text:
Inbox: His toughness at the position takes a back seat to no one's
That framework doesn't change on Sundays
QB Aaron Rodgers
Ryan from Carmel, IN
A rolling Wes gathers no Spoff. You can say that again!
As June arrives, no less.
Jason from Minneapolis, MN
Insiders, I don't have a question for you today. All I have is a plea for the readers of the Inbox. My wife and I, along with thousands of others in the Twin Cities area, have spent our day thus far cleaning the damage caused by the riots. The area where we are in Minneapolis is a surreal landscape. Buildings are still burning, and people, including many minorities, are now rendered homeless, with their livelihoods destroyed. Inbox, please, please. Never respond to violence with more violence.
Amen. I hope we can all agree on that. My heart goes out to your city and others in turmoil. Our country is in turmoil and we have to somehow find a way through this. If I had the answers, I wouldn't be sitting at a keyboard right now. All I know is we have to stay in touch with one another's humanity at all times.
Cliff from Brockport, NY
With about 40% of the roster not making the final cut, I wonder if some those low draft picks and UDFAs secretly wish the NFLPA contract rules regarding minimal contact and full suiting up during camp would just go away. These guys are fighting for their football lives and probably wish they could show their best with more contact and live play.
This league is about making the most of whatever opportunity you're given, and that framework doesn't change on Sundays, either.
Don from Aurora, CO
With AJ Dillon in the fold, I've heard many point to Jamaal Williams as the odd man out of the Packers' backfield, maybe as soon as this season. But if Aaron Jones' price tag is too high, is it crazy to think the Packers might just let him walk and instead keep Williams on a more affordable deal? He isn't the superstar talent that Jones is, but he's quietly been very good and I get the impression the coaches love him.
I've said before I don't realistically see both Jones and Williams in the Packers' backfield in 2021, but how exactly it shakes out is to be determined. I think if Jones agrees to an extension at some point, Williams will want to look elsewhere for his own career prospects. If Jones plays the season out and roughly copies his 2019 numbers, I could see other teams more interested in his price tag than the Packers with so many other key players' deals up.
Jason from Austin, TX
I'm sure this has been asked before, but can a team trade a player along with his dead-money cap hit? For example, let's say Team A wanted Player X from Team B. However, trading Player X would give Team B $10 million in dead money because of the guaranteed money in his contract. Could Team A propose a trade for Player X with an additional $10 mil in cash (that would count against Team A's cap) in order to alleviate the dead-money hit on Team B?
Nope. Dead money is money already paid to a player that must be charged to the cap when he's no longer on the team. No one else can absorb that cap hit because the player has collected the money. Any other guarantees in his contract not yet paid are assumed by his new team and its cap.
Larry from Jensen Beach, FL
I've watched every Green Bay quarterback from Bart Starr on. We all know about Brett Favre's durability. However, I believe that one of the most underappreciated aspects of Aaron Rodgers is his toughness. Perhaps because of his cerebral approach to the game. Your thoughts?
He gets a lot of credit for his brain, and deservedly so. But he's played through enough stuff over the years his toughness at the position takes a back seat to no one's in my book.
Patrick from Valrico, FL
I've got a funny feeling an Aaron will have a monster season for the Packers. My money is on the youngster, how about you?
The elder is a decent bet, too.
Rob from Muskego, WI
Nagy led the Bears to a 12-4 record and the playoffs his first season, then took quite a step backwards in his second season. Other than the obvious quarterback advantage, how will the Packers avoid following suit?
The Packers didn't compromise two years of drafts for one player like the Bears did. Green Bay has still been building through the draft. Since the Mack trade, the Bears laid all their team's improvement at the quarterback's feet, and now they're probably changing quarterbacks.
Renee from Green Bay, WI
Coach ML has said he needs to create more explosive plays. With a run-heavy offense, at least that is how I see the offense headed by what I hear, what does that mean? More long pass plays? Runs designed to have bigger gains? More gadget plays...?
Taking shots off play-action, for one. LaFleur doesn't want to run play-action just for show. He wants to have an offense that makes the defense believe those plays really are going to be running plays, and take advantage.
Daniel from Northridge, CA
I found an interesting stat: Rodgers needs only six more passing touchdowns in the playoffs to become second all-time in the postseason, with 46. Passing guys like Favre, Manning and Montana. Really hope he can accomplish that as a Packer.
Me, too. Forty TD passes in 18 playoff games is pretty darn good. I've always found it interesting his only postseason game without one was the lone NFC title game he won, when he ran for one and saved one going the other way.
Marc from Holmen, WI
Third from the end, antepenultimate. Fourth from the end, preantepenultimate. Fifth, propreantepenultimate (if used at all, mostly in phonetics). Ain't English grand?
So from now on I can say when the Packers qualified for the playoffs in the 2010 regular-season finale, it turned out to be their propreantepenultimate game that year? Awesome.
Zak from Verona, WI
Good Day II, a sports app on my phone recently ran a series ranking the top 100 uniforms across all sports. I don't usually pay much attention to such "list-icles," but this one was entertaining because the authors highlighted some absolute gems across sports throughout history. Besides the Packers' iconic and timeless kits, which are your favorite sports uniforms?
I've always been partial to the various powder blue baseball road uniforms of my youth and to the sweaters of the NHL's original six.
Matt from Irvine, CA
Can you walk us through Lane Taylor's decision to take a pay cut? Sometimes you see players take less money on future contracts to stay with their current team rather than make more in free agency, but it is rare to see a player agree to less money on their current deal.
I'd surmise he was told he'd be released if he didn't take a pay cut. Coming off a serious biceps injury, and not playing since Week 2 last year, he probably faced the prospect of nothing more than a league-minimum deal elsewhere. The Packers gave him a little more than that, plus incentives based on playing time. The team keeps a piece of solid, veteran depth, and he can earn more money if called upon and/or if he can beat out Turner at right guard. It was a sensible move for both sides.
Jeff from Brooklyn, WI
They freed up $3 million in cap space by restructuring Lane Taylors contract. Could this mean BG might be dabbling in free agency still?
The better bet is he's targeting the money to help re-sign some of his own.
Tim from Greensboro, NC
Morning Mike! Indubitably, tough decisions abound. Practically, since Day 1, Bak, Clark and Linsley have produced. You have three guys instrumental in 13-3, but have struggled staying on the field, Jones and King, or is a very important role player in Williams. If they all perform well again in 2020, I think five of them would be in for large free-agent deals. We know Gute is prioritizing Clark. Which of the others does GM Spoff try to extend? Can you reasonably keep two or three more?
I think it all depends on whether one or two extensions can be reached in the coming months as opposed to waiting until they all hit free agency. The more spread out the execution of the deals, generally the more flexibility in their structure cap-wise. That said, the uncertainty of league economics heading into this year and beyond could make it difficult for both sides to be constructing extensions now. It's really hard to say.
Margeaux from Tallahassee, FL
Being a very amateur photographer, I love Evan Siegle's photos and his descriptions of why and how he shot them. What is missing in his portfolio are pictures of our Dynamic II Duo providing us with information and inspiration also known as II. When can we expect these photos to be available or are you going to spring it on us as a surprise?
I'm not sure even Evan could make that entertaining, and that's by no means a knock on him.
Dominic from Manchester, UK
Why are people so bothered about getting the best record? In the last decade the team with the best record has only won the Super Bowl once. Get a ticket to the dance and get hot. It's not a regular-season league.
No league is anymore, really.
Dan from Leland, NC
Wes had an awesome response to Mark from Appleton regarding clichés, but he may want to tread lightly. You don't want to upset the apple cart or bite the hand that feeds you.
He even let Mark off the hook for saying if he were a writer he'd avoid clichés like the plague.
John from Yakima, WA
In your opinion, does the defenseless-player rule change cause the special teams coach to place emphasis on the fast but cleaner tackler vs. the fastest player in his selection of the "gunner'? Or does he need to select the best combination of speed and acrobat to avoid unintentional hits that trigger a "defenseless player" foul.
You still want to get down there and be in position to force a fair catch. The new rule could lead to fewer fair catches, though, so it's a matter of coaching the player to not only get there but be in a breakdown position ready to react.
Photos: Perfection with Packers poses
Team photographer Evan Siegle shares more of his 2019 favorites.
King of the North
Smith x 2
Mr. Gary
A step ahead
QB destroyer
Making room
D-Train!
Mike from Las Vegas, NV
So if the 2009 Packers did beat Arizona, they would have played New Orleans. If they win that game then it's at Minnesota against Favre for the NFC Championship...
Even though I've always wondered about how far the '09 team might have gone, I've also considered it a blessing in disguise a young Rodgers didn't have to face the bounty-hunting Saints in that postseason like Warner and Favre did. While he was at the peak of his escapability powers back then, I still shudder to think what might have happened.
Andrew from Vancouver, Canada
I would watch that movie...or at least a skit. Larry plays Doc, Wes plays Marty, Kuhn plays Biff, Mike plays young Doc.
I appreciate you not assigning me George McFly.
Adam from Glens Falls, NY
What silver linings could we find with empty stadiums? I'm imagining more cameras, more access. Maybe this will be the year when Packers fans never fortunate enough to attend a game can feel what it's like to have great tickets, sit in the hallowed bowl of Lambeau … TV coverage is better than ever, but let's be new!
The possibilities for camera angles would be endless. I imagine TV producers would pounce on the creative opportunities.
Paul from Gorham, ME
Do the players know this Inbox exists? Do they care?
I honestly don't know, and I honestly doubt it. Happy Monday.
Inbox: Your team's counting on you Saturday night
Davante Adams has always stayed true to himself
Inbox: Neither team is going to blink
What's most crucial is the collective
Inbox: This is what you play for
The Packers have to start fast and finish strong against the 49ers
Inbox: They'll need their best
They shouldn't be surprised by anything
Inbox: Nobody deserved it more than De'Vondre Campbell
Welcome to the season of excitement
Inbox: This team is as tested as any
The stats themselves indicate the game is drastically different
Inbox: That win was both a statement and a turning point
The Packers' defense is different when both Kenny Clark and De'Vondre Campbell are available
Inbox: That best game is still out there this time
Now they have to stay on that path
Inbox: The urgency is there and so too is the focus
Be who you are and capture the trophy the seed says you're capable of capturing
Inbox: Packers have an interesting call to make
That says it all
Inbox: It's last call before playing for it all
Sunday could be a great opportunity for second-year QB Jordan Love
Inbox: He was the perfect guy at the perfect time in the perfect scheme
The Packers' trio is rock solid


text:
Q: How would I get the values from a previously assigned index I have two data frames, the first column is formed by getting the index values from the other data frame. This is tested and successfully returns 5 entries.
The second line executes but assigns NaN to all rows in "StartPrice" column
    df = pd.DataFrame()
    df["StartBar"] = df_rs["HighTrendStart"].dropna().index        # Works
    df["StartPrice"] = df_rs["HighTrendStart"].loc[df["StartBar"]] # Assigns Nan's to all rows

As pointed out by @YOBEN_S, the indexes do not match.
Date
2020-05-01 00:00:00   NaN
2020-05-01 00:15:00   NaN
2020-05-01 00:30:00   NaN
2020-05-01 00:45:00   NaN
2020-05-01 01:00:00   NaN
Freq: 15T, Name: HighTrendStart, dtype: float64
0   2020-05-01 02:30:00
1   2020-05-01 06:30:00
2   2020-05-01 13:45:00
3   2020-05-01 16:15:00
4   2020-05-01 20:00:00
Name: StartBar, dtype: datetime64[ns]

A: You should make sure the index did not match when you assign the value from different dataframe
df["StartPrice"] = df_rs["HighTrendStart"].loc[df["StartBar"]].to_numpy()

For example
df=pd.DataFrame({'a':[1,2,3,4,5,6]})
s=pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5,6],index=list('abcdef'))
df
Out[190]:
   a
0  1
1  2
2  3
3  4
4  5
5  6
s
Out[191]:
a    1
b    2
c    3
d    4
e    5
f    6
dtype: int64
df['New']=s
df
Out[193]:
   a  New
0  1  NaN
1  2  NaN
2  3  NaN
3  4  NaN
4  5  NaN
5  6  NaN

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


awe that's a cute girl who's really very sweet.
Because that is the person I want you to see.
How good I have become at hiding the mess I used to be.
It is not your right or privilege to know.
The pain I hide in my mind and I choose not show.
Those are my burdens that I carry heavy and deep.
It is my choice to not share them every time I speak.
They stay closed tightly, guarded by my hearts lock and key.
These pained memories are for me and only mine to keep.
the things you'll never recognize hidden behind my eyes.


text:
Warship sinks in Thailand, 31 sailors missing
A Thai warship with a crew of over a hundred has sunk in a Gulf storm. The Thai Navy said 31 sailors were missing in the incident. HTMS Sukhothai sank on Sunday night after water entered its power controls. BBC news.
On Monday, authorities said they had rescued 75 crew members, but 31 were still missing at sea. A Navy spokesman told the BBC: 'More than 12 hours have passed. We will continue to look for them.'
Search crews worked through the night to find survivors. Besides, the operation continued on Monday with the help of the Air Force.
The Navy has also announced to find out the cause of the disaster.
"This is unprecedented in the history of our forces, especially with a ship that is still active," spokesman Admiral Pogkrong Montardpolin told the BBC.
Officials said the vessel sank after taking on water. Water ingress flooded the ship's hull and short-circuited the power room. The crew struggled to keep control of the ship before it sank.
Three naval ships and helicopters were sent to help, but only HTMS Crabtree managed to reach the ship before it sank.
The frigate picked up most of the Sukhothai's crew, the navy said. Sailors wearing life jackets were found in the water and on life rafts. The Navy has not released any details about their condition.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha said in a statement on Monday that officials were investigating the disaster. I am following the news closely – about five people have been seriously injured.'
HTMS Sukhothai was built in the mid-1980s by the United States for the Thai Navy.
4 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were killed in the terrorist attack
Riots in French cities after World Cup loss
Iran signs to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Emirates offers golden opportunity in Golden Visa, know if you are eligible

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The GDD Industry Summit provides ICANN's contracted parties an opportunity to engage and address issues of mutual interest and importance. This forum enables direct and one-on-one interaction with members of the ICANN's Global Domains Division (GDD) team. It is not a typical ICANN meeting nor is it solely intended for discussions of policy.
You can register to attend the event or join remotely via ICANN's website here, where you will also find the full agenda.
The BRG looks forward to seeing you at the GDD Summit.


Tékponon Jikuagou (TJ), which loosely translates to "using all means to reduce maternal mortality," is an innovative project designed to address unmet need for family planning in Benin by intervening through women's and men's social networks.
Funded by USAID, TJ is implemented by a consortium led by Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health, in collaboration with CARE and Plan International.
TJ uses social network approaches, in tandem with communication for social change approaches, to influence social norms and family planning attitudes and practices.
The project identifies the most influential and connected networks in a community and then assesses the influence of men's and women's networks on fertility beliefs, attitudes, desires, intentions and behaviors relating to family planning.
Interventions then work with key actors in individuals' social networks, as well as the network structures themselves to promote reflection on existing social norms, allowing people to recognize for themselves how norms and attitudes may negatively influence reproductive health and family planning.
Thus, TJ moves a program's focus from targeting individuals with behavior change activities to thinking of individuals as members of formal and informal networks that influence behaviors.
The social network approach hypothesizes that once family planning has been adopted by a group within a community, social interaction can accelerate the pace of diffusion by providing opportunities for social comparison, support and influence. The communications for social change approach hypothesizes that adding public discussions of fertility and family planning will lead to individual and normative social changes.
Learn more about our family planning work.
This 2 page brief highlights learning and results from the Malawi Health Alliance Project.
CARE has been working on sexual, reproductive and maternal health programming for 50 years.
A look at CARE interventions in Bihar, India where poor nutrition and health lead to early death and lost potential.
Use of mobile phone applications to promote access to obstetric and neonatal emergency care.
Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death among women in developing countries.
Integrating Gender and Sexuality into Maternal and Newborn Health Programming through the Inner Spaces, Outer Faces Initiative.
CARE works with communities to improve the quality and accessibility of local health services for women and newborns.
Our plan is called PATHWAY TO EMPOWERMENT because it's a journey forward, together.
The empowerment of women is at the heart of CARE's strategy to reduce global poverty and nurture the growth of healthy societies.


text:
Demonoid Still Down, Fake Facebook Gets Press
August 1, 2012 by Ernesto Van der Sar
A week after a DDoS attack hit the popular BitTorrent site Demonoid, it is still down.
Based on what the sole tech admin of the site told us, it looks like it may take weeks before it will return.
"It started as a DDoS but then it caused a series of problems. These problems need to be fixed before the site can go back up, and it's a complicated fix this time," the Demonoid admin told TorrentFreak last week.
Initially the site displayed a "server busy" status message but yesterday the server was turned off completely.
Because of the downtime many people have been looking for news on the situation, with an interesting side effect.
The Facebook page DemonoidP2P, which amassed 100 likes in a year, skyrocketed to more than 4000 likes in a few days. All signs point at a troll page, but somehow ZDNet thinks otherwise.
In an article posted today the Facebook updates (including quotes that were pulled from our article) are passed on as news without any verification whatsoever.
The Facebook "admin" seems to be enjoying himself and suggests that a comeback is near. Unfortunately, this might be a tad bit optimistic.
For now, Demonoid users have no other option than to flock to one of the many alternatives.
Update: ZDNet posted an update on the Facebook issue.
DemonoidP2P when it was still quiet
demonoid down
'Demonoid' Moves Away From .to Domain to Distance Itself From Scam Site
November 2, 2019, 21:17 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Demonoid Staffers Launch New Site to Keep the Legacy Alive
July 24, 2019, 12:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Demonoid Founder 'Deimos' is Believed to Have Passed Away
April 16, 2019, 18:48 by Ernesto Van der Sar


For some reason I like to make fun of people from Kansas. Avon and the Divorce north carolina adultery Foundation for Women have already funded the following Institutes. During the first week dating game for boys March we welcomed six new anglers to the Rio Grande.
Pilgrims carry these kaavadi on their shoulders, while stepping or dancing to the sound of drumming. Remember It is 10 times harder to command the ear than to catch the eye.
Atlanta-based Bert Weiss morning show will be gone from Cumulus s Idvorce The Hits 107. The plagiarism s sister penetrate group is Garesnicafrom Garesnica, Croatia. What s amazing to me though, when you think about divorce north carolina adultery, I mean, this is part of an asteroid that had been, you know, floating through space, orbiting the sun for billions of years.
He is like the kids dad. Rather than be stigmatized for dealing with an STD, you can join a community of people who realize that life does not stop after becoming infected with something. A good first place to start is by contacting the financial aid departments of the colleges and universities you are interested in attending. Adam Adltery Wright. It s best summed up in the word Attitude. Irish immigrants dominated the first wave of newcomers during this period, especially following divprce Irish Potato Famine; by 1.
There divorce north carolina adultery so much to learn and respect dating safely online both genders.
BLIND DATING RATINGS For ingestion in Orissa, there s no steady place to would than here.
WHERE TO FIND PROSTITUTES IN MYRTLE BEACH Private Equity LBO Modelling Test.


text:
Der Benetton B199 war der Formel-1-Rennwagen von Benetton Formula für die Saison 1999, der an allen 16 Rennen der Saison teilnahm.

Technik und Entwicklung

Technische Leitung
Der technische Direktor für die Entwicklung war Pat Symonds. Ihm unterstanden Nick Wirth für die Konstruktion sowie Jean-Claude Migeot und James Allison für die aerodynamische Form des Wagens. Weitere Designer für den Wagen waren Martin Tolliday, Andy Moss sowie Andy Whymer und der zuständige Getriebe-Ingenieur war Dace Wass.

Motor, Getriebe und Fahrwerk
Es wurde in vielen Bereichen technologische Fortschritte erzielt. Motor war der FB01-V10-Saugmotor von Playlife mit einem Hubraum von 2.997 cm³ und einem Zylinderbankwinkel von 71°. Dies war praktisch der Renault RS9 aus dem Jahr 1997, welcher zu der Zeit von Supertec weiter entwickelt und gewartet wurde. Er leistete im Rennmodus bei 16.800/min ungefähr 559 kW (750 PS) und im Qualifyingmodus bei 17.000/min 582 kW (780 PS). Damit erreichte der Wagen bis zu 340 km/h.

Das in Kooperation mit Xtrac entwickelte Halbautomatikgetriebe hatte sechs Gänge und es wurde dazu ein neues Doppelkupplungsgetriebe entwickelt, welche sich jedoch im Saisonverlauf als fehleranfällig herausstellte. Weitere Probleme waren die weiterentwickelten aerodynamischen Teile, da diese für zusätzliches Gewicht sorgten. Durch den veränderten Schwerpunkt wurde die Bodenhaftung negativ beeinflusst und der Wagen verlor so jeden erhofften Leistungszugewinn. Für die Aufhängung wurde vorne sowie hinten eine Doppelquerlenkerachse mit innenliegenden Federn und Stoßdämpfern, betätigt über Schubstangen, verwendet.

Front-Torque Transfer System
Revolutionär in dieser Saison war ein neues System mit dem Namen Front-torque transfer system. Diese neue Technik, zusammen mit Xtrac und GKN entworfen, befand sich in der Nase des Wagens und verband beide Vorderräder mittels einer Antriebswelle und eines flüssigkeitsbetriebenen Sperrdifferentials zusammen. Dadurch konnte der Fahrer während des Rennens die Bremskräfte optimal balancieren und so vor Kurven später bremsen und in den Kurven den Wagen auch besser stabilisieren. Auf die Idee kamen die technischen Ingenieure, weil die Boliden übermäßig viel übersteuerten. Der kurveninnere Reifen neigte nämlich sehr schnell zum Blockieren, durch die verringerte Reibung verpasste der Fahrer dann den Scheitelpunkt der Kurve und verlor wertvolle Zeit. Mittels der Antriebswelle verteilte man auf den kurveninneren Reifen Drehmoment und brachte ihn dadurch zum weiteren rotieren. Allerdings hat dieses Verfahren auch seine Tücken, so war das ganze System relativ schwer und sperrig.

Diese Technik sollte ursprünglich schon 1998 verwendet werden, doch bedingt durch die kurze Zeit für den Einbau in die bereits entwickelte Konstruktion der Nase hätte der Wagen die Crashtest-Bestimmungen nicht bestanden. Für die Saison 1999 wurde das System von Konstruktionsbeginn weg mit in die Nase miteinbezogen. Während der Saison wollten einige Teams dieses System verbieten lassen, da es wie ein Antiblockiersystem agiere und dieses nicht erlaubt sei.  Williams hingegen gab zu, dass sie selbst bereits Pläne zu einer ähnlichen Technik hätten.

Dieses System, 2004 von BAR mittlerweile perfektioniert, wurde zwar zunächst von der FIA erlaubt, jedoch 2004 schlussendlich für illegal erklärt. Heute sind solche Systeme unter dem Namen Active Yaw bzw. Torque Vectoring, zu Deutsch Drehmomentverteilung, bekannt.

Renngeschichte
Vier Jahre nach dem Abgang von Michael Schumacher und Ross Brawn versuchte Benetton immer noch an die Saisonen 1994 und 1995 anzuschließen. Der Wagen wurde erst sehr spät fertiggestellt, da man die letzten aerodynamischen Bauteile im neuen Windkanal testen wollte. Am 16. Januar 1999 wurde in Enstone, Benettons Hauptquartier, der B199 der Weltöffentlichkeit präsentiert. Der Chefdesigner Nick Wirth meinte in einem Interview, dass das Grundkonzept des neuen Wagens als "mutig" angesehen werden kann und dass er in der Entwicklung viel aggressiver als beim B198 voranging.

Beim Saisonstart in Australien konnte Benetton direkt mit dem vierten Platz durch Fisichella die ersten Punkte erfahren. Wurz schied mit einem Aufhängungsdefekt aus. Im ersten Saisondrittel konnten noch konstant Punkte gesammelt und in Kanada sogar ein zweiter Platz erreicht werden, doch dann ging es mit der Leistung bergab. Einzig Wurz erzielte bei seinem Heimrennen in Österreich mit dem fünften Platz noch Weltmeisterschaftspunkte. Negativer Tiefpunkt der Saison waren die Doppelausfälle in Italien und Europa hintereinander.

Schließlich belegte das Team mit 16 Punkten den sechsten Platz in der Teamwertung. Ein Grund für die mangelnde Punkteausbeute lag an der Unzuverlässigkeit des Wagens; so schied das Team acht Mal wegen technischer Defekte, sechs weitere Male durch Unfälle aus. Die schlechten Ergebnisse trugen dazu bei, dass der Designer des Wagens, Nick Wirth, mit Saisonende entlassen und im folgenden Jahr durch Tim Densham ersetzt wurde.

Lackierung und Sponsoring
Der Wagen wurde im typischen Benetton-hellblau mit weißen Seitenkästen und Flügeln gehalten. Der Hauptsponsor war wie die letzten sechs Jahre Mild Seven, welche auf den Flügeln, der Nase und der Airbox warben. Auf den Seitenkästen warb mit rotem Schriftzug eine Submarke von Benetton, Playlife. Die Benetton Group selbst warb seitlich unter den Luftleitblechen, wo einzelne Elemente in dunklerem grün gehalten wurde, und auf der Motorabdeckung mit rot-gelb-grünen Querstreifen. Weitere Sponsoren waren A1, Akai, D2 Mannesmann, HP sowie Korean Air.

Bei den Rennen in Frankreich, Großbritannien und Belgien musste auf die Tabakwerbung verzichtet werden. Stattdessen wurde auf den Plätzen der Logos der Teamname Benetton platziert.

Fahrer
Stammfahrer waren erneut Giancarlo Fisichella sowie Alexander Wurz, als Test- und Ersatzfahrer wurde der Minardi-Testfahrer von 1998 Laurent Rédon verpflichtet.

Weitere Verwendung der Chassis
Es wurden insgesamt sieben Chassis im Verlauf der Saison hergestellt, welche alle mit der Folge B199/01 bis B199/07 durchnummeriert wurden.

Ergebnisse

Weblinks

 Fahrzeugprofil bei chicanef1.com
 Fahrzeugprofil bei fedef1.com
 Fahrzeugprofil bei StatsF1.com
 Fahrzeugprofil bei traumautoarchiv.de
 motorsport-total.com Datenbank-Informationen zu Benetton B199

Einzelnachweise

B199
Rennwagen der Formel-1-Weltmeisterschaft 1999

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


A multidisciplinary team from the Institut Guttmann, formed by a doctor, a neuropsychologist, a physiotherapist and a nurse, has traveled to Jamaica under the Rights of Way project, promoted by the Abertis Foundation and Unicef. This project is developing prevention programs for damage to minors in road accidents in developing countries.
The Institut Guttmann has provided its expertise in the treatment and neurorehabilitation of neurological injuries derived from traffic accidents. For this, displaced professionals have conducted training sessions for local doctors and have shared knowledge with therapists from different hospitals in Kingston, the capital: the University Hospital of West Indies, the Kingston PublicHospital, the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Center and the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The Guttmann team has also participated in the annual conference of research at the University Hospital of West Indies with the paper "A holistic, complete and personalized approach to the neurorehabilitation process".
Participation in this project continues in 2019, with a second collaboration from the Institut Guttmann in the Philippines.


What Exactly is Dragon Boat Races?
2018 will commemorate the 11th biennial Catholic Charities Dragon Boat Races – a truly special event that combines athleticism and competition with fundraising and awareness of Catholic Charities. Since 1998, over 50 companies, non-profits and schools have partnered with us to raise over $5 million dollars in support of our mission – to love, serve and teach, work for justice, and to improve the lives of Marylanders in need.
Sponsored teams will practice the ancient sport of Dragon Boat Racing for 8 weeks over the summer leading up to Race Day, September 8, 2018, in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 spectators. Off the water, each team will learn more about the work of Catholic Charities by partnering with one of our 81 programs. Paddlers see firsthand the issues faced by our clients and contribute their time and resources to making a difference in their lives.
Dragon Boat racing is a reflection of a memorable historical event that occurred more than 2,000 years ago. Numerous supremacy wars were erupting during the fourth century B.C. when Emperor Chu's kingdom was one of the mightiest remaining. It is a story of self-sacrifice.
Qu Yuan was loved so by the people that local fisherman raced to the tragic scene in their long, swift boats, beating their drums and splashing their oars to scare the many fish away from his body. They threw also tossed rice into the river some say in an attempt to protect Qu Yuan's body from the fish and others to feed his soul.
Dragon Boat Festivals are held in China on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the same day Qu Yuan is said to have drowned himself in the Mi Lo River. Many of the original rituals are still practiced today at festivals all over the world. As part of the opening ceremonies, a common practice is to "Awaken the Dragon" by dotting the eyes of the Dragon's heads of each of the boats. Historically, the Dragon was the favored symbol of the Emperor, and the best Chinese artists were commissioned. Shortly after one such artist put the finishing touches on his work by etching the eyes on his exquisite stone Dragon, thunder and turbulent weather swept the land. It was believed the mythical beast was "awakened" and had "come to life". Also, the significance of the eye dotting was to impress the boats and their crews with the strength of the Dragon and the blessing of the Goddess of the Sea.
Catholic Charities Dragon Boat team captures the win for their division!
1st Place: Dap Products Inc.
Form a Team. Coming Soon!
Join a Team. Coming Soon!
Register as an Individual. Coming Soon!
Donate in the name of an Individual or Team. Coming Soon!
Download this sponsorship information (PDF).
Download the 2016 Dragon Boat sponsorship application form (PDF). Use this option if you are paying by check or making a pledge.
Complete the 2016 Dragon Boat sponsorship application online. Use this option if you are paying by credit card now.
Your sponsorship will underwrite the cost of serving breakfast to the 1,000 paddlers before they begin an intense day of competition. There will be a sign identifying your company as the "Dragon Boat Breakfast Sponsor". Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure and on Catholic Charities' website.
Your sponsorship will underwrite the entertainment expenses for the day's festivities. The entertainment, including music, performers, and a tent filled with children's activities, encourages many people walking along Baltimore's Inner Harbor to join the fun. There will be a sign next to the stage identifying your company as the "Dragon Boat Entertainment Sponsor". Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure and on Catholic Charities' website.
Your sponsorship will underwrite the cost of the Affinity Challenge T-shirts given to 1,000 paddlers. Affinity challenges are time trials that take place between similar corporations, banks, non-profits, medical organizations, and construction businesses. Results of the time trails are used to seed teams in our three competitive brackets on Race Day. The shirt will include your logo and the event logo. Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure and on Catholic Charities' website.
This sponsorship will underwrite the cost of the Catholic Charities Dragon Boat giveaway bags. Bags are given to the event Steering Committee, participating Baltimore City Agencies, and 1,000 paddlers on Race Day and are very popular. The bag will include your logo and the event logo. Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure and on Catholic Charities' website.
This sponsorship will underwrite the cost of the Catholic Charities Dragon Boat T-shirts given to the event Steering Committee, participating Baltimore City Agencies, and 1,000 paddlers on Race Day. The shirt will include your logo and the event logo in addition to a listing of all sponsors. Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure and on Catholic Charities' website.
Your sponsorship will underwrite the cost of serving lunch to the 1,000 paddlers on Race Day. There will be a sign identifying your company as the "Dragon Boat Lunch Sponsor". Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure and on Catholic Charities' website.
This sponsorship will underwrite the cost of practice sessions at the Baltimore Marine Center in Canton. Each team practices once a week for eight weeks during the months of July and August. There will be a sign identifying your company as the "Dragon Boat Marina Sponsor". Your company will also receive recognition in the Dragon Boat brochure, on Catholic Charities' website, and will have the opportunity to place a promotional item in the paddler giveaway bags.
Teams are comprised of 25 members (company employees, vendors, family, or friends.) There are 20 paddlers (minimum of 8 women), 1 drummer, and 1 steerer. The 3 other members rotate or serve as alternates.
Practices happen once a week for 8 weeks during a designated timeslot at the Baltimore Marine Center in Canton under the supervision of our coaching staff.
Race Day involves time trials to set brackets for elimination heats. The competition is exhilarating as teams battle throughout the day for the coveted Dragon Cup!
For those who want to join the fun and excitement of the Dragon Boats Races but aren't inclined to paddle, there are team spirit competitions. Participants show off their creative sides as they decorate their team tent for the Tent Competition, write a song for the Chant Competition, and create a themed hat for the Hat Competition.
Teams have the unique opportunity to deeply engage with a program of Catholic Charities through volunteering. Your Paddler Relations Liaison (PRL) will work with your team to identify opportunities to improve the lives of the clients served by that program. Teams complete projects and host drives or events that not only help others, but that build lasting relationships among teammates and with the clients of Catholic Charities.
Through the Paddler Challenge, many teams choose to raise additional funds directly for their Partner Program from their personal networks.
June – Orientation workshops for team leaders known as Captain, Co-Captain, and Cruise Director (oversees Team Spirit Activities) will take place as well as a special event which celebrates team building, commitment, competition, and community.
July & August – Practice begins and lasts for 8 weeks. On land, teammates work on their entries for the tent, chant and hat contests.
September 8, 2018 – RACE DAY! Invite all of your employees and their family and friends to the Inner Harbor for a day of fun, festivities, and excitement.
Watch the video of the all the highlights here.
Race day photos and videos coming soon. Watch this page.
1st place T. Rowe Price 1:34.70 Best time of the day!
1st place Transamerica 1:44.71 Best rookie time of the day!
Not all the competition was on the water. View the Team Spirit Awards here.


Motah (pronounced distinctly Mo-tah) is an interdimensional code name for a segment of the solar system government's information sources. This blog chronicles the spiritual diary, channelings and commentary of Phillel, Coexecutive Director of Mark-Age.
Because of his training with the Motah Council in this solar system for many thousands of years, Phillel also is authorized to use the name Motah as a code for his high Self functions.
For background information, see the article Motah Retrospective.
Bio: Phillel (Philip J. Jacobs) is also Managing Editor of Mark-Age. Born in Lufkin, Texas, on November 23, 1951, he was an Eagle Scout. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in French and English from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974 and immediately joined the Mark-Age staff.
In addition to his skill as an editor, he is an expert researcher, author and lecturer on both spiritual and scientific aspects of extraterrestrial contact. His knowledge of close encounters spans historical, biblical and modern accounts.
As a psychic channel trained by Nada-Yolanda, he is personally experienced in methods and purposes of spiritual space contact. He serves as an interdimensional communications channel and as a hieronics channel, broadcasting transmissions of higher-plane electromagnetic energy from etheric spacecraft for spiritual transmutation.
Download Motah Communiques 2007-15, a free e-book of hierarchal messages received from ascended masters and space visitors.
Phillel, a private pilot, has a unique ability to serve as a bridge between spiritual and physical aspects of extraterrestrial contact. In his many articles and cassette tapes, he explores the message of our space brothers, their purpose in communicating at this time, and how we can cooperate in their mass landing attempts.
Phillel's best-known works on the spiritual space program are the booklet Landing Light: A Primer for Space Contact and the audiocassette series Teachings of Federation of Planets.
Click Landing Light to download the free e-book or to read the manuscript on this blog. See also his two-part article Hieronics.
Masthead credits: Collage by author. The background image of the Magellanic Cloud is courtesy of NASA. The gold spaceships are courtesy of the extraordinary Australian artist Hartmut Jager, whose inspirational artwork appears throughout Motah Chronicles, including in the box links below and in the "Motah Retrospective" box on the sidebar of the home page.


"Nightmares" mode (that replaces all enemies as zombies).
Black ops III was announced on 26th April 2015. When Activision parted with Microsoft Studios and then partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment, the first Call of Duty video game was released.
The basic theme in black ops iii is designed for4 -player cooperative Gameplay, taking into account bigger, extra open level layout and much less corridor shooting. Furthermore, the participant can personalize their player's appearance and attire. The campaign functions its own development system, presenting unlock tokens which need to be to gather unique weapons and gears as they through the campaign progress.
The game comprises of a "realistic" difficulty mode, wherein gamers gets defeated even if they're hit by using just one bullet. At the end, the mission will also unlock "Nightmares mode", where players are allow replaying the game with a new story; on the other hand zombies can changing most of the enemies.
The multiplayer introduces a new strength-based movement system, which make use of thruster packs to allow players to play on slow boosts into the air, likewise, perform wall running and sliding, all the while giving players complete gun control.
Zombies comprises of a new XP development system, which allows players to unlock gadgets in a similar style to multiplayer and campaign. Unlock able items include "Gobblegums", which give players temporary bonuses, and weapon kits that permit players to advance the appearance of the guns in every game.
Call of duty: Black ops III was nominated for best shooter and best Multiplayer game in 2015, for the award category of The Game Award 2015.
Operating System: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit.
Processor: Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz.
Graphics: GeForce GTX 470 @ 1GB / Radeon HD 6970 @ 1GB.
How to Install Black ops 3?


text:
Shell eyes $40bn non-core asset spin-off
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is eyeing a possible $40bn spin-off of non-core assets around the globe as it grapples with a $70bn debt pile following a takeover of BG Group earlier this year.
Chief financial officer Simon Henry told analysts last week that a float of Shell's non-core assets is "very much on the agenda".
The comments were made after the Anglo-Dutch multinational announced its intention to sell off assets totalling $30bn over the next three years in an attempt to protect its dividend, after the merger with BG left it with a stretched balance sheet.
Analysts at Exane BNP Paribas are now concerned that despite its attempts to offload assets, "a dry market for asset sales leaves Shell exposed". Reducing Shell's debt burden is "critical for shares to perform", said Aneek Haq, of Exane BNP Paribas, but failure to do so may force management to "bite the bullet" and make a radical move, such as an initial public offering of the parts of Shell's empire it wants to offload.
Henry said: "There are no prima facie reasons why we would not look at such a monetisation route, if that was the best way to create value." However, given the foundering oil price, he said it was "not obvious in today's market" where such value would be.
Unlike a divestment, an IPO of the company's mature assets, which has been dubbed "Baby Shell" would let Shell benefit from a sustained oil price recovery. Mr Haq also believes such a move would refocus management on core assets and reduce net debt by more than $50bn over four years.
The non-core upstream assets, from markets such as the UK, Norway, New Zealand, Italy and Nigeria, are cash-generative, averaging at $4bn a year free cash flow, and adding additional assets from Kazakstan could "prove attractive for shareholders", said Haq.
Although a $40bn listing would be cumbersome, it is not unfamiliar territory. In 2014, Shell raised $920m by spinning off a pipeline of US assets, Shell Midstream Partners.
Given its previous form, Henry said: "It should be clear that not only are we open to innovation, [but also] we are able to deliver such complicated deals and execute over a period of time."
A decision is not expected soon, but Exane believes an IPO announcement could be made within 12 months.
By Tara Cunningham
Source: The Telegraph
The higher purpose of being a CEO
LinkedIn Twitter Xing EmailWhen I left my second large company experience to become President of a small manufacturing company I did so driven by ego; I fancied the title. Soon […]
As Brexit nears, Britain's drugs, devices and pricing regulators seek the exit
LinkedIn Twitter Xing EmailFirm details on exactly how the U.K. will regulate new medicines is still to be decided after it leaves the EU later this year (caveats on timing […]
The Simply Good Foods Company acquires Quest Nutrition for $1bn
LinkedIn Twitter Xing EmailThe Simply Good Foods Company, the owner of Atkins-branded food products, has secured a deal to acquire protein snack maker Quest Nutrition for $1 billion. Quest, which […]


But, if you would like to load this song on your iPod® or local system so that you can access it without the Internet, you can download a copy to your local system. I will warn you, these are big files -- they take a long time to download and a lot of space on your system (this video is 21.7MB, the mp3 is 6.4MB).
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on July 14, 2009 6:48 PM.
The previous post in this blog was All of Me.
The next post in this blog is Great Art!.


Well bred filly by Lilbourne Lad out of Sues Surprise (IRE). Her dam was a winner at Chester and gained black type being placed in a Listed race at Newmarket and third in the Group 3 Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York. Miss Sheridan ran consistently as a two year old then won on her seasonal debut in 2017 at Redcar. She followed up at Pontefract two weeks later to provide apprentice Harrison Shaw with his second career winner. Her third win of the season came at Carlisle in June where she benefited from a drop back to seven furlongs. Miss Sheridan opened her 2018 account at Haydock Park for apprentice Harrison Shaw when she was first home at odds of 10/1 in July on fast ground over a mile. Harrison again was the rider when she won at Chester later in the month.


text:
GRAVES INTERNATIONAL ART
FINE ART INVESTMENTS SINCE 1978
Albrecht Dürer (German: 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelt in English as Durer or Duerer, without umlaut, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer is commemorated by both the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches.
Dürer's vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. The woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse series (1498), are more Gothic than the rest of his work. His well-known engravings include the Knight, Death and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514), which has been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation. His watercolours also mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium.
Dürer's introduction of classical motifs into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance. This is reinforced by his theoretical treatises, which involve principles of mathematics, perspective, and ideal proportions.
3430 RED CLOUD TRAIL SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL - USA 32086
EMAIL: gravesfineart1@gmail.com
Title: "St. Christophorus, Nach Rechts Schauend (Saint Christopher Facing Right)"
*Very rare
Year: 1521 (First edition, lifetime impression)
Medium: Original Engraving
Limited edition: Unknown
Sheet size: 4.63" x 3"
Reference: Meder 52 a/b; Bartsch 52


Leif 'Apisto' Johansen has quite a fishroom with around 30 tanks making up the collection. Among his holdings are what most would deem a very nice collection of Apistogrammas, a dwarf cichlid from South America. You wouldn't at first think that a dedicated hobbyist living in Norway would have such a thriving interest.
Apistogramma are some of the first fish we started seeing being kept in biotope aquariums. Biotopes are aquariums that are set up to look like a part of natural environment. The old days of blue aquarium gravel and neon plants are hopefully largely behind us. Apistogramma need some comfort zones even though tank bred and reared are less wary and less cautious than wild caught fish. The addition of dither fish will also help greatly which are plentiful in the Amazon waters.
When most fish keepers think of dwarf cichlids, especially apistogrammas, they think of their old standby 10 gallon tank. However apistogrammas will fare better in a larger tank with more area.
With 18 different species of apistogramma in the fishroom and growing Leif knows a little something about breeding his apistogrammas as well. Having kept as many as 35 species or locations and bred 25 or so, his experience in breeding has been built over time.
Some of the hundreds or thousands of fry that Leif has produced from both tank raised and wild caught fish should bring hope to new coming fish keepers. Provided the fish are kept happy with plenty of room for hiding and territory, most are able to be bred in captivity with good results.
Leif's fish room containing his collection of apistogrammas.
Leif Johansen runs 3 apistogramma Facebook groups by himself and a dwarf cichlid group together with his friend from The Netherlands. He also has two community pages for apistogramma and one page that he posts his photographs on. He doesn't run a website for his apistogramma.
Here you can find some of Leifs apistogramma pictures.
Written by: S F Shinola.


Thyroid cancer is the most frequent endocrine malignant tumor, which occurs more frequently in females than in males. Its incidence has continuously increased worldwide in the last decades. The reasons for the observed increasing incidence are unclear and controversial. Several lines of evidence suggest that this increase might not be solely the consequence of more intensive and sensitive thyroid nodule diagnostic procedures with improved diagnosis of subclinical cancers.
However, potential carcinogens that may contribute to this increase in thyroid cancer occurrence remain poorly understood. Established risk factors include exposure to ionizing radiations a history or a family history of goiter. In addition, dietary factors, including iodine intake, lifestyle and obesity, endocrine disruptors and thyroid autoimmunity are relevant candidate factors. Risk factors, such as radiation and deficient iodine intake may also affect thyroid cancer prognosis by favoring more aggressive histotypes.
We welcome original as well as review articles on a broad range of topics related to the epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer of follicular cells origin, which may include clinical as well as molecular epidemiology.
1. Population or cohort based as well as case control studies and other epidemiological studies focusing on genetic, epigenetic, environmental or nutritional factors associated with Thyroid Cancer occurrence and/or histotype distribution and/or aggressiveness and prognosis.
2. The role of environmental as well as therapeutical radiations in Thyroid Cancer risk and prevention.
3. The possible role of either natural or synthetic environmental endocrine disruptors, including iodine deficiency.
4. The possible role of dietetic regimens, nutraceutics or life style changes.
5. The role of thyroid autoimmunity and benign thyroid disorders.


text:
Q: Why the tikzcd command does not compile I try to make a diagram:
\[
\begin{tikzcd}[column sep=small]
                    &D^n \arrow{r}{e_\alpha^n}    &X\arrow{r} &X/(X-e_\beta^{n-1}(B^{n-1}))\\
S^{n-1}\arrow{r}{\cong} &\partial D^n \arrow{u}[hook] &D^{n-1} \arrow{u}[swap]{e_\beta^{n-1}} \arrow{r} &D^{n-1}/\partial D^{n-1} \arrow{u}[swap,dashed]{\cong} \arrow{r}{\cong} &S^{n-1}
\end{tikzcd}
\]

But when I compile, it simply says undefined control sequence referring to the line containing \end{tikzcd}, but does not give any reason. What is wrong?
P.S. I have included the packages
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix,arrows,decorations.pathmorphing}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\tikzset{commutative diagrams/.cd}

A: You had a syntax error in
\arrow{u}[hook]

it should be
\arrow[hook]{u}

Similarly (although this won't produce errors), instead of
\arrow{u}[swap,dashed]{\cong}

you should use
\arrow[swap,dashed]{u}{\cong}

otherwise, the dashed option is ignored.
The code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}

\begin{document}

\[
\begin{tikzcd}[column sep=small]
& D^n \arrow{r}{e_\alpha^n} & X\arrow{r} & X/(X-e_\beta^{n-1}(B^{n-1})) \\
S^{n-1}\arrow{r}{\cong} & \partial D^n \arrow[hook]{u} & D^{n-1} \arrow{u}[swap]{e_\beta^{n-1}} \arrow{r} &D^{n-1}/\partial D^{n-1} \arrow[swap,dashed]{u}{\cong} \arrow{r}{\cong} &S^{n-1}
\end{tikzcd}
\]

\end{document}

If you have a recent version of tikz-cd (using PGF/TikZ version 3.0), you have a more comfortable syntax (using the quotes library):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}

\begin{document}

\[
\begin{tikzcd}[column sep=small]
& D^n \arrow[r,"e_\alpha^n"] & X\arrow[r] & X/(X-e_\beta^{n-1}(B^{n-1})) \\
S^{n-1}\arrow[r,"\cong"] & \partial D^n \arrow[u,hook] & D^{n-1} \arrow[u,swap,"e_\beta^{n-1}"] \arrow[r] &D^{n-1}/\partial D^{n-1} \arrow[u,swap,dashed,"\cong"] \arrow[r,"\cong"] &S^{n-1}
\end{tikzcd}
\]

\end{document}


text:
Zachary Wright
Zachary Wright is the author of Dismantling a Broken System; Actions to Bridge the Equity, Justice, and Opportunity Gap in American Education, an assistant professor of practice at Relay Graduate School of Education, serving Philadelphia and Camden, and a communications activist at Education Post. Prior, he was the twelfth-grade world literature and Advanced Placement literature teacher at Mastery Charter School's Shoemaker Campus, where he taught students for eight years—including the school's first eight graduating classes. Wright was a national finalist for the 2018 U.S. Department of Education's School Ambassador Fellowship, and he was named Philadelphia's Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2013. During his more than 10 years in Philadelphia classrooms, Wright created a relationship between Philadelphia's Mastery Schools and the University of Vermont that led to the granting of near-full-ride college scholarships for underrepresented students. And he participated in the fight for equitable education funding by testifying before Philadelphia's Board of Education and in the Pennsylvania State Capitol rotunda. Wright has been recruited by Facebook and Edutopia to speak on digital education. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, he organized demonstrations to close the digital divide. His writing has been published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Citizen, Chalkbeat, Education Leadership, and numerous education blogs. Wright lives in Collingswood, New Jersey, with his wife and two sons.
Focusing on the Problem
It has to be you
2022: we're innovating together today for 2040
Taking Your Business from Concept to Launch
🏆 What's your Most Valuable Action (MVA) today?
When Is It Time To Ask For Help?


In its earlier years, the business operated solely in the European market; nevertheless, over the previous years, GetResponse has actually made a focused effort to expand its reach to the American market.
GetResponse is a popular e-mail marketing service that just gets the job done. Servicing companies in more than 180 countries with over 1 billion customers on a monthly basis, GetResponse projects itself as the world's easiest email marketing system. The platform makes it simple and problem-free to produce professional-looking e-mails and landing pages with its editor.
What makes GetResponse such a good business software solution? To begin, you do not require a technological background to utilize its marketing and email automation tools to increase your business. The vendor offers a helpful 30-day free trial and flexible pricing packages with a lot of extra features. You do not need a credit card to sign up for the free trial which enables as much as 1,000 contacts.
The GetReponse website hosts a comprehensive Help Center where you can quickly look at responses to typical questions. The vendor also offers 24/7 assistance through live chat and email. The user experience is remarkable and the third-party integrations enable you to easily link the application with your existing company software application platforms. We give the thumbs up to GetResponse and invite you to take a look at its leading rate e-mail marketing functionalities.
Marketing Automation – GetResponse's marketing automation feature lets users develop scalable workflows based on customer journeys. Action-based autoresponders allow for the creation of messages that are activated by pertinent recipient actions – with personalized one-to-one responses. In addition, GetResponse provides users with advanced segmentation tools that enable them to divide their contacts into subgroups and tailor emails appropriately.
Landing Page Builder – GetResponse has an intuitive drag and drop landing page builder that enables users to produce one hundred percent responsive landing pages and web forms. Business online marketers can build web pages for sales, webinars, thank yous, opt-ins, about-me and downloads in simply a few minutes. In addition, GetResponse lets users test, analyze and optimize their pages to boost conversion rates.
Comprehensive Reporting – GetReponse has robust reporting capabilities. A couple of basic reports appear directly in the dashboard, offering a brief overview of project success through pie chart and raw numbers. The Emai Analytics area offers additional detail, with line and bar chart for clicks, unsubscribes, opens, grievances and bounces. In addition, for every report, users can see which customers within their email list carried out any offered action.
Webinar Integration – The GetResponse webinar platform perfectly integrates with GetResponse e-mail marketing, permitting users to host product statements, demonstrations and training sessions. Features include presentation sharing, chat moderation, surveys, desktop sharing, participant management and VoIP capabilities. Moreover, GetResponse lets users choose whether their webinar will be password protected or available to everybody.
On the whole, GetResponse is pretty uncomplicated to utilize. It's certainly simple enough to do all the basics: import contacts, make campaigns, set up autoresponders and check stats and the user interface is pretty tidy and intuitive.
In terms of how it stacks up against its rivals in this regard, I would argue that Campaign Monitor is a little bit more easy to use however not as complete, and Mailchimp has a slicker user interface although one that makes finding specific functionality a little bit challenging sometimes).
Whilst its drag & drop method carries out in theory provide a very versatile method to produce blocks of material and move them around an e-newsletter, in practice it is a bit clunky to use and can cause accidental deletion of material, or positioning of it in the incorrect part of the e-newsletter.
GetResponse gives a 30 day free trial for a list of up to 250 subscribers, no credit card needed. Understand, however, that for the trial (and just the trial), if you add, erase, and then re-add a contact, it counts as two contacts. When the trial has ended, there are a variety of price plans offered. The pricing format is rather intricate, with advanced plans appearing as your business's list size grows. Pre-paying for one year's worth of service will save 18 percent. If you believe you will be using GetResponse for the foreseeable future, you can save 30 percent by pre-paying two years.
Pro eliminates the limitations on landing pages and allows you to make as much of them as you want. You will likewise have access to webinars (as much as 100 attendees). A Pro account can accommodate up to three users.
Enterprise brings a whole host of new features for bigger companies looking for extremely personalized features. You will require to schedule a demonstration prior to registering.
GetResponse provides an excellent 1-GB of image storage with each account. All users likewise have access to the company's image library, which contains over 1000 images.
We understand that when you make a decision to buy Marketing Softwares itis essential not just to see how experts examine it in their evaluations, but also to discover if the real people and businesses that purchase it are in fact satisfied with the product. That's why we've found a behavior-based Customer Satisfaction Algorithm that collects customer reviews, comments and GetResponse examines across a vast array of social media websites. The data is then presented in an easy to absorb form demonstrating how many individuals had favorable and negative experience with GetResponse. With that info at hand you must be equipped to make an informed purchasing choice that you won't be sorry for.
GetResponse has an award-winning customer support group, winning gold, silver and bronze Stevie Awards in 2013 and 2014. The business offers e-mail assistance in seven languages and is the very first email service provider (ESP) to supply 24/7 live chat, also on weekends.
It is hard to think about any contending product that provides this 'all round' proposal, and it is what continues to persuade us to use it for our businesses email marketing.


text:
Q: Why does typeof(T).IsEnum return true, even though the documentation says it should always return false? This issue came up when trying to answer this question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12434634
The documentation for the Type.IsEnum property says:

If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this property always returns false.

Yet I am not seeing this behavior.  typeof(T).IsEnum is returning true.  Why?  Am I misinterpreting the documentation?
Sample code:
using System;

static class Program
{
    public static void Test<TEnum>() where TEnum : struct
    {
        Console.WriteLine(typeof(TEnum).IsEnum);
    }

    public static void Test<TEnum>(this string text) where TEnum : struct
    {
        if (!typeof(TEnum).IsEnum)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Not an enum");
            return;
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Is an enum");
    }

    public enum Test1
    {
        Value1,
        Value2,
    }

    public enum Test2 : byte
    {
        Value3,
        Value4,
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Test<Test1>();
        Test<Test2>();
        "".Test<Test1>();
        "".Test<Test2>();
    }
}

The result I get is:

True
  True
  Is an enum
  Is an enum

After reading the documentation for the Type.IsEnum property, I expect the results to be:

False
  False
  Not an enum
  Not an enum

A: The documentation is talking about the type object that represents the type parameter of an open generic type or method.  In your code, you are querying the type object that represents the type argument in the closed generic method, and in your example, of course, that type argument is an enum type.
In other words, the document is talking about the type you would get from calling GetGenericArguments on typeof(List<>), not on typeof(List<SomeEnum>).


It's mango season around these parts, and while I'm usually content to dice them up and top them with salty coconut milk, Thai-style, I found myself with a small bushel especially sweet, sightly spicy Ataulfos (cutely called Champagne mangoes), and found myself at a loss. One can only eat so many of them plain.
This sorbet is the next-easiest thing: puréed mango, sugar, lime juice, and salt. There's some water to get the blender going, but otherwise nothing standing in the way between you and the mango. The result is an impressively creamy sorbet with an elasticity verging on ice cream.
Take this as a basic recipe to modify at will. A tablespoon of tequila would be nice, or a pinch of chili flakes to make the most of the mangoes' spicy side. While the sorbet base is chilling in the fridge, consider steeping some mint or cilantro leaves. And for a topping, that salty coconut milk does quite nicely.


This mini dual-flap compartment crossbody features front and back flap compartments with magnetic snap closures. The tubular top handle makes it easy to carry and it also comes with a detachable/adjustable shoulder strap. This multifunctional crossbody will be the next trendsetting bag of the season!
© 2019 Heys Handbags. All Rights Reserved.


Asian Oilfield Services Limited ('the Company') has received a binding Letter of Intent ('LOI') from Oilmax Energy Private Limited for surface facilities for its Charaideo field in Assam to handle and process hydrocarbon fluids. The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, supply, and operations & maintenance of the said facilities. The value of the contract is approximated at Rs.210 crores including operations & maintenance for 10 years.
Oilmax Energy Private Limited is the holding company and promoter of the Company. The Company has taken approval of the shareholders for the proposed related party transaction at its Annual General Meeting held on 18th September, 2018. The transaction is on arms' length basis.
The Company has acknowledged the receipt of this Letter of Intent and has initiated the acceptance and execution of the same.
Shares of ASIAN OILFIELD SERVICES LTD. was last trading in BSE at Rs.75.2 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 70.2. The total number of shares traded during the day was 62367 in over 348 trades.
The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 76.4 and intraday low of 70.5. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 4586034.


text:
Tag: Gerry Butts
Ben Chin and Gerry Butts: we've seen this show before
After watching and reading the former Attorney General's testimony before the House of Commons Justice Committee, Yogi Berra's famous quote "it's deja vu all over again" immediately came to mind. The former AG, Jody Wilson-Raybould (JWR) in the 30 minutes of her opening remarks mentioned two names: Ben Chin (seven times) and Gerry Butts (five times).
For the benefit of those who didn't follow Ontario politics during the McGuinty/Wynne era, it's worth pointing out both Gerry Butts and Ben Chin played significant roles in Ontario, especially the ill-fated electricity file.
Butts is credited as the mastermind behind Dalton McGuinty's election as Ontario's Premier: Butts was, according to the Toronto Star, "the man they call 'the brains behind the operation' and policy architect of the Liberal government since 2003."
Butts left the McGuinty government in mid-2008, after he and the Ontario Liberal team set the stage for the Green Energy Act, by pushing for renewable wind and solar projects and to close coal plants. Butts went off to lead the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) for four years before joining Justin Trudeau as his political advisor. As we now know, Butts was the director leading the "drama teacher" Justin Trudeau, to a win as Canada's Prime Minister.
Ben Chin, engaged as a "political advisor" to Dalton McGuinty, was the McGuinty candidate chosen to run against the NDP's Peter Tabuns in a byelection in 2006. Chin lost, but returned as a "senior advisor" to Premier McGuinty's office where he again worked with Gerry Butts. Chin left for the private sector and a short while later was hired back as Vice President Communications for the OPA (Ontario Power Authority). The OPA was the creation of Dwight Duncan when he was McGuinty's Minister of Energy and became the Crown corporation to enact the myriad of things mired in the Green Energy & Green Economy Act (GEA).
Chin later became embroiled in the "gas plant" scandal as the Premier's principal contact with the negotiating team dealing with TransCanada et al on compensation issues related to the cancellation. Ontario's ratepayers know how that turned out! While Chin occupied his position with the OPA, Tom Adams and I were investigating the gas plant scandal by reviewing thousands of documents. Tom and I uncovered interesting details in exchanges between him and a political staffer in the Energy Ministry headed up, at that time, by Brad Duguid.
The following reveals some of our findings in an article I wrote about the "smart grid" and a Brad Duguid directive.
Co-incidentally (noted by Tom Adams), the Duguid directive is dated the same day as the e-mail exchange between Alicia Johnston (formerly a senior political staffer for Energy Minister Brad Duguid, later promoted to the Premier's Office) and Ben Chin (a senior Ontario Power Authority executive). That e-mail exchange contained Ms Johnston's suggestion to engage Tyler Hamilton, a contributor to Toronto Star, as an "expert" to counter the Adams and Gallant duo who "are killing me"; Chin agreed. Shortly after, Hamilton received a contract from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for a report on the smart grid.
The spin emanating from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Prime Minister himself is not all that different than what we were hearing several years ago during the gas plant scandals days. The following is one such quote from the mouth of the former Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty when queried as to the costs of the gas plants move: "I am waiting for the day when somebody says, 'Actually it's $400 trillion,' because, as I say, 'If Elvis says it, I've got to print it.' What was the latest number? $1.3 billion? Do I hear 1.7? When are we going to get to 2.8? It's kind of an interesting game . . . In total we are talking a $230-million cost."
Those two unelected individuals (Butts and Chin) originally involved in the Ontario electricity muddle now find themselves named as two (out of eleven) of the bullies pressuring JWR to grant SNC-Lavalin a DPA (deferred prosecution agreement). In the case of the GEA and the gas plant scandal it took much longer to surface in the public eye than the current SNC/JWR scandal so it would appear the Chin/Butts team has lost some of the spin abilities they displayed in the past. Not to usurp of malign the mainstream media, the following are a few excerpts from the JWR testimony related to Ben Chin and Gerald (Gerry) Butts.
The Chin former AG dialogue:
"Two days later, on September the sixth, one of the first communications about the DPA was received from outside of my department. Ben Chin, Minister Morneau's chief of staff, emailed my chief of staff and they arranged to talk. He wanted to talk about SNC and what we could do, if anything, to address this. He said to her, my chief, that if they don't get a DPA, they will leave Montreal and it's the Quebec election right now so we can't have that happen. He said that they have a big meeting coming up on Tuesday and that this bad news may go public.
"A follow-up conversation between Ben Chin and a member of my staff, Francois Giroux, occurred on Sept. 11.Mr. Chin said that SNC had been informed that the PPS — or by the PPSC — that it cannot enter into a DPA, and Ben again detailed the reasons why they were told that they were not getting a DPA. Mr. Chin also noted that SNC legal counsel, Frank Iacobucci, and further detailed what the terms were that SNC was prepared to agree to, stating that they viewed this as part of a negotiation." And:
To be clear, up to this point, I had not been directly contacted by the prime minister, officials in the prime minister's office or the Privy Council Office about this matter. With the exception of Mr. Chin's discussions, the focus of communications had been internal to the Department of Justice."
"On Sept. 20, my chief of staff had phone calls with Mr. Chin and Justin To, both members of the minister of finance's office, about DPAs and SNC."
The Butts former AG dialogue:
"On Dec. 5, 2018, I met with Gerry Butts. We had both sought out this meeting. I wanted just to speak about a number of things, including bringing up SNC and the barrage of people hounding me and my staff. Towards the end of our meeting, which was in the Chateau Laurier, I raised how I needed everybody to stop talking to me about SNC, as I had made up my mind and the engagements were inappropriate. Gerry then took over the conversation and said how we need a solution on the SNC stuff. He said I needed to find a solution. I said no and I referenced the preliminary inquiry and the judicial review. I said further that I gave the clerk the only appropriate solution that could have happened and that was the letter idea that was not taken up. Gerry talked to me about how the statute was a statute passed by Harper and that he does not like the law. I said something like that is the law that we have."
"On Dec. 18, 2018, my chief of staff was urgently summoned to a meeting with Gerry Butts and Katie Telford to discuss SNC. They wanted to know where I — me — am at in terms of finding a solution. They told her that they felt like the issue is getting worse and that I was not doing anything. They referenced a possible call with the prime minister and the clerk the next day."
And the foregoing led to this:
"I will now read to you a transcript of the most relevant sections of a text conversation between my chief of staff and I almost immediately after that meeting.
Jessica: Basically, they want a solution, nothing new. They want external counsel retained to give you an opinion on whether you can review the DPP's decision here and whether you should, in this case. I told them that would be interference. Gerry said: "Jess, there is no solution here that does not involve some interference." At least they are finally being honest about what they're asking you to do. Don't care about the PPSC's independence. Katie was like, "We don't want to debate legalities anymore." They keep being like, we aren't lawyers, but there has to be some solution here. MOJAG — I text — so where were things left, Jessica? Jessica: So unclear. I said, what? Of course, let you know about the conversation, and they said that they were going to kick the tires with a few people on this tonight. The clerk was waiting outside when I left, but they said that they want to set up a call between you and the prime minister and the clerk tomorrow. I said that of course, you'd be happy to speak to your boss. They seem quite keen on the idea of you retaining an ex-Supreme Court of Canada judge to get advice on this. Katie Telford thinks it gives us cover in the business community and the legal community and that it would allow the prime minister to say we were doing something. She was like, "If Jody is nervous, we would, of course, line up all kinds of people to write op-eds saying that what she is doing is proper."
The foregoing highlights the unmitigated gall of two unelected individuals who, for whatever reason, see themselves as "king makers" much as they did for the McGuinty government in Ontario. Presumably they reasoned, it worked once so we will try it again.
The voters and believers of democracy in Canada should be grateful for the intestinal fortitude displayed by Jody Wilson-Raybould!
P.S. If the reader would like to see the damage done to Ontario in respect to the electricity sector my 2012 writings over 10 Chapters referenced as "Electricity and the Liberals Hansard History" Chapter 1 through 10 can be found on the WCO website: http://www.windconcernsontario.ca/?s=ELECTRICITY+AND+THE+LIBERALS+HANSARD+HISTORY%2C+CHAPTER
Author parkergallantenergyperspectivesblogPosted on March 6, 2019 Categories energy policyTags Ben Chin, Dalton McGuinty, Gerry Butts, Ontario, Tom Adams2 Comments on Ben Chin and Gerry Butts: we've seen this show before


Thread: Personal Megance/Record a song !!!
You approach a composer of arabic music and pay him/her for a new composition.
Then you approach a band (unless the composer have one as well) and pay them money to record it and use it.
If there already exists a song you'd like recorded, skip the first point and go directly to the band approach.


text:
"You know that new sound you're lookin' for? Well listen to this!" Marty McFly's entire future rests on being able to play the guitar at his parents' Enchantment Under the Sea dance, all the way back in 1955. Watch him rock out to "Earth Angel" and "Johnny B. Goode!"
From the Academy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes Back to the Future - the original, groundbreaking adventure that sparked one of the most successful trilogies ever! When teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is blasted to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), he finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that could vaporize his future - and leave him trapped in the past. Powered by innovative special effects, unforgettable songs and non-stop action, Back to the Future is an unrivaled adventure that stands the test of time.
© 1985 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Crispin Glover, Claudia Wells, Billy Zane, Casey Siemaszko
Produced By: Bob Gale, Neil Canton
Written By: Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
"Johnny B. Goode"
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringing a bell
Go Johnny go!
Johnny B. Goode!
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineer would see him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by, they would stop and say
"Oh my, but that little country boy could play"
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big ol' band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights
Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight!'"
Go go go Johnny go!


text:
Q: django: how to interconnect various logical pieces of a webpage everyone. I'm just starting with django, so sorry for a possibly stupid question.
Imagine, I have a webpage with 3 logical pieces: content, dynamic menu, banners. It seems ok to me to have a template with something like:
{% include "banners.html" %}
{% include "menu.html" %}
{% include "content.html" %}

But then, how do I do it? Every piece has its separate logic in a separate view in its' separate app. How do I trigger execution of all three views and render all three templates?
P.S. Is there a sourceforge-like site for django apps where I could take a look at how people are doing stuff in real projects?

A: The standard way to do it is something as follows:
Templates:

*

*Have a base.html that has the banners, menu and a body block which is empty.

*For each template, extend the base.html and override the body block.
{% extends "base.html" %}
    {% block body %}
    -- Your this page's content goes here.
    {% endblock %}

*You can use the includes, where necessary, but prefer the extends where possible. Include was debated to be included in the template language.
Populating Context:
You now have a lot of templates with placeholders that need to be replaced with the real "context" values.

*

*Pass the RequestContext, that should contain many standard requirements for the template.

*For the values that you need in every template, write a template context processor.

*Those context's that you need in this template, you populate in the view.

Using multiple app's views:

*

*Most apps written for reuse will include template_name as a standard parameter, along with extra_context. You will need to call those views with these parameters.

*Some apps go out of their way, to create a lazily evaluated response (like TemplateResponse) so that you can grab the context they populate, in your view.

Django reusable apps:
Are you kidding me? They are all over the Internet!
http://github.com/search?q=django&type=Everything
http://bitbucket.org/repo/all/?name=django
http://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=django&projectsearch=Search+projects


text:
Illinois has a mixed-choice legislature. The state has an unconstitutional and unenforceable ban that outlaws abortion procedures as early as 12 weeks. For later abortions, Illinois has imposed a Constitutional limit, permitting procedures in cases of endangerment to the life and/or health (physical or mental) of the woman. A later abortion must also be attended by a second physician. Violation of abortion laws may result in a fine of up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for 3 to 7 years for (Class 2 felony); if the fetus is claimed to have been viable with or without support and the provider does not do all he/she could to save the fetus, the provider would be charged with a Class 3 felony. Illinois also subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals via Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws.
Constitutionally limits abortion by gestational age after viability
Twitter ID:
@ACLUofIL
ACLU of Illinois
Follow @ACLUofIL
@RiggedTheFilm tracks a systematic, decade-long effort to suppress votes and details the many active tactics, rangi… t.co/ys72CX3UvO
The ACLU of Illinois is joining a panel discussion after a free screening of RIGGED: THE VOTER SUPPRESSION PLAYBOOK… t.co/cWFzrOgLIi
We honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., who fought to dismantle the systemic oppression and inequa… t.co/zPd3zegx1V
In February 2017, Illinois Representative Jerry Costello introduced legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks dating from a woman's last menstrual period. The bill contains narrow life and health exceptions and does not contain exceptions for mental health or pregnancies that result from rape or incest. This bill carries over to Illinois' 2018 session and is eligible for consideration. For the latest bill status, click here.
In February 2018, Illinois Representative Jerry Costello (D-116) introduced H 5328, a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation. The bill contains narrow life and health exceptions and does not contain exceptions for mental health or pregnancies that result from rape or incest. For the latest bill status, click here.
Restrictions: Constitutionally limits abortion by gestational age after viability | Prohibits later abortion except to preserve a woman's life or health (physical or mental) | Requires second physician in attendance to treat a fetus if it is born alive
20-week ban introduced in Illinois
In February 2015, Illinois Representative Terri Bryant introduced an unconstitutional 20 week ban on abortion. The bill would ban all...
State legislative website


text:
Opinion: How two Broadway musicals adapted to the #MeToo era
Jeremy Gerard
The 'King Kong' marquee pays tribute to Ann Darrow's story. (Photo: Jeremy Gerard)
Rarely has the phrase "900-pound gorilla" seemed as apt as the dilemma facing Broadway producers and creatives this season — especially those who are adapting iconic films from the past for an audience still wrapping its collective head around the social reckonings of post-Harvey Weinstein Hollywood. Two film-based musicals in particular posed challenges their producers might not have anticipated when they acquired the rights. I'm thinking, of course, about "Pretty Woman," which began previews last week at the Nederlander Theatre, following a Chicago tryout, and is slated to open Aug.16, and "King Kong," which is on track to begin previews…


20 | March | 2018 | Hello Neiman!
Posted on March 20, 2018 by HelloNeiman!
Day 20. What a night. After posting yesterday's blog, a few comments came in warning of thunderstorms on the horizon. And this time, the radar did not lie. Wow was it crazy last night. I was safe and warm inside the shelter, but EVERYONE was startled from sleep around 11pm when wind ripped across the mountain top. It was loud, it was crazy, but it was short lived. I fell asleep again quickly but others said it was over by midnight. Poor Nubs was tenting outside, so his stuff is soaking wet now, but he was smart enough to set it up using the shelter as a wind break. So not as bad as others. I'm just glad I decided not to setup the hammock this time I favor of testing out a shelter with a fireplace. I still need a better sleeping pad to pull it off, but the warmth did not disappoint.
One of the nice differences in the Smokies this time of year, is the presence of many more day/section hikers at the shelters. They are able to reserve spots in a shelter, and technically have the right to kick out a thruhiker if they arrive with a permit to a full house. We have not experienced that yet, but it's important to know we could see it.
But section hikers are great because the all have different stories to be out here: weekend trail warriors, spring-break weekers, guided adventurers, honeymooners, etc … one such group quickly became my new friends, as they were fellow midwesterners on spring break from college in Wisconsin. One guy was even from Minnesota … finally, someone to discuss the Kirt Cousins deal with that actually cares!
Side note, the Venn diagram of AT thruhikers and current event sports fans is extremely small. I've brought up the crazy NFL free agency deals and NCAA tournament upsets with many hikers on the trail in hopes of generating a lively and lengthy hike conversation … yeah, no.
These spring-breakers drove down from Lawrence University in Appleton, to do a week of backpacking in the Smokies. They were great company in the shelter last night, but unfortunately we're headed in the opposite direction this morning so it was short lived.
Before the night was over, though, I couldn't resist giving out a few trail names. What can I say, I love doing it and they were generally open to the suggestions. Going with my liquor theme from earlier (e.g. Keg and The Captain), I quickly noticed one guy had a maroon and gold stocking cap on from a favorite Minnesota brewery. So it was an easy call .. he shall be "Surly".
Another gentlemen was very tall, and I asked his help multiple times to hang my pack on the rafters. I couldn't remember his real name so kept saying "hey, tall boy" to get his attention. It wasn't a far leap from there to give him his name … "PBR".
Lastly, one of the girls kept using the term "Janky" in regular conversation. This lovingly reminded me of my time working at summer camp in Wisconsin (shout out to Herzl Camp), where we used the term "Jchanked" to describe the counselor-in-training group I co-led. I could not resist resurrecting it for such a noble reason and offered that as her name. I don't know how many of these will stick, but I hope they keep hiking sections of the AT and use those names in the future. If not, oh well, it was still great time being able to discuss Minnesota/Wisconsin topics with them.
Unfortunately, however, the view at the lookout tower on top was non-existent. The whole peak was shrouded in clouds and you could barely see a foot right in front of your face … (queue the camp inside joke).
Seriously though, it was a huge disappointment, as this is a big landmark to summit and see early in the trip. I took a 360 video of what you can't see just for fun, but mostly out of spite and anger. Oh well, there are better views still to come. That being said, if I get the same clouded view at McAfee Knob, you better believe I am going to setup my hammock right then and there and Zero until it clears. That ritual photo-op is 90% of my motivation to keep hiking right now.
After submitting Clingmans, things turned sour fast. It started raining on the way back down and didn't let up until we reached Newfound Gap, 7 miles later. The path downward quickly turned to a flowing river, and I had to play trail hopscotch to keep my feet dry. With just trail runners for boots, one misstep meant very wet and muddy feet, so I leapt from rock to ledge to log to get a dry foot hole. I was using waterproof socks but they only work for so long before becoming overly saturated, and that point was passed miles ago. So I hopped, skipped and jumped down the trail as best I could without breaking an ankle of falling on the ground again. Whether it be skill or luck (I'm going with luck), I made it down safely to the Newfound Gap parking lot.
The shelter was definitely full by now, and all the good tent/hammock spots taken too.
It is supposed to be very cold and very snowy all day tomorrow.
So, for my 6th time in 3 weeks, I'm headed to town for a warm bed. And don't get me wrong, I am VERY happy for this one, as we were freezing by the end of today and tomorrow expects 6-8" of snow. So, we called a shuttle service and booked a room at the Johnson's Inn for the night, with plans to go out again tomorrow after lunch.
There are 9 of us that all made that decision, so there is a small party at the inn tonight. Culligan, Fun Facts, and Nubs are here with me, but also two thruhiking couples and another new face next door. As soon as we checked in, we all showered, went to Five Guys for dinner, and looked for a bar to celebrate our wise decision. After that, it was a night of shooting pool, playing darts, toasting beer, and listening to locals sing karaoke.
However, what we had hoped would just be a warm night to refuel, became an unexpected and automatic Zero Day. Apparently, the presence of snow on the mountain will cause the access road to Newfound Gap to close. On the drive down, our shuttle driver informed us that it will be at least a day before they open it again … maybe longer. So, for the foreseeable future, we are stuck in Gatlinburg.