The assistants supervise 4 labs and give 4 lessons (schedule ) (groups) about 4 homework assignments, each worth 100 assignment points. Attendance at the labs, lessons, and SI lessons is highly recommended (and sometimes mandatory, see the rules below), because without significant, constant practice and feedback (especially on common errors), it is provably very hard to prepare properly for any exam.
Lab sessions: The main objective of a lab session (on a Thursday) is for the assistants to help the students prepare acceptable solutions to the assignment with the closest upcoming deadline (on the following Friday evening). The assignment questions will be published at least a week prior to the lab. Also, the necessary course material will have been presented in lectures at least a week prior to the lab. You are thus able and even strongly encouraged to prepare your solution as far as possible until the lab, in order to make best use of that reserved timespan of personal attention by the assistants.
Lessons (lektioner): The main objective of a lesson (on the following Wednesday) is for the assistants to tell students everything that is needed to prepare an acceptable solution to the assignment with the most recent deadline (usually on the previous Friday evening). Interesting other issues may also be raised, not necessarily about that assignment and possibly about the next assignment, but including alternative solution ideas, frequent errors, interesting exercises, etc.
SI lessons: The main objective of supplemental instruction (SI) lessons is to discuss the theory again and to do more examples than those in the lectures or assignments, and thereby help prepare for the assignments and exam.
Submission and Deadlines: All solutions, with mandatory cover information and declarations, must be submitted via the course manager (instructions), whose clock may be different from yours. A solution may only be submitted by email or hardcopy upon prior written permission by the oracle assistant, upon reporting a convincing case of force majeure; the permission is only valid for that assignment. Submission deadlines are soft but become hard 48 hours later, except in cases of force majeure, with a 10 point penalty for submission during the first 24 hours and a 20 point penalty for submission during the next 24 hours. Re-submission deadlines (see below) are also soft but become hard 48 hours later, except in cases of force majeure, but with a 5 point penalty for re-submission during the first 24 hours and a 10 point penalty for re-submission during the next 24 hours. Grading will only start after a deadline becomes hard, so you can submit multiple times until then.
Grading: The grading of an assignment will normally be finished on the Tuesday before the lesson for that assignment; otherwise you initially earn a Z (pending) grade on that assignment. The content of the lesson may reflect the correct or incorrect aspects of your particular solution. An acceptable solution has 70 to 100 assignment points (before penalty deductions) and earns a G (good) grade. An unacceptable but serious solution (there is a reasonable attempt to answer each sub-question) has 30 to 69 assignment points (before penalty deductions) and earns a K (completion) grade. A missing (see the definition under Teamwork below) or non-serious solution has 0 assignment points and earns a U (failure) grade.
The acceptability and seriousness thresholds are at the discretion of the main instructor and the assistants. The acceptability threshold is higher than at the exam, as the aims are to learn something and to prepare for the exam. The acceptability threshold includes at least a high degree of correctness, completeness, and compliance with the coding convention (English version ) of this course, plus full spell-checking, even of source code. Non compliance with the coding convention will result in 0 assignment points, without anyone reading the rest of your solution, even if it is correct and complete.
Re-Submission: If you get a K or Z grade on an assignment, then you must attend the lesson for that assignment, in order to reduce the risk that you repeat the same errors. If you cannot attend that lesson in a convincing case of force majeure, then you must let the oracle assistant know the reason by email as early as possible, ideally in advance, and provide written evidence for that reason; otherwise your score is reduced to 0 (zero) points and your grade becomes U. The attendance of a lesson is highly recommended even if you get a G grade on its assignment.
If you get 0 to 69 points for an assignment (after penalty deductions) but not a U grade, then you may submit a second solution until the re-submission deadline of that assignment. Note that the current version of the course manager only allows one resubmission until the resubmission deadline. Grading is as above, and we will use the highest score of both submissions, but the maximum score is 70 assignment points (after penalty deductions).
Teamwork: Every solution must be prepared by a team of two students, both being first-time students or both being non-first-time students of this course. A solution may only be submitted solo upon prior written permission by the oracle assistant, upon reporting a convincing case of force majeure; the permission is only valid for that assignment. Teams can under no circumstance comprise more than two students. Teams may change between assignments. Do not use the group submission feature of the course manager, but submit two identical copies of the solution and clearly indicate inside who the students are. A random solution copy of a team will be graded, so make sure they are identical. The lateness penalty, if any, on a solution of a team is determined by the time of arrival of the last copy of the solution. The solution of a team is considered missing if at least one of the copies is still missing after the deadline becomes hard.
Ethics: The legislation on cheating (English summary) of the IT department will be rigorously applied, without exceptions. We reserve the right to use plagiarism detection tools and point out that they are very powerful. We assume that by submitting a solution you are certifying that it is solely the work of your team, except where explicitly stated otherwise, and that each team-mate can individually explain any part of the solution.
Credit Points and Expected Effort: The 1 higher-education credit point (1 hp) for the assignments is awarded, with a godkänd (G) grade, upon collection of at least 280 (of 400) assignment points, provided you get at least 30 assignment points on each assignment.
Note that the whole course is worth 5 hp, which translates into an expected 133 hours of work for the average student, including attending scheduled events (totalling about 45 hours, including the exam), reading and understanding the material, as well as preparing your assignment solutions. In other words, and since the assignments are also meant to help prepare for the exam, the assignments may well be calibrated to take 20 hours each, on the average! This does not clash with other courses you are taking, as university studies are defined to take 400 hours of work over a 10-week-period.
Failure: The lecture contents, assignment questions, submission rules, or main instructor of a course can change from one academic year to another, and the incremental completion of assignment duties over the years is not a student right: it is best to complete (the assignments of) a course the year it is taken. The current instructor stopped granting that right (see the previous item) as the administration thereof turned out to be more time-consuming than the alternative.
These rules are effective as of 22 March 2010. The instructor reserves the right to modify them at any moment, should special circumstances call for this.
Updated 2010-04-29 09:49:24 by Pierre Flener.


The president is touting a special announcement about the shutdown. He's running out of options.
Trump has previewed a number of "solutions" -- all of which will result in an almost immediate legal challenge.
Amid the longest-ever government shutdown, with no end in sight, President Donald Trump has been promoting his own Saturday appearance at which he promised to make an "important statement" about the shutdown and his desire to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Trump said again Friday that the southern border is a "national security crisis," citing no evidence. He repeated his claim that "criminals, gang members, human traffickers, [and] drug smugglers" are crossing the border and that only a wall would stop them. He also claimed without evidence that "a lot" of Democrats agree with him but are "afraid" to admit it.
Democrats have remained unified against the concept of a wall, but have offered a number of concessions for additional funding for border security to appease the president and re-open the government. Their most recent offer adds $1 billion to a pot of money for border security, but Trump has not indicated any interested in bargaining.
There remains no agreement on a spending measure that would reopen the government because Trump flatly refuses to make any concessions on funding for his border wall: He opened negotiations by asking for $5.7 billion in appropriations for his wall, and has refused to negotiate on the amount.
The shutdown began last December after Republicans and Democrats passed a spending measure through both chambers of Congress. Trump had agreed to sign it, but at the last minute reneged on his agreement — reportedly because cable news pundits had criticized him for "caving" on wall funding. At the time, he declared that he would be proud to own the shutdown, because border security was so important to his agenda; he has since blamed Democrats for causing it.
Speaking Saturday from the White House lawn, he told reporters that while border officials have "stopped" previous caravans of migrants seeking to immigrate to the United States, now only a physical border wall would suffice.
"Mexico seems unfortunately powerless to stop them," said the president, referring to migrants trying to reach the U.S. Many of the migrants he's speaking about are families with children and people seeking asylum.
"Many got through, broke through the Mexican area where in theory they were guarded and they weren't well guarded. You have a lot of caravans. If you had a wall, we wouldn't have this problem," said the president.
The president also repeated his false claim that the government was already building a border wall, and the funding was needed to continue its construction. "You know, we're building the wall as we speak. Nobody covers that, and I understand that, but we're building wall as we speak. We are going to continue," he said.
Trump, in order to get his wall, has threatened to take a variety of steps to circumvent Congress' duty to approve a spending budget: he has threatened to declare a national emergency, to force the military to pay for and build the wall, and even to close the border completely until the wall is built.
Any of these options is likely to invite immediate political pushback, legal challenges, and opposition from Americans who are being asked to foot the bill for a wall that Trump repeatedly said Mexico would pay for.


Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar last week, wept while he was picking up his nomination and expression of interest form to contest as PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 general election.
President Buhari on the other hand, wept in April 2011 during the heat of the 2011 election.
Keyamo in a tweet, compared the tears of both Atiku and Buhari and stated the reaction it got from Nigerians.


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Since I announced my intention of seeking a seat on Princeton Town Council I haven't had much in the way of negative feedback. So far, most everyone I have come in contact with since my January 1st announcement has been supportive. Clearly they feel I can do the job. But there are a few who don't quite understand my motivation and I hope to clear that up here.
Just over two years before we closed our newspaper office I started a home-based business. I thought I could make an extra income with part-time freelance writing. It's a pretty common choice for those of us who have worked in the Media because it is a natural transition. I started writing for a couple of clients in Australia and the United States in January 2014.
The work I started doing online was basic. I was providing product descriptions for eCommerce sites as well as blog posts for bloggers. Yes, you can get paid for this kind of work and it didn't take long for me to build a small stable of regular clients. But because we still had the newspaper (Similkameen News Leader) in operation, I kept my freelance work quiet and small scale.
When my wife, Brenda, and I decided to cease publication of the paper in July 2016, she had already established a home-based business of her own. It is called JamBusters! and many locals have seen us vending Brenda's home-made canning and preserves in and around the region. We started vending JamBusters! seriously in the Summer of 2016 after our paper closed.
My freelance writing had grown to the place where I was ready to expand into full-time ghostwriting and did so in September 2016. I gained several more clients and was hired on to write for two different digital marketing firms. Between JamBusters! and my freelance work we were probably going to be able to continue to enjoy the lifestyle we had created here.
In 2017, both of our hobbies had finally transitioned into full-time employment. JamBusters! vending dates increased to where we spent over 50 days of the year selling Brenda's products. By year end we had sold in excess of 1,300 jars of jams, jellies, salsas, relishes, chutney and assorted other preserves that Brenda created under the JamBusters! brand name.
My ghostwriting saw a shift in clients with some dropping out and many new ones coming on board. By early 2018 I had clients I wrote for on a regular basis in 40 different countries in the world. My workload had ballooned to between 80 and 100 writing jobs completed per month. That's about 100,000 words of copy monthly for websites and blogs all over the world.
Well, it's most certainly not because I need a job. In fact, that is the furthest thing from my mind. My freelance work and the vending business that I help Brenda with pay all our bills. That was what we were hoping was going to happen when we converted our hobbies into full-time home-based businesses. We feel very fortunate to have had such success with our ventures.
I am running for Princeton Town Council because I believe I can use some of my business sense – and common sense – to help with pushing Princeton into the future. Don't get me wrong, I have no preconceived notions. We need a team of individuals sitting on Town Council who are like-minded and have skills to bring to the table to forge a future for the community.
If you think I have the skills that you believe the next Town Council requires, then I would be happy if you supported me on Election Day. I already have a full-time job. But it is from that full-time job I have learned many skills that have enhanced my 40-years of Media Marketing and Advertising experience. On October 20th, you get to pick who you want to move Princeton forward. That is a fact. The Election results are completely controlled by you. The choice is yours. If you feel I can contribute in some way, then thank you for your support.
Nice article and whatever happens in the future George, all the best.


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Anniko Elisabeth van Santen (Zwolle, 19 april 1971) is een Nederlands televisiepresentatrice.

Biografie
Van Santen werd geboren als dochter van een Hongaarse vader en een Nederlandse moeder. Na de echtscheiding van haar ouders nam ze de achternaam van haar moeder aan. Na het gymnasium studeerde ze een jaar psychologie.

Haar eerste televisie-ervaringen waren bij de lokale omroep van Roerdalen waar ze in haar vrije tijd werkte. Hier maakte zij onder andere een reportage over Bart de Graaff en B.O.O.S. Een opname hiervan belandde in 1989 bij RTL-Véronique, waar zij gevraagd werd als omroepster. Toen de omroepsters van de buis verdwenen, werkte ze mee aan RTL-Matinee en VillaLux (met Wessel van Diepen). Ook presenteerde Van Santen bij RTL 4 Dierbare Vrienden, Flora Magazine (de voorloper van Eigen Huis & Tuin) met Rob Verlinden, het muziekprogramma Music City, RTL Snowmagazine (met Daan Laroo) en Dat Kan Ik Ook! (magazine over stoppen met roken).

Van Santen kreeg landelijke bekendheid bij RTL 4, waar ze vanaf 1992 de doordeweekse en de zondagochtenduitzendingen van Telekids en het programma Cartoon Express presenteerde. Dit begon als studiowerk, maar nam haar later de hele wereld over om bijzondere dieren te bekijken in een samenwerking met het Wereld Natuur Fonds. Voor de oudere kinderen presenteerde Van Santen op zondagochtend na de Cartoon Express Teleteens. Dit programma heeft niet lang bestaan.
RTL 4 had inmiddels de rechten van Disney om gedurende drie jaar Disneyseries en -tekenfilms uit te zenden. Disney Festival en Disney Cartoon Express werden ook door Van Santen gepresenteerd.
In 2000 stapte ze over naar de publieke omroep. Eerst werkte ze bij de TROS. Daar presenteerde ze Het Wereld Natuur Nieuws, Anniko's Wilde Wereldreizen en Ranger Report.

Sinds 2002 werkt Van Santen bij de AVRO. Voor deze omroep presenteerde zij verschillende programma's over dieren en natuur, zoals Alle dieren tellen mee, AVRO Dierenpark, Anniko's Wilde Wereldreizen en Natuuravontuur. In 2014 presenteert ze samen met Frits Sissing het programma Opsporing Verzocht.

Van Santen heeft een relatie met Remco van Leen, de voormalige baas van SBS6. Zij is moeder van een dochter (2001) en een zoon (2003).

Burgemeester Pieter Broertjes van Hilversum overhandigde haar in 2020 de koninklijke onderscheiding van ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau.

Televisieprogramma's
RTL 4:
 omroepster RTL 4
 RTL Matinee (1989)
 VillaLux (1990-1991)
 Dierbare Vrienden (1992-1993)
 RTL Snow Magazine (1992-1993)
 Flora Magazine (1992-1993)
 Music City (1993)
 Telekids (1992-1993)
 Cartoon Express (1993-1999)
 Teleteens (1993-1994)
 Disney Cartoon Express (1997-1999)
 Disney Festival (1997-1998)
 Dat Kan Ik Ook! (1999)

RTL 5:
 Stoppen met Roken (2000)

TROS:
 Wereld Natuur Nieuws (2000)
 Ranger Report (2000-2001)
 Anniko's Wilde Wereldreizen (2000-2001)
 Flikken Maastricht (2012), als zichzelf (Aflevering Lief en Leed)

AVRO:
 Alle dieren tellen mee (2001-2008)
 Natuuravontuur (2003)
 Anniko's Wilde Wereldreizen (2004-2005, 2008)
 AVRO Dierenpark (2004-2006)
 Van Tuin Naar Tafel (2005)
 Jungle Jury (2005)
 Dierenziekenhuis Rotterdam (2005)
 Opsporing Verzocht (2005-heden)

AVROTROS (sinds september 2014):
 Opsporing Verzocht (2005-heden)
 Herinneringen voor het leven - Stop dementie (2022)

Nederlands televisiepresentator
Nederlands omroeper

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I racconti dei Vedovi Neri (Tales of the Black Widowers) è una raccolta di racconti gialli di Isaac Asimov, che raccoglie i primi racconti dedicati ai Vedovi Neri. La raccolta dei racconti venne pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1974, mentre molti dei racconti erano già stati pubblicati sulla rivista Ellery Queen's Mistery Magazine.

Elenco dei racconti
 La risatina avida
 F come Fasullo
 A dire il vero
 Và, librettino!
 Domenica mattina presto
 Il fattore ovvio
 Il dito puntato
 Miss cosa?
 La ninnananna di Broadway
 Yankee Doodle andò in città
 La curiosa omissione
 Nascosto alla vista

Edizioni

Collegamenti esterni

Raccolte di racconti gialli
Raccolte di racconti di Isaac Asimov


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Q: How to select a DOM element in React When I am trying to use 'querySelector' or 'getElementById' to select a DOM element
I am getting Error: Value is null vs document.body that works just fine. Pls let me know if I am doing something wrong.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import './main.styles.scss';
import { createChart } from 'lightweight-charts';

// const twoC = document.getElementById('twoCharts');
// const twoC = document.querySelector('.twoC');
// const body = document.body;
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export default Main;

A: React doesnt work that way, youll need to use a ref: https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html

import React, { Component, createRef } from 'react';
import './main.styles.scss';
import { createChart } from 'lightweight-charts';

const chart = createChart(twoC, {
  width: 1200,
  height: 600,
});

class Main extends Component {
  // Create the ref
  ref = createRef();

  componentDidMount() {
    // After the first render
    console.log(this.ref.current); // Gets the current HTML element thats rendered
  }

  render() {
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export default Main;

A: While your statements above are using queryselector and getElementById are correctly written, they are unable to find a matching lelement because the render function has not yet been called.
On the contrary, the document's body is already defined and rendered, hence it does not return a null value. What you could do as a workaround is this:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import './main.styles.scss';
import { createChart } from 'lightweight-charts';

const body = document.body;

const chart = createChart(body, {
  width: 1200,
  height: 600,
});

class Main extends Component {
  const one,two,three;
  getElements = () => {

   this.one = document.getElementById('twoCharts');
   this.two = document.querySelector('.twoC');
   this.three = document.querySelector('#twoCharts');
   //do something
  }
  render() {
    return (

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}

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Cowboy Challenge Through Cooperation
BLOGS, BREED & SPORT NEWS March 30, 2016
The teeter totter is a common obstacle at a cowboy challenge. Mastering it requires horsemanship, timing and feel.
STORY & PHOTOS BY GUEST BLOGGER Cyndi Rowat
The Wheatland County Cowboy Challenge (WCCC). That is quite a moniker. But this 'grass roots' series is growing rapidly into its britches and what a boon for horse enthusiasts East of Calgary and in particular for the Strathmore Region.
The brainchild of three local arenas, Lausen Arena and Whispering Spirit Stables South of Strathmore, AB, and Hat Creek Performance Horses just a short drive further east, has exceeded the organizers' expectations.
Cowboy Challenge is an equine sport originating from the Texas region through Craig Cameron's Extreme Cowboy Racing. Touted as a sport for the whole family and all riding levels, the premise being to encourage quality horsemanship skills and a partnership with the horse to enable them to overcome sometimes difficult, seemingly impossible and sometimes crazy obstacles.
Melanie Lausen, one of the organizers of the WCCC, riding coach and a competitor puts it succinctly, "It (cowboy challenge) terrified me and I wanted to try it. The first time was a blast." She grins, "You need great horsemanship, control, good hands and it drew me in." Lausen first got started racing in Cochrane – "I was competing against myself, cause they are really good there."
Upon starting a family, Lausen looked closer to home for somewhere to compete and found Hat Creek Performance Horses with Sonja Pfeiffer-Alves.
"My husband, Alex, is a great roper," explains Pfeiffer-Alves, "So there was no way I could compete there. But cowboy challenge was something I could work on with my horsemanship and have fun and be competitive."
Whispering Spirit too, had been hosting similar events in the past couple of summers where Rob Charette co-owner and coach was also drawn to what the sport offered. "I was interested in it – not necessarily even competing, but to expose them (horses) to it. What I love about it is that anything goes. There are, of course, certain boundaries for the element of safety."
So, the idea was spawned to work together to introduce the sport to the Strathmore region equine community in a fun and encouraging atmosphere.
The first event of the season saw 12 eager competitors. The next couple of events saw an explosion of interest – 30 to 45 people. "We were not expecting that many!" laughs Pfeiffer-Alves.
Hosting any kind of equine event series in an Alberta winter has its' own challenges, but this devoted group of organizers' biggest issue was dealing with so much interest! It became clear in the next couple of events that the format of a three-hour morning practice followed by the three divisions, youth, novice and open was no longer working.
"We were still learning too. Watching it grow. We needed to change the format. It was too busy in practice and riders had to wait too long between their practice and actual competition."
Now, each division has an hour and a half time slot for practice prior to their competition. The 100% payout on the competition entry fee portion stayed the same. The real benefit of the joined forces of arenas and bevy of organizers though, has been the spirit, energy and enthusiasm toward the sport, the people in it and the collective imagination of the organizers; Each competition has introduced new elements to challenge the competitors. Donkeys, goats and cattle have creatively been called upon to assist with increasing the challenges' complexity.
Buck Buchanan navigates through the tunnel at Whispering Spirit Stables, one of three host venues in the series.
Halfway through the series, strong leaders have emerged in all three of the WCCC divisions. Nolan Yaskiw heard about the series through Facebook and attended his first ever Cowboy Challenge at the start of this series and hasn't looked back. He and his 16-year-old appendix Quarter Horse are topping the leader board just ahead of organizer Sonja Pfeiffer-Alves. Yaskiw figured it would be exciting to try something new. The fact that it was local and supported local arenas, was an additional bonus.
"Anybody would be surprised to win," he claims of his first-time success. "It's just good to have an all around horse."
Yaskiw and 'Big Guy' have shared nine years together, team roping and bush riding and believes that experience makes a horse. "To do this (cowboy challenge) and to be able to put kids on, to shoot a gun off of. To me, it's worth a lot. The more a horse knows, the better off you are."
The Youth division is in full battle mode between 13-year-old William Sharpley of Rockyford, AB and his 11-year-old sister Taya with only a three-point spread. Coming from a riding family both have a fair bit of experience in the saddle. Enjoying family rides in the hills and participating in rodeo together, neither of them hide their competitive nature when it comes to Cowboy Challenge.
Riding 'Andy' his older brother's horse, William is not frazzled by his sisters' hunt for top spot. "If I just keep gaining points, I can beat her." He states assuredly from beneath the brim of his cowboy hat. Sharpley has gained a variety of riding experiences thus far in his young life including barrels, breakaway roping and steer dobbing. 'But I don't like the jumping." He shakes his head. It is an obstacle, which oftentimes is included in a cowboy challenge. "I like roping though." He says with a smile.
When Taya isn't trick riding on her horse 'Mickey,' she is likely participating in a vast array of rodeo events. Mickey is her dependable partner for cowboy challenge and the pair has been slowly gaining points on her brother. "I've been beating him lately," she states proudly. Taya 'stole' Mickey from her Dad last year and admits that the trust she is gaining with him and he with her is helping them win more challenges. "I like the teeter totter and the tarp." She admits, "But not backing through the obstacle. I am not good at it."
Like her brother, she enjoys roping and pretty much everything in rodeo. "I'm working on my roping. I rope the dummy and my brother." She says, "It's easier to get something that is moving." I guess we'll know in a few more challenges if young Taya is able to rope that top spot from her brother.
In the Novice division, Linda Harten of Strathmore, AB, raised the bar on the day with her ten year-old Quarter Horse partner Indy. Masterfully tackling each obstacle they really shone on the teeter-totter, showing control and calmness as they demonstrated balancing and counterbalancing the teeter-totter, gaining maximum points on the obstacle.
Proudly, like many competitors in this sport, Harten says the biggest challenge is against yourself. "Our biggest nemesis at the beginning was the teeter totter. She would just vibrate when she tried it at first. It is the one obstacle that I am most proud of her for," beams Harten.
"It's fun meeting people with a similar interest, making progress and competing with one another and still cheering each other on. I love it. "
Harten and her mare have gained confidence as a team. "We've been fairly consistent and attended them all. Good thing too or I would be chasing Beth." She says with a laugh. Friend Beth Vergowen and fellow riding student of Lausen currently sits in the number two spot.
"I like the fact that everyone (each venue) has different obstacles. It's awesome."
It is this very fact that sets this series apart and potentially what is making it so successful.
"It started off as a grass roots series," explains Lausen. "To get people interested. We had hoped that the 100% payout on the competition would be one of the draws but really it was just about enticing people to try it."
Pfeiffer-Alves agrees, "This is really affordable. It really is for someone to come and compete and practice." And the formula appears to be working with the organizers' estimating that approximately 75% of the competitors are completely new to the sport and have come from across the disciplines.
So, with so many 'green' competitors, how is the competition stacking up against their expectations?
"I am very happy. Every time we come out, the riders are getting better every time. It's exciting to watch them too!!" says Lausen. "In my mind it is great to gain confidence and push themselves a bit."
Nolan Yaskiw tackles the tiered bridge on his horse Big Guy. Yaskiw is the current leader in the open division.
The WCCC set out to provide a venue for Cowboy Challenge competitors east of the city. To expose riders to a sport they are keenly passionate about and in turn, the camaraderie and enthusiasm is growing and taking on an even bigger life than ever first imagined.
In order to qualify for finals – including prestigious belt buckles sponsored by all three venues, contestants must compete at a minimum of five events (down one from the six due to a weather cancellation) and must compete at least once at each venue. Additional sponsors are always welcomed. Organizers, however, are encouraging all youth 15 years and younger to participate in the finals regardless of whether or not they have been competing this season. One more regular competition is coming up the end of March at Whispering Spirit.
The finals competition will be held April 9th at Hat Creek Performance Horses.
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I would love to come and Judge one of their events. I have been involved with judging in this fast paced sport for 3 years now! Tons of fun!

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Fish Co., the 18-seat sushi, sashimi and cocktail concept has officially closed its doors. Owner chef Scott Wolcott was moving equipment out yesterday after nearly two years in business on the corner of W. Pennsylvania Avenue and Bennett Street in downtown Southern Pines.
Scott's first concept for the former consignment shop was a bar for Wolcott's, which he still owns next door, before the idea evolved into what Fish Co. became. "I just couldn't keep the staff," he said. "I kept the place running for the last four months. Things were going really well before COVID, but then my staff kept disappearing."
Scott's keeping the equipment in case another opportunity for a secondary restaurant arises — "you never know," he says. In the meantime, you can still catch him at Wolcott's from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
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NLC, TUC urge Buhari to sign NRIC Bill 2019 into law
By Soji-Eze Fagbemi | Abuja On May 7, 2019
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sign the National Research and Innovation Council (NRIC) Bill into law.
The signing into law of the NRIC Bill is one of the foremost demands of the Organized Labour during the May Day celebration. The Bill was recently passed by the National Assembly and awaiting Presidential assent.
In their joint May Day speech, the President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said the NRIC Bill is very vital to Nigeria's quest for technological revolution, industrialization, human security, inclusive national development and shared prosperity.
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He pointed out that research and technology was key to the nation's quest to achieve industrialisation and technological advancement, adding that once established, the NRIC Bill has the capacity to ensure adequate funding for researchers.
The NLC president lamented the poor funding of research in the country, stressing that there was an urgent need to create the legal framework to ensure adequate funding in research institutions.
Comd. Wabba said: "Part of the broad strategy to create mass decent jobs should include very ambitious drive to develop our mining and solid minerals sector.
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"Nigeria is endowed with diverse solid minerals. Unfortunately, since the discovery of crude oil in 1956, Nigeria has progressively lost its pride of place as one of the mining destinations in Africa. The contribution of solid minerals to national GDP has plummeted from 4-5% in the first two decades following independence to about 0.46% or N400 billion contributions to GDP.
"The near extinction of our mining sector has resulted to major job losses thus exacerbating Nigeria's unemployment crisis. We call on government to fund access roads to mining sites, provide water reservoirs in mining sites and training of artisanal miners and lapidarists to enhance their value to the industry.
"It is also important for government to increase funding on the sourcing of geo-scientific data on mining resources as against the current practice of depending on aerial geo-physical survey.
"We call for the modernisation and development of solid minerals sector with a view to ensuring domestic value addition, local beneficiation and use in other industries."
In the same vein, the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI), the umbrella body of researchers in Federal Research and Development Institutions (RDIs), Colleges of Agriculture and Forestry, Allied Institutions and Centres, also called on the President to give quick assent to the NRIC Bill.
The Union in a statement by its General Secretary, Dr Theophilus Ndubuaku, said Nigeria unbelievably operates close to zero budgetary allocation to research, stressing that once signed into law, NRIC Bill will increase Nigeria's research capacity and improve its technological base.
The ASURI general Secretary expressed concern that in most of the over 150 Nigerian Research and Development Institutions (RDIs) and centres, research and training activities are self-funded by researchers.
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A petition calling for the government to invest more in transport in the north of England is currently attracting 5,000 signatures a day.
More than 26,000 signatures have been added to the petition for more investment outside London after a row over a North-South divide in government spending.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling angered politicians in the North by announcing government support for a £30bn Crossrail 2 scheme for London, days after axing or downgrading rail projects in Wales, the Midlands and the North.
The row broke out following figures published by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) North, which showed that the north of England has received £59bn less over the last decade compared to the capital.
Separate data analysis by Tom Forth, of consultancy ODILeeds, showed the vast majority of Department for Transport staff work in the capital and south east of England, leading to an "institutional bias" that "patronises" northern commuters, IPPR North said.
Leaders of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle said Grayling had created "considerable uncertainty" and raised fears about the future of the Northern Powerhouse and the Government's aim of rebalancing the UK economy.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram plan to convene a summit for northern political and business leaders in late August, before the return of Parliament.
The move was dismissed as political mischief-making by Grayling, who accused Labour of under-investment when they were in power.
Ed Cox, director of IPPR North and the man who organised the petition on the 38 Degrees web site, said: "It's incredible we're approaching 30,000 signatures, but this lays bare the real anger in the north at recent announcements. The Department for Transport (DfT) just isn't listening.
"Its response has been to patronise northern commuters up-in-arms as mouthy troublemakers who need a good lecture on London's special transport needs.
"The government keeps saying that London businesses will pay half of Crossrail 2, but it's being tin-eared on calls for the north to get these investment-raising powers, too.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has insisted money for the north is not being cut, despite earlier pledges to electrify trans-Pennine rail lines to improve speed and capacity now in doubt.
Instead, new "bi-mode" trains which run on diesel and electricity are planned. Critics say electric trains are faster, cleaner and greener.
A DfT spokesperson said £55.7bn was to be spent on HS2, which will better connect Manchester and Leeds to the Midlands and London and the government was committed to improving trans-Pennine services, with £1bn being invested to improve rail infrastructure across the north of England.
Crossrail 2 will run across London between Hertfordshire and Surrey at an estimated cost of £30bn. The new scheme would start in Epsom, Grayling's constituency.


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This Progress Report has been quite some time in coming, being the first report since #24 was uploaded in January 2015. There is a lot of Chaocipher-related material to catch up on. So with no further ado, let's see what's happened over the past two years.
StackExchange Thread Entitled "Is Chaocipher a secure cipher under ciphertext-only attack?"
This is a good time to take a step back and examine the current state of Chaocipher research, what has been accomplished, what cryptologic challenges remain, and why Chaocipher research is important to the science of cryptanalysis.
When Chaocipher's system was revealed back in June 2010, a whole host of cryptanalytic challenges presented themselves. These included deducing the key settings given matching plaintext/ciphertext, given in-depth ciphertext messages, and given a single ciphertext message. Many of these challenges have been solved, while a few others remain to be solved or improved upon. For an up-to-date listing of Chaocipher problems and where they stand today, see the "Current State of Chaocipher Research" page.
Why is Chaocipher research important? Why bother analyzing a system that was never used in the real world? The answer, in my opinion, is that analyzing Chaocipher leads us to methods that can be used for solving other crypto-systems. As a case in point, George Lasry's solution of Exhibit 6 added invaluable insights to the science of hill-climbing algorithms. The techniques used can, and should, be applied when cryptanalyzing other crypto-systems. Although the systems may differ, the techniques used have much in common. Chaocipher research may hold the key to solving other crypto-systems.
In Progress Report #24, Jeff Calof uploaded a paper to TCCH presenting Professor Cipher Deavours and Lou Kruh's unpublished paper of fifty in-depth Chaocipher messages (aka "Exhibit 6"). At the time of Calof's paper the messages had been unsolved.
In January 2015 Moshe Rubin attempted to solve Exhibit 6 using hill-climbing and simulated annealing software techniques. Failing to solve the messages, he uploaded his findings to the Crypto Forum in the hope that someone would be able to use his results and succeed in solving them.
In February 2015, George Lasry, and prolific cryptanalytic researcher, succeeded in finding the message plaintexts by searching the Gutenberg Project, and then deducing the Chaocipher key used. Lasry and co-author Moshe Rubin published a paper in Cryptologia, entitled "Cryptanalysis of Chaocipher and solution of Exhibit 6", The paper advances the science of using hill-climbing for solving ciphers in general, and the Chaocipher in particular.
Aaron Toponce. Director of System Administration for a Utah based ISP named XMission, is also a passionate amateur cryptographer. One of his passions is implementing cryptographic systems using playing cards (similar to Cryptonomicon).
Chaocipher enthusiasts can now enjoy the Twitter #chaocipher hashtag for keeping in touch with each other. Truth be told, I intend to notify others of Chaocipher news (like this page when it is completed!) through this hashtag.
There is a StackExchange thread entitled "Is Chaocipher a secure cipher under ciphertext-only attack?". The question asked is: "While a known plaintext attack successfully finds the keys, nobody has been able to put forward a general solution to this cipher. Is that possible?". The answerers include Jeff Calof, a well-respected Chaocipher researcher mentioned above.
In a lecture given by George Lasry at the University of Kassel in Germany on 5 May 2016, Lasry listed his pick of the top ten open problems related to historical cipher systems. Solving a single ciphertext Chaocipher message is included as #10.
Here is a master thesis entitled "A Representation of Chaocipher" by Ashley Ray(2012) at the Texas Tech University. It is an interesting attempt to reduce Chaocipher's encryption method to mathematical terms as a sequence of group theoretical permutations.
The Irish Times (Fri, Jan 20, 2017) carried an article entitled "Number Seven's Son – An Irishman's Diary about the cryptographer and friend of Joyce, John Francis Byrne".
An Android application entitled "Cryptography" and written by a Finnish developer, collects within the application a large number of sub-programs implementing cryptolographic and encryption-related systems. Examples include ciphers (e.g., Scytale, Rot 1 - 25, Vigenere, Chaocipher, Playfair, Blowfish, Shamir's Secret Sharing (SSS) algorithm), hashes (e.g., HMAC - SHA1 / SHA256 / SHA512, MD-2/4/5, BCrypt), encodings (e.g., Morse code, Braille, ASL (American Sign Language) , and much more.
The Wall Part web site offers posters made up of Byrne's original "Chaocipher - The Ultimate Elusion". Costing $5.59 apiece, the seven (7) posters are taken from the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) response published on the Chaocipher Clearing House (TCCH) web site. Rest assured that TCCH is not connected to Wall Part in any way whatsoever. Nonetheless, it is amusing to see how Chaocipher is slowly entering the art market!


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This device has been highly anticipated for a while now, with the PSP being a great gaming device for on the move and Android being such a great OS for mobile devices it was pretty obvous that a Playstation Phone was going to come sooner than later and thankfully Mobile World Congress 2011 was the time it was announced although the worst kept secret in mobile history with leaks starting months before.
This review device was kindly loaned to us by Clove Technology who have the Xperia Play on sale sim free with super fast shipping options. In fact just an hour after I asked if we could loan a device it was in the post and this was 4pm, it arrived the next day on a Saturday!.
The Sony Ericsson Play is a device targeted at the heavy gaming fans and with the PS3 being a massive seller all around the world and being made by Sony it is hard to argue that the Play has big shoes to fill and a lot of pressure to perform both as a new mobile phone in a very busy market these days but also as an alternative to a PSP or other handheld gaming device. The real killer app will be how good the games are due out after launch and also what multiplayer options are available. With the built in 3G and WiFi networking if you are a gaming fan how could you not get excited about the thought of multiplayer online gaming with millions of people all around the world anywhere you have a 3G signal or WiFi connection!.
If you look at the Xperia Play straight on you see at the top the light sensor on the right, this helps adjust the backlight to your conditions to help try improve battery life where possible, it also shuts the screen off when the phone is in use and at your ear to stop and accidental taps. To the left of this is a front facing camera which was really nice to see included as the Xperia Arc lacks this feature. Video Calls are over WiFi only and via 3rd party applications such as Tango, there is no access to 3G video calls which although is a shame, the quality of a WiFi call is far better anyway and with exception to FaceTime on the iPhone, Video calls are very rarely used at the moment. Hopefully GTalk Video will start soon so you can video call your Google contacts but until then you are limited to 3rd party applications. Under the sensor and the camera is the Sony Ericsson logo.
You then have the very nice capitative 4 inch touch screen which is great for using in the web browser but of course is mainly aimed to get the best out of the games you can download and play. The screen is high resolution showing 16 million colours at 480 x 854 pixels which gives you a very high quality screen, perfect for gaming on the move and this screen is also LED backlit to get the best quality picture possible.
Below the screen are the four standard Android buttons on most phones and these are actual buttons, no touch sensitive pad here thankfully. These are for HOME, MENU, BACK and SEARCH which if you have used an Android phone before you will know exactly how to use these, they are standard now on nearly every Android phone and allow quick access to content.
The back of the device has the Sony Ericsson logo and the XPERIA branding, plus a 5 megapixel camera with a single LED flash.
In testing the camera produced disappointing results with the captured photos being either slightly blurred or poor colour management, you would not be picking this phone up for it's camera quality to but it honestly. The camera is fine for displaying on the high resolution screen but on a computer is where you really see the results.
There is also no touch to focus option which is a let down and also even more disappointing is no physical camera shutter button instead you need to tap a icon on screen to take a picture which does not help when you are trying to keep the device steady for a decent picture.
Video is at 720p HD quality and in general with good lighting is decent quality but again the lack of an actual button to start and stop the recording makes it just that bit more difficult to use but the results from the camera for video are reasonable and more than good enough for uploading to sites like YouTube and Facebook.
Looking at the bottom of the phone you just get the small hole which picks up your voice during standard calls, there is also at the back a small slit to get your nail under allowing you to remove the back cover, With the back cover you might think you will break it as it bends but don't worry and just remove slowly, don't force it and you will be fine.
The top of the phone has the On/Off button which is also used to put the Play into a lock mode which can be unlocked using the now traditional swipe on the screen, This button also has a small status light which will alert you to any missed actions like emails, calls and text messages.
Looking at the left side at the top you have the 3.5mm headset jack which can be used with the supplied headset in the box or an existing headset if you have a better pair you prefer. Below this near the bottom is the now standard MicroUSB port which is used for charging and for the data cable also included in the box.
The right hand side of the Play has in the middle a volume up and down rocker which is used to control volume for different options so using these in a game will change the game volume but using them on the main menu will change the ring volume and even switch into vibrate mode. At the top and bottom are shoulder buttons which are used when the screen is slid up and in a game just like a traditional Playstation control pad. Due to the design your fingers will sit on these nicely and are comfortable to use in gaming.
The gaming keys are very good quality and easy to use, again just as you would expect with any existing Playstation pad. You get the normal UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT buttons, the Cross, Circle, Square and Triangle buttons for different options in the game, Fifa for example was Cross to pass, Circle to shoot as on the full console. You also have SELECT and START buttons to use in the main menu of different games. Between the navigation buttons and the control buttons are two circle pads, these are an alternative to using the navigation buttons and are like joysticks you see on a proper Playstation control pad. They are tricky to get used to at first but the more you use them the easier they get to use in games. The only way I could suggest improving the Playstation controls was to have them backlit so even if you are in the dark or in bed you can still enjoy gaming.
To be honest my overall impressions on the Xperia Play are very mixed. It takes great parts of the PSP platform and some great parts of the phone platform but does not really excel in either. Whilst it runs Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread out of the box and has some impressive specifications, the battery life is a let down getting you a day at best with hardly any gaming, if you started to use this phone for it's main purpose which is gaming you would not get a day of use even though there is a 1500mah battery supplied it still will struggle with gaming use. There is also the large bulky design mainly due to having the slide out gaming pad, something which would have worked really well is a dual slide with slide the pad down to have Playstation controls and slide it up to have a QWERTY keyboard for texting on the move, if you have that much space make the most of it. Last on the list of disappointments is the overall build quality, the shiny black plastic case really does attract a lot of fingerprints but also feels poor quality in the hand, especially when you consider this is a near £500 device.
However there are some positives to take from the Xperia Play. The games which are out at present are very addictive, I was glued to Fifa 11 for a good 45 minutes whilst on the bus to work, and once you are used to the controls including the optical pads you really start to have fun. Also something great to see was Sony Ericsson keeping up with the latest version of the Android OS being 2.3.3 Gingerbread. In older phones like the X10 and X8, customers had to wait months to be able to upgrade where other manufacturers had already started rolling out the updates. Sony Ericsson have now decided with these new phones (Play/Arc/Neo) to update software much quicker than before and this shows by launching on a device to start with.
If you are diehard gaming fan and do not mind having a larger phone then you will really like the Xperia Play, the main focus is on gaming and with newer games due in time including multiplayer over WiFi you will really enjoy what you get for your money. if you are not into your games then the Xperia Play really will not be for you, instead the Sony Ericsson Arc which recently went on sale is much thinner, lighter, has a 8 megapixel camera and is more of a 'phone' would interest you.
This is the first phone combining the Playstation and Phone experience, the company has to start somewhere and what will be exciting is what they can take from this device and improve in the future!.


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Dealmaking at the Buenos Aires Book Fair
In Guest Contributors by Guest Contributor May 7, 2015
Buenos Aires Book Fair 2015
Nicole Witt of the Mertin Literary Agency reports on rights deals from the Buenos Aires Book Fair, where literary fiction is always a highlight.
By Nicole Witt, Mertin Literary Agency
Nicole Witt leads The Mertin Agency in Frankfurt, Germany
BUENOS AIRES: Mexico is the Guest of Honor of this year's Buenos Aires International Book Fair with a very nice pavilion offering space for interesting readings and discussions. This is a great networking opportunity for two countries that speak the same language but unfortunately have little significant cultural exchange otherwise. As we know all too well, very few titles from Mexico and Central America travel to the Cono Sur, and vice versa, so it's fantastic to see Mexican authors talking to Argentines, and interacting with the public and passers-by.
From May 1-3, librarians from all over the country came to buy books at a 50% discount as part of a government initiative of the Comisión Nacional de Bibliotecas Populares (National Commission of the the Public Libraries). It was inspiring to see the halls crowded with people carrying trolleys full of books!
At the fair, both authors and agents are looking at the consolidation of the global publishing industry with increasing concern: books from the prestigious Alfaguara imprint are now at the huge Penguin Random House stand; and Tusquets is now in a corner of the Planeta Group stand. On the other hand, there are small, independent publishing houses on the rise promoting new and interesting voices with considerable success. As an agent (and reader), this means there are always new, intriguing new projects to discover.
On the rights front, a number of Brazilian authors sold to Argentina, including Ferréz to Corregidor, Augusto Boal to InterZona, Andréa del Fuego, Adriana Lisboa and José Luiz Passos to Edhasa (the latter two live in the USA), and Moacyr Scliar to the publishing house of film director Daniel Burman (known for El abrazo partido — English title: Lost Embrace).
The Mertin Literary Agency also sold rights of new books by our Argentine authors Sergio Bizzio (Interzona, republication of Rabia — Rave), Eugenia Almeida (Edhasa) and Sylvia Iparraguirre. Right now we are in an auction with several Argentine publishing houses for the novel, El río (The River) by Argentine writer Débora Mundani. The book has already been shortlisted for two important literary awards: the Premio Clarín and the Premio Letra Sur. It also received an honorable mention in the prestigious Premio Literario Casa de las Américas 2015.
The latest novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto, A confissão da leoa (Confession of the Lioness), is currently on the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize and will be published in July by Harvill Secker in the UK and FSG in the US. The book will be published at the beginning of 2016 by Alfaguara in the Spanish-speaking world.
Rights for the novel Teoria geral do esquecimento (A General Theory of Oblivion) by Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa, to be published in the UK by Harvill Secker and in the US by Archipelago, were sold to Edhasa in Argentina. The novel La Oculta ("The Hideaway") by Héctor Abad, already a huge bestseller in Colombia, has just been published in Argentina by Alfaguara.
Finally, we are happy to announce that The Mertin Agency took over representation of the novel that won the latest Premio Clarín, Rebelión de los oficios inútiles (Rebellion of the Useless Professions), by the very talented Colombian writer, Daniel Ferreira.
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Biography: Author: "100% Penalty Collection In Community Property States", IRS Practice & Policy Bulletin, Tax Management, Inc., Vol. 3, No. 9 (June 11, 1993); "Attorney Liability: Is Popkin an Aberration or a Hint of Things to Come?" Journal of Asset Protection, Research Institute of American, Warren, Gorham & Lamont (November/December 1996); "Collection Due Process: New Rules, Procedures and Traps for the Unwary", Commerce Clearing House Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, (Premier Edition, April/May 1999); "Collection Due Process: What's New, What's Changed, and Lingering Issues," Commerce Clearing House Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, (February/March 2001); "Collections: Installment Agreements and Offers in Compromise," Tax Practice and Procedure Commentaries, CCH Tax Research Network. Adjunct Professor of Law, Taxation, Western State University, 1992. Co-Founder and President, Orange County Tax Forum, 1990.
Born: Los Angeles, California, June 1, 1953
Public Speaking – Mr. Raymond is a sought after speaker in tax controversy law by many attorney, accountant, and business groups and at the request of the Internal Revenue Service, has presented programs at the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum, attended by tax professionals throughout the United States.
Mr. Raymond has been the Chair of the Tax Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association for several years, and co-founder of the annual seminar on Resolving Tax Controversies, which began in 1987 drawing prominent Government speakers from IRS and the California taxing agencies, i.e., the Franchise Tax Board, State Board of Equalization, and Employment Development Department.
Mr. Raymond is the co-founder of Orange County Tax Forum, a non-profit educational corporation, and a member of the Peter M. Elliott Inn of Court, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and several other organizations and groups.
Mr. Raymond has been an active panel moderator and speaker before the ABA, as well as many other groups, including other attorney bar associations, certified public accountants, and enrolled agents, among others. A representative list of topics Mr. Raymond has presented includes the following:
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Taxation Law Section – spoke on Can Your Client Still Hire Workers As Independent Contractors – What Every Practitioner Needs to Know About the IRS and EDD Employment Audits
Western State University College of Law – spoke on What's Hot And What's Not In Tax Controversy Matters with IRS and California Taxing Agencies
Between work and speaking engagements, Paul Raymond, his wife Christine and son Alex carve out precious time to enjoy weekends, holidays, family time, sports, and travel.
Hobbies: traveling to interesting places here in the U.S. and regular licensed trips to Cuba, exploring cultures, and some Rock 'N Roll or a mellow tune to wind down…


The prickly Morgan Lee Faye has a penchant for family TV shows and a dislike for the people around her, but she's the best travel agent in Tennessee. So good that she catches the eye of the mysterious proprietor of Avalon Travel, Mr. Kane.
If Morgan accepts the job, she's promised adventure around the globe and gold for her pocket, but she worries the offer is too good to be true. It is. And Kane isn't the only one with a creepy agenda. Her co-workers all seem to want a piece of Morgan's secret—even the two office hotties.
Honestly, she just wishes they'd all go away so she can watch Little House On The Prairie. But that's not going to happen because from Nashville to Avalon, faerie mischief is back!
Bella Street gives her readers another incredibly imaginative story with this third installment in her Tennessee Waltz series. Before I go further, I have to say KISS ME, I'M HOME is a clever and absolutely perfect title for this book. Love it!
This a story about the lovely, Morgan Lee Faye. She is an overachiever who is very successful in her work at a travel agency, but has very few social skills and no friends. The detachment she perfected growing up in foster care to hide her vulnerability (after being abandoned as an infant) has carried over into her life as an adult. Sadly, she has never had a sense of belonging or felt she's had a real home. Her success at work leads to a transfer and promotion, where she finds things are not exactly as they seem.
Despite her best efforts to keep everyone at a "professional" distance, Warren Foster, one of her new coworkers is patient and persistent, and manages to get close to her. He slowly gains her trust and eventually becomes a comfort to her. When they finally kiss it's magical, addictive even, and takes Morgan away from whatever is troubling her. Kissing Warren lulls her into a near dreamlike state where there's a familiar feeling of peace, tranquility, harmony and beauty like she's never imagined.
~Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review.


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Q: Add Package support framework to a .Netcore 3.1 app (WPF) through Visual Studio MSIX packaging I have a .netcore 3.1 WPF app and I'm using a MSIX packaging project through visual studio for distribution. Is it possible to add PSF to a .netcore 3.1 app?. Basically what I'm trying to do is, I want the MSIX installer to add a desktop shortcut automatically after the installation is done.
This is the approach I'm following: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/psf/create-shortcut-with-script-package-support-framework
I also found this guide on how to add PSF to visual studio: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/psf/package-support-framework-vs. It uses a c++ project to run a .dll, but I think that's only compatible with .net framework and it's not compatible with .netcore. Can anyone please help me?

A: You don't need to use the package support framework.
The PSF is recommended for cases when IT pros don't have access to the source code of the application and basically, they need an additional launcher (the psflauncher.exe) to execute additional code or redirect API calls before they get to the application.
In your case, all you need is to add a few lines of code inside your startup/main method of your application to create the shortcut.
Remember, the trick is to run this code only the first time the application is launched and if the shortcut isn't already on the desktop.


Information about bus & rail near Merrywood Park, Box Hill, Surrey.
Merrywood offers a beautiful rural location, within easy reach of some of Surrey's loveliest towns. To find out more, check out our guides to Dorking, Epsom and the vibrant county town of Guildford.
Merrywood Park is 4 miles' drive from the M25 giving access to Central London.
The A24 (3 miles from Merrywood) gives access to popular local towns such as Dorking and Epsom.
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Solicitation of Applications for the Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC) (Formerly Minority Business Development Center (MBDC))
Document Number: E6-11947
Agency: Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency
In accordance with Executive Order 11625 and 15 U.S.C. Section 1512, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is soliciting competitive applications from organizations to operate a Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC) (formerly Minority Business Development Center). This is not a grant program to help start a business. Applications submitted must be to operate a Minority Business Enterprise Center and to provide business consultation to eligible minority clients. Applications that do not meet these requirements will be rejected. The MBEC will provide services in the outlined geographic areas (refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this Notice). The MBEC Program requires MBEC staff to provide standardized business assistance services (as outlined in the Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement) to minority firms with $500,000 or more in annual revenues and/or ``rapid growth-potential'' minority businesses (``Strategic Growth Initiative'' or ``SGI'' firms) directly; to develop a network of strategic partnerships; and to provide strategic business consulting. This is a fee for service program, therefore, the MBEC is required to charge client fees. These requirements will be used to generate increased results with respect to financing and contracts awarded to minority-owned firms and thus, are a key component of this program. The MBEC Program will concentrate on serving SGI firms capable of generating significant employment and long-term economic growth. The MBEC Program shall leverage telecommunications technology, including the Internet, and a variety of online computer-based resources to dramatically increase the level of service that the MBEC can provide to minority-owned firms.
https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2006/07/26/E6-11947.html
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 6
NMFS issues this final rule to implement measures contained in Framework Adjustment 6 (Framework 6) to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that will allow regional conservation equivalency in the summer flounder recreational fishery. The intent is to provide flexibility and efficiency to the management of the summer flounder recreational fishery, specifically by expanding the suite of management tools available when conservation equivalency is implemented. In addition, this final rule includes three administrative modifications to the existing regulations for clarification purposes.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Adjustment to the 2006 Winter II Quota
NMFS adjusts the 2006 Winter II commercial scup quota and possession limit. This action complies with Framework Adjustment 3 (Framework 3) to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, which established a process to allow the rollover of unused commercial scup quota from the Winter I period to the Winter II period.
Agency: Department of Commerce
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Information for Share Transfer in the Wreckfish Fishery
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer
Document Number: 06-6489
NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia is transferring 125,000 lb (56,699 kg) of commercial bluefish quota to the State of New York from its 2006 quota. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial quota for New York and Virginia.
https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2006/07/26/06-6489.html
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery, Framework Adjustment (FW) 42; Monkfish Fishery, FW 3
Type: Proposed Rule
NMFS proposes regulations to implement measures in FW 42 to the NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and FW 3 to the Monkfish FMP (Joint Framework). FW 42, which was developed by the New England Fishery Management Council (Council), is a biennial adjustment to the NE Multispecies FMP that would implement a rebuilding program for Georges Bank (GB) yellowtail flounder and modify NE multispecies fishery management measures to reduce fishing mortality rates (F) on six other groundfish stocks in order to maintain compliance with the rebuilding program of the FMP. FW 42 also proposes to modify and continue specific measures to mitigate the economic and social impacts of Amendment 13 to the NE Multispecies FMP and allow harvest levels to approach optimum yield (OY).


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Patriots Turning To #YangGang In Response To Trump, Conservatism Inc. Failure
James Kirkpatrick
The dark horse candidate of the 2020 Democratic primary is entrepreneur Andrew Yang, who just qualified for the first round of debates by attracting over 65,000 unique donors. [Andrew Yang qualifies for first DNC debate with 65,000 unique donors, by Orion Rummler, Axios, March 12, 2019] Yang is a businessman who has worked in several fields, but was best known for founding Venture for America, which helps college graduates become entrepreneurs. However, he is now gaining recognition for his signature campaign promise—$1,000 a month for every American.
Yang promises a universal entitlement, not dependent on income, that he calls a "freedom dividend." To be funded through a value added tax, Yang claims that it would reduce the strain on "health care, incarceration, homeless services, and the like" and actually save billions of dollars. Yang also notes that "current welfare and social program beneficiaries would be given a choice between their current benefits or $1,000 cash unconditionally."
As Yang himself notes, this is not a new idea, nor one particularly tied to the Left. Indeed, it's been proposed by several prominent libertarians because it would replace the far more inefficient welfare system. Charles Murray called for this policy in 2016. [A guaranteed income for every American, AEI, June 3, 2016] Milton Friedman suggested a similar policy in a 1968 interview with William F. Buckley, though Friedman called it a "negative income tax."
He rejected arguments that it would cause indolence. F.A. Hayek also supported such a policy; he essentially took it for granted. [Friedrich Hayek supported a guaranteed minimum income, by James Kwak, Medium, July 20, 2015]
It's also been proposed by many nationalists, including, well, me. At the January 2013 VDARE.com Webinar, I called for a "straight-up minimum income for citizens only" among other policies that would build a new nationalist majority and deconstruct Leftist power. I've retained that belief ever since and argued for it here for years.
However, I've also made the argument that it only works if it is for citizens only and is combined with a restrictive immigration policy. As I previously argued in a piece attacking Jacobin's disingenuous complaints about the "reserve army of the unemployed," you simply can't support high wages, workers' rights, and a universal basic income while still demanding mass immigration.
Yang is justifying the need for such a program because of automation. Again, VDARE.com has been exploring how automation may necessitate such a program for many years. Yang also discussed this problem on Tucker Carlson's show, which alone shows he is more open to real discussion than many progressive activists.
Yang is also directly addressing the crises that the Trump Administration has seemly forgotten. Unlike Donald Trump himself, with his endless boasting about "low black and Hispanic unemployment," Yang has directly spoken about the demographic collapse of white people because of "low birth rates and white men dying from substance abuse and suicide."
Deaths now outnumber births among white people in more than half the states in the country. Much of this is low birth rates and white men dying from substance abuse and suicide. Our life expectancy has declined for 2 years. We need to do much more. https://t.co/zFRAkFY7FU
— Andrew Yang🧢⬆🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) June 22, 2018
Though even the viciously anti-white Dylan Matthews called the tweet "innocuous," there is little doubt if President Trump said it would be called racist. [Andrew Yang, the 2020 long-shot candidate running on a universal basic income, explained, Vox, March 11, 2019]
Significantly, President Trump himself has never once specifically recognized the plight of white Americans.
Of course, Yang has foolish, even flippant policies on other issues. He wants to make Puerto Rico a state. He supports a path to citizenship for illegal aliens, albeit with an 18-year waiting period and combined with pledges to secure the border and deport illegals who don't enroll in the citizenship program. He wants to create a massive bureaucratic system to track gun owners, restrict gun ownership, and require various "training" programs for licenses. He wants to subsidize local journalists with taxpayer dollars, which in practice would mean just paying Leftist activists to dox people in their communities.
(Though as some have pointed out, with a thousand dollars a month no matter what, right-wingers wouldn't have to worry as much about being targeted by journofa).
Indeed, journalists, hall monitors that they are, have recognized that President Trump's online supporters are flocking to Yang, bringing him a powerful weapon in the meme wars. (Sample meme at right.) And because many of these online activists are "far right" by Main Stream Media standards, or at least Politically Incorrect, there is much hand-waving and wrist-flapping about the need for Yang to decry "white nationalists." So of course, the candidate has dutifully done so, claiming "racism and white nationalism [are] a threat to the core ideals of what it means to be an American". [Presidential candidate Andrew Yang has a meme problem, by Russell Brandom, The Verge, March 9, 2019]
But what does it mean to be an American? As more and more of American history is described as racist, and even national symbols and the national anthem are targets for protest, "America" certainly doesn't seem like a real country with a real identity. Increasingly, "America" resembles a continent-sized shopping mall, with nothing holding together the warring tribes that occupy it except money.
President Trump, of course, was elected because many people thought he could reverse this process, especially by limiting mass immigration and taking strong action in the culture wars, for example by promoting official English. Yet in recent weeks, he has repeatedly endorsed more legal immigration. Rather than fighting, the president is content to brag about the economy and whine about unfair press coverage and investigations. He already seems like a lame duck.
The worst part of all of this is that President Trump was elected as a response not just to the Left, but to the failed Conservative Establishment. During the 2016 campaign, President Trump specifically pledged to protect entitlements, decried foreign wars, and argued for a massive infrastructure plan. However, once in office, his main legislative accomplishment is a tax cut any other Republican president would have pushed. Similarly, his latest budget contains the kinds of entitlement cuts that are guaranteed to provoke Democrat attack ads. [Trump said he wouldn't cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3, by Tara Golshan, Vox, March 12, 2019] And the president has already backed down on withdrawing all troops from Syria, never mind Afghanistan.
Conservatism Inc., having learned nothing from candidate Donald Trump's scorched-earth path to the Republican nomination, now embraces Trump as a man but ignores his campaign message. Instead, the conservative movement is still promoting the same tired slogans about "free markets" even as they have appear to have lost an entire generation to socialism. The most iconic moment was Charlie Kirk, head of the free market activist group Turning Point USA, desperately trying to tell his followers not to cheer for Tucker Carlson because Carlson had suggested a nation should be treated like a family, not simply a marketplace.
President Trump himself is now trying to talk like a fiscal conservative [Exclusive—Donald Trump: 'Seductive' Socialism Would Send Country 'Down The Tubes' In a Decade Or Less, by Alexander Marlow, Matt Boyle, Amanda House, and Charlie Spierling, Breitbart, March 11, 2019]. Such a pose is self-discrediting given how the deficit swelled under united Republican control and untold amounts of money are seemingly still available for foreign aid to Israel, regime change in Iran and Venezuela, and feminist programs abroad to make favorite daughter Ivanka Trump feel important. [Trump budget plans to give $100 million to program for women that Ivanka launched, by Nathalie Baptiste, Mother Jones, March 9, 2019]
Thus, especially because of his cowardice on immigration, many of President Trump's most fervent online supporters have turned on him in recent weeks. And the embrace of Yang seems to come out of a great place of despair, a sense that the country really is beyond saving.
Yang has Leftist policies on many issues, but many disillusioned Trump supporters feel like those policies are coming anyway. If America is just an economy, and if everyone in the world is a simply an American-in-waiting, white Americans might as well get something out of this System before the bones are picked clean.
National Review's Theodore Kupfer just claimed the main importance of Yang's candidacy is that it will prove meme-makers ability to affect the vote count "has been overstated" [Rise of the pink hats, March 12, 2019]. Time will tell, but it is ominous for Trump that many of the more creative and dedicated people who formed his vanguard are giving up on him.
Ineligible for Affirmative Action, targeted by blisteringly hostile media for defunding and deplatforming, and utterly unrepresented by Conservatism Inc., to these people a thousand dollars a month seems like something more tangible than anything President Trump has offered.
If you are doomed, despite your best efforts, to watch the destruction of your country and civilization, you might as well be paid to do it.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc.


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Gone, But Not Forgotten: Bruiser Brody
Rest in Peace Frank Goodish
aka Bruiser Brody
By Kevin Hunsperger
@kevinhunsperger & @my123cents
July 17, 1988 one of wrestling's greatest stars was taken away from us. Bruiser Brody was one of the best big men in the sport, hands down. He stood 6'8" and tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds. He seemed invincible with his giant frame, long, black hair, furry boots, and that unmistakable "husk" chant. But we learned that wasn't true after he was stabbed in the stomach in a locker room in Puerto Rico and died the next day.
I had only been a wrestling fan a few years at the time of Brody's murder. I had the honor of seeing him once in person as he took on Ric Flair for the NWA world heavyweight title in St. Louis. The year was 1985, and Flair intentionally got himself disqualified. Even though Brody never won the world title, he was well respected by the fans, writers, and wrestlers around this country. The magazine Wrestling Superstars named him the best in the world one year (I think it was 1986), where he just edged out Flair for the top spot.
He wrestled all over the world, spending a lot of time in Japan and Puerto Rico. I first took notice of him in World Class Championship Wrestling and Wrestling at the Chase. He played a face in both companies, but when he showed up in the AWA he was a brutal villain. Brody waged war with the Gagnes, probably doing more than he should have to help Greg look like a credible threat.
He teamed with the Von Erichs, and feuded with the likes of the One Man Gang, Kamala, and Abdullah the Butcher. In fact, Abby was his last opponent when they wrestled in a tag team match. Danny Spivey and the Butcher defeated Brody and Carlos Colon.
Brody in action
Brody was in his early 40's at the time of his death. There didn't seem to be any signs of him slowing down, so I can only imagine what might have happened with his career. He never wrestled for the WWF, I often wonder what Vince McMahon might have done with him. I imagine he'd have a different character and would have likely been fed to Hulk Hogan. Some dream matches I would have loved to see with Brody include him taking on Andre the Giant (in a WWF ring), Cactus Jack, and the Undertaker.
Hopefully one day this legend will take his place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Posted by Kevin Hunsperger at 1:18 PM
Labels: Abdullah the Butcher, AWA, Bruiser Brody, Kamala, One Man Gang, Ric Flair, St. Louis, The Von Erichs, World Class Championship Wrestling, Wrestling at the Chase
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Hans Hækkerup (3 December 1945 – 22 December 2013) was a Danish politician who has served as a member of parliament (Folketing) for the Social Democratic party and as the Minister of Defence from 1993 to 2000 under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.

Early life
Hækkerup was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was the son of former Minister of Economy Per Hækkerup and former Member of Parliament Grete Hækkerup. He graduated from the Frederiksborg Gymnasium (State School) in 1964 and received a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Copenhagen in 1973.

Career
After working in several government ministries, Hækkerup was elected to the Folketing in 1979. He held several committee memberships including the Committee on Danish Security Policy, the Committee on Greenlandic Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Policy. He was Chairman of the Defense Committee from 1991 to 1993.

As Minister of Defence in the administration of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen from 1993 to 2000, Hækkerup is considered to have contributed actively to the escalation of Danish military efforts abroad – including Denmark's participation in NATO's military action in Yugoslavia in 1999. He served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo from January to December 2001.

After leaving office, Hækkerup worked as a research director at the Royal Danish Defence College's China Studies at the Institute for Strategy.

Personal life
Hækkerup was previously married to Lisa Hækkerup. In 2011, Hækkerup was living in Mexico, where his second wife, Susanne Rumohr Hækkerup, was the Danish ambassador. He had five sons: three from his first marriage and two from his second.

On 15 April 2011 it was reported that Hækkerup was suffering from multiple system atrophy. He died from the disease on 22 December 2013.

Timeline
 1973–1976; Secretary, later Head of Social Affairs
 1976–1977; Vice Minister – Ministry of Education
 1977–1979; Head of Section, Ministry of Labour
 1977–1980; Course supervisors at the Danish School of Public Administration
 1981–1985; Consultant in Public Servant Organization
 1991–1993; Chairman of the Parliamentary Defense Committee
 1993–2000; Minister of Defense
 2001; Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo→ 10 December 2001; Acting Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo
 2007–2010; Research Director, China Studies, Royal Danish Defence College
 2008–2009; Chairman of the Danish Defence Commission of 2008

References

External links
UNMIK Official Biography

1945 births
2013 deaths
Members of the Folketing
Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
University of Copenhagen alumni
People from Frederiksberg
Danish Defence Ministers
Special Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations