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Bayern Munich 2020 Champions League Winners
Bayern Munich are European Champions after beating PSG 1-0 in the 2020 Champions League final in Lisbon on Sunday night.
Kingsley Coman - the former PSG player - scored the decisive goal in the 59th minute, converting a Joshua Kimmich cross for the only goal of the game.
For PSG, the agonising wait goes on. Their big name players performed well to get them to the final, but on the night they fell just short.
While the match might have failed to live up to expectations when it came to goals, it was still an enthralling watch.
The 1-0 scoreline ensured the game was in the balance right until the death. But ultimately, it was the Germans who had just that little bit extra needed when it came to the business end of the competition.
2020 Champions League win completes an amazing season for Bayern Munich
Amazing stats for Bayern Munich
The star men never turned up for PSG
Tuchel preferred to focus on the positives
Where was the 2020 Champions League final played?
The 1-0 win for Bayern caps an amazing turnaround in fortune, and completed an outstanding first season in charge for coach, Hansi Flick.
The former Germany assistant coach only took over from the sacked Niko Kovac in November, following a 5-1 hammering by Eintracht Frankfurt.
At the time Munich were 4th in the Bundesliga, and the team was in total disarray.
What has happened since at Munich has been nothing short of astonishing.
Even by the standards of a successful club like Bayern.
The 1-0 win over PSG completed the treble of Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League for Bayern Munich. This is only the second time it's been done by a German side. No surprise to find Bayern were the first to do it, back in 2013.
The win is the sixth time Bayern Munich have won the Champions League/European Cup. Only Real Madrid (13) and AC Milan (7) have won Europe's premier competition more often.
Sunday's win means Bayern became the first team to win every Champions League match played in a season. In total, they won 11 matches up to and including the Champions League final.
The win for Bayern was their 21st victory in a row. They have won every match they have played in all competitions since the Bundesliga resumed in mid May.
Flick can do no wrong
For coach Hansi Flick, it seems he can do no wrong.
It's fair to say one or two eyebrows were raised when the team was announced and Ivan Perisic had been left out by Flick.
It was a big call. Perisic had done nothing wrong, and even scored the second goal in the 8-2 win over Barcelona in the semi-final.
And what happens? The man brought in by Flick to replace Perisic, Kingsley Coman, goes on to score the winner.
At the moment everything Flick touches, seems to be turning to gold.
Neuer looked unbeatable
Another man who had an outstanding night was Munich keeper, Manuel Neuer.
The giant shot stopper put in a commanding display, and looked as assured as ever.
The captain must have seemed like an unmovable object to the PSG players.
Not only was his handling first class, he also showed how technically accomplished he is by saving well with his feet on two occasions.
Neuer's performance prompted veteran striker Thomas Muller to say he is the number 1 keeper in the world.
Former Bayern and Germany keeper, Oliver Kahn, also added that Neuer is the country's greatest-ever player in the goalkeeping position.
The French champions can't be accused of not turning up on the night.
PSG had enough chances, but fell short due to a combination of Manuel Neuer, and some poor finishing.
Despite improving in every game up to the final, Brazilian superstar Neymar couldn't find that extra special piece of magic required on such a big night.
Fellow striker Kylian Mbappe had a night to forget as well.
The young French striker didn't properly get hold of a great chance at the end of the 1st half, and in truth, he never really got going at all.
It's on such big occasions you need that special piece of magic from your star performers. And on this occasion, unfortunately for PSG, it was missing.
Coach Thomas Tuchel was surprisingly upbeat in his after match interview, refusing to be too disheartened.
Tuchel focused on the positives of how well his team had done to reach the final.
He was also very philosophical that it was just the quality in finishing that was the difference between the two sides. A view that was hard to disagree with.
It's amazing to think that Tuchel went from been 5 minutes from the sack when his side were 1-0 down to Atalanta in the quarter-finals, to almost winning the Champions League.
Benfica's Estádio da Luz hosted the 2020 Champions League final. The match kicked off at 8pm (UK time) on Sunday 23rd August.
There were no fans in attendance due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and the restrictions placed on sporting events in the aftermath.
The match was originally due to be played in Istanbal's Atatürk Olympic Stadium on 30th May.
Reaction to Munich's Champions League victory
There was high praise indeed on social media from across the world for Munich's sixth Champions League triumph.
Everybody from French President Macron, to Germany's favourite adopted son, David 'Knight Rider' Hasselhoff, paid tribute to the champions.
Félicitations au @FCBayern pour sa sixième Ligue des champions et au @PSG_inside pour son parcours exceptionnel. L'heure de la victoire viendra pour le football français.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) August 23, 2020
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEP5A2hnxUQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
There it is! You have definitely earned this trophy, @FCBayern - an indescribable feeling that I like to think back to day after day! 😉 Greetings to Lisbon and enjoy this very special moment! 🎉🏆 #UCL #PSGFCB pic.twitter.com/oez4jiM39p
— Bastian Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) August 23, 2020
Congrats to Bayern Munich ! The Sweeper Keeper is the Man ! Great game !! PSG was awesome ! pic.twitter.com/5EuFxlNuse
— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) August 23, 2020


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/**
 * @module echarts/chart/helper/Symbol
 */
define(function (require) {

    var zrUtil = require('zrender/core/util');
    var symbolUtil = require('../../util/symbol');
    var graphic = require('../../util/graphic');
    var numberUtil = require('../../util/number');

    function normalizeSymbolSize(symbolSize) {
        if (!zrUtil.isArray(symbolSize)) {
            symbolSize = [+symbolSize, +symbolSize];
        }
        return symbolSize;
    }

    /**
     * @constructor
     * @alias {module:echarts/chart/helper/Symbol}
     * @param {module:echarts/data/List} data
     * @param {number} idx
     * @extends {module:zrender/graphic/Group}
     */
    function Symbol(data, idx) {
        graphic.Group.call(this);

        this.updateData(data, idx);
    }

    var symbolProto = Symbol.prototype;

    function driftSymbol(dx, dy) {
        this.parent.drift(dx, dy);
    }

    symbolProto._createSymbol = function (symbolType, data, idx) {
        // Remove paths created before
        this.removeAll();

        var seriesModel = data.hostModel;
        var color = data.getItemVisual(idx, 'color');

        var symbolPath = symbolUtil.createSymbol(
            symbolType, -0.5, -0.5, 1, 1, color
        );

        symbolPath.attr({
            style: {
                strokeNoScale: true
            },
            z2: 100,
            culling: true,
            scale: [0, 0]
        });
        // Rewrite drift method
        symbolPath.drift = driftSymbol;

        var size = normalizeSymbolSize(data.getItemVisual(idx, 'symbolSize'));

        graphic.initProps(symbolPath, {
            scale: size
        }, seriesModel);

        this._symbolType = symbolType;

        this.add(symbolPath);
    };

    /**
     * Stop animation
     * @param {boolean} toLastFrame
     */
    symbolProto.stopSymbolAnimation = function (toLastFrame) {
        this.childAt(0).stopAnimation(toLastFrame);
    };

    /**
     * Get scale(aka, current symbol size).
     * Including the change caused by animation
     * @param {Array.<number>} toLastFrame
     */
    symbolProto.getScale = function () {
        return this.childAt(0).scale;
    };

    /**
     * Highlight symbol
     */
    symbolProto.highlight = function () {
        this.childAt(0).trigger('emphasis');
    };

    /**
     * Downplay symbol
     */
    symbolProto.downplay = function () {
        this.childAt(0).trigger('normal');
    };

    /**
     * @param {number} zlevel
     * @param {number} z
     */
    symbolProto.setZ = function (zlevel, z) {
        var symbolPath = this.childAt(0);
        symbolPath.zlevel = zlevel;
        symbolPath.z = z;
    };

    symbolProto.setDraggable = function (draggable) {
        var symbolPath = this.childAt(0);
        symbolPath.draggable = draggable;
        symbolPath.cursor = draggable ? 'move' : 'pointer';
    };
    /**
     * Update symbol properties
     * @param  {module:echarts/data/List} data
     * @param  {number} idx
     */
    symbolProto.updateData = function (data, idx) {
        var symbolType = data.getItemVisual(idx, 'symbol') || 'circle';
        var seriesModel = data.hostModel;
        var symbolSize = normalizeSymbolSize(data.getItemVisual(idx, 'symbolSize'));
        if (symbolType !== this._symbolType) {
            this._createSymbol(symbolType, data, idx);
        }
        else {
            var symbolPath = this.childAt(0);
            graphic.updateProps(symbolPath, {
                scale: symbolSize
            }, seriesModel);
        }
        this._updateCommon(data, idx, symbolSize);

        this._seriesModel = seriesModel;
    };

    // Update common properties
    var normalStyleAccessPath = ['itemStyle', 'normal'];
    var emphasisStyleAccessPath = ['itemStyle', 'emphasis'];
    var normalLabelAccessPath = ['label', 'normal'];
    var emphasisLabelAccessPath = ['label', 'emphasis'];

    symbolProto._updateCommon = function (data, idx, symbolSize) {
        var symbolPath = this.childAt(0);
        var seriesModel = data.hostModel;
        var itemModel = data.getItemModel(idx);
        var normalItemStyleModel = itemModel.getModel(normalStyleAccessPath);
        var color = data.getItemVisual(idx, 'color');

        var hoverStyle = itemModel.getModel(emphasisStyleAccessPath).getItemStyle();

        symbolPath.rotation = itemModel.getShallow('symbolRotate') * Math.PI / 180 || 0;

        var symbolOffset = itemModel.getShallow('symbolOffset');
        if (symbolOffset) {
            var pos = symbolPath.position;
            pos[0] = numberUtil.parsePercent(symbolOffset[0], symbolSize[0]);
            pos[1] = numberUtil.parsePercent(symbolOffset[1], symbolSize[1]);
        }

        symbolPath.setColor(color);

        zrUtil.extend(
            symbolPath.style,
            // Color must be excluded.
            // Because symbol provide setColor individually to set fill and stroke
            normalItemStyleModel.getItemStyle(['color'])
        );

        var labelModel = itemModel.getModel(normalLabelAccessPath);
        var hoverLabelModel = itemModel.getModel(emphasisLabelAccessPath);

        var elStyle = symbolPath.style;

        // Get last value dim
        var dimensions = data.dimensions.slice();
        var valueDim = dimensions.pop();
        var dataType;
        while (
            ((dataType = data.getDimensionInfo(valueDim).type) === 'ordinal')
            || (dataType === 'time')
        ) {
            valueDim = dimensions.pop();
        }

        if (labelModel.get('show')) {
            graphic.setText(elStyle, labelModel, color);
            elStyle.text = zrUtil.retrieve(
                seriesModel.getFormattedLabel(idx, 'normal'),
                data.get(valueDim, idx)
            );
        }
        else {
            elStyle.text = '';
        }

        if (hoverLabelModel.getShallow('show')) {
            graphic.setText(hoverStyle, hoverLabelModel, color);
            hoverStyle.text = zrUtil.retrieve(
                seriesModel.getFormattedLabel(idx, 'emphasis'),
                data.get(valueDim, idx)
            );
        }
        else {
            hoverStyle.text = '';
        }

        var size = normalizeSymbolSize(data.getItemVisual(idx, 'symbolSize'));

        symbolPath.off('mouseover')
            .off('mouseout')
            .off('emphasis')
            .off('normal');

        graphic.setHoverStyle(symbolPath, hoverStyle);

        if (itemModel.getShallow('hoverAnimation')) {
            var onEmphasis = function() {
                var ratio = size[1] / size[0];
                this.animateTo({
                    scale: [
                        Math.max(size[0] * 1.1, size[0] + 3),
                        Math.max(size[1] * 1.1, size[1] + 3 * ratio)
                    ]
                }, 400, 'elasticOut');
            };
            var onNormal = function() {
                this.animateTo({
                    scale: size
                }, 400, 'elasticOut');
            };
            symbolPath.on('mouseover', onEmphasis)
                .on('mouseout', onNormal)
                .on('emphasis', onEmphasis)
                .on('normal', onNormal);
        }
    };

    symbolProto.fadeOut = function (cb) {
        var symbolPath = this.childAt(0);
        // Not show text when animating
        symbolPath.style.text = '';
        graphic.updateProps(symbolPath, {
            scale: [0, 0]
        }, this._seriesModel, cb);
    };

    zrUtil.inherits(Symbol, graphic.Group);

    return Symbol;
});

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namespace MicroMapper.Mappers
{
    using System;
    using Internal;
    using System.Reflection;

    public class EnumMapper : IObjectMapper
    {
        private static INullableConverterFactory NullableConverterFactory { get; }
            = PlatformAdapter.Resolve<INullableConverterFactory>();

        private static IEnumNameValueMapperFactory EnumNameValueMapperFactory { get; }
            = PlatformAdapter.Resolve<IEnumNameValueMapperFactory>();

        public object Map(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            var runner = context.MapperContext.Runner;

            var toEnum = false;
            var enumSourceType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.SourceType);
            var enumDestinationType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.DestinationType);

            if (EnumToStringMapping(context, ref toEnum))
            {
                if (context.SourceValue == null)
                {
                    return runner.CreateObject(context);
                }

                if (toEnum)
                {
                    var stringValue = context.SourceValue.ToString();
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringValue))
                    {
                        return runner.CreateObject(context);
                    }

                    return Enum.Parse(enumDestinationType, stringValue, true);
                }
                return Enum.GetName(enumSourceType, context.SourceValue);
            }
            if (EnumToEnumMapping(context))
            {
                if (context.SourceValue == null)
                {
                    if (runner.ShouldMapSourceValueAsNull(context) && context.DestinationType.IsNullableType())
                        return null;

                    return runner.CreateObject(context);
                }

                if (!Enum.IsDefined(enumSourceType, context.SourceValue))
                {
                    return Enum.ToObject(enumDestinationType, context.SourceValue);
                }

                if (FeatureDetector.IsEnumGetNamesSupported)
                {
                    var enumValueMapper = EnumNameValueMapperFactory.Create();

                    if (enumValueMapper.IsMatch(enumDestinationType, context.SourceValue.ToString()))
                    {
                        return enumValueMapper.Convert(enumSourceType, enumDestinationType, context);
                    }
                }

                return Enum.Parse(enumDestinationType, Enum.GetName(enumSourceType, context.SourceValue), true);
            }
            if (EnumToUnderlyingTypeMapping(context, ref toEnum))
            {
                if (toEnum && context.SourceValue != null)
                {
                    return Enum.Parse(enumDestinationType, context.SourceValue.ToString(), true);
                }

                if (EnumToNullableTypeMapping(context))
                {
                    return ConvertEnumToNullableType(context);
                }

                return Convert.ChangeType(context.SourceValue, context.DestinationType, null);
            }
            return null;
        }

        public bool IsMatch(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            bool toEnum = false;
            return EnumToStringMapping(context, ref toEnum) || EnumToEnumMapping(context) ||
                   EnumToUnderlyingTypeMapping(context, ref toEnum);
        }

        private static bool EnumToEnumMapping(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            // Enum to enum mapping
            var sourceEnumType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.SourceType);
            var destEnumType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.DestinationType);
            return sourceEnumType != null && destEnumType != null;
        }

        private static bool EnumToUnderlyingTypeMapping(ResolutionContext context, ref bool toEnum)
        {
            var sourceEnumType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.SourceType);
            var destEnumType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.DestinationType);

            // Enum to underlying type
            if (sourceEnumType != null)
            {
                return context.DestinationType.IsAssignableFrom(Enum.GetUnderlyingType(sourceEnumType));
            }
            if (destEnumType != null)
            {
                toEnum = true;
                return context.SourceType.IsAssignableFrom(Enum.GetUnderlyingType(destEnumType));
            }
            return false;
        }

        private static bool EnumToStringMapping(ResolutionContext context, ref bool toEnum)
        {
            var sourceEnumType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.SourceType);
            var destEnumType = TypeHelper.GetEnumerationType(context.DestinationType);

            // Enum to string
            if (sourceEnumType != null)
            {
                return context.DestinationType.IsAssignableFrom(typeof (string));
            }
            if (destEnumType != null)
            {
                toEnum = true;
                return context.SourceType.IsAssignableFrom(typeof (string));
            }
            return false;
        }

        private static bool EnumToNullableTypeMapping(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            if (!context.DestinationType.IsGenericType())
            {
                return false;
            }

            var genericType = context.DestinationType.GetGenericTypeDefinition();
            return genericType.Equals(typeof (Nullable<>));
        }

        private static object ConvertEnumToNullableType(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            var nullableConverter = NullableConverterFactory.Create(context.DestinationType);

            if (context.IsSourceValueNull)
            {
                return nullableConverter.ConvertFrom(context.SourceValue);
            }

            var destType = nullableConverter.UnderlyingType;
            return Convert.ChangeType(context.SourceValue, destType, null);
        }
    }
}


Dr. Christine Llewellyn from the Williamsburg Climate Action Network is the guest speaker at tomorrow's (Sat. July 25) Virginia Beach Democratic Committee breakfast meeting, 9:00am at Mom's Kitchen, 3501 Holland Rd. She will present on the Old Dominion Electric Coop's $6 billion 1500 megawatt stinker of a coal plant proposed for the small town of Dendron Virginia, in Surry County just 18 miles upwind from Williamsburg.
The event is free and open to the public. Individual tabs apply.


Happiness fills the entire hockey community as the NHL lockout ends, but for certain teams like the Phantoms, a troubling season just became more troubling. When the Phantoms lose Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier and Erik Gustafsson to the Flyers sometime this week, their top point scorer will have only 13 points, thirty-three games into the season.
The Phantoms find themselves tied for last place in the Eastern Conference. They have already lost Ben Holmstrom for the year with an ACL tear and are now on the verge of losing their top three point-getters – Gustafsson may find his way back to the Phantoms lineup if the Flyers have a healthy defensive roster. Zac Rinaldo will also be rejoining the Flyers once camp is underway.
With the inevitable departure of several key players from the Phantoms' squad, the Trenton Titans are sure to get the worst of the post-lockout roster moves. After recently losing Blake Kessel and Ian Slater to the Phantoms, the Titans will now most likely lose Shane Harper, Andrew Johnston, and Matt Mangene. Luke Pither is another player that might be called up to the Phantoms' roster.
The Titans have also struggled this season (12th in East) and will undoubtedly have trouble catching up in the standings after losing some key players.
The Phantoms will hope other players such as Eric Wellwood and Harry Zolnierczyk can step up and provide some offense once the NHL season does begin, barring neither of them end up on the Flyers' roster. Tyler Brown and Mike Testwuide will also need to step up for the Phantoms. Jason Akeson started the season with Trenton, but was since called up and has had a decent season, posting 3 goals and 10 assists in just 19 games with the team. He will need to keep up that play if the Phantoms want to make any sort of a late-season run.
Although the Trenton Titans will most likely be hit the hardest with this situation, the Phantoms also have quite an uphill battle. With a little more than half the season to be played, a big roster transition like this could be either a good thing or a bad thing for a team. Luckily for the Phantoms, every team in the league must go through this process.


I'm a business reporter for City A.M. covering the vice and leisure industries. You can read my work here.
In my spare time I am working on a project called The Student Journalism Handbook. It is a celebration of the role student newspapers play in producing great journalists, featuring interviews with people in the media who had their start at university publications. Please get in touch with me on key.alys@gmail.com if you are interested in being interviewed or know someone who might be.


Riccardo Tisci is a designer who likes to get mileage out of a theme once he's found it. So far, he's used a trip to South America to fuel his Fall ready-to-wear and haute couture shows, and he's not stopping for Resort. No matter, though, because it's here that the filtering of Latin American Catholicism and gaucho influence makes the most sense as elements of an urban wardrobe.
Tisci's skill in developing Givenchy as a go-to blouse house was stamped all over Resort in different ways: undulating plissé frills falling into asymmetric jabots, a crisp linen jacquard lace, shirtdresses, and (a trend to watch) a lot of new scarf action at the neck—either wound integrally into striped and bandanna-print shirts, or as silk squares, knotted Girl Scout-style. Accessory-wise, there was a choice of fully embracing the South American Way—gold cowboy boots, gaucho riding-chap boots—or not. A great fold-over tobacco lizard clutch was charged with the kind of unidentifiable, no-logo chic that is quietly gathering more and more followers to the cult of Givenchy.


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Home » Electronic » Bluetooth LE RF Transceiver Technologies That Simplify Board Design
Bluetooth LE RF Transceiver Technologies That Simplify Board Design
Announced at ISSCC 2022: Impedance Tuning and Reference Signal Self-Correction Technologies Can Facilitate Bluetooth LE Implementation in IoT Devices
Bluetooth LE RF Transceiver Circuit Prototype Chip
Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced the development of two 2.4 GHz RF transceiver technologies that support the Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) low-power, near-field communication standard. The new technologies also achieve a smaller mounting area and better power efficiency. Renesas presented these technologies at International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2022 (ISSCC 2022), held between February 20 and 24 in San Francisco.
In addition to being compact, low cost, and power efficient, IoT devices must provide flexible support for Bluetooth LE regardless of their implementation format. Renesas has developed two new technologies to address these requirements: 1) a matching circuit technology that covers a wide impedance range and enables the IC to match a variety of antenna and board impedances without an external impedance-matching circuit; 2) a signal correction technology for locally generated reference signals that uses a small circuit to self correct inconsistencies in the circuit elements and variations in surrounding conditions without calibration.
Renesas has verified the effectiveness of these technologies on a Bluetooth LE RF transceiver circuit prototype built with a 22-nm CMOS process. With these new technologies, Renesas reduced the circuit area including the power supply to 0.84 mm2, the world's smallest for a device of this type. This was achieved by modifying the receiver architecture to reduce the number of inductors and making enhancements such as a low-current baseband amplifier with a small mounting area and a highly efficient class-D amplifier. They offer best-in-class power efficiency, with power consumption of 3.6 mW and 4.1 mW during reception and transmission respectively. These advances enable smaller size, reduced board cost, and lower power consumption, while simplifying the board design process.
The benefits of the new RF transceiver technologies are:
1. Matching Circuit Technology Covering Wide Impedance Range (On-chip Antenna Impedance Tuner, AIT)
The integrated impedance-matching circuit technology presented by Renesas at ISSCC 2015 enabled compact and low-cost Bluetooth LE products that required no external inductors or capacitors for switching between reception and transmission or impedance matching. However, depending on the type of antenna or board design considerations, the impedance did not necessarily reach 50 Ω and an external matching circuit was still needed. In addition, when using the earlier technology and adding a matching circuit with impedance-changing functionality, issues involving increased signal loss and inability to achieve a sufficient range of variation could still arise.
To address these issues, Renesas has developed a new variable impedance-matching circuit technology that consists of two inductors and four variable capacitors. The transmitter-side inductor and receiver-side inductor used in the matching circuit are configured in a concentric arrangement, and their mutual induction is employed to reduce signal loss and cut the effective parasitic capacitance. This both expands the variable impedance range and substantially shrinks the circuit area. A voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), which indicates impedance mismatches, equivalent to maximum 6.8 and a variable impedance range of approximately 25 to 300 Ω have been confirmed.
2. Reference Signal Self-Correction Circuit Technology Eliminating Need for Calibration Circuit (Self-IQ-Phase Correction, SIQC)
A reference signal (locally generated signal) of roughly the same frequency as that of the wireless radio signals received via the antenna is generated internally by the RF transceiver. The signal is used to convert gigahertz-band wireless signals to low-frequency baseband signals. The accuracy of the reference signal can be degraded by factors such as inconsistencies in the circuit elements or variations in the temperature or supply voltage. In the past, the compensation technology for phase and amplitude deviations with a calibration circuit was used to accurately generate the reference signal. This led to problems, however, because integrating such a calibration circuit required a larger chip area, higher power consumption, and increased test cost.
Renesas resolved these issues by developing a new self-IQ-phase correction circuit technology that uses reference signals of four different phases to correct each other by allowing the phase differences to cancel each other out. This self-correction circuit is much smaller and can be implemented at approximately one-twelfth the size of a conventional calibration circuit. The image signal rejection ratio, crucial to reception performance, averages 39 dB, which meets the Bluetooth standard with a comfortable margin to spare.
These technologies are applicable to different types of RF transceivers in addition to Bluetooth LE, and Renesas is currently working on practical applications for these technologies.
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Landesman Brothers zip code and address to send letters and correspondence: 11558-1198 16 Mccarthy Rd. Company fax number: 5168891500. Business email: RobertaDiamond@landesmanbros.com. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code: 508452.
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Posted on 8 January 2020 by Prisoner Human Rights Movement
From: SF Bayview, January 6, 2020
Promote the Prisoner Human Rights Movement
by Keith 'Malik' Washington and Nube Brown of the Liberate the Caged Voices Coalition
Peace and blessings, sisters and brothers!
Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa during a visit in Sept. 2019
There is a saying among the Muslim brothers: "Want for your brother what you want for yourself." In the case of Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, principled thinker, leader, brother, son and community member, we want freedom for him.
Last year in July 2019, Malik was granted parole by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In July 2020 we want to see the Parole Board in the state of California grant our Brother Sitawa his freedom when he goes before the board after five previous denials and 39 years of captivity, 32 of those years spent in solitary confinement.
It is not just a plea based solely on Elder Sitawa's physical health. He is of a particular class of politicized prisoners subjected to decades of the torture of solitary confinement seen only in California, with rare exceptions in other states such as the decades of solitary endured by the Angola 3 in Louisiana.
And yet, Sitawa remains a stellar example of what positive transformations a human being can undergo in the most inhumane environments. Sitawa inspires us!
Many people fail to recognize that Sitawa, along with three other strong and principled leaders of the Pelican Bay Short Corridor Collective, inspired 30,000 courageous prisoners, who, in their struggle for freedom from the torture of solitary confinement – or the threat of it – chose to shun violence and rather embrace a peaceful strategy in order to bring about much needed change in CDCr (California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation) by implementing the powerful tenets of the Agreement to End Hostilities, an agreement that holds today, despite non-cooperation by CDCr.
Rather than being systematically punished for his leadership and commitment to the community on both sides of the wall, Sitawa should be rewarded with freedom and the opportunity to thrive and empower the community from which he was taken and show the world he is undaunted in his quest for change and peace.
We cannot and will not remain silent while CDCr uses a "death by incarceration" tactic on Sitawa and numerous other elders and leaders trapped in state prisons all across the United States.
Our respected Elder Mujahid Farid of Release Aging People in Prison taught me the slogan: "If the risk is low, let them go!"
Sisters and brothers, we suggest strongly that this should be our battle cry in 2020 for all incarcerated elders. Sitawa is a human being who deserves and has earned not just a national show of support, but an international freedom campaign, and we plan on helping to lead the way! Will you help us?
We leave you all with a quote from Victor Frankl that we would like all of you to meditate on – with the hope that it resonates in your heart, mind and soul. Perhaps it will motivate you to join this Freedom Campaign today:
"We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed … for what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform personal tragedy into a triumph." – Victor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning," Washington Square Press, New York 1969
I, Malik, have faced the reality that being an outspoken New Afrikan man in Amerika means I must accept being despised and hated. How I respond to the hate is totally up to me! Today I choose a path of peace and love.
Activist Nube Brown says that love is the most powerful force in the universe. Let's see if we can collectively tap into the power of love and encourage the state of California to FREE SITAWA in July 2020.
Meanwhile, as we organize the campaign and Brother Sitawa recovers from a stroke, please send him some love and funds, to Freedom Outreach, c/o Marie Levin for Sitawa, Fruitvale Station, P.O. Box 7359, Oakland CA 94601.
Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win! All Power to the People!
Keith "Malik" Washington is assistant editor of the Bay View, studying and preparing to serve as editor after his release in 2021. He is also co-founder and chief spokesperson for the End Prison Slavery in Texas Movement, a proud member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee and an activist in the Fight Toxic Prisons campaign. Visit his website at ComradeMalik.com. Send our brother some love and light: Keith "Malik" Washington, 34481-037, USP Pollock, P.O. Box 2099, Pollock LA 71467.
Nube Brown is a New Abolitionist and activist working with California Prison Focus and facilitator of Liberate the Caged Voices. She is actively co-leading the Free Sitawa! Campaign to promote the Prisoner Human Rights Movement and hosts Prison Focus Radio on KPOO 89.5 San Francisco and KPOO.com every Thursday 11:00 to noon. Nube is a proud member of the human race and seeks to dismantle the prison industrial slave complex and replace it with a transformative, healing justice paradigm. Connect with her at nube@prisons.org.
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Johnny Cash - Essential (Vinyl 2LP)
Double vinyl LP pressing. Collection from the late country great. Johnny Cash was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of multiple inductions in the Country Music, Rock and Roll and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, and a trademark look, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".


Jilin is in China. The IATA code (ID) for this city is JIL. The population of Jilin is approximately 1 881 000 people.
Time zone in Jilin: +8 GMT. Please keep in mind that airplane tickets show the local departure time, so you will have to set your watch prior to your flight.


Mix veggies, garlic and onion in a large bowl with olive oil and PERSIAN BAHARAT spice blend. Put on a large oven tray and bake in the oven on medium heat for 25 minutes, or until tender.
Put couscous in a large bowl and pour over 1 cup of boiling water. Cover and set aside for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally with a fork to separate.
Remove cooked garlic from veggies, then peel and mash in a medium bowl. Combine garlic, yoghurt and tahini together.
Stir the cooked veggies, lemon juice and coriander through the couscous.
Serve couscous and vegetable mix topped with the tahini yoghurt.
© 2019 RED HILL SPICE GIRLS.


Copper down, gold up for a Mar 2019 qtr (Q3 19) that underpins expectations for increased FY2019 production from Sandfire Resources' flagship DeGrussa copper-gold mine at its 100%-owned Doolgunna project, 150km N of Meekatharra, Western Australia.
Explorer/developer White Rock Minerals has signed a $A30M J/V deal for copper-gold miner Sandfire Resources to earn up to 70% of White Rock's 1.1Mt zinc equivalent, high-grade zinc-precious metals volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) Red Mountain project in central Alaska, US.
Australian-based Sandfire Resources is closer to development of its 86%-owned Black Butte copper project 20ml N of White Sulphur Springs in Montana, USA with the release by state environmental authorities of its draft EIS.
It's taken over 3 years of work by Sandfire Resources America to reach this stage, but MD-CEO Karl Simich hopes it can gain a mine operating permit as early as the Sept qtr to coincide with completion of its FS.
MD Karl Simich says strong performance in the Dec-half (H1FY19) positions West Australian miner Sandfire to "harvest cash" while investing in exploration, project development and potential mergers and acquisitions.
Sandfire's flagship DeGrussa copper and gold mine at its 100%-owned Doolgunna project 150km N of Meekatharra delivered H1 revenue of $A272.3M (H1FY18: $277.4M) and attributable NPAT of $49.5M ($60M).
Continued strong performance at its DeGrussa mine has enabled West Australian miner Sandfire Resources to strengthen its production forecast to the upper end of its guidance range of 63,000-67,000t copper and 37,000-40,000oz gold. C1 costs guidance has been lowered to $US0.90-0.95/lb.
Dec qtr (Q2FY19) production was 16,888t Cu (Q1: 17,924t) and 10,427oz Au (11,141oz) at $0.87/lb ($0.89/lb).
Cashed up explorer MOD Resources has rejected copper-gold miner Sandfire Resources' 100% all scrip takeover bid as undervaluing the company and its advanced 590,000t copper- 27Moz silver T3 Copper Project in Botswana at $A113M.
Turning down the $0.38cps unsolicited, non-binding, indicative, conditional proposal, comes with a $A15M raising. MOD says it has also in advanced discussions with a number of parties, giving it confidence in the availability of a range of T3 project funding options.
Copper miner Sandfire Resources' shares have been temporarily suspended from the ASX after the company confirmed it has written to MOD Resources about a $A88M ($US63M) takeover of the copper-gold explorer, which is expecting a final FS on its 590,000t copper- 27Moz silver T3 Copper Project in Botswana by end-Mar 2019.
Copper-gold miner Sandfire Resources has had a good Sept 2019 qtr (Q1 19) with copper production from its De Grussa project in Western Australia up to 17,924t from Q4 18's 17,867t and gold jumping to 11,141oz from 9,548oz, albeit with C1 cash costs also up to $US0.89lb Cu from $0.80lb.
The latest numbers see the company on track for FY19 copper guidance up to 63,000t-67,000t from FY18's 64,918, gold steady at 37,000oz-40,000oz from 39,273oz, again with C1 cash costs up to $1.00oz-1.05lb Cu from $0.93lb.
Sandfire Resources has assumed 100% of the Springfield Copper-Gold Project, 10km SE of its producing DeGrussa mine in Western Australia, after completing its $A72.3M cash acquisition of Talisman Mining's 30% stake.
The Springfield project includes the Monty copper-gold deposit, being developed as a satellite underground mine to feed DeGrussa.


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Confessions Of A Then, Now And Forever Blackhawks Fan
I was a big Blackhawks fan as a kid, but they systematically chased me away. Here's the story of how they won me back.
By Al Yellon@bleedcubbieblue Jun 8, 2010, 6:56am CDT
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In the mid-1960s, when I first started following professional sports, I was nearly as big a Blackhawks fan as a Cubs fan.
First of all, in that era, rooting for the Blackhawks was rooting for a good team that made the playoffs nearly every year (granted, not that hard in a six-team league) and made the Finals several times. I'm a little too young to remember the last Stanley Cup in 1961, but I do remember the Hawks in the Finals in 1964, and it was a Real Big Deal when the 1966-67 Hawks finished with the best record in the NHL's regular season -- the first time in their history they'd accomplished that. Meanwhile, the Cubs struggled until finally breaking through as contenders in 1967. I looked forward to seeing the Hawks on TV, mostly on Saturday nights, and of course, only in road games -- but that didn't matter to me as a kid, because I had only a rough understanding of what the non-televising of home hockey games meant in that era.
I also recall that the Hawks wore their red jerseys in road games; white jerseys (or "sweaters," in the charmingly quaint term used by many) were reserved for home games. I'm not quite sure when the NHL swapped shirts and had home teams wear the colored ones at home and white on the road, but in some ways it feels odd to me, as if the Cubs suddenly started wearing gray at home.
In 1971, with still no home television -- but rumblings from fans that they'd like some -- the Hawks made the Finals again. I don't need to tell Hawks fans of my generation of the crushing disappointment of blowing a 2-0 second period lead in Game 7 -- the Blackhawks' version of the 1984 NLCS or 2003 NLCS. And few of us saw it -- the only ones who did were the ones in Chicago Stadium or those who had paid for a "closed circuit theater telecast," another quaint reminder of the past that feels more part of the 1940s than the 1970s. I listened on my bedroom radio, stunned, as Jacques Lemaire and Henri Richard stole for Montreal the Cup that should have been Chicago's; it was the only visiting team to win a Game 7 in the Finals between 1945 and 1987.
And only a year later the Hawks let Bobby Hull go to Winnipeg. "Dollar Bill" Wirtz couldn't or wouldn't keep the man who still is a franchise icon four decades later. It would have been like the Cubs trading Ernie Banks (in those pre-free agency days) to the Kansas City Royals while he still had a few good years left late in his career. I quit the Hawks, and started getting disillusioned with pro hockey in general as the Broad Street Bullies era took hold. I went to college at Colgate University, a school with a fine hockey team, and loved watching great college matchups -- one of the greatest, in 1978 when Colgate was good but not great, they hosted No. 1-ranked Boston University, featuring Dave Silk, one of the best players of his era and a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 US Olympic team. Colgate won 3-2 and I enjoyed watching fight-free hockey at the college level, and later that Olympic team, rather than the fistfight-laden matches that the NHL game had become.
I got more into baseball in the 1980s and 1990s with the Hawks fading into fifth place among the five Chicago sports teams in local attention. They blipped onto the radar just briefly in 1992 when they made the Finals only to be swept by Mario Lemieux's Penguins. Even then I was still bearing my youth's anger at the Wirtzes for the shabby way they treated Hull and couldn't root for them.
And then hockey pushed me away, I thought for good, when some 1998 US Olympic hockey players trashed hotel rooms in Nagano, Japan, and then refused to confess their involvement; the "code of silence" and lack of apologies finally led Chris Chelios to pay for the damage and apologize on behalf of his teammates.
This is what had become of hockey? From the Miracle on Ice to spoiled hooligans in 18 years? I quit following hockey, and with the Blackhawks in decline and the franchise still mired in a 1950s mentality with its refusal to televise home games, I left the sport behind. There were times in the early 2000s when, had I been offered free Blackhawks tickets, I would have had to think about taking them. Hawks management had destroyed, in my mind, a proud franchise and proud tradition.
And then Bill Wirtz died on September 26, 2007. The public statements about him after his death were telling -- few had much good to say, many public figures were noncommittal rather than praising him. Within weeks, his son Rocky had taken over, moved a few home games to television and hired ex-Cub marketing executive John McDonough as team president.
The timing was exquisite. Young stars Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews were in their rookie seasons and their talent was evident from the very start of their careers; that first season Kane and Toews were together showed flashes of the greatness to come. And in the early winter of 2008, the Blackhawks team did something that, for me, completely erased my image of hockey players as jerks that the 1998 Olympians created (punctuation, grammar and spelling left as in the original):
In the middle of a grueling six game road trip where a very young hockey team is away from home, the third game of the trip ends late on a cold Canadian Saturday night. This is the only break on the trip and the three days between games allow them the only break to get back home in their own beds for a couple of days before going back on the road. A scheduled commercial flight waits for them at Toronto's International Airport for the short flight home; they could be home by midnight. This plane departs on schedule, but without a single member of the hockey team.
Back in the locker room a vote is taken after the game was complete, and a unanimous decision is made by this young team to skip this flight and stay one more day.
They make arrangements to check back in the hotel and on a frozen Sunday morning charter two buses that have no heat and begin a journey two hours straight north into a sparsely inhabited Canada, but where hockey is its passion. They arrive at their destination to the surprise of the teams general manager who is there attending his fathers wake.
After a few emotional hours, this team boards the buses and head back for a two-hour trip back to Toronto. On the way they ask the drivers to stop in a tiny Canadian town because they are hungry.
To the shock of the patrons and workers at this small hockey town McDonald's, a professional team walks out of two rickety buses and into the restaurant, which just happens to have pictures of two members of this team on its wall. The patrons know every single one of these players by sight being fanatic fans of hockey in these parts. One can only imagine their amazement of the locals seeing and entire professional hockey team sit down and have a meal in their tiny little town in the middle of a hockey season. After a while they board the buses and catch their same flight 24 hours later, giving one day to their general manager.
Have I made this up, is this an excerpt from some fictional book? No this a true story of the Blackhawks last Saturday night and they decided to attend Dale Tallon's fathers funeral. Its amazing that such a good story can be found nowhere on the internet, and not even mentioned in the Chicago papers.
Had one of the Blackhawks got into a fight and punched some drunken loser in a Toronto bar it would be plastered all over papers and the television.
This being said, its hard to imagine any professional football, basketball or baseball team doing this, but the members of the Blackhawks claim any "hockey" team would have done this. This is one reason I continue to be a big hockey fan, and another reason I am excited about this Chicago team.
I thought I would share as this story appears to have gone unnoticed.
Fine players, and fine human beings, too.
A bit earlier, when the Hawks and the NHL announced that they would hold the Winter Classic in January 2009 at Wrigley Field, they created a buzz in Chicago. I began to watch again and revel in the speed and artistry of major league hockey, although I still wished then, and do now, that they'd do something about the fistfights. Hockey's a rough game, but it can stand on its own merits without fights that you'd get arrested for if they took place outside the United Center, rather than inside.
The day of the Winter Classic at Wrigley was glorious. Here's the recap I wrote at Bleed Cubbie Blue the day of the game. Hawks management had earlier made peace and brought back, to roaring, tear-stained ovations, team legends Hull and Stan Mikita; their appearance at Wrigley along with Cubs heroes Billy Williams, Fergie Jenkins and Ryne Sandberg knitted my heartbroken childhood together in one neat little package. It was only 30 degrees at Wrigley Field on January 1, 2009, but it was one of the warmest afternoons ever at the Friendly Confines.
And now the Chicago Blackhawks stand one victory short of the Stanley Cup for the first time since I was 4 years old, too young to remember it, so it really will be the first one for me. Thank you, Blackhawks, for doing the right things as an organization for your players, your fans and the city of Chicago. Your team is top-notch from management to head coaching to its popular young stars like Kane, Toews, Antti Niemi, Dustin Byfuglien, Kris Versteeg, Duncan Keith and many others, fine players and fine men any fan can be proud to root for. I'm an unabashed hockey and Blackhawks fan again -- and happy to say so.
On August 22, 2008, Chris Chelios and the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings walked out onto the green grass of Wrigley Field with the Cup; this was arranged by Chelios, a Chicago native and huge Cubs fan. It was cool to see the Cup at Wrigley, but the Wings got booed by the partisan Chicago crowd. Later this summer, when, hopefully, Kane or Toews or Byfuglien leads his team onto Wrigley with Cup raised high...
... we'll cheer, and dream of the day when the Cubs win the World Series on that same field.


Southern California Public Radio (SCPR / 89.3 KPCC) announced today that Melanie Sill is joining the company as executive editor. Sill served as editor and senior vice president of the Sacramento Bee from 2007 until 2011. Before that she was with The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina for 24 years, rising from features reporter to executive editor and vice president. In her new role, Sill will be responsible for SCPR's entire newsgathering operation – from broadcast to digital to social media.
In her new position, Sill will oversee newsgathering operations for SCPR's award-winning newsroom, with broadcast programming on 89.3 KPCC-FM in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, 89.1 KUOR-FM in Riverside/San Bernardino metro, and 90.1 KVLA in the Coachella Valley. She'll also oversee newsgathering as it pertains to SCPR's digital and social media platforms.
"I'm delighted to be joining a talented newsroom that focuses on quality journalism and community service, my two biggest professional passions," said Sill.
For media inquiries, contact Craig Curtis, KPCC program director, at 626-583-5150.
Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) is a member-supported public radio network that operates 89.3 KPCC-FM in Los Angeles and Orange County, 89.1 KUOR-FM in the Inland Empire and 90.3 KVLA in the Coachella Valley as well as a growing number of digital services. SCPR reaches nearly 600,000 listeners every week, making it the most listened-to public radio news service of any kind in Southern California. SCPR serves the diverse communities of Southern California with award winning local news coverage as well as the most NPR content available anywhere in the region. SCPR's flagship station, KPCC, has earned more than 275 journalistic honors since 1999 including 21 LA Press Club Awards for broadcast, digital and social media news in June 2011. SCPR features signature public radio programs from American Public Media, the BBC and PRI (Public Radio International). Listeners around the globe can access news, join blogs, download podcasts, as well as hear a live web stream at http://www.kpcc.org.


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Hooray for Nathan Brugger – Editorial
Congratulations Big Guy, Well deserved, you earned it - You've Come A Long Way !
By DAVE SCHABELL
When Sophomore Reserve Nathan Brugger scored a basket in the waning moments of the Brossart-Paris game last night, most in attendance probably didn't pay it much heed, it was simply a bucket by a JV player mopping up for the varsity starters who had long since been removed, but for Nathan Brugger, and those of us who have enjoyed watching him progress, it marks a milestone in his life, a victory over insurmountable odds, one that not many would have attempted. We're glad he did.
You see, Nathan Brugger was cut from the freshmen team last year. We are very conscientious about making cuts, so I'm sure that it was quite justified at the time. I'm also sure that when Coach Mike Schack cut him, he encouraged him to work on his skills on his own, and if it was important to him, to try out again next year – the standard pseudo encouragment offered by a coach with the unenviable task of ending a player's career before it ever gets started.
But Nathan heeded his coach's advise, and in the meantime he grew to be a long, lanky, 6'3″ sophomore, who showed up at summer open gyms with the intent of giving it another go. That rarely happens, and when it does, few succeed. But it was there that Nathan caught the eye of Coach Mike Code, who worked with him on his shot durng those summer sessions and invited him to try out for the team in October, following his JV football season.
Nathan did, and this time stuck with the ballclub, earning one of our coveted JV/Varsity Brossart Mustangs uniforms.
Nathan Brugger to this day remains a project. A smart, polite, hard working, give-it-your-best-shot, listen and learn project, who toils primarily on Coach Bob Rowe's Junior Varsity squad, while working daily with Coach Bundy and the "bigs" both during and after practice on his post moves.
Whether Nathan Brugger ever becomes an impact player for the Brossart Mustangs is yet to be seen, but tonight in the final moments of the 10th Region All "A" Opening round game vs Paris, Brugger, the sophomore who didn't make the freshmen team, made a break through – he wrote his name on the list of career Brossart Mustangs varsity scorers. Two down, and Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Eight away from joining the 1,000 Point Club. I'm sure that doesn't matter tonight.
I hope that when Nathan Brugger got home after the game and looked in the mirror, the image looking back said, "Congratulations Big Guy, Well deserved, you earned it – You've Come A Long Way!!!" And indeed he has.
Nathan Brugger now to some small degree becomes another in the long line of Brossart/Scotty "Ruthesque" success stories (See Scott Ruth – Legend). Whether Nathan Brugger never scores another varsity point, or scores more than 998 of them, nobody can ever take away what the big sophomore has accomplished in one short year.
Salute!
Dave Schabell, January 24, 2008


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Editable wiki sub-sections prototype on PublicLab.org
by warren | February 07, 2017 19:15 07 Feb 19:15 ... | #13906 | #13906
I've been working on this part of the Rich Wikis project to make PublicLab.org's wikis more interactive -- to encourage people to author more -- and one part of that has been the "Editable sub-sections" feature.
(as an aside, isn't that the _raddest_ lead image?)
To make editing wikis easier, we're interested in making it possible to edit just one section; sections could be divided as block elements, so any header, paragraph, list, blockquote, or image would become a subsection.
Subsections could have an "edit" link next to them, which opens an inline editor for just that subsection.
Well, after some important architectural changes to the site, implemented by first-time contributor pranaygupta36, I was able to get a prototype running. (if you're interested, the code is here)
While this code should shortly appear on the Public Lab site, it's not active by default -- it must be activated by adding ?raw=true to the end of a wiki page URL. But you can test it out without any repercussions on our testing server, which mirrors our live server:
(note that you'll need to be logged in for this to work)
http://testing.laboratoriopublico.org/wiki/sandbox?raw=true
You can open a section for editing by pressing the "pencil" icon at the end of an editable section. For now it's Markdown, but we'll get a rich text editor in there soon.
Have fun, and feedback/input very welcome!
created by warren almost 3 years ago
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In Germany and many European countries, Christmas markets take place in December until Christmas. In the midst of the cold, small stalls line up in squares in the city. At a Christmas market, you can buy candles and traditional handicrafts – and of course, a lot to eat and drink. When people get cold, a hot mulled wine helps warm them up. As for Japan, you can experience a real German Christmas market in central Tokyo!
The venue of the German Christmas Market is the "O-YANE Plaza (Great Roof Square)" at the foot of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (which is also famous for its Christmas illuminations). Considering the size of Christmas markets in Germany, this is a very small market – luckily, they do have everything you need.
At the the market, there is an official shop of "Käthe Wohlfahrt", which is famous worldwide for Christmas decorations. It was so popular, the line in front of the shop was quite long. Luckily, there are also other stalls that sell cute goods such as Advent calendars and Christmas tree decorations.
Christmas market stands for me are all about mulled wine and bratwurst! More than half of the shops on the market are small restaurants with authentic bratwursts, stollen (traditional cake with raisins and dried fruit), German beer and a classic mulled wine.
Most important for German sausages: they have to be grilled!
In addition to imported goods, there are also many foods made locally. Therefore the prices are a bit higher than, for example, in Germany, but they are still not too expensive.
We bought hot dogs at the booth "König" (890 yen), whose bread was made of pretzel dough. That surprised even me as a German. I have never seen anything like this in Germany! You could even pick your favorite type of sausage. The taste? Simply delicious! The sausage was well grilled, as it should be, and the pretzel bread was an unusual but perfect match!
What we really enjoyed was the fact that they had set-up enough tables and chairs around the market area. Although it was quite busy, we were able to find a free table after a short search. Seated and well prepared with our food, we could eat while enjoying the winter atmosphere of the Christmas market. Tokyo is not that cold yet making it easy to spend some time outside without getting cold.
I can only recommend a visit to the German Christmas Market in Roppongi to anyone who is already in the holiday spirit or wants to feel it!


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How to play baseball,
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956.
Philadelphia, D. Biddle [1903]
- Baseball
- Also available in digital form.
1 p. l., 13-14, [11], 17-168 p. front., pl., port. 17 cm.
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Mack, Connie
The books in this collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.
Credit Line: Library of Congress
Mack, Connie. How to Play Baseball . [Philadelphia, D. Biddle, 1903] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/03010762/.
Mack, C. (1903) How to Play Baseball . [Philadelphia, D. Biddle] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/03010762/.
Mack, Connie. How to Play Baseball . [Philadelphia, D. Biddle, 1903] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/03010762/>.
How to play base-ball, Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Contributor: Mack, Connie
How to umpire, how to captain a team, how to manage a team, how to coach, Also available in digital form.
Contributor: Murnane, T. H. (Timothy Hayes)
How to play third base; Also available in digital form.
Contributor: Wray, J. E. (J. Edward)
How to play first base; Also available in digital form.
How to play base ball, Also available in digital form.
Official guide of the Cleveland amateur base ball association. Unknown Also available in digital form. Holdings in 3x5 file.
Contributor: Cleveland Amateur Base Ball Association
Spalding's Buffalo amateur base ball year book. Unknown Also available in digital form. Holdings in 3x5 file.
Burton's pocket baseball guide ... Unknown PREMARC/SERLOC merged record
The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. Annual
Wright & Ditson base ball guide. Unknown Serial. Also available in digital form. PREMARC/SERLOC merged record


The Royal Yacht Britannia was named and launched by The Queen on 16 April 1953 and was commissioned in January 1954. The Queen joined the yacht at Tobruk, in North Africa on its first royal voyage. This painting depicts the arrival of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the Pool of London on 15 May 1954.


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Minimum Wage Increases
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On January 1, 2020 the minimum wage increased to $11 and will increase $1 every year until reaching $15 per hour in 2024. The minimum wage for small businesses with less than six employees, seasonal businesses, and farm labor is now set at $10.30 and will increase to $15 at a slower rate.
The minimum wage increase was mandated by P.L.2019, C.32, a law which Governor Phil Murphy signed on February 4, 2019. The new law took effect on July 1, 2019 with the minimum wage increasing to $10 per hour for most employers. NJBIA has compiled a Fast Facts document that breaks it all down, and offers members a handy chart on when the different provisions of the law take effect.
While the bill signed into law did not address many business owners concerns, NJBIA continues to work with the Legislature to enact legislation to help mitigate the potential negative impact on New Jersey businesses.
The following bills have already been introduced:
S-3607 / A-5226 – Provides for suspension of scheduled minimum wage increases for economic reasons.
S-3609 / A-5227 – Provides gross income tax credits for certain employers for certain costs arising from increase in minimum wage.
S-3608 / A-5228 – Establishes task force to study impact of minimum wage increases on businesses.
S-3483 / A-5103 – Provides tax credits for certain employers for employees less than 18 years old.
NJBIA does not expect these bills to pass before the end of the 218th Legislative session in less than two weeks. We will, however, continue to work with the Legislature in the next legislative session to ensure that these bills get reintroduced and passed.
We will keep you updated on these and other minimum wage bills as they move through the legislative process.
NJBIA also wants to hear from businesses about how the minimum wage increase is impacting them including the impact of compression on the wages of higher paid employees. We will continue to relate these impacts in real time to our policymakers. Please email NJBIA at minimumwage@njbia.org to tell us the actions you're taking to address higher labor costs.
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Midge Biter Rally
The smell of engine oil fills the air before suddenly an ear-splitting roar bursts forth like a ravenous beast looking to reclaim its territory as the bikes roar into action.
As the lead riders gently cruise through Porter's Lodge, the procession of bikes more than 100 deep behind begin to purr their engines and prepare to follow in the tyre tracks of those in front.
This is Stornoway on anything but a typical Saturday afternoon as the first ever motorcycle rally was staged in the town.
2016 will be remember ed for the rise of the Midge Biter Rally – Lewis and Harris' first ever motorcycle rally – and an event which has been hailed as a huge triumph.
Well over 100 bikes descended on the rally's 'home' base of Stornoway Golf Club for the event with a massive 104 taking part in Saturday's ride-out from the town to Rodel, Harris.
"It's been brilliant and far beyond our expectations," grinned Louis Morrison, one of six bikers to put their helmets together to create the Midge Biter Rally.
"We all go to rallies all over Scotland and it was on our way back from Shoot The Goose in Skye last year that the six of us just asked ourselves why couldn't we put on and run an event of our own here? So it began with a post on Facebook from which we had a fantastic response."
More than 20,000 views were registered on their tentative enquiry to gauge interest on hosting a motorcycle rally in the Hebrides leaving the six, Louis Morrison, David Stewart, Davie 'Peats' Macaulay, Karl Scott, David McShannon and John O'Hara, in no doubt that there was significant interest to put the pedal to the metal on the rally.
"We have around 200 bikes here which is amazing," said David Stewart, "but initially we were hoping for 50 which would enable us to break even. We look like we will be making good money for charity now."
All profits raised from the rally will help swell the coffers of the local branch of Alzheimer's and Dementia charities while the influx of so many bikers also has the knock on effect of boosting the local economy at the same time.
"The knock-on effect in the economy is great with all these bikers using the local shops, petrol stations and bed and breakfasts and all the rest," said Stewart.
"It has been stressful organising it but everyone has been so helpful from the police to the Comhairle. They have all kept us right.
"There was a lot of money required for the start-up costs with all profits going to Alzheimers and Dementia Charities locally. The community here giving us so much."
The golf club car park was packed with stunning two wheelers, and a quad, throughout the weekend with the hustle and bustle of hundreds of bikers bringing a vitality and shot of life to the town.
Specially commissioned Midge Biter merchandise was pressed and sold for the event with demand outstripping what the boys had printed but all requests for merchandise will be fulfilled with hoodies and t-shirts being mailed out later to those who were unable to get on the day.
Louis continued: "It has been learning curve for the first year but things have gone so well there is very little we would change next time.
"The roads here are wonderful and we have some of the best beaches on the island.
"They just love it. A lot of the guys go all over the UK and Europe for rallies. When they visited they are blown away by the town, the people and they can't get over the quality of the roads and rally food.
"Even the toilets they have described as the 'poshest they have ever seen at a rally.'"
Among the huge number of bikers were a far travelled couple from south of Manchester who powered over 600-miles of tarmac to take part in the rally – all following the power of social media as first time visitors to the island.
But the 2017 rally has already piqued the interest of bikers from even further afield.
"Already people have been in touch from America, Canada and South Africa regarding next year's rally so that'll be a big one and even more diverse," said Stewart, "this will be a yearly event and we hope it'll be bigger every year."
The biggest challenge to the growth of the rally will be getting the bikes across the Minch confesses Louis who is full of praise for all those who have assisted the fledgling project in its maiden year.
"Cal-Mac have been great with us and have tried to squeeze as many on as possible but it isn't easy and we need to look at it," he said.
"The biggest problem is the ferry and getting everyone over.
"In addition to all those previously mentioned, The Stornoway Trust as well have been great and some members have bent over backwards to help. The camp site provided is perfect and I think it's the first time that particular site has ever been used."
Live music from local bands Trouble Is and The Broken Ravens were among the weekend's highlights, after the bikes were parked up for the night, while Darkcall were the Saturday night musical delight.
As the riders reflected on a weekend which will live long in the memory all who attended agreed the rally packed a Lion sized bite rather than that of a Midge and 2017 can't come quick round enough.
"We did ok for six idiots," adds Louis with a grin.
"It's nice to see the town busy and with something different.
"Everybody is gaining and the rally is a winner for everyone."
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R2RFF offers touching "Lamb" at film fest
The Routes to Roots Film Festival has announced its slate of films, including Lamb, the feature that will close the two-day event this October in downtown Simcoe, Norfolk County.
Lamb, directed by Yared Zeleke, is a touching film that has drawn lots of praise. When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend.
Lamb is the first film from Ethiopia to be included in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival and the country's entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Highly praised in Cannes and Toronto, the film has enjoyed international press attention in the Daily Monitor in Ethiopia, the New York Times, the Guardian, as well as coverage on BBC, CNN, and other media outlets.
Tickets are now available for sale on the R2RFF website.
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Rejoicing of seven decades within the hospitality industry, the Best Western (BW) group of hotels and resorts have emerged to be the award-winning international family of hotels and resorts operating in more than 100 countries or territories globally. With approximately 4,100 motels and hotels, they offer resort and accommodation services to all kinds of people, whether leisure or business travelers (Best WesternR, 2016). BW's chain corporate headquarters is located in Phoenix Arizona, operating up to about 2,163 hotels across North American regions. With a variety of unique brands, the Best Western guests have the opportunity of selecting from seven diversified brands, such as the Best Wester Premier, Best Western Plus, Best Western, Executive Residency, GLOSM, BW Premier Collection, and the VibR. Each of these brands is independently owned and operated, has its unique style and personality; although they all share a single commitment to delivering superior modern amenities, exceptional value, and customer services (The BW, 2016). Taking a deeper scrutiny of the BW international hotels, this paper analyzes the key issues in operating the BW chain with the current climate, what influences their customer's choices, hotel grading system, guest loyalty programs, customer base, technology and design, as well as the environmental and sustainable development.
Despite the headquarters of BW being at Phoenix Arizona, in the U.S., the Great Britain alone boasts of approximately 48 BW hotels; some of which are located in London and its surroundings, as well as Ireland (The BW, 2016). For instance, in Ireland, there are luxurious BW hotels such as the White Horse BW Plus hotel in Derry, Rosslare Danby Lodge hotel in Wexford, and BW Plus White Horse hotel in Londonderry (Best WesternR, 2016).
One of the major issues confronting the BW and the entire hoteling industry is the ever-changing labor conditions. Currently, the BW faces a shrinking or compression in labor force. This issue among other human resource challenges include the union issues and the escalating benefit and healthcare costs. Moreover, the ever escalating costs of operation pose an enormous challenge to the hospitality industry. These costs may include the energy costs, high insurance costs, branding standards, and labor costs. As well, there has been a growing global uncertainty on security and safety (Murphy, Forrest, Wotring, ; Brymer, 2014, p. 781). These may include uncertainties such as the terror threats, in which the hospitality segments have become the prime targets for terrorists. Furthermore, being an international or cross-border operating business, there are influences of multicultural issues, with regards to human resources and recruitments, as well as customer preferences or choices.
Consumer or customer decision-making on choice or preference is greatly influenced by the products or services offered, shared information, or personal experience. BWts customers in Ireland and elsewhere, would thereby make their decisions depending on the quality of products and/or services offered at different hotels, such as food quality, breakfast, room space and cleanliness, as well as comfort and the freshness of surrounding environment (Enz ; Siguaw, 2009, p. 766). Other guests would make their decision or preference depending on their previous experience in a given hotel, or simply the information they received from and friend or colleague who had once used the services.
The BW charges its franchised hotels a rate that is determined by the initial costs plus the revenues accrued from every additional room or hoteling segment. Moreover, the BW published a list of standards annually, which every hotel (franchisee) must uphold or adhere to. The hotels keep their independent identities but are obliged to use the BW's signage. There are three progressive levels at BW depending on the amenities, features, and types of services offered. These level include Best Western, Best Western Plus, and finally Best Western Premier. The first level (Best Western) simply have the hotel basics such as free local calls, in-room coffee makers, free breakfast, free Wi-Fi, and cable television among others. The BW Plus level has the all the amenities of BW but with additional facilities or services such as swimming pool, fitness room, onsite laundry room, and business room (The BW, 2016). Finally, the Premier level has all the amenities of Plus but with extra onsite dining, premium towels and bath materials, high-quality finishing, meeting rooms, onsite snack shops, and LCD TV with HD channels.
Being a broadly diversified business, the BW, through their loyalty programs, offers some benefits to help uphold their customers loyalty. These extra services or activities may include plenty of free night awards, free parking, complimentary breakfasts, VIP event tickets, golf clubs, a guarantee of early check-in, as well as customer frequency grading. As well, the BW management regularly offer different rewards to their frequent or loyal customers, which are often aired to the public via corporate adverts and annual reports (BWR, 2017). All these offers aimed at boosting the BW's customer loyalty at different hotels and resorts.
The primary target audience for BW are the business people who travel across the entire globe, crossing borders into and out of different countries. This group of individuals are targeted through offering accommodation services, recreation, and business support services, such as the provision of free high-speed Wi-Fi and computers for accessing the internet at the lobbies. They can then use these services to carry on their daily business errands. Another prime target group is the people who travel for leisure during holidays, work-leaves, or family retreats into and out of Ireland. This particular group is targeted by offering both high class and middle-class leisure and recreational services.
BW in their flagship properties offers booth business and leisure services to their customers at every independent branch across the globe. What matters most is that the Best Western brand offers a welcoming environment, comfortable, and clean rooms; accompanied by incredibly great and satisfactory services (BWR, 2017). All BW hotels and resorts offer their guests a free and high-speed internet service, alongside a great deal of breakfast, usually served each day. In most hotels, the breakfast offer is often given at no extra cost; hence helping win the hearts of many customers and capture their loyalty. At the Best Western hotels and resorts, guests find spacious rooms with the most modern entertainment systems, which include In-room Tea/Coffee Makers, Flat-screen TVs, Workspaces, Desks, and in some cases Fixed-room Desktops/Computer Systems and Printers installed in the guest lobby. Several hotels also incorporate microwaves and mini-refrigerators within the rooms (The BW, 2016).
Being the biggest chain of independently managed and owned hotels, the BW upholds plenty of ideas regarding taking care of the environment, as well as the general local community (Murphy, Forrest, Wotring, & Brymer, 2014, p. 779). For instance, at the BWts central office/headquarters, the group holds a bi-monthly CSR (corporate social responsibility) meetings. During these meetings, they jointly discuss the new, appropriate, and sustainable organizational behaviors that can help them become a socially responsible business. BW always keep thinking the best ways and new ideas for recycling wastes such as tea bags, papers, and orange skins. They also intervene in helping children learning in local schools to get to read and write (BWR, 2017). As well, the BW group of hotels in Ireland work closely with their guests to help reduce excessive energy consumption when at the premises during their stay, and this is the business trend everywhere else. As such, these hotels always think of going green in all their activities.
While the business hotels focus so much on the service speed, efficiency, and service quality to the business people, both middle and high-class, the leisure hotels major on comfort, recreation and the quality of room materials. The leisure hotels are often designed in a classy way to comfort the people looking for refreshing moments (Enz & Siguaw, 2009, p. 728). Unique from the business hotels, leisure hotels are most likely to be on the outskirts of a city or major towns, connect a large group of families and tourists, and are commonly limited to a few floors. However, leisure hotels tend to have higher costs of maintenance as opposed to hotels that target the business class.
In conclusion, the Best Western group of Hotels is one of the worldts leading franchises or chain of hotels, which thrives in more than 100 countries across the globe. It operates more than 4,100 hotels and resorts. Despite the modern-day challenges from the issues of management and climatic conditions, BW still upholds its successful operations and serves as a preferred choice for many hotel service consumers, who are commonly the business people and those who are looking for leisure or luxurious joints. The BW also employs different environmental and sustainability programs, which aim at upholding the required operational and ecological standards. With exemplary foods, guest services, and other recreational services, I would prefer or recommend any other traveler to visit any BW hotel. Motel or Resort, and enjoy the services that are worth their money.
Enz, C.A. and Siguaw, J.A., 2009. Best hotel environmental practices.T The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly,T 40(5), pp.725-77.
Murphy, J., Forrest, E.J., Wotring, C.E. and Brymer, R.A., 2014. Hotel management and marketing on the Internet: An analysis of sites and features.T The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly,T 37(3), pp.770-82.