the fretboard are very difficult to see during a gig with low lighting, or a venue with lights in my eyes. I realize that "real" guitar players can just feel where to go, but when I get above the fifth fret, I need some visual clues, so I asked my local luthier to make the dots larger. He drilled them out and filled the new larger holes with black epoxy. Wow, what a difference! Maybe you could consider making larger dots an option for us senior citizens.
Paul Ambrose
A: Paul, you and me both, man! I'm 65 now and my body parts don't work like they did a while back, so I hear you. Your luthier probably did it more efficiently than we could as a standard option, because we don't know who actually wants this when we make the guitar. But I'll keep your comments in mind (until I start forgetting things in my 70s) as we balance the form and function of the guitars we make.
Ed. Note: For other players in this situation, a less permanent solution is to purchase fret dot stickers to apply to the side of your fretboard. They're available in different sizes (some even glow in the dark) and give you an easy way see if a modification like this will help.
Q: Among several other Taylors, I'm the proud owner of a Liberty Tree guitar (#10). I don't just love the guitar, but the whole history behind it. Sometimes I just hold the guitar and try to feel the events that took place under that tree! It's not just a guitar, I guess, but a piece of our country. As someone who grew up under a military dictatorship, I think I may appreciate it a little more than most! I understand that the wood was used for the 400 guitars made and later for some [Baby Taylors]. I was wondering if any of that wood (even small pieces) is stashed away somewhere, and if you plan to do something with it. Even a book marker would be a great conversation piece. I still have the little laser-carved tree that came with the guitar!
Elisabet Hiatt
A: Thank you, Elisabet, I appreciate your comments about the guitar as well as our country. And I agree. Yes, we used all the wood we had, and eventually got rid of the little scraps.
But I know that an organization called the Providence Forum has a respectable amount of the wood, and I believe they are making small items from it for sale.
Q: I have amassed a modest collection of electric and acoustic guitars over the years, which has been difficult due to the fact that I am a left-handed player. Finding a left-handed axe that can be played before buying it is difficult. Most shops carry one, maybe two left-handed guitars, while having hundreds of right-handers in the same inventory. Given that 10-15 percent of the population is left-handed, I am baffled why stores don't carry more left-handed models, let alone a couple high-end lefty models. Telling me I can order a lefty model is not reassuring, since the expectation is that I am going to buy it when it arrives, and it is always possible I won't like it. After getting some insurance money for the loss of a Martin that was stolen on a camping trip, I picked up a Taylor 114ce.
It has such great sound and is so playable that I am literally wearing the top off where there isn't a pickguard. I would like to get another high-end guitar, and am interested something like the 800 Series or Builder's Edition. I have never seen any guitar of that quality in any music store.
Do you know why guitar stores are so disinclined to keep left-handed guitars in their inventory? I see high-end right-handed guitars stay in show rooms for what seems like an eternity, so I have trouble accepting that it is a function of sales. I thought about attending one of the Taylor Road Show events, but I expect it would be the same. Am I wrong? What gives in the neglect of 10-15 percent of the guitar market?
Steven C Burke
A: Steven, I feel your pain. I'm going to turn this question over to Zach Arntz, who's worked at Taylor for more than 20 years in both customer service and sales. He's spent a lot more time in stores than I have in recent years, and I think will give you a good perspective, both from the eyes of customers and our dealers. He also really likes helping people. And he's good at it. Zach, over to you…
Steven, I understand how you feel. You're right, most stores only stock a few left-handed models. Rarely are there lots of high-end models to choose from. Naturally, you might be reluctant to special-order a guitar sight unseen.
When it comes to stocking left-handed guitars, the conundrum for most dealers is, what to stock? While most stores will stock higher-end right-handed models, when it comes to left-handed models, they're often concerned the guitars might sit in the store for a longer time. The reality is that, generally speaking, higher-end guitars don't sell as fast as lower-priced ones, so from a store's perspective, there is less financial risk for them to stock left-handed models at lower price points. Some stores I've worked with in the past have told me, "I try to stock left-handed models, but I always feel that no matter how many I stock, the customer always wants a model I don't have."
Southpaw Guitars in Houston, Texas, is a specialty store that only sells left-handed guitars. The store usually stocks anywhere from 65 to 75 unique Taylor left-handed models at all times. Their qualified staff can assist you in finding your next dream guitar.
There are also a number of online retailers that showcase a greater selection of higher-end left-handed models and offer the ability to pick from a selection of a given model. For example, instead of just carrying one 814ce Deluxe model, they may stock up to three, and you can compare the guitars on the same page. Our premier online dealers, such as Sweetwater, Musician's Friend, and American Musical Supply (among others), stock a wide selection of left-handed models. The next time a Taylor Road Show is scheduled to come to your area, reach out to the store in advance and have them ask their Taylor sales manager which left-handed models might be in stock and available to bring to the event.
Finally, if you're ever in the San Diego area and want to take our factory tour, keep in mind that we display a healthy selection of left-handed models across various series, including higher-end models. If you plan to pay us a visit and want to test-drive a certain model, please reach out to Mark Vargas in our Visitor Center in advance (you can email support@taylorguitars.com), and we'll see what we can do to assist you.
I will say that, currently, our Builder's Edition guitars with cutaways are not yet available in left-handed versions due to the amount of additional tooling required to make them. Non-cutaway versions like the Builder's Edition 517e and 717e can be made in a left-handed version.
Q: Bob, back in September of 1974, you custom-built a 6-string maple jumbo for me with a sun inlay on the headstock and seagulls for fret markers. I was in the band Reef Cody, and you also built a sister guitar for our lead singer John. I believe you started the company that became Taylor Guitars the month after we took delivery of our custom guitars.
A song I wrote was included on Homegrown II, and I went on to work for years at KGB-FM and graduated from USD law school specializing in law related to music. A few years back, when I spoke to you at your book signing in La Jolla, you suggested bringing my guitar to your factory for you to take archival pictures. I'd still like to do that if we can set it up. Please let me know if you're still interested. I've included a picture of my guitar to refresh your memory. It's been a great guitar all these years. It could probably use a good tune-up! I'm also thinking about ordering another Taylor custom guitar.
Bruce Tucker
A: Bruce! Bruce Tucker! I remember the day you and John Alexander came in, having driven down from Lake Tahoe, California, where you guys were playing the steakhouse/upscale bar circuit. You guys wanted matching guitars, so we did 'em up fine. I barely had made any guitars by then. What a wonderful day that was for me, being entrusted to make a pair of guitars from such rock stars as you two! You guys had just read Richard Henry Dana's book "Two Years Before the Mast," which is one of the coolest books ever. A true account and a look at the California coast in 1835. Your song of the same name, along with the Lemon Grove song by Allen Lintvedt, were my favorites on that album. Anyone reading can find them on YouTube. It's a piece of early Taylor history, with Allen being a friend of ours then, too. In fact, I texted with him this week. So great to hear from you. To let readers in on it, since the time you wrote this, we have indeed gotten together, had a good chat and look at the guitar. What a life we've both had, and I'm so proud you kept that guitar. It was an important part of our success.
Ed. Note: See some of the photos we took of the guitar at the Taylor factory here.
"It's been a great guitar all these years. It could probably use a good tune-up! I'm also thinking about ordering another Taylor custom guitar."
– Bruce Tucker
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Adolfo Heraclio Ramos (Arecibo, 20 d'abril de 1837 - Guayama, 22 d'abril de 1891) fou un pianista i compositor porto-riqueny. Fou deixeble del seu pare Juan Ines Ramos, l'organitzador de la primera orquestra que tingué aquella ciutat, als disset anys ja aconseguí un premi per una de les seves composicions. Tres anys més tard fou premiada una altra obra seva, Variacions sobre el Carnaval de Venècia, però, vivint en un ambient poc propici a les grans expansions artístiques i no volent, per altra banda, abandonar la seva família i la seva terra, no tingué ocasió de formar el seu esperit en algun dels grans centres musicals europeus, i es limità a vegetar malbaratant les seves excepcionals aptituds en la composició de danses, que li produïen tan poca honra com profit. El millor de la seva producció, el més pur i el més inspirat, restà inèdit. també va ser un excel·lent professor com o proven el que els seus Estudios didàcticos sobre notes repetides para piano fossin premiades en un certamen celebrat a Roma.

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A Weirdly Fascinating Cold-War Tour of Havana
For travelers hooked on Cold War intrigue, following the trail in the Cuban capital is bizarrely pleasant—from moody museums to a Soviet-themed boîte
The former U.S.S.R. embassy in Havana, which was nicknamed the 'Control Tower.' Rose Marie Cromwell for The Wall Street Journal
By Tony Perrottet
Nov. 20, 2018 3:00 pm ET
NOT A BAD VIEW for a bunker," said a young American traveler named Andria as we peered through a grim, concrete gun-slot at the blue waters of the Straits of Florida. The underground chamber, Fidel Castro's headquarters during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, was dug beneath the gardens of the Hotel Nacional. The grande dame of Havana hotels, the property occupies the most commanding headland in the city. To either side of our million-dollar view stretched the arc of the Malecón, Havana's waterfront boulevard, poetically crumbling beneath a wash of sea spray.
The hotel was a seductive spot to start exploring the residue of the Cold War, memories of which are fresher in Havana than in the rest of the world. I had just finished researching a book about the guerrilla uprising of the late 1950s, when Fidel, Che and their barbudos, "bearded ones," forced the dictator Fulgencio Batista to flee on New Year's Day in 1959, nearly 60 years ago. Now I wanted to understand the aftermath, when the idealism of the revolution descended into near-Armageddon with the Soviets and decades of U.S.-Cuban enmity.
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Surveys indicate that older people are often more afraid of death than younger people. But for all Americans, young and old, there is a great fear of death and oftentimes family or those who are sick will go to great lengths to try procedures that may be ineffective in prolonging life. We need only look to the Terri Schiavo case many years ago – where even the United States Congress got involved – as a reflection of the attitude of many Americans who are unwilling to let loved ones pass on. Estimates are that about 30% of all Medicare reimbursements are spent on people in the last year of their life. It is a fact that much of this medical care did little to prevent death and prolong life.
The question, then, is which is better? From the dying person's perspective, more is not necessarily a good thing - more visits to doctors for someone who is very sick can be stressful and exhausting. For many people a hospitalized death is something to be avoided if at all possible. From the perspective of the health care system, much of the care being given is futile, and accomplishes little. People who live in areas with very high utilization of hospital resources do not live longer than people who die in areas where utilization is lower - and if extension of life is not the goal of intervention, what is? From society's perspective, the cost of this kind of intervention is high, futile, and takes resources away from places where the money might be spent far more productively."
Some people are content to leave decisions regarding their death in the hands of others. By doing so, they expose themselves to unnecessary and futile treatments as outlined above. They may experience numerous visits to the emergency room in the last stages of their life. And their dependency on others often results in great stress to family members when they lose their capacity and didn't make their last wishes known. Families are often forced to make decisions about life-support and treatment without knowing whether their loved one would have wanted these interventions.
Medical providers have come up against this situation many times and as a result there are written guidelines for doctors dealing with end-of-life issues. Here is a listing of official positions taken by the American Medical Association on a number of end-of-life actions.
Physicians are not ethically obligated to deliver care that, in their best professional judgment, will not have a reasonable chance of benefiting their patients. Patients should not be given treatments simply because they demand them. Denial of treatment should be justified by reliance on openly stated ethical principles and acceptable standards of care, as defined in Opinion 2.03, "Allocation of Limited Medical Resources," and Opinion 2.095, "The Provision of Adequate Health Care," not on the concept of "futility," which cannot be meaningfully defined.
When further intervention to prolong the life of a patient becomes futile, physicians have an obligation to shift the intent of care toward comfort and closure. However, there are necessary value judgments involved in coming to the assessment of futility. These judgments must give consideration to patient or proxy assessments of worthwhile outcome. They should also take into account the physician or other provider's perception of intent in treatment, which should not be to prolong the dying process without benefit to the patient or to others with legitimate interests. They may also take into account community and institutional standards, which in turn may have used physiological or functional outcome measures.
A careful reading of the foregoing procedural positions from the AMA leaves a clear impression that health-care providers are looking for input from their patients or the patient's surrogates in treatment relating to end-of-life. Too often the patient or family simply let the system go into automatic mode and they do not assert their rights. It is extremely important for the medical community to know beforehand what the wishes of a person are concerning his or her medical treatment.


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using Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client;
using AngularAzureSearch.WebAPI.PartitionResolvers;
using AngularAzureSearch.WebAPI.Initializers;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web.Http;
using AngularAzureSearch.WebAPI.Helpers;
using Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Partitioning;
using AngularAzureSearch.WebAPI.Entities;

namespace AngularAzureSearch.WebAPI.Controllers.api
{
    [RoutePrefix("api/partitioning")]
    public class PartitioningController : ApiController
    {
        #region ctors

        public DocumentClient _client;

        public PartitioningController(DocumentClient client)
        {
            _client = client;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Samples

        [Authorize]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> HashPartitionResolver()
        {
            string[] collections = AppSettingsConfig.MainCollection.Split(',');
            var database = await DocumentClientHelper.GetNewDatabaseAsync(_client, AppSettingsConfig.Db);
            HashPartitionResolver hashResolver = await PartitionInitializers.InitializeHashResolver("UserId", _client, database, collections);
            return Ok();
        }

        [Authorize]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> RangePartitionResolver()
        {
            string[] collections = AppSettingsConfig.MainCollection.Split(',');
            var database = await DocumentClientHelper.GetNewDatabaseAsync(_client, AppSettingsConfig.Db);
            RangePartitionResolver<string> rangeResolver = await PartitionInitializers.InitializeRangeResolver("UserId", _client, database, collections);
            return Ok();
        }

        [Authorize]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> LookupPartitionResolver()
        {
            string[] collections = AppSettingsConfig.MainCollection.Split(',');
            var database = await DocumentClientHelper.GetNewDatabaseAsync(_client, AppSettingsConfig.Db);
            LookupPartitionResolver<string> lookupResolver = await PartitionInitializers.InitializeLookupPartitionResolver("UserId", _client, database, collections);
            return Ok();
        }

        [Authorize]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> ManagedHashPartitionResolver()
        {
            string[] collections = AppSettingsConfig.MainCollection.Split(',');
            var database = await DocumentClientHelper.GetNewDatabaseAsync(_client, AppSettingsConfig.Db);
            ManagedHashPartitionResolver managedHashResolver = PartitionInitializers.InitializeManagedHashResolver(u => ((UserProfile)u).UserId, _client, database, 3, null);
            return Ok();
        }

        [Authorize]
        public async Task<IHttpActionResult> SpilloverPartitionResolver()
        {
            string[] collections = AppSettingsConfig.MainCollection.Split(',');
            var database = await DocumentClientHelper.GetNewDatabaseAsync(_client, AppSettingsConfig.Db);
            SpilloverPartitionResolver spilloverResolver = new SpilloverPartitionResolver(_client, database);
            _client.PartitionResolvers[database.SelfLink] = spilloverResolver;
            return Ok();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}


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SINGAPORE, 15 March 2018 – Tim Graham has moved to JLL Asia Pacific as the new Senior Director of International Capital. Based in Singapore, he will focus on managing cross-border investors in the region, and will report to Stuart Crow, Head of Asia Pacific Capital Markets.
"It's an absolute pleasure to welcome Tim to the team," says Stuart Crow, "His extensive experience in dealing with high-profile investors will bring great cross-border opportunities for our clients in Asia and Europe. I look forward to working with him closely as we continue to build up the suite of services we offer our investor clients in the region."
In his role, Mr Graham will leverage his network and experience in London to connect outbound capital between Europe and Asia Pacific. Responsible for building relationships with major global investors, he will also be working closely with the firm's funds advisory, debt and major transactions teams across the region.
According to JLL's latest Global Capital Flows report, Asia Pacific received a record-breaking real estate investment of US$52 billion in the last quarter of 2017. Globally, London was the most traded city while mainland China was the largest outbound investor.
"As we continue to see a growing demand for cross-border investment, we have been expanding our team to provide a broader range of services to clients, including strategic advice on debt and corporate finance, bringing together investment banking skills with commercial property expertise," adds Mr Crow.
Mr Graham started his career at JLL in 2001, where he worked in the city of London's investment team. He subsequently worked at LaSalle Investment Management before returning to JLL in 2006. During his 11 years working in London, Mr Graham has developed close working relationships with global investors. He was also responsible for managing private equity funds, institutional investors and high net worth clients, and has a proven track record in building strong links across client platforms.
He received first class honours degree in Land Management from the University of Reading, and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.


Congratulations to @bernieandsid on their new @77wabcradio morning radio show in New York City. It was an honor to join you two - good luck!
Thanks to our historic TAX CUTS, America is open for business, and millions of American workers are seeing more take-home pay through higher wages, salaries and bonuses!


In the midst of getting ready for camp, more camp and my daughter's wedding, and home improvements, I am still doing my calling as the Primary Chorister at church. I am always on the lookout for fun ideas to get my kids singing. Here are a couple that have worked great!
Sing or Dare: I found this idea here http://singingtimeinfortworth.blogspot.com/2009/06/sing-or-dare.html Basically, the kids can choose to pick a song and sing it normally or take a dare. While the creator of this idea had some fun dares for the kids to do, I wanted to make sure that they were still singing and practicing the songs. I came up with some singing dares such as "wear a mustache while singing" or "Everyone sing in an opera voice". That one was so funny to hear the entire Primary singing Popcorn Popping in an opera voice. Parents told me afterwards that their kids loved it and talked about it later. To me, that is success! If you can think of more singing dares for a future date, please let me know!
Blowing through Straws and Betsy Bubble: I found this idea on Pinterest, but now I can't find the link. Sorry, I don't like to not give credit for ideas. If anyone finds the link, please put it in the comments and I will be sure to give credit! I did change it up a bit for Fourth of July week. I found these straws that are extra large for milkshakes in the grocery store.
I used 3 colors of straws. In one color I rolled up papers with names of songs to sing. In another color I rolled up papers that told how to sing the songs and in the last color I gave the kids the opportunity to work the balloon on Betsy Bubble (similar to mine , but mine is a girl).
I will post a picture of mine at a later date. My daughter drew it for me and it turned out so cute, but it is at the church right now, so I can't photograph her. Anyway, the kids love her and always want a turn using the pump behind her to inflate the bubble.
To make the activity more festive, I attached curly ribbon to the papers and told the kids that this was as close as we were going to get to fireworks in Primary. I would have 3 children come up, each had to choose a different color straw, then I would count to 3 and they would blow out their papers. After that, they would retrieve them and find out who had what. It was fun! And, the beauty is that it was super simple!
The last tip that I would give that I have learned so far is that if I am energetic and having fun, the kids are, too. And, when I express my love for the gospel and the scriptures, the children feel it and listen when I teach by the Spirit as we learn these beautiful songs. I was afraid that "Praise to the Man" was going to be too difficult for them. It has a lot of big words! But, I took the time to explain what everything meant and now when that song is chosen I love hearing some of the children say, "I love this song!" and they sing it with gusto and all of their hearts. I love this calling!


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Q: Calibrate multimeter VC9205A I have a multimeter type VC9205S.  I plugged it in to power 9 volts because the battery is empty.
Hours later, negative readout values began to appear.
1- Can the device be calibrated or not repairable?

2- I measured the cut-off transformer input voltage for a power circuit and had a cut-off frequency of 160 kHz and voltage 300 volts so is that the cause

A: Summary: Based on the new comment, it seems the multimeter is faulty.
The type of incorrect display shown cannot be fixed by calibration.

Original:

Can the device be calibrated or not repairable?

If you are starting to read negative resistance values on your multimeter, then either:

*

*the multimeter is faulty; or

*you are misusing it (e.g. by injecting a voltage across the meter terminals, while trying to measure resistance); or

*the replacement 9 V power source you are using, in place of the multimeter's battery, is unsuitable (e.g. excessive ripple or RF component on the 9 V output) and that is causing the meter to (temporarily?) malfunction.

One thing that will not resolve malfunctions like that, is calibration.
Your question seems to imply that the multimeter was OK until the battery was empty and you used a different 9 V source. If that is true, then you should consider the possibility that the 9 V source is the cause of the multimeter's malfunctions. It would help if you added more details about that power source to the question, and added some photos of how you connected it.
Try to get another suitable 9 V battery (even if you can only borrow one for 5 minutes) and re-test the multimeter operation using that.

Update:

I used a 9 volt battery and it remained the same problem

Thanks for that new information.
Therefore your problem is one of the other remaining options which I listed above. Either:

*

*the multimeter is faulty; or

*you are misusing it (e.g. by injecting a voltage across the meter terminals, while trying to measure resistance)

It seems that the multimeter is faulty, if there is just a simple resistor hiding in the white tape in your photo, since the multimeter is displaying a negative (though unclear) value.
Depending on how much time you want to spend on this problem, you could edit the question to give exact details about the sequence of events explaining exactly how you used the multimeter, starting from when it was working normally through to when it first started to behave abnormally. There might be a clue in there about an event which caused the problem - but perhaps there won't be any clues in that list of events, and the reason will remain unknown.

Update:

I measured the cut-off transformer input voltage for a power circuit and had a cut-off frequency of 160 kHz and voltage 300 volts so is that the cause

I see that you have just added that new information to the question.
I don't fully understand that short description. However if this was the only measurement you did between the multimeter working correctly, and it then starting to show erroneous readings, it's likely something about measuring that (high-energy?) source did damage the meter.


A recording of the 911 call made by the fatal shooting victim was obtained by the Courier and Press.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — One of the men accused in a double homicide on Maryland Street last fall will go to trial outside Vanderburgh County, a judge ruled Monday.
Deshay Hackner, 23, appeared Monday in Vanderburgh Circuit Court to request a change of venue. Another court date was set for 1 p.m. Thursday to discuss progress on finding the new venue.
According to court records, Hackner could be tried in Gibson, Posey or Warrick counties instead of Vanderburgh County.
Hackner and 19-year-old William Rice, who was also accused in the double murder of Dewone Broomfield and Mary Patrice Chalonda Woodruff in October, each asked to try their cases in a different county during early hearings in November.
Rice's next hearing is scheduled Feb. 28 in Vanderburgh Superior Court.
Both men were arrested following a car chase the day after Broomfield and Woodruff died.
Court documents state Broomfield called 911 and identified Hackner as his shooter to dispatchers, then to police when they arrived on-scene.
His statement to dispatchers was less clear than the probable cause affidavit implies, however.
A recording of the 911 call was obtained by the Courier and Press in late November, through an Access to Public Records Act request.
The call starts with Broomfield telling the dispatcher he's been shot and asking for help. His voice is muffled in the recording.
She asks him who shot him, and Broomfield gives a two- to three-syllable answer that police interpret as "Wire Man" in the affidavit. "Wire Man," according to EPD, was an alias associated with Hackner.
The dispatcher asks if Broomfield said "white male." Broomfield repeats himself, mumbling more the second time.
Police said they believe Broomfield said "Hackner," not "Edgar." Officers arrived at the house when Broomfield was still on the phone with 911, and the recording includes audio of an officer asking Broomfield to describe the person who shot him. According to the affidavit, Broomfield told officers on scene that Hackner and Rice were the shooters.
Broomfield and Woodruff were two of at least 19 people murdered in Vanderburgh County last year, according to city police and the Courier and Press' tally. That was a historic high murder total for the county. Evansville Police Department responded by announcing it would restructure its gang task force and approach to violent crime investigation.


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DRM Exclusive, News
author: Talal Raza
Electoral rolls under Elections Act 2017: Is the privacy of Pakistani voter in jeopardy?
LAHORE: As Pakistan braces itself for General Elections in July 2018, concerns have been expressed around privacy of voter information.
Particularly, the recent privacy concerns are rooted in the issue of handing electoral rolls to the election candidates.
According to section 79 (3) of the Elections Act 2017, "On the application of a candidate or his election agent, the District Election Commissioner or any officer authorized in this behalf by the Commission shall provide to a candidate or an election agent a hard and searchable soft copy on universal serial bus (USB) in portable document format (PDF) or any other tamper-proof format of the final electoral roll with photographs of the voters and shall ensure that the copy is the same as provided to the Returning Officer and Presiding Officers."
The electoral rolls contain the name, father name, National Identity card number, house address and a picture of the voter.
For some, this is the step in the right direction as it would allow candidates to reach their voters and also verify them on elections day. For some, this poses a threat to the privacy of the individual and gives too much power to the candidate.
Ms. Zokhruf Omer, the convener of Legal Hackers Lahore chapter, condemned this practice and expressed fear that the information on electoral rolls could potentially fall in the wrong hands. "Section 79(3) Election Act 2017 is a general provision and does not contain a specific list of circumstances where sharing the electoral roll with a candidate may be justified. This can apart from breach of privacy lead to serious election offences such as bribery, undue influence, treating and personation".
Meanwhile, Yasser Latif Hamdani, an Islamabad based lawyer, considered this practice a good step but also feared that this could allow some elements to target minorities.
"On the one hand this is a very good idea because it would give candidates an opportunity to contact their constituents directly. But on the other given that these rolls contain addresses it can be problematic especially for Ahmadis registered as voters because they are specifically identified on separate rolls as Ahmadis. It therefore has the potential to backfire. I think on the whole this might turn out to be disastrous and may even violate Article 14 of the Constitution (privacy)."
Meanwhile, exclusively talking to Digital Rights Monitor, Election Commission of Pakistan Public Relations Officer Ms.Huda Gohar pointed out that it was a routine practice to allow candidates access to electoral rolls. She noted that in the previous elections, candidates and their polling agents had access to the hard copy of electoral rolls without the pictures. "The electoral rolls having CNIC, name and picture of the voter was only with the presiding officers back in 2013."
However, in this election, the candidates will have access to same list as that possessed by the election commission staff, containing the voter's picture, name, CNIC number and address, said Ms.Gohar. They would not only be allowed to access hard copy but also the soft copy.
Ms. Huda also acknowledged some of the concerns around privacy. She stated that the some quarters raised the concern on the floor of the parliament that the pictures of females on electoral roll should not be placed. "However, it was finally decided that candidates will have access to the electoral rolls with pictures of the voter."
When pressed around the potential misuse of the electoral rolls to harm the individuals or bribe them, Ms. Huda stated that any change to this practice was only possible if the public complained about it to the election commission or challenged this practice in the courts. She emphasized that no such complaint had been received in the past about the misuse of electoral roll information.
Written by Talal Raza
Talal Raza is a Program Manager at Media Matters for Democracy. He has worked with renowned media organizations and NGOs including Geo News, The Nation, United States Institute of Peace and Privacy International.
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English Football's Top-10 Managers of the Decade, 2010-2019: 4th - Sir Alex Ferguson
It may seem like an eternity since Sir Alex Ferguson last graced the Red Devils dugout - especially for Man Utd fans - but he did in fact take in the opening three-and-a-half-years of the decade, during which he attained a 69.70% Premier League win rate and averaged 2.273 points per game - second only to Pep Guardiola in the 2010s.
Ferguson lifted two Premier League titles - it could even have been four - which propelled United clear of Liverpool's top-flight tally of 18, a League Cup, two Community Shields, and enjoyed a passage through to his fourth Champions League final. While his last match in charge of United was remarkably his 1,500th at the helm of the club.
On a more personal level, Fergie collected his fourth and fifth LMA Manager of the Year awards, two of the Premier League's version of the accolade, and in 2012 he was also crowned the IFFHS World's Best Coach of the 21st Century.
In the previous decade (2000-2009) Ferguson won six Premier League titles, the Champions League, the FA Cup, two League Cups, three Community Shields and the FIFA Club World Cup. However, in the summer of 2009 he reluctantly lost Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, while Carlos Tevez made the shock move over to Man City.
Therefore Ferguson had to find a new way to win, and while he started off the new decade (2010-2019) by securing a second successive League Cup, bereft of their Portuguese superstar and his co-star United agonisingly missed out on the 2009/10 title to Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea by a single point.
By Jack Kitson
06:50 Saturday 28th December 2019 - 4 minute read
No.4: Sir Alex Ferguson
United put the league disappointment behind them by storming to glory in 2010/11 by a margin of nine points, in a season which saw Ferguson equal his own club record of 29 league games unbeaten. He also enjoyed a fourth voyage through to the Champions League final, however United lost out to Pep Guardiola's outstanding Barcelona. Meanwhile, mid-way through the campaign Ferguson officially became the longest-serving manager in United's history, when he overtook Sir Matt Busby.
United then fell victim to the most dramatic moment in Premier League history - you know the one - "This won't happen again," Ferguson told his players after that heartbreaking title loss to Man City. He was right, as usual.
The man himself proved his resolve, determination and managerial brilliance by again responding in style, as he hoisted his 13th and final Premier League crown at a canter (11 points).
Ferguson's powers of persuasion in luring over Robin van Persie from Arsenal proved to be pivotal as the Dutchman fired in 26 goals en route to winning the Golden Boot - no Man Utd player has claimed the accolade since.
It's now been six-and-a-half-years since Ferguson retired, yet since then United have experienced a period of frustrating decline. The dominant force have been forced to take up a background role, as rivals Man City and Liverpool take centre stage, highlighting just how influential and impactful Fergie was. United have failed to win the title in any of those six seasons - soon to be seven - finished in the top-3 only once, and they are now on their fourth permanent boss post-Fergie, a tally that could become five in the near future.
"Winning is in my nature," revealed Ferguson to HBR.org shortly after his retirement. "I've set my standards over such a long period of time that there is no other option for me - I have to win. I expected to win every time we went out there."
Britain's most successful manager took his magic managerial touch into a fifth and final decade where he refused to sit still, controlled change, proved his staying power, and in turn continued to thrive and break records.
Decade CV
2x Premier League titles
1x League Cup
2x Community Shield
1x Champions League runner-up
2x LMA Manager of the Year award
2x Premier League Manager of the Year
1x IFFHS World's Best Coach of the 21st Century (2012)


This is a very easy and delicious desert, that can be made in few minutes.
Beat all the 3 ingredients with a help of a beater for 2 mins.
Spread or sprinkle a tsp of ruhafza in glass. Now pour whisked mixture in the glass.
Garnish it with nuts and choco chips. Let this get cooled in the refrigerator and serve chilled.
Enjoy this Mango mousse dish from BetterButter!


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 Wu, M.T., Lee, L.H., Ho, C.K., Wu, S.C., Lin L.Y., Cheng, B.H., Liu C.L., Yang C.Y., Tsai, H.T., Wu, T.N. Environmental Exposure to Cooking Oil Fumes and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm. Environ Recearch 2002;1-8.
行政院劳工委员会劳工安全卫生研究所:餐饮业劳工肺部相关疾病调查研究2001 。 Dominici, F., McDermott, A., Aeger, S.L., Samet, J.M. Airbone Particulate Matter and Mortality: Timescale Effects in Four US Cities. Am J Epidermiol 2003;15: 157(12): 1055-65.


Here is my card for this week's challenge at Inspired by All the Little Things. Each week we can work with whatever inspires us from the current inspiration photo. It could be the subject matter or color, etc. This week I chose both the subject matter and the colors. I used stamps and dies from Wplus9 to make my card.
Beautiful! Love your take on the inspiration photo! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Inspired By All the Little Things!
Your card just makes me HAPPY!! Love the CAS look of it. Thanks for playing at Inspired By!
So clean and beautiful! I love the bold colors and splash of paint along with the pretty sequins. Totally yummy!