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ZF invests in Oxbotica to deploy autonomous passenger shuttles in major cities
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ZF is systematically expanding its expertise in the future field of autonomous driving in line with ZF's "Next Generation Mobility" strategy. To this end, ZF has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software, to develop a Level 4 self-driving system which will initially be deployed in passenger shuttles in major cities around the world.
ZF and Oxbotica will develop a Level 4 self-driving system that can be integrated into various vehicles including Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) shuttles to provide on-demand passenger and also goods transportation vehicles in urban environments.
The two companies share a joint vision for the future of mobility and the transformational potential that autonomous technology can have across multiple industries where people and goods move. The autonomous shuttle market will grow substantially over the next 10 years with the potential to increase access to mobility, improve road safety, reduce congestion, and boost productivity.
As part of the collaboration, global automotive technology company, ZF has invested in Oxbotica and will take a seat on the company's advisory board with a five per cent share. The two companies started working together in 2019, with Oxbotica completing integration of its autonomous vehicle software with ZF's ProAI, an AI capable automotive-grade compute platform, and ZF's Full-Range Radar.
Ahead of the autonomous shuttle deployments, ZF and Oxbotica will work closely together to continue to develop the technology and on validation and verification of the integrated self-driving vehicle system.
"The entry investment of five per cent underlines our confidence in Oxbotica's capabilities. Together with Oxbotica, we are developing self-driving systems for autonomous people and cargo mover addressing the current challenges in public transport and logistics," says Torsten Gollewski, Executive Vice President, Autonomous Mobility Systems at ZF.
Paul Newman, co-founder and CTO of Oxbotica said: "Partnering with ZF in developing an on-road passenger and goods transportation solution is an important milestone in Oxbotica's commercial autonomy strategy. Our product will bring new options to cities and transport operators around the globe who must solve the complex mobility challenges of the future. The way people and goods move is changing."
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2 COVID Stocks That Turned $100,000 Into Well Over $1 Million in 2020
Could they do it again in 2021?
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Jan 8, 2021 at 6:05AM
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How did your investments perform in 2020? Hopefully, quite well.
Last year turned out to be an easy one for investors to make money. The S&P 500 index jumped 16%. If you bought stocks during the market meltdown in March or shortly afterward, you could have enjoyed exceptionally strong returns.
But exceptionally strong returns doesn't begin to describe what two COVID stocks delivered last year. Initial investments of $100,000 in Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) and Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT) would have grown to well over $1 million in 2020 -- nearly $2.8 million for Novavax and close to $1.7 million for Vaxart.
These two biotech stocks followed similar paths to achieve their tremendous returns last year. Both Novavax and Vaxart announced early in 2020 that they were initiating coronavirus vaccine programs.
Vaxart beat Novavax to the punch. The tiny biotech announced on Jan. 31, 2020, that it planned to develop an oral coronavirus vaccine. Novavax followed less than a month later with the news that it was evaluating multiple nanoparticle coronavirus vaccine candidates in preclinical studies.
But Novavax made much more rapid progress than Vaxart did in the subsequent months. It also picked up major funding deals along the way, including $388 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and $1.6 billion from Operation Warp Speed.
By early August, Novavax had interim results available from its phase 1/2 study of experimental COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373. And those results were overwhelmingly positive.
Meanwhile, Vaxart didn't select a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate until May. The company began a phase 1 study of that candidate in October.
Vaxart also stirred up some controversy in June by announcing that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate had been "selected for the U.S. government's Operation Warp Speed." Technically, that was true: OWS picked Vaxart's tablet vaccine for inclusion in a preclinical challenge study. However, unlike Novavax, Vaxart didn't receive any funding from the federal initiative.
Still, Vaxart's promising preclinical results and the potential for its oral vaccine were enough to excite investors. As of mid-July, Vaxart's shares had skyrocketed more than 4,700% year to date.
Can they do it again?
Repeat performances are extremely difficult after the kinds of returns generated by Novavax and Vaxart last year. Could the stocks do it again in 2021? It's possible, although not necessarily probable.
I think that both of these coronavirus stocks are poised to soar this year. The key ingredient required to make that happen for both biotechs is positive clinical data. Novavax expects to report interim results from a late-stage study of NVX-Cov2373 conducted in the U.K. early this year. Vaxart completed enrollment in its phase 1 study of VXA-CoV2-1 in November. The company has been quiet since then, but results from that study are likely on the way soon.
Vaxart theoretically has a better chance of becoming a 10-bagger or better again in 2021. The biotech's market cap stands below $750 million, compared to Novavax's market cap of roughly 10 times that amount. Good news for VXA-CoV2-1 could fuel another tremendous run for the stock. It's not hard to imagine Vaxart's market cap jumping to $7.5 billion or more if its experimental tablet vaccine delivers impressive clinical results.
However, envisioning a near-term future where Novavax grows to a market cap in the ballpark of $75 billion isn't as easy. COVID-19 vaccines already on the market in the U.S. have set a very high bar for efficacy. Even if NVX-Cov2373 looks great in its late-stage study, Novavax's upside appears to be more limited going forward, compared to where things stood at the beginning of last year.
High-risk, high-reward propositions
Again, though, I think both Novavax and Vaxart could potentially deliver tremendous returns over the next 12 months. But those tremendous returns are far from a sure thing. There's a not-so-insignificant chance that neither of these biotechs' vaccines will meet investors' expectations.
The bottom line is that both Novavax and Vaxart offer high-risk, high-reward propositions. Investors would be remiss to focus too much on the potential rewards without considering the potential risks. No stock will turn $100,000 into more than $1 million within a year without being exceptionally risky.

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We thought it would be a nice idea to feature some of our clients on our blog from time to time. And we also thought there's no better way to start than with one of our longest standing clients!
We first got to know Comedian Aaron David Ward when he would come to the Rock Hill Bakehouse Cafe Open Mic nights. Cory was the host at the time. We always enjoyed hearing Aaron's new material and spending some time with him. Aaron works as an independent comic as well as the producer of The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour. He produces the tour through his Award Comedy Productions, LLC company.
Both of those websites are Advokate-designed sites. We also produce his promotional materials for the comedy tour.
We asked him some questions about his business and here's what he shared with us!
1. In your words: What is your business and what is it that you offer?
Award Comedy Productions, LLC produces The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour which stars a rotating roster of seasoned, working professional stand up comedians from throughout the Northeast including me. The tour entertains audiences at American Legion Posts, banquet halls, comedy clubs, country clubs, Elks Lodges, golf clubs, hotels, restaurants, theaters, VFW Posts and other similar venues. In addition to the talent, Award Comedy Productions, LLC provides professionally-designed promotional flyers, tickets, news releases, online promotional help, and a professional sound system and spotlight for the performances. When people see a show by The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour, they can rest assured they are going to see a top quality production that includes seasoned, working, professional stand up comedians who deliver tons of laughs at each and every performance.
2. How long have you been in business? How did it start for you?
I began performing stand up comedy professionally in June 2002 and producing shows in 2007. I lost a job in May 2002 and that career-altering experience prompted me to start performing stand up comedy.
3. Can you talk about your joke writing process?
Personal and topical events prompt jokes. I write daily to keep my act fresh and my mind working comedically.
Comedy legends, Bill Burr, George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Brian Regan, Robin Williams are among my inspirations in stand up.
5. Where can folks learn more about your shows?
My website aarondavidward.com and the tour website thenottoofarfromhomecomedytour.com, both designed by Advokate, will provide more information.
The goal is to grow Award Comedy Productions, LLC into a larger production company, but that takes more financial resources and time, so that is the biggest challenge to overcome.
7. Who are some of the comedians you enjoy collaborating with, or whose work you love?
The comedians I work with are among those I admire and enjoy. The roster appears at thenottoofarfromhomecomedytour.com.
In order to have a career in professional stand up comedy, you must produce top quality performances. Relying on agents or managers is 20th century thinking. The 21st century entertainment industry belongs to the performers who create their own opportunities.
9. What tips do you have for other professional performers?
Make sure you adapt, learn, and focus on both your art and your business. It is called show business for a reason. To have a long and fruitful career, you must focus on both components.
Advokate is a key partner in the success of The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour. Advokate helped me execute my vision for The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour. It provides the professionally-designed promotional flyers, tickets, and online presence I need to keep growing my business. I am grateful for Advokate's advice, assistance, and expertise. I recommend Advokate to other creative types and entrepreneurs looking to advertise, grow their brands, and market their products and services.


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May 15, 2018 | Cyber Security
That's outsourced so it's not our problem… right?
Of course there are risks and benefits associated with both outsourcing and having functions conducted internally. These can vary from available expertise to cost or risk. However, many businesses make the mistake of thinking that by outsourcing something, the problems with that specific function simply disappear.
Recently, a website belonging to the Finish Enterprise Agency was severely compromised by a third party organisation, which had been subcontracted to maintain and secure the website. The third party organisation reportedly stored passwords in clear text, leading to the breach that is thought to have revealed the login credentials of 130,000 users. This is the third largest data breach in Finland to date in terms of the number of accounts compromised, according to the Finnish Communications Authority.
This happened in a different country so what does it matter?
Well, just because the example happened in Finland it does not mean that it could not happen to businesses within the UK. Cyber-crime is one of the biggest current threats to UK businesses, including SMEs in the current landscape.
This situation could affect any business that outsources any function, not just your website. What would be the impact to your business if a third party was breached? E.g. Payroll service provider, IT service provider, web hosts, HR function.
With the breach being caused by a third party, what can I do to protect my business?
One of the first things to consider is just how well you know your suppliers and how you are able to define their role in providing the outsourced functions.
As part of your business processes do you ensure that security checks are carried out when engaging with your supply chain?
These checks could be something as simple as credit checking the company, paying attention to accreditations such as ISO9001, or ensuring that they have a comprehensive privacy policy that is compliant with current UK data protection legislation. Or more extensive checks based around your security policies and procedures, or Government/ industry best practices e.g. Cyber Essential, ISO27001.
Do you have written Service Level Agreements?
Service Level Agreements help to define expectations by outlining exactly what the third party will and will not do for your business. This should be in addition to your contract and any standard terms and conditions.
It is important that your business and your customers' expectations are understood and assured by all parties involved in your supply chain.
Do you audit your suppliers regularly?
Many businesses will allow you to audit them, or provide you with regular updates of how they conduct activities. Securing the supply chain is often about promoting transparency and managing the relationship between businesses.
This could be as simple as a checklist, standard framework, periodic account management or formal assessments and audit.
Whilst these are only some examples of how you can begin to secure your supply chain, we recommend that you take a look at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Supply Chain Guidance for further information.
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When Will This Partaking Of Comestibles Among Male Siblings Be Taking Place?
Either 5:30 or 5:30. Maybe the prior if we can get enough bro power, but we might have to resort to the latter. Plan for 5:30.
I'll plan for 5:30, but I'll leave my 5:30 time slot open too just in case.
Blarg. Figures that the only day I can't come is the day everyone gets together to eat. Ah well. I hope you all have fun!
I'll join, but I'm unable to aid in the quest for MAD SNACKS, YO! They're just too brodacious for this mortal frame.
Earhart or Ford at 6?
I am feeling Earhart tonight.
That's two votes for Earhart, so I'm saying we go there.
Who wants to get together for dinner tonight? I think there are already some plans, but I don't know the times.
I might be a tad late, but I'll meet you there.
Dinner at Wiley, 5:30 anybody?
Feh, I need to get back into the routine of checking the forum.
So I figured that I would get these started up again. How about Ford at 5:45 on Monday?
How about 6:45 at Wiley for Tuesday?
I won't be able to attend a dinner tonight due to time constraints, but is 6 Ford fine with people?


High and past time for another prompt! In reading Story, Robert McKee talks about "the gap," or that space that opens up when a character takes an action, expecting one outcome, but receives another, forcing them to respond in a different way.
18) Write a bit where a character takes an action and the result is something other than what they expected, forcing a new action by the character. Go as far as you want with this, gap after gap.
The hours he'd spent in the belly of the ship had felt like days, grinding painfully on each other in a slow progression. Hope had long since abandoned him, and only habit kept him down here, sitting next to her corpse. There was no other place on the ship for him, with her here.
The words of Silmande's crazy maid rang in his head.
When had long since passed him by. When had been at the moment of poisoning, days ago, when she still breathed. When was not here in this airless space.
And yet, the vial sat heavy in his hand. He knew its shape by heart, the peculiarities of its design. The chip on the rim of the mouth, the burr two-thirds of the way down, the way the interior curved in on one side, limiting volume . . . these were all familiar to him.
If his mere presence could have saved her, she'd long since have arisen.
A twitch of the body.
The lantern swayed with the roll of the ship, the cavorting shadows and smoke combining to fool sight. He rubbed his stinging eyes.
When the next shudder wracked her body his stomach heaved. The unnatural motion of the corpse brought on nausea, fear, and an almost painful wave of hope. He retched once, spitting bile into the bucket beside him before he stood.
A single step brought him to her side. No pulse beat against the pallor of her throat, no breath parted her lips, but there. A quirk. A tick of a jaw muscle and a shiver through her frame.
In the space of a heartbeat he had the vial unstoppered and her shoulders lifted from the bier. He forced her mouth open with the vial and poured the concoction into her, frenzy gripping him. He could save her. . . .
He slapped his palm on her mouth and let her head loll back, shaking her, trying to force the liquid down a throat that wouldn't swallow.
His grip on her upper body tightened. One hand slid down her cold arm until he found her fingers and he threaded his own through hers. His gaze locked on her face, watching, waiting in agony.
The creak of the ship almost covered it, but there it was. A gurgling sound. In the next instant her whole body tensed and she sat all the way up, breaking free from of his grasp. She coughed, choked, and finally spat out the fluid he'd poured into her before taking a heaving breath. She doubled over, still sputtering as her chest expanded, desperate to fill lungs that had lain empty for far too long.
He wanted to touch her all over, to believe the miracle of her renewed life and just hold her, but he gave her a moment.
When she could breathe she wiped her mouth on the sleeve of her funeral gown before turning toward him. Betrayal filled her hazel eyes, betrayal and horror.
"You didn't Sing me free," she rasped out, then burst into tears.


How your business partners and gains buy-in from suppliers will influence not just your overheads, but your CSR policy, Procurement policy and quite possibly even extend to your HR policy too.
There's a magnitude of variables involved in procurement that to the average business owner, without a professional procurement team (or even just a manager) in place to manage suppliers, things won't go as smooth as they could do.
This goes beyond assigning a monetary value to lock in savings commitments through procurement. Value differs by company and it's the business owner who ultimately determines what he or she defines as value.
Your company may value supporting SMBs for goods and services supplied, while another may place more importance on the value of green sourcing.
Whatever values your company supports and works hard at upholding as part of your CSR policy, can be supported and further championed by working with suppliers with the same core values.
One of the best approaches to ensure professionalism in procurement is to ensure your buyers, whether in-house or outsourced, are invested in continual professional development.
In the UK, you can simply check with The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS).
By investing in people who invest in keeping their expertise current, you can be certain that your company will meet or even exceed compliance requirements.
In addition, further areas that will not be neglected is market research, which is essential prior to issuing RFPs (Request for Proposals) to begin the tendering process. Moreover, ethical standards will be included in the analysis of potential suppliers as well as having sound organisational knowledge.
When CPD is part of your HR policy, complimenting your procurement policies, you will find it to be beneficial for improving your entire procurement process.
By using the above fundamentals, you will achieve better operational efficiencies, reduce corruption, increase effectiveness throughout your supply chain… all of which brings us right back to the starting point of value – your business will reap the benefits of value for money, and your policy will enhance customer trust, and enable your business to gain a competitive edge.
Data analysis is critical for business development. The longer you're operational, the more data you will collect and store both in paper format and in digital format.
The majority of the data gathered by procurement professionals must be understood in order to enhance your business processes.
Data analysis can be done whenever you feel the need to, quarterly, bi-quarterly, annually or ad-hoc.
Chances are, there's something above that your business hasn't covered already with your systems and business processes. To implement any of it would involve transforming how you currently manage your suppliers, contracts, tendering process and quite possibly, your entire procurement policy.
The good news is that it's not too late to make changes, because frankly, to experience efficiencies through procurement, it takes an ongoing approach.
There are plays you can make for the short-term, others will be long-term.
Whatever your ambitions are to better your supplier management, there are three steps you can take that will transform how your business buys-in.
This 3-step approach will need to be done periodically. The more your business matures, the more frequently your procurement team will need to repeat the above three steps to ensure any gaps are identified, addressed and changes implemented for faster improvements.


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Berlin Brandenburg Airport will finally open on 31 October 2020
The much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in Germany is to open on 31 October 2020, its supervisory and management boards have confirmed.
Scheduled flights will end at Berlin Tegel Airport one week later, flight operations having been relocated in three stages over the course of the week. At a meeting between the two boards, the management board reported on the status of the construction of Terminal 1 and certification provider TÜV Rheinland gave an update on progress toward certification. The management board also reported that work on Terminal 2 is progressing as planned. The installation of the baggage handling system and other technical building equipment has started. Structural work on the federal police building directly adjacent to Terminal 2 is underway. The building envelope, planned in a modular design, will be completed in a few weeks.
Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, CEO of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg, said: "The date is set. Berlin Brandenburg will open on 31 October 2020. There is still much to be done in the next 11 months. The finished building must become a functioning airport."


Winning, like savoring a single malt Scotch, is an acquired taste. It takes time, 12 years in some cases. It takes work and patience and luck. And just as one must learn to sip that single malt, neat or on ice, one must learn how to win. Providence College and the University of Rhode Island are proof.
After too many long, dark winters, the Friars and Rams are winning basketball games again. Lots of them. PC is 17-7, 7-4 in the Big East, and will welcome sixth-ranked Villanova (21-2, 8-2) to the Dunkin' Donuts Center Wednesday night. URI is 16-5, 8-2 and tied for first with Virginia Commonwealth in the Atlantic 10. Wednesday night in Philadelphia, the Rams will play St. Joseph's (10-12, 4-6).Sports blogger Mike Szostak gives RIPR's Dave Fallon a preview of Wednesday's games for PC and URI.
Providence did win last year, finishing 23-12 and winning the Big East Tournament. The Friars took North Carolina to the wire before losing by two in the NCAA Tournament. But success for coach Ed Cooley's crew came after two years of on-court struggles, off-court controversies and injuries. This season the Friars learned early on that LaDontae Henton and Kris Dunn were capable of filling the leadership void left by All-Big East star Bryce Cotton. Each has made big plays time and again. Henton leads the team in scoring, and Dunn, although a guard, is just about an automatic double-double and even turned in a triple-double against DePaul on Jan. 29 with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Freshman Ben Bentil is he Big East rookie of the week for his 32 points and 17 rebounds in a victory at Georgetown and a loss at Xavier.
URI provided its tournament-starved fans glimmers of hope in 2014 and this season has developed the confidence of a winner. Sophomore E.C. Matthews has been steady from the start. Sophomore Hassan Martin is a rebounding, shot-blocking machine. Freshmen Jared Terrell and Jarvis Garrett add backcourt strength, and T.J. Buchanan and Gilvydas Biruta provide the steady hand one expects of seniors.
Winning demands discipline, sacrifice, focus, commitment and belief. The best evidence of those qualities is coming out on top in close games, and PC and URI have done so. Take PC: 64-60 over Albany; 75-74 over Notre Dame; 66-62 at Butler; 60-57 over Georgetown in overtime; 69-66 over Xavier in overtime; 74-71 at Georgetown. Six games won by four points or fewer. Impressive.
And look at the Rams: 66-62 over No. 21 Nebraska in overtime; 68-65 over Fordham and 64-63 at Fordham; 61-60 at Duquesne; 53-48 over St. Bonaventure; 59-55 over George Washington and 79-74 at Richmond. Seven victories by five points or fewer. Now that's confidence.
Two or three years ago, the Friars and Rams most likely would have lost those games because they lacked the talent or didn't know how to win. This season they have the talent, the knowledge and the taste for winning.


Clean electricity demands true collaboration - Capitol Weekly | Capitol Weekly | Capitol Weekly: The Newspaper of California State Government and Politics.
California is on the verge of joining Hawaii in setting the bold but achievable goal of getting to 100 percent clean electricity in just one generation. Other neighboring states are also developing very ambitious goals to double or even triple the amount of renewable energy they will generate over the next decade.
That vision is within reach thanks to dramatically lower costs for solar, wind, and geothermal, and batteries, as well as advancements in smart thermostats, appliances, electric vehicle chargers, and building management systems that lighten the load on the electrical transmission and distribution systems.
California's policymakers will play a key role in paving the way for a cost-effective clean energy transformation.
To achieve 100 percent clean electricity cost-effectively, we need to keep every possible tool on the table to get us there. This means making sure California benefits from all of the clean energy technologies available to us today.
Developers of large-scale solar, wind and geothermal power plants need to be steadily adding more renewable generation to the best locations on the high voltage transmission system. At the same time, the state should be encouraging investments in smaller-scale clean energy projects on the distribution grid from customers and competitive entities to make the way we deliver power smarter, more efficient, and more resilient.
Private sector technology companies need to be able to offer consumers solutions, like smart thermostats and electric vehicle charging, to better manage their energy consumption with minimal effort while also improving how the grid works.
California's policymakers will play a key role in paving the way for a cost-effective clean energy transformation. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), for its part, just approved a first-of-its-kind statewide Integrated Resource Plan that lays out a pathway for dramatic emission reductions from the electric sector by 2030.
Another important policy action could be passing Senate Bill 100, which would commit California to reaching 100 percent clean electricity by 2045. This bill would improve health in communities statewide, create local jobs, and solidify California's climate leadership at a time when it's needed most. This bill made significant progress through the legislature last year before stalling when a last-minute amendment was offered by the labor union representing utility workers that would create obstacles to California's ability to use small-scale clean energy technologies—solar PV, storage, load-shifting devices— in meeting that 100 percent goal.
By extending reliance on the current centralized electricity system, the proposed amendment would mean higher costs for California ratepayers, stifle much-needed innovation in the operation of our electricity system, and limit opportunities for customers to be partners in supporting the grid and reduce their energy bills with solar and other energy technologies. These new distributed energy technologies will not only help modernize the operation of the grid but will also make California a leader in growing the energy jobs of the future while also creating opportunities for utility employees to make the grid smarter and more reliable.
Reaching 100 percent clean electricity by 2045 is an achievable goal. But to make sure that clean energy future is cost-effective and resilient, we must not take important tools off the table. California's clean energy transition should support clean technology innovation at large and small scales, while also creating good-paying jobs. Our organizations are committed to working together with labor unions and others interested in helping state lawmakers in both houses make this legislation a landmark state policy.
Ed's Note: Ed Smeloff is senior director of the non-profit California Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Vote Solar, which seeks greater use of solar energy. Laura Wisland is senior manager, Western States Energy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, which advocates for a healthy, safe and sustainable energy future.


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What is sales return book format?
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In accounting, sales returns are the goods returned by the customer to the seller. This can be due to goods delivered is damaged or defective. A return can also be due to late delivery, or the wrong items being sent to the buyer.
Sales return is a subsidiary book in which all the details are recorded for the goods returned which were sold on credit. It is also known as return inwards.
Accounting for Sales Return
Whenever there is a sale return, the seller will debit the sales return account and credit the debtor's account. The total amount of sales returns is deducted from the gross sales for the period giving the figure for net sales. Debtor's account is credited because the amount receivable from debtors will reduce.
The sales return is a contra account to the sales.
Format of sales return book:
In the above format, a credit note is a statement prepared by the seller and sent to the buyer. In this statement, all the details are mentioned in respect of the goods sent by the buyer and are an indication that the buyer's account is credited in respect of the goods received.
For example, Mr. A sold goods to Mr. B costing Rs 50,000 on 1 December. On 5 December, goods amounting to Rs 15,000 were found defective and were returned immediately to Mr. A.
Mr. A will account for this in the following way:


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Mandatory Club Closure
April 1, 2020 March 16, 2020 by BAC Staff
As per Governor Jay Inslee's emergency proclamation mandating an immediate two-week closure of all restaurants, bars and entertainment and recreational facilities. The new order goes into effect at midnight March 16th and will remain in place through March 31st. Please make sure that we have a current email (send to MemberServices@bellinghamathleticclub.com), as that will be our primary way to communicate with you.
Be sure to check our website and Facebook pages for updates. These are challenging times, but we will prevail, we are children and grandchildren of the Greatest Generation– who survived World Wars, the Spanish Influenza, and the Great Depression. We are tough and resilient. Stay tuned for online workouts and videos from our trainers to help you stay fit and healthy.
Remain positive and meet all these challenges with a good attitude. It will help you make it through the weeks ahead. Nothing is insurmountable; we just have to figure it out. I would implore you to not ask small businesses for refunds, as the fixed operating costs (rent, taxes, power, etc.) are, well. . .fixed and need to be paid whether the doors are open or closed. If we expect our local businesses (our friends and neighbors) to be able to survive and be available to us when this is past, we need to give them some breathing room to make it.
Please see the announcement from the Governor below:
Statewide closure of entertainment, leisure and non-essential services
Inslee also included entertainment, leisure and non-essential services in today's emergency proclamation.
The ban includes, but is not limited to,
Theaters,
Bowling alleys,
Gyms and fitness centers,
Non-tribal card rooms,
Art galleries,
Tattoo parlors,
Barbers, hair salons and nail salons.
Statewide ban on gatherings of 50 or larger
Inslee also announced a further executive order expanding on orders from last week. Last Friday, Inslee expanded the ban on events larger than 250 beyond the Puget Sound region to the entire state. Today, he announced the ban will decrease in size to prohibit all events of 50 or larger statewide.
Additionally, all gatherings with under 50 participants are prohibited unless criteria from the CDC for public health and social distancing are met.
"I am proud of how Washingtonians have stepped up and worked together," Inslee said. "I know we still have long days ahead, but I know that together we will prevail and be a stronger state as a result. We will get through this together and life will return to normal, but the steps we are taking now will help us get back to normal sooner.
"I ask everyone to take these steps to protect themselves, their families and their communities. Everyone needs to play their part. "
We at Bellingham Athletic Club appreciate your continued membership and look forward to serving you in April. Take all recommended precautions: social distancing, aggressive hand washing, and self-quarantine if you are ill.
Cathy Buckley and the entire BAC staff
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150 Years Later: Pennsylvania Commemorates the Civil War
Lenora Dannelke
This year marks the 150th anniversary of a raging clash that shattered the tranquility of a little town in southern Pennsylvania and turned the tide of the Civil War.
Although the Battle of Gettysburg will be remembered with lectures, commemorative programs and other activities throughout the year, events taking place on the actual battle days of July 1-3 and through July 7 will attract thousands making the journey to learn more about our Civil War heritage.
At the Gettysburg National Military Park rangers will stage a Living History Camp, complete with demonstrations, special programs for children and adults, and two battalions of Union and Confederate infantrymen and artillery. Some 15,000 re-enactors will gather to reflect on the historic event and recreate the 1860s through battle re-enactments, encampments and demonstrations, along with thousands more civilian interpreters, 400 horses and 100 cannons.
Another highlight occurs November 19, when a dedication ceremony at the Soldier's National Cemetery commemorates the sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."
The park's Museum and Visitor Center, famed for its dramatic, wrap-around "Cyclorama" painting that illustrates the fury of Pickett's Charge, opens a new "Treasures of the Civil War" exhibit in June, showcasing rare artifacts. Tours of the battlefield, parts of which are in the process of being restored to its 1863 appearance — without visible power lines or modern structures, and trees trimmed to their former dimensions — can be arranged at the center: Choose from a narrated bus tour, a personal guided tour in your vehicle, or take a self-guided audio CD tour.
The Destination Gettysburg launched a free downloadable walking tour app for the iPhone, available through iTunes. For a complete and up-to-date listing of all Gettysburg events and attractions — plus an interactive map — visit gettysburgcivilwar150.com.
Complement the Gettysburg experience with side trips to nearby cities and delve into additional aspects of the Civil War.
Outstanding destinations in Harrisburg — only a short distance from Gettysburg — include the refurbished Civil War Gallery at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, which incorporates collections formerly displayed at the now-retired traveling Civil War Roadshow. The museum also features Peter Frederick Rothermel's epic "Battle of Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge" painting, a distinguished collection of Civil War presentation swords and such recent acquisitions as objects associated with The United States Colored Troops. The state capitol is also home to the National Civil War Museum, which supplements its extensive collections of rare artifacts and archival pieces related to both the North and the South with a new sesquicentennial exhibit.
Key attractions in Philadelphia include top-notch collections at the recently renovated Philadelphia Museum of History at the Atwater Kent and the "Audacious Freedom" and "Come See About Me" exhibitions at the African American Museum of Philadelphia. Other fascinating destinations include the historic Belmont Mansion, a stop on the Underground Railroad that helped fugitive slaves find passage to freedom, and the park-like Laurel Hill Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark and final resting place of 39 Union generals and one Confederate general.
Pennsylvania Civil War Trails offers information on road trips across the state developed around specific themes, from "Women and the War" to "The Battle Cry for Equality." Along with destination descriptions, the website supplies resources and background information that create insightful, interactive journeys through time. While traveling these trails, keep an eye out for historical markers with details about places and events.
Travelers in the western part of the state may also cross paths with "The Civil War in Pennsylvania: A Traveling Exhibition," a new circulating exhibit developed by Pittsburgh's prestigious John Heinz History Center. The exhibition will visit 40-plus small museums and historical societies. A separate and larger 10,000-square foot exhibit, "The Civil War in Pennsylvania," is being unveiled at the Heinz History Center in June. This exhibits ties into the publication of a book of the same name published in December 2012; the book stars 400 previously unpublished Pennsylvania Civil War photos that curators and archivists scoured the country to find.
The Civil War touched every part of Pennsylvania and there are countless local tales to be told. Comprehensive information on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Pennsylvania can be found at pacivilwar150.com. Along with the ability to purchase anniversary merchandise, the website offers a full calendar of Civil War sesquicentennial happenings, including high-caliber exhibitions and events vetted by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and bearing the "Civil War 150" logo, as well as re-enactments, lectures, parades and other activities hosted by communities throughout the year.
Be sure to attend events of the Gettysburg 150th - find information on the 10 day event here: gettysburgcivilwar150.com
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Search for a hotel in and around Gettysburg here. If hotels aren't your style, uncheck the hotels & motels box under the "Type" filter and search for a quaint bed & breakfast or resort.


Ford is developing a vehicle that can tackle even the most treacherous of snowy conditions. The Detroit-based auto manufacturer claims to be the first to test fully-autonomous vehicles in winter weather. It has revealed tests that show one of its vehicles driving safely round slippery corners as a flurry of snowflakes surround it. The car uses a combination of 3D maps and LiDar technology to 'see' road markings obscured by drifts of snow, while safety features like traction control help too keep it from losing control. 'It's one thing for a car to drive itself in perfect weather, but it's quite another to do so when the car's sensors can't see the road because it's covered in snow, said Jim McBride, Ford technical leader for autonomous vehicles.


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Q: What variables can affect time period in a pendulum other than length? I have been researching for almost a week looking for some variable that might affect the time period in a pendulum other than length and the only thing I found is the medium and that is due to resistivity. Does anyone have an idea of a variable that might have an effect on the time period of a pendulum?
Thanks a lot.

A: Assuming you are talking about the simple pendulum and concern with minor effects too.
First of all the time period of the pendulum depend on Amplitude. Because for large amplitudes the approximation $\sin\theta\approx \theta$ may not work very well.
$$T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\left[1+\frac{1}{16}\theta_0^2+\cdots\right]$$

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*Temperature : The largest source of error in early pendulums was slight changes in length due to thermal expansion and contraction of the pendulum rod with changes in ambient temperature.

*Atmospheric pressure : The effect of the surrounding air on a moving pendulum is complex and requires fluid mechanics to calculate precisely, but for most purposes its influence on the period can be accounted for by three effects.

By Archimedes' principle the effective weight of the bob is reduced by the buoyancy of the air it displaces, while the mass (inertia) remains the same, reducing the pendulum's acceleration during its swing and increasing the period. This depends on the air pressure and the density of the pendulum, but not its shape.
The pendulum carries an amount of air with it as it swings, and the mass of this air increases the inertia of the pendulum, again reducing the acceleration and increasing the period. This depends on both its density and shape.
Viscous air resistance slows the pendulum's velocity. This has a negligible effect on the period, but dissipates energy, reducing the amplitude. This reduces the pendulum's Q factor, requiring a stronger drive force from the clock's mechanism to keep it moving, which causes increased disturbance to the period.
Gravity : Pendulums are affected by changes in gravitational acceleration, which varies by as much as $0.5$ % at different locations on Earth, so precision pendulum clocks have to be recalibrated after a move. Even moving a pendulum clock to the top of a tall building can cause it to lose measurable time from the reduction in gravity.

Source :  Wikipedia

A: The equation of motion of an ideal pendulum in vacuum is
$$ \ddot \theta + \frac g l \sin \theta=0 $$
where $\theta$ is the angle the pendulum makes with the vertical, $g$ is the gravitational acceleration and $l$ is the length.
For small $\theta$, the equation can be approximated to
$$\ddot \theta + \frac g l \theta=0$$
which describes simple harmonic motion with period
$$T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac l g}. $$
This means that for small oscillation amplitudes, the period depends on the length and the gravitational acceleration. Accelerating the "ceiling" the pendulum is attached to (think an elevator) upward or downward would also be equivalent to a change in $g$ and affect the period.
In the original equation without the small angle approximation, the second (restoring force) term is proportional to $\sin \theta$, which is actually smaller than the $\theta$ factor in the harmonic oscillator restoring force. Since the restoring force is smaller compared to the harmonic oscillator, the pendulum is pulled toward $\theta = 0$ with less acceleration compared to a harmonic oscillator, so the period is larger. Thus, the oscillation amplitude also affects the oscillation period: the greater the amplitude, the worse the small angle approximation and the longer the period.

A: The initial condition affects the amplitude.
From a free body diagram and using that the power is null (energy concervation $\frac{\mathrm{d} E_{mec}}{\mathrm{d} t} = 0$ ) you find as solution (forgetting the trivial solution $\dot\theta = 0$, where $\theta$ is the angle of the pendulum)
$$ \ddot\theta = -\omega_0 \sin\theta ,$$
with $\omega_0^2= \frac{g}{l}$.
Then expanding the $\sin$ to first order (linear approximation) you'd find
$$\ddot\theta = \theta$$ which is an harmonic oscillator and has solution
$$\theta(t) = \theta_0\sin{\left(\omega_0 t\right)}$$.
With $\theta_0$ being the drop angle. Now you can already see that the period depends on the gravity and length (so you already found an other one, i.e. gravity).
But one can do more. The $\sin$ approximation is getting valid only when the angle gets small (how small?). One could get a better approximation by expanding to higher orders. $\sin x = x - \frac{x^3}{6} + o(3)$. Then one would look for solutions of the differential equation
$$\ddot \theta = \omega_0^2\left(\theta - \frac{1}{6}\theta^3\right)$$
sometimes called the Duffing equation. It requires advanced tools to be solved (such as Fourier series expansion). I can tell you that the solution would have a period
$$T = \frac{2\pi}{\omega_0}\left(1+\frac{\theta_0^2}{16}\right)$$.
So you see that with this better approximation the period of the pendulum depends on the drop off angle. Which intuitively makes sense.
If you don't want to solve the equations, you could also keep the $\sin$ formulation and solve the system numerically (implicit Euler or Runge-Kutta for instance) and you would see that the oscillations depend on the drop off angle. Or check by yourself with a pendulum (lab style).
If you have friction the energy will not be conserved and the period will not even be a constant of motion. The period would actually decrease in time.
I hope this helps :), Best

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All In One Boat: The Engaging Arts
Resisted War, Resisted Racism, Resisted Silence: George Houser
August 21, 2015 by wkirkland Leave a Comment
Ninety Nine years is only the last accomplishment of George Houser's amazing life:
WW II conscientious objector, 1940
Co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1942
Bus rider with Bayard Rustin into the segregated south, 1948
South African anti-apartheid organizer, 1952
The New York Times has an obituary. How can we absorb his conscientious humanity?
"Deeply influenced by the work of Henry David Thoreau and Gandhi, Mr. Houser joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1938, while a student there.
In 1940, he and a group of classmates, including David Dellinger, who went on to become a member of the Chicago Seven, refused to register for the draft as mandated by the Selective Training and Service Act. The act had been signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that year.
"As theological students, we had an automatic exemption," Mr. Houser explained in a 2002 interview with The Journal News of Westchester County, N.Y. "But we wanted to protest peacetime conscription."
Mr. Houser, Mr. Dellinger and six fellow students were sentenced to prison in November 1940. Their story was the subject of a 2000 PBS documentary, "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It."
After serving a year in the federal prison at Danbury, Conn., Mr. Houser joined the staff of the Fellowship of Reconciliation as its youth secretary. He later moved to Chicago, where he completed his divinity degree at the Chicago Theological Seminary and received ordination.
In 1942, after Mr. Houser and his friend [James] Farmer were denied service at a Chicago restaurant, they, [Bayard] Rustin and others established what became CORE. Mr. Houser served as the group's first executive secretary.
Bayard Rustin and George Houser, undated, sitting in at Cleveland restaurant
CORE soon became a national organization, enrolling tens of thousands of members in dozens of chapters within its first few years. Endorsing nonviolent protest, it convened sit-ins in public accommodations around the country.
In 1946, ruling in a landmark case, Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, the Supreme Court held that segregation on interstate transit was unconstitutional.
The next year, to test the ruling, Mr. Houser and Mr. Rustin, CORE's first field secretary, organized the Journey of Reconciliation. They convened a team of 16 men — eight black and eight white — to ride interstate buses through the South.
[Cross posted at All In One Boat]
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Courage: Not Just a Game
February 4, 2015 by wkirkland Leave a Comment
Two stories today about shameful history and courageous men.
Charlie Sifford, the first black player allowed on a PGA tour, has passed at age 92. Breaking par, as a caddy at age 13, he was not allowed to play in the PGA until it dropped its white's only rule in 1961.
"In 1952, he was allowed to play in the Phoenix Open in an all-black foursome that included the former heavyweight champion Joe Louis. When the golfers arrived at the first hole, they found that someone had put excrement into it."
Tiger Woods has called Sifford "one of the bravest men ever to play this sport."
Val James, alive and writing his autobiography, Black Ice, helped break the color barrier in another very white sport – professional hockey. He was the first American born black player in the NHL and endured abuse from Americans and Canadians for years.
Warren Skorodenski, a former Springfield, Mass., Indians goalie who spent parts of five seasons in the N.H.L., recalled Springfield fans yelling racial slurs at James and throwing so many bananas on the ice that linesmen collected them during stoppages of play. A few fans, he said, dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style hoods.
"It was disgusting," said Skorodenski, who is not mentioned in the book. "To be in his shoes, I just couldn't imagine."
In Salem, Va., in 1981, a CBS News crew filming a report on James recorded fans chanting a racial epithet at him. A producer interviewed a proud teenager who brought a watermelon to the game for James. Gallagher shared a copy of the report with The New York Times.
"There is the only way I can explain it for people who don't understand that feeling," James said. "Let's start with women. What's the worst thing you can call a woman? Imagine having one of those words thrown at you every three seconds for 60 minutes. Now multiply that 40 road games a year."
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The Sovereign Citizen Circus Explodes in the FOX Den
April 26, 2014 by wkirkland Leave a Comment
Welfare thief, cattleman Cliven Bundy of Nevada, has thrilled the circus masters at FOX news and elsewhere for the past weeks. It all blew up last Saturday when his "I don't recognize the government of the United States" self dragged out its ugly twin of racial animus. "I've often wondered are they were better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy?"
The right-wing suits who had brought him into their studios and onto talk radio and into the news pages, skedaddled as fast as their mouths could move. Of course, those close to home?
…militiamen who showed up with weapons at Bundy's ranch in Nevada say they continue to support him; indeed, they see the news stories as just another conspiracy. "It's part of misinformation to maintain the divide," one militiaman told the Las Vegas Sun [splcenter.org]
Adam Nagourney originally broke the story
Gail Collins gives a good, quick, amusing summary:
So, what have we learned from the Crazy Rancher Guy saga?
You have undoubtedly heard about Cliven Bundy of Nevada, who refuses to pay federal grazing fees for, um, grazing his cattle on federal land. When government agents, acting on a court order, tried to remove Bundy's cows, they were met by armed resisters. The agents wisely withdrew rather than risk bloodshed, and the resisters declared victory.
This was Bundy's happy time. He was a star on Fox News, where his new friend Sean Hannity asked him probing questions like:
"How far are you willing to go?"
"How far are you willing to take this?"
Charles Blow howls his outrage:
How could slaves have been "happier," when more than 12 million were put in shackles, loaded like logs into the bowels of ships and sailed toward shores unknown, away from their world and into their hell?
How could they have been "happier" to be greased up and sold off, mother from child, with no one registering their anguish?
And, for those who think Mr Bundy is being taken out of context, that his views on race are being misrepresented or are something apart from his anti-government animus, Dana Milbank gives the short version of why we should not be surprised.
The anti-government strain of thought that Bundy advanced has been intertwined with racist and anti-Semitic views over several decades. Not all people who resist the authority of the federal government are motivated by race, of course, and not all racists are anti-government. But there is a long symbiosis between the two.
Among those who rallied to Bundy's defense in Bunkerville, Nev. — the supporters Heller labeled patriots — was Wiley Drake, an Internet preacher affiliated with the "Oath Keepers" movement. According to reports from the scene, Drake told a crowd of Bundy supporters that they shouldn't bow to the "half-breed" President Obama.
In general terms, Bundy's notion of state supremacy — "I don't recognize the United States government as even existing" — is a variant of states'-rights claims that go back to the Civil War and were revived in the segregationists' opposition to civil rights laws. Because the federal government has been the protector of minority rights, states' rights have long been used to justify discrimination.
Specifically, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks anti-government and hate groups, says that Bundy's sentiments align closely with those of the "Posse Comitatus" movement, founded by William Potter Gale in the 1970s.
For a mini-seminar in what this is give a listen to this Rachel Maddow piece about the Posse Comitatus and Sovereign Citizen movements. As the folks over at the Daily Banter say,
What she does here is extraordinary, and that's precisely what's so infuriating because she shouldn't have been the only one digging beneath the surface of Cliven Bundy's anti-government rhetoric to uncover the darkness at the center of his ideology.
Filed under Race, Weapons Tagged with Extreme Right, Militias, Race
Melville and Obama and American Racism
January 20, 2014 by wkirkland Leave a Comment
"Benito Cereno" [by Herman Melville] is based on a true historical incident, which I [Greg Grandin] started researching around the time Mr. Obama announced his first bid for the presidency. Since then, I've been struck by the persistence of fears, which began even before his election, that Mr. Obama isn't what he seems: that instead of being a faithful public servant he is carrying out a leftist plot hatched decades ago to destroy America; or if not that, then he is a secret Muslim intent on supplanting the Constitution with Islamic law; or a Kenyan-born anti-colonialist out to avenge his native Africa.
No other American president has had to face, before even taking office, an opposition convinced of not just his political but his existential illegitimacy.
… Amasa Delano [In Benito Cereno] represents a new kind of racism, based not on theological or philosophical doctrine but rather on the emotional need to measure one's absolute freedom in inverse relation to another's absolute slavishness. This was a racism that was born in chattel slavery but didn't die with chattel slavery, instead evolving into today's cult of individual supremacy, which, try as it might, can't seem to shake off its white supremacist roots.
THIS helps explain those Confederate flags that appear at conservative rallies, as well as why Tea Party-backed politicians like Sarah Palin and Rand Paul insist on equating federal policies they don't like with chattel bondage. Believing in the "right to health care," Mr. Paul once said, is "basically saying you believe in slavery."
Read all Melville, Obama and the Tea Party
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Rand Paul: Denying While Playing the Racial Supremacy Game
July 10, 2013 by wkirkland Leave a Comment
Updates below:
Rand Paul, standard bearer for a particular brand of American Libertarianism, either knew about his new media director's past as the masked Southern Avenger for 13 years and decided it didn't matter, or he didn't know and hired a key aide without doing even a pro-forma background check. I have to think the former since even a bonafide libertarian would care if say, a pedophile, joined his staff, and would therefore, have some sort of background check set up.
Perhaps Paul himself doesn't think having Jack Hunter, a man who celebrates the birthday of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, on his staff is a problem — for himself. Perhaps he sees it as the epitome of libertarian tolerance. But Rand Paul is a p-o-l-i-t-i-c-i-a-n. His success in his chosen field depends not on his personal feelings alone, but on thousands of voters. Did it not occur to him that someone who 'compared Lincoln to Saddam Hussein and suggested that the 16th president would have had a romantic relationship with Adolf Hitler if the two met,' would be a force-field pushing not a few voting hands to another lever?
From 1999 to 2012, Hunter was a South Carolina radio shock jock known as the "Southern Avenger." He has weighed in on issues such as racial pride and Hispanic immigration, and stated his support for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
During public appearances, Hunter often wore a mask on which was printed a Confederate flag.
Prior to his radio career, while in his 20s, Hunter was a chairman in the League of the South, which "advocates the secession and subsequent independence of the Southern States from this forced union and the formation of a Southern republic."
Rand Paul's statements against American warmongering are to be applauded, but as in certain Japanese universities we should all rumble the floor with the foot beats of disapproval when he hires a man who has led the way in mainstreaming ugly strains of the country's racist past.
[And yes, people do change, as Hunter has claimed he has. If so how about some public self analysis? How about a real look at what he did as the Southern Avenger and some conversation about what led him to change from those ideas? How about letting himself be grilled, as other public penitents have done? How many hours did he hold forth on the idea that 'A non-white majority America would simply cease to be America for reasons that are as numerous as they are obvious – whether we are supposed to mention them or not."? Can we have one-tenth of the time to decide if he has really changed? ]
The Free Beacon, a conservative on-line source, broke the story about Hunter. The Daily Caller, for which Hunter has written recently, with a muted pen, headlines that his old ideas are no longer with him. Chris Hayes, of MSNBC, who featured the Paul-Hunter relationship on Tuesday's show, said that Paul himself, had three racist strikes against him and should be known as holding such views.
Keeping It Real on 'neo-Confederate Libertarians'
…the neo-Confederates, the Lew Rockwells and that whole crew are fundamentally about white supremacy and nativism. And the Paul clan has been thick as thieves with those folks forever.
Who knows what's in their hearts and frankly who cares? But none of this latest stuff should surprise us. And I don't know why real libertarians waste any time making any sort of common cause with these folks.
The Libertarian War over the Civil War
[The Libertarian magazine] Reason is firmly in the anti-neo-Confederate camp. In 2008 they reported on the racist newsletters put out under Texas Rep. Ron Paul's name and criticized the presidential candidate for allying himself with that strain in libertarianism. In response, they received scores of angry letters accusing them of selling out the movement. The neo-Confederates are largely centered around libertarian author Lew Rockwell (who worked with Paul and is widely suspected to have written the offensive newsletters), his website LewRockwell.com and his think-tank the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
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Rosa Parks: More Militant than Meek
Charles Blow at the NY Times, brings to view a new book on the woman whose Civil Rights fame is second only to Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks. She was not, it turns out, the humble seamstress she is often portrayed as being. She had long rankled at the treatment of her family and friends by whites. She talked back and on more than one occasion was restrained by those older and more experienced.
When she was a child, a young white man taunted her. In turn, she threatened him with a brick. Her grandmother reprimanded her as "too high-strung," warning that Rosa would be lynched before the age of 20. Rosa responded, "I would be lynched rather than be run over by them."
the idea that she stayed seated on the famous bus ride because of physical fatigue is pure fiction.
"I didn't tell anyone my feet were hurting," the book quotes her as saying. "It was just popular, I suppose because they wanted to give some excuse other than the fact that I didn't want to be pushed around."
The book also lays out Parks's leading role in the bus boycotts and her decades of activism after the civil rights movement.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis, you might want to read it.
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The Appalling Past (has of course not yet passed…)
October 6, 2012 by wkirkland Leave a Comment
The NY Times obituary of a man I had never heard of, Pedro A. Sanjuan, stopped me completely this morning, reminding me how recent the past is, and how, from today, appalling:
His first battleground was the Maryland portion of Route 40, a federal highway. The ambassadors of Chad and Sierra Leone were among eight diplomats who had been refused service along there. The Chad ambassador was on his way to present his credentials to President Kennedy. The 7-year-old son of a diplomat was refused a glass of water.
Mr. Sanjuan visited more than 90 restaurants and drive-ins along the highway, and persuaded about half to serve blacks. He testified before the Maryland legislature on behalf of civil rights legislation. He met with representatives of the Congress of Racial Equality, the civil rights group known as CORE, which staged protests to pressure the restaurants. He spoke to civic groups.
"We pour millions into foreign aid," he said. "How senseless it is to ruin this tremendous effort by refusing to serve a cup of coffee to a customer whose skin is dark."
… One African delegate to the United Nations, Mr. Sanjuan was told, had been barred from an airport restaurant while passing through Atlanta and consigned to a stool in a hangar, where he ate a sandwich wrapped in wax paper. The delegate later became his country's prime minister.
…The situation festered until the Maryland legislature passed a law in 1963 opening public accommodations. The landmark federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 cemented the progress. Historians say publicity about the diplomats had accelerated these steps.
It goes without saying that even the good work he, and the Kennedy brothers did, was tinted with infamy: their alarm was for the diplomats and their families, not the Americans who were treated even worse, daily.
Filed under Race Tagged with Race, Segregation
Another White Supremacist Hate Spree
Arrests in Yuba City, CA, of a man and woman
"The indictment in this case alleges horrendous crimes were committed as part of defendants' white supremacist campaign to kidnap and murder targets on the basis of race, color, religion and perceived 'degenerate' conduct,"
This following the massacres of Sikhs in Wisconsin and the burning of a mosque in Missouri last week – post.
Filed under Race Tagged with Racism, White Supremacists
Ron Paul Supporters Hacked: Not Pretty
Several sites have picked up on claims by Anonymous that it has hacked into American Third Position (A3P) and discovered a trove of data linking Ron Paul with members of A3P and the Board of Directors, as well as Nick Griffin of the British National Party.
International Business Times was the first to report, but it has been followed by Little Green Footballs, a formerly dependable right-wing site (now not so much,) which calls A3P "racist Neanderthals," and Pensito Review.
Paul's campaign denies any connection with A3P.
I can't find any of the actual "dump," from Anonymous, just their statement about what it found, and a list of racist sites it claims to have defaced. Release them, please. We'd like to see.
The New Republic in its January 17, 2012 edition posted a long article detailing the articles that appeared under Ron Paul's name in his newsletter Survival Report, in the 1990s — most of which Paul has recently claimed were not actually his thoughts. Yes, of course, people do change their minds over matters as serious as these. To be convinced of a change, however, ownership of both before and after has to be acknowledged.
From left, Paul at the 2007 Values Voters debate with Don Black, of the neo-Nazi web site Stormfront, and his son, Derek Black
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Gingrich Rides the Horses of Animus And Vituperation to South Carolina Victory
January 21, 2012 by wkirkland 1 Comment
Well, the good people of South Carolina have hung a flapping, hysterical albatross around the the Republican Party and the country at large, even if Newt Gingrich bombs with the rest of us. His victory in the GOP primaries today, ensures that his brand of vituperative nastiness will be hoisted like a shining trophy for the infatuated to find their own, screaming reflections in.
Charles Blow, who wrote before the shameful win, has much to say about the man
Republicans are willing to forgive his flaws and his past because he connects with a silent slice of their core convictions — their deep-seated, long-simmering issues with an "elite" media bias, minority "privilege" and Obama's "otherness."
He's the street fighter with a history of poisonous politics who not only goes there but dwells there. He makes his nest among the thorns of open animus and coded language.
Gingrich went on to say, "I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama by attacking Republicans." Points scored. The crowd ate it up.
As for the president, Gingrich this week at a campaign stop called the president's decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline "stunningly stupid." Even more points. The crowd jumped to its feet and pumped fists.
I'd say that the disgruntled whispers I hear among some folks that they won't vote for Obama because they are soooo disapointed might try getting regruntled, less they leave us the rest of us facing the north end of this horse moving south….
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Multimedia propaganda has been used since the beginning of the 20th century by almost every country to promote a political cause or point of view by "attempt[ing] to influence the emotions, attitudes, or behavior of a group, in order to benefit the sponsor"(1) All forms of propaganda are known for providing biased or misleading information. During World War II, each nation used different techniques to create propaganda posters, movies, and songs. By using negative and positive symbols, respected people, slogans to evoke fear or hatred, and persuasion, countries overall gained public support for the war. The world today still practices the usage of multimedia propaganda, and there is actually such a large production of propaganda that it is…show more content…
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Q: href error in .jsp i had this code in my .jsp file:

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and when i click the link, i got this error:

HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented
  it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.ServletException:
  File "/1920.14042009/pages/client_navbar.jsp" not found
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:522)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:398)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:337)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
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i also tried replacing ${pageContext.request.contextPath}...
with
http://localhost:8080/1920.14042009/pages/client_about.jsp.

error still persists.
help pls...

A: The problem is not with the two lines of code or using ${pageContext.request.contextPath}
The file client_navbar.jsp is not available in the context, but is referred by the jsp file that the link points to. Please check...

A: How this File "/1920.14042009/pages/client_navbar.jsp"  came into Picture, How it is redirected to this file, can you please post redirection code if any along with package structure.


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British mountain biker accidentally shot dead by hunter in French Alps
by Simon MacMichael October 14 2018
34-year-old victim reportedly ran a restaurant near Morzine
A British mountain biker has been accidentally shot dead by a hunter in the French Alps, reports the Dauphiné Libéré.
The fatal shooting happened at around 6pm yesterday evening in the commune of Montrion in Haute Savoie, close to the Swiss border.
The victim, aged 34, ran a restaurant in the commune of Gets, near Morzine. A post mortem will be performed in the coming week.
He had been descending a path on the edge of a wood when he was shot, but according to state prosecutor Philippe Toccanier, would have been "perfectly visible."
The fatal shot was fired by a 22-year-old male who had been taking part in a game shoot organised by a local hunting club.
The hunter was hospitalised in a state of shock, while an investigation has been opened into suspected aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
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Hair donations provide hope
Taylor Thrush, Journalist
Students can change someone's life just by changing their appearance. Each year the school has a couple of people donate hair.
Junior Brandi Bremiller donated 14 inches of hair in Nov. She was looking for a change and thought she could help someone in that process.
"I've always been about doing all I can to help people in need," said Bremiller. "Why would I just throw my hair away when it could go towards a good cause?"
The hair donated to nonprofit organizations, such as Locks of Love, goes toward wigs for disadvantaged children under the age of 21 suffering from any long term medical hair loss.
"The hair could help them get their confidence back and live their lives as freely as they wish," said Bremiller. "It would be one less obstacle they have to face."
Economics teacher Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffbauer donated her hair twice. She donated 12 inches in 2010 and 13 inches in 2013 in honor of her mother who was battling cancer at the time.
"Hair often times is a show of strength for women, and I couldn't imagine not doing anything when I could to help women of all ages feel pretty," said Hoffbauer.
At the Icebreaker assembly staff and students can donate hair.
"While wearing a hairpiece is certainly not a cure for these children, it can help restore some of the normalcy to their everyday lives that most of us take for granted," said www.locksof love.org. "It is our goal to help provide a foundation on which they can begin to rebuild their self-esteem."
Children suffering from diseases such as cancer can often lose sight of hope. They become fatigued and start to pull away from normal everyday activities.
The wig helps to get them involved in those activities again and gives them a piece of their former life back. The Locks of Love foundation has done research that showed actual health benefits of children receiving wigs.
Locks of Love encourages abled kids to donate hair with 80 percent of their donations coming from people under the age of 21. Organizations like this rely on the community to continue helping others.
"We as people don't realize what we have and how blessed we are," said Bremiller. "Some people don't have the same blessings as others."
Students are encouraged to give back to their community while teachers help provide an example. People like Bremiller help set an example for their peers.
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Joe Warren and Pat Curran both successfully made weight for their featherweight championship fight in the main event of Bellator 60.
Taking place from The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, Bellator 60 also features the quarterfinal round of the Season 6 featherweight tournament.
McCorkle tweeted shortly following the weigh-ins, "For the record, I didn't miss weight tonight. I was 4/10 of a pound over with underwear on. 20 min later I weighed naked and was on weight".
Da Silva had two hours to lose three pounds to make the 146 pound featherweight limit. Update: Bellator announced that Kenny Foster will replace Genair da Silva in the featherweight tournament.