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What's the Purpose of Purpose?
A clear and compelling purpose can unlock your organization's ability to sense and respond to emerging challenges and opportunities.
By Mike Arauz
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Note: Mike Arauz, co-founder of consulting company August Public, will be among the speakers at Techonomy 2018 next month in Half Moon Bay, California. He will be speaking with Mark Raheja about how to design a modern organization.
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, started 2018 with a provocative challenge to the CEOs of the world's biggest and most influential companies: what's your purpose? As Fink framed it in his open letter, companies need to have a compelling long-term vision for how their businesses will sustainably benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the community.
The idea that a higher purpose can play an essential role in driving business performance is not new. Johnson & Johnson's credo has pledged to put "doctors, nurses and patients, mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services" first since 1943. Microsoft's mission to put "a computer on every desk and in every home" fueled the company's unprecedented rise. Google followed suit and set its course with a commitment to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Jeff Bezos has been telling us that it's "all about the long game" since his first shareholder letter in 1997. CVS Health quit selling cigarettes in 2014. Patagonia is setting a new standard for what it looks like for a company to truly serve a social purpose with its deeply considered, environmental activism. And global business movements, like B-Corporation, in which companies structurally commit to themselves and to shareholders that social good is central to their mission, light the path to make it easier for companies and investors to know what "good" looks like.
When we consider the challenges faced by people around the world today, it's clear that the sustainable health and continued progress of humanity depends on whether or not the organizations at the center of the global marketplace base their decisions on more than just their next quarterly earnings.
Mike Arauz will be leading a discussion about purpose at Techonomy 2018.
But if steering a business toward the betterment of humanity feels too altruistic—or maybe just too daunting—here's another compelling reason why a company's purpose should be guiding its most critical strategic and operational decisions. A clear and compelling purpose can unlock your organization's ability to sense and respond to emerging challenges and opportunities.
Adaptivity—the ability to change oneself in response to changing conditions—is the result of the interplay between two essential ingredients: a unifying purpose and continuous experimentation in the service of that purpose. Evolution in nature is probably the most profound and obvious example. Nature has tried an infinite number of genetic experiments, replicating the ones that lead to more life, and discarding those that don't.
Today, organizations of scale are facing a similar challenge. Huge successes pop up seemingly overnight, and companies that seemed invincible fall just as quickly. In mid-2018 General Electric was dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average after over 100 years. Meanwhile, it took Facebook just 5 years to reach its first $1 billion in market cap, and in July 2018 it took just 24 hours for it to lose $119 billion of that stockholder value. The pace of change has become relentless, and its impact can decide your company's fate.
So how can organizations successfully respond to change? There is no easy answer to this question, but a clear and compelling purpose is a one of the most underappreciated tools leaders have to address it.
Innovation depends on experimentation. But unfettered experimentation without a unifying purpose is chaos. It probably means that everyone is trying randomly different things without any reference point to know if what they've tried is effective. Having a clear purpose, however, helps a leader trust the people in the organization. Purpose creates the opportunity to empower people—inside and outside an organization—to explore solutions beyond the bounds of its bureaucracy.
Imagine if you could trust that every employee at your company had a deep understanding and connection to your company's purpose? Imagine all the untapped creativity and innovation in the minds of your employees and customers that otherwise goes wasted, because they don't have the freedom or authority to try something. When a company knows what its purpose is, it expands its appetite for risk and makes experimentation safe.
The idea of purpose as a keystone to building and growing a sustainable business is here to stay. As many leaders are already beginning to realize, this is good for the world and it's good for business. The secret that only some leaders are discovering, however, is that the purpose of purpose is even bigger, more pragmatic, and more useful than we think.
Purpose is so much more than good PR and a way to signal culture change. Purpose is a way to liberate untapped creative potential in your organization. Purpose tells you who you are and where you're going. Purpose unlocks adaptivity and gives your business the ability to thrive in the face of uncertainty.
Mike Arauz is a co-founder of consulting company August Public. He will be among the speakers at Techonomy 2018 next month in Half Moon Bay, California.
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Mike Arauz is a Founding Member at August. Mike is sought out by organizations around the world as a speaker and advisor to inspire organizations, teams, and leaders to change the way they work. Previously, Mike was a Partner at Undercurrent, where he helped executive leaders of global companies to transform how their organizations work and thrive in the 21st century, including GE, Pearson, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Mike is also a co-author of the Responsive.org manifesto and a leading contributor to the global self-management and future of work movement.
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Drew Train on Creating Brands with Higher Purpose
The transcript can be found below, with the PDF version available here. Creating Brands with Higher Purpose (Transcription by RA Fisher Ink) Kampel: Drew is the president of OBERLAND. If you look at the back...


Johnny Zwahlen remembers the noise of falling pecans hammering the large kitchen pot he held over his head as a child.
Johnny and his wife, Janet, high school sweethearts nearing their 40th anniversary, live on a farm near Oswego that has been in his family for 76 years.
The Zwahlens prepare in August for harvest that starts after the first frost in November. They mow the grass short enough to pick up fallen sticks, but tall enough to hide pecans from wildlife.
Once the pecans are ready to harvest, Johnny backs his tractor up to a tree. A thick belt wraps the tree snugly then shakes the pecans loose.
After the pecans drop, Johnny drags a stick rake behind his tractor to pick up branches that have fallen. Janet picks up the smaller sticks the rake misses.
After the sticks are raked, Johnny hooks the pecan picker behind the tractor. A spinning drum with 500 finger-like rubber tubes pick up the pecans and throw them on to a conveyor belt which leads to a hopper.
Johnny takes the pecans to his barn for the cleaning process of removing the shells, sticks and other debris.
Once the pecans are cleaned to their satisfaction, the Zwahlens take them to Afton, Okla., to the shelling plant at Miller Pecan Company.
In a good year, the pecan trees will produce up to 1,500 pounds per acre. The price per pound fluctuates each year like all crops based on supply and demand. The Zwhalens carefully select the best pecans to ensure they sell a premium grade.
Like all nuts, pecans fall in the protein category of USDA's My Plate dietary guidelines. Early Native Americans referred to pecans as the nut that needs a stone to crack.
Dr. Reid now finds baby boomers are planting pecan groves as a legacy. The trees begin producing after 20 years and will produce for another 150.
For 76 years, people have called 620-597-2708 to talk to the owners of the Zwhalen Pecan Farm. Johnny and Janet hope that same phone number works for another 76 years.
Even then, the first tree that Uncle John planted with his cane will still be producing.


We aimed to evaluate the performance of a mathematical model and currently available non-invasive techniques (generalized transfer function (GTF) method and brachial pressure) in the estimation of aortic pressure. We also aimed to investigate error dependence on brachial pressure errors, aorta-to-brachial pressure changes and demographic/clinical conditions. Sixty-two patients referred for invasive hemodynamic evaluation were consecutively recruited. Simultaneously, the registration of the aortic pressure using a fluid-filled catheter, brachial pressure and radial tonometric waveform was recorded. Accordingly, the GTF device and mathematical model were set. Radial invasive pressure was recorded soon after aortic measurement. The average invasive aortic pressure was 141.3 ± 20.2/76 ± 12.2 mm Hg. The simultaneous brachial pressure was 144 ± 17.8/81.5 ± 11.7 mm Hg. The GTF-based and model-based aortic pressure estimates were 133.1 ± 17.3/82.4 ± 12 and 137 ± 21.6/72.2 ± 16.7 mm Hg, respectively. The Bland-Altman plots showed a marked tendency to pressure overestimation for increasing absolute values, with the exclusion of mathematical model diastolic estimations. The systolic pressure was increased from the aortic to radial locations (7.5 ± 19 mm Hg), while the diastolic pressure was decreased (3.8 ± 9.8 mm Hg). The brachial pressure underestimated the systolic and overestimated diastolic intra-arterial radial pressure. GTF errors were independently correlated with the variability in pulse pressure amplification and with the brachial error. Errors of the mathematical model were related to only demographic and clinical conditions. Neither a multiscale mathematical model nor a generalized transfer function device substantially outperformed the oscillometric brachial pressure in the estimation of aortic pressure. Mathematical modeling should be improved by including further patient-specific conditions, while the variability in pulse pressure amplification may hamper the performance of the GTF method in patients at the risk of coronary artery disease.
These authors are joint first authors: Andrea Guala, Francesco Tosello.
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This work has been funded by the Italian Ministry of Health, through Progetto di Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata e Giovani Ricercatori 2013–CUP GR-2013-02356887 to the PI Dr. Alberto Milan. A. Guala has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Program FP7/People under grant agreement no. 267128.


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Ship agents and brokers come in many shapes and sizes. From the large global marine service providers with representatives in all the world's major ports to small family run concerns, the role of a ship agent is to represent the interests of the shipowner or charterer while the ship is in port by providing assistance or advice required. Ship broking activity may also be handled by ship agents, but the role of the ship broker is to act as an intermediary between the shipowner/charterer or the buyers and sellers of ships. The broker is involved in many stages of a deal: presenting the business to potential clients, negotiating the main terms of a contract or sale, finalising the details of the contract and following the deal through to its conclusion. Increasingly shipbrokers also provide their clients with a wide range of market intelligence and advice.
SHIP AGENTS
The ship agent is defined in the new IMO FAL Convention, which comes into force on 1st January 2018, as follows:
Ship agent. The party representing the ship's owner and/or charterer (the Principal) in port. If so instructed, the agent is responsible to the Principal for arranging, together with the port, a berth, all relevant port and husbandry services, tending to the requirements of the Master and crew, clearing the ship with the port and other authorities (including preparation and submission of appropriate documentation) along with releasing or receiving cargo on behalf of the Principal.
In that role, the agent is often called a port agent and, amongst other duties, undertakes the following key roles:
Booking the vessel in and out of the port, and arranging the pilot and tug boat services
Providing information on the crew and any passengers to the local immigration authorities
Ensuring the ship's documentation complies with international regulations prior to Customs inspection
Preparing quarantine pre-arrival report (QPAR) which provides details on the crew, the ship's previous route and any deaths or illnesses which may have occurred during the voyage
Advising Customs of the ship's arrival and reporting the cargo on board
Logistics involved with provisions and fuel
Providing the stevedore's ship planner with the manifest which gives detailed information on the cargo to be handled
Liaising with stevedores and terminal operators regarding the safe handling of containers, break-bulk and bulk liquids, and ensuring that the ship's master is aware of shore requirements
Organising crew changes, any associated immigration documentation and arrangements such as booking flights
Paying the crew
Handling ship services including repairs and maintenance
In practice however, the agent can act for any of the parties involved in the voyage and in any capacity as agreed between the agent and the principal. A presentation giving more detailed information about the roles, responsibilities and obligations of the ship agent can be downloaded here.
SHIP BROKERS
Ship brokers will usually work in one of the following specialist areas, although some brokers may be active in more than one.
Owners brokers are appointed by shipowners to secure vessel or cargo charters for their vessels. Their main interest is to favor and protect the owner by negotiating the best terms and revenue.
Charterers brokers work under instruction from the charterer and are expected to circulate and negotiate his order for tonnage to secure the most favorable fixture for the cargo interests.
Independent brokers provide their services to both owners and charterers on a no win, no fee basis.
Sale & Purchase brokers represent one party in a deal to buy or sell new or secondhand tonnage.

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Inchoatia megdova is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

Description
The shell is horny brown, weakly striated. The cervix is more prominently striated. The shell has 11–13 whorls with white suture. The cervix is with weak basal keel. The dorsal keel is very weak if present. The aperture is not detached. The parietalis and columellaris is prominent, lunula dorsolateral, basalis very short. There is no platal callus and no frontal upper palatalis. Subcolumellaris is visible in a perpendicular view. Clausilium plate is usually with edge at the outer margin.

The width of the shell is 3.7–4.5 mm. The height of the shell is 18–23 mm.

Inchoatia megdova differs from Inchoatia haussknechti in the presence of a short basalis, absence of a sulcalis, clausilium plate with edge at the outer margin. Carinigera pharsalica has a less slender shell, the cervical keels are weaker, the suture is even less papillated, a dorsal lunula and no frontal upper palatalis, the outer edge of the clausilium is weaker.

In Inchoatia megdova the shells are broader than 3.0 mm, i.e. larger than in Inchoatia haussknechti, sharp riblets are lacking even on the initial teleoconch whorls, and there is a prominent plica basalis, which is obsolete or lacking completely in Inchoatia haussknechti.

Distribution

Inchoatia megdova is distributed in limestone areas in southern Epirus. The range of this species is very disjunct.

Subspecies
According to Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd (2009), the species Inchoatia megdova includes 4 subspecies:

 Inchoatia megdova megdova (Nordsieck, 1974)
 Inchoatia megdova bruggeni Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd, 2009
 Inchoatia megdova palatalifera (Hausdorf, 1987)
 Inchoatia megdova tavropodensis (Fauer, 1993)

Inchoatia megdova tavropodensis is found c. 10 km as the crow flies from Inchoatia haussknechti alticola, but both taxa are quite different ecologically, occurring at very different altitudes. The population with Inchoatia megdova bruggeni was found only 7 km from the type locality of Inchoatia haussknechti hiltrudae. In this case, both taxa are found at relatively low altitudes, so that Inchoatia haussknechti cannot be considered a high alpine species versus a lowland Inchoatia megdova.

Inchoatia megdova megdova
Synonyms include:
 Carinigera megdova Nordsieck, 1974
 Carinigera (Carinigera) megdova

Diagnosis: The teleoconch is with rather inconspicuous sutural papillae. The parietal side of the apertural border is not or somewhat protruding. It is without upper palatal plica. The lamella subcolumellaris is not or hardly visible in frontal view.

Range: The type locality is Thessaly, Karditsa: Morfovouni, 1.25 km S of Mesenikolas. Other known locality is: West Greece, Aetolia-Acarnania: 2 km south of Ditiki Frangista, 600 m alt. This subspecies has been reported from the two localities, that are 40 km apart and situated in geographically quite different regions, whereas Inchoatia megdova tavropodensis is reported from only a few km distant of the southern record for Inchoatia megdova megdova. Also after a renewed investigation, based on newly collected material, the surprising observation by Hausdorf (1987) with regard to the distribution of Inchoatia megdova megdova, was confirmed by Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd (2009).

Inchoatia megdova bruggeni

The specific name bruggeni is in honour of Dutch malacologist Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen.

Diagnosis: The teleoconch is with conspicuous sutural papillae. Parietal side of the apertural border is not protruding. The clausilial apparatus is with a prominent but short plica basalis, a prominent white palatal knob, and a lamella subcolumellaris that is visible in frontal view.

Shell description: The shell is sinistral, with a very slender spire, with nearly straight sides. The shell has 11–12¾ whorls. The uppermost whorls are moderately convex and separated by an indented suture, the lower ones increasingly more flattened and separated by an increasingly more shallow suture. The shell is yellowish brown, with a white sutural line and many prominent white papillae along the adapical border of the whorls. On the upper half of the shell, the papillae may be vaguely lengthened in the regular shell colour by striae that reach at most about the periphery of the shell; only the final quarter of the [body whorl] with irregular radial riblets. Cervical part of the body whorl is with a rounded basal keel, separated by an indentation from a rather prominent dorsal hump.

Apertural lip is thickened by a whitish callus, broadly reflected, continuous but not protruding at the parietal side. Clausilial apparatus with a prominent lamella parietalis, reaching about ⅛ whorl into the aperture, where it ends next to the most frontal part of the lamella spiralis, which extends for about ½ whorl inside. The lamella columellaris is clearly protruding into the aperture and reaching slightly further than the lamella spiralis inside. The lamella subcolumellaris is prominent, slightly curved and clearly visible in frontal view. Plica principalis is prominent, reaching less far inside than the lamella spiralis, but clearly further than the upper palatal plica, thickened in front where it is connected with a (very) conspicuous white knob, which is shortly lengthened inside, without coming close to the lunella. Lunella situated dorsolaterally; the short posterior part of the upper palatal plica is about as long as the short but relatively conspicuous plica basalis. Clausilial blade is simple, without notches.

The width of the shell is 3.6–4.0 mm. The height of the shell is 16.2–20.3 mm.

Range: The type locality is Greece, Thessaly, Trikala: 7.5 km WNW of Pyli, 8.5 km S of Elati along road to Ag. Prokopios, 675 m alt. This subspecies is known from the type locality only.

Inchoatia megdova palatalifera
Synonyms include:
 Carinigera (Carinigera) megdova palatalifera Hausdorf, 1987
 Albinaria megdova palatalifera

Diagnosis: The teleoconch is with rather inconspicuous sutural papillae. The parietal side of the apertural border is protruding. The upper palatal plica is prominent. Lamella subcolumellaris is clearly visible in frontal view.

Range: The type locality is "Triklonon 5.5 km Richtung Chalkiopuli"; Greece, West Greece, Aetolia-Acarnania: Triklono, 5.5 km to Chalkiopouli. This subspecies is only known from the type locality.

Inchoatia megdova tavropodensis
Synonyms include:
 Carinigera (Carinigera) tavropodensis Fauer, 1993
 Carinigera megdova
 Albinaria semilaevis tavropodensis

Diagnosis: Teleoconch is with conspicuous sutural papillae. The parietal side of the apertural border is not or slightly protruding. The upper palatal plica is prominent. Lamella subcolumellaris is not or hardly visible in frontal view.

According to Nordsieck (2007) this taxon is ".. clearly more similar to Carinigera semilaevis than to Carinigera megdova; its occurrence is nearer to the type locality of Carinigera semilaevis than to that of Carinigera megdova." The obvious similarity should have been specified to take this view into consideration. The location of type localities cannot be accepted as indicative, especially not since according to Hausdorf (1987: 174). According to Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd (2009), the closest congeneric population belongs to Inchoatia megdova megdova.

Range: The type locality is "am Fluß Tavropos, Kalkfelsen bei der Brücke, 26 km von Karpenision, etwa 340 m ü.M.". Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd (2009) have found this subspecies at Evrytania, Greece: 11.5 km WNW of Karpenisi (road to Agrinio), 370 m alt. Most probably this is also the type locality so this subspecies is only known from the type locality.

References
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External links

Clausiliidae
Endemic fauna of Greece
Gastropods described in 1974

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SEMA: Deadline for preferred exhibitors April 6; here's their tips for picking booth size
By John Huetter on March 30, 2015
Announcements | Associations | Education
April 6 marks the deadline to be able to pick your exhibitor location at the 2015 SEMA Show, and while you can try and modify your booth size after calling dibs, it's probably easier to get it right the first time.
The Specialty Equipment Market Association offered tips Thursday to help what appears to be a growing total number of vendors decide what size space to rent out of a range as small as 10-by-10 feet and as large as 50-by-60. Booths scale by 10 square feet at a time. Find out more here.
Here's some tips from SEMA Show Director Tom Gattuso and the organization (Also, find out some past advice to avoid issues while registering here):
Figure out what you want to do there. Are you showing off a product? Hyping your brand? Networking? Courting leads? The answer to that question should drive what you're trying to do.
Draw the booth on paper. (Graph paper probably couldn't hurt if you want to try to make sure you are to scale.) Block out everything — and everyone, from employees to customers — you want to stuff in there to accomplish that goal.
Take some tape and a tape measure and do a "chalk outline" of the booth perimeter, the tabletop surface areas, and whatever footprint your products will take up in your parking lot or shop. (For example, if you were Goodyear doing the "stack of tires" display, that's a minimum of 2 square feet of floor space gone.)
If you're showing off a vehicle, drive it in there and make sure it fits — though there's also an option to display a vehicle outside the Las Vegas Convention Center if you don't want to put it in the booth.
Then adjust accordingly. You don't want to buy too much space either.
If you register by April 6, you will get your booth size. You can change it once everyone else finishes the advance site selection process.
Details: 909-396-0289, sales@sema.org or visit this online signup.
The show can provide an excellent opportunity for a business. About 130,000 people visit every year, SEMA estimated, including 60,000 buyers — nearly 25 percent of which are from abroad. Besides the ability to network and make sales, there's also a PR opportunity: About 3,000 members of the media come to the show, SEMA said.
"The SEMA Show is where the industry comes to do business," SEMA events and communications Vice President Peter MacGillivray said in an earlier statement. "It's where manufacturers promote their products and meet face-to-face with buyers."
Space and growth
Gattuso said Friday that the space selection draft works by seniority once SEMA has blocked out how all the different sizes will fit in the convention center.
About 85 percent of SEMA Show exhibitors register by the early deadline, Gattuso estimated. The "icing on the cake" comes with the other 15, according to Gattuso. He described some of those companies as registering late because of their startup status — calling them "some of the newest, innovative" businesses that bring a "final punch" to the event.
"For me, that's the exciting part," he said.
With the rapid change going on in the auto and collision repair industries, 2015 could certainly see some interesting rookies providing solutions to some challenges facing engineers and repairers.
Though latecomers might be in some annex areas of the convention center and nearby hotel, Gattuso said SEMA's marketing and operations staff attempts to stick in a feature or presentation that makes buyers and attendees leave the main drag and visit that part of the show.
Plus, once people know exhibitors are in a particular new area, they'll know to return to that spot for future shows — priming that location for an expansion.
"It feeds on itself," he said.
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Welcome the First Out-Gay Power Ranger!
By Becca Barglowski
The Power Rangers action franchise has finally come out of the closet with the introduction of the latest and greatest Green Ranger in its 28th season Dino Fury. Beyond a confirmation that green is undoubtedly the gayest color, fans are given an introduction to Izzy Garcia's romantic life in the thirteenth episode of the show.
Although the episode has yet to air in the United States, spoilers of Garcia's queer revelation from France have sparked an online frenzy amongst fans. The clip circulating around Twitter features Garcia nearly walking on air as she travels off-screen hand-in-hand with her crush Fern.
Sending off his own excited tweet to the void, Dino Fury executive producer Simon Bennett couldn't help but join in on the joyful discord surrounding Garcia's casual coming out, "Very happy with the reaction to Power Rangers #dinofury episode 13, which has just aired in France," Bennett tweeted, "Really looking forward to when it is available in the US, and I can jump into discussions."
Where some fans found the short but sweet scene historic, others weren't as easily impressed with the franchise's second attempt at queer representation in the entirety of its 28 years. A particularly disappointed fan tweeted their sorrows, referring to the short clip as "a marketing ploy." Bennett, apparently still active on Twitter, was quick to tweet in reply, "I assure you, it was no marketing ploy. And yes, well overdue."
Regardless of Nickelodeon's intentions, one has to wonder if the queer episode ending was worth the wait for queer fans. The beloved Power Rangers franchise follows the life of ordinary teenagers-turned-superheroes and considering its long-running popularity as an influential kids series, it's not unreasonable to have wanted more representation from a mainstream scene that is shown to kids. Also hard to ignore is the fact that neither Izzy nor Fern have a single line of dialogue in their own coming-out.
In terms of length and content, the footage is sadly reminiscent of the franchise's earliest attempt to introduce a queer ranger back in 2017. Adapted by Lionsgate, the Power Rangers film held a brief moment in which Becky G as the Yellow Ranger was seemingly having "boyfriend problems." In reality, it is specified that Trini is having "girlfriend problems." The momentary revelation comes and goes in the same ephemeral fashion of Izzy simply walking off camera, holding hands with another girl.
Unfortunately, the craving for 90s queer nostalgia lives to see another disappointing day.
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Ор'єн (ɔ̂rjɛn) — транскордонний динарський гірський хребет Середземномор'я, розташований на південному заході Чорногорії, незначна частина поширюється на країну Боснія і Герцеговина.

Найвища його вершина становить 1894 м. Вершина Орієна — найвища вершина «Субріадріату». Масив Орієна лежить на сході на південний схід від Требинє в країні Боснія і Герцеговина та на північний захід від Різана в Которській бухті. Від містечка Рисан, розташованого в найпотужнішій заповідній частині затоки, добре спроектована дорога, піднімається приблизно на 1600 м. Під час Льодовикового періоду льодовик відступив від Ор'єна до Которської затоки та навколишніх полів. Льодовики також сформували зубчасті вершини та хребти. Льодовиковий та рельєф типу карсту створює унікальні прибережні пейзажі.

Природний та культуро-історичний регіон Котора — об'єкт Всесвітньої спадщини ЮНЕСКО, що включає територію між Ор'єном та Ловценом, включаючи всі невеликі міста в затоках Рісана. та Котор. Іллірійці і греки колонізували узбережжя від 400 р. до н. е. і створили сьогоднішні порти Різан і Котор. Через брак питної води висока гора ніколи не була густо заселена. Сніг використовувався ще наприкінці XX століття для забезпечення води кількох хуторів. Сьогодні замість цього використовуються свердловини.

Географія
Гора Ор'єн — це гора, піднята як горб і, таким чином, височіє над опущеною Которською бухтою та високим карстовим плато, що оточує гірський гір Оржен. З різницею 1894 м між найнижчою та найвищою точкою енергія рельєфу відіграє велику роль у надзвичайно суворих природних умовах. Гіперкарстичний ландшафт величезних карренських полів контрастує з рослинними видами, починаючи від листяних лісів на менших висотах до ендемічних вапняних динарських Ялицевих та Соснових лісів на вищих висотах. Опади досягають 5000 л/м², кількість, типова для тропічних лісів. Сніг легко накопичується на карстових плато і вже в червні невеликі снігові плями продовжують лежати в затінених місцях під вершинами. Катання на лижах можливе, але на сьогодні не існує відповідної інфраструктури. Ор'єн — місце пішохідного туризму. Три гірські хати забезпечують проживання

Ор'єн має прикордонну площу близько 400 км² між державою Бо́снія і Герцегови́на та Чорногорією, і пролягає на 25 км від регіону навколо Требинє в Боснії і Герцеговині на північному заході, до Которської затоки в Чорногорії на південному сході. Гора Ор'єн складається з чотирьох високих карстових плато, розділених хребтами. Відокремленими плато є Кривошіє на сході, Біла гора на північ, Добрі ду та Врбань на заході. Нечисленні поселення розкидані по навколишніх полях. Поля Грахово, Драгальж, Врбанж, Крушевиця та Грабаль важливі для сільськогосподарського використання та забезпечують лінії зв'язку у карсті.

На Ор'єні зустрічаються кілька сухих річкових долин. Повінь може бути проблемою, і кілька долин славляться своїми тривалими періодами затоплення.

Сліди льодовиків
Льодовики мали місцеве значення в Середземномор'ї, що дало змогу витривалим типам рослинності пережити зміни клімату четвертинного.
Вся місцевість вище 900 м була похована під товстим простирадлом льоду, звідки кілька льодовикових хребтів спустилися на 500 м над рівнем моря. Сліди льодовикової активності помітні в будь-якій частині Орієна, як на плато Біла гора. Жодне льодовикове озеро сьогодні не збереглося.

Багато U-подібних долин та зубчасті хребти і вершини свідчать про крижану ерозію.
У кам'яний та Бронзовий вік люди селилися в районі Ор'єн. Людська діяльність залишила наскельні картини оленів і людей в Ліпчі в бухті Різан. Основне місце розкопок доби бронзи — на Поповому полі на північ від гори Ор'єн.

Карст

Гора Ор'єн побудована з чистої крейди. Оскільки опади і температура високі, а рослинність рясна, процеси карстифікації розвиваються. Рослинність та формування ґрунту також грають роль у цьому процесі. Основним недоліком є те, що вода швидко проникає в пористі скелі і не утворює струмків і річок, незважаючи на велику кількість опадів. Характерна загальна сухість, непридатна для осідання.
Регіон тривалий час переселявся. Тільки в часи репресій несприятливі високі гори були заселені переважно чорногорськими племенами. За часів правління  Османської імперії з XV по XIX століття високий карст виступав головним притулком для  християн. Військові кампанії турків та Австро-Угорщини зазнали великих втрат, в той час як обидві великі держави недооцінили труднощі здійснити успішні набіги на карстові райони. Битва при Вучі-ду між чорногорцями і турками та Кривошійське повстання 1869 року показали, що чорногорці використовували природні умови на свою користь.

Карст також є основною туристичною пам'яткою, оскільки печери часті, і своєрідні геоморфологічні форми можна вивчати. Карстова рослинність, з іншого боку, багата на види, а основні карстові райони — гарячі точки біорізноманіття.

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Льодовикові та карстові особливості складають унікальний пейзаж, який приваблює туристів. Встановлено три гірські хати, а любителі підтримують зимові види спорту.

Піші прогулянки

Доріжки підтримує альпіністський альянс PSD Subra. Більшість стежок є маркованими, що забезпечує сприятливий відпочинок. Також можливі походи у віддалені частини, але на даний момент немає розмітки. Відвідувачі Білої гори можуть скористатися кількома місцевими лісовими дорогами. Іноді вівчарі можуть запропонувати нічне житло.

Вода є лише там, де жителі села використовують дощоприймачі.
Більшість туристів, як правило, відвідують Субру (1680 м) або Великий кабао (1894 м).

Бурі ведмеді з'являються на Білій горі і їх не слід турбувати, оскільки популяція зменшується

Щороку близько середини травня альпійська організація PSD Subra організовує півмарафон під назвою Ор'єн марафон. Гостей запрошують взяти участь у традиційній маніфестації

Сходження
Існує кілька цікавих альпійських аршрутів. Найбільш примітною є 500-метрова стіна амфітеатру Субра. Хороші альпіністські маршрути — це лише 10 хвилин пішки від гірської хати Вратло. Інші хороші альпіністські маршрути — в Амфітеатрі Субра та скелях Реовачка Греда. Гора Ор'єн дає багато можливостей для підйому маршрутах з різними труднощами. Навчальна скеля біля дороги Херцег-Нові — Требинє під назвою «Силобод» (250 м).

Літні заходи
 Усі поїздки з ночівлею потребують достатнього запасу води через обмежені джерела води.
 Велосипед — гірський велосипед можливий по всій горі Ор'єн, і місцеві дороги добре підходять для їзди на велосипеді.
 Плавання — Ор'єн розташований біля [Которської затоки на узбережжі Адріатичного моря.
 Марафон Оржен — щорічна спортивна подія з кількома можливими трасами, починаючи від вершин Вратло хата до вершин Субра (1679 м) та Великий кабао(1894 м).

Зимові заходи
Значна частина гори Ор'єн недоступна через сильний сніг взимку.
 Катання на лижах — єдиний гірськолижний район навколо Ор'єна відкривається взимку. Підйомники та обладнання не передбачені.
 Полювання — мисливцям, як правило, бажані офіційні дозволи.

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Palin: I took off my mic and walked out when I realized Sacha Baron Cohen was tricking me
By Morgan Gstalter - 07/13/18 09:32 AM EDT
Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said that she stormed off the set of "a bizarre, really embarrassing, humiliating interview" when she realized she was being duped by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Palin appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday to talk about the interview Baron Cohen staged for his new Showtime satirical series "Who is America?"
The former governor of Alaska told host Robin Roberts that Baron Cohen showed her "propaganda" about sex changes and transgender people and claimed that Chelsea Clinton was the "recipient of a government-funded sex change."
"It got worse and worse and worse as the minutes went on in this bizarre, really embarrassing, humiliating interview," Palin said. "It mocked middle class Americans, it mocked our values, it mocked the disabled."
Palin said she had had "enough," took off her microphone and walked out of the interview.
"Since then, nobody returns my call," Palin said, adding that Baron Cohen's producers had given her fake names and described the show as a Showtime documentary. She said the producers reached out to her through a speakers' bureau.
Palin said Baron Cohen was portraying himself as an injured military veteran. "Good Morning America" said that the producers refused to turn over a clip to verify her claim.
She has called on Baron Cohen to donate the profits from the upcoming show to military veterans' groups.
"He thinks this kind of stuff is funny, and mocking the disabled and mocking and belittling our vets with his betrayal — in my book — is not funny," Palin said.
A Twitter account appearing to be from Baron Cohen's character "Billy Wayne Ruddick" responded to Palin this week, saying she's been "hit by a bullshit grenade" and is "bleedin' fake news."
Several other public figures — including journalist Ted Koppel, ex-Alabama GOP candidate Roy Moore and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio — have said they were fooled by Baron Cohen into interviews for his new show.
Tags Roy Moore Sarah Palin Sacha Baron Cohen Showtime Military veterans Joe Arpaio


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As a musical, Kern's Show Boat has all the flourish and glamour of the old Americanstyle big family musical, but the content of something that goes much deeper. Cape Town Opera's production of Show Boat has enjoyed several triumphant seasons since its South African premiere in 2005. The show has had nightly standing ovations in Artscape in Cape Town, the Nürnberg State Theatre in Nürnberg, Den Norske Opera House in Oslo, the Malmö Opera House in Sweden, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Birmingham Hippodrome in Birmingham, The Lowry in Manchester, Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff and Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin.
Show Boat is a musical of the old American South, rich with nostalgia, humour, love stories and well-loved melodies. The combination of the Cape Town Opera's gutsy rendition of Ol' Man River, the witty and glamorous production, the over hundred period costumes and the stylish set has made Cape Town Opera's production a winner wherever it tours.
The story begins in Mandela's birthplace, in the town of Qunu in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. After his initiation into manhood and rejection of a traditional arranged marriage, Mandela decides his future lies beyond the Qunu hills and he flees to Johannesburg.
The narrative continues to act two with Mandela working as a lawyer in the township of Sophiatown, shortly before the Nationalist Party's forced eviction of the township residents. Mandela's political education and community leadership role becomes more pronounced during this time, as he rallies black South Africans toward the African National Congress cause.
The story concludes in act three, with the repercussions of the Sharpeville Massacre, Mandela's trial and incarceration, and his eventual release from the infamous Robben Island prison.
From traditional Xhosa choral music, to jazz and jive dancing of the 1950s township dance halls; from struggle songs of the 1980s, to the liberation music of the 1990s, Mandela Trilogy celebrates the vibrant variety of South African music while dramatising the defining moments that shaped Mandela's life.
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, South Africa
Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, England
The Lowry, Manchester, England
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales
Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Malmö Opera, Malmö, Sweden
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Opera House at Artscape, Cape Town, South Africa
Staatstheater Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway
A top class show with lavish set
Teaterbåten
Simply the best show I've seen this year
True broadway style
Artistikrezo
This superb musical gives the audience a memorable journey aboard the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi showboat packed with characters, entertainers, love stories and drama.
Birmingham Mail
This superb production is both a feast to the ear with memorable music and to the eye with over 200 period costumes
Within a few minutes the performance by the South African ensemble was halted by spontaneous applause in between the scenes… the ice was broken and the showboat was sailing on this wave of goodwill.
Nürnberger Zeitung
a top class show, with lavish sets and costume and ingeniously directed by Janice Honeyman… the chorus are the stars of the show.
Costumes and scenery are excellent in a fine show well directed by Janice Honeyman.
Cape Town Opera's production is enjoying a triumphant season with nightly standing ovations exceeding the response on opening night when the audience gave a standing ovation for 20 minutes.
Show Boat is undoubtedly the real deal; a big, grand, hugely impressive slice of classical musical theatre writ large and executed with scope and grandeur that nevertheless displays extraordinary attention to detail.
Kidderminster Shuttle
Sheer entertainment in true Broadway style transforms the Théâtre du Châtelet into a boat on the Mississippi…One leaves the theatre revived, with a spring in your step and your head brimming with music
Every step you take from the theatre the more and more you begin to think and love everything about the show you just saw… It is simply the best show I've seen this year.
Buzz, South Wales Culture
A TIMELESS PIECE
"Why Show Boat? Why, in this day and age when we have situations and stories of our own, should this story be of any relevance to us? The longer I've worked on this piece and the deeper my creative team and I have delved, the more interesting and meaningful the piece has become.
Together with Porgy and Bess, this is possibly the classical musical that has the most telling reverberations for the South African situation. It deals with haves and have-nots, the arrogance of the advantaged, and their ignorance regarding poverty and racial discrimination. There is the hope of change all the way through. But, ultimately, as has been the case throughout history, while change is advantageous to some, for those most in need it is ultimately not experienced.
This perception of the piece may give the impression that it is grim and depressing, but as we have seen from Show Boat's performance history, it works on many levels outside of the political. Florenz Ziegfeld, the original producer, was known for his Follies and dance extravaganzas. Although he gave Kern and Hammerstein the opportunity to create a challenging and visionary book musical, was he perhaps nervous of both the political content and the text and story? Perhaps, being the commercially minded man he was, he decided that, wherever possible, highly theatrical and visually exciting 'showstoppers'
were to be inserted. Or was it Kern and Hammerstein who decided to create something both serious and showy, gritty and glamorous?
In Show Boat, we, as audiences, are excited and enchanted by the all-American Chicago World Fair. We are thrilled by the explosion of the modern age in dances like the Charleston and the Black Bottom. We are transported by the nostalgic and lyrical masterpieces of Make Believe and You Are Love. Yet, underlying all of this, we hear constant voices and reminders, which reflect shattered dreams and unfulfilled expectations. This timeless piece has stood its ground and has appealed for over 80 years. We trust we can give you the fun and frivolity, the thrill and enjoyment, and the pain and passion of a beautifully crafted musical." Janice Honeyman


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Baxter's Journal
Ethical Journalism
Be Scofield's World of Wonders
J. Baxter
When I received an email from a former mole in Be Scofield's inner circle, notifying me that she was able to net a Pro Bono lawyer from a high-powered law firm, I nearly dropped my morning latte in my lap. Why would any respectable attorney even consider defending such an obvious offender for free, donating his or her work to wrangle an unmistakably innocent couple that filed a defensive lawsuit against her for defamation? My interaction with a number of attorneys in the past has led me to realize, most attend tactically to their image. If even a semi-aware attorney would invest but a few minutes into viewing the unsophisticated nonsense presented in Be Scofield's writings, they'd easily spot the contrived prate she regularly peddles to her online devotees. In genuine disbelief, I decided to find out more.
After enquiring around and perusing a number of Tim Cunningham's profiled cases, I couldn't perceive anything that indicated he is in any way as obtuse as he appears in taking on that Scofield lawsuit. I was at a loss. When that happens, the common approach for most investigative journalists like myself is to refine an unobvious query through elimination. After jettisoning possibility after possibility, what still remains is likely the answer. Per se, the axiomatic last man standing is Cunningham appears to lack a moral compass. He seems to have a general disregard for the obvious damage Scofield exacts on innocent lives, and the resulting ordeals of the blameless. He seems more interested in displaying his argument for freedom of speech than he is concerned for civil or moral justice. I say this with some confidence as he had a choice. Offering Pro Bono, he was not pre-indebted to be neutral. The only remaining incentive that appears to make any sense is that Scofield promised Cunningham media coverage, clearly coming at the cost of the public figures she's defaming. This makes most sense because this kind of tactic is right up Scofield's alley. As a crude unethical blogger, she has a relatively small audience. To effectively sponge up the recognition she craves Scofield strategically draws her sought after attention from the followers belonging to the persons she defames. Sadly, Google analytics unwittingly supports that. My sense is that she was successful in tempting Cunningham into taking that bait.
I nearly halted my interests there. After my initial research commotion, I began asking myself the question, why do I care? Why concern myself with the insignificant drivel coming from an irrelevant tabloid blogger? I have plenty of other paid writing engagements that are calling. I was about to close my laptop, when I found myself unexpectedly paralyzed with the realization, this is exactly how true journalism dies. When those who care stop caring and allow the noble voice of genuine journalism to be soiled with the angry neurosis driven efforts of the broken, the entire world sufferers. True journalism is meant to be the voice of truth in our global communities. Scofield is not that voice. She is the offshoot of a festering hatred; apparently born of a pain she is unable to face and deal with internally. When that happens, the beast comes forward to do the damage. We are then willed the voice of more hatred in an ailing medium that urgently requires more love and insight. Change doesn't come from indifference, it comes through caring.
Viewing her Facebook pages, I found her to be fully engrossed in feeding her followers needs for more of her antagonistic form of entertainment, while making herself appear as if she is the victim of an attempted injustice in being litigated for defamation. This is for any intelligent reader nonsensical. The plaintiffs who are suing her are clearly not addressing her right to free speech. I am myself a staunch defender of that. Defamation is not protected by freedom of speech. Defamation refers to false statements of fact that harm another's reputation. Defamatory comments often include false comments that a person committed a particular crime or engaged in certain sexual activities. That is precisely what Scofield has done.
I haven't been successful in contacting the lawsuit plaintiffs to ask them for their perspective in this Pro Bono issue. I've only been able to examine Scofield's present and absurd world of wonders. This doesn't offer much of a balanced view. Fair perspective doesn't live there. She unquestionably deletes all comments that might come in to threaten her authority or dares to challenge her control over her audience. There's only a carefully managed one-way view of things. What comes through there is her intentions to do the plaintiff's further harm through writing more defaming material. And it appears her audience may be willing to pay for the show. She began a new go-fund-me effort, hoping to get some more cash for her prowling efforts.
I don't believe her motivation here is anger at being challenged. I believe it is now pure fear that drives her actions. This will undoubtedly backfire. It doesn't require much insight to see that kind of offensive action speaks more of terror than confidence. A confident journalist could just sit back, and let the lawyers have all the room they need to find an amenable outcome. Or, she could just let the defaming article drop away. It wouldn't really be questioned if it quietly disappeared. Her renewed aggressions speak more of her crumbling world that is about to come tumbling down. Her efforts to do more damage reveal fear clearly has her by the throat. I have seen this a number of times before. When that happens, judgement wanes. More aggression effectually equates to losing your cool. It won't take her audience of sharks long to see that as well. Once they smell the fear and sense her blood in the water, they'll begin to turn on her and she'll become the fodder.
Anke Richter—Two Faced or Just Naive?
Toxic Spirituality? Or, Be Scofield's Toxic Journalism
The Misdeeds of Be Scofield and the Mysterious Orcas Island Death of Carla Shaffer
Are We wrong about Cults?


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Q: Why the bulb does not glow in this configuration of batteries? I connected a bulb to a battery positive terminals with positive and negative terminals with negative .
 It glows as it should but when i connect the positive terminal of the same bulb to the positive terminal of one battery and negative terminal of the same bulb to the negative terminal  of another battery. The bulb does not glow.

What I want to ask here is that electric potential difference is being maintained then why does the bulb does not glow.
NOTE : Batteries are not connected with each other. Both batteries are separately placed.

A: It's the flow of a current that makes a bulb glow. In the second diagram there is no current flow because the current can't flow out of the end of the wires.
The following analogy may help. Electric current is like water flowing along a pipe. The wires correspond to the pipes. The end of a wire with air outside it corresponds to a pipe with a closed end because electric current can't flow out into the air (except a tiny bit which we are ignoring here). A battery corresponds to a device which creates pressure, allowing the water to be pushed up a slope to a higher level. Your second diagram is like a pipe running horizontally, then going up a slope, then horizontal again, then going up another slope. Both ends of the pipe are closed so there is no water flow.

A: The potential difference exists between the two plates of the same battery. You don't know for sure if the potential difference exists between two plates from different batteries.
Additionally, you're not allowing any current to flow even if there is some potential difference. In other words, you have not closed the circuit. Current can't flow in a circuit that's not closed.

A: @eqb is correct to some extent but the answer you want is as follows-
In a battery when electrons reach the positive end it triggers a reaction which causes "release" of electrons at the negative end, now as you have connected the ends of two separate batteries when you take electrons from battery 1 and give to battery 2's positive end the new electrons are released on the negative end of the battery 2 but the negative end of battery 1 does not produce any electrons as for that to happen the electrons have to reach the positive end of the battery first
So an equilibrium is reached so no more current flows
Note this is an extreme simplification but I believe this is better in this context as you just want the plain reason

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Is The Dwelling The Insured's Residence?
September 04, 2007 BY Karen Karabinos
The Court of Appeals recently rejected a couple's attempt to have damage to a dwelling covered under their homeowner's policy based on their intent to use the dwelling as their residence despite the fact that the couple never resided in the dwelling.
In Varsalona v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company, 281 App. 644, 637 S.E.2d 64 (2006), the insureds purchased a home in in 2002 and obtained a homeowner's policy with Auto-Owners. At that time, the insureds intended to use the property as their residence and were trying to sell the home they were currently living in. Subsequently, the insureds were unable to sale their current home quickly, they decided not to move into the property and their daughter and grandchild moved to that property instead. When a portion of the slab under the property collapsed, Auto-Owners denied their claim on the ground that the dwelling did not constitute the insureds' "residence premises."
The Auto-Owners' policy is similar to most homeowners' policies issued here in Georgia and states the "insured premises means . . . the residence premises . . . any structures or grounds you use in connection with your residence premises . . . (and) any other premises you acquire during the policy term and which you intend to use as a residence premises." at 65. The policy also defined "residence premises" as "the one or two family dwelling where you reside" and the coverage for the dwelling specifically provided coverage for "your dwelling located at the residence premises including structures attached to that dwelling. This dwelling must be used principally as your private residence."
The insureds argued that coverage should be afforded because at the time they purchased the property and applied for insurance they intended to use the property as their "residence premises" and such intended use is contained in the definition of "insured premises." The insureds also relied on the provision providing coverage for "other structures which you own and you use in connection with the residence premises that are located at an insured premises other than the residence premises." The Court of Appeals, however, rejected the insureds' position based on the clear language of the policy that clearly stated that "insured premises" means "residence premises," which at the time the policy was issued, the "residence premises" was undisputedly the property.
The Court of Appeals gave no weight to the insureds' intended use of the property as their residence premises. Rather, the Court of Appeals focused on the undisputed evidence that the insureds never used the property as a residence. Because the plain language of the policy "unambiguously required as a condition of coverage the insureds under the residence premises principally at their private residence," the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's decision that the policy did not provide coverage for the insureds' loss.
The Court's holding in Varsalona is consistent with the Court's previous holding in Epps v. Nicholson, 187 Ga. App. 2465, 247, 370 S.E.2d 13 (1988). In Epps, the insureds sought coverage for a rental home located at , which was insured under a homeowner's policy. The policy at issue in Epps defined "residence premises" as "the one or two family dwelling, other structures, and grounds or that part of any other building where you reside and which is shown as the 'residence premises' in the Declarations." The Declarations portion of the policy stated that "[t]his policy insures . . . ." The Court of Appeals held that those clauses set forth two requirements for coverage: "first, the dwelling must be the place where the insured resides; and second, the dwelling must be shown as the "residence premises" in the declarations." While the rental house met the second requirement of being, the Court held the rental home "it clearly does not meet the first." The same analysis would apply to the property at issue in Varsalona.
Therefore, following the Court of Appeals' opinion in Varsalona, in order to be covered under a homeowner's policy, the insured premises must be the place where the insureds actually reside and the insured premises must be listed as the residence premises in the declarations, regardless of the intent of the insureds for the use of the property at the time of its purchase.
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"Route of the Pacemakers." Another respectable airline to be swallowed up by merger was Piedmont. Piedmont acquired these 767-200ER's only about a year before the merger and put them into service on the Charlotte-London route. We've got the profile on the front of a quality all-cotton heavyweight ice grey shirt.


TENNIS : MARIA SHARAPOVA KNOCKS OUT WORLD NO.2 SIMONA HALEP IN US OPEN FIRST ROUND EPIC AFTER A NASTY BATHROOM BREAK ! - Sports | Sports 24 | Sports News !
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TENNIS : MARIA SHARAPOVA KNOCKS OUT WORLD NO.2 SIMONA HALEP IN US OPEN FIRST ROUND EPIC AFTER A NASTY BATHROOM BREAK !
Maria Sharapova's wild card at the US Open is . . . well, wild, after all.
In what could be the most epic First Round battle in all of Grand Slams, Maria Sharapova trounced World No. 2 Simona Halep to make her dramatic return to Grand Slam tennis - - with a stomp.
Sharapova, in tears, going down to her knees following her victory, defeats Halep 6-4; 4-6; 6-3 in a breathtaking duel before a sell-out capacity crowd that lasted almost 3 hours - - the First Set lasted an hour, and the Second, nearly an hour.
It is Sharapova's first appearance and first win in a Grand Slam after her 15-month ban for doping.
RELATED STORY: MARIA SHARAPOVA TO PLAY AT US OPEN AS WILD CARD; FIRST GRAND SLAM APPEARANCE SINCE BANNED FOR DOPING !
Sharapova, already controversial for her doping scandal, did not win over Halep without adding a bit more of that - - controversy.
She called for a nasty bathroom break after her loss in the Second Set, derailing Simona Halep's momentum and rhythm before the Third Set decider.
After her bathroom break, Sharapova came back stronger and took the Third Set convincingly, clinching her victory.
Maria Sharapova tested positive with an illegal substance, called Meldonium, at the Australian Open in January 2016.
She was banned for 2 years, but subsequently reduced to 15 months, following her appeal.
Sharapova later admitted taking this drug for at least ten years.
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Maria Sharapova earns first Top 10 victory since November 2015!
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Fierce competitors battling for 3 hours on court.
Maria Sharapova wins one of most compelling matches of 2017 (and best Slam R1 ever?) beating #2 Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Felt like final.
Maria Sharapova is the 1st women's wild card to beat a top-2 seed at a major since Kim Clijsters beat No. 2 Serena Williams at 2009 US Open.


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Marija Jordanowa (ur. 25 maja 2002) – bułgarska siatkarka, reprezentantka kraju, grająca na pozycji przyjmującej.

Jej zasięg w ataku wynosi 296 cm, a w bloku 284 cm.

Przebieg kariery

Sukcesy klubowe
Liga bułgarska:
  2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Liga rumuńska:
  2021
  2022

Sukcesy reprezentacyjne
Mistrzostwa Europy U-16:
  2017
Liga Europejska:
  2021

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 profil women.volleybox.net
 profil volleyball.world
 profil cev.eu
 profil www-old.cev.eu
 profil bvf-web.dataproject.com
 profil frv-web.dataproject.com

Urodzeni w 2002
Bułgarskie siatkarki


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Hatha Kapuralalage Karunaratne (ur. 21 października 1941 w Karawanelli, zm. w październiku 1983 w Palali) – cejloński bokser, olimpijczyk.

W 1967 roku zdobył mistrzostwo Azji w wadze papierowej.

Startował w wadze papierowej na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 1968 (Meksyk). W pierwszej rundzie miał wolny los, a w kolejnej wygrał jednogłośnie na punkty z Birmańczykiem Thet U Laiem. W ćwierćfinale przegrał jednak z późniejszym mistrzem olimpijskim Francisco Rodríguezem (w drugiej rundzie sędzia przerwał pojedynek, gdyż Lankijczyk nie był w stanie go kontynuować (nie był to nokaut)).

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Lankijscy olimpijczycy
Lankijscy bokserzy
Urodzeni w 1941
Zmarli w 1983
Uczestnicy Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1968


Tomas and Ebba, along with their two children, are enjoying a family ski vacation in the French Alps. A controlled avalanche comes perilously close to the outdoor restaurant where they are enjoying lunch. As diners run in panic, Ebba calls for Tomas to help her. Tomas, however, has grabbed his cell phone and fled. No one is harmed and the family resumes their vacation, but Ebba cannot forgive Tomas' instinct to run and his refusal to acknowledge that he failed to protect his family.
Force Majeure, a well-executed psychodrama, will have you questioning Ebba's and Tomas' role in the incident that caused a shift in the family's dynamics.
This entry was posted in Mary K. and tagged drama, foreign, movie on September 11, 2015 by jamiea.


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Q: Передача параметра из вызыванной в вызывающую страницу Такая ситуация: в одном файле у меня идет подключение к базе. Но ее я этот файл вызываю через другой файл. ... и хотелось из вызванного файла передать обратно в вызывающий файл параметр (true или false типа подключение прошло успешно или нет).
Как реализовать
файл1 вызыванный db.php

<?php
     // Выполняем все команды файла config.php
     include ('config.php');
     // Пытаемся соединиться с сервером базы данных MySQL
     $db = mysql_connect($sdb_name,$user_name,$user_password);
     $stat_db = 1; //переменная для определения возможности подключения к базе по умолчанию 1 - true
     $stat_tb = 1; //переменная для определния возмож подключения к таблицы
     //Проверяем, удачно ли прошло подключение
     if(!$db)
     {
     echo( '
Невозможно подключиться к серверу базы данных !
');
     $stat_db = 0;
     exit();
     }

     //Проверяем доступность нужной БД
     if(!@mysql_select_db($db_name,$db))
     {
     echo( '
База данных '.$db_name.' недоступна!
');
     $stat_tb = 0;
     exit();
     }
     //Вывод сообщения об удачном выполнении подключения
     //Строку расположенную ниже после отладки - удалить
     echo( '
Подключение к базе данных '.$db_name.' выполнено.
');
 ?>

Файл 2, вызывающий index.php
<?
  include ('db.php');
   echo $stat_db;
  if  ($_POST[$stat_db]=0)
   {
      echo 'Базы не существует';
   }

?>

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*Как писал @Равнодушный, все ваши переменные в первом файле будут видны во втором. Т.е. в index.php вы можете использовать и $stat_tb, и $stat_tb.

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Вы можете использовать конструкцию вида
$has_conneciton = include('db.php')

А в самом db.php в конце поставить
return true; //для удачного подключения, или же false для неудачного

*
Что вы хотели сказать этой строкой, для меня осталось загадкой...
if  ($_POST[$stat_db]=0)


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Q: 'The entity type 'HierarchyId' requires a primary key to be defined. If you intended to use a keyless entity type call 'HasNoKey()'.' I used Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore version 3.1.6 and .net core sdk 3.1
using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
using System.Data.Entity.Hierarchy;

public class Item
{

    public int ItemID{ get; set; }

    [Key]
    public HierarchyId ItemHID { get; set; }
}

Also, ItemHID is set primary key in Item SQL table. The build was successed but I'm getting the error in run time "System.InvalidOperationException: 'The entity type 'HierarchyId' requires a primary key to be defined. If you intended to use a keyless entity type call 'HasNoKey()'.'". Have you any idea?


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Q: ExtJS 4 - grid column tpl implementation I'm trying to add the string "item " into every row under an "Item No." column in a standard ExtJS 4 grid.
I've attempted
confirmationGrid = Ext.create('Ext.grid.Panel', {
    id: 'confirmationGrid',
    width: 1100,
    renderTo: Ext.get('sencha_confirmation'),
    store: store,
    columns: [
        {text: 'Item No', width: 80, dataIndex: 'ItemNo', tpl: 'item {ItemNo}' }
        // additional columns removed for brevity
    ]
});

and all the references (store, model) to the item number are ItemNo (as above).  The column is ignoring the tpl stipulation and is simply displaying the item number without any additional text.
Where am I going wrong?

A: You're missing the xtype: templatecolumn that indicates that you're using a template. Also, you didn't show your data, so perhaps also:

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*Your model is missing that field

*The server didn't return data for that field

A: You can use a renderer to get the desired result in the column:
       {
            text: 'Item No',
            width: 80,
            dataIndex: 'ItemNo',
            renderer: function(value) {
                return 'Item: ' + value;
            }
        }


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More than buildings
(L-R) Senator Maxine McClean, Reverend Dr. Von Watson, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and Bishop Dr. John Holder viewing a book containing baptisms from 1878.
Worshippers in the City and members of St. Mary's Anglican Church were reminded today that they have a duty to preserve the spirit of Bridgetown and look after its most spiritually needy, as the church celebrated 185 years of consecration.
Bishop of Barbados, Dr. John Holder told the congregation during a lunchtime celebration that there was a need to keep the humanity of the City alive and it was a place that was more than just its buildings.
While he praised the inclusion of the church and the City in the recent UNESCO historical inscription, Dr. Holder said it represented a treasured space.
"As we rejoice about the selection of our City as a treasured and heritage site, let us remember that the City is more than its buildings. It is like a living organism, with functioning organs that support each other. It is the locus where we work and pray in the presence of God," he stated, adding that it also captured the essence of the Barbadian spirit.
He reminded members as well that they needed to treasure their heritage and also serve as watchmen for any weakening of the fabric of humanity in Bridgetown.
"The church has a responsibility to keep all who live and work here conscious of the presence of God," he stated, adding that they should also hold high the moral standards that help to connect society with God.
In brief remarks, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart congratulated the church on its milestone noted that as long as there were poor people in the City, or young people who were slave to drugs and other vices, or need for morality, there would be a need St. Mary's presence in Bridgetown.
He too reminded the church that while other aspects of life might seem out of their control, their morality was one area over which they could exert control. (LB)
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The Israeli attack against Iran – that never happened – must be analyzed from a broad, strategic perspective. When Iran built the plutonium reactor, Israel had a golden opportunity to attack a relatively easy target – as opposed to the underground nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran.
Even if the outcome had been partial, the strategic meaning would have been that Iran is inside the legitimate borders of Israel's reach.
Passing the responsibility for Iran's nuclear program to Obama (that is what Netanyahu did with his speeches) gave the Iranians immunity. It transformed them from the status of a crumbling, rouge state to a regional power, which is currently digging in on our borders.
We founded a state so that the next time a dictator attempts to destroy us, we will not have to beg for the help of the American pilots, who flew over the death camps and didn't bomb them. This is exactly what we have been saying for 70 years to every visiting VIP who we dragged straight from the airport to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum.
But at the moment of truth, Netanyahu did the opposite. He once again ran to beg the US for help, as if he was a mere community leader of a helpless European pre-Holocaust Jewish village. As a result, we lost the legitimacy for our very sovereign existence. We couldn't even put a metal detector on the Temple Mount after terrorists murdered our police officers.
In the Middle East, either you sit down to the meal – or you are part of the menu.
Netanyahu has turned us into part of the menu.


The kindergarten uses the Steiner Waldorf approach which encourages children's' healthy development at their own pace and in a natural environment.
Our Kindergarten is working on the base anthropology of Rudolf Steiner. The main idea is the principle of imitating learning. Every child goes through phases of youth and development at different stages. In the first seven years children are learning mostly by imitating the environment in all of their manifestations. The education should be orientated on these development stages.
The child learns through Imitation. While playing it process his impressions. It is important to produce Room and Time this is the main objective of our Kindergarten.
A repeating and regulated daily routine of a Day, a Week and a Year gives the Children safety and feeling of security.
In a Steiner Kindergarten is it usual to be physical active.
The Children should investigate and discover the real world with all of there senses. The Senses will be developed through the elements of the wood furniture and toys, as well as harmonic designed rooms.
When children starts to speak is different for each child. However they all need good verbal examples. This is the reason why Songs, rhymes, stories play an important role.
The fantasy of the child should be supported. This is why in the Steiner Kindergarten you have often undersigned play elements (scarfs, logs, simple dolls or wooden figures) to stimulate the creative senses of the little once.
The Children experience that depending on the age and skills are Rules and duties (Tidy up, clean the table etc.) for every child in the group are present. So they learn also to carry responsibility for the whole community.


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John and Maryann Got Married!
I was unable to make to the other wedding that took place on Saturday, July 31st – the one in Rhinesbeck, New York – because John and Maryann Hadden got married! It is always great to witness the next generation achieving milestones, evoking memories of when you achieved those same stages in life's journey.
I'm pleased to share a few images of the happy event and the party-all-night that resulted.
John places a ring on Maryann's finger!
The bridal party ready to celebrate!
Introducing Mr. and Mrs. John and Maryann Hadden!


You Want to Be Successful? Try Massive Action!
This is a little off topic, so please indulge me.
Now back to my story. My student explained that his mission president wrote the following acronym on a piece of paper: ODOR – PAL.
"ODOR – PAL?" the student wondered.
O = Outcome – state what you want to achieve and do it positively.
D = Date – set a date for when you want to achieve that outcome.
O = Obstacles – what stands in your way?
R = Resources – what tools, talents, and friends do you have to help you achieve the outcome?
P = Planning – develop a realistic course of action, map out how you're going to get to your desired outcome.
A = Massive Action – not just any action, action on a grand scale.
L = Leverage – use what motivates you–money, prestige, honor, whatever–to energize you to carry out your plan.
Now, a lot of this is good old Self-Help 101. I've read and heard advice like this a thousand times. But I have to tell you that as my student continued talking, my mind fixated on the A, the Massive Action. More to the point, the word Massive. Actually, the word stood out even larger. MASSIVE! The white board almost yelled at me.
I consider myself a man of action, but today I realized that my problem is that often, I'm too timid, willing to take a chance but unwilling to risk too much of myself. I realized that when I have been successful, whether in business or in other aspects of my life, it's almost always been because the adjective MASSIVE made an appearance. I leave it to you to decide what massive means to you. I know what it means to me, and I know where I need to apply it.


Zilia Sánchez's work is characterized by her distinctive approach to formal abstraction through the use of undulating silhouettes, muted color palettes, and a unique, sensual vocabulary. She is primarily recognized for her shaped canvases, first created in Havana in the 1950s and further developed while living in Havana, New York City, and Madrid. Sánchez's signature style consists of stretching canvas over hand-molded wooden armatures and painting them with acrylic. Over her 65-year career, Sánchez has explored the juxtapositions between the feminine and the masculine, the painterly and the sculptural, the personal and the universal, the exterior body and the interior self. The reduced color palettes in her compositions as well as the serial processes she employs, connect her to Minimalism, though the sensuality and embrace of the curve in her work bear witness to the distinct language Sánchez has developed.
Sánchez's work had rarely been seen outside of Puerto Rico before her 2013 survey at Artists Space, New York, and 2014 solo exhibition at Galerie Lelong, New York. Her work is also included in the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, VIVA ARTE VIVA, curated by Christine Macel. A solo exhibition of Sánchez's work will be presented at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., in 2019. Sánchez's work is featured in public collections including the Walker Art Center, Minnesota; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Colby College Museum of Art, Maine; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico; and Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
Sánchez was born in 1926 in Havana, Cuba. The artist lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she permanently settled in the early 1970s.


In the previous post, you learnt to use the MediaPlayer class to play, pause, and stop a sound file. In this Android tip, I am going to show you how to use the MediaPlayer class to play a 3gp video file. Playing the video file is simple as playing the sound file. However, you need a SurfaceView to display the video.
Now to demonstrate the video playing example with MediaPlayer, you will create a new Android project. Then modify the acitivity_main.xml file to add one SurfaceView as shown below.
In the MainAcitivity class, in the onCreate method, you write code to create a reference to SurfaceView, get the surface holder, add Callback interface to the holder, and create MediaPlayer instance. In the onSurfaceCreate method (you need to implement SurfaceHolder.Callback to use this method). You need to set the surface holder to display the video, set the data source of the MediaPlayer to the 3gp video file to be played, call the prepare() method to prepare the MediaPlayer, and start playing the video by calling the start() method.
You create a method that has the following code inside. Then call this method from onClick() method of OnClickListener.
I need a button to mute the sound when it is clicked. Any one can help?


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