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Soleimani's Assassination
Was Soleimani an enemy of Americans? Without question, this was the case. But who created him? How did Soleimani become an enemy of the USA? Plain and simple, American policy is squarely to blame.
In short, it was 1953 when the CIA overthrew the democratic government of Iran and converted Shah Reza Pahlavi into an absolute monarch who promptly morphed into a brutal dictator infamous for the widespread torture & executions of his own people. The Shah's new secret police (created in 1956), SAVAK, trained in kidnapping, torture and disappearing people by CIA, MI6 & MOSSAD, crudely propped up this iteration of Iranian 'governance' with domestic state terror to 1979.
By this time, Iranian people across widely divergent political paths had been long united in determination to be rid of both; the Shah and the foreign influence that had propped up his murderous rule for 25 years, leading to capture of the USA embassy by the Iranian student movement.
As it happens, the dust settled after the revolution of 1979 and it was the conservative ayatollahs came out on top and a theocratic republic had been established in Iran. Since, this Islamic republic has zealously refused the influence of the USA and Israel's regional hegemony (Britain had faded from this equation as a major player but that could change.)
Who could blame the Iranians? There has been nothing short of ongoing decades hostility directed at Iran, resulting in an Iranian patriotism devoted to a sincere antipathy to Zionism, whether that of Israel's "Yinon Plan" or the necrotic-apocalyptic Christian Zionism of the USA that is backing habitual Israeli regional-geopolitical misdemeanors; up to and inclusive of USA support for Israeli assassination of Iranian scientists in recent times, generating support for the ayatollahs across Iranian society.
Soleimani was brilliant at undermining USA/Israeli interests in Syria, Lebanon & Iraq. There is little doubt his efforts have helped the Houthis versus the Saudis in Yemen. He was also key in organizing the main effort which led to defeating the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (it were never a black & white world.) No doubt he would have seen Iran's enemy al-Qaida (and its' spinoff Islamic State) as a USA production and not without reason; al-Qaida was born out of the USA arming the Mujahideen against the Soviets in 1980s Afghanistan. This all goes to the Iranian understanding (context) of American-Israeli duplicity when the Americans and Israelis were arming both sides in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s (Iran-Contra) so both parties might better tear themselves to pieces.
Iran has little reason to be grateful to the USA in both; practical and historical terms. From an Iranian national point of view, Iran has every reason to be more than suspicious of any regional acts of the Americans, in practical terms creating perception leading to policy where Iranian national self preservation demands a hostile demeanor towards the USA.
Will the assassination of Suleimani change any of this? In terms of Iranian policy, no, it only reinforces the preceding. In terms of brilliance applied by the Iranians towards their perceived enemies, it could go either way; removing Suleimani might open to lesser or greater minds taking up his assigned duties. In terms of practical application of violence, likely yes, the Americans just opened themselves to the assassination of their own in what should have been off-limits territories: the international airports of this world. This last is consistent with the (as old as Rome) rule of reciprocity in the international common law. This was an overt act of war.
The assassination of Qassem Alì Soleimani was a tremendous blunder that is entirely at odds with Trump's protestations he does not want war with Iran. But the assassination is entirely consistent with the apocalyptic (Fellowship) cult behind Mike Pence and the leadership at the Pentagon.
I'm no fan of Iran's ayatollahs but there should be a genuflection to the facts: American policies create America's enemies and Iran is no exception, rather this act is example of the American empire's hubris.
Tags Iran, Mike Pence, Pentagon, Qassem Alì Soleimani, Trump
Categories assassinations, State Terror

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This course introduces students to basic skills and routine procedures found in a clinic or medical office setting. In addition, students become familiar with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and guidelines. Topics include: patient screening, obtaining vital signs, recording patient history, preparing and maintaining treatments areas, patient preparation, patient education, customer service, assisting in routine and specialty exams or procedures, first aid and CPR, asepsis and sterilization procedures, and responding to medical emergencies.
This course focuses on the fundamental principles, techniques, and procedures used in a medical laboratory setting. In addition to standard laboratory sterilization and safety practices, students will learn procedures for the proper collection, analysis, and disposal of routine specimens.
This course focuses on the fundamental principles, techniques, and procedures used in a medical laboratory setting. In addition to standard laboratory sterilization and safety practices, students learn procedures for the proper collection, analysis, and disposal of routine specimens. Students learn and apply various methods of specimen collection, administer injections and perform venipuncture.
Students will learn and apply certification testing strategies to help them prepare for and pass the examination required to become a Nationally Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA).
This 160-hour externship is designed to provide students with valuable hands-on experience in an ambulatory healthcare setting that is separate from the college. Students will apply the knowledge and skills learned throughout the Medical Assistant program and demonstrate professionalism in interacting with healthcare professionals and patients. Students will perform administrative and clinical procedures under the supervision of a healthcare professional and receive feedback on their performance.
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Students will perform phlebotomy collection in a clinical setting that is separate from the college. Students will assist patients of varying ages and health, whose blood is being tested by a clinical laboratory.
Based on the number of Medical Assisting with Phlebotomy Certificate graduates in the 2016-2017 award year who registered for graduate placement services and secured employment in their field of study, and those who did not register and successfully obtained employment on their own.
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Q: FPDF dynamic table position I am using this script in order to create a pdf with several tables.
First i get a list of employees from a table and then, for every element in that list, i want to send to the pdf file the name of the employee and a table with his info.
My problem is with the Y position i think, works fine on the first page but after that the tables don't show properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Here is my code:
<?php
require('fpdf.php');

$pdf=new FPDF();
$pdf->AliasNbPages();
$pdf->AddPage();

$Y = 80;
$Y_Fields_Name_position = 90;
$Y_Table_Position = 96;

$get_data = $mysqli->query("SELECT name FROM employees ORDER BY name");
if ($get_data) {
while ($data = $get_data->fetch_array(MYSQLI_BOTH)) {

    $result = $mysqli->query("select departamento as Departamento, categoria as Categoria, count(*) as Totales from gestiones
                                        where date(fecha) between '2015-01-01' and '2015-01-31' and employee = '$data[0]'
                                        group by categoria
                                        order by Totales desc");
    $number_of_products = $result->num_rows;

    if ($number_of_products > 0) {

        $column_departamento = "";
        $column_categoria = "";
        $column_totales = "";
        $total = 0;

        if ($result) {
                    while ($row = $result->fetch_row()) {
                    $departamento=$row[0];
                    $categoria=utf8_decode($row[1]);
                    $totales=$row[2];

                    $column_departamento = $column_departamento.$departamento."\n";
                    $column_categoria = $column_categoria.$categoria."\n";
                    $column_totales = $column_totales.$totales."\n";

                    //Sum totales
                    $total += $row[2];

                }
            }

        $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',12);
        $pdf->SetY($Y);
        $pdf->Cell(40,10,$data[0]);

        $pdf->SetFillColor(232,232,232);
        $pdf->SetY($Y_Fields_Name_position);
        $pdf->SetX(20);
        $pdf->Cell(30,6,'Depto.',1,0,'C',1);
        $pdf->SetX(50);
        $pdf->Cell(110,6,utf8_decode('Categoría'),1,0,'L',1);
        $pdf->SetX(160);
        $pdf->Cell(30,6,'Totales',1,0,'C',1);
        $pdf->Ln();

        $pdf->SetFont('Arial','',11);
        $pdf->SetY($Y_Table_Position);
        $pdf->SetX(20);
        $pdf->MultiCell(30,6,$column_departamento,1,'C');
        $pdf->SetY($Y_Table_Position);
        $pdf->SetX(50);
        $pdf->MultiCell(110,6,$column_categoria,1);
        $pdf->SetY($Y_Table_Position);
        $pdf->SetX(160);
        $pdf->MultiCell(30,6,$column_totales,1,'C');
        $pdf->SetX(160);
        $pdf->MultiCell(30,6,$total,1,'C');

        $Y = $Y + 90;
        $Y_Fields_Name_position = $Y_Fields_Name_position + 90;
        $Y_Table_Position = $Y_Table_Position + 90;

        $gran_total += $total;

    }

}

$start_Y= $pdf->GetY();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',15);
$pdf->SetY($start_Y + 30);
$pdf->Cell(40,10,'Total de Servicios: '.$gran_total);

}

$pdf->Output();

$result->free();
$get_data->free();
$mysqli->close();
?>

Thanks in advance.

A: I added something like this and it seems to be working right:
$start_Y = $pdf->GetY();

if  ($start_Y > 200) {

    $pdf->AddPage();
    $Y = 10;
    $Y_Fields_Name_position = 20;
    $Y_Table_Position = 26;

} else {

    $Y = $start_Y + 1;
    $Y_Fields_Name_position = $start_Y + 11;
    $Y_Table_Position = $start_Y + 17;
}

Thanks!

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Trump's surprise visit to Arlington in the rain
On Saturday, Trump arrived around 2.15pm at Arlington National Cemetery unannounced for wreath laying, which decorates the graves of fallen troops for Christmas.
independent.co.uk Trump orders full and immediate withdrawal of US troops from Syria
The US has more than 2,000 troops in Syria. US officials said on Wednesday that a full withdrawal had been requested by Mr Trump. One official told Reuters that the pullout could take up to 100 days. Shortly after news of the plans emerged, the president appeared to tweet confirmation.
BBC Trump to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan
The Trump administration is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan, US media say. Reports, citing unnamed officials, say about 7,000 troops - roughly half the remaining US military presence in the country - could go home within months. The reports come a day after the president announced the country's military withdrawal from Syria.
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Disney to launch new streaming service called Disney+ and pull content from Netflix in 2019
Disney's new Netflix rival will be called Disney+ and launch late 2019
Disney's new streaming service, Disney+, will be a home for its past titles and original series, including new content from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises.
The company will pull its content from Netflix in 2019.
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Farnborough Airshow: Aston Martin's Volante hybrid-electric flying car, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)
Not even James Bond had an Aston Martin like this.
The British sports car maker revealed a concept version of a flying car, the Volante Vision Concept, at the Farnborough Airshow this week.
Aston Martin has billed the futuristic vehicle as a luxury car for the skies. The autonomous hybrid-electric vehicle, which has room for three passengers, is designed for urban and inter-city travel, the company said. It's also capable of vertical take-offs and landings. The vehicle could fly at top speeds of around 200 miles per hour, according to Reuters.
Aston Martin unveiled the Volante Vision flying car concept on July 16. Like many other personal air-transportation concepts, the Volante Vision utilizes vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) technology, so it can land on a dime in tight urban areas. It packs hybrid-electric power and is capable of autonomous flight (as far as concepts are capable of anything).
This is the first time the British car brand, traditionally known for its luxury sports cars, has ventured into aircraft design.
Named after the Italian word for flying, the Volante was debuted on 16 July 2018 at the Farnborough Air Show, alongside other aircraft designs including Boeing's hypersonic aircraft concept.
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Bravo! People love it - the last Blockbuster store in US stands strong after 9000 stores (employed 84,000) quit
There is only one Blockbuster still surviving in the entire United States. Employees mourn the closure by leaving candles outside the store: Alaska's last two Blockbuster video rental stores are closing this weekend -- leaving only one Blockbuster store open in the United States. 7/13/2018 Alaska's last two Blockbuster stores — community gathering spots and nostalgic tourist attractions that got a big plug from HBO's John Oliver — are shuttering. That leaves just one of the once ubiquitous video rental hub open in the entire U.S. The franchises in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Sunday night and reopen Tuesday for video liquidation sales through the end of August, said Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska.
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SCOTUS rejects warrantless cellphone location tracking in Carpenter v. United States.
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9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air, causes 1 in 9 deaths, 14 out of 15 most polluted cities are in India
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India's capital, New Delhi, choked by rising automobile emissions and construction dust, was named Wednesday the world's most polluted megacity by the World Health Organization, which analyzed the levels of the pollutant PM10 in the air in cities with populations above 14 million between 2010 and 2016.
Greater Cairo was the second most polluted large city. India's other megacity of Mumbai ranked fourth on the list and Beijing fifth.
Nine out of 10 people around the globe are breathing polluted air, the study said, and air pollution is responsible for the deaths of 7 million people worldwide each year, most of them living in Asia and Africa. Of those deaths, 3.8 million were from indoor air pollution from unhealthy cook stoves, a huge problem in India.
Former perennial offender China, in response to citizen outrage, has taken steps to clean up its air, shuttering or reforming factories and reducing its coal consumption in favor of renewable energy. The moves helped improve air quality in Beijing and elsewhere but at a cost — many poor people were denied coal heat during winter or lost jobs.
The World Health Organization's head of public health, Maria Neira, told the Reuters news agency that India should follow China's lead. read more »
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Obituary for Michael Scott Kelly
Michael S. Kelly Sr. passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 while under Hospice Care at the Prince Georges County Hospital in Cheverly, MD. Born January 3, 1940, Mike grew up in Brentwood, MD in the midst of a very large family (seven brothers & seven sisters). At Bladensburg High School he played football and followed his interest in mechanics to race cars in his spare time. He earned his nickname "First Gear" by retrofitting his 58 Chevrolet transmission with one less gear to outpace his local competition, resulting in his introduction to his life-love Loretta.
After marriage, Mike started a family of four and worked tirelessly with his family to establish and grow Kelly Catering Services, later to proliferate into the first mobile food service operation (eventually sold to ARA services by his father Winfield Sr.). His mechanical skills allowed him to establish his own building and renovation company in the late 1960s, and he never looked back. The attention to detail, faith in God, Loretta, and positive energy drew many young men to work with him to establish their careers in home remodeling. Kelly Contracting expanded and the family of six moved to Davidsonville to build an operating warehouse, cabinet shop, and supply depot. Without advertising, Mike's ingenuity and drive allowed all of his children to excel in college and achieve successful careers. His dedication and hard work became a way of life that is respected even today. Mike's propensity to enlist and engage youth continued in various local men's business/social clubs (Parole Rotary, Davidsonville Ruritan and Boy Scouts). Foregoing personal gain, he annually accomplished major volunteer building projects via Habitat for Humanity, and Christmas in April Homes, giving back to the community without recognition. Fulfillment in his life was at service to others.
"Pops" became a mentor to his grandchildren, and many local youth interested in the building trades. He was an accomplished fisherman, captaining his 35' Markley proudly throughout the Bay, and was uniquely embraced by the craftsmen who assisted retrofitting his boat. His favorite quote "We are in good shape for the shape we are in!" A cherished member of the Holy Family Catholic community in Davidsonville, he will be missed as a dedicated servant of the Lord.
Mike Sr. was predeceased by his parents, Winfield Sr. and Margaret, of Berwyn Heights, MD.; his sister Susan, and his daughter Cristina. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Loretta, three sons, and his six brothers, six sisters; and many beloved nephews, nieces, and cousins.
Family and friends are invited to celebrate Michael's life on Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 5 to 8pm at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, January 18 at 10:30 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 826 W. Central Avenue, Davidsonville, MD. Interment will follow at Lakemont Memorial Gardens. Davidsonville, MD. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the MSK Youth Building Trades Scholarship fund, 5356 Buffalo River Road, Earlysville VA 22936.
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I don't remember much about being a kid and even less about my dad. But my earliest memory is when he and my mom and my two younger sisters and I went to a 4th of July fireworks display down by the Minnesota River.
"Come on, kids," he said, helping Mom load us into the backseat of the beat-up, grey, and white, 1951 Oldsmobile sedan.
"Frank, make sure Marty and Sherry and Jenny are secure," she said.
Dad lit a cigarette, a sign he was peeved. "Don't sweat it Bev. I've got it covered."
I'm making up part of the conversation, but not the bad feeling between Mom and Dad. It was there, that's for sure. Sometimes their jabbering at each other was just a prelude to a knock-down argument. And yes, sometimes punches were thrown.
I remember holding my breath because I really wanted to see the fireworks that night, and a fight between them would ruin it for sure. I watched Mom. She had her shoulder length, dark brown hair pulled back with a white headband. She was wearing yellow, sleeveless dress and a string of pearls. She'd dabbed some perfume on for the occasion and the car smelled like heaven. Or at least something special.
She lit her own cigarette but didn't respond to him other than to say, "Let's just go see the fireworks, okay, Frank? The kids are looking forward to it."
Whew! I didn't know about Sherry or Jenny, they were pretty young and as I recall didn't care one way or the other, but I had been looking forward to these fireworks ever since Dad brought it up at the dinner table a month earlier.
"Yeah, they shoot 'em off down by the river and it's supposed to be a big deal," he'd said at time. He ignored Mom and looked at me. "What do you think, Marty? Want to go?"
Did he even have to ask? What nine-year-old boy would say 'no' to fireworks? None that I knew of. "Sure," I said. "You bet."
I tried to catch Mom's eye, but she was staring at Dad with what could only be described as daggers. Or lightning bolts. I guess she wasn't looking forward to going. I realized much later it wasn't the fireworks she didn't want to be around, but Dad. But that was much later. For now, we were going, and I for one was ecstatic.
Dad drove us out of town from our home in Minneapolis on a two-lane black top highway. After nearly an hour, we parked on a bluff overlooking the Minnesota River Valley. We were the only car there. Way down below on the other side of the river was the small town of Jordan where Dad had grown up.
"They'll shoot them off right there," Dad told me, pointing. "It's where the ballpark is."
He and I were sitting on the hood of the car, and he was drinking a beer. Mom was in the backseat with the girls staying away from the bugs. They didn't bother me at all. I was enjoying being with Dad. He was gone a lot, driving around the upper Midwest selling lawnmowers to hardware stores, so I didn't see him much. He was in a good mood and told me stories of life on the road. He even gave me a sip of his beer. I didn't like it.
But most of all I was excited for the fireworks. By the time the sun had set, I was getting antsy. Finally, I asked, "When are they going to start?"
"Pretty soon," said, opening up another beer. He looked at his watch just as one shot up into sky. "See," he grinned at me and mussed up my hair. "What'd I tell you?"
I watched, my jar hanging open. The rocket seemed to sail out over the river for a mile, trailing green, and golden sparkling colors before exploding and raining down all over the valley. Then four more were shot off, five all total.
I was enthralled. "Yea," I yelled and clapped my hands.
I remember Dad lighting another cigarette and drinking more beer and smiling. "Pretty cool, huh?"
"Yeah," I exclaimed. "Really cool."
My sisters were asleep in the backseat, so Mom decided to stay in the car with them. The night was completely dark and every now and then I could see a firefly flickering in the weeds. One after another of the fireworks rose in the air, exploded, and echoed throughout the valley, raining down rivers of color and firing my imagination of pirate ships and space travel. Dad and I sat on the hood watching the display and for those few minutes it was just the fireworks and him and me, like we were the only people in the world. It was wonderful.
At one point he turned to me. "What color is your favorite?" he asked.
I didn't have to think twice. "Green."
He grinned. "There's a chemical found in the earth called boron that they add that makes it that color."
"Wow." I had no idea.
Years later I still wonder what else I might have learned from Dad, but I never got the chance. Later that night after we got home Mom and Dad started drinking and then started fighting and throwing things. My sisters were frightened and came into my room and we made tent under the covers and I told them made up stories about fireworks and dragons and rocket ships and anything else I could think of to take their minds of all the yelling. Finally, they fell asleep. So did I.
He was gone the next morning and I never saw him again. I missed him for a while, but then his memory faded. But I'll always remember that night and sitting on the hood of the car with him. Always. And the fireworks, too. For sure. Especially the green ones.
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Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories have appeared online in CafeLit, The Writers' Cafe Magazine, Cabinet of Heed, Paragraph Planet, Nailpolish Stories, Ariel Chart, Potato Soup Journal, Literary Yard, Spillwords, The Drabble and World of Myth Magazine, and in print publications: A Million Ways, Mused Literary Journal, Gleam Flash Fiction Anthology #2, The Best of CafeLit8, Nativity Anthology by Bridge House Publishing and Gold Dust Magazine. You can also check out his blog - theviewfromlonglake at WordPress.
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P.C. Darkcliff says:
A wonderful and very emotional story. Great job, Jim!
jimbates says:
Hi PC!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment. I really appreciate it!! 🙂
roger-turner says:
This brings back so many memories to me. Jim has created a short film in words that take me to a place where I felt safe and loved, over 50 years ago. My parents shared those same looks of daggers, but, they were bottled while we would write our names in the air with sparklers. And enjoy the explosions surrounding us. Great writing by a wonderful talent
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House will vote on impeachment if Pence does not act to remove Trump
Citing President Trump's "assault on our democracy," Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday for the first time that the House would move to impeach him in the wake of last week's ransacking of the U.S. Capitol, unless Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet agree to remove him under the 25th Amendment.
Pelosi's plan, disclosed in a letter to colleagues, came as a second Republican senator called on Trump to resign over his incitement of the mob that attacked the seat of Congress on Wednesday, marking an intensifying push by lawmakers to force Trump from power before his term ends at noon on Jan. 20.
"We are calling on the vice president to respond within 24 hours," Pelosi wrote. "Next, we will proceed with bringing impeachment legislation to the floor. In protecting our Constitution and our democracy, we will act with urgency, because this president represents an imminent threat to both."
With administration officials showing little appetite to remove Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment — and more than 210 Democrats already signed on to proposed articles of impeachment — Trump appears more likely to be impeached by the House for the second time, potentially making him the first U.S. president to hold that unwelcome distinction. He was impeached in 2019 for pressuring Ukrainian government officials to investigate then-presidential rival Joe Biden but later acquitted by the Senate.
Pelosi's letter provided no timetable for an impeachment vote. Articles of impeachment are expected to be introduced in the House on Monday, with a vote possible as early as Wednesday. That would make it one of the fastest presidential impeachments ever conducted.
Pelosi last week had called on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment — which sets out the procedure for removing an unfit president — and raised the prospect of impeachment, but the new deadline for action aims to force the vice president's hand.
Earlier Sunday, Republican Sen. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania told NBC's "Meet the Press" that the president should "resign and go away as soon as possible." He became the second GOP senator, after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), to tell the president that it was time to go.
But although Toomey agreed that the president's actions were impeachable, he demurred when asked whether he would vote to convict Trump in the Senate.
"I don't know, as a practical matter, that it is actually even possible to do an impeachment in the number, in the handful, of days that are left," the senator said on CNN.
With Trump's term ending in just 10 days, Toomey and several other Republicans argued that if the House impeached the president, a Senate trial would not occur until after Trump had already left office and was a private citizen. Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said all 100 senators would have to consent to fast-tracking a trial or any business of substance before Inauguration Day, an unlikely prospect.
Democrats say impeachment is still vital because it signals that Trump's behavior is deeply unacceptable, and could also result in barring him from running for office again, as he has hinted he might.
Before voting on impeachment, Pelosi said that the House would try on Monday to pass by unanimous consent a resolution calling for administration officials to invoke the 25th Amendment. It is unlikely that measure will pass, so Pelosi said she would then bring the resolution to a vote on Tuesday.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) said the resolution votes provide Trump and the GOP with a chance to avoid another impeachment drama. "This sequencing by @SpeakerPelosi is correct," he tweeted. "Impeachment is one of the gravest powers of Congress. It should always be our last option. If @POTUS doesn't resign or if @VP doesn't invoke the 25th Amendment, then we will Impeach."
In response to concerns that pursuing impeachment would distract the new Congress and the nation from coping with the pandemic and supporting President-elect Biden's agenda, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn of South Carolina raised the possibility of delaying the Senate trial for up to several months.
He said even that if the House impeached Trump this week, Pelosi (D-San Francisco) could refrain from immediately sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial. That would allow Biden to deal with crucial early business, such as securing confirmation for key Cabinet nominees and taking steps to rein in the coronavirus that is killing Americans at a record pace.
Last week, the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 reached 4,000 for the first time, pushing the national toll to nearly 375,000.
"Let's give President-elect Biden the 100 days he needs to get his agenda off and running," Clyburn said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Four days after the Capitol was broken into and ransacked, many lawmakers still seemed to struggle for words to describe an event unprecedented in modern American history. The violence — which left five dead, including a Capitol police officer — forced lawmakers to flee and temporarily delayed their formal counting and announcement of electoral votes in Biden's victory, as required by the Constitution.
With redoubled focus on securing Biden's inauguration, senior Democrats called on law enforcement to address the continuing threat posed by Trump-supporting extremists.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he had urged FBI Director Christopher Wray a day earlier to "relentlessly pursue" the Capitol attackers, about 100 of whom have been arrested and charged.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) appearing Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," urged authorities to "flood the zone around the Capitol with federal resources" for the inauguration.
Although the president has yet to publicly express any remorse over Wednesday's mob attack, his most ardent defenders, including Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare), pivoted swiftly to grievances over the permanent termination of Trump's personal account on Twitter, his favorite social media platform.
"Republicans have no way to communicate," Nunes complained on a nationally televised cable program, Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures."
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) suggested — as some other senators did after Trump's first impeachment last year — that the president had learned his lesson.
"My personal view is that the president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again," said Blunt, interviewed on "Face the Nation." He said Trump should serve out the remainder of his term.
Democrats disagreed. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Democratic caucus, said Trump's remaining days in power represented peril for the country.
"Every second, every minute, every hour that Donald Trump remains in office presents a danger to the American people," Jeffries said on "Meet the Press." Trump, he said, "may be in the Twitter penalty box, but he still has access to the nuclear codes."
Many Democrats have characterized the Capitol attack as a logical culmination of Trump's years of hateful rhetoric, demonizing opponents and undermining democratic principles. But although some longtime Trump loyalists broke with him over the violent episode, many insisted at the same time that it was a departure from the overall trajectory of his presidency.
"Wednesday was a fundamental threat to the United States," former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who resigned his position as a special envoy to Northern Ireland in the aftermath of the Capitol attack, said on NBC. But he defended Trump's previous record, as did Toomey.
"Policy differences are different. Stylized, stylistic differences are different. Things you don't like about a person's personality are different than what happened on Wednesday," Mulvaney said.
A few elected Republicans, including Maryland's Gov. Larry Hogan, faulted both Trump and the members of Congress who backed his falsehood that the election was stolen.
"There is no question in my mind that he was responsible for inciting this riotous mob," Hogan, interviewed on CNN, said of Trump. He also said he was "embarrassed and ashamed" of lawmakers who voted to contest the election results even after the attack, though he declined to call explicitly for their expulsion.
"I think history will decide how they're remembered," he said.
Times staff writer Jennifer Haberkorn in Washington contributed to this report.
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There's little doubt that the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) has had a revolutionary impact on the practice of investment management.
The concept, which was introduced by the Nobel-prize winning economist Eugene Fama in the 1960's, holds that the market incorporates all relevant information, thus resulting in the accurate pricing of securities. The takeaway of the EMH, therefore, is that "beating the market" is impossible. Academic circles, in recent years, have treated the theory as unimpeachable dogma. But is it?
In this article, I challenge the conventional wisdom that surrounds the EMH, and explain how, with the right focus, active management provides an attractive option for investors to outperform the market.
The equity market is unique in its ability to provide instant liquidity to thousands of companies with very little commissions, and no contingencies. As an investment, this is a remarkable and often overlooked property. The catch, however, is that such easy access to liquidity results in volatility.
The day-to-day volatility of equities can be staggering, but is the actual underlying value of the businesses changing? Not really.
There are 4,000 exchange-traded equities in the United States, all of which are subject to varying degrees of volatility. These securities all correspond to businesses whose value is relatively stable day to day. And when securities are priced correctly, wild swings that occurred in the S&L Crisis, Japanese Equity Bubble, Tech Bubble and Great Recession simply shouldn't happen.
In opposition to the EMH, there are several reasons why, with high levels of diligence, it is indeed possible to outperform the market.
The first is the previously alluded to volatility of prices, compared to the relative stability of underlying business value. While it may be argued that capitalizing on pricing inefficiencies is impossible, claiming that prices are always accurate is a tougher pill to swallow.
Let's take the example of JDS Uniphase who, in the late 1990s, topped out with a market cap of $125 billion and a split-adjusted share price of $1,170. The stock crashed spectacularly, and by early 2002 was trading under $10. There are many stocks during this period with the same trajectory. Was the split-adjusted price of $1,170 an accurate pricing of the security? I think it's fair to say most rational people would say no.
Another advantage that an investor possesses is the ability to retain a large degree of anonymity. Investing is a zero-sum game with two players, a buyer, and a seller. Over time, one side will ultimately prevail as the "winner" in the trade. In an ordinary contest, if a player has developed an edge, they will find it more and more difficult to attract opponents. The investment game, however, provides the ability to remain anonymous. This is a tremendous advantage.
Again, at its most fundamental level, the EMH assumes that all information is immediately and accurately incorporated into the asset price. If this is the case, beating the market is impossible. This core tenet should be questioned, however, is this true — or even plausible?
Investing is a zero-sum game with two players, a buyer, and a seller. Over time, one side will ultimately prevail as the "winner" in the trade.
While earnings announcements, for better or worse, generally have an immediate effect on the price of a security, other information can lay dormant for years. Furthermore, large-scale trends are often ignored, as most analysis tends to focus on backwards-looking formulas. If formulas were successfully able to predict returns, then markets actually would be efficient.
Especially in areas of technological disruption, backwards-looking formulas simply don't generate accurate pricing of securities. Within the past twenty years, we have seen venerable institutions in print, media, retail and technology all go by the wayside. By and large, the market has failed to predict these outcomes and price them accordingly.
This leaves a significant opportunity for investors.
When investing in the market, investors can also play to their strengths. Peter Lynch's famous maxim "invest in what you know" rings true. While often misunderstood, Lynch's message was to invest in areas where you have an intimate knowledge. If you work in a specific field, your ability to see the day-to-day machinations and developments is a tremendous advantage.
In contrast, most Wall Street analysts are spread a mile wide and an inch deep. One does not need to know of a vast array of sectors in detail. Rather, focusing on core areas of expertise could lead to the possibility of informational advantages. While perhaps this is a simple concept in theory, in practice this expertise requires years of intense dedication, focus, and education many investors are unwilling to perform.
If beating the market is indeed possible, then why do the vast majority of investment managers underperform their respective indexes? It's a good question.
Most Wall Street analysts are spread a mile wide and an inch deep.
By and large, the academic research done in this area concerns the performance of mutual funds. It is true; the vast majority of mutual funds do underperform their benchmark. I would argue, however, that this event is largely explainable.
Mutual fund managers are generally investing to retain their job. They are highly paid professionals whose success is measured by their ability to attract and retain assets. There is no real incentive to make bold, high conviction, investments. Hovering around the benchmark has far less career risk.
Most managers are unwilling or unable to make unconventional bets, all but guaranteeing average or below average results.
Because of fear of mistakes, funds also tend to have a very high amount of holdings. If a mutual fund has 50 equity holdings, how is it possible that they have identified 50 mispriced securities? Furthermore, this amount of holdings in a portfolio will naturally produce market-like returns minus expenses.
Long-term outperformance tends to go to those with deep knowledge of what they are investing in, a knowledge-set that is difficult to acquire. It's no coincidence that the managers with multi-decade track records of performance also tend to have sound investment theory and high intellectual acumen.
The beauty of investing is that no formula can accurately predict future results.
In this market, an investor is left with two options. First, if one believes in the EMH, they should attempt to minimize all costs and replicate the market, a feat that Vanguard and other companies have made admirably easy in the past three decades.
The other option is a dismissal of the theory, and an attempt to outperform the market through an accumulation of some form of informational advantage.
The efficient market hypothesis is by and large fairly accurate. With that said, its elevation to gospel has been unwarranted and occasionally dangerous.
In finance, mathematicians and economists strive to produce elegant formulas for an inelegant universe. The beauty of investing, though, is that no formula can accurately predict future results. Asset mispricings do occur and they can be exploited. While far from easy, outperformance can be achieved by concentrating on areas of core expertise, making high-conviction bets, and learning from mistakes.
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Encountering knowledge of someone from another culture can be exciting as well as challenging. We often don't know what we don't know and as a result the knowledge that we "hear" can be a distortion of the knowledge that the other intended to share. When interacting with a person from another culture or visiting another culture (even if it is only in the next neighborhood), it is easy to miss the nuances and meaning of the behavior of others. When someone is inviting you to stay for dinner, are they just being "polite" expecting you to say "no" or are they offering you the gift of their hospitality in which case a refusal could be seen as an insult.
The book "The Mexican Dream" by J.M.G. Le Clezio deals with the confrontation of the Renaissance, European, Spanish Conquerors with the Amerindian civilizations in what is now called Mexico. In reading this book, I was impacted by the description of the huge differences between the two civilizations. These differences were in many ways beyond the ability of the other to grasp. I see parallels in our contemporary societies and organizations.
Deciding what is or is not knowledge is a very important matter in our efforts to absorb knowledge from others. This decision can be made explicitly or implicitly. It can be made as a conscious decision or can occur outside of our conscious awareness. The result of this decision can impact individual and group creativity as well as the soundness of problem solving solutions that are developed.


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Purple Chord CEO Naira Ali is back with another brand new video titled 'Sikyalinda'. The visuals to the song were finally released and it is one of those few Ugandan music videos which keep your eyes glued to your screen from start till end.
Signed under her own music label Purple Chord, together with Beckie 256, Eazzy, among others, Naira Ali is reviving a few careers that had slowly faded away. Her own music career seemed to have hit a stall but she insists it was her plan as she was cooking something as part of her long term plans.
Naira Ali's vocal prowess and lyrical maturity are undoubted. She is also a stylist and designer specializing in African prints and we can easily tell that she is one of the best in that field as well with the colorful outfits in this new video. The video is full of life, with amazing coloring and lighting. It is one to watch over and over again.
'Sikyalinda' was written by St. Andrews, the audio produced by Nessim Pan Production and the video directed by Zyga Phix.


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From high school to hero?
By Markus Krug The roar of the crowd in a bursting Madison Square Garden after a game winning three point shot, or Lambeau Field erupting when a player jumps into the stands right after scoring a big touchdown. These are the dreams that every high school or college athlete in the United States has in their head when imagining the possibility of getting drafted as a … [Read more...] about From high school to hero?


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Le petit-gris est le nom vernaculaire donné  à plusieurs espèces d'écureuils et, par extension, la fourrure de ces écureuils qui donnent le petit-gris, un assemblage de dos gris, et le vair (gros-vair et menu-vair), alternance de dos gris et de ventres blancs. C'était autrefois une parure vestimentaire réservée aux classes sociales les plus élevées.

Les espèces

Petit-gris est le nom qui fut donné par Buffon à une ou plusieurs espèces d'écureuils gris donnant la fourrure connue en Europe sous le nom de petit-gris. À l'origine, c'était une variété grise nordique de l'espèce Sciurus vulgaris.

Au Moyen Âge, cet animal est appelée petit-blanc () en Russie, tandis que l'Occident le nomme petit-gris ou vair selon la nuance.

Le menu-vair serait aussi fait avec la fourrure d'une autre espèce, un écureuil volant : le polatouche (anciennement Mus ponticus).

Le vair, fait d'écureuil, est parfois confondu avec l'hermine ou la zibeline qui sont pourtant des espèces très différentes.

Fourrure de petit-gris et vair

La fourrure de ces écureuils nordiques devient gris argenté en hiver et celle-ci conserve cette couleur même après leur mort. On fait de leur peau deux sortes de fourrures : le petit-gris et le vair.

Le petit-gris est fait uniquement avec la fourrure grise, provenant des dos d'écureuil assemblés entre eux, tandis que le vair est une fourrure blanche et grise formant un luxueux  bicolore, obtenu par l'alternance des dos gris et des ventres blancs de ces animaux. On conservait soigneusement la raie noire mettant en valeur la blancheur du ventre, plus luisant encore que celui de l'hermine.

La distinction entre gros-vair et menu-vair pourrait indiquer une différence de proportion entre le gris et le blanc ou une espèce d'écureuil plus ou moins petit, mais le gros-vair désignait vraisemblablement une fourrure de qualité inférieure. On retrouve souvent la mention « fourré de menu vair » dans les inventaires de trousseaux médiévaux, indiquant que cette fourrure délicate était privilégiée pour la doublure des vêtements.

Commerce

Au Moyen Âge, il s'exportait des quantités énormes de peaux d'écureuil d'Europe du Nord vers le Proche-Orient. Une étude du commerce à Barcelone entre 1330 et 1430 cite par exemple l'expédition de  peaux de dos de vair rassemblées en huit balles, parties du Comté de Flandre vers Alexandrie.

Il est vrai que la consommation de ces peaux par les nobles était énorme au Moyen Âge. Par exemple, pour la doublure de leurs vêtements, Charles VI de France et Isabeau de Bavière ont utilisé respectivement la peau du ventre de  et  écureuils en 18 mois seulement.

Le petit-gris dans la culture

Signe social

Très prisée en particulier comme garniture ou en doublure, le vair, cette fourrure douce et délicate, presque aussi coûteuse que l'hermine, était réservée au Moyen Âge aux nobles et même, au  en France, au roi : .

L'offrande de livrées en fourrure de vair était un gage de reconnaissance et d'attachement au royaume de France. Ainsi, en 1340, Louis, roi de Navarre et comte d'Évreux distribua 350 parures indiquant par leur nombre à chaque destinataire le degré de qualité, d'affinité et obligations vis-à-vis du roi-comte.

Au , le clergé français ne pouvait en porter que comme garniture de chapeau à moins d'avoir une position élevée : . À l'inverse, l'aumusse, constituée de petit-gris ou de vair, ne pouvait pas être d'hermine ou autres fourrures blanches réservées aux dignités supérieures.

Plus tard le vair est aussi un signe distinctif de la magistrature française :

Héraldique
En héraldique, le vair, le gros vair, le menu-vair et le contre-vair sont des fourrures, c'est-à-dire des motifs destinés à obtenir certains effets colorés sur les blasons, inspirés par les motifs formés par la fourrure bicolore stylisés du petit-gris. Ce motif se retrouve notamment souvent dans les armoiries des familles nobles françaises.

Les pantoufles de Cendrillon

Les pantoufles de Cendrillon, l'héroïne de Cendrillon ou la Petite Pantoufle de verre de Charles Perrault, auraient été de vair et non pas de « verre », selon l'opinion exprimée par Honoré de Balzac, citation reprise par Émile Littré, et contredite par Anatole France. Le texte de Perrault est pourtant sans équivoque : il s'agit bien de pantoufles de verre.

Couleur petit-gris
Le pelage de petit-gris a donné son nom à une couleur gris ardoise qui rappelle la teinte de la fourrure de cette variété d'écureuil.

Peinture

Le poil d'écureuil de Russie ou du Canada sert à faire les pinceaux en petit-gris, appréciés notamment comme pinceau à aquarelle pour leur bonne rétention de l'eau et leur souplesse. Par extension, un « petit-gris » peut désigner tout pinceau long et fin utilisé pour le trait.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

 Fourrure
 Écureuil
 Petit-gris (pinceau)

Rongeur (nom vernaculaire)
Sciuridae
Nom de rongeur ambigu
Textile

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Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies had mixed injury news to report ahead of tomorrow's trip to Barnsley.
Forest have been without the services of a number of key players in recent months and this weekend must travel to a side scrapping for Sky Bet Championship survival.
Speaking to Forest Player ahead of the Tykes clash, the Reds manager revealed Eric Lichaj may soon become the latest name on a long list of absentees, while Kelvin Wilson could this afternoon make a significant step towards a return to the first team.
He said: "The news on Eric isn't good. It looks like he's got a pelvic problem, the extent of which we're waiting to hear about from the medical staff. It's another terrible blow for us. We had a good week's training from him prior to the Wigan match and he and the medical people gave us the green light to include him.
"Unfortunately he felt it getting worse and worse as the game progressed and we had to make the change.
The manager also revealed David Vaughan's recovery from a broken kneecap has been halted by an appendix operation, while two players have returned from international duty with minor injuries.
He said: "Rafik Djebbour has picked up a slight ankle problem, which we'll look at today, and Simon Cox has got a stiff neck. We'll try and get him right for tomorrow. Gonzalo Jara has come back fully fit.


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Maye has run her own nutrition business for over 45 years in eight cities and three countries through speaking, consulting, counseling, writing and media work. She has reached the peak in her field in three countries: the first Representative of the Consulting Dietitians of Southern Africa; President of the Consulting Dietitians of Canada; and the Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur Award in the USA. She was the first dietitian to be featured on a cereal box with her book, Feel Fantastic (free on her blog). She gives presentations as a nutrition expert to numerous corporations, associations, hospitals and universities.
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An approved and accepted extracurricular activity can bring 3 or 4 ECTS credits. Recognised study obligations and ECTS credits are included in the total number of ECTS credits of the study programme in which a student is enrolled, and the extracurricular activity is stated on the list of courses completed by a graduate.


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Napoli could be handed a 3-0 defeat in Sunday's Serie A big match at Juventus for not showing up at the Turin stadium, as seemingly requested by health authorities (ASL) after two footballers of the Naples team tested positive for the coronavirus.Game officials closed the game 45 minutes after its scheduled start at 8:45 pm (1845 GMT), with only the Juventus players on the pitch at the Allianz Stadium. The Serie A is now expected to hand Napoli a default defeat.The organizing body had said earlier Sunday that Torino, Atalanta, AC Milan and Genoa, have played in the current season despite havin…


Representation of Richwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Representation from inception of Richwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., through sale to British based plc. Flagship product is Adderall, an attention deficit disorder drug.
1. Acquisition of Rexar Pharmacal, N.Y based manufacturer of products, including Obetrol, which after additional research and configuration became the Adderall® line of products approved by the FDA.
2. Acquisition of Manufacturing Chemists, Inc, Indianapolis based manufacturer of women's health product line. Assets included plant and facilities, product lines, and intellectual property.
3. Negotiation and implementation of multiple rounds of venture capital financing in support of development and marketing operations in the growth and development of Adderall prior to sale to Shire Group plc.
4. Negotiation and sale of Richwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to British based plc. Flagship product was Adderall® for attention deficit disorder.


Upcycling is becoming an increasingly hot topic in our society. It is part of the new bioeconomy concept which promotes the production of value added products with a substantially reduced impact on the environment. Upcycling reduces landfills, harvest of trees, the use of chemicals, and the demand of water. Ioncell newsprint fibers were spun from a deinked newsprint/(DBNH)OAc dope by a dry-jet wet spinning method. The cellulose concentration of the dope was 13%. Filament jets were coagulated in water. The fibers were cutted into staples with a 40 mm length before washing. The yarns were spun from a 50:50 blend of Ioncell newsprint fibers and commercial viscose fibers. The fibers were carded, drafted together, and ring-spun into a yarn. The spun yarn was knitted and a final product was prepared. Read more about Ioncell.
Ioncell newsprint fibers are strong even when wet. They feels soft and looks shiny. The cross section is circular. Fibers absorbs water and they are biodegradable.
Using newsprint as raw material for cellulosic fiber spinning opens up new possibilities to upgrade waste material to high-value added products. Fibres spun from newsprint are suitable for textile application, bio-composites applications and other technical fibres. The staple lengths of 40-60 mm fibers can be used for short-staple yarn spinning as 100% or blended with natural or man-made fibers, and the staple lengths of 100-135 mm for long-staple yarn spinning. Yarns can be utilized in various textile applications, e.g. in knitted or woven fabrics. The staple lengths of 25-60 mm fibers can be used in nonwovens. Continuous filaments can be utilized in technical applications.


Hello, I am a 19 year old student and I want to learn surfing. I am looking for the cheapest way to stay there and enjoy it as well as possible. I will be grateful for any tips about cheap accommodation and surf-equipment (board and wetsuit). I will stay for 3 weeks. In addition, I would like to ask if It is better to buy a second hand board or rent it for these 21 days and how to sell it than.
Thanks for all tips and recommendations.


On November 23, 2015, at the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the community health center movement, the Robert K. Kraft family announced a new gift of $5 million to Partners HealthCare to endow the Kraft Center for Community Health Leadership. In 2011 the family's original gift of $15 million established the Kraft Center. The additional endowment gift will ensure that the Kraft Center continues in perpetuity so that generations to come will benefit from a strong primary care workforce dedicated to serving vulnerable patients. The announcement at the Mass League event was fitting as the League, under the leadership of CEO James W. Hunt, Jr. PhD, was a founding partner of the Kraft Center. Read the Globe article here.


In and around the Sukhumvit and Khao Sarn markets in Bangkok, I set my standard for pad thai. When people go shopping in the area, often they will pick up a pad thai for nourishment and then step into the many bars around for a beer to wash away the ensuing heat.
The pad thai is sold off carts loaded with piles of cooked noodles, surrounded by bottles of fish sauce, tamarind sauce, crushed peanuts, pickled bird's eye chiles, julienned vegetables, eggs, tofu, shrimp, meat, lemon and red pepper flakes. The dish is assembled and quickly tossed in a little wok only after you place an order.
Ask for pad thai and most vendors will ask you how you want it before they even before they touch the pan. This is what I find magical about pad thai off Bangkok's streets. Each and every serving can be made differently. And your pad thai tastes exactly the way you want it.
As my vendor tossed my snack together for me, I said, "a little more prik kee noo, please" to ask for more of the Thai chiles. I noticed that little children like theirs sweet and sour with more tamarind sauce. If you omit the fish sauce and meat, it still tastes balanced, and makes a very satisfying vegetarian dish.
Pad thai is considered one of Thailand's national dishes, and not too many places in the Western world can replicate the taste or the affordability of the street carts in Bangkok. The story is that after World War II, the government encouraged and helped the unemployed to produce rice noodles and run noodle shops. So cheap, tasty, balanced pad thai nourished not just the people in difficult times but also nourished Thai economy.
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Having come from a high end consumer electronics company, I've had may discussions on how to best present them online. Today I'd like to highlight a site that does a superb job at mixing beautiful product shots, tangy product descriptions and stories, and a beautiful, simple site design.
GiltTaste.com is a high end food reseller. They find the best of the best, often in limited quantities. They give you direct access to artisan products and ingredients, many of which have only been available to professional chefs until now. OK, now I want it.
The site is very easy to navigate and has a nice clean design.
Easy to read menus and the copy is an easy to read size and font.
Call to Actions are easy to read and consistently the same color.
The category pages have big bold headers with a defining image.
The grunge lettering gives it a youthful look.
Good sites cater to the entirty of a customer and go well beyond just trying to sell them a product. GiltTaste hits the mark with really well written articles that portray the lifestyle that goes with the food they sell. It helps build the desire and feeds a feeling of how your life could be if you'd just jump in.
The product copy on this site addresses several issues and does so in a way that gives you greater and deeper detail as you scroll down the page. This allows the visitor to either purchase right away or read more.
It sells the product in an engaging yet factual way.
It says what makes the product special in the source and method of production.
It tells you when and how you will receive the product.
Every product page tells you why the folks at GiltTaste love it. A good personal touch.
They finish off with a recap of all the details in easy to read bullet format.
What's missing : If the business model allowed I'd like to see them add a phone number or chat at the bottom of the page for additional questions. It would also be nice to see a similar products at the bottom to avoid a dead end at the bottom of the page.
Product shots can make or break a sale online. This is especially true when you're selling high end products at a premium price.
The product shots on this site impart a sense of quality and freshness. There is nothing more I can say, you just have to see them.
This is where the site falls down a bit. The checkout portion of the site was well done and followed the site in simplicity, but is missing a couple of critical items.
Security – Although if you clicked on the small footer text that said Security you could see they use SSL, it is not enough. It needs a security graphic link like Verisign.
It missed the opportunity to reinforce the customers choice on the right hand site of the page.
There was no way to modify my order once it was started.
No add-on sales opportunities shown.
This site did an excellent job in presentation and creating a sense of desire for the product. If they can tighten up the cross-product marketing and e-Commerce end a little they would be near perfect.
I'm now starving! What do you think?


The liberal media did it's best to obscure President Trump's true message to the UN General Assembly this week by focusing on the disrespectful laughter from the audience.
Trump is not my president. This is an important observation considering the gazillion non-Americans who think they have an obligation to hate him. That Trump is not my president frees me from feelings that do nothing but distort things. From the narrow Israeli viewpoint, we should be thankful for Trump's pro-Israel policy, and many indeed are thankful. More encouraging, Trump's UN speech last night shows that his pro-Israel policy isn't the result of early morning convulsions. His vision for a better world is the vision of his administration, the vision of those who voted him in, and it is this vision, not Trump's personality, that so angers his political rivals.
To Israeli ears, The New Yorker's scornful reporting of "the audible ripple of gasps and giggles" supposedly heard in the UN General Assembly during Trump's speech sounds too vindictive and harsh. The terms "patriotism," "homeland," "people," "sovereign and independent nations" guided by "ancient wisdom" do not sound at all offensive to most Israelis who, I suppose, would not mind seeing Israel restored to the kind of Liberal Conservatism that Trump is talking about.
Trump is changing the world. Many are going to resist, but the vast majority of people are starting to realize that he's pulling us back from the brink of a radical liberalism that will lead us nowhere good.


Eugene wrote: SS IPTV cannot be installed on J-series now.
Press SMART TV button on your RC.
Press MENU -button RC TVs with touch - press MORE, then select MENU-.
Go to section Smart Features, Account Samsung.
Press SMART TV button, go to Applications and select More applications.
Select Options on the top right, then select IP Settings.
Return to the Options menu final press start synchronization applications.
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Copy without removing the folder created!.
Lance Smart Hub. SS IPTV should appear at the bottom of the list of application or More Apps section.


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Houses submerged along Tippecanoe River
CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - One of the numerous places hit hard this week with flooding is the Tippecanoe River near Camp Tecumseh.
With nearly five inches of rain fallen since Monday morning, some houses are under water and evacuations and rescues are now taking place.
Jeff Pitstick left his house for work Tuesday afternoon. Little did he know what would happen next.
"I got an emergency call last night at work and my wife said I better come home," said Pitstick. "By the time I got here and we got a few things packed up to leave it was already foot deep by the house."
They moved into the house in 2010. Two years after the so called 100 year flood took place. For it to happen just 10 years later was a shock.
"I hope it recedes sometime and goes down but right now just praying some stuff is salvageable."
Lisa Sharpe went to bed last night and didn't expect much of a problem.
"At about three or four this morning I could start to tell. It was dark so I couldn't see much but I could tell it was covered," said Sharp.
By the time she woke up in the morning it was too late. Luckily, the Department of Natural Resources was able to rescue her.
"I feel a whole lot better over here where I can put my feet on solid ground," explained Sharpe.
She wasn't the only one needing help. Conservation Officer Blaine Gillen says they've rescued dozens of people.
"We've got four boat crews out right now. Two just below Oakdale Dam, one at the Horsehoe Bend area and one in Tecumseh Bend area."
Despite the flooding Sharpe and Pitstick don't plan to move. They said they love it here and will rebuild.
So for now, they are counting their blessings.
"We got our cat out and we are safe. Everything in the house can be replaced but at least we got out," said Pitstick.
Both the river height and dam flow are still slightly lower than the 2008 flood, but the numbers are getting close to those records.
Driver of submerged car safe after morning water rescue
Family displaced in Tippecanoe County house fire
Tippecanoe County looks to diversify housing
Flood warning issued for Tippecanoe River; widespread flooding expected
Tippecanoe River flood victims desperate to get into homes
Flood clean up continues for people living along Tippecanoe River
People living along Tippecanoe River react to missing person
White County Sheriff confirms body pulled from Tippecanoe River


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Q: How to judge a column is auto increment? I usually use Mysql: INFORMATION_SCHEMA -> COLUMNS -> EXTRA -> auto_increment
I didn't find the EXTRA field in COLUMNS of System Tables
Is there any good way to get it?
appreciate you!
https://h2database.com/html/systemtables.html

A: AUTO_INCREMENT is a feature of MySQL and possibly some others. H2 accepts this clause for a some limited compatibility, but its implementation in H2 is entirely different.
In 1.4.200 you need to check INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS.COLUMN_DEFAULT for a NEXT VALUE FOR … expression.
In upcoming H2 2.0 this column will have NULL value for identity columns just like for many other columns. You will need to use INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS.IS_IDENTITY instead, its value is YES for identity columns and NO for others.


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Q: compiz shifter not present
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How to correctly enable Desktop Cube in Unity 3D

Hey guys i am using ubuntu 11.10 and i have been using ubuntu for about 6 months now, i saw in a few videos about ubuntu and found out about some type of cube and it happened to be Compiz shifter which made that cube thing.
I have been searching for a loooooooong time and never found out how to install compiz shifter.
Please guys teach me how to install compiz shifter in my ubuntu.
(i dont have a graphic card)if i cant install it without a graphic card, shouldnt i be able to install it in another way??
Oh come on!! I would love to have that in my ubuntu.
(if i need to do some changes tell me cause i am a c++ programmer and i might be able to edit a few things)

A: What type of integrated graphics care you using? You can likely get it to work no problem but will be very slow. Anyways, here's a quick guide (Skip the Nvidia card stuff if you don't have one, other steps still apply)
http://www.howtoforge.com/enabling-compiz-fusion-on-ubuntu-11.10-oneiric-ocelot


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Consumer Reports: Decrease in product quality increases recalls
Updated May 30, 2012 6:11 p.m. EDT
Raleigh, N.C. — Every single day, products are recalled due to a safety violation of one type or another. In most households, at least a few items probably need to be thrown out because of potential risks.
According to experts with Consumer Reports, the number of recalls have increased in recent years because of a significant "decrease in quality."
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"A lot of the manufacturing has been outsourced to overseas plants," Consumer Reports' Don Mays said. "We've been finding problems with products coming in that are not even compliant with federal regulations."
Despite federal standards, some cribs, strollers, toys and other products still fail Consumer Reports' tests.
"Here's part of the problem, until very recently, products like toys didn't have to be tests before they came to market," Mays said.
New laws now require that toys and even products like strollers and high chairs, be tested by an independent and accredited lab.
Despite the increase in safety and testing before products hit the market, the issue of product recalls is still a major one, Consumer Reports says.
Only about 10 to 15 percent of recalled products end up being returned, leaving a large amount of unsafe products in homes across the country simply because people aren't aware of a particular recall.
To help educate people, Consumer Reports launched a website, Safer Products, to help consumers track recalls. The site lets people search the latest recalls on all products, including items for kids.
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