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With the addition of the unlimited timeshare resale listings subscription option, EZRESORTVACATIONS.COM now supports three types of annual unlimited listings subscriptions: a subscription for rentals, a subscription for resales, and a combined subscription for rentals and resales. These subscriptions are priced aggressively and make financial sense for any users who create more than one listing within the year. As a result, our users who are already suffering from the financial burden of constantly increasing maintenance fees can now realize substantial cost savings when listing their timeshares for rent or for sale. Unlimited rental listing subscriptions are priced as low as $31.99 per year, unlimited resale listing subscriptions start at $52.99 per year, and the combined unlimited rental and resale listings subscriptions are priced as low as $67.99 per year.
EZ Resort Vacations, Inc. is a New York-based corporation that provides an online marketplace for timeshare owners, renters, and buyers to rent, buy, or sell timeshare properties directly from each other. The service offering makes it easier, worry-free, secure, and cost-effective for all parties to rent, buy, or sell timeshare units. The company was founded by a timeshare owner and a renter and an expert in information technology, web site development, and e-commerce marketing, Dr. Isaac Gabriel, in 2011. Services offered by EZ Resort Vacations allow for easy timeshare rental and resale processes. The company's offering also enables all parties to negotiate prices instantly on the web site, alleviates stress and aggravation involved when dealing with unknown parties, significantly minimizes the likelihood of becoming a victim of financial fraud, thus, ensuring a secure experience. Finally, the cost savings that the parties are able to realize by using the company's low-priced services, allow for discounted timeshare offerings. The company launched its online services in June 2013. More information can be obtained on the corporate web site at www.ezresortvacations.com. The company can be contacted via email at pr(at)ezresortvacations(dot)com.


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Q: Formatting hard drive I scavenged a hard drive for my currently lifeless 2009 Macbook Pro 13. The scavenged drive (from a 2010 white Macbook) had been working because it was taken to an electronics store to have its data transferred to a new computer.
I installed the drive, turned on the machine and got the question folder. Maybe they just stripped the drive of all of its data or perhaps the drive has failed. Is there a way for me to find out without spending too much money?

A: The MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) originally shipped with a Mac OS X 10.5.7 DVD and if you have the Mac OS X DVD that came with your system, or one that's compatible with your system, you can boot it from the Mac OS X DVD and see and test using Disk Utility and Terminal.

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Q: Excel macro copy loop I am trying to create a looped copy-paste macro.
What I'm trying to do is copy A8 to A9, advance 7 rows and copy A16 to A17, advance 7 rows and copy A24 to A25. I need to repeat the same pattern up to row 10,000 otherwise I would write it manually as below. Normally I would do this with a formula but because that would create a bunch of circular references on the sheet that's unfortunately not a feasible solution.
Range("A8").Copy
Range("A9").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
    :=False, Transpose:=False

Range("A16").Copy
Range("A17").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
    :=False, Transpose:=False

Range("A24").Copy
Range("A25").Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
    :=False, Transpose:=False

A: It's a bit quicker to transfer the value directly rather than copying and pasting.
Sub x()

Dim r As Long

For r = 8 To 10000 Step 8
    Cells(r + 1, 1).Value = Cells(r, 1).Value
Next r

End Sub


Which Internet browser works best with OAG Connections Analyser?
Do I need to select an option or enter a selection in every box in the query screen??
What is the source of data in Connections Analyser?
What is the Job Bin?
Are reports I have run in OAG Connections Analyser retained in the Job Bin when I log out?
Why is my report taking so long to process?
When I run my query there appears to be no data. Why is this?
What is the default Minimum Connect Time (MCT)?
What is a phantom flight?
Can I use Connections Analyser to test the impact of changing the time of a flight?
When I log out of Connections Analyser, am I also logged out of OAG Analyser?
1. Which Internet browser works best with OAG Connections Analyser?
We recommend customers use Google Chrome. OAG Connections Analyser can be slow or not show correctly on some browsers.
2. Do I need to select an option or enter a selection in every box in the query screen?
3.What is the source of data in Connections Analyser?
Connections Analyser uses OAG's schedules database to create potential itineraries with connecting flights. Airline schedules data for one year in the future is included, and historical data back to 1996 is available. Real connection times are created using predefined minimum/maximum connecting times as well as the OAG MCT exception table. Maximum and minimum connecting times can be adjusted to test the impact of changes to a flight schedule.
4. What is the Job Bin?
Any large query run in Connections Analyser is sent to the Job Bin where you can see the progress being made to process the query and you can open the report when it is ready. All items in the Job Bin are deleted automatically after 4 days so reports you need to keep should be saved.
5. Are reports I have run in OAG Connections Analyser retained in the Job Bin when I log out?
Yes, although you have the option to delete them from the Job Bin. You can also save them, send them to another user and export them.
6. Why is my report taking so long to process?
OAG Connections Analyser requires a lot of computer processing, even for relatively small queries and reports. If your query includes a long time period, or double connections, this significantly increases the amount of processing required. Any report which takes over an hour to process is timed out by OAG Connections Analyser.
7. When I run my query there appears to be no data. Why is this?
Look carefully at your query. Almost certainly this will be due to the way you have constructed your query.
A non-stop flight would have a circuity of 100 as the distance of the flight leg would equal the great circle distance between the origin and destination.
A large circuity value applies where the hub airport at which two flights connect is further from the great circle route between the origin and destination of the route. Connections Analyser uses a default circuity of 150.
9. What is the default Minimum Connect Time (MCT)?
Connections are created using a predefined minimum connection time for the type of connection at the airport concerned, and a default maximum connection time of 8 hours. The OAG MCT exception tables enable the user to override either, or both, of these are test the impact of different maximum and minimum connecting times.
QSI stands for Quality of Service Index and is a way to compare the attractiveness of one routing against another from a passenger perspective. These are used extensively by airline traffic forecasters who need to understand how the total volume of existing passenger traffic will be redistributed when new flight options are added, or the timing of existing flights are changed. QSI helps calculate market share.
As an example, a coefficient of 2.0 reflects an option which is estimated to be 8 times more attractive to a passenger than a coefficient of 0.25.
The OAG Connections Analyser Glossary contains a detailed listing of QSI parameters and default coefficients used by OAG.
11. What is a phantom flight?
A Phantom Flight is a fictitious flight you create which Connections Analyser treats as if it were part of the schedule database. You can use phantom flights as a means to test 'what if…' scenarios such as the impact on connectivity of adding new flights or code-sharing flights with another carrier. Phantom flights need to be created in the My OAG – Customise – Phantom Flights area of Connections Analyser. When you select an airline, the Phantom Flight fields will be automatically populated with the carrier's typical aircraft type, and seats. Similarly, typical flight duration will automatically populate when you select an origin and destination. These default options can be overridden.
12. Can I use Connections Analyser to test the impact of changing the time of a flight?
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13. When I log out of Connections Analyser, am I also logged out of OAG Analyser?
No. You are just logged out of the individual product but still logged on to the OAG Analyser dashboard (portal). If you are inactive on Connections Analyser for 1 hour your session will timeout. Within the dashboard the inactive timeout is 12 hours. One user can have only one active session in the dashboard or Connections Analyser at a time.


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DC Universe's wildly acclaimed 'Doom Patrol' will be back for a second season of surrealism and hijinks featuring "The World's Strangest Heroes." Via a deal with the recently announced HBO Max, new original episodes of the show will debut in 2020, simultaneously on DC UNIVERSE and HBO Max. Executive producer Jeremy Carver and Crazy Jane herself — actress Diane Guerrero — delivered the news to a hall filled with cheering fans.
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Q: Images and animations used in my project are not getting displayed while running the JAR file of my project I have made a project in JAVA using Eclipse. I have to send this project to someone such as he just double clicks and my project starts executing. For this I have created a Runnable JAR file of it but the problem is that the images are not getting displayed when I execute the JAR file. Sometimes, JAR file doesn't execute.
Please help regarding this.

A: What exceptions are we dealing with? Without that information it's pretty hard to know what you're dealing with and to get an answer. Have you already run the app on cmd with the command 'java -jar App name.jar' ?


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A Superhero for God
By Rosemary Broadway
Archway Publishing, 2014
Hardcover $25.99; Paperback $15.95
Genre: Children's Book
Reviewed by Jan White
Rosemary Broadway has written a children's book based on a true story about one of her grandsons. The story teaches an inspirational lesson for all ages, reminding readers of God's love, forgiveness, and mission for each of us.
The narrative resembles a parable with a "moral to the story" take-away. The words of a child, who thought he'd misspoken, give a congregation something to think about and transform him into a Superhero for God. The story hinges on the pastor's thoughtful application of the child's words.
While spending a weekend at her house, Rosemary's young grandson attends church with her. During the worship service, the pastor shares a message just for the children. She tells them the Bible story of Moses taking off his sandals while standing on holy ground. To illustrate her message, she takes her shoes off. Standing in her stockinged feet, the pastor asked the children what was different about the way she was dressed.
"You aren't wearing your feet!" the grandson blurts out. Suddenly, his face turns red from embarrassment. The pastor understands what he is trying to say and tells him he is correct. Later, she considers the message behind his words and writes a column creatively titled "Happy Feet," published in the church newsletter.
"Happy Feet" tells the lesson she learned from the little boy. The pastor recalls times when she recognized that she should go somewhere and do something for someone else; but, instead, she did nothing. That's when "she wasn't wearing her feet." The pastor concludes her column by emphasizing the importance of our feet to help our body to stand, walk, run, dance, etc. She tells her congregation that our feet may take us out of our comfort zone, as when setting up a lemonade stand to raise funds to benefit tornado victims (depicted in a colorful drawing of children and the pastor).
The pastor includes the scripture found in Psalm 119:105, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." She points out how God watches our feet and shows us the way to go because He has a something for each of us to do. To conclude her column, the pastor asks a pointed question, "Are you wearing your feet?"
The author believes that little boys desire to portray a popular superhero, dressing up in costumes like Superman or Batman. She also believes that little children, like her grandson, can be transformed into a Superhero for God, sometimes unintentionally. She writes, "God used a small boy and a little mistake to inspire a wise and creative pastor to send an important message."
The book concludes with colorful drawings of children catching fireflies and then letting them go to "let their light shine."
A Superhero for God features colorful drawings on almost every page to illustrate the story of how a child can be a superhero for God. Rosemary Broadway, the author of the book, is also the artist who sketched the illustrations. The illustrations appear to have been drawn freehand with color pencils.
Based on the vocabulary of the book, it is specifically written for adults (ex. family members, Sunday School teachers) to read aloud to children. Time spent reading the book can be teachable moments for adults and children alike. The cheerful story tells how an embarrassing moment for a little boy turned into an inspiring lesson for a pastor and congregation.
Rosemary Broadway is a poet, mother of three daughters, and the grandmother of seven boys. She lives in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jan White has worked for three newspapers and written articles and devotionals for various Christian publications. Jan has written a weekly religion column for over 25 years. Her column is published in the Andalusia Star-News and Enterprise Southeast Sun. She is an award-winning writer. She received a nationwide honor, being named the 2006 Amy Writing Award winner for one of her columns Forgiveness is the Key to Unlocking Hatred.


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Meet Hon. Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs in Ogun State, Mrs Olufemi Adeyinka Ilori-Oduntan
Posted on September 2, 2022 September 2, 2022 by Lawrence
Honourable Commissioner Olufemi Adeyinka Ilori-Oduntan is one of the noteworthy daughters of Egba in the long life of Ogun State achievers. For some years, her exploits in private enterprises, public service and subsequent political appointments have ensured that her trajectory constantly attracts public attention.
She was born to the late Judge and a living businesswoman from Egba in Ogun State. She is disciplined, principled, clean-living, integrity, proactive in decision making and team dynamics, emotionally mature, bold and confident, and exclaiming influence.
Before being appointed a cabinet member of the Ogun State Executive Council, she had successfully served through the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Ogun State House of Assembly Commission (OGHASC).
She spent the central part of her life in the western world. She grew her career as a qualified realtor, in shelter management, accomplished inventor, and professional health scientist in patient health care service, with a solid capacity to lead and manage teams.
Her understanding of the perennial health crisis spurred initiating humanitarian (NGO) services to support less privileged public members in her little capacity.
As a volunteer for a non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides and supports fewer privileges, Hon. (Mrs.) Olufemi Ilori-Oduntan enjoys humanitarian service, tourism, intellectual debate, politics, helping and assisting the poor, meeting and entertaining people, exchanging ideas, and bonding with old and new friends over leisurely discussions.
She is a traveller, as she sojourned through her part of life. She is happily married to Chief Oduntan and blessed with children.
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Trust nominated for two HIVE awards
Community Trust and Rovers in the running for prizes!
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust
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Blackburn Rovers Community Trust have been nominated for two accolades at this year's HIVE Blackburn and Darwen Business Awards.
The official charity of Rovers are potentially in line to win the Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Award and the Commitment to Blackburn and Darwen Award at the 5th July ceremony, which will be hosted at King George's Hall.
It's good news for Rovers too, who have also been nominated for the Buzz Award, after a memorable year at Ewood Park.
The HIVE is a powerful network of Blackburn with Darwen-based businesses, who are using their collective power to network and raise the profile of the borough as a place to do business.
Their annual awards ceremony celebrates the best examples of excellence within the area over a 12 month period, with around 20 different categories being keenly contested at this year's event.
In the Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Award, the Community Trust faces competition from Cryo Express Limited and Unit 2 Fitness for Women, with the trio of companies being assessed for qualities such as high quality service, increased or maintained sales and identifying new markets, income streams or opportunities.
The Commitment to Blackburn and Darwen Award aims to recognise the organisation that is deemed to have demonstrated a keen level of support to the borough as a whole, including areas such as employment, education and up-skilling opportunities for local people, as well as providing fantastic services in areas such as community engagement, sport and charitable work. Competition for that award comes from Bootstrap Enterprises, Secret Santa Ltd and Unit 2 Fitness for Women.
The club's nomination in the Buzz Award - which puts them head to head with Action Factory Community Arts, Blackburn Festival of Light CIC and Festival of Making CIC - will be awarded to the organisation that has been deemed to be the leader in bringing positive PR and visitors to the borough, among other areas of analysis.
Gary Robinson, Blackburn Rovers Community Trust's chief executive officer, is delighted at the chance for the Trust to be recognised once again in an already-successful start to 2018, explaining:
"It's a brilliant hat-trick for the club and Community Trust to be nominated for three HIVE Awards and we're proud to have been noted for the efforts we've put into helping our local community in Blackburn with Darwen over the past year.
"Coming so soon after Rovers being awarded the EFL's North West Community Club and Family Club of the Year, it is very satisfying to know that the work we do is being noticed by numerous observers, and whilst we don't do it for the glory, it's a real testimony to our hard-working team here at Ewood Park that impartial observers hold us in this esteem.
"We look forward to the ceremony in July and are proud to be in very good company alongside some outstanding local organisations."
Both the club and Community Trust will have a chance to further their claims for their respective potential awards next week as a series of face-to-face interviews with the judging panel take places before a final decision is reached regarding each winner.
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Two coaching roles on offer through the Community Trust
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust are expanding their coaching workforce once again, with two roles for community sports coaches now on offer.
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Community Trust Awards champions are crowned in style
The first ever Blackburn Rovers Community Trust Awards exceeded expectations as the first 11 winners of the official club charity's prized accolades were crowned.
Community Trust's commitment to Blackburn is rewarded
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust were back at The HIVE Awards on Thursday night, hoping for a repeat of the 2018 ceremony's success, and enjoyed exactly that.


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Home»Calendar»Annual Events & Festivals»History Among the Tombstones: Stories from the American Cemetery
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What is so scary about Natchitoches history? Well it is over 300 years old and a lot of interesting characters have come and gone during this time. The guided tour through the American Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in the Louisiana Purchase, is where former historical figures will be portrayed in period costume.
The tour will focus on some of the more dramatic events in Natchitoches history. Guides will portray the people that were central to these events at stations around American Cemetery. In many cases, these stations will be located near the graves of those being portrayed.
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NHL League-Wide Analysis
NHL League-Wide Analysis pieces are analyses that take evidence from across the league to identify trends.
NHL Scoring Trends, 2007-08 to 2017-18: Is the League Getting More Competitive?
May 21, 2018 May 21, 2018 Benjamin Wendorf	Data Analysis, League Wide Report, NHL General Managers, NHL League-Wide Analysis	Tags: Corsi, League Trends, National Hockey League, NHL, NHL Shooting Graphs, Possession	Leave a comment
Photo by Bobby Schultz, via Wikimedia Commons
Though it was completely tangential to @SteveBurtch's line of thinking, his brief comments pondering the competitiveness between the middle of NHL lineups yesterday (which I can't locate now, natch) got me thinking about whether the NHL and team management has gotten any more efficient or competitive overall the last decade. With 10 years in the books for complex Corsi data, and hockey's seeming "Moneyball moment" fully here regardless of the quibbling on social and mainstream media, is the league getting any tighter?
The 2018 NHL Trade Value Rankings
January 5, 2018 April 10, 2018 yolo_pinyato	For Fun, NHL League-Wide Analysis	1 Comment
Most years, the NHL trade deadline is basically the equivalent of an annual Y2K party: Much Ado About Nothing. The issue comes from the underlying inertia the permeates most of the league's landscape.
The best players almost never switch teams in their prime (Seriously, who was the last top 10 player to leave their current team? Marian Hossa?)
Even when a trade does get made, there's often no rhyme or reason to how it plays out. Sometimes you trade your team's top disgruntled forward and get Seth Jones. Sometimes you get Adam Larsson.
So, to give the league's decision makers a little kick in the butt, I've put together a trade model that identifies the trade value of every regular NHL player and determines what would be a fair return in a trade.
Goal Scorer Cluster Analysis
January 4, 2018 January 3, 2018 Alex Novet	Data Analysis, NHL League-Wide Analysis, Player Evaluation, Playing Styles, Shot Quality	6 Comments
"They don't ask how. They ask how many."
-Hockey Proverb
"But seriously though… how?"
To state the obvious: goal-scoring is an essential skill for a hockey team. Players have made long careers by putting the puck in the net.
But how do players create goals? Skaters rely on all sorts of skills to score; some are fast, some have a huge shot, and some know how to be in the right place for an easy tap-in. But we don't have a rigorous view of what those skills are, how they fit together, and which players rely on which ones.
In this piece, I take 100 of the top NHL goal-scorers and apply unsupervised learning techniques to group them into specific goal scoring types. The result is a classification that buckets the scorers into 5 categories: bombers, rushers, chance makers, chaos makers, and physical forces. These can help players understand how to apply their skill set to goalscoring. It can also help teams make sure that their system is putting their top players in a position to score.
Estimating Shot Assist Quantities for Skaters
December 12, 2017 December 11, 2017 loserpoints	Data Analysis, NHL League-Wide Analysis, Passing Data	2 Comments
Hockey fans and analysts have always appreciated the importance of passing. But until the passing project led by Ryan Stimson, we couldn't quantify that importance. His work supported by a team of volunteers and other analysts has established that the passing sequence prior to a shot is a significant predictor of the likelihood of the shot becoming a goal. His work also showed that measuring shots and shot assists combined as shot contributions is a better predictor of future performance for both players and teams than shots alone.
Knowing that, the logical next step is to use passing data in analysis whenever possible. Unfortunately, the NHL does not provide passing data so it must be manually tracked by people like Corey Sznajder. Corey's work is invaluable and I encourage you to support him but he's only one person.
This article attempts to estimate a player's quantity of shot assists in a given sample using publicly available data to help fill in gaps where tracked data doesn't exist.
Introducing Weighted Points Above Replacement – Part 2
August 2, 2017 August 4, 2017 EvolvingWild	NHL League-Wide Analysis, Player Evaluation, Theory	Leave a comment
In part 1, I laid out the basis for Weighted Points Above Average (wPAA). Now it's time to change the baseline from average to replacement level. A lot has been written about replacement level, but I'll try to summarize: replacement level is the performance we would expect to see from a player a team could easily sign or call up to "replace" or fill a vacancy. In theory it is the lowest tier NHL player.
Aggregate statistics in sports have always fascinated me. I might go so far as to say my need to better understand how these metrics work is one of the reasons I became interested in sports statistics in the first place. I also feel the process of developing them raises an incredible number of important questions, especially with a sport like hockey. Rarely are these questions raised in a more succinct and blunt manner than when a new aggregate stat first emerges and people see how good Oscar Klefbom is.
These questions mainly focus on how to value, weight, and interpret the various metrics that are available. For instance, should we value primary points per 60 more than relative Corsi for/against? How much more? Is there a difference? What's the difference? Should we use some sort of feeling or intuition to determine which stats we like best? How do we address the issue of different metrics being used in conjunction to evaluate players? There have been multiple attempts to "answer" these questions (and many others) in hockey – Tom Awad's Goal Versus Threshold (GVT), Michael Schuckers and Jim Curro's Total Hockey Rating (THoR), Hockey Reference's Point Shares, War-On-Ice's (A.C. Thomas and Sam Ventura) WAR/GAR model, Dom Galamini's HERO Charts, Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score, and most recently Dawson Sprigings' WAR/GAR model… (Emmanuel Perry is also in the process of constructing a WAR model that I'm very excited about).
Who You Calling Weak? Draft Class Variance
June 21, 2017 June 21, 2017 Alex Novet	Data Analysis, Draft, League Wide Report, NHL League-Wide Analysis	Leave a comment
This year's NHL draft class is weak. I don't follow junior prospects closely, but that's what I've heard from more knowledgeable sources. It's a fair claim; Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier seem talented but not among the game-changing talents that have recently been drafted first overall.
However, it's harder to judge the draft class past the very top. Scouting is hard, especially for hundreds of prospects across the world. It's possible that while there is no clear star in the draft class, the rest of the draft is as strong as ever.
That would have big implications for draft strategy. The conventional wisdom is that teams may trade more picks this year because they believe the weak draft class makes the picks less valuable. But if the draft is typical after the first few picks, that would be a poor use of assets.
We don't yet know how well this year's draft class will do in the NHL. But, we can use historical data to ask questions that establish expectations: how well does each draft class typically perform, and how much does this vary by year?
FQG: Using Goals Above Replacement to Measure Injury Impact
April 21, 2017 April 21, 2017 loserpoints	Friday Quick Graphs, NHL League-Wide Analysis	2 Comments
Injuries are an inevitable part of the NHL. An 82 game schedule guarantees that all teams are going to deal with injuries during the season but not all teams deal with them equally. Quantifying the impact of injuries is difficult. The introduction of better individual player impact stats gives us some new tools with which to approach this concept. In particular, DTMAboutHeart's Goals Above Replacement stat seems a useful place to start because it allows for estimating how many goals above replacement a team loses while a player is injured.
All injury data in this post comes from NHL Injury Viz. GAR data comes via DTMAboutHeart. Games played data comes from Corsica and standings data is via Hockey-Reference.
A New Look at Aging Curves for NHL Skaters (part 1)
March 23, 2017 April 6, 2017 EvolvingWild	NHL League-Wide Analysis, Total Player Chart, WAR	3 Comments
How do NHL players age? When do they peak? How quickly do they decline? Questions about player aging in the NHL have been debated for years, and an incredible amount of research has already been done trying to answer these questions. Within the past 3 years, however, it seems a general consensus has been reached. Rob Vollman summarizes this quite well in his book Stat Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Hockey Analytics: "Most players hit their peak age by age 24 or 25 then decline gradually until age 30, at which point their performance can begin to tumble more noticeably with the risk of absolute collapse by age 34 or 35."
The vast majority of this work has been done looking at points, goals, shot attempts, special teams, etc., but the release of Dawson Sprigings' WAR (Wins Above Replacement) model gives us a new statistic from which we can derive value and, possibly, a new way to look at how NHL skaters age. It seems only natural that we'd revisit the NHL player aging question using this new model. If you're unfamiliar with his WAR model, you can read all about it here.
Strong and Weak Links: Talent Distribution within Teams
March 14, 2017 March 14, 2017 Alex Novet	Conferences, NHL League-Wide Analysis, WAR	16 Comments
In the salary cap world, hockey is a game of resource allocation. Each team is given a set amount of money to acquire players. Consequently, hockey inevitably becomes about tradeoffs. When building a team, every dollar spent on one player is a dollar that can't be used for another. There are certainly times when you can get a bargain, but you will always have to make decisions about spending priorities.
One frequent prioritization question is high-end quality vs. depth. How much should a team focus on the very top of its lineup vs. ensuring it has adequate depth? Should a team maximize its strengths or minimize its weaknesses?
This question is relevant to many front office decisions. The Bruins traded Tyler Seguin for several assets, and some argued that the Penguins should do the same with Evgeni Malkin to improve their depth. As Steven Stamkos approached free agency, many teams were deciding just how much they would be willing to pay him while knowing that signing him would inevitably come at a cost lower down the roster.
We can think through these tradeoffs by studying talent distribution within a team. If you hold total talent constant, is it better to have a team where everyone is equally talented, or one where a few elite players are trying to shelter a few terrible ones? We know from current Florida Panthers consultant Moneypuck that contending teams have at least one elite player, but to my knowledge, very little work has been done on the broader question of total team structure. This article mirrors my presentation at the Vancouver Hockey Analytics Conference 2017, at which I dug into talent inequality within teams to demonstrate:
Hockey is a strong link game, i.e., the team with the best player usually wins
Therefore, teams should prioritize acquiring the very best elite talent, even at the cost of having weaker depth than opponents
This is important for roster construction now and has the potential to become even more important as teams get better at assessing talent and market inefficiencies become less common


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Thanks. We do get great students.


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Winnipeg non-profit may have to leave building after being denied funding
WINNIPEG -
A Winnipeg non-profit that provides housing, employment and volunteer opportunities to those experiencing homelessness may lose its building next month after it was denied funding.
On Thursday, Sscope Inc. said the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) denied its last attempt at securing funding from the Rapid Housing Initiative.
The non-profit noted that it was told by the Assiniboine Credit Union it would have to leave its building by Jan. 6 if it doesn't come up with the money for a down payment.
Sscope said their building currently houses 46 people, as well as an additional 40 in their overnight emergency shelter.
The loss of the building will also affect Sscope's casual, part-time and full-time staff, with the non-profit saying about 183 people will face the consequences of this loss.
Angela McCaughan, Sscope's executive director, said in a news release that the powers that be are abandoning the most marginalized people in society.
"There's no reason for us to leave this building. This is their home. They know that they are safe here. We have everything in this building for them," McCaughan said.
"We're serving the community, people know where to come to get food, they know where to come to get help, they know where to come to get a harvest hamper. We understand the challenges that people living with mental health issues face, and are one of the only organizations that provide wrap-around services to our guests and residents because we believe everyone is meant for significance."
In a statement, a spokesperson for the CMHC said that everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to live.
The spokesperson noted that they can't discuss specific projects for confidentiality purposes, but that there is significant interest in their Rapid Housing Initiative. They added that not everyone who submits an application will receive funding for their project.
"We will continue to work to make sure more Canadians have a safe and affordable place to call home and will work closely with unsuccessful applicants and other levels of government, to find positive housing solutions and outcomes through the National Housing Strategy," the statement said.
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Is Manitoba seeing high levels of absenteeism now that in-person school is back?
Nine COVID-19 outbreaks declared in Manitoba hospital units, care homes
Local animal rescue group sees increased donations in light of Betty White Challenge
There was more snow in Ottawa in a single hour Monday morning than had ever fallen on any Jan. 17 in the city's history.
A major blizzard swept across Ottawa and eastern Ontario on Monday, blanketing the city in as much snow in a single day as all of December and January previously.
A B.C. tribunal is allowing a complaint alleging a HandyDART driver sexually harassed a passenger to proceed.
Some of the restrictions put in place in British Columbia as cases of the Omicron variant were confirmed in the province are set to expire on Tuesday, but health officials have hinted that some COVID-19 orders will be extended.
The president of the B.C. School Trustees Association says mandating that teachers get vaccinated against COVID-19 "may lead to staffing shortages in an already challenging time."


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Would be nice, but the only commands that use a different hotspot are those that rotate a sprite (at which point the centre of the sprite is used).
Roto sprite abound a pivot point.
Thanks for the answer, i have found specially interesting the pivot point.
And about thickness of drawline? I am currently using 'X_Line' which can be specify the thick of the line, but i can get same 'effect' using only drawline command?
Thanks Gernot, i will take a look!
This will tell you the images center.
I actually use this code to get center of sprite (one time only, when i load the sprites, in the sprites type for speed purposes).
When I compiled it's says 'Warning: Demo mode: This command would require Net or 3D addon'.
I currently have NET addon but not 3D. However it's seems is not in demo mode, cause i can't see the 'demo' image on screen.
Can anyone confirm that with NET addon is enough to compile this?
You need the premium for INLINE.
and try to use it as if it was an GLBasic command.
Anyway, what is the premium module?
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Safia Farhat () (née, Foudhaili; 1924 – 7 February 2004) was a pioneer of visual arts in Tunisia, as well as an academic and a women's rights activist.  She is remembered for establishing modern tapestry in her country, as well as for her contributions in the fields of design, painting, ceramics, upholstery, and decorative arts, employing various materials such as stamps, ceramics, stained glass, and tapestry. Farhat also founded the first Arab-African feminist magazine, Faiza.

Biography
Born in Radès in 1924, she was educated in France and Tunisia, including at the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts.

Farhat is remembered for establishing modern tapestry in Tunisia. She was a crucial part in creating collaborations between artists and artisans from the state-run craft industry during the period of Tunisian Socialism. Her role as the first female and first Tunisian director of the postcolonial School of Fine Arts in Tunis helped change the schools colonial, male-dominated culture to one that admitted and produced a generation of female artists and teachers.

In 1949, she participated in the artistic movement of the École de Tunis (Tunis School), the only woman associated with the group. In 1959, she founded the magazine Faiza, the first Tunisian women's magazine after the country's independence. She contributed to the reform and overhaul of teaching art, and was the first Tunisian director of the School of Fine Arts of Tunis where she taught in the late 1950s. She served as director of the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts beginning in 1966, heading its new School of Architecture.

Farhat designed Tunisian postage stamps. In 1980 they issued two - that featured Chebka Lace and metalwork, and she was responsible for one of them.

Farhat contributed to the creation of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women and was an activist in the defense of women's rights. She was also associated with Association des peintres et amateurs de'art en Tunisie (president); Zin (co-founder, decoration company; and Centre des Arts Vivants in Rades (founder; 1981) with her husband Ammar Farhat, which they donated to the Tunisian state. Farhat created works of art in various art forms, including stained glass, drawings, paintings, reliefs, frescoes and especially decorative tapestries. She died in 2004.

See also
Code of Personal Status (Tunisia)

References

Bibliography

20th-century ceramists
1924 births
2004 deaths
People from Radès
Tunisian women's rights activists
Magazine founders
Academic staff of Tunis Institute of Fine Arts
Tunisian feminists
Tunis Institute of Fine Arts alumni
Tunisian women painters
Tunisian painters
Tunisian ceramists
Tunisian women ceramists

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Every bend in the road hides an ambush as Michiko and Hatchin continue their mad dash to track down Hiroshi: a man from their past that could hold the key to their future. Hit men, kidnappers, and sadistic gangbangers fill their rearview mirror as these ladies on the lam burn rubber across the Latin landscape.
With the throttle wide open and their motorcycle pointed toward the ocean, Michiko and Hatchin defy fate by living freer than they've ever lived before. New friendships are forged, young love blooms, and the partners in crime inch ever closer to the man they seek. But just as the long-awaited reunion is about to become reality, the law closes in on them - leaving Michiko to face an agonizing decision that will change both of their lives forever.
Special Features: Michiko: The Woman Behind It All, Hatchin: The Girl We All Love, Japanese Press Conference, Interview with Japanese Staff, Episode Commentary, Japanese Live Action Promotional Video, Textless Opening and Closing, Trailers.


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import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Describes a Column.
 */
public class ColumnMetadata {

    private static final String COLUMN_NAME = "column_name";
    private static final String VALIDATOR = "validator";
    private static final String COMPONENT_INDEX = "component_index";
    private static final String KIND = "type";

    private static final String INDEX_TYPE = "index_type";
    private static final String INDEX_OPTIONS = "index_options";
    private static final String INDEX_NAME = "index_name";
    private static final String CUSTOM_INDEX_CLASS = "class_name";

    private final TableMetadata table;
    private final String name;
    private final DataType type;
    private final IndexMetadata index;
    private final boolean isStatic;

    private ColumnMetadata(TableMetadata table, String name, DataType type, boolean isStatic, Map<String, String> indexColumns) {
        this.table = table;
        this.name = name;
        this.type = type;
        this.isStatic = isStatic;
        this.index = IndexMetadata.build(this, indexColumns);
    }

    static ColumnMetadata fromRaw(TableMetadata tm, Raw raw) {
        return new ColumnMetadata(tm, raw.name, raw.dataType, raw.kind == Raw.Kind.STATIC, raw.indexColumns);
    }

    static ColumnMetadata forAlias(TableMetadata tm, String name, DataType type) {
        return new ColumnMetadata(tm, name, type, false, Collections.<String, String>emptyMap());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the column.
     *
     * @return the name of the column.
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the metadata of the table this column is part of.
     *
     * @return the {@code TableMetadata} for the table this column is part of.
     */
    public TableMetadata getTable() {
        return table;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the type of the column.
     *
     * @return the type of the column.
     */
    public DataType getType() {
        return type;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the indexing metadata on this column if the column is indexed.
     *
     * @return the metadata on the column index if the column is indexed,
     * {@code null} otherwise.
     */
    public IndexMetadata getIndex() {
        return index;
    }

    /**
     * Whether this column is a static column.
     *
     * @return Whether this column is a static column or not.
     */
    public boolean isStatic() {
        return isStatic;
    }

    /**
     * Metadata on a column index.
     */
    public static class IndexMetadata {

        private final ColumnMetadata column;
        private final String name;
        private final String customClassName; // will be null, unless it's a custom index

        private IndexMetadata(ColumnMetadata column, String name, String customClassName) {
            this.column = column;
            this.name = name;
            this.customClassName = customClassName;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the column this index metadata refers to.
         *
         * @return the column this index metadata refers to.
         */
        public ColumnMetadata getIndexedColumn() {
            return column;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the index name.
         *
         * @return the index name.
         */
        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }

        /**
         * Returns whether this index is a custom one.
         * <p>
         * If it is indeed a custom index, {@link #getIndexClassName} will
         * return the name of the class used in Cassandra to implement that
         * index.
         *
         * @return {@code true} if this metadata represents a custom index.
         */
        public boolean isCustomIndex() {
            return customClassName != null;
        }

        /**
         * The name of the class used to implement the custom index, if it is one.
         *
         * @return the name of the class used Cassandra side to implement this
         * custom index if {@code isCustomIndex() == true}, {@code null} otherwise.
         */
        public String getIndexClassName() {
            return customClassName;
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        /**
         * Returns a CQL query representing this index.
         *
         * This method returns a single 'CREATE INDEX' query corresponding to
         * this index definition.
         *
         * @return the 'CREATE INDEX' query corresponding to this index.
         */
        public String asCQLQuery() {
            TableMetadata table = column.getTable();
            String ksName = Metadata.escapeId(table.getKeyspace().getName());
            String cfName = Metadata.escapeId(table.getName());
            String colName = Metadata.escapeId(column.getName());
            return isCustomIndex()
                 ? String.format("CREATE CUSTOM INDEX %s ON %s.%s (%s) USING '%s';", name, ksName, cfName, colName, customClassName)
                 : String.format("CREATE INDEX %s ON %s.%s (%s);", name, ksName, cfName, colName);
        }

        private static IndexMetadata build(ColumnMetadata column, Map<String, String> indexColumns) {
            if (indexColumns.isEmpty())
                return null;

            String type = indexColumns.get(INDEX_TYPE);
            if (type == null)
                return null;

            if (!type.equalsIgnoreCase("CUSTOM") || !indexColumns.containsKey(INDEX_OPTIONS))
                return new IndexMetadata(column, indexColumns.get(INDEX_NAME), null);

            Map<String, String> indexOptions = SimpleJSONParser.parseStringMap(indexColumns.get(INDEX_OPTIONS));
            return new IndexMetadata(column, indexColumns.get(INDEX_NAME), indexOptions.get(CUSTOM_INDEX_CLASS));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        String str = Metadata.escapeId(name) + ' ' + type;
        return isStatic ? str + " static" : str;
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    // Temporary class that is used to make building the schema easier. Not meant to be
    // exposed publicly at all.
    static class Raw {
        public enum Kind { PARTITION_KEY, CLUSTERING_KEY, REGULAR, COMPACT_VALUE, STATIC }

        public final String name;
        public final Kind kind;
        public final int componentIndex;
        public final DataType dataType;
        public final boolean isReversed;

        public final Map<String, String> indexColumns = new HashMap<String, String>();

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            this.name = name;
            this.kind = kind;
            this.componentIndex = componentIndex;
            this.dataType = dataType;
            this.isReversed = isReversed;
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        static Raw fromRow(Row row, VersionNumber version) {

            String name = row.getString(COLUMN_NAME);
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                      : Enum.valueOf(Kind.class, row.getString(KIND).toUpperCase());
            int componentIndex = row.isNull(COMPONENT_INDEX) ? 0 : row.getInt(COMPONENT_INDEX);
            String validatorStr = row.getString(VALIDATOR);
            boolean reversed = CassandraTypeParser.isReversed(validatorStr);
            DataType dataType = CassandraTypeParser.parseOne(validatorStr);

            Raw c = new Raw(name, kind, componentIndex, dataType, reversed);

            for (String str : Arrays.asList(INDEX_TYPE, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_OPTIONS))
                if (!row.isNull(str))
                    c.indexColumns.put(str, row.getString(str));

            return c;
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}

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Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, a former detainee in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba, has been arrested by French authorities on charges of being an active recruiter for the Islamic State terror group. He was arrested with five other acquaintances (three men and two women) who are also accused of being members of the recruitment network.
Lahmar is an Algerian national who was arrested by Bosnian authorities in 2001 when he was allegedly part of a jihadist group plotting to bomb the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo. Lahmar was later transferred to Guantanamo in 2002.
After Lahmar's capture, the Pentagon determined that he was a senior member of the Bosnia-based Armed Islamic Group (GIA), which was coordinating with Al Qaeda on the plot to bomb the U.S. embassy. The Department of Defense ruled at the time of his capture that he was a high risk to pose a threat to U.S. interests, if released.
Lahmar was freed (along with four other Algerian nationals) from Guantanamo in 2009 after a District of Columbia judge ruled that there was no evidence supporting his classification as an "enemy combatant." He was then transferred to France after former French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to take him in.
Eight years later, Lahmar is an alleged Islamic State terrorist in a country that is in the midst of a spike in jihad terror.
There are 41 remaining at Guantanamo Bay. They include high-profile terrorists like the "9-11 five," among whom is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
President Trump has promised to keep the detention center open and "load it up with some bad dudes," reversing former President Obama's pledge to shut down the facility.


Dave is an international travel writer and founder of Dave's Travel Corner, a premier travel resource since 1996. He is well traveled (170 countries & territories); while on the road he enjoys the outdoors, backpacking, mountain climbing, meeting people, and experiencing other cultures.
In 2006, he conceived the Napa Wine Project., a challenging endeavor to visit, taste with and write about every winery in Napa Valley, California. He has now completed nearly 1000 visits and written reviews of Napa wineries & producers.
His first book titled 'The Freeways of Los Angeles' was published in 2010.


Being able to keep ideas simple and clean without loosing the variety of usability and functionality is the most important thing in times of complexity and diversity we are in these days.
A simple approach is often a better way to maintain software, to make processes faster and more reliable and to keep up with the fast growing needs.
It is not always the easiest way to go. You need to know a lot about existing techniques and possibilities and be creative enough to be able to simplify things.
I've been working for over 20 years in web development, graphic- and web-design.
Corporate-, graphic-, logo- and web design.
CMS: Developing and extending several Content-Management-Systems.
web-programming: front-end, back-end, GUI and UX (user experience).
Concepts of programming patterns (jsOOP, MV*, etc.).
Frameworks: development and usage (e.g. jsMorph, circularJS, jQuery, etc...).
While doing my every day jobs and developing web pages and web solutions I've been working on some experiments to extend my skills and to develop debugging-tools and programming helpers.
Some of them are also published and available through open-source channels (e.g. GitHub, Chrome Web Store®).
flow-chart editor | a development within WAXTRAPP BV in Amsterdam. UI development.
dashboard | a development within WAXTRAPP. iGoogle® like UI development.
tabs made easy and clean | re-thinking of an existing library approach for automated tabbing.
tauschetasche | an experiment with PNGs as it was planned for a customer.
dias | experiment for displaying complex looking things with very little markup.


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FEATURED / NEW ARTIST
U.S. Postals get real
by Michael Rampa | Posted on March 26, 2014 by Michael Rampa
By Michael Rampa and Skyanne Fisher
The U.S. Postals never wanted to sound like anyone else. And it's a good thing, because they don't. Their blend of rock, blues and punk is pure blunt force trauma. Their debut, "Priority" is gritty, raw and full of attitude. Front man Sickboy Todd does not just plug in and turn it up to 11. He lays down a rockabilly groove on lead single, Along and makes a Les Paul wail high up on the frets on the most interesting choice, a thrash metal cover of Sarah Mclachlan's Building A Mystery. Austin Cussalli's aggressive drumming ranges from athletic to frenetic while retaining finesse.
The band is more in tune with today's delivery system and not hesitant about calling out the traditional methods as obsolete. Priority will have their target demo (Generations X,Y and Z) blasting an album with balls while their parents cover their ears and beg them to turn it down. It's just what rock and roll should be. We caught up with front man Sickboy Todd and drummer Austin Cussalli.
Who are your influences?
SICKBOY TODD– Johnny Thunders (that Dylan said "is the best live performer I've ever seen.") and Johnny B Goode. Dirty, gritty and real. Not the contrived routine, processed cheese the general public seems to gobble up. Food Inc. and Music Inc. should be neutralized once and for all.
AUSTIN– As the drummer for The US Postals, I am influenced by whatever comes my way out on the road. City to city and everything in between influences and teaches me what I need to be playing for the next song. We're using New Orleans as a staging ground for operations this side of the nation, so there's been plenty of inspiration coming from the (504) lately!
You describe your sound as "new urban blues" and "new classic rock" How do you think you bring a new sound to very traditional genres?
SICKBOY Todd- It's just our take, on our influences. The very same way as our heroes did a version of their idols and so on…. What I won't be doing is fully aping somebody. Look I love Robert Johnson, and I dig classic rock, but I grew up skateboarding and listening to Black Flag so…. And the "New" part is, we don't release very many hard copies of CDs because somebody has to put a foot down! It's an obvious, dated, wasteful practice, that the Dinosaur Major Labels push as their last gasp, because they refuse to look at the fact that Gen. X, Y, and Z are downloading and streaming everything! Meanwhile these guys just want to continue to prop up their baby boomer bands and suppress all new competition, make you really work hard to find a new artist, wear you out, so you'll be compliant. Same with every industry in our modern farce society, and one that all of us see, but none of us will take initiative to end. We should open up some public dialog, so these dorks can finally learn how to use a computer.
AUSTIN– We are never trying to sound like anyone else, not even any traditional music, we play what we feel and how we feel. Just listen to our album , It doesn't sound like any thing I ever hear on the street. Do you?
You state "reality" as your influence: In what way?
SICKBOY TODD– For me it's a little perspective, a little something I picked up on growing up in Hollywood.
AUSTIN– It's not a fantasy world for us. We're a small business and anyone that knows, knows that it's a lot of work, but if nobody does it, it won't get done! Our music is our reality 24/7 and is influenced by whatever is going on in the "real world".
You released your album only four years after forming. How did you accomplish that so quickly and what was the process like?
SICKBOY TODD– Actually we've nearly completed 2 Albums and have 3 videos for the 1st record during that time frame. And it just seems logical to be out pushing the first album first! -Priority.
Austin: Has it already been four years!?!?
How important a role does social media play in your career?
SICKBOY TODD– Even more important than hanging up tacky fliers on telephone poles, back in the so called "day". Kickstarter enables fans the opportunity to truly be connected and be an integral part of their favorite artists decisions. Facebook keeps us all connected, like glue. Youtube authorizes us a free pass to entertain ourselves, and Itunes allows us the ability to offer you, our album, instantly, for $7.92. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/priority/id669272242
AUSTIN– All forms of social media have just made our lives as musicians easier in every way as opposed to the alternative. Any improvement to push music into the unknown future is more exciting for me than holding it prisoner in the past. We're even on Linkedin, and have a US Postals Yelp account (to try to encourage promoters to be nice to us, or else)…
Which song do you consider a lead single?
SICKBOY TODD– We released the single and video for "Along" as the lead track, then we staggered releases of the other 2 videos every 6 months or so. All on Chloroform Records, which is my financially malnourished record company. But the name speaks volumes, now doesn't it? I hope to expand.
AUSTIN– The music was recorded at The Hit Joint in Silverlake, Phil Grishiv did all the videos, and we shot the last one "Decline and Fall" in the heart of LA's Skidrow. And once and for all, my desert shots in our "Building a Mystery" video were shot in luxurious Palmdale, Ca. Not Joshua Tree!
How did you come up with the name?
SICKBOY TODD- By jacking shipping titles from the usps site, we have unearthed a ton of album titles for future release! But there's also something else at play in the name The US Postals, one that may insinuate retribution. Or does it allege unity in the word "us"? Band Loyalty, Cali Love, or it could represent our fans as being One Crew? I love semantics.
AUSTIN– All musicians will agree with me, that if we are not out playing our music, doing our craft, it makes us feel a certain way deep inside… and it's not good. "Along" is about that kinda' bummer actually.
What is next for The US Postals?
SICKBOY TODD- Open for International Deliveries -Priority!
AUSTIN- Hollywood Rock Dealers always Deal.
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3 Great TV Shows That Are Actually Diverse
Jul. 20 2018, Published 8:09 p.m. ET
The internet lost it's damn mind after Brooklyn 99 was dropped by the network Fox. A huge swell of public support emerged that eventually lead to the series being picked up by NBC less than thirty hours later. Recently the star of the series Andy Samberg commented on the move from Fox to NBC. The tone of the show doesn't exactly make it a great match for the network that gave the world Fox News. Samberg commented that whilst the people they worked with were supportive, he understands that there are different factions of the network, that may have differing opinions on the news side. He also stated that it was a good time to move away from Fox. The contrast between Brooklyn 99 and Fox couldn't be more stark. Brooklyn 99 is one of the most positive shows on television, and is also super diverse and inclusive. It's one of a few shows in TV right now that deserve recognition for their inclusivity. Below is a list of a few honorable mentions.
1) Brooklyn 99
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Of course we have to start with Brooklyn 99. With a core cast of seven characters, only two of them are straight white men. The core cast is made up of two Latina women, one of whom is revealed later in the series to be Bisexual. One white woman, and two black men one of whom is gay. Stephanie Beatriz in particular knows what a huge deal this is, as she discussed when telling the story of her casting. Beatriz originally screen tested for the role of Amy Santiago. The casting director thought she would be a better fit for the role of Rosa who at the time was going to be named Megan. The screen test for Megan went well and Beatriz thought she was in with a chance, until she heard that Melissa Fumero had been casted as Amy. Beatriz broke down when she heard this news, because as she explained she assumed that meant she would not be in the show. This is because the idea of having two Latina women in the same show seemed impossible. However Beatriz landed the role and Megan became Rosa Diaz. Brooklyn 99 doesn't stop at portraying diverse characters, the show has addressed multiple social issues such as racism, homophobia, and unjust policing.
2) Orange Is The New Black
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Switching over to the other side of the law we have Orange is The New Black. The show is set to return with it's sixth season on July 27th. The series is a collage of women's stories. This includes women who are white, black, Asian, Latina, gay straight, bi, and trans. Orange is The New Black gives every character depth and significance creating a show that is truly diverse. The show was originally created based on the true story of Piper Kerman. Kerman is a white middle class woman who graduated from a good college. She started dating a woman involved in a drug ring and transported money on the rings behalf. Although she was not caught initially, her former partner named her in the conspiracy and landed her in prison. Piper is represented in the show by the character Piper Chapman. The series initially focuses tightly on her fish out of water experience, but gradually spreads out to tell the soties of women from all different walks of life. This was creator Jenji Kohan's intension. In an interview with NPR she referred to Piper as her Trojan Horse. She said that "You're not going to go into a network and sell a show on really fascinating tales of black women, and Latina women, and old women and criminals." But by using Piper to introduce the show, she was able to draw audience and networks in before expanding to tell all the stories she hoped to.
3) Sense8
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Although tragically this show was cancelled leaving it with only two seasons (which I'm still mad about) you still can, and should catch both seasons on Netflix. Sense8 follows the story of eight people from all different corners of the world who become psychically connected to one another. The series features characters from Germany, India, America, Iceland, Japan and Kenya. It also includes trans and gay characters. The show dives deep into the personal experiences of each character. They display the struggle Nomi has with her family as they refuse to accept that she is transgender. They explore the damage that being outed as gay has on Lito's career as an actor. Sense8 proudly puts forward its diverse characters and shows gives each of their diverse stories equal depth and meaning. The show at it's core is about different people coming together and the message of acceptance and embracing of difference comes though. The values the series put out are also seemingly held behind the scenes. The character of Capheus was famously recast between the first season and the Christmas special. The reason was reportedly due to issues between Lana Wachowski and Aml Ameen. However tweets from Jamie Clayton who plays Nomi on the show seem to suggest that Ameen was exhibiting behavior that was in contrast with the inclusive values of the show. She tweeted in response to Ameen's departure that hate and intolerance are intolerable with the hashtag Sense8.


OSHA will focus on safety and health management systems during the 10th annual "Stateline Safety Workshop" slated for September 17 at the Holiday Inn Express, 3100 Wellington Place, Janesville, Wis.
OSHA's Madison Area Office, Beloit Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks Morse Engine, Frito Lay - Beloit, Heartland Safety and Health Education Center, JDN Safety Consulting, and Lab Safety Supply are jointly sponsoring the safety day workshop.
Employees, managers, human resource directors, and safety and health professionals are encouraged to attend the workshop to discuss workplace safety and health issues such as ergonomics, substance abuse, electrical safety, and contractor management. General OSHA information also will be made available to attendees.
"This conference is a great opportunity to help those representing small- and medium-sized businesses to come together and get current safety and health information that will help prevent job injuries and protect their employees," said Kimberly Stille, OSHA's area director in Madison.
The daylong event will open for registration at 8 a.m. CDT and continue with workshops and breakout sessions until 4 p.m. Vendors also will be at the event.
Reservations will be taken on a first come, first-served basis. The $59 fee for the workshop includes all-day sessions, handouts, lunch and refreshments. Registration and additional information may be obtained by contacting Sally Smart at s.smart@lss.com or 608-757-4822.


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Late goldenrod is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

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Pět smyslů člověka is a 1913 Austro-Hungarian comedy film. It was filmed in Prague and is one of the few Czech films of its era to have survived.

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 entry at kfilmu.net Google translation

1913 comedy films
1913 films
Austrian silent films
Hungarian silent films
Hungarian black-and-white films
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Education ADP spending declines
Budget: Looking Back
The spending of ADP fund for the education and the primary and mass education ministry declined by 10 and 7 percentage points in July–March this 2013–2014 financial year compared with the corresponding period spending in the past financial year. The sluggish implementation of development projects under the ministries till March is frustrating, contributing a little towards enhancing the quality of education, project officials and campaigners said.
Education officials said that the slow place of project implementation was hindering the development of infrastructure and other facilities needed for better education.
'Projects are under way to develop the infrastructure of more than 5,500 secondary schools, 1,000 madrassahs and 1,500 colleges,' the finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said in his 2013-2014 budget speech.
Project officials said that construction and other physical infrastructure works were slow. The job of upgrade of 306 schools into model institutions in as many upazilas having no government high school is also slow because of problems in fund release.
The government is scheduled to complete the work of 1,500 new primary schools in villages having no primary schools by June but the project officials said that a half of the schools were yet to be built.
According to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division,
the primary and mass education ministry implemented only 54 development programme in July–March of the 2013–2014 financial year; the figure for the period in the 2012–2013 financial year was 61 per cent.
The education ministry performance is even poorer, with the implementation of 46 per cent of its development programmes; the figure for the period in the 2012–2013 financial year was 56 per cent.
The primary and mass education ministry in the nine months could spend only Tk 2811.32 crore of the Tk 5185.93 crore allocated for 13 projects and the education ministry could spend Tk 1328.56 crore of the Tk 2902.64 crore allocated for 80 projects.
Planning ministry officials feared that because of the slow pace of implementation so far, the ministries would now need to complete the remaining programmes in three months, risking funds being squandered and hampering the quality of work.
The Campaign for Popular Education executive director, Rasheda K Choudhury, said that 'bureaucratic tangles, delay in fund release, and lengthy procurement' were major reasons for the slow ADP implementation in the education sector.
'We are disappointed about the implementation pace. The education sector gets allocation less than what is needed and what it gets should all be spent,' she said.
There is a huge gap between the reality and expectations regarding the implementation of the education budget, she observed.
'Public allocation for the education sector is not adequate and over the past few years, the allocation has been increasing with a decline in spending,' according to Unnayan Onneshan's State of Bangladesh Economy and Development 2014 report that was published in May.
'When a large amount of money needs to be spent in a short period, lack of transparency is imminent,' it said.
Ensuring education facilities for all is largely dependent not only on the proper budgetary allocation but also on its proper implementation. One of the major problems regarding the annual development programme is its poor implementation status, Unnayan Onneshan said.
The education secretary, Muhammed Sadique, brushed aside the allegations claiming that the implementation was on the right track.
'By June, the implementation rate will be higher than the national average and there will be no problems with project implementation,' he said.
He also said that the government had promised to improve the quality of education and was doing its best to do so.


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First-time parents often watch in amazement as their children reach certain milestones: that first toothless grin, those babbled first words, and those wobbly first steps. What many parents don't know, however, is that there are also certain dental milestones that they should expect along the way. That's right: the development of your child's teeth follow a specific pattern. It's important for parents to be mindful of these developmental patterns because the stage for a lifetime of good oral health is set early on in childhood.
The beginning: baby teeth eruption
It's perhaps one of the most anticipated milestones of infancy: when that first pearly white tooth erupts from your baby's gums. Parents often celebrate this milestone with an abundance of pictures and phone calls to family and friends, but there's one phone call that's typically forgotten: a call to the dentist to schedule baby's first check-up. That's right: the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that children visit the dentist within six months of the first tooth's eruption. After all, that first tooth paves the way for all of the teeth to come in the future. Yet, many parents make the mistake of delaying that first dental visit, reasoning that baby teeth just aren't as important as permanent teeth. That's simply not the case. Primary teeth are essential for a variety of reasons, including:
Space fillers. Baby teeth act as space holders for the eventual permanent teeth. In fact, if a baby tooth is lost too soon, permanent teeth can drift into the empty space, causing misalignment and overcrowding.
Communication. If you think your child's pearly whites are just for show, you better think again. Baby teeth aid in the proper development of children's speech.
Nourishment. When baby teeth aren't properly cared for and are lost too early, children are at risk of malnutrition. That's because the primary teeth help children to chew a variety of foods properly.
Childhood oral health
Prior to the teenage years, children go through a dental phase where several of their permanent teeth have come in, but they also still have plenty of primary teeth. During this period, some unique concerns can present themselves. Among the most common concerns are overcrowding and injury. As the adult teeth come in, overcrowding might result in a referral to an orthodontist. Injury to the teeth, on the other hand, comes into play as children begin to participate more actively in extracurricular activities like sports. It's imperative, then, for parents to emphasize the need for protective gear like mouth guards when children are involved in high contact sports.
The teenage years
Unlike their younger counterparts, teenagers are old enough to understand the link between oral health and overall health. Thus, parents should stress the importance of good oral hygiene to their teens. This includes emphasizing the role a well-balanced diet plays in oral health, as teenagers are notorious for neglecting nutritious foods in favor of convenience foods.
The third molars– more commonly referred to as the "wisdom teeth"– should be monitored during the teenage years as well. Because most people's mouths don't have enough space for these molars, they typically are removed. Failing to remove wisdom teeth can result in complications like infection and crowding or damage to the adjacent teeth.
While each stage of childhood presents its own unique concerns when it comes to oral health, there is one thing that remains the same: the importance of visiting the dentist for regularly scheduled cleanings and check-ups. Because oral health is closely linked to the body's overall health, it's critical for parents to establish good dental health habits in childhood. Contact Countryside Dental Group today to learn more.
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Freethought Dayton is an organization for the non-religious and non-superstitious. We do not necessarily deny membership to all religious beliefs—we have had participants who identified with Taoistm or Humanistic Judaism, for example. We do not include members of theistic religions such as Christianity, Islam or Ortthodox/Reform Judaism.
As Freethinkers, we hold two general propositions relevant to religion.
We support individuals' rights to believe whatever they choose, and to express those beliefs in appropriate forums.
We reject dogma, and we insist that to criticize any belief on a rational basis is not only essential for human progress, but is a sign of respect.
We do not seek to eliminate all religion. Instead, we hope to initiate dialogues through which misconceptions about atheism—such as the often-repeated notion that atheists are inherently immoral—may be corrected. Our goal is to promote greater tolerance and acceptance of those who do not believe in god(s).
We recognize that organized religion does confer certain benefits upon believers. Organized religion gives its participants a network of like-minded people who may be called upon for companionship, support, and public advocacy. We hope to provide those benefits for the non-religious through our organization.
It should be acknowledged that religion is not inevitably good or desirable. A clear view of history shows that religion has often been used as a pretext, if not as an inspiration, for some of the greatest evils experienced by humankind. Accepting diversity in faith—including acceptance of those who reject faith—is the best antidote to the excesses and abuses to which the religious have been often been prone.


Since receiving my grant from the BAF, I went on to study at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. I first of all completed a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and then a Masters of Music Performance, learning from Professor Ian Holtham. During this time I was fortunate to receive some important piano scholarships, and performance opportunities. Highlights included solo recitals at Melba Hall for the lunch hour concert series, and performing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G at the Melbourne Recital Centre with the Melbourne University Orchestra. At the conclusion of my Masters I received a scholarship from the university to undertake private piano lessons in London and Vienna, with renowned piano pedagogues Joan Havill, Christopher Elton, Peter Feuchtwanger, and Martin Hughes. Since coming back to Melbourne I work primarily as a piano teacher- which includes two days a week at a high school in North Melbourne, and as a freelance accompanist. I give recitals once or twice a year, sometimes solo, but recently I am mostly enjoying collaborating with other musicians in performance.


Love to Work? Or, Work to Love?
While we are still in the shadow of Labor Day, we probably notice that we are paying more attention to work at this particular time, than we do at other times of the year. It's not that we disregard work throughout the rest of the year—an almost impossible thing to do, unless we are retired—but we consider it in other terms, that is, more in terms of scheduling and programming than in terms of appreciation or reflection.
A significant question for us, when we have the time, is to ask ourselves: do I love to work, or do I work to love, that is, to show my commitment and dedication to those dependent on me? That is, am I really fond of my employment, enjoying it, looking forward to every Monday of the week, so that I can get back to my workplace and my associates there? Am I glad when vacation time is over, allowing me to return where I really find my fulfillment and satisfaction—in the office, factory, classroom, department, counter or desk? Is it because of that paycheck that I can regularly pocket or bank, that enables me to purchase what I have set my heart on, or retire a debt hanging over my head? These all seem to be worthwhile ambitions that can explain why I love to work. In all these eventualities, work is the consummation of my desires, and the thought of eventual retirement is depressing, so much so that I may look for part-time work when I retire, or rethink my work habitat and develop a hobby, perhaps in the basement workplace, or in the sewing room in the upper floor. Work has been, and remains, the goal of my life, though, with the passage of time, in a different form or pattern. It has come to satisfy my deepest longings.
Or, on the other hand, do I work to love, that is, to express my affection, to show my feelings for significant others in my life, to gain enough collateral to start a family, or to marry the man or woman of my desires, or to support worthy causes and contribute to the success of significant endeavors, or to help my parish, the center of my life, to retire its debt? Has my work-life finally put me in a position to do the things I really love: fish, play bridge or poker, putter in the yard, read, travel? So that, when I judge that I have worked enough, and done the things that I wanted to achieve with the hard-earned money accruing to me from my work, supporting and bonding with family, friends, neighbors, fellow-parishioners, then I can gladly put work behind me, and let the next generation step into my shoes, and free me up to leave the workplace behind and join my fellow-retirees at the club, over a drink where we can swap stories and memories, or on the links, where we can tee off for a round of golf? Here is where the association that work has led me into reach fruition. Work has been a means to this long-awaited end, throughout my life.
So work means different things to different people. Work is like putting food on the table. That is, it can be the centerpiece of my day, placing an appetizing assortment of food on display pleasing to the eye and tasty to the palate, the grand finale of the day. Or, that table of plenty can come as a result of a demanding job that puts money in my pocket or bank account enabling me to meet the needs of those entrusted to my care and concern, about whom I care so much. In this way I show my sense of responsibility for those who are dependent on me.
In either case we can praise God for providing a way in which we can either do what we love to do, or be content He has enabled us to provide for those depending on us. They likely converge, for there is nothing to prevent what we enjoy doing also helping us meet our responsibilities, just as there is a deep sense of satisfaction in knowing that the employment consuming my time and energy is helping those who mean so much to me.