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Posted on 10/01/2003 5:50:02 AM PDT by Fighter@heart
The morning news stories are still hammering the White House leak story. The storyline is that some high level Bush official disclosed the name of a secret CIA spy. The trouble is, the only people saying that Valerie Plame was an undercover CIA operative are bush critics. The CIA certainly hasn't said that Plame was a spy ... that she was working undercover, and now that cover has been blown. Consider, please, that the CIA actually confirmed Plame's employment to columnist Robert Novak. Has it occurred to you that the CIA doesn't routinely confirm the employment status of undercover agents or spies? Valerie Plame was worked at a desk in Virginia researching and analyzing documents. It wouldn't affect her job one bit if her picture and name was posted on billboards around the world. She could still sit at that desk and pour over the same documents with the same degree of expertise, or lack thereof, as the case may be.
This is a $5 rocking chair story. Let' me explain:
About 15 years ago a man was arrested and charged with burglary. He had been breaking into homes and stealing items, including furniture. He was caught stealing a rocking chair and several other items from a house. The owner of the rocking chair claimed that it was an antique worth several hundred dollars. That was enough to make the burglary a felony. The accused felon made protested his felony arrest for, as he put it, stealing a five-dollar rocking chair. From that day on the media completely ignored the owner's claim that the rocking chair was a valuable antique, and made continuous references to this poor, poor man being so harshly prosecuted for sealing "a five-dollar rocking chair."
We have the same thing going on here. There is absolutely no evidence that Valerie Plame was an undercover agent for the CIA. The only person who is making that claim is her husband, Joseph Wilson, a Clintonista alumnus harshly critical of Bush. But watching CNN this morning every time the story ran Wilson's wife was identified as "an undercover CIA agent." Valerie Plame, our newest $5 rocking chari.
The Democrats are making a big deal over the fact that the Justice Department is investigating the leak. This is nothing unusual. The CIA is obsessive about privacy, and every time the CIA feels that information about one of their operations or employees has been improperly leaked they ask for an investigation, and that request is almost always granted. There are about 50 such investigations a year. The fact that there's an investigation, then, is no huge news.
Hitlary's dog-washer, Junior New York Senator Chuckie Schumer was seen yesterday pounding the "crime" drum. Schumer is taking great joy in proclaiming that someone in the Bush administration has committed a crime. But is that so?
The law in question is the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. The law imposes a 10-year, $50,000 fine for those who transgress. Here are the three elements that must be satisfied for a crime to have taken place:
The accused party must have made an intentional disclosure of the identity of the agent. They must know that the person they identified was actually an undercover agent The government (the CIA) must be taking measures to conceal this agent's relationship to the United States. Sorry ... no crime. How can you say that the CIA was making an effort to conceal this agent's relationship to the U.S. when they verified here employment to a reporter? Now ... if she actually had been an undercover agent, that relationship would never have been disclosed.
It is really going to be interesting to see how long the media is going to play footsie with the Democrats in pushing this nothing story.
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1 posted on 10/01/2003 5:50:03 AM PDT by Fighter@heart
To: Fighter@heart
It is really going to be interesting to see how long the media is going to play footsie with the Democrats in pushing this nothing story
This so-called "scandal" will be over as soon as Arnold grabs the CA governorship.
This last minute scandal-to-weaken-voter-turnout is not working as well as it used to.
2 posted on 10/01/2003 5:54:17 AM PDT by what's up
The law imposes a 10-year, $50,000 fine for those who transgress
Didn't a JOURNALIST first report this??
3 posted on 10/01/2003 5:55:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
There is absolutely no evidence that Valerie Plame was an undercover agent for the CIA.
If there were evidence, then she wouldn't be undercover. Isn't that the point? I am interested to see how this turns out. It seems like the Dems are gunning for Karl Rove. If his fingerprints show up on this story, whether she's an "operative" or a "spy", it will be a black eye, and Rove will be jeopardized.
4 posted on 10/01/2003 5:56:04 AM PDT by Huck
Thanks goodness someone else sees this. I just posted this response on another thread:
Here's something I don't understand. If Novak called the CIA for confirmation of her status, WHY WHY WHY would they tell HIM about the status of a secret agent? If it's a security matter, why wouldn't they just lie or evade. Is that how easy it is to find out about a covert agent?!!! I can call up and say I'm a reporter from The Podunk Post and ask about a secret agent and they'd CONFIRM it and ask me not to mention it pretty please?!!!! If this is the status of our national security, then we're in trouble
5 posted on 10/01/2003 5:58:42 AM PDT by lainde
To: Huck
Consider, please, that the CIA actually confirmed Plame's employment to columnist Robert Novak. Has it occurred to you that the CIA doesn't routinely confirm the employment status of undercover agents or spies?
He has a good point here. Why would the CIA confirm her employment if she were a "spy?"
6 posted on 10/01/2003 6:01:22 AM PDT by Orangedog (Soccer-Moms are the biggest threat to your freedoms and the republic !)
To: lainde
This is what Novak said on CNN on Monday:
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0309/29/cf.00.html
As a professional journalist with 46 years experience in Washington, I do not reveal confidential sources. When I called the CIA in July, they confirmed Mrs. Wilson's involvement in a mission for her husband on a secondary basis, who is -- he is a former Clinton administration official. They asked me not to use her name, but never indicated it would endanger her or anybody else.
According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operative, and not in charge of undercover operatives. So what is the fuss about, pure Bush-bashing?
7 posted on 10/01/2003 6:03:16 AM PDT by Catspaw
The media will never stop playing footsies with the dims.
8 posted on 10/01/2003 6:13:47 AM PDT by OldFriend (DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
To: Catspaw
Here's today's column:
Columnist wasn't pawn for leak
9 posted on 10/01/2003 6:15:22 AM PDT by StriperSniper (The slippery slope is getting steeper.)
I'd really like to know the guidelines for this Justice/FBI investigation,
Are they looking ONLY into the white house / administration for possible leaks. Or, are they also looking into the circumstances of the story?
Is there any chance that they'd stop at a few presumably Republican staffers or should they also investigate the actions of Wilson, his wife, his Democrat candidate buds, and the equally high likelihood that they staged this goat-rope.
Meanwhile, it seems that someone should point out to Novak that his 'confidential source' is possibly guilty of breaking the law on national security issues - this is important enough to investigate the office of the President - it ain't no low bucks porch theft. 'Cuff him to the radiator until he spills his guts.
10 posted on 10/01/2003 6:16:02 AM PDT by norton
I can call up and say I'm a reporter from The Podunk Post and ask about a secret agent and they'd CONFIRM it and ask me not to mention it pretty please?!!!! If this is the status of our national security, then we're in trouble.
Easier yet, ask them to put you on their mailing list to receive the spy roster each time it's updated ;-)
11 posted on 10/01/2003 6:24:15 AM PDT by varon
To: norton
I have a theory. Wilson, not Plame, is or was an undercover agent for the CIA. His Abd. and other embassy related titles were only a front to get him into nations we needed field operatives, such as Niger in the early 1980's, and Iraq.
Plame indeed works at the CIA, where they met and got married, like many other office romances.
He now feels that the July Novak article was indeed a threat, but not to other people who may disagree with with the administration. But, rather, a threat to himself and his own cover. That's why he has been pounding on this "intimidation" angle, an angle, which under scrutiny, really doesn't make much sense. Unless it is his cover that is targeted.
It's just a theory.
12 posted on 10/01/2003 6:32:57 AM PDT by Chants
To: Orangedog
It says the CIA said not to use her name.
13 posted on 10/01/2003 6:33:30 AM PDT by Huck
And they call that security?! At the very least they should have given the boiler-plate "we can neither confirm nor deny." No wonder Al Qaeda has been eating our lunch for the better part of a decade.
14 posted on 10/01/2003 6:40:41 AM PDT by Orangedog (Soccer-Moms are the biggest threat to your freedoms and the republic !)
Hitlary's dog-washer, Junior New York Senator Chuckie Schumer
GREAT LINE : )
15 posted on 10/01/2003 6:45:27 AM PDT by alisasny (I SCORED AT A DEANLINK MEETUP)
The only thing this "story" has proven is that there is absolutely, without hesitation....a LIBERAL BIAS IN THE MEDIA against Republicans and conservatives alike. Make no mistake about it.....
17 posted on 10/01/2003 6:50:30 AM PDT by smiley
From Novaks column today...."I was curious why a high-ranking official in President Bill Clinton's National Security Council was given this assignment. Wilson had become a vocal opponent of President Bush's policies in Iraq after contributing to Al Gore in the last election cycle and John Kerry in this one.
During a long conversation with a senior administration official, I asked why Wilson was assigned the mission to Niger. He said Wilson had been sent by the CIA's counterproliferation section at the suggestion of one of its employees, his wife.
It was an offhand revelation from this official, who is no partisan gunslinger. When I called another official for confirmation, he said: ''Oh, you know about it.''
The published report that somebody in the White House failed to plant this story with six reporters and finally found me as a willing pawn is simply untrue."
Six reporters?
Who and why was someone upset enough to separately call 6 reporters re: Valerie Plane?
Was it someone in the CIA because Plane recommended her husband for this very high paying assignment to go to Niger to drink sweet mint tea?..
18 posted on 10/01/2003 6:55:24 AM PDT by prognostigaator
According to a confidential source at the CIA, Mrs. Wilson was an analyst, not a spy, not a covert operative, and not in charge of undercover operatives.
Why doesn't W insist that George Tenet speak up then? If she indeed turns out to be just an analyst, Bush should fire Tenet for not speaking up, this is ridiculous.
19 posted on 10/01/2003 6:57:31 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
To: StriperSniper
To point out the obvious, Novak has a vested self-interest in spinning this story to his benefit.
First, Novak has moved from being a reporter (actually a columnist) writing about a story to being the story. One of the cardinal rules of journalism is that the reporter is not the story--the story is the story and the reporter is the background, and that's where Novak has crossed the line.
Second, Novak knows that he is going to be questioned by the FBI and possibly hauled before a grand jury. He has to be very careful about what he says because, although he's said that he will not reveal his confidential sources, his public words will be used in the investigation and he will be questioned about them. He has to carefully choose his words, because whatever he says will be scrutinized.
Third, Novak said he will protect his sources. This means that he cannot give any clues to their identities in what he says publically, or privately.
Forth, Novak wants to continue working as a journalist. Although he has been critical of the administration's policies in Iraq and Israel, he still wants to keep working, and his sources are within the current administration. He's walking tightrope. He has to diminish his role in this, because if he doesn't, his sources will dry up. OTOH, his ego says he has to play up the story and his role in it to get more publicity for his column, and for Novak, getting his column published means income.
When I come up with more, I'll let you know.
20 posted on 10/01/2003 7:03:26 AM PDT by Catspaw


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Q: How to join two tables in MySQL using PHP and mysqli How to join two tables in MySQL using PHP and mysqli?
I have two tables: checkin and checkout. I am trying to merge the two tables with a condition.
Here is my table structure:
checkin
userid currentdate currenttime
60     08-03-2018   03:10
60     08-03-2018   05:50
60     08-03-2018   08:20
20     08-03-2018   01:04
60     09-03-2018   11:23
20     09-03-2018   10:24

checkout
userid currentdate currenttime
60     08-03-2018   04:05
60     08-03-2018   06:10
60     08-03-2018   09:25
20     08-03-2018   07:30
60     09-03-2018   12:30

I would like to have a result like this:
Result

Userid Date        Time
60     08-03-2018   In:03:10  Out:04:05
                    In:05:50  Out:06:10
                    In:08:20  Out:09:25
20     08-03-2018   In:01:04  Out:07:30
60     09-03-2018   In:11:23  Out:12:30
20     09-03-2018   In:10:24

Here is the PHP code:
<?php
    include 'db.php';

    $sql = '
        SELECT
            checkin.iduser as iduser,
            checkin.currentdate as currentdate,
            checkin.currenttime as currenttime,
            checkout.iduser as iduser2,
            checkout.currentdate as currentdate2,
            checkout.currenttime as currenttime2
        FROM checkin
        LEFT JOIN checkout ON checkin.iduser = checkout.iduser
    ';

    if($result = mysqli_query($con, $sql)) {
        if(mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
            echo "
";
            echo "
";
            echo "ID	";
            echo "Date	";
            echo "Time	";
            echo "
";

            while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
                echo "
";
                echo "" . $row['iduser'] . "	";
                echo "" . $row['currentdate'] . "	";
                echo "In :"
                   . $row['currenttime']
                   . "
 Out:" . $row['currenttime2']
                   . "	";
                echo "
";
            }
            echo "
";
            mysqli_free_result($result);
        } else {
            echo "No records matching your query were found.";
        }
    } else {
        echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($con);
    }
    mysqli_close($con);
?>

A: Assuming there is no checkout without a corresponding checkin on the same day. (For example: checkin at 23:30 and checkout at 00:30 the next day is not possible.) Then you can select the times from the checkin table and get the corresponding checkout time in a correlated subquery.
select
  i.userid,
  i.currentdate,
  i.currenttime as checkin,
  (
    select min(o.currenttime)
    from checkout o
    where o.userid = i.userid
      and o.currentdate = i.currentdate
      and o.currenttime > i.currenttime
  ) as checkout
from checkin i

The result would be like this
| userid | currentdate | checkin | checkout |
|--------|-------------|---------|----------|
|     60 |  08-03-2018 |   03:10 |    04:05 |
|     60 |  08-03-2018 |   05:50 |    06:10 |
|     60 |  08-03-2018 |   08:20 |    09:25 |
|     20 |  08-03-2018 |   01:04 |    07:30 |
|     60 |  09-03-2018 |   11:23 |    12:30 |
|     20 |  09-03-2018 |   10:24 |   (null) |

Demo: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/b43a46/5
You can sort the result by date, user and checkin time
order by i.currentdate, i.userid, i.currenttime

If your currentdate is in the format DD-MM-YYYY you will need to convert it to a sortable format:
order by str_to_date(i.currentdate, '%d-%m-%Y'), i.userid, i.currenttime

You can also sort the users by the first checkin in the day with another subquery:
order by i.currentdate, (
    SELECT MIN(currenttime)
    FROM checkin i2
    WHERE i2.userid = i.userid
      AND i2.currentdate = i.currentdate
  ),
  i.currenttime

Now it's up to you to render a HTML table in PHP.

A: Edit your $sql replace it with this:
$sql = '
    SELECT
        checkin.iduser as iduser,
        checkin.currentdate as currentdate,
        checkin.currenttime as currenttime,
        checkout.iduser as iduser2,
        checkout.currentdate as currentdate2,
        checkout.currenttime as currenttime2
    FROM checkin
    LEFT JOIN checkout ON (checkin.iduser = checkout.iduser)
';

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Early life and education
Rivera was born in the city of Arequipa, and was raised in the city of Oxapampa. She began modeling as a teenager and pursued a career in the country's capital, Lima. She eventually graduated with a degree in business administration from the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola. While continuing working as a model, she went on to develop her career as a businesswoman in the area of international commerce. Since young, she has volunteered in events to help people in need and is also an advocate for violence against women in her native country. She works alongside the Programa Integral Nacional para el Bienestar Familiar (INABIF), a Peruvian government institution that fosters children and teenagers that have been abandoned by their families or have suffered from abuse. Rivera works closely with this group by tutoring them in their classes as well as offering psychological support after their traumas. As a spokeswoman for the Miss Peru Organization and the National Police of Peru, she hopes to use her platform to motivate women that have been victims of abuse and help them develop the courage to bring their assaulters to justice. Also, after winning her national title, she was named an ambassador for vicuña wool by the Peruvian government where she works with communities that sell this wool to help boost their economy and promote sustainability.

Pageantry
Having started modeling as a teenager, Rivera's first adventure in the world of pageants came at the age of 18, when she participated in the Miss Peru 2013 pageant for the first time on June 30 of 2012, as one of the youngest candidates in that year's edition and placed as the 2nd Runner-Up on the final night. Thanks to this result, it gave her the right to represent Peru at the Reina Hispanoamericana 2013 pageant in Santa Cruz, Bolivia where in her first international pageant she went unplaced but won the special award of "Miss Elegance." The following year, to gain more experience, she competed in her second international contest, at the Reinado International de la Ganaderia 2014 in Monteria, Colombia, where she placed 1st Runner-Up to Taynara Santana Gargantini of Brazil.

Having taken a break from pageants to focus on her studies, she came back in 2016 where she won the national collegiate title of World Miss University Peru 2016 in order to participate at the international level for a third time. Rivera traveled to Beijing, China to represent Peru at World Miss University 2016, where she defeated 56 other candidates from across the world to become the first Peruvian and first South American to win the title. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Karina Martin from Mexico.

The following year on October 29, 2017, she returned to the country's national pageant (in order to participate in 2018 events) and for the second time finished as 2nd Runner-Up. Her placement here gave her the chance to represent Peru internationally again, at the Miss Eco International 2018 pageant in Cairo, Egypt, where she placed as the 2nd Runner-Up.

Two years later, the Miss Peru organization featured a restructure due to incidents early in the year and called for a special edition of the 2019 pageant, where it was a requirement to have previous pageantry experience at the international or national level. Only ten candidates where selected in a rigorous casting call and interviews to compete for the national crown. On the night of October 20 and cited as a favorite for the title, Rivera went on to become Miss Perú 2019 on her third attempt at the crown at age 26.

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Can We Just Stop Talking About Steve Jobs?
Accompanying reports of the upcoming Apple shareholders meeting is the fact that Steve Jobs won't attend. This is supposedly a big deal, considering all the concerns about his health and all.
However, the tech pundits who have turned this development into a major story seem to be ignoring the critical fact of Jobs' decision to take a medical leave from the company for six months. Logically speaking, that also means that he is not going to show up at public events. How could it be otherwise?
Sure, it's right to talk about Apple's future, possible new product directions and how they'd manage the succession process should Jobs decide, for whatever reason, not to return. I can well understand that there are concerns — valid ones — as to how well Apple will do without Jobs at the helm.
While lots have companies have CEOs moving in and out of the executive suite in a musical chairs fashion, a founder of the company is the person who shapes its direction, particularly if that person is a charismatic visionary.
Look, if you will, how Apple fared when Steve Jobs left the company in the mid-1980s. Yes, Apple hung around for over a decade without him around, but they didn't do so well did they? Sure, there were some great products along the way, and also far too many duds. By the time Jobs returned as part of the acquisition of NeXT, Apple was an absolute, hemorrhaging lots of red ink.
They say that the company was never closer to folding, and I can well understand that those of you who — like me — stayed with the company for many years through thick and thin don't want to see a repetition of the bad old days.
But the Steve Jobs who took over as iCEO (and then as CEO "for life") was not quite the same person who co-founded Apple along with Steve Wozniak in the mid-1970s. He had matured as a business person, and understood the need to hire executives with vision and talent to manage the day to day affairs.
The people who are there today have been immersed in Steve Jobs' vision, following his wishes for years. For example, COO Tim Cook, who is keeping the engine running in Jobs' absence, is widely regarded as one of the best operating officers on the planet. He has tamed Apple's runaway inventory issues, and runs a lean and mean ship.
Sure Apple is late with products from time to time, usually by no more than a few weeks or so. But I rather suspect that's largely the result of unexpected production issues, which are understandable, rather than some deep-seated management problem. Sometimes critical product defects don't actually appear until the production ramp up begins. Besides, critical components may ship late, and Apple doesn't have a whole lot of control over that.
I suppose there are also concerns because Apple hasn't done very much in terms of innovating through the economic downturn, at least so far. This year's product revisions have been really routine, at least so far. The 17-inch MacBook Pro, for example, was just a natural development that accompanied last fall's introduction of the unibody Macs. Giving it a special battery, while no doubt useful for on-location work, is not revolutionary by any means, even though it's a clever idea.
Certainly the upgrades to iLife and iWork were also part of the natural development process, even though I expect most of you who have tried these application suites will agree that the upgrades are well worth the money.
But what about the iMac and the Mac mini? Certainly the latter was long in the tooth a year ago, and I expect it's natural to think that the product may eventually be supplanted by something altogether different. Or it may get a simple refresh to accompany the iMac.
Adding to that are concerns about Apple's future direction with NVIDIA, now that the latter is embroiled in a legal dispute with Intel. It seems that NVIDIA thinks they have the right to build chipsets for the next-generation Core i7 processor family. Intel disagrees, and so the lawyers wrangle, and Apple remains in the middle.
If Intel prevails or at least fails to sign a new licensing pact with NVIDIA, Apple may have to abruptly change the designs of some of its future products. While I expect Apple has different prototypes at hand to accommodate the outcome, that also means product delays.
This isn't to say the existing iMac, despite lower sales of Apple desktops, is a bad product. But time maybe passing it by, at least as far as those thinking about buying a new Mac are concerned.
Whatever the issues, little of this has anything to do with whether or not Steve Jobs returns to Apple in June, continues his sabbatical or just quits. Indeed, I expect that, whatever his actual condition, he remains in touch with Apple's executives about future products and marketing plans. Indeed, I expect Apple's new gadget roadmap for the next few years has already been hatched and everything is moving naturally through the development process even now.
It would be nice to have Jobs back. But if that's not in the cards, so be it. Let's move on.
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Suppose Jobs decides as a consequence of all this frenzied cackle about his health that he has had enough of it and quits? The company will then obviously be deprived of even his declared ongoing involvement in strategic decisions. One could then assert that damage has been caused to the company. By whom?
As in any company, there are three main categories of stakeholders in Apple: the stockholders, the employees, and the customers. Which of these is the least important for the future success of Apple? Engage any three braincells and the answer is the stockholders. Especially those who proudly and pompously call themselves 'investors' and then behave, as we say here in Australia, like headless chucks. If the other stakeholders behaved like that (as some did when Jobs wasn't there), Apple would have ceased to exist long ago.
The least appreciated category of stakeholders is the customers. The stockholders take them for granted, especially the 'investors'. What would happen to the company if the lot of the latter went on indefinite sick leave tomorrow? With 25 Billion in the kitty and no debt (all thanks to loyal customers), not much. They contribute nothing of importance to Apple. It is time for the customer stakeholders to raise their voices and flex their muscles. They know that in these times and for the ongoing success of Apple, they are the most important stakeholder category. No customers, no Apple. Pipe down, you 'investors', 'analysts' and 'commentators'. The customer stakeholders might mount a class action against you for the damage you may cause the company. There are millions of them.
Steve Jobs' greatest contribution is his uncanny ability to understand what customers want before they know it themselves, and then inspire the employees to work the wonders. Apple rides on the wavefront ahead of commoditization. Dell defines commodity. Go buy Dell and be happy. No doubt, Dear Michael will bare his innermost just to please the 'investors', the 'analysts' and the 'commentators'. Perhaps he will even close down his company and give the money back to the stockholders? The Dell customers will have no trouble finding another commodity computer to buy.


When is the last time you picked up a book of poetry? Maybe in this day and age you need to Google poetry, or download poetry on your kindle, nook, e-reader, ipad, or whatever tickles your fancy. I like to open my Oxford Book of English Verse and read. There is something that gets me opening that old book with worn pages. Thinking about all the others who have read it before and what it meant to them. I would suggest reading a romantic poem or two with your love. It makes you think and automatically sets a romantic mood.
Romantic Tip: Read poetry together. Talk about the poem after and what you each got from it.
Now for today's recipe...I send my hubby off with fresh cut veggies every single day for work. I am blessed to have a man that loves his raw veggies! I like to change up his dip varieties so that he doesn't get bored. If he had it his way, he would eat jalapeno ranch dip every single day. More often than not, he comes home and admits that the "new dip" was good. This was one of them. I was quite pleased because it is much healthier than the traditional ranch because there is no mayo in it.
Mix together. Chill until you serve.


Which is more suitable for you: Master's or PhD degree?
Many things should be considered before you take this decision : Time, money and personal interests.
A master's degree usually contains courses and exams, and it takes from 1 to 3 years to be completed. Thesis is always required to get the master's degree but that depending on the program itself. Some of them requires a thesis, others give between you an obtion to choose between a thesis and exam.
More information can be found in the next article.


Meet Adrian Majkrzak, another artist featured in the upcoming Cosmos show! Adrian is an illustrator and concept artist who currently works as an artist for Destiny at Bungie Studios. His work is full of science fiction influences, and incredible spaces. For more of Adrian's work take a look at his website, www.ghostorbit.com, or on Instagram @ghostorbit, and don't forget to check out his Sagittarius piece in the upcoming Cosmos exhibition, opening October 30th!
For the COSMOS Tarot & Oracle Deck, Adrian illustrated a piece for the constellation Sagittarius. In the deck, it represents the Fool Card, and is a Fire Element.
Sagittarius rules the ninth house, the house of philosophy. One of the most unique qualities of Sagittarius is its dual nature: half human, with an ability to reason, ideals, and a quest for knowledge, and half horse, with an insatiable wanderlust, a restless nature, and a desire for independence. Sagittarius may wrestle with harmonizing both sides of their personality, however, those with the 9th sign are often able to find the connection that binds their contrasting personality traits through traveling and exploring new cultures. They learn how to employ their idealistic view through exploration. Sagittarius often spends time thinking about "why" and "how" things work on a grander scale, and they are not afraid to share their theories about life with anyone that will listen. Others will find it fun to brainstorm impossibly big concepts with them.
If Sagittarius appears in a reading, it is a great time for a new quest in which one may have time to reflect. This card indicates an opportunity to refresh one's life philosophy through new experiences and travel.
When this card appears reversed, it indicates boredom with the routine, anxiety, and restlessness. A feeling of imprisonment or oppression may surface. This anxiety may manifest itself in several ways -- running from romantic commitment, stressing within a job that may seem mundane or repetitive, or even skirting responsibilities in favor of a spontaneous adventure. Shaking up routine will help satiate the desire to explore.


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This is a problem for me because I'd like to use the computed style value in JavaScript calculations.


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"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows."
"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."
"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale."
"There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody."
"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force."
"To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."
"One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do."
"The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax."
"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."
"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
"Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility."
"Business is a combination of war and sport."
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
"Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror."
"Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible."
"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."
"One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
"To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke."


Residents have the full privilege of mixing different pieces of furniture from two different sets. It does not matter how you would want your bedroom to look like. As an issue of truth, there are particular circumstances where purchasing individual pieces of furniture cost less than purchasing the entire set. There are many makers of sets of furniture online. Most of them have websites that you can quickly examine out. Compared with shopping mall prices, you can quickly seek for a reduced rate if you are visiting buy your sets online. If you truly want to make sure of the quality, you can buy from furniture stores. A great pointer for those who would like to purchase bedroom sets, you must try to see the furniture store once they have brand-new products coming in. Why? This is because throughout this particular time, most stores will discard of their old bedroom evaluated economical prices. If money is an issue for you, this is a wise step that you can do to obtain.
Furniture for your house is entitled to factor to consider and thought for it to offer comfort and match the looks and dcor. You can invest hours and days browsing around shops for the finest deal in bedroom sets. A better method is to shop online. From the comfort of your home, you can see furniture from a variety of leading names in the furniture market. You can place your order online and have the set delivered to your doorstep with a refund policy. Bedroom sets are available in a variety of colors, sizes, styles and design. Modern platform beds, traditional poster beds, beds with drawers below for storage, beds with matching nightstands, dressers, mirrors, chests and cabinets for an unique look, are all available. Your bedroom is where you unwind, rest and sleep. According to your convenience, taste and preference you have choices on bookcase beds, canopy beds, cottage design beds, Futon beds, beds with headboards, poster beds, storage beds and panel beds. Each has a distinct design and finish. You can select it with practical and aesthetic considerations in mind. Expense is also a significant factor to consider. Online shops offer these bed sets in price ranges that match your budget. You can compare products and costs and reach the finest choice to match your needs.
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Tom King, Ph.D. (BA '68) has had a productive career as a cultural resource management expert working in the U.S. and Micronesia. In his latest venture he has delved into fiction writing and his most recent book, Amelia Earhart: Unrescued, uses historical and archaeological data as the basis for imagining the last days of Amelia Earhart.
Christina Arata (BA '83) worked for several years as an administrator in the Department of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences. Currently she has a freelance writing career, and has recently self-published an e-book titled Raised by Hollywood: Reflections from a Latchkey Kid. The work includes some personal stories related to her experience pursuing her B.A. at S.F. State and her enjoyment in studying Anthropology!
Harjant S Gill, Ph.D. (BA '05) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Towson University. His recent 3-part ethnographic film series Indian Masculinities (Sent Away Boys, Mardstan/Macholand, and Roots of Love) is available via his open access https://vimeo.com/harjant. The trilogy has been described as an exploration of the "complex and intricate dynamics of the construction and reception of the the projected image of Indian men and their Social duties, responsibilities and privileges in context of the Indian State of Punjab" (Sen 2018).
Natalie Cox, Ph.D. (MA '09) received her Ph.D. from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). After teaching at City College San Francisco and CIIS for several years, Natalie was hired for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Anthropology at CCSF.
Shay Cannedy (MA) received her Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University in 2016. Her research focuses on Congolese asylum seekers and resettled refugees in Europe. She is currently a visiting assistant professor at Whittier College in California.
Sean David Christensen (BA '09) completed his film, Ghost Tape #10, as part of his MA work at USC Center for Visual Anthropology. The film is a documentary about the U.S. Army's attempts to use Buddhist belief in the afterlife as propaganda during the Vietnam War. As an accomplished visual artist, Sean has received numerous awards for his work.
Brian Gleeson (BA '02, MA '11) works in the Health Care Industry (regulatory affairs), teaches Anthropology courses on California Indians / Native Americans part-time at CSU East Bay in Hayward, and helps run an online monograph series focused on California Studies and California Indians.
Tesla Monson, Ph.D. (MA '12) started a multi-year postdoctoral position at the Anthropology Institute at the University Zürich in July. She completed her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley.
Hannah G Van Vlack (BA '12) completed her MA in applied anthropology at San Jose State (2014), after which she worked in cultural research management in New Mexico for various private agencies and the National Park Service (Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandelier National Monument). Since 2018 she has worked as an Environmental Professional/Archaeologist in the Environmental Protection and Compliance, Environmental Stewardship Group of Los Alamos National Laboratory where she helps manage, preserve and protect over 2000 archaeological and historic sites including the last standing-walled pueblo on the Pajarito Plateau.
Cheryl Tripathi (MA '17) is a curatorial assistant in the Department of Anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences.


There are a wide range of Trusts and Foundations across the UK and spending enough time on research will help you find those with a greater interest in your cause and will mean you have a better chance of making a successful application.
There is a large range of resources available for you to use and it is important to balance whether there is any cost attached with how easy it is to find the Trusts and Foundations you want to apply to.
Funding Central is a free website for charities and has over 4,000 grants, loans and contracts listed. It allows you to search for Trusts by location, what you want funding for and who your beneficiaries are amongst a host of other things.
However, there are also a range of other resources available online and in paper format. Some of the popular ones include the Directory of Social Change and the Association of Charitable Foundations. Some of these have a cost involved so do bear this in mind. Sometimes libraries may have copies of old paper resources, which while you will still need to check on a Trust's website if all the information is still correct, can be a good starting point.
As with other forms of fundraising, it is important to understand who funds your 'competitor' charities. This does not mean you will be removing their funding but will help indicate which Trusts are interested in the type of work you undertake.
Once you have done your research and identified the Trusts you will be applying to for funding, it is always worth spending a bit of time on their website to ensure the information you have is up to date. They might have just changed the person you address the application to or some of their criteria. Checking this will help ensure you have the best chance of success and do not waste any time on applying to a Trust who is unlikely to fund you.
You will also be able to read through their accounts on the Charity Commission website – this will help identify the charities they have recently supported and how much they tend to give on average.
Some Trusts prefer to be proactive themselves and whilst you can't research these in the same ways as above, it is always worth making yourself seem 'an attractive proposition' for funders. Is your website up to date? Do you display your impact or the change you make for your beneficiaries here? Trusts are perhaps more likely than others to read through your annual report too. Is there anything on here which needs further explaining in the notes?
Once you have done your research, ensure you check and double check your eligibility before tailoring your application to them. Importantly, remember to check when their deadlines are and when will they decide on who to fund, does this coincide with your project?


UC Davis MSBA strategic projects bring company partners together with MSBA student teams and a faculty advisor. In the one-year course, which runs the duration of the program, students solve complex data analytics problems and present recommendations to the client company.
Angel Flight West is a California-based nonprofit that arranges free, non-emergency air travel for children and adults with serious medical conditions and other compelling needs. In 2016, AFW launched a strategic initiative to double its mission count over seven years. The MSBA team is assisting AFW leadership to operationalize this strategic vision through digital transformation. The team is re-envisioning the capabilities of AFW's data platform to optimize the impact of three key growth factors – pilots, patients and providers.
Continuing the work begun last year, students this year are working with Autodesk's product managers and data scientists on analytics to support customer success programs. The team is developing data-driven methodologies to help customer success teams effectively engage with customers, enabling scalable approaches to addressing specific customer needs. Based in San Francisco, Autodesk is a global leader in in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software that helps people imagine, design, and create a better world.
The project goal is to provide Bowles management with actionable intelligence on crop rotation to strategically optimize yields and revenues. As a companion to optimized crop rotation, the students are tasked with creating a risk management practice to robustly predict and minimize negative impacts of factors such as water allocations, market prices, and weather. The 11,000-acre Bowles Farm, where the company grows cotton, tomatoes, field crops, and speciality produce, is managed by the sixth generation of farm owners in California's Central Valley.
The most powerful P&L lever for the retailer is pricing. MSBA students are collaborating with Engage3 data scientists to analyze and benchmark the economic value of machine learning models for retail pricing. Leveraging big data, predictive analytics and SaaS solutions, Engage3 helps retailers and brands enhance P&L performance through localized competitive intelligence and optimized pricing strategies.
Students are working with the Hilti finance team to determine a fair market pricing model based on customer segmentation and revenue potential. The goal is to form fundamental guidelines around pricing based on statistical analysis of Hilti's current sales data combined with an understanding of business processes. Hilti is a global leader in providing technology-leading products, software and services to the worldwide construction industry through quality, innovation and direct customer relationships.
The plug-in electric vehicle market is growing quickly in California, with 1.2-1.5 million vehicles expected on our roads by 2025 and 5 million by 2030. Public charging is critical for drivers who need more range, don't have home charging, have slow chargers, or travel longer distances. The students are analyzing charging event data in collaboration with ITS-Davis researchers to design sustainable business models and capacity expansion strategies for charging station providers. ITS-Davis is the leading university center in the world on sustainable transportation, hosting the National Center on Sustainable Transportation since 2013 and managing major research initiatives on energy, environmental, and social issues.
Optimizing the product assortment at nearly 250 retail locations and integrating the in-store customer experience with its rapidly expanding e-commerce channel is key to Lucky Brand's profit strategy. This multi-dimensional project gives students exposure to the company's different organizational processes including demand management, facility planning, and merchandising. Founded in 1990 in Los Angeles, Lucky is an iconic American lifestyle brand specializing in denim.
Two student teams are working with Autodesk's data scientists, engineers and business leaders. The first team is examining how Autodesk to better engage with cloud customers throughout their subscription lifecycle. The second team is analyzing the performance of key operational systems to improve performance and end-user experience. Based in San Francisco, Autodesk is a global leader in in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software that helps people imagine, design, and create a better world.
The MSBA practicum team worked closely with the Analytics & Business Insight organization to build an interactive, self-service dashboard that provides a state-of-the-business view of key metrics for Charles Schwab.
Students tapped Internet-of-Things technology to explore real-time occupancy data with the goal of understanding how the workforce interacts with their office environment and how to influence productivity by improving space utilization. CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services firm serving owners, investors and occupiers. Headquartered in San Francisco, McKesson Corporation—5th on the FORTUNE 500—is a global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care and healthcare information technology.
As many as one in four college students in California suffer from food insecurity, unable to get proper nutrition, in quantity or quality. The student team assisted the UC Davis Center for Student Affairs Assessment (CSAA) in creating a system to monitor and improve the campus food supply chain.
The student team worked with augmenting industry pricing and analytics experts tasked with improving profitability at a large California grocery chain by leveraging point-of-service and pricing data that capture how internal and external price signals impact customer behavior. Dunnhumby uses the power of customer (big) data and insights to create customer-first and personalized in-store, digital and mobile customer experiences.
The student team assisted a customer-centric, locally-owned grocery chain evaluate its marketing analytics strategy and deliver insights that maximize promotional impact and strengthen customer relationship. Based in Woodland, Calif., Nugget Markets is a privately owned, $300+ mil. revenue grocery chain ranked 12 consecutive years among Fortune's Best Companies to Work For.
The student team examined the problem of commercial power fraud and recommending analytically-derived solutions with the goal of creating a safer, sustainable and more equitable environment for its entire customer base. Founded in 1946, SMUD is Sacramento's community-owned, not-for-profit electric service, among the six largest of its kind in the U.S.


Our challenge for July 2009 goes hand in hand with our Recession 101 series. Besides the fact that it is absolutely great in cold weather, it will save you money if you opt for this instead of joining friends at an impersonal restaurant where someone else calls the shots. What am I on about?
We are challenging all of you to give up the luxury of a clean house and the joy of being served and invite your friends over for a truly South African experience.
You have a choice between a Chicken, Seafood, Beef and Beer, Curry, Lamb or any other Potjie you can dream up.
Dust of the garden furniture, get out the charcoal and the red wine and get the fire going already!
The Search for the Best Bunny Chow is on!
I'm sorry, I forgot to take photos… But I can tell you that the warthog potjie was the best potjie I have ever had!
I urgently need a warthog potjie recipe for this weekend. Maybe you can ask your neighbour to assist?
Good luck, let us know how it turned out!


Interested in Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders? Admissions officers are waiting to hear from you!
University of Montana / Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders is located in Missoula, MT, in an urban setting.


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URBAN INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC SPACE, ALBORAYA
Alboraya is a town of 22.000 inhabitants located on a fertile area to the north of the city of Valencia, and practically integrated within the capital's conurbation. It consists ot two different agglomerations, one by the coast, and the main one in the fertile hinterland, surrounded by a considerably well preserved landscape.
During the last decade, Alboraya has commited to the improvement of its urban environment, promoting a series of interventions that aim to create a new public spaces network that articulates the city.
These projects, albeit different in nature, follow similar guidelines: increase of sidewalks width to ensure the comfort of pedestrian space, creation of a bike lane network, tree planting, improvement of accesibility and unification of the different materials and design solutions.
The culmination of these interventions will be the Lane Park, a project springing from the opportunity to lay the railway line no. 3 underground as it runs across the town. These tracks were, on the surface, enclosed by a fence which divided the urban center into two isolated parts with scarce connection points, three of them being street-level crossings, with the resulting danger to the citizens. This situation led to extreme mobility issues and resulted in a serious lack of urban space structure.
Taking advantage of this tunneling project, the city council decided to turn the former railway trail into a pedestrian pathway, creating a new public space for its inhabitants, while guaranteeing pedestrians and bicycle mobility.
This urban axis will ultimately articulate the new public spaces grid.
LANE PARK
The project consists of a pedestrian path laid out between two railway stations, which provides complete transversal connection. This new space also seeks to attract interest by itself, accomodating pleasant areas for citizen meeting and resting, playgrounds for children, and elderly excercising areas.
The integration of the project with its surroundings is considered essential, which led to the use of design elements (particularly vegetation and paving) already existing in the urban design of nearby spaces.
The intervention geometry is made up of fractured lines which provide the pathway with contiguous spaces dedicated to different uses, as well as more sheltered areas that encourage social intercourse. These adjacent areas are in some cases elevated planters circled by a granite linear element that serves as a bench.
Rainwater is collected through a granite drainage channel placed at the center of the pathway, and connected to the town's general water collection network.
The peripheral paving is solved with the same grey stone used in most of the nearby streets, seeking a direct relation with the surroundings, whereas the central segment is uniformly paved with a prefabricated red floor tile that visually unifies the path along its varied cross section and the mixed typologies of the adjacent buildings. The same tile but in a gray hue is used in the east service lane. Other elements such as curbs, drain channels, special pavement pieces, planters fencing, etc, have been solved with grey flamed granite. Tinted rubber paving was used on the playground areas.
Special emphasis has been put on lighting design. Organic looking poles with several spotlights attached provide a soft light randomly distributed along the park. At the access areas, lighting is enhanced with high poles and additional spotlights.
Vegetation has been an important subject as well, from the beginning the choice to preserve the majority of existing trees was made with a double purpose; to integrate the proposal with nearby green areas, and to take advantage of the already grown foliage from the very start.
The landscaping was completed with additional planting of trees inside the parterre gardens, aligned palm trees, and other trees that provide shade and make the Lane Park a new green area for the town of Alboraya.


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I am available to all guests after they check in. For those guests who like to hike I am willing to accompany them on the Sunday National Trust hikes or I can create a trail along the cliffs in my area.
Thank you!! Paul and Jillian were what I consider perfect guests. They embraced the island and Stay Awhile and allowed us to do what we are most passionate about; helping our visitors to relax and Stay Awhile.
Great apartment, had everything I needed. Great location near to the beach and local amenities. Nothing was too much trouble for Marcia, she is always on hand and I was made to feel very welcome.
Thank you Carlos! It was great having you a guest and I look forward to welcoming you back to Stay Awhile.
I am located within walking distance from some of the most awesomely rugged cliffs and beaches. The most photographed beach on he island, Bottom Bay. is a stone's throw away. The Crane Resort is the oldest hotel and only 7 minutes drive away with a selection of restaurants for great dining. Public buses to and from the city leave my area quite frequently from 5:00 am to midnight. For the animal lovers there is a petting zoo nearby.
Public transport is 1 minute walk from the apartment, the fare is BDS $2 to any area of the island. Car rental is available and recommended for those who want to see the island at their own pace. There are full day island tours including lunch and drinks as well as specialized tours to various attractions. Taxis are also available.


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Nintendo Wii Remotes For Sale
Nintendo Wii Remotes are available for purchase on various online retail stores. The remotes are compatible with the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo Wii U gaming consoles.
The remotes are available in different colors and designs. They are also available in different price ranges. Some of the features of the Nintendo Wii Remotes include motion control, vibration feedback and IR pointing.
The remotes are also available with different Wii accessories. Some of the Wii accessories that are available with the remotes include wrist straps, Nunchuk controllers, and Motion Plus adapters.
The Nintendo Wii Remotes are available in different price ranges. The prices of the remotes vary depending on the color and design of the remotes. Some of the remotes are also available with different Wii accessories.
The Nintendo Wii Remotes are available for purchase from various online retail stores. Some of the online retail stores that sell the remotes include Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart.
1 Are all Wii Remotes compatible?
2 How can I get a free Wii Remote?
3 Do new Wii remotes work with old Wii?
4 When were Wii remotes discontinued?
5 Can you use your phone as a Wii Remote?
6 How do I get my old Wii Remotes to work?
7 How do I pair a new Wii Remote?
Are all Wii Remotes compatible?
Yes, all Wii Remotes are compatible with the Wii system.
How can I get a free Wii Remote?
There are a few different ways that you can get a free Wii Remote.
One way is to sign up for a free trial of Nintendo's online service, Nintendo Switch Online. This trial lasts for seven days, and once it is over, you will be able to keep the Wii Remote.
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Another way to get a free Wii Remote is to sign up for the Nintendo Switch Family Membership. This membership costs $34.99 per year, and it comes with a free Wii Remote.
Finally, you could also try winning a Wii Remote in a contest or giveaway. There are often contests and giveaways for Nintendo products, and a Wii Remote is often one of the prizes.
Do new Wii remotes work with old Wii?
The answer to this question is yes, new Wii remotes do work with old Wii consoles. However, there are a few things to keep in mind in order to make sure that everything is functioning correctly.
First and foremost, it is important to make sure that the Wii console and the Wii remote are both updated to the latest system software. If either one is not up to date, then the functionality between the two devices may be compromised.
In addition, it is necessary to make sure that the Wii remote is properly synced with the console. This can be done by pressing the sync button on the Wii remote and the sync button on the console at the same time. Once they are synced, the Wii remote will be able to control the console.
If there are any problems with syncing the Wii remote, one possible solution is to clean the sync button on the Wii remote. This can be done by using a cotton swab that has been dipped in alcohol.
Finally, it is important to keep in mind that not all Wii games are compatible with the Wii remote. In order to check if a game is compatible, it is necessary to look for the Wii remote symbol on the game's packaging. If the symbol is not present, then it is likely that the game is not compatible with the Wii remote.
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When were Wii remotes discontinued?
The Wii Remote was discontinued on May 3, 2013.
Can you use your phone as a Wii Remote?
Yes! You can use your phone as a Wii Remote. There are many different ways to do this. One way is to use an app called Wii Controller. This app allows you to use your phone as a Wii Remote. Another way is to use an app called Wii Remote Plus. This app allows you to use your phone as a Wii Remote. You can also use an app called Wii U Controller. This app allows you to use your phone as a Wii Remote.
How do I get my old Wii Remotes to work?
If you have an old Wii Remote that isn't currently working with your Wii U, there are a few simple steps you can take to get it up and running again.
The first thing you'll need to do is download the Wii Remote Plus firmware updater from the Nintendo website. Once you've downloaded the firmware updater, open it and follow the on-screen instructions.
Once the firmware updater is installed, you'll need to put your Wii Remote into pairing mode. To do this, hold down the Sync button on the Wii Remote and press the Power button. The Sync button is the one closest to the battery pack.
Once your Wii Remote is in pairing mode, it will automatically begin downloading the latest firmware updates. Once the updates are downloaded, your Wii Remote will be up and running again.
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How do I pair a new Wii Remote?
If you have a new Wii Remote and you want to pair it with your Wii console, you can follow these steps:
1. Turn on your Wii console and make sure that it is connected to the internet.
2. Press the SYNC button on the front of your Wii console.
3. Press the Power button on the Wii Remote.
4. The Wii Remote will start flashing.
5. Point the Wii Remote at the Wii console and press the SYNC button.
Your Wii Remote should now be paired with your Wii console.


We are always grateful for the nominations and awards that we receive.
We are proud to report that Financial Tech Forum (FTF) nominated John Lunny, CEO of Vestmark, as a 2019 Fintech Person of the Year. Past nominees for this award have had noteworthy achievements and made significant strides in advancing financial technology innovations for the industry. This award nomination follows an award-winning 2018 for John and Vestmark, when John was named winner of the EY award as Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 for Financial Services, in the New England Region, and Vestmark was ranked the number one firm in the large company category in Boston Business Journal'sBest Places to Work in Boston for 2018.
Vestmark was founded on a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. John has been with Vestmark since 2001 and has played an essential role in the fintech industry. Under his direction, Vestmark has grown to serve over 4 million investor accounts with more than $1.3 trillion in platform assetsat the end of 2018.
John always credits Vestmark's success to the team that stands proudly beside him.
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Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.
Carbon Relay wants to fire up the data center industry by using artificial intelligence to help IT pros cool down these big facilities.
The Boston newcomer released two products this week that use AI to automate cooling systems and integrate those systems with core IT assets, such as server and storage hardware and software, to improve data center energy efficiency.
The two applications, Optimize and Predict, work with an IT organizations' existing network of sensors, IoT platforms, large data sets and data visualization tools to automate the control of industrial heating, cooling and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to boost their efficiency. The software can also help predict when the systems need maintenance, and also offer failure detection, outages and know when to redistribute computing resources.
In addition, Carbon Relay executives said they believe these efficiencies through automation will lead to less human intervention, which could also drive down costs in large corporate data centers.
"Typically, you would need IT personnel walking around turning the dials to adjust the temperatures," said Matt Provo, co-founder and CEO of Carbon Relay. "Our [software] agent is making all those adjustments and doing so continuously."
The software makes hundreds of quick decisions to support predictive capabilities across many variables. For instance, if the Carbon Relay system knows the outside temperature will rise 13 degrees, it can turn the temperature down 3 degrees in a data center "hot aisle" or turn it up 2 degrees in a cold aisle.
The Optimize software can simulate a customer's data center in 48 hours, based on the information it collects using only a facility blueprint and electrical layout diagrams, Provo said. The product then tunes up the simulated environment to move into production in about 12 weeks. It does so without any connection to IT, IoT or sensors, he said.
The Predict software analyzes a user's historical operations data, including temperatures and power levels, which it does collect from IoT sensors inside a data center. The product uses the data to train its predictive model.
Data visualization tools help data center managers discover and prioritize areas that can be more efficient.
Our APIs are designed to send out floats or values, which trigger actions to be taken across 37 different variables.
Carbon Relay tailors its software to be compatible with major IoT platforms, including Siemens MindSphere and Cisco Kinetic along with data center management as a service (DMaaS) products such as Schneider Electric, and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software such as Maya Heat Transfer Technologies. This is critical to move the company's intelligent agent into production.
"Our APIs are designed to send out floats or values, which trigger actions to be taken across 37 different variables," Provo said. "These variables can be environmental, or things on the IT side of the house, or be related to HVAC equipment," he said.
The Carbon Relay technology exposes an actuator, a small piece of hardware in nearly every piece of industrial machinery that serves as a control point, to integrate with an IT shop's existing network of sensors, IoT platforms and software. Once exposed, the company's agent software can control how the actuator operates with a range of different computer and HVAC systems. Moreover, if users have already bought industrial automation software or an IoT platform, the agent can mesh with those too.
This ability to work with a shop's existing IT equipment can help lower costs by sidestepping switching costs with items like sensors and IoT platforms, Provo said.
Carbon Relay's systems are available as both on-premises software and as a service. The former requires direct connection to the machinery's set points/actuators or to expose them via an IoT platform integration, according to the company. Carbon Relay wouldn't disclose pricing, but said it is calculated based on a facility's square footage, HVAC tonnage capacity and electrical consumption and utilization.
Carbon Relay offers a practical, more user-friendly approach to what is often a complex implementation, said Rhonda Ascierto, vice president of research at the Uptime Institute. The ability to quickly stand up a simulated data center environment could hasten adoption.
"I like the idea it can fully simulate in 24 hours a nonproduction version of a data center," she said. "I think it helps users to more easily get their arms around this."
The company is also smart to supplement DCIM platforms rather than replace them. "They aren't trying to be DCIM or DMaaS, although they need those platforms to get into production environments," she said.
Carbon Relay's approach also looks beyond the cooling and power issues that enterprise-level data centers face, and considers related issues with server and storage hardware and software.
"They are taking more of a holistic approach to the data center than some [competitors]," she said. "California Data Science and Solecular are the other 'pure plays' focused on AI in the data center, but I believe they will all have to partner with DCIM and DMaaS companies."
One barrier to adoption of AI in general, which could also apply in the case of Carbon Relay's offerings, is what Ascierto called a "black-box concern" -- that the complexities and increasingly autonomous outcomes from AI become harder to understand.
"This could raise questions about visibilities and accountability ... particularly for third-party data center service providers, including colos and around SLAs [service-level agreements]," she said.
Carbon Relay plans to sell directly to customers and add reseller partnerships later. The company has been in development for the past three years; its primary financial backer has been Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, which is also testing the technology, according to the company. Other IT shops are now in evaluation, the company claims, and it hopes to add DCIM partnerships within the next few months as well.
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2021 Cupra Formentor VZ5: Watch The LIVE Debut Of The New 2.5L Five-Pot Sporty SUV Here
Cupra is celebrating its third anniversary by pulling the wraps off the Formentor VZ5, its new range-topping SUV.
The model will be shown as part of an online event that will start at 5:00 a.m. ET (11:00 a.m. CET) and will also reveal a glimpse of the Spanish brand's future, from "new collaborations and our vision of electric performance on the road and also on the racetracks".
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Said to be a "limited-run addition" to the family, the Formentor VZ5 uses Audi Sport's turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine. They have yet to announce how much power it has, but in the RS Q3 and RS Q3 Sportback it develops 394 HP (400 PS / 294 kW) and 354 lb-ft (480 Nm) of torque, and comes coupled to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and all-wheel drive. The 0 to 62 mph (0-100 km/h) acceleration takes 4.5 seconds in the two German SUVs, which max out at 155 mph (250 km/h), or 174 mph (280 km/h) with the optional removed V-max limiter.
In addition to the new powertrain, the Formentor VZ5 will feature a dedicated suspension set-up and upgraded brakes. A more aggressive body kit is also expected, differentiating it from the regular versions of the compact SUV. The diagonally stacked tailpipes on each side of the diffuser, 'VZ5' logo to the right side of the tailgate next to the 'Cupra' lettering, and bespoke wheels will round out the looks on the outside. In the cabin, it should have a pair of bucket seats up front, exclusive upholstery and trim, and perhaps different graphics for the infotainment system and digital dials.
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Cold memories from beautiful days between high mountains and deep forest.
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting our selves and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.
It's the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever.
From the bottom of my heart I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, spend these days with your loved ones and hoping they can be full of joy and serenity!


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An attractive wooden cabin with plastic palms, kids area and pool, making it a decent stop for drinks, while the fish come served with proper knives and forks unlike at nearby competitors. These guys are strictly seasonal, so quite what the standard is this year remains open to question - some years it's very good, some years not so. At the very least it's a fine place to enjoy a drink or two, metres from the water.


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16'6″, 18'0″, 19'6″, 21'0″, 24'0″, 27'0″, 30'0″, 34'6″, and 39'0″ cutting widths.
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Le 20 Canada Square est un bâtiment de la ville de Londres, situé dans le quartier de Canary Wharf.

Il abrite la compagnie pétrolière britannique BP et est le siège social de l'entreprise américaine S&P Global pour le Royaume-Uni. Les deux entreprises occupent chacune six des douze étages du bâtiment.

Bâtiment à Londres