Massachusetts is currently divided into 9 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 census, the number of Massachusetts's seats was decreased from 10 to 9 due to the State's low growth in population since the year 2000. This mandatory redistricting after the 2010 census eliminated Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and also caused a major shift in how the state's congressional districts are currently drawn.
^ The resident population excludes the overseas population.
^ Congressional apportionment for each state is based upon (1) the resident population and (2) the overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to their home state, as reported by the employing federal agencies.
^ "Massachusetts Redistricting Analysis". Daily Kos. November 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
^ "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012". Retrieved October 18, 2014.
"State Apportionment". Massachusetts Register ... for 1843. Boston: Loring.
John Hayward (1849). "Congressional Districts". Gazetteer of Massachusetts. Boston: J.P. Jewett & Co.
"Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.
"Congressional Districts". Massachusetts Register 1862. Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Co.
Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
Ben. Perley Poore (1884). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: Forty-Eighth Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
W.H. Michael (1889). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fiftieth Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Sixth Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1900.
A.J. Halford (1903). "Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 68th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1924.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 70th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1927.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 73rd Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1934.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 80th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1947.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 81st Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1949.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 83rd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 85th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1958.
"Massachusetts". Congressional Directory: 87th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1961.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1963.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 92nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1972.
"Massachusetts". Official Congressional Directory: 93rd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1973.
"Massachusetts". 1985-1986 Official Congressional Directory: 99th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985.
"Massachusetts". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
The at-large and 10th–20th districts are obsolete. The 14th–20th districts moved to Maine in 1820, and the 14th–16th districts were later restored in Massachusetts.
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Throughout Japan, numerous disaster prevention maps have been made over time using the method of town-walk. This method will assist in disaster prevention and enable a greater understanding of the disaster prevention field. The development of these maps increases disaster awareness, improves the self-help ability of individuals, and increases cooperation amongst local communities. Currently, there is a support system for developing conventional disaster prevention maps; however, no maps have been designed using the town-walk method. Therefore, in this paper, we present an integrated support system for making disaster prevention maps using the information gathered by the town-walk method. We conducted a comparison experiment between the proposed system and the conventional system (using paper maps). This experiment demonstrated that a consistent support function would be effective in developing disaster prevention maps using the town-walk method. We also confirmed that the proposed system improves disaster awareness among individuals, understanding of the area, and the conventional system.
In the development and evaluation of the system, we received a great deal of cooperation from Mr. Akio Nakasuji, the Research Center for Disaster Science Education, Wakayama University. We will show my gratitude here.


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Q: C# Compiler says function is not defined, when it is I just need another pair of eyes... I don't see anything wrong with the following.  In fact, I swear I had something just like this not long ago, and it worked.
In my Collections.dll:
namespace Collections
{
   public class CSuperAutoPool
   {
      public static CSuperAutoPool ActivateByType(Type typeToBeActivated, params object[] activatedArguments)
      {
          //...
      }
   }
}

In another DLL, I have referenced the collections DLL project, and use it in this function:
namespace Organization
{
    public class CBaseEntity : CSuperAutoPool
    {
        protected static CBaseEntity Create()
        {
            //...
            CBaseEntity created = (CBaseEntity)CSuperAutoPool.ActivateByType(callingType); //Error here.
            //...
        }
    }
}

Error: 'Collections.CSuperAutoPool' does not contain a definition for 'ActivateByType'
I have used ActivateByType, within CSuperAutoPool, in a different function, and that one does not have errors.  The Collections DLL compiles without errors.  In the same DLL where the Organization namespace exists, have used various other aspects of the CSuperAutoPool class in other ways, without compiler errors.

A: There must be something missing from your example, or you are not using the version of the code that you think you are using, e.g. could it be that there is another class called CSuperAutoPool in your project, possibly in a referenced assembly?
The following snippets compiles without errors:
namespace Collections
{
    public class CSuperAutoPool
    {
        public static CSuperAutoPool ActivateByType(
            Type typeToBeActivated, params object[] activatedArguments)
        {
            //...
            return null;
        }
    }
}

namespace Organization
{
    using Collections;
    public class CBaseEntity : CSuperAutoPool
    {
        protected static CBaseEntity Create()
        {
            Type callingType = null;
            //...
            CBaseEntity created =
                (CBaseEntity)CSuperAutoPool.ActivateByType(callingType);
            //...
            return created;
        }
    }
}

A: Found it!  0xA3 gave me the hint I needed with: "you are not using the version of the code that you think you are using"
When I added the Collections reference to the Organization project, it did not checkmark the Collections project to compile in the Configurations Manager.  In other words, my Collections DLL was not compiling unless I did it by hand.
Thank you, that's what I meant by an extra set of eyes.  :-)

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Hawkeye_a
Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Also, open world Zelda for 2015.
New Zelda (YouTube)
That 20-30 seconds was apparently using the in-game engine. I was very impressed. However, I'm willing to bet that the game will be delayed to the end of 2016.
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Location: Standing on the shoulders of giants
But No Man's Sky looks really, really interesting.
Originally Posted by sek929
I'm on board, looks amazing.
The color is breath-taking, almost teetering on the edge of too much. It's beautiful.
If the space flight combat is good, then I'm going to fall in love with it.
Wow. Looks amazing. Wonder how much it'll boost sales of PS4.
4 guys in the company, amazing.
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Jawbone54
Originally Posted by mattyb
Probably not a real system seller, but will probably be picked up by a ton of PS4 users, depending on price.
This is both incredible and worrying.
Incredible in that four guys have accomplished what we saw at E3.
Worrying in that there's no way this game can have a great amount of depth. I'd love to be proven wrong.
Visit Jawbone54's homepage!
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I've got the Battlefield Hardline beta downloading. Going to check it out tonight.
Trying to join a server now.
Needs some work, seems jerky to me, maybe its the network. IMHO, not worth 70€.
Couldn't wait and hopped on.
Just seems like a skinned BF4. The cops/robbers angle is actually less interesting for me, which is stunning — they aren't playing it up at all.
Guy at work also got the beta. I quote "For a DLC its great, for a game its a rip-off".
He used more 'colourful' words than rip-off.
The Final Dakar
Games Meister
Location: Eternity
Apparently there were brief open sign-ups for the Destiny Alpha I missed.
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boy8cookie
Location: I'll let you know when I get there...
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
I signed up, nothing yet.
eyebrowse - multiview browsing for iOS
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Huh, the process didn't indicate it, but it looks like the Destiny website signed me up anyway, just received a code for the Alpha.
Wut. So jelly.
Stogieman
I got my code as well. Downloading the 6.7GB alpha now.
Slick shoes?! Are you crazy?!
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Originally Posted by Stogieman
Wut. So Je-oh wait me too. Downloading
ajprice
Xbox on, bitch!
BBC News - E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Originally Posted by ajprice
This is what people pessimistically expected. Why am I not surprised MS managed to make it reality.
Here's how Far Cry 4 co-op works if you don't have the game • Eurogamer.net
Like the 3DS's download play, PS4 users without Far Cry 4 will be able to download a separate app that allows them to be invited into their friends' Far Cry 4 games.
This is like the exact opposite of MS' strategy last year.
I'll be on later today for some Destiny multiplayer.
Definitely down for that
Destiny feedback/first impressions please?
First impressions? I love it, Dakar hates it.
Double Jumps!
You can spawn a vehicle anywhere. Even inside buildings.
You can be proficient with any weapon, it doesn't matter which class you choose.
Things I don't like:
- Only 3 people to a fire team in campaign. (Come on Bungie, Halo had 4 player co-opt!)
- There's no real map of the open world. (This could be an alpha only issue.)
- The majority of the missions in the alpha were pretty weak.
- The way point on the radar is kind of hard to follow. It jumps around a lot.
- Vehicles start out really weak. They're unusable after 2 or 3 hits. I'm sure you can upgrade them to be more durable when the final game is released but the max rank in the alpha was only level 8.
I'm looking forward to the beta next month.
Made a thread for it.
Big hubbub at NeoGAF. Modder discovered unused assets in Watch Dogs PC which, while buggy, kick the graphics well ahead of PS4 and X1. Then they found this:
Basically, a toggle to turn on the enhanced effects.
Edit: Sources
Modder Finds Files for Better Graphics in Watch Dogs' PC Version
Watch Dogs mod aims enables "E3 2012" visual effects, improves performance | PC Gamer
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Ah, Ubisoft...
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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I have no idea why they're the most-hated company each year.
EA is just greedy, though. Ubisoft is going out of their way to be mess people up.
If you sell it, the ****wits will pay.
Rockstar Delays GTA Online Heists - GameSpot
Rockstar Games had planned to add Heists to Grand Theft Auto Online--the multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto V--sometime this spring, but that's not going to happen. Writing on the Rockstar Newswire, the developer apologized for the delay, saying Heists are "taking more time to create" than originally expected.
"We are very sorry for the delay, and are working hard to bring them to you as soon as we can. Please know that we are focused as always on making the best possible content for you to play and we are thankful to all of you for your patience, understanding, and support," Rockstar said.
They released GTA online October 1st with a vague "Heists are delayed." People expected that meant we'd get them before the new year at the latest. Instead the didn't get it out by Fall, WInter or Spring. That is a ****ing travesty for a mode they hyped up in the Online trailer. I love R* but this is some EA level bullshit.
An Audience with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot - CVG US
How difficult was it to make the decision to scrap the original design and start again? Among the big publishers, Ubisoft certainly seems the least afraid to go back to the drawing board...
In a way it was difficult because you have to say 'OK, let's do a write-off'. But the business has become a bit clearer; if you don't make the right decisions, it tells you at the end you've made a big mistake. The longer you wait, the bigger the mistake is.
So in a way the decision is easier to make now than it was before. Before we could say, 'OK, we'll still sell a couple of million units and monetize our investment'. Today if you are not at the right quality level, nobody will buy. Nobody will like it.
There are lots of factors to take into account. But we know that with all of our teams, when their game doesn't sell, they are unhappy. It's not only about succeeding with gamers, it's succeeding with the teams. When they spend three years of their lives making something, they want to see success at the end.
Will they? EA's bullshit with the iOS version of Dungeon Keeper even made mainstream news, and Ubisoft keeps annoying people - if it's not stuff like this, it's the fact that their PC games barely work at launch. Let's say I'm on the lookout for a new game, and I have a couple of options:
1) An EA game, where I know that I have to launch Origin and there will be stupid DLC pushed all the time
2) A Ubisoft game, where I have to run Uplay and they keep doing BS like the above
3) A game from someone else, anyone, indie or AAA
Which of these do you think I'm going to take a chance on? Now, if it's a game that I have good reason to think is excellent, it'll end up in the queue in any case, but usually that only happens after i've heard from reliable sources that it is great, i.e. a while after launch - so I pick it up at the next Steam sale. The only game from either of these two I've bought at launch in years is ME3, and that was the Bioware name paired with good experience of the last two.
Amid controversy, Ubisoft denies downgrading graphics on PC Watch Dogs | Ars Technica
Not much red meat here. Tin foil hats will be disappointed.
Oh, someone on NeoGAF made an observation that defies logic; Of the three next gen consoles, it's the Wii U that has the most 1080p/60fps games. That's ****ed up.
The inference is clear – The Wii U isn't as powerful as the HD Twins, so the end result is a conscious choice but one that doesn't seem be really hamstringing the games. For all the aliasing issues I see in the Wii U's titles, which seems more likely to blame? Targeting 60 fps or just being underpowered in comparison to the competition? Of course, I'd be happy for 900p/60 over 1080p/30. Developers are focused on the wrong stat right now.
I think the point is screenshots on the web. The PS4 can generally handle 1080p video without compromising - the GPU was designed to handle that, and if there are dips, it's because the APIs aren't familiar yet. Now MS is stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they drop to the 720p its GPU was arguably designed for, that's an obvious number for the detractors to focus on. If they make the shader programs less complex and drop the AA level (which is what the Wii games essentially do), that's clear in the screenshots. If they drop the framerates, that's only obvious when gaming and not in reviews. So they drop the framerates, because that is less clear cut and they can keep pretending that it really is as powerful as the PS4.
BTW, the GPU that best matches the Xbone is now below $99 at Newegg.
That map makes absolutely no sense to me, unless Hispanics are Xbox-centric.
Someone should map that against IQ level and percentage college education, like that infamous 2004 stat.
(More relevant perhaps would be the percentage with home Internet connections over some minimum bandwidth).
A map of Facebook likes... do not like.
Originally Posted by P
A Map of Who's Got the Best (And Worst) Internet Connections in America
Sony: We were "dancing in the aisles" when Microsoft announced $499 Xbox One | Ars Technica
"I'm not gonna lie. I remember exactly where I was," Rohde told Ars. "We were in press conference rehearsals last year. We had a feeling they were going to come in at $499, but we weren't sure. So yeah, we were dancing in the aisles and high-fiving. It was great. Anyone that came in on an interview, it didn't matter what the question was, I could always just answer it with $399. It was the answer to every question."
A lot of people must have gotten laid that night.
Crysis developer Crytek denies "verge of bankruptcy" claim • Eurogamer.net
Crysis developer Crytek has denied claims it is on the verge of bankruptcy.
A recent report from German magazine GameStar claimed Crytek, which has its headquarters in Frankfurt, was in financial trouble and that the development of Xbox One exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome had been a "disaster".
Before E3 one source told Eurogamer staff at Crytek's Sofia office in Bulgaria hadn't received salaries for the past two months.
Eurogamer has also received worrying reports coming out of Crytek UK, which is rumoured to have failed to pay employees on time. Management have been accused by some staff of a lack of transparency over these issues, and many are disgruntled, Eurogamer has heard.
I feel like it's been too long since I heard a developer went belly-up. Homefront kills another company?
PS4 firmware update 1.7.2 just dropped, PS3 4.60 inbound | VG247
System software updates coming soon for PS4 (v1.72) and PS3 (v4.60), both will improve system software stability during use of some features
So, Star Citizen has got me interested, but I wonder if it isn't going to be very complex.
PS Plus is killing me. We've gone from zombies and survival to side-scrollers and retro games. God help me, give me something I like.
I think I saw a video on it. The physics for navigation is completely realistic, meaning its complex. Though I think using that might be optional. Don't hold me to any of this.
Good review at Ars. Wonder if No Man's Sky would be simple enough for an old fart like me.
Microsoft: Return of Xbox One family sharing is part of "update roadmap" | Ars Technica
I don't have time to read this today, but this sounded confusing.
They don't know how to do it yet.
(IMHO, you should be able to share the entire account the way you can on Steam, so if you have registered your disc-based game, anyone borrowing your account can download and play it as long as you are not using your Xbone - assuming that there is a downloadable version in the first place).
The Division Developer Insider: "We Already Downgraded A Few Things" » WhatIfGaming
Ubisoft apparently has a new standard MO - "if we can't make the console versions look good, let's mess up the PC versions".
Saw both AC4 and a Far Cry pack on the Steam sale, and would have picked them up if they hadn't been Ubisoft games. They have become the worst publisher of PC games in recent years.
I couldn't help myself and got Far Cry 3. It was fun on the Xbox and I never actually finished it. Plus the boobies will look better on the PC.
I had FC3 already from a separate sale. It was the main reason I stayed away from any Ubisoft games this time. First time I tried to play it, the PC crashed (probably because I had turned the GPU overclock a bit high, but it had been stable in other games for hours), and after reboot, FC3 would not launch at all. Apparently something had broken in the bluescreen, and since garbage Uplay doesn't want to do the checksum test for no reason, I had to uninstall, delete and redownload. This time the installer warned part way through that some installer file was corrupt and needed to be redownloaded, so it could do checksums. After getting it to run, I ran into the "Uplay servers are down". To avoid that happening again, I went into offline mode in Uplay (an option they hide well), but it turns out that as long as you have the network cable in, it will figure out that you actually have network and start downloading the ads inside FC3 etc. Argh.
British regulator: EA "misled" by calling Dungeon Keeper free-to-play | Ars Technica
"Because the game had the potential to restrict gameplay beyond that which would be expected by consumers and the ad did not make this aspect of the role of in-app purchasing clear, we concluded that it was misleading," the ASA wrote in its decision. The original complaint claimed that ads for the game stated, "Get it for free!" with the only caveat being "Wireless fees may apply."
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ASC Welcomes Brian Peters as Director of Membership and Industry Programs
Peters brings ASC 12 years of association membership experience.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is pleased to announce that Brian Peters has joined the ASC team as Director of Membership and Industry Programs. In his role, Mr. Peters is responsible for growing ASC's membership and enhancing member programs and services that increase ASC's value proposition.
Additionally, he leads two strategic efforts intended to accelerate the adoption of adhesives and sealants among end user stakeholders within the transportation and building and construction markets.
Brian comes to ASC with 12 years past association membership experience, serving as regional manager, membership director, and strategic partnership manager within the wholesale distribution and transportation industries.
"I am really excited to join the great team and leadership at the ASC," said Mr. Peters. "I look forward to engaging with present members within the ASC, as well as having a keen eye towards continued growth!" he said. "Truly serving our membership, and fulfilling our mission."
"Brian brings to ASC an impressive background in membership development and engagement strategies that will drive membership growth and organizational value," said Bill Allmond, ASC President. "He joins the team at an ideal time, with the World Adhesive and Sealant Conference only weeks away and while multiple new strategic initiatives are underway as part of ASC's new strategic plan," he said.
Mr. Peters graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and earned an MBA degree from Fontbonne University in St. Louis.
Brian can be reached at (301) 986-9739 direct or at brian.peters@ascouncil.org. You can also connect with Brian on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-peters-b88b138/.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is a North American trade association dedicated to representing the adhesive and sealant industry. The Council is comprised of almost 100 adhesive and sealant manufacturers, raw material and equipment suppliers, distributors and industry consultants, representing more than 75% of the U.S. industry with operations around the world. Offering education, legislative advocacy, professional networking and business growth solutions for its members, the ASC is the center of knowledge and catalyst for industry growth on a global basis for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and end-users. For more information about ASC, visit www.ascouncil.org.


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SEMA News—May 2015
2015 SEMA Membership Directory Printed and Online
The May issue of SEMA News magazine doubles as the annual SEMA Membership Directory, and SEMA encourages you to keep this copy on your desk throughout the year to use as your reference tool in locating SEMA-member companies.
The membership directory is also available online. The online membership directory is continually updated to include new SEMA members. In addition, the online version of the membership directory lists members' staff personnel, and you can contact them via e-mail through your MySEMA account.
If you don't already have a MySEMA account, it's no problem. If your company is a SEMA member, just ask your company's SEMA contact to add you to your company's profile. The person(s) listed under "Company Contact" on the bottom right of your company's online directory listing has the ability to add employees to your company's record.
It's important to register through your Company Contact to ensure that you are tied to your company's record and will have free access to benefits such as research reports and webinar downloads. You will use your company e-mail address to access your MySEMA account.
If your company is not a SEMA member, you can still register for a MySEMA account by logging into my.SEMA.org/login and clicking on "Register Now." While you won't have access to free SEMA membership benefits, you will be able to access resources such as research reports and webinar downloads for a fee.
SEMA.org – Gateway to Information
Information and resources are at your fingertips at www.SEMA.org. For instance:
• Did you know that SEMA was called the "Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association" when it was formed in 1963?
• Do you want to know who is currently serving on the SEMA Board of Directors or how to reach them?
• Do you want to locate a back issue of SEMA News magazine or SEMA eNews, the association's weekly electronic newsletter?
• Do you want to know which current legislative initiatives that could affect SEMA-member companies are on SEMA's government affairs department's radar?
• Do you have the financial benchmarks to learn how your company compares to industry averages?
• Are you familiar with the SEMA Education Institute (SEI) and its free content available to SEMA members?
• Do you know that SEMA has a classifieds section that lists positions available at SEMA-member companies and lists people who are looking for positions?
• Do you know which SEMA staff person to contact by department?
• Do you know that SEMA has benefit partners who provide business resources and solutions such as business insurance, shipping, credit-card payment processing, a consumer credit-card program and an online pay-per-buyer program for SEMA members?
• Do you know which councils and committees are right for you and your company?
• Do you want to know how to volunteer or get more involved in the industry?
If you visit SEMA.org, you can find answers to all these questions and much, much more.
SEMA's Mission…
...is to help our members' businesses succeed and prosper. Our members are the producers and marketers of specialty-equipment products and services for the automotive aftermarket.
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• Proactive leadership in our industry to help it expand domestically and worldwide.
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SEMA has programs and services whose sole purpose is to help its member companies succeed. SEMA's goal is to be the go-to resource for its member companies and would like more of its members to take advantage of the resources available. For a complete listing of SEMA member benefits, visit www.SEMA.org/benefits. If you want to know how SEMA can help you and your company, call the SEMA customer service team at 909-610-2030, or e-mail member@sema.org.
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Ingenuity, refinefinement, and spohistication all rolled into one vehicle. A turbocharger further enhances performance, while also preserving fuel economy. All of the premium features expected of a Lexus are offered, including: speed sensitive wipers, an automatic dimming rear-view mirror, and the power moon roof opens up the cabin to the natural environment. Smooth gearshifts are achieved thanks to the efficient 4 cylinder engine, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain.


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Merlin series 4 episode 10 review: A Herald Of The New Age
Those who gave up on Merlin during its first three series? It really is time to give the show another go. Here's our review of A Herald Of The New Age...
By Dave Adamson | December 3, 2011 |
4.10 A Herald Of The New Age
Let's go through the recap first.
This week's Merlin finds that the knights are taking part in some teasing banter, when Arthur suddenly discovers a shrine that Merlin identifies as belonging to the old religion, warning of the curses that hang around such shrines. Heeding the wizard's warning, Arthur gets them all to leave as quickly as possible. If only Elyan had listened to the warning instead of drinking from the spooky well…
Returning to Camelot, there's clearly something wrong with Arthur as he spends a lot of time being silent and staring into the distance. He tells Merlin he's just thinking, but there's clearly more to it than that, what with Gwen having recently been banished and the King's life now being loveless. In the meantime, Elyan is on edge having seen a child in the well and seeing things in the shadows of his room. It's not made any easier when the watery child appears in his bedroom.
A training session sees Merlin once more act the comic foil as Arthur sets about him with his mighty weapon; punishment for Merlin's foolish comments after discovering Arthur with his head in a plate of food. Elyan, however, goes a step too far, battering Merlin to the ground before being restrained by Arthur.
Another encounter with the spirit results in Gawaine knocking Elyan unconscious. Leaving him in the hands of Gaius, the knights believe it is Gwen's banishment that has left him a broken man, but Gaius knows there's something more to this, especially after he discovers a ring of salt underneath Elyan's bed.
Merlin tries to counsel Arthur, also bringing up the topic of Gwen, but the King dismisses him, leaving Merlin to rant at Gaius. The wizard is frustrated, realising that all Arthur does is shout at him, despite his constant and loyal servitude. Gaius breaks the wizard's self pity by revealing that Elyan disturbed a spirit and may very well be possessed.
Finally awakened, Elyan and the spirit converse. All the spirit wants is peace for the wrongs that were committed. All Elyan has to do in order to achieve this is to kill the King. So, kill the King he must… wandering into the King's chamber, drawing his sword and attacking Arthur who, defenceless, fends him off with a variety of household furniture before the knight flees.
Agravaine is incensed by this injustice and demands that the knight is found, whilst Merlin tries to convince Arthur that Elyan's possessed. The knights are deployed to capture Elyan in efficient fashion, cornering and subduing him before dumping him, unceremoniously, in the dungeons. Agravaine, of course, wants Elyan put to death, ignoring Merlin's belief that spirits are involved as it's clearly all to do with Elyan's loyalty to his banished sister. Agravaine believes that the King will look weak and he says Arthur has no choice but to sentence the knight to death upon capture.
Knowing that Elyan's life is on the line, Merlin plans to learn the magic that will be required to expel the spirit. All Merlin has to do is break the knight out of the cells, get him to some secluded area and carry out the exorcism. Thankfully, Arthur has gone idiots for guards, so it's not a difficult for him to carry out this amazing plan, though he doesn't count on Elyan knocking him unconscious.
With Elyan free again, he manages to get closer to the King than seems possible, with the guards rendered unconscious. Arthur realises that Elyan is possessed and the two engage in a sword fight whilst Merlin breaks in using magic just moments before Arthur would have run the knight through with his sword. The realising of the truth leads Arthur to let Elyan, much to Agravaine's chagrin; it's got to be said that Elyan seems to have done a lot of escaping and the guards aren't looking too good at the moment with their inability to keep him under lock and key or, more concerning, away from the King.
Finally coming to terms with what has happened to the knight, Arthur seeks advice from Gaius who reveals that Elyan may be too far gone leaving Arthur with no choice but to kill him, if Agravaine doesn't get to Elyan first. Arthur has a plan and it involves doing something that Merlin's very good at; he's going to sneak around in the woods and find Elyan. Fortunately, Merlin stumbles across Arthur's fantastic plan and the pair head back to the Druid camp to free Elyan, put the spirit to rest and undo a wrong that Arthur committed.
So then.
Howard Overman's script continues the impressive track record of series four. Though little time is spent dealing with the aftermath of Gwen's departure, there are mentions of her throughout the story and some fine moments of character development for Gawaine and Arthur as they deal it.
The story shifts from emotion to action and back again fairly seamlessly and doesn't overplay any particular emotion. Whilst there are a few fun moments, the over-the-top, slapstick, pantomime humour that was often a trait of earlier series has been reigned in here, instead opting to tell a compelling story. On top of that, we're not subjected to yet another possessed bangle or necklace! Though the possession of a key character isn't particularly new, the revelation that it wasn't Uther but Arthur that was responsible for the angry spirit does open up the possibility that Uther may not have acted alone in his conviction; after all, Arthur has seen loss at the hands of magic users long before the appearance of Merlin.
This knights haven't really been the focus of any particular story, so it makes a change to see one of them get close to the centre of the storytelling with Elyan being the focus of this episode. He's not given much in the way of dialogue but Adetomiwa Edun still manages to give a decent performance. The other knights are, as often has been the case, restricted to secondary (or even tertiary) characters, though there's plenty of opportunity to explore their stories in the already announced series five.
Sullen and brooding, Bradley James continues to impress of Arthur. His barbs are much less jovial, his attitude much more stoic; both traits suit the look and style of James. Towards the end of the episode, with Arthur's revelation of responsibility and his pledge to treat the Druids with respect, we get a rather emotional plea for forgiveness that allows James to demonstrate his range as an actor.
Untethered from the strings of Morgana's machinations, Nathaniel Parker's Agravaine is, once again, a political manipulator, driving Arthur to be appear strong to his people instead of the benevolent ruler that he wants to be. It would be nice if there were some consistency in the character as, once again, his ties to Morgana appear to have been forgotten. In this role, free of any trace of pantomime villainy, Parker is captivating to watch.
With just three episodes to go, Merlin remains in a strong position having taken four series to find its feet. Of course, there are plot holes and some issues with episode-to-episode consistency, but it still doesn't take away from a very good story in a series that continues to impress.
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Sun is Saffron, And You Can't Do Anything About it: Sonal Mansingh on Being Labelled 'Saffron Artist'
Sonal Mansingh, who specialises in the Bharatanatyam, Odissi and Chhau dancing styles, has been performing for nearly six decades and was nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha.
Eram Agha | News18.com EramAgha
Updated:July 16, 2018, 11:25 AM IST
File photo of Sonal Mansingh who was one among the four persons nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi: What happened to classical dancer Sonal Mansingh in Delhi's Mavlankar Hall has been well recorded in the interviews and her biography. In 1993, she accepted the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's invitation to perform in Washington to mark the 100th anniversary of Swami Vivekanand's Chicago address.
She accepted the invite but was later 'summoned' in the hall by "Artists Against Communalism," which included Kuldip Nayar, Shabana Azmi and members of Sahmat. The members questioned her over this decision, but Mansingh stood her ground. For this act of hers, she was called 'Sanghi'.
More than two decades later, she again had a public brush with saffron – she participated in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's rally at Jantar Mantar, which was organised against the attacks on the Sangh workers in Kerala.
Sonal Mansingh was one among the four persons nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha on Saturday. She spoke to News 18 about the saffron label, nationalism and her commitment to art and culture.
Mansingh founded the Centre for Indian Classical Dances, Delhi, in 1977. Mansingh, who specialises in the Bharatanatyam, Odissi and Chhau dancing styles, has been performing for nearly six decades. She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2004. She was also selected by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Navaratna for her work on Swachh Bharat.
In 2003, she had very controversial stint at the Sangeet Natak Akademi as its chairperson. She is presently a trustee of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and member of the Central Advisory Board on Culture.
Excerpts from the edited interview:
Q: After being nominated as the member of Rajya Sabha, how are you planning to take your commitment to art and culture forward?
Sonal Mansingh: There is my whole lifetime's work and my understanding of India as a great country of culture and tradition. There are so many different cultures of India spread across - and what we can see is, its connection with society and with its changing times. How can it support, help and guide a society in keeping balance between superficial things and between one's identity intact? There are so many issues – women, environment to work through art. How Indian art has looked upon these things and if that way is still applicable or not.
Q: You have been labelled as a saffron artist. How do you take this tag?
Sonal Mansingh: I always feel sad about the colours. The whole colour palate of nature is so beautiful, every imaginable colour is there. Sun is saffron, and you can't do anything about it. Rivers, ocean are blue. To identify colours with something and say this is good, this is bad rather than enjoy the colours makes me very sad.
I would like to add that the whole debate of saffron thing suddenly came up. It was not there when I was growing up, and not there when I was starting my career. Never heard of it. Never heard saffron is bad. Actually Kesar is very good for health.
Anyway, I feel there is so much misinformation, misinterpretation, a deliberate attempt to remove the core and value of Indian tradition. In our country, we have green, we have saffron, we have yellow, we have white, blue, grey, it is a rainbow of traditions in India. I feel whatever happened was unfortunate.
Q: You come from the family of freedom fighters, your grandfather was one of the first five governors of India. How do you see the nationalism debate raging in the country?
Sonal Mansingh: It is indeed surprising that even after 70 decades of India becoming independent such a debate is taking up space and time on social media, print media, electronic media and in the Parliament. Nationalism becoming an issue of debate defies imagination.
Sonal Mansingh
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Is the truth really out there, or much closer?
Just would like to follow up with you please and if you could answer a few questions about the YouTube debacle.
1. What do you think happened with the MUFON involvement? Were they responsible for your suspension?
2. When do you think that your original account will be reinstated?
3. What would you like to say to your detractors?
4. Are you planning any legal action of any kind at all?
5. Why do you think you were targeted out of all the various YouTubers who post UFO imagery to YouTube?
If you can take a few minutes to respond I'll post directly to my blog, unedited. You've got a lot of fans out there wanting to know more. Thanks Alison.
1. The Youtube account suspension was directly due to 9 or 10 false copyright infringement claims filed by Youtube accounts using FAKE names not associated with the real people involved. MUFON and MUFONpa/Bill Burns were not involved. I was told by others, these are a gang of "trolls" who do nothing but attack usually UFO & paranormal channels with fake anonymous accounts, whose sole purpose is to eliminate them from Youtube.
These same jerks visit various blogs and UFO-type chat rooms and even spread the slander/debunking comments there also in attempts to try & sway the public into not believing it. A common tactic, I am told, of disinformation agents…. or it might be just close-minded idiots who can't process any new information disseminated to them.
These same actors have also issued demands that anyone caught uploading my videos to their own channel can expect the same channel-suspending treatment, insults, and have slandered them as well.
It is unfortunate, however, that PA MUFON is so busy with the ton of UFO reports that he (Director) had only time to spend about 1 hour outside here (and he showed up LATE after all the good stuff). He forgot that he saw round lights that did not blink while viewing my Generation 3 Nightvision scope–which he stated he couldn't understand why they weren't blinking. He then only spent another 1/2 hour seeing my IR home cam on my little monitor, before writing off I what I had been reporting. I DID post a red-blinking UFO that I filmed SHORTLY AFTER HE LEFT. Another person who filed a UFO report nearby in Trafford, PA also has reported the same activity, yet she only got an answering machine message referring to mine being debunked.
He apparently has no prior knowledge of the famous Pine Bush, NY study by Dr. Bruce Cornet, or it might have occurred to him that this might be a similar phenomenon–which I believe it is.
To investigation this properly, it would take at least 3 investigators with low-lux camcorders & high-powered binocs, surrounding the area on at least 3, preferably 4 sides, to prove the origination of the objects coming from "the woods" and NOT just planes approaching and flying over my area. A simple SECONDARY Radar report request showing identifying radar data could have accomplished the same. Yet NO RADAR REPORTS have ever been produced proving conventional aircraft–NOT ONE. Such a simple request, I think… A lot easier than this massive slander campaign. Even I have managed to get a response from FAA, and mine said there was no record of any any craft in the area for the date/time/location requested as shown on Pittsburgh Surveillance Radar. My footage is embedded with date/time AND GPS of location shot, and sometimes even has corresponding surveillance IR footage to match.
2. Since I filed counterclaims (which gives the debunkers my address information) against the false copyright ones (all of them), the fake people only have 10 days (after Youtube acknowledges it, which just happened today) to serve me a Court complaint to stop–which I'd love to see. Then the claim expires. We shall see what happens then. In the meantime, I've given fans permission to upload their favorite videos of mine anywhere they wish. Only the insulting debunkers will have copyright claims filed by ME against them.
They have, however, already made a FAKE channel name recently with my Facebook page, a copy of my channel, and used the name: Alison Cruse to file fake copyright claims against a Youtuber who came here to see them in person and is now sticking up for me.
3. In a weird way, I should say "thank you" for making this, the morphing orb/fake plane UFO, such a controversial subject. While back when Dr. Bruce Cornet was talking about it, while researching the Pine Bush, NY reoccurring UFO phenomenon, it apparently didn't get enough attention–because that type, the UFO-pretending-to-be-a-plane, (complete with FAA-style flashing lights & sometimes fake sound) wasn't even added to "the list" of generally accepted or known UFO types. Linda Moulton Howe even published research on "Pretender UFOs", which I had found when it occurred to me that these UFOs might be trying to LOOK like our aircraft to go unnoticed. So now that they, the debunkers, are mentioning my name in their parody videos–it only makes people want to find out what all the fuss it about. Why last week I was #92 Most Subscribed Channels in all of Youtube because of their crap. They now think they can intimidate me with threats of legal action for shining lights at UFOs. I think that would be most helpful to the UFO community in general if I could get media attention for my footage–when it's proven that what I pointed a light at an unidentified flying object that DOSN'T SHOW ON RADAR, don't you?
One only has to do search on Youtube for some of the following to find more videos of the same UFO types as I have filmed: morphing, hologram, fake plane, fake jet, orange orb, transformer UFO. There are probably at least 50 more in several different countries–from Brazil to Moscow to Norway to Canada & all places in between.
4. I have not written off legal action at this point. The threats, defamation of character other harassment is escalating. Now I know what fame must feel like. I can take it though, it's in my heritage to stand against opposition when the cause is just.
5. Perhaps because I'm a woman who's standing my ground. And so are the people that have been here and seen the plasma orb action in person. And so are the countless others who've been filming them and are withstanding similar attacks.
I am spending my own money & time to show what is going on only to educate everyone, not to open a debate. they have the choice to not believe it and move on if it doesn't fit their bill. Those not seeing this stuff and are on the other side of a flat screen with no depth-of-field are simply not qualified to tell others what they've seen. Those without proof to the contrary (like radar) are not qualified either–especially when it concerns mimicry. I would hate to have these guys in our military when the other side starts using the type off hologram technology our guys are working on now. They'll be, "Hey, we can't shoot at that! I don't care if they're not suppose to be here, they're not on radar or respond to radio contact, are violating the no-fly-zone… and flying low over houses, it looks just like a civilian plane with it's flashing lights!" See my point?
There are also THOUSANDS of orange UFO videos online too. I believe all orange UFOs probably have the ability to transform or morph into objects that pretend to be ours to blend in, go unnoticed and not be shot at.
I think they might have meant these times….
If you've been following my blog on the strange occurrences in the skies over Murrysville Pennsylvania, then you'll know that I am an avid fan of one Alison Kruse and her unusual postings. In fact, Alison's YouTube videos (SeeingUFOsPA) have caught the attention of more than the few of us who believe that the Earth is being visited by Extraterrestrial Biological Entities. Emmy Award winning journalist, Linda Moulton Howe featured Alison and her videography in her November 25th Earthfiles.com segment, found here.
Linda doesn't like to have the wool pulled over her eyes, and I do feel that she saw legitimacy in Alison's postings. The video that caught everyones attention was the one in which there appears to be a craft using a laser to scan the ground about 150 feet in front of Alison.
There have been many people who go out "on the hunt" with Alison as she faithfuly patrols the forests and golf courses around this suburb of eastern Pittsburgh. So she does have witnesses to back up her claims of what she records on her HD Sony.
But there's something up. Alison has been the victim of harrasment on YouTube where her account has been threatened with suspension for illegaly using copywritten material! Kind of hard to be illegally using your own videos don't you think? But this has been the case, where others are claiming that they are the owners of her recordings and have had YouTube disallow access to her own imagery. This is incredible. Either the debunkers, the ones who claim that she is simply filming aircraft (tell that to the cops and the airline pilot who were out on the hunt with her and couldn't explain what they saw) have way too much time on their hands, or that she is an actual target of something more sinnister. A government conspiracy to shut her up and shut her down!
The threats against Alison are found in the video below, which she recorded off her computer screen. Either way, this is one sad situation in the land of the FREE?
UPDATE: Alison's YouTube channel has been suspended! I guess "they" got what they wanted after all!
Who Is Alison Kruse And What Is She Seeing?
Here's one of Alison Kruse's latest videos from Murrysville, PA. Alison was recently interviewed by Emmy Award winning reporter Linda Moulton-Howe on Linda's Earthfiles.com site.
Here's a link to Earthfiles and the interview with Alison about some of the very strange craft that she sees in PA and the video below which shows a craft scanning the ground with a pinpoint laser.
I had one comment from a reader by the name of "Brad". Here are his views on Alison's "laser firing UFO" video and a brief retort from me.
"Do you people ever investigate the videos you put in here? This woman is looking at a commercial aircraft, the camera is out of focus to cause the plasma orb & everybody knows that ufo's don't shoot lasers!
There is a military base at Laurel Caverns orienteering courses.
Those Apaches love to buzz the tree-tops and hillsides. Also, they have laser targeting systems for munitions, and they appear similar to what you saw when viewed through NVG's.
She is surrounded by several air/helioports in her immediate vicinity. Her very last video you can even see the nose of a plane and her out of focus lens making it appear as though it is an orb and to the right you can see the plane ascending whilst skewing her perception of the lights thinking the plane is morphing!
You all need to start checking out this stuff before putting it on your sites.
There is no noise associated with these craft in particular. The local Durham cop chopper where I live you can hear from about a mile away, beating the air with its rotor. Unless the U.S. has invented a new type of chopper, that is silent of course?!
Everyone knows that UFO's don't shoot lasers! Say's who?
Apache helo's do make noise, a lot of noise. What the hell would they be doing hovering over a golf course and tree tops in a relatively suburban area of Pittsburgh for?
There is a bent towards the Air Force in your writing Brad. Is that who you work for?
A brief compilation of historical sightings of UFO's (or strange arial phenomena) between the years 45,000 and 9 BC.
45000 BC China: Rock carvings of round UFO-like objects have been found in China's Hunan province. The depictions date back to age of the Neanderthals.
12000 BC China: The Dropa, the name given to visitors from Sirius, came down from the clouds with their air gliders.
8000 BC Australia: The Aborigine believed in "dawn beings" from the stars. Australian aboriginal cave drawings depict celestial beings, with antenna and x-ray style drawings. They were very advanced in "aerodynamics". The boomerang is identical to a modern day aircraft wing. Aborigine means "from the beginning".
4000 BC The Sumerians from today's Iraq had contact with extraterrestrial civilizations according to their text. The extraterrestrials also interbred with humans and traveled with them to the stars. The kings were taken to the stars by the extraterrestrials. Sumerian text coincides with "the book of genesis". Their astronomy was highly developed. They had numbers with 15 digits! The Sumerians say extraterrestrials are from Mars, the star system Pleiades, and the star Sirius. Sumerian text shows drawings of solar system.
3000 BC China: From the book " Memories of the Sovereigns and the Kings " published in the 3rd century AD, in China, in the third millennium B.C., before the birth of Huang Ti or of Chi You , "sons from the sky", would descend to Earth on a star which was the shape of a saucer.
2345 BC China: The, Hsui-nan-tzu, a Chinese classic there is a description of ten suns appearing in the sky.
2000 BC Peru: Pre-Incan civilization records the gods were from the star system Pleiades. Inca ruins have been found at 13,000 feet, with one stone weighing 20,000 tons. Legend tells of spaceships that came from the stars. Inca ornaments of "platinum" were found. Text reveals the Inca's knew the earth was round.
1766 BC China: The Emperor Cheng Tang commissions Ki-Kung-shi to construct a flying chariot. After construction the aircraft was tested, reaching the province of Honan. The vessel was destroyed by imperial edict, as he Emperor feared the mechanism might fall into the wrong hands.
1500 BC Egypt: The Palace of Pharaoh Thutmosis III. Circles of fire are said to have hovered over the palace while fishes, winged creatures, and other objects rained down from the sky.
593 BC Ezekiel witnesses an event which some writers have claimed sounds suspiciously like a UFO encounter. Josef Blumrich, former chief of the systems layout branch of NASA, set out to disprove such suggestions, however, from a careful analysis of the data available, he concluded that the vehicle described in the Bible actually was a UFO.
400 BC India: From the Mahabbarata. Blazing discs burned and destroyed an entire city and its inhabitants, before returning to the hand of Vishnu.
332 BC Phoenicia, Tyre: During the siege of the trade capital of Phoenicia by the Greeks a fleet of flying shields is described as plunged from the sky and crashed upon the city walls.
329 BC Alexander the Great records two great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims in the sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing. The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day.
218 BC Rome: Glowing lamps were seen in the sky at Praeneste, a shield was observed at Arpi and in the Amiterno district, the sky was all on fire, and men in white garments appear.
99 BC Rome: In Tarquinia, there fell things like a flaming torch in different places from the sky. Towards sunset, a round object like a globe, or round or circular shield took its path in the sky, from west to east.
90 BC Rome: In the territory of Spoletium, in Umbria, a globe of fire, of golden color appeared burning in the north with a terrific noise in the sky, then fell, gyrating, to the earth. It then seemed to increase in size, rose from the earth, and ascended into the sky, where it obscured the disc of the sun, with its brilliance. It revolved towards the eastern quadrant of the sky.
73 BC Asia Minor, Pontus: While Roman legions were engaged in battle near the Black Sea against King Mithridates a huge flaming object fell between the two armies. It was said to have a shape like a wine jar and was the color of molten lead.
12 BC Rome: A comet-like object hovered days over Rome for several then melted into flashes resembling torches.
9 BC Japan, Kyushu: Nine moons were seen in the night sky over the community.
I've been following Alison's posts on YouTube for a few months now. She recently purchased a Gen 3 night vision scope with a 5x lens and attachment for her HD video camera. On the very first night out with her new scope, Alison picks up an object which releases a thin beam of light towards the ground. Alison points out in the video, that there is an abandoned coal mine right in the vicinity of this laser "scan". This is certainly worth a look and if you are interested in following Alison's channel in YouTube, it's right here.
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Harding racked up 400 yards of total offense and held on to beat Scotland County 30-22 in the 4A State Championship game at BB&T Field. The Rams claimed the school's third championship, and first since 1953.
Scotland opened the scoring as Warren Bell cracked the goal line from two yards out just 3 minutes into the game giving the Scots the lead 7-0. It took the Rams a little while, but they were able to respond on the first play of the second quarter as Quavaris Crouch sliced in for a 10-yard score to knot the game at seven. Crouch finished as the game's M.V.P. with 141 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.
Bell tacked on a 4-yard touchdown run on the ensuing Scotland drive, capping off a 7-play, 85-yard drive and giving the Scots a 14-7 advantage. Bell was named Scotland County's Most Outstanding Offensive player with 153 yards through the air and a score on 7 of 10 passing. He rolled up 111 more yards on the ground with 2 more touchdowns.
Harding ripped off the next 23 points, scoring on a Crouch 8-yard run with 5:56 to go in the first half, and adding an Alejandro Guevara 39-yard field goal with just two seconds to go in the opening half to give the Rams a 17-14 lead at intermission.
Harding opened the fourth quarter with a score as Braheam Murphy hit Reggie Burns for a 20-yard touchdown pass to push the Harding lead to 24-14 with 11:47 to play. Then with just over two minutes to go, Murphy broke off a 95-yard run to the end zone, lifting Harding to a 30-14 lead. Murphy was named Harding's Most Outstanding Offensive player rushing for 135 yards on 10 carries and a score. He added another 53 yards and a touchdown through the air.
Scotland drove the ball down the field valiantly in the final minutes, scoring on a 25-yard pass from Bell to Bruce Wall. Syheam McQueen rushed for the two-point conversion to make it a one-score game at 30-22 with 1:28 to play. The Rams recovered the kick and were able to run out the clock for the victory.
Defensively the Rams were paced by Trayvon Corbett who had 11 tackles, three of those for loss, adding one interception which he returned 41 yards and a pass break up. Chris Williams led the Scots on the defensive side of the ball, with 9 tackles, 1.5 of those for a loss and was named Scotland's Most Outstanding Defensive Player.


The Dollar Index made a marginal new high for the year at the end of June a touch below 95.55. It fell through the start of this week when it reached nearly 93.70. With the earlier gains, the Dollar Index briefly traded above the 61.8% retracement of the pullback (~94.85). A move now below 94.20 would be disappointing.
The Dollar Index is not a trade-weighted. It is too concentrated in Europe and does not include two of the US top four trading partners Mexico and China. It does not appear to be used by corporates or many asset managers, like mutual funds, insurance companies, and endowments. It is primarily a speculative vehicle.
Euro-dollar is the most important and most traded currency pair. The euro rallied strongly last year. The move was marked by a gap higher in April 2017 after it became clear that the populist-nationalist wave that ostensibly swept the UK out of EU and Trump into the White House was not going to spread to the Netherlands and France. Stronger European growth also helped fuel a change in sentiment.
However, after a strong start to the year, the euro has retreated. Economic data has disappointed. The US continues to raise rates and the interest rate differential widened. US economic data has mostly surprised on the upside. The US policy mix of tighter monetary and looser fiscal is associated with currency appreciation.
As this Great Graphic shows, the euro has fallen to a trend line drawn off the cyclical low in early 2017. That trend line came in near $1.15 at the end of June. It will be closer to $1.1550 by the end next week. The 50% retracement of the euro's recovery into the start of this year is found near $1.1450. The 61.8% retracement is a little below $1.12.
The euro has been chopping in its trough about $1.15 since last May. It has not been above $1.1850, which corresponds to the 38.2% retracement of the euro's decline since April 19, when it last traded $1.24. The 50% retracement is near $1.1950.
The yen is a different kettle of fish. The yen has broken down this week. As this second Great Graphic shows, the dollar has bolted through a three-year downtrend. The trend line comes in near JPY111.60 this week. The slope is around 10 ticks a week.
The next technical target is near JPY113.25, which is the 61.8% retracement of the dollar's decline since the start of last year. It also corresponds to the 200-day moving average. Above there is psychological round number of JPY114.00. The high from H2 17 is near JPY114.75.
It is not yet clear what triggered the yen's slide. The usual suspects like the 10-year interest rate differential are not convincing. The US premium peaked in May over 300 bp. Today it is at 280 bp. The two-year rate differential has held in better at is within spitting distance of the mid-May high a little below 272 bp. US stocks are firm, even if choppy and the S&P 500 is still within striking distance of the 2800 cap that has checked advances since February's swoon. Higher oil prices and stronger wage growth in Japan has thus far not sparked inflation or boosted consumption.
Japanese investors do appear to have stepped up their purchases of foreign assets. Consider that the four-week average of Japanese foreign bond purchases stands at JPY516 bln is the most since last August. Japanese investors have also increased their purchases of foreign equities. The four-week moving average of JPY446 bln in more than three years.


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Incidence and Treatment of Recurrent FSGS Following Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Pre-Emptive Plasmapheresis
Immunosuppression, Disease Recurrence, and Malignancy
Category: Transplantation
1702 Transplantation: Clinical and Translational
Harris, Meredith, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Meredith Harris,
Hooper, David K., Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
David K. Hooper,
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a leading cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in children. Unfortunately, it reoccurs in up to half of patients following kidney transplantation. Pre-emptive therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has been suggested as a way to prevent recurrent FSGS, although few studies have evaluated its' efficacy. Once FSGS does recur, therapies such as rituximab and cyclosporine have been tried in combination with TPE to induce remission, but few studies report the efficacy of these therapies.
We performed retrospective chart review of 258 patients transplanted at CCHMC from May 2003 through November 2016 and identified patients with FSGS as the primary diagnosis. We then identified all patients who received at least one TPE treatment prior to kidney transplantation and evaluated the risk of FSGS recurrence. FSGS recurrence was compared between patients with 1 TPE treatment vs. ≥ 3 treatments. For patients with recurrent FSGS, we compared treatment in patients with early vs. late remission.
35/258 (14%) transplants had FSGS as the primary diagnosis, 20 of which received pre-emptive TPE. 11/20 (55%) patients with pre-emptive TPE experienced FSGS recurrence at a median of 3 days (range 1-90) post-transplant. 2/5 patients (40%) who received 1 pre-emptive TPE had recurrent disease compared 9/15 (60%) patients who received ≥ 3 TPE treatments (p =0.62). Of the 11 patients with FSGS recurrence, 10 (90%) achieved remission within a median of 9 months (range 1 – 24 mos). 8/11 patients received rituximab, 9/11 were switched from tacrolimus to cyclosporine, and all patients remained on TPE until remission was achieved. 5 patients experienced early remission (<3 months) whereas 6 had late (> 3 months) or no remission. Of 5 patients with early remission 100% switched to cyclosporine within 5 days of recurrent disease, compared to only 1/6 (17%) patients with late or no remission (p=0.015). 4/5 patients with early remission received rituximab compared to 4/6 patients with late remission (p=1).
Preemptive TPE does not prevent FSGS recurrence regardless of the number of treatments. Rapid switch to cyclosporine was associated with faster time to remission.


Express Container Services purchased Dedicated Trailer Cleaning Services, in Lansing IL earlier in 2018. The facility has six cleaning bays and presently cleans a wide range of products for bulk transporters. The location also offers truck and trailer repair through B&R Repair Inc.
The facility is located at 2700 175th St, Lansing IL 60438. It enables Express Container to expand its footprint into another major chemical market. Express Container Services now has 15 locations across the United States and will continue to grow into other markets in the near future, according to company officials.
"We were very excited to add this facility to our growing network of tank wash sites and build stronger relationships with our current customer base and improve our relationship with other carriers in the Midwest, said Matt Moser, general manager of Express Container Services. "The relationships we have formed with our customer base will improve with giving them another option in the Chicago area.
The site offers 14 acres of parking and has the capacity to steam multiple loaded trailers at any time with two boilers and steaming stations located throughout the facility.
For more information about all of the Express container locations please visit expresscontainersvc.com.


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Germany Rejects Nike's Offer – Stays with Adidas
Germany protects on of its own, Adidas, buy opting for less pay from Adidas rather than take a lucrative Nike offer, $68 million less than what Nike offered.
The deal was an offer to outfit the German national team but also extends to the Bundesliga, as I understand it.
The Bundesliga, made up of Germany's first and second-division teams, is expected to receive almost €50million (US$68 million) less in the Adidas deal than the one proposed by Nike.
Some Bundesliga officials have complained publicly of "protectionism" by the federation. Adidas has supplied the three-time World Cup champions for more than 50 years.
Under the new deal, Adidas agreed to pay €20 million (US$27 million) per year until 2014. During the final four years, that would jump to €25 million (US$34 million). It will also help finance between 500 and 1,000 soccer fields across the country for amateur players.
The New Wembley Soccer Stadium
Nani Strike & Flip Celebration


That first trip to Australia, I took a day tour along part of the Great Ocean Road, getting as far as the small town of Lorne. If that's as far as you can go, I think it's still worthwhile, as the entire coast is splendid. However, even on that first visit, I found myself wishing that I'd be able to return to take that road farther. On my second trip to Australia, I made that wish come true—though I approached from the opposite end.
I rented a car in Adelaide and, after making my way through the lovely Grampian Mountains, I headed down to the coast at Port Fairy, a charming fishing town where I found a handsome little bed and breakfast to spend the night. Next day, I headed east along the Great Ocean Road. This stretch of oceanfront property is often called the Shipwreck Coast, and my first stop was at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool, where, amidst wonderful old buildings, rusting anchors, and lighthouses, I learned about the coast's history and perused many of the items salvaged from some of the hundreds of ships sunk nearby.
On the road again, I began to see the splendid, sea-carved cliffs, rock formations, and stunning sea views that had actually lured me to this coast. A brisk wind kept the weather changing throughout the day, and made everything seem even more dramatic, with varied cloudscapes and often white-capped waves. I parked the car often, to get out and explore, scrambling down to the water's edge whenever there were stairs or a designated place to climb, walking along cliff edges when there was no way down. I was captivated by the parade of remarkable formations: the Bay of Islands, the Grotto, Lock Ard Gorge, London Arch, the Blow Hole, and, most famously, the Twelve Apostles, all carved by wind and waves. The coast itself is wildly sculpted, and it is easy to imagine some of today's coastal walks being transformed in time to new arches and standing stones.
The photo below shows two of the group of stone towers known as the Twelve Apostles, which are within the protective borders of the Port Campbell National Park.
While staying in Melbourne, I caught a tour down to see the large penguin colony on Phillip Island. I actually wrote about this, and included an excerpt from my book about the penguins coming ashore, back in June 17, 2007, when the blog was still fairly new. (However, if you missed the earlier post, you can see it here.) Because penguins were pretty well covered, I thought I'd talk a bit about some of the other Australian birds I love—these ones for their songs or calls. The links will take you to videos where you can hear these wonderful creatures.
Kookaburras are the largest members of the kingfisher family (they can reach lengths of 17 inches). They are also the fastest kingfishers, are very territorial, and mate for life. While there are birds in Australia with lovelier songs, there are no others that can so easily put a smile on my face. Whole families of kookaburras greet the day with everything from raucous laughter to quiet chuckles—and it is almost impossible not to join in.
Australian magpies are handsome, crow-sized birds with pure white markings splashed across jet black feathers. They are bold and can be comical, but are most appreciated for their lovely caroling.
My visit to the Dandenongs was not the first or only time I heard the whipbird, but I did hear it a lot as I wandered amid the tree ferns and mountain ash in these mountains outside Melbourne. Unlike the kookaburras and magpies, whipbirds are rather shy. So while they are often heard, they are rarely seen. It is their call, like the whistling of a whip being swung, that gives these birds their names. The long "whip" sound is actually only made by the male. You often just hear that sound, but if there is a little "tweet tweet" immediately following it, that is the female responding. The video reached by this link is not of good visual quality, but it offers a good recording of the male whipbird.
There were only a few times I was in a forest where I was surrounded by bellbirds, but they were remarkable times, with the ethereal, crystalline ringing sound of the birds stopping me in my tracks.
The lyrebird is named for its tail plumes, which, when erect, look like the outline of a Grecian lyre. The male is a master mimic. In this excerpt from David Attenborough's series on birds, you will recognize several of the bird songs identified above, as well as surprisingly good imitations of some human devices, from a camera's motor drive to a car alarm to a saw.
After a few days in the city, I had the pleasure of heading into the nearby mountains—the Dandenongs. I was delighted to find myself surrounded by greenery. It is a lovely feature of Australia's largest city's that there are mountains and wilder, or at least more rural, areas quite close at hand, where one can escape to cool beauty.
The Dandenongs are home to the Australian mountain ash, an impressive eucalypt that can attain heights of 300 feet. Beneath the tall trees, the ground is blanketed in ferns—although I guess one can't actually say the tree ferns were blanketing the ground. These odd, ancient ferns actually tower over those ferns that do stay at ground level.
If the tree fern below reminds you of pictures you've seen of the age of dinosaurs, there's a good reason. The fossil record shows that the types of tree ferns found in Australia were quite common during the Jurassic Period—and earlier.
Of the three genera of tree ferns, one clings to the hot, humid forests that follow the equator, from Southeast Asia to Mexico. But the other two have a far wider range, with several species that are quite comfortable in cooler climates or in mature forests at higher altitudes. Here, amid the towering eucalypts, the tree ferns (which can get to an impressively tree-like height of 80 feet) tower above the shorter ferns, adding a middle level to the general greenery, making the forest seem even greener.


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L'église Saint-Nicolas de Kijevo (en serbe cyrillique :  ; en serbe latin : ) est une église orthodoxe serbe située à Kijevë/Kijevo près de Malishevë/Mališevo, au Kosovo. Construite dans la seconde moitié du , elle dépend de l'éparchie de Ras-Prizren et est inscrite sur la liste des monuments culturels d'importance exceptionnelle de la République de Serbie. Elle a été minée puis rasée en 1999, au moment de la guerre du Kosovo.

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Bankra is a census town in the Hingalganj CD block in the  Basirhat subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location
Bankra is located at .

Area overview
The area shown in the map is a part of the Ichhamati-Raimangal Plain, located in the lower Ganges Delta. It contains soil of mature black or brownish loam to recent alluvium. Numerous rivers, creeks and khals criss-cross the area. The tip of the Sundarbans National Park is visible in the lower part of the map (shown in green but not marked). The larger full screen map shows the full forest area. A large section of the area is a part of the Sundarbans settlements. The densely populated area is an overwhelmingly rural area. Only 12.96% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.04% of the population lives in the rural areas.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bankra had a total population of 6,897, of which 3,395 (49%) were males and 3,502 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 927. The total number of literate persons in  Bankra was 2,935 (49.16% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook, North Twenty Four Parganas,  2011, Bankra covered an area of 3.1525 km2. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, tube well/ bore well. It had 848 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity home, 1 TB hospital/ clinic. Among the educational facilities, it had 4 primary schools. Other educational facilities 4 km away at Hingalganj.

Healthcare
Sanderbil Rural Hospital at Sandelerbil, with 30 beds, is the main medical facility in Hingalganj CD block.

References

Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district


Northeast of Downtown sits a section of historic neighborhoods that date back to the late 1800s.
Join The Heights Food Tour to explore White Oak! Northeast of Downtown sits a section of historic neighborhoods that date back to the late 1800s. Residents once flocked to the Heights to escape the big city, but today it's the hipsters and young couples that are drawn to this area's rich and character-filled architecture, mom and pop-type shops and funky restaurants. During the Heights Food Tour, you will be taken around the historic and ever changing Houston Heights, focusing on White Oak, and learn about the unique and diverse history of the area, its eclectic culture, and stopping at 5 great restaurants along the way. On our stops, we will be enjoying specially selected dishes and drinks selected to provide you with the ideal experience at each stop.


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Vilnius - the G-spot of Europe
Ozgur Tore
On Thursday August 9th Go Vilnius, the official tourism organisation for Lithuania's capital city, will launch 'Vilnius; the G-spot of Europe', a multimedia advertising campaign directed at the UK and German markets.
The campaign aims to increase the visibility of Vilnius, and to position the city as an exciting option for millennials seeking alternative tourism destinations. By capturing the imagination of the millennial market with its bold creative, the campaign presents Vilnius' potential as an undiscovered European city-break destination, hence the playful tagline, 'Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it, it's amazing'.
'Vilnius; the G-spot of Europe' features outdoor, digital and social advertising, with the dedicated Vilniusgspot.com website hosting a quiz which allows users to generate a personalised map of the city. The interactive map includes places of interest specific to individuals' responses. Attractions range from the traditional sites such as the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Vilnius Old Town and beautiful botanical gardens to the cosmopolitan experiences associated with a modern European city-break including craft brewery tours, street food markets and open-air concerts.
The humorous campaign concept was created by Lithuanian advertising students who sought to draw international attention to Vilnius and its potential as an alternative European city-break destination. One of the campaign's student creators, Jurgis Ramanauskas, commented; "Few people know where Vilnius really is, but when they arrive they fall in love with the city. This insight came from our conversations with international visitors, and we formulated the idea that Vilnius is synonymous with the G-spot theory – nobody knows where it is, but, when it is discovered, everyone is very pleased!".
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius comments; "When I welcome international visitors to Vilnius, whether they are investors, journalists or representatives of official delegations, I'm so often told that upon arriving in Lithuania's capital their first-hand impressions far outweigh their expectations. On the one hand, this assessment is very pleasing to hear, but on the other hand, it indicates that the perception of Vilnius needs to be dramatically improved to match with the reality."
Inga Romanovskienė, Director of Go Vilnius, the Vilnius Tourism and Business Development Agency, comments; "When it comes to attracting the modern tourist we're dealing with a very high level of competition with other European cities and countries investing heavily in destination marketing. The young creatives who came up with 'Vilnius; the G-spot of Europe' presented an extremely engaging idea to drive interest in the city. Go Vilnius looks forward to welcoming new international visitors to Vilnius and continuing to promote the city's best tourism attractions and experiences."
Vilnius has recieved increasing international attention this year, featuring in Lonely Planet's 'Best in Europe' list which rounds up the continent's top ten up-and-coming destinations. According to Lonely Planet, the world's largest travel guide publisher, "Vilnius has found its confident, quirky voice – and it's only a matter of time before the world cottons on".
To experience the 'Vilnius, the G-spot of Europe' campaign visit:
www.vilniusgspot.com
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Sitting on top a hill in Spaulding, Clarendon, is a high school that many have deemed an underdog for years. However, Spalding High School has proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with, particularly in the areas of sport, innovation, vocational training and even academics.
On January 8, 1973, Spalding Junior Secondary School opened its doors to students under the leadership of Caswell Burton, who was seconded from Bellefield Secondary School. At the time, the school catered for students 12-15 years in grades seven to nine. In 1975, the school became a new secondary school with the introduction of the 10th- and 11th-grade programmes.
In September 1995, the school was renamed Spalding Comprehensive High, but in September 2000 it was again renamed Spalding High School under Alphansus Davis' leadership. Five years later, the academic institution was removed from the shift system.
Principal George Henry, a past student, said the institution has always been creating history, from making it to the finals in the DaCosta Cup football in 2008 to launching a uniformed Police Youth Club on December 7, 2015.
would not never win the Jamaica Public Service-Scientific Research Council science competition (in 2011) and the sixth-form boys came out on top, winning all categories," the proud principal explains.
Not only does the institution boast four computer labs, with three of them fully equipped, but there is also an extraordinary track team with several record-holding members.
"When the team went to Boys and Girls' Champs in 2017, both the boys' team in the 1600-metre relay and the girls' team won the events; the first institution in the history of the ISSA track and field competition to have done so. The girls made a record-breaking run of 3 minutes and 57.58 seconds and that record still stands," principal Henry beams.
When asked what is different about the institution, Henry says the teachers go beyond the call of duty.
"I'm not saying teachers at other institutions aren't caring, but I can speak for Spalding. The teachers here are extremely caring. Some of our teachers pay for students' exams: CSEC, CAPE, City & Guilds, because we have a lot of needy students and we are of the view, like the Ministry of Education, that no child should be left behind. As a result of that, we pull out all the stops, even if it means selling ice cream and pastries or putting on a concert to raise funds for our students," he declares.
He claims that Spalding High School will be the first to put on a training seminar for parents who need guidance in parental skills.
The school is proud to have 20 past students of the institution on staff today.


The Majuli college have already started carrier guidance cell since few years back. The centre functions with the primary objective of making students competitive examinations. Higher Education, employable and these focusing on getting them placed in reputed companies and organizations. To impart employability skills do the students, the centre is trying to engaged them enter and these adept to the organization. The training modules cover aptitude tests, group discussion, interview techniques, self motivation tourism and a lots of other need based skill for the students. For the purpose, both in house and professional external faculty is involved and the overall personality of the students is honed.
The centre strives do open frontiers of knowledge and reveal new horizons of change, to broader mindsets and do create positive attitudes in the students by organizing teachers, workshop, seminars and group interactions. Workshops and seminars are also held for the teaching and nonteaching actually to brush up their knowledge and skills.
1. All India level competitive examination book list.