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Biografia
Figlio di Lavinia Locatelli e Luciano Gini, si laureò con lode in giurisprudenza nel 1905 all'Università di Bologna quindi, nel 1908, conseguì la libera docenza in statistica, per avere, l'anno successivo, un incarico di insegnamento di statistica nella Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Cagliari, di cui divenne titolare nel 1910 come professore ordinario. Nel 1913, passò alla stessa cattedra dell'Università di Padova, dove fondò e diresse l'Istituto di Statistica.

Nel 1925, fu chiamato alla cattedra di politica e statistica economica dell'Università di Roma, mentre, dal 1927 in poi, resse la cattedra di statistica della stessa università fino al pensionamento, quindi la nomina a professore emerito nel 1955. Nel 1936, fece istituire la Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche, Demografiche ed Attuariali, di cui fu preside fino al 1954.

Dal 1911 al 1926, fece parte del Consiglio Superiore di Statistica, mentre, nel 1926 fondò, su incarico di Benito Mussolini, l'Istituto Centrale di Statistica – poi Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)) – di cui fu anche presidente fino al 1932, rinnovandolo e riorganizzandolo, nonostante gli ostacoli frapposti e le varie opposizioni, a livello sia amministrativo che tecnico-funzionale (dotandolo pure di strumenti adibiti al calcolo automatico). Nel 1929, diede pure vita al "Comitato italiano per lo studio dei problemi della popolazione" (CISP), che poi confluì nell'"Unione internazionale per lo studio scientifico della popolazione" (UIESP). Dal 1941 fino alla morte, fu anche presidente della Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS), nonché fondò e diresse alcune riviste scientifiche fra cui Metron (1920), Genus (1934), Indici del movimento economico italiano (1926) e La vita economica italiana (1925).

Appartenente a diverse istituzioni e società scientifiche italiane e straniere, fu socio onorario della Royal Statistical Society (1920), vicepresidente (1933) e poi presidente (1950) della International Society of Sociology (che contribuì a riattivare), presidente della Società Italiana di Genetica ed Eugenetica (1934), membro della Società Italiana di Sociologia (1937) e membro onorario dell'International Statistical Institute (1939). Fu inoltre socio nazionale dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e membro onorario dal 1962, che lo aveva già premiato nel 1919 col premio reale per le scienze sociali.

Fondatore della scuola italiana di statistica, con notevoli incarichi politici ed istituzionali nonché insignito di diverse onorificenze e vari riconoscimenti, fra cui diverse lauree ad honorem da parte di università italiane e straniere più alcuni premi nazionali, Gini è stato uno dei massimi studiosi e ricercatori di statistica pura ed applicata.

Attività scientifica
Studioso e ricercatore indefesso, di ampia cultura, considerò la statistica da un punto di vista interdisciplinare, rapportandola in particolare alla biologia, alla sociologia, all'antropologia e all'economia, e ciò sulla base dell'idea di fondo che vedeva l'uomo quale organismo complesso soggetto a fenomeni di varia natura (biologici, socio-antropologici, economici, etc.). Cercò dunque di applicare concretamente i suoi studi e i risultati delle sue ricerche attraverso il suo impegno civile, politico e sociale.

Da un punto di vista strettamente scientifico, i maggiori contributi di Gini riguardarono principalmente la metodologia statistica, la statistica descrittiva (in particolare, le medie statistiche e la teoria degli indici in cui introdusse, tra l'altro, un indicatore detto indice di differenza media per la misura della variabilità statistica dei dati), la statistica economica (dove stabilì una notevole relazione, detta identità di Gini, che lega teoria statistica ed economia, riguardante gli indici dei prezzi), la statistica applicata alla demografia (fertilità differenziale, migrazioni, studi sull'evoluzione delle popolazioni), il calcolo delle probabilità applicato alla biologia (biometria), la macroeconomia (in particolare, i cicli economici).

In statistica economica, nello studiare problemi di ripartizione (qual è, ad esempio, quello di distribuzione del reddito globale di una nazione fra i suoi componenti), raggiunse risultati tali da portarlo alla notorietà internazionale, con incarichi e consulenze da parte di diverse nazioni estere; in particolare, introdusse un importante indice, detto coefficiente (o rapporto) di Gini, che ha permesso, oltre al chiarimento delle problematiche connesse alla distribuzione dei redditi e le relative disuguaglianze sociali, l'evoluzione dei moderni standard di benessere delle società, indice divenuto popolare anche per una sua possibile rappresentazione grafica tramite la curva di Lorenz.

Autore di più di 800 pubblicazioni, l'archivio privato e la biblioteca di Corrado Gini sono stati acquistati dalla Soprintendenza archivistica del Lazio presso la Libreria antiquaria «I Quaderni di Capestrano» di Roma, quindi destinati all'Archivio centrale dello Stato nel 1999. Contribuì inoltre all'Enciclopedia delle Matematiche elementari e complementi.

Opere
 Il sesso dal punto di vista statistico. Le leggi della produzione dei sessi, Sandron Editore, Milano, 1908.
 I fattori demografici dell'evoluzione delle nazioni, F.lli Bocca Editori, Torino, 1912.
 L'ammontare e la composizione della ricchezza delle nazioni, F.lli Bocca Editori, Torino, 1914.
 Appunti di statistica, La Litotipo, Padova, 1917.
 Problemi di sociologia della guerra, Nicola Zanichelli Editore, Bologna, 1921.
 Sociologia (a cura di F. Lapenna e A. Parboni), Tip. A. Sampaolesi, Roma, 1927.
 Nascita, evoluzione e morte delle nazioni: la teoria ciclica della popolazione e i vari sistemi di politica demografica, Libreria del Littorio, Roma, 1930.
 Demografia, antropometria, statistica sanitaria, dinamica delle popolazioni (a cura di), UTET, Torino, 1930.
 Le basi scientifiche della politica della popolazione (a cura di G. Rugiu), Studio Editoriale Moderno, Catania, 1931.
 Le rivelazioni statistiche tra le popolazioni primitive, III edizione, Tip. F. Failli, Roma, 1942.
 Appunti di statistica metodologica e statistica economica, Casa Editrice Castellani, Roma, 1942.
 Teorie della popolazione, Casa Editrice Castellani, Roma, 1945.
 Metodologia statistica: integrazione e comparazione dei dati (con G. Pompilj), Ulrico Hoepli Editore, Milano, 1951 (come Vol. III-Parte III dell'Enciclopedia delle Matematiche elementari e complementi).
 Corso di Statistica, Libreria Eredi V. Veschi, Roma, 1953.
 Patologia economica, V edizione, UTET, Torino, 1954.
 Appunti di sociologia generale e coloniale (a cura di C. D'Agata e I.F. Mariani), Libreria Eredi V. Veschi, Roma, 1956.
 Economia lavorista. Problemi del lavoro, UTET, Torino, 1956.
 Corso di Sociologia (a cura di C. D'Agata), Editrice Tip. Ricerche, Roma, 1957.
 Memorie di metodologia statistica, Vol. I: Variabilità e concentrazione, Vol. II: Transvariazione, Dott. Aldo Giuffrè Editore, Milano, 1955-59.
 Le medie (con G. Barbensi), UTET, Torino, 1958.
 Ricchezza e reddito, UTET, Torino, 1959.
 La logica nella statistica, Paolo Boringhieri Editore, Torino, 1962.
 Questioni fondamentali di probabilità e statistica, 2 voll., Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di Statistica e Ricerca Sociale "C. Gini" dell'Università "La Sapienza", Roma, 1968 (miscellanea di contributi di Gini, pubblicata postuma).
 Statistica e Induzione, CLUEB, Bologna, 2001.

Articoli
 "Contributo alle applicazioni statistiche del calcolo delle probabilità", Giornale degli Economisti, Volume 35, Anno 1907.
 "Il diverso accrescimento delle classi sociali e la concentrazione della ricchezza", Giornale degli Economisti, Serie II, XXXVII (1909) pp. 27-83.
 "Sulla misura della concentrazione e della variabilità dei caratteri", Premiate Officine Grafiche C. Ferrari, Venezia, 1913-14.
 "Patologia economica, un'interpretazione della politica economica di guerra e di dopo la guerra", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali e Discipline ausiliarie, 97 (369) (1923) pp. 59-61.
 "Quelques considérations au sujet de la construction des nombres indices des prix et des questions analogues", Metron, 4 (1924) pp. 1-162.
 "Di una applicazione del metodo rappresentativo all'ultimo censimento italiano della popolazione" (con Luigi Galvani), Annali di Statistica, Roma, Provveditorato generale dello Stato, 1929.
 "On the Circular Test of Index Numbers", International Review of Statistics, 9 (2) (1931) pp. 3-25.
 "La politica demografica delle democrazie", Genus, 4 (3-4) (1940) pp. 117-124.
 "La théorie des migrations adaptatives", Etudes Européennes de Population, INED, Paris, 1954.
 "Progresso o decadenza? Il dominio della tecnica", Rivista di politica economica, 49 (3) (1959) pp. 923-939.

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Bibliografia
 Giovanni Maria Giorgi, "Gini, Corrado", Il Contributo italiano alla storia del Pensiero – Economia, Anno 2013.
 Nora Federici, «GINI, Corrado»,  Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 55, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2001.
 N. Federici, "L'opera di Corrado Gini nell'ambito della demografia e delle scienze sociali (Sintesi ragionata)", Genus, Vol. 22, NN. 1/4 (1966) pp. 7-41.
 "Corrado Gini: innovator and leader of Italian statistics", Special Issue of Statistica Applicata - Italian Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 28 (2-3), 2016 (cfr. ).
 Francesco Cassata, Il fascismo razionale. Corrado Gini fra scienza e politica, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2006.
 Onoranze a Corrado Gini in occasione del suo settantesimo anno di età, IGAP, Roma, 1956.
 Studi in onore di Corrado Gini, 2 voll., Istituto di Statistica dell'Università di Roma, Roma, 1960.
 J-G. Prévost, Total Science. Statistics in Liberal and Fascist Italy, McGill-Queen's University Press, London/Montreal, 2009.
 Amartya Sen, "Foreword", in: Handbook of Income Inequality Measurement, Edited by J. Silber, Springer Science + Business Media, New York, 1999, pp. XVII-XXVI.
 Bert M. Balk, Price and Quantity Index Numbers. Models for Measuring Aggregate Change and Difference, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), 2008.

Voci correlate
 Coefficiente di Gini
 Differenza media assoluta
 Indice di concentrazione di Gini
 Indice di eterogeneità di Gini
 Istituto nazionale di statistica
 Movimento Unionista Italiano

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Support Structure, Made With Rollon Linear Bearings, Improves Efficiency Of Warehouse Packaging Module
Automation is changing how traditional distribution centers operate. But when it comes to automated technology, you might think about the robots, automated guide vehicles and pick-and-place systems. Just as important are the smaller, simpler structures that must be engineered to interface with the high-tech systems—and their designs present their own set of challenges.
Demonstrating this point, systems integrator N-III, Inc. devised a simple, yet large-scale solution to improve the efficiency of an existing warehouse packaging staging module. Though limited by challenging design constraints, the company created a supporting structure that mounts underneath the existing module and integrates an arrangement of plywood, aluminum extrusions and Rollon linear bearings.
Improving The Existing Design
An automated package distribution center wanted to improve its packing modules. Each module is made up of four chutes that feed packages from the top of the system down to the station operator. The operator is notified of an order and, from there, can pull it out, package it and place it onto a conveyor belt beneath the chutes.
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An update to the Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision (BSV) platform created the opportunity for crime – and someone took it. Child exploitation material was posted on the BSV blockchain, according to The Next Web (TNW).
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Shortly after Wright's post, an editor at Hard Fork tweeted back and asked him to clarify his issue with the article, saying that the author was simply pointing out facts. Wright fired back that the author was not simply pointing out facts but was responsible for "misleading markets" by not including the disclaimer that illicit material can be stored on any digital platform. In this tweet, Wright threatened to expose these "lies" and make an example of TNW.
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California's Central Valley was home last cycle to a botched open-seat opportunity for Democrats, and the party could be facing a replay in 2014.
After squeaking out of the 2012 top-two primary over the party's preferred candidate, Democrat John Hernandez was defeated by Republican David Valadao by a 16-point margin for the new 21st District, even as President Barack Obama won there with 55 percent.
This cycle, Democrats are again targeting the seat and have recruited former Capitol Hill aide Amanda Renteria to run.
But back as a potential spoiler is Hernandez, a former president of the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The issues many say contributed to his 2012 loss — a disorganized campaign and difficulty raising money — seem to be plaguing him once again.
Although Hernandez appeared at a candidate forum last week and has sent out multiple fundraising emails for his 2014 bid, he failed to file required quarterly fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission in each quarter of 2013. As of the end of 2012, the last fundraising period for which Hernandez filed a report with the FEC, his campaign had $14,000 in cash on hand and was $41,000 in debt.
In two full years as a candidate — since filing a statement of organization in February 2012 — he has received 13 letters from the FEC regarding compliance issues. That's at least one for each required filing since becoming a federal candidate and includes letters citing a failure to file his past five required reports.
The latest FEC letter , dated Feb. 19 and addressed to his wife, who is listed as the campaign treasurer, again warned that a failure to comply "may result in civil money penalties, an audit or legal enforcement action."
A Monday fundraising email asked for donations of "$25 - $2,500 or whatever you can afford" to attend an event with Hernandez at a Fresno restaurant. The email also links to a donation page at ActBlue, a third-party group that allows people to donate to candidates online. However, an ActBlue representative said Hernandez does not have an active account for the 2014 election cycle.
Hernandez's fundraising emails list addresses for three campaign offices. The Hanford address appears to be a private residence, while the other two appear to be located in more traditional California strip-mall office spaces.
Cathee Romley, president of the Democratic Women of Kern, a local Democratic club in the district, said Hernandez bounced a check for $42 to her organization for a fundraising luncheon he attended in August. Her group has still not received the money.
"He wrote a check and we notified him, we sent him a letter letting him know that it was a check that was bounced for insufficient funds written on a closed checking account," said Romley, whose organization is neutral in the primary between Hernandez and Renteria. "We just shake our head and say, 'This guy cannot be serious. You cannot do this.'"
Hernandez did not return multiple requests for comment.
If he qualifies for the ballot, Hernandez will face Valadao and Renteria in a June 3 top-two primary, in which the two highest vote recipients advance to the general regardless of party.
Renteria raised $338,000 in the fourth quarter, her first as a candidate, and had $257,000 in cash on hand as of Dec. 31. Her cash on hand total is more than Hernandez raised in his entire 2012 bid for the seat, and Renteria has the added support of EMILY's List, a group that seeks to boost Democratic women who support abortion rights into office.
Still, the Hernandez campaign recently touted a Republican poll reported by the Bakersfield Californian that showed Hernandez in second place in the all-party primary, behind Valadao.
The incumbent Republican ended 2013 with $677,000 in the bank and is unlikely to have trouble advancing to the general.
California's 21st District is rated a Tilt Republican contest by Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call.


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When destroying your newly created component, you will be able to get the function call in the menu component file by using this broadcast service.
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In this article, you will learn to create recursive functions; a function that calls itself. Also, you will learn about tail recursive function.
A function that calls itself is known as recursive function. And, this technique is known as recursion.
A physical world example would be to place two parallel mirrors facing each other. Any object in between them would be reflected recursively.
How does recursion work in programming?
Here, the recursive call continues forever causing infinite recursion.
To avoid infinite recursion, if...else (or similar approach) can be used where one branch makes the recursive call and other doesn't.
Tail recursion is a generic concept rather than the feature of Kotlin language. Some programming languages including Kotlin use it to optimize recursive calls, whereas other languages (eg. Python) do not support them.
In normal recursion, you perform all recursive calls first, and calculate the result from return values at last (as show in the above example). Hence, you don't get result until all recursive calls are made.
In tail recursion, calculations are performed first, then recursive calls are executed (the recursive call passes the result of your current step to the next recursive call). This makes the recursive call equivalent to looping, and avoids the risk of stack overflow.
Example 1: Not eligible for tail recursion because the function call to itself n*factorial(n-1) is not the last operation.
Example 2: Eligible for tail recursion because function call to itself fibonacci(n-1, a+b, a) is the last operation.
To tell compiler to perform tail recursion in Kotlin, you need to mark the function with tailrec modifier.
This program computes the 100th term of the Fibonacci series. Since, the output can be a very large integer, we have imported BigInteger class from Java standard library.
Here, the function fibonacci() is marked with tailrec modifier and the function is eligible for tail recursive call. Hence, the compiler optimizes the recursion in this case.
If you try to find the 20000th term (or any other big integer) of the Fibonacci series without using tail recursion, the compiler will throw java.lang.StackOverflowError exception. However, our program above works just fine. It's because we have used tail recursion which uses efficient loop based version instead of traditional recursion.
The example to compute factorial of a number in the above example (first example) cannot be optimized for tail recursion. Here's a different program to perform the same task.
The compiler can optimize the recursion in this program as the recursive function is eligible for tail recursion, and we have used tailrec modifier that tells compiler to optimize the recursion.


Las Vegas, NV—IDC, International Data Corporation, announced that was named by its parent company, International Data Group, Inc. (IDG), as IDC's new president.
Del Prete, who was IDC's chief operating officer (COO), assumed the new role on February 1, 2019. He succeeds Kirk Campbell, who announced his retirement after leading IDC for more than 27 years.
Del Prete joined IDC in 1989 as an analyst covering the data storage market. Since then, he has held numerous research and management positions. Moreover, he has played an instrumental role in the creation of IDC's research and advisory offerings. As COO, Del Prete oversaw and directed IDC's worldwide research, consulting, marketing, product management and client services business units. This included IDC's Industry Insights businesses and IT Executive program, which target the needs of technology end users. He also collaborated with IDC's senior management team to set the company's strategic direction and oversee its product planning and research processes.
Campbell joined IDC as COO in 1990 and became president and CEO in 1991. Under his leadership, the company strengthened its position in the technology market intelligence business. Moreover, it grew its revenues more than tenfold and quintupled the number of employees to more than 1,900. It also expanded its geographic research coverage to more than 110 countries. Prior to joining IDC, Campbell was an IDG vice president responsible for corporate business planning and analysis for over 100 business units.
IDC is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services and also events. It serves the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,100 analysts worldwide, it offers global, regional and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in 110 countries.
Founded in 1964, IDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG). IDG is a media, data as well as marketing services company that activates and engages influential technology buyers.


The Shopkins Light-up Toothbrush is a Shopkins-themed soft-bristled toothbrush. It is electric-powered and the bristles rotate quickly when it is turned on. It is made by Brush Buddies.
It is unreleased and it is set to come out in August.


You don't have to be a super computer nerd to make it in the tech industry, but as this episode's guest will reveal, it certainly helps. All the way from Adelaide, Australia, special guest, Jonathan Mah, speaks to Jeff about his life long journey in the tech industry and how he landed his job at one of the big guns, Apple.
Sharing from his years of experience in the industry, Jonathan speaks about the importance of communication, establishing good connections and being in the habit of continually developing your skills and understanding. He also shares his top interview tips for those looking to apply.
If you're seeking inspiration or tips on how to get a foot in the door, look no further. Jonathan lives and breathes computer science and shares some great advice on what you can do to further your chances of being hired.
Don't try to be clever in interviews – Start simple and work up from there.


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La stagione 2009 della MLB si è aperta il 5 aprile 2009 con l'incontro tra gli Atlanta Braves e i Philadelphia Phillies conclusosi 4-1. Al termine della stagione regolare sono stati registrati  spettatori, con una media di  spettatori a incontro.

La stagione regolare si è conclusa il 6 ottobre 2009, con due giorni di ritardo rispetto al calendario previsto, per consentire lo svolgimento della partita di spareggio tra i Detroit Tigers e i Minnesota Twins valevole per l'assegnazione del titolo della Central Division della American League.

Le World Series 2009 si sono disputate tra il 28 ottobre e il 4 novembre e sono state vinte dai New York Yankees, per la ventisettesima volta nella loro storia, per 4 partite a 2 sui Philadelphia Phillies.

Regular Season

American League
East Division

Central Division

West Division

National League

East Division

Central Division

West Division

All-Star Game

L'All-Star Game si è giocato il 14 luglio 2009 al Busch Stadium di St. Louis, Missouri ed ha visto prevalere la selezione dell'American League per 4-3.

Record Individuali

American League

Battitori

Lanciatori

National League

Battitori

Lanciatori

Postseason

Division Series

American League

National League

League Championship Series

American League

National League

World Series

Premi
Miglior giocatore della stagione

Rookie dell'anno

Miglior giocatore delle World Series

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EP released on September 26th 2016 on Song, by Toad Records.
Available on Cassette and download.
Click the cover for bandcamp link.
Self-titled EP released June 27, 2016.
Click the cover to link to bandcamp where you can download the EP.


Jacob Brackman was a 21-year-old features editor on The Harvard Crimson when, in 1965, he wrote this vivid profile of Izzy Stone, the ingenious and curmudgeonly proprietor of I.F. Stone's Weekly. Corporate media was ascendant even in those early years, and Stone's independence, fearlessness, and legendary work ethic earned him a unique standing at a time of incipient homogenization of news and culture.
In speech-making attire, a three-piece serge suit with wider lapels, I.F. Stone looks rather like an old Jewish tailor from the Bronx, uncomfortably slicked up for his grandson's bar mitzvah. But when he begins to talk, eyes twinkling with more than a little demonic mischief behind perfectly round, steel-rimmed bifocals, the alte zeda image evaporates.
For one thing, Stone talks dirty (not vulgar dirty, witty-engaging dirty). But mainly, as one shaggy-haired iconoclast admitted to me after Stone's last Cambridge talk, "He comes on incredibly hip." Always advertised as something of a curiosity piece, a radical from the Twenties or Thirties now overripe on the bough, Izzy unabashedly foils his detractors five times out of six. Socialist platitudes or peacenik clichés simply aren't his style.
"Achhh. I've known Izzy for 30 years," a disenchanted fellow traveler whispered to me. "The guy follows Moscow's party line right down to the commas." Phooey. Stone has as much disdain for Communists as he has for Democrats or Republicans. He's about as eager as a local ladies auxiliary for the violent overthrow of the government.
He became a newspaperman as a 14-year-old sophomore in high school. Except for a brief disappearance in 1946 when he journeyed illegally from Poland to Palestine disguised as a Jewish immigrant (and on the way sat in on a Nuremberg trial), he's been a journalist ever since. In one year he worked on four different papers without losing a day's pay.
Stone started his weekly in 1952, not a good year for independent reporting. It had a little piggy bank launching—$7,000 and a mailing list of 5,500 "elderly radicals"—but mushroomed as the blather of the McCarthy years subsided and people grew less frightened. Today it boasts 22,000 readers—not an eye-popping figure, but Stone has no illusions about reaching a wide audience.
"If you just weren't so scathing, Izzy, if you only tempered your stuff a little. If you stopped always making your subscribers so damn mad. . . . " But Stone isn't interested. He considers getting your readers mad at you part of the secret of good journalism. He has no advertisers to offend and doesn't worry about his proponents to the right. Instead, he sees himself supplying ammunition to men who feel a lot like he does, veering to the hotter subjects—the stories "safe" liberals file away—picking up the pieces on the edges, ones that don't fit into the Establishment jigsaw. In short, Mr. Stone is under no compulsion to compromise in tone or expression. He calls 'em like he sees 'em.
To the unhappiness of some, he sees 'em starkly. And in an age when news vending is corporate business and journalists must learn to play the sycophant, Stone's bald outrage at the frauds of government and men seems pretty strong stuff. (I remember the raised eyebrows last year as Izzy declined to equivocate on questions from a Kirkland forum: "Jimmy Hoffa? He's a lousy crook. Belongs in jail. . . . Dean Rusk? The kind of guy you grow at Harvard—a sophisticated, educated, cultivated, big bag of nothing.") A subscriber's salvation is that the unfair, bullheaded way Stone maligns his heroes is more than compensated for by the way he knocks the living daylights out of his villains.
Stone's criticism may be destructive but it rests on a massive bedrock of documentation. (How he ploughs through so much dull stuff each week is beyond me.) Because he feels the government information bureaus are at best advertising, at worst brainwashing agencies whose purpose is to manipulate an unsuspecting public, he must go beyond them. Because he feels that administrators are disingenuous, practiced in the arts of falsification, he never contents himself with their ready answers. "They've got journalistic maidenheads hanging in their offices. They like to ladle out the news. They can give the impressions of a denial without the reality. But the more you make a liar talk, the more he's gonna slip up." And so he digs.
What strikes one most forcefully about Mr. Stone is that he is a truly happy man. "What made you start your paper?" a student asks. "There was no alternative. I was in despair," he replies, a big wide grin spread across his face. Only a happy heretic knows that kind of despair. Even bemoaning our policy in Cuba or Vietnam, his most concerned expressions are always dissolving into smiles.
So here, aspiring journalists, is Izzy Stone, at an age when most men look back ruefully on the years behind, on the social debts unpaid, on the causes not espoused; here he is working like a crazy man at what he loves to do, thumbing his nose at the government, yet making a nice living, beholden to no one, feeling quite subversive and generally all smiles—for himself and for man's future on this planet. He loves to call himself the only capitalist entrepreneur left in the news business.
In other words, what is astonishing about Stone is not so much his candor, his independence, his boldness, his industry, but the simple, happy fact of his survival, his self-made "success" in a field nearly strangled by deception and cowardice. May he continue to crusade somewhere between Galahad and William Randolph Hearst, at least until this country spawns another old-style rebel. May he continue if only because, for us young newspapermen deciding what giant publication we'll sell out to, his raucous one-man band makes sweet, sweet music.


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The subject property comprises of a selfcontained restaurant premises arranged over lower ground floor level contained within a four storey end terraced tenement building and is held under a pitched and slated roof. The property is accessed via solid stone steps directly from pavement level, secured by a painted metal gate and railings leading into the main restaurant/ dining area. Internally the property provides a seating area to the front of the premises with a further seating and bar area located centrally within the unit with the kitchen and toilet facilities located to the rear.
The premises form part of the new SIGHTHILL ONE Development which is currently being undertaken by SRA Ventures. The development is the result of the refurbishment of the iconic former Shapes warehouse which occupies a prime trading location in the heart of the most popular industrial services district of Edinburgh, Sighthill. It creates 4 unique business spaces consisting of a 100-desk business centre or office, a distribution warehouse, an 8000 Sq ft retail space and a restaurant. The available office accommodation, configured over ground and mezzanine levels and referred to as Unit D on the floor plan, will be equipped with the following specification: - Data trunking and electrical sockets - Kitchen/staff break out area - Gas central heating - Fully DDA compliant - Male and female WCs - Modern lighting throughout - Cat 5e wiring/broadband connectivity There will be various signage/branding opportunities available to a tenant on the elevation facing Bankhead Medway.
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Surrounding occupiers include Kaspa, Plumb Centre, Better Bathrooms, McDonalds, Aldi and Ladbrokes.
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Top 10 Albums of 2016 (In no Order)
Richard Chiriboga | Posted on December 29, 2016
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"Top 10 Albums of 2016 (In no Order)"
It is one of my favorite New Year's Eve traditions – making a list of songs that touched my soul during the past year. But as great as individual songs can be, what about the album. While there can always be a not-so-good, but catchy song firing through the year – a good album is what really makes an artist. We currently live in a musical landscape where artists live single by single. There's no conceivable process behind having a marketing plan for an album that starts out with knowing your first three singles. These artists have done that though.
2016 was an eventful year in the music industry. Some new stars rose, some artists performed great comebacks and some performed their last 'swan song' in order to stay in our hearts forever.
# 1 David Bowie – Blackstar
The 25th and final album of the rock legend. It was released on 8 January – the artist's birthday and includes 7 tracks. The Rolling Stone Magazine claims this album to be David's best one since the 1970s. Unfortunately, just two days after the release, the artist died of cancer.
# 2 The Weeknd – Starboy
What a year for the Canadian singer and songwriter! This pop/R'n'B cocktail features the appearance of such industry stars as Daft Punk, Lana del Ray and Kendrick Lamar. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 209,000 copies in the first week.
# 3 Beyonce – Lemonade
Released on April 23 'Lemonade' became the singer's sixth album. That is a so-called 'visual album' that was accompanied by a one-hour long film from HBO. It is primarily considered to be a R'n'B album with sections of pop, reggae, blues, rock and even country. Lemonade received 9 nominations for the annual Grammy Awards. It is a strong, furious album about confidence and revenge which if no surprise if you consult Beyonce's latest events in life.
# 4 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
A passed year's rap hit. The seventh solo album of the artist released on February 14. The album received generally positive feedback from the critics and a whole splash of emotions from the rapper's fans. The Life of Pablo has been illegally downloaded for more than 500,000 times within the first three days of its release.
# 5 Drake – Views
The year was surely rich and productive for the R'n'B and rap part of the industry. Views became the fourth album released by the Canadian rapper. The album was supported by the bonus track 'Hotline Bling' that has all the chances to become the year's number one song.
# 6 Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
The ninth studio album by the British rockers. It includes several songs written earlier (some even date back to 1995). The album topped the charts in several countries and is considered to be one of the best albums, according to the critics.
# 7 Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
Rumor has it that the album got released only after a famous basketball player convinced the artist to do so. A rap opus with a hint of jazz, where the tracks seem to just flow into one another, – that is what this compilation album feels like.
# 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway
The old funk-rock squad is back. In this album, the group has proved that is ready for experiments and is not going anywhere from our track lists. The eleventh studio album was produced by Danger Mouse after replacing Rick Rubin, who has been with the rock-band for twenty-five years. A cool restart for the guys that are over fifty.
# 9 Rihanna – Anti
The eight album by the singer from Barbados. Becoming an executive producer, Rihanna contributed a lot to the lyrics and collaborated with a bunch of other producers to achieve the right sound. Though the wait between her previous album and Anti was the longest in Rihanna's career, she is still able to catch the audience's attention and receive positive feedback from the critics.
# 10 Chris Stapleton – Traveller
A debut studio album by the country singer released on May 5. The critics describe it as the 'old-school' country. The album has been certified double platinum and has sold over 1.7 million copies only in the United States. Tracks on the album feature mandolin, both electric and acoustic guitars. To top the success up – the album received a Grammy for the best country album in 2016.
Now, it is the time when singers become popular and well-known, mainly because of their behavior and social accounts out there than the actual music accomplishments. Nevertheless, some artists still manage to release a good product and that can't make all of the music fans out there genuinely happy.
I would like to take the chance to say goodbye to another Artist that passed away at the end of 2016. George Michael, thank you for everything!


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Theresa Russell at the premiere of "Wild Things."
Theresa Russell and Max at the world premiere of "Changing Lanes."
Theresa Russell at the premiere of "The Believer."
Theresa Russell at the premiere of "Spider-Man 3" during the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Theresa Russell at the premiere of "Empire Falls".
Theresa Russell at the Los Angeles premiere of "Before Night Falls".
Theresa Russell and Ca Denise Richards at the premiere of "Wild Things".
Theresa Russell and Ed Leos at the premiere of "The Believer".
Theresa Russell at the world premiere of "Changing Lanes".
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Padua, November 9, 2016 – The Board of Directors of Safilo Group S.p.A. has today reviewed and approved Q3 and 9M 2016 financial results.
In the third quarter of 2016, Safilo's total net sales reached Euro 288.0 million, growing 1.1% at current exchange rates and 1.7% at constant exchange rates. In the quarter, sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio grew 3.0% at constant exchange rates (+4.3% excl. Retail).
In the first nine months of the year, sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio progressed by 4.7% at constant exchange rates (+6.1% excl. Retail).
As a consequence of the negative impact of the brands that the Group stopped/will stop servicing, Safilo's total 9M net sales declined 2.2% at current exchange rates and 1.0% at constant exchange rates, reaching Euro 939.1 million.
Q3 2016 total net sales in Europe equaled Euro 107.6 million, up 5.9% at current exchange rates and 7.8% at constant exchange rates. Sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio increased 9.5% at constant exchange rates in the third quarter.
In the first nine months of 2016, sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio increased 11.4% at constant exchange rates, while total net sales in Europe reached Euro 399.1 million, up 5.5% at current exchange rates and 6.6% at constant exchange rates.
Q3 2016 total net sales in North America equaled Euro 126.5 million, declining 5.0% at current exchange rates and 4.7% at constant exchange rates.
In the first nine months, total net sales in North America equaled Euro 386.3 million, down 4.3% at current exchange rates and 3.8% at constant exchange rates.
Q3 2016 North American Wholesale revenues were Euro 107.4 million, down 3.2% at current exchange rates and 3.0% at constant exchange rates. In the first nine months, Wholesale revenues reached Euro 328.6 million, down 1.8% at current exchange rates and 1.2% at constant exchange rates.
Wholesale revenues of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio were substantially stable in the third quarter (-0.6% at constant exchange rates), and they grew 3.4% in the first nine months.
Q3 2016 Retail sales in the United States equaled Euro 19.0 million, declining 13.8% at current exchange rates and 13.4% at constant exchange rates. Like for like performance of the 116 Solstice stores at the end of September (126 stores at the end of September 2015) was negative by 9.1% at constant exchange rates.
In the first nine months, Retail sales equaled Euro 57.7 million, declining 16.4% at current exchange rates and 16.3% at constant exchange rates, while the like for like performance was negative by 12.1% at constant exchange rates.
Q3 2016 total net sales in Asia equaled Euro 31.3 million, up 4.5% at current exchange rates and 2.8% at constant exchange rates. Sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio declined 2.5% at constant exchange rates in the third quarter and 10.9% for the first nine months.
In the first nine months of 2016, total net sales in Asia reached Euro 90.1 million, declining 20.2% at current exchange rates and 19.7% at constant exchange rates.
Q3 2016 total net sales in the Rest of the World equaled Euro 22.6 million, up 12.3% at current exchange rates and 12.0% at constant exchange rates, while sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio increased 11.5% at constant exchange rates in the third quarter.
In the first nine months of 2016, sales of the Going Forward Brands Portfolio in the Rest of the World increased 9.0% at constant exchange rates, while the total net sales reached Euro 63.5 million, down 2.1% at current exchange rates and up 4.9% at constant exchange rates.
Q3 2016 gross profit equaled Euro 169.4 million, up 1.1% compared to Euro 167.5 million in the third quarter of 2015. Gross margin remained stable at 58.8% of net sales compared to the third quarter of 2015.
In the first nine months of 2016, Gross Profit reached Euro 564.0 million, down 2.3% compared to Euro 577.4 million in the corresponding period of 2015, while gross margin was substantially flat at 60.1% of net sales (60.2% in the first nine months of 2015).
In the first nine months of 2016, Group's EBITDA was affected by non-recurring, restructuring costs of Euro 6.4 million, related mostly to the Group's overhead cost saving initiatives announced in March.
Excluding these items, Q3 2016 adjusted1 EBITDA equaled Euro 19.1 million, up 30.0% compared to the adjusted1 EBITDA of Euro 14.7 million recorded in the third quarter of 2015. The adjusted1 EBITDA margin increased to 6.6% of net sales compared to 5.2% in the same period of 2015.
The quarterly result took the first nine months adjusted1 EBITDA to Euro 77.4 million, in line with the result recorded in the same period of 2015. Also the adjusted1 EBITDA margin returned in line with last year, at 8.2% of net sales compared to 8.1%.
At the end of September 2016, Safilo's Net Debt stood at Euro 111.5 million, up 8.5% compared to Euro 102.8 million at the end of June 2016, and by 14.8% compared to the end of September 2015.
1 In the first nine months of 2016, the adjusted EBITDA does not include non-recurring costs for Euro 6.4 million of which Euro 5.2 million related to overhead cost saving initiatives, such as for example the planned integration of Vale of Leven (Scotland) Polaroid lens production into Safilo's China based corporate supply network, and Euro 1.2 million related to commercial restructuring costs in the EMEA region.
In the first nine months of 2015, the adjusted EBITDA did not include non-recurring costs related to the commercial restructuring costs in the EMEA region for Euro 1.2 million and other non-recurring costs for Euro 1.2 million mainly related to the consolidation of the Group's North American distribution network into its Denver facility.).
Today, the Board of Directors has also approved a reorganization of Safilo's corporate structure. The objective is to drive consistency between the Group's Global Business Model and its Legal Entity structure, thereby guaranteeing a close alignment with the choices of the Group's 2020 Strategic Plan.
Safilo Industrial S.r.l. - newly created and wholly controlled by Safilo S.p.A. - will be the Italian "Manufacturing Company" that comprises Safilo's Italian plants of Santa Maria di Sala, Martignacco, and Longarone, along with the related employees. Safilo Industrial will thus operate within the Group's global industrial footprint, alongside the other manufacturing plants in China, Slovenia, and the USA.
This new corporate setup has the purpose to crystallise more efficiently unique deliverables and responsibilities among the business activities performed across the Group, and will enable a more immediate reading of the performance of the different business units.
The transfer of the employees involved will occur at current terms, maintaining the legal, economic and social conditions for all employees.
Implementation is planned for January 2017 via two one-off transactions: a transfer of going concern from Safilo S.p.A. to Safilo Group S.p.A., and a contribution in kind of going concern by Safilo S.p.A. into Safilo Industrial S.r.l..
This transformation of the corporate structure takes place within a broader, ongoing overall Legal Entity simplification. In that context, the Group will end the current year with 49 legal entities vs. 52 at the end of 2015, contributing to cost savings and efficiencies thanks to resulting additional synergies.
Today, at 6.30 pm CET (5.30pm GMT; 12.30pm EDT) a conference call will be held with the financial community during which Q3 and 9M 2016 trading update will be discussed.
It is possible to follow the conference call by calling +39 02 99749000, +44 203 4270503 o +1 646 2543366 (for journalists +39 02 87500876) and entering the access code 5733323.
A recording of the conference call will be available until November 11, 2016 on 39 02 30413127, +44 203 4270598 or +1 347 3669565 (access code: 5733323).
The conference call can be followed also via webcast at www.safilogroup.com/en/investors.html. The presentation is available and downloadable from the Company's website.
Safilo Group is the fully integrated Italian eyewear creator and worldwide distributor of quality and trust, leader in the premium sector for sunglasses, optical frames and sports eyewear. Design inspired and brand driven, Safilo translates extraordinary design into excellent products created thanks to a superior craftsmanship expertise dating back to 1878. With an extensive wholly owned global distribution network in 39 countries – in North and Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific and China – Safilo is committed to quality distribution of its products all around the world. Safilo's portfolio encompasses Carrera, Polaroid, Smith, Safilo, Oxydo, Dior, Dior Homme, Fendi, Gucci, Banana Republic, Bobbi Brown, BOSS, BOSS Orange, Céline, Elie Saab, Fossil, Givenchy, havaianas, Jack Spade, Jimmy Choo, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, Liz Claiborne, Marc Jacobs, Max Mara, Max&Co., Pierre Cardin, Saks Fifth Avenue, Swatch, and Tommy Hilfiger.


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Bletchingley Parish Council May to November 2020 report
As many of you will be aware, the Chairman and Vice Chairman during the initial nationwide lockdown operated a system of registration of those households that needed to shield or go into temporary quarantine – connecting their needs (shopping, prescription pick-ups, transport) to a team of village volunteers.
Whilst the initial flurry of requirements significantly reduced during the summer the system remains in place and is now gearing back up again for the lockdown that at the time of writing this article (4th November) has just been announced. We are grateful to all those who so willingly gave their time and have indicated their willingness to be involved in the coming months.
We also assisted TDC in contacting residents they had identified as being vulnerable (but who had not registered with us) when often the only information available was the postal address. We would particularly like to thank Barbara Wantling, Thomas Sherlock and Richard Fowler for undertaking the not enviable task of knocking on doors and making the requisite enquiries.
Bletchingley United Charities (BUC)
At this point, we would also like to mention the great work being done by BUC over the last eight months and the volunteers that are supporting its activities. The first lockdown caused financial difficulties for some villagers and BUC were instrumental in assessing need and where necessary giving financial assistance. This included re-distributing food parcels to those in need. At one point it seemed almost impossible to persuade HMG that what was being sought was a supermarket delivery slot, not a food parcel, but at least resultant parcels went to households in need.
As we again go into lockdown once more, if you or anybody that you know is experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic please contact David Martin, Chairman of BUC on 01883 743144 or email sally.ray@btinternet.com. We can provide food boxes to those in urgent need as well as providing residents with vouchers that can be spent in local shops to help buy food or pay utility bills. This fund is not a substitute for more long-term financial support, but is short term emergency financial help during these difficult times.
Turning to more mundane matters :
All allotments have now been let due in part to the first lockdown in the Spring where villagers had the time and inclination to start an allotment, many for the first time. At the time of writing we had a waiting list of 7 people. When an allotment becomes vacant, it is offered on a "first come first served" basis to those on the waiting list, with precedence being given to Bletchingley residents.
The New Bletchingley Cemetery
There was a progress report in Novembers Magazine concerning the new Bletchingley Cemetery which incorporates both an extension to the existing cemetery as well as a new woodland burial section. The task that now lies ahead is the planting of a hedge to disguise the electricity sub-station and planting of the woodland area. In order to complete the construction of the hard and soft landscaping, we are borrowing money from the Public Works Loan Board (as we did for the purchase of the Little Common Lane allotments) to be repaid over a period of 5 years. We are grateful for the assistance (freely given) and feedback we have received from Alex Jones Funeral Directors.
Footpaths and Bridleways
These have been well used during lockdown and we hope this continues with residents discovering rights of way of which they were not previously aware.
Minerals and Environment
At the end of last year Mercers South Quarry (J & J Franks) applied for permission to increase lorry movements into and out of the site in Nutfield, more than 90% of which would head east along A25 to the M25 junction at Godstone. BPC sent two responses to the application raising concerns about the effect this would have on A25 and our village including increased congestion, damage to road surface, air quality and safety of village residents and road users. Our thanks go to Jonathan Essex (neighbouring County Councillor) who argued at the SCC Planning Committee meeting on 3rd September in support of our concerns and objections expressed by others including TAG A25, QOG and Godstone Parish Council. However other SCC Councillors, including our local SCC representative Rose Thorn, dismissed all such concerns and the application was granted by an overwhelming majority.
Earlier this year Sibelco applied for permission to extend sand extraction at Pendell Quarry into an area in Brewer Street. This application is still ongoing. The North Park Quarry liaison meetings due to take place in May and November have not taken place due to the pandemic.
The Air Quality Monitor was reinstated at its location on A25 in Nutfield on 19th May following repair. Thus far readings have shown levels of PM10 particulates slightly higher than during the same period last year, although still well within the statutory levels. Recorded levels of Nitrous Oxide (NOx) in Nutfield and Godstone this year also are within the statutory levels. However, during lockdown, a significant decrease in NOx levels in comparison to last year was noticed (i.e. Nutfield location recorded 13ug/m3 for May 2020 vs. 35 for May 2019). The November lockdown will present another opportunity to assess the effect of reduced traffic flow.
Sports Association
The football pitch is being used by two football clubs and we have even had one game of cricket. A Just Giving page has been launched to raise funds for the repair of the skate ramp (https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bletchingley-ramp-rebuild-2020). This is a very popular and well used facility by all ages (well – not many older residents so far).
Road usage for a few months was blissfully quiet but is getting back to previous levels; however, cycling seems to have increased.
Gatwick airport has a new system for tracking aircraft (https//.webtrak.emsbk.com/lgw2) and we are informed that those airlines that have again started using the airport are deploying their newest planes. We hopefully have seen the last of those very noisy 747s – both Virgin and BA no longer fly from Gatwick. The Airport has announced that it will introduce a charge of £5 for drop-off.
Redhill Aerodrome appears to be in more frequent use than previously; however, a meeting of the Consultative Committee is overdue, so this may be a matter of perception, rather than fact.
Village Hall and Community Centre
At the time of writing the Village Hall and Community Centre are closed due to the lockdown. The Chair of the Village Hall Management Committee, Debbie Hale has resigned in October. On behalf of the Parish Council, we wish to thank Debbie for her many years of dedication and hard work.
The Parish Council is again intending to enter into an arrangement with B & H Estates, whereby the PC occupies the pond under licence. The first step will be a survey of "pond life" which will be carried out by the Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Group (SARG) in the spring, when "pond life" again resumes activity.
Annual Village Meeting
It is still not possible to hold this given the current lockdown and we expect restrictions on numbers attending meetings for many months to come. As such we have taken the decision to cancel for 2020 but sincerely hope that by May 2021, we will be in a position to get together with you once again.
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| Apr. 27, 2012
Bishop Jenky's Assessment of Religious Liberty Battle Raises Question About Historical Analogy
Notre Dame professor critical of colleagues' letter calling for bishop's resignation.
JOHN BURGER
Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Ill., in mid-April warned that the Obama administration's actions limiting the religious liberty of churches and church agencies could lead to the "shutting down" of "all our public ministries," including Catholic schools, hospitals and Newman Centers. " But a comparison of America in 2012 to aspects of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia upset some observers.
"Hitler and Stalin, at their better moments, would just barely tolerate some churches remaining open, but would not tolerate any competition with the state in education, social services and health care," the bishop said at an annual Catholic men's event in Peoria. "In clear violation of our First Amendment rights, Barack Obama — with his radical, pro-abortion and extreme secularist agenda, now seems intent on following a similar path."
Lonnie Nasatir, the regional director of Chicago's Anti-Defamation League, found the bishop's remarks to be "outrageous, offensive and completely over the top." Nasatir demanded an apology from the bishop, and said, "Clearly, Bishop Jenky needs a history lesson. There are few, if any, parallels in history to the religious intolerance and anti-Semitism fostered in society by Stalin, and especially Hitler, who under his regime perpetuated the open persecution and ultimate genocide of Jews, Catholics and many other minorities."
This week, 143 Notre Dame professors wrote to the university's president, Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, saying the bishop's comments "demonstrate ignorance of history, insensitivity to victims of genocide and absence of judgment." The signatories, including several history professors, called on the university to distance itself from Bishop Jenky's "incendiary statement." "Further," they said, "we feel that it would be in the best interest of Notre Dame if Jenky resigned from the University's Board of Fellows if he is unwilling to renounce loudly and publicly this destructive analogy."
Another Notre Dame professor, however, came out in support of the bishop. "It was not 'incendiary' but simple truth for Bishop Jenky to say that the trajectory of the Obama regime is along a 'similar path' in regard to 'education, social services, and health care," wrote Charles Rice, retired professor of law at Notre Dame.
Holy Cross Father Wilson Miscamble also supports Bishop Jenky. A history professor at the University of Notre Dame, Father Miscamble serves as president of the Notre Dame Chapter of University Faculty for Life.
Register news editor John Burger spoke to him April 26 about the controversy that has emerged over Bishop Jenky's remarks.
Do you know Bishop Jenky?
I do, indeed. He's, of course, a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and I've known him since I came to the order as a seminarian 30 years ago. He's a terrific priest and a great bishop.
Have you worked with him closely?
He was the rector of Sacred Heart Basilica in my younger days as a priest here on campus and was the superior of the Holy Cross community here during my early days on campus. That was in the late '80s and early '90s, when I was part of the community of which he was local superior.
But then he was taken away from us and made auxiliary bishop here in Fort Wayne-South Bend, and then was made bishop of Peoria about 10 years ago. So, for the last 15 years or so, I've seen him periodically. He comes back to visit, and so on.
What do you think of this brouhaha over his remarks?
I have found the reaction of my faculty colleagues quite embarrassing — embarrassing because these academics disgracefully misused Bishop Jenky's words by taking them out of context. It has been a little disappointing, to say least. Bishop Jenky was making remarks about the religious-liberty issue, and some of my colleagues implied that Bishop Jenky was suggesting that President Obama was on his way to adopting the entire Hitler-Stalin agenda. It's a mischaracterization that is unworthy of supposedly serious scholars.
You're a historian, albeit your specialty is American history.
I am a historian, and I challenge the signatories to this letter criticizing Bishop Jenky to point to one part of his homily that is historically inaccurate.
Is he historically accurate?
Absolutely. By the way, Bishop Jenky was a history major when he was an undergraduate here at Notre Dame. He's read quite a bit of history in his day. And he is a good student of it.
Why do you think they would take his remarks out of context?
Well, this is to engage in speculation, and I probably shouldn't go down this path myself; one should be cautious. But I think this very poorly crafted letter says more about the rather predictable and ideological bias of the signatories than it does about Bishop Jenky's courageous homily.
But do you feel that he might have overstepped any kind of line?
No. His homily was a courageous homily which pointed to a pattern of behavior of a number of regimes to limit religious freedom and to attack religious institutions.
Is there any way you might characterize the professors who signed the letter? Do they have something in common?
Most are concentrated in the College of Arts and Letters. I would say that there's a kind of a piling-on mentality at work here.
What do you know of Bishop Jenky's contributions as a member of the board of fellows at Notre Dame, particularly regarding the university's Catholic character?
The board of fellows is the key decision-making group that selects the trustees at Notre Dame. It's comprised of six members of the Congregation of Holy Cross and six laypersons, and I think Bishop Jenky has always been an engaged and active member of the board of fellows and also the board of trustees. (When you're a fellow, you're also a trustee.) He deeply loves Notre Dame and has sought to build up Notre Dame's Catholic mission and identity, has defended Notre Dame for the good things that go on here, and deeply wishes the best for Notre Dame. So he's been a valued contributor to the work of the board of fellows and board of trustees.


Simple guide on how to get all achievements and collectibles in Episode 1.
All Achievements and Collectibles (Episode 2).
All Achievements and Collectibles (Episode 4).
When Clementine is looking where the Piano sound is coming from and she finds AJ and Louis, You will have an option to tickle AJ. Choose that and that will unlock the achievement.
When you get asked for help to deal with the walkers outside the walls, Louis will show you how it's done by killing a walker with a trap, you need to do the same thing by using all 4 traps to kill walkers. (Don't knife any of them only use the traps).
When you tell AJ to apologize to Marlon he won't do it until you talk to more people so you're going to need to talk to everyone around the courtyard.
Ruby, alone by the fireplace.
Violet & Tenn by the graves.
Mitch & Willy, whittling wood into a spear.
Louis & Omar, by the cooking pot.
Aasim, writing in his chronicle book.
When you enter the cabin to get spears, you're going to need to check on AJ so he can ask you about the artwork on the wall.
You need to hang out with Louis and hit the trapped walker, you're going to have three shots and you must hit all of them to get the achievement.
At the beginning of Act 3 when Clem and AJ return to their beds. Place all the six collectibles in this episode to get this achievement.
There are 4 collectibles in this act.
1. Deer Head - Right at the beginning when you leave the car, don't enter the house go on the far end side of the house to get this collectible.
2. Fake Flowers - When you enter the school listening to where the piano sound is coming from, there's stairs. Check behind the stairs to find this collectible.
3. Real Flowers - Before dinner when you're getting AJ to apologize, go to the end of this hallway on the far right side of the building to find this collectible.
4. AJ's Drawing - When this conversation pops up, ignore the screenshot you can make any choice you want and still get the drawing regardless.
There are 2 collectibles in this act.
5. Cat Skull - There are two instances of this collectible depending on who you went with.
If you went with Violet and Brody then you'll find this collectible inside the cabin with the spears on top of the fireplace.
If you went with Louis and Aasim then you'll find this collectible laying in the grass in the direction of the screenshot.
6. Tenn's Drawing - When you're sitting at the table with Tenn, You'll have to agree to have him draw you.
None except for placing all of what you collected in your room.


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Q: inflation rate calculator c++ I'm trying to build an inflation rate calculator but it doesn't work.
I'm currently out of the country and using a school PC so all the errors appear in Korean, I've translated them but not quite understood them.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

double inflationRate (double startingPrice, double currentPrice);

int main()
{
    double startingPrice, currentPrice;
    char again;

    do
    {
        cout << "enter the price of the item when you bought it: ";
        cin >> startingPrice;

        cout << "enter the price of the item today: ";
        cin >> currentPrice;

        cout << "the inflation Rate is: " << inflationRate(startingPrice, currentPrice) << "%";

        cout << "would you like to try another item (y/n)?";
        cin >> again;

    }while((again == 'Y') || (again =='y'));

    return 0;
}

double inflationRate(double startingPrice, double currentPrice)
{
    return ((currentPrice - startingPrice) / startingPrice);
}

1> ------ Build started: Project: testing, configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1> Build started: 2016-09-22 11:04:39 AM
1> InitializeBuildStatus:
1> "Debug \ testing.unsuccessfulbuild" are connected (touching) a.
1> ClCompile:
1> All output is up to date.
1> ManifestResourceCompile:
1> All output is up to date.
1> LINK: fatal error LNK1123: An error occurred during conversion to COFF. Or corrupted file is incorrect.
1>
1> failed to build.
1>
1> Elapsed time: 00: 00: 00.08
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, the latest 0, 0 skipped ==========

A: You're declaring a useless variable inflationRate instead of calling the function inflationRate. I think this is what you want (I'm assuming the missing # on the first line was a copy-paste error):
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

double inflationRate (double startingPrice, double currentPrice);  // <-- Missing semicolon!

int main() // <-- Not void; use int.
{
double startingPrice, currentPrice; // <-- Removed inflationRate variable.
char again;

do
{
    cout << "enter the price of the item when you bought it: ";
    cin >> startingPrice;

    cout << "enter the price of the item today: ";
    cin >> currentPrice;

    cout << "the inflation Rate is: " << inflationRate(startingPrice, currentPrice) << "%"; // <-- Calling inflationRate

    cout << "would you like to try another item (y/n)?";
    cin >> again;

}while((again == 'Y') || (again =='y'));

return 0;

}

double inflationRate(double startingPrice, double currentPrice)
{
    return ((currentPrice - startingPrice) / startingPrice);
}


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If water content in raw materials is too high, the drying effect of river sand dryer will be seriously influenced. In a similar way, if raw materials are fed into the feeding mouth too much, the drying effect of sand rotary dryer will be seriously influenced. Therefore, you should make the raw material evenly fed. At the same time, the humidity of raw materials should be reasonably controlled. Fote Machinery sincerely welcomes you to come for site visit.


The Dividend Girl: Investing like a pro of Bay Street with no or little knowledge: possible or not?
Investing like a pro of Bay Street with no or little knowledge: possible or not?
This is basically my own personal challenge at this time. I had the time of my life since I begin this blog back in 2007. Even before that, I had done my first investment with Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund. It was a 1 000$ investment back than. I will never forget – first, all the misery made by Desjardins over me just for one little investment. It's just they are trying to cover themselves through too much paper works and investor profile. And after what, I am supposed to be satisfied with the quality of their services?
I do not recommend Desjardins financial services to anyone. As for myself, I remain as far as possible of whatever is call a "Desjardins advisor". Annoying, inconvenient, bad services and the list could be longer. I actually live another bad experience with Desjardins not too long ago for my 2008 RRSP. I just didn't get the change to write about it yet. But it shouldn't be too long.
Anyhow, for me, the real fun begins when I purchase my first stocks earlier in 2008. Back than, it's 500 stocks of Sprott Asset Management (SII) that I had purchased at almost 10$ per stock. In date of today, this investment could be seen as a mistake as SII stock only worth less than 5$ each but – there's a but – SII provide dividend and they also provide a one time special dividend of 10 cents per stock. Overall, the investment was not too bad made from my part, I could have done worst. But I did worst with Timminco (TIM).
My biggest mistake was when I purchased Timminco – now worth less than 2$ per share – just to follow the natural investment flow. There was a time in 2008 when Timminco was very popular – it had been called the "TSX darling" and so on. I was stupid and I invest in Timminco just to do like the big guys. And talking of big guys, I am thinking of Sprott Asset Management who own 16.9% of common shares of Timminco, AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (50.7%!!!), and Fidelity Management & Research Company (14%!!). Again today, I had received another "voting package" coming from Timminco. All of those Management Information Circulars I had received lately are just too much reading for one person.
Let's say that for now on, I stay away from "popular" stocks. In order to get a good portfolio I copied Derek Foster portfolio. From my portfolio, Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN), Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) and Pembina Income Fund (PIF.UN) are directly coming from Derek Foster portfolio or from what use to be Derek Foster portfolio. As for the rest, like Fortis (FTS), Hanwei Energy Services (HE), Methanex Corporation (MX), and also Sprott Asset Management (SII), they come from my reading and other.
I don't know for sure if it's possible to invest like a real pro without having any good knowledge of the whole investment deal. But for sure, what I know, is that no major mistake can be made if instincts are being followed and if not too much money is being involved in each investment. By "not too much money" I mean an investment of less than 5 000$. As a small investor, 5 000$ represent a lot of money.
Like nothing is easy. And especially now, as my revenues had been cut because of different factors – job looses and other. And also add to this the fact that I had to pay almost 3 000$ in income taxes. This year, the Canada Revenue Agency had received a big paycheck from my little person. And knowing how much I had work so hard, well, it's not fair! I am not giving away my precious money so our Governor General Michaëlle Jean can travel the world on myself! I would just like to travel alone without her husband – it will make it cheaper for poor Canadian tax payers.
Anyhow, I guess it is possible to invest like a pro if diversification rules are being followed – the same one that had been ignored by Henri-Paul Rousseau former CEO of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. And just to thank you more, we are offering you 378 750 $ so you can live with your peace of mind. I do not have any investment made at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and I do not plan to invest any of my money with Caisse de dépôt – even with their new CEO Michael Sabia who had gave up on almost everything he had for Quebec. Quebec Province does not deserve someone like Michael Sabia to be in charge of a major part of its finance. Quebec just deserves what happen in 2008 - a $40-billion drop. I won't ever invest in the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec because it's too much of Quebec stuff in a one investment and their new CEO Michael Sabia – who's a look-a-like Woody Allan if you ever notice – won't remain CEO of the Caisse forever. After Mr. Sabia, a new CEO will come one day and will do what Henri-Paul Rousseau did – screwing up everything!
That's why since I start investment – I pick my own fund and do what I want with my money because when it's come to my money, I do not trust no one, especially Quebeckers. I am just not open to any suggestions at all and if it happens that I find another fantastic mutual fund like Crestsreet Alternative Energy Fund, I will, again, invest in mutual funds. I am not closing the door to mutual funds. Because I find Derek Foster too much into the market and in his books he literally closes the door to any mutual funds.
My Crestsreet Alternative Energy Fund is one of those funds! The minimum investment to be made is of 1 000$, which is pretty affordable. The only inconvenient is at the time of the selling – if it had to happen. It cost 50$ to sale the investment, no matter how much you have at the time of the selling. Crestsreet Alternative Energy Fund is the type of investment you made for the long run.
And what if amateur investor like me would have more gut and be more powerful than the Henri-Paul Rousseau and Derek Foster of this world? I guess I have the answer to my question lol. But on this, of course, I am only joking. And only time will tell if I can beat, if not the TSX, the pros.


AMD has just published a new version of its OpenCL SDK called AMD APP SDK (APP for Accelerated Parallel Processing).
You can download the OpenCL SDK here: AMD APP SDK downloads. More information on AMD APP SDK HERE.
Support for cl_khr_fp64 on the CPU.
Uninstallation of SDK 2.4 or its components is now done through the Catalyst Install Manager (CIM). See the Installation Notes for a description of the procedure.
i don't get it. Isn't the runtime already shipped with the drivers? How can the SDK improve CL performance.
Yes AMD APP SDK is shipped with the drivers (you have two kind of downloads for AMD Catalyst: with and without OpenCL). But you can also download the OpenCL SDK in a separate way. The current Cat11.3 drivers come with AMD APP SDK 2.4 RC1. Then if you install AMD APP SDK 2.4 over Cat11.3, you will enjoy the new performance of the OpenCL runtime.
This is a very good improvement, I always thought the extra copy was not needed.
I smell a OpenCL 1.2 in the works to add some of the other goodies from CUDA 4.0 like multithreading, GPU-GPU copy etc.