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Mexican Spirits and Beer are Mainstream in El Norte
July 15, 2015 by Lisa Pietsch
It didn't take the North American Free Trade Agreement to get U.S. consumers to buy Mexican. Tequilas, brandies, liqueurs and beers from south of the border have been popular here for years. Nafta, a steadily growing Hispanic population and increasingly worldly consumers have helped grow these products even more dramatically in recent years.
By Michael Sherer
Margaritas, for example, are the most popular cocktail in the country. Mexican brands now account for 40% of imported beer sales. Mexican brandies rank at the top of the list of the world's best-sellers, as do coffee liqueurs from Mexico.
"Everything Latino is hip and cool across the food and entertainment categories," said Jose Chacon, senior brand manager, tequilas, at Allied-Domecq. "The same dynamic is affecting our industry."
"The number-one thing driving the popularity of Mexican products is the boom in Mexican restaurants in the past 10 years," said Craig Johnson, group brand director, Allied-Domecq. "What's driving tequila and Mexican brandies in particular is consumer interest in true, authentic Mexican products."
Tequila's Back
Tequila, which suffered a setback between 2000 and 2001, is back on a growth curve again. Agave shortages in Mexico, due primarily to a failure to anticipate growing demand, caused prices to rise dramatically at the end of 2000 and throughout 2001. As lower-priced "mixtos" dropped out of the market and more acreage has reached maturity, however, supplies have stabilized. Happily, in 2002, the category roared back, to the tune of an 8.1% increase, to more than 7.1 million 9-liter cases, according to the Adams Handbook Advance 2003.
"People stayed away as prices went up," Chacon said, "but now they're coming back. We're seeing better prices on Sauza as agave supplies grow, and we're getting back to fundamentals of the business to get the brand back on track and back to historical levels of growth." Indeed, according to preliminary research, the Sauza line grew by double-digits in 2002, according to the Adams Handbook Advance 2003, to more than 1 million 9-liter cases.
Category leader Jose Cuervo, which also saw its phenomenal sales growth slow during the past two years due to higher prices, is also seeing renewed growth. The combined Jose Cuervo line increased sales 4.8% in 2002 to more than 3.4 million 9-liter cases. The brand owns its own supply of agave fields. While it doesn't see the shortage completely ending until 2006 because of the plant's 8- to-12-year maturation, it has definitely eased.
Sauza tequila sales rebounded last year by 18.8%.
Cuervo Gold is continuing its focus on the "CuervoNation" program this year. Consumers will have chances to win trips to exciting CuervoNation "outposts" and ultimately a trip to the brand's 8-acre Caribbean island. Diageo's Jose Cuervo portfolio now includes the best-selling Jose Cuervo Especial (Gold), Jose Cuervo Tradicional, made with 100% blue agave; Jose Cuervo Añejo, also made from 100% blue agave and aged for at least one year in American oak barrels; and Jose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia, made from 100% blue agave, and produced in limited quantities after being aged in new French and American oak barrels.
To continue bringing consumers back to the category, Cuervo plans to launch a product line extension later this spring. Details likely will be available when this issue comes out.
To kick off the summer selling season, Allied-Domecq's Sauza will be partnering with regional out-of-category suppliers for Cinco de Mayo. The promotion promises to generate excitement for both the brand and the category.
Two Fingers, imported by Heaven Hill, will take advantage of flattening prices this year by repositioning the brand. A summer co-pack promotion with margarita mix will help draw attention to a new label destined to give the brand's signature black bottle better shelf presence.
Jose Cuervo is highlighting its CuervoNation program in Cinco de Mayo point- of-sale.
As the core business starts to grow again, the brands that expect to benefit most are super- and ultra-premiums.
"While the value-priced tequilas were off about 12.2% from 1998 to 2001, ultra-premiums were up 7.5%," said David Dorsey, brand director at Brown-Forman. "Ultra-premiums are still doing very well. We're seeing good growth on Don Eduardo."
"Tequilas will see the next boom in ultra-premium brands, like vodka did a few years ago," said Kathleen DiBenedetto, group product director at Jim Beam Brands, which imports El Tesoro and Chinaco. "They're still considered a white spirit, and consumers are more educated now. They know about 100% agave tequilas, and what reposado and añejo tequilas are."
Jose Cuervo, in fact, is putting a little more emphasis on its superpremium Tradicional and ultra-premium Reserva de la Familia. The producer's web site, now in both English and Spanish versions, uses Tradicional as an example of the brand's 200-year Mexican heritage.
Each year's bottling of Reserva de la Familia is packaged in a special edition box designed and hand-crafted by a different Mexican artist.
Two Fingers Tequila, from Heaven Hill Distilleries, is running a co-pack promo with Margarita mix this summer.
Sauza also makes use of higher-end products in the brand portfolio to get consumers to trade up. Both Hornitos and Conmemorativo recently added 1.75-liter packages to their mix, the first superpremiums to offer that size. Tres Generaciones gives Sauza presence in the ultra-premium segment.
"People tend to stay in the Sauza franchise even as they try new tequilas," Chacon said. "They feel comfortable and confident when they try new products in the family."
Jim Beam's El Tesoro relies heavily on brand ambassadors, including master distiller Carlos Camarena, to spread word-of-mouth praises for the brand. They'll concentrate on accounts in nine markets this year, conducting tastings and educating staff in both off- and on-premise accounts. New packaging also will be introduced in May.
El Conquistador, from Heaven Hill, uses shelf talkers to explain differences between blanco, reposado and añejo as well as tasting notes for each. Like other ultra-premium brands, it competes in a variety of spirits tastings for awards which help generate interest in the brand.
Leading Brands of Tequila
(thousands of 9-liter cases)
Brand Supplier
2002 (p)
% Chg
Jose Cuervo/1800 (*) Diageo 3,311 3,470 4.8%
Sauza Allied Domecq Spirits USA 850 1,010 18.8%
Montezuma Tequila Barton Brands LTD 487 650 33.5%
Rio Grande Tequila McCormick Distilling 108 162 50.0%
Cazadores Bacardi USA 110 120 9.1%
Total Leading Brands 4,866 5,412 11.2%
Others 1,718 1,705 -0.8%
Total Tequila 6,584 7,117 8.1%
(*) Includes 1800 Tequila through 9/02; 1800 Tequila is now handled by Skyy Spirits.
(p) Preliminary Source: Adams Handbook Advance 2003
Even Montezuma, from Barton Brands, leverages its awards to help spur sales at retail. The brand has won both gold and silver medals from the Beverage Testing Institute. As the third best-selling brand in the U.S., Montezuma had a stellar year in 2002, upping its sales by 33.5% to 650,000 cases nationally. While operating from a smaller base, the fourth-best-selling tequila, Rio Grande, from McCormick Distilling, increased sales by 50% to 162,000 cases nationally in 2002. [McCormick has also had success with Tequila Rose, a 34 proof product that is a strawberry-flavored cream liqueur mixed with tequila, as well as Tarantula Azul, a citrus-flavored tequila in an eye-catching package.] And Bacardi USA had success last year with Tequila Cazadores, which saw sales increase 9.1% to 120,000 cases nationally.
Interestingly, several changes of tequila brand ownership and distribution have occurred during the past year. Skyy Spirits is now handling 1800 Reposado and Añejo Tequilas and the superpremium Gran Centenario, brands that had previously been part of Diageo's portfolio here in the U.S. Margaritaville, first introduced by Seagram about five years ago to tremendous initial success, has landed at David Sherman Corp., which is trying to recapture the brand's excitement. And the smaller superpremium brand Corazon is now being handled by Sidney Frank Importing.
Beer Here
Mexican cerveza continues to grow faster than beer from any other country or any other segment, for that matter. Category leader Corona saw growth of about 9% last year, nearly double that of the import category as a whole. While that was slow compared to heady 30% growth a few years ago, it accomplished it in the face of a price hike and the slow economy.
Corona's success is a credit to its consistent strategy over the past two decades.
Brown-Forman's Pepe Lopez Tequila is using a "Pepe Loves Rita" theme in its p-o-s this spring.
"We don't really look at or market our products as Mexican," said Don Mann, Modelo product director at Gambrinus Company. "The brand leverages space between imports and domestics. It has the cachet of an import, but is more approachable than other imports, so it has broad consumer acceptance as a result."
New television and radio spots that kick off this month and a full promotional program are on tap for the brand this year. Corona Light will get a lot more focus with its own series of ads and more attention in family promotions.
"Cinco de Mayo is an opportunity to get a jump on the summer selling season," said Bill Hackett, president of Barton Beers, Ltd., Corona's other importer. "We have a huge opportunity with Corona Light. The growing light beer market is a 45 share of the beer industry. Light beer is still under a 10 share of the import segment. That's a huge opportunity for retailers as well."
The other Modelo products — Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial and Pacifico — also are well supported at retail with programs scheduled throughout the year.
This past January, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and Alec Baldwin participated in the Gran Centenario Tequila snowshoe and tobogganing race at the Squaw Valley Sports Invitational in Squaw Valley, CA. The event was part of a weekend of festivities benefiting Kennedy's Waterkeeper Alliance, a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving and protecting water from polluters.
Mexican brands imported by Labatt USA also are experiencing strong growth. Tecate is now the number-four import in the country even though it is targeted squarely at Mexican-Americans. Last year the brand went through a transition as it shifted to programs designed to appeal to a younger generation while not alienating traditional, first-generation Mexican-American consumers.
The brand is using CART racing, soccer and music to bridge the generations. Tecate's CART program is even bi-lingual to give it broader appeal.
For Cinco de Mayo, the brand has come up with a "Celebracion las Cincos de Mayos," a play-on-words in which "las Cincos" become five senoritas on point-of-sale materials flirting with a guy named Mayo. The materials also highlight Tecate's five package sizes.
A more edgy and contemporary ad campaign kicked off in January. The brand also is sponsoring a lot of new up-and-coming Mexican bands here, using music to reach new consumers.
Dos Equis is aimed at a broader market and will continue the "Dos Equis Zone" program it began a few years ago. The program encourages consumers to experience the brand in its native environment, tying into travel destinations like Cancun.
Corona Extra and Corona Light are positioning themselves as "The Drinko for Cinco" in p-o-s materials.
For Cinco de Mayo, the brand is offering an all-in-one Fiesta Pack of beer, chips and salsa at a special price. This summer, Dos Equis will promote "liquid" sports like water skiing, surfing and windsurfing.
Sol continues to focus its effort on core markets in the southwest and southern California, but will likely also get support in a few emerging markets in the northeast.
Brandies and Cordials
Kahlúa, one of the biggest brands in the world, saw its sales decline somewhat last year. The brand is in the middle of a strategic review of its global positioning and will likely develop new programs later this year to renew consumer interest in the brand.
In the meantime, it is taking advantage of the revival of classic cocktails by promoting three drinks that helped make it famous — the White Russian, Black Russian and Kahlúa and milk or cream. Allied-Domecq's "first choice" sales teams will be working with on-premise accounts to increase demand which is expected to have a spillover effect on off-premise sales as well.
Allied Domecq also is focusing efforts on a superpremium line extension called Kahlúa Especial, which is said to be hand-crafted and carefully blended for extra smoothness.
Other coffee liqueurs from Mexico are capitalizing in off-premise accounts on Kahlua's popularity. Kamora from Jim Beam, Sabroso from Barton Brands, and Copa De Oro from Heaven Hill all offer a price alternative to the category leader. Consumers often look for value brands like these at retail after trying a well-known brand on-premise.
Brandy is another spirit from Mexico that is sometimes overlooked. Surprisingly, brandy outsells tequila by about a six-to-one margin in Mexico.
One of the most popular spirits brands in the world, Kahlúa is promoting The White Russian (as well as Black Russian and Kahlúa and milk/cream) in a variety of p-o-s materials.
Presidente, for example, is the number-one selling brandy in the world and the top spirits brand in Mexico. Off-premise, the brand's focus has been on Mexican-Americans. An aggressive on-premise program, however, will likely broaden Presidente's appeal at retail. Consumers are slowly being introduced to the brand in cocktails like the Presidente Margarita at Chili's Grill and Bar.
"As consumers start to encounter the brand on-premise, they will begin to see and ask for it off-premise," said Johnson.
The brand also will repeat a joint promotion with Sauza in September on Mexican Independence Day.
Allied-Domecq is counting on increased awareness of Presidente also helping premium Don Pedro brandy and the ultra-premium Azteca de Oro, aged 12 years in the Spanish solera system.
While Cinco de Mayo is a good time to merchandise all these products from Mexico, their popularity with consumers means they'll sell year round with a little attention from you. *
What's With The Worm?
Some consumers may look for a worm in the tequila they buy or wonder why it doesn't have one. In reality, only certain brands of mezcal are sold with worms in the bottle. The stuff of frat houses legends, mezcal isn't tequila. But in one of those oddities in the spirits industry, all tequilas are mezcals.
Mezcal refers to any spirit made with some type of agave plant. Tequila, like champagne or cognac, must conform to certain standards to carry the name. Tequila must be made with at least 51% blue agave from a certain area around Jalisco, Mexico.
Mezcal, on the other hand, can be made with a variety of different agave types. In all cases, it is made with 100% agave, and usually the agave is roasted in a pit for several days, giving it a smoky characteristic somewhat like Scotch, also giving it its reputation for being "rough." (Modern tequila production often uses large autoclaves to steam the agave piña instead.) The roasted agave is then stone ground to release its juice for fermentation.
Most mezcal production occurs around Oaxaca, south of Jalisco. Mezcal producers liken their product to armagnac, a product different in character from cognac, but not quality. There are different stories about how the worm got into the bottle. The most commonly accepted is that around 1942, an artist named Jacobo Lozano Paez started a small bottling plant and initially bought mezcal from a family in Oaxaca.
By 1950, Paez was a self-proclaimed connoisseur of mezcal and noticed that batches made with agave heavily infested with agave worms tasted much different. It gave him the idea to market his mezcal with a worm in the bottle. Consumers began to accept the worm as proof of alcohol content.
Like tequila, mezcals come in different types: blanco, bottled immediately after distillation; madurado, similar to reposado tequila; con gusano ("with the worm"); añejo, aged in oak for at least six months and usually from one to four years; and triple-distilled minero, often considered the best. Only a few brands, such as Barton's Monte Alban, are still bottled with a worm.
From the March/April 2003 issue of Beverage Dynamics
Categories Tequila Review Tags beer, mexican, spirits

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London is the capital of the UK and is situated in the South East of England, split by the River Thames. London is a very well known trading and manufacturing capital and was also the place of residents to several prominent historical figures including Shakespeare, The Kray Twins, Ronnie Biggs, Idris Elba, J.M.W. Turner, Charlie Chaplin and Twiggy just to name a few.
It's also home to some iconic landmarks such as Big Ben, the London Eye and Houses of Parliament. These landmarks attract thousands of tourists from around the world and are notorious hotspots for some amazing pictures.
In the city centre there is plenty to see and do from attending shows at popular west end theatres and clubs to north London's renowned Camden Town market area, popular for home made craft items and rustic food. There are also a number of museums on offer including the natural history museum and London's aquarium.
London through the ages
London has developed significantly over the centuries, starting out as a small town trading throughout Europe and Russia before the 1600's. Over time, London began grew rapidly and developed its industry and trade dramatically.
In 1666, the Great Fire of London took place burning around 60% of the city which proved a massive blow to its economy. However, it took with it the deadly Black Plague, which had spread throughout the city killing thousands of people.
After the fire, London began to rebuild around the 16th century and into the 17th century, generating stronger business than it had previously done.
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Nothing says "I'm a badass" more than having large traps. Large traps/neck muscles are possibly the most intimidating on the body. Never mind the beach body/club muscles – arms, abs etc. as although they are nice, they aren't particularly masculine.
Big traps are great, and they're an area I've had a natural tendency to struggle with over the years, being a mild ectomorph, genetically. However I've noticed a substantial increase in their size over the past 4-5 months or so. Today, Im going to share with you what I've done in this area to grow them.
Before I begin, it should go without saying that in order to grow your traps, you need plenty of food. Those cobra's aren't going to grow on 1700 calories. This calorie surplus also needs to be consistent over time. There's a reason so many Bodybuilders recommend taking multiple year off-seasons – building muscle takes a long damn time. It also requires a long-term consistent calorie surplus.
Assuming you're in a calorie surplus and have been for an extended period of time, we can now focus on training. Personally, I believe most of my trap growth came from the Big Daddy Deadlift, the best movement ever. On top of this I also performed quite a bit of rows and heavy dumbbell shrugs. I think these things helped but didn't necessarily cause most of my gains. They topped it off rather.
Rows aren't normally associated with massive trap development, but they definitely thicken up the lower trap area, and I think they're a useful addition. Shrugs obviously target the traps directly, and a nice side benefit is that if you're using heavy weight, they can also target your grip strength effectively, especially when somewhat fatigued after doing deadlifts themselves.
All in all, those assistance exercises have been helpful. But I think deadlifts created most of the growth, and guys who spend hours doing shrugs are just wasting their time. You don't need many sets when they're already fatigued from deads. If you can deadlift 500 pounds, you won't have small traps. It's similar to the concept that biceps are obviously targeted by curls, but you could get 80% of the total possible growth (from one session) by doing 3 sets of weighted pull-ups, for example. Deadlifts are always performed first – massive time saving benefits.
This cycle continued on a monthly basis.
This weekly volume was performed over two sessions – Mondays & (usually, depending on my schedule) Thursdays. Monday was heavy(ish) deadlifts and Thursday was a lighter stiff-legged deadlifts day. Both days had three sets of rows and shrugs after whatever type of deadlifts. Both days had plenty of trap and grip action overall, and my traps and forearms were always being pushed recovery-wise.
As you can see from the above weekly volume progression, you can see that there were changes every week. But how did I progress from month to month?
The last deadlift set of each Monday session was an optional AMRAP (as many reps as possible), so if I was feeling good, I would test my performance in the deadlift. If everything felt really light and relatively easy, I would incresae the weight on the bar until the next time everything started to feel too easy again. This happened every 2-3 weeks, being an upper-intermediate in a modest calorie surplus. The less experienced you are, the faster you can progress. The larger your food intake, the faster you can progress.
So the fact that the weight on the bar was increasing every 2-3 weeks ensured that I was progressing on a monthly basis. In fact, the sheer level of volume will stimulate plenty of growth itself, and it will take a while to adapt to. 9 sets of deadlifts per week is actually a lot, and admittedly, may not even be ideal for bulking. I talked about this a bit here. I think the reason I got away with it is becaust the majority of them were lighter, stiff-leg variations, rather than super-taxing heavy sumos.
If you don't eat enough, you aren't going to grow. Just like if you're failing to be in a caloric deficit, you ain't losing that fat. Simple concept yet so many people seemingly don't understand. Just like with Big Daddy Government – spend less than you earn, and you avoid creating world-wide financial problems (yes, despite their claims of innocence over the pond, it was the government's fault). Simple, yet people's short-term desires are all too appealing, it seems.
Furthermore, remember that your food intake will need to increase over time, gradually. 2700 calories may be a calorie surplus for you now, but it might be maintenance in another 4 months. Don't forget this.
The more food you eat, the faster you will able to build your traps (with diminishing returns obviously). You're always going to gain some fat so don't worry about it, you can always cut it away later on once you have already built some cobra's.
Train hard, and eat plenty. Get to work.


I am no preacher, but, am a prime sinner and living in this world in HIS mercy. For a sinner like me too, when I read "The Holy Bible" KJV, the following verses were given in the context of " every male".
all that went out of the gate of his city.
and upward shalt thou number them.
it shall be holy unto thee.
man by lying with him.


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Here's Why Horizon Pharma PLC Rose by Double Digits Today
The specialty pharma company announced record results for the second quarter of 2018.
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Shares of Horizon Pharma (NASDAQ:HZNP) jumped over 11% today after the company announced second-quarter and first-half 2018 earnings. The pharmaceutical company reported $302.8 million in net product revenue during the most recent quarter, including a record $201.7 million from the new orphan and rheumatology business segment.
The commercial portfolio's strong start to the year allowed management to increase full-year 2018 adjusted EBITDA guidance to a range of $400 million to $420 million, up from the previous range of $390 million to $415 million.
As of 3:34 p.m. EDT, the stock had settled to a 10.8% gain. After sporting one of the lowest valuations in the healthcare sector, shares have now posted a year-to-date gain of nearly 38%.
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The second quarter of 2018 was the first in which Horizon Pharma divided operations into two segments: orphan and rheumatology (the strategic growth business) and primary care (legacy operations). Investors can now see why, as the commercialized drug portfolio was responsible for two-thirds of total revenue during the quarter.
Chronic gout treatment Krystexxa drove the orphan and rheumatology segment's performance by delivering 51% year-over-year growth in the first half of the year, or an additional $35.4 million in net revenue compared to last year. The best may be yet to come: management expects full-year net sales growth of more than 65% compared to 2017.
Management maintained its previous guidance for full-year 2018 revenue, which is expected to fall in the neighborhood of $1.185 billion, but it increased its expectations for adjusted EBITDA for the second straight quarter. And although the business reported an operating loss of $125 million for the first six months of 2018, that marks a significant improvement from the $291 million operating loss reported in the year-ago period.
While there's still a ways to go before the business can deliver consistent profits, it appears to be on the right trajectory as far as long-term investors are concerned. The stock's sudden surge since the beginning of May suggests Wall Street is finally paying closer attention to the potential of Horizon Pharma's platform, and investors interested in the healthcare sector may want to do the same.
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There are many ways to defend Scripture but few are as forthright as finding actual places, people, things and items that directly confirm the Bible. There has been so many discoveries for the Bible that even secular archeologist now use the Bible as a starting point in order to excavate landmarks. The Bible is rich in History and for many the Bible seems to be filled with fairy-tales but through Archeology we are able to confidently prove that the Bible is reliable, real and authentic. Therefore, the matters in which the Bible speaks of (Jesus, Apostles, Covenants, God, Israel and more) must be taken seriously as probable fact.
Validating these claims made by the Bible have been profoundly escalated over the last century. We've received thousands of factual evidence that proves the Bible's reliability in the places, languages and people it speaks of. For instance, many did not believe that David was a real person. Archeology has shown us that he in fact was very real and yes, a King.
False religions often cite people, places and so forth in their literature. The Bible is the only religious text that can withstand the scrutiny of Archeological Testing. The Book of Mormon falls deeply short in so fact that it cannot even claim 1% on the testing scale. It cannot state a FACT within it's archeological citations. That's horrific for reliability.
Entering into the context of Scripture has never been so lively now that we are able to verify various things within the Old Testament and New Testament. Peter's home for instance was a recent discovery that allowed us to step into his eyes. Furthermore, the discovery of various scriptures on scrolls allows us to see that NO CHANGES were made to the text that we have today. Isaiah word for word. Something that Book of Mormon and other religious texts cannot do or withstand. (See "Book of Mormon changes").
Let us be encouraged by all that Archeology does for us as Believers in Christ Jesus, our Lord. For more on this please support the ministry by purchasing the following book: "Defense Against the Dark Arts: Archeology that Proves the Bible's Reliability"


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Let the truth be known. The military industry got it poppin' and lockin' Build bombs and sneak box cutters onto a flight You might have some house niggaz fooled, but I understand (Verse 1) And they thought nobody noticed the news report that they did Or a Defense budget of world conquest proportions He's just a stupid puppet taking orders on his cell phone But you still have to answer to the Armageddon you scripted Rockin a motherfucking flag don't make you a hero My words'll expose George Bush and Bin Laden 'Cuz AIDS infested child molesters aren't sicker than me In '98 when he was Top Ten for the FBI And Dick Cheney, you fuckin leech, tell them your plans © 2020 METROLYRICS, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language: (Talking) The way the government downplays historical facts About building your pipelines through Afghanistan So I'm jammin' frequencies in ya brain when you speak to me About "The Cause of Death" 1 contributor Immortal Technique blasts the Bush Administration and gives us his take on the real story behind 9/11. Looking for a way to justify the Wolfowitz Doctrine Father, forgive them, for they don't know right from wrong Word to Ground Zero everywhere are starting to listen to him. The New World Order was born on September 11. He is scheduled for 60 Minutes next. And now the last chapters of Revelations are coming true I was watching the Towers, and though I wasn't the closest They dubbed a tape of Osama, and they said it was proof The truth will set you free, written down in this song Just like the CIA trained terrorists to the fight Without 9/11, you couldn't have a war in Iraq Because subliminal bigotry makes you hate my politics, But you act like America wouldn't destroy two buildings You think Illuminati's just a fuckin conspiracy theory? Turn a Sambo into a soldier with just one line That's why Conservative racists are all runnin' shit Tell me the truth, I don't scare into paralysis Spittin' bars like a demon stuck inside a piano Of Republican manufactured white powder pestilence About the bombs planted on the George Washington bridge Read it yourself instead of asking the Government why With skills unused like fallopian tubes on a dyke Kill freedom of speech and revoke the right to abortions Young Thug & M.I.A. (Man talking) Four Non-Arabs arrested during the emergency I know the CIA saw Bin Laden on dialysis In a country that was sponsoring bombs dropped on our children But I refused the offer, 'cuz God sent me to strike And you can't fathom the truth, so you don't hear me (Hook) 'Cuz then the Cause of Death will cause the propaganda to die. I see the world for what it is, beyond the white and the black "Jealous of our freedom," I can't believe you bought that excuse And the song has the Cause of Death written in code The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th And your phone is tapped by the Federal Government - "FRANCHISE" - LYRICS, Match These Taylor Swift Songs to Her Ex-Boyfriends, HOT SONG: Tory Lanez - "Most High" - LYRICS, 15 Huge Stars Who Were Backup Singers First. He's going on And slit your throat, so when you scream, only blood comes out Now here's the truth about the system that'll fuck up your mind HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS, POPULAR SONG: Travis Scott feat. The Word of God brought to life, that'll save ya soul. That's why Halliburton gets paid to rebuild nations As two separate parts of the same seven headed dragon I don't think Bush did it, 'cuz he isn't that smart People I saw them crumble to the Earth like they was full of explosives Tax cut extortion, a blessing to the wealthy and wicked You better watch what the fuck flies outta ya mouth Lyrics to 'Cause Of Death' by Immortal Technique. Or I'ma hijack a plane and fly it into your house They gave Al Queda 6 billion dollars in 1989 to 1992 Save ya soul motherfucker... save ya soul. And I know a lot of people find it hard to swallow this Marines Corps. And how Israeli troops trained the Taliban in Pakistan And as a matter of fact, Rumsfeld, now that I think back Yeah, broadcasting live from Harlem, New York Government ties is really why the Government lies When I was a child, the Devil himself bought me a mic And just so Conservatives don't take it to heart Technique will rip a rapper to pieces indecently Sniper scoping a commission controllin the president. It's embarassing. And then it disappeared from the news permanently Immortal Technique 'Cuz the United States sponsored the rise of the 3rd Reich ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Revolutionary Volume 2 (Talking) Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2 Yeah, broadcasting live from Harlem, New York Let the truth be known. From the same people that sabotaged Senator Wellstone Pack weapons illegally, because I'm never hesitant Lyrics Terms of Use. Burn your apartment with your family tied to the couch flak vest, with the guns and ammo (Verse 2) I hacked the Pentagon for self-incriminating evidence I doubt that there could ever be... a more wicked MC (Verse 3) Colonialism is sponsored by corporations French, British, Italian... Japanese television.
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My name is Maria Baer, and I'm an experienced reporter, writer and broadcaster based in Columbus, Ohio (formerly Phoenix, Arizona). I graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Journalism from the Ohio University Scripps School of Journalism in 2009. On this page, you'll find links to my published work as well as my resume and contact info.
Below you'll find links to several samples of my work.


Looks like Amazon is the new BarbieCollector.com. Lol! Barbie 2015 Birthday Wishes Latina Doll is up on Amazon.com and she's by far my favorite in this year's series.
What is going on anyway? Why is Amazon selling Barbie dolls earlier than BarbieCollector.com?
The Barbie Generation Girl mold is my favourite. I love her warm, toothy smile. It's nice to see that they used the same mold for the Latina version, instead of Theresa, or something else. The quality of her facial painting looks nice, and I hope it's just as nice when she's released.


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Q: How to see a user's check-in history in TFS w/ Git repositories I have an odd use case that I'm trying to find the answer to. We use to have straight TFS for our source control, specifically TFS 2015. All of the projects have been converted into Git repositories, but they're still stored in TFS in a separate Collection. What I'm trying to do is look at the check-in history for a user across all projects. I've found this question on it already, but all of the answers don't seem to work with Git. Even in Visual Studio 2017, which is more Git friendly.

Taking Team Foundation Sidekicks as an example. If I point it at our archived TFS Collection it'll see all of the projects in there. But if I look at the Git Collection it shows up as empty.
Knowing how Git works I strongly suspect TFS is only being used as a storage mechanism at this point. It can look up the check-in history for each project when you're looking at only one project, but it's doing so by executing git.exe or doing something similar. So it really has no knowledge of what's going on within each project. But figured I'd ask anyway in case I'm wrong, or someone has another idea about how to do this.

A: To view commit history which committed by a certain user, you can use any of below options.
Option1: Filter in TFS web page
Open the Git repo in Code Hub of your TFS web page -> History Tab -> select a branch -> Advanced search -> select the user -> Find.

Then you will get the commit history which made by the user on a certain branch.
Note: Filter commit histories made by a certain user in Web page is branch separated. So you need to select each branch separately. If you want to show all the commit histories across branches which made by a certain user, you can use the way as option 2 listed.
Option 2: View from local git repo
If you have not cloned the TFS git repo locally, you can clone first by git clone <repo URL>.
Then in the local git repo, you can get all the commits which made by an user from all branches by any of below commands:
git log --all --author="username"                              #Show commits made by the user for all branches
git log --all --oneline --author="username"                    #Show each commit for one line
git log --oneline --decorate --graph --all --author="username" #Keep branch structure

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Most of the pieces begin with music, song and end with spoken word to accompaniment. It works well together. My introduction to Thomas Merton, other than as a name I knew in passing, was in class in the summer of 1998 with Michael W. Higgins, in a course called Faith Quests. I have read books by Merton, and about him off and on since them. I have a more than passing interest in the man, and his work, but am by no means a dedicated Merton scholar. I know that many had a renewed interest in their Catholic faith, and many others were drawn to it by his earlier works especially The Seven Story Mountain. I also know that his later works and even his death are much more controversial. I also know that some say he should be canonized, and many others say it will never happen. Of course, the same was said of Oscar Romero. So honestly only time will tell.
The album comes in at 1 hour and 1 minute in length. And it is a wonderful contribution to canon of Merton scholarship. If you are a fan of Merton's work I am sure you will enjoy these 16 pieces. If you are into contemplation or reflection they will appeal to you also. And if you are just into cool art projects by all means give it a try.


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Independent We Stand recognizes Hudson, Mass. as the $25,000 winner of the 2021 America's Main Streets "Road to Recovery" contest. More than 1 million total votes were cast by the public nationwide in the sixth annual contest. The Hudson Downtown Business Improvement District rallied its vast network of 85 property owners, partners at the Hudson Business Association and the Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce, and their community to vote in support of its entry. The organization plans to utilize the prize money to enhance culture and the arts.
"We have worked for several years to revitalize Downtown Hudson, so winning this contest is a wonderful opportunity to continue these efforts," said Richard A. Braga, Jr., Hudson Downtown Business Improvement District administrator. "Our intent from the beginning was to expand our cultural and art footprint downtown and we plan to use our cash prize to attract more general retail, with a creative focus."
Planned initiatives earmarked for the cash prize include:
Continuing to provide accounting and financial advice for the district's businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assisting in funding the purchase and renovation of a vacant Armory on a riverfront to a regional arts and performance center.
Expanding a culture and arts program that offers incentives to new businesses that meet specific criteria.
"The overwhelming support garnered by Downtown Hudson demonstrates the major impact small businesses can have on their communities," said Bill Brunelle, co-founder of Independent We Stand. "After several years of economic turmoil, we are excited to see how Downtown Hudson will utilize these funds to enhance their community."
With humble beginnings as a small farming community that once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, Hudson grew to become a quiet industrial town that has since been actively revitalizing its historic downtown. Following a fire in 1894, 40 buildings were destroyed and rebuilt using predominately brick structures that reflect architectural trends of the late nineteenth century that remain today. Over the next century, Downtown Hudson experienced many transitions, but since the mid-2010s, the town has enjoyed an economic boom, thanks largely to the establishment of a formal Business Improvement District. As a result, Hudson is now a foodie and hot spot destination — home to many restaurants, a micro creamery, a speakeasy, a brewery, and unique retail shops.
As part of its ongoing mission to promote small businesses, Independent We Stand created the "America's Main Streets" contest to promote the critical role main streets play in building economic success for their communities.
The 2021 top 10 semifinalists in alphabetical order are:
Downtown Canton, Canton, Ga.
Downtown Hudson, Hudson, Mass.
Eatonton Main Street, Eatonton, Ga.
LaBelle Downtown Revitalization Corporation, LaBelle, Fl.
Main & Broad Streets, Lititz, Pa.
Main Street Altus, Atlus, Okla.
Main Street Hayward, Hayward, Wisc.
Main Street Homer, Homer, La.
Main Street Monroe, Monroe, Wisc.
Texarkana USA Amtrak Station Exterior and Platform Area, Texarkana, Texas
Additional contest prizes include:
STIHL Equipment Certificate for $1,000 worth of STIHL equipment good at any STIHL Dealer in the U.S.
Do it Best Corp. $500 shopping spree.
tmbr Flooring $500 shopping spree.
Nationwide Marketing Group $500 shopping spree.
Public relations and social media recognition.
A special plaque for the winner to proudly display.
Presenting Contest Sponsor:
STIHL Inc., America's number-one selling brand of gasoline-powered handheld outdoor power equipment*, is the founding sponsor of Independent We Stand and the presenting sponsor of America's Main Streets contest. The company follows a unique distribution strategy in the handheld outdoor power equipment industry, choosing never to sell products at big box stores, but instead remaining loyal to its more than 10,000 authorized local STIHL Dealers nationwide.
Supporting Contest Sponsors:
· Do it Best Corp.
· Nationwide Marketing Group
· North American Hardware and Paint Association
· tmbr Flooring
About Independent We Stand
Independent We Stand is a nationwide movement of independent small business owners whose mission is to inspire other small business owners to better understand and celebrate their locally owned status while educating consumers about the importance and strong economic benefits of supporting them. The Independent We Stand movement is sponsored by STIHL Inc. STIHL products are sold through more than 10,000 authorized local STIHL Dealers from coast to coast – not big box stores. Associate sponsors include North American Hardware and Paint Association, Nationwide Marketing Group, Do it Best Corp. and tmbr Flooring.
*"Number one selling brand" is based on syndicated Irwin Broh Research as well as independent consumer research of 2009-2020 U.S. sales and market share data for the gasoline-powered handheld outdoor power equipment category combined sales to consumers and commercial landscapers.
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So there we were.
Four women in our early 30s brunching in the January sunlight at a popular vegetarian restaurant in east Vancouver, where we'd all lived for the last decade or so.
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Two of us (not me) were pregnant with their first babies and all of us had long-term partners. One of us was even married.
It was as if, we noted with some surprise, we'd somehow become actual adults in the 10 years since graduating from university, where we'd all met, and stumbling out into the real world full of dreams and fear.
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As the conversation meandered through decidedly adult territory – childcare, baby names and the challenge of making room for a tiny human in a tiny apartment – it landed with a thud on work. It was the only area of our lives that didn't seem to be growing up along with us, and we wondered if it ever would.
It's a question that's been on my mind, personally and professionally, for years as I've forged my way in a volatile media landscape. My focus on the shifting world of work has sharpened considerably since September, when I left my little east Van enclave to embark on a year-long research project for the Calgary Herald and the Postmedia Network chain. Through the Michelle Lang Fellowship , I have been given the unique opportunity to traverse the country speaking to Canadians about, well, work; our relationship to it, how it is changing and how we are changed in return.
We all know the rhetoric of our modern times: decades-long jobs are a thing of the past, a university degree might as well be a high school diploma and words like "pension" and "benefits" are fast becoming anachronisms. My generation, which may or may not be plagued by entitlement , will have to make a choice between home ownership and retirement . Most of us will not be able to afford both.
Of course, knowing the rhetoric and living it are two different things, and economic uncertainty is by no means the province of the young(ish). As Canadians, as humans, our relationship to work is coloured by age, education, background, class, location, family, finances, aptitude and countless other factors.
This space is one vehicle through which to collect a diversity of opinions and spark discussion on Canada's shifting labour force. Check back here regularly for my posts on what I'm reading in the news, finding in my research and how you can share your thoughts and experiences.
Personally, I find the changes in the working world, and the implications for the rest of my life, dizzying and daunting.
Forget professional development. Forget the economy. How do you plant the pillars of a family, a home – heck, even a well-developed sense of self – on constantly shifting ground?
There is something both unsettling and bitterly comical about realizing that you are a stereotype, and my college quartet is a sit-com perfect personification of the troubling statistics showing we will ultimately earn less than our parents over the course of our lives.
Between the four of us we hold a combined total of nine post-secondary certifications, including four bachelor degrees, two masters, a PhD in progress and paid work experience in a variety of fields stretching back into our teen years. Yet only one of us has a full-time, permanent job (again, not me).
This is not to invite sympathy. We are all making our way, adjusted expectations and all. It often feels, however, that we are aren't building career paths as much as we are picking our way through the rubble of an economy that is under construction with no clear blueprint.
Because that's the thing about being the kind of person who would sit at that brunch table, part of a generation raised to shoot for the stars and fortunate enough to be able to do so. There doesn't seem to be an obvious place to land.
I can't help but wonder, outside of my little bubble, how many of you feel the same?
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Most everything in the natural world can be seen as a fractal. What's a fractal?
What's really a fractal? Trees. Ferns. Coneflowers. Rivers. Mountains. Coastlines. Clouds. Snowflakes. Broccoli. Blood vessels. These things can be modeled and hypothetically extended on the computer via mathematical equations.
1) The tiny blood vessels that form with cancer cells are nearly impossible to see with a microscope. By using ultrasound, however, we can see them as fractals, and by using fractal algorithms we can possibly predict if these blood vessels will lead to cancer formation.
2) Heartbeats can be mapped as fractals, and could possibly lead us to help identify heart attack risk.
3) By studying one tree in the forest, an example of fractal formation, scientists can predict the growth of the larger forest and calculate how much oxygen they are producing and how much carbon they are sequestering.
4) Larger animals / plants more efficiently use energy than smaller ones. Why? Internal wiring within the genetic code is fractal based.
More? Cell phones, needing to be small and transmit / receive many differnet sorts of signals, use fractal-shaped antennas.
I find it both disturbing and transcendent to think of our natural world as a fractal. To think we can mathematically map and predict the world takes away the awe, maybe the soul in some respects. If we can put nature on a computer screen, what bounds does our hubris have? If we know where we are going, what does matter where we've been or what we're doing now?
And yet, to know is to heal, but so often our knowing destroys our bodies and souls, so it's easy to distrust this knowledge, easy to want to fight against it. I think I begin to understand the enlightenment more, or at least the struggles of belief and faith, past and present, the destruction of our various global cultures and ecosystems of both human and animal / plant.
*My thanks go to PBS's Nova series for the above info on fractals.
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My book manuscript is part memoir, part cultural exploration on the history of gardening, and part environmental treatise. At the core of the book is my time spent growing up gardening with my mother, how this has lead to us being closer in adulthood, and culminated in my discovery of the lineage of fear, distrust, and forced solitude within my family that I innately exhibit. This darker side of my mom's family—of poverty, religious fundamentalism, and an abusive stepfather—is paralleled with an exploration of global culture in the natural world, specifically, through gardening.
By looking at our attitudes toward nature, manifested by its exploitation, manipulation, and our artistic interpretation of it, I compare this outward struggle with our humanity to an inward struggle with violence, loss, confusion, self-doubt, isolation, and longing. Through the lens of global religions, philosophies, and cultural histories in gardens, as well as poetry and seminal ecological works, Morning Glory shows the fine line we walk as mediators, and how our violence toward the environment comes from the same root as our violence toward ourselves and each other.
Many nature writers and critics suggest we need to recreate or find a metaphor that links culture to the natural world, that the answer to our ecological and social crises is to get more culture into our relation to the earth; through the personal story of my family and the exploration of garden history, this book does that.
Does a plant list say the same thing about a person as a movie or music list? Books on the shelf? Clothes in the closet? A mad rush to plant mail orders in the last weeks before autumn gets serious has made me tuckerd out. Autumn has been toying with us here in Nebraska, flirting, or, more precisely, starting with feather tickling torture before the electrodes get brought in. Yeah. That's it. Snow showers on Thursday the overly excited young man on channel 8 says (he commonly runs out of breath and trips on his own words--he must be just out of weather school). 4-6" of snow just a few hours west of here Wednesday night.
A well deserved rest awaits, methinks. Spring will be, well, stunning.
Bill Nye told me that cow farts, comprised of a lot of methane (much more potent than CO2), contribute to 20% of total greenhouse gases each year.
But if we fed cows garlic, we could cut their emissions by 50% (garlic reduces methane-causing bacteria in the stomach).
I like my once per month filet mignon, so please, feed them garlic--it's better to stink on one end than both. That's what my mom always said growing up.
The last two monarchs came out this afternoon, both male. 11 days ago they formed chrysalides within 2 hours of each other, and today emerged about 30 minutes apart. Yesterday two females emerged who also went on the same day 11 days before that, again, within hours of each other going in and coming out. Our 2 dozen or so monarchs mostly emerged at 11 days, a few at 10--very dependable.
I apologize for the grainy, shakey video--don't watch if you're feeling a bit tipsy. I wasn't ready, and so I only had my digital camera at hand, not video camera.
Such a sad day. The last of the monarchs are off. The weather forecast calls for a 20-25 degree drop in temps for tomorrow down to 55ish, with rain and 20mph north winds. With today's gusts to 40, many of the trees are now bare. I had no idea trees were turning, but that's Nebraska, brown and done, sometimes even green and done.
The beautiful spiral pre bloom of a morning glory, and the awkward dance of two cats vying for sunlight.
I love this song, I love satire, I love this video. I love all of you, too. But not you.
is a prayer said in the bones.
watching a heron get airborne against the odds.
over the cliff of language. Call it a gift.
the bulge of clouds that darkens asphalt roads?
sun spots glancing blows through tattered canopies?
How everything is almost everything we feel?
arms and torsos, bone and streaming lungs.
choral song of waking, sparrow, passing cars?
a place the mind can't frame without such absence?
Check out what I got at the Lincoln Arts Festival last weekend. I'd been searching for a long while for real art, but everything was way too expensive. I was overjoyed. Verklempt.
The artist, Shannon Hansen, dropped this off Monday. I had unknowingly been coveting his work for years as I drove by a local gallery almost every day, but those larger pieces were tres chere.
My piece is not in its permanent place in the garden (due to spring plant moving plans) nor is it perfectly straight, but you get the idea. Shannon is a cool, down to earth artist who teaches metal working / industrial welding at a local community college (and he was impressed with my disappearing fountain, so hey). The piece is carbon steel, coated in acrylic urethane, and is from his "flex" series. Go check out his work, I know there's much more I'd like to have.
In the delusion of illness, and this is just a head cold, it is amazing how much clearer things are in life. I am very angry about being sick, cancelling classes, losing productivity on my book, being unable to read, having a fever that almost made me vomit, but still, I think if a person can take some sort of illumination from sickness then it is a very good thing. Maybe even a designed, perfected thing in the end. I feel more in love with my writing, my garden, my wife--maybe not in that order.
This time allows me silence on the couch, silences I've either let go or refused over the years. These silences are deeply necessary and restorative, mentally, physically, psychologically. I know we all need them, but I feel DEAD without them, and I think I've felt dead for a long time now. Being sick is, for a few brief moments in the grossness and agony of it, healing.
My ears are ringing. My nose is runny. My body feels limp. I yearn to work on my book and see if I can't, somehow, someway, make the darn thing work like one cohesive narrative. But I also can appreciate this nothingness I am in, this halting the world has forced upon me, this warning, this awakening, this anguish.
Come at me grace, come at me and refill me and hold me under until I start to listen again and be what I need to be, what I'm supposed to be. I tried to edit some things this afternoon, but knew it'd be better to let that moment of inspiration go to a more useful area: out into thin air, recycled back to that which gives me sustenance.


motor had/still has champion L86c plugs. manuals mostly specify j4j (replaced by j4c). I mostly run motor wide open or at least half open, no extended idle or low speed. L86c plugs look pretty good, maybe a bit wet, buy motor starts instantly and performs flawlessly. Should I switch plug to j4c? Thanks.
I looked cross ref to NGK.
Slight diff heat range, but I would just switch to NGK (better plugs than Champs in my book). But up to you.
Thanks for doing that work.
You might want to look at this PDF Champ plug chart. I just looked this up. To me, shows 2 different plugs. Look in the L/S column. 9th column down is J4C, shows it a cold plug, and 3/8ths reach.
12th down is L86C, shows a hot plug, and 1/2 reach?
If you are 1/8th past the head, thats gonna be a hot spot and a good way to hole a piston. I'd take a second look into this.
Yes. If you don't have a J4C to compare to, just pull one the L86C plugs, measure the thread depth in the head, then the plug. If both same reach, probably OK. If 3/8ths depth head, and 1/2 plug, yank'em and get the real thing.
OK. I just looked reach the NGK equivalent of the 2 Champ plugs (like mentioned before) and THOSE are L86C is B6HS 1/2 reach. J4C is B7S, and thats 3/8th reach. I'd yank and toss the 1/2 reach champs, get NGK B7S. Or J4C Champs. SOON!
Have fun on the boat. Doing the same later.
Head thread confirmed at 3/8, and had already picked up the j4c so will change to that. I also see the j6c is same 3/8" reach and a bit warmer. When might a warmer plug be good?
I'm back. (Nice to live a private HOA, 104 slip marina block down me, have a 26 foot slip, and take the "rat scooter Marina runner" down there, get in the boat..burn gas in one the boats slipped, as own FIVE!. Or just beers, sit in the boat, BS with the other idiots with boats! But I have a (been wrenching 55 years motors, boats and Harleys) been thinking this today. I have J4C, J6C here in the shop. Both 3/8th reach. Before I forget, if you had 1/2 reach in the last couple threads the plug would be discolored (combustion carbon). Theres gonna be a sharp "thread" edge to get hot and ya get Pre Igniton. Building a motor you want simple "NO HOT SPOTS combustion chamber" Know where I coming from?
Back too the plugs. I got a many smaller OB's here. I looked the used (I never toss anything away!) J4C's, and the J6C's. Seems the J4's, and black carbon the porcelain, but the J6's look fine!
Been busy,but did get j6c and so far so good, the motor continues to hummm.


Narendra Modi posts a selfie taken with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his facebook timeline and writes: It's selfie time! Thanks Premier Li.
Nepalese Gurung community women wearing traditional attire take their selfie at a parade to mark their New Year known as "Tamu Loshar" in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A 21 year old Russian woman named Anna Krupeynikova fell off a bridge while trying to take a selfie, in Russia.
Muslims take selfie after offering prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitar festival at Jama Masjid, in Amritsar.
Kendall Jenner's selfie, the most liked pic in the history of Instagram with 2.6 milion likes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a selfie with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, during his visit to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on the first day of his two-day visit to the UAE, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Boys take selfie during their "Yajnopavit Sanskar" at a village in Bikaner.
Actress Priyanka Chopra, center, has a selfie photo taken with fans during the IIFA Gala Screening as part of the three-day long International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16th IIFA is scheduled for June 5-7 in Malaysia.
Filipino children, from left, Gabriele Ryan Cortez, Andrea Nicole Baclagan and Chloe Denise Idpan pose for a selfie during a Halloween event in Manila, Philippines.
Selfie-Same Purpose The Calcutta International Film Festival has always afforded great photo-ops for the entertainment-loving CM of Bengal—a supplier of fairs, celebrations and circuses without match in the country. The pure fun of the moment captures Amitabh and four grand dames—Moushumi Chatterjee, Mamata Banerjee, Jaya Bachchan and Sharmila Tagore.
Looks like the animal kingdom does not want to lag behind as far as the latest trends go. The "elphie" which was taken on Koh Phangan Island in southeast Thailand has now taken the internet by storm.
Children of parents who work at the Lithuanian Embassy take selfies with Pope Francis as he departs from the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Washington.
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Q: Не получается перевести числа в байты Я пытаюсь реализовать алгоритм шифрования RSA.
На выходе получается зашифрованный текст в виде чисел. Но я хочу чтобы получился не просто набор цифр, а что то похожее на зашифрованный текст.
Спросив на форуме мне сказали "Лол, ну в байтах строку отдавай, как обычно и делают". НО в байтах это выглядет "\xb0\x04" вот так, это число 1200. И это не похоже на те зашифрованные строки как в онлайн шифровщиках.
Я и подумал что что-то делаю не так. Подскажите как трансформировать числа чтобы было что-то похожее на зашифрованный текст.
Вот пример зашифрованного слова "привет" -- [1108, 4512, 1, 2554, 2207, 3125]

A: import base64

inputData = [1, 1108, 4512, 1, 2554, 2207, 3125, 7];
wordList = [num.to_bytes(2, byteorder='big') for num in inputData]

encoded = b''.join(wordList); # b'\x00\x01\x04T\x11\xa0\x00\x01\t\xfa\x08\x9f\x0c5\x00\x07'
b64encoded = base64.b64encode(encoded).decode('ascii')
print(base64.b64encode(encoded).decode('ascii'))

byte_str = base64.b64decode(b64encoded)
restored = [int.from_bytes(byte_str[i:i+2], byteorder='big') for i in range(0, len(byte_str), 2)]
print(restored)

AAEEVBGgAAEJ+gifDDUABw==
[1, 1108, 4512, 1, 2554, 2207, 3125, 7]

A: Я тоже немного заморочился, вот вам:
encrypted = [1108, 4512, 1, 2554, 2207, 3125]
enc_text = ''.join(chr(ord('а') + int(n, 16) + 16 * (i % 2)) for i,n in enumerate(''.join(f'{x:04x}' for x in encrypted)))
print('Шифровка:', enc_text)
tmp = ''.join(f'{(ord(x) - ord("а") - 16 * (i % 2)):01x}' for i,x in enumerate(enc_text))
dec_numbers = [int(tmp[i:i+4], 16) for i in range(0, len(tmp), 4)]
print('Дешифрованные исходные числа:', dec_numbers)

На выходе:
Шифровка: афефбскрарасащпъашйяаьгх
Дешифрованные исходные числа: [1108, 4512, 1, 2554, 2207, 3125]

Берётся 16-ричное представление чисел и каждый 16-ричный символ превращается в русскую букву. Чётные буквы берутся из первой половины алфавита, нечётные из второй.

A: Ладно. Раз уж тут такой "показ мод", то покажу ещё такой вариант:
import pickle
from base64 import b64encode, b64decode

encrypted = [1108, 4512, 1, 2554, 2207, 3125]
print(f'Исходное: {encrypted }')

encrypted_bytes = pickle.dumps(encrypted)
print(f'Байтовый дамп исходного: {encrypted_bytes}')

encrypted_string = b64encode(encrypted_bytes).decode()
print(f'Текстовое представление байтов: {encrypted_string}')

# --------

u_encrypted_bytes = b64decode(encrypted_string)
print(f'Байты из текстового представления: {u_encrypted_bytes}')

u_encrypted = pickle.loads(u_encrypted_bytes)
print(f'Исходное из байтов: {u_encrypted }')


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Q: IOS: font custom inside my app I want to insert a font inside my app, it's called "RemachineScript.ttf" and I done these steps:

*

*I add it in my project and checked it in target membership

*I add it in plist file in section Fonts provided by application with name RemachineScript.ttf

*I install font in my mac

and finally I try to use it in this way
[label setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"RemachineScript" size:30]];

but it don't work, I try also
[label setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Remachine Script" size:30]];

but nothing.
My question is: are all fonts compatible with xcode projects?

A: Use this fontNamesForFamilyName property:
NSLog(@"family names : %@",[UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:@"RemachineScript"]);

Hope it helps you.
and then check whteher you are using proper font name or not.

A: You need add font name to plist file and add import file to class.
check step by step in this link
http://codewithchris.com/common-mistakes-with-adding-custom-fonts-to-your-ios-app/


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yet another classifieds app

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Step-Up Voltage Regulators
Pololu Adjustable 9-30V Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator S18V20AHV
Pololu Robotics & Electronics
SG - PU2573
This powerful step-up/step-down regulator efficiently produces an adjustable 9 V to 30 V output from input voltages between 3 V and 30 V while allowing a typical output current of up to 2 A when the input voltage is close to the output voltage and offering typical efficiencies of 80% to 90%. Its ability to convert both higher and lower input voltages makes it useful for applications where the power supply voltage can vary greatly, as with batteries that start above but discharge below the regulated voltage.
These step-up/step-down regulators take an input voltage from 3 V to 30 V and increase or decrease it as necessary to produce an adjustable 4 V to 12 V or 9 to 30 V output, depending on the version. They are switching regulators (also called switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) or DC-to-DC converters) with a single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC) topology, and they have a typical efficiency between 80% and 90%. The available output current is a function of the input voltage, output voltage, and efficiency (see the Typical Efficiency and Output Current section below), but it will be around 2 A when the input voltage is close to the output voltage.
The S18V20x regulator family consists of the two adjustable-output versions mentioned above along with four versions that output a fixed 5 V, 6 V, 9 V, or 12 V. The different versions of the board all look very similar, so the bottom silkscreen includes a blank space where you can add your own distinguishing marks or labels. This product page applies to both adjustable-output versions of the S18V20x family.
The flexibility in input voltage offered by these regulators is especially well-suited for battery-powered applications in which the battery voltage begins above the desired output voltage and drops below the target as the battery discharges. Without the typical restriction on the battery voltage staying above the required voltage throughout its life, new battery packs and form factors can be considered. For example:
A 4-cell battery holder, which might have a 6 V output with fresh alkalines or a 4.0 V output with partially discharged NiMH cells, can be used with the 5V version of this regulator to power a 5 V circuit.
A disposable 9 V battery powering a 5V circuit can be discharged to under 3 V instead of cutting out at 6 V, as with typical linear or step-down regulators.
The 6V version of this regulator can be used to enable a wide range of power supply options for a hobby servo project.
The no-load quiescent will typically be between 1 mA and 5 mA for most combinations of input and output voltages, though the combination of a very high output voltage and a very low input voltage (e.g. when boosting from 3 V in to 24 V out) can result in quiescent currents on the order of a few dozen milliamps.
The ENABLE pin can be used to put the board in a low-power state that reduces the quiescent current to between 10 and 20 µA per volt on VIN (e.g. approximately 30 µA with 3 V in and 500 µA with 30 V in).
This regulator has built-in reverse-voltage protection, over-current protection, thermal shutdown (which typically activates at 165°C), and an under-voltage lockout that causes the regulator to turn off when the input voltage is below 2.5 V (typical).
For similarly powerful boost-only regulators, consider our U3V50x regulator family, which are typically more appropriate if you know that your input voltage will always be lower than your output voltage.
Input voltage: 2.9 V to 32 V1
Output adjustable from 4 V to 12 V or 9 V to 30 V
Typical maximum continuous output current: 2 A (when input voltage is close to the output voltage; the Typical Efficiency and Output Current section below shows how the achievable continuous output current depends on input and output voltages)
Integrated reverse-voltage protection (up to 30 V), over-current protection, over-temperature shutoff, and under-voltage lockout
Typical efficiency of 80% to 90%, depending on input voltage, output voltage, and load
Four mounting holes for #2 or M2 screws
Compact size: 1.7″ × 0.825″ × 0.38″ (43 × 21 × 10 mm)
Smaller holes for 0.1″ header pins and larger holes for terminal blocks offer several options for connecting to the board
1 32 V is the absolute maximum operating voltage; the recommended maximum operating voltage is 30 V, which is the limit of the reverse voltage protection.
Using the regulator
This step-up/step-down regulator has four connections: input voltage (VIN), ground (GND), and output voltage (VOUT), and ENABLE.
The input voltage, VIN, should be between 2.9 V and 32 V. Lower input voltages can cause the regulator to shut down or behave erratically; higher input voltages can destroy the regulator, so you should ensure that noise on the input is not excessive. 32 V should be treated as the absolute maximum input voltage. Our recommended maximum operating voltage is 30 V, which is the limit of the reverse voltage protection. Additionally, we recommend keeping the sum of the input and output voltages below 55 V; see the Setting the Output Voltage section below for more information.
The regulator is enabled by default: a 100 kΩ pull-up resistor on the board connects the ENABLE pin to reverse-protected VIN. The ENABLE pin can be driven low (under 0.7 V) to put the board into a low-power state. The quiescent current draw in this sleep mode is dominated by the current in the pull-up resistor from ENABLE to VIN and by the reverse-voltage protection circuit, which will draw between 10 µA and 20 µA per volt on VIN when ENABLE is held low (e.g. approximately 30 µA with 3 V in and 500 µA with 30 V in). If you do not need this feature, you should leave the ENABLE pin disconnected. Note that the SEPIC topology has an inherent capacitor from input to output; therefore, the output is not completely disconnected from the input even when the regulator is shut down.
Pololu adjustable step-up/step-down voltage regulator S18V20AHV with included optional terminal blocks and header pins.
Pololu adjustable step-up/step-down voltage regulator S18V20ALV, assembed with included terminal blocks.
The connections are labeled on the back side of the PCB, and the board offers several options for making electrical connections. You can solder the included 2-pin 5mm-pitch terminal blocks to the two pairs of larger holes on the ends of the board. Alternatively, if you want to use this regulator with a solderless breadboard, 0.1″-pitch connectors, or other prototyping arrangements that use a 0.1″grid, you can solder pieces of the included 9×1 straight male header strip to the 0.1″-spaced smaller holes (each large through-hole has a corresponding pair of these smaller holes). For the most compact installation, you can solder wires directly to the board.
The board has four mounting holes intended for #2 or M2 screws. In applications where mounting screws are not used and wires are soldered directly to the board, the insulated part of the wires can be passed through the mounting holes for strain relief. The picture above shows an example of this with 20 AWG wire, which was close to the limit of what would fit through the mounting holes.
Setting the output voltage
The output voltage can be adjusted using a multimeter and a light load (e.g. a 10 kΩ to 100 kΩ resistor). Turning the potentiometer clockwise increases the output voltage. The output voltage can be affected by a screwdriver touching the potentiometer, so the output measurement should be done with nothing touching the potentiometer (also, note that touching parts of the board with your finger can affect the output voltage). The following graph shows the approximate output voltage as a function of the potentiometer position:
Output voltage settings for Pololu adjustable step-up/step-down voltage regulators S18V20ALV (blue line) and S18V20AHV (red line).
Note: We recommend against using this regulator in situations where the sum of the input and output voltages exceeds 55 V. For example, if your input voltage could reach 30 V, you should keep the output voltage setting under 25 V. It is typically not very practical to use the AHV version of this regulator beyond about 24 V out; our U3V50AHV step-up voltage regulator will usually be a more appropriate option for higher-output-voltage applications.
The trimmer potentiometer is not rated for continual adjustment back and forth; the intended application is to set the output voltage a few times in its life.
Typical efficiency and output current
The efficiency of a voltage regulator, defined as (Power out)/(Power in), is an important measure of its performance, especially when battery life or heat are concerns. As shown in the graphs below, these switching regulators have an efficiency of 80% to 90% for most combinations of input voltage, output voltage, and load.
S18V20ALV (4-12 V) efficiencies for various combinations of VIN and VOUT:
S18V20AHV (9-30 V) efficiencies for various combinations of VIN and VOUT:
We manufacture these boards in-house at our Las Vegas facility, which gives us the flexibility to make batches of regulators with customized components to better meet the needs of your project. For example, if you have an application where the input voltage will always be below 20 V and efficiency is very important, we can make these regulators a bit more efficient at high loads by replacing the 30V reverse voltage protection MOSFET with a 20V one. We can also customize the set output voltage. If you are interested in customization and want at least a few dozen units, please contact us.
The maximum achievable output current of the board varies with the input voltage but also depends on other factors, including the ambient temperature, air flow, and heat sinking. The graphs below show output currents at which this voltage regulator's over-temperature protection typically kicks in after a few seconds. These currents represent the limit of the regulator's capability and cannot be sustained for long periods, so the continuous currents that the regulator can provide are typically several hundred milliamps lower.
During normal operation, this product can get hot enough to burn you. Take care when handling this product or other components connected to it.


The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'Employee', database 'SQLMatters', schema 'dbo'.
The UPDATE permission was denied on the object 'Employee', database 'SQLMatters', schema 'dbo'.
Of course this can be resolved by giving the user SELECT and UPDATE rights on the underlying table (in this case the 'Employee' table). However it may be undesirable to give the user this level of rights, after all one of the reasons for using stored procedures is to ensure that users can only access data via the controlled interface of the stored procedure.
One important point to make is that this does *not* give the user IMPERSONATE rights, so will not give him any of the underlying rights of the DynamicSQLUser user. Whilst digressing it's also worth checking whether dynamic SQL is actually required as there may be a better way of resolving the problem without the use of dynamic SQL.


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OCC Prohibits Banks from Disclosing Non-Public OCC Information
OCC issued a bulletin on its expectations about disclosure of non-public OCC information and includes a listing of alternative sources of publicly available bank information. OCC notified all national banks and federal savings associations that they are prohibited by regulation from disclosing non-public OCC information. This information may not be disclosed without the prior written permission of OCC, except in very limited circumstances. The bulletin applies to all banks, including community banks.
The unauthorized disclosure or use of non-public OCC information without the express permission of OCC may be subject to criminal penalties under federal law. The circumstances for release of non-public OCC information may include disclosure to a parent holding company, director, officer, attorney, auditor, or other specified third party, to the extent consistent with the OCC regulations. Non-public OCC information includes the following:
OCC reports of examination, including CAMELS ratings
Supervisory correspondence
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Investigatory files
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A bank that receives a request for non-public supervisory information may choose to refer all requesters to the following publicly available information:
Quarterly reports of condition (call reports) (12 USC 1817)
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MAS Decides Not to Amend Capital Adequacy Rules for Merchant Banks
FASB Publishes Summary of Tentative Board Decisions at May Meeting


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Uttarakhand: BJP set to corner Congress govt in budget session
The Uttarakhand assembly's budget session is likely to be a stormy affair, with the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party gearing up to corner the Congress government over 'key issues'.
dehradun Updated: Mar 09, 2016 15:38 IST
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Leader of opposition Ajay Bhatt dubbed last year's state budget as a glaring example of the Rawat government's fiscal mismanagement.(HT file photo)
The Uttarakhand assembly's budget session is likely to be a stormy affair, with the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party gearing up to corner the Congress government over 'key issues' like corruption, mis-governance, fiscal mismanagement and its alleged failure on the law and order front.
"We will also expose this government for its link with the land, liquor and mining mafia apart from its all-round failure," said leader of opposition (LoP) Ajay Bhatt. He accused chief minister Harish Rawat of not being in command of his own government. "Bureaucracy doesn't listen to him (Rawat). In fact, his own ministers lack coordination and openly criticise him and his policies," he claimed.
Bhatt alleged that state finance minister Indira Hridayesh and the senior member of the Rawat cabinet recently openly asked him to stop announcing schemes citing severe budgetary constraints. "The CM himself vented his frustration over his helplessness in handling the bureaucracy when he recently confessed that his orders keep moving in circles like jalebis," he said.
Bhatt dubbed the last year's state budget as a glaring example of the Rawat government's fiscal mismanagement. "It's been a year since the budget of Rs 7562.65 crore was passed and the total expenditures come to a measly Rs 4726 crore," he said.
He also accused the Rawat government of misusing the government machinery and wasting the tax payers' money in hosting a show each of international wrestler Khali in Dehradun and Haldwani last month.
The Congress rubbished these allegations. "As many as five chief ministers of that party (BJP) were replaced in a span of just six years, which is a glaring example of inefficiency and mis-governance," said Surendra Kumar, the chief minister's media in-charge. "And two of those five BJP CMs were unseated on charges of corruption," he said.
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