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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/restic/restic"
	"github.com/restic/restic/backend"
	"github.com/restic/restic/repository"
	. "github.com/restic/restic/test"
)

const (
	mountWait       = 20
	mountSleep      = 100 * time.Millisecond
	mountTestSubdir = "snapshots"
)

// waitForMount blocks (max mountWait * mountSleep) until the subdir
// "snapshots" appears in the dir.
func waitForMount(dir string) error {
	for i := 0; i < mountWait; i++ {
		f, err := os.Open(dir)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		names, err := f.Readdirnames(-1)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if err = f.Close(); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		for _, name := range names {
			if name == mountTestSubdir {
				return nil
			}
		}

		time.Sleep(mountSleep)
	}

	return fmt.Errorf("subdir %q of dir %s never appeared", mountTestSubdir, dir)
}

func cmdMount(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, dir string, ready, done chan struct{}) {
	cmd := &CmdMount{global: &global, ready: ready, done: done}
	OK(t, cmd.Execute([]string{dir}))
	if TestCleanup {
		OK(t, os.RemoveAll(dir))
	}
}

func TestMount(t *testing.T) {
	if !RunFuseTest {
		t.Skip("Skipping fuse tests")
	}

	checkSnapshots := func(repo *repository.Repository, mountpoint string, snapshotIDs []backend.ID) {
		snapshotsDir, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(mountpoint, "snapshots"))
		OK(t, err)
		namesInSnapshots, err := snapshotsDir.Readdirnames(-1)
		OK(t, err)
		Assert(t,
			len(namesInSnapshots) == len(snapshotIDs),
			"Invalid number of snapshots: expected %d, got %d", len(snapshotIDs), len(namesInSnapshots))

		namesMap := make(map[string]bool)
		for _, name := range namesInSnapshots {
			namesMap[name] = false
		}

		for _, id := range snapshotIDs {
			snapshot, err := restic.LoadSnapshot(repo, id)
			OK(t, err)
			_, ok := namesMap[snapshot.Time.Format(time.RFC3339)]
			Assert(t, ok, "Snapshot %s isn't present in fuse dir", snapshot.Time.Format(time.RFC3339))
			namesMap[snapshot.Time.Format(time.RFC3339)] = true
		}
		for name, present := range namesMap {
			Assert(t, present, "Directory %s is present in fuse dir but is not a snapshot", name)
		}
		OK(t, snapshotsDir.Close())
	}

	withTestEnvironment(t, func(env *testEnvironment, global GlobalOptions) {
		cmdInit(t, global)
		repo, err := global.OpenRepository()
		OK(t, err)

		mountpoint, err := ioutil.TempDir(TestTempDir, "restic-test-mount-")
		OK(t, err)

		// We remove the mountpoint now to check that cmdMount creates it
		OK(t, os.RemoveAll(mountpoint))

		ready := make(chan struct{}, 1)
		done := make(chan struct{})
		go cmdMount(t, global, mountpoint, ready, done)
		<-ready
		defer close(done)
		OK(t, waitForMount(mountpoint))

		mountpointDir, err := os.Open(mountpoint)
		OK(t, err)
		names, err := mountpointDir.Readdirnames(-1)
		OK(t, err)
		Assert(t, len(names) == 1 && names[0] == "snapshots", `The fuse virtual directory "snapshots" doesn't exist`)
		OK(t, mountpointDir.Close())

		checkSnapshots(repo, mountpoint, []backend.ID{})

		datafile := filepath.Join("testdata", "backup-data.tar.gz")
		fd, err := os.Open(datafile)
		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
			t.Skipf("unable to find data file %q, skipping", datafile)
			return
		}
		OK(t, err)
		OK(t, fd.Close())

		SetupTarTestFixture(t, env.testdata, datafile)

		// first backup
		cmdBackup(t, global, []string{env.testdata}, nil)
		snapshotIDs := cmdList(t, global, "snapshots")
		Assert(t, len(snapshotIDs) == 1,
			"expected one snapshot, got %v", snapshotIDs)

		checkSnapshots(repo, mountpoint, snapshotIDs)

		// second backup, implicit incremental
		cmdBackup(t, global, []string{env.testdata}, nil)
		snapshotIDs = cmdList(t, global, "snapshots")
		Assert(t, len(snapshotIDs) == 2,
			"expected two snapshots, got %v", snapshotIDs)

		checkSnapshots(repo, mountpoint, snapshotIDs)

		// third backup, explicit incremental
		cmdBackup(t, global, []string{env.testdata}, &snapshotIDs[0])
		snapshotIDs = cmdList(t, global, "snapshots")
		Assert(t, len(snapshotIDs) == 3,
			"expected three snapshots, got %v", snapshotIDs)

		checkSnapshots(repo, mountpoint, snapshotIDs)
	})
}

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Looking back on Veterans Day: Hoorah for those who serve and who have served
November 19, 2021 | pwsadmin | Columnists
by John Grimaldi, editorial contributor for the Association of Mature American Citizens
Remember when the nation had unflagging respect for our men and women in uniform, when we took pride in observing Veterans Day, the Marine Corps birthday and the anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Navy? Remember presidents in the past who encouraged the nation to stand proud for our servicemen and servicewomen; to recognize the sacrifices they willingly endured for love of country? Observance of those military observances, all three of which occurred over the past four weeks seemed to lack enthusiasm. Why?
Sadly, a report prepared by The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute earlier this year showing that the nation is losing confidence in our military may hold an answer. The Institute's director, Roger Zakheim, is quoted in the report: "This downward trend in trust of the military is a leading indicator of a diminishing national spirit and an affront to President Reagan's legacy. As part of his broader goal of restoring national pride, one of our 40th President's top priorities, upon taking office exactly 40 years ago, was to restore confidence in a military still struggling in the aftermath of Vietnam . . . He recognized that a trusted military not only strengthens deterrence; it strengthens the self-confidence of the American people. Therefore, President Reagan's example provides an excellent guide for how we can overcome our current pessimism."
The Institute's findings are disappointing, at best. For one thing, although Americans might see the military as the nation's "most trusted institution," oddly enough the numbers of us who have a "great deal of trust and confidence in the military" has fallen from 70 percent in 2018 to 56 percent today– a 14 percent drop.
Another depressing discovery from the Institute's report: "Only slightly over one-half of Americans (57 percent) think that the United States has the best military in the world and an even slimmer majority (53 percent) think it would win a war against a nuclear power. Between using the military or diplomacy in international affairs, 41 percent of Americans think the United States strikes the right balance, but about a third (34 percent) think the military is used when diplomacy would be better."
It's no wonder that the nation seems to downplay observations of the birthdays of our Armed Forces as the years go by. There was a time when Veterans Day was a big deal with parades and celebrations of the bravery, gallantry and heroism of our men and women in uniform. The fact is that we haven't seen or heard a lot of cheering at military celebrations for many years now. Washington Post columnist Bob Levey wrote about it in 1997. He noted that "Veterans Day is fast becoming a 'flexible holiday.' That means you can celebrate it today if you choose, or you can bank it and celebrate when it suits you better . . . It's often said that the meanings of Christmas and Labor Day are threatened with being lost. But the meaning of Veterans Day is threatened more than either."
President Biden never served in the military. Of course, his press department makes sure to distribute acknowledgement of military holidays. President Reagan did serve; he actually enlisted in the U.S. Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1937 and saw active duty in World War II. He was part of what we call today the "Greatest Generation." And, as president from 1981 to 1989, he ultimately put an end to the Cold War not with guns and bombs but with a tenacious plea to the leader of the Soviet Union, which had been adversaries of the U.S. since the end of World War II.
In 2004, John Keller, Editor in Chief Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine penned an editorial in remembrance of President Reagan shortly after his passing. In it he noted that "Reagan was deadly serious about strengthening and caring for the nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines, and everyone who answered the unit roll call each morning knew it."
The 2.4 million member Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC] www.amac.us is a vibrant, vital senior advocacy organization that takes its marching orders from its members. AMAC Action is a non-profit, non-partisan organization representing the membership in our nation's capital and in local Congressional Districts throughout the country.
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The Leather Chuck Taylors have their roots in the early 1900's when Converse realized there was a market for a basketball shoe to support the growth of this new American sport. The All Star was to be the first mass produced basketball shoe in North America. It consisted of a very thick rubber sole, and an ankle covering canvas (or sometimes leather) upper.
In 1944 after World War ll Converse started making Black and White canvas high tops. This shoe was a far cry from the original 1917 version which was a soft leather. Today, Converse is back to the original and uses a supple leather to manufacture one of the most iconic shoe in the world. These leather shoes even show up in movies. For example, Will Smith wore the Black Leather Hi Top (Sku 1s581) in the movie I, Robot.


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The Ballad of Billy G
by Brendan Gisby
Swearwords: A lot of strong ones.
Description: What happens when the drugs take hold.
When I stepped off the bus in Charlotte Square on that winter night, the three of them were so close together and caught up in their own laughter that they almost knocked me down. Billy G recognised me instantly. His eyes were bulging, and he was grinning widely. Stoned out of his mind, I figured.
'How're you doing, my man?' he cried, coming closer and giving me a mock hug, acting like he was a wiseguy in a Mafia movie.
He looked pale and cold and grimy under the bright lights of the square. There was a lot of stubble on his chin, and his long, dark hair hung limp and greasy. He wasn't wearing a coat, but as if in token recognition of the cold he had turned up the collar of his thin jacket. That jacket – the bottle-green one with the extra-wide lapels, the diagonal side-pockets and the rows of tiny buttons along the bottom of the cuffs; the one that had been made especially for him by Cowan Tailoring down in Leith – used to be his pride and joy. Now it was misshapen and shabby. In fact, the overall shabbiness of his appearance shocked me. He was so unlike the bright-eyed, clean-shaven, well dressed, young man whom I had first met only a year before.
'Still working in that shit-hole in the Ferry?' he asked, not giving me the chance to answer his first question. 'I had to get out of that place, man. It was doin' my fuckin' head in.'
Again not waiting for an answer, he continued quickly, looking puzzled this time.
'What're you doing here anyway, man?'
He gave me space to reply at last.
'Yeah, still working in the Arms,' I said. 'But weekends only. I've got a full-time job here in Edinburgh now. And a flat up Dalry Road.'
I thought that was it. I had answered his questions. Now I could walk away and leave him and the others to their revelries. But it wasn't to be.
'Fuckin' amazin' coincidence!' Billy G exclaimed. 'Fuckin' amazin', man! We live up that way, too!'
By 'we', I presumed that he meant him and Kondi, his girlfriend, who was snuggling into his side, her arm wound tight around his waist. Most of her head was lost inside the wide collar of her maxi-coat, but I could still see that her eyes were glazed and that she had that usual enigmatic smile on her face. Stoned as well, I guessed. I didn't know whether 'Kondi' was her first name or her last name, or even her real name. Nor could I remember what her voice sounded like; she spoke so seldom, and then only to Billy G, softly and close up. I did remember the night when the pair of them fell out. That was when she went down to the shore at the back of the hotel where Billy G and I worked and walked, fully clothed, into the sea. She would have kept on walking had Billy G not gone in after her and dragged her back. 'A fuckin' weird chick' was what he called her then. None of us disagreed with him.
In wiseguy fashion again, Billy G put his free arm around my shoulders.
'Come on,' he said. 'We'll walk up with you. We're on our way there anyway.'
Then he stopped for a moment, suddenly remembering the third member of their group.
'Oh, by the way,' he laughed, 'this big radge here is called The Bear. And he's my best fuckin' mate.'
With his burly frame, which seemed even more burly in his army greatcoat, and with his bushy black beard and his shock of black hair, both of which were festooned with numerous tiny, coloured ribbons, there was a menacing, pirate-like aura about The Bear. His appearance was one that you wouldn't forget easily. I had met him only once, a couple of years before, during the brief period when I had been a university student. We sat one lunchtime in Greyfriars Bobby Bar, sipping lager and discussing politics. He came over as an affable enough guy, but that didn't excuse the fact that he was a dealer. I remember him sitting there, quietly watching the gullible, young folk who frequented the place. He was like a lizard, ready to pounce on his prey and deal his poison to them. The Bear was grinning at me now. I could tell that he was stoned like the other two, but in a much more controlled way than them. Although he said nothing to me, I detected a flicker of recognition across his reptilian eyes.
We set off round the corner into Hope Street. We were spread out across the pavement, with Billy G and Kondi in the middle and The Bear and I on either side of them. There was a long walk to my flat – along Shandwick Place and West Maitland Street and then halfway up Dalry Road – and I didn't relish making it in their company. I was cold and hungry. After a five-hour stint behind the bar, I was also tired. And I had work the following morning. I wanted to get home as quickly as possible, eat some supper and drop into bed. Instead, I was forced to trail along beside them while they dawdled, giggling and cackling among themselves. I was with them, but not part them. But at least I was spared any further questions from Billy G.
As I walked at his side on that uncomfortable journey, I had plenty of time to observe Billy G's behaviour. He was as high as a kite; that was for sure. I had heard rumours that after disappearing from the Ferry at the end of the summer he had become immersed in the drug scene in Edinburgh. Seeing him up close like that – and in the company of The Bear – more than confirmed those rumours. And I was horrified to think that he had injected something in order to get into his present condition. It had all been so different that day when the Boss brought him into the bar and introduced him as a new member of staff who would be working alongside me and who would be living on the premises. He was younger than me, but not by much. The story was that he had emigrated to Canada with his parents some years before, but that he had recently returned alone to his home area and was now fending for himself for the first time.
Right from the start, Billy G was a likeable guy; keen and hard-working and friendly. Because he was tall and slim and good-looking and charming to boot, he was very quickly regarded as an exotic Adonis by many of the town's teenage girls. With his feather cut hair, his Ben Sherman shirts, his tailor-made suits and his Chelsea boots, he was fastidious about his appearance. He was also fervent about his music. In his off-duty hours, he was often to be seen toting his Blues albums around the town. He had albums by Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix and Taste, among others, but his most cherished one was by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company; that was the album with the bright yellow, comic strip cover – Cheap Thrills, it was called.
Billy G was no angel, though. He smoked dope, a habit that he had brought back with him from Canada. As a result, he associated closely with a few of the toerags in the town who could supply him with the gear. He was very circumspect about his habit, however, the penalty for getting caught with cannabis being much more severe back then. He only ever made joints and smoked them when he was in his room and the hotel was closed for the night. The hiding place for his stash was a hole that he had scooped out of the wall at the back of the skirting board in the corner of his room immediately behind the door. He would smoke while he was lying on his bed, usually with the sound of Fleetwood Mac's Albatross drifting in the background. And, paranoid about being raided by the Police at any time and losing his job into the bargain, he would always clean up afterwards, using one of the hotel's Hoovers to suck up the evidence.
So that was the Billy G whom I came to know – the popular, young guy behind the bar; the dedicated follower of fashion; the roguish Lothario and pot-smoker. Then it all went wrong for him. I don't know if it was Kondi or the dope to blame for his decline. Maybe it was a combination of both. What I do know is that as soon as Kondi appeared in the bar for the first time – mysteriously and silently one night, like the Lady of Shalott searching for Sir Lancelot – he attached himself to her, losing interest in his job and making frequent forays into Edinburgh, where she lived. It was there that he fell into a different kind of company; the kind in which he had access to drugs that were much more powerful than lowly pot and could give him a far bigger high. Whatever its cause, his decline was rapid. After several no-shows at the bar, and by mutual agreement with the Boss, he packed his bags and left with Kondi in tow. And there he was again only a few weeks later, dishevelled and stoned and laughing like a hyena on a frosty November night.
I was so caught up thinking about the change in Billy G that I almost went past the door of the tenement in which I lived. I stopped abruptly, but the others didn't notice and carried on.
'That's me,' I called out after them, praying that they wouldn't want to come in to see my flat.
They were a couple of yards further up the road when they came to a halt and turned round.
'So that's where you are,' Billy G shouted, pointing to the door behind me.
Then he looked diagonally across the road and pointed to the top floor of the tenement on the corner of Dalry Road and Orwell Place.
'That's us up there, man. Top flat. I bet you can see us from your one.'
My little flat was at the rear of the building, overlooking a bleak quadrangle two floors down, but I didn't argue with him.
'Anyway,' he continued, 'it was fuckin' great seein' you again, man. We'll need to come and see you some time.'
His tone had changed. He didn't seem so jolly, and he had begun to shiver. It was as if he was now in a desperate hurry to get home.
'Great,' I said half-heartedly, hoping upon hope that he would never enter my stair and vowing that I would never answer my door if he did come knocking at it.
The three of them began to cross the road. Relieved, I watched them go – Billy G, the junkie, with his weird chick and his reptile dealer. Off to shoot up again, I supposed. Then, shaking my head, I slipped into my stair.
After heating up my flat, and after having something to eat and ironing a shirt for work the next day, I suddenly remembered that, being a Sunday night, it was bin night. So I was back at the same spot about an hour later, placing my bin next to the others at the side of the pavement. It was after one o'clock, and the street was deserted by that time. I don't know why, but for some reason I looked up at the windows of Billy G's flat. There was a light on at one of the windows. Then the light went off. Then it went on again. Then off. Then on. Off and on. Off and on. Either someone was actually switching the light off and on, which I thought was unlikely, or the light was on some kind of loop, which was more likely and the sort of thing that would amuse a bunch of junkies. I could picture the three of them, stoned again, giggling and cackling like before, with Billy G's music blasting from his stereo and drowning them out. Some satanic licks from Hendrix, maybe. Or Joplin rasping out Summertime.
'Psychedelic, man,' I said scornfully to the offending window. Then I shook my head again and hurried back to the warmth of my flat, feeling righteous.
When I began my shift at the bar on the following Friday evening, I learned that Billy G had died. Overdosed on heroin, they told me, in a squalid flat in Edinburgh on the previous Sunday night. The Police found him after the neighbours complained about the noise; Voodoo Chile had been playing at top volume on a loop on his stereo, apparently. There had been no sign of Kondi, so it was assumed that he died alone. He was only nineteen years old.
'What a waste,' the Boss said.
'And still a teenager, for fuck's sake,' someone else remarked.
I didn't tell any of them that I had run into him that night.
That was back in the winter of 1970. The Swinging Sixties had fizzled out. The Summer of Love was already a distant memory, its innocent hedonism having long ago been swallowed up by a more sinister culture of hard drugs and addiction. Peter Green left Fleetwood Mac that year; he walked off into the wilderness, his mind and his genius blown forever. And Billy G's other heroes, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, both died that year within a few weeks of each other. Like Billy G, the drugs took hold of all of them.
Kondi was never heard of again, but The Bear continued to prosper – for a while, anyway, until they locked him up in Saughton Prison for a long time. He became a legend there. He still had long hair with little, coloured ribbons in it, but the hair was white and his face was yellow and wizened. As a ruse to scare the youngsters on remand, he used to come out to the prison yard, blinking in the sunshine, pretending that he hadn't seen daylight for twenty years. I wish, Billy G. I just wish.
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Anyway, I wasn't at the venue for the entire event but during my moments there while you were doing your show, I can say it's very very good indeed. Very entertaining and you even see all the kids engrossed with the show and parents with smiles and laughter all around. Keep up the work and continue to improve.
Also a big thank you for the facepainter who stayed longer than she was required to and N2(Balloon Sculptor) for ensuring all the kids enjoyed themselves and stopped bothering their parents for quite a period.
So all in all, it was a great success and my client left on that day a satisfied client.


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iPort DCS
iPort Academy
Global airport service company Fraport AG chooses iPort DCS as their in-house DCS for passenger handling and Weight and Balance
Utrecht, The Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany
Res2, a Netherlands-based airline IT company and one of the leading airport service companies Fraport AG, have decided to partner up. This partnership means that Fraport AG will be handling their passengers and calculating aircraft weight and balance using iPort DCS as their in-house solution.
On March 22nd Fraport AG went live and had a very successful launch with the first handled flight in iPort DCS. This resulted in a pleasant experience for the ground handling agents during their first operational activities with iPort DCS. One of the agents said: "You can tell that the system has been given a great deal of thought. The transition went smoothly and it was a very convenient first flight to handle."
"We are very excited to welcome Fraport AG and look forward to a sustainable and long-term partnership. Res2 aims to support daily operations, resulting in a smooth and efficient handling process whilst ensuring a pleasant customer experience."
- Hans van Engelen, CEO at Res2
"In seeking for an innovative and cost-effective Departure Control System that is above all very user-friendly and offers a wide range of services, iPort DCS particularly caught our eye. The contacting, the contract negotiation, the implementation and finally the first handling was very smooth. Our business partners at Res2 B.V. really do an excellent job in all areas. We are really looking forward to a trustful, reliable and valuable cooperation with Res2 B.V. and are glad that we can use iPort DCS as our new in-house Departure Control System at Frankfurt Airport."
- Marco Kölsch, Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President at Fraport AG
"The change to iPort DCS was the best decision we could make. The feedback on iPort from our employees is very good and my experience with the implementation team and the support team are excellent. I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks to everyone involved to the effort!"
- Petra Grammel, Manager IT-Systems
Copyright © Res2 B.V. 2021


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OKLAHOMA SONGWRITER LEVI PARHAM SIGNS WITH MUSIC ROAD RECORDS, NEW LP DUE IN 2016
Music Road Records has announced the addition of Levi Parham to their roster, who will enter the studio this month to record a new full-length album for release next year.
A native of McAlester, Oklahoma, Parham's music draws on the rich songwriting traditions of his home state. "Perhaps it's something in the [Oklahoma] water — the same iron-heavy tap drink that Woody Guthrie sipped on as a young man — that leads to an inherited sense of melody," said The Bluegrass Situation. "Whatever it is, Levi Parham has it."
With influences from the worlds of blues, folk, soul, rock and country music, it's Parham's "soulful, gritty and tender voice" (The Boot) that brings it all together into a sound that CMT described as "enticing" with "a melancholy feel."
"My dad was a big blues fan growing up, so it was kind of inevitable that I was surrounded by it," he told The Oklahoman in a recent interview. "He was always playing Muddy Waters and stuff like that at the house, but really my biggest influence was more of like the soul guys like Van Morrison and people like that, Sam Cooke."
His first release for a record label, the new album will be Parham's third record, following up on his 2013 debut 'An Okie Opera' and his 2014 EP 'Avalon Drive.' Parham will tour throughout 2016, including showcases at Folk Alliance and SXSW.
Parham's debut for Music Road, "These American Blues," was released worldwide on June 24, 2016. It is currently at #3 on the Euroamericana Chart, and has risen to # 29 on the official Americana Music Association chart. Levi is currently touring the U.S in support of the album and will make his first trip to Europe scheduled for March 2017.
The Bluegrass Situation
Elmore Magazine- These American Blues album review
Twangrila Blog
The Oklahoman (OKC)
Rootstime (Belgium)
Twangville
Red Dirt Nation
Red Line Roots (Boston)
Elmore Magazine
NewsOK (OKC)
The Alternate Root -Songs of the week
No Depression- album review
Twangrila Interview Part 1
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© 2016 Music Road Records


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Joe Mixon was the first Bengal to do what?
July 9, 2019 Nate Mallon Leave a Comment
RB Joe Mixon lead the AFC in rushing yards in 2018 and was the first AFC rushing leader in Bengals history in his first season as the starter.
Statistics AFC, Bengals, Joe Mixon
Pacing Bengals Stats After 4 Games
October 2, 2017 Nate Mallon Leave a Comment
The Bengals have finished the first quarter of the regular season with a 1-3 record after struggling offensively during the first few games against the Ravens and Texans, but after making a change at offensive coordinator from Ken Zampese to Bill Lazor, the offense has played much better the past 2 games against the Packers and Browns.
Below are player stats after 4 games and the pace they are currently on for the season.
Andy Dalton has currently thrown for 892 yards, 6 TD's and 4 INT's while completing over 66% of his passes, he has also been sacked 14 times through 4 games. Dalton is currently on pace to finish the season with 3,568 yards, 24 TD's and 16 INT's. Let's hope the Bengals offensive line shows improvement with regards to pass protection as they are on pace to give up 56 sacks this season, that would be 15 more than they allowed in 2016.
The Bengals have 3 running backs with more than 80 yards rushing. Joe Mixon leads the team with 136 yards rushing on 52 carries, Giovani Bernard has 89 yards on 18 carries and Jeremy Hill rounds out the trio with 82 yards on 25 attempts. Mixon is on pace to finish the season with 544 yards rushing on 208 carries but I expect to see improvement on his current average of 2.6 yards per carry. Bernard is on pace to finish with 356 yards on 72 carries and Hill is on pace to finish with 332 yards on 100 attempts. Bernard also has 8 receptions for 134 yards along with 2 receiving TD's and Mixon has 11 receptions for another 78 yards.
The best offensive player on the team is without a doubt WR A.J. Green. Green currently leads the team 25 receptions for 315 yards receiving and 2 TD's which would put him on pace to finish the season with 100 receptions, 1,260 yards and 8 TD's. Bernard and Mixon are the 2nd and 4th leading receivers on the team at the moment but TE Tyler Kroft has displayed a Tyler Eifert-like presence at times and has 10 receptions, 101 yards and 2 TD's. Brandon Lafell has also had 10 catches for 76 yards.
When it comes to the defense 2nd year LB Nick Vigil is currently leading the Bengals with 34 tackles, he also has 1 sack and 1 INT. The Bengals pass rush has shown improvement this season so far and veteran DT Geno Atkins has 3 of the teams 12 sacks so far. Rookie LB Carl Lawson has 2.5 sacks and has shown the ability to provide consistent pressure on opposing QB's when on the field. CB Darqueze Dennard also has 2 sacks and backup DE Chris Smith who the Bengals traded for in the offseason from the Jacksonville Jaguars has 1.5 QB sacks.
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Dalton and Green: Where They'll Rank in Cincinnati Bengals History
July 17, 2017 Chris Russell 1 Comment
Andy Dalton and AJ Green are among the most talked-about members of this year's Cincinnati Bengals. Each is entering his seventh season in the pros. Both already rank among the most productive Bengals in history at their respective positions.
So where will they be when their done? Hope we don't shock the heck out of you, but it should be at the top. What should shock you, though, is how much faster they'll achieve some records than the other guys did.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton
Dalton ranks fourth in Cincinnati Bengals' history in yards, completions, attempts, and touchdowns. In each category, the guys above him are Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason and Carson Palmer (they are in that order, too, except for completions, where Palmer leads Esiason by a mere nine completions). That means this is a good apples-to-apples comparison of where Dalton is relative to the Big Three.
Anderson and Boomer played 15 and 13 years in the NFL, respectively. Palmer was only here for six seasons. Dalton has also played six, and he's hot on everyone's cleats. The short tenure is to Dalton's advantage. He has several years to go in a pass-happy NFL era; an opportunity that Anderson and Boomer did not enjoy.
Dalton needs only 105 completions to jump to second place in that category, and only 481 yards and 13 TDs to get to third place on those two lists. Both should happen in the first half of this season. From there, the sky – and Ken Anderson – are the limits. Put another way, by 2018, this Dalton will own more passing records than Patrick Swayze's Dalton owned all those mullet drunks in Road House.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver AJ Green
Of the two of them, Green is higher up on the charts than Dalton. Most of that is because of his skill, physical tools, and work ethic. The other part is being the No. 1 receiver on a team that hasn't otherwise seen a standout WR since Chad Johnson/Ochocinco/Johnson/WTF-his-name-is. Green has thrived in the role, amassing 7,135 yards in six years to rank 2nd all-time. It took J/O/J/WTF a decade to pile up 10,783 yards. So don't be surprised if Green, who is averaging 1,189 yards per season, moves into first place sometime during 2020 – less than 10 years into the league (with a few more to go after that).
Green currently ranks fourth in team history in receptions (481) and touchdowns (49). But he's ahead of the curve, as it took Carl Pickens (530) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh (507) seven years to accumulate their reception totals. Even with a subpar 60-catch season, Green will take over the No. 2 spot this year – which means he'll get there sooner than that if he puts up his typical numbers.
Green best scoring years were in 2012 and 2013 when he hauled in 11 TD catches each. It might be asking a little much for him to record 18 scoring receptions this season. But if he pulls it off, he'll snatch the all-time team record from Ochocinco in three fewer years … which includes his injury-shortened 2016 campaign.
So sit back and get excited, Cincinnati Bengals' fans. You're about to witness history.
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The Green-o-meter Update ~ 9 Down, 7 To Go
November 19, 2016 Nate Mallon Leave a Comment
So most Bengals fans are aware of the fact that WR A.J. Green is having a career year thus far in 2016 and is on pace to shatter a few Bengals single season records for both receptions and receiving yards. Green is also in the ball park for the NFL single season record for receiving yards in a season.
We will make weekly updates to the Green-o-meter each week from here on out to track Greens projected progress for these records.
Bengals single season reception record: 112 – T.J. Houshmandzadeh (2007)
Bengals single season receiving yards record: 1,440 – Chad Johnson (2007)
NFL single season reception record: 143 – Marvin Harrison (IND – 2002)
NFL single season receiving yards record: 1,964 – Calvin Johnson (DET – 2012)
A.J. Greens current stats: 66 receptions, 964 receiving yards, 4 TD's
A.J. Greens projected 2016 stats based on current pace aka THE GREEN-O-METER: 117 receptions, 1,714 yards, 7 TD's
Predictions, Statistics A.J. Green, Bengals, Calvin Johnson, chad johnson, Green-o-meter, Marvin Harrison, T.J. Houshmandzadeh
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A.J. Greens projected 2016 stats based on current pace aka THE GREEN-O-METER: 118-1,792-6
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In the Journey of Digital Transformation Where Should Organizations Start to Achieve Data-driven Insights and Improved Operational Efficiencies?
Technology fosters innovation resulting in the emergence of newer series of phenomena. And one such remarkable example is - Digital transformation.
What is Digital Transformation?
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Often, the four pillars - Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud, abbreviated as SMAC, which drives business innovation, are regarded as the cornerstone for digital transformation. As a first step, organizations embarked on their digital transformation journey by adopting one or more of these digital tools. As digital technologies, synonymous with SMAC, began reshaping industries, more organizations realized and harnessed the potential of digitization.
Why is a Data-driven Approach Important?
Primarily, the digital era dawned with cannibalizing the on-premises enterprise resource software systems and forcing them to migrate to the cloud platform. Regardless of the industry vertical or the business function, say supply chain or marketing, organizations concluded that data, in particular, 'clean data' was the core to driving effective business outcomes.
Digital transformation enables organizations towards the accomplishment of their strategic objectives. As mentioned earlier, these transcend enhancing business process efficiency throughout the organizational operations. The envisioning of businesses towards emphasizing data itself implies that capturing the right and accurate data, followed by drawing actionable insights based on them, is pivotal to the success of the digital transformation. For this, organizations must ensure all data is recorded, updated, and maintained in the system. In addition, there are audit trails to data across all organizational functions, meaning there is a seamless flow of data.
Organizations handle enormous volumes of data related to - accounting, marketing, supply chain, professional services, human resources, and more. Each of these areas involves umpteen number of business processes depending on the nature and complexity of the industry. Data-driven decisions are logical and directed at drawing significant conclusions. Businesses need to use data for arriving at valuable decisions on customers, employees, and third parties drilling down meaningful reports, sifting through thousands of records, and drawing feasible inferences prove useful to organizations.
The above sections impart a flavor of data-driven methodology. That said, before embarking on the digital transformation journey, businesses must understand the technology components at their disposal.
How Should Organizations Go About Achieving Data-driven Insights?
Often, organizations foray into the journey, only focusing on the infrastructural, operational, and functional aspects, ignoring the data segment. For instance, analytics is the SMAC element that comprises data collection, data sorting and cleansing, data migration (if required) from legacy systems, and drawing actionable insights. In addition, there are robust tools available to extract meaningful information from the data lakes contained in the organizational databases.
Organizations must conduct in-depth studies of the features and functionalities offered by various software vendors, before zeroing in on any of them. As mentioned earlier, often, data rests in silos, in disparate organizational functions, which are used collectively to make informed decisions.
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Snowflake, recommended by Decision Minds, is a highly trusted and robust cloud-based analytics service. It offers powerful strategies for data discovery, analysis, and reporting, delivered through visualizations. Other similar tools in this category are Tableau and Power-BI. The Snowflake migration to legacy databases is primarily achieved by DataHUB, mentioned earlier. Research shows 55% of organizations see data modernization as a primary reason for cloud migration. These software tools, if deployed, would help utilize the data-driven potential of business functions effectively.
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Of late, digital transformation has become a mandate for organizations, and for a smooth journey, the importance of a data-driven approach must be realized soon. Businesses must embrace the techniques of data modernization and data visualization for better outcomes. And adopt technologies like AI, ML, and RPA for improved efficiency in operations. Drawing data-driven, actionable insights and employing these technologies, having planned for them from the start of the project itself, would deliver business outcomes and enhance productivity.
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Cloud computing is one of the trendiest new world technologies. It has already hit several milestones and is regularly shaping the way we experience technology in our world. As cloud infrastructure grows, cloud security is also becoming an important part of today's businesses.
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Business analytics is a combination of data mining, statistical analysis, predictive analysis, and more such fields which together help a company understand its current performance, analyze the data to get insights on it, and find ways to improve it.
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Is This a New Wave of Compassionate Conservatism?
In her GOP response to the State of the Union, McMorris Rodgers lays out an empathetic vision for Republicans.
While Republicans are not calling it "compassionate conservatism," they are attempting to take the high ground with the war on poverty. And one of the biggest signs of this push was clear in the empathetic tone of the GOP's official response to the State of the Union.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, one of the party's rising female stars, added a caring touch to her verbal rebuttal to President Obama's prime-time address, highlighting her experiences as a mother and offering a path for out-of-work or desperate Americans.
"Our mission — not only as Republicans, but as Americans — is to once again to ensure that we are not bound by where we come from, but empowered by what we can become," the Washington state Republican said.
Rodgers, who is chairwoman of the Republican Conference, is the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress and is often seen next to Speaker John Boehner during press conferences. The mother of three was the clear choice for a party that struggles to attract female voters.
"We believe in a government that trusts people and doesn't limit where you finish because of where you started," she said. "That is what we stand for — for an America that is every bit as compassionate as it is exceptional."
The use of "compassion" in her speech might help in that drive for women.
The mother of a child with Down syndrome also got personal when talking about Obamacare, saying, "And that whether you're a boy with Down syndrome or a woman with breast cancer, you can find coverage and a doctor who will treat you."
Over the weekend, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan laid out a similar vision for the future of the Republican Party in an op-ed to The Wall Street Journal, promoting programs that he said will lift people out of poverty. Part of that, he wrote, starts with curbing various welfare programs and replacing them with programs that help educate their child and improve job training.
So, it looks like McMorris Rodgers is picking up right where he left off. Her tone even sounded similar to that of former President George W. Bush, who used the term "compassion" frequently. The concept of compassionate conservatism posits that the free market can be used to help the poor and improve other social problems, like health care and immigration. But the term has been used to describe Republicans who might be faking empathy, garnering a negative connotation.
Rodgers took a shot of Obama, saying that his promises sound good, but it doesn't necessarily help the poor.
"The president talks a lot about income inequality," Rodgers said. "But the real gap we face today is one of opportunity inequality."
And though the policies might not be any different than what Republicans have promoted in the past, McMorris Rodgers's speech might set a tone shift to help improve public perception of a party once led by a millionaire presidential candidate who infamously belittled the "47 percent" looking for government handouts.


1. Queen of the damned. regina damnatorum. By default, with no other grammar going on, regina will be in the nominative (naming) case.The trick here is to realize that "damned" is plural -- she's not the queen of just one damned person, probably. After that, it should be easy to figure out you should use the genitive, the "of" form (don't look up "of" in the dictionary and then string together "regina de damnati" or something wretched like that, because it will go ill for you, very ill indeed), and the masculine, by Latin convention, for a crowd of unspecified gender. And, as always, Latin has no word for "the."
2. Prince of the city. princeps urbis (or civitatis). "Of the city" uses, of course, the genitive.
2a. In the name of the prince of the city. In nomine principis urbis. "In" is in, followed by the ablative case of nomen, nominis, which is, of course, nomine, and I wouldn't be surprised if my audience here is familiar with the phrase "in nomine" anyway. "Of the prince" is genitive, and "of the city" still is, too.
3. Lord of the night. dominus noctis. You should be getting this nominative-plus-genitive construction down, yes?
3a. The peace of the grave. pax sepulcri.
4. House (of the) Black Wolf. domus atri lupi. Now we throw in an adjective! Say your gaming group is called "House Black Wolf." If you just tossed together all three words in the nominative, that would make no sense in Latin; what we seem to be talking about here is the house of the black wolf. "Black" has to agree with "wolf" in case, number, and gender: genitive, singular, masculine. -- Adjectives in Latin often follow nouns, so lupi atri might be even better.
5. The cruel wyrm. vermis atrox [or crudelis or ferox or saevus]. This should be easy. Nominatives all around! And the benefit of using a nice third-declension adjective like atrox or ferox is that the forms for all three genders are mostly the same! Using saevus takes slightly more thought to realize that vermis is masculine, but you're up to it.
6. The raging beast. bestia furiosa. Feminine, nominative, singular.
6a. House (of the) Great Beast. domus bestiae magnae. If you got numbers four and six, you should have this one, too.
7a. Tears of blood. lacrimae sanguinis. In the end, really means the same as "bloody tears," though, doesn't it? Pick whichever one you like. If I was going to belong to the "house of bloody tears," I might choose to use the adjective "sanguineus" rather than the noun, because grammatically (if not sensibly) speaking, domus lacrimarum sanguinis could as easily be "house of the blood of tears."
8. The bitter damned. damnati acerbi. Any questions?
8a. Cruel hunger of the immortal damned. fames atrox [or ferox or saeva] damnatorum immortalium. Right?
9. The lurking-place of death. latebrae mortis. Latebrae is often used in the plural to mean just one hiding-place. You might be tempted to use tenebrae here, also, but without any context a reader would probably assume the meaning "darkness (or gloom) of death," not to knock it as a phrase.
10. Prince of darkness. princeps tenebrarum. Tenebrae is another plural word that has a singular meaning. You will need the genitive plural here. There are other words for "darkness"; tenebrae is just my personal favorite.
10a. Fierce daughter of the prince of darkness. filia ferox principis tenebrarum.
11. To live is sad. Triste est vivere. (Your word order may vary.) Given the hint, it should be pretty clear that the subject of the sentence is "to live": vivere. The verb here is "[it] is," est. Now all you need is "sad": the case is going to be nominative (it's a predicate adjective; in other words, an adjective after a linking verb like "is," and that's always nominative), singular (we're only talking about one "to live"); and neuter (that was a given). That leads us to "triste."
12. Oh, my Marius, I want to be your dark and eternal bride! O, Mari mi [or meus], nupta tua atra et aeterna volo esse. The subject here is "I" and the verb is "want"; you don't need a separate word for "I": so, volo. "To be" is straightforward; the infinitive fills out the meaning of "want" just as in English. "Bride" is a noun after the linking verb (also called "copulative verbs" if that's more exciting for you) "to be"; that's nominative. Now "your," "dark," and "eternal" are all adjectives that have to agree with "bride": feminine, nominative, singular. "Oh, my Marius" is direct address, or vocative: since we have a -ius name, we drop the -us. Meus should be masculine singular and agree with "Marius," so we need the direct-address form, and you have a choice! Go nuts. That leaves "and": et.
12a. Alas, my beautiful Camilla, I am not able to love. Woe to us! Eheu, mea pulchra Camilla, non possum amare. Vae nobis! "I am not able" is the important part of the first sentence: non possum. The infinitive amare fills out possum. "My beautiful Camilla" is direct-address, or vocative, which except when we're dealing with a word that ends in -us is going to be exactly the same as the nominative, so "mea pulchra Camilla." "Alas" is easy; just look it up: "heu" or "eheu." "Woe" is "vae," and if we want to say "woe to us" (and we do, oh yes) then we add the dative: nobis.
13. I hunger for the flesh of the living. carnem vivorum esurio. Verb plus direct object in the accusative plus a genitive (whose flesh?).
14. Beneath Lucretia's beauty lurks a savage thirst. sub forma (or pulchritudine) Lucretiae latet sitis saeva. Start with the verb: "[it] lurks," latet. The subject is "thirst," sitis, in the nominative because it is the subject; saeva has to agree with sitis. Then we have the prepositional phrase "beneath Lucretia's beauty"; the object of the preposition "beneath" is "beauty," so whichever word you use, put it in the ablative case; then, since this is the beauty of Lucretia, the genitive Lucretiae is necessary.
15. Die, unspeakable monster of unending night! morere, nefandum monstrum noctis infinitae! Morere is the imperative, the command-giving form, and it's listed right there with the verb in my little glossary, so that should have been pretty easy. "Unspeakable" has to agree with "monster," which is nominative (technically "vocative"), singular, and neuter. "Of unending night" should be a breeze by now.
15a. Why can't I kill you with sharp stakes? cur non possum te necare palis acutis? The sentence has as its base "I am not able to kill you"; throw a "why" in front of that. "With sharp stakes": this is one of them there situations where you use the "instrumental ablative," as I mentioned under the glossary entry for "with," so palis, "with stakes." Naturally then you must pick a form of acutus, -a, -um that agrees: ablative, plural, masculine.
16. I am in truth neither living nor dead. sum vero nec vivus neque mortuus This should be fairly easy. The adjectives are going to be nominative (after a linking verb "am") and singular. Your gender will vary according to personal circumstances.
17. The black-clad queen wants to conceal her insanity. regina atrata insaniam [suam] celare vult The verb is "wants," the subject of which is "queen." "She wants" = vult, and the subject must be nominative; the adjective "black-clad" must agree. (Agreeing with the insane queen is a good idea, anyway.) What does she want? "To conceal," the infinitive; what is she concealing? "Insanity," the direct object of "conceal," and thus accusative. If you use a form of suus here to translate "her" -- and you don't really need to, since if she were concealing someone else's insanity I would have said -- it must agree with insaniam: feminine, accusative, singular.
17a. The bitter poet conceals unspeakable crimes. poeta acerbus scelera nefanda celat. Remember that poeta is one of the few first-declension nouns that is actually masculine! After that, if you got the one just above, this should be pretty easy. The verb construction is slightly easier, since there's no "want to" involved; "unspeakable crimes" is the direct object and thus accusative plural. -- Now, be honest: did you look at scelus and make the accusative plural scelos (or something even further off)? Pay attention! I even put a warning in red there!
18. I want to consume the blood of the prince. sanguinem principis haurire volo. You could also say "drink" (bibere), but haurire is "drinking it all gone." Our word "exhaust" is related. The subject and verb are "I want," haurire the infinitive filling out the meaning of "want," "blood" the direct object, "prince" the owner of the blood (for now).
18a. I want to consume his blood. sanguinem eius haurire volo. Did you say sanguinem suum? Naughty you!
19. Only the light of the sun can kill the monster; therefore, it lurks in its dark hiding-places. solum lux solis monstrum necare potest; latet igitur in latebris atris (suis) -- The subject of the first clause sentence is "light," the verb is "can." lux potest. Whatever it can do, it needs an infinitive to do it: "to kill" = necare. Monstrum is the direct object of the infinitive. Throw in an adverb "only" (solum) and, not to confuse you, the genitive of the unrelated word "sun," solis, and we're golden as far as the semicolon. "It lurks" is the important part of the second clause; we don't need a word for "it." As for where our monster is lurking, it has sensibly chosen dark hiding-places, a location which will be expressed with the Latin preposition "in" (meaning "in"!) plus the ablative form of latebrae. The adjectives "ater" and "suus" (if you want to use the latter at all) must be feminine, ablative, and plural, just like latebrae. This leaves us with "therefore," igitur, which takes its usual place near, but not at, the front of its clause. -- Also possible instead of "latebris atris" simply "tenebris."
20. The hungry ghost wants to live among men (humans), but it cannot. larva esuriens vivere vult inter homines, sed non potest Poor ghosty. If you said inter viros, that means it doesn't want to live among women. You might also (with differing meanings) play with inter vivos or inter mortalibus. Oh, the fun you'll have!
21. Camilla cannot break the chains of love. Camilla non potest rumpere catenas [or vincula] amoris. You should be pretty clear on "can/be able" by now; the most annoying part is probably just jumping back and forth between the sentences and the vocabulary lists.
22. "Sibylla, what do you want?" "I want to die." "Sibylla, quid vis?" "Mori volo."


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The world is heading towards environmental friendly products. People have realized that only by conserving the rapidly diminishing natural resources, we have chances of survival. Of the different types of conservation efforts being initiated, reduced usage of plastic bottle is one of the notable initiatives. People use either stainless steel or good quality plastic bottles for storing purified water. This turns out to be the best recycling solution as you could just take the water bottle to a Water Filtration System or a Water Purifier and get pure drinking water refilled. While the idea of recycling water bottles is great, did you ever give a thought to how often do you wash them and how to clean water bottles? Read the blog to find out how often you need to wash your water bottle.
2 How to Clean your Water Bottles?
Dark and moist spaces are an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. Your water bottle provides the ideal breeding space to bacteria and other microorganisms. Considering this factor, it is advisable to clean your water bottles at frequent intervals. According to an article by Huffington Post, it is advisable to wash water bottles every day. Yes, you read it right! The bottle that you use continually and always stays wet, we don't get the chance to clean the bottles properly. This makes them a storehouse of germs which can lead to a number of health problems. So, if you have not been washing your reusable bottle, it's time to change your habit and clean your water bottle every day.
How to Clean your Water Bottles?
If there is any leftover water in the water bottle, drain it first. Add liquid soap in your bottles along with warm water and properly shake it the bottle after closing the lid. Do this for about a minute and drain the soapy water. Use a good bottle brush that can clean the length of the bottle in its narrow space. Rinse the water bottle couple of times. No matter how eco-friendly your soap is, one should ensure that all the soapy elements are totally rid of from the bottle.
Vinegar is a natural cleaner, which effectively kills germs and bacteria. After washing the bottle with soap and water, rinse the bottle and fill one-fifth of the bottle with white vinegar. Fill the rest of the bottle and let it stay overnight. Rinse the bottle thoroughly in the morning. Remember to dry it for a good 10 minutes.
If you are worried about germs, bleach is the best bottle cleaner for you. The best part it is completely safe to drink water from a bottle washed with weak bleach solution. Make a solution of a teaspoon of bleach and a quarter of water. Fill the bottle and let it sit for two minutes. Pour out the solution and let it dry out completely.
Soak the water bottle with hot water mixed with rock salt and let it remain for a good two minutes and drain it off.
Rinse your bottle at the end of each day with warm water and soap.
Use clean water to rinse the water bottle before you leave it for drying.
Expose the water bottle to mild sunlight to remove all the microorganisms.
You may have noticed that reusable water bottles discolor and turn smelly over time. According to A Healthier Michigan, reusable plastic bottles can develop a smell or slight discoloration over time if it you don't clean it properly after use. The bottles will start smelling faster if you store them in a wet area or keep them sealed for a long period of time with water left in it. To avoid these problems, rinse your water bottle after every use and let it air dry. If your bottle has already developed a smell, REI recommends that you add a teaspoon of bleach and a teaspoon of baking soda to the bottle and fill it with water. Let it sit overnight and rinse it out completely the next day, then let the bottle air dry.
Start today, stay hydrated and happy.
Health is the prior concern for all of us and it all starts with what we take and how we take it.
In this list water comes first, it should be germs free, harmless, added minerals in it, where it is kept etc.
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Liberty Interactive (NASDAQ:QVCA) and Home Shopping Network (NASDAQ:HSNI) will merge in a $2.1 billion+ stock deal initiated by Liberty. The deal, announced yesterday, caused HSN stock to skyrocket 26.8%.
The deal, with values of up to $2.6 billion, will allow QVC, owned by Liberty Interactive, to purchase the 62% share in HSN that the company does not own. The acquisition comes after months of turmoil at HSN that saw the company's CEO, Mindy Grossman, leave for a lead role in Weight Watchers.
Grossman was a leading figure in the company and helped HSN transform the company into an e-commerce and lifestyle network. The company now generates more than half of its revenue from e-commerce, with over 50,000 products sold online. HSN is still a mainstay in homes, with broadcasts reaching 90 million households.
The merger will allow QVC and HSN to better compete with the likes of Amazon (AMZN) in the online space.
QVC, which has owned a 38% stake in HSN since 2009, plans to use the merger to expand their e-commerce capability, reduce costs and capitalize on synergies.
The combined companies will offer their services to 23 million customers and ship in excess of 320 million packages every year. The combined company will generate $7.5 billion in online sales with $4.7 billion in mobile sales.
The deal will include 53.4 million QVC Series A common stock transferred to HSN shareholders. Liberty Interactive shares jumped as much as 5% on Thursday following the announcement of the acquisition and are up 1.16% on Friday in early-morning trade.


This book examines the legal, financial, and institutional strategies available to the international oil and gas industry to protect against political and investment risk. It traces the historical development of these techniques and their application in practice.
Wirtschaftspolitik kompakt stellt die Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland dar. Fachbegriffe und Ansätze werden ebenso erläutert wie geschichtliche Phasen und Entwicklungen einzelner Bereiche, wie der Geldpolitik oder der Kartellaufsicht. Die Autoren gehen davon aus, dass Wirtschaftsordnungen stark von Land zu Land variieren. Dennoch finden allgemeine wirtschaftspolitische Trends, wie der Keynesianismus der 1960er und 1970er Jahre oder die Privatisierungs- und Liberalisierungspolitik der 1980er und 1990er Jahre, ihren Niederschlag auch in Deutschland. Dem Grundsatz nach gehörte die Bundesrepublik dabei eher zu den Nachzüglern. Mit der Globalisierung der Märkte und der Europäisierung nationalstaatlicher Politik treten nun zwei Einflussgrößen auf den Plan, die ein neues Veränderungstempo der deutschen Wirtschaftspolitik erzwingen.
The Politics of Oil brings together legal studies, economics, and political science to illustrate how governments gain and exercise control over oil resources and how political actors influence the global oil market, both individually and in cooperation with each other. The author also investigates the role of oil in preserving regime stability, in civil wars and in inter-state conflicts, as well as discussing the possible implications for the oil industry from policies to combat climate change.
Oil and natural gas, which today account for over 60% of the world's energy supply, are often produced by offshore platforms. One third of all oil and gas comes from the offshore sector. However, offshore oil and gas installations are generally considered intrinsically vulnerable to deliberate attacks. The changing security landscape and concerns about the threats of terrorism and piracy to offshore oil and gas installations are major issues for energy companies and governments worldwide. But, how common are attacks on offshore oil and gas installations? Who attacks offshore installations? Why are they attacked? How are they attacked? How is their security regulated at the international level? How has the oil industry responded? This timely and first of its kind publication answers these questions and examines the protection and security of offshore oil and gas installations from a global, industry-wide and company-level perspective. Looking at attacks on offshore installations that occurred throughout history of the offshore petroleum industry, it examines the different types of security threats facing offshore installations, the factors that make offshore installations attractive targets, the nature of attacks and the potentially devastating impacts that can result from attacks on these important facilities. It then examines the international legal framework, state practice and international oil and gas industry responses that aim to address this vital problem. Crucially, the book includes a comprehensive dataset of attacks and security incidents involving offshore oil and gas installations entitled the Offshore Installations Attack Dataset (OIAD). This is an indispensable reference work for oil and gas industry professionals, company security officers, policy makers, maritime lawyers and academics worldwide.


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Nov 2020 - Search Minerals' Greg Andrews on the electrification of vehicles & the "push" for rare earth magnets
March 20, 2020: Search Minerals' Greg Andrews on establishing a safe and secure rare earths supply chain in NA
"Canada has a very good auto market and as it transitions from internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles, the supply chain of the EV market is not here in Canada. That needs to be established and it starts with rare earths...That is what we want to provide." States Greg Andrews, President, CEO and Director of Search Minerals Inc. (TSXV: SMY), in an interview with InvestorIntel's Peter Clausi at PDAC 2020.
Greg went on to say that Search Minerals is drilling for key rare earth magnets like neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium. The rare earth permanent magnets are very important for the electric vehicle industry because an average electric car needs about a kilogram of the magnets. Greg also spoke on Search Minerals' patented Direct Extraction Technology. The technology successfully eliminates many stages of a conventional extraction process, thus reducing cost and increasing efficiencies in processing.
Disclaimer: Search Minerals Inc. is an advertorial member of InvestorIntel Corp.
FEBRUARY 18, 2020 - SEARCH MINERALS HOPING TO USE PATENTED TECHNOLOGY IN RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH METALS
Search Minerals Inc. (CVE: SMY) President and CEO Greg Andrews joined Steve Darling from Proactive in Vancouver to discuss the company that if focuses on the exploration and development of the Critical Rare Earth Element District in Southeastern Labrador, Canada.
Andrews talks about their projects and where they are in development and also where they plan on building their demonstration plant as they look to support Canadian and US government collaboration efforts to establish a North American REE earth supply chain.
November 26, 2019 - Lifton with Greg Andrews on Search Minerals' rare earths pilot plant
Oct 25, 2019 - Greg Andrews on how Search's 2nd resource discovery makes this rare earths deal worth a second look
March 20, 2019 - Dr. Dreisinger on searching for neodymium and praseodymium in Labrador
March 19, 2019 - Search Minerals' Greg Andrews provides an update on the critical rare earths district of SE Labrador
March 26, 2018 - Search Minerals CEO on the trending rare earths market
June 28, 2017 - SEARCH Minerals CEO on Becoming the Next North American Supplier of Rare Earths
June 28, 2017 -- In a recent presentation at InvestorIntel's 6th Annual Technology Metals Summit, Greg Andrews, President and CEO of Search Minerals Inc. (TSXV: SMY) delivered a presentation titled "Search Minerals Reaches Another Milestone to Becoming the next North American Rare Earth Supplier". Addressing industry and investors alike, Greg provides an overview of their milestone-based financing strategy, where money is raised on a step-by-step basis. Located in Southeast Labrador, Canada, Greg also discusses the community and government support that comes from working in the district.
APRIL 5, 2017 - INVESTOR INTEL INTERVIEW WITH GREG ANDREWS, CEO / PRESIDENT
Greg Andrews, President and CEO of Search Minerals Inc. (TSXV: SMY), in an interview with InvestorIntel's CEO Tracy Weslosky discuss Search Minerals progress towards becoming the next producer of rare earths and sustainability challenges in North America (NA). With a technology advantage, Greg discusses Search Minerals' metallurgy patent which increases recovery rates and reduces the cost of production for rare earths. Specifically, Search is taking their 99% pure rare earth oxide to refineries, which will obviously increase the NA supply.
MARCH 24, 2017 - INVESTOR INTEL INTERVIEW WITH DR. DAVID DREISINGER, VP METALLURGY
March 24, 2017 - Dr. David Dreisinger, Vice President of Metallurgy and Director of Search Minerals (TSXV: SMY) in an interview with Tracy Weslosky, Publisher for InvestorIntel speaks about the Company's recent success in pilot plant testing its proprietary metallurgical process at SGS Laboratories in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. Recoveries exceeded expectations and demonstrated the ability to produces a high purity rare earth concentrate. Dr. Dreisinger outlines the tremendous competitive advantages this much simplified metallurgical process offer in terms of labour and equipment cost savings and to project scalability.


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10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Director, Robert Townsend. Cast: Andre Braugher, Karen Eyo, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Ardon Bess, Carla Brothers, Kedar Brown, Amanda Brugel, Joel Gordon. A dramatization of the true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company,where all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves.95 in.
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15 to Life (2002?)
Directed by Moon Jones. Cast: Moon Jones, Stefanie Tremblay, Daniel Zirilli, Jalene Mack, Alfred Holmes, Boyce Ellisl; special appearances by Black Menace, Big Slack, J Dogg. It's prison life at its grittiest in this urban tale of three teenage boys who followin their father's footsteps through the violent system. When a young filmmaker begins a documentary on the boys, she discovers that a dirty cop is behind their wrongful incarceration. Now she must prove their innocence. 81 min.
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3 Strikes (2000)
Directed by D. J. Pooh. Cast: Brian Hooks, David Alan Grier, Faizon Love, N'Bushe Wright. With two strikes against him, Rob Douglas has two choices; either clear his name or go back to jail to face a twenty five year sentence. 82 min. Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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42nd Street (1933)
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A Gathering of Old Men (TV, 1987)
Directed by Volker Schlondorff. Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark. A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer, a racist, is shot. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her defense of this group of men who stand resolute against decades of injustice. Based on the novel, A gathering of old men, by Ernest J. Gaines. 94 min.
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A History of Racist Animation
Contents: Film excerpts: Chinese laundry blues --Rasslin' match (Amos n' Andy) -- Hittin' the trail toHallelujah Land -- Pickaninny blues -- Scrub me, mama,with a boggie beat -- All this and rabbit stew --Little Black Sambo -- John Henry -- Jasper in thehaunted house -- Bosko shipwrecked -- Jungle jazz--Robinson Crusoe, Jr. -- Jungle jitters -- Shanty whereSanty Claus lives -- Musical Lulu -- Have you got anycastles? -- Ducktators -- Japoteurs (Superman) --You're a sap, Mr.
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A Natural Born Gambler (1916)
Director: Bert Williams. "Our story centers upon the activities of a Negro fraternal organization, the Independent Order of Calcimine Artists of America. [Inside joke: "calcimine" is whitewash, and yet most of these black actors appear to have darkened their complexions with blackface makeup.] The group meet sin the back of a saloon. Their leader, Brother Scott, is a lawyer who disapproves of gambling-- although, after breaking up a pokergame, he doesn't object to appropriating others' winnings.
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
Directed by Guy Green. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford. Accidentally blinded as a child,18-year-old Selina D'Arcey falls in love with a gentle and charming man, Gordon Ralfe, whom she meets in a rare visit to a park. Her racist mother declares that because Gordon is black, their relationship cannot continue, forcing Selina to choose between her family and her heart. Based on "Be ready with bells and drums" by Elizabeth Kata. 105 min.
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Directed by Daniel Petrie. Performers: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. 1961 film based on the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. Based on the play: A raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry. 128 min.
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Directed by Bill Duke. Performers: Scarletta DuPois, Danny Glover, Kimble Joyner, Kim Yancey, Esther Rolle, Lou Ferguson, Joseph C. Phillips, Helen Martin, John Fiedler, Stephen Henderson. A $10,000 insurance benefit creates conflicting dreams within a Chicago ghetto family. Son, Walter Lee wants to start his own business while his mom wishes to spend her days in a little house of her own. Their love a bond, their warm hearted humor a breath offresh air, their tenative hold on dignity - their lifeline.


The gold medal hunt is warming up for central heating engineer and Olympic super heavyweight boxing hopeful David Price.
Thanks to a unique scholarship scheme the respected captain of the Team GB boxing team has been able to combine a gruelling training regime with working for Liverpool City Council premises management team.
Price is guaranteed a bronze medal after Lithuanian Jaroslav Jaksto had to retire with a leg injury during last night's Olympic quarter final.
He is now determined to battle through to an Olympic final when he takes on reigning world champion Italy's Roberto Cammarelle in a semi final bout on Friday.
Warren Bradley, Liverpool City Council Leader, said: 'David Price's medal success at the Olympics is testament to all the hard work he's put in to reach the very top of his sport. I'm sure the whole city will be cheering him on during his final bouts. David is a great ambassador for the city and for boxing. He is a hugely talented sportsman who will go far.
'I am proud the city council has been able to help David achieve Olympic success. Our Elite Sports Scholarships are all about investing in Liverpool's future sporting champions.


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package tree

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"math"

	"github.com/andreasstrack/data"
)

type Node interface {
	GetValue() data.Value

	GetChildren() []Node
	Add(child Node) error
	Insert(child Node, index int) error
	Remove(index int) error
}

func String(n Node) string {
	b := bytes.Buffer{}
	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s", n.GetValue().String()))
	children := n.GetChildren()
	if len(children) > 0 {
		b.WriteString(" -> [")
		for i := range children {
			b.WriteString(String(children[i]))
			if i < len(children)-1 {
				b.WriteString(" ")
			}
		}
		b.WriteString("]")
	}
	// b.WriteString("]")
	return b.String()
}

func Size(n Node) int {
	if n == nil {
		return 0
	}
	size := 1
	children := n.GetChildren()
	for i := range children {
		size = size + Size(children[i])
	}
	return size
}

func Depth(n Node) int {
	if n == nil {
		return 0
	}
	children := n.GetChildren()
	maxChildDepth := 0
	for i := range children {
		maxChildDepth = int(math.Max(float64(maxChildDepth), float64(Depth(children[i]))))
	}
	return maxChildDepth + 1
}

func BranchingFactor(n Node) int {
	if n == nil {
		return 0
	}
	children := n.GetChildren()
	bf := len(children)
	for i := range children {
		bf = int(math.Max(float64(bf), float64(BranchingFactor(children[i]))))
	}
	return bf
}

func GetAllNodesOfTree(root Node) []Node {
	allNodes := make([]Node, 0)
	queue := data.NewFifoQueue()
	queue.Insert(root)
	for !queue.IsEmpty() {
		cur := queue.Pop().(Node)
		allNodes = append(allNodes, cur)
		for i := 0; i < len(cur.GetChildren()); i++ {
			queue.Insert(cur.GetChildren()[i])
		}
	}
	return allNodes
}


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Last week, bad weather, typical for the South of Russia during off-season, forced residents of the Krasnodar Territory to worry and count the damage. On March 26 the region saw strong winds; its gusts reached 33 meters per second. About 30 settlements in 15 districts of the territory were partially de-energized, leaving some 70,000 residents without electricity in the daytime.
In the Timashevsk District, the wind damaged 220 square meters of slate roofing of kindergarten No. 7 and tore away 20 square meters of slate roofing of secondary school No. 1 in the city of Timashevsk. 265 square meters of roofing of school No. 9 in the village of Nezaimanovskiy was also damaged. Starting from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Timashevsk district commission for emergencies introduced the regime of emergency situation in its district as the aftermath of strong winds.
On the same day, in the Krasnodar Territory, strong wind tore away the roof of the Children's Department of the Kanev Central District Hospital. Nobody was killed or hurt.
By the evening on March 26, the electricity supplies to the Krasnodar Territory, broken by strong winds, were partially restored; however, about 17,000 residents still remained without electricity. By 6:00 p.m. on March 27 electricians managed to fully restore electricity supplies in all dwelling localities of the Krasnodar Territory, broken by strong winds.
The rally on March 23 in Nazran, after which Magomed Khazbiev was arrested, was not sanctioned; its participants demanded from the authorities to establish the fate of Ilez Gorchkhanov kidnapped on March 21. People held posters: "Bring Ilez back!" and expressed their confidence that his disappearance had to do with special agencies. The rally was dispersed by law enforcers; several participants were arrested, including the opposition leader Magomed Khazbiev, who was beaten by power agents along with his brothers Murad and Berd and taken to some unknown place. Later it became known that the Khazbievs were kept at the Nazran GOVD (City Interior Department).
On March 24, the magistrate court awarded Magomed and Berd Khazbiev with ten days of administrative arrest. The court relied on evidences of a policeman, who said that he had personally seen all the three Khazbiev brothers at the street action on March 23. It was reported that the two convicted brothers would serve their term at the isolation facility (IVS) of the Nazran GOVD; however, as reported by their sister Khadi, they were not brought to the IVS, but again taken to some unknown place.
On March 26, the civil activist Magomed Khazbiev, arrested after dispersal of the spontaneous protest action against violent disappearances in Nazran, was released from custody. Together with him, his brother Berd was also released from the Ingush GOVD.
Khazbiev was released after personal interference of the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Prior to his release, Mr Evkurov met with the brothers' parents and promised to facilitate the release of the detainees.
Last week, Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the "Heritage" Party and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has been holding - since March 15 - his hunger strike in Freedom Square in Yerevan, continued his action. Among his proclaimed slogans are the following: "Power belongs to people!", "People are masters of their country!", "Decent future for young people!", "No to injustice and migration!", "No to corruption!" "Recognize independence of Nagorno-Karabakh!"
The oppositionist has stated that he would continue his hunger strike until early elections are announced in the country.
On March 22, at the open-air press conference, the leader of the "Heritage" Party announced his firm intention to continue his protest action as long as his health permits. He also said that he was visited by doctors every day, who believed that at the moment he had no problems with his heart or blood tension.
On March 21 Raffi Ovannisyan was visited by Karen Andreasyan, local Ombudsman. He addressed the police for a permit to set up a tent; however, the police did not allow doing it. The Ombudsman treated the police's decision as a violation of human rights. In his turn, Arthur Osikyan, Deputy Head of the Police of Armenia, said he did not agree with this assessment, since the police actions were lawful and within the bounds of the law.
On March 25, under the initiative of public organizations, the tent for Ovannisyan was set up. The oppositionist himself said that he "did not need this tent." According to his story, this was a manifestation of "compassion and delicacy" towards him, even though "such attention should have been first of all demonstrated by the authorities."
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Don't know how to measure a saddle seat? Not sure what kind of tree your saddle has? This article is for those of you who already have a saddle, aren't sure how to find out about it, and need help. Even if you're not looking to buy another saddle or sell your own, it's still very handy to have all the information you can.
This procedure is used by our saddle experts in our consignment program to gather information and specifications of each saddle.
Locate the manufacturer. Manufacturers usually have their insignia on the saddle. Most are on the left strap holder or on the fender. Some also put it on the stirrup strap.
Look for the model number, this is on the left strap holder or under the skirt. This will tell you a lot about your saddle (size, color, gullet width, etc).
Determine what style of saddle: trail, endurance, show, ranch, roper, cutting, reining, barrel, gaited, mule, draft, trooper, etc. Not sure? View our handy article here.
Tree size is determined by the angle of the gullet. Semi QH Bars have a higher pitch and Full QH Bars have a flatter pitch. Use our downloadable gullet templates to get an accurate measure.
Tree material is determined by flipping over your saddle and looking between the two sides of fleece; you will be able to see the tree. Tree options: fiberglass, rawhide, ralide, flex.
Seat size is measured from the top of the cantle (at the stitching), where the leather and seat material are attached, to the pommel or under the horn, right above the hole of the seat.
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Use a retractable ruler to measure like you would the seat size and then use the straight edge down on the deepest part of the seat. This will give you your cantle height.
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We have found the best solution to be setting the saddle on a stool which can stand on a weight scale, then subract the weight of the stool to find the weight of your saddle.
Go through the saddle with any extra features it may have like the kind of tooling, how the fleece looks, any silver and where it is located.
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I'd just like to take this timeout to nix all of the complaining about lack of features. The community's somewhat broken down now that I'm back in town and most of the people who used to frequent the site no longer come by. That being the case I've decided that it's time to make it more me-centric, and to fulfill my own eccentric indulgences. I might bring back polls, but gone are individual logins, preferences, user journals (which nobody used anyway) and private messages (send an e-mail). When you post a comment you can put in your name there, and that works well for the pictures anyway so it will be just fine up front too.
Now that I've said all that, it leaves me once again with the question of who this is really for. Am I merely writing to myself, or for myself? Who do I expect to be reading it? Strange website visitors that I've never met and never will? Is this where I put my secret thoughts hoping nobody I ever meet face to face will see it? Or do I throttle myself and only say the things people will like to hear because I know it'll be seen?
I don't know. Case in point, here. I just typed something in and then got distracted with something else. When I came back I realized that I don't really want that on my website. I won't say what it is, except that it has something to do with Tennis.
Hmm, church tonight. I don't know if I'm going, and I don't know what I"m doing instead. I think that I probably should but we'll see.


Thrive Credit Union was founded in 1940 by the employees of Delco Battery. These employees joined together to establish a financial service dedicated to serving the hard working, faithful employees of Delco Battery and their families.
Initially, the credit union offered only savings and loans. Over the past 78 years however, Thrive Credit Union has evolved into a full service financial institution offering a variety of products and services to satisfy most of your financial needs.
Due to great success with Delco, Thrive eventually began to open our doors to the Industrial Park. Membership grew, and we were able to serve many of our local Industrial businesses including, Broderick's, Duffy Tool, and even Delaware County Employees.
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