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Senate calls for auto taskforce
From www.motoring.com.au -	December 1, 2015 9:05 PM
A Senate inquiry has again thrown the spotlight on the Federal Government's attitude toward the Australian automotive industry, calling for the establishment of a taskforce to develop policy settings for the radically different landscape after 2017 when Ford, Holden and Toyota have all ended local production.
The recommendation, contained in the final report of the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into the future of Australia's automotive industry, was handed down in Canberra this afternoon.
It comes just days after motoring.com.au revealed a Belgian auto supplier was interested in acquiring Holden's Elizabeth assembly plant and continuing to build the current Commodore beyond 2017, and also reported on RED Automotive Technologies, a South Australian firm that wants to develop an electric SUV.
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Car Company of the Year 2015
From www.motoring.com.au -	December 31, 2015 4:00 AM
It was really evident at the Frankfurt motor show in September. When selected Audi, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz personnel talked privately about the show cars (stars) they were displaying, they weren't talking about those cars taking on vehicles from Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Audi.
Instead, they had an upstart start-up from the west coast of the USA in their sights.
Love it or hate it, Tesla was the step-change brand of 2015 and not just here in Aus. From curio to company of note, it grabbed the automotive world's attention and brought along with it the lovers of green energy and high-tech, as well as those with a philosophical opposition to the dependence of the civilised world on OPEC.
We gave Tesla our 2015 Carsales Car of the Year title. The stats don't lie and the projected cost to run, future value and price competitiveness in its comparative set (ie: luxury cars) put the car in a different league. The fact that all of our drivers were very positively disposed to its performance in the real world made it a tough car to beat. And in the end, nothing did.
2017 Honda Ridgeline teased... Won't come to Australia | Practical Motoring
From practicalmotoring.com.au -	December 21, 2015 3:57 AM
DESPITE THE BOOM in sales of work and play utes here in Australia, Honda has already said the new Ridgeline won't come to Australia. Teased ahead of its debut at the Detroit Motor Show, Honda US has confirmed it will run a number of TV ads to announce the return of the Ridgeline.
Details are still thin, although US motoring journos have already been treated to a sneak peek of the new Ridgeline and sworn to secrecy, but the new Ridgeline will share its underpinnings with the 2014 Honda MDX (which Australia doesn't get) which offers all-wheel drive on demand and, so is predominantly a front-driver. This, we suggest, is the reason Honda won't bring it Down Under; it would be slammed against the likes of Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux, Nissan Navara and Mistusbishi Triton.
"We developed this new Honda Ridgeline to offer something new and fundamentally better suited to the way many buyers use their truck," said Jeff Conrad, senior vice president and general manager of the Honda Division. "Ridgeline will deliver everything you'd expect in a Honda from incredible packaging and fuel-efficiency to top safety technologies and innovative, segment-first features. We're honored to once again debut the Ridgeline in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show."
Hidden campervan bond fees - what can you do?
From www.choice.com.au -	December 17, 2015 10:06 PM
If you're gearing up for a campervan holiday this summer, you may get a rude shock when you arrive at the counter.
Should you choose not to take out the campervan company's liability reduction product (the fee you pay to reduce your liability in the case that there's damage to the car), you may be required to have the full excess debited from your credit card upfront. This could cost you anything from $3000 to $7500. The catch is that the campervan company will only let you pay by credit card, but then they slug you with a surcharge to do so. This little exercise could add anywhere from an extra $100 to $345 to the cost of the rental.
For example, Apollo Camper's rental agreement reads: "When the bond is debited a non-refundable credit card administration fee will apply of 4.5% for American Express and Diners Club and 2% for Visa, MasterCard, Visa Debit and MasterCard Debit".
Queensland calls for national vehicle "lemon" laws
From www.brisbanetimes.com.au -	November 30, 2015 7:35 PM
The Queensland Government wants to have a national body investigate cars that are "lemons", set up a national "lemon register" and stop dodgy cars from being on-sold to unsuspecting consumers.
It recommends Australian lawmakers set up a national "lemon" register for cars that become problems for motorists.
"Cooling-off" periods for new car purchases should be reviewed and legislation should be specified to clarify the difference between "lemons" and manufacturing defects which need to be recalled.
These are the main recommendations from a Queensland parliamentary committee that handed down its report on Monday evening before state parliament returns for the last time in 2015.
Dieselgate: Volkswagen finds a fix
From www.motoring.com.au -	November 26, 2015 10:52 PM
Audi has today announced it will fit revised emissions control software to more than 85,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles with 3.0-litre V6 diesel engines deemed by regulators earlier this month to have violated US environmental laws.
The move affects Audi A6, A7, A8, Q5 and Q7 models (since model year 2009) and, since MY2013, the Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne, all of which remain subject to a voluntary 'stop-sale' order in the US until further notice.
Audi says no 3.0 TDI vehicles are affected by the issue in Australia, where a variety of four-cylinder diesel VW, Audi and Skoda vehicles have been pulled from sale and almost 100,000 recalled following the Dieselgate emissions-cheating scandal, which prior to the V6 diesel's involvement affected about 11 million vehicles globally.
Customers enraged by a Rented Car's price and companies extra fees
From www.smh.com.au -	October 12, 2015 12:31 AM
Over the past years more than half of Australians who have hire a car says there's a lot of advertised costs are misleading, with many extra charges, new research shows.
According to the survey conducted by Canstar Blue a costumer research firm, found that 57 percent of customers have been dealing with an extra charges upon returning a rented car and a quarter of those survey argue with final cost, which usually increased because of damage.
Megan Doyle Canstar Blue's general manager said "Some drivers claim to have been charged up to double the original quoted price, while others have been left waiting months for security deposits to be returned" he also added, "Nothing frustrates people more than being hit with unexpected fees, but unfortunately these are disputes that consumers are unlikely to win. Thirty-one per cent of survey respondents did not realize operators could debit their card for an unlimited amount to cover vehicle damage and breach of contract". The worst gripes with vehicle rental companies were they offer poor service and the car model you booked is not available then they'll give you another car which is more prone to unexpected fees.
According to the survey 81 percent of 736 consumers said before they rent a car they always inspect it and 37 percent take a photo of the car before driving off. But close to half conceded to failed to read the terms and conditions of the contract thoroughly.
Top4's insight:
Before renting a car we should always keep in mind everything about the terms and conditions of contract and inspecting the car and many more for us to not charged with extra fees.
Rented Car Causes Massive Damage
From www.dailyadvertiser.com.au -	October 9, 2015 3:57 AM
WAGGA police are looking for community help to find an evasive driver in the incident where in the rented car he was driving tore through the city's centre on Tuesday. The white Toyota Hilux 4WD ute – came out at a high speed, that closely missed the oncoming traffic lights that turned into Bolton Street in Central Wagga. On the road when the driver changes in directions to avoid cars they hit a parked Toyota Camry – effectively writing the car off.
Before the Hilux bulldozed the brick wall fences of a home owned by a housing department it went on mounting the gutter, and barely missed a pedestrian and the majority of the brick fence had been demolish in the crush. The driver has been suspected to be unlicensed and the vehicle is rented to run from the scene. Gladly no one was injured in the crash.
The owner of the parked Toyota Camry, said "It's a big hit to the finances, but I'm thankful no one was injured," after the incident she want to remain anonymous, she added that she was lucky because when the incident happen she's out of her car. The police are now looking for the driver and its identity so they can complete the investigation Inspector Steve Radford said.
The police could easily identify the suspect if there's a high quality CCTV footage around the area and check the plate no. of the car to lead them to the owner of the rented vehicle for the information of the driver.
Biggest auto surprise of 2015
Some of the biggest brands in the automotive industry have been the subject of scandal. Think back to Ford's choice to save some pennies on Pinto fuel tank location for instance, or more recently Toyota opting not to recall cars for 'sudden unintended acceleration'… whatever that meant.
Volkswagen – no stranger to scandal itself – is embroiled once more in controversy. The 'Dieselgate' affair resulted from findings by an American university that select diesel-engined cars operated differently under test conditions than during normal driving.
While Dieselgate has been covered in great detail elsewhere in this year's news, and we think we know all there is to know about this scandal, it's hard to concede that anything else occurring in 2015 produced a bigger shock to the global automotive industry and its watchers.
Dieselgate created an impact with the same scope and subtlety as a thermonuclear ballistic missile – one of those multi-warhead jobbies. Like a multi-warhead MIRV, Dieselgate just kept coming, and across a wide front. The scandal has been chock-full of nasty surprises for the company's customers and regulatory bodies, and for Volkswagen's own staff and executives too.
State Government to legalise Uber
From www.insurancebusinessonline.com.au -	December 18, 2015 9:52 PM
Ride sharing services are now legal throughout New South Wales following a major review of the State's taxi and transport system.
New South Wales follows Canberra's lead and has officially sanctioned the service as part of a review which will see more than 50 taxi and hire car regulations immediately repealed.
New South Wales Premier, Mike Baird, announced the news on his Facebook page saying that the decision to legalise ride sharing services was not an easy one.
"The digital revolution is disrupting and transforming the way business is done right across the world, and the taxi industry is a prime example," Baird said.
Australian new car market roars ahead
From www.motoring.com.au -	December 5, 2015 12:45 PM
The appetite for new cars in Australia continues to be strong, with passenger car sales of 98,639 for November, up by 6.9 per cent, for a grand total of 1,055,792 vehicles for the year.
The all-time record for passenger vehicle sales was set in 2013, when a total of 1,136,227 vehicles were sold. This year is shaping up to surpass that mark – if December 2015 matches the 2014 monthly total of just under 97,000 registrations, a new record will be set.
It's the voracious demand for SUVs that continues to push new car sales higher, the segment is up by 15.9 per cent overall when compared to the same time a year prior. Small SUVs have been a strong sales driver, up 28 per cent. All SUV segments are up.
Brands like Volkswagen and Mazda are thriving, having both already passed record 12-month totals achieved in previous years. Emerging smaller brands like Renault are also hitting new heights. The French brand passed the 10,000 unit mark for the year in November. Last year it's 12-month total was just into five figures.
Drive someone else's car at Sydney and Brisbane airports
From www.itwire.com -	November 30, 2015 8:15 PM
DriveMyCar, Australia's largest peer-to-peer car rental platform, has launched operations at Sydney and Brisbane airports.
Local and international travellers can pick up and drop off rental cars at a convenient location and enjoy lower prices than may be offered by traditional car rental companies – especially as the latter has a 29% 'airport' premium added to the cost.
In Sydney DriveMyCar uses Park & Fly – a shuttle is used to take them to and from a facility just outside the airport. In Brisbane DriveMyCar has depot, conveniently located several minutes by shuttle from the airport.
First Porsche centre for classic cars opens... Australia on the list
From practicalmotoring.com.au -	November 30, 2015 7:31 PM
THE WORLD'S FIRST Porsche Classic Centre opened last weekend. The Porsche Classic Centre Gelderland, just outside of Arnhem/Netherlands, "will be offering services for classic cars of all ages from Zuffenhausen".
Given that more than 70% of all Porsches sold are still running today it made sense for Porsche to "ensure these classic cars receive optimum support". According to Porsche, it will establish 100 centres around the world by 2018, including Australia.
Not all will be standalone operations, with many just modified existing Porsche centres "which will provide support for sports cars of earlier eras in addition to the current models and will be certified as Porsche Classic Partners". Porsche currently offers owners access to some 52,000 original spare parts, "complete and partial overhauls but also repair and maintenance work and the sale of classic cars" (in Europe, at least). "The Porsche Classic Partners will be setting up a separate area for this purpose with classic vehicles on display and current spare parts together with technical literature and information," Porsche said.
A Typical Greedy Car Rental Company
From www.newsmaker.com.au -	November 1, 2015 10:31 PM
Check this out and see why finding an alternative to the car rental companies' insurance is a necessity. If you have ever rented a car in Australia or New Zealand you will notice the sinking feeling you get while at the rental desk.
Below are the rates of a typical greedy car rental company for their CDW (Collision Damage Waiver – they are not allowed to refer to it as insurance)
They leave you with $6000 liability
For $38 a day they reduce your liability to $1100
For $49 a day they will reduce your liability to $550
That can be more than the rental itself!
Heads up! You can be the next victim. Always check for low cost car rental excess insurance through the internet, so that you'll have an estimation budget for your hired car.
Legalization of Uber and other ride-sharing services in Canberra
From www.abc.net.au -	October 11, 2015 10:26 PM
In ACT the Government stated that the territory would be the first jurisdiction in Australia to regulate ride-sharing before services like Uber entered the market.
In the other states and territories authorities have restrained on Uber, with drivers facing fines and registrations suspension. As early this month ACT taxi drivers protest about the up coming arrival of Uber that's why they undertook three-hours strike and they stated that without proper changes to the legislation service like Uber would brought up unfair advantage to traditional taxis.
Today, under the reforms made by the government for taxis, the license fee will be decreased from $20,000 to $10,000 from October 30 and then $5,000 a year later. The changes to legislation would decrease the costs for the existing tax industry said by Government ensuring they remained competitive.
In late October services from ride-sharing, Uber able to go through the market of Canberra
Now that there's a changes to the legislation, the taxi drivers would be more happy with the fair reforms.
Diesel gate affected vehicles recalled by Volkswagen Australia
From www.goauto.com.au -	October 9, 2015 12:05 AM
VOLKSWAGEN Australia is the first subsidiary in the world to announce the recall of VW vehicles installed with emissions testing-defeating defeat devices –prior to a fix to the problem has been confirmed and also Audi Australia who announced their voluntary recall at the same time.
The companies announced today that they will start contacting with their customers regarding the modification repair, which will fluctuate defending on the age of the vehicle and power train. The issue was believed to have evolved in 2008.
In a statement of Outgoing CEO of Volkswagen Australia John White said "I want to assure all customers that the affected cars are technically safe and the necessary measures will be undertaken at no cost to them." Mr. White whose two-year tenure started with a huge-scale DSG recall and stop in the midst of the 'diesel gate' crisis. He also added "We will do everything we can to fix this problem and regain the trust of our customers". Both Companies Volkswagen and Audi Australia is making sure that all the vehicles that have been affected to the crisis are going to be fixed as soon as possible, and also prove that they are committed in supporting their customers.
Despite the crisis of Volkswagen and Audi Australia in their vehicle that have installed by diesel gate devices they still assure the support and commitment to their customers even it will cost much.


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Karamat Ali joins our Advisory Council
BPUR International is delighted to welcome Karamat Ali to our Advisory Council and we are looking forward to his leading contributions to boost our momentum.
Karamat Ali is prominent global activist for human rights, sustainable development, education and labour rights for the last four decades.
He is founding member and director of various local and regional institutions, including Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research, South Asia Labour Forum, Pakistan-India People's Forum and Pakistan Peace Coalition for Peace and Democracy.
Karamat Ali has been a leading figure in labour and peace movements in Pakistan and has played a key role in linking up these movements with regional and global counterparts.

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Areni, C. S. (2014). Home advantage, rivalry, and referee bias in representative rugby. Sports, Business and Management: An International Journal, 4 (2), 142-157.
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine whether home advantage (HA), wherein a team is more likely to win, and by a larger margin, when they are playing at home vs away, exists in representative rugby competitions involving teams comprised of "all-star" players from several clubs. It also assesses whether referees are biased in favour of the home team, and whether this is the cause of HA.
Design/methodology/approach - A complete consensus of matches from the State of Origin Rugby League and Tri Nations Rugby Union competitions were analysed via hierarchical regression models estimating parameters for favourite/underdog status of teams, general home/away status, team-specific home/away status, and rivalry-specific home/away status.
Findings- Significant HA exists in both competitions, and within Tri Nations, the size of the effect varies by team and specific opponent (i.e. rivalry effects). Although there is evidence of referee bias in favour of the home team, the penalty differential between the home and away teams does not mediate HA.
Originality/value - This is the first study examining HA in representative rugby league, and shows a statistically significant effect. Further, the results reported here refute an earlier investigation of the Tri Nations competition, which found little or no evidence of HA. By including a complete census of all matches rather than a small sample, this research finds a statistically significant HA effect, which varies by team and by specific rivalry.


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Reconceptualising Frustration and Force Majeure under tenancy in India post COVID-19: Lessons from Civil Law Jurisdictions (Part 2)
By: Abhinav Gupta
This post is the second of a two-part series on the topic. Part 1 may be found here.
Approach of Civil Law Countries
The concept of frustration and force majeure in the civil law jurisdiction is enumerated across the various statutes of the respective countries. For this blog-post, two concepts, namely – hardship and good faith – under the civil law jurisdiction, are important and pertinent. The same are discussed below.
A. Hardship – The change in circumstances
As discussed in the previous part, the mere change in circumstances surrounding the basis of the contract does not attract the frustration, force majeure doctrine in tenancy contracts in India. The permanent destruction of the property is required. However, this approach is substantially different from the model in Germany and France. Article 1195 of the French Civil Code, 1804, envisages the hardship principle which is applicable for tenancy contracts. The said provisions enable parties to modify the terms of the contract due to the change in the circumstances that makes the performance of the contract extremely onerous on the party that did not assume the concerned risk. The application of this provision is not dependant on any clause in the contract between the parties. However, if the parties cannot arrive at a consensus, either party can refer the situation to the court, which can instead amend the agreed contract or refer the party to renegotiations, as per Article 1195.
Similarly, §313 of the German Civil Code, 1900, also permits such alterations due to hardship. The said provision states that if the circumstances surrounding the 'basis of the contract' have changed significantly that would have resulted in the parties entering a different contract, the contract may be altered with an equal distribution of risk. Further, it stipulates that one of the parties should not have been reasonably expected to perform the contract in such changed circumstances.
The implementation of the aforementioned provision can be witnessed in a recent judgment by the Regional Court of Munich. The case dealt with the payment of rent during the lockdown caused by the pandemic. The court held that the lockdown due to the pandemic has resulted in a significant change in the basic of the tenancy contract between the parties. The court, therefore, distributed the risk of the rent at a 50-50 rate. This reasoning was based on the fact that the fall of the economy during the lockdown affects both the landlord and the tenant. Herein, the tenant is unable to generate any form of profit, and the landlord is also unable to lease the said property to any third party on a comparable rent.
However, the court clarified that this rule should not apply to each situation. It opined that while assessing the unreasonableness of the rent, the standard of the distribution of risk should be based on the decline in the total turnover due to the State mandated lockdown. For instance, if the lessee's income is unaffected by the lockdown, such as in cases of work-from-home jobs, the basis on which the tenancy contract was entered into remains unchanged. Further, the court observed that 22% of the rent shall be generated from the average rate of business of the landlord during the remaining year. It also granted a 5% adjustment rate on the activities of the tenant. Therefore, it concluded that the risk distribution of 50-50 between the lessee and the lessor should be done on 73% of the rent that was due.
B. Good Faith in contractual performance
The concept of performance of a contract in good faith is absent in many common law jurisdictions, including India. On the other hand, this principle is widely implemented in many civil law jurisdictions. The German Civil Code, 1900, through §242, provides for the performance of the obligator's duty in good faith in consideration of the customary practices. In practice, the German judiciary attaches an overwhelming significance to the requirement of §242 of the 1900 Code. The said provision has been envisaged as a means to derive numerous principles of equity and fairness in the performance of contractual obligations. It has also been used in implementing the doctrine of frustration with respect to tenancy contracts. Thus, the contracting parties have to consider the 'protection-worthy' interests of their counterparts and conduct their actions in good faith.
Such principles and concepts are also present in other civil law countries such as France and Sweden. Article 2 of the Swiss Civil Code, 1907, and Articles 1134 and 1135 of the French Civil Code, 1804, govern the good faith principle in contractual performance under the respective jurisdictions. The Dutch Civil Code, 1992, also incorporates this principle under Article 6.2 of the said Code. It further provides that the conditions under a contract shall not be applicable in case their effects are unreasonable or unfair. Even under the Italian Constitution, the court has the power to alter the contract in consonance with the standard of fairness. The courts can even terminate contracts when the performance becomes contrary to good faith as stipulated under Article 1374 of the Italian Civil Code, 1942.
Observations and Conclusion
From the above discussion, we can observe the wide ambit of the doctrine of frustration and force majeure for tenancy contracts in civil law jurisdictions. It is argued that the said ambit is more flexible and robust for dealing with the precarious situations caused by emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It allows for an equitable distribution of risk amongst the tenant and the landlord and therefore achieves a harmonious balance. The incorporation of such principles in the statutes rather than a mere discretionary power of the judiciary reinforces the ideas of equity and justness in such tenancy events.
Crucially, in times of such hardship and unpredictability, there is a need for a pragmatic and robust basis for dealing with such issues and gaining confidence in the legal system. The present structure surrounding tenancy contracts with no force majeure clauses is governed by §108(B)(e) of the TPA. It mandatorily provides for permanent destruction of the property to absolve or reduce the liability of the tenant. Arguably, in situations such as the current pandemic, one party to the tenancy contract wins, and the other party loses. There is a need for a more flexible, creative, and equitable solution to the said problem. This can be achieved through the incorporation of a model similar to the civil law countries. The said laws, through their equitable principles of hardship and good faith, strikes an appropriate balance between the interests of a tenant and the landlord and also provides for a more just distribution of risks.
The current Indian regime does not include the 'ability to pay the rent' on behalf of a tenant as a 'risk' under the concept of frustration and force majeure. It only incorporates the 'usage of property' as a risk under such doctrines. This approach is argued to be archaic and not suitable for dealing with situations such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Such an approach is also not ideal for natural disasters, pandemics, and other emergencies that may take place in the future, which render hardship of similar nature on the tenants. On the other hand, the civil law approach enables the readjustment of a tenancy contract without an inadvertent enrichment of one party at the cost of the other.
(Abhinav is currently a law undergraduate at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He may be contacted via mail at abhinav219066@nujs.edu)
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The interior features a two-seat cabin with carbon fiber, Alcantara and leather interior upholstery; bespoke sport seats with additional side support through deeper bolsters upholstered in Beluga black leather and diamond-quilted Alcantara. It comes with an upholstered steering wheel and gear shifter, center console and fascia panels in carbon fiber, carbon fiber door casings with diamond-quilted Alcantara inner panels and rear cabin with a carbon fiber surround and upholstered in leather and Alcantara. There is a green hide color on the seats, instrument panel, door panels, with contrast stitching throughout the seats and diamond-quilted areas. It even has GT3-R badging on the center console, passenger-side fascia panel, sill tread plates and GT3-R stitching at seat headrests with contrast-green stitching. The exterior is finished in beautiful Glacier White with gloss carbon fiber contrasts. It also has two-tone green graphics tracing two power lines to the side profile of the car (one leading backwards from the front wheel, the other tracing the shape of the Continental GT's rear haunch), headlamp bezels, matrix grille, window surrounds and bumper strips in gloss black. There is also a carbon fiber fixed rear wing and boot lid, and bonnet with two vents. The Original MSRP of our car was $ 341,025 More description Lamborghini Paramus is pleased to present our 2015 Bentley Continental GT3-R. Our Bentley GT3-R is a 1 of 300 units produced worldwide, which the U.S.A. only received 99 total cars! Our Car is Number 54 of 99 total US cars! The GT3-R was unveiled at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The Continental GT3-R coupe is inspired by the Continental GT3 race car. It features 220 lb weight reduction, increased engine power to 572 hp at 6,000 rpm and 516 lbft of torque at 1,700 rpm. The Bentley Gt3-R can go from 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds. Other changes from the standard Bentley Continental Coupes include: torque vectoring for each of the rear wheels, shorter gearing, re-calibrated control software, all-new titanium exhaust with 7 kg weight saving and re-tuned acoustics. It also comes with forged 21-inch alloy wheels in gloss black, Pirelli tires, sport-focused Electronic Stability Control program, Carbon Silicon Carbide (CSiC) braking system (420 mm front and 356 mm rear brake discs, 8-piston front calipers in green). The interior features a two-seat cabin with carbon fiber, Alcantara and leather interior upholstery; bespoke sport seats with additional side support through deeper bolsters upholstered in Beluga black leather and diamond-quilted Alcantara. It comes with an upholstered steering wheel and gear shifter, center console and fascia panels in carbon fiber, carbon fiber door casings with diamond-quilted Alcantara inner panels and rear cabin with a carbon fiber surround and upholstered in leather and Alcantara. There is a green hide color on the seats, instrument panel, door panels, with contrast stitching throughout the seats and diamond-quilted areas. It even has GT3-R badging on the center console, passenger-side fascia panel, sill tread plates and GT3-R stitching at seat headrests with contrast-green stitching. The exterior is finished in beautiful Glacier White with gloss carbon fiber contrasts. It also has two-tone green graphics tracing two power lines to the side profile of the car (one leading backwards from the front wheel, the other tracing the shape of the Continental GT's rear haunch), headlamp bezels, matrix grille, window surrounds and bumper strips in gloss black. There is also a carbon fiber fixed rear wing and boot lid, and bonnet with two vents. The Original MSRP of our car was $ 341,025 Less description Vehicle Warranty Most new vehicles come with a factory warranty and some used vehicles have a remaining factory warranty. Please contact us for the warranty details specific to this vehicle. Terms and Conditions Payment Options We accept the following payment methods: - Cashier's Check/money order Vehicle Pickup & Shipping All shipping charges are buyer's responsibility. Finance, Warranty, Shipping question? Call the dealer at 833-735-1328 General Terms Notice to Bidders: The vehicles we list for sale at eBay are also for sale at our retail location. Please contact us to confirm vehicle availability. We reserve the right to end an auction early. Deposit: We require a non-refundable $500 deposit within 48 hours of winning the auction. Please call to make arrangements for payment. We accept the following forms of payment: Cash in person, certified funds, institutional financing. All sales transactions must be completed within 7 calendar days of auction close. Prices are subject to change without notice. Although every effort is made to present accurate and reliable vehicle information, use of this information is voluntary, and should only be deemed reliable after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. It is the sole responsibility of the customer to verify the existence of options, accessories and the vehicle condition before time of sale. Any and all differences must be addressed prior to time of sale. No expressed or implied warranties, including the availability or condition of the equipment listed is made. EPA mileage estimates are for comparison purposes only. Actual mileage may vary depending on driving conditions, driving habits, and vehicle maintenance. More about term and condition Notice to Bidders: The vehicles we list for sale at eBay are also for sale at our retail location. Please contact us to confirm vehicle availability. We reserve the right to end an auction early. Deposit: We require a non-refundable $500 deposit within 48 hours of winning the auction. Please call to make arrangements for payment. We accept the following forms of payment: Cash in person, certified funds, institutional financing. All sales transactions must be completed within 7 calendar days of auction close. Prices are subject to change without notice. Although every effort is made to present accurate and reliable vehicle information, use of this information is voluntary, and should only be deemed reliable after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. It is the sole responsibility of the customer to verify the existence of options, accessories and the vehicle condition before time of sale. Any and all differences must be addressed prior to time of sale. No expressed or implied warranties, including the availability or condition of the equipment listed is made. EPA mileage estimates are for comparison purposes only. Actual mileage may vary depending on driving conditions, driving habits, and vehicle maintenance. Less about term and condition Fees and Taxes State or local taxes, title, license fee, processing fees, registration fee, dealer documentary fee, finance charges, emission testing fees, and compliance fees are additional to the advertised price.
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Q: jQuery Cache param in Ajax - where does he saves the cached data? jQuery :
*cacheBoolean
Default: true, false for dataType 'script' and 'jsonp'
If set to false, it will force requested pages not to be cached by the browser.
Setting cache to false also appends a query string parameter, "_=[TIMESTAMP]", to the URL.*

my question :
cached by the browser ???
if i have an ASHX handler which returns me :
'
lalala
'

will this be saved on the browser temporary Internet Files ?
I dont think so....
so where does it saves it ?

A: jQuery itself does not perform any caching of the AJAX response. Setting cache: false serves only to trick the browser into ignoring its own cache by adding a timestamp to the requested URL.
For example, running:
$.ajax('/ajax_handler.php', { cache: false });

Will result in a request for /ajax_handler.php?_=1323308900002.
Any subsequent request will include a newer timestamp at the end, which will cause the browser to ignore cached versions of the file and request a new copy.
So, all setting cache: true does is instruct jQuery to not append this cache-busting timestamp (the current default anyway), allowing the browser to cache the file as it normally would*.
In summary: any caching that happens is just regular browser caching, the files will be stored however the browser typically stores its cache.
* Note that "as it normally would" might mean not caching the file! jQuery doesn't do anything to ensure caching, it's up to the browser. If the page sends certain Cache-control or pragma headers, it simply won't be cached. It would arguably make more sense for jQuery to have a "cacheBust" setting that's the inverse of cache, because that's all jQuery can do: attempt to prevent caching.

A: i think that "cached by the browser" means that if the browser (IE more than others...) intercept the same call twice, never calls the server and just returns whatever the server returned the last time. But if you clear the cache it goes away

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When evaluating the stock market, even the best indicator fails to work all the time. In fact, some of the best indicators work less than 50 percent of the time, and that's when market conditions are normal! Critics use this awful statistic to say that technical analysis is a waste of time. This harsh opinion results from a failure to appreciate the benefits of risk management embedded in the technical trading style.
When you hear someone say, "Blue Widget has a 75 percent chance of rising," you can assume that three out of the last four times the technical method was applied, the security rose. The unspoken assumption is that conditions didn't change. But the market is not a laboratory. Of course conditions changed!
Your forecast needs to be qualified because of the thousands of factors that may come along and influence the price. Contingencies are things that are possible but not expected, or not expected in any great number at the same time.
When you hear a market maven predicting a price change with a 75-percent probability, chances are she's talking through her hat. She may have failed to incorporate all the reasonable contingencies, or she may have attributed too small a probability to any of them (or to all of them).
Most technical traders hate to attach a probability to a particular outcome because they've realistically assessed the contingencies. In statistics, when you want to calculate the probability of two events happening simultaneously (called joint probability), you multiply their probabilities. If you have two remotely possible contingencies, each with a probability of 10 percent, the chances of both happening simultaneously is 10 percent times 10 percent, or 1 percent.
Introducing one contingency reduced the probability of your outcome from 75 percent to 67.5 percent. With four contingencies, the same process reduces your 75 percent odds to a mere 49.21 percent, which is less than 50-50.
Statisticians say you need a minimum of 30 cases before you can say anything valid about the probability of history repeating itself. Scientists who do really serious science, like missiles and moon shots, demand a minimum of 200 cases. Your price data seldom presents you with 30 cases, let alone 200. Why should you accept less? The answer is that you're using a technical analysis method that works across a wide range of securities and time frames, even if you don't have enough cases in this specific security.


Santa Cruz's new Tallboy LT is now available in stores. The 5 inch travel 29er trail bike has been in the works for a long time now, and is now ready for public consumption. The bike looks just as good as the 4 inch version, and is already available in both aluminum and carbon versions. The new frame is slacker and longer, yet the carbon Tallboy LTc is comes in at only 90 grams heavier than the 100mm version.
This release from Santa Cruz expands the appeal of big wheels to the more aggressive riding crowd, and should eventually become as popular as the original Tallboy. I for one will be eager to try it when the demo bikes finally arrive in our shop.
Check out review of the new Santa Cruz Tallboy LT on Bike Radar.
The Tallboy LTc on Santa Cruz Bicycles Website.


I share, here, a curious fact related to yesterday's anniversary of Maceo's death. Almost everyone believes that Panchito Gomez Toro fell fighting alongside him. Panchito was out of commission from having been wounded in an earlier battle. On learning of the death of his admired mentor, he abandoned the body of the Lieutenant General in the battlefield after all those who were with him were wounded. Panchito decided to go and recover the body, helped by Maximo Zertucha, Maceo's doctor, who was at his side at the moment the fatal bullet destroyed his face and he was able to confirm the death in barely two minutes.
Between Panchito and Zertucha they tried to put the body on a horse and this is when Panchito received an enemy bullet. Badly wounded, he wrote a goodbye note to his family, where he explained that he preferred to commit suicide rather than fall prisoner. The texts on this point are confused, which is explained because suicide has never been looked on kindly by Christian morality, but even so, it seems Panchito didn't kill himself; rather a party of Spanish guerrillas, having not the least idea of who the dead man was, approached and killed Panchito with a machete to later strip the corpses of their valuables.
As is well-known, the bodies were recovered the following day by Colonel Aranguren and interred in secret to avoid the Spaniards despoiling the corpses.
For a long time, the weight of the accusation of having murdered Maceo and Panchito as part of a plot fell on Zertucha, including taking the doctor to a council of war to give an account of the events of 7 December in San Pedro; he was exonerated but for his whole life (which he lived with decency and patriotism in his native Melena del Sur) he had to carry the weight of that accusation that took flight, magnified in the foreign press and among the exile right from the start.
I wrote about this curious and little-known passage motivated by hearing on the TV news yesterday talk of the "murder" of Maceo and Gomez Toro, from a journalist named Raiko Escalante. I don't know what sources he relied on for his work, but it seems superficial and harmful to me to have such a slight knowledge of the history we have suffered.


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Parking charges double those of our neighbours
TOWN centre traders have slammed Cheshire East Council for introducing parking charges in Congleton at HALF the price of those in Macclesfield.
Macclesfield Express
By Ben Turner
Parking in Congleton, Sandbach, Alsager, Holmes Chapel and Middlewich will cost as little as £1.50 for up to ten hours. The cheapest equivalent in Macclesfield town centre is almost double that, at £2.90.
And Cheshire East, which hiked charges in Macclesfield again earlier this year, has angered traders further by announcing parking would remain free over Christmas in Congleton "as requested by local people". Charges will instead come into effect on January 11, 2010.
"What happened to harmonisation?" said Ian Allport, chairman of Macclesfield Indoor Market Traders' Assocation and owner of The Bacon Stall.
"If parking was a bit cheaper in Macclesfield during the week it would boost trade a lot, definitely. Macclesfield should be brought down to the same level as Congleton. It is the number one complaint we get from customers."
Robin Jones, owner of Serendipity on Chestergate, wants harmonisation over the lucrative Christmas period.
"For them to have an amnesty until January, I think Macclesfield traders will feel hard done by," he said. "It doesn't make sense to have one rule for one town and one for another when we are all under the same umbrella of Cheshire East."
Yvonne Adams, manager at Cachet lingerie shop on Chestergate, said free parking over Christmas would be a "fantastic" gesture for Macclesfield shoppers and traders.
Short stay shoppers in Congleton will pay as little as 30p for an hour - 25 per cent less than the cheapest Macclesfield fee (40p). For a stay of up to four hours, they will be able to pay just £1, compared to a cheapest fare in Macclesfield of £2.20.
Councillor Ainsley Arnold, Liberal Democrat leader on Cheshire East, criticised the "delays" over a Lib Dem call for a free Saturday parking trial.
"We are still waiting to see if it will get the go-ahead. The Cabinet is yet to debate it," he said. "Macclesfield charges have gone up year on year. Parking in the town has always been regarded as a cash cow."
But Environmental Services Portfolio Holder, Councillor David Brickhill, said: "This will bring the former Congleton Borough Council towns in line with other areas and should have a positive impact on the local economy by freeing up prime spots in central car parks for shoppers."
A CEC spokesman added that charges would come into effect on January 11, 2010 "allowing free parking over the Christmas period as requested by local people during the consultation exercise".
- MACCLESFIELD Chamber of Trade is calling for 'pay as you leave' parking in the town centre.
The chamber, which held its second meeting since a relaunch last week, wants visitors not to have to decide up front how long they will need to shop.
"We really feel the threat of a ticket is putting people off and driving trade away," said Chamber of Trade press secretary Mandy Fazelynia.
"The system of paying for a set period of time is antiquated and puts pressure on shoppers. That is the general feeling traders have expressed."
Chestergate


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György Hajós (February 21, 1912, Budapest – March 17, 1972, Budapest) was a Hungarian mathematician who worked in group theory, graph theory, and geometry.

Biography
Hajós was born February 21, 1912, in Budapest; his great-grandfather, Adam Clark, was the famous Scottish engineer who built the Chain Bridge in Budapest. He earned a teaching degree from the University of Budapest in 1935. He then took a position at the Technical University of Budapest, where he stayed from 1935 to 1949. While at the Technical University of Budapest, he earned a doctorate in 1938. He became a professor at the Eötvös Loránd University in 1949 and remained there until his death in 1972.  Additionally he was president of the János Bolyai Mathematical Society from 1963 to 1972.

Research
Hajós's theorem is named after Hajós, and concerns factorizations of Abelian groups into Cartesian products of subsets of their elements. This result in group theory has consequences also in geometry: Hajós used it to prove a conjecture of Hermann Minkowski that, if a Euclidean space of any dimension is tiled by hypercubes whose positions form a lattice, then some pair of hypercubes must meet face-to-face. Hajós used similar group-theoretic methods to attack Keller's conjecture on whether cube tilings (without the lattice constraint) must have pairs of cubes that meet face to face; his work formed an important step in the eventual disproof of this conjecture.

Hajós's conjecture is a conjecture made by Hajós that every graph with chromatic number  contains a subdivision of a complete graph . However, it is now known to be false: in 1979, Paul A. Catlin found a counterexample for , and Paul Erdős and Siemion Fajtlowicz later observed that it fails badly for random graphs. The Hajós construction is a general method for constructing graphs with a given chromatic number, also due to Hajós.

Awards and honors
Hajós was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, first as a corresponding member beginning in 1948 and then as a full member in 1958. In 1965 he was elected to the Romanian Academy of Sciences, and in 1967 to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He won the Gyula König Prize in 1942, and the Kossuth Prize in 1951 and again in 1962.

References

Hungarian people of Scottish descent
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
20th-century Hungarian mathematicians
Geometers
Algebraists
1912 births
1972 deaths
Austro-Hungarian mathematicians

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A few years ago we tested the Specialized Flux front light when it came out on the market. This year the American brand is offering a new version of the Flux, the 1200. More compact and lighter in weight, we've been able to try it in the last few weeks.
Quick release mounting system for 22.2 – 25.4 – 31.8mm diameter handlebars with rubber adapters included in the package.
Mounting system to position the headlight in front, above or below the stem.
3400mAh Li-Ion internal battery, rechargeable via USB Micro plug.
1200/600/300 Lumen LED brightness in three fixed modes that can be operated via the side button.
Preset 1:15- / 2:30- / 5:00 hours depending on the mode.
Depending on the mode chosen, up to three hours of extra battery life is available.
Very low output after the declared preset time.
Fast 90% charge in 1.5 hours, full charge in 3 hours.
Aluminum external headlight material and collar. Quick release in plastic.
To switch on and select the three brightness levels, press the rubber button on one of the two sides of the Flux. On the other side is the USB charging port. If you hold it down it turns the lamp off, while if you hold it down for a long time you enter the loop that contains the daytime flashing light, wide and narrow flash and camping flashlight mode (watch the video to understand the differences). If you hold it down for even longer, the button is locked in case you have to carry it in your suitcase and you do not want it to come on unintentionally.
Mounting the collar on the handlebar is very simple and requires no tools, just as it is easy to attach and detach the headlight leaving the collar in place. Just press on the plastic tab to loosen the clamp.
Being able to fix it above, in front of or under the handlebars is very convenient, because you can find a position that does not interfere with cables or GPS.
Once pulled out of the box the first impression is that the Flux is robust and well thought out in detail, as well as being very lightweight, at 185 grams, including the collar.
I used the Flux 1200 mainly commuting to and from the office (sometimes in the rain), which provided light in passages in the woods that were completely dark as well as roads open to traffic. The rectangular light beam ensures that it does not dissipate upwards, thus avoiding blinding those who encounter it, especially when using the less powerful mode at 300 Lumens and pointing it downwards a bit. Due to its shape, the Flux illuminates laterally, near the bicycle, rather than in a "tunnel".
I found this light perfect for mixed use, with a power designed precisely for urban / road areas. I used my MTB in combination with a Lupine mounted on the helmet, especially when climbing uphill where I could keep the Lupine off and pedal with the Flux set to 300 or 600 Lumen, which makes it last longer. Alone, even at 1200 Lumens, it's fine in the woods if you keep the speed down. Speaking of battery, I happened to arrive at 3 hours of emergency time. The light beam is weak, but more than enough to see where you need to go, even if you are completely in the dark. You just have to adjust the speed accordingly. In traffic the cars saw me without problems.
In contrast to the previous model, this Flux is not equipped with a remote control to decide which power to use and is not compatible with the old one because the socket is Micro USB, and not Mini. The side button, when pedaling, is not always easy to identify in the dark, particularly if you are wearing winter gloves as the current season requires, at least where I ride.
The new Flux 1200 is very compact and powerful, given its size. The handlebar assembly is well thought out so as not to interfere with cables or displays that are already present. The rectangular light beam also illuminates the edges of the road well and, if pointed downwards, does not blind other users on the road. Off-road, it is best to combine it with a headlight mounted on the helmet, especially if you ride technical trails. The side button for power adjustment is not always easy to find when riding in the dark and wearing winter gloves.


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/**
 * Created by yuriel on 3/8/17.
 *
 * kitten native-js example.
 */
(function(imageUrls) {

    // Global kitten root view
    var rootElement = document.getElementById("kitten-content");

    /** Change default kitten config */
    kitten.ivConfig.css.move = 0.7;
    kitten.ivConfig.css.touchMove = 0.4;

    var kittenMgr = new kitten.CSSElementManager("kitten-content");
    function Action(id, icon, iconActive, canActive, action) {
        this.id = id;
        this.icon = icon;
        this.iconActive = iconActive;
        this.canActive = canActive;
        this.action = action;
        this.elements = {};
    }

    // Set an action activate (high-lighting the icon).
    function active(action) {
        action.action();
        for (var k in kittenActions) {
            var cur = kittenActions[k];
            cur.elements.img.setAttribute("src", cur === action? cur.iconActive: cur.icon);
        }
    }

    // Actions on toolbar
    var kittenActions = {
        change: new Action("kitten--action-prev_next", "img/prev_next.png", "img/prev_next_active.png", true, function() {
            kittenMgr.changeMode(kitten.mode.CHANGE);
        }),
        zoom: new Action("kitten--action-zoom", "img/zoom.png", "img/zoom_active.png", true, function() {
            kittenMgr.changeMode(kitten.mode.SCALE);
        }),
        pan: new Action("kitten--action-pan", "img/pan.png", "img/pan_active.png", true, function() {
            kittenMgr.changeMode(kitten.mode.MOVE);
        }),
        wl: new Action("kitten--action-wl", "img/wl.png", "img/wl_active.png", true, function() {
            kittenMgr.changeMode(kitten.mode.BRIGHTNESS_CONTRAST);
        }),
        reset: new Action("kitten--action-reset", "img/reset.png", "img/reset.png", false, function() {
            kittenMgr.reset();
        }),
        prev: new Action("kitten--action-prev", "img/prev_image.png", "img/prev_image_active.png", false, function() {
            kittenMgr.prev();
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            kittenMgr.next();
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        "bottom-left": newInfoTextSpan("bottom-left"),
        "bottom-right": newInfoTextSpan("bottom-right")
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        next: function (element) {

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        error: function (err) {
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        complete: function () {
            let d = document.getElementById("kitten-loading");
            if (d.remove) {
                d.remove();
            } else if(d["removeNode"]) {
                d["removeNode"]();
            }
            active(kittenActions.zoom);
        }
    });

    /** Update the info texts when image changes. */
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        next: function(status) {

            /** The top-right side text */
            var list = kittenMgr.getImageUrlList();
            var current = kittenMgr.getCurrentImageUrl();
            infoTexts["top-right"].innerText = [
                "One Shot",
                "Img: " + (list.indexOf(current) + 1) + "/" + list.length
            ].join("\n");

            /** The bottom-right side text */
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            infoTexts["bottom-right"].innerText = [
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                "scale: " + imageStatus.scale,
                "brightness: " + imageStatus.brightness,
                "contrast: " + imageStatus.contrast
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        },
        error: function(err) {
            console.log(err);
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    // Create action bar
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            var act = kittenActions[k];
            var child = document.createElement("div");
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            child.setAttribute("class", "kitten--action-button");
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                    action.canActive? active(action): action.action();
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            var aEl = document.createElement("a");
            aEl.setAttribute("href", "javascript:void(0)");
            var iconEl = document.createElement("img");
            iconEl.setAttribute("src", act.icon);
            iconEl.setAttribute("class", "kitten--action-icon");

            aEl.appendChild(iconEl);
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                img: iconEl
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            ///

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]);

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REVIEW: Tillie Walden's Cosmic Slumber Deck Is The Tarot Of My Dreams
Indie & Small Press Reviews
Jameson Hampton November 3, 2020 November 3, 2020
Eisner-winner Tillie Walden is the most recent cartoonist to get caught up in the world of indie tarot—her new deck, the Cosmic Slumber Tarot, is the latest addition to Liminal 11's growing catalogue of tarot and oracle decks. And a wonderful addition it is!
Cosmic Slumber Party Tarot Deck
Tillie Walden
Liminal 11
I really appreciate a strongly themed deck, and the theming of Cosmic Slumber is thoughtful and compelling. The inherent link between dreams and the tarot is profound. Messages from the tarot aren't always clear, and it can sometimes be difficult to pull meaning out of what feels like a random concoction of symbols and patterns. Thinking about tarot through the lens of dreams, where I don't expect logical consistency, feels like giving myself permission to marinate in the abstract, rather than getting frustrated when there isn't always a clear meaning. The focus on dreams and the subconscious is present in every part of this deck, from the descriptions in the guidebook to the art to the unique spreads.
The art is a good place to start, since it's impossible not to be the first thing you'll notice about the deck. As you would expect from an artist the caliber of Tillie Walden, it's absolutely stunning. The watercolor style is beautiful. The colors are incredibly vibrant, and each of the minor arcana suits have distinct color themes, which tie them together in a way that feels very coherent. "Dreamlike" is the best word to describe the aesthetic quality of the art. Each suit feels like walking a path through a dream landscape; climbing over cloudy rocks in the suit of torches, strolling down a otherworldly beach in the suit of cups, and so on. The major arcana don't have the same kind of coherent theme, but there's something so whimsical and abstract about them. It reminds me of the feeling of trying to describe a dream to someone else, after you've woken up and the strange transitions don't feel so intuitive anymore—especially with cards like the Lovers and the Devil, where there's art superimposed over other art. I like Justice and the way it conveys a skewed sense of scale and perspective. Judgement feels particularly like a dream, to me: "I was sitting and there was this person above me, and also a tree, but the person kind of was the tree? It seemed natural at the time."
Most of the symbolism in the Cosmic Slumber deck is at least reminiscent of the classic Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which means it will be immediately intuitive in many ways to experienced tarot readers. The aces, for instance, are relatively classic. Each depicts a hand reaching for the object that represents their suit—a torch, a cup, a sword or a pentacle—but with a dreamlike twist. All four also feature a tiny person, journeying alongside the giant hand. (As a side note, I really appreciate the substitution of torches instead of wands. I haven't seen that one before, and when I was new at tarot, I always had trouble remembering that wands were the suit that represented fire, so that's very clear! But overall, the suit of cups is my favorite.) Many of the cards feature a piece of familiar RWS imagery, but with a new perspective—Strength's hand resting right inside the mouth of the lion, the pool beneath the Moon being created by her own tears, the Hanged One's limbs growing right into the tree they're suspended from.
Also, all of the people depicted in Cosmic Slumber are so expressive. I feel like staring at them really gives me an insight into what they're like and what they're thinking about, which leads to an intuitive feeling about the meaning of the cards. It also means the court cards, which I normally find to be the least intuitive part of a deck, feel particularly significant. The two unique cards—the Morning and the Night—have very distinct energy as well, and it feels very natural to add them into readings. (I like when indie decks add a unique card or two, it gives them character, and these ones are particularly well done! The feelings they convey—waking up ready to tackle the day, or toiling productively late into the darkness of night—are both relatable and fitting to the way the tarot communicates thoughts.)
The guidebook suggests to imagine each card in your spread as one panel of a comic, which I love. That tactic might not work for in all decks, since there may not be logical transitions between the scenes depicted on the individual cards, but then again—that's what dreams are like.
Said little guidebook fits so nicely right inside the box. (The whole deck is very high quality, and I've never seen a box like this one with a hinge on the bottom. It's very neat!) And if you want to read the cards with their traditional meanings, the guidebook will help with that as well.a The content of the guidebook is also extremely good. The descriptions of the cards are succinct, but also beautiful and thought-provoking. I really appreciated Tillie Walden's statements about the deck and the art of tarot as a whole. She encourages the kind of intuitive reading I was talking about, urging readers to just trust themselves, be thoughtful about it, and practice. (She also notes that if a card falls out while shuffling, that's meaningful and it should be included in your reading, which I always do.) I love that she told the story of her friend Beth Fisher, a tarot expert with whom she collaborated to make the deck. Magic is what you make of it; I think Tillie and Beth's friendship is real magic and that magic is present throughout the deck.
My favorite part of the guidebook, though, is the spreads. It features two unique dream-themed spreads by Liminal 11's Darren Shill—they're called "dream path of the spheres" and "of what does the universe dream?" I love trying out new tarot spreads, so I always enjoy when indie decks come with their own spreads, and these two work particularly well with the deck because they're so well themed. "Dream path of the spheres" is designed to be like a journey through a dream, with each card representing a planet. It has a surprising amount of meat for a six card spread, and it just feels good to read. (My favorite prompt is "what advice should be treasured upon waking?", which really reflects how dreams feel to me.) "Of what does the universe dream" is a super interesting spread and I've never done one like it before. After shuffling, you search through the deck for The Universe card, and then use the two cards before and two cards after to do your reading.
An example "Of what does the Universe dream" spread
And I love reading from Cosmic Slumber. The way the deck speaks to me is gentle and thoughtful. Many of my readings have made perfect sense, which suggests a strong connection with the cards. But even the readings I don't totally understand still feel very meaningful and powerful, in the way that a very vivid dream often feels meaningful and powerful. I almost feel like knowing how to interpret tarot gives me the content of a dream, and then knowing how to interpret dreams would get me the actual meaning being conveyed by my reading. That might sound a little arcane, but I love the fact that it's bringing back some of the mystery that was present for me in the tarot before I mastered the cards.
The tarot, by nature, doesn't always spell out the answer for you. It doesn't have to. In fact, it shouldn't. Figuring out the meaning for yourself, in your own time, is part of what it means to engage with the tarot. Walden describes her Cosmic Slumber Tarot as being about "connecting what doesn't fit together" and the feeling of "sensing you are in another reality, but accepting it." Dreams and magic are both about letting yourself be drawn to what feels right, and that can make them difficult to explain or describe, even when it might make sense in your heart or your gut. I want to treasure every reading from the Cosmic Slumber deck as I would treasure a strange and beautiful dream that I don't quite understand.
Jameson Hampton
Jamey is a non-binary adventurer from Buffalo, NY who wishes they were immortal so they'd have time to visit every coffee shop in the world. They write code, like plants, record podcasts, categorize zines and read tarot cards. Ask them about Star Wars or Vampire: the Masquerade if you dare.
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Hermit Spiritus says:
A delightful deck! Much like dreams helps us understand the contours of what lies on the edges of our unconscious, so do tarot cards help us project and crystallize our intuitive understanding of the world.
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RCN, Lycos Partner To Deploy Broadband Content - InternetNews.
RCN Corp. and Lycos, Inc. Wednesday announced a strategic alliance to collaborate on a number of Internet-based initiatives.
The two companies plan to develop broadband content to be deployed over RCN's fiber optic network. Terms of the deal include producing a co-branded version of Lycos' personal portal as the start page for RCN's subscriber base.
According to David C. McCourt, RCN chairman and chief executive office, planning for a future filled with broadband enriched content makes good sense for the company.
Lycos' broadband initiative, "Lycos Lightning," is a network-wide initiative to develop, test, and deploy services that exploit the power of high-speed Internet access. Bob Davis, Lycos president and chief executive officer, said the deal with RCN is part of the company's overall plan to develop and market co-branded Lycos products.
Lycos said it plans to continue to roll out Lycos Lightning products over the next several months. Programming will be integrated into existing Lycos portal services.
In addition to the broadband content project, RCN's dial-up customers will have access to a co-branded version of "My Lycos" as a part of the alliance. RCN subscribers will be able to personalize their start page with local news and weather as well as other individualized features.
According to McCourt, RCN marketing of broadband enhancements will focus on building from their existing subscriber base.
"We use dial-up Internet access as a way to build a satisfied customer base in advance of our network construction," McCourt said.
RCN provides Internet services for more than a half million subscribers in the Boston to Washington, D.C. corridor. The company currently provides local and long distance phone services, cable television access and Internet services.


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Q: Web Part Category List - Appearance of random space Once a web part category is selected the web parts list is displayed having empty
space/gap beneath it eventhough the list is long (with left and right arrow heads enabled).
Is there a reason for this behavior?


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Steele, Richard
An Antidote Against Distractions
New York: Printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman.., 1754. About very good.. [8],128pp. Disbound, remnants of binding cords present. Trimmed closely, occasionally affecting catchwords or signature marks; one leaf of text affected along fore edge. Light toning and scattered foxing, lightly worn. First American edition, published nearly a century after the first British edition (1667). The British edition is subtitled, "Or, An Indeavour to Serve the Church, in the Daily Case of Wandrings in the Worship of God." Steele (1629-1692) was a nonconformist minister and a Parliamentarian in the English Civil War. This resulted in some difficulty for him after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. The text addressed in the present work is I Corinthians 7:35, "That you may attend upon the Lord without distractions." Steele, the son of a farmer, wrote for the edification of the common man. "As a result of his humble background Steele was well suited to writing works of popular piety. In 1668 he wrote The Husbandman's Calling, which was succeeded by The Tradesman's Calling in 1684. Both these works commended the godly life to the lower orders and sought to teach farmers and shopkeepers how labouring in their calling could be used to find proof of the grace of God; the latter work was one of the first to be given away by the Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge. He also wrote A Discourse Concerning Old Age (1688) to assist those facing their last years to obtain religious certainty" - DNB (online).We locate no copies of this work in auction records over the past cen … [Click Below for Full Description]
Bookseller: McBride Rare Books [United States]
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Q: SAPUI5 file upload download gets corrupted Can someone help me.
I've implemented a file upload / download in UI5 that seems to work but when I download the file it gets corrupted and I can't open it.
For now I'm only testing with image files:
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                    buttonOnly: true,
                    buttonText: "Upload files",
                    icon: "sap-icon://upload",
                    change: function(oEvent) {
                        var oFileUploader = oEvent.getSource();
                        oItem = oFileUploader.getParent().getParent().getParent();
                        var sPath = oItem.getBindingContext().getPath();
                        var files = oEvent.getParameter("files");
                        var file = files[0];
                        if (file) {
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                                SurveyAnswerID: oSA.ID,
                                FileName: oEvent.getParameter("newValue"),
                                FileBinary: null,
                                MimeType: "image/jpeg",
                                Mode: "POST"
                            };
                            var reader = new FileReader();
                            reader.onload = function(evt) {
                                var binaryString = evt.target.result;
                                oNewFile.FileBinary = binaryString;
                            };
                            reader.readAsBinaryString(file);
                        } else {
                            oNewFile.FileBinary = "";
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                            MessageToast.show("Something went wrong with the file upload.\n Please try again");
                        }
                        that._pushItemToFileUploadModel(oNewFile.ID, oNewFile);
                        that._getFileUploadModel().refresh();
                    }
                })

Download code:
        selectionChange: function(oEvent) {
            var item = oEvent.getSource().getSelectedItem();
            var model = that._getFileUploadModel();
            if (item) {
                var a = window.document.createElement('a');
                a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([item.getDocumentId()], {
                    type: item.getMimeType()
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                // Append anchor to body.
                document.body.appendChild(a);
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        },

What an I doing wrong here?

A: I solved my issue converting the file this way:
                    var u8_2 = new Uint8Array(atob(data).split("").map(function(c) {
                        return c.charCodeAt(0);
                    }));

                    var a = window.document.createElement('a');
                    a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([u8_2], {
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Home Midweek Discourse
Designing projects to fail
in Midweek Discourse
By Theo Adebowale
A tradition had been established in the region to ensure fair play and equity. Before now, it had been observed that public works were not equitably awarded hence contractors from certain localities got juicy, while others got less juicy contracts. This generated a lot of controversy. The counsel of consultants that expertise and professional competence, among others were core in qualifying to execute public works fell on deaf ears.
Before long, the quota system was adopted in sharing contracts. A group noted for a special skill in agitation, started getting more than a fair share. But happily enough, there was relative peace. The contracts were coming, the economy was booming and the community was lively. The people were also reasonable enough to conceive of community projects.
The local councils were recognized to coordinate, supervise and regulate community projects, but each unit insisted it would award and monitor execution of its contracts so there was disparity in the quality, time spent and costs of the project, which was a natural phenomenon anyway.
Even in command structure and unitary systems such disparities may only be minimized because topography, location and costs of materials in the locality would vary. Not to talk of human or Nigeria factor. One of the fastest growing churches in Nigeria embarked on a school project in Ibadan. From land purchase to architecture, structural design, mechanical to landscape, the project was not only handled by professionals but spirit filled, fire spitting individuals. It was not until commissioning programme was out that the project was discovered to be a fraud. The church of God has been scammed!
Back to our quota system community, there was an annual festival which has brought natives together over the decades. It was considered an opportunity to showcase the community that year. Dignitaries had arrived, artistes were set to perform and there were musical vibrations. Gourds of palm wine had arrived, bottles of intoxicants, cartons of beer and crates of soft drinks were being discharged. Then, the chairman of the occasion arrived. He was conducted round the main hall. Then there was a sudden, spontaneous, loud noise, community hall had turned to ruins taking down lives, development and joy of the people. There was a nightmare.
The disparities in the qualities and life spans of other infractures could help anyone who cares to know whether or not the projects were designed to last in the first instance.
When the Peoples Bank was established in 1992, the official objective was to improve the capacity of market women and men to do business. Dr Tai Solarin, educationist, anti corruption campaigner, and foremost agitator for improved condition of the poor was made chairman. Strange bad fellows were appointed into his board to ensure disparity between the stated objective and outcome. A man whose trade mark was his hat, shirt and shorts, was bundled into agbada. The symbolism was to disconnect him from his passion for the poor and sacrifice him on the altar of corrupt cultists.
And the Structural Adjustment Programme was made up of policies designed to fail, an ungodly act to people who dwell in abject poverty and need every revenue conserved and managed by prudent officials. Each time pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) is increased, it was attributed to withdrawal of fuel subsidy. Negotiations with labour have produced school buses, meal tickets, urban mass transit buses, toll gates, subsidized drugs and a host of other 'benefits' which disappear as soon as they come. Social values have disappeared, discipline has evaporated. Mechanisms entrenched in the Constitution, Statutes, General Order, Financial Institution, have been sidelined. Some people believe that the colonial master did not want them to work for us, so they were designed to collapse, to fail.
In spite of Financial Institution, an inconspicuous civil servant can use the instrumentalities of the state to enrich himself. Public officials dip their hands into the Treasury and take their fill as often as they will. As for Economic Financial Crime Commission and its twin brother, are they not to be authorized or directed to prosecute a suspect? Have we not seen defendants who switched political camp and got transformed from a suspect to ministerial candidate over night? These are measures and institutions designed to fail.
When armed robbery became a menace, a special squad in the Nigeria Police was set up to go after the criminals. It started well getting good results. But rather than being consolidated in professional policing, it became an agent of oppression and extortion. In spite of sacrifices made by patriotic policemen, certain vested interests ensured that it close shop.
With a vast land mass, Nigeria deserves to enjoy enough freedom economically, politically, culturally not to be bothered by certain encumbrances. There are so many cultures, populations, histories and geographies that can guide the state into a choice of peace and development. So long a small section would resist what is right and proper, and gets away with it, only the result of the Quota Community could accrue to it. These programmes and policies would not emanate from scientific rational premise, as such they would design policies that cannot stand, which in itself is a strategy of the rogue state to lubricate sources for criminal activities of a miserable community.
The status of Nigeria, without a Constitution designed by the people calls for an urgent attention. Unless the people have a Constitution of their own, everything would continue to run on trial and error.
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Coronavirus having an impact on Fayetteville area truckers
Michael Futch
mfutch@fayobserver.com
Jimmy Ellington says he still likes to go on the road when he's got "the itch."
Itch or not, the long-haul trucker has discovered that loads of freight are getting a little tougher to find in the midst of the coronavirus.
For the past nearly eight months, Ellington — who is 49 and lives in Fayetteville — has been working for Triple D Express of St. Pauls. Before that, he drove for more than five years for Taylor Express Inc. of Hope Mills.
Ellington said every business he hauls for has shut down because of the coronavirus climate. He noted that local deliveries continue, such as FedEx, UPS, STS Logistics and Southeastern Freight Lines.
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"Just the type of freight we haul has come to a stop," he said.
His company provides transportation services to the rubber and tire industries.
The constant threat from the coronavirus has only added another layer of stress for Ellington and other long-haul truck drivers.
"Every driver out there, I'm sure, they are worried about it," Ellington said. "You want to stay within the amount of distance from everybody, and then you've got people out there who just don't care. You've just got to separate a little bit."
Drivers have become more protective, frequently using hand sanitizer and wipes, as well as wearing gloves while refueling and face masks when entering a truck stop.
Ellington said he has seen improvements for truckers who stop to eat at fast-food restaurants. Many restaurants have made themselves more accessible to the drivers, who cannot wheel their 80,000-pound cabs and trailers through a drive-thru window like everyone else.
"That's gotten better from the first get-go," he said.
Some states are closing rest areas off the main highways and interstates, according to Ellington.
"Where are these guys going to park? Where are they going to sleep?"
Scott Stephenson, president of D&S Logistics, said he's seeing a big decline in business loads, which are down 35% to 45% week to week over past year.
"That's all COVID-19," Stephenson said. "There's not as much business out there."
At the same time, Stephenson also has seen an increase in what he calls the "spot market" of truck runs for shipments of auto parts, paper goods, plants and vegetables.
"It's all about supply and demand," he said.
Because of a decline in available work, Ellington now falls among the growing number of unemployed in the Fayetteville area.
"Last Wednesday or the week before was my last haul," he said Wednesday. "I got my wife to help me get through to the unemployment. And it's still going to be 14 days or a little bit longer before I see anything from that."
"I still go on the road occasionally if I get that little itch," he said. "But I like to be a little bit more with the wife now and see the kids more and help out with my mom because my dad passed about three years ago. It's rough out there for all them guys."
That last haul he made was a load of hand sanitizer from Fayetteville to Georgia. From there, he picked up another load to bring back to Fayetteville.
Stephen Canady is Ellington's stepson. The 32-year-old drives for Ellington's former employer, Taylor Express.
He's been doing it for 2 and a half years now, and he said, "I love it."
At midafternoon Wednesday, he was on the road, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, en route to Georgia from Ohio with a delivery of fertilizer.
Canady said he didn't know what he might pick up in Georgia because of the way his company is now working in the midst of the pandemic. Taylor Express has had to reinvent itself, its president has said, to stay afloat.
Usually, Canady hauls carbon black in bulk hopper trailers for tire plants. But since the nation's large tire plants have shut down, Taylor Express has switched to broker loads to keep its truckers on the road. Brokers specialize in finding haulers for certain freight.
"We switched over so we can get some miles. It ain't really hurt us too bad," he said. "We're all missing a couple of hundred dollars a week, but at least we're still working. I know a lot of drivers out there ain't working right now."
Taylor Express typically hauls 150 loads of carbon black a week, said company President David Wiebusch. Last week, its drivers hauled 30 loads.
Before its team had to learn a new process, chasing after loads in dry van trailers, Taylor was 100% dependent on carbon black.
Canady routinely works Monday through Friday and in recent weeks has been lucky to log about 2,000 miles over the five-day stretch. Before the switch to broker loads, he said drivers for Taylor Express could be hauling loads from 2,500 to 3,000 miles a week.
As for the impact COVID-19 has had on him, Canady said, "Complete isolation. As I said, I'm a long-haul truck driver, so I live in an 8-by-8 box by myself. So I'm pretty much always in quarantine, anyway. It's a big deal for some of us, but most of us stay in our trucks and stay 6 feet away from everybody."
He has noticed that a lot of truck stops have placed markers on the floor where customers are supposed to stand and are asked to keep their distance.
"It ain't too big of a deal, but we all feel it. Anybody I work with, anyway," he said. "I'm lucky to have something to do. At least I know I'll be able to pay my bills."
Staff writer Michael Futch can be reached at mfutch@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3529.


The Cowboys then retreated to the sidelines and locked arms again during Jordin Sparks' rendition of the anthem. The Arizona Cardinals also locked arms during the anthem in a show of unity.
The incident comes amid a national firestorm that was sparked after critical remarks from President Trump about the players kneeling.
Jones, the owner of "America's Team," is a supporter of Trump. He said Sunday that players should not kneel during the anthem.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell voiced his support for the players' action.
"Great show of unity. Enjoy tonight's great matchup," Goodell tweeted along with a video of the anthem.


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Jayalalithaa writes to Modi
A day after six fishermen from Rameswaram fishing base were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the release of all 21 fishermen from the State, presently in Sri Lankan custody.
"It is highly disheartening to note that our fishermen are facing daily threats of harassment and abduction at the hands of the Sri Lankan Navy while fishing in their traditional fishing waters in the Palk Bay," Ms. Jayalalithaa said in her letter.
About 91 boats of the fishermen from the State were presently in Sri Lankan custody and its "strategy" of not releasing the boats was "throttling" the livelihood of these fishermen and was causing "immense frustration" amongst the fishermen, she said and urged to take this issue up with the highest authorities of Sri Lankan government and ensure the immediate release of all 21 fishermen and 91 boats. (The Hindu)
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1. The peoples in the time and culture of the Bible knew that children often carried the authority of the family. For example, the son of a king had authority. When Christ said that God was his Father, the Pharisees correctly interpreted that to mean that he had God's authority on earth, something that Jesus was in fact saying (cp. John 5:17ff).
2. This verse is actually unsupportive of the Trinity. It accurately records that Jesus was saying that God was his father, not that he was himself God, or that he was "God the Son." It is clear that Jesus' authority came from the fact that he was the Son of God, not God Himself.
3. The concept of people being "equal" is found in several places in the Bible. For example, when Joseph was ruling Egypt under Pharaoh, Judah said to him, "You are equal to Pharaoh himself" (Gen. 44:18). Paul wrote about men who wanted to be considered "equal with us" (2 Cor. 11:12). No Christian we are aware of believes that Joseph and Pharaoh or Paul and his opponents are "of one substance," and make up "one being" simply because they are called "equal." We believe that John 5:18 should be handled like the other verses that mention equality. Jesus was using God's power and authority on earth, and was thus "equal" to God in the same way Joseph, who was using Pharaoh's authority and power, was equal to Pharaoh.


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Broadcasting Code Breaches by Borders Community Radio Station Raises Prospect of Final Warning
A community radio station in the Scottish Borders has breached broadcasting guidelines, according to regulators, Ofcom, for the playing of two songs, each containing 'offensive language'. And it looks like it could be a final warning for the station.
Says Ofcom, Brick FM – broadcasting in and around St Boswells – sought to argue that the use of the word, 'fuck', is commonplace among listeners – hence, justifying the playing of 'Pass Out' by Tinie Tempah, which is said to contain the word on five occasions. It added that it believed the word, 'punany' – as featured in another song it played (More Punany, by Dr Evil) – was not slang for 'vagina' but the name of a toasted sandwich sold locally, made of Italian bread with cheese and tomato.
Both songs, says Ofcom, were played by a guest DJ, during Rory's Reggae Roots, 20 minutes apart in the middle of the afternoon on February 23.
According to Ofcom's latest broadcasting bulletin, published today, Brick FM breached a code (1.14) regarding 'offensive' language being broadcast when children are likely to be listening, plus a further code (2.3) requiring context for the use of 'offensive material'.
It added that Brick FM had apologised, saying that it "did not hear the offending words when broadcast", adding the show was no longer being broadcast.
Says the bulletin: "Regarding the material itself, Brick FM said that a 'punany' was a 'sandwich sold locally and is made of Italian bread with cheese and tomato which is heated up' and therefore did not accept the song, 'More Punany', had sexual connotations. Brick FM also maintained that the word 'fuck' is "a commonly used word in Scotland."
The regulator notes that in two previous bulletins, "Ofcom recorded breaches of Brick FM's licence conditions regarding the retention of recordings, providing the service described in the station's key commitments and the provision of information to Ofcom to enable monitoring of the station".
It concluded: "Ofcom therefore has serious concerns about Brick FM's approach to compliance and may consider regulatory action if further breaches occur."
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How about a treasure trove of Mudd promos! (You know I can never get enough TOS promos!) Some are from Mudd's Women, the rest from I, Mudd. Which Mudd episode was your favorite?
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Spock looks so uncomfortable in the last pic. Like he saying: "Jim, please come back. Help…" These are awesome. Great find.